2019-2020学年江苏省宜兴中学、江都中学联考高一(上)期中英语试卷

2019-2020学年江苏省宜兴中学、江都中学联考高一（上）

期中英语试卷

一、阅读理解（本大题共10小题，共20.0分）

A

Amazing Scientists

Who Happen to Be Teenagers

We've got a list of teen scientists from a variety of fields．

Jack Andraka

Jack Andraka created a biosensor （生物传感器）for cancer that he says is 168 times faster，26，667 times less expensive and 400 times more sensitive than technology nowadays．

He's the youngest person to have spoken in front of the Royal Society of Medicine．

Taylor Wilson

Taylor Wilson was the youngest person to achieve nuclear fusion （核聚变）．He was inspired by The Radioactive Boy Scout，a novel in which a kid tries and fails to build a nuclear reactor．Taylor thought he could do better．Long story short，he wanted to build a small nuclear reactor．And he did it at the age of fourteen．He received a Thiel Fellowship，which gave

him ﹩100，000 to work on his own research．

Sara Volz

Sara Volz performed experiments in which she grew algae（藻类）based on their oil output for the purpose of growing them as biofuel （生物燃料）．This research is especially important as the world continues to search for a way to lessen our dependence on non-renewable

energy．She won the top prize of ﹩100，000 in the Intel Science Talent Search．

Daniel Burd

Plastic （塑料）usually takes thousands of years to decompose（降解），but this high school student Daniel Burd managed to do it in three months．

In an experiment，he mixed plastic bags and a special kind of dirt together，and found that they did decompose faster．He then performed tests to find the bacteria （细菌）responsible for decomposing the plastics．

His solution only produces water and small amounts of carbon dioxide．He says it could easily be used elsewhere．

1.Who designed a medical instrument？______

A. Sara Volz

B. Daniel Burd

C. Jack Andraka

D. Taylor Wilson

2.What excited Taylor Wilson's interest in his invention？______

A. A novel by a kid．

B. Plastic pollution．

C. Energy shortage．

D. A story book．

3.What do we know about Daniel Burd's invention？______

A. It won him a ﹩100，000 prize．

B. It is environmental friendly．

C. It was completed in three months．

D. It is widely used in everyday waste．

B

Art and science may seem like polar opposites （截然相反的两端）．One is about the creative flow of ideas，and the other cold，hard data - or so some people believe．In fact，the two have much in common．Both require a lot of creativity．People also use both to better understand the world around them．Now， a study finds art can also help students remember better what they have learned in science class．

Mariale Hardiman is an education specialist at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore，Maryland．Back when she was a school principal，she had noticed that students who used art in the classroom were more engaged（参与其中的）．They might listen more carefully，ask more questions and volunteer more ideas．What's more，students seemed to remember more of what they had been taught when their lessons had involved （包括）art．To test whether and how well art might really improve learning，she teamed up with other researchers and six local schools to do an experiment．

The researchers worked with teachers in 16 fifth-grade classrooms．They took the traditional science lessons and created art-focused versions（版本）of them．In a traditional science classroom，for example，students might read aloud from a book．In the art-focused class，they might sing or rap the information instead．

The team then randomly assigned （随机分配）each of the 350 students to either a traditional science classroom or an art-focused one．Students then learned science using one of those approaches for the entire unit - about three weeks．When they changed to a new topic，they also changed to the other type of class．This way，researchers could see how students did in both types of classes．After each phase of the experiment，students took tests．They took a third one 10 weeks later．This one measured how well they still remembered what they had learned earlier．

Students who started off in regular classes performed better after they moved into an

art-focused class．And those who started in an art-focused class did well even when they moved back to a regular science class．"These students appeared to use some of the art techniques after moving back to a traditional class，" says Hardiman．"Some continued to sketch （画草图）or sing to help them remember information，" she notes．"This suggests that art may help students apply creative ways of learning on their own．"

In some cases，students actually performed better in the third test than in those taken earlier．Classroom teachers reported that "many students continued to sing the songs or raps that they learned after finishing the unit"．"The more we hear something，the better we remember，" Hardiman notes．

Everyone benefits from art，Hardiman agrees．"All students should learn how to use art as an instructional tool to promote learning．"

4.How does the first paragraph develop？______

A. By giving examples．

B. By making comparisons．

C. By following space order．

D. By analyzing cause and effect．

5.What can we learn from Paragraph 2？______

A. Students take an active part when their class involves art．

B. Students are more creative in art class than in science class．

C. Students' learning ability depends greatly on class involvement．

D. Students remember things for a longer time if using art in class．

6.What were students asked to do during experiment？______