2020-2021学年德州市第一中学高三英语一模试题及答案解析

2020-2021学年德州市第一中学高三英语一模试题及答案解析

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

I started working with my hands at a young age. The youngest of five brothers, I took on the role as a

“maintenance (维修) man” at an early age for our family’s small grocery store. Often my dad wouldn’t give me a

clear idea of how something shouldbe done, so I just had to figure it out by researching or through trial and error.

Fast forward to 2016 and those problem-solving skills would become the focus of Tippecanoe High School’s

Homebuilding class. I knew I wanted to teach the students skills that went beyond just being able to hammer nails

or cut pieces of two-by-fours. The problem was that we didn’t have the resources at the time to do much else.

The idea of attracting some type of funding seemed very important. Designing, building and selling a tiny house on

wheels seemed like the perfect project to accomplishthe task. I reached out to a number of local businesses and

most of them responded with the greatest support for what x k w we were doing.

This year we added a new element to the program. Through one of our partners, we were able to connect

with the nonprofit Veteran’s Ananda Incorporated. Students in the Homebuilding class are leading the design and

production of micro houses to be donated to this organization. The new partnership gives the students another

focus to consider when designing and building the houses.

There has been no shortage of students since our first year. Three years ago we had 41 students, the next 191,

and this year it was limited to just over 160 students so we could have a safe and manageable classroom

environment. The number of girls taking the class has risen steadily over the last few years as well. This class offers

something for everyone and the skills are universal.

1. How can we describe the young author?

A. He opened a small grocery store.

B. He did a lot of research in the lab.

C. He enjoyed doing hands-on activities.

D. He learnt about maintenance from his father.

2. What do the underlined words “the task” in paragraph 2 refer to?

A. Getting some financial support.

B. Selling a tiny house on wheels. C. Reaching out to many local businesses.

D. Offering the students some problem-solving skills.

3. What can be inferred about the Homebuilding class from the last paragraph?

A. Its size needs increasing.

B. Itis popular with the students.

C. It has caused some safety concerns.

D. Its classroom environment is hard to manage.

B

The connection between people and plants has long been the subject of scientific research. Recent studies

have found positive effects. A study conductedin Youngstown，Ohio，for example, discovered that greener areas of

the city experienced less crime. In another，employees were shown to be 15% more productive when their

workplaces were decorated with houseplants.

The engineers at the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology(MIT)have taken it a step further changing the

actual composition of plants in order to get them to perform diverse，even unusual functions. These include plants

that have sensors printed onto their leaves to show when they’re short of water and a plant that can detect

harmful chemicals in groundwater.＂We’re thinking about how we can engineer plants to replace functions of the

things that we use every day,＂explained Michael Strano, a professor of chemical engineering at MIT.

One of his latest projects has been to make plants glow(发光)in experiments using some common vegetables.

Strano’s team found that they could create a faint light for three-and-a-half hours. The light，about

one-thousandth of the amount needed to read by，is just a start. The technology, Strano said, could one day be

used to light the rooms or even to turn trees into self-powered street lamps.

In the future，the team hopes to develop a version of the technology that can be sprayed onto plant leaves in

a one-off treatment that would last the plant’s lifetime. The engineers are also trying to develop an on and off＂switch＂where the glow would fade when exposed to daylight.

Lighting accounts for about 7% of the total electricity consumed in the US. Since lighting is often far removed

from the power source(电源)-such as the distance from a power plant to street lamps on a remote highway-a lot

of energy is lost during transmission(传输).Glowing plants could reduce this distance and therefore help save

energy.

4. What is the first paragraph mainly about?

A. A new study of different plants.