厦门双十中学高三(上)期中考英语

2021年厦门市双十中学高三英语上学期期中试卷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ABored with your life? Dreaming of something different? I always wonder what life would be like400 kmabove my head. That's where the International Space Station orbits the earth, with six astronauts living and working on board, for months at a time.How do they sleep? They spend the night floating in a sleeping bag inside a small cubicle (小隔间) on the ceiling. American astronaut Sunita Williams explains, “It's like a little phone booth, but it's pretty comfortable and it doesn't matter if I turn overand sleep upside down. I don't have any sensation (感觉) in my head that tells me I'm upside down.”Brushing your teeth in a place where you can't have a tap or a sink can be a challenge. Can you imagine the mess that running water would make in zero gravity? Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield uses a straw to put a big blob of water from a sealed bag onto an ordinary toothbrush and adds a little toothpaste which he has to swallow when he's done.Daily exercise is essential. The lack of gravity makes bones more fragile and muscles lose strength — so astronauts are encouraged to work out for at least two hours a day.The role of astronauts in the International Space Station is to act as lab technicians for scientists back on earth. So they spend their time maintaining their environment and performing and monitoring experiments in a confined space about the size of a Boeing 747. Almost every task is carefully planned by mission control — although most astronauts spend their first days losing things until they get used to sticking everything they use to the walls with Velcro, duct tape (强力胶带) or clips (夹子)．One of their most valued perks (额外待遇) is the view from “the office”, dominated by that gigantic blue ball down there, sitting in the darkness of space. Wow! Absolutely breathtaking!1. When they sleep upside down, the astronauts willnot get dizzy because ________.A. they don't feel itB. they sleep in the daytimeC. they sleep in special sleeping bagsD. they are trained to adapt to the conditions of weightlessness2. What parts become weak if astronauts don't exercise?A. Their teeth and bones.B. Their brains and bones.C. Their bones and muscles.D. Their teeth and muscles.3. What is the passage mainly about?A. The Problems We Met in Space.B. Living and Working in Space.C. How to Become an Astronaut.D. The International Space Station.BFor centuries , tea has been used for far more than quenching thirst. Around the world people drink it to relax, reinvigorate and relieve, and it's something we need now more than ever.Even in the United States, a long coffee-dominated country, tea drinking is growing in popularity, with the country consuming 0.4 kilograms (14 ounces) of tea leaves per person a year compared with 0. 36 kilograms(12. 7 ounces) in 2007 according to the United Nations, as people switch away from soda，milk and fruit drinks.Scientists are beginning to look into just how tea might affect mood and cognition. Specifically, they're investigating whether its relaxing and refreshing effects are a direct biological outcome of the compounds in tea or whetherthey come from the context in which the drink is consumed—preparing your tea, choosing your favorite cup and sitting down for a brief break from the world. Or both.Drinking green tea has been found to improve brain function in healthy people, said Stefan Borgward, chair and director of the department of psychiatry and psychotherapy at the University of Lubeck, Germany.In a 2014 study, he gave one or two cups of green tea to 12 healthy volunteers and imaged their brains to analyze changes in connectivity inside certain brain regions.“We noticed an increased connectivity in regions of the brain associated with working memory,” he said via email.And a 2017 review of more than 100 studies he coauthored found that green tea can impact the brain in three ways: It can influence psychopathological state such as reducing anxiety; cognition by benefiting memory and attention; and brain function, specifically memory.That review concluded that "it would be desirable" for more Westerners to consume at least 100milliliters(3.3 fluid ounces) of green tea each day “to protect neurocognitive function.”However, Borgward, cautioned that the effects aren't large, and the evidence is mainly provided by small-scale studies.4. How does the author introduce the tendency of drinking in the U.S.?A. By showing examples.B. By explaining reasons.C. By making a comparison.D. By checking existing facts.5. What is paragraph 3 mainly about?A. Scientists are looking into why tea makes people relaxed and refreshed.B. The context in which the drink is consumed is very important.C. People's relaxation is the direct biological outcome of the ingredients in tea.D. Preparing tea, choosing a cup and sitting down for a brief rest is amazing.6. What can we conclude from Stefan's research?A. Tea is a cure for a neurocognitive disease.B. Green tea is particularly beneficial to our memory.C. Drinking tea every day can prevent us from getting ill.D. Westerners drink less than 100 milliliters of green tea.7. What is the researcher'sattitude towards the finding?A. SupportiveB. Doubtful.C. Unclear.D. Objective.CThere is an old Chinese proverb that states “One generation plants the trees; another gets the shade,” and this is how it should be with mothers and daughters. The relationship between a mother and a daughter is sometimes confusing. The relationship can be similar to friendship. However, the mother and daughter relationship has unique characteristics that distinguish it from a friendship. These characteristics include responsibilities and unconditional love, whichprecludemothers and daughters from being best friends.Marina, 27 years old, said, “I love spending time with my mom, but I wouldn’t consider her my best friend. Best friends don’t pay for your wedding. Best friends don’t remind you how they carried you in their body and gave you life! Best friends don’t tell you how wise they are because they have been alive at least 20 years longer than you.” This doesn’t mean that the mother and daughter relationship can’t be very close and satisfying. This generation of mothers and adult daughters has a lot in common, which increases the likelihood of shared companionship. Mothers and daughters have always shared the common experience of being homemakers,responsible for maintaining(保持) and passing on family values and traditions. Today contemporary mothers and daughters also share the experience of work and technology, which may bring them even closer together.Best friends may ormay not continue to be best friends, but for better or worse; the mother and daughter relationship is permanent, even if for some unfortunate reason they aren’t speaking. Sometimes this is not an equal relationship. Daughters don’t always feel responsible for their mother’s emotional well-being. But mothers never stop being mothers, which includes frequently wanting to protect their daughters and often feeling responsible for their happiness. The mother and daughter relationship is a relationship that is not replaceable by any other. Mothers always “trump(胜过)” friends.8. What does the underlined word “preclude” in paragraph 1 probably mean?A. differ.B. benefit.C. prevent.D. change.9. What can we learn from what Marina said?A. Best friends will not spend money on her wedding.B. Best friends will not remind her of important issues in life.C. Her mother is wiser on account of her age.D. Her mother is definitely not her best friend.10. Why can a mother and a daughter build a even closer relationship today?A. Because they share advanced technology with each other.B. Because they work together to support the whole family.C. Because they experience the same values and traditions.D. Because they have common experience in life and work.11. What is the text mainly about?A. How to build a good mother and daughter relationship.B. A mother-daughter relationship is irreplaceable.C. Mothers want to be daughters’ friends.D. A daughter is a mother’s best friend.DIn many countries of the world, people can confidently tell youthe meaning of their town or city, but most people who live inManchester,OxfordorBirminghamwould not be able to explain what the name of their city means. The name of every British town and city, however, has a long history.Two thousand years ago, most people living inBritainwere Celts. Even the word “Britain" is Celtic (凯尔特语).Then the Romans arrived and built camps which became cities called “castra". This is why there are so many place names inEnglandwhich end in "-chester" or “-caster"Manchester, for example.The Romans never reachedWalesorScotland, and many placenames there are Celtic. For example,Welsh place names that begin with “Llan" come from the Celtic word for "church".After the Romans leftBritain, it was attacked by the Anglo-Saxons who were from the area of Europe that is nowGermanyandHolland. The names of their villages often ended in “-ham" or “-ton". Some got their names from the leader of the village.SoBirminghamfor example, means "Beormund's village”The Anglo-Saxons were farmers and the landscape was very important to them, so we have villages called Upton (village on a hill)——a good place to build a village and Moreton (“village by a lake”)where floods could make life hard. Place names that end in “-ford" (a place where you could cross a river) also describe the location of Anglo-Saxon villages.Finally, in 1066EnglandbecameNorman—theNormansgave us the place name "grange", which means farm.And how aboutLondon? Experts cannot agree. The Romans called the city Londinium, but they were not the first inhabitants (居民). People once believed that theUnited Kingdom’s capital city got its name from the castle of a King called Lud but this is very unlikely. Our best guess today is that the name comes from a Celtic word meaning a fast-flowing river. Like a number of British place names, its history is lost in time.12. The origin of British place names is unfamiliar to many local people because ofA. the death of local languagesB. the long lost history of the namesC. their lack of interest in itD. the frequent changes to the names13. According to the article,Stratfordis most likely a town .A. on a hillB. near a castleC. beside a riverD. with a church14. Which of the following shows the correct order of the arrival of inhabitants inBritain?A. The Celts—The Romans—TheNormans—The Anglo SaxonsB. The Celts—The Romans—The Anglo Saxons—TheNormansC. The Romans—The Celts—The Anglo Saxons—TheNormansD. The Romans―The Anglo Saxons—The Celts—TheNormans15. What doesLondonmean in Celtic?A. RiverB. LondiniumC. LudD. Castle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。

