(完整word版)2018-2019学年第二学期浙江省高三“五校联考”英语试题

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四个选项中，

选出最佳选项，

并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

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Dear Mom,

I haven

’

t written before for quite a while because I have got no energy. I now get around my room and this

floor of the hospital with a walking stick but I can go only a little bit at a time because I

’

m awfully weak yet. My

right leg was taken out of the cast (

石膏

) several days ago and it

’

s still as stiff as a board and awfully sore from so

much carving around the knee joint. But the surgeon says that eventually it will be all right. I

’

ve included a picture

of me in bed. It looks like my left leg is a stump (

残肢

), but it really isn

’

t. Just bent so it looks that way...

This war makes us a bit less fools than we were. There isn

’

t going to be any such thing as

“

foreigners

< br>”

for me

after

the

war

is

won.

I

’

ve

gotten

Italian

pretty

well.

I

’

ve

picked

up

quite

a

lot

of

Polish

and

my

French

is

improving. You want to be prepared for a lot of visitors after the war now because I

’

ve a lot of pals coming to see

me in Chicago. I don

’

t know when I

’

ll be back. I can

’

t get in the army and they won

’

t take me with two shaky legs

in the draft (

征兵

) if I go home. So I might as well stay over here and avoid the awkwardness for a while.

Also Ma, I

’

m in love again. Now don

’

t start worrying about me getting married for I

’

m not. I

’

m not even

going to get engaged. So don

’

t write any

“

God Bless U, My Children

”: Not for about 10 years.

You

’

re a dear old

kid, and still my best girl. God bless you and write me often... I love you.

Ernie

21. By mentioning that his right leg would be all right, the writer intends to ___________.

A. show the cruelty of the war

C. persuade his girlfriend to marry him

22. We can learn from the letter that ___________.

A. Ernie is able to speak four foreign languages

B. Ernie hardly made any friends before the war

C. Ernie hopes to keep in touch with his mother

D. Ernie is engaged but hasn

’

t had the plan for marriage

23. What emotion is mainly conveyed in the letter?

A. Love for Mom.

C. Gratitude for doctors.

B

Just a year ago, the colors were bright under the waves. Now it’s gray

—

the Maldivian reef is dead. The

coral is killed by the pressure of rising temperatures.

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B. put his mom’s mind at ease

D. get his mom’s permission to join the army

B. Fear about pain.

D. Doubt about friendship.

Coral reefs are areas underwater where small creatures live. The coral is hard material formed on the bottom

of the sea by the skeletons of those creatures. But the world has lost about half its coral reefs in the last 30 years.

Scientists are working to prevent their destruction. Due to global warming, over 90 percent of corals are expected

to die by 2050. “To lose coral reefs is to fundamentally

undermine the health of a very large proportion of the

human race,” said Ruth Gates, director of the Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology.

Why are coral reefs important? Coral reefs support a fourth of all marine species, as well as half a billion

peopleworldwide. They serve as barriers to protect coastlines from the storms. They provide billions of dollars

from tourism, fishing and other trade. They are also used in medical researc

h for cures for diseases. “Everyone

should be concerned,” said biologist Ove Guldberg at Australia’s University of Queensland. “This is not just some

distant dive destination. This is the basic structure of the ecosystem we depend on.”

The ocean is getting warmer. A rising temperature of just one to two degree Celsius can force coral to expel

the algae (

驱逐海藻

) that live there. This leaves their white skeletons uncovered. It is a process called “bleaching”.

Sixteen percent of the world’s corals died of bleach

ing in 1998. The problem has become much worse in recent

years.

“We’ve lost 50 percent of the reefs, but that means we still have 50 percent left,” said Ruth Gates, who is

working in Hawaii to breed corals that can better withstand increasing temperatures

. She is also trying to “train”

corals to survive rising temperatures. Gates says it is time to start “thinking outside the box”—

find creative ways

to help them.

24. The underlined word

“undermine”

in paragraph 2 means ___________.

A. weaken

B. regain

C. promote

D. overlook

25. What’s the major concern of the scientists like Ove Guldberg?

A. People won’t find a dive destination in the future.

B. The effort to save corals will turn out to be fruitless.

C. The destruction of coral reefs will affect the earth ecosystem.

D. The bright sea has lost its charm because of those dead corals.

26. The fourth paragraph is mainly about ___________.

A. the harm of algae

B. the process of “bleaching”

D. the change of ocean temperature

C. the importance of coral reefs

27. Ruth Gates’ attitude towards the protection of corals is ___________.

A. proud

B. cautious

C. optimistic

C

When Apple cut its expectation benefit for the last quarter of 2018 because of slow sales of iPhones, markets

D. casual

were shocked. The company’s share price, which had been sliding for months, fell by a further 10% on January

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3rd, the day after the news came out.

Apple’s suppliers’ shares were also hit. But Apple’s pain is humans’ gain.

The fact that these magical devices are now so popular is something to be celebrated.

Nearly 4bn of the 5.5bn adults on the planet now have one smartphone. They connect billions of people to

the internet’s huge amount of information and services. Phones make markets more efficient and inspire growth.

Yes, they can be used for wasting time and spreading disinformation. But the good far outweighs the bad. They

might be the most effective tool of development in existence.

Actually this slowdown is the result of market saturation (

饱和

). After a decade of rapid taking-in, there is

much less opportunity to sell handsets to first-time buyers as so few of them are left. And replacement cycles are

becoming longer as new models offer only insignificant improvements. For all but the craziest fans, the slowing

pace of upgrades comes as a welcome relief.

Does that mean innovation (

创新

) is slowing? No. The latest phones contain amazingly clever technology

such as 3D face-scanners and cameras assisted by artificial intelligence. Moreover, smartphones also provide a

foundation

for

extra

innovations,

like

mobile

payments

and

video

streaming,

and

for

future

ones,

such

as

controlling “smart” home equ

ipment or robotaxis.

As computers become smaller, still more personal and closer to people’s bodies, many scientists believe that

wearable devices will be the next big thing. Even so, finding another product with the range of the smartphone is a

tall

order.

The

recent

slowing

of

smartphone

sales

is

bad

news

for

the

industry,

obviously.

But

for

the

rest

of

humans it is a welcome sign that a transformative technology has become almost universal.

28. The writer considers the slowdown of smartphone sales good news because ___________.

A. it can make market more efficient

C. it means less disinformation will spread

29. We can infer from the text that ___________.

A. wearable devices will take the place of smartphones very soon

B. in the future people might take a smartphone-controlled robotaxi

C. Apple’s suppliers’ shares hit a record high after the news came out

D. Apple’s share prices are likely to go on sliding in th

e next decade

30. What is the best title for the text?

A. A Brand New Age for Humans

C. New Technology in Smartphones

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