Attitudes toward new technologies often fall along generational lines. That is, generally, younger people tend to outnumber older people on the front end of a technologic I shift.
It is not always the case, though. When you look at attitudes toward driverless cars y there doesn't seem to be a dear generational divide. The public overall is split on whether they'd like to use a driverless car. In a study last year, of all people surveyed, 48 percent said they wanted to ride in one, while 50 percent did not.
The fact that attitudes toward self-driving cars appear to be so steady across generations suggests how varying the shift to driverless cars could be. Not everyone wants a driverless car now-and no one can get one yet-but among those who are open to them, every age group is similarly involved.
Actually, this isn't surprising. Whereas older generations are sometimes unwilling to adopt new technologies, driverless cars promise real value to these age groups in particular. Older adults, especially those with limited moving or difficulty driving on their own, are one of the classic use-cases for driverless cars.
This is especially interesting when you consider that younger people are generally more interested in travel-related technologies than older ones.
When it comes to driverless cars, differences in attitude are easily noticeable based on factors not related to age. College graduates, for example, are particularly interested in driverless cars compared with those who have less education. 59 percent of college graduates said they would like to use a driverless car compared with 38 percent of those with a high-school diploma or less.
Where a person lives matters, too. More people who live in cities and suburbs said they wanted to try driverless cars than those who lived in rural areas.
While there's reason to believe that interest in 8elf-driving cars is going up across the hoard, a person's age will have little to Ho with how self-driving cars can become mainstream. Once driverless cars are actually available for sale, the early adopters will be the people who can afford to buy them.
1.Which of the following can be the influence of a new technology, according to the passage?
A. It often reads to great inventions in other related fields.
B. It contributes greatly to the advance of society as a whole.
C. It further widens the gap between the old and the young.
D.It usually draws different reactions from different age groups.
2.Why does the driverless car appeal to some old people?
A. It helps with their moving.
B. It saves their money and energy.
C. It adds to the safety of their travel.
D. It makes their life more interesting
3.What is likely to affect one's attitude toward the driverless car?
A. The length of their driving experience.
B. The amount of training they received.
C. The location of their living place.
D. The field of their special interest.
科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年内蒙古高二6月第二次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Street art can be found on buildings, sidewalks, street signs and even trash cans from Tokyo to Paris to New York City. This special kind of art can take the form of paintings, sculptures, cloth or even stickers. It has become part of a global visual culture. Now, even art museums and galleries are collecting the works of street artists.
It is not easy to provide an exact history of the street art movement. This kind of art has developed in many kinds of ways in places all over the world. Also, because it is illegal to paint on public and private property without permission, street artists usually work secretly. This secretive nature of street art and its countless forms make it hard to define exactly. And people have different opinions about the movement. Some think street art is a crime and destroys property. But others see this art as a rich form of non-traditional cultural expression.
Many experts say the movement began in New York City in the 1960s. Young adults would use paint in special cans to spray their “tag” on walls and train cars around the city. This tag was a name they created to identify themselves and their artwork. This colorful style of writing is also called graffiti (涂鸦). It is visually exciting and energetic. Some graffiti paintings were signs marking the territories of city gangs or illegal crime groups.
Graffiti also became a separate movement expressing the street culture of young people living in big cities. Graffiti art represented social and political rebellion (叛逆). This was art that rejected the accepted rules of culture and power. These artists could travel around areas of the city making creative paintings for everyone to see. Sometimes this street art created a conflict between artists and city officials. Graffiti artists created their images and city officials quickly painted over them.
During the 1980s, two New York painters—Keith Haring and Jean Michel began showing their work in art galleries and museums. This is when street art started to become part of the more general popular culture.
1.What can we infer from the first paragraph?
A. Street art has become popular and is accepted as a kind of culture.
B. Street art is very special compared with other forms of popular art.
C. Many people are beginning to learn street art.
D. Street art is better developed in big cities than in rural areas.
2.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A.“TAG” was a word created by people to distinguish street artists and the other artists.
B. There are three reasons explaining why it is hard to define the history of street art.
C. The movement of street art began in the 1980s in New York City.
D. All the people don’t think that the street art is a rich form of cultural expression.
3.The city officials used to get rid of graffiti probably because ________.
A. they caused arguments between people
B. they were ugly in someone’s eyes
C. they were not painted under proper guidance
D. they didn’t express traditional culture
4.Which is the best title of the passage?
A. The Way to Become a Street Artist
B. What Does Graffiti Art Stand For?
C. The History of Street Art Movement
D. The Work of Street Artists
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年山东潍坊高一上第一学段模块监测英语卷（解析版） 题型：完形填空
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
I was born in a poor family. When I was by Tehran University, I made a(n) for student loans (贷款). It was the first time I had had so much and it felt very good.