厦门双十中学2020届高三（上）期中考试英语参考答案第一部分听力（共20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分20 分）1—5 ABCCB 6—10 BAACC 11—15 BCACA 16—20 BCBBA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）21-23 BDA 24-27 DCBD 28-31 ADCA 32-35 BADC第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分10 分）EBGFA第三部分语言知识运用（共四节，满分60 分）第一节（共20 小题；每小题1．5 分，满分30 分）41.DBBCA 46. ACCBD 51. ADCAC 56. ABDBD第二节（共10 小题；每小题1分，满分10 分）CBCAD ABCAB第三节（共10 小题；每小题1分，满分10 分）71.so 72.keeping 73. means 74. healthily 75. improving76. has declined 77. rarest 78. length 79. which 80. from第四节（共10 小题；每小题1分，满分10 分）81. to keep 82. it 83.entirely 84. manners 85. a 86. by 87. better 88. daily89.about 90. either第四部分写作（共两节，满分30 分）短文改错（共10 小题；每小题 1 分，满分10 分）One cold evening during the holiday season, a little boy about six or seven was standing inthe front of a store window. The little child had no shoes and his clothes are just rags. A youngwerewoman ∧passed by saw the little boy and could read the desire in his pale blue eyes. She took who/that (passed → passing)the child by the hand and led him into the store. There she bought her some new shoes and ahimcomplete suit of warm clothings. They walked back into the street, so the woman told the child to clothing andgo home and has a happy holiday.The little boy looked grateful at her and asked why she did all have gratefullythis to him. She smiled and replied w hat she was just returning a favor she received as a child.for that第二节书面表达（满20分）听力原文(Text 1)W: C ould you turn the TV down? I’m trying to study, and the noise is bothering me.M: I’m sorry. I’ll watch this movie later.(Text 2)W: W hen I’m 65 I will get Social Security payments from the government.M: T hat means you have twenty years to go and then you can quit your job.(Text 3)W: T he T-shirt from Grandma looks nice on me. But the skirt she gave me isn’t big enough.M: W hat about the hat Grandma gave you?W: I t’s quite large, but I like it.(Text 4)W: H ow did you like the film?M: W ell, I walked out after half an hour. I’ve never seen such bad acting. I think I’m going to read film reviews online before going to the cinema next time, so I won’t waste my money.(Text 5)M: E xcuse me, I’m looking for something for a stomachache.W: I see, sir. How long have you had this problem?M: F or a few days.W: Y ou could try this medicine. It may help. But I think you should see a doctor.(Text 6)W: W here in Canada are you from, Ken?M: I’m from Toronto.W: O h, I’ve never been there. What’s it like?M: I t’s a big city, but it’s not too big. The nightlife is colorful. I enjoy it.W: I s it expensive there?M: Y eah, a little bit.W: A nd what’s the weather like in Toronto?M: W ell, it’s pretty cold in the winter, and very hot and wet in the summer. It’s nice in the springand fall, though. You can always see the clear sky then.(Text 7)M: S ophia, I’ve just confirmed our flight online, and it looks like we’ll be delayed by an hour. The flight is now scheduled to leave at 4:00 due to the heavy wind.W: T hen we’re in trouble. We won’t be able to get to Chicago by 6:00 for the dinner with Mr.O’Neil.M: D on’t worry. I’ll talk to him. I’m going to call him to speak about our report.W: D on’t forget to apologize to him about being late.(Text 8)W: A re you staying by yourself again this summer vacation?M: N o, I’m not. My brother and sister are staying with me right now.W: R eally? What are they doing this summer?M: W ell, my brother is on vacation now. He always wants to come and visit the city.W: W hat about your sister?M: S he has a part-time job at the university.W: A nd do you have anything special to do?M: N othing special. I work as a waiter in the morning. And in the afternoon, I read books bought from a bookstore days ago. What about you, June? Are you in school this summer?W: Y es, I am.M: O h, are you taking French and Spanish again?W: W ell, I’m not taking them, but I’m starting Japanese.M: R eally? That’s exciting.(Text 9)M: M y history professor says I should think about a job in politic s. But I don’t think I’d make a good politician.W: W hy not?M: Y ou know me. I’m not good at dealing with people. And politicians have to work with people all the time.W: T hat’s true. So what do you think you want to do?M: I think I will be a good artist. I love painting pictures.W: T hat reminds me of a problem I’m having. You know my parents have a restaurant, right?They want me to be the manager.M: A nd you want to?W: N o way. A restaurant manager has to manage other people. It’d be terrible. I’m too disorganized. Honestly, I want to be a teacher because I like working with kids, and I’m good at it.M: T hat’s true.(Text 10)W: G ood morning, everyone. Today we’re going to look at the wide differences in family life between the rich and the poor in Victorian times. Let’s begin with the upper classes. In Victorian times, the upper classes made up less than 3% of the population, yet held more than 90% of the country’s wealth. Most of their servants were very poorly paid, but were always living in the homes of upper-class Victorian families, so they didn’t have to pay for housing, food and clothing.The money which they did earn, they sent to their families. Many servants came from the countryside. Among them were cooks, cleaners, gardeners and so on. The family would also employ a child’s nurse whose main role was to care for the children. She was responsible for teaching the children how to behave and taking care of them when they were ill. Nurses did not, however, educate the children. Generally, children from wealthy families didn’t attend school outside the family home. Tutors would come to the house to do this. Now, the Victorian upper classes have the reputation of being quite cruel; but this wasn’t always the case. They were also quite generous. Some schools were set up with money from the upper classes so that poor children could have some form of education. Additionally, most Victorian parents were very proud of their children. This goes against the common idea that parents were very strict with their children. In fact, the opposite was generally the rule.However, the situation for lower class families was very different. Let’s have a look.。

福建省厦门双十中学2024-2025学年高三上学期期中英语试卷一、阅读理解Information You Can Trust—A Guide to Our Editorial ProcessOur goal at wikiHow is to deliver trustworthy articles that engage our readers and meet their informational and emotional needs. For 18 years, we’ve committed to our step-by-step teaching model and continue to create the best how- to experience on the Internet. We’ve helped millions of people solve problems, learn new skills, and feel supported in the ordinary and complex moments of life.Our Expert Team wikiHow partners with over 1,000 experts from a wide range of fields to ensure our content is accurate and based on well- established research.● MENTAL HEALTH, Chloe Carmichael, Licensed Clinical PsychologistLicensed Clinical Psychologist. 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Meet more of wikiHow’s 1700+ experts >> Our Editorial ProcessOur content is created and edited by real and seasoned professional writers so that our users are served the most original, helpful, and accurate information possible at wikiHow.1．What is the primary focus of wikiHow?A．To provide systematic schooling.B．To give detailed and practical advice.C．To make comments on current affairs.D．To share true stories of different people.2．If you intend to open a souvenir store, which expert might be most helpful?A．Chloe Carmichael.B．Brian Bourquin.C．Joy Cho.D．Dedra Allen.3．What is a shared responsibility of Content Managers and experts at wikiHow?A．Writing articles for wikiHow.B．Training writers for w íkiHow.C．Ensuring the credibility of articles.D．Reviewing the originality of articles.For many, the term “orienteering” might bring back images of school trips. The reality of it can be very different, though, and it’s a sport with strong links to athletics. Kris Jones, a British international on the track, was also a silver medalist at the 2022 World Orienteering Championships.This July, I decided to explore the sport by joining in the Edinburgh “sprint orienteering” running through the famous city streets. The aim of the sport is to navigate between checkpoints marked on a special orienteering map. There is no set route so the skill and fun come from trying to find the best way to go, with the ultimate goal being to complete the course in the quickest time.As someone who is used to the convenience of using my phone for navigation, the idea of relying on a traditional map-and-compass approach felt daunting. However, once I got into the swing of things — and learned to hold a map the correct way — the excitement of navigating from one checkpoint to the next quickly got me moving.The unpredictable nature of the race and not knowing the whereabouts of other competitors, really does keep the rush of excitement flowing. You have no idea where you are going or whatyou are going to see until you pick up the map.I think the sport taking place in an open field of play is really exciting for people to watch. People can stand and watch athletes running across their doorstep. Different athletes will be following different routes. It’s never like a marathon where you might see one athlete a minute ahead in front and you know they are going to win.For orienteering to grow as a sport, it needs greater visibility in top class events. A distant past argument is that it is not an audience-friendly sport, but modem technology now shakes that belief. With the use of mobile phones, drones and body cameras, orienteering can be enjoyed by a much wider audience.4．Why does the author mention Kris Jones in paragraph 1?A．To prove orienteering is very popular.B．To show orienteering is professionallycompetitive.C．To introduce the achievement of the athlete.D．To emphasize the benefits of taking up orienteering.5．What do we know about orienteering?A．Participants navigate the race using phones.B．Participants can track other competitors’ position.C．Participants try to finish the set course in the quickest time.D．Participants design the best route based on a map and compass.6．What makes orienteering different from a marathon to the audience?A．The phone for navigation.B．The uncertainty of the result.C．The set routine through a city.D．The visibility of runners’ positions. 7．What does the last paragraph imply?A．The running routes should be designed to vary.B．Orienteering is bound to be aworld-class event.C．Orienteering presents clear vision.D．Using Technology can help popularize the game.Who are your best friends on campus? Are they the ones you encountered most often in class? Are you’re your fellows in drama club or debate society?A number of studies have demonstrated the effects of proximity on who become friends. One was conducted at MIT in the 1940s. The students were randomly assigned to 17 ten-unit apartment buildings isolated from other residential areas, and few of them knew one another beforehand.The investigators asked each resident to name the three people in the student housing project with whom they socialized most often. The effect of proximity was striking: two-thirds of those listed as friends lived in the same building as the respondent, even though those in the same building represented only 5 percent of the target residents. More striking was the pattern of friendships within each building. Even though the physical distance between apartments was quite small-19 feet between the doorways of neighboring apartments and 89 feet between those at the ends of each hallway-41 percent of those living in neighboring apartments listed each other as friends, compared with only 10 percent of those living at opposite ends of the hallway.Proximity leads to friendship because it facilitates chance encounters. If so, then pure physical distance should matter less than functional distance-the influence of an architectural layout to influence contact between people. The MIT study shows how important it is. As the following Figure indicates, the stairs are positioned such that upstairs residents will encounter the occupants of apartments at the turn of the stairs much more often than the occupants of the middle apartments. In fact, the residents of the two stair-end apartment formed twice as many friendships with their upstairs neighbors as those living in the middle apartments.Thus, it’s functional distance more than physical distance that is decisive. Proximity promotes friendship because it brings people together. Actually, in later studies involving more diverse populations, the largest effects of proximity on friendship formation have been found between people of different races, ages, or social classes.8．What does the underlined word “proximity” probably mean?A．possibility B．closeness C．attraction D．interest9．What method did the MIT researchers employ in their study?A．Survey analysis.B．Literature Review.C．In-lab observation.D．Online questionnaire. 10．Which apartment’s residents in the Figure above may make most friends in the building?A．Apartment 1.B．Apartment 2.C．Apartment 6.D．Apartment 8. 11．What do we know about the later studies?A．Their samples are not representative enough.B．Physical distance does not affect friendship.C．They further confirmed the MIT study’s finding.D．