2020年高三英语上学期第一次考试试题
2020秋高三上学期第一次联考英语试题(可编辑)+答案详解+评分标准 (2)
2020届高三上学期第一次联考英语试题第I卷(选择题共100分)第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Where are the two speakers?A. In Canada.B. In the US.C. In Mexico.2. What's the relationship between the two speakers?A. Classmates.B. Friends.C. Brother and sister.3. What are the speakers mainly discussing?A. Careers.B. Health problems.C. Types of hospitals.4. When does the man want to go to the library?A. On Saturday.B. On Sunday.C. On Monday.5. How does the woman respond to the man?A. She is disappointed.B. She is impressed.C. She is indifferent. 第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有几个小题,从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话读两遍。
听下面一段对话,回答第6和7题。
6. What is the dog's name?A. Harry.B. Yoda.C. Luke7. What is the dog like?A. Young and fast.B. Old and loyal.C. Big and scary.听下面一段对话,回答第8和9题。
南开中学2020届高三上学期英语第一次检测试卷
but I was 10 by the topic he was working on. He gave me a(n) 11: to figure out what caused muons (介子) to get depolarized (去极化) in liquids. After a week I came to Ken's office to tell him about it. He listened for a few minutes and then 12 "You have no idea what you're talking about! Get out and don't come back until you do!" Now I was starting to get 13, complaining about him as cold- hearted. Determined to change his attitude and 14 more relevant knowledge, I really got into it. 15, I understood it so well that to this day it is my most proud 16. Then I went back to tell Ken what I had figured out. Again he interrupted me a few minutes into my 17, but I carried on. When I finished, he praised me for doing some very original research. From that day forward, he supported and promoted me 18 we became great friends and respected colleagues. So don't ever complain about your "19" teachers. They may 20 you to make greater achievement you will be proud of decades later. (1) A、running B、drills C、operations D、actions (2) A、yelling at B、sending for C、getting rid of D、joking with (3) A、amazed B、 encouraged C、frightened D、embarrassed (4) A、debate B、discriminate C、decide D、 defend (5) A、in B、across C、over D、away (6) A、other than B、more than C、 less than D、rather than (7) A、overlooked B、blamed C、resisted D、exposed (8) A、erasing B、strengthening C、jogging D、changing (9) A、reputation B、reference C、 concern D、preference (10) A、astonished B、puzzled C、disturbed D、fascinated (11) A、principle B、assignment C、reward D、award (12) A、set out B、settle down C、cut in D、carried on (13) A、relaxed B、content C、comfortable D、mad (14) A、acquire B、acknowledge C、spread D、address (15) A、Suddenly B、 Eventually C、Gradually D、Purposefully (16) A、accomplishment B、establishment C、 development D、commitment (17) A、enquiry B、presentation C、schedule D、 conference (18) A、although B、as C、before D、until (19) A、tolerant B、 considerate C、mean D、kind (20) A、permit B、bother C、inspire D、discourage
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2020届高三上学期英语第一次月考英语试卷一、单选题(本大题共15小题,共15分)1. As _______ monitor of our class, Jason has _______ great responsibility to get the class to work together as a team.A . a;theB . 不填;aC . a;不填D . a;a2. The new playground to be built next year will be ____________ the old one.A . as three times big asB . three times as big asC . as big as three timesD . as big three times as3. We can observe that artificial intelligence has already made a ________ on our lives in many waysA . statementB . impactC . impressionD . judgment4. She often ________ her daughter on the way home after work.A . joins upB . looks upC . picks upD . takes up5. Television is more than an electronic equipment; it _____ a powerful tool for communication.A . was becomingB . has becomeC . had becomeD . will become6. Let’s not pick these peaches until this weekend ___________they get sweet enough to be eaten.A . ever sinceB . as ifC . even thoughD . so that7. The quality of education in this small school is better than ______ in some larger schools.A . thatB . oneC . itD . this8. With two children _____ middle school in the nearby town now, theparents are working hard.A . to attendB . attendingC . attendedD . having attended9. As far as I know, education is about learning. The more you learn, _______.A . the better for life are you preparedB . the better you are prepared for lifeC . the better life are you prepared forD . you are prepared the better for life10. Sherlock Holmes is famous ____ a detective as he is known ___ everybody ____ his quick thinking and careful observation.A . as; to; forB . to; for; byC . for; to; asD . to; as; for11. If we had taken such effective________much earlier, the river would not be polluted so seriously now.A . treasuresB . effortsC . measuresD . actions12. It’s the third time that I _________ you _________ your promise.A . reminded; aboutB . have reminded; ofC . reminded; ofD . have reminded; about13. ___ in London, the penniless American wandered on the pavement, ___ to find a job to make a living.A . Lost; hopedB . Losing; hopedC . Lost; hopingD . Losing; hoping14. It suddenly occurred to him ____ he had left his keys in the office.A . thatB . whatC . whereD . which15. There was snow everywhere ______ the shapes of things were difficult to identify.A . so thatB . now thatC . for fear thatD . on condition that二、完形填空(本大题共20小题,共30分)16. 完形填空At my heaviest I weighed 370pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to 1bad feelings, to make myself feel better, andto celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of 2but nothing worked.I came to believe that Icould do nothing about my 3.When I was 50, my weightproblem began to affect me 4.I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with this 5weight any more.That year, I6a seminar where we were asked to create aproject that would touch the world. A seminar leader shared her 7story —she had not only 125 pounds, butalso raised $25,000 for homeless children.8by her story, I created the As We Heal, the World Heals 9.My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,00010a movement founded 30 years ago to end hunger.This combination of healing myself and healing the world 11me as the perfect solution.12Ibegan my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would 13the same difficulties that beat me before.While the 14hung over my head, there were also signs thatI was headed down the right 15. I sent letters to everyone I knew,telling them about my project. It worked perfectly. Donations began 16infrom hundreds of people.Of course, I also took some practicalsteps to lose weight. I consulted with a physician, Ihired a fitness coach, and I began to eat small and 17meals. My fund-raising focus also gave me newmotivation to exercise 18.A year later, I19my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000!I feel that I’ve been given a second life to devote to something that is 20and enormous.(1)A . addB . mixC . killD . share(2)A . dietsB . drinksC . fruitsD . dishes (3)A . heightB . abilityC . wisdomD . weight(4)A . temporarilyB . recentlyC .seriouslyD . secretly(5)A . idealB . extraC . normalD . low(6)A . attendedB . organizedC . recommendedD . mentioned(7)A . folkB . successC . adventureD . science(8)A . SurprisedB . AmusedC . InfluencedD . Disturbed(9)A . projectB . businessC . systemD . custom(10)A . in search ofB . in need ofC . in place ofD . in support of(11)A . scaredB . consideredC . confusedD . struck(12)A . AsB . UntilC . IfD . Unless(13)A . get overB . run intoC . look forD . put aside(14)A . excitementB . joyC . angerD . fear(15)A . rowB . hallC . pathD . street(16)A . breakingB . floodingC . jumpingD . stepping(17)A . heavyB . fullC . expenseD . healthy(18)A . regularlyB . limitlesslyC . suddenlyD . randomly(19)A . setB . reachedC . missedD . dropped(20)A . stressfulB . painfulC . meaningfulD . peaceful三、阅读理解(本大题共20小题,共50分)17. 阅读理解Ancient Chinese folk paintings and manyother art styles have been passed down from generation to generation, and arestill practised in different parts of China. Here’s a look at four uniqueChinese folk art forms.Chinese Opera isthe traditional form of Chinese drama. According to incomplete statistics, inChina’s various ethnic regions there are about more than 360 kinds of operas.The most famous ones include Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, Yueju Opera, YujuOpera, Sichuan Opera, Fujian Opera, Hebei opera, Huangmei Opera arid so on, intotal more than 50, among which Peking Opera is the most popular in China.Shadow Play dates back to Western Han Dynasty in Shaanxi more than 1,000 years ago. Themoving figures, usually carved out from leather, are operated by folk artists,accompanied by music and singing. It is the world’sfirst dubbed motion picture art form, thus considered the “ancestor”of modern film. Today this art form is still popular in northern China.Paper-cutting isone of the most popular traditional decorative arts in China with a longhistory. Paper-cutting can be seen across China and it has even developed intodifferent local genres . They are usuallyused to decorate gates and windows during festivals.The Kite was invented byChinese people. According to legend the earliest kite in China was a woodenbird by Mo Di in the Eastern Zhou Dynasty. Later his student Lu Ban improvedthe tech and used bamboo as material to make a kite. Today, various kite-flyingactivities can be found in different regions of China. Shandong Weifang KiteFestival is held every year and attracts lots of kite lovers and travelers.(1)Which Chinese Opera is the most popular in China?A . Peking Opera.B . Kunqu Opera.C . Yueju Opera.D . Yuju Opera.(2)Why is Shadow Play considered the ancestor of modern film?A . It has a history of more than 1,000 years.B . It was operated by ancient folk artists.C . It is accompanied by music and dances on the stage.D . It is the world’s first dubbed motion picture art form.(3)What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A . Different local genres.B . Traditional decorative pictures.C . Paper-cutting art works.D . Popular Chinese handwriting.(4)What was the earliest kite made of in China?A . Paper.B . Wood.C . Bamboo.D . Leather.(5)What is the main topic of this article?A . Chinese folk art.B . Chinese folk paintings.C . Chinese operas.D . Chinese folk plays.18. 阅读理解There’s a new frontier in 3D printingthat’s beginning to come into focus: food. Recent development has made possiblemachines that print, cook, and serve foods o n a mass scale. And the industryisn’t stopping there.Food productionWith a 3D printer, a cook canprint complicated chocolate sculptures and beautiful pieces for decoration on awedding cake. Not everybody can do that — it takes years of experience, buta printer makes it easy. A restaurant in Spain uses a Foodini to”re-create forms and pieces” of food that are “exactly thesame,” freeing cooks to complete other tasks. In another restaurant, allof the dishes and desserts it serves are 3D-printed, rather than farm to table.SustainabilityThe global population is expectedto grow to 9.6 billion by 2050, and some analysts estimate that food productionwill need to be raised by 50 percent to maintain current levels. Sustainabilityis becoming a necessity. 3D food printing could probably contribute to thesolution. Some experts believe printers could use hydrocolloids from plentiful renewables like algae and grass to replace the familiar ingredients. 3D printing can reduce fuel use and emissions. Grocery stores of the future might stock “food” that lasts years on end, freeing upshelf space and reducing transportation and storage requirements.NutritionFuture 3D food printers couldmake processed food healthier. Hod Lipson, a professor at Columbia University,said, “Food printing could allow consumers to print food with customizednutritional content, like vitamins. So instead of eating a piece of yesterday’sbread from the supermarket, you’d eat something baked just for you ondemand.”ChallengesDespite recent advancements in3D food printing, the industry has many challenges to overcome. Currently, mostingredients must be changed to a paste before a printer can use them,and the printing process is quite time-consuming, because ingredients interactwith each other in very complex ways. On top of that, most of the 3D foodprinters now are restricted to dry ingredients, because meat and milk productsmay easily go bad. Some experts are skeptical about 3D food printers, believingthey are better suited for fast food restaurants than homes and high-endrestaurants.(1)What benefit does 3D printing bring to food production?A . It helps cooks to create new dishes.B . It saves time and effort in cooking.C . It improves the cooking conditions.D . It contributes to restaurant decorations.(2)What can we learn about 3D food printing from Paragraphs 3?A . It solves food shortages easily.B . It quickens the transportation of food.C . It needs no space for the storage of food.D . It uses renewable materials as sources of food.(3)According to Paragraph 4, 3D-printed food ________.A . is more available to consumersB . can meet individual nutritionalneedsC . is more tasty than food in supermarketsD . can keep all the nutrition in raw materials(4)What is the main factor that prevents 3D food printing from spreading widely?A . The printing process is complicated.B . 3D food printers are too expensive.C . Food materials have to be dry.D . Some experts doubt 3D food printing.(5)What could be the best title of the passage?A . 3D Food Printing: Delicious New TechnologyB . A New Way to Improve 3D Food PrintingC . The Challenges for 3D Food ProductionD . 3D Food Printing: From Farm to Table19. 阅读理解Failure is probably the most exhaustingexperience a person ever has. There is nothing more tiring than not succeeding.We experience this tiredness intwo ways: as start-up fatigue and performance fatigue. In the former case, we keepputting off a task because it has either too boring or too difficult. And thelonger we delay it, the more tired we feel.Such start-up fatigue is veryreal, even if not actually physical, not something in our muscles and bones.The solution is obvious though perhaps not easy to apply: always handle themost difficult job first.Years ago, I was asked to write102 essays on the great ideas of some famous authors. Applying my own rule, Idetermined to write them in alphabetical, never letting myself leaveout a tough idea. And I always startedthe day’s work with the difficult taskof essay-writing. Experience proved that the rule works.Performance fatigue is moredifficult to handle. Though willing to get started, we cannot seem to do thejob right. Its difficulties appear so great that, however hard we work, we failagain and again. In such a situation, I work as hard as I can-then let theunconscious take over.When planning EncyclopaediaBritannica , I had to create a table of contents based on the topics of itsarticles. Nothing like this had ever been done before, and day after dat I keptcoming up with solutions, but none of them worked. My fatigue became almostunbearable.One day, mentally exhausted, Iwrote down all the reasons why this problem could not be solved. I tried toconvince myself that the trouble was with the problem itself, not with me.Relived, I sat back in an easy chair and fell asleep.An hour later, I woke upsuddenly with the solution clearly in mind. In the weeks that followed, thesolution which had come up in my unconscious mind provided correct at everystep. Though I worked as hard as before, I felt no fatigue. Success was now asexciting as failure had been depressing.Human beings, I believe musttry to succeed. Success, then, means never feeling tired.(1)People with start-up fatigue are most likely to .A . delay tasksB . work hardC . seek helpD . accept failure(2)What does the author recommend doing to prevent start-up fatigue?A . Writing essays in strict order.B . Building up physical strength.C .Leaving out the toughest ideas.D . Dealing with the hardest task first.(3)On what occasion does a person probably suffer from performance fatigue?A . Before starting a difficult task.B . When all the solutions fail.C . If the job is rather boring.D . After finding a way out.(4)According to the author, the unconscious mind may help us .A . ignore mental problemsB . get some nice sleepC . gain complete reliefD . find the right solution(5)What could be the best title for the passage?A . Success Is Built upon FailureB . How to Handle Performance FatigueC . Getting over Fatigue: A Way to SuccessD . Fatigue: An Early Sign of Health Problems20. 阅读理解A scientist working at her lab bench and asix-old baby playing with his food might seem to have little in common. Afterall, the scientist is engaged in serious research to uncover the very nature ofthe physical world, and the baby is, well, just playing…right? Perhaps,but some developmental psychologists have argued that this “play” is morelike a scientific invest igation than one might think.Take a closer look at the babyplaying at the table. Each time the bowl of rice is pushed over the table edge,it falls in the ground---and, in the process, it belongs out important evidenceabout how physical objects interact; bowls of rice do not flood in mid-sit, butrequire support to remain stable. It is likely that babies are not born knowingthe basic fact of the universe; nor are they everclearly taught it. Instead,babies may form an understanding of object support through repeated experimentsand then build on this knowledge to learn even more about how objects interact.Though their ranges and tools differ, the baby’s investigation and thescientist’s experiment appear to share the same aim, overall approach , and logic.Some psychologists suggest thatyoung children learn about more than just the physical world in this way---thatthey investigate human psychology and the rules of language using similarmeans. For example, it may only be through repeated experiments, evidence gathering,and finally overturning a theory, that a baby will come to accept the idea thatother people can have different views and desires from what he or she has, forexample, unlike the child, Mommy actually doesn’t like Dove chocolate.Viewing childhood developmentas a scientific investigation throws on how children learn, but it also offersan inspiring look at science and scientists. Why do young children andscientists seem to be so much alike? Psychologists have suggested that scienceas an effort ---the desire to explore, explain, and understand our world---issimply something that comes from our babyhood. Perhaps evolution provided humanbabies with curiosity and a natural drive to explain their worlds, and adultscientists simply make use of the same drive that served them as children. Thesame cognitive systems that make young children feel good about feel good aboutfiguring something out may have been adopted by adult scientists. As somepsychologists put it, “It is not that children are little scientis ts butthat scientists are big children.”(1)According to some developmental psychologists .A . a baby’s play is nothing more than a gameB . scientific research into babies; games is possibleC . the nature of babies’ play has been thoroughly investigatedD . a baby’s play is somehow similar to a scientist’s experiment (2)We learn from Paragraph 2 that .A . scientists and babies seem to observe the world differentlyB . scientists and babies often interact with each otherC . babies are born with the knowledge of object supportD . babies seem to collect evidence just as scientists do(3)Children may learn the rules of language by .A . exploring the physical worldB . investigating human psychologyC . repeating their own experimentsD . observing their parents’ behaviors (4)What is the main idea of the last paragraph?A . The world may be more clearly explained through children’s play.B . Studying babies’ play may lead to a better understanding of science.C . Children may have greater ability to figure out things than scientists.D . One’s drive for scientific research may become stronger as he grows.(5)What is the author’s tone when he discusses the connection between scientists’ research and babies’ play?A . Convincing.B . Confused.C . Confidence.D . Cautious.四、任务型阅读(本大题共5小题,共10分)21. 阅读短文,按照题目要求用英语回答问题。
