高中英语真题:学竞培中心2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期末模拟考试试题
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学竞培中心2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期
末模拟考试试题
本试卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
注意事项:
1.考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。
不能答在本试卷上,否则无效。
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)
做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例:How much is the shirt?
A.£19.15.
B. £9.15.
C. £9.18.
答案是B。
1. What will the speakers do together next?
A. Celebrate a bi rthday.
B. Study for an e
xam.
C. Get somethin
g to eat.
2. Where did the man live as a child?
A. In Chile.
B. In Columbia.
C. In Argentina.
3. Why is the woman upset?
A. The flower shop is closed.
B. She received the wrong delivery.
C. Her delivery hasn’t been ready in time.
4. How much tax should the man pay per night?
A. $5.
B. $10.
C.$15.
5. What is the man doing now?
A. Borrowing a pen.
B. Asking about the homework.
C. Exchanging phone numbers with his classmate.
第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分)
听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. Who is the woman?
A. A customer.
B. A bookstore cl
erk.C. A newspaper j ournalist.
7.What is the man unclear about?
A. The name of the book.
B. The location of the store.
C. The article in today’s newspaper.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. Why does the woman want to go outside?
A. She doesn’t feel well.
B. She wants to see the view.
C. She wants to take a walk by the ocean.
9. What does the man offer the woman?
A. A jacket.
B. Something to
drink.
C. A camera.
10. When does the conversation probably take place?
A. In the morning .
B. In the early aft
ernoon.
C. In the late afte
rnoon.
听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. What does the woman want to teach?
A. Math.
B. Art history.
C. Science.
12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. New friends.
B. Workmates.
C. Teacher and s
tudent.
13. What does the man imply in the end?
A. He’s afraid to graduate.
B. He’s going to miss school.
C. He longs to begin his social life.
听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。
14. How does the man feel about living in New York?
A. He doesn’t want to be there for long.
B. He’s eager to stay there his whole life.
C. He’s confused about the recycling rules.
15. Why are there three trash cans in New York?
A. They are used by different cleaners.
B. They are intended for different kinds of trash.
C. They help people throw away their trash quicker.
16. What can we learn about the man’s hometown?
A. There were no cleaners at all.
B. One trash can for each house was enough.
C. Local people separated rubbish themselves.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What did Milton do?
A. He caught a thief.
B. He went to a theme park.
C. He travelled across the country.
18. What happened on Monday?
A. Some cars were stolen.
B. A roller coaster stopped working.
C. The Johnson family moved to New York.
19. Where is Six Flags located?
A. In New York.
B. In Union City.
C. In Orange Co
unty.
20. What will viewers see after the news report?
A. An interview.
B. A weather rep
ort.C. Commercial a ds.
第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Billboards are everywhere. Indoors, advertising is in magazin es and newspapers, on television, and even popping up on co mputer screens. Outdoors, advertising means billboards. The y’re in train stations and on the sides of buildings. They’re alo ng highways in the countryside. Billboards were once large pa inted signs that urged consumers to buy anything from fried c hicken to dish soap. Nowadays, billboards are high-
tech devices that advertise the products of the modern world, from cellular phone service to perfume.
Billboards have changed along with technology. Originally pai nted directly onto wooden boards or the sides of buildings, bill boards were first improved by attaching large printed strips to a structure to form an advertiser’s message. Later, mechanica l billboards were developed which could display three different images. As one image changed to the next, the movement ca ught the eye of anyone passing by. More recently, electronic t echnology has produced back-
lit billboards, which shine a light through an image printed on a sheet of plastic, and digital billboards that can display huge i mages similar to those on a television screen.
The latest trend in billboards is interactivity. In Belgium, a billb oard that looked like a pinball machine had people on the stre et using text messaging to answer a question the billboard se nt to their cell phones. If they answered correctly, they had a c hance to win a new car. In Japan, some billboards feature QR (“Quick Response”) codes, a newer version of bar codes, whi ch can be read by specially programmed camera cell phones. When a person takes a picture of a billboard with a QR code, the advertiser’s website appears on their phone. A billboard i n New York’s Times Square allows people on the street to pla
y a video game using their cell phones, and a huge digital sig n in London’s Piccadilly Circus responds when someone wav es at it and displays different images depending on the weath er.
21. What’s the writing purpose of paragraph 1?
A. To introduce the main topic.
B. To list the benefits of b illboards.
C. To show the author’s a ttitude.
D. To describe th
e functions o
f billboards.
