2015年朝阳区高三英语期末试题及答案2015.1

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The Dangers at the Beach

British beaches look harmless, but there are

hidden dangers.

Allergy

The

lesser

weever

is

f

the fish to look out for on

British

beaches.

It

lies

almost buried in the sand

with

just

its

mouth

and

Lesser

fin

exposed,

a

trap

for

unlucky

fishermen

and

beachgoers

walking

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around in the shallows. If you stand on a weever

fish,

it’ll

sting

(

刺

)

you

badly.

The

sting

may

cause heart attacks, and shock, though usually it

just causes pain, redness and swelling.

Many

people have

an allergic

reaction

to

the

fish

and

may

start

to

sweat,

develop

a

faster

heartbeat and feel sick as the poison gets further

into

the

body.

People

who

have

been

stung

should

take

painkillers

and

if

they

develop

an

allergic reaction to the sting, an antihistamine (a

drug used to treat an allergy) is recommended.

Sea currents

But

fish

are

the

least

of

your

worries

on

the

beach.

The

force

of

the

sea

is

much

more

dangerous than anything swimming about inside

it.

Coastguards

are

warning

the

public

not

to

swim if there is a red flag flying on a beach and

to find out about local tides and currents.

Dangerous swimming

The

Coastguard

Agency

says

people

should

not swim if they feel unwell, for at least an hour

after a meal, if they have been drinking alcohol

or

if

they

are

cold

and

tired.

They

also

warn

against

swimming

alone,

swimming

too

far

out

to sea if you have breathing problems.

Pollution

A recent study of UK beaches showed more

than 10% are failing to meet standards for clean

water.

The

Marine

Conservation

Society

said

polluted

water

was

still

being

pumped

into

the

sea in some areas and was winding its way onto

beaches.

But

the

water

companies

say

the

society’s standards are too tough and that 90%

of British beaches pass European standards.

56.

What

can

we

learn

about

the

lesser

weever

from the passage?

A.

Its

poison

can

be

D. It can be dangerous

washed off by water.

on the beach.

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C. It buries itself deep

B.

Its

sting

is

usually

in the sand.

serious.

57.

From

the

passage,

we

know

you’d

better

swim ______.

A. when there is a red flag flying on the beach

B. when there are strong sea currents

C. together with friends

D. just after eating

58. Which of the following can best describe the

UK beaches?

A. Most beaches in the UK are fine.

B. There is no pollution on UK beaches.

C.

Most

beaches

fail

to

meet

European

standards.

D.

10%

of

British

beaches

meet

European

standards.

B

Three-year-old Teddy Lasry was sleeping in

his cowboy outfit (

套装

) yesterday at his family’s

Fifth

Ave.

apartment

when

he

shot

up

in

bed

screaming. A 3-foot-long black-and-white snake

twisted around his left arm and had just bitten

his little finger.

“The

babysitter

(a

person

taking

care

of

8

children while their parents are away for a short

time)

was

frightened

to

death,”

said

Teddy’s

father,

David

Lasry,

who,

along

with

his

wife,

Evelyn,

was

at

work

when

the

snake

appeared

about 4:00 pm.

The

horrified

babysitter

called

911

and

the

building’s

doorman.

The

doorman

and

two

cable TV workers helped take the snake off the

boy’s

arm

and

put

it

in

a

garbage

bag.

Police

rushed

Teddy

to

Mount

Sinai

Medical

Center,

where

he

spent

two

hours

attached

to

a

heart

monitor

as

a

precaution

in

case

the

snake

was

poisonous.

It

wasn’t.

Experts

at

the

snakebite

treatment center at Jacobi Medical Center in the

Bronx,

where

policemen

took

the

snake,

found

out

it

was

a

non-poisonous

California

king

snake.

But how did it end up in Teddy’s bed?

A

little

detective

work

determined

that

the

snake had escaped two weeks ago from its cage

in the apartment of a doctor whose family lives

four

floors

below

the

Lasrys.

The

apologetic

owner said his son’s pet snake likely traveled up

the

water

pipes

and

into

his

neighbor’s

apartment.

“It’s

a

very

gentle,

very

harmless

snake,” he said. “It’s

handled

by our family all

the time.”

David

Lasry

believed

the

pet

was

simply

hungry

after

two

weeks

of

wandering.

Evelyn

said

her

son

seems

to

have

overcome

his

fright

by

thinking

of

himself

as

a

hero

cowboy

as

he

rode in the back of the police car to the hospital.

“I told Teddy he’s a pretty snake, a nice pet

snake

who

got

out

of

his

cage,”

Ev

elyn

said.

“But

he

asked,

‘Why

did

he

bite

my

finger,

Mamma?’ And I said, ‘Because he saw that you

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are a big boy, Teddy, in your cowboy outfit and

he got scared.’”

59. What did the babysitter do after Teddy was

bitten by a snake?

A.

She

made

an

B.

She

called

the

TV

emergency call.

company.

C.

She

ran

out

of

the

D. She took the snake

apartment.

off Teddy’s arm.

60.

We

can

learn

from

the

passage

that

the

snake _______.

A. was poisonous

B.

was

deserted

by

its

owner

C. was kept in a cage

D. escaped to the

by its owner

apartment downstairs

61. From the passage, we know _______.

A. the snake was used to being touched

B. Teddy was awake when the snake arrived

C. Teddy’s mother was at home when the

snake turned up

D. Teddy needed a heart machine to stay alive

for two hours

62.

Teddy

probably

believed

he

was

attacked

because _______.

A. his parents weren’t

B.

the

snake

was

at home

scared of him

C. he was asleep

D.

the

snake

was

hungry

C

Of the many influences on human behavior,

social

influences

are

the

most

widespread.

The

main

influence

on

people

is

people.

When

we

hear the words

social influence

, most of us think

of deliberate attempts of someone to persuade us

to

change

our

actions

or

opinions.

The

TV

ad

comes to mind. But many of the most important

forms of social

influence are unintentional, and

some

of

the

effects

we

humans

have

on

one

another occur as a result of the simple fact that

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