2020届河南省高三上学期第一次联考英语试题(解析word版)
2020届高中高三毕业班第一次考试英语试题注意事项:1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡上,并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
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第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
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AEnglish teachers needed immediately for schools in China About UsShenzhen Cambridge Culture International Education is an education solution provider that was founded in 2014 and its main office is in Shenzhen and is contracted by education departments across China to hire and manage foreign teachers for schools.We are not an agency. We hire and manage you from the start (getting on the plane) to finish (returning home )! We offer visa support, teacher training, lesson planning guidance and the chance to meet other participants before you go to China. And our programmes are designed toensure you arrive in China feeling confident, prepared and supported, so that you can make the most of this incredible opportunity.Benefits*TEFL Certificate course assistance*Work visa(Z visa) sponsored*Flight allowance*Pre-arrival training and orientation*Airport pickup, bank, phone card, and apartment rental assistance*Accident insurance*Three nights’ free hotel on arrival*Salary range: 11,000RMB ( 1,608USD) - 18,000RMB (2,631USD) per month ( 150% - 200% above local average)*Performance bonus*Teaching hours being less than 13 hours per week*Chinese public holidays & Summer vacation*Ongoing teacher mentoring and assessment ( classroom observations, seminar and monthly training sessions)*Chinese Lesson (2 hours/week)*Part-time opportunities (We use our large and knowledgeable alumni community to help our teachers connect and find new opportunities so you can develop your skills and career path outside the classroom ! )Position● Student Ages: kinderga rten (3 -6 years old); Primary (6 -12 years old); Middle School (13 -19 years old)● Classroom fully equipped with computer, projector, board, and microphone● Curriculum and teaching materials provided● Local teacher assistantRequirements● 10 - 12 mont hs’ contract● Bachelor’s Degree(学士学位) or above in any field● 120-hour TEFL certificate required● Native-English speaking level● Hold a passport from the U. S. A. , Canada, Australia, U. K. , South Africa, New Zealand, or Ireland● Age from 20 years old to 55 years old (visa requirement)Living and working in China will be a wonderful opportunity. Come and join us!Company Website: http ://www. cambridgeculture. com1. What can we know about Shenzhen Cambridge Culture International Education?A. It has a history of more than a decade.B. It has the Chinese government as a sponsor.C. Its main task is to train foreign teachers for Chinese schools.D. It provides a service package for foreign teachers to work in China.2. What benefit can teachers get from working with the organization?A. One week’ s free hotel.B. Medical insurance.C. Higher salary than local average.D. Legal aid during public holidays.3. Who may be qualified for the position?A. A Canadian who hasn’ t got the TEFL certificate.B. An experienced English teacher who is 65 years old.C. A professor who can only work in China for half a year.D. A native English speaker who has a Doctor’ s Degree in education.【答案】1. D 2. C 3. D【解析】这是一篇应用文。
2020届高三英语第一次联考试卷及参考答案
2020届高三英语第一次联考试卷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AThe history ofpop art begins with abstract art. Pop art emerged from the foundation of abstract art in the 1950s, first gaining recognition in Great Britain, then establishing itself in the United States in the 1960s.In the 1930s and 1940s, abstract art was greatly popular, but people began to hate this art form. Most abstract art produced in this era could be found in art galleries or the homes of the elite(名流), not in the homes of everyday people. Pop art sprung onto the scene as the people's art.Some art critics say pop art is a rebellion against abstract art; others say it is an extension of abstract art. You can see elements of abstract art in many pop art prints, especially those that consist of a collage(拼贴画)of images. However, some pop art pieces have nothing to do with abstract art, looking more like a photo of a popular consumer item, which impressed people deeply.Richard Hamilton and Eduardo Paolozzi were two of the first contemporary pop art pioneers recognised in Great Britain. They were a part of the Independent Group, an organised group of British artists who wanted to challenge ruling modernist approaches to culture. They recognised the value of modern advertising and comic book images. They used these popular images in art as a social commentary, often building irony and humour into their artworks, thus creating a new form of art. These pieces were mass-produced and sold at affordable prices.When pop art took off in the United States, it expanded to include a celebration of kitsch and the common images found in movies and television. Andy Wharhol is perhaps the most famous American pop art artist, known for his prints of the actress Marilyn Monroe, the singer Elvis Presley and of Campbell's soup cans. Andy Wharhol was inspired by images from advertisements and common consumer items. He also made a series of paintings which showed images of car accidents.1. Why did people dislike abstract art?A. People found it hard to understand.B. Ordinary people couldn't afford it.C. People disliked enjoying it in galleries.D. It wasn't based on everyday life.2. What impression do pop art works leave on people?A. They are a rebellion against abstract art.B. They have many elements of abstract art.C. They are created so real.D. They are products of advertisers.3. The Independent Group was set up to ________.A. introduce a new art form to the worldB. develop modern advertising furtherC. create new comic book imagesD. make British culture better knownBAlaska—The American city Anchorage is recovering from a powerful earthquake Friday that damaged public buildings, homes and roads.The 7.0 earthquake caused buildings to slake. But there have been no reports of deaths, serious injuries or damage. Officials say the quake has not affected transportation of food and her supplies. “The ships are coming in on schedule, the supply lines are at this point working well,” the government told reporters Sunday.The Glenn Highway was probably the road hit hardest by the earthquake. It connects the state's largest city to other parts in the north. Traffic has been heavy and slow—moving since the quake. Drivers are being guided. Groups of workers are trying to rebuild areas where the quake left large holes in the road.People who are still nervous after the major quake have been more upset by more than 1, 700 aftershocks. “Anything that moves, you feel terrified”said David, whose home suffered structural(结构)damage, including a sunken foundation(地基). Actually, Alaska came up with strict building rules after a 9. 2 earthquake in 1964. That was the second most powerful earthquake on record.Government officials said a public health center promises that moneyfor medical treatment will continue to come. Mental healthy service(心理健康服务)is also available for people hurt by the disaster.Earthquake experts say there is a 4 percent chance of another 7. 0 earthquake or greater in the following week. "The chance is very small, but its not impossible, ” said the expert, Paul Caruso.4. What was the result of the earthquake?A. Buildings were damaged.B. Food supply was cut off.C. Many people were killedD. The ships could not come in.5. Why is the traffic slow on the Glenn Highway?A. Because small quakes hit the city.B. Because falling rocks are a danger.C. Because the highway is badly damaged.D. Because drivers are misled.6. What can you learn from Paul Caruso?A. Another greater earthquake is on the way.B. Chances still exists of another earthquake.C. It will be safe in the 1th week after the quake.D. There is no possibility for more quakes.7. Where can your possibly read the passage?A. Ina story book.B. In a travel journal.C. In a poster.D. In a newspaper.CI got my first bike when I was nine years old. Jimmy, the bike, was my first love. I rode it everywhere. The suburb, the back lanes, the fields and forests, the river paths and swampland were far more exciting than any adventure novel or television series.There’s nothing quite like the relationship between a child and his bicycle and the endless happiness two wheels and a pair of strong legs offer. No video or computer game can replace the liberation of being alone on a bicycle.As parents, to deny children the simple pleasure of riding a bike is a failure of our responsibilities to raise independent and stable young citizens. We should offer our children a healthy alternative to hours in front of an addictive screen. Studies have shown that cycling promotes not only muscle growth but brain growth. Guess which country has children with the best mental health outcomes and is regularly the top of listings of the happiest young people. No surprise it’s theNetherlands, the unquestioned leader among industrial countries in encouraging bicycle use.Our dependence on cars has degraded the public transport system, polluted our sky, led to the untimely death of thousands every year, and denied children safe access to their suburbs. A recent study found that 69% of children were accompanied to school. The same study found that a similar number of parents drove to work.In some regions ofJapan, when children start their first year of school, parents are expected to walk with them for the first few weeks, introducing them to residents and shopkeepers along the chosen route, letting the community take care of these children. However, driving children to school isproscribed. Children can choose to ride a bike or walk to school after they are familiar with the community, and it’s the community’s role to keep them safe.Therefore, I strongly advise the government to provide better infrastructure (基础设施). Build separated cycle lanes, decrease speed limits, and design street scapes that favour people over cars. The results will be less pollution, quieter suburbs, a healthier population and, best of all, happy and independent children.8. What can we infer about the author from the text?A. He was addicted to computer games.B. He liked taking adventurous trips in nature.C. He had great fun exploring the outside by cycling.D.He got his first birthday present at the age of nine.9. Why does the author mention theNetherlandsin Paragraph 3?A. To introduce his good way of raising independent children.B. To illustrate the great influence riding has on mental health.C. To stress the importance of being physically and mentally healthy.D. To explain cycling does best in city development in theNetherlands.10. What does the underlined word “proscribed” in Paragraph 5 probably mean?A. Recommended.B. Protected.C. Delayed.D. Forbidden.11. How does the author mainly support his idea?A. By analyzing causes.B. By listing examples.C.By giving definitions.D. By analyzing scientific data.DA single toy catches a child's attention for a limited period of time, but a box of items that allows a child to build their own toys will catch their imagination for years to come. This brilliant idea already exists in real product form, and it's called Toyi.Toyi is described as an eco-friendly creative building kit, and it recently won the well-known IF Design Award. It came from Istanbul, Turkish, where a young female designer named Elif Atmaca first came up with the idea for it when she wanted to help the kids living in disadvantaged areas. These children do not have access to the variety of interesting toys that wealthier children do.Toyi Atmaca's design allows children to transform what are around them into clever toys. It consists of sticks, junction parts, flexible connectors, toy body parts like feet, eyes, hands, and wheels that can be used to turn old water bottles, cups, boxes, towels, etc. into cute, clever, and unique playthings. This toy kit upcycles(升级利用) materials that would otherwise go to waste, turning a recycling bin into a treasure container.“Our initial target was to deliver Toyi kits to only disadvantaged children in Turkish,” Atmaca told the media. But during a research conducted with around300 children, .she realized that the restriction on being creative went beyond any boundary. “I saw that everything was planned and shaped by grown-ups, blocking the kids' imagination in a significant way,” said Atmaca.Atmaca concluded that each kid needed space where he or she could freely create. She explained the entireprocess should be left to kids’ creativity, reminding teachers and all grown-ups that child-led play was an excellent way for children to develop lifelong skills.Toyi's creators are now considering distributing the kits to as many children as possible around the world through different international NGOs. Atmaca notes that for each Toyi kit sold out, they will also donate one kit toa disadvantaged child through different partnerships around the world.12. Why did Atmaca design Toyi at first?A. To win the famous IF Design Award.B. To help poor kids make their own toys.C. To protect the environment in Istanbul.D. To recycle all the waste in the dustbin.13. Which is probably the product made with the toy kit of Toyi?A. A new picture of a young boy.B. A computer with high technology.C. A treasure container from a dustbin:D. A six-armed “robot” from a water bottle.14. How do the toy kits help improve the children's ability?A. It provides the kids various types of toys.B. It offers space for the kids’ creative minds.C. It changes the poor kids' living conditions.D. It teaches the kids to share joys with others.15. What is the new target for Atmaca and her partners?A. Donating toykits to more poor children.B. Selling toy kits to every kid in the world.C. Designing new toy kits for kids and adults.D. Doing further research on the kids' demands.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2020年高三英语第一次联考试题及答案
2020年高三英语第一次联考试题及答案第一部分阅读(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ABest of British:Outdoor CinemasLuna Beach Cinema, BrightonOn the beaches of Brighton this summer, you can enjoy the lapping of waves as you take inFinding Dory, Moana and Sharknadoover a month-long residency. This spot boasts the highest definition outdoor LED screen in the country. stretching to an impressive 33 feet!Moonlight Flicks, ChesterThe biggest outdoor cinema in the North West of England, Moonlight Flicks will be showing some serious blockbusters(大片)this summer, including A Star Is Born and singalong crowd-pleaser, The Greatest Showman. Cinephiles can gather on the lawn and plug into wireless headphones to ensure perfect sound quality.Rooftop Film Club, LondonEnjoy cult classics and family favorites while looking out on a view of London's skyline with the city's unique Rooftop Film Club. The current programme only runs until June 30 and our top picks include The Breakfast Club, Fargo and a special 65th anniversary showing of Rear Window.Chirk Castle, Wrexham, North WalesThe 11th-century Chirk Castle was first built under the reign o£ Edward I, but now it's the destination for Silly Walk superfans, as they put on screenings of the cult classic, Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Has there ever been a more perfect surrounding to enjoy the comedy capers of King Arthur and his dozy squire?1. What can you enjoy in the biggest outdoor cinema in the North West of England?A.Finding DoryB.A Star Is BornC.The Breakfast ClubD.Monty Python and the Holy Grail.2. Where can you enjoy a special anniversary show?A. Luna Beach Cinema, Brighton.B. Moonlight Flicks, Chester.C. Rooftop Film Club, London.D. Chirk Castle, Wrexham, North Wales3. What's the purpose of writing the text?A. To encourage summer activities.B. To advertise several cult classics.C. To recommend some blockbusters.D. To introduce outdoor cinemas.BPut your hand over your heart and sit very still. You may notice that the sound of your heartbeat is similar to the beat of a drum. Your heart starts beating before you are born and continues throughout your life. For this reason, the beating of a drum stands for the rhythm of life for many people around the world.InGhana, a country inAfrica, many schools use drums instead of bells to show the beginning and ending of class. Through the drum, the children ofGhanaalso learn about their history and culture. They hear old stories passed on through the music of the drum. The stories of the drum also teach children games, rules and lessons about behavior.For thousands of years inAfrica, drums have been used to tell stories of daily life and history. Drums told the coming of a king, the start of a war, or the birth of a child. They also allowed people to share messages. But how does a drum tell a story?InWest Africa, the most common drum used for communication is called a “talking drum”. By making higher orlower drum sounds, the drummer can make the drum “talk”.In many African languages, words go up and down in pitch (高音) when they are spoken, almost like a song. Depending on the