内蒙古包头市回民中学2020届高三下学期开学考试英语试卷

2019-2020包头回中高三英语试卷

本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟。

第一部分阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Check off the Four Corners

Arizona, Utah, Colorado and New Mexico are not simply the only four American states

that meet at a single point, but they also host the US's greatest concentration of national

parks.

This is the place to come for that classic scene of the lonely desert road extending to

the horizon. On your way，take in

such sights as the Monument Valley and the mysterious remains of centuries-old

civilizations in Colorado's Mesa Verde.

Find beauty in the desert

With many miles of excellent roads, a self-drive trip in Namibia makes total sense.

Plan a route north from capital Windhoek to wildlife-rich Etosha National Park ， before

crossing Damaraland to reach the Skeleton Coast. The most impressive desert views are

in the Namib-Naulduft National Park to the south. At Sossusvlei, the landscape takes on

the quality of a surrealist (超现实的) painting.

Cross half a continent

The 1,761-mile-long Stuart Highway runs north to south through Australia's Red

Centre. It is not a road where every turn shows new wonders; the reward of this trip

comes in the gradual change in your surroundings, from red soils' in Australia's

outback to the tropical (热带的) leaves of the Indian Ocean coast.

Take the high road

Among all the crashing of continental plates that raised up the Canadian Rockies, a

144-mile route was left more or less clear at their center. The Ice fields Parkway now

passes through this amazing scenery; with the access it brings to icy lakes, waterfalls and

ice fields, the section between Banff and Jasper has a good claim to being the most scenic

in the world.

1.Where can you experience ancient civilizations?

A.In Australia's Red Centre. B.In the Canadian Rockies.

C.In Colorado's Mesa Verde. D.In the Namib-Naukluft National Park.

2.What can you do when driving along the Stuart Highway?

A.Enjoy the impressive turns of the road. B.Explore the dangerous Red Centre.

C.Appreciate the changing surroundings. D.Drive through the tropical forests.

3.Which can offer you the most wonderful scenery on earth?

A.Check off the Four Corners B.Find beauty in the desert

C.Cross half a continent D.Take the high road

B

On a comfortable sunny Sunday, I was going to meet an old university friend I hadn't

seen for years, and was really excited to hear all his news. My train was running a little

late, but that was no big problem-I could text him to say I would be delayed. He would

understand. But where was my mobile phone? I had that familiar sinking feeling. Yes, I'd

left it at home.

No mobile phone. I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling anxious, on edge and worried when

I don't have my phone with me.

In fact, I know I'm not alone: two-thirds of us experience this "nomophobia".

That's according to a study which surveyed 1,000 people in the UK about their

relationship with mobile phones, which says we check our mobile phones 34 times a day,

that women are more "nomophobia" than men, and that 18-24-year-olds are the most

likely to suffer fear of being without their mobiles: 77% of them say they are unable to be

apart from their phones for more than a few minutes.

Do you have a "nomophobia"?

●You never turn your phone off.

●You obsessively (若迷似地) check for texts, missed calls and emails.

●You always take your phone to the bathroom with you.

●You never let the battery out.

It's funny to think that around 20 years ago the only people with mobile phones would

be businesspersons carrying their large, plastic "bricks". Of course, these days, mobile

phones are everywhere. Its subscriptions has outnumbered people across the world.

And when there are more phones than people in the world, maybe it's time to

ask who really is in charge? Are you in control of your phone, or does your phone

control you? So, what happened with my university friend? When I arrived a few minutes

late he just laughed and said: "You haven't changed at all—still always late!" And we

had a great afternoon catching up, full of jokes and stories, with no interruptions and

no nagging ( 唠 叨 的 ) desire to check my phone.

Not having it with me felt strangely liberating. Maybe I'll leave it at home on purpose

next time.

4.What does the underlined word "nomophobia" in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A.The fear of being out of mobile phone contact. B.The addiction to keeping mobile

phones at hand. C.The feeling of being alone and left behind. D.The suffering of being

anxious and worried.

5.Why dos the author mention businesspersons in the passage?