2022-2023学年江苏省泰州市高一下学期期末调研测试英语试卷
1. The total number of domestic (国内的) trips during the past May Day holiday was 274 million, up 70.83 percent than last year. and 119. 09 percent over the same period in 2019, generating 148.056 billion yuan ($21.44 billion) in tourism profits, up 128.90 percent than last year, and 100.66 percent over the same period in 2019. As the first May Day holiday after new pandemic (流行病) policies, it was expected that people’s long-controlled desire to travel would be satisfied, but no one expected it would do so to this extent.
The outstanding tourism performance during this year’s May Day holiday mainly resulted from the improvement of public services. Actually, even before the holiday, many places were improving tourism facilities to meet the increased stream of visitors. Zibo in Shandong province, popular for its barbecue, for example, opened parking lots and toilets for the public for free. Only by improving public services can a region keep attracting tourists all the time.
The explosive growth of tourism during the May Day holiday is a manifestation of China’s economic power, especially the power of the consumer market. It also shows the faster recov
ery of public confidence, which will not only stimulate the growth of service consumption, but also stimulate the expansion of demand in other industries, thus promoting the expansion of overall domestic demand and helping the economic recovery to speed up.
As long as the country focuses on expanding domestic demand and does what it can do to realize the potential of domestic consumption, the continuous development of China’s economy is certain.
1. Why are the figures mentioned in the beginning?
A．To show the recovery of Chinese tourism.
B．To show the expectation of Chinese tourists.
C．To show the development of Chinese economy.
D．To show the improvement of our living standard.
2. What is the main reason behind the excellent tourism performance?
A．Huge tourism profits.
B．Better public services.
C．Convenient holiday traffic.
D．Delicious barbecue in Zibo.
3. What does the underlined word “manifestation” mean in Paragraph 3?
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A．display.
B．scene.
C．cause.
D．balance.
4. What is the author’s attitude towards the future of China’s economy?
A．Unclear.
B．Negative.
C．Concerned.
D．Positive.
2. Humans’ voice sounds more pleasant than that of primates (灵长类动物) because we don’t have vocal membranes (声带膜), a new study suggests.
Humans have vocal cords (声带), muscles in the top of the throat, which vibrate (振动) to produce sound. That unique part helps people control their voices well enough to produce sounds that form spoken language. However, unlike all the other studied primates, humans don’t have vocal membranes.
To find out how vocal membranes affected spoken sounds, a team from Kyoto University took throats from monkeys that had died of natural causes and put the parts into devices, p
ushing air through the throats to see how the vocal cords and membranes would react. In the experiment, the researchers found that their vocal membranes and vocal cords vibrated together.
Researchers said these vocal membranes make it harder for other primates to control the voices they make. Without these membranes, humans’ vocal source is more balanced, allowing better voice control and production of long and balanced voices. A key thing that distinguishes human speech from animal sounds is our control over the sounds we make.
In humans, that sort of unpleasant voices can happen when we put extreme amounts of pressure on our voice, like baby crying and adult screaming. But those are rare cases. Researchers also said that our mouths and tongues could help control the voices. They are the basis of human languages.
1. Why does the human voice sound less unpleasant?
A．Humans have no vocal membranes.
B．Vocal cords of humans are very narrow.
C．Muscles in the human throat can hardly be controlled.
D．Humans’ brains are structured differently from other primates.
2. How did the researchers conduct the study?
A．By exploring the history of human evolution.
B．By referring to previous researches on primates.
C．By observing monkeys’ vocal cords and membranes.
D．By comparing the voice patterns of different animals.
3. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A．A doubt about the research process.
B．The importance of the research findings.
C．Further explanation of the research results.
D．The potential application of the research methods.
4. Which can be the suitable title for the text?
A．Why humans cry or scream?
B．How primates make sounds?
C．How primates develop languages?
D．Why humans’ voice sounds pleasant?
3. At the age of 70, the famous painter Marc Chagall discovered that by designing stained-glass windows, he could breathe bright color and light into his artwork.
Born in 1887 in a Russian town, Chagall started painting when he was 19. He was tired of the dull colors of traditional Russian art. Thus in 1911, he moved to Paris. There, actors, writers, musicians and artists from around the world were creating new art forms. In France, Chagall learned new ways of painting, but stayed true to his childhood memories. While others chose modern subjects, he painted scenes of fantasy and fairy tales in an older, farmer-like way of life.

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