黑龙江省哈尔滨师范大学附属中学2021届高三上学期期中考试英语试题

哈师大附中

2018

级高三学年上学期期中试题

英

语

试

卷

2020.11

(

满分

150

分

时间

120

分钟

)

第

I

卷

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

、

< br>B

、

C

和

D

）中， 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该

项涂黑。

A

If you’re new to San Francisco, paying the city a visit, or simply looking for a

new playground for you

and your dog, here are four of the finest dog parks in San Francisco.

＊

Corona Heights Dog Park

Often visited by residents from all over the city because of its nearness to the Randall Museum, Corona

Heights Dog Park offers pets and owners breathtaking view after a steep hillside climb, and a fenced dog area

that allows dogs to let loose without a leash

（狗链）

. Owners will also enjoy the playground, tennis courts and

basketball courts.

＊

Dolores Dog Park

The

grounds

of

Dolores

Park

once

served

as

camps

for

those

who

were

left

homeless

by

the

1906

earthquake,

but

now

are

often

visited

by

crowds

of

Mission

District

people.

Four-legged

friends

can

also

wander about carefree off-leash while making friends with other members of the doggie community.

＊

Pine Lake Dog Park

Famous for its place as a rest stop for hundreds of species of birds to fly to and from warmer climates, Pine

Lake Park is also prized by city dogs and their owners for their nice hiking paths, picturesque lake suited for

swimming, and off-

leash area on the park’s west end that lets dogs run free.

＊

Buena Vista Dog Park

With a history of 146 years, Buena Vista Park is San Francisco’s oldest park. Dogs and owners with plus

energy will love burning it on this park’s steep paths and w

inding staircases. Dog owners should have good

control over their dogs, as it’s quite easy for dogs to get separated when going through Buena Vista’s many

twists and turns.

1.

Why do dog owners take their pets to Dolores Dog Park?

A. To let them socialize.

B. To give them rescue lessons.

C. To help them lose weight.

D. To increase their physical activities.

2.

Which dog park is popular with bird lovers?

A. Dolores Dog Park.

B. Pine Lake Dog

Park.

C. Buena Vista Dog Park.

D. Corona Heights Dog Park.

3.

What is special about Buena Vista Dog Park?

A. Dogs can go climbing.

B. It is close to a museum.

C. Dogs must be on a leash.

D. It is suitable for swimming.

B

Quietly sitting there reading, I found myself suddenly listening to the train guard’s announceme

nts. Train

travelers will surely agree that when the guard makes an announcement, whether it’s the recorded message or

the guard’s message, few people listen to it, because it’s often quite dull or hard to understand. This one was

different. I noticed that other passengers appeared to be listening, too. Not only that, everyone was smiling!

Why was so much attention being paid to this message? As best I can recall, the guard said these lines,

“Good Morning Ladies, Gentlemen and Children, this is the 7:35 a.m. from Penrith to Central and you’ll be

pleased to know that we are right on time. And what a lovely morning it is in Sydney today. The sun is shining,

birds are singing, and all’s right with the world. I trust you have a great day wherever you’re going.

Thanks

for catching my train this morning and I hope to see you again

soon.”

Quite

a

few

people

(obviously

previous

passengers)

started

talking

to

one

another

about

the

guard’s

excellent message and how good it had made everyone feel. I started thinking about this, and then I found the

young guard and said “Were you the guard on the 7:35 a.m. from Penrith?” The guard seemed a bit

stunned at

first, replying, “Yes, yes.” “Well, I really appreciate your announcement. Thank you for your extremely good

message,

which gave me and the other passengers such a good start to the day. Please keep doing it.” I said.

There are two messages for me in what happened that day. Firstly, when people are happy in their work it

shows in what they do and say. Secondly, the story attaches much importance to the benefits that accumulate

from thanking people for something they’ve done, particularly when it’s not expected. Can you imagine the

conversation that guard would have when he got home?

4.

Why do few train travelers listen to the announcements?

A. The messages are unattractive.

B. The guard’s voice is not

clear.

C. They usually feel sleepy.

D. They are absorbed in books.

5.

What does the underlined word “stunned” in Paragraph 3

mean?

A. Patient.

B. Cautious.

C. Surprised.

D. Excited.

6.

What might the guard talk about with his family when he got home?

A. The beautiful weather.

B. The recorded message.

C. The train from Penrith.

D. The unexpected appreciation.

7.

Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

A. An Intelligent Guard.

B. A Boring Train Story.

C. A Different Train Announcement.

D. A Lovely Morning in Sydney.

C

Every year, thousands of new high school graduates pack their bags, move to new cities, and sign papers

accepting loans, the money borrowed from a bank or lenders etc., which they might not be able to pay back.

Without proper education on personal finance, especially as it relates to paying for college, young adults are

guided

into

improper

loan

plans

that

result

in

years

of

debt

after

graduation.

In

order

to

set

students

up

to

succeed financially, it is important to educate students and parents on their financial options before school in

the fall. The best way to support families heading for college is to require that every high school student take a

personal finance class before graduation. This will help smooth the transition into adulthood.

