清华大学中学生标准学术能力诊断性测试2020年5月诊断性测试英语试题

中学生标准学术能力诊断性测试

2020

年

5

月测试

英语试卷

本试卷共

150

分，考试时间

100

分钟。

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阅读理解（共两节，满分

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Summer is that time of this year 2019 when everyone looks to escape from the boring activities of life.

So bring your kids to join us to have fun in the summer camp.

Outdoor Word Game:

All you need to do is setting up many huge letters that can be easily moved. These letters will help kids

spell out certain words. Teenagers would also love something like this as it gives them the opportunity to

invest their time in learning new words.

Spray Painting:

To bring out the creativity in a person, an activity centered on spray painting is the perfect way to get

those creative juices flowing. All you need to do is providing plain white T-shirts and some cans of colored

spray paint. It will be quite surprising to see some of the original ideas that will flow from individuals.

Outdoor Twister:

A person will be in charge of monitoring the game and will call out colors which can be placed outdoors.

Participants have the task of placing either their hands or legs on the same color. A fun and exciting game

focuses on hand- eye coordination

（协调）

.

The Maze

（迷宫）

:

One of the funniest games is the hallway maze game where a maze is constructed from either toilet paper

or strings of paper. The chosen participant is then asked to make his way through the maze within a limited

time without touching paper. This is one of the best and entertaining summer camp ideas for kids and adults

also.

1.

Which activity most probably needs some imagination?

A

．

Outdoor Word Game.

B

．

Spray Painting.

C

．

Outdoor Twister.

D

．

The Maze.

2.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.

The maze is made of toilet paper in The Maze.

B.

You have to spray juice on your T-shirt in Spray Painting.

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C.

Outdoors Twister tests whether you are good at controlling your body movement.

D.

You have to bring some huge letters to play in Outdoor Word Games.

3.

Who is the article intended for?

A.

Parents.

B

．

Children.

C

．

Teachers.

D

．

Teenagers.

B

What makes a person sexy? Looks, talent, public image and how we accordingly view their personality

all play into why we find ourselves attracted to certain celebrities and public figures. Every year, People put

it all together when they name their

“Sexiest

Man

Alive”.

This year, the magazine decided that United States

musician John Roger Stephens, better known as John Legend, has the full package.

The title comes following some impressive achievements for the 40-year-old. He is among the youngest

people to win an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony award, and the first African-American man to win all four

of them. With numerous awards and nominations, an Ivy-League degree, and a handsome face, Legend has

gained huge popularity worldwide. However, his dedication to family life maybe what wins over many.

After getting married to US model Chrissy Teigen in 2013, Legend is the father of one son and one

daughter.

He’s

not shy about telling the world their love is permanent. On the inside of

Legend’s

arm, there

is a tattoo that says “Chrissy Luna Miles”, the names of his wife and children. In fact, Legend has gained

strength from his family since childhood. He still remembers the days when his family would gather around

his

grandmother’s

piano to sing Christmas songs. This inspired his passion for music. His best-known single,

All of Me

, is a love song to his wife. When he performed it at the 2014 Grammy Awards, many were touched

by his delicate voice and the deep love beneath. “The more you know someone, the more you’re inspired by

your relationship,” Legend told

LA Confidential Magazine.

“You

have to grow enough to be able to write

that song with sincerity and authenticit

y.”

Despite his onstage confidence, Legend had to work to become a legend. As a teenager, he was the

smallest kid in class.

“I

was always less mature, less at ease socially. I had plenty of awkward

times,”

he told

People.

“Most of

your

teenage

years,

into

your

twenties,

you’re

still

figuring

out

who

you

are,

how

you

present yourself to the world ... Eventually, I think you get more at ease with

yourself.”

Indeed, knowing who

you are and be yourself could be the real key to attractiveness.

4.

What plays the biggest part in making Legend popular worldwide?

A

．

High-level education.

B

．

Handsome look.

C

．

Efforts put in family.

D

．

Talent in music.

5.

What does the third paragraph mainly talk about?

A.

Legend’s

hobby as a boy.

B.

Legend’s

family members.

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C.

The secret behind

Legend’s

success.

D

．

Composing background of the song

All of Me

.

6.

What can you infer from the passage?

A.

Legend is proud of his success in music.

B.

Legend’s

interest in music originates from his family.

