2019届高三英语上学期期中试题(8)

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说明：本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）。满分120分，考试时间100分钟。答案写在答题卡上，交卷时只交答题卡。

第I卷选择题（共两节，满分70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和D中，选出最佳选项。

A

Philadelphia offers a ton of attractions that are suitable for people of every age and here are some family—friendly attractions.

Spruce Street Harbor Park

Spruce Street Harbor Park, one of the best urban beaches in America, is an outdoor heaven on the Delaware River waterfront. Visitors can relax in a hammock, play on the playgrounds, and play games like table tennis and giant chess. Don't miss out on the park at night, when colorful LED lights hanging from treetops make the entire area bright.

Blue Cross RiverRink

Offering ice skating in the winter and roller skating in the summer, Blue Cross RiverRink creates a fun, outdoor experience for the whole family. Visitors can play on the nine-hole mini-golf course during the summer, and enjoy eats and drinks from the on-site bar and restaurant all year round.

Sesame Place

Big Bird, Elmo and the other stars of Sesame Street come

out and play at Sesame Place, the only theme park in the

nation starring the popular TV show's most lovable characters.

A water park, interactive activities, parades, fireworks and

shows add to the fun.

Once Upon a Nation Storytelling Benches

On summer days, uniformed and professional storytellers at

13 storytelling benches throughout Philadelphia's Historic

District entertain visitors with true, free, three-to-five

minute tales about the colonial era as part of Once Upon a

Nation. Children can pick up a Story Flag at any storytelling

bench, and then collect a star from every storyteller on

their journeys. Flags with all the stars can get free rides

on the Parx Liberty Carousel at Franklin Square.

1.Who would most probably go to Spruce Street Harbor Park?

A.People who are fond of colorful treetops.

B.People who want a relaxing day outdoors.

C.People who have a preference for

skating.

D.People who are interested in water activities.

2.Which place would fans of Big Bird be interested in?

A.Sesame Place.

B. Blue Cross RiverRink.

C. Spruce Street Harbor Park.

D. The Parx Liberty

Carousel.

3. What can we know about Philadelphia Storytelling Benches?

A. It can be visited all year

round. B. It is available at a small charge.

C. It has educational significance.

D. It is aimed

at serving the public.

4. What is the text aimed at?

A. Telling what we can do in some places.

B. Encouraging people to visit Philadelphia.

C. Recommending some places for family

fun.

D. Comparing some attractions in Philadelphia.

B

A company has just launched what it calls “the world’s first free standardized English test” recently. Anyone can take the test for free. The new exam is called the EFSET, which is short for Education First Standardized English Test. The company, Education First, is known by the letters EF.

It is estimated that there are two billion English language learners worldwide. Many of them are interested in

attending an American college or university. To do so, foreign students need to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language—better known as TOEFL. However, many foreigners are not wealthy enough to take the TOEFL. In addition, test-takers often have to travel overnight to reach an official testing site. The World Bank says an average Cambodian worker earns only about $1,000 per year. Approximately the cost of taking the TOEFL is 17.5 percent of the average worker’s yearly wage.

It is not just individuals who find the test pricey. Some governments also find it prohibitive. What’s more, not everyone needs official results from the TOEFL or IELTS—the International English Language Testing System. In the future, it’s likely that the government may use the EFSET t o test millions of employees and students.

Experts believe that the EFSET meets the highest value in language testing. It uses special computer software that makes the questions easier or harder, depending on one’s performance. The EFSET measures all the English learners’ levels while the IELTS and TOEFL only measure learners’ levels from intermediate to advanced. The EFSET is unique in the sense that it gives free online access to anyone interested in measuring their English level.

There is a 50-minute and a two-hour version of the test,

which its developers are calling the EFSET Plus. Both versions test only reading and listening skills. It’s

hopeful that speaking and writing skills will be tested in

the future. The IELTS and the TOEFL still use humans to rate

the speaking and writing sections. It’s a huge deal for students who are in areas where they can’t get to the TOEFL

or the IELTS. However, it is too early to know whether the

EFSET results are acceptable for colleges and universities in America.

5.Why do many foreign students take the TOEFL?

A. To learn English well.

B. To be admitted to key universities.

C. To receive further education in America.

D. To find good jobs and earn much money.

6. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A. Only wealthy people can take the TOEFL.

B. The cost of taking the TOEFL is very high.

C. There are many official testing sites for the TOEFL

around the world.

D. Few of the students in Cambodia can afford to take the TOEFL.

7. What can we learn about the EFSET?

A. It is similar to the TOEFL and the IELTS.

B. Everybody with different English levels can take it for

free.

C. It tests the skills of reading, listening, writing and speaking.

D. American universities accept the EFSET results for admission.

C

Researchers have created a backpack that has a computer and medicines in it that can help even untrained soldiers save the lives of wounded troops. Wounded soldiers have a better chance of survival if they get help soon after being hurt and are quickly taken to a hospital or clinic. But soldiers who do not have medical training may not know how to help their injured friends.

