WSC世界学者杯通识篇模拟练习题2024-The World Scholar's Cup

2024年WSC世界学者杯正在火热报名中

北京轮新增5月25-26日爱迪学校场区域轮，4月份未来得及参赛的同学们尽快报名了！

为了帮助同学们更好地备战赛事

机构为各位参赛选手准备了系列模拟题

本篇为通识Special Area模拟练习题

祝各位选手都能成功晋级全球轮, 冲击冠军轮！

什么是WSC?

「The World Scholar's Cup（WSC）世界学者杯源于美国，是一项受到耶鲁大学官方支持的全球中学生学术奥林匹克竞赛，自2007年创立以来，已经发展成为全球范围内备受瞩目的学术赛事，每年吸引了来自100多个国家，超40万名学生的参与，参赛者在这一场金牌国际学术盛宴中从更多角度和层面提升学术素养，用轻松的方式讨论严肃的全球议题，找到学习的真正乐趣。」

参赛组别

Junior组：2010年1月1日之后（含1月1日）出生

Senior组：2010年1月1日之前出生（若队伍中有一人为高级组年龄段，则整组将按照高级组进行评比）

竞赛亮点

影响力大：风靡 70 多个国家的全球中学生学术活动，耶鲁大学官方支持并承办冠军轮，助力世界名校申请

规模庞大：每年 140+ 城市，超 6 万名学者同台竞技，参与全球排名

学术性强：围绕全球主题的跨学科学术挑战，涵盖科学、社会学、历史、艺术、文学、通识6 大学科

奖项丰富：设立各类特色奖项，区域轮超过60% 的高获奖率，鼓励学术探索、激发学习热情，让小学者们在思考中了解世界。

WSC核心学术环节

竞赛语言：英语

比赛内容：世界学者杯每年会围绕一个主题 (Theme)，通过跨学科、主题性探究式等独特的学习方式，展开对六大学科领域的深度探究与竞技，从而启发青年学者们对不同学科的兴趣，培养团队合作、国际沟通、创新与思辨等核心素养，成就未来学者与领袖。

模拟练习题：通识篇 | WSC世界学者杯2024-The World Scholar's Cup

六个学科：通识（Special Area）, 历史（History）, 科学（Science&Technology）, 艺术（Art&Music）, 社会学（Social Studies）和文学（Literature &Media）

模拟练习题：通识篇 | WSC世界学者杯2024-The World Scholar's Cup

2024世界学者杯主题：“Reimagining the Present ”——重设当下

六大学科竞赛环节的题目将围绕这个主题展开。重设当下是一个富有挑战性的命题，既需要历史知识的支持，也需要批判性思维的启发。学生可以从新的视角审视历史事件，探讨不同版本的历史记忆，思考人类在面对过去时应秉持的态度等问题，这将培养学生的历史意识和开阔视野。

Scholar's Chanllenge

「下面30道题属于六大竞赛主题中的Special Area部分，题目围绕2024年WSC世界学者杯的年度主题“Reimagining the Present”——重设当下，备赛新一轮WSC赛事的同学可以拿来练练手，以提升对WSC知识挑战环节与团队竞答环节的知识掌握能力。这份模拟题的难度系数不低，但通过练习，同学们可以找到自己的知识盲区，在备赛的最后阶段有针对性地进行加强复习。」

You will have 20 minutes to complete 30 questions. When you do this test, you can choose multiple options. (During this perod, you will NOT be allowed to use external resources, whether it be a study quide,notes,or talking to friends.)

1. What acts are considered crimes in some countries but not in others?
A	Adultery
B	murder
C	theft
D	Scam

2. Which term of president did Abraham Lincoln serve?
A	16th
B	17th
C	18th
D	19th

3. The United States Department of State changed its own default font from “Times New Roman” to
A	Helvetica
B	Akzidenz-Grotesk
C	Calibri
D	Didot

4.In which country was barcode technology born?
A	Spain
B	American
C	korean
D	Japan

5. Who invented the QR code??
A	Joe Wood Land
B	Berny Silver
C	John Kermode
D	Masahiro Hara(はらまさひろ)

6. Which musical does the scene from “Eva's Final Broadcast” belong to?
A	Evita
B	The Phantom Of The Opera
C	Les Miserables
D	A Chorus Line

7. The time when the world population reached 6 billion is
A	May 2000
B	January 2020
C	December 1998
D	October 12 1999

8. Who wrote the Renaissance 《Confessions》?
A	Rousseau
B	Chekov
C	Gorky
D	Levtolstoy

9. Which of the following animals is not the closest living relative to the Macrauchenia?
A	Horses
B	Rhinos
C	Ttapir
D	Pig