22. It’s possible for people without cell phones to interact with the billboard in ________.
A. Belgium
B. Japan
C. New Yor
k
D. London
23. What can we learn about billboards from the passage?
A. Billboards are the products of modern technol
ogy.
B. Billboards advance with the development of t
echnology.
C. The latest billboards are not primarily designe
d for advertising.
D. The more advanced the billboards, the more i
mages they can display.
B
One of the most firmly established idea of manliness is that a real man doesn’t cry. Although he might shed a tear at a funer al, he is expected to quickly regain control. Sobbing openly is for girls. One study found that women cry significantly more th an men do—
five times as often, on average, and almost twice as long per period.
Historically, however, men routinely wept, and no one saw it a s shameful. For example, in the Middle Ages, knights cried pu rely because they missed their girlfriends. In The Knight of the Cart, no less a hero than Lancelot weeps at a brief separatio n from Guinevere. There’s no mention of the men in these sto ries trying to restrain or hide their tears. They cry in a crowded hall with their heads held high. Nor do their companions mak e fun of this public crying; it’s universally regarded as an admi rable expression of feeling.
So where did all the male tears go? The most obvious possibil ity is that this shift is the result of changes as we moved from
an agricultural society to one that was urban and industrial. In the Middle Ages, most people spent their lives among those t hey had known since birth. If men cried, they did so with peop le who would sympathize. But from the 18th to 20th centuries, the population became increasingly urbanize, and people wer e living in the midst of thousands of strangers. Furthermore, c hanges in the economy required men to work together in facto ries and offices where emotional expressions and even privat e conversations were discouraged as time wasting.
Yet human beings weren’t designed to swallow their emotions , and there’s reason to believe that restraining tears can be ha rmful to your well-
being. Research from the 1980s has suggested a relationship between stress-
related illnesses and inadequate crying. Weeping is also, som ewhat related with happiness and wealth. Countries where pe ople cry the most tend to be richer and more confident.
24. In history, people considered it ________ for men to cry in public.
A. manly
B. shameful
C. acceptab
le D. ridiculou s
25. How does the author answer the question raised in paragr
aph 3?
A. By offering description
s.
B. By analyzing effects.
C. By making comparison
s.
D. By giving definitions.
26. Who is likely to be healthier according to the passage?
A. Tony who lives alone and seldom expresses him
self.
B. Emily who is outgoing but sometimes sobs in pub
lic.
C. Arthur who is under great stress but never shed
a tear.
D. Rebecca who sometimes cries but quickly regain
control.
27. What is the best title for the text?
A. Men Don’t Cry. Why?
B. Weeping Is for Women
C. Who Cry More? Men o r Women?
D. Weeping Makes a We ak Man
C
Do you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive(欺骗)?When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves ou t important information that should be included, he can give y ou a false picture.
For example, someone might say,“I just won a hundred dollar s on the lottery(彩
票).It was great. I took that dollar ticket back to the store and t urned it in for one hundred dollars!”
This guy’s a winner, right? Maybe, maybe not. We then disco ver that he bought $200 worth of tickets, and only one was a winner. He’s really a big loser!
He didn’t say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. That’s called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest. Some politicians often use this trick. Let’s say that during Gov ernor Smith’s last term, her state lost one million jobs and gai ned three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of h er opponents(对
手) says,“During Governor Smith’s term, the state lost one mill ion jobs!”That’s true. However, an honest statement would ha ve been,“During Governor Smith’s term, the state had a net g
ain of two million job s.”
Advertisers will sometimes use half-
truths. It’s against the law to make false statements so they tr y to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say,“N ine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache.”It fails to mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.
This kind of deception happens too often. It’s a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truth can lie as well.
28. How much did the lottery winner lose?
A. One hundred dollars.
B. Two hundred dollars.
C. Three hundred dollars.
D. Four hundred dollars.
29. We may infer that the author believes people should .
A. buy lottery tickets .
B. make use of half-truths.
C. be careful about what they are told.
D. not trust the Yucky Company.
30.What do the underlined words“net gain”in Paragraph 5 me an?
A. Final increase.
B. Big advantage.
C. Large share.
D. Total saving.
31.What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill adv ertisement?