Population diversity influences friendship formation.Some graduate students in London were recently tasked with outwitting a large language model (LLM),a type of AI designed to hold useful conversations. LLMs are often programmed with guardrails to stop them giving harmful replies: instructions on making bombs in a bathtub, for instance. The aim of the task was to break those guardrails. Some results were merely stupid. One participant got the chatbot to claim ducks could be used as indicators of air quality. But the most successful efforts were those that made the machine produce the titles and publication dates of non-existent academic articles.AI bas the potential to be a big benefit to science. But it comes with downsides, too. Start with the simplest problem: academic misconduct. Some researchers use LLMs to help write papers. Guillaume Cabanac, a computer scientist, has uncovered dozens of papers that contain phrases such as “regenerate response”-the text of a button in ChatGPT that commands the program to rewrite its most recent answer, probably copied into the manuscript (原稿) by mistake.Another problem arises when Al models are trained on AI-generated data. LLMs are trained on text from the Internet. As they produce more such text ,the risk of LLMs taking in their own outputs-grows. That can cause “model collapse’. In 2023 llia Shumailov, a computer scientist, co-authored a paper in which a model was fed handwritten digits and asked to generate digits of its own, which were fed back to it in turn. After a few cycles, the computer’s numbers became more or less incomprehensible.Some worry that computer-generated insights might come from models whose innerworkings are not understood. Inexplainable models are not useless, says David Leslie at an Al-research outfit in London, but their outputs will need rigorous testing in the real world. That is perhaps less unnerving than it sounds. Checking models against reality is what science is supposed to be about, after all.For now, at least, questions outnumber answers. The threats that machines pose to the scientific method are, at the end of the day, the same ones posed by humans. AI could accelerate the production of nonsense just as much as it accelerates good science. As the Royal Society has it, nullius in verba: take nobody’s word for it. No thing’s, either.12．The result of the task conducted in London shows that .A．LLMs give away useful information B．the guardrails turn out to be ineffectiveC．AI’s influence will potentially be decreased D．the effort put into the study of AI hardly pays off13．What does “model collapse" indicate?A．The readability of the models’ output is underestimated.B．The diverse sources of information confuse the models.C．Training on regenerated data stops models working well.D．The data becomes reliable after feeding on its own digits.14．What is David Leslie’s attitude towards inexplainable models?A．Dismissive.B．Objective.C．Favorable.D．Ambiguous. 15．What would be the best title for the passage?A．Faster Nonsense: AI Could Also Go Wrong B．Imperfect Models: How Will AI Make Advances?C．The Rise of LLMs: AI Could Still Be Promising D．Bigger Threats: AI Will BeUncontrollablePursue Y our Dreams Today, Not TomorrowStop waiting until tomorrow to start pursuing your dreams. There’s no reason to wait when you can take the first step toward your goals today.Remember, you’re allowed to start small. 16 Instead, you can take minute but necessary steps toward a brighter future. And you can start right now.17 If you never try, you’re always going to wonder how your life would have turned out if you actually took a chance on yourself. Don’t let your future self be disappointed by your present self.It doesn’t matter how old you are or how many people have warned you that you’re never going to succeed. Even the most successful people have had their hesitations about whether they could make it in their field. 18 Ignore the haters who are only bringing you down to feel better about themselves.At the end of the day, you need to carve out a path that will lead to the most satisfaction. Never allow your fear to get the best of you. 19 It’s what you would encourage your friends to do, so why aren’t you giving yourself that same push?Sometimes, following your dreams means carving out a little bit of time to pursue your passion each day. It may require making slight adjustments to your schedule. But you don’t have to sacrifice everything. Try to balance your current life with your dreams. 20 Pursue your dreams now, even though that means you might need to break out of your comfort zone, and oven though it means entering the unknown.A．You owe it to yourself to go after your dreams.B．Have you ever daydreamed about your dreams?C．New opportunities may lead to personal growth.D．You don’t have to take a huge, life-changing leap.E．If things go well, you can gradually make further shifts.F．You need to move past your insecurities and explore your full potential.G．Hard as it is, it’s crucial to wave off the doubts in the back of your mind.二、完形填空As a writer, I miss rejection slips. Not that I enjoyed receiving those pre-printed slips of paper, but at least when I got one, I was pretty sure that a flesh-and-blood 21 had put it in the envelope. And there was always the chance I might see a handwritten sentence on the bottom, 22 the piece almost made it. When an editor at Me Call’s wrote, “ I’m afraid I have to say no on this 23 piece, but try me again on another, would you ?”, it was almost as 24to me as if she had said, “We’ll 25 it and here is an advance for you.”.Nowadays, rejection slips seem to have disappeared with the use of online submissions. Most editors don’t feel it a must to 26 they have received, read, or considered your work because they receive so many 27 each day.For me, there are three 28 of rejection slip pain. The first is 29 brought on by finding a flat “no” on a 30 piece of paper, then followed by anger (how could they 31 a piece that is obviously so much 32 than most of the stuff they print), and, finally, rebirth: I will live to 33 a new piece another day.Learning to 34 rejection seems like part of growing up as a writer. Despite the many letters of acceptance I have received, my folder of “ Noteworthy Rejection Slips “is far 35 than that of “Noteworthy Acceptances”, which indicates to me the fact: I still have some growing up to do.21．A．writer B．reader C．mailman D．editor 22．A．demanding B．suspecting C．indicating D．arguing 23．A．boring B．novel C．lengthy D．particular 24．A．upsetting B．thrilling C．embarrassing D．amusing 25．A．buy B．reject C．check D．substitute 26．A．prove B．determine C．explain D．acknowledge 27．A．proposals B．drafts C．contributionis D．instructions 28．A．stages B．wonders C．meanings D．rewards 29．A．relief B．frustration C．anger D．hesitation 30．A．valueless B．expensive C．characterless D．shiny 31．A．make up B．put away C．turn down D．take over 32．A．easier B．better C．shorter D．longer 33．A．print B．revise C．download D．submit 34．A．accept B．criticize C．judge D．evaluate 35．A．thinner B．newer C．older D．fatter三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

高三（上）期中英语试卷一、单选题（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）1.Since the concept introduced in this session is complex and abstract，students are givensome time to _____ it．（）A. consultB. explainC. digestD. accept2.At the graduation ceremony，the head master _______ the degree certificates to thestudents one by one．（）A. showedB. presentedC. awardedD. delivered3.Besides British citizens，the new traffic law will also ______ to foreign drivers．（）A. appealB. referC. applyD. attend4.He is due to ________ a conference on some current affairs，including unemploymentand education，next week．（）A. addressB. previewC. instructD. assess5.His study is in______：his house keeper has long since given up trying to put his papersin order．（）A. troubleB. dangerC. collisionD. chaos6.The traffic on the main streets has a longer green signal than that on the small ones．Whatdoes the underlined "that" refer to？（）A. the trafficB. the signalC. the streetD. the time7.The two movie stars are _________ friendly off-camera，refusing even to take the samelift．（）A. nothing butB. anything butC. more thanD. no less8.It was ________ nice weather that we were able to have lunch in the garden．（）A. soB. tooC. suchD. very9.Kathryn's just phoned to say she's working _____ this evening and we needn't wait for herfor dinner．（）A. lateB. latelyC. soonD. freely10.The basketball team has become virtually unstoppable ever since it _____Jack，a giftedplayer．（）A. hostedB. includedC. examinedD. demanded二、选词填空-句子（本大题共10小题，共10.0分）11.Failing______（keep）the chemical at the right temperature could lead to an explosion．12.Many westerners who come to China cook much less than in their own countries once theyrealize how cheap______ can be to eat out．13.The unexpectedness of her father's death meant that his affairs were not______（entire）in order．14.It is bad______（manner）to stare at people for a long time．15.Recently，______ European study showed that asthma （哮喘）symptoms were morepronounced in those who ate less fruit and had low blood levels of vitamin C．16.We went right round to the west coast______ sea instead of driving across the continent．17.The result is not very important to us，but if we do win，then so much the______（good）．18.Let your child make some of the small decisions concerning his______（day）routine．19.Modern equipment and no smoking are two of the things I like______ working here．20. A society cannot be successful if it throws tradition away，but it cannot besuccessful______ if we stop new progress．三、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）ACourse No．1406 12 Lectures （30 Minutes/Lecture）In The Secrets of Mental Math，award-winning Professor Arthur T．Benjamin teaches you the basic knowledge of mental mathematics．This powerful ability to perform mental calculations will give you an edge in business，at school，at work，or anywhere else that you meet with math．Course No．7175 12 Lectures （30 Minutes/Lecture）In Museum Masterpieces：The Louvre，expert art critic and historian Professor Richard Brertell takes you on an unforgettable journey through one of the world's greatest museums．This 12-lecture series explores some of the most beautiful and renowned，examples from the museum's remarkable collection of masterworks．Course No．158 12 Lectures （30 Minutes/Lecture）In My Favorite Universe，world-famous physicist and director of the Hayden Pknetarium Neil dcGrassc Tyson takes you on a spirited and intellectually interesting journey through the universe and all its history，from before the big bang to the most likely ways in which the entire universe might end．Course No．6299 12 Lectures （30 Minutes/Lecture）In The History of the Bible：The Making of the New Testament Canon，New York Times best-selling author and professor Bart D．Ehrman reveals the secret history behind the making of the New Testament，including how and when each book was written and why it was chosen to be included．SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY OFFER!Order any one of theseBEST-SELLING COURSES for only：﹩199.95 ﹩9.95 on DVD﹩134.95 ﹩6.95 on CD+﹩5 Shipping and HandlingORDER TODAY! Sale Ends Friday!21.Who can tell you something about the space？______A. Bart D．Ehrman．B. Neil dcGrassc Tyson．C. Arthur T．Benjamin．D. Richard Brertell．22.How much is Course No.158 on DVD delivered to your house？______A. ﹩5B. ﹩6.95．C. ﹩9.95．D. ﹩14.95．23.What is the passage mainly about？______A. College courses studied in home．B. College courses learned on line．C. Some world-famous lectures．D. Four interesting books in discount．BOn November 7，Lewis Pugh completed a one-kilometer swim in the freezing waters of King Edward Cove，off South Georgia in Antarctica．He was wearing only his swimming glasses，cap and speedos!Pugh is an advocate for our oceans and seas，working to protect these ecosystem with their large diversity of marine life．When asked why he doesn't wear a wetsuit，Lewis says，"I ask world leaders to do everything they can to protect our oceans．Sometimes the steps they need to take are difficult and unpopular．If I'm asking them to be courageous，I must also be．Swimming in a wetsuit would not send the right message．"It took Pugh about 19 minutes to complete the one-kilometer swim in Antarctica where the water averaged about 1.6 degrees Celsius．He says that his body can only tolerate about 20 minutes in the freezing waters before it starts shutting down．As he swims，his body temperature steadily drops，which in turn causes his muscle control to drop，slowing him down．