2019-2020学年上海市上海中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析

2019-2020学年上海市上海中学高三英语上学期期中试题及答案解析

第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

Bob and Sue Harvey spent nine years as resident fellows in a dormitory at Sanford and in their bookVirtual

Reality and The College Freshman, they write “The Freshman oftenfaces an identity problem during the first

semester.” College is a more pressured environment than it used to be, in part because the academic gap between

high school and college has increased. Many college freshmen have never had to make independent decisions

about sex, drugs and alcohol. Most don’t know how to manage their time or money. They often feel lonely and

overwhelmed, resulting in anxiety and depression.

Nancy Corbin, director of clinical service for student-counseling (咨询) services at Iowa State University, says

her office is seeing a significant increase in requests for counseling from freshmen who are having trouble making

the adjustment to college life. She says older teenagers increasingly lack the skills to deal with personal problems

that aren’t easily defined or fixed. And they get homesick but have a hard time admitting it.

Parents and high schools can make things easier on freshmen by preparing them differently. For example, by

teaching them to budget their hours and dollars. The Harveys think high schools should offer a college-life course.

“Parents need to focus more on relationship and personal issues and less on how many sheets and towels to take,”

they say. Many homesick freshmen think they’ll be regarded as failures if they come home before Thanksgiving.

So parents can help by letting them know they’re welcome to return if they feel the need. In the meantime,

parents have to find new ways to keep in touch with their college kids. One of the best ways is e-mail. It’s less

unpleasant and less expensive than constant phone calls and is more likely to be answered than a handwritten

letter.

1. Why is the first semester difficult for freshmen in college?

A. Because they often fail in exams.

B. Because they lack time and money.

C. Because they are too homesick to make new friends.

D. Because they have to settle personal issues on their own.

2. In the last paragraph, it is suggested that ________.

A. parents should stop buying anything for their kids B. parents should develop a good relationship with their kids

C. parents should be taught how to send e-mails to their kids

D. parents should work with high schools in college-life courses

3. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. Hard Life of College Freshmen B. Approaches to Trouble in College

C. Freshmen’s Adaptation Problems D. A Strange Phenomenon in College

B

Have you ever noticed that some people can eat what they want and stay in shape, while others carefully

watch what they eat and still put on weight? How annoying! However, scientists are beginning to believe that

some people get the ability to stay thin from their parents.

Scientists say that when some people eat, their bodies will naturally store the excess energy from food as fat.

These people gain weight if they eat more than they need each day. Meanwhile, other people eat more than they

need but their bodies are able to “burn off” the extra food without making fat, so they rarely have weight

problems.

To show that this is true, scientists have experimented on laboratory mice. They gave the mice a special diet

with a lot of fat. Some mice gained weight while the other mice stayed thin, even though both groups of mice ate

the same amount of food and got the same amount of exercise. Scientists concluded that weight gain seemed to

be influenced by genetic (基因的) factors. They also believe they have now identified the genes that may cause

this tendency. These genes, according to the scientists, get passed down the generations. Armed with this

knowledge, they believe it may be possible to develop medicines thatcan target the genes and stop people from

gaining weight.

The study of weight gain is becoming more important as the numbers of people who are overweight

continues to grow. In theUnited States, over seventy percent of the population have weight problems. This means

they are at risk of illness such as high blood pressure and heart disease.

Current medicines for weight control do not work very well because they can have serious side effects, such

as heart problems. However, it takes a long time to develop and thoroughly test new drugs. Therefore, despite this

breakthrough in the study of weight-loss drugs, scientists and health professionals all agree that currently the best