高三英语上学期期中试题(3)

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段材料，回答第

8

、

9

题。

8. Why does the woman look up the weather report?

A. She needs to pick up her son.

B. She doesn

’

t trust the weather news on TV.

C. She wants to know if she should get her umbrella.

9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?

A. Husband and wife.

B. Classmates.

C. Co-workers.

听第

8

段材 料，回答第

10

至

12

题。

10. Where are the speakers talking?

A. In a classroom.

B. On the beach.

C. In an apartment.

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11. Why did Mary go to Xiamen?

A. To learn some business skills.

B. To escape Wuhan

’

s heat.

C. To spend time with her uncle.

12. What does Mary probably think about seafood?

A. She thinks it was terrible.

B. She doesn

’

t like it.

C. She thinks it was delicious.

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9

段材料，回答第

13< /p>

至

16

题。

13. How long before the scheduled time did the bus leave?

A. Ten minutes.

B. Thirty minutes.

C. An hour.

14. When did the woman probably get on the next bus?

A. At 4:35.

B. At 4:45.

C. At 5:05.

15. What is the man worried about?

A. The daily expense.

B. The woman

’

s safety.

C. The public transportation.

16. What does the woman decide to do at the end?

A. Buy a car.

B. Work for the newspaper.

C. Complain to the local government. < /p>

听第

10

段材料，回答第

17

至

20

题。

17. What did customers use to complain about?

A. Not getting through to the restaurants.

B. Paying a lot for delivery.

C. Slow service.

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18. What is special about DoorDash?

A. You can order from many places at once.

B. You can check the progress of the delivery.

C. The prices are lower than from the restaurants.

19. What do we know about the work of DoorDashers?

A. The hours are flexible.

B. The pay isn

’

t very good.

C. It

’

s a good way to promote themselves.

20. Why do many restaurants like DoorDash?

A. They don

’

t need to hire their own delivery workers.

B. They don

’

t need to find correct change to pay the driver.

C. They can pay for things up front like a delivery car and gas.

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（

A

、

B

、

C

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D

）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂

黑。

A

Mobile technology has created new ways for all types of learning styles to help discover

new information. If you want to teach yourself things, here are some apps that will help you.

●

Coursera

Perhaps

one of the

biggest advancements in the

history of

e-learning, Coursera has teamed

up with top school like Duke, Stanford, and John Hopkins to bring you direct access to real

college

courses

in

psychology,

computer

science,

business,

and

technology.

Each

course

features

pre-recorded videos, projects, and quizzes, just like you

’

d receive inside the classroom.

●

Lumosity

This app features three-day sessions that target many different areas of brain activity:

memory, speed, problem solving, and thinking flexibility. Each day you can participate in a

timed session to sharpen mental intelligence and keep track of your progress over time.

●

Duolingo

If

you

’

ve

ever

wanted

to

learn

a

new

language

but

didn

’

t

know

where

to

start

or

couldn

’

t

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afford expensive apps, you need to check out Duolingo. This app teaches more than a dozen

languages by breaking up exercises into mini games. The developer of Duolingo claims that 34

hours of learning in this app equals a full term

’

s worth of school.

●

EarthViewer

Ever wonder what Earth looked like a million years ago? There

’

s no better way to know

than

to

look

for

yourself.

Earth

Viewer

takes

you

on

a

digital

journey

to

see

how

the

landscape (

地

貌

) and face of the planet has developed over the past 4.5 billion years, and view climate

changes, sea level adjustments, or the evolution of famous cities.

21. Which app makes higher education courses available to its users?

A. Coursera.

B. Lumosity.

C. Duolingo.

D. EarthViewer.

22. What can be inferred about Lumosity?

A. It is the most effective app for language learning.

B. It guarantees you an admission to a key college.

C. It will save all your money upon brain training.

D. It can be helpful to our learning performance.

23. What is special about EarthViewer?

A. It offers wonderful journeys to us.

B. It shows us lots of beautiful city views.

C. It explains how the earth developed to us.

D. It warns us of the effects of climate changes.

B

All Alice Waters wanted was bread, jam and lettuce that tasted real, with a cup of good

coffee or a glass of wine on the side. The founder of Chez Panisse, the California restaurant

famous

for

launching

the

farm-to-table

movement,

certainly

didn

’

t

plan

to

start

a

revolution.

Returning

to

the

United

States

in

1965

after

studying

in

France,

Waters

missed

the

delicious

food and community of the little cafes where she spent most of her time.

“

The United States

was a land of frozen food, so eating even just fresh bread and jam was an extremely pleasant

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surprise to me,

”

says Waters.

“

And spending time in restaurants with friends

…

it was very

important to me.

”

One day, an idea struck Waters that maybe her cooking and sense of community could help

her

make

some

money.

Believing

they

could

do

anything,

she

and

a

group

of

friends

raised

money,

found a house in Berkeley and opened a little restaurant called Chez Panisse in 1971.

Most

ingredients

Waters

could

find

were

from

industrial

farms.

They

tasted

totally

different from the ones her parents planted during World War II and the ones she had enjoyed

in France. Thus she began a search for suppliers who would grow good ingredients.

“

I

was

looking

for

taste.

