河北省石家庄市第25中学2022-2023学年高二年级第二学期开学考英语试题.pdfVIP

河北省石家庄市第25中学2022-2023学年高二年级第二学期

开学考英语试题

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学校姓名：班级：考号：

一、阅读理解

Thewell-knownSpanishpainterPabloPicassooncesaid,“Everychildisanartist.The

problemishowtoremainanartistoncehe/shegrowsup.”

Thisisbothencouraginganddiscouraging.Thefactthatwewereallborntobeartistsis

surelyexciting.Buttherealityhasproventhatremainingtobeanartistisataskthatmanyof

ushavefailed.Fortunately,somepeoplehaveseentheproblemandwanttosolveit.Western

educatorshavesuggestedthatweintroducetheconceptof“STEAM”insteadof

“STEM”—traditional“coremajorsincludingscience,technology,engineeringand

math—sincethe“A”,whichstandsfor“art”,isjustimportantaswell.AndsodidtheChina’s

MinistryofEducation.Itrequiredcollegesanduniversitiestoprovidemoreart-related

coursesforstudents.Theyneedtoearnacertainnumberofartcredits()inorderto

学分

graduate.

Theseeffortscameaftermanyscientificstudieshadfoundthatarteducationhelps

studentsdevelopself-confidenceandteamworkskills,aswellashabitsofmindsuchas

problemsolvingandcriticalthinking.

It’struethatnoneoftheseskillsisdirectlyconnectedwithjobs.ButasformerUSballet

dancerDamianWoetzeltoldTheAtlantic,thepurposeofartis“togivekidsthetoolsto

becomeadultswhoarecreative,adaptableandexpressive—capableofhavingtheireyesand

earsandsensesalive.Andwecannowseehowwelosttrackofourborn“artistself”onour

waytogrowingup:wefailedtokeepourcapabilitiestosee,hearandfeel,andbecameblind,

deafandin