pitch or tone (音调), the same sound can have many different meanings. For example, when spoken with two low tones, the African word “ilu” means “drum”. When spoken with one high and one low tone, “ilu” means “town”.Drum language works in the same way. Just as in spoken language, the word “ilu” has different meanings depending on how it’s drummed. When “ilu” is drummed with two beats using low tones, the word means “drum”. When “ilu” is drummed with two beats using one high and one low tone, it means “town”.Drummers create “words” to build ideas, sentences and stories. The next time you hear a song, listen for the heartbeat within the music. Can you hear the story of the drum?4. The first paragraph mainly tells us________.A. drums beat like our heartsB. drums have a long historyC. drums are widely used in the worldD. drums are important for many people worldwide5. From the text, we learn that inGhanadrums________.A. are not as useful as beforeB. teach children a lot of thingsC. help bring the war to an endD. are used in class by teachers6. The example of the African word “ilu” is used to show________.A. how a word can have different soundsB. how to speak African languagesC. how a drum tells storiesD. how to beat a drum7. What would be the best title for the text?A. Know the history of the drumB. Listen to the story of the drumC. Beat the drum of lifeD. Love me, love my drumCJoy Mangano is now an American inventor. She was divorced and had three kids under age 7 when she was 33, and was barely keeping up payments on her small two-bedroom home by working extra hours as a waitress. “There were times when I would lie in bed and think. I didn't know how I was going to pay that bill,” Mangano says.But she had a special ability for seeing the obvious thing. She knew how hard it was to mop the floor. “I was tired, of bending down, putting my hands in dirty water, wringing (拧) out a mop,” Mangano says. “So, There's gotta be a better way.”How about a “self-wringing” mop? She designed a special tool you could twist in two directions at once, and still keep your hands clean and dry. She set out to sell it, first a few at flea markets.Then Mangano met with the media. But would couch potatoes (电视迷) buy a mop? The experts on shopping TV were less than certain. They gave it a try, and it failed Mangano was sure it would sell if they'd let her do the on-camera display. She said, “Get me on that stage, and I will sell this mop because it's a great item.”So QVC, a multinational corporation specializing in televised home shopping, took a chance on her. “I got onstage and the phones went crazy. We sold every mop in minutes.”Today she's president of Ingenious Designs, a multimillion-dollar company, and one of the stars of HSN, the Home Shopping Network. Talking about the household invention, Mangano says, “It is as natural for me as it is fora parent to talk about their child.”8. What is the first paragraph mainly about?A. Mangano's small home.B. Mangano's work experience.C. Mangano's unhappy marriage.D. Mangano's hard living conditions.9. Mangano sold the mop successfully with the help of ________.A. HSNB. QVCC. couch potatoesD. experts on shopping TV10. What does Mangano think of her invention?A. Normal.B. Special.C. Unsatisfactory.D. Unbelievable.11. What can we learn from the text?A. HSN is a business organization that sells goods on the Internet.B. The experts on shopping TV were confident about Mangano's mop.C. Mangano got the idea of self-wringing mop from her own experience.D Mangano once had to work seven days a week to support her family.DI don’t think I can recall a time whenI wasn’t aware of the beauty of the ocean. Growing up inAustralia, I had the good fortune of having the sea at my side. The first time I went toHalfmoonBay,I suddenly had the feeling of not being able to feel the ground with my feet anymore.For my 10th birthday, my sister and I were taken out to theGreat Barrier Reef. There were fish in different color1 s, caves and layers of coral. They made such an impression on me. When I learned that only one percent ofAustralia’sCoral Seawas protected, I was shocked. Australian marine (海洋的) life is particularly important because the reefs have more marine species than any other country on earth. But sadly, only 45% of the world’s reefs are considered healthy.This statistic is depressing, so it’s important for usto do everything to protect them. The hope that theCoral Searemains a complete ecosystem has led me to take action. I’ve become involved with the Protect Our Coral Sea activity, which aims to create the largest marine park in the world. It would serve as a place where the ocean’s species will all have a safe place forever.Together, Angus and I created a little video and we hope it will inspire people to be part of the movement. Angus also shares many beautiful childhood memories of the ocean as a young boy, who grew up sailing, admiring the beauty of the ocean, and trying to find the secrets of ocean species.12. What can we learn about the author from the underlined sentence inPara. 1?A. He seldom went surfing at the sea.B. He forgot his experiences about the ocean.C. He never went back to his hometown.D. He had a wonderful impression ofHalfmoonBay.13. What is Australian marine life like according to the second paragraph?A. It is escaping from theCoral Seagradually.B. It depends on reefs for living greatly.C. It may be faced with danger.D. It is protected better than that in other oceans.14. What’s the purpose of The Protect Our Coral Sea activity?A. It is intended to contribute to a complete ecosystem.B. It is intended to prevent more marine species being endangered.C. It is intended to set up a large nature reserve for reefs.D. It is intended to raise more teenagers’ environmental awareness.15. Why do Angus and the author create a little video?A. To urge more people to take action toprotect the marine species.B. To inspire more people to explore the secret of the ocean.C. To share their childhood experiences about the ocean.D. To bring back to people their memory of ocean species.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)阅读下面短文,从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
衡水中学2020届高三第一次联考 英语试题及答案
河北衡水中学2020届高三上学期英语第一次联合考试试卷一、阅读理解(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)1.阅读理解If you're looking to fully experience Africa's breathtaking scenery, and have an eye for adventure, then there's only one place to be. Here, inside Africa picks four of the best hikes from across the continent.⒈KilimanjaroMake it to the top of Tanzania's 5,895-meter Kilimanjaro, and you'll be standing at Africa's highest point. The mountain is Africa's most-visited hiking destination, attracting tens of thousands of tourists and adventures every year.You don't have to a technical climber to climb Mount Kilimanjaro; you just need not be pretty physically fit. There are six routes to choose from difficulty, scenery and success. No special equipment⒉Atlas mountainsThe High Atlas is an impressive mountainous range in central Morocco that hosts North Africa's highest peak. Mount Toubkal, at 4,165 meters. There's a variety of routes to follow during your climb but inexperienced climbers should note that the hike through the mountain's challenging zones is quite demanding.⒊Mount KenyaA long-extinct volcano. Mount Kenya is Africa's second-highest peak, at 5,199 meters.Lying just south of the equator, the mountain's deep valleys and diverse wildlife will guarantee you wonderful scenery and a fantastic hiking experience.The climb, however, to the mountain's steep ice-capped peaks is quite challenging, making it the most technical, probably, in that East African area.⒋Mount MeruMount Meru may forever exist in the shadow of its neighbor, Kilimanjaro, but Tanzania's second-highest mountain (4,565 meters) has its own devotees.It's less known, but Mount Meru is for the true enthusiast who wants to experience what very few people actually do.Mount Meru is often used by mountaineers to accustom themselves before trying to conquer Kilimanjaro, or by those wanting a hike with the local Massai.(1)What do we know about Kilimanjaro?A. It's comparatively easy to climb.B. It's Africa's second highest mountain.C. Its six routes are equally difficult.D. It lies to the east of Tanzania.(2)Why do mountaineers climb Mount Meru first before they do Kilimanjaro?A. To avoid big crowds of climbers.B. To hike with the local Massai.C. To get used to the situation.D. To experience what most people do.(3)Which is the lowest of the four?. Kilimanjaro B. Atlas mountains C. Mount Kenya D. Mount Meru2.阅读理解Lebanese filmmaker Nadine Labaki has become the first female artist in the Arab world to be nominated (提名)for an Academy Award ,or Oscar.Labaki directed the film Capernaum ,a film about a Syrian refugee (难民)boy and a Kenyan baby who live without parents on the streets of Beirut. It was nominated for best foreign language film.Labaki wil1 be one of the few female directors to compete for an Oscar this year. She told the Associated press "I wish there were a lot more women filmmakers this year represented, nominated in the Oscars. But I am sure in a few years we won't be having this problem anymore."Unlike in the West, women filmmakers are industry leaders in Lebanon.Capernaum received a 15-minute standing ovation (热烈欢迎)at this year's Cannes Film Festival. It won the Jury Prize—the third-highest award given at Cannes.The United Nations has publicly praised the film. Lebanon's Foreign Minister said.Capernaum put a Lebanese touch on the international film industry.The Oscar nomination of Capernaum is the second for Lebanon in two years in the film group. It demonstrates the country's rising star power.Labaki called making the movie a life-changing experience. She said Capernaum helps humanize the real struggles of refugees only briefly talked about in the news.We can't help but acknowledge that there is a fear of refugees in general around the world and there are these walls we are building, and this fear that keeps growing," Labaki said.Capernaum will compete against four other films for the Oscar, including awards season favorite Roma. Directed by Mexico's Alfonso Cuaron, it earned 10 Oscar nominations, including for best picture.(1)Where does Labaki come from?A. Syria.B. Kenya.C. Lebanon.D. Mexico.(2)What do we know from Labaki's words in Paragraph 3?A. Few women directors have been nominated in the Oscars.B. She was the first female artist to compete for an Oscar.C More women directors will enter for Oscar this yearD. Female directors have problems with their films.(3)Which of the following best describes Capernaum ?A. It is the best foreign language film.B. It shows the rising power of women.C. It has won the first prize at Cannes.D. It is highly thought of.(4)What does the underlined 'it' in the last paragraph refer to?A. Capernaum.B. The Oscar.C. Roma.D. Best picture.3.阅读理解Being highly successful in any field is pretty rare. It takes a combination of natural talent, luck, determination, and plenty of outside support for someone to make it big in sports, entertainment, or business. But what if competing is all that matters to you, whether you are likely to succeed or not? This was the goal of Michael Eddie the Eagle Edwards, and that he reached that goal was an amazing achievement.Born in the U.K. in 1963, Michael was an enthusiastic downhill skier whose dream was to compete for Britain in world-class competitions. He would have liked to represent his country in the 1984 Winter Olympics, but there were a large number of downhill competitors, and Edwards didn't qualify. Seeing his chance elsewhere, he switched to ski jumping. Ski jumping didn't cost nearly as much, and there was almost no competition for a place on the Britain team.But number of hurdles (障碍)could have meant the end of Edwards' dream. He weighed more than most competitors, which put him at a disadvantage. He had no financial support for his training. Poor eyesight meant that he had to wear glasses under his goggles (护目镜)- not a good thing when they steamed up at high altitudes. But he couldn't let any of this discourage him. He saw himself as a true lover of the sport who simply wanted the chance to compete. Winning wasn't the point. Having the opportunity to try was all he cared about. And nothing could stop him from trying.In the end, Edwards took 55th place in the 1987 World Championships. He then went on to the Calgary Olympics in 1988, where he finished last in both of his events. Many athletes would have been embarrassed by this result, but he is proud of his achievement to this day. His determination to fight against all the odds made him a global hero, and in 2016, the inspiring film Eddie the Eagle was made about his life.(1)What is the purpose of the first paragraph?A. To add some background information.B. To uncover the secret of success.C. To expect an answer from readers.D. To introduce the topic.(2)Why did Michael Edwards choose ski jumping?A. It took less skill.B. The equipment was cheaper.C. There was little competition.D. It was easy to win the championship.(3)After the Calgary Olympics, Edwards _________.A. felt he had reached his goalB. was embarrassed by his resultsC. switched to film makingD. was glad it was over(4)What made Michael Edwards outstanding?A. His determination to win.B. His enthusiasm for the sport.C. His attitude towards the Olympics.D. His ability to overcome physical disabilities.4.阅读理解The world's first hydrogen-powered trains have begun running in Germany. They began carrying passengers Monday in Germany's northern Lower Saxony state. The new train will run 100-kilometer trips and can travel up to 140 kilometers an hour.A French railroad company called Alstom built the two trains. Team in Germany and France cooperated on the project, which was supported by the German government. The new train model ,called the Coradia ilint, signals the beginning of efforts in Germany and other nations to move away from pollution-producing diesel(柴油) trains.The Coradia iLint is designed to run on non-electrified train lines with low levels of noise.It uses a process that combines hydrogen and oxygen to produce electrical power. If the system produces more energy than the train needs at that time, it can store the extra energy in batteries. The only emissions (排放物) are water and steam.A single tank of hydrogen can run a Coradia iLint train for about 1,000 kilometers. This is very similar to the distance a diesel-powered train can run on with a single tank.Hydrogen-powered trains cost more than diesel trains to build. But Alstom officials say the operating costs are much lower. The company plans to provide another 14 Coradia iLint trains to Lower Saxony by 2021.The head of railroad operations in the area, Carmen Schwab, praised replacing diesel trains with hydrogen. She said the move was an important first step in using clean-burning technologies to reach climate protection goals.Officials say the area's many wind turbines (涡轮机)will produce part of the energy to create the hydrogen to power the trains.Alstom says several other European countries have also expressed interest in developing hydrogen train systems. France has already said it wants its first hydrogen train to be operating by 2022.(1)Why did Germany build the new trains?A. To replace diesel trains.B. To carry more passengers.C. To make traveling much easier.D. To develop friendship with France.(2)What is one advantage of the Coradia iLint?A. It runs without making any noise.B. It doesn't use electrical power.C. It costs much less to run.D. It is cheaper to make it.(3)It can be concluded that hydrogen trains________.A. are widely usedB. are environmentally friendlyC. can stop air pollutionD. can produce water and oxygen(4)What might be the best title for the text?A. Saving Natural ResourcesB. Efforts to Reduce EmissionsC. World's First Hydrogen TrainsD. A New Way to Make Electricity二、任务型阅读(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)5.根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空自处的最佳选项。
2020秋高三上学期第一次联考英语试题(可编辑)+答案详解+评分标准 (4)
2020届高三上学期第一次联考英语试题试卷共8页,卷面满分120分,折算成135分计入总分。