When he is done with his swim，his support team rushes him to a hot shower and it takes almost an hour for his body temperature to return to normal．Doctors and Pugh caution that one must receive months of training to swim in such cold waters．Even expert swimmers who are unused to freezing water can drown within minutes because of the physical shock experienced by the body．Pugh says he trained for six months before this swim．This is not the first time that Lewis has swum in dangerous conditions．In 2007，he swam one kilometer in the North Pole to draw attention to the melting Arctic ice due to climate change．In 2015，he swam in the Bay of Whales in Antarctica's Ross Sea as part of his successful campaign to help set up a marine reserve there．24.Why did Lewis Pugh swim without a wetsuit？______A. To swim faster．B. To show his bravery．C. To build up his body．D. To win public attention．25.What does the underlined word "it" in Paragraph 3 refer to？______A. His body．B. The water．C. His body temperature．D. The water temperature．26.What's Pugh's advice about swimming in freezing waters？______A. One must be fully prepared．B. One should be expert at swimming．C. One should be ready to take on challenges．D. One must be used to long-distance swimming．27.What may be the best title for the text？______A. Lewis Pugh：swimming for a causeB. How to survive a swim in cold watersC. How to prepare for extreme swimmingD. Lewis Pugh：achieving the impossibleCYou may have been told before not to be afraid of anything．Fear is often associated with weakness．Fear is something to be avoided．But that's not true，according to Time For Kids magazine．Fear can be good for us．Fear tells us about danger．Without fear，we wouldn't know to run away from a tiger or step back from a cliff．In a study published in the Justice Quarterly journal in August，researchers from Michigan State University said that a healthy fear of crime keeps teenagers away from potentially dangerous people，places and activities．Fear makes us jump，scream and sweat．But interestingly，sometimes we make ourselves feel fear on purpose．Think about scary books and movies，and also the long lines for a scary roller coaster ride．Margee Kerr，a US sociologist，explained why to Time For Kids．Fear fills our brain with healthy chemical substances，especially endorphins and dopamine，and these things create feelings of happiness and excite us，according to Kerr．In addition，when you're scared，your body produces a chemical which helps people bond with each other．"Watch people walking out of a haunted house，and you'll see lots of smiles and high fives，" Kerr told Time For Kids．That also explains why schools and companies organize challenging trips and physical activities to build up team spirit．People experience and deal with fear in different ways．If you happen to be a "coward" who gets scared easily，don't worry．There is some evidence that being scared can help a person manage stressful situations．Kerr said that things like giving a presentation in front of your class or performing in a school play help build a sort of endurance to fear that makes us more confident．"You become more comfortable with the physical experience of fear，and so you are better able to work through it during tense situations，" said Kerr．So learn to love your fear．It only grows when we forget how helpful our fear is trying to be．28.What is the article mainly about？______A. The benefits fear brings us．B. Different ways to deal with fear．C. People's misunderstandings about fear．D. A new study about fear．29.Why is a scary roller coaster ride helpful to people according to the article？______A. It improves people's ability to survive in the world．B. It makes people less cowardly and more confident in life．C. It teaches people how to keep away from things that could be dangerous．D. It causes the brain to produce chemicals that make people happy and excited．30.The underlined phrase "bond with" in Paragraph 8 is closest in meaning to ______ ．A. pay attention toB. fight againstC. get closer toD. be more careful with31.What is the right attitude toward fear according to the article？______A. Learn to enjoy healthy fear．B. Experience it as often as possible．C. Consider it as a sign of weakness．D. Avoid being involved in scary situations．DWestern conservation groups are seeking stricter laws to deal with trade in endangered wildlife，but Dr．Paul Jepson warns that this isn't the best solution．He specially mentions the case of the Bali starling （八哥）．Bringing in tougher laws created unexpected outcomes，which contributed to the bird's extinction in the wild in 2006．He said that the traditional law enforcement （执行）approach that prohibited ownership of the Bali starling in the 1980s and 1990s increased rather than reduced the demand for wild-caught Bali starlings．The bird has become a popular gift among the rich of Indonesia，who can gain more status by owning one．Instead，a case-by-case analysis might be needed．Last year，he said，a bird association set up a network of breeders （饲养者）among the owners of Bali starling on the island of Java．By introducing a "crowd-breeding" model，it transformed the bird into a species whose price and source of supply were publicly known．This lessened the status of keeping such birds and thereby reduced their profitability to black market suppliers．Another case was on Nusa Penida，an island southeast of Bali．A Balinese conservation group planned to release starlings on the island．Some tried to block the plan，saying the island was outside the birds' native zone．Eventually，the Governor of Bali came up with a plan．The starlings were given to a local temple as a ceremonial offering before they were released．This gave the Bali starling status as a "sacred bird"，giving them protection under customary laws．Now the released starlings established a breeding population on Nusa Penida．Dr．Jepson commented，"I do not want to condemn the international approach seeking tighter law enforcement，but this case study shows we should not oversimplify how we respond to the problem of the wildlife trade．There is a growing body of evidence that shows more different approaches are sometimes needed to fit with the local social and political realities．We should tailor solutions on more of a case-by-case basis．"32.What might have sped up the wild Bali starling's extinction in 2006？______A. The bad natural environment．B. The side effect of strict protection laws．C. The debate over the wildlife trade．D. The popularity of the bird in the world．33.Why was the "crowd-breeding" model introduced？______A. To make the Bali starling less profitable．B. To cut off the supply to the black market．C. To increase the demand for the Bali starling．D. To block the strict laws passed by the government．34.What can we learn from the case on Nusa Penida？______A. The starlings were protected as a result of stricter laws．B. It is unwise to release starlings outside their native zone．C. The starlings were endangered due to their reduced status．D. Attaching spiritual value to the starlings helps protect them．35.Which of the following will Dr．Jepson probably agree with？______A. Stricter enforcement is needed to protect biodiversity．B. Those who seek tighter law enforcement should be blamed．C. There's no one-size-fits-all approach to the wildlife trade problem．D. The problem of wildlife trade should be treated with determination．四、阅读七选五（本大题共5小题，共10.0分）Making Peace with Your ParentsAs a teen，you're going through big changes physically and mentally．Your interests are expanding．(1) Here is the challenge：Kids need to explore the world in new ways，and parents need to protect them from the dangers that are out in that world．These conflicts can easily set off fireworks in otherwise calm houses．Sometimes conflicts can't be avoided．But by paying attention to the building blocks of successful relationships，you can work towards making home a happy and healthy place for you and your parents．For instance，try to find a time to talk when your parents are not angry，tired，distracted，or hungry．A good time to talk is when you're all relaxed．Timing is everything．If the conversation begins to turn into an argument，you'd better calmly and coolly ask to stop the conversation-for now．(2)(3) How do you build trust？Trust comes by actually doing what you say you're going to do．Some teens find that doing fun activities with their parents can improve their relationships．Sometimes we forget that parents are more than rule-makers-they're interesting people who like to watch movies，and go shopping-just like their teenagers!Listen to what your parents are saying，and repeat it back to them．This shows them that you're listening．(4)What do you do if you are trying your best，but your relationship with your parents continues to be rocky？(5) You can find supportive adults，such as a teacher or a coach，who can lend an ear．Remember you can only change your own behavior；your parents are the only ones who can change theirs．A．You may consider seeking outside help．B．You can pick it up again when everyone's more relaxed．C．And then you'll be able to accept what your parents say．D．Faced with the challenge，children don't know what to do．E．And your desire to take control of your own life is growing．F．It also gives them a chance to clear things up if you're not on the same page．G．You are more likely to get along with your parents if your parents believe in you．36. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G37. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G38. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G39. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G40. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G五、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共30.0分）The challenge：Sail 30，000 miles around the globe，non-stop，alone．What could go wrong？Susie Goodall (41)it this week．She was a（n）(42)in the Golden Globe Race which sends sailors from the coast of France around the earth．Goodall was 2，000 miles off South America when her boat was like a (43)man in a heavy storm and a broken bar knocked her(44)unconscious．She then activated the (45)system and a series of troubling (46)，which recorded her happenings during the journey，were (47) to her Twitter account．Chile's Maritime Center received her (48) and soon ordered a cargo（货）ship to change its(49) to rescue Goodall．Meanwhile，all Goodall could do was wait-trying to keep her boat (50)in the waving South Pacific and pumping out water that was (51) into the damaged cabin（船舱）．When the Chilean ship finally (52)Goodall，employing a small boat to save her seemed (53) because up to 13 feet waves，rocking both ships，would (54) the boat at any time．(55)，crew members on board (56) a long thick rope from the ship，and pulled Goodall from her boat to safety．As luck would have it，the chosen method (57)．Goodall arrived at the Chilean port without any delay．On her Facebook，Goodall wrote："They were the hardest and (58)days I've ever had．Actually，all I had wanted was a（n）(59) from my busy daily life．But out there in the sea，half the world from home，I might as well (60) home instead of taking the break．"41. A. made up for B. gave up onC. dropped out ofD. found out about42. A. accountant B. participant C. instructor D. organizer43. A. homeless B. drunken C. dead D. happy44. A. permanently B. completely C. briefly D. seriously45. A. emergency B. operating C. heating D. insurance46. A. updates B. questions C. fantasies D. thoughts47. A. attached B. offered C. posted D. restricted48. A. call B. warning C. signal D. reply49. A. system B. course C. subject D. policy50. A. dry B. tidy C. still D. steady51. A. leaking B. disappearing C. floating D. dropping52. A. rescued B. abandoned C. passed D. reached53. A. obvious B. appropriate C. impossible D. inconvenient54. A. swallow B. miss C. hit D. push55. A. Besides B. However C. Instead D. Otherwise56. A. lowered B. lifted C. anchored D. produced57. A. failed B. worked C. developed D. remained58. A. busiest B. biggest C. greatest D. longest59. A. answer B. break C. message D. challenge60. A. drive B. ride C. walk D. sail六、语法填空（本大题共1小题，共10.0分）61.Though small，they can be very aggressive，so if you see one，don't mistake it for asoft lovely teddy bear! The sun bear lives in trees，(1) you'll need to keep your eyes on the tree if you want to see one and you can only see them in the rain forests in Southeast Asia．