C.

Legend is the first black singer who won the Grammy award.

D.

Legend received the title “Sexiest Man Alive” before he got

married.

7.

What is essential to attractiveness according to Legend?

A.

Being more mature.

B.

Being true to yourself.

C.

Having onstage confidence.

D.

Having attractive appearance.

C

What makes people trustworthy? Do they always tell the truth? Do they always keep their promises? In

the near future, voluntary blood donations might

be used as a clue to prove someone’s trustworthiness.

On Nov 19, the National Health Commission (NHC) and other departments jointly released a document

urging the social credit system to include voluntary blood donations. An incentive mechanism

（激励机制）

is also recommended, to provide donors with more conveniences and rewards like preferential treatment in

using public facilities or visiting government-

run parks, China Daily reported. “We need to show we care

about donors so they feel honored,” Liu Jiang, director of Beijing’s blood donation office, told CCTV.

Indeed, donating blood is key to saving many lives. Due to

blood’s

very limited shelf life, regular blood

donations are needed from a sufficient number of healthy people. This ensures that safe blood will be available

whenever

and

wherever

it

is

needed,

according

to

the

World

Health

Organization.

However,

the

notice

received mixed reviews on social media, with some people questioning whether it was necessary to include

voluntary blood donation in the social credit system, according to the South China Morning Post. The system

records things like a

person’s

career information, and payments for credit cards or other debt expenses are

used to tell whether a person or company is trustworthy. People who cannot pay debts on time would have a

worse credit score, resulting in more difficulties borrowing money from banks, reported the

P

eople’s

Daily.

Many Sina Weibo users believe that blood donations should be voluntary. They say it has little to do

with social credit. Others doubt whether it is appropriate to reward this action because some people would

donate blood for reasons other than helping save

people’s

lives. Guangming Daily commented that only acts

closely linked to personal credit should be included in the social credit system. A voluntary blood donor might

refuse to pay his or her debts, while someone who

doesn’t

donate blood might have a perfect credit record, it

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noted.

8.

What benefit can voluntary blood donors get according to the 2

nd

paragraph?

A

．

Free park tour.

B

．

Free treatment in hospitals.

C

．

Running in government parks.

D

．

Priority in using public facilities.

9.

Why are blood donations regularly needed?

A.

Blood can’t be stored for

long.

B.

Some donated blood is not healthy.

C.

Fewer people are willing to donate blood.

D.

More and more people need blood to get treated.

10.

What can you learn from the last paragraph?

A.

Many blood donors refuse to pay his or her debts.

B.

Whoever donates blood will have a perfect credit record.

C.

It’s

right to reward blood

donators for they save people’s

lives.

D.

Some people agree that voluntary blood donation shouldn’t be linked to social credit.

11

．

What’s the author’s attitude to using voluntary blood donations to prove

trustworthiness?

A

．

Positive.

B

．

Objective.

C

．

Indifferent

D

．

Negative.

D

Five years ago, UK schools began to learn

Shanghai’s

math teaching methods on account of top scores

produced

by

Chinese

teenagers

in

a

global

academic

evaluation.

This

test

is

called

the

Program

for

International

Student

Assessment

(PISA),

run

by

the

organization

for

Economic

Cooperation

and

Development (OECD). Taking around three hours on computers, it mainly focuses on 15-year-

olds’

reading,

math and science abilities. Earlier this month, the latest test results were published.

Students from Beijing and Shanghai, as well as Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces, outperformed students

from the other 78 participating education systems in mathematics and science by a wide margin. In reading

comprehension scores, only Singapore came close. Chinese mainland students first took the tests in 2009,

with Shanghai topping the scores. The city claimed the top spot again in 2012.

The PISA rankings aroused global interest in Chinese teaching methods and as a result, Britain increased

exchanges with Chinese schools to improve its math education. Nearly 600 teachers from Britain and China,

mainly from primary schools, have taken part in the exchange since 2014, and around 5,000 of

Britain’s

16,000 primary schools have adopted the Shanghai math teaching method. In the latest PISA test, Chinese

mainland students averaged 591 points in math

—

more than 100 points higher than the OECD average.

British students averaged 502, jumping from 27th place three years ago to 18th in the math rankings.

Philip Avery,

director of education for the Bohunt Education Trust, UK, said, “We’ve benefited from

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