2019年高考深圳一模英语试题

C

A woman held her phone tightly to her heart the way a church-goer might hold a Bible. She was anxious to take a picture of an impressive bunch of flowers that sat not so far away, but first she had to get through a crowd of others pushing their way to do the same. The cause of this was Bouquests to Art, one of the most popular events at the de Young Museum in San Francisco. Flowers sellers were asked to create flower arrangements that respond to pieces of art on display, from ancient carvings to contemporary sculptures. It’s extremely attractive and also memorable, to the point that it has become a problem.

In recent years, the de Young received more that a thousand complaints from people who felt that cell phones had spoiled their experience of the exhibit. Institutions of fine art around the world face similar problems as the desire to take photographs becomes a huge attraction for museums, as well as something that upsets some of their patrons (资助人). So the de Young responded with a kind of compromise: carving out “photo free” hours during the exhibition’s six-day run.

One common complaint about the effect of social media on museum culture is that people seem to be missing out on experiences because they are so busy collecting evidence of them. A study recently published in the journal Psychological Science suggests there is some truth to this. It finds that people who keep taking photos of an exhibit and posting them on social media rather than simply observing it have a hard time remembering what they are. But the issue is complex for the professionals running museums. Linda Butler, the de Young’s head of marketing and visitor experience, acknowledges that not everyone wants a museum to be “a photo-taking playland.” Yet a lot of people do, and she believes that the de Young is in no position to judge one reason for buying a $28 ticket to be more valid than another. “If we removed social media and photography,” she says, “we would risk becoming irrelevant.”

28.What was the woman eager to do according to Paragraph1?

A. To get her phone. B. To take a photo.

C. To escape the crowd. D. To push ahead.

29.How did the de Young respond to the dilemma?

A. By setting periods without photo-taking.

B. By making the exhibition free of charge.

C. By compromising with the government.

D. By extending the free exhibition hours.

30.The recent study finds that the use of social media in museums may       .

A. uncover the truth  B. play a negative role

C. accumulate evidence D. cause many complaints

31.Which of the following may Linda Butler support?

A. Catering to visitors. B. Reducing admission prices.

C. Reserving judgment in public. D. Banning social media and photography.

D

Most autonomous vehicles test-driving in cities navigate (导航) by using 3-D maps marking every edge of roadside with almost centimeter-level accuracy. But few places have been mapped in such detail, which has left most areas like smaller towns inaccessible to those driverless cars.

Researchers at the Massachusetts Insititute of Technology (MIT) now have developed a new navigation system that guides autonomous vehicles without such accurate maps. This technology can help driverless cars travel almost anywhere.

The navigation system maps out a course down unfamiliar roads much as a human driver would by continually scanning its surroundings, with a laser sensor (激光感应器), to measure how close it is to the edges of the road. Meanwhile, the car also follows a tool like a smart phone map app that provides directions to its destination, as well as information about the rules of the road, such as speed limits and the positions of stoplights. Teddy Ort, a roboticist at MIT, test-drove a car equipped with this navigation system on a one-way road. It slowly traveled one kilometer without any human assistance.

This system assumes that a car has a clear path down the road, but it can be paired with other existing computing technology to discover in-road obstacles (障碍), says Ort. The researchers also plan to build a version of this system which can spot markings painted on streets, so that the car can drive on two-way roads. “Self-driving cars with this navigation system may need other sensors to work in different conditions,” says Alexander Wyglinski, an electrical engineer at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. “Since laser sensors don’t work well in rain or snow, these cars might need additional imaging technologies to drive safely in bad weather.”

32.What may be a problem for most driverless cars?

A. They fail in test-driving. B. Their maps are out-dated

C. They run in limited areas. D. Their guides are unreliable.

33.What can we infer about the MIT navigation system?

A. It includes accurate maps. B. It removes in-road obstacles.

C. It works by detecting the road  D. It features a smart phone app.

34.What is the purpose of Paragraph 4?

A. To confirm the test-drive results. B. To indicate further research areas.

C. To recognize scientists’achievements.

D. To show the creativity of driverless cars.

35.What is the main idea of the text?

A. Autonomous cars beat human drivers on country roads.

B. Navigating self-driving cars may work in different conditions.

C. Smart mapping technology adds to the functions of self-driving cars.

D. A new navigation system helps autonomous cars drive remote roads.