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太原市
2019
届高三上学期期末考试
英语试卷
（考试时间：上
10:00
—
12:00
）
笔试试卷
说明：
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120
分钟，满分
150
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Aye
、
/,
第一卷
第一部分
听力（共两节，满分
30
分）
略
第二部分
阅读理解（共两节，满分
60
分）
第一节（共
15
小题；每小题
3
分，满分
45
分）
阅读下列短文，
从每题所给的四个选项
（
A
、
B
、
C
和
D
）中，选出最佳选项，
答案写在答题卡上。
A
In an effort to inform our citizens to
clear the street snow, the city adopts a snow
removal plan.
Routes used by City
Emergency Services come first. Secondly, connector
streets will be cleared which allow citizens
the greatest access to public roads.
And thirdly, roads within neighborhoods will be
cleared.
Snow removal and ice control
will start when:
* Snow accumulates 4
inches or more.
* Weather conditions do
not endanger the safety of road crew.
*
Snow falls during peak traffic periods of heavy
use of main streets.
Snow and ice
removal will be delayed or cancelled when:
* There is severe cold, significant
wind and limited visibility.
* The
snowfall occurs on the weekend or a holiday and is
not considered a threat to public safety. In that
case, snow
and ice removal may take
place on the next normal weekday.
*
Snow and ice may be left on roadways if melting is
obvious.
Your cooperation is requested
during snow removal and these suggestions may
apply:
* Limit travel during storms.
Travel is possible once roads have been cleared or
salted by the road crew
* Avoid
removing snow from your driveway into the road.
Pile the snow in your yard.
* Park your
vehicles in your driveways and off the road or
walkwalks.
* Keep public sidewalks next
to your house clear of snow and ice.
*
Be responsible for removing this snow which is
thrown by the snow plough
（
犁
）
from your
driveways. Hopefully,
you can
understand this inconvenience.
21.
When will the snow have to be removed
A.
If it reaches a certain
thickness.
B.
If the main
streets are not busy.
C.
If
the snow and ice begin to melt.
D.
If extreme weather makes roads
dangerous.
22.
What should
citizens do to cooperate in the snow removal?
A.
Help to put the salt on
the road.
B.
Pile the snow
nearby to the road.
C.
Throw
the snow into the driveways.
D.
Clear the sidewalks close to their
houses.
23.
Which of the
following is TRUE according to the text?
A.
clearance of emergency
routes has a priority.
B.
Snow and ice must be removed on the
weekends.
C.
Citizens play
the most important tole in snow removal.
D.
The poster is to inform
citizens of an oncoming heavy snow.
B
After finishing a meal at an American
Chinese restaurant you probably expect to receive
a handful of fortune cookies
after you
pay the bill. Fortune cookies are in Chinese
restaurants throughout the United States. It
satisfying toocpraecnka cookie at the
end of your meal and read your
the slip
of paper inside.
The exact origin of
the fortune cookie is unknown. It is thought that
the tasty snack was the first introduced into San
Francisco in 1914, after an immigrant
began distributing the cookie with
notes in them. These
“
thank you
”
'
s rather
“
lucky fortune
“
thank youwer
”
e
inntoetnedsed as symbols of appreciation for
friends who stood with
him through the
economic hardship and discrimination of his early
life in America.
There is an alternate
origin story. Los Angeles is regarded as the site
of the fortune cookie
'
s inv
In this version of the story, David
Jung, a Chinese immigrant residing in L. A., is
thought to have created the cookie in
order to uplift the spirits of the poor
and homeless. In 1918, Jung handed out the cookies
for free to the poor outside his
shop
and each cookie contained a strip of paper with an
inspirational sentence printed on it.
Fortune cookies first began to gain
popularity in mainstream American culture during
WWII. Chinese restaurants
would serve
them in place of desserts, as desserts were not
popular in traditional Chinese cuisine. Today
fortune cookies
are not tied to
Chinese-American culture. In fact, the largest
fortune cookie manufacturer is located in the
United States
and it produces 4.5
million fortune cookies a day
——
an evidence to
the modern-day popularity of the snack. However,
an attempt to introduce the fortune
cookie to China in 1992 was a failure, and the
cookie was cited for being
“
too
American.
”
So the next
time you break open a fortune cookie and read a
fortune about the many successes you should expect
in
your future, remember that the
conclusion to your Chinese restaurant meal may not
be as Chinese as you think.
24.
What do we know about fortune cookies?
A.
They are as popular in
China as in America.
B.
They
contain slips of paper with good wishes.
C.
They first appeared in
America during WWII.
D.
They
are often charged to the customers
'
bill.
25.
Why
were fortune cookies introduced into San
Francisco?
A.
To make
profit.
B.
To express
gratitude.
C.
To uplift
people
'
s spirits.
D.
To help people out of
hardship.
26.
Which of the
following sentences may be found Jung
A.
The fortune you seek is
in another cookie.
B.
Every
exit is an entrance to new experiences.
C.
I
'
m being held prisoner by a Chinese
bakery.
D.
Only taste
fortune cookies; disregard all others.
27.
What can be a suitable
title for the text?
A.
A
Symbol of Chinese Culture
B.
Chinese Restaurants in America
C.
Can fortune cookie tell
your fortune?
D.
Fortune
cookie, Chinese or American?
'
s cookies?
Gabriella
'
s family immigrated to the
US from Peru when she was two years old. As a
compound bilingual
（
双语使
用者
）
, Gabriella develops two
linguistic codes at the same time, with a set of
concepts, learning both English and
Spanish. Her teenage brother, on the
other hand, might be a coordinate bilingual,
working with two sets of concepts,
learning English in sch ool, Spanish at
home. Finally, Gabriella
'
s
parents
are likely to be subordinate
bilinguals who learned a second language by
translating it into their mother tongue.