A. False statements are easy to see through.
B. Half-truths are often used to mislead people.
C. Doctors like to act in advertisements.
D. Advertisements are based on facts.
D
Emoji might not be your first choice of communication in a dis aster, but researchers feel they could make a difference durin g emergencies, where every second counts. Now, the Emoji-quake campaign is lobbying for an earthquake emoji to be ad ded to the Unicode set — the standard group of icons availabl e on digital devices worldwide. The campaign aims to find an earthquake-appropriate design to be submitted to Unicode. “Approximately up to one third of the world’s population are ex posed to earthquakes,” explains University of Southampton s eismologist (地震学
家) Dr. Stephen Hicks, a founder of the campaign. “So we real ly want to be able to communicate to all of those regions, all o f those different languages, and an emoji is an amazing way o
f doin
g that.”
Unlike many other weather and climate related events, where longer warning times or visible signs are available, earthquak es move incredibly quickly and are difficult to measure while t hey are still occurring. Populations in areas like Japan and Me xico are dependent on earthquake early warning technology, which issues an alert on digital devices and broadcast media. “You may have seconds to get under a table or to protect your self,” explains Dr. Hicks. “That can be life saving in many cas es. Naturally you don’t want too much wording in the warning message.”
Pictographs (象形文
字) and other visuals like emoji have a track record of being fa ster and easier to understand than written information. Dr. Sar a McBride, a communications specialist, who is also part of th e campaign, told BBC News, “Emoji can cross the boundaries of written languages, helping communicate valuable informati on to people who may struggle to read a certain language.”The potential usefulness of emoji in emergencies could exten d well beyond earthquakes. A team of designers also came u p with emerji—
an entire set of emoji dedicated to climate and environmental events.
32. According to the passage, why did the campaign choose earthquakes as their target?
A. Because earthquakes threaten many people in different re gions.
B. Because earthquakes are the easiest to be expressed by a n emoji.
C. Because earthquakes are not difficult to measure while oc curring.
D. Because earthquakes are the most destructive disasters in the world.
33. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “lobby for” in the first paragraph?
A. Hope for.
B. Enter for.
C. Appeal for.
D. Run for.
34. What can we infer from Dr. Sara McBride’s words about e moji?
A. Emoji benefits people with reading disability a lot.
B. Emoji is being used to convey valuable information.
C. Emoji can cross the boundaries of written languages.
D. Emoji is a universal language and helpful tool in communic ation.
35. The best title of the passage should be ________________
___.
A. Could an emoji save our life?
B. What can emoji do in our life?
C. How is emoji changing our life?
D. Do we really know about emoji?
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
选项中有两项为多余选项。
Research suggests that at least 64 percent of people now spe nd up to four hours of leisure time daily in front of a screen. Ju st as TV watching has been linked to higher rates of obesity a nd diabetes, this extra sedentary(久坐不动的)
time is bad news for our health. 36
1. Choose outdoor activities over technology.
When you’re at home, make it a rule that you can’t be online if the sun is shining.
37 Then, after taking these healthy physical activities, you can pull out your phone or tablet, or take a seat at the compu ter. This rule should apply to everyone in your household.
2. Limit social media use.
According to some experts, the effect of technology on human relationships is worrying as technology has become a substit ute for face-to-
face human relationships. And Social networks have transfor med computer and mobile use for people of all ages. 38 A void aimless browsing and give your time spent on social med ia a purpose: research holidays or catch up on the news of th
e day. Then log off.
3. 39
Challenge yourself to read at least 30 pages of a great book b efore you check your computer or mobile device. Stick to read ing, and you’ll soon find you’ve discovered an enjoyable pasti me.
4. Create projects for yourself.
It’s amazing how much you can accomplish when you’re not g lued to the screen.
40 Some suggestions are organizing kitchen cupboards, s orting through your sewing materials or cleaning your car. The n try to do one each evening.
A. Set aside reading time.
B. Choose the suitable reading materials.
C. Make a list of one-hour evening projects.
D. Here are some ways to stop technology addiction.
E. Whether it’s Facebook or Twitter, limit the time online.
F. The following are some ways to make better use of your lei sure time.
G. Instead, you have to go for a walk, ride a bike, or swim for at least an hour.
第三部分语言运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The Doctor Is Out
It’s a Friday morning and Dr. O’Connell is making his rounds. He might be more
41 inside the doctor’s office, but that’s not where his 42 a re. He spends his days walking around where the 43 live—in parks, on streets, and under bridges.
