浙江省嘉兴市2018-2019学年高一上学期期末考试英语试题及答案解析

浙江省嘉兴市2018~2019学年高一上学期期末考试

英语试题

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第I卷（选择题）

一、阅读理解

Back in 1963，a company in the US was suffering from low employee（员工）spirit．Everyone was worried that they might lose their jobs，since the company had just joined up with another company，which meant there were suddenly more employees than needed．

That was when Harvey Ball（1921﹣2001），an artist，was invited by the company to find a way to raise the workplace's spirit．It took Ball less than 10 minutes to draw a smiley face on a bright yellow background，which was then made into buttons that employees could wear on their jackets as a reminder to smile at each other．The face soon became part of the companys culture and was introduced across the country，and﹣before Ball realized it﹣to the world．

However，as much effort as Ball made，that "message"soon grew to become twisted （歪曲的）．Just think about it：How many of us still use the simple smiley face emoji just to say，"I'm smiling "？Chances are when we use it，we often mean，"I'm just going to ignore you or"That' s just perfect"﹣in a sarcastic（讽刺的）way．And our favorite emojis perhaps also include the upside﹣down face or the face with tears of joy ﹣both changed from Ball's former smiley face﹣and yet，both are often used sarcastically．

Indeed，in today's world，we deal with many things with sarcasm instead of with a smile，perhaps because were finding it harder and harder to be happy．but we keep forgetting about the fact that happiness and smiling go both ways．As Vietnamese spiritual teacher Thich Nhat Hanh once said，"Sometimes，your joy is the source of your smile．But sometimes，your smile can be the source of your joy That was probably what was in Balls mind when he

first came up with the smiley face：A smile brings joy，and joy brings people closer together．1．Ball drew the smiley face in order to．

A．show his gift for drawing

B．decorate the employees jackets

C．cheer up the employees in the company

D．spread the company's culture to the world

2．According to Paragraph 2，the smiley face has been．

A．changed gradually

B．used in a bitter way

C．ignored completely

D．recognized as a happier sign

3．What can we learn from the text？

A．Smiling can bring about happiness．

B．Smiling is not popular in today's world．

C．We should make ourselves happier in a different way．

D．We haven't understood the true meaning of the smiley face．

Time is time，no matter where we are in the world．However，it seems like whenever we wait for a friend to get ready，five minutes can seem like a whole day．And meanwhile，a really interesting two﹣hour movie may feel like it only lasted a few minutes．So，how is it that time doesn't always seem to follow the same rules？What actually affects（影响）our feeling of time？

According to a new study published in the journal Nature in August，the differences in how we sense time come from a"clock？inside our brain．However，the brains clock，controlled by a network of brain cells，gets its sense of time from our experiences and memories，reported Medical News Today．So，unlike regular clocks，our brain forms a " subjective（主观的）time coming from the ongoing flow of experience，" Edvard Moser，director of the Kavli Institute based at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology，explained in Neuroscience News．

To examine the activity of this network，a team of scientists at the Kavli Institute studied the brain activity of rats for several hours，during which time the rats were required to complete a series of activities．According to Neuroscience News，it was found that when the