They are essential to our ecosystem because they help spread seeds while also (2) （keep）disgusting termites （白蚁）under control，which means there is less destroying of our tropical trees which in turn (3) （mean）our atmosphere is clean enough for us to live (4) （healthy）．When they do come down from the trees，they also dig for invertebrates （无脊椎动物）in the soil，thus (5) （improve）the forest's nutrient cycle by mixing the rich and poor soil．Unfortunately，their global population (6) （decline）30% over the last few years，making them the second (7) （rare）bear species next to the Giant Panda．Their tongues are up to 25 cm in (8) （long）and help them to satisfy their greedy appetite for honey，(9) sometimes makes them known as "honey bears"．You can tell the Sun Bear (10) other bear species from the horseshoe marks on their chest．No two markings are the same!七、短文改错（本大题共1小题，共10.0分）62.假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处；每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改．增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词．删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改的词．注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．One cold evening during the holiday season，a little boy about six or seven was standing in the front of a store window．The little child had no shoes and his clothes are just rags．A young woman passed by saw the little boy and could read the desire in his pale blue eyes．She took the child by the hand and led him into the store．There she bought her some new shoes and a complete suit of warm clothings．They walked back into the street，so the woman told the child to go home and has a happy holiday．The little boy looked grateful at her and asked why she did all this to him．She smiled and replied what she was just returning a favor she received as a child．八、书面表达（本大题共1小题，共20.0分）63.假定你是高三学生李华，听完国外Clemson大学的来校宣讲后，很感兴趣．请写一封电邮给该校招生负责人，进一步咨询相关细节：1．所感兴趣专业的课程设置2．学费和奖学金3．学生活动注意：可以增添适当细节，使行文完整．字数：120左右．参考词汇宣讲会：recruiting presentation答案和解析1.【答案】C【解析】本题考查动词词义辨析．A项意为"咨询"；B项意为"解释"；C项意为"消化，体会，理解"；D项意为"接受"，根据句意和各个选项可知答案．故选：C．由于这节课介绍的概念既复杂又抽象，学生们有时间来理解它．本题考查动词词义辨析，考生在平时的学习中应注意积累相应的词汇和搭配，并牢记其意思．在做题时，将词义和题干相结合，从语法、句子结构尤其是句意上去判断，句意通顺，符合逻辑，即正确答案．2.【答案】B【解析】本题考查动词词义辨析．A项意为"展示"；B项意为"颁发"；C项意为"奖励"；D项意为"投递"，根据句意和各个选项可知答案．故选：B．在毕业典礼上，校长将学位证书逐一颁发给学生．本题考查动词词义辨析，考生在平时的学习中应注意积累相应的词汇和搭配，并牢记其意思．在做题时，将词义和题干相结合，从语法、句子结构尤其是句意上去判断，句意通顺，符合逻辑，即正确答案．3.【答案】C【解析】本题考查动词词义辨析．和to搭配，A项意为"吸引"；B项意为"指的是，参考，提及"；C项意为"应用，适用于"；D项意为"照顾"，根据句意和各个选项可知答案．故选：C．除了英国公民，新的交通法也将适用于外国司机．本题考查动词词义辨析，考生在平时的学习中应注意积累相应的词汇和搭配，并牢记其意思．在做题时，将词义和题干相结合，从语法、句子结构尤其是句意上去判断，句意通顺，符合逻辑，即正确答案．4.【答案】A【解析】本题考查动词词义辨析．A项意为"发言"；B项意为"预映；预演"；C项意为"指导"；D项意为"评估，评价"，根据句意和各个选项可知答案．故选：A．他将于下周在一个有关失业和教育等时事的会议上发表讲话．本题考查动词词义辨析，考生在平时的学习中应注意积累相应的词汇和搭配，并牢记其意思．在做题时，将词义和题干相结合，从语法、句子结构尤其是句意上去判断，句意通顺，符合逻辑，即正确答案．5.【答案】D【解析】本题考查名词词义辨析．A项意为"困难"；B项意为"危险"；C项意为"碰撞"；D项意为"混乱"in chaos一团糟，根据句意和各个选项可知答案．故选：D．他的书房一片混乱：他的管家早就放弃了整理文件的努力．本题考查名词词义辨析，考生在平时的学习中应注意积累相应的词汇和搭配，并牢记其意思．在做题时，将词义和题干相结合，从语法、句子结构尤其是句意上去判断，句意通顺，符合逻辑，即正确答案．6.【答案】A【解析】本题考查名词词义辨析．根据句意和结构可知这里使用不可数名词traffic，下文为了避免重复用that代替．故选：A．主要街道上的交通绿灯比小街上的交通长．下划线的"那"是什么意思．本题考查名词词义辨析，考生在平时的学习中应注意积累相应的词汇和搭配，并牢记其意思．在做题时，将词义和题干相结合，从语法、句子结构尤其是句意上去判断，句意通顺，符合逻辑，即正确答案．7.【答案】B【解析】答案：B 考查不定代词．anything but根本不、远非；nothing but只有、仅仅；more than超过、很、非常；no less与连词than搭配，表示"不少于，和……一样不"．根据下文refusing even to take the same lift（拒绝搭同一辆电梯）可以判断出，二人的关系："并不友好"，B项符合题意．故选：B．这两位电影明星在镜头外都不友好，甚至拒绝搭同一辆电梯．本题考查不定代词．熟知不定代词的含义及所指代的名词，掌握由不定代词所构成的固定短语，结合语境作出正确选择．8.【答案】C【解析】本题考查副词词义辨析．根据句意和结构可知这句话使用such+名词+that引导结果状语从句，so修饰形容词，such修饰名词．故选：C．天气真好，我们能在花园里吃午饭．本题考查副词词义辨析，考生在平时的学习中应注意积累相应的词汇和搭配，并牢记其意思．在做题时，将词义和题干相结合，从语法、句子结构尤其是句意上去判断，句意通顺，符合逻辑，即正确答案．9.【答案】A【解析】本题考查形容词词义辨析．A项意为"迟的"；B项意为"最近的"；C项意为"很快"；D项意为"自由地"，根据句意和各个选项可知答案．故选：A．凯瑟琳刚打电话说她今晚工作到很晚，我们不必等她吃饭．本题考查形容词词义辨析，考生在平时的学习中应注意积累相应的词汇和搭配，并牢记其意思．在做题时，将词义和题干相结合，从语法、句子结构尤其是句意上去判断，句意通顺，符合逻辑，即正确答案．10.【答案】B【解析】本题考查动词词义辨析．A项意为"主持"；B项意为"包括"；C项意为"检查"；D项意为"要求"，根据句意和各个选项可知答案．故选：B．自从有了天才球员杰克之后，篮球队几乎已经势不可挡了．本题考查动词词义辨析，考生在平时的学习中应注意积累相应的词汇和搭配，并牢记其意思．在做题时，将词义和题干相结合，从语法、句子结构尤其是句意上去判断，句意通顺，符合逻辑，即正确答案．11.【答案】to keep【解析】答案：to keep．考查单词填空．根据句意和汉语提示可知这里使用fail to do sth 意为"不能做某事"．如果不把化学物质保持在适当的温度，可能会导致爆炸．本题考查单词填空，首先了解句意和汉语提示，看缺少什么意思，还要确定单词的形式．12.【答案】it【解析】答案：it．考查单词填空．根据句意和汉语提示可知这里使用it作为形式主语，不定式内容是真正的主语．许多来中国的西方人一旦意识到在外面吃饭是多么便宜，就会比在自己国家做得少得多．本题考查单词填空，首先了解句意和汉语提示，看缺少什么意思，还要确定单词的形式．13.【答案】entirely【解析】答案：entirely．考查单词填空．根据句意和汉语提示可知这里使用副词entirely"完全地"修饰in order．她父亲出人意料地去世，这意味着他的事情并不完全井然有序．本题考查单词填空，首先了解句意和汉语提示，看缺少什么意思，还要确定单词的形式．14.【答案】manners【解析】答案：manners．考查单词填空．根据句意和汉语提示可知这里使用bad manners 意为"不礼貌的"．长时间盯着别人看是不礼貌的．本题考查单词填空，首先了解句意和汉语提示，看缺少什么意思，还要确定单词的形式．15.【答案】a【解析】答案：a．考查单词填空．根据句意和汉语提示可知这里泛指"一项欧洲研究"，使用不定冠词，European是辅音音素开头的单词，用a．最近，欧洲的一项研究表明，那些水果吃得少、血液中维生素C含量低的人哮喘症状更为明显．本题考查单词填空，首先了解句意和汉语提示，看缺少什么意思，还要确定单词的形式．16.【答案】by【解析】答案：by．考查单词填空．根据句意和汉语提示可知这里使用by sea意为"乘船"．我们坐船直接到西海岸而不是横穿大陆．本题考查单词填空，首先了解句意和汉语提示，看缺少什么意思，还要确定单词的形式．17.【答案】better【解析】答案：better．考查单词填空．根据句意和汉语提示可知这里使用形容词比较级better，so much the better那就更好了．结果对我们来说不是很重要，但如果我们赢了，那就更好了．本题考查单词填空，首先了解句意和汉语提示，看缺少什么意思，还要确定单词的形式．18.【答案】daily【解析】答案：daily．考查单词填空．根据句意及句子结构，要填入daily，形容词作定语修饰名词routine．让你的孩子做一些关于他日常生活的小决定．考查单词填空，准确地理解句子、翻译句子，然后根据句意及提示确定所填单词词性，对于动词要注意时态，名词要注意单复数，正确写出单词完成句子，使句意更通顺．19.【答案】about【解析】答案：about．考查单词填空．根据句意及句子结构，要填入about，意为"关于，就…而言"．现代化的设备和无烟环境是我喜欢在这儿工作的两个原因．考查单词填空，准确地理解句子、翻译句子，然后根据句意及提示确定所填单词词性，对于动词要注意时态，名词要注意单复数，正确写出单词完成句子，使句意更通顺．20.【答案】either【解析】答案：either．考查单词填空．根据句意及句子结构，要填入either，否定句中表示"也"用either．一个社会如果丢弃了传统是不能成功的，但是如果我们阻碍进步也是不能成功的．考查单词填空，准确地理解句子、翻译句子，然后根据句意及提示确定所填单词词性，对于动词要注意时态，名词要注意单复数，正确写出单词完成句子，使句意更通顺．21.【答案】【小题1】B 【小题2】D 【小题3】A【解析】1．B．细节理解题．根据Course No．158部分的"In My Favorite Universe，world-famous physicist and director of the Hayden Pknetarium Neil dcGrassc Tyson takes you on a spirited and intellectually interesting journey through the universe and all its history，"可知，Neil dcGrassc Tyson会告诉你关于太空的事情．故选B．2．D．数字计算题．根据Course No.158部分的最后一句"9.95 on DVD，还有+﹩5Shipping and Handling"可知，Course No.158 on DVD送到家里需要14.95美元．故选D．3．A．主旨大意题．根据每一段的小标题和Shipping and Handling可知，文章主要介绍在家里学习的大学课程．故选A．文章主要介绍在家里学习的大学课程．具体介绍课程学习内容，费用等问题．阅读广告布告类这类文章时，也应该在整体把握文章结构的前提下，主要注意细节信息．细节题题干都是相应原文的变形（如同义改写、词性转换等），因此要找到答案一定要找到题干在原文中的出处，再把原文和选项相比较．做题时，根据所提问题用寻读、跳读的方法可达到事半功倍的效果．同时，在阅读时也要特别注意文中以粗体、大写、下划线等方式加以提示的文字，因为这很有可能是文章的核心或某一部分内容的概括．具体答题策略如下：1、先题后文：先读试题，了解考点；明确目的，快速捕捉，获取信息．2、题干定向：根据题干关键词到文中定位答案范围，按照题目顺序依次而下：问题与材料相同：对号入座；问题与原文相同：同义替换、归纳事实等．3、生词模糊：遇到生词；如无关答题，直接跳过；涉及答题，则根据语境、构词法等猜词．4、信息补全：对于影响理解的省略句，可根据语境，将其补全．24.【答案】【小题1】B 【小题2】A 【小题3】A 【小题4】A【解析】1．B．细节理解题．根据第二段的I ask world leaders to do everything they can to protect our oceans．Sometimes the steps they need to take are difficult and unpopular．If I'm asking them to be courageous，I must also be．Swimming in a wetsuit would not send theright message 可知，他不穿防寒泳衣的原因是展示他的勇敢，故选B．2．A．词义猜测题．此题要结合上下文语境，上文是他在冰水里游泳身体只能忍受20分钟，下文中提到他的游泳时体温在慢慢下降，肌肉控制力也在下降，可推测出此处的it指的是his body，故选A．3．A．细节理解题．根据第四段的Doctors and Pugh caution that one must receive months of training to swim in such cold waters．可知，一个人要想在冰冷的水里游泳必须得训练很长时间才可以，即要做足准备工作才行，故选A．4．A．主旨大意题．文章主要是讲述的是Pugh 为保护海洋而在极寒的水里游泳，他用事实行动去展示他保护海洋的决心和勇气，由此可知A项是最佳标题．这是一篇记叙文．主要讲述了Lewis Pugh 为了呼吁政府采取措施保护海洋而在极地海洋水温很低的情况下，不穿防寒泳衣游泳的勇敢事迹．做这类题材阅读理解时要求考生对文章通读一遍，做题时结合原文和题目有针对性的找出相关语句进行仔细分析，结合选项选出正确答案．推理判断题也是要在抓住关键句子的基础上合理的分析才能得出正确答案，切忌胡乱猜测，一定要做到有理有据．28.【答案】【小题1】A 【小题2】D 【小题3】C 【小题4】A【解析】1． A．文章主旨题．根据开头But that's not true，according to Time For Kids magazine．Fear can be good for us．可知，根据杂志中的介绍，恐惧对我们是有好处的，随后的内容介绍了恐惧对我们的具体好处，例如告诉我们什么危险、脑中产生大量的物质、增加团队之间的关系等，因此本文主要讲述的就是恐惧的好处．故选A．2．D．细节理解题．根据But interestingly，sometimes we make ourselves feel fear on purpose．Think about scary（可怕的）books and movies，and also the long lines for a scary roller coaster ride．可知，有趣的是我们会有目的体验恐惧，例如看恐怖小说或电影、参加蹦极等，为什么这么做，根据下文Fear fills our brain with healthy chemical substances （化学物质），especially endorphins （内啡肽）and dopamine （多巴胺），and these things create feelings of happiness and excite us，according to Kerr．可知恐惧使我们的大脑内产生内啡肽、多巴胺等物质，是我们产生愉悦感，因此我们参加蹦极其实就是获取这种愉悦感和刺激感，故选D．3．C．词义猜测题．根据划线词所在的句子，In addition，when you're scared，your body produces a chemical which helps people bond with each other．可知恐惧能够帮助我们彼此。

2020年厦门市双十中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷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AWelcome to Oxford University MuseumsAshmolean MuseumEstablished in 1683, the Ashmolean Museum is the oldest museum in the UK and one of the oldest in the world. It houses the University’s extensive collections of art and antiquities, ranging back over four millennia.Location: Beaumont Street Tel: 01865278000Open: Tue. Sun. 10: 00-17: 00.Charge: Admission is free; special exhibitions are ticketed and a charge may applyNote: For group bookings Tel:01865278015Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryThe University Museum of Natural History houses the University’s collections of zoological, entomological, paleontological and mineral specimens. With 4. 5 million specimens it is the largest collection of its type outside of the national collections.Location: Parks Road Tel: 01865 272950Open: 10: 00-17: 00 dailyCharge: Admission is freeNote: Groups must book in advanceMuseum of the History of ScienceThe Museum of the History of Science is housed in the world’s oldest surviving purpose-built museum building. It contains the world’s finest collection of historic scientific instruments.Location: Broad Street Tel: 01865277280Open: Tue.Sun.12: 00-17:00Charge: Admission is freeNote: Booking required for groups of 15 or morePitt Rivers MuseumThe Pitt Rivers Museum holds one of the world’s finest collections of anthropology and archaeology, withobjects from every continent and from throughout human history.Location: Parks Road enter via the Oxford University Museum of Natural HistoryTel:01865270927Open: Tue Sun. and Bank Holiday Mondays: 10: 00-16: 30Charge: Admission is freeNote: Groups must book in advance1.If a group of 20 students want to visit the oldest museum in the UK, they should call_______A.01865277280B.01865278015C.01865270927D.018652729502.Which of the museums can visitors go to any day of the week?A.Ashmolean Museum.B.Museum of the History of Science.C.Oxford University Museum of Natural History.D.Pitt Rivers Museum3.Which of the following is true according to the passage?A.Ashmolean Museum is on the Broad Street.B.Pitt Rivers Museum contains the world’s finest collection of historic scientific instruments.C.We don’t have to book in advance if our group want to visit the University Museum of Natural History.D.We can enter the Pitt Rivers Museum through the Oxford University Museum of Natural History.BHappiness is not a warm phone, according to a new study exploring the link between young life satisfaction and screen time. The study was led by professor of psychology Jean M. Twenge at San Diego State University (SDSU).To research this link, Twenge, along with colleagues Gabrielle Martin at SDSU and W. Keith Campbell at the University of Georgia, dealt with data from the Monitoring the Future (MtF) study, a nationally representative survey of more than a million U. S. 