2020届杭州市大成实验学校高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案.pdf
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1、20202020 届杭州市大成实验学校高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案届杭州市大成实验学校高三英语上学期期中试卷及参考答案第一部分第一部分阅读(共两节,满分阅读(共两节,满分4 40 0 分)分)第一节(共第一节(共 1515 小题;每小题小题;每小题 2 2 分,满分分,满分 3030 分)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 AIn his 402nd anniversary year,Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer.But he w
2、as not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616,and he is certainly not the only writer to haveleft a lasting influence on theater.While less known worldwide,Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highlyspoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramat
3、ic traditions.Tang was born in 1550 inLinchuan,Jiangxiprovince.Unlike Shakespeares large body of plays,poems andsonnets(十四行诗),Tang wrote only four major plays:The Purple Hairpin,Peony Pavilion(牡丹亭),A Dreamunder the Southern bough,and Dream of Handan.The latter three were constructed around a dream n
4、arrative,away through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored humannature beyond the social and political limits of that time.Similar to Shakespeare,Tangs success rode the wave of a renaissance(复兴)in theater as an artistic practice.As in ShakespearesEn
5、gland,Tangs works became hugely popular inChinatoo.During TangsChina,his plays wereenjoyed performed,and changed.Kunqu Opera,a form of musical drama,spread from southernChinato the wholenation and became a symbol of Chinese culture.Combining northern tune and southern music,kunqu Opera wasknown for
6、its poetic language,music,dance movements and gestures.Tangs works benefited greatly from thepopularity of kunqu Opera,and his plays are considered classics of kunqu Opera.While Tang and Shakespeare lived in a world away from each other,there are many things they share incommon,such e humanity of th
7、eir drama,their heroic figures,their love for poetic language,a lasting popularityand the anniversary during which we still celebrate them.1.Why is Shakespeare mentioned in the first paragraph?A.To describe Shakespeares anniversary.B.To introduce the existence of Tang Xianzu.C.To explain the importa
8、nce of Shakespeare.D.To suggest the less popularity of Tang Xianzu.2.Whats possibly one of the main theme of Tangs works?A.Social reality.B.Female dreams.C.Human emotions.D.Political environment.3.What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 4?A.The influence of Kunqu Opera on Tangs works.B.Tang
9、s success in copying Shakespeares styles.C.The way Kunqu Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.D.Tangs popularity for his poetic language and music.BWhen a fire broke out in my home in the middle of the night,I knew Id do anything I could to save my family.The medicine that I take for my rheumato
10、id arthritis causes me to wake up inthe middle of the night with a drymouth.January 15,2016,was no different.I,Indiana,US,awoke at 2:30am needing water.I was walking back upstairs from the kitchen when I heard my bulldog,Rock.Whatever Rock was doing downthere,it made enough noise for me to go to him
11、.By the time I made it to the bottom of the stairs,he was runningup,and he never came up the stairs,no matter what.I think that was his way of telling me,Weve got to go backup.When I got to the top of the stairs,I turned around and saw a light on,but I didnt remember leaving one on.Iwalked downstair
12、s again,and thats when I saw fire.I immediately shouted to my wife to wake up and get ourthree kids.I grabbed a knife and cut out the plastic that covered the window to the porch roof.I then pried openthe window and kicked out the screen.I started screaming for help.But help never came.I got everybo
13、dy out onthe roof and threw a blanket out there so we wouldnt slip off.It was cold,January cold.Then I started screamingfor help.But help never came.Now,Im scared of heights and have physical issues,what with my rheumatoid arthritis,but I couldnt let myfamily burn up.So I jumped off the roof.I didnt
14、 scoot to the edge;I just jumped and got the wind knocked out ofme when I landed.I found our ladder,placed it against the house,and climbed back up to the roof.I wrapped myarms around my daughter and carried my nine-month-old with my teeth,by his little sleeper.Then I climbeddown the ladder.Once on
15、the ground,I had my little girl hold her brother,and I went back up to the roof to get myother daughter.Then I went back up again and got my wife.I tried to get my dog,but he just disappeared in theblack smoke.I never saw him alive again,Im no hero.Im just an ordinary person whod help anybody.This h
16、appened to be the time when I helped myown family.I live to protect my family.Just likeRockhe lived to protect us.4.What made the author wake up at 2:30am?A.My dogs barkingB.The medicines effectC.A burning fireD.A noise downstairs5.How did Rock tell the author the danger downstairs?A.He turned on a
17、light downstairs.B.He ran to the authors room upstairs.C.He kept barking and running up to stairs.D.He made some noise at the bottom of the stairs.6.What did the author do after his family all stood on the roof?A.He placed a blanket to keep warm.B.He started screaming for help.C.He jumped off the ro
18、of.D.He broke open the window and kicked out the screen7.Which ofthe following best describe the author?A.Courageous and responsibleB.Caring and selfishC.Loyal and braveD.Strong and considerateCIn a world simultaneously on fire and underwater thanks to climate change,scientists have announced some g
19、oodnews:Several important tuna(金枪鱼)species have stepped back from the edge of extinction.The unexpectedly fast recovery speaks to the success of efforts over the past decade to end overfishing.But tunaare not the only species scientists are discussing at the 2021 World Conservation Congress in Marse
20、ille,France,which is organized by the International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN).Researchers caution that manyother marine species remainimperiled.For instance,more than a third of the worlds sharks remain threatenedwith extinction due to overfishing,habitat loss,and climate change.“I thin
21、k the good news is that sustainable fisheries are possible,”says Beth Polidoro,a marine biologist atArizona State University.“We can eat fish in a proper way and without driving the population to the point where itis on the road to collapse or extinction.At the same time,she warned that the changes
22、in status should not be anreason to catch as many fish as we want.The IUCN,which ranks the worlds most endangered species on its Red List of Threatened Species and isbacked by 16,000 experts across the globe,also announced at the meeting that some animals are moving in theother direction,onto the Re
23、d List.One notable example is the Komodo dragon,an island-living lizard at particularrisk from climate change.For the better part of two decades,Polidoro has been part of a specialist group tasked with assessing thestatuses of more than 60 species of tuna and billfishes for the IUCN.Her team announc
24、ed its first comprehensivefindings in 2011,mentioning that a number of commercially fished tuna species were dangerously close todisappearing.According to the new data,the Atlantic bluefin tuna(Thunnus thynnus),once listed as endangered,now qualifies for a status of least concern.As does the yellowf
25、in tuna(Thunnus albacares)and albacore tuna(Thunnus alalunga),which were both considered near-threatened the last time they were assessed.8.What does the underlined word“imperiled”in paragraph 2 mean?A.EndangeredB.ConservedC.ExtinctD.Safe9.What can we infer from Polidoros words?A.Too many fish are b
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