2019-2020学年上海市建平中学高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及答案

2019-2020学年上海市建平中学高三英语上学期期末考试试卷及答案

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

Twitter humorist and TV writer Jonny Sun is the author of the 2017 best-sellereveryone'sa aliebn when ur a

aliebn too. This time, he recommends some emotionally powerful books.

The Book of Delightsby Ross Gay(2019)

Gay's collection of 102 short but emotional stories, begun in mid-2016 and written in the order of time over a

year in America, focuses on the careful observation of ordinary delights in daily life. The writing is personal and

grounded in thoughtful joy.

100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Writeby Sarah Ruhl(2014)

Seemingly a collection of essays on theater, Ruhl's book feels instead like the playwright's thoughts all of life.

Her writing here is deeply personal, sharply argued but also playful. The book is actually a detailed description of

the artist herself.

They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Usby Hanif Abdurraqib(2017)

I am always so moved by Abdurraqib's writing. He combines cultural criticism and personal memory in such a

beautiful way, making the two styles naturally bound.

Space Struckby Paige Lewis(2019 )

This poetry collection awakened emotions in me that I did not know existed, or that I could feel, or that one

could ever put words to. Every line is playful, honest, complex, and gentle.

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1. Which book is a collection of short stories of daily happiness?

A. The Book of Delights.

B. 100 Essays I Don't Have Time to Write.

C. They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us.

D. Space Struck.

2. Who is probably a poet?

A. Ross Gay. B. Sarah Ruhl.

C. Hanif Abduraqib. D. Paige Lewis. 3. Where is the text most likely from?

A. A diary. B. A brochure.

C. A website. D. A magazine.

B

An afternoon nap(午睡)is one of the joys of life, although too much napping could signal all is not well. In

some cultures, people will have a daily nap — thisis fine. The warning comes when people start sleeping during

the daytime, when they did not before. There is certainly a good reason to believe that daytime sleepiness — as in

the Alzheimer's study — can be a marker of an underlying condition.

For most people, napping during the day is mainly a sign that you are not getting enough sleep at night, says

Dr. Neil Stanley, a sleep expert. "If you feel sleepy during the day, you should think about taking a nap. That is what

the body needs — it doesn't need to be kept awake with caffeine, it needs sleep. "The feeling to notice is

"sleepiness", he says, not "tiredness", which could be more psychological and linked to stress.

So how do you nap well? The key thing, says Stanley, is how long your nap lasts. Choose either a 20-or

90-minute nap. "When you fall asleep, you'll quickly go through the lighter stages of sleep into your first period of

deep sleep. You don't want to wake up in deep sleep because that's when you wake and feel worse than you did

before. "Napping for 20 minutes means you will wake up before you go into deep sleep; napping for 90 minutes

means you'll complete a sleep cycle.

Once you factor in the time it takes to fall asleep — some people are better at napping than others but, says

Stanley, "a healthy adult will fall asleep in between 5 and 12 minutes" — you can set an alarm, allowing a 30- to

40-minute period for a short nap, and up to two hours for a longer one.

A good time to nap is during the body's natural dip in the afternoon, between 2 pm and 4 pm. "You don't

really want to be napping much pastthatbecause then you are going to be eating into your night-time sleep,"

Stanley says. The point, he stresses, is to get good night-time sleep, which would ensure you probably don't need

to nap at all.

4. What does an afternoon nap indicate for most people?

A. Caffeine addiction. B. Psychological stress.

C. Insufficient night sleep. D. Potential physical illness.

5. What is the key to a good nap?

A. Duration. B. Surroundings. C. Health. D. Stages.

6. What does the underlined word "that" in the last paragraph refer to? A. A 30- to 40- minute period. B. Between 2 pm and 4 pm.

C. Between 5 and 12 minutes. D. A 20- to 90-minute period.

7. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. Why to phase a nap B. When to take a good nap

C. What to learn from a nap D. How to have a successful nap

C

Age has never been a problem for 16-year-old Thessalonika Arzu-Embry. After all, she’s already got her

master’s degree.