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第一部分阅读理解(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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AReturns & Refund GuaranteeThe “Returns & Refund Guarantee” is a promise provided by sellers for ever y item they sell on . When you receive an item that was bought and paid for on our site, and you find it is not as described or is of low quality, you can contact the seller to resolve these problems. DHgate will offer additional assistance if the seller is not cooperative.ScopeThe following points should not be included in the “Returns & Refund Guarantee”:▲The seller didn’t make any promise.▲The seller can provide evidence to prove the items are as described.▲You didn’t contact the seller within the promised time.▲You have released the payment to the seller before asking DHgate for help.Sellers are able to set up the following promise:Returning items for any reasonBuyers can return items for a refund within a specific day which has been set up by sellers, such as 3 days, and 7 days from the day when the items are received. The items’ receive date is the date that is indicated on the shipping carrier’s official website. Buyers should prepay any return shipping cost, which will be given back to the buyers after the seller receives the items as long as the items are returned in the same exact condition as when they were delivered.Returns or Refunds accepted if the product has quality issuesBuyers can return the items for a refund when they are not as described or possess quality issues by communicating directly with the seller. The seller is responsible for the return shipping cost.Buyers can get a refund and keep the items when the items are not as described or possess quality issues by negotiating directly with sellers.21. Who can get additional assistance from DHgate in the guarantee?A. The buyers in physical stores.B. The buyers on .C. The sellers on .D. Both the buyers and the sellers.22. Which situation is within the scope of the guarantee?A. The seller didn’t make any promise.B. The buyer has paid the seller in advance.C. The buyer asked for help within the promised time.D. The seller proves that there is nothing wrong with the item.23. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. All the sellers didn’t make promises.B. DHgate sometimes will pay the buyers.C. Sellers should prepay return shipping cost.D. The buyer can’t keep the items after getting a refund.BMy family and I never talked about school as the ticket to a future. I was in the classrooms, but I wasn’t there to learn to write, read or even speak. When it was my turn to read, I wanted to hide. I was 13 years old, but I already hated being who I was.I had an English teacher, Mr. Creech, who knew I couldn’t read. In one of my first lessons the teacher said that anyone who had a reading age below six had to stand up. I felt so embarrassed. But at the same time, it made me realize that I needed to change the situation.I was determined it wouldn’t happen again. Later that day, Mr. Creech encouraged me and promised he would try his best to help me learn to read. From then on, I never gave up practicing reading.Now I was 41 years old. One day, I planned to fly back to Texas to visit my friends and family. On my way from the airport, I saw Mr. Creech buying himself a drink. I rushed over and reached into my pocket to pay for him. “Do I know you?” he asked. “Yes, sir, you do know me,” I answered excitedly. “My name is Anthony Hamilton. You taught me English.” The look on his face told me that he remembered the boy he’d once encouraged.“I’m so glad I had a chance to see you,” I said. “And Mr. Creech, I have great news to share.” I told him I had learned to read. But that wasn’t all. I had become a published author and an active speaker. “The next time you get another Anthony Hamilton in your classroom, please encourage him to read as well,” I added.The experts say what once worried me has a name: dyslexia (诵读困难症). But I can tell you it was a lack of desire for education.24. Why did the author want to hide?A. Because he felt sorry for himself.B. Because he hated being laughed at.C. Because he couldn’t read at all.D. Because he didn’t have a ti cket.25. Which of the following could best describe Mr. Creech?A. Considerate and dutiful.B. Demanding and enthusiastic.C. Emotional and dedicated.D. Friendly and ambitious.26. Why couldn’t the author read before meeting Mr.C reech?A. Because his reading age was not long enough.B. Because his parents didn’t teach him how to read.C. Because he was afraid of reading before the class.D. Because he didn’t have inner driving force to learn to read.27. What can we infer from the passage?A. Mr. Creech taught two students called Anthony Hamilton.B. The author had become a published author and an active speaker.C. Dyslexia was the underlying reason that made the author unable to read.D. The author was grateful to Mr. Creech.CA team of engineers at Harvard University has been inspired by Nature to create the first robotic fly. The mechanical fly has become a platform for a series of new high-tech integrated systems. Designed to do what a fly does naturally, the tiny machine is the size of a fat housefly. Its mini wings allow it to stay in the air and perform controlled flight tasks.“It’s extremely important for us to think about this as a whole system and not just the sum of a bunch of indivi dual components,” said Robert Wood, the Harvard engineering professor who has been working on the robotic fly project for over a decade. A few years ago, his team got the go-ahead to start piecing together the components. “The added difficulty with a project like this is that actually none of those components are off the shelf and so we have to develop them all on our own,” he said.They engineered a series of systems to start and drive the robotic fly. “The seemingly simple system which just moves the wings has a number of interdependencies on the individual components, each of which individually has to perform well, but then has to be matched well to everything it’s connected to,” said Wood. The flight device was built into a set of power, computation, sensing and control systems. Wood says the success of the project proves that the flying robot with these tiny components can be built and manufactured.While this first robotic flyer is linked to a small, off-board power source, the goal is eventually to equip it with a built-in power source, so that it might someday perform data-gathering work at rescue sites, in farmers’ fields or on the battlefield. “Basically, it should be able to take off, land and fly around,” he said.Wood says the design offers a new way to study flight mechanics and control at insect-scale. Yet, the power, sensing and computation technologies on board could have much broader applications. “You can start thinking about using them to answer open scientific questions, you know, to study biology in ways that would be difficult with the animals, but using these robots instead,” he said. “So there are a lot of technologies and open interesting scientific questions that are really what drives us on a day to day basis.”28. Which of the following statements was the difficulty engineers met while making the roboticfly?A. They did not have sufficient fund.B. No ready-made components were available.C. There was no model in their mind.D. It was hard for them to assemble the components.29. What can be inferred from paragraphs 3 and 4?A. The robotic fly has been put into wide application.B. The robotic fly consists of a flight device and a control system.C. Information from many sources can be collected by the robotic fly.D. The robotic fly can just fly in limited areas at present.30. Which of the following can be learned from the passage?A. Wood’s design can replace animals in some experiments.B. Animals are not allowed in biological experiments.C. The robotic flyer is designed to learn about insects.D. There used to be few ways to study how insects fly.31. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. The Development of Robotic FlyB. Robotic Fly Promotes Engineering ScienceC. Harvard’s Efforts in Making Robotic FlyD. Robotic Fly Imitates Real Life InsectDThe joy of absenceHow some companies fight the curse of presenteeism (出勤主义)?RONALD REAGAN famously joked that “it’s true hard work never kille d anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?” Beyond a certain level, extra effort seems to be self-defeating. Studies suggest that, after around 50 hours a week, employee productivity declines sharply.But that doesn’t stop some managers from demanding t hat workers stay chained to their desk for long periods. Jack Ma, the founder of Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce group, recently praised the 996 model, where employees work from 9a.m. to 9p.m., six days a week, as a “great opportunity”. Yet presenteeism is the curse of the modern office worker.There will be days when you do not have much to do; perhaps because you are waiting for someone else in a different department, or a different company, to respond to a request. As the clock ticks past 5p.m., there may be no purpose in staying at your desk. But you can see your boss hard at work and, more importantly, they can see you. So you make an effort to look busy.The consequence is often wasted effort. Rather than work hard, you slave to make bosses think that you are. But presenteeism has more serious consequences. As well as reduced productivity, this can mean greater medical expenses for the employer. According to a study in the Journal of Occupation and Environmental Medicine, these costs can be six times higher for employers than the costs of absenteeism among workers.None of this is to say that employers are not called to expect workers to be in the office for a proper period of time. Surely there will be a need for some (preferably short) meetings. Dealing with colleagues face-to-face creates a feeling of togetherness, allows for a useful exchange of ideas and enables workers to have a better sense of their mutual needs.Turning an office into a prison, with inmates (囚犯) allowed home for the evenings, does nothing for creativity that is increasingly demanded of office workers as routine tasks are automated. To be productive you need presence of mind, not being present in the flesh.32. Why does the author mention Ronald Reagan’s joke in Para. 1?A. To encourage people to grasp the chance to work hard.B. To show that hard work is harmless.C. To introduce the topic of the passage.D. To praise Ronald Reagan’s accomplished joking skills.33. What is the meaning of the underlined sentence?A. Extra effort causes problems or difficulties.B. With extra effort, we can defeat anybody.C. We should say no to extra effort.D. Extra effort isn’t necessarily helpful.34. According to the passage, which of the following situation is helpful to the company?A. Your team has a ten-minute meeting after work for an urgent problem.B. You don’t go home until 7:30 p.m. because your boss is in his office and he can see you.C. The manager tours the engineering department at 7:30 p.m. to check people are at their desks.D. You attend the office even when you suffer lower back pain.35. Which of the following opinions agrees with the passage?A. Some managers expect workers tie themselves up with a chain to their desks.B. Reduced productivity can mean greater medical expenses for the employer.C. With growing demand of creativity on office workers, a prison-like office is not a wise option.D. Presence of mind guarantees your productivity.第二节(共5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。
2020届高三英语上学期第一次联考检测试题
2020届高三英语上学期第一次联考检测试题试卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)第一节 (共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What happened to the man?A.He couldn’t play the game.B.He failed the exam.C.He felt sad for the woman.2.Where is the woman probably?A.In a restaurant.B.In a bookstore.C.In a post office.3.What are the two speakers talking about? A.Weather.B.Food.C.Work.4.What’s the possible relationship between the two speaker s?A.Teacher and student.B.Manager and secretary.C.Doctor and patient.5.When will the speakers leave for the subway station? A.At 8.B.At 8:30.C.At 8:40.第二节 (共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6.Why is the man so busy now?A.Because he has a meeting to attend.B.Because he has to take an exam.C.Because he has to finish a report.7.What’s the woman’s suggestion for the man? A.Talking to the teacher.B.Having a rest.C.Buying a computer.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
山西省阳泉一中2020届高三上学期第一次月考试题及答案(英语)
阳泉一中2019届高三第一学期第一次考试第一部分选择填空,请选择最佳答案(共一节,满分20分)1.She ____ my question on purpose and changed the subject.A.affectedB.replacedC.ignoredD.removed2.Reading is one of the best ways of improving your ____ and usage.A.devotionB.vocabularyC.advertiseD.access3.Some times Beth did not even ____ her sisters.A.recognizeB.pretendC.calculateD.evaluate4.He is famous for having a good _____ of FrenchmandB.congratulationC.benefitD.evaluate5.Though he was right, he gave in _____ the old man at last.A./B.onC.upD.to6.There’s a fine _____ of the lake from our hotel window.A.viewB.sceneryC.vainD.length7.It seemed as if the world was ______.A.in endB.at the endC.by the endD.at an end8.The number of students ____ very large in our schoolA.areB.were C .is D.was9.You can_____ the police for help, no matter what kind of trouble you are in.A.turn downB.turn upC.turn onD. turn to10.The town _____ by English settlers in 1870A.was foundB.foundC.is foundD.was founded11.I sent him a dictionary __________ the help.A.in return forB.in turnC.in return toD.in return of12.All of the boats ______ down into the water in the war.A.sunkB.suckC.sinkD.sank13.Our foreign teacher, __________ is a Canadian, teaches us in a very interesting way.A.thatB.whoC.whichD.whom14.Only 500 students ______ the university every year.A.are admitted asB.are admitted intoC.admittedD.are admitted15.Can you tell me why it was___ his father was so angry.A.whatB.whichC.whoD.that16.You can check out and _____ the most popular APPs.A.downloadB.behaveC.opposeD.resist17.Despite the previous rounds of talks, no agreement ____ so far the two sides.A.has reachedB.has been reachedC.is reachedD.is been reached18.The leader ______ all the towns of this country yesterday.A.inspiredB.indicatedC.inspectedD.insisted19._____ to his research wort, the professor cares little about any other things.A.DevotingB.Be devotedC.DevotedD.Devote20.With nothing ______ in the fridge, she went out to get something to eat.A.leaveB.leftC.leavingD.to leave第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分45分)第一节(共15小题,每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每篇短文后所给的各题的四个选项(A/B/C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
2020秋高三上学期第一次联考英语试题(可编辑)+答案详解+评分标准 (6)
2020届高三上学期第一次联考英语试题第一部分:听力(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍:1. Why is the man going to Florida?A. To buy a cat.B. To take yoga classes.C. To attend a business meeting.2. How does the woman want to go to the show?A. By taxi.B. On foot.C. By bus.3. Where are the speakers?A. In a shop.B. In a restaurant.C. At the woman’s house.4. What does the man want to do?A. Buy some food.B. Lose some weight.C. Prepare his meal.5. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Play with the kids.B. Buy some food for his aunt.C. Put away the things dangerous to children.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独自前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独自读两遍。
听第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. What color may the woman want?A. White.B. Pink.C. Brown.7. What does the woman think of the last pair?A. Expensive.B. Uncomfortable.C. Too bright.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
上海市嘉定区2020年高三上学期一模英语试卷(word版带答案)
嘉定区2020学年高三第一次质量调研测试英语试卷(满分140分考试时间120分钟)I. Listening ComprehensionSection A (10分)Directions:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. Wednesday. B. Friday. C. Tuesday. D. Sunday.2. A. In a bank. B. At a library.C. At a car dealership.D. In an insurance company.3. A. Job details. B. A phone call. C. Career development. D. Student inquires.4. A. He comes to class despite the illness. B. He is not the man the woman is thinking of.C. He is feeling much better now.D. He is surprised that the woman is sick.5. A. He doesn’t want to watch the film. B. He doesn’t know the way to the cinema.C. He wants to avoid the traffic jam.D. He leaves the cinema during rush hours.6. A. To make full use of the oil. B. To replace oil with electricity.C. To find other forms of energy.D. To completely rely on clean energy.7. A. He is physically unhealthy. B. He doesn’t like places with loud sound.C. He is unable to fall asleep.D. He has some psychological problems.8. A. The man can phone the kitchen at midnight.B. 1 am is outside the working hours of kitchen staff.C. Milk and pizza are not available at midnight.D. The kitchen staff are too tired to make dinner.9. A. To get the lecture schedule for the woman.B. To find out where the lecture is to be held.C. To copy a new schedule for the woman.D. To pick up the woman from the library.10. A. Betty was going to have a baby.B. Janice was very rude to a friend.C. Betty was impolite towards a customer.D. Janice had a fight with one customer.Section B (15分)Directions:In Section B, you will hear two passages and one longer conversation. After each passage or conversation, you will be asked several questions. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. To offer them more gift choices. B. To make herself popular among them.C. To help them build confidence.D. To advertise for American Girl dolls.12. A. She praised Alice’s effort. B. She wanted to work with Alice.C. She asked Alice to make more dolls.D. She advised Alice to be more creative.13. A. All children should receive free medical treatment.B. Children with differences deserve a doll just like them.C. Blind children need light to help them see more clearly.D. The doll’s hair must match that of the owner’s.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Guess people’s names based on their appearances.B. Remember people’s names when seeing their photos.C. Change their names in order not to be recognized.D. Associate people’s experiences with their names.15. A. Babies are named according to their appearances.B. People tend to develop as their names suggest.C. V olunteers get secret clues from researchers.D. Adults are expected to live a fulfilling life.16. A. There are several ways to guess a stranger’s name.B. Nickname has nothing to do with one’s appearance.C. Culture plays a significant role when a person is named.D. Face-name matching is affected by how often a name is used.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. Sending out radio signals to other countries.B. Looking for life and intelligence in space.C. Studying planets that move around stars.D. Establishing scientific organizations.18. A. They may prove that life exists in space.B. They can help find out how the universe started.C. They convey messages about life on Earth.D. They are used frequently by other life forms.19. A. He makes up the stories himself. B. Real evidence is lacking.C. Gravity stops them from visiting.D. The distance is too long.20. A. The giants visiting from space. B. The planets in the universe.C. The work of an organization.D. The life in the solar system.II. Grammar and VocabularySection A (10分)Directions:After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.Tasting a Biker’s LifeFor most of my life I knew nothing about motorcycles. I believed that motorcycle riders were tough and leather-wearing loners. They seemed (21) __________ (look) for trouble all the time, using the roar of a motorcycle engine to frighten others off.Then, on a warm May evening outside my house, my cousincame and showed me his new motorcycle. Never had a realmotorcycle (22) __________ (present) in front of me by a close familymember. “It’s beautiful, isn’t it?” he asked. But I didn’t reallyunderstand what I was looking at.It wasn’t until August (23) __________ I was able to actually ride on the motorcycle with him.I prepared (24) __________ oversized leather jacket for myself.