IV. Summary Writing
Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.
Are we born with a preference for certain kinds of faces? Or is it just something that people learn, without realizing it? To find out, psychologist Judith Langlois and her team at the University of Texas in Austin worked with young children and babies.
The researchers showed each baby photos of two faces. One face was more attractive than the other. The scientists then recorded how long the infants looked at each face.
Babies spent longer viewing the attractive faces than the unattractive ones. That meant they preferred the pretty faces. These findings suggest that people prefer pretty faces very early in life. However, it's still possible that we learn that preference. After all, Schein, who worked with Judith, points out, \
That experience can make a difference. Research conducted at the University of Delaware found that babies' brains are better at processing faces from their own race. So infants quickly come to prefer these faces, Schein says.
It's well-known in psychology that familiar things are more attractive, says Coren Apicella. She is a psychologist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. \more attractive because they seem more familiar.\
Indeed, her research backs this up. Apicella and Little worked with two groups of young adults: British and Hadza. The Hadza are hunter-gatherers in Tanzania, a nation in East Africa. Apicella chose them for her experiment because they had not been exposed to Western culture and standards of beauty.
She showed people from both groups two images and asked which was more attractive. One image was an average of five British faces or five Hadza faces. The other was an average of 20 British faces or 20 Hadza faces. People of both cultures preferred the face that was more average -- that is, compiled from 20 faces instead of five. The British participants found both Hadza and British faces beautiful. The Hadza, in contrast, preferred only Hadza faces.
\average European face looks like,\can they prefer it?\
Her findings show how biology and the environment work together to shape our values. \preference for average itself is biologically based,\Apicella says. But people must first experience other faces to learn what an average face should look like.
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V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
72．我以为你会和我一起乘高铁去北京。(think)
73．每月她都会留出一部分钱以各不时之需。 (in case)
74．站在山顶，极目远望，大自然的壮美让我们惊叹不已。(amaze)
75．被称为“发展中国家”并不一定是坏事，只有这样我们才能永远在发展的路上前进，追求更为高远的目标。 (It)
VI. Guided Writing
Directions: Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions given Below in Chinese.
如今在上海街头，共享单车(ride-sharing)忽然流行起来。你班同学最近就共享单车这一 新兴事物展开了热烈的讨论。请根据下表提示用英语写一篇短文，介绍你班讨论的情况，并谈谈你的看法。
（文中不得出现考生姓名、学校等任何真实信息）
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2016学年第一学期徐汇区学习能力诊断卷 高三英语答案:
II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
21. even though/if 22. a 23. to be thrown 24. Have featured 25.his 26. can 27. from 28. will be mirrored 29. which 30. using
Section B
31.-35. B E A J F 36-40.H K C G I
III. Reading Comprehension
Section A
41-45. BCABD 46-50.DACBC 51-55.BDDAC
Section B
56-58. DAA 59-62.BDCA 63-66.BBCC Section C 67-70.C E F A
IV. Summary Writing
Babies’ preference to attractive faces indicates that people begin to prefer pretty faces at an early age. Researches also show that average faces are more attractive because they are more familiar to people. Meanwhile, people’s experience with faces matters a lot. The more people experience with certain faces, the more preference they will have to the average of these faces.
V. Translation
72. I thought you would go to Beijing with me by high-speed rail. 73. She sets aside some money monthly in case of need.
74. Standing at the top of the mountain and looking as far as the eye can see, we are amazed at the magnificence of nature.
75. It is not necessarily a bad thing to be called ”developing country”, since only in this way can we stick to the road of developing forever for higher goals.
VI. Guided Writing(略)。
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