When I graduated, I had no , and I had $ 30,000 in debt (欠债). I thought my life was really . In order to pay the bills, I had to look for a job. , I finally got a job. However, after working for a while, I lost all my confidence because I was always myself with my workmates. During that time, I used shopping as a way of negative (消极的) feelings. However, after shopping, I was by the large amount of money I had . I became worried again. In order to get rid of (摆脱) my , I would go out and shop even more.
One day, I read a book and realized how my life had become. I began to go through the things I and decided to give some of them to people in . Four days later, to my surprise, I 12 bags of things in all. From then on, I started to spend my time enjoying nature, going to the gym or reading.
As a shopaholic (购物狂), I find that it is a good idea to only with friends or partners who are not shopaholics. Why? Because they can help you your spending. What’s more, finding other ways of enjoying your time is also important to the cycle (循环) of using shopping as a way of trying to feel better about yourself.
1.A. accepted B. sent C. forced D. pushed
2.A. wish B. request C. excuse D. reason
3.A. fun B. education C. money D. courage
4.A. friend B. family C. car D. job
5.A. hopeless B. useless C. endless D. careless
6.A. Surprisingly B. Fortunately C. Gradually D. Actually
7.A. exchanging B. replacing C. enjoying D. comparing
8.A. understanding B. adding C. causing D. escaping
9.A. calmed B. moved C. shocked D. encouraged
10.A. spent B. saved C. lent D. borrowed
11.A. habits B. worries C. classes D. bills
12.A. terrible B. normal C. strange D. wonderful
13.A. wanted B. paid C. wrote D. owned
14.A. need B. turn C. danger D. doubt
15.A. left B. received C. collected D. bought
16.A. great B. serious C. patient D. confident
17.A. share B. play C. imagine D. shop
18.A. control B. ignore C. count D. decide
19.A. local B. long C. free D. happy
20.A. continuing B. organizing C. repeating D. breaking
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年浙江温州中学高二上期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：单项填空
After doing market research, all the researchers think it ________ to spend a large sum of money on the project.
A. worthwhileB. worthC. wealthyD. mean
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科目：高中英语 来源：2017届安徽江淮十校高三11月联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：书面表达
假定你叫李华，你所在的学校拟在下个月举办100年校庆(the 100th anniversary)。
请你根据以下要点给知名校友张教授写一封短信，邀请他给学生做一次讲座，使学生更好了解他获得诺贝尔奖的成功经验。
讲座时间：12月5日早上9点到11点
讲座地点：教学楼201教室
注意：1.可适当增加细节，使结构完整：
2.词数100左右。
Dear Dr. Zhang，
Our school is planning to celebrate the 100th anniversary next month.
Best wishes.
Yours,
LI Hua
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届黑龙江铁岭高三市度协作体第三次联考英语卷（解析版） 题型：短文改错
短文改错
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写上该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下画一横线，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。
Tom is one of my best friends at high school. We spent a lot of time together every day. We share a lot common. For example, we both work hardly and love sports. Although I am not so smart as her, we both do very well at school. Tom’s favorite subjects is history and Chinese, and he also speaks excellent English. I am used to be bad at English. Thank to his help, I have made a great progress in it. Yesterday, our English teacher said she decided to hold an English speech contest next week. I think a good chance to improve my English. Both Tom and I are looking forward to show our potential in the speech contest!
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016届黑龙江铁岭高三市度协作体第三次联考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
My sister and I grew up in a little village in England. Our father was a struggling lawyer, but I always knew he was special. He never criticized us, but used praise to bring out our best. He’d say, “If you pour water on flowers, they flourish(茂盛). If you don’t give them water, they die.” I remember as a child I said something unkind about somebody, and my father said, “Any time you say something unpleasant about somebody else, it’s a reflection of you.” He explained that if I looked for the best in people, I would get the best in return. From then on I’ve always tried to follow the principle in my life and later in running my company.
Dad’s also always very understanding. At 15, I started a magazine. It was taking up a great deal of my time, and the headmaster of my school gave me a choice: stay in school or leave to work on my magazine.
I decided to leave, and Dad tried to stay me from the decision at first, as any good father would. When he realized I had made up my mind, he said, “Richard, when I was 23, my dad persuaded me to go into law. And I’ve always regretted it. I wanted to be a biologist, but I didn’t pursue my dream. You know what you want. Go fulfill it.”
As it turned out, my little publication went on to become Student, a national magazine in the U.K.. My wife and I have two children, and I’d like to think we are bringing them up in the same way Dad raised me.
1.What can we know about the author’s father?
A. He seldom looked for the best.
B. He was a specialist in law.
C. He usually encouraged kids.
D. He was a father without principles.
2.The author left school at 15 mainly because ________.
A. the school forced him to
B. he had to work for money
C. his father understood him
D. He had a dream to fulfill
3.The underlined phrase in Paragraph 3 can be replaced by ________.
A. persuade me out ofB. accuse me of
C. remind me ofD. agree with me on
4.What can be a suitable title for the text?
