2019-2020学年湖南省浏阳市第一中学高三英语期中试题及答案解析

2019-2020学年湖南省浏阳市第一中学高三英语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

Songkran, Thailand

This festival marks the Thai New Year, which is celebrated in the second week of April. This is the hottest time

of the year in Thailand, so it makes sense that the biggest Songkran tradition is to throw water on people. Thais of

all ages join in water fights, using buckets, hoses (软管)and water guns to celebrate the event.

Boryeong Mud Festival, South Korea

Don't expect to come home clean after experiencing the Boryeong Mud Festival in South Korea. Famous for

its mineral-rich mudflats, visitors rush to Boryeong in July to make themselves in mud, swim in grey pools and

enjoy the party. There are even mudslides and a mud skiing competition for those who are seeking the extreme

mud adventure!

La Tomatina, Spain

The festival dates back to a parade in which some naughty teenagers knocked one performer off his stilts (高跷)and caused a fight of throwing vegetables accidentally. It was once banned until 1957 when the locals held a

protest with a funeral. They carried a coffin containing a huge tomato as bands played a funeral march. In the

following decades, La Tomatina has become a popular event. If you join the event, be aware that you squash (压扁)

the tomato before throwing it. Have a great time but avoid causing any injury.

Dia de los Muertos, Mexico

Beginning at the midnight of October 31 and lasting through November 2,it is a festival when families gather

together to remember those loved ones who have died, aiming to help them on their spiritual journey. On these

days, Mexican families prepare special tables in their homes. On top of them they'll put photos of the dead and

their favorite food. They also visit the graves of their beloved ones to show their respect to the dead.

1.If you want to experience a special new year in a country, you can choose to visit ________.

A.Thailand B.South Korea C.Spain D.Mexico

2.What may happen to you as a visitor in La Tomatina?

A.You can perform stilts. B.Your can play funeral music in bands.

C.You may be covered with mud. D.You may be attacked with tomatoes. 3.Which festival is similar to the Tomb Sweeping Festival in China?

A.Songkran. B.Boryeong Mud Festival.

Tomatina. D.Dia de los Muertos.

B

I’ve been putting my passport to good use lately. I use it asa coaster and to level unsteady table legs. It makes

an excellent cat toy.

Welcome to the pandemic (疫情) of disappointments. Canceled trips or ones never planned in case they

would be canceled. Family reunions, study-abroad years, lazy beach vacations. Poof. Gone. Ruined by a tiny virus,

the list of countries where our passports are not welcome is long.

It is not natural for us to be this sedentary (定居的). Travel is in our genes. For most of the time our species

has existed, we've lived as nomadic (游牧的) hunter-gatherers. But what if we can't move? What's a traveler to do?

There are ways to answer that question. "Despair," though, is not one of them.

We are an adaptive species. We can tolerate brief periods of forced sedentariness. We pass the days glancing

through old travel journals and Instagram posts. We gaze at souvenirs. All this helps. For a while. Then, what hope

do we have?

I think hope lies in the very nature of travel. Travel involves wishful thinking. It demands a leap of faith, and of

imagination, to board a plane for some faraway, land. Travel is one of the few activities we engage in not knowing

the outcome and are drunk in that uncertainty. Nothing is more forgettable than the trip that goes exactly as

planned.

That's one reason why I have faith in travel's future. In fact, I'd argue travel is an essential activity. It's not

essential the way hospitals and grocery stores are essential. Travel is essential the way books and hugs are

essential. Food for the soul. Right now, we're between courses, enjoying where we've been, expecting where we'll

go. Maybe it'sZanzibarand maybe it's the campground down the road that you've always wanted to visit.

4. From the first paragraph we learn that the author is _______ .

A. desperate B. humorous

C. bored D. worried

5. From the author's perspective, what's the point of travel?

A. To feel hopeful. B. To make a wish.

C. To take adventures. D. To broaden horizons.

6. How is the passage mainly developed? A. By showing evidences.

B. By providing examples.

C. By making comparisons.

D. By interpreting opinions.

7. What does the passage mainly talk about?