More than 550,000 Americans are homeless, and many have 44 problems but no access to medical care. As one of a ha ndful of physicians making house calls to the homeless, Dr. O ’Connell 45 about 20 regular patients. He knows where mo
st of them sleep and whom to ask if they are missing. If patien ts are too 46 to be on the streets, he finds them a treatment bed at the local 47 . From stitches(缝线)
for an arm to surgery for the soul, O’Connell offers to do 48 .
“I’m a doctor. What I can do is just to 49 their suffering. But I gain a lot in the pro cess.”O’Connell said. “ 50 , I could not f ind a more 51 population.”
“This man is unbelievable!” one of his patients remarked. “He’s like Jesus,” another 52 .
“It needs 53 ,”O’Connell said. “When seeing somebody out side, I get them a coffee and 54 with them. Sometimes it to ok six months of offering a coffee 55 they would start to talk to me. 56 , once they engage, they’ll come to me anytime b ecause they 57 me. ”
When asked about how his life might have 58 had he beco me a highly paid doctor, O’Connell said, “I never think about it anymore.”
Some things are more 59 than money. Just ask the man w ho gets everything from patients who have nothing 60 to gi ve.
4 A. enthusi B. comfort C. professi D. responsib
1.astic able onal le
4 2.A. friends B. colleagu
es
C. patients
D. students
4 3.A. old B. weak C. disable
d
D. homeless
4
4.
A. health
B. survival
C. financial
D. moral
4 5.A. educate
s
B. greets
C. treats
D. comforts
4
6.
A. poor
B. sick
C. lonely
D. upset
4
7.
A. hospital
B. hotel
C. shelter
D. nursery
4 8.A. somethi
ng
B. everythi
ng
C. operatio
ns
D. consultati
ons
4 9.A. endure B. ignore C. ease D. experienc
e
5 0.A. Actually B. Similarly C. Conseq
uently
D. Accordin
gly
5 A. genero B. flexible C. faithful D. grateful
5 2.A. added B. argued C. complai
ned
D. explained
5 3.A. ambitio
n
B. inspirati
on
C. patienc
e
D. intelligen
ce
5
4.
A. sit
B. chat
C. trade
D. joke
5
5.
A. after
B. before
C. once
D. since
5 6.A. Howeve
r
B. Therefor
e
C. Moreov
er
D. Otherwis
e
5 7.A. underst
and
B. envy
C. trust
D. pity
5 8.A. turned i
n
B. turned o
ut
C. turned u
p
D. turn
ed down
5 9.A. valuabl
e
B. reasona
ble
C. achieva
ble
D. visible
6 0.A. commer
cial
B. spiritual
C. material
D. beneficial
第二节(共10小题;每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Washing machines are heavy. That’s 61 there’s an average of 25kg of concrete inside them to stop them moving around when they’re on a spin cycle. And that means they’re not only difficult 62 (move) around in your home, they also cost a lot to transport.
63 all this could be about to change, thanks to a simple 64 (invent) by a team at the UK’s Nottingham Trent University. Professor Amin hit on the 65 (brilliant) simple idea of repl acing some of the concrete with 66 sealable plastic contain er which can be filled with water once the machine is in place.
67 doing this, the weight of a washing machine can 68 ( cut) by a third. In the UK alone, this could mean a saving of ar ound 45,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year when th e machines are transported, 69 is really a piece of good ne ws to the environment.
“Everyone thinks the idea must have been thought of befor e,” says Dylan Knight. “No one can really believe it. But it will definitely work when 70 (put) into use.”
第四部分写作(共两节,满分35分)
短文改错(满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌的以下作文。
文中共有10处错误,每句中最多有两处。
错误涉及单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(∧),并在此符号下面写出该加的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。
修改:在错词下面划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。
Last week, we watched an excited basketball match in our sc hool. It is between Grade 1 and Grade 2 students. During the match, the players from all teams played very hardly. Grade 2 was a more stronger team. However, for our surprise, Grade 1 won at last. The players jumped and hugged to celebrating t heir success. Just then, the players from other team approach ed and said “Congratulations!” to them. They wore smiles on their face and you couldn't tell from their expressions that the y lost the match. We were touched by the scene and felt what important a role sport plays in daily life.
第二节书面表达(共25分)
假如你是李华,你的美国笔友Tom准备组织一个“Hi China”的活动,他写信请你帮忙策划一下活动内容并介绍一下有中国特色的元素,以便让他的同学更好地了解中国。
请你用英文写一封回信。
要求:1. 100字左右;2. 需包括至少两个中国元素。
3. 可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯。
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学竞培中心2018-2019学年高二英语上学期期
末模拟考试试题
本试卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
注意事项:
1.考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。
2.选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。
不能答在本试卷上,否则无效。
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)
做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例:How much is the shirt?
