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1、江苏省海安高级中学2018-2019学年高一英语下学期期中试题（创新实验班）注意事项：1．本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题），满分100分，考试时间90分钟。2．所有试题的答案均填写在答题纸上（选择题部分使用答题卡，请将选择题的答案直接填涂到答题卡上），答案写在试卷上的无效。第I卷(选择题共60分)第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AArgumentforawardsIt’s
2、alwaysexcitingeveryyearinOctoberwhentheNobelPrizesareannounced.Wegettowitnesstheacknowledgement(表彰)ofsomeofhumankind’sgreatestmindsinsixfields–literature(文学),medicine,physics,chemistry,economicsandactivismforpeace.Thisyear,however,partoftheexcitementwi
3、llbetakenaway,sincetherewon’tbeaNobelPrizeinliteratureduetothefactthattheSwedishAcademy–theinstitution(机构)thatawardstheprize–wasinvolvedinasexualharassmentscandal.PeopleworrythatascandallikethiswillaffectthereputationoftheNobelPrizes.Butatthesametime,w
4、ehavetoaskourselveswhetherwereallyneedtheseawardsafterall.AccordingtoJanaGallus,aneconomistfromtheUniversityofZurich,Switzerland,oneofthereasonsthatpeoplegiveoutawardsistoestablishalegacy(遗产).InthecaseoftheNobelPrizes,theyencouragepeopletoachievemoreby
5、acknowledgingthehardworkoftopfiguresindifferentfields.Awardsmayalsohelpestablishstandardsofwhat’sconsideredhighquality.Forexample,ifyou’rehavingahardtimedecidingwhichmovietowatch,oneofthemhavinganOscarunderitsbeltwillprobablyhelpyoutomakeyourmindup.And
6、byreadingthebooksthathavewonTheManBookerPrizeorlisteningtosongsthathavebeenawardedaGrammy,yougetanideaaboutwhat“great”literatureandmusiclookandsoundlike–atleastintheeyesofjudgingpanels(评审团).Sure,awardscanbackfire.TherewastheOscarsSoWhitemovementin2015a
7、nd2016,whenitturnedoutthatall20actorsnominated(提名)fortwoyearsinarowwerewhite.TherewasalsotheGrammysSoMalemovementinJanuary,whenAlessiaCarawastheonlywomantowinasoloGrammythisyear.Butstill,itwastheseincidentsthatbroughttheproblemsofracism(种族歧视)andgender(
8、性别)inequalityintothepubliceyeoncemore.Andwithinfluentialvoices–likethatofblackactorWillSmith,whorefusedtoattendtheOscarsceremony–theproblemsbecamemorelikelytobenoticedanddealtwithinsteadofbeingburiedsilently,again.Maybetheseawardsdomatt
