雷州市第二中学2023-2024学年高一下学期开学考试英语试卷(含答案)

雷州市第二中学2023-2024学年高一下学期开学考试英语试卷 学校：_____姓名：_____班级：_____考号：_____ 一、阅读理解 In the field of education technology, some apps might be getting too smart. There are more and more apps providing help for students. PhotoMath The new, seemingly magic app allows users to take pictures of a math problem, and then receive a step-by-step solution. It is now the number one free app on the App Store. A PhotoMath spokeswoman says educators have welcomed the app with positive reviews, but the software causes a lot of angry public discussion and disagreement. Why It is because students can use it to cheat when doing their math homework. iHomework Whether you’re a high school student or a college student, there’s one thing you’ve got for sure: a lot of homework. iHomework can help you keep track of all your homework. It can help you arrange it in a particular order according to types, or based on deadlines. Homework Helper Chinese Internet search company Baidu has launched an app called Homework Helper with which students can get answers to homework. Users post a picture or type their homework questions onto online forum (论坛), and those who answer the questions can win e-coins that can be used to buy devices like laptops. The app has logged 5 million downloads, much to the concern of many parents who argue that the students spend less time thinking about challenging problems. WolframAlpha WolframAlpha is similar to PhotoMath, but it focuses on older students studying high levels of math and doesn’t support photos. The service also produces step-by-step solutions to advanced topics, making it a popular tool for college students. 1．What is the public’s worry about the app PhotoMath A. It can’t recognize pictures. B. It doesn’t provide a step-by-step solution. C. It makes cheating at homework more likely to happen. D. It encourages students to use smart phones more frequently. 2．What can we learn about Homework Helper A. It is thought highly of by teachers. B. It is unpopular among Chinese students. C. Many parents think it harmful to children’s study. D. Answering questions on the app wastes students’ time. 3．Which app is the best choice if you want to deal with advanced math problems A. PhotoMath. B. iHomework. C. Homework Helper. D. WolframAlpha. My first visit to Angkor Wat (吴哥窟) was in 1980. The country had been at war for many years and the temple was deserted and falling to pieces. Plants were growing out of the roofs, and trees were growing in the yards. Today, the temple is the scene of a busy repair program. A team of 15 Indian experts are organizing a workforce of 400 Cambodians, most of them women, who are cleaning, repairing and rebuilding parts of this temple. As I walked through the yards, I noticed the Cambodian women devote hours to cleaning carefully a tiny area of stone. Boards are laid down to protect the precious painted stones while the repair work is going on. There are very few machines an ... ...