(25) __________ (fill) withnervous energy, I held on tightly to my cousin. Soon the bike carried us onto the top of the hill, (26) __________ we stopped to watch the sun set over the city below. I realized that was the most relaxing moment for me in months.Since then, my prejudices about motorcycle bikers (27) __________ (start) to shift. On the back of a motorcycle, (28) __________ (place) all your trust in someone to get you safely home is a way to remind you of the love they have for you. Later, whenever my cousin was gone on a Saturday ride, I would try on his leathers and look in the mirror, wondering if I was (29) __________ a biker myself.Maybe the most important lesson, though, is that you really can’t judge a man by his appearance, (30) __________ __________ __________ much leather he wears. Motorcycle bikers are not scary, or mean, or unapproachable. They’re adults who remember the freedom of riding their first bicycle, and are continuously seeking to recreate the experience.Section B (10分)Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in each blank with a proper word given in the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one more word than you need.Noise Pollution Rules Should Be TightenedRoad traffic, aircraft, ships, factories and oil drilling are all human activities that produce noise. The noise should be better ___31___ to protect wildlife, say the authors of a study ___32___ how sound pollution affects creatures from fish to birds.Studies have found noise pollution to be linked to poorer human health. But experts say it can also affect wildlife, from preventing their communication to affecting the ___33___ with which they search for food. “For example, if bats ___34___ their prey through sound clues can’t hear clearly,” said Dr Hansjoerg Kunc, the co-author of the research, “they have to fly longer and invest more time and energy to find food.”The studies were based on experiments in which ___35___ aspects of the animals’ behaviour or other measures, such as changes in hormone (荷尔蒙) levels, were ___36___ before and after exposure to noise. The results reveal that human-produced noise affects a wide range of species. “Thus, the response to noise can be explained by most species responding to noise rather than a few species being ___37___ sensitive to noise,” the authors wrote.The team continued to ___38___ that their research did not examine whether the effects were beneficial or harmful to species. That was because such considerations were ___39___. For example, noise that affects hunting could benefit prey while creating difficulties for predators (食肉动物).“Even if some animals benefitted, it did not mean noise should not be dealt with, since the majority would still experience negative effects”, said Kunc. But there was ___40___ for optimism. “Unlike chemical pollution, if a noise source moves away, then nothing stays in the environment any more,” he said.III. Reading ComprehensionSection A (15分)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.In a recent meeting we attended, the word “culture” came up 27 times in 90 minutes. Business leaders all believe a strong organizational culture is ___41___ to success, yet culture tends to feel like some magic force that few know how to control. In our study, we find that answering the following three questions can help transform culture from a mystery to a(n) ___42___: ➢How does culture drive performance?After analyzing 50 major companies, we came to one conclusion: ___43___ we work determines how well we work. The companies most famous for their cultures maximize the positive motives (动机), while minimizing the negative ones.The six main reasons for which people work are “play, purpose, potential, emotional pressure, economic pressure, and inertia (惯性)”. T he latter three motives tend to ___44___ performance. That is because those people are no longer thinking about work. T hey’re thinking about the disappointment, or the ___45___, or why they’re bothering to do it at all. They don’t ___46___ the quality of the work itself. By contrast, a high-performing ___47___ always maximizes the play, purpose, and potential, which is known as creating total motivation.➢What is culture worth?While it is ___48___ to measure whether someone is being creative, it’s relatively easy to calculate total motivation of an organization. Take for example the airline industry. All airline companies share the same terminals and use the same planes, but customer satisfaction ___49___ widely across airlines. When we measured the total motivation of employees of four major airlines, and compared the result with customer satisfaction, we saw that an airline’s culture closely ___50___ customer satisfaction. ___51___, cultures that inspired more play, purpose, and potential produced better customer outcomes, and in turn generated more profits.➢What elements in an organization ___52___ motivation?By surveying thousands of workers, we found the most sensitive element is whether an organization can allow an employee to ___53___ with its mission and behavioral code. For example, Medtronic enables its engineers to see how the medical devices they’ve designed are used in hospitals, so that they can see the purpose of their work. An executive of Walmart, the well-known supermarket,told us that in monthly meetings he always emphasized how much Walmart had saved for the ___54___—rather than how much money Walmart had made.A great culture is not easy to build. Leaders have to treat culture building as an engineering project, not a ___55___ one.41. A. resistant B. critical C. inferior D. subject42. A. science B. restriction C. tradition D. instinct43. A. how B. when C. why D. whether44. A. encourage B. assess C. distinguish D. hurt45. A. display B. reward C. mystery D. wit46. A. care about B. make out C. set aside D. put up47. A. potential B. technique C. culture D. reform48. A. essential B. difficult C. bold D. valid49. A. functions B. differs C. revolves D. pioneers50. A. resembled B. justified C. predicted D. exploited51. A. By contrast B. In the end C. As usual D. In other words52. A. protest B. affect C. lose D. substitute53. A. identify B. coincide C. tremble D. interact54. A. customers B. employers C. engineers D. spectators55. A. mutual B. delicate C. magical D. preciseSection B (22分)Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)If there is one thing we can conclusively say about Isaac Asimov, it’s that he could write. His body of work extends to over 500 books. To add to that, he was never bound to a specific field. Although most famous as a science fiction writer, he also published on many more topics.Part of this related to his gifted mind, but a bigger part was that he was well-educated. Many tend to think of being educated as the degrees we earn. Asimov did have a good degree, but his real education was broader than that. It was deeper than what he learned from instruction. It was his curiosity and his drive to push himself that took him from a young immigrant to maybe one of the most beloved US authors. As a young kid, he spent his days lost in his mind asking questions and creating imaginary worlds. He read books, and he loved knowledge.In his autobiography (自传) It’s Been a Good Life, Asimov tells a story about an encounter he had as a child when his father asked him a question: “How did you learn all this, Isaac?” “Fromyou, Pappa,” Asimov said. “From me? I don’t know any of this.” “You didn’t have to, Pappa,” He said. “You valued learning and you taught me to value it. Once I learned to value it, the rest came without trouble.” The mark of educated minds has nothing to do with how much they know. It has everything to do with the way they know and the way they go about knowing.Also, one thing that many people don’t know about Isaac Asimov is that he actually wasn’t a full-time writer for most of his life. By personal choice, his day-job was as a chemist. One of the things that many polymaths (博学者) naturally do is explore a broad range of non-fiction topics. But something they tend to overlook is the knowledge they can obtain from fiction. Before Asimov fell in love with science, he was already attracted by fiction. It was his love of Greek myth and his reading of 18th and 19th-century classics that led him to become a great writer.56. According to the passage, Isaac Asimov is a ____________.A. beloved US chemistB. full-time fiction authorC. productive sci-fi writerD. knowledgeable educator57. From the childhood encounter, we can learn that Asimov’ father ____________.A. loved teaching Asimov knowledgeB. explored unknown fields with AsimovC. rescued Asimov from troubleD. taught Asimov to value learning58. Which of the following might the author agree with?A. A good degree reflects one’s real education level.B. Polymaths tend to look down upon Greek myth.C. The way to learn is more important than knowledge itself.D. Non-fiction is not worth reading if one is to become a writer.59. What is the purpose of this passage?A. To analyze the reasons behind Asimov’s success as a writer.B. To introduce Asimov’s childhood and his achievements.C. To emphasize the contributions Asimov has made.D. To call on the readers to buy Asimov’s books.(B)Brought to you by the Audio Publishers Association (APA) and created by industry experts, this easy-to-use new website provides valuable and practical resources. They help teachers and parents discover the power of audiobooks for use in learning programs.See for yourself how sound learning can promote literacy for children of all ages.Visit to explore the lesson plans, watch the videos, and encourage sound learning today.60. Which of the following group might benefit most from sound learning?A. School childrenB. Industry expertsC. Parents of Grade 2D. Illiterate adults61. Which of the following is TRUE about sound learning?A. It can help children understand 76% of the text.B. It can increase both reading accuracy and speed.C. It can improve other types of learning by 85%.D. It can help increase test scores of all subjects.62. With the website, one will ______________.A. encounter some technical difficultiesB. have access to many practical resourcesC. watch the latest award-winning videosD. improve literacy in less than two years(C)The Australian environment department has not finalised a single recovery plan for threatened species in nearly 18 months. The last time the department completed a recovery plan was in June last year. And the department says it has no time frame for addressing the other requests for recovery plans, which include the critically endangered animal Leadbeater’s possum (澳洲负鼠).Recovery plans are documents that outline key facts about endangered animals and plants, threats to their survival, and what should be done to prevent their extinction. Under national laws, it is the environment minister who decides whether a species requires a recovery plan. Once a plan is adopted, the minister cannot make any changes that might harm the plan. It has been previously reported that less than 40% of the listed threatened species have a recovery plan. A further 10% have been identified as requiring a recovery plan but those plans haven’t been developed.The Australian Conservation Foundation said the exposure was “shocking” and accused the department of prioritizing the economic development over environmental protection. “The fact that iconic (最具代表性的) species like the possum still don’t have a recovery plan highlights how broken the system is,” James Trezise, a policy analyst at the Foundation, said. “It is a critical issue that the development and implementation of these plans seem to be optional. These plans should be developed, as required by law, and their implementation should be funded.”Trezise said the significant delay in developing the plans stood “in sharp contrast” to the government’s rush to carry out environmental assessments for major projects like the one for the mining company Rio Tinto. “The department’s priorities are all wrong,” he said. “They can bring bills before the congress for mining projects that harm the environment, but they can’t get just one recovery plan for a threatened species completed.”He said the delays would push more species closer to extinction. He called on the government to urgently address the issue and commit more resources to recovery planning. But for now, officials could not tell when the delays would be addressed, saying it would “take a very long time”. Emma Campbell, a senior official, said the department was working with an independent scientific committee to “reevaluate” which species should have a recovery plan.63. The underlined phrase “the exposure” (Line 1, Para 3) refers to ______________.A. the coming extinction of many endangered animalsB. the lack of funding for the implementation of the planC. the denial of the critical situtaion facing some speciesD. the government’s delay in developing recovery plans64. Which of the following is TRUE about recovery plans?A. They can be changed as the environment minister likes.B. They can help prevent endangered animals from going extinct.C. They document how endangered animals interact with humans.D. They cover more than half of the threatened species.65. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The government has not done enough about the recovery plans.B. The endangered animal possum will be extinct in 18 months.C. The government prioritizes Rio Tinto over mining projects.D. The independent committee is vital to addressing the issue.66. What might be the best title of the passage?A. Environment department accepting bribesB. Endangered animal protection with no fundingC. Threatened species at risk with no recovery plansD. Government forming tense relationship with the publicSection C (8分)Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.The Most Important Video Game Ever MadeTime Magazine recently tasked its editorial staff withranking the 50 greatest video games of all time. The numberone spot was taken not by Super Mario, Zelda, or any otherworthwhile competitors, but by the oldest and most basicgame, Tetris. _________67_________ It lives on in tablets,laptops, smartphones, and game consoles (操纵板).Why is Tetris the game we can’t stop playing? BeforeTetris, video games were distractions for teens, personified by Super Mario Bros. Tetris was different. It didn’t rely on the imitation of any cartoon characters. _________68_________ The game was purely abstract, geometry(几何图案) in real time. It wasn’t just a game. It was an uncrackable code puzzle that anyone could play. Your parents played Tetris, your friends played Tetris, and you’ll encounter the same story in nearly every country on Earth._________69_________ It has been included in the Applied Design collection at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It has been adapted as interactive public art projected onto the sides of buildings. And it is the subject of an annual World Championship competition.There are plenty of fascinating classic games. Why do we keep coming back to Tetris year after year? Scientists have discovered that Tetris has a unique effect on the human brain, making it the perfect tool for scientific research. _________70_________ It is a term used in both medical and popular literature. It describes the result of repetitive, pattern-based activity that eventually shapes the thoughts and imagination of an individual. This unique effect has been used in studies at Oxford University to treat stress disorder.That’s pretty impressive for a few lines of code written by a lone computer scientist at the Russian Academy of Science in 1984. I have no doubt the first game many of us will download on the new phone will be the latest version of the most important game in history, Tetris.IV. Summary writing (10分)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.Tai Chi Can Reduce Falls in Old PeopleOld people who took part in a structured programme of Tai Chi found that their balance and physical strength improved, reducing the risk of falls, according to a paper in the latest Journal of Advanced Nursing.Researchers studied a group of fall-prone (易摔跤的) adults, with an average age of 78, living in residential care. 29 people undertook a 12-week Tai Chi programme and the other 30 formed the non-exercise control group. The exercise programme consisted of 10 minutes of warming-up exercises, 20 minutes of Sun-style Tai Chi movement and 5 minutes of cooling down exercises.During the exercise, traditional instrumental music was used. It helped the group maintain slow and continuous movements and provide a comforting effect.Both groups underwent a series of tests before and after the 12-week exercise programme. They measured their muscle strength, balance and confidence in avoiding falls. Researchers analyzed the data and compared them with those of the non-exercise control group. They found that the physical fitness of the exercise group showed significant improvement, with stronger knee and ankle muscles, improved flexibility and better balance.Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese martial art (武术), consists of a series of slow, gentle, continuous movements. It is particularly suitable for old people as it helps them to develop stronger muscles and better balance and concentration. “Our study shows that low-intensity exercise such as Tai Chi has great potential for health promotion. It can help old people to avoid falls by developing their balance, muscle strength and confidence,” says Professor Song. “We believe that regular exercise should be a fundamental part of caring for old people living both in the community and in residential care.”V. Translation (15分)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 我认为他的行为不值得称赞。