And

I

couldn

’

t

find

taste

until

I

met

the

local

organic

farmers

who

were

growing

vegetables

for

flavor,

”

Waters

recalls.

“

I

realized

that

I

would

be

dependent

on them for the success of my restaurant.

”

At first, the finances were a disaster. If any of the ingredients didn

’

t taste right,

chefs threw them out. Staff had to taste the wine to sell it. That meant thousands of dollars

of wine disappeared on a regular basis. People who offered ingredients were given meals in

trade.

But

Chez

Panisse

had

lines

out

of

the

front

door

from

the

very

first

night.

Waters

’

sense

of

taste

and

her

dedication

to

making

the

best

food

possible

kept

people

coming

back.

It

didn

’

t

take

long

for

Chez

Panisse

to

catch

the

attention

of

foodies

(

“吃货”

).

Throughout

its

existence,

the restaurant has earned the highest praise of many critics. It has sometimes been called

the best restaurant in America.

Now

72,

Waters

is

not

content

with

staying

at

home

and

cooking

in

her

kitchen.

Last

September,

she

flew

to

Washington

D.

C.,

to

meet

members

of

Congress

to

discuss

the

benefits

of

free

lunch

for all schoolchildren.

Many people have called Waters unrealistic over the course of her 45-year fight for good

food. Nevertheless, her single-mindedness ended up sparking a farm-to- table movement.

“

She

didn

’

t start Chez Panisse to change the world,

”

said Marion Nestle, a New York University

nutrition professor.

“

But what she did was absolutely revolutionary. She

’

s a force and

deserves every bit of recognition that comes her way.

”

24. Alice Waters started Chez Panisse in order to . .

A. launch a farm-to-table revolution

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B. support the local organic farmers

C. allow all schoolchildren in the United States to have free lunch

D. bring France

’

s style of cooking and sense of community to her home country

25.

In

the

early

days

of

Chez

Panisse,

finances

were

a

big

problem

because . .

A. organic vegetables were very expensive

B. the housing rent in Berkeley was very high

C. some customers refused to pay for their meals.

D. Waters put huge emphasis on good food and ingredients

26.

According

to

the

article

，

Chez

Panisse

’

s

success

can

be

attributed

to . .

①

the great flavor of its dishes

②

the ideal location of the restaurant

③

the huge effort Waters put into her cause

④

support from multiple foodies

A.

①③

B.

②④

C.

①④

D.

②③

27. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The Secret of Catering Revolution

B. The Power of Farm-To-Table

C. The Recipe for Successful Business

D. The Movement of Organic Food

C

Neuroscientists have explained the risky, aggressive or just plain baffling behavior of

teenagers as the product of a brain that is somehow compromised. Groundbreaking research in

the past 10 years, however, shows that this view is wrong. The teen brain is not defective.

It is not a half-baked adult brain, either. It has been forged by evolution to function

differently from that of a child or an adult.

The most important of the teen brain

’

s features is its ability to change in response to

the

environment

by

modifying

the

communication

networks

that

connect

brain

regions.

It

allows

teenagers to make enormous progress in thinking and socialization. But the change also makes

them sensitive to dangerous behavior and serious mental disorders.

The

most

recent

studies

indicate

that

the

riskiest

behaviors

arise

from

a

mismatch

between

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the

maturation

of

networks

in

the

limbic

system(

边缘系统

),

which

drives

emotions

at

adolescence,

and the maturation of networks in the prefrontal cortex

（前额皮质）

, which occurs later and

promotes

sound

judgment

and

the

control

of

impulses.

Indeed,

we

now

know

that

one

’

s

prefrontal

cortex

continues to change noticeably until his

20s. And yet adolescence seems to be starting

earlier, extending the

“

mismatch years.

”

The plasticity of networks linking brain regions

—

and not the growth of those regions,

as previously thought

—

is key to eventually behaving like an adult. Understanding that, and

knowing that a widening gap between the development of emotional and judgment networks is

happening

in

young

people

today,

can

help

parents,

teachers,

counselors

and

teenagers

themselves. People will better see that behavior such as risk-taking and turning away from

parents and toward peers are not signs of cognitive or emotional problems. They are a natural

result of brain development, a normal part of adolescents learning how to negotiate with a

complex world.

The

same

understanding

can

also

help

adults

decide

when

to

intervene.

A

15-year-old

girl

’

s

departure from her parents

’

tastes in clothing, music or politics may be a source of anxiety

for

Mom

and

Dad

but

does

not

indicate

mental

illness.

A

16-year-old

boy

’

s

tendency

to

skateboard

without a helmet or to accept risky dares from friends is not unimportant but is more likely

a sign of short-range thinking and peer pressure than a desire to hurt himself. Knowing more

about the unique teen brain will help all of us learn how to separate unusual behavior that

is age-appropriate from that which might indicate illness. Such awareness could help society

reduce the rates of teen addiction, motor vehicle accidents and depression.

28. What is the closest meaning to the underlined word in paragraph 1?

A. disabled.

B. unmatured.

C. intelligent.

D. effective.

29. What can we know about the changeability of teen

’

s brains?

A. It is a double-edged sword.

B. It is predictable and avoidable.

C. It results from serious functional disorders.

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