2019-2020学年南宁市第二十八中学高三英语上学期期末试题及参考答案

2019-2020学年南宁市第二十八中学高三英语上学期期末试题及参考

答案

第一部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

Conservation Volunteering in New Zealand

Whether you are a student, professional or a retiree (退休者), anyone is welcome to make a difference and contribute to protecting some of the most beautiful islands in the world. Choose a suitable city and travelout to your conservation (保护) site to work with local people!

Duration: 1-12 weeks Dates: Throughout the year

Arrival day: Friday Return day: Friday

Requirement: General level of fitness Age: 18+

What will I be doing?

Volunteer in New Zealand and enjoy conserving the environment through activities such as:

·Tree planting

·Walking trail construction

·Protect native birds, insects, fish and penguins

·Seed collection

·Weed control

You, and a group of up to 10 volunteers, will work under the guidance of a conservation team leader. Your team leader will give you regular safety instructions, inform you of the project aims and assist you with working effectively.

No previous experience is necessary to join the project. All you need is a love of the environment and a fairly good level of fitness to help out!

1.Who can sign up for this conservation volunteering project?

A.A retired maths teacher.

B.A primary school student.

C.A scientist with heart disease.

D.A businessman in a wheelchair.

2.What can you do on the volunteer trip?

A.Protect cultural sites and go shopping.

B.Enjoy local sightseeing and go fishing.

C.Protect weeds and build roads.

D.Collect seeds and plant trees.

3.From which is the text probably taken?

A.A history book.

B.A travel magazine.

C.A research paper.

D.A novel.

B

Tourism is often about seeking deeper emotional and personal connections with the world around us. Not all travel experiences, however, need to take place in the real world. With the evolution of virtual reality(VR) technology, tourism will increasingly become a combination of physical and virtual worlds. VR may even remove the need to travel entirely.

But can a VR experience really equal a real world one? Many experts believe it can. Studies have shown that our brains have an inbuilt VR-like mechanism that enables us to live imagined experiences. Much of our waking life is spent thinking about either the past or the future. This is known as" mind wandering". During these events we' re not paying attention to the current world around us. Instead, we' re recalling memories, or creating and processing imagined futures.

When engaged in mind wandering, our brains process these mental images using the same pathways used to receive inputs from the real world. So, the imagined past or future can create emotions and feelings similar to how we react to everyday life. VR can create these same feelings.

While critics might argue that a virtual experience will never match reality, there are several ways VR tourism could make a positive contribution. Firstly it could help protect sensitive locations from over-tourism. In recent years famous sites such as Maya Bay in Thailand, and Cambodia's Angkor Wat Temples have had to limit the number of visitors because of their negative impact. These places are now producing their own VR experiences that will allow tourists to pass through virtual models of the sites.

Virtual reality may also allow people back in time, to experience historical events, visit ancient cities, and even to walk among dinosaurs.

Finally, in a world where many people suffer from stress and depression due to overwork, virtual tourism may provide a cheap and convenient way for people to take brief holidays to otherwise unreachable destinations and recharge their batteries, without ever leaving their homes.

It sounds like science fiction but it's already happening. As virtual technology improves and as people