A.£19.15.
B. £9.15.
C. £9.18.
答案是B。
1. What will the speakers do together next?
A. Celebrate a birthday.
B. Study for an exam.
C. Get something to eat.
2. Where did the man live as a child?
A. In Chile.
B. In Columbia.
C. In Argentina.
3. Why is the woman upset?
A. The flower shop is closed.
B. She received the wrong delivery.
C. Her delivery hasn’t been ready in time.
4. How much tax should the man pay per night?
A. $5.
B. $10.
C.$15.
5. What is the man doing now?
A. Borrowing a pen.
B. Asking about the homework.
C. Exchanging phone numbers with his classmate.
第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分)
听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. Who is the woman?
A. A customer.
B. A bookstore clerk.
C. A newspaper journal
ist.
7.What is the man unclear about?
A. The name of the book.
B. The location of the store.
C. The article in today’s newspaper.
听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. Why does the woman want to go outside?
A. She doesn’t feel well.
B. She wants to see the view.
C. She wants to take a walk by the ocean.
9. What does the man offer the woman?
A. A jacket.
B. Something to drink.
C. A camera.
10. When does the conversation probably take place?
A. In the morning.
B. In the early afternoon.
C. In the late afternoon.听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. What does the woman want to teach?
A. Math.
B. Art history.
C. Science.
12. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. New friends.
B. Workmates.
C. Teacher and student.
13. What does the man imply in the end?
A. He’s afraid to graduate.
B. He’s going to miss school.
C. He longs to begin his social life.
听第9段材料,回答第14至16题。
14. How does the man feel about living in New York?
A. He doesn’t want to be there for long.
B. He’s eager to stay there his whole life.
C. He’s confused about the recycling rules.
15. Why are there three trash cans in New York?
A. They are used by different cleaners.
B. They are intended for different kinds of trash.
C. They help people throw away their trash quicker.
16. What can we learn about the man’s hometown?
A. There were no cleaners at all.
B. One trash can for each house was enough.
C. Local people separated rubbish themselves.
听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What did Milton do?
A. He caught a thief.
B. He went to a theme park.
C. He travelled across the country.
18. What happened on Monday?
A. Some cars were stolen.
B. A roller coaster stopped working.
C. The Johnson family moved to New York.
19. Where is Six Flags located?
A. In New York.
B. In Union City.
C. In Orange County.
20. What will viewers see after the news report?
A. An interview.
B. A weather report.
C. Commercial ads.
第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Billboards are everywhere. Indoors, advertising is in magazines and newspapers, on televisio n, and even popping up on computer screens. Outdoors, advertising means billboards. They’re in train stations and on the sides of buildings. They’re along highways in the countryside. Billboards were once large painted signs that urged consumers to buy anything from fried chi cken to dish soap. Nowadays, billboards are high-
tech devices that advertise the products of the modern world, from cellular phone service to p erfume.
Billboards have changed along with technology. Originally painted directly onto wooden boar ds or the sides of buildings, billboards were first improved by attaching large printed strips to a structure to form an advertiser’s message. Later, mechanical billboards were developed wh ich could display three different images. As one image changed to the next, the movement c aught the eye of anyone passing by. More recently, electronic technology has produced back -
lit billboards, which shine a light through an image printed on a sheet of plastic, and digital bill boards that can display huge images similar to those on a television screen.
The latest trend in billboards is interactivity. In Belgium, a billboard that looked like a pinball machine had people on the street using text messaging to answer a question the billboard se nt to their cell phones. If they answered correctly, they had a chance to win a new car. In Jap an, some billboards feature QR (“Quick Response”) codes, a newer version of bar codes, whi ch can be read by specially programmed camera cell phones. When a person takes a picture of a billboard with a QR code, the advertiser’s website appears on their phone. A billboard in New York’s Times Square allows people on the street to play a video game using their cell p hones, and a huge digital sign in London’s Piccadilly Circus responds when someone waves at it and displays different images depending on the weather.
21. What’s the writing purpose of paragraph 1?
A. To introduce the main topic.
B. To list the benefits of billboards.
C. To show the author’s attitude.
D. To describe th
e functions o
f billboards.
22. It’s possible for people without cell phones to interact with the billboard in ________.
A. Belgium
B. Japan
C. New York
D. London
23. What can we learn about billboards from the passage?。