2020年华师附属高级中学高三英语第四次联考试题及答案解析

2020年华师附属高级中学高三英语第四次联考试题及答案解析

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

ByteDance（字节跳动）Group’s TikTok, an overseas version of Chinese short video sharing app Douyin, faces

an existential crisis in the United States, as murmurs of a “crackdown”（强制取缔）from the White House forced

the Chinese company toengage in talks on selling its US business to Microsoft.

TikTok is the fastest-growing registered global mobile internet app, with more than 100 million users, and its

rapid growth, especially in the US, is seen as a threat to Facebook. The US government has long viewed globally

competitive Chinese high-tech companies including Huawei as a threat and done whatever it could to crack down

on（打击）them in the name of “national security”.

The US government has not introduced any specific policy against TikTok only threatened it through a

number of unclear statements.

According to the latest media reports, Microsoft is prepared to press ahead withthe negotiations to take over

TikTok’s US operations and complete the negotiations by Sept 15, following talks between Microsoft CEO Satya

Nadella and US President Donald Trump.

This means that TikTok will have to hand its fate over to some unpredictable power, and even have to sell its

assets without the option of setting a price.

The US government has failed to find a reasonable legal excuse to deal with TikTok. All private data of TikTok’s

US users are stored in the US and are unlikely to be transferred. Considering the US government is trying to deal

with TikTok in a political way, TikTok should consider incorporating（合并）the dispute into the US legal process to

assert（坚持）its legal rights and interests.

TiKTok’s core value lies in its unique algorithms,a product of artificial intelligence that represents the

expertise of Chinese engineers and programmers with high-value intellectual property.

The US government’s move, which has forced ByteDance to sell TikTok to a US company, is similar to a forced

technology transfer and an example of the US’ openseizureof Chinese intellectual property.