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A【2019届湖北省鄂东南省级示范高中教育教学改革联盟高三第一次模拟考试】Here are some fancy items highly recommended to you to enrich or improve your daily life.Beauty of mushroomsArtist and photographer Jill Bliss will change your view of mushrooms with her photos, which you can find at http://bit.ly/mushroomphotos. Bliss arranges mushrooms and other objects she sees in nature almost like bunches of flowers.Out in the StormAll the components of great pop music — exciting songwriting, a commanding singer, and a band that plays with total commitment — are there and shining like diamonds on Waxahatchee’s new album, Out in the Storm. In what’s turning out to be a very impressive year for female bandleaders, writer/singer Katie Crutchfield and her rocking all-female band are experiencing one success after another.CircaIf you’re tired from your international flight, trying to remember if the kids will still be awake for your call or to schedule a conference call for work, the app Circa can help you keep track of time in different time zones of the world. It’ll give you one less thing to worry about. The app is $3.99 for iOS and free for Android users.Their FinestThe movie Their Finest, set during World War Ⅱ, centers on the film division of the British Ministry of Information, where Catrin Cole (Gemma Arterton) is employed, making movies that appeal to women. Film critic Peter Rainer writes that “the film’s best comic character is Ambrose Hilliard … performed with plenty of playful fun by that great scene-stealer Bill Nighy.” Their Finest is available on DVD and Blu-ray.21. What do we know about Katie Crutchfield’s band?A. It performs folk music.B. Its target audience is women.C. It is an overnight success.D. Its members are female.22. What is the main function of the app Circa?A. To tell world time across different places.B. To record users’ important meetings.C. To remind users of international calls.D. To recommend overseas flights to users.23. Which of the following is one of the characters in the movie Their Finest?A. Gemma Arterton.B. Ambrose Hilliard.C. Peter Rainer.D. Bill Nighy.B【2019年辽宁省沈阳市东北育才学校高三一模】A3-year-old boy who was lost in the woods for two days is now safe at home with his family. But Casey Hathaway told his rescuers that he was not alone in the rainy, freezing cold woods. He said he was with a friend — a bear.The child went missing on January 22. He was playing with friends at his grandmother’s house in the southern state of North Carolina. When the other children returned home but Casey did not, the family searched the area for almost an hour before calling the police. Police formed a search and rescue team to look for the young boy in the nearby woods. But two days went by and still — no Casey.Then on January 24, someone called the police saying he heard a child crying in the woods. Police followed up on the information and found Casey at about 9:30 that night. They pulled him out of some briar. He was in good health. Casey told the rescuers that he had hung out with a black bear for two days, a bear he called his “friend”.Sheriff Chip Hughes spoke with reporters from several news agencies. He said Casey did not say how he was able to survive in the woods for three days in the cold, rainy weather. However, the sheriff said, “He did say he had a friend in the woods that was a bear that was with him.”Hundreds of people helped in the search and rescue efforts, including some 600 volunteers, federal police and members of the military. Officer Hughes told reporters that at no point did he think Casey had been kidnapped.His mother Brittany Hathaway talked with reporters from a local news agency and thanked everyone who joined the search for her son. “We just want to tell everybody that we’re very thankful that you took the time out to search for Casey and prayed for him, and he’s good,” said his mother. “He is good, he is up and talking. He’s already asked to watch Netflix. So, he’s good …”24. When did Casey get lost?A. On January 24.B. After a 911 call.C. Before his playmates came.D. After he left his grandmother’s house.25. What can we know about the boy?A. He survived with the help of a bear.B. The rescuers rescued him from a bear.C. Someone offered key information to find him.D. He was eventually found by officer Hughes.26. Why did the mother say that in the last paragraph?A. To report the detailed situation.B. To show her gratitude and relief.C. To invite everyone to watch her child.D. To appreciate searchers and the bear.27. Where is this text most likely from?A. A news report.B. A guidebook.C. A diary.D. An advertisement.C【2019年广东省化州市高考一模英语试题】Nature is like a great magician, performing wonders on Earth. One of them is the Amazon rainforest, the world’s largest and home to millions of plants and animals. Nicknamed “the lungs of our planet”, it generates about one-fifth of Earth’s oxygen. However, this wonderful natural wonder is currently in danger.Thousands of fires have broken out in Brazil, endangering much of the rainforest. These blazes have lasted several weeks and are believed to be the “most intense” in almost a decade, according to BBC News.The Amazon has seen a large number of fires in 2019. Between January and August, there were over 74,000 fires the highest number since 2013, the BBC reported.Forest fires are common during the dry season, which runs from July to October. They are usually caused by natural events, such as lightning strikes. However, most of the fires this year are believed to be caused by farmers, who use fire as a traditional part of tropical agriculture to clean land, reported CNN.The disaster has raised concern around the world. The Amazon rainforest is important for preventing climate change, said the BBC, absorbing millions of tons of carbon annually. When trees are cut down or burned, the rainforest’s capacity(能力)to absorb carbon is reduced.Brazilian climate expert Carlos Nobre told Reuters he’s worried. If more than 20 percent of the ecosystem is destroyed, the Amazon rainforest could reach a "tipping point(临界点)where the thick jungle will turn into a tropical savannah(大草原).Nobre warned that it is not far off, with between 15 and 17 percent of the rainforest having already been destroyed.The Brazilian government has sent soldiers to fight the fires. Many people have offered their support and called for recovery efforts. For example, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, said he wanted to donate money and US Actor Leonardo DiCaprio’s environmentalcharity, Earth Alliance, created a donation fund to help deal with the crisis.The public are also encouraged to donate to charities concerned with rainforest preservation(保护). “Every little bit helps in a tragic situation like this,” commented Gizmodo.28. The underlined word “intense” in Para.2 probably means _______.A. naturalB. fierceC. commonD. unexpected29. What is the main cause of forest fires in the Amazon rainforest this year?A. Lightning strikes.B. Hot weather.C. Agricultural activities.D. Garbage left by tourists.30. What was Nobre worried about in the article?A. Global temperatures will rise.B. The Amazon rainforest is close to disappearing.C. Animals in the Amazon rainforest are under threat.D. It will take decades for the Amazon rainforest to recover.31. What are the last two paragraphs mainly about?A. What the Brazilian government has done to fight fires.B. Celebrities who care about rainforest preservation.C. The possible future of the Amazon rainforest.D. Efforts made to save the Amazon rainforest.D【2019年安徽省合肥市巢湖市高考英语(3月)模拟试题】Angel Garcia Crespo is a computer engineer at Carlos III University of Madrid in Spain. His group has invented a new way for deaf-blind people to “watch” TV. The idea for the technology grew out of previous work by his group. The team had already worked on making audiovisual(视听的) materials accessible to people with either vision or hearing disabilities. But the group wanted to help people with both challenges. So they asked some deaf-blind people what would help.In addition to relying on their sense of touch to communicate, deaf-blind people can also get and send information with a Braille line. The Braille system uses patterns of raised dots to stand for letters and numbers. A Braille line is an electronic machine with a changeable Braille display. Dots rise up or drop down based on the information sent to the machine.Now the new system changes TV signals to data a Braille line can use. “The key to the system is the possibility of using subtitles(字幕) to collect TV information, ” Garcia Crespo explains. “Subtitles travel with the image(影像) and the audio in electromagnetic waves we don’t see. But an electronic system can keep those waves. ”First, a computer program, or app, pulls out the subtitles and visual descriptions from the broadcast signal. The system then combines the information and changes both into data for Braille.Now another app gets to work, which sends the data out to people’s Braille lines on demand. “This is done in real time, in less than a second,” Garcia Crespo says. This lets a deaf-blind person “watch” TV as it’s broadcast. The system will work with various Braille lines, as long as there’s a bluetooth connection available. Now, the system is only used in Europe, and it should soon be available in the US.32. What inspired Garcia Crespo’s group to work on the new technology?A. Deaf-blind people’s poor life.B. Their pity on the disabled people.C. The challenges they face in work.D. Their group’s previous research.33. Why can the electronic system collect TV information?A. It can combine all kinds of broadcast signals.B. It can keep the waves with subtitles traveling.C. It can work together with a variety of Braille lines.D. It can pull out the subtitles and visual descriptions.34. What does the author think of the future of the new technology?A. Challenging.B. Bright.C. Rewarding.D. Hopeless.35. What should be a suitable title for the text?A. New Technology Is Improving Deaf-blind People’s LifeB. A New Braille Line Is Applied to Disabled People’s LifeC. A Spanish Group Makes TV Accessible to Blind PeopleD. New Technology Helps Deaf-blind People “Watch” TV第二节(共5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。
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2020学年第一学期期终学生学习能力诊断测试高三英语试卷Ⅱ. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.Innovations that will change the classroomAmerican schools are going high - tech. Many symbols we still associate with classrooms and learning, like chalkboards, pens, notebooks - even classrooms (21) _______ --- are quickly becoming outdated.As this week marks The Huffington Post’s 10th anniversary, we’ll take a look at some products that (22) _______ (introduce) to classroom in the past decade and have the potential to change the educational landscape in the years (23) _______ (come).1. Remote LearningSome schools are cutting down on snow days, thanks to technology. Rather than giving kids the day off (24) _______ weather conditions are too dangerous for commuting, these schools are asking students to follow classroom lessons online.Although kids (25) _______ (hope) for a snow day may not particularly appreciate these advancements in digital learning, online lessons allow these kids to complete their coursework and still interact with peers. Some students with medical conditions (26) _______ “go” to school via video conferencing or even with the help of robots enabled with video chat that they can control remotely.2. eBooksDiscovery Education has been replacing traditional textbooks with original “techbooks”for six years. These “techbooks”can also be switched to Spanish or French, Kinney said, (27) _______ allows some parents who don’t speak English to help their kids with their homework.3. Educational GamesIn-class gaming options have evolved to include more educational options. GlassLab creates educational games that are now being used in more than 6,000 classrooms across thecountry. Teachers get real-time updates on students’progress as well as suggestions on (28) _______ subjects they need to spend more time perfecting.The Internet and other digital tools have some drawbacks. They’re often distracting, (29) _______ most developments have exciting implications for the future. Over the last 10 years, technological innovations have made education more interactive, immediate and (30) _______ (personalize), -- and have shown us the potential for more accessible and effective classrooms.Section BDirections: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.How do Cigarettes Affect the Body?Cigarettes aren’t good for us. But how exactly do cigarettes harm us? Let’s look at what happens as their ingredients make their way through our bodies, and how we benefit (31) _______ when we finally give up smoking.Inside the airways and lungs, smoke increases the (32) _______ of infections as well as long - lasting diseases. It does this by damaging the tiny hair - like tissues which keep the airways clean. That’s one of the reasons smoking can lead to oxygen loss and (33) _______ of breath.Within about 10 seconds, the bloodstream carries a stimulant called nicotine to the brain, creating the (34) _______ sensations which make smoking highly addictive. Nicotine and other chemicals from the cigarette, at the same time, cause tightness of blood tubes, restricting blood flow. These effects on blood tubes lead to (35) _______ of blood tube walls, increasing the possibility of heart attacks and strokes.Many of the chemicals inside cigarettes can activate dangerous (36) _______ in the body’s DNA that make cancers form. In fact, about one of every three cancer deaths in the United States is caused by smoking. And it’s not just lung cancer. Smoking can cause cancer in multiple tissues and organs, as well as damaged eyesight and (37) _______ bones. It makes it harder for women to get pregnant. And in men, it can cause long-term damages of body functions.But for those who quit smoking, there’s a huge positive upside with almost (38) _______and long-lasting physical benefits. A day after ceasing, heart attack risk begins to decrease as blood pressure and heart rates (39) _______. Lungs become healthier after about one month, with less coughing. After ten years, the chances of developing fatal lung cancer go down by 50%, probably because the body’s ability to repair DNA is once again restored.There’s no point pretending this is all easy to achieve. Quitting can lead to anxiety and depression. But fortunately, such effects are usually (40) _______. Advice and support groups and moderate intensity exercise also help smokers stay cigarette - free. That’s good news, since quitting puts you and your body on the path back to health.Ⅲ. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context. Inc. is checking out of China’s fiercely competitive domestic e-commerce market. The company told sellers on Thursday that it would no longer __41__ its third - party online marketplace or provide seller services on its Chinese website, . ___42___,domestic companies will no longer be able to sell products to Chinese consumers on its e-commerce platform.The decision marks an end to a long ___43___ by America’s e-commerce giants in the Chinese market. The firms entered the Chinese market with great attention in the early 2000s, only to ___44___ in the face of competition from China’s faster - moving Internet giants.Amazon has been in talks to ___45___ its e-commerce business for goods imported into China with a Chinese competitor, NetEase Inc.’s Kaola, in a stock - for - stock transaction(交易), according to a person familiar with the matter. That would remove the Amazon name from ___46___ e-commerce in China. Neither company would confirm the progress or details of those ___47___, nor would they say if they are continuing.In a written statement, Amazon said it remained ___48___ to China through its global stores, Kindle businesses and web services. Amazon China’s president would leave to take on another role within the company, the company said. The China consumer - business team will report ___49___ to the company’s global team.When Amazon first entered China in 2004 with the ___50____ of , it was the largest online seller for books, music and video there. Most Chinese consumers were using cash - on - delivery as their to form of ___51___. Today, Amazon China chiefly caters to customerslooking for imported international goods such as cosmetics and milk powder and is a(n) ___52___ player in the booming Chinese e-commerce market.Amazon China commanded just 6% of gross market volume in the niche(细分的)cross - border e-commerce market in the fourth quarter of 2018, versus NetEase Kaola’s 25% ___53___ and the 32% held by Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Tmall InternationalChinese consumers are becoming more fascinated with ___54___ brands. In 2011, 85% of Chinese consumers said they would always buy a foreign brand over a domestic one. By 2016, 60% of respondents said they preferred domestic over foreign brands. Shaun Rein, China Market research’s founder, said American e-commerce giants ___55___ obstacles in China because they didn’t offered the products or user experience that consumers were looking for.41. A. assist B. expand C. operate D. tailor42. A. As a result B. By contrast C. For example D. In addition43. A. criticism B. negotiation C. struggle D. resolution44. A. interact B. withdraw C. split D. survive45. A. associate B. combine C. exchange D. supply46. A. time - consuming B. long - suffering C. ever - lasting D. consumer - facing47. A. talks B. businesses C. competitions D. instructions48. A. related B. accustomed C. exposed D. committed49. A. automatically B. directly C. regularly D. secretly50. A. breakdown B. improvement C. purchase D. participation51. A. refund B. payment C. sponsorship D. trade52. A. complicated B. critical C. original D. insignificant53. A. share B. budget C. volume D. maximum54. A. foreign B. luxurious C. domestic D. fashionable55. A. dealt with B. forgot about C. got through D. came acrossSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. English passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)People worry that developments in Artificial Intelligence, or A.I., will bring about a point in history when A. I. overtakes human intelligence, leading to an unimaginable revolution in human affairs. Or they wonder whether instead of our controlling artificial intelligence, it will control us.The situation may not arise for hundreds of years to come, but this doesn’t mean we have nothing to worry about. On the contrary, The A. I. products that now exist are improving faster than most people realize and promise to fundamentally transform our world, not always for the better. They are only tools, not a competing form of intelligence. But they will reshape what work means and how wealth is created.Unlike the Industrial Revolution and the Computer Revolution, the A. I. revolution is not taking certain jobs and replacing them with other jobs. Instead, it is believed to cause a wide - scale elimination of jobs -- mostly lower - paying jobs, but some higher - paying ones, too.This transformation will result in enormous profits for the companies that develop A.I., as well as for the companies that adopt it. We are thus facing two developments that do not sit easily together; enormous wealth concentrated in relatively few hands and enormous numbers of people out of work. What is to be done?Part of the answer will involve educating or retraining people in tasks A.I. tools aren’t good at. Artificial intelligence is poorly suited for jobs involving creativity, planning and “cross - field” thinking. But these skills are typically required by high - paying jobs that may be hard to retrain displaced workers to do. More promising are lower - paying jobs involving the “people skills” that A.I. lacks: social workers, barmen, doormen -- professions requiring human interaction. But how many barmen does a society really need?The solution to the problem of mass unemployment will involve “service jobs of love.”These are jobs that A. I. cannot do, that society needs and that give people a sense of purpose. Examples include accompanying an older person to visit a doctor, helping at an orphanage and serving as a sponsor at charity organization. The volunteer service jobs of today, in other words, may turn into the real jobs of the future.Other volunteer jobs may be higher - paying and professional, such as compassionatemedial service providers. In all cases, people will be able to choose to work fewer hours than they do now.56. In what aspect is the A. I. revolution different from the Industrial or the Computer revolution?A. The A.I. revolution will finally become one beyond human’s control.B. A. I. is believed to lead to a point in history when it takes over human intelligence.C. Higher - paying jobs will take the place of lower-paying ones in the A.I. revolution.D. It may bring about mass unemployment to matter how much employees are paid.57. The underlined word “promising” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _______.A. promotionalB. demandingC. guaranteedD. potential58. What does the author suggest in the face of the A.I. revolution?A. It is sensible to encourage people to take volunteer jobs.B. People should be instructed to do less demanding jobs.C. The problem of job loss can be solved by creating lower-paying jobs.D. Jobs requiring knowledge in different fields are suitable for displaced workers.59. Which of the following may serve as the best title of the passage?A. The A.I. Revolution Creates New Job Opportunities.B. Challenges the A. I. Revolution Brings to Job Market.C. A Double - edged Sword: the A.I. Revolution.D. 