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-graders. The survey asked students questions about how often they spent time on their Phones, tablets and computers, as well as questions about their face-to-face social interactions and their overall happiness.On average found that teens who spent more time in front of screen devices — playing computer games, using social media, texting and video chatting — were less happy than those who invested more time in non-screen activities like sports, reading newspapers and magazines, and face-to-face social interactions."The key to digital media use and happiness is limited use," Twenge said. "Aim to spend no more than twohours a day on digital media, and try to increase the amount of time you spend seeing friends face-to-face and exercising — two activities reliably linked to greater happiness."Looking at historical trends from the same age groups since the 1990s, it's easy to find that the increase of screen devices over time happened at the same time as a general drop-off in reported happiness inU. S.teens. Specifically, young peopled life satisfaction and happiness declined sharply after 2012. That's the year when the percentage of Americans who owned a smartphone rose above 50 percent. By far the largest change in teens' lives between 2012 and 2016 was the increase in the amount of time they spent on digital media, and the following decline in in-person social activities and sleep.4. Which method did Twenge's team use for the study?A. Calculating students' happiness.B. Asking students certain questions.C. Analyzing data from a survey.D. Doing experiments on screen time.5. How does the author develop the finding of the study in paragraph 3?A. By making a comparison.B. By giving an example.C. By making an argument.D. By introducing a concept.6. What is the purpose of the last paragraph?A To draw a conclusion from the study.B. To offer some advice to the readers.C. To prove social activities' importance.D. To support the researchers' finding.7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Quitting Phones Equals HappinessB. Screen Time Should Be BannedC. Teens' Lives Have Changed SharplyD. Screen-addicted Teens Are UnhappierCWe interviewed two people, one who went from the country to the city and one who did the opposite.Janet Lincoln is a salesgirl who moved to St. Louisfive years ago. Here’s what Janet told us:“Five years ago I used to live in a small town called Lemon Falls. I grew up and went to high school there. After I graduated I worked in a supermarket. Lemon Falls had a population of about 800 people, and I knew every single one of them. They all knew everything about me, too. You couldn’t do anything without everyone in town knowing about it. The first chance I got I moved to St. Louis and I love it. I don’t know as many people now as I used to, but that’s OK. I have a few good friends, and I see them when I want to. I kind of like beinganonymous. I’d never go back to Lemon Falls.”Troy Henson had the opposite experience. He and his wife, Darla, and their two children moved from St. Louis to Bloomfield three years ago. Here’s what Troy told us:“The best thing we ever did was get out of St. Louis. Don’t get me wrong; St. Louis is as good a place as any other city, I suppose — if you like cities, that is. We don’t. Both Darla and I grew up in St. Louis. We met at college and got married. Then the kids came along and life got difficult. We didn’t know any of our neighbors. We both had good jobs, but it always seemed like there was never enough money. That all changed when we moved to Bloomfield. I don’t make as much money as I used to, but then we don’t have as many expenses as we did. We know our neighbors. Life is good. We’d never leave Bloomfield.”8. What troubled Janet when she was in Lemon Falls?A. She had no friends.B. There was no privacy.C. There was a lot of competition.D. She couldn’t find a well-paid job.9. What does the underlined word “anonymous” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Alone.B. Prepared.C. Sociable.D. Unknown.10. Different from Janet, Troy ________.A. prefers country lifeB. moved to a bigger cityC. grew up in a smaller townD. knows little about his new neighbors11. What is Troy’s opinion on living in Bloomfield?A. It is a little boring.B. It is quite comfortable.C. It costs a lot of money.D. It creates a safe environment.DGlobal food demand will double by 2050, according to a new projection, and the farming techniques used to meet that unprecedented(空前的) demand will significantly determine how severe the impact is on the environment, researchers said.The study researchers warned that meeting the demand for food would clear more land, increase nitrogen(氮) use and significantly add to carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gas emissions.“Agriculture’s greenhouse gas emissions could double by2050 if current trends in global food production continue,” study researcher David Tilman, of theUniversityofMinnesota, said in a statement. “This would be a major problem, since global agriculture already accounts for a third of all greenhouse gas emissions.”The researchers studied various ways in which the increasing food demand could be mentioned. They found that the most environmentally friendly and cost-effective approach would be for more food producers to adopt the nitrogen-efficient “intensive” farming method, which involves the heavy use of labor and the production of more crops per acre.This approach was shown to be more effective than the “extensive” farming currently practiced by many poor nations, a method that includes clearing more new land to produce more food.Different farming methods produce significantly different yields, the researchers found — in 2005, the crop yields for the wealthiest nations were more than 300 percent higher than what the poorest nations produced.According to their analysis of the effects of extensive farming, if poorer nations continue using this method, by 2050theywill have cleared an area larger than theUnited States, about 2.5 billion acres. However, if wealthy nations help poorer nations to improve food yields by incorporating(吸收) intensive farming practices, that number could be reduced to half a billion acres.The researchers stress that the environmental effects of meeting future food demand depend on how global agriculture expands and develops.“Our analyses show that we cansave most of the Earth’s remaining ecosystems by helping the poorer nations of the world feed themselves,” Tilman said.12. What is the best title of this passage?A. The World Will Need Double Food by 2050B. Man Will Face the Risk of Lacking Food in the FutureC. Future Farmers Hold Environment’s Fate in Their HandsD. Different Farming Methods Produce Significantly Different Yields13. The character of the extensive farming is ________.A. very cost-effectiveB. to produce more crops per acreC. at cost of more new land to produce more foodD. very environmentally friendly14. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.A. poorer nations mainly use the intensive farmingB. wealthy nations mainly use the extensive farmingC. the intensive farming needs less food producersD. the extensive farming has a worse effect on ecosystems15. According to the passage, the underlined word “they” in the 7th paragraph refers to “________”.A. poorer nationsB. the effects of extensive farmingC. wealthy nationsD.future food demand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。

2019-2020学年厦门市双十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AWe are proud to present a showcase for kid inventions from children chosen from the Kid's Forum at Blue Print Earth. We hope you enjoy the ideas expressed here and join us in supporting the next generation.Eater of Natural DisastersMy invention cansave your home by sucking up all-natural disasters. The government will not own this machine, but by you so there will be no taxes on it. Order Now! The Eater of Natural Disasters will run on renewable batteries. It will cost 50 dollars to make and I will sell it for just $ 75.Created by Matthew Szekeresh —Mt.WashingtonElementary, 5th Grade.Pick-up-Pollution BombMy invention is called the Pick-up-Pollution Bomb. It will just pick up pollution and it won't hurt anything else like people, animals, property, playgrounds, and parks. The reason why I made it is that I think there is too much pollution on the Earth. It sells for $100 apiece, and if you buy this now, I will send you another one for free.Created gratefully by Lauren Newberry — Mt. Washington Elementary, 5th GradeFlying HouseMy invention is a home that will blast off in space. For example, if there were an earthquake people would immediately blast off, or if there were a flood it would take off. Only for $ 400.99.Created by David Turner —Mt.WashingtonElementary, 5th GradeBug RobotMy invention is a robot that catches little bugs, eats little bugs, sucks up pollution, sucks up natural disasters, and turns them into food solving the problems of too many little bugs, natural disasters, pollution and starvation. My product is worth $500. My invention works on 2 triple — A batteries. And if you order one today I'll throw in 4 rechargeable triple-A batteries.Created by Cassie Courtey —Mt.WashingtonElementary, 5th Grade1. Why is the Flying House created?A. To explore the space.B. To clean the air.C. To prepare people for earthquakes.D. To help people escape from natural disasters.2. Which invention can turn pollution into food?A. The Bug Robot.B. The Pick-up-Pollution Bomb.C. The Flying House.D. The Eater of Natural Disasters.3. What can we infer about the four inventions?A. They are very easy to build.B. They are ideas from kids in the same school.C. They are expensive but of practical use.D. They are being used by people.BWho is a genius? This question has greatly interested humankind for centuries.Let's state clearly: Einstein was a genius. His face is almost the international symbol for genius. But we want to go beyond one man and explore the nature of genius itself. Why is it that some people are so much more intelligent or creative than the rest of us? And who are they?In the sciences and arts, those praised as geniuses were most often white men, of European origin. Perhaps this is not a surprise. It's said that history is written by the victors, and those victors set the standards for admission to the genius club. When contributions were made by geniuses outside the club—women, or people of a different color1 or belief—they were unacknowledged and rejected by others.A study recently published bySciencefound that as young as age six, girls are less likely than boys to say that members of their gender(性别)are “really, really smart.” Even worse, the study found that girls act on that belief: Around age six they start to avoid activities said to be for children who are “really, really smart.” Can our planet afford to have any great thinkers become discouraged and give up? It doesn't take a genius to know the answer: ly not.Here's the good news. In a wired world with constant global communication, we're all positioned to see flashes of genius wherever they appear. And the more we look, the more we will see that social factors(因素)like gender, race, and class do not determine the appearance of genius. As a writer says, future geniuses come from those with “intelligence, creativity, perseverance(毅力), and simple good fortune, who are able to change the world.”4. Whatdoes the author think of victors' standards for joining the genius club?A. They're unfair.B. They're conservative.C. They're objective.D. They're strict.5. What can we infer about girls from the study inScience?A. They think themselves smart.B. They look up to great thinkers.C. They see gender differences earlier than boys.D. They are likely to be influenced by social beliefs6. Why are more geniuses known to the public?A. Improved global communication.B. Less discrimination against women.C.Acceptance of victors' concepts.D. Changes in people's social positions.7. What is the best title for the text?A. Geniuses Think AlikeB. Genius Takes Many FormsC. Genius and IntelligenceD. Genius and LuckCThe health benefits of staying active are already well-known. It can help you manage weight, keep blood sugar levels down and reduce risk factors for heart disease.Now, a new study suggests that regularly playing sports, especially badminton or tennis, is not only healthy but also reduces your risk of death, at any age, by approximately 50%. This is a big scale population study to explore the health benefits of sports in terms of death rate. The study evaluated responses from 80, 306 adults aged 30 and above inEnglandandScotland, who were surveyed about their health, lifestyle and exercise patterns.After adjusting factors such as age, sex, weight, smoking habits, alcohol use, education and other forms of exercise besidesthe named sports, the researchers compared the risk of death among people who took part in a sport to those who didn’t. The percentage of reduced risk of death was found to be: 47% for racket（球拍）sports, 28% for swimming and 15% for cycling.In addition to this, the study didn’t find any significant reduction in the risk for sports like running and football. The findings also exposed that over 44% of the participants met the guidelines for the recommended exercise levels to stay fit and healthy, which amounts to 150 minutes of moderate(适度的) physical activity in a