青岛市2021届高三上学期期初考试2020.09
英语
第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
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Key Responsibilities Involved:
·Our average work schedule being Monday through Friday
·Teachers being given 40 working bours per week with 2-day weekend off per week
·Teaching periods from September through January and March through July, with the provided option of teaching during semester breaks
The Treatments:
·Salaries range from 10, 000 to 18, 000 RMB and is based on qualification , degree , teaching experience,& teaching certification
·5000 RMB contract finish bonus (Generally, a contract lasts 1 year)
·Private Furnished Independent Apartment provided
·Two free meals offered by the school per work day
·Airport pick-up
·Medical insurance and accident insurance
Required Documentation:
- A current resume or one-sheet, indicating your nationality
- A copy of your passport / ID
- A copy of your highest degree and / or other certification
- Current Photo
- References with contact information
Please contact us for more details: https://www.doczj.com/doc/18535217.html,
21. What’s the job description of the teaching positions?
A. Teachers only work on Monday and Friday.
B. Teachers should work more than 10 hours every day.
C. Teachers are required to work 11 months per year.
D. Teachers can choose to work during school holidays.
22. How will you be treated if you get the teaching position?
A. You will be paid at least 18,000 RMB monthly.
B. You will get extra 5,000 yuan after a year’s teaching.
C. You need to live in a shared dormitory with others.
D. You are free to choose your insurance types.
23. Which is unnecessary when you apply for the positions?
A. A proof of previous working experience.
B. A copy of your ID
C.A copy of your certification.
D. Your recent photo.
B
With fewer races to take part in, and one more year to wait, Chinese sprinter(短跑运动员）Xie Zhenye is committed to staying patient and focused as he tries to achieve his Olympic dream.
No matter what the future bolds, Xie’s expectation for the Tokyo Games remains the same become the first Chinese national to reach a hat-trick(三连胜) of sprint finals, in the 100m,200m and 4x100m events.
“With the postponement of the Olympic Games, I need to be more patient and focused and make good use of this additional year to get better prepared for the Games,” said the 27-year-old, who is currently training at Beijing Sport University.
Xie trained with his national teammates in the United States for four months during the winter. According to his original plan, he was due to take part in a series of outdoor races in Europe and the US to tune up for the Tokyo Games. That was until the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything.
Xie flew to China’s coastal city of Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, at the end of March, and after a 28-day quarantine(隔离期), returned to Beijing to stan his lockdown training session.
“Although most of the competitions have been canceled or postponed, I can still compete in some virtual events and testing events organized by the national team.” Xie said.
“I am working closely with my coach and sticking to our new preparation plan. Our aim is to maintain my good form until the Tokyo Games next year.”
Xie enjoyed a successful season in 2019, setting a new Asian record of 19.88 at the Diamond League London meeting. Later, at the world championships in Doha, the 2010 Youth Olympic champion became the first Chinese to reach the men’s 200m final.
Xie has already met the Olympic entry standard for the 100m and 200m in Tokyo, while the Chinese relay team has also booked a berth(参赛权) in the 4x100m. Now, Xie wants to make more history in the finals of all three events in Tokyo next summer.
“I have the confidence to pursue that. I will try my best and leave no regrets in Tokyo,” he said.
24. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. The pandemic has postponed the Tokyo Games.
B. Xie is aiming for his Olympic dream through hard training.
C. Xie has achieved great success in his sports life.
D. The pandemic has caused great pressure to athletes.
25. Which of the following can best replace the underlined phrase “tune up” in paragraph 4?
A. Make up.
B. Long.
C. Leave.
D. Prepare.
26. What did Xie do in Qinhuangdao?
A. He had a pleasant holiday with his team.
B. He participated in the outdoor races.
C. He had a quarantine for about a month.
D. He started his training session.
27. What does the underlined word “that” in the last paragraph probably refer to?
A. Keeping good playing condition.
B. Meeting the Olympic entry standard.
C. Setting a new record of the men’s 200m.
D. Winning the finals of all three events.
C
“Join our exciting wildlife watching tours and experience the holiday of a lifetime!” Eco-wildlife tours like this are becoming more and more popular with tourists. The opportunity to see whales and dolphins swimming in their natural habitat is so much better than seeing these great mammals in zoos and aquariums. As your boat edges
out into the blue water, a group of dolphins come to greet you and swim around the boat, jumping playfully around you. In some places, tour companies even encourage tourists to go swimming with the dolphins. These intelligent mammals seem to enjoy our company and interact with us. But is it possible that this kind of human activity putting their survival at risk?
A recent study has shown that the behavior of whales and dolphins changes greatly when they are close to boats. Interpreting the boats as a possible danger, they start to breathe more to breathe more quickly. The boats drive them away from the places where they feed and interrupt their routine of resting and taking care of their young. All of these factors could have a very negative effect on their general health. Another factor that should be taken into account is the effect of human attention on the animals. As they become more used to interacting with humans, they become less afraid of them. There have been several cases of tour boats running into dolphins or whales and causing their deaths. As dolphins live within close communities, events like these cause a lot of stress.
Perhaps the best way to protect these animals is to reduce our interaction with them. This we could do by keeping a minimum distance between the animals and the boats, and by limiting the number of boats out on the water at one time. Most importantly, instead of interrupting these animals’ routines, we should try to adapt to them. In this way, we could learn to exist in harmony with these wild animals and ensure our continued co-existence on the planet that we shall share.
28. Why are Eco-wildlife tours increasingly popular?
A. Because they are widely advertised.
B. Because tourists can visit wild animals in nature.
C. Because wild animals enjoy our company.
D. Because visitors do not disturb wild animals.
29. What’s the author’s attitude towards Eco-wildlife tours?
A. Interested.
B. Supportive.
C. Critical.
D. Confused.
30. What can we learn from the recent study?
A. The visiting boats excite whales and dolphins.
B. Boats drive young whales and dolphins away from their parents.
C. Human’s attention benefits whales and dolphins a lot.
D. Getting too close to wild animals may cause trouble to them.
31. What is suggested to stay in harmony with wild animals according to the text?
A. Making less interaction with them.
B. Keeping a minimum distance between boats.
C. Banning boats entering their habitat.
D. Making them adapt to our daily routine.
D
Chengdu, the capital of Southwest China’s Sichuan province, is promoting innovation in the new economy to create a powerhouse for regional economic development.
The city’s recent move to open up registration for companies as part of the first of innovation-application experimental labs and future scene labs is an important part of its efforts to promote innovation. Officials saidthis will help with the development of business in the new economy.
In order to be selected into Chengdu’s innovation-application experimental labs, companies should have an investment in research and development that accounted for 3-5 percent of their total experimental labs include having no less than five professionals working full-time in science and technology research. They also must have a three-to-five-year development plan.