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Rechargeable Digital Hearing Aid - For Only $229!The new HearClear HCR3 Rechargeable Digital Hearing Aids features advanced third generation digital technology at an unbelievably affordable Pride! The HCR3 is packed with the same key technologies that all high end digital hearing aids share while leaving out the extra bells and whistles that increase cost and require expensive adjustments. This helps you hear better, while saving you lot of money.Your new HearClear HCR3 hearing aids work at a fraction of the cost of name - brand hearing aids, and you won’t have to keep changing the batteries! You will love the comfortable and lightweight Open - fit design. The HCR3 is pre-programmed for most moderate to significant hearing losses, so you won’t need professional appointments to make costly adjustments. It is shipped directly to you and will help you hear better right out of the box!You can spend thousands for an expensive hearing aid, or you can spend just $249 for hearing aid that is great for most hearing losses (only $229 each when you buy a pair). We are so sure you will love your hearing aids that we offer a 100% Money Back Guarantee - Risk Free if you are not satisfied for any reason.60. How much will you pay if you want to buy a pair of HCR3 hearing aids?A. $229.B. $249C. $458D. $49861. Which of the following features can be added to the section “HCR3 Features”?① Built - in programs for different listening situations.② Easy access to changing batteries.③ Digital sound processing chip.④ Simple adjustments without professional help.A. ①③B. ①③④C. ②③④D. ①②③62. One reason why buying a pair of hearing aids is recommended is that _________.A. the HCR3 guarantees 100% refund if bought in pairsB. it will save consumers up to $20 for a pair of hearing aidsC. humans are pre - programmed to better hear with two earsD. people can hear triple better in various situation with two hearing aids(C)For several decades, there has been an extensive and organized campaign intended to generate distrust in science, funded by regulated industries and libertarian think tanks(自由主义智囊团)whose interests and beliefs are threatened by the findings of modern science. In response, scientists have tended to stress the success of science. After all, scientists have been right about most things, from the structure of the universe to the relativity of time and space.Quoting successes isn’t wrong, but for many people it’s not persuasive. What is typically declared to be the scientific method -- develop a supposition, then design an experiment to test it -- isn’t what scientists actually do. Science is active so that new methods get invented and old ones get abandoned. The scientific method doesn’t always work. False theories can produce true results, so even if an experiment works, it doesn’t prove that the theory it was designed to test it true.If there is no identifiable scientific method, then what is the guarantee for trust in science?The answer is the methods by which those claims are evaluated. A scientific claim is never accepted as true until it has gone through a long process of examination by fellow scientists. Until this point, scientific feedback is typically fairly friendly. But the next step is different: once the paper is ready, it is presented to a scientific journal, where things get a whole lot tougher.Editors deliberately send scientific papers to people who are not friends or colleagues of the authors, and the job of the reviewer is to find errors or other inadequacies. We call this process “peer review” because the reviewers are scientific peers but they act in the role of a superior who has both the right and the obligation to find fault. It is only after the reviewers and the editor are satisfied that any problems have been fixed that the paper is accepted for publication and enters the body of “science.”Does this process ever go wrong? Of course. Scientists are human. But if we look carefully at historical cases where science went wrong, typically there was no agreement reached by all. Some people argue that we should not trust science because scientists are “always changing their minds.”While examples of truly settled science being overturned are far fewer than is sometimes claimed, they do exist. But the beauty of this scientific process is that it explains what might otherwise appear paradoxical(矛盾的): that science produces both novelty(新颖性)and stability. New observations, ideas, interpretations introduce novelty: trans-formative questioning leads to collective decisions and the stability of scientific knowledge. Scientists do change their minds in the face of new evidence, but this is a strength of science, not a weakness.63. Distrust in science has been found because _________.A. scientists’ citing successes isn’t persuasive for many people to some extentB. most scientists have tended to lay too much emphasis on the success of scienceC. a wide - ranging and organized campaign has been founded in some industries and think tanksD. someone’s benefits and beliefs are endangered by the findings of modern science64. Which of the following statements will the author agree with about a scientific method?A. A scientific method doesn’t necessarily take effect because science is changing.B. A scientific method is not right because it isn’t what scientists actually do.C. A successful experiment can guarantee the truthfulness of a claim by a scientific method.D. True theories can produce false results because the scientific method doesn’t work.65. What purpose does “peer review” in evaluating a scientific claim mainly serve?A. The scientific claim can be completely accepted by the reviewers in the same field.B. The scientific peers can draw right conclusions by finding its faults or other inadequacies.C. The scientific claim can be published and recognized as true in science.D. The scientific paper can be successfully submitted to a scientific journal.66. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _________.A. Not all the claims about the falsehood of well-established science lead to its being overturnedB. It is inevitable that science sometimes goes wrong because it appears paradoxicalC. The beauty of science lies in the paradox of being both novel and stableD. Science is not trustful because scientists always change their minds.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.Is Multitasking Always Good?Not only do smart-phones provide unrestricted access to information, they provide perfect opportunities to multitask. Any activity can be accompanied by music, selfies or social media updates. Of course, some people pick poor times to tweet or text, and lawmakers have steeped in. __67__ In Honolulu, it’s illegal to text or even look at your phone while crossing the street, and in the Netherlands they’ve banned texting while biking.__68__ You need to self-regulate. Understanding how the brain multitasks and why we find multitasking so appealing will help you realize the danger or pulling out your phone.Multitasking feels like doing two things at the same time, so it seems the danger lies in asking one mental process to do two unrelated things -- for texting drivers, watching the screen and the road.Twenty states have instituted bans on driving using a hand - held phone while still allowinghands - free calls. Yet hands - free or hand - held makes no difference. __69__ The real problem is the switch of attention between the conversation and road, and that affects performance.Please sense this, and when on the phone they drive slower and increase their following distance, but they are far too confident that these measures reduce risks. This overconfidence extends to other activities. A 2015 survey showed that a majority of students who use social media, text or watch TV while studying think that they can still comprehend the material they’re studying.People don’t multitask merely because they see no harm in it; they see benefits. ___70___ Most people will still choose to multitask. But they should, at the very least , be fully aware of how that choice affects them and the potential consequences for themselves and others. They need to pay attention to how much -- or how little -- they are paying attention.Ⅳ. Summary WritingDirections: 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.71. The Zeigarnik EffectHave you ever found yourself thinking about a partially finished project for school or work when you were trying to focus on other things? Or perhaps you wondered what would happen next in your favorite TV show or film series. If you have, you’ve experienced the Zeigarnik effect. You tend to remember unfinished tasks better than finished tasks. Knowledge of the Zeigarnik effect can be put into use in everyday life.The effect is especially well suited for helping overcome procrastination or delaying an action to a later time. We often put off big tasks that seem overwhelming. However, the Zeigarnik effect suggests that the key to overcoming procrastination is to just get started. The first step could be something small and seemingly insignificant. In fact, it’s probably best if it’s something fairly easy.The Zeigarnik effect can be useful for students who are studying for an exam. The effect tells us that breaking up study periods can actually improve recall. So instead of cramming for an exam all in one sitting, breaks should be scheduled in which the student focuses on something else. This will cause intrusive(侵入的)thoughts, enabling students to rehearse and consolidate the information that must be remembered, leading to better recall when they take the exam.The Zeigarnik effect also points to reasons why people may experience mental health problems. If an individual leaves important tasks incomplete, the intrusive thoughts that result canlead to stress, anxiety, difficulty sleeping, and emotional distress. Conversely, completing a task can give an individual a sense of accomplishment and lead to a feeling of closure that can improve psychological well - being.The Zeigarnik effect can actually be used to positively impact your work productivity.Ⅴ. TranslationDirections: Translation the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 导游让游客相信不少欧洲小镇确实值得看一看。
【人教版】2020高三英语上学期第一次阶段性检测试题新人教版 新版
2020高三英语上学期第一次阶段性检测试题第二部分阅读理解(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,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AWelcome to the Electronic Village to explore new ways of language teaching and learning.21.Nearpod can be used to________.A.help vocabulary learning B.teach listening on-lineC.offer grammar tests D.gain fluency in speaking22.If you want to improve your speaking skills,you can go to_______。
A.Room 502 B.Room 501 C.Room 602 D.Room 60123.Which of the following can assess your grammar learning?A.Prezi. B.TEO. C.Kahoot. D.Nearpod.24.A teacher who wants to learn on-line teaching is expected to arrive by_____.A.3:30 pm B.2:00 pm C.10:30 am D.9:00 amBSome years ago, writing in my diary used to be a usual activity. I would return from school and spend the expected half hour recording the day's events, feelings, and impressions in my little blue diary. I did not really need to express my emotions by way of words, but I gained a certain satisfaction from seeing my experiences forever recorded on paper. After all, isn't accumulating memories a way of preserving the past?When I was thirteen years old, I went on a long journey on foot in a great valley, well-equippedwith pens, a diary, and a camera. During the trip, I was busy recording every incident, name and place I came across. I felt proud to be spending my time productively, dutifully preserving for future generations a detailed description of my travels. On my last night there, I wandered out of my tent, diary in hand. The sky was clear and lit by the glare of the moon, and the walls of the valley looked threatening behind their screen of shadows. I automatically took out my pen...At that point, I understood that nothing I wrote could ever match or replace the few seconds I allowed myself to experience the dramatic beauty of the valley. All I remembered of the previous few days were the dull characterizations I had set down in my diary.Now, I only write in my diary when I need to write down a special thought or feeling. I still love to record ideas and quotations that strike me in books, or observations that are particularly meaningful.I take pictures, but not very often—only of objects I find really beautiful. I'm no longer blindly satisfied with having something to remember when I grow old. I realize that life will simply pass me by if I stay behind the camera, busy preserving the present so as to live it in the future.I don't want to wake up one day and have nothing but a pile of pictures and notes. Maybe I won't have as many exact representations of people and places; maybe I'll forget certain facts, but at least the experiences will always remain inside me. I don't live to make memories—I just live, and the memories form themselves.25. What caused a change in the author's understanding of keeping a diary?A. A dull night on the journey.B. The beauty of the great valley.C. A striking quotation from a book.D. Her concerns for future generations.26. Before the age of thirteen, the author regarded keeping a diary as a way of ________.A. observing her school routineB. expressing her satisfactionC. impressing her classmatesD. preserving her history27.What does the author put in her diary now?A. Special thoughts and feelings.B. Notes and beautiful pictures.C. Detailed accounts of daily activities.D. Descriptions of unforgettable events.28.The author comes to realize that to live a meaningful life is ________.A. to live the present in the futureB. to experience itC.to make memoriesD.to give accurate representations of itCLife is filled with challenges. As we get older we come to realize that those challenges are the very things that shape us and make us who we are, it is the same with the challenges that come with friendship. When we are faced with a challenge, we usually have two choices. We can try to beat it off, or we can decide that the thing presenting the challenge isn’t worth the trouble and call it quits. Although there are certain times when calling it quits is the right thing to do, in most cases all that is needed is commitment(承诺)and communication.When we are committed to something, it means that no matter how painful or how uncomfortable something is, we will always choose to face it through instead of running away from it. Communication is making space for discussion and talking about how you feel as opposed to just saying what the other per- son did wrong. If you can say to a friend, “I got my feelings hurt.” rather than“You hurt my feelings.” you are going to be able to solve the problem much faster.In dealing with many challenges that friendship will bring to you, try to see them for what they are: small hurdles you need to jump or get through on your way through life. Nothing is so big that it is im- possible to get over, and hurt only serves to make us stronger. It is all part of growing up; it happens to everyone, and some day you will look back on all of this and say, “Hard as it was, it mad e me who I am today. And that is a good thing. ”29.The underlined word "committed" can be replaced by_________A. SympathizedB. SatisfiedC. DevotedD. interested30.It can be inferred from the text that _________.A. friendship needs challengesB. challenges shape our characterC. small hurdles aren't worth the troubleD. commitment promotes friendship31. The whole passage is centered on the relationship between______.A. friendship and challengesB. commitment and communicationC. communication and friendshipD. challenges and the ways to get through32.The writer suggests that _________when facedwith a challenge.A.one should call it quitsB.one should temporarily run away from itC.one should be committed and communicableD.one should lay it aside for a whileD"Indeed," George Washington wrote in his diary in 1785, "some kind of fly, or bug, had begun to eat the leaves before I left home." But the father of America was not the father of bug. When Washington wrote that, Englishmen had been referring to insects as bugs for more than a century, and Americans had already created lightning-bug(萤火虫). But the English were soon to stop using the bugs in their language, leaving it to the Americans to call a bug a bug in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.The American bug could also be a person, referring to someone who was crazy about a particular activity. Although fan became the usual term, sports fans used to be called racing bugs, baseball bugs, and the like.Or the bug could be a small machine or object, for example, a bug-shaped car. The bug could also be a burglar alarm, from which comes the expression to, bug, that is, "to install(安装) an alarm". Now it means a small piece of equipment that people use for listening secretly t o others’ conversations. Since the 1840s, to bug has long meant "to cheat", and since the 1940s it has been annoying.We also know the bug as a flaw in a computer program or other design. That meaning dates back to the time of Thomas Edison. In 1878 he explained bugs as "little problems and difficulties" that required months of study and labor to overcome in developing a successful product. In 1889 it was recorded that Edison "had been up the two previous nights discovering 'a bug' in his invented record player."33.We learn from Paragraph 1 that .A. both Englishmen and Americans used the word bug in the eighteenth centuryB. George Washington was the first person to call an insect a bugC. the word bug was still popularly used in England in the nineteenth centuryD. Americans had difficulty in learning to use the word bug34.The passage is mainly concerned with .A. the misunderstanding of the word bugB. the development of the word bugC. the public views of the word bugD. the special characteristics of the word bug35.What does the word "flaw" in the last paragraph probably mean?A. ExplanationB. FindingC. OriginD. Fault第二节(共 5 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,选项中有两项为多余选项。