A. Be nice to othersB. My Respectable Father
C. My Happy ChildhoodD. Go Fulfill Your Dream
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科目：高中英语 来源：2016-2017学年吉林四平实验中学高一上第二次月考英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
Some educators told us that more years of school could help students get higher scores on intelligence tests. That was a finding of a study of teenage males in some countries. Now, another research shows that physical activity may help students do better in their classes.
The research comes as educators in some countries are reducing time for activities like physical education. They are using the time instead for academic（学术的）subjects like math and reading. The studies appeared between 2008 and 2014. They included more than 55, 000 children, aged 6 to 18.
Amika Singh:“ According to the results of our study, we can conclude that being physically active is beneficial for academic performance. There are, first, Physiological explanations, like more blood flow, and so more oxygen to the brain. Being physically active means there are more hormones(荷尔蒙)produced like endorphins(内啡肽). And endorphins make your stress level lower and your mood improved, which means you also perform better.”
Also, students taking part in organized sports learn rules and how to follow them. This could improve their classroom behavior and help them keep their mind on their work.
The study leaves some questions unanswered, however. Ms. Stash says it is not possible to say whether the amount or kind of activity affected the level of academic improvement. This is because of differences among the studies.
The researchers said they found only two high-quality studies. They needed more high-quality studies to confirm (证实) their findings. They also pointed out that “results for other parts of the world may be quite different.”
Still，the general finding was that physically active kids are more likely to do better in school. Ms. Singh says schools should consider that finding before they cut physical education programs. Her paper on “Physical Activity and Performance at School” is published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.
1.The passage mainly tells us that ________.
A. a research on physical education has been done by the researchers
B. there is a possibility that physical activity leads to higher grades
C. the amount or kind of activity directly affects academic level
D. the research shows that the children aged 6 to 18 don't do sports
2.Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Being mentally active is good for academic subjects.
B. The more hormones you have, the more stressed you will get.
C. The researchers have found many high-quality studies to prove the research.
D. The educators in some countries think studies, not exercise, mean much to students.
3.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 6 probably means ________.
A. good marks result from high-quality study.
B. findings are probably different in different areas.
C. physical activity will spread all over the world.
D. academic performance depends on the surroundings.
4.What's the purpose of writing the passage?
A. To call our attention to the sports at school.
B. To introduce all types of physical activities.
C. To represent the academic performance.
D. To improve students’ health.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2015-2016学年重庆一中高二下期中考试英语卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
“Let’s have a journey. Why not fly out and meet me, Dad?” I say one day.
My father had just retired after 27 years as a manager for IBM. His job filled his day, his thoughts, and his life. While he woke up and took a warm shower, I screamed under a freezing waterfall in Peru. While he tied a tie and put on the same Swiss watch, I rowed a boat across Lake of the Ozarks.
My father sees me drifting aimlessly, nothing to show for my 33 years but a passport full of funny stamps. He wants me to settle down, but now I want him to find an adventure.
He agrees to travel with me through the national parks. We meet four weeks later in Rapid City.
“What's our first stop？” asks my father.
“What time is it？”
“Still don't have a watch？”
Less than an hour away is Mount Rushmore. As he stares up at the four Presidents carved in granite(花岗岩), his mouth and eyes open slowly, like those of a little boy.
“Unbelievable,” he says. “How was this done？”
A film in the information center shows sculptor Gutzon Borglum devoted 14 years to the sculpture and then left the final touches to his son.
We stare up and I ask myself, “Would I ever devote my life to anything？”
No directions, no goals. I always used to hear those words in my father's voice. Now I hear them in my own.
The next day we’re at Yellowstone National Park, where we have a picnic.
“Did you ever travel with your dad？” I ask.
“Only once,” he says. “I never spoke much with my father. We loved each other — but never said it. Whatever he could give me, he gave.”
That last sentence — it’s probably the same thing I’d say about my father. And what I’d want my child to say about me.
In Glacier National Park, my father says, “I've never seen water so blue.” I have, in several places of the world. I can keep traveling, I realize — and maybe a regular job won't be as dull as I feared.
Weeks after our trip, I call my father.
“The photos from the trip are wonderful,” he says. “We've got to take another trip like that sometime.”
I tell him I've decided to settle down, and I'm wearing a watch.
1.We can learn from Paragraphs 2 and 3 that the father _____.
A. was a very fashionable manager
B. was unhappy with the author's lifestyle
C. got bored with his job so he retired
D. liked the author's collection of stamps
2.What does the author realize at Mount Rushmore?
A. He should pursue a specific aim in life.
B. He should learn sculpture in the future.
C. His father is as innocent as a little boy.
D. His father is interested in sculpture.
3.From the underlined paragraph, we can see that the author _____．
A. wants his children to learn from their grandfather
B. hopes to give whatever he can to his father
C. learns how to communicate with his father
D. comes to understand what parental love means
4.What could be inferred about the author and his father from the end of the story?
A. They decide to learn photography together.
B. They begin to change their attitudes to life.
C. The call solves their disagreements.
D. The Swiss watch has drawn them closer.
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