week.Does this mean you stop running or playing football and switch to tennis instead? Every kind of sport and physical activity has different physical, social and mental benefits attached to it. The apparent lack of benefits of running and football could result from several variables that were not taken into account.Being active helps you feel happier and live longer. So, the most important step is to take part in any kind ofsport that you are likely to enjoy and follow in the long term.8. How is the study conducted?A. By doing comparative experiments.B. By analyzing previous data.C. By evaluating survey information.D. By tracking participants for a long time.9. What does the underlined part “the named sports” refer to?A. Ball sports.B. Racket sports.C. Individual sports.D. Traditional sports.10. What can we infer from paragraph 5?A. Few people will play football.B. Tennis will become more popular.C. The result of this study is wrong.D. The study needs to be further improved.11. What does the author advise people to do?A. Stick to any sport that you like.B. Play badminton and tennis only.C. Stop running and playing football.D. Do any sport according to guidelines.DThe outbreak of the novel corona virus pneumonia (NCP) has disrupted the lives and work of nearly every Chinese person. However, a new trend has been on the rise: many have turned themselves into livestreaming users orfollowers.According to Questmobile, a professional big data intelligence services provider in China, the audience for Douyin, Kuaishou and other livestreaming platforms surged to 574 million during the Spring Festival holiday, up 35 percent from 2019.Confined at home, away from their friends and loved ones, people turn to livestreaming to reach out to the world. For them livestreaming can help them share their lives and interest with a global audience, which will give them the sense of being “in the moment”. Even as viewers, they can also engage immediately with livestreamers by commenting and making suggestions.“When I comment on the livestreaming videos, I’m not simply an audience member, but also an active part of the program. That gives me a sense of engagement,” an Internet user named Wang Hao told People’s Daily.Livestreaming is not only for fun, but also a new tool for many businesses. Affected by the pandemic, many businesses had to stop their sales in physical stores. To meet their business goals and survive during these trying times, many chose to livestream to revive their businesses.Joyoung, a leading maker of small kitchen appliances, is a good example. The company not only added anumber of broadcasts each day to advertise their products, but also shared the menus that were beneficial to health. “The responses to our livestreaming shows have been well beyond expectations,” Kang Li, who oversees the company’s livestreaming unit, told China daily. “It’s a natural opportunity to truly bond with our followers.”Like it or not, livestreaming is likely to go mainstream in China for both entertainment and business.12. What is the purpose of writing the second paragraph?A. To introduce some popular livestreaming platforms in China.B. To report data on the development of livestreaming in 2019.C. To show that Chinese people spend too much time on livestreaming apps.D. To prove that livestreaming are becoming increasingly popular in China.13. What does Wang Hao think of commenting on livestreaming?A. It is boring to make comments.B. It is the only way to share viewers’ lives.C. It makes people feel involved in the stream.D. It helps livestreamers improve themselves.14. What do paragraphs 5&6 mainly talk about?A. Livestreaming replaced physical stores in many areas.B. Many businesses turned to livestreaming platform for marketing.C. Livestreaming platforms faced challenges during the pandemic.D. Livestreaming platforms made changes to their services.15. How does the author feel about thefuture of livestreaming？A. Positive.B. Uncertain.C. Disappointed.D. Confused.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。

2019-2020学年厦门市双十中学高三英语上学期期中考试试卷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AFour Online EventsThe handshake：an anthropologist’s guideWhat is its biological purpose？What are the best and worst handshakes？In this talk，scientist Ella Al-Shamahi examines the power of touch and argues the handshake is at least 7 million years old．This event will start at 18:00 pm on 25 March and will last one hour．Standard ticket price：£15(A 20％discount for those who buy the ticket before March 20.)A rescue plan for natureWhat do we need to do to restore the planet 's biodiversity and preventthe next pandemic (疫情)？Join scientist Cristian Samper as he talks about how our ignoring nature caused the pandemic-and how we can seize a unique opportunity to build back better．This free event will start at 18:00 pm on 15 April．Origins of lifeWhy is the planet the way it is？How did we get here？Does everything happen for a reason or are some things left to chance？Research shows we live in a world driven by chance．In this talk，biologist Sean B Carroll will tell the stories of the mother of all accidents，and the surprising power of chance in our lives and the world．This event will start at 19:30 pm on 22 April and will last two hours．Standard ticket price：£18(A 10％discount for those who buy the ticket before April 17.)The truth about exerciseShould we all be hitting the gym three times a week？Should we worry about sitting to omuch？If you are strong and fit，can you get away with being inactive？In this talk，specialist Jason Gill introduces what science can really tell us about how much we need to move to live a healthy life．This event will start at 19:00 pm on May 13 and will last one hour，Standard ticket price：£12(A 15％discount for those who buy the ticket before May 8.)1.How much should you at least spend on the event about the handshake？A.£10.2．B.£12．C.£13．D.£16.2．2.From whom can you learn about the origins of life？A.Ella Al-Shamahi．B.Cristian Samper．C.Sean B Carroll．D.Jason Gill．3.What does the four online talks have in common？A.They are science-based．B.They are about cultures．C.They are related to nature．D.They are intended for the young．BThe idea of growing food in a desert would make most people laugh but this is quickly becoming a reality. There are currently two desert farms in the world where quality vegetables are being planted cheaply and easily.Sundrop Farms, based in South Australia, uses experimental greenhouses to grow tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers. The biggest challenge of growing food in a desert, obviously, is the lack of available water. The researchers at Sundrop Farms have gotten aroundthis problemby using the sun to desalinate (淡化) sea water. It can also be used to control the temperature of the greenhouses.Without depending on limited resources such as land and fresh water Sundrop Farms has made farming a practice. This can increase the world’s food supplies. Another benefit ofthis kind of farming is that it can be done anywhere, thus reducing the costs of transporting food to distant locations. Yet another benefit is that it reduces the need for pesticides (杀虫剂).Another experimental desert farm is the Sahara Forest Project, which began in Qatar in December 2012. Greenhouses in the farm are cooled by saltwater. Solar power and other technologies are used together to help make vegetation (植被) grow in the desert environment. As deserts have expanded over recent years around the world due to global warming, this project could solve the problem.The result form the Qatar project were better than expected and in June of 2014, Jordan agreed to host another one. This will be much bigger than the Qatar project and the project members will have even more opportunities to test their experiments on a much larger scale. It is not clear yet that desert farming resents the future of farming but these projects have shown some success in the field.4. What does “this problem” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Sea water is bard to purify.B. The desert is short of water.C. The temperature is high in the desert.D. Desert farms aren’t fit to plant vegetables.5. What is one of the characters of desert farming?A. It needs more pesticides.B. It saves delivery costs.C. It has a location limit.D. It solves food waste problems6. What can we know about the Sabara Forest Project?A. It lives up to expectationsB. It can help produce more foodC. It is started to prevent global warmingD. It uses technology to produce saltwater7. What can be inferred about desert farming from the last paragraph?A. It still has problems to solve.B. It represents the future of farming.C. Its early success has aroused interest in it.D. Its aim is to create more job opportunities.CMost teenagers are still trying to find their passion and purposes in life. However, not Gitanjali Rao. The 15-year-old girl has been coming up with innovative solutions to worldwide problems since she was ten. It is, therefore, not surprising that the teenager has won the honor of “America's Top Young Scientist”.In the third grade, Rao was inspired to build a device after witnessing the shocking story unfold in Flint, Michigan, where cost-cutting measures led to the use of a polluted river as the city's primary water supply and incredibly high levels of lead made their way into people's drinking water.After two months' research, Rao designed a small and portable device that used sensors to instantly detect lead in water. Called Tethys, after the Greek Goddess(女神) of freshwater, it attaches to a cellphone and informs the residents via an app if their drinking water contains lead. The design earned her the 3M Young Scientist Challenge in 2017. She is currently working with scientists and medical professionals to test Tethys' potential and hopes the device will be ready for commercial use by 2022.Later, Rao took on another social issue-drug addiction. Her app, called Epione, which won the Health Pillar Prize at the TCS Ignite Innovation Student Challenge in May 2019, is designed to catch drug addiction in young adults before it's too late.More recently, the teenager has developed an app named Kindly, which usesartificial intelligence technology to detect possible signs of cyberbullying(网上欺凌). When users type in a word or phrase, Kindly is able to pick it up if it's bullying, and then it gives the option to edit it or send it the way it is. It gives them the chance to rethink what they are saying so that they know what to do next time.All kinds of awesome, Gitanjali Rao has been selected from 5,000 equally impressive nominees(被提名人) for TIME Magazine's first-ever “Kid of the Year”.8. What gave Rao the idea of inventing the device Tethys?A. The incident of lead pollution.B. The issue with drug addiction.C. The shortage of water supplies.D. The high cost of purifying water.9. What is Rao expecting of Tethys?A. It'll remove metal from water.B. It'll make it to market soon.C. It'll win her a higher prize.D. It'll be fitted to cellphones.10. What will Kindly allow users to do?A. Receive pre-warning signals of threat.B. Input words into a computer automatically.C. Choose from secure social networking sites.D. Weigh their words before posting them online.11. Which of the following can best describe Gitanjali Rao as a young scientist?A. Ambitious and humble.B. Optimistic and adventurous.C. Talkative and outstanding.D. Creative and productive.DGetting rid of dirt, in the opinion of most people, is a good thing However, there is nothing fixed about attitudes to dirt.In the early 16th century, people thought that dirt on the skin was a means to block outdisease, as medical opinion had it that washing off dirt with hot water could open up the skin and let ills in. A particular danger was thought to lie in public baths. By 1538, the French king had closed the bath houses in his kingdom. So did the king ofEnglandin 1546. Thus began a long time when the rich and the poor inEuropelived with dirt in a friendly way. Henry IV, king ofFrance, was famously dirty. Upon learning that a nobleman had taken a bath, the king ordered that, to avoid the attack of disease, the nobleman should not go out.Though the belief in the merit(优点) of dirt was long-lived, dirt has no longer been regarded as a nice neighborever since the 18th century. Scientifically speaking, cleaning away dirt is good to health. Clean water supply and hand washing are practical means of preventing disease. Yet, it seems that standards of cleanliness have moved beyond science since World War II. Advertisements repeatedly sell the idea: clothes need to be whiter than white, cloths ever softer, surfaces to shine. Has the hate for dirt, however, gone too far?Attitudes to dirt still differ hugely nowadays. Many first-time parents nervously try to warn their children off touching dirt, which might be responsible for the spread of disease. On the contrary, Mary Ruebush, an American immunologist(免疫学家), encourages children to play in the dirt to build up a strong immune system. And the latter position is gaining some ground.12. The kings ofFranceandEnglandin the 16th century closed bath houses because .A. they lived healthily in a dirty environmentB. they thought bath houses were too dirty to stay inC. they considered bathing as cause of skin diseaseD. They believed disease could be spread in public baths13. Which of the following best describes Henry IV’s attitude to bathing?A. CuriousB. AfraidC. ApprovingD. Uninterested14. How does the passage mainly develop?A. By following the order of time.B. By making comparison.C. By providing examplesD. By following the order of importance.115. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passages?A. To call attention to the danger of dirt.B. To introduce the history of dirt.C. To present the change of views on dirt.D. To stress the role of dirt.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。

