2020届宜昌市第一中学高三英语期中考试试卷及答案解析

2020届宜昌市第一中学高三英语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

A

While Jennifer was at home taking an online exam for her business law class, a monitor（监控器）a few

hundred miles away was watching her every move.

Using a web camera equipped in Jennifer'sLos Angelesapartment, the monitor inPhoenixtracked how

frequently her eyes moved from the computer screen and listened for the secret sounds of a possible helper in the

room. Her Internet access was locked remotely to prevent Internet searches, and her typing style was analyzed to

make sure she was who she said she was: Did she enter her student number at the same speed as she had in the

past？Or was she slowing down？

In the battle against cheating, this is thecutting edgeand a key to encourage honesty in the booming field of

online education. This technology gives trust to the entire system, to the institution and to online education in

general. Only with solid measures against cheating, experts say, can Internet universities show that their exams

and diplomas are valid — that students haven't searched the Internet to get the right answers.

Although online classes have existed for more than a decade, the concern over cheating has become sharper

in the last year with the growth of "open online courses". Private colleges, public universities and corporations are

jumping into the online education field, spending millions of dollars to attract potential students, while also taking

steps to help guarantee honesty at a distance.

Aside from the web cameras, a number of other high-tech methods are becoming increasingly popular.

Among them are programs that check students’ identities using personal information, such as the telephone

numbers they once used.

Other programs can produce unique exams by drawing on a large list of questions and can recognize possible

cheaters by analyzing whether difficult test questions are answered at the same speed as easy ones. As in many

university classes, term papers are scanned against some large Internet data banks for cheating.

1. Why was Jennifer watched in an online exam?

A. To correct her typing mistakes.

B. To find her secrets in the room.

C. To keep her from dishonest deeds. D. To prevent her from slowing down.

2. What does the underlined expression "cutting edge" in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A. sharpening tool B. advanced technique

C. effective rule D. dividing line

3. How can some programs find out possiblecheaters?

A. By scanning the Internet test questions.

B. By checking the question answering speed.

C. By producing a large number of questions.

D. By giving difficult test questions.

B

When my friend suggested going to the op shop (二手商店)，instantly I thought “I hope no one I know sees

me”. It was the same when my cousin commented on my new furniture and Japanese, fine-bone-china bowls and

asked where I got them. They were from the local op shop but instead I said “from the antique shop”.

Many people in my Greek-Cypriot community would look down on me if I said I shopped at the op shop. They

may pity me, consider me poor, a failure. Immigrants sacrificed their families and homes for a better life. Buying a

house and having enough money to live comfortably, to educate your children and see them also live comfortably,

are a big part of the immigrant dream, But has this dream made us materialistic at the cost of our own planet?

Our love for purchasing the latest trendy clothes or furniture, then donating them when we are tired of them

has become normal. I was once like this. But after watching the documentaryThe True CostI learned donated

clothes that don’t get sold are sent to developing nations, many of them ending up in landfills (垃圾填埋地). In

addition, your new dress requires electricity and materials to make. But if you buy a second-hand dress, that’s one

less dress in a landfill and one less new dress to be made.

A friend introduced me to op shopping only a few years ago. My firstitem was a dress she gifted me. It was

lovely and I loved it. Nobody could tell it was second-hand. This opened me up to purchasing more second-hand

high quality branded clothes. Once I visited a friend and was impressed by how she decorated her apartment. “It’s

all second-hand,” she said. I couldn’t believe it. The truth is a lot of things sold at the op shop are in new or almost

new condition. That’s when I made the decision to only buy second-hand things.

Selling second-hand things isn’t anything new butwhat the planet needs is more buyers. There is so much

excess (过量) production in the world. So stop feeling ashamed, and let’s get shopping.