2020届河北衡水中学高三英语上学期期中试题及参考答案

2020届河北衡水中学高三英语上学期期中试题及参考答案

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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

China has 410K5Gbase stations

China built 257,000 new 5G base stations in the first half of the year, according to the Ministry of Industry

and Information Technology (MIIT).

Shipments of 5G phones reached 8623 million unis in China, with 5G package users hitting 66 million by the

end of June, said Wen Ku, head of information and communication at the ministry.

To give full play to the commercialization of 5G, more policies should be implemented to boost the vitality of

the market, Wen said, adding that international cooperation in 5G technology, industry and application should be

strengthened.

AG600 seaplane’s test flight

Kunlong, China’s homegrown AG600 large amphibious aircraft, conducted its first sea-based test flight on

Sunday morning, marking a new milestone in the program.

The AG600 is China’s second amphibious aircraft, after the SH-5, which was developed in the 1970s for

military purposes and has been retired for a long time.

These specifications make it the world’s biggest amphibious aircraft, surpassing Japan’s ShinMaywa US-2 and

Russia’s Beriev Be-200.

Once in service, it will put an end to the absence of a large rescue aircraft in China and will be very useful in

the national emergency rescue and disaster relief systems.

Beidou products land abroad

According to Ran Chengqi, director general of China Satellite Navigation Office, Beidou has been constantly

deepening its compatibility, interoperability and cooperation with the US’ GPS, Russia’s GLONASS and the EU’s

Galileo. It has also entered international organizations of civil aviation, maritime affairs, search and rescue

satellites and mobile communication.

BDS-based services have been successfully applied in land mapping, precision farming, digital development

and smart port construction in member countries of ASEAN, South Asia, Eastern Europe, West Asia and Africa.

1. What can we learn from this passage? A. The total number of 5G phones has reached a new level.

B. Kunlong, unlike SH-5, is not just for military purposes.

C. Technologies mentioned above need more cooperation with others.

D. BDS-based services have been provided for users in many countries.

2. Which of the following is most probably related to agriculture?

A. 5G phones B. BDS-based services

C. AG600 seaplane D. Beriev Be-200

3. If your friend did a course in marketing management, he may choose a job in a ________.

A. 5G technology related market B. large amphibious aircraft

C. BDS-based project D. China Satellite Navigation Office

B

Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk and Richard Branson have a combined net worth of 400 billion, roughly the size of the

GDP of the entire nation of Ireland. And all three men have decided to put vast sums of their wealth into chasing

their space travel dreams, creating a modern space race in which ultra — rich men — rather than countries —

shoot for the stars.

But why the three billionaires choose the crazy plan? Just for the travel dreams? It’s not that simple.

As we all know, the space travel is a mirror of comprehensive national strength, whether it’s the cold war or

the present. The first space racespannedmultiple presidents and premiers — Kennedy, Krushchev, Brezhnev, Nixon.

It made heroes of astronauts and cosmonauts, and it focused national prides. But obviously, this year’s race

between the billionaires features none of that national pride or opposing ideas. It’s tax — averse tycoons (大亨)

who want to sell high — priced tickets to rich people interested in experiencing weightlessness. Amazon’s Bezos

has said he is funding his portion by selling off large chunks of his Amazon stock (股票) — 1 billion or more a year.

What are the odds? If anyone is taking bets on how this will end, and who will have the more profitable space

tourism business, consider Amazon’s method of making very little profit in order to eat up competition. So, from

this point of view, what’s hiding behind this crazy race is business. As a method of expand influence, it is not a bad

idea.

Richard Branson has carried out his plan on July 12, and Jeff Bezos announced that he will start his space

travel on July 20. Bezos is getting some good press because he’s taking Wally Funk along for the ride. She’s the

pilot now in her 80s who was kept out of space in the 1960s because she’s a woman. This may be a bonus for him.

As for Musk, he thinks these two above are not real space trips, he wants a larger move.