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黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学2018-2019年高一下学期期末考试英语试题及答案
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Do you have trouble trying to create the next big idea? Sometimes the answer isn’t to just force an idea out of your mind. Instead, you might want to try sitting back, relaxing and letting your mind wander. Yes, you heard that correctly. If you are in need of a new idea, try daydreaming.
Researchers from the university of California, Santa Barbara, found an association between daydreaming and creative problem-solving. Their study includes having participants first do an “unusual-use task”. They had to try to come up with as many different ways to use an object as they could.
Then, the participants chose to do one of the following four things before doing the “unusual-use task” again: complete a difficult task; complete an easy task; take a 12-minute break; or skip the 12-minute break and move right on to the task exercise again.
Surprisingly, the group that performed best was the one that completed the easy task. Many participants reported that they were daydreaming while performing the easy task. So the researchers believed that this daydreaming might have helped unlock their creativity.
But how could daydreaming help the brain come up with creative ways? The answer is something known as “unconscious thought”. Even when you are not actively working to solve a problem, it is still in the back of your mind. Your brain is still thinking about the problem, but in a much more subtle (不易察觉的) way.
When you daydream, your mind is allowed to think in ways it normally would not. Because it is free of control, it can create completely new and out-of-the-box ideas.
Great ideas never come easily, but that does not mean you always have to work hard to get them. Feel free to do what you want and let your mind wander.
12. The “unusual-use task” in Paragraph 2 means that participants ______. A. complete an easy task C. take a 12-minute break
B. complete a very difficult task D. think of various ways to use an object
13. Why did the participants who completed the easy task perform best?
A. They were not actively working to solve the easy task. B. They daydreamed and it helped them be more creative. C. They were daydreaming while performing the difficult task.
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黑龙江省双鸭山市第一中学2018-2019年高一下学期期末考试英语试题及答案
D. They skipped the 12-minute break to complete the task again.
14. What does the underlined phrase “unconscious thought” in Paragraph 5 mean?
A. Your brain wander in a subtle way within your control. B. Your brain knows clearly what you’re thinking and doing.
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C. Your brain is thinking about a problem outside of your awareness. D. Your brain refuses to receive any information from the outside world. 15. The passage mainly wants to tell us that ______.
A. brainstorming is important to creative ideas B. daydreaming is a way to improve creativity C. problem-solving skills are important in our lives D. the more we exercise brains, the more ideas we’ll get 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。
Most people want to find ways to travel inexpensively. The following are the secrets of traveling on the cheap.
Use cashback websites
According to travel blogger James Cave,using Topcashback.com puts more dollars in your account “Cashback websites like Topcashback .com give you back the commission(回扣) that they would normally get from referring you to a booking website” Cave explains. “ 16 . It may not seem much, but over a week that could end up being close to ＄100.” Cashback websites also work with car hire, travel insurance companies, and hundreds of other travel companies. “ 17 ,”he adds.
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World traveler Brian Corsetti says an often overlooked way to save money is to strike up a conversation with a local. Not only is it great to be friendly, but people who live in popular
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destinations know the best ways to find sales or inexpensive eats, which can help you avoid falling into tourist traps. 20 . Instead of going to a restaurant, you stop by the home of a local, who will prepare traditional food for much less, giving you a glimpse（一瞥）into how locals really live and eat.
A. Get to know the locals B. Find the best way to travel
C. Instead of paying for expensive boarding fees D. Together, it all adds up to big vacation savings E. Because of so many super-inexpensive airlines
F. You could expect to save around $5 to $ 10 a night on a $100 nightly booking G. For another one-of-a-kind experience abroad, consider sharing a meal via EatWith 第二部分 语言知识运用（满分30分）
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。
“Look Mom, he paints like me!” Eight-year-old Alexandra Nechita had just discovered Pablo Picasso’s artwork for the first time. The art world 21 and began to call Alexandra the “Petite（小的） Picasso.” This 22 artist has been turning heads in the art world ever since.
Even at age two, Alexandra 23 nearly all her time on her colouring books. 24 their daughter spent too much time alone, Alexandra’s parents took her colouring books away. They 25 she’ d start to jump rope or play with dolls. But taking away her 26 was like taking the air out of her life. Alexandra began to colour on paper her mother 27 home from office.
When Alexandra was four, her parents began to notice the figures she 28 . They were abstract and 29 Picasso's work, with four eyes and two faces. She 30 painting with watercolours and then with other paints.
Alexandra’s classmates would sometimes 31 her paintings. But her 32 school teacher saw talent in her drawings. She helped eight-year-old Alexandra organise her first 33 at a local library.
Within a year, Alexandra had several other exhibitions. By then, she had 34 more than 250 paintings. Her exhibition at the famous Mary Paxon Gallery brought her to the 35 of national - 7 - / 13
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art critics（评论家）She began to 36 on television, in news and talk shows around America
Today, Alexandra 37 paints in her special style. Admirers have spent a large amount of money buying her paintings. But the 38 doesn’ t seem to have affected her negatively (消极地）.Through various charities, Alexandra shares her wealth with those 39 around the world. And 40 Alexandra continues to paint, the world will be blessed to experience more of her love for life and art.
21. A. improved B. agreed C. waited
[来源学*科*网] 22. A. friendly B. talented C. worried 23. A. spent B. forgot C. remembered 24. A. Afraid B. Sure C. Proud 25. A. promised B. proved C. reported 26. A. phones B. ropes C. colours 27. A. called B. drove C. brought 28. A. drew B. counted C. explained 29. A. referred to B. looked like C. consisted of 30. A. stopped B. started C. suggested 31. A. learn from B. seek for C. point at 32. A. medical B. high C. primary 33. A. conference B. system C. party 34. A. completed B. used C. copied
[来源学科网ZXXK] 35. A. role B. taste C. selection 36. A. appear B. perform C. shop 37. A. directly B. suddenly C. still 38. A. style B. time C. energy 39. A. on holiday B. in power C. on duty 40.
A. unless
B. whether
C. as
第三部分 综合运用 (共四节，满分80分)
第一节 语篇语法填空 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。- 8 - / 13
D. broke D. honest D. wasted D. Ashamed D. hoped D. dolls D. sent D. met D. depended on D. avoided D. laugh at D. previous D. exhibition
D. lost D. attention D. train D. seldom D. money D. .in need D. though