福建省厦门双十中学2015届高三英语上学期期中试题本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

共150分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（选择题，共105分）第一部分:听力(共两节, 满分20分)做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两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分, 满分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 coming for tea?A. John.B. Mark.C. Tracy.2. What will the man do next?A. Stay for dinner.B. Leave right away.C. Catch a train.3. What does the man come for?A. A lecture.B. A meeting.C. A party.4. What size does the man want?A. 35.B. 9.C. 39.5. What are the speakers talking about?A. Life in Southeast Asia.B. Weather conditions.C. A holiday tour.第二节(共15小题, 每小题1分, 满分15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. What is the man doing?A. Chairing a meeting.B. Giving a speech.C. Introducing a person.7. Why does the woman sing so well?A. She has a great teacher.B. She teaches singing.C. She is young.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。

2020届厦门市双十中学高三英语上学期期中考试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AMarch means spring inSt. Louis. The city hosts plenty of events — both indoor and outdoor — that make March a perfect crowd-free month to visit. You may even want to plan your trip around it.See the Butterflies at Morpho Mardi GrasPHONE +1314-577-0888In the Butterfly House inFaustPark, thousands of bright blue butterflies are on display. These butterflies — types found mostly in South America, Mexico, and Central America — include over 29 different species and 147 subspecies(亚种）, making the venue a wonderful place for kids, as they can learn about the critical role butterflies play in nature.Enjoy March Madness with Arch MadnessPHONE +1314-622-5400March is the best time of the year for basketball fans. The action inSt. Louisbegins with March Madness, the Missouri Valley Conference Tournament. Games take place during the first week in March at theScottradeCenter.Catch a Fabulous Fox Theatre Broadway ShowPHONE +1314-534-1111Each month, the Fabulous Fox Theatre hosts a variety of touring Broadway shows. And while tickets are slightly cheaper than that inNew York City, the quality of the performances doesn’t lack one bit. Check the schedule and buy tickets ahead of time, as the shows generally fill the venue.Celebrate World Eagle Day at the World Bird SanctuaryPHONE +1636-225-4390World Eagle Day is celebrated with live eagle presentations, educational activities and games. Learn aboutAmerica’s national symbol, as well as other foreign species. Get your photo taken with your favorite bird or adopt an eagle.1. Which of the following is attractive to kids?A. Seeing the Butterflies at Morpho Mardi Gras.B. Enjoying March Madness with Arch Madness.C. Catching a Fabulous Fox Theatre Broadway Show.D. Celebrating World Eagle Day at the World Bird Sanctuary.2. If you are a basketball fan, you can call________.A. +1314-577-0888B. +1314-622-5400C. +1314-534-1111D. +1636-225-43903. Why does the author recommend the Fabulous Fox Theatre?A. It is one of the branches of Broadway.B. It isnot far away fromNew York City.C. It doesn't charge the audience for tickets.D. It provides wonderful shows with cheaper tickets.BYou've probably heard it suggested that you need to move more throughout the day, and as a general rule of thumb, that "more" is often defined as around 10,000 steps. With many Americans tracking their stepsvia new fitness-tracking wearables, or even just by carrying their phone, more and more people use the 10,000-step rule as their marker for healthy living. Dr. Dreg Hager, professor of computer science at Johns Hopkins, decided to take a closer look at that 10,000-step rule, and he found that usingitas a standard may be doing more harm than good for many.“It turns out that in 1960 in Japan they figured out that the average Japanese man, when he walked 10,000 steps a day burned something like 3,000 calories and that is what they thought the average person should consume so they picked 10,000 steps as a number” Hager said.According to Hager, asking everyone to shoot for 10,000 steps each day could be harmful to the elderly or those with medical conditions, making it unwise for them to jump into that level of exercise, even if it's walking. The bottom line is that 10,000 steps may be too many for some and too few for others. He also noted that those with shorter legs have an easier time hitting the 10,000-step goal because they have to take more steps than people with longer legs to cover the distance. It seems that 10,000 steps may be suitable for the latter.A more recent study focused on older women and how many steps can help maintain good health and promote longevity (长寿).The study included nearly 17,000 women with an average age of 72. Researchers found that women who took 4,400 steps per day were about 40% less likely to die during a follow-up period of just over four years: Interestingly, women in the study who walked more than 7,500 steps each day got no extra boost in longevity.4. What does the underlined word "it' in Paragraph 1 refer to?A. The phone recording.B. The 10,000-step rule.C. The healthy living.D. The fitness-tracking method.5. What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?A. How many steps a Japanese walks.B. How we calculate the number of steps.C. If burning 3,000 calories daily is scientific.D. Where 10,000 steps a day came from.6. Who will probably benefit from 10,000 steps each day according toHager?A. Senior citizens.B. Young short-legged people.C. Healthy long-legged peopleD. Weak individuals.7. How many steps may the researchers suggest senior citizens take each day?A. 4,400 steps.B. 10,000 steps.C. 2,700 steps.D. 7,500 steps.CMy school appeared on the news last week because we had made an important change in our local area. Our class had planted a large garden in what was once only a vacant lot. It was a lot of work but it was all worth it. I got blisters(水泡) from digging, and we all got insect bites, too.I learned a lot about gardening and collaboration(合作), and then I learned about the media. Our teacher telephoned the TV station and informed them of what we had accomplished. She spoke with the producer. The producer checked with the directors, but they said there were plenty of stories similar to ours. They wanted to know what was special about our particular garden, since many schools plant them.The teacher explained that, after going on the Internet to learn about the prairie(大草原), we had made a prairie garden. We had gone to a prairie and gotten seeds from the plants, and then we planted them. We did not water the garden, but we did weed it. We decided to let nature water it with rain, since that was how prairies grew in the past. We sent a picture of the garden to the news station. In the picture, the grass was so high that it stood taller than the fourth grade students.As a result, the producer sent a reporter to our school. He interviewed the headmaster and asked him many questions about the garden. After that, they interviewed us, and we explained to them what we had learned through this project.That night, we watched the news, and there we were. The news reporter told our story. It was only two minutes long, but it was us. We were famous. All that work, all those blisters, it was worth it. We knewthatwhen we saw the garden every day, but now we knew that the whole city thought so, too.8. What seemed to be the TV directors’ initial reaction to the garden?A. They were excited.B. They were surprised.C. They were worried.D. They were uninterested.9. What is special about the garden?A. Weeds were allowed to spread naturally.B. The grass grew faster than common grass.C. The seeds came from the plants of a prairie.D. Underground water was used for the plants.10. What does the underlined word “that” refer to in the last paragraph?A. We got blisters on our hands.B. Our hard work was worthwhile.C. The garden would be famous.D. The project would be finished.11. How did the author feel about the project?A. Annoyed.B. Curious.C. Proud.D. Regretful.DA 25-year-old American with a university degree can expect to livea decade longer than a peer who dropped out of high school. Although researchers have long known that the rich live longer than the poor, this education gap is less well documented. And although the average American’s expected span(预期寿命) has been smooth in recent year—and, shockingly, even fell between 2015 and 2017—that of the one-third with a bachelor’s degree has continued to lengthen.This gap in life expectancy is growing, according to new research published in the report of the National Academy of Sciences. Anne Case and Angus Deation ofPrincetonUniversityfound that the lifespans of those with and without a bachelor’s degree started to become different in the 1990s and 2000s. This gap grew even wider in the 2010s.What is the link between schooling and longevity(长寿)? Some argue that better-educated people develop healthier lifestyles: each additional year of study reduces the chances of being a smoker and of being overweight. The better-educated earn more, which in turn is associated with greaterhealth.Ms Case and Mr Deaton argue that changes in labor markets, including the rise of automation and increased demand for highly-educated workers, coupled with the rising costs of employer-provided health care, have decreased the supply of well-paid jobs for those without a degree. This may be contributing to higher rates of alcohol and drug use, suicide and other “deaths of despair”.The authors argued that the educational gap in mortality(致死率) will widenin the wake ofthe covid-19 pandemic. ForAmerica’s overall life expectancy to start climbing again, improvements will be needed across all social groups, not just among the privileged few.12. When did the lifespans of people with and without a degree vary greatly?A. In the 1990s.B. In the 2020sC. In the 2000sD. In the 2010s13. According to the article, changes in labor markets reduce jobs for those without a degree. Which change is NOT included?A. The rising spending of employer-provided health care.B. The gap in life expectancy.C. Raised request for better-educated workers.D. The development of automation.14. What does the underlined phrase “in the wake of” probably mean ?A. afterB. untilC. beforeD. while15. What is the best title for the text?A. Changes in labor market.B. Quit bad habits by Further studyC. Educated Americans live longer.D. Highly-educated people develop healthier lifestyles.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。