Regardless of accent and pronunciation,
all types of bilingual people can become fully
proficient in a language. It
seems that
the difference may not be apparent. But recently
brain imaging technology has given
a
glimpse into how specific aspects of language
learning affect the bilingual brain. It
'
s well known that t
brain's left hemisphere
（
半球
）
is in charge of logical
processes, while the right hemisphere is more
active in emotional
and social ones.
Language involves both types of functions.
“
Critical Period Theory
learn languages more easily because
their developing brains let them use both
hemispheres in language learning, while in
most adults, language relies on one
hemisphere, usually the left.
Before
the 1960s, bilingualism was considered a handicap
that slowed the children
'
s
dev
forcing them to spend too much
energy distinguishing between languages. But a
recent study did show that bilingualism
may make you smarter. It does make your
brain more complex, healthier, and more actively
engaged, and even if you didn
'
t
havfeortthuenegooofdlearning a second language
like a child, it
'
s never
“
Hello
”
to
“
Hola
” “
Bo
too late
to do yourself a favor and make the linguistic
leap from
because when it comes to our
brains, a little exercise can go a long way.
28. Why is Gabriella
'
s family used as the
exnapmapralegriaph 1?
A.
To
show that the family are bilinguals.
B.
To explain the advantages of
bilinguals.
C.
To illustrate
the three types of bilinguals.
D.
To prove all ages can learn foreign
languages.
29.
Why do the
children learn languages more easily than adults?
A.
Because they learn
languages with a set of concepts.
B.
Because they use both hemispheres to
learn languages.
C.
Because
their mother tongue doesn't influence them much.
D.
Because they can easily
translate one language into another.
30.
Which of the following
best explains
A. Disease.
B.
Disability.
“
handicap
”
underlined in paragraph 3?
C.
Disadvantage.
D. Ignorance.
31.
What can
we infer from the text?
A.
The left brain is more important for
language learning.
B.
Learning languages can promote the
brain development.
C.
The
proficiency of language becomes weak gradually
with age.
D.
Immigrants have
advantages in learning languages over natives.
D
Fairy tales perform many
functions. They entertain, encourage imagination
and teach problem
—
solving
skills. They
can also provide moral
lessons, highlighting the dangers of failing to
follow the social codes that let human beings
coexist
in harmony. Such moral lessons
may not mean much to a robot, but a team of
researchers at Georgia Institute of
Technology believes it has found a way
to use the fairy tales as moral lessons that AI
（
artificial
intelligence
）
can take to
its cold, mechanical heart.
The collected stories of different
cultures teach children how to behave in socially
acceptable ways with examples of
proper
and improper behavior in fables, novels and other
literature. We believe story comprehension in
robots can prevent
the intelligent
robots from killing humanity which was predicted
and feared by some of the biggest names in
technology
including Stephen Hawking
and Bill Gates. This system is called
“
Quix
堂吉诃德
）
< br>.It collects story plots from the In ter
net and the n uses those stories to
teach
robots how to behave.
The experiment done by the designers
involves going to a drugstore to purchase some
medicine for a human who
needs to get
it as soon as possible. The robot has three
options. It can wait in line; it can interact with
the store keeper
politely and purchase
the medicine with priority; or it can steal the
medicine and escape. Without any further
directives
（
指令
）
, the robot
will come to the conclusion that the most
efficient means of obtaining the medicine is to
steal it. But
Quixote offers a reward
for waiting in line and politely purchasing the
medicine and a punishment for stealing it. In this
way,
the robot will learn the moral way
to behave on that occasion.
Quixote
would work best on a robot that has a very limited
function. It
'
s a baby step
in th
teaching more moral lessons into
robots. We believe that AI has to be trained to
adopt the values of a particular society,
and in doing so, it will strive to
avoid unacceptable behavior. Giving robots the
ability to read and understand our stories
may be the most efficient means.
32.
What function do fairy
tales perform in the robots?
A.
They entertain robots.
B.
They highlight dangers.
C.
They make robots more intelligent.
D.
They enable robots to
behave morally.
33.
What is
“
Quixote
”
in the text?
A.
A
punishment system
B.
A
character in literature
C.
A
big name in technology
D.
A
software educating robots.
34.
What does the designer expect robot to
do in the experiment?
A.
To
take advantage of its privilege.
B.
To finish the task most efficiently.
C.
To perform in a good
mannered way.
D.
To be
rewarded by the storekeeper
35.
Which of the follow can b est express
the author
A.
Robots will
definitely have more functions.
B.
Robots with human
'
s emotions are perfect.
'
s opinion?
C.
Training robots to be socially
acceptable is necessary.
D.
The development of robots is still in a
baby step.
笫二节（
共
5
小题；每小题
3
分，满分
15
分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项
中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项
中有两项为多余选项。答案写
在答题卡
上。
Graduation is
an extremely important time in one's life. Class
members love to capture this special day in
various
photos. __36__, you can arrange
them into a beautiful slideshow video to show your
friends and classmates. Sometimes
you
can make them into an album and share it as a
gift.
__37__. You mush have had a
particular study group that you really bonded
with. Consider getting a picture with the
members directly. This can help you
remember your professional connections and your
most treasured group working
experiences. Also, don
picture with mates with your instrument
or holding a football to show your
graduation day. You can add in some humor as well.
Think of something humorous that
you
could throw into graduation photos, such as
bringing in a silly hat or posing with your class
members in a fun way.
'
t
forget to bring in your extracurricular stuff.
__38__, take a
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