兰州一中2024-1学期高一年级期末考试试题
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A bright yellow “M” tells you that it’s a McDonald’s restaurant; we also associate the cheerful theme tune “I’m Lovin’ It” with the famous US fast food.
A brand’s music has a similar effect on its customers as its logo. “It appeals directly to the heart, where consumers’ decisions are really made,” wrote Marketing Week.
This is probably why companies from around the world have recently focused more on building a “sonic (声音的) identity”.
An example is the software company Tencent QQ. Since 2024, this Chinese company has been trying to trademark (申请商标权) its “Di-Di-Di-Di-Di-Di” notification sound. The trademark was finally approved on Nov 15, which means that Tencent’s “Di-Di-Di-Di-Di-Di” notification sound is now protected by law and can only be used by QQ.
Sound and music can also help tell stories. In Game of Thrones (《权力的游戏》) there are so many characters that it is difficult to memorize them all. So, they wrote melodies (旋律) specific to each family. The result is that characters do not only look familiar, but sound familiar too.
“I think a huge reason why sound inspires action is that, on an unconscious level, we are always listening,” Lauren Nagel, executive creative director at Pandora Media, told GeoMarketing. “You can close your eyes, but you can’t shut your ears.”
1. What is the influence of a brand’s music, according to Marketing Week? A. It creates a relaxing environment. B. It helps to get customers’ attention.
C. It makes the brand better known. quick decisions.
2. The example of Tencent QQ is mainly used to show ______. A. how companies value their sounds and music B. trademark protection
C. the lasting impact of a brand’s music notification sound
3. How does music help Game of Thrones? A. It helps to create more impressive scenes. characters’ personalities.
C. It suggests that important things are coming. D. characters easier to remember. B
Perhaps no one knows the power of imagination better than Chinese writer Liu Cixin. Until four years ago, Liu worked full-time as a computer engineer at a power plant in Shanxi province. He only wrote science fiction in his spare time. But it was during this time that Liu’s imagination took flight. He did what he might never have the chance to do in real life – wander in space, fight with aliens, and visit planets light-years away.
But even with such a powerful imagination, Liu, 55, probably hadn’t
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expected that he would become the first Asian to win the Hugo Award, science fiction’s highest prize, in 2024. Perhaps neither did he think that former US president Barack Obama would read his novel The Three-Body Problem, nor that on Nov 9 in Washington DC, he would win the 2024 Arthur C. Clarke Award for Imagination in Service to Society. It’s the first time a Chinese writer has ever won the award.
In his acceptance speech, Liu said that he owed his imagination to Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2024), a famous UK sci-fi author. He said that reading Clarke’s 1968 classic novel 2001: A Space Odyssey in the early 1980s had a great effect on him.
“My mind opened up like never before. I felt like a narrow river finally seeing the sea,” Liu said. “That night, in my eyes, the starry sky was completely different from the past. For the first time in my life, I was awed (使……敬畏) by the mystery of the universe.”
But no matter how far away Liu’s imagination takes him, somehow his novels always stay rational.
In The Three-Body Problem, for example, Liu tells a tale of aliens invading Earth. But unlike other alien stories, Liu talks more about relationships between civilizations(文明), rules of survival, and the meanings of life. And in The Wandering Earth, Liu looks ahead to the day when our solar system comes to an end and humans have to look for a new place to live. However, all his visions and solutions are based on “hard science”. Liu’s works aren’t simply daydreams. 4. What do we know about Liu Cixin?
A. He became a full-time writer when he was young. B. He dreamed about wandering in space from childhood. C. He is the first Asian to win the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
D. He is the first Chinese winner of the Hugo Award. 5. Liu Cixin’s words are used mainly to show ______.
A. his interest in mysteries of the universe B. his love of reading science fiction
C. his confusion when he started writing D. his feeling after reading Clarke’s work
6. Why did the author mention The Three-Body Problem and The Wandering Earth? A. To compare the different writing styles in the two books. B. To explain how Liu Cixin came up with his ideas. C. To show that Liu Cixin has a powerful imagination.
D. To prove that Liu Cixin’s works relate science to reality. 7. What’s the text mainly about?
A. Liu Cixin’s achievements and writing style. B. contributions to science fiction.
C. How Liu Cixin became a sci-fi writer. new sci-fi style. C
Giving generously and receiving gratefully make it easier to live happily with others. Yet, why do we have such difficulty accomplishing these things in our relationships? I think people refuse to be generous with others because they fear being used.
For example, my husband and I have family members who only contact us when they need money. We usually accept their requests, but we rarely receive a “thank you”. Most people would say that my husband and I are being used. But when we give, we shouldn’t be giving for the purpose of getting gratitude. Rather, we should be giving because it’s a good thing to do.
Everything that we have, from our ability to wake up each morning to the
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money in our bank account, is a gift from the world. In return, the world asks us to use these gifts to help others, either by giving them our time or our resources. The good news is that when we live our lives being nice to others, our lives run more smoothly.
If you’re generous, yes, some people will use you. But if you practice being generous, most of your relationships will improve. And at the same time, we should remember to receive gratefully. I truly believe that you cannot say “thank you” enough.
So often we get lazy about expressing gratitude. Parents can feel unappreciated by their children, and teachers can feel unappreciated by their students. Just because a task is part of someone’s job description doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t thank them for it.
Words of appreciation make others feel good about themselves like nothing else. It’s good for us to say “thank you” because we often need to tell ourselves how lucky we are.
If you are looking for a way to improve your life, I can give you one: Give generously and receive gratefully.
8. The author mentions her family members in the article mainly to explain ______.
A. why we should give even if we feel we are being used B. why people have trouble expressing gratitude
C. what makes people refuse to offer help D. why it’s necessary to express gratitude
9. According to the author, why should we be grateful to those who help us? A. It can bring us good luck. people happy.
C. It’s not other people’s duty to help us. D. All we normally get are
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甘肃省兰州第一中学2024学年高一英语上学期期末考试试题