Doctors and engineers have developed what they call an “intelligent backpack”. It has a computer and electronic measuring devices. The backpack also has robotic instruments and medicines ready to give to injured troops.

About 16 doctors and engineers from the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University and several other places are working on the project. The U. S. Department of Defense has given money to the project.

Ron Poropatich leads the project. He is a retired army surgeon. He says the backpack will help soldiers care for

those who are injured. The devices included in the backpack can monitor a person’s heart rate and blood pressure. The robotic instruments can even tell whether the soldier has a collapsed lung.

The intelligent backpack’s computer can compare information gathered about the injured soldier with thousands of similar cases, and quickly tell the best methods to use to save the soldier’s life.

Sometimes, it is not always possible to quickly remove the injured soldier from the battlefield. So, Dr. Poropatich says, the researchers hope to create a backpack that will have devices that can keep a soldier alive for a long time. Dr. Poropatich hopes the backpack and its instruments will be ready for testing animals in about three years.

8. We can learn from Paragraph 1 _________.

A. most of the soldiers can’t use the backpack correctly

B. soldiers should have taken medical training

C. war or battle has brought harm to the world

D. the backpack can play a big part in the battlefield

9. How many kinds of items are mentioned in the backpack?

A. 3

B. 4

C. 2

D. 5

10. According to Ron Poropatich, we know that ________.

A. the injurer's heart disease can be cured

B. the devices can adjust soldiers’ blood pressure

C. the robotic instruments can monitor lungs

D. the project got support from the whole world

11. Which is the best title for the passage?

A. Emergency Medical Care in a Backpack.

B. Robotic Devices Used in the Battlefield.

C. Medical Care Tested on the Wounded Soldiers.

D. Researchers and Their Wonderful Discovery.

D

To be honest, I do not know Sybrina Fulton. Nor can I claim to understand the depth of her pain. Yet, we share a deep connection. A common feature experienced by those women who face the challenge of raising a Black male child in a nation that far too often views Black male bodies through fear. You see, Ms. Fulton is living my nightmare (噩梦). A constant worry that has stayed in the back of my mind since the birth of my eldest son, some sixteen years ago.

Through the years, I have witnessed the world’s reaction to my son evolve as he has grown from a small boy to a young man. In his early years, his easy smile and lovable character were nothing less than magnetic (有磁性的). Complete strangers would approach him in the street, draw him into conversation, and find themselves easily struck by his lively spirit. Even at that time I worried, how would my son react when in the years to come some of those who found

themselves so impressed by this cute, intelligent boy, might grasp their purse tighter as he walked by.

Over the years I have sought to protect his spirit from the hurt that comes from undeserved hatred. I have also sought to arm him with the knowledge that could one day save his life. He knows, for example, that if he is ever pulled over by the police, that he is to keep both hands on the wheel at all times and only reach for his license when the officer is specifically observing his actions. He knows, even in less threatening situations, that rough play and loud interactions with his buddies of any color will be viewed very differently when he does it, than when his white friends display the very same behavior. Still, the truth of the matter is, no amount of advice or voiceless behavior overcomes the physical, immovable fact of the color of his skin. His intelligence, easy smile, and lovable character won't protect him from unfounded assumptions of criminality.

What makes the Trayvon Martin travesty (歪曲) of justice so painful to me, personally, is the knowledge that Trayvon’s mother loved her bab y no less than I love mine. The various pictures of moments throughout a happy childhood that have now found a home on nationwide newscasts provides clear evidence of that. Yet no amount of love and care, and no words of advice could have saved her son from the cruel

killing he faced at the hands of a self-appointed neighborhood watch-dog. And perhaps even worse, nothing could have prepared her for the inhuman way her son has been treated by officials even in death. To think for three long days, his parents searched for him while officials failed to inform them of his fate and instead, performed drug and alcohol tests on his lifeless body, while failing to do the same for his attacker—the only one of the two who indeed had a criminal past is frankly, unforgivable. To know that the words of her son's killer were given more weight than eye-witnesses and taped evidence of her child’s screams and eventual death must be heartbreaking. But to also have to live with the fact that his attacker still breathes free while her son lays buried underground is certainly more than any sorrowful parent should have to endure (忍受).

It is this type of pain that is not unfamiliar to the Black experience in America, for this is the Black mothers’ burden. A burden we have endured for centuries. Yet, there is still the rightful expectation, that in modern-day America, the wheels of justice would not be stopped.

So today, it is my hope that Trayvon’s mother, father,

family and friends can take some comfort in the fact that millions of Americans of every color stand with them in their

fight for justice. This is a burden no family should have to endure alone.

We will not give up. We will not forget. We will continue

the fight until justice is done.

12.What do you know about Sybrina Fulton?

A. She was anxious about her

son. B. She was painful to

lose her son.

C. She had trouble in raising her

son. D. She had the same

dream as the writer.

13. By “keep both hands on the wheel at all times” in

Paragraph 3, the writer means her son should __________.

A. get ready to

resist

B. remain where he is

C. pretend to be

scared

D. show his innocence

14. From the story of Trayvon Martin, we can infer that