2019-2020学年上海市建平中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析

2019-2020学年上海市建平中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析

第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

Children under the age of 18 will be allowed up to three hours per week to play video games, according to a

notice issued by China's National Press and Publication Administration. Online game companies are required to

provide services to minors — from8 to 9 p. m. on Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays — as a way to

safeguard their physical and mental health. Children are playing more and more online games these days. Is it time

to limit their online gaming time? What role do parents have? Readers share their opinions.

Rizlared

Online games are addictive, but if children are taught how to manage in a sensible and responsible manner

then it is no longer a threat(威胁).To achieve this, parents need to set examples for not being glued to their

phones. Teaching is and always will be the best solution to such problems.

Andrew

Good policy. By limiting time spent on online games, kids can spend time doing more useful things to develop

their potential. They can go outside and run, jump and swim instead of sitting on a couch at home and playing

with a smart phone.

Adam

It is often seen that parents argue with children over cellphones. Most parents can hardly set and enforce the

time limit for its daily usage. Some forcibly take away their cellphones, but it will ruin trust and relationship. Even

worse, it will make their kids hate them.

Pink

Excessive(过度的）gaming is purely a waste of time and energy for minors and has a negative effect on both

physical and mental health. The gaming industry should not put profit- flaking interests as its priority (优先事项) .

They should act in a socially responsible way toprovide an environment for children to ensure their well-being and

development.

Lauren

There would be a loophole(漏洞). Children could use their parents’ or other adults’ IDs to avoid real-name

registration, thus making it impossible to put this policy in effect. Parents ly need to strengthen guidance and supervision to keep their children from gaming addiction.

1. What should kids do according to Andrew?

A. Play online games. B. Play with a smart phone.

C. Study all the time. D. Go in for outside activities.

2. What does Pink advise the gaming industry to do?

A. Pay attention to its profit. B. Focus on kids’ health.

C. Be responsible for kids’ surroundings. D. Persuade kids lo play more games.

3. What role do parents have according to the passage?

A. They keep hold of their phones. B. They set examples for their kids.

C. They limit their kids’ time. D. They blame kids for addiction.

B

Last year, 138,000San Franciscoresidents used Airbnb, a popular app designed to connect home renters and

travelers. It’s a striking number for a city with a population of about 850,000, and it was enough for Airbnb to win

a major victory in local elections, asSan Franciscovoters struck down a debatable rule that would have placed time

restrictions and other regulations on short-term rental services.

The company fiercely opposed the measure, Proposition F, with a nearly $10 million advertising campaign. It

also contacted its San Franciscan users with messages urging them to vote against Proposition F.

Most people think of Airbnb as a kind of couch-surfing app. The service works for one-night stays on road

trips and longer stays in cities, and it often has more competitive pricing than hotels. It’s a textbook example of

the “sharing economy”, but not everyone is a fan.

The app has had unintended consequences inSan Francisco. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported last year,

a significant amount of renting on Airbnb is not in line with the company’s image: middle-class families putting up

a spare room to help make ends meet. Some users have taken advantage of the service, using it to turn their

multiple properties into vacation rentals or even full-time rentals. Backers of Proposition F argued that this trend

takes spaces off the conventional, better-regulated housing market and contributes to rising costs.

“The fact is, widespread abuse of short-term rentals is taking much needed housing off the market and

harming our neighborhoods,” said ShareBetter SF, a group that supported Proposition F. Hotel unions have

protested the company’s practices inSan Franciscoand other cities, saying that it creates an illegal hotel system.

San Franciscois in the middle of a long-term, deeply rooted housing crisis that has seen the cost of living

explode. Actually, explode is a generous term. The average monthly rent for an apartment is around $4, 000.