10. Where mastodons were once widespread?
A	The South Pole
B	The North Pole
C	North and Central America
D	The Middle East

11.How did the world's last thylacine died？
A	Die of disease
B	Died in captivity
C	Killed by hunting
D	Die of starvation

12. Which of the following animals is considered the most profitable?
A	Woolly Mammoth
B	Passenger Pigeon
C	Carolina Parakeet
D	Moa

13. Which of the following companies is not among the world's top three gaming companies(as of 2024)?
A	Nintendo
B	Tencent
C	Microsoft
D	Sony

14.What is the main aim of the clickbait?
A	Make information more streamlined
B	Provide information to users
C	Easy for users to read
D	Get hits to a site

15. Which musical does the song“Prayer” belong to?
A	X: The Life and Times of Malcolm X
B	Come from Away
C	Evita
D	A Chorus Line

16.Which of the nine planets is the smallest and coldest one?
A	Pluto
B	Uranus
C	Neptune
D	Mercury

17.How many sunflowers are in the third edition of Van Gogh's painting Sunflowers?
A	9
B	10
C	11
D	12

18.The capital of Portugal is in
A	Madrid
B	Amsterdam
C	Lisbon.
D	Porto

19.If a country has a serious economic recession, the authorities can not use monetary policy to adjust. The country could be
A	German
B	United States
C	British
D	Singapore

20. What was Amazon's main business in its early days?
A	Books
B	electrical appliances
C	Daily Necessities
D	stationery

21.What kind of warehousing services can cover EU countries?
A	FBJ
B	FBA
C	FBI
D	FBW

22.Which poet did the poem“California supermarket” pay tribute to?
A	Voltaire
B	Mark twain
C	Tagore
D	Walt Whitman

23. In the following community succession, the primary succession is?
A	Succession from lake to forest
B	Succession from volcanic rock (bare rock)
C	Succession from abandoned farmland
D	Succession from grassland after fire

24. Which of the following is NOT the reason for the revitalization of Barnes & Noble?
A	Acquire other companies
B	Offer coffee shop
C	Increase the variety of products
D	Invest in online platforms

25. Computer software is divided into
A	system software development package and application software
B	system software and office software
C	operating system and office software
D	operating system and AutoCAD

26. The measure of Data transfer rate on the web is BPS, it means
A	how many kilometers per second the signal travels
B	how many kilometers per second the signal travels
C	how many bits per second the
D	how many bytes per second

27. Which following is incorrect with regard to printing on demand?
A	Will completely replace traditional publishing
B	The implementation of the“Personality of the book, a printing”
C	Breaking the traditional division of labor in the publishing industry
D	The pre-press and printing operations into a whole, by the computer system

28.The Arc de Triomphe in France was built in memory of
A	Sirte
B	House of Bernadotte
C	Napoléon
D	DeGaule

29. Where was artificial intelligence born?
A	They are a Hindu temple complex.
B	Dartmouth
C	New York
D	Las vegas

30.Which of the following choices about uncertain knowledge is wrong?
A	Uncertain knowledge is not precisely representable
B	Expert knowledge is usually classified as uncertain knowledge
C	Uncertain knowledge is processed knowledge
D	The relationship between facts and conclusions of uncertain knowledge is not simply "yes" or "no."

2024年WSC赛事安排

2024年新一轮城市赛活动安排

华北地区

2024 World Scholar’s Cup-北京 Round
活动地点	北京爱迪学校
活动时间	2024年5月25日-5月26日
2024 World Scholar’s Cup-大连 Round
活动时间	大连枫叶国际学校
活动时间	2024年6月1日-6月2日

华东地区

2024World Scholar’s Cup-上海 Round
活动地点	上海新加坡外籍人员子女学校
活动时间	2024年4月20日-4月21日
2024World Scholar’s Cup-苏州 Round
活动地点	苏州德威外籍人员子女学校
活动时间	2024年5月18日-5月19日
2024World Scholar’s Cup-杭州 Round
活动时间	杭州鼎文学校
活动时间	2024年5月25日-5月26日
2024World Scholar’s Cup-南京 Round
活动时间	南京汤山威雅实验学校
活动时间	2024年6月1日-6月2日

华南地区

2024World Scholar’s Cup-佛山 Round
活动时间	佛山美伦外国语高级中学
活动时间	2024年6月15日-6月16日
2024World Scholar’s Cup-厦门 Round
活动时间	华师希平双语学校
活动时间	2024年6月8日-6月9日