2020届苏州市平江中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案

2020届苏州市平江中学高三英语上学期期中考试试题及答案

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

A

Courtyard Stay with Your Dogs

As autumn approaches, we are inviting you to join us on our August dog event—Courtyard Stay with Yoga &

Hike from August 21st to August 22nd nearQinglongLakein Fangshan district. This event will continue to raise fund

for our Pre-treatment Guidance Project (PGP).

Check out our full itinerary below:

Day 1: Saturday, August 21st

At 9 am in the morning, you will be picked up by car or bus and head to Fangshan district. We have arranged

a private courtyard house for a comfortable stay for the Saturday night. We will enjoy some local dishes for lunch,

while enjoying the peaceful views of theQinglongLake. After lunch, we will go together for a light hike to the

nearby mountain and water tracks with our dogs. For dinner, enjoy the coziest, home-style BBQ with both

vegetable and meat options.

Day 2: Sunday, August 22nd

After breakfast, we will join a yoga teacher for a deeply relaxing yoga session, with the company of the

morning sun. You can choose to hike a bit more afterwards in theforest park. We will be checking out around 4 pm

in the afternoon, returning to our homes.

Reservation: Please add our event manager, Diana, on Wechat to reserve a spot for yourself and your dog, a

full payment will be required upon signing up. If you don’t have a dog but would still like to hang out with dogs,

you are more than welcome to join too!

Pricing:

Early Bird Fee: 1400 RMB per human for the first four participants only before 7th August.

Children Price: 800 RMB (4—13 years old).

Full Price: 1600 RMB per human.

All surplus funds and donations will go to our Pre-treatment Guidance Program.

Please bring your ID, your dog’s ID and vaccine proof for any potential security check.

We can’t wait to see you soon！ 1. Who would be most interested in the weekend activity?

A. Taxi drivers. B. Yoga coaches. C. Pet dog owners. D. The PGP

members.

2. According to the itinerary, on August 22nd, you can ________.

A. join a teacher to do some yoga B. have some local dishes for lunch

C. enjoy the coziest, home-style BBQ D. go together for a hike to the water tracks

3. The purpose of the countryside stay activity is to________.

A. promote theQinglongLake B. raise fund for a public project

C. teach skills of BBQ and keeping dogs D. provide access to dogs for people without pets

B

If you’re looking for a reason to care about tree loss, this summer’s record-breaking heat waves might be it.

Trees can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit, according to arecent study.

But tree cover in US cities is shrinking (缩减). A study published last year by the US Forest Service found that we

lost 36 million trees annually from urban and rural communities over a five-year period. “If we continue on this

path, cities will become warmer, more polluted and generally unhealthier for inhabitants,” said David Nowak, a

senior US Forest Service scientist and co-author of the study. Nowak says there are many reasons why our tree

cover is declining, including hurricanes, tornadoes, fires, insects and disease. But the one reason for tree loss that

humans can control is sensible development.

Nowak says there is a downside to trees too, such as pollen allergy (花粉过敏) or large tailing branches in

storms, and people don’t like sweeping leaves. But, he says, there are ways cities and counties can manage trees

to help communities thrive (繁荣). Urban forests especially need our help to replace fallen trees. Unlike rural

areas, it is very difficult for trees to repopulate themselves in a city environment with so much pavement and

asphalt (沥青). “A lot of our native trees can’t actually find a place to drop a seed so they can regenerate,” explains

Greg Levine, co-executivedirector of Trees Atlanta. “That’s why the community has to go in and actually plant a

tree because the areas just aren’t natural anymore.”

Nowak says the first step is caring for the trees on your own property (财产). “We think we pay for our house,

and sowe must maintain it. But because we don’t pay for nature, we don’t need to. And that’s not necessarily

true.”

4. Why does the author mention “trees can lower summer daytime temperatures”?

A. To tell the temperatures in summer are high. B. To explain the reason of tree loss.

C. To tell trees are helpful.

D. To introduce the topic.

5. How can humans control tree loss according to Nowak?

A. Develop cities in reasonable ways.