浙江省杭州求是高级中学2020年高三年级第一学期学科期中考试卷(含答案)

2020学年高三第一学期英语学科十一月月考（期中）试题卷杭州求是高级中学第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)第一节(共10个小题;每小题2.5分，满分25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，AA math and physics teacher from rural Kenya, who gives away 80% of his monthly income to help the poor, has won a $1 million prize.Peter Tabichi was awarded the Global Teacher Prize on Sunday. He teaches at a rural Kenyan schooi in Pwani Village, with only one computer, poor Internet and a student-teacher ratio(比率)of 58:1. Nearly all his students are from poor families, and almost a third of them have no parents or only one parent alive.Tabichi gets online educational content by visiting Internet cafes and uses it offline in class.He gui ded the school's science club, in which students now compete in national and international competitions. The mathematical science team qualified to compete in the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair this year in Arizona. His students also won an award from the Royal Society of Chemistry after using local plant life to produce electricity.This prize does not recognize me but recognizes this great continent's young people,"Tabichi said. His students face many challenges, including food shortage, drug abuse, teenagepregnancies and young marriages. Yet at the Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School where Tabichi teaches, the number of students has doubled over three years and more of the students are going on to college.Tabichi was chosen from 10,000 applicants in 180 countries. He accepted the award fromactor Hugh Jackman. The annual Global Teacher Prize was first launched in 2014 by Sunny Varkey, founder and chairman of GEMS Education. Now in its fifth year, the Global Teacher Prize is the largest of its kind. The $1 million award is presented to an exceptional teacher who has made an outstanding contribution to their profession.21.What do we know about Peter Tabichi?A. He enjoys a high enough income to help the poor.B. He makes a difference to many of his students' life.C. He does online teaching in Internet cafes sometimes.D. He helps take care of parentless students' daily life.22. What do we know about Peter Tabichi's students?A. They solved the problem of electricity supply in Pwani.B. They are trained to compete for various academic awards.C. They show great potential with the help of Peter Tabichi.D. They persuade their friends to go to school together.23. What does the author intend to do in the last paragraph?A. Summarize the previous' paragraphs.B. Provide some advice for the readers.C. Add some background information.D. Introduce a new topic for discussion.24. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. A Rural Kenyan Teacher Guides Students in CompetitionsB. A Rural Kenyan Teacher Changes Students' Life PathC. A Rural Kenyan Teacher Donates Money to the PoorD. A Rural Kenyan Teacher ls Awarded a $1 Million PrizeBClaude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci the art world has never lacked talent.And no w, a new painter is ready to join the list although this one isn't even human.Next month, auction house Christie's Prints and Multiples will make history by offering thefirst piece of art created by artificial intelligence (AI) for sale. The painting is a portrait of a man called Edmond De Bela- my, and is expected to be sold for up to $10,000.The work, which features a man with a mysterious look on his face, was created by software developed by the French art group Obvious. Laugero-Lasserre, an art collector, called the work"gr otesque and amazing at the same time". This isn't the first example of Al-produced artwork, asAI has already been used to write poems and compose .songs. However, many people doubt whether it should be called art at all.According to Russian writer Leo Tolstroy (1828 -1910), art is about creating emotion ('Ii E).It's a means of ..joining people together in the same feelings' he once said.So, if the emotion behind art is what makes it,the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from оthеrѕресіеѕ.Аndаѕаtооlіtѕеlf,thеАl tесhn ology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers.Together, they “fed” the Al a huge collection of paintings from the14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own.The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new, artistic movement.However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high-tech artists just yet.The human mind is what is behind the AI technology. And the human mind is no! a cold, hard fact ,"said Oscar Scwarz,a professor of AI. "Rather, it in something that’s created with our opinions and something that changes over.25. Why does the author mention the artists in Paragraph 1?A. To introduce their works.B. To make an advertisement.C. To present a piece of news.D. To focus the topic on the AI.26. What does the underlined would "grotesque" in Paragraph 3 mean?A.Strange.B. Simple.C. Messy.D. Understandable.27. Compared with the AI, Oscar Schwartz thinks the human mind is _____·A. limitedB. decisiveC. changeableD. meaningfulCWhen we see cute babies, or adorable baby animals, many of us feel a strong urge to squeezeor pinch them or even bite them. Scientists call this strange response "cute aggression".Stavropoulos's team gathered 54 people to look at 32 pictures of four sets. One set contained photos of cute baby animals. Another set contained pictures of less-cute, fully grown animals. Ano ther sets contained pictures of less-cute, fully grown animals. The other two sets were photos of human babies which were digitally edited. One set was changed toemphasize features we find cute, such as big eyes and full cheeks. The other was edited to reduce those features.The scientists found that the participants had much more feelings of cute aggressiontowards images of baby animals than those of adult animals. Surprisingly, this difference was not seen from the two sets of human baby pictures in comparison.To assess cute aggression, the participants were asked questions about the degree ofwanting to aggress the subjects of the photos, and of wanting to care for them. Scientists suspect these responses are associated with not only the brain's emotional systems, but also its reward systems, which adjust motivation, pleasure and feelings of "wanting".Cute aggression may give humans the highly adaptive ability to control emotional response.To limit the motivation of positive feelings, the brain gives commands of the aggression. In other words, the brain throws in a bit of aggression to keep the good feelings from becoming uncontrolled. "If you find yourself fascinated by how cute a baby is, ---so much so that you simply can't control it ---that baby is going to starve." It stops us from investing too much energy into cute things. So, there is no need to feel bad for the desire to pinch them at the sight of cute babies. It's not because we're mean people. The "unfriendly", movement of our fingers is just our brain's way of making sure nothing gets too cute to handle.28. What was found in Stavropoulos's experiment?A. Human's brain has two systems.B. Cute aggression exists in every human being.C. Cute aggression varies towards different subjects.D. Humans like to aggress animals rather than care for them.29. How does Stavropoulos find cute aggression?A. It is a normal response in the brain.B. It is still a mystery.C. It does harm to the animals.D. It makes humans become mean.30. What is the author's attitude towards cute aggression?A. DoubtfulB. SupportiveC. DisapprovingD. Unclear第二节(共5个小题;每小题2分，满分10分)根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。