2019-2020学年江苏省苏州中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案

2019-2020学年江苏省苏州中学高三英语上学期期末考试试题及答案

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

Sheffield

Lincoln College of English

Classes for foreign students at all levels.

3 months, 6 months, 9 months and one year course.

Open all year.

Small class (at most 12 students).

Library, language laboratory and listening center.

Accommodation (住宿)with selected families.

25 minutes from London.

Course fees for English for one year are￡1,380 with reduction for shorter periods of study.

1.This passage is probably taken from _______.

A.an advertisement B.a notice

C.a poster D.a piece of news

2.Who will be accepted by this college?

A.Both foreign and native students.

B.Only foreign beginners and the advanced.

C.Foreign students from beginners to the advanced.

D.Only foreign students advanced.

3.While you stay there, who will take care of you?

A.Your parents. B.Your classmates.

C.The school where you study. D.The family you have chosen.

B

You run into the grocery store to quickly pick up your item. You grab what you need and head to the front of

the store. After quickly sizing up the check-out lines, you choose the one that looks fastest. You chose wrong.

People getting in other lines long after you have already checked out and headed to the parking lot. Why does this seem to always happen to you?

Well, as it turns out, it's just math that is working against you. A grocery store tries to have enough

employees at the checkout lines to get all their customers through with minimum delay. But sometimes, like on a

Sunday afternoon, they get super busy. Because most grocery stores don't have the physical space to add more

checkout lines, their system becomes overburdened. Some small interruption — a price check, a particularly

talkative customer — will have downstream effects, holding up the entire line behind them.

If there are three lines at the store, these delays will happen randomly at different registers (收银台). Think

about the probability. The chances of your line being that fastest one are only one in three, which means you have

a two-thirds chance of not being in the fastest line. So it's not just in your mind: Another line is probably moving

faster thanyours.

Now, mathematicians have come up with a good solution, which they call queuing theory, to this problem:

Just make all customers stand in one long snaking line, called a serpentine line, and serve each person at the front

with the next available register. With three registers, this method is about three times faster on average than the

more traditional approach. This is what they do at most banks, Trader Joe's, and some fast-food places. With a

serpentine line, a long delay at one register won't unfairly punish the people who lined up behind it. Instead, it will

slow everyone down a little bit.

4. What phenomenon is described in the first paragraph?

A. Queuing in a line. B. A shopping experience.

C. A rush in the morning. D. Cutting in a line.

5. According to the article, what may cause delays in checking out?

A. The lack of employees in the grocery store.

B. Some unexpected delays of certain customers.

C. The increasing items bought by customers.

D. A worsening shopping system of the store.

6. What is the solution given by mathematicians?

A. Employing more workers for checking out.

B. Limiting the number of queuing people.

C. Making only one line available.

D. Always standing in the same line.

7. What's the principle behind the queuing theory? A. To pursue the maximum benefit.

B. To leave success or failure to luck.

C. To avoid the minimum loss.

D. To spread the risk equally among everyone.

C

Many of us were delighted to learn that a high school senior Kwasi Enin was accepted to all eight Ivy League

universities. To our surprise, he wasn't excited as expected, but appeared extra calm. He announced that he would

revisit the universities to find the best suitable in music or medicine. He also wanted to compare their financial aid

packages.

Kwasi's success story is rare, but his reaction is not. After the admission letters arrive at home, students have

30 days to really think about what kind of school would help them grow as a person, which school would best

prepare them for the future, and at which school they would be happiest. And they also have to think about

whether they can afford the school they choose.

But how to answer the questions about which school is the best suitable university? Some young people are

attracted to large universities with great school spirit and a list of offerings. But besides those advantages, many of