2020届广东省东莞市厚街中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及答案解析.pdf
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1、20202020 届广东省东莞市厚街中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及答案解届广东省东莞市厚街中学高三英语下学期期中考试试题及答案解析析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 ASilicon Valley VolunteersDo you want to give back to your community while making new friends?Silicon Valley Vo
2、lunteers is anorganization that includes both wishes.The organization is designed to help people find opportunities tovolunteer in theirlocal community while meeting others with similar interests.Silicon Valley Volunteers focuses onproviding opportunities that fit into the busy schedules(日程安排)of pro
3、fessionals.Many opportunities listed onthe site are in the evenings or weekends.Please browse(浏览)the website to learn more about the organization.In addition to volunteeropportunities,there are other opportunities for becoming a leader as well.For any questions about the group,.Discussion about the
4、groupCourtney H:Hey everyone.Im new to this group and would love to start meeting up with you guys.Im alittle unclear on how this group works.When you guys go ahead and have an event can someone message me theinfomation?Thanks so much.Former member:How about an online discussion for ways we can stil
5、l volunteer.I just checked in here andthought there would be online activities!Maria O:We need volunteers on Friday,November 8th for The Silicon Valley Philanthropy Day!Volunteerswould act as greeters,check-in registrars,and ushers(接待员).The event is from 11 am to 1:30 pm on Nov.8th.Firstcome,firstse
6、rve!1.What is one of the purposes of the organization?A.To help find job opportunities.B.To help make new friends.C.To help develop a new hobby.D.To help experience the joy of sharing.2.Where can you learn more about the organization?A.In the magazine.B.In the newspaper.C.On the Internet.D.On TV.3.W
7、hat kind of volunteers are needed from Maria O?A.Baby-sitters.B.Translators.C.Teachers.D.Greeters.BBob,a Burroughs junior high school football player,always had his mom cheering him on.He didnt playexciting positions.He played as a linebacker(中后卫球员).Sadly,he often found himself at the bottom of the
8、piles,where everyone would jump onto each other at the end of every play.Bobs mom realized it was hard for her sonto hear her cheering.She hadto find a solution,but couldnt find one.Then one day the coach from the school team asked him if he wanted to join the team.Bob wasecstatic,because he was onl
9、y a ninth grader.His mom was also excited,since she loved football and especially lovedwatching her son play.She kept considering a way for him to hear her.A cowbell!That was it.Now from thebottom of the piles Bob would hear his mom shaking her cowbell crazily,knowing she was there for him.Bobs team
10、 finally made it to the state championship game.What exciting time to play at Busch Stadiumunder the lights!This experience made Bob appreciate all the years that his mom had sacrificed everything to gethim to practice every day,to wash his uniforms,and to never miss a game.He had to do something.On
11、 the night of the state championship game,the loudspeakers introduced Bob,and as he walked onto thefield his mom shook the cowbell,hard.However,it didnt sound right.She looked its inside,and found a notesaying,”Thank you,Mom.”Bob had left her a note expressing his appreciation for always being with
12、him,filling herheart with warmth.Finally Burroughs claimed the title of State Champion.While others were cheering and admiring the statechampionship cup,Bob s mom clutched(紧握)her cowbell happily.Years later,Bobs mom died.While digging through her belongings,he found the cowbell with the note.Bobtook
13、 it to his moms funeral and rang it,whispering,Thank you,Mom.”4.What does the underlined word ecstatic”mean in Paragraph 2?A.CuriousB.DisappointedC.AnxiousD.Delighted5.Why did Bobs mom want to get a cowbell?A.To amuse her cow.B.To teach her cowC.To attract his attention.D.To make him hear her6.What
14、can be learned from Paragraph 3?A.Bobs mom devoted much time to himB.Bob was the best player in his teamC.Bob owed his success to his coachD.Bobs mom was a football player at college7.Why didnt the cowbell sound as usual that night?A.The mother was very weak.B.Bob had put a note inside the bell.C.Th
15、e weather became terrible suddenlyD.The bell had been broken deliberates.CBy mid-century there will likely be 9 billion people on the planet,using ever more resources and leading evermore technologically complex lives.What will our cities be like?How much will artificialintelligence(AI)advance?Will
16、global warming cause disastrous changes,or will we be able to engineer our way out of the climate changeissues?Recently,the magazineBig Thinkasked top minds from a variety of fields to weigh in on what the futureholds 40 years from now.The result is as follows.Its likely that by 2050 the majority of
17、 the people in the world will live in urban areas and will have a muchhigher average age than people today.Cities theorist Richard thinks urbanization will transform the educationsystem of,making our economy less houses driven and removing the divisions between home and work.And rapidly advancing te
18、chnology will continue ever more rapidly.Cities of the future wont look like“somesort of science-fiction fantasy”,but its likely that technological advances and information overlays(VR and AR)willgreatly change how we live.Self-driving cars will make the roads safer and provide faster transports.A l
19、argerversion of driverless cars-driverless trucks may make long-distance drivers out of date.Some long view predictions are completelydire.Environmentalist Bill says that if we dont make greatprogress in fighting global warming,its likely we could see out-of-control rises in sea levels,huge crop sho
20、rtfallsand wars over limited freshwater resources.In terms of how we will eat,green markets founder and“real food supporter Nina believes that there will bemore small milk processing plants and more regional food operations and well be healthier as a result.New YorkTimeswriter Mark thinks that peopl
21、e will eat fewer processed foods and eat foods grown closer to where they live.And more people will be aware of the ethical responsibility to grow foods.8.What may happen by 2050 based on the magazineBig Think?A.Education will be driven by economy.B.The majority of people will be taller.C.AI will ca
22、use disastrous changes.D.Most people will live in big cities.9.What do we know about technology in the future according to Paragraph 3?A.It will make people live in science-fiction fantasy.B.It will ensure safer transports due to faster cars.C.It will greatly change the way in which people live.D.It
23、 will increase the number of long-distance drivers.10.What does the underlined word dire in Paragraph 4 mean?A.Magical.B.Terrible.C.Ridiculous.D.Meaningful.11.What does Nina think of foods in the future?A.People will eat healthier and fresher foods.B.Land-raised farm systems will be improved.C.There
24、 will be smaller regional food operations,D.Food supplies will become much more limited.DMost animals living in crowded conditions have particularly strong immune systems,so it long puzzledresearchers that honeybees do not.Part of the answer,discovered in 2015,is that queen bees vaccinate their eggs
25、 by moving parts of proteinsfrom disease-causing pathogens to them before they are laid.These act as antigens totriggerthe development of aprotective immune response in the developing young.But that observation raises the question of how the queenreceives her antigen supply in the first place?Dr.Har
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