【人教版】2020届高三英语上学期第一次考试试题 新人教 版
2020高三校内第一次考试英语考试说明:1.考试时间为120分钟,满分150分,考试完毕交答题卡(注意:请将第36-40小题的答案写在答题纸上)2.本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分第Ⅰ卷第一部分:听力理解(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. Who is answering the telephone call?A. Mike.B. Bill.C. Kate.2. What does the man mean?A. He is practicing English.B. He didn’t understand the woman.C. He doesn’t w ant to help the woman.3. When will the film probably start?A. At 6:30B. At 7:00C. At 7:304. What do the two speakers think of the exam?A. It is easy.B. It is moderate.C. It is difficult.5. What are the two speakers talking about?A. The man’s friend—Henry.B. An excellent camping tent.C. The weather.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。
2020届高三英语上学期第一次考试试题
2020届高三英语上学期第一次考试试题考生注意:1.答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在试卷和答题卡上,并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。
回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后,你将有2分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题;每小题1. 5满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例:How much is the shirt?A. £19. 15.B.£9.18.C.£ 9.15.答案是C。
1.Where does this conversation most probably take place?A.At a nursery.B. In a laundry.C. In a libraiy.2. When are the woman’s parents coming?A.In February.B. In April.C. In June.3.What will the woman probably do?A.Buy the writer’s new book.B. Go to visit the writer.C. Write a book review.4.What does the man mean?A. The lady's room is a long way from here.B. The woman can't use the lady's room right now.C. The woman has to sign up for using the lady’s room.5. Why won't the woman eat any more?A.She has had enough.B. She is losing weight.C. She isn't feeling well.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22. 5分)听下面5段对话或独白,每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
2020届高三上学期英语第一次检测试卷真题
2020届高三上学期英语第一次检测试卷一、单项填空(共15小题,每小题1分)1. —Guess what? I have won the first prize in the school English competition!— . I know you were not good at English. You must have made great efforts!A . You don’t sayB . I’m with you on thatC . Wish you good luckD . You got it2. The animation film, Ne Zha, has been welcomed by Chinese audience, because it has a range of elements, from Peking Opera and Lunar New Year paintings to Chinese animation techniques.A . imaginedB . inventedC . appliedD . abandoned3. —Could you tell me the of making such tasty cakes?—Well, I just follow the directions in the cookbook.A . trickB . featureC . technologyD . fashion4. Most people quit any results appear; they give up too soon and a quitter never wins.A . whileB . untilC . sinceD . before5. The newly built cafe, walls are painted light green, is really a peaceful place for us, especially after hard work.A . thatB . itsC . whoseD . which6. As is estimated, more than 20 million shared bikes into operation nationwide by 2025.A . will have been putB . will have putC . have been putD . will be putting7. —Excuse me, but why am I not allowed to use the gym?—, but your room price doesn’t cover it.A . Never do it againB . It’s hard to sayC . No offenceD . Forget it8. Traveling by subway sometimes be quite an adventure, especially during the rush hour.A . mustB . canC . shallD . should9. Over the past 10 years, Huawei has invested a total of 4 billion U.S. dollars in 5G, ________ it a leader in 5G chips, products and networks.A . makingB . to makeC . makeD . made10. He liked the lovely dog so much that he the book he was reading and played with it immediately.A . made outB . took backC . turned downD . set aside11. Usually there might be a lot of accidents in the heavy fog. I happened to witness this morning.A . itB . thoseC . oneD . that12. We should improve our ability to engage in international communication so as to tell China’s story well and make the voice of China .A . hearingB . heardC . having heardD . to hear13. Despite the obvious privacy concerns, the use of facial-recognition technology is at some public places.A . out of dangerB . on the runC . out of sightD . on the rise14. The only problem was we kept getting lost! But people in Tianjin were very friendly and helpful.A . thatB . whyC . whetherD . what15. I regret not having taken your advice. Otherwise I this mistake at the moment.A . didn’t makeB . wouldn’t makeC . hadn’t makeD . wouldn’t have made二、完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)16. 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,先出最佳选项。
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2020届高三英语上学期第一次考试试题考生注意:1.答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号填写在试卷和答题卡上,并将考生号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.回答选择题时,选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。
回答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡在本试卷上无效。
3.考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后,你将有2分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节(共5小题;每小题1. 5满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后,你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
例:How much is the shirt?A. £19. 15.B.£9.18.C.£ 9.15.答案是C。
1.Where does this conversation most probably take place?A.At a nursery.B. In a laundry.C. In a libraiy.2. When are the woman’s parents coming?A.In February.B. In April.C. In June.3.What will the woman probably do?A.Buy the writer’s new book.B. Go to visit the writer.C. Write a book review.4.What does the man mean?A. The lady's room is a long way from here.B. The woman can't use the lady's room right now.C. The woman has to sign up for using the lady’s room.5. Why won't the woman eat any more?A.She has had enough.B. She is losing weight.C. She isn't feeling well.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22. 5分)听下面5段对话或独白,每段对话或独白后有几个小题,从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听每段对话或独白前,你将有时间阅读各个小题,每小题5秒钟;听完后,各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。
每段对话或独白读两遍。
所第6段材料,回答第6、7题。
6. What do we know about Kate?A.She’s too busy to see a doctor.B. The doctor's advice does her no good.C. She hasn't got well though she has seen a doctor.7.Who will go to see Kate?A.The man.B.The woman.C.Both of them.听第7段材料,回答第8至10题。
8. What does the man want?A. Less work.B. More fun.C. A good dinner.9. How does the man feel?A. Dissatisfied.B. Excited.C. Sleepy.10.What is the man’s attitude towards his older generation?A. Doubtful.B. Admiring.C. Opposing.听第8段材料,回答第11至13题。
11. Why does the man hire some bikes?A.To go traveling abroad.B.To visit the island with his friend.C.To go to visit the bicycle rental shop.12.What does the woman suggest?A.Seeing her tomorrow.B.Going to the beach.C.Hinng a motorbike.13. Where is the man staying?A. At the Holiday Sun Hotel.B. At Burt's Bicycle Rental.C. At No. 100 Teckman Street.听第9段材料,回答第 14至16题。
14.When did the woman hand in the report?A.On September 1.B.On September 3.C.On September 5.15.What is the most important to Starbucks’ success?A.Its management.B. The taste of its coffee.C. Its selections of stores and service.16.What does the man suggest the woman do?A. Leave out some figures.B. Do more research.C. Change a new topic.听第10段材料,回答第17至20题。
17. What is Task Rabbit?A.A service company.B.An old company with new ideas.C. A successful magazine that offers many services.18. What could a Task Rabbit worker do?A. Find you a job to do.B. Lend you money for rent.C. Help you move your furniture.19. Who founded the company Task Rabbit?A. Leah Busque.B. Sally.C. Neighbors.20. What is the theme of Task Rabbit?A. Making millions of dollars.B. Finding ways to help the elderly.C. Connecting neighbors to help each other.第二部分阅读理解(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和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AWith all the recent concern about the environment,people want to see their money used to better the planet. Here are four well-known environmental organizations.World Wildlife Fund (WWF)The World Wildlife Fund is perhaps one of the best-known organizations for the protection of endangered species and their habitats around the world. They’ve been around for over 45 years. You can donate through their website worldwildlife. org, join their organization as a member, or adopt an animal through their online adoption center.National Geographic Society (NGS)National Geographic Society is well-known for their magazine and their specials on TV. The organization itselfis one of the longest-running in the world—they’ ve been around since 1888.focus on exploration and conservation of forests, oceans, habitats, species and societies. You chopse to donate through the website nationalgeographic, com,buy something at their online store, or order a tnkgazine subscription.National Wildlife Federation (NWE)Founded officially in 1937, the National Wildlife Federation tries to protect wildlife at all costs. In fact, they believe that having the public equcated is^the best way to help the environment—-the more you know, the more you can protect the world we live in. Donations to the NWF can be made through their website nwf. org or through other options, like matching gifts, workplace giving, or memorial donations.Ecology Fund, comSet up in 1976,Ecology Fund, com is run on user clicks. Advertisers buy ad space on the site every time someone clicks. The money goes to buy endangered wilderness land to protect it from companies that would destroy it. So far, Ecology Fund, com has bought land in many areas. The best thing about this site is that you needn't donate any money—all you have to do is click.21. Which environmental organization has the longest history?A. Ecology Fund. com.B. World Wildife Fund.C.National Geographic Society.D.National WildlifeFederation.22. What does NWF think is the most important in environmental protection?A.Knowledge.B.Managenent.C. Money.D. Patience.23. In what way does differ from the other three organizations?A.The size of networks.B. The way of operation.C.The strength of influence.D. The degree of popularity.BImagine someone who has spent the majority of their life sitting with a sign on the side of the road and that very person giving someone their last 20 dollars. That’s exactly what Marine Corps veteran (退伍军人)Johnny Bobbitt,34,did in October in Philadelphia.Bobbitt served in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked as a paramedic (医务辅助人员)in Vance County, N. C. before he became homeless. Nobody knew how he got to where he was because he was discreet about that.One night in October, Bobbitt was sitting roadside with a sign in Philadelphia as usual, when Kate McClure of Florence Township, N. J. was driving home down Interstate 95 and ran out of gas. Scared and nervous, she got out of the car to head to the nearest gas station. As McClure was heading to the nearest gas station, she ran into Bobbitt and he told her to get back in the vehicle and lock the door. Minutes later, he appeared with a red gas can. He’d used his last $20 to buy her gas. After that unexpected meeting, McClure and her boyfriend, Mark D'Amico, who both live in NewJersey,visited Bobbitt several times to deliver gift cards, cash, snacks and toiletries. They then decided to create a fundraising page so he wouldn't have to spend the holidays sleeping on the street. McClure started the GoFundMe page on November 10. With the page, the couple hoped to raise $10,000, enough money for his rent, a reliable vehicle and up to six months ’ expenses. Bobbitt's story ran in a local paper. By November 15,more than 10,000 local people had made donations through the GoFundMe page and more than $300,000 had been raised.On Thanksgiving,Bobbitt was resting in a hotel,his feet up on the bed,drawing up a grand plan for his new life, thanks to several thousand dollars raised to repay him for a good deed.24. What does the underlined word “discreet” in paragraph 2 most probably mean?A.Doubtful.B. Cautious.C. Guilty.D. Optimistic.25. McClure met Bobbitt when she .A.couldn't find a gas stationB. got tothe way homeC.couldn't unlock her carD. was in search of gas26. It can be known from the text that .A. Bobbitt’s story obtained wide attentionB.Bobbitt became world-famous overnightC. the GoFundMe page collected over $400,000 for BobbittD. the GoFundMe page was started to help people like Bobbitt27. What is the best title for the text?A. A Homeless Veteran Paid Kindness ForwardB. A Homeless Veteran Had a Generous HeartC. A Homeless Veteran’s Kindness Paid OffD.A Small Kindness Made a Big DifferenceCCity trees grow faster and die younger than trees in rural forestry, a new study finds. Over their lifetimes,then, urban trees will likely absorb less C02 from the air thah forest trees.As we all know, the earth would be freezing or burning hot without C02. However, C02 is a greenhouse gas, meaning it traps energy from the sun as/heat. That makes temperatures near the ground rise. Human activities, especially the widespread burning-of fossil(化石)fuels,have been sending extra greenhouse gases into the air. This has led to a rise in average temperatures across the globe.Studies had shown forests readily absorb C02,but there hadn ’ t been much data on whether city trees grow, die and absorb C02 at the same rate as forest trees do. So some researchers decided to find out.To figure out how quickly trees were growing,researchers tracked their diameters (the width of their trunks) between 2005 and 2014. A tree’s diameter increases as it grows, just as a person’s waist si ze increases as they gain weight. About half the weight of a tree is carbon, research has shown. Most of the rest is water. Over the nine years’ tracking, the researchers found city trees absorbed four times as much carbon from the air as forest trees. However, they were twice as likely to die. So over the lifetime of each type of tree, forest trees actually absorbed more C02.City trees grew faster because they had less competition for light from their neighbors. In a forest,trees tend to grow close together,shading their neighbors. Street trees also benefit from higher levels of nitrogen (氮)in rainwater. Nitrogen helps plants grow. Waste gases from gas-burning cars also contain nitrogen, thus enriching city air with nitrogen. Later, rainwater may wash much of it to the ground. Some street trees may also have better access to water than trees in the country because the underground water pipes can leak.28. What can he known about C02 from paragraph 2?A. It is one of the side effects of greenhouses.B. It greatly accelerates the process of global warming.C. It results from the widespread burning of fossil fuels.D. It prevents the earth from becoming unsuitable to live on.29. Why did researchers track the diameters of trees?A. To know about their growth rates.B. To find out how much they weigh.C. To check whether they were healthy.D. To assess the carbon amounts in them.30. What advantage do city trees have over forest trees?A. They are more likely to access growth promoters.B. They can enjoy more water coming from the air.C. They can enjoy more shade from neighbors.D. They are better at competing for light.31. What will probably be talked about if the passage is continued?A. How urban trees can live longer.B. Why city living makes trees die young.C. How trees respond to dry soil conditions.D. Why faster-growing trees absorb more C02.DDo you know that junk food isn't healthy? Of course you do! Do you eat it anyway? Of course you do! But a new study shows teaching adolescents about the ways food companies fool them into thinking junk food is cool can encourage kids to fight back—by eating healthier.The pull of junk food can be super-strong. It’s designed to tasty; which makes eating well one of the great health challenges of our time. Everyone from doctors to the government has been trying to handle it. Yet we keep eating junk food.Professor Christopher Bryan says, “Food companies want you to want junk food. ’’ They spend millions of dollars coming up with new ways to^ promote junk food consumption. They hire scientists to make new junk food almost irresistible. They might do this, for example, by adding more sugar. Rats fed junk food for six weeks will even walk across a floor that gives them electric shocks just to get more of such food.Food ads often make unhealthy junk food seem healthy by featuring professional athletes, fit-looking pop stars and smiling, active teens.“We thought when the students learned this, it would matter to them,” Bryan s ays. He worked with 8th graders at a Texas school. Half of them got a lesson Bryan created. It focused on the ways junk food is advertised, or marketed. A second group received lessons that focused on health. These lessons informed students junk food is had, and that foods like apples or carrots are a better choice. The students learned a bad diet can lead to major weight gain,and that being overweight puts people at risk for serious diseases. They also learned how eating well now can keep you healthy when you're older.After the lessons, the kids in both groups were asked how they felt about junkfood. Most didn't have positive feelings about these unhealthy foods.32. Why does the author mention the questions in paragraph 1?A. To express his doubts about junk food.B. To promote the idea of healthy eating.C. To describe the situation of junk food.D. To introduce the topic for discussion.33. What remains a great health challenge to doctors?A. Making people do more exercise.B. Making people eat healthily.C. Making people lose weight.D. Making people prefer junk food.34. What message does paragraph 3 mainly try to convey?A. What makes junk food almost impossible to resist.B. What influences junk food can have on consumers.C. How food companies try to get people to reach for junk food.D. Why food companies promote the consumption of junk food.35. Which of the following words can best describe Bryan's lessons?A. Shocking.B. Popular.C. Effective.D. Abstract.第二节(共5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,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。