The average student takes out at least one loan to cover the costs of their education each year. In 2014 the

average

student

graduating

from

college

carried

a

negative

balance

of

about

$$20,000

in

debt,

which

often

spread over multiple lenders. Upon graduation, students rarely know exactly how much money they owe, and

even though they are in the state of being unable to pay their debts, they cannot wipe out student loans. These

students spend much of their adult lives paying off the gradual increasing debts.

A personal finance course would teach students how to manage their income and expenses, while helping

to

significantly

reduce

the

amount

of

debt

students

carry

into

adulthood.

By

teaching

students

how

to

save

money and live within their means, this course will provide the next generation with a foundation to progress

financially.

Students

choosing

to

get

a

job

straight

out

of

high

school

would

also

benefit

from

finance

education for these very reasons. With education on how to manage their finances, all young people will have

the knowledge to make healthy decisions, leading them to improve good credit and purchase needed items like

cars and homes with skill and confidence.

While not every young person makes financial mistakes, those who do can face years of difficulty trying

to get their finances back under control. Rather than help them through these hard times when they happen, we

should try to prevent them from happening at all. Making the completion of personal finance coursework a

requirement

for

graduation would

ensure

that

young

people

are at

least

aware

of

the

basics

of

preserving

a

financial stability.

8.

After graduation from college, many young people

.

A. struggle to support their families

B. spend years paying off their debts

C. get through the hard times smoothly

D. are able to manage their own finances well

9.

What is the third paragraph mainly about?

A. Advantages of taking a finance course.

B. Ways to improve financial credits.

C. Skills of balancing income and expenses.

D. Introduction to the education on personal finance.

10.

Having financial knowledge, high school students are probably able to

.

A. smooth their way for college

B. get out of their financial trap

C. free from the cost of their college education D. avoid the risk of the future financial trouble

11.

The main purpose of the passage is to

.

A. inform and explain

B. argue and persuade

C. analyze and evaluate

D. discuss and examine

D

Mario Cohn-Haft remembers the sinking feeling he had when he realised the parrot he had come to see

would probably not appear before him again. He had taken a bird-watching tour to the area where the very last

wild Spix’s macaw(

金刚鹦鹉

), a blue parrot native to Brazil, was known to show itself. But that tour was the

first he had led that couldn’t spot it. “I was one of the first people to experience it being extinct in the wild,”

says Cohn-Haft, an ornithologist (

鸟类学家

). That was 20 years ago. No wild Spix’s macaws have been seen

since.

But today there is hope. Spix’s macaws still exist. A small number of breeding pairs are currently living in

captivity (

圈

养

). Conservationists are in the middle of a project to raise healthy birds and prepare them for

release into the wild. The Association for the Conservation of Threatened Parrots (ACTP) is leading current

efforts.

Cromwell Purchase, a director at the ACTP,

explains that the group plans to send 50 Spix’s macaws to

rehabilitation

facilities

in

Brazil,

which

are

currently

under

construction.

If

all

goes

well,

the

birds

will

be

shipped from Germany soon. The conservation team will first practice a technique for releasing the birds on a

small flock of Illiger’s macaws. Then, in 2021, the Spix’s will be released with a small group of the Illiger’s,

which will hopefully help them to adapt to the forest of Caatinga.

The

real

test

will

be

whether

the

birds

take

to

their

native

surroundings

and

whether

they

successfully

breed and raise chicks in the wild. But Brazil wants the plan to work.

“We

know how to reintroduce parrots.

There are now many publications and case studies that show we can get birds out into the wild and have them

survive,” says Don Brightsmith, an expert in parrots. Brightsmith notes one important point —

the birds must

be shown how to raise chicks independently. Otherwise, any reintroduced population will quickly

collapse.

Happily, Purchase says this is something he and his colleagues are working on. Should the birds flourish,

the blue flash of a Spix’s wings might one day be seen again by locals and, perhaps, fascinated groups of bird

-

watchers.

12.

What do we know about Cohn-

Haft’s bird

-watching tour 20 years ago?

A.

It turned out to be fruitless.

B.

It was his last bird-watching tour.

C.

It inspired him to study the Spix’s

macaw.

D.

It allowed him to spot the last wild

Spix’s

macaw.

13.

Which of the following is most likely to take place in 2021?

A.

Some

Spix’s

macaws being sent to their natural habitat.

B.

Some Spix’s macaws and Illiger’s macaws being

crossbred.

C.

Some new Spix’s macaw rehabilitation facilities being

built.

D.

Some breeding Spix’s macaws being imported from

Germany.

14.

Which word can best describe Brightsmith’s tone

of speech?

A. Cautious.

B. Confused.

C. Confident.

ned.

15.

What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer

to?

A.

Case-

studying wild Spix’s

macaws.

B.

Enabling Spix’s macaws to fly

again.

C.

Increasing the population of Spix’s

macaws.

D.

Training

adult Spix’s macaws to be qualified

parents.