2016学年第一学期浙江省名校协作体考试试题高三年级英语学科

It took ten minutes to unscrew the seat, and a further five minutes to clear the sweet samples from the boot.

Then Mr. Johnson found a wrench and began to work on the boot lock. F

ifteen minutes passed by. “It was the only

chance I had. Finally it gave, but as soon as I moved the boot lid, the water and mud poured in. I forced the lid

down into the mud and scrambled clear as the car filled up.”

His hands and arms cut and bruised

，

Mr. Johnson got to Beckett Farm nearby, where he was looked after by

the farmer’s wife, Mrs. Lucy Bates. Trembling in a blanket, he said, “That thirty minutes seemed like hours.” Only

the

tips

of

the car

wheels

were

visible,

police

said

last night.

The

vehicle

had

sunk

into

two

feet

of

mud

at

the

bottom of the ditch.

21. In which section of a newspaper can we read this article?

A. Book review

B. News report

C. Campus life

D. Continued story

underlined sentence in Paragraph 5 “Finally it gave” means that ______.

A. luckily the door was torn away in the end

B. at last the wrench went broken

C. the lock came open after all his efforts

D. the chance was lost at the last minute

can be inferred from the passage that _______.

A. the ditch was along a quiet country road

B. the accident happened on a clear warm day

C. the police helped Mr. Johnson get out of the ditch

D. Mr. Johnson had a tender wife and was well attended

B

For

more

than

twenty

years

scientists

have

been

seeking

to

understand

the

mystery

of

the

“sixth

sense”

of

direction. By trying out ideas and solving problems one by one, they are now getting closer to one answer. One

funny idea is that animals might have a built-in compass.

Our earth itself is a big magnet(

磁体

). So a little magnetic needle that swings freely lines itself with the big

earth magnet to point north and south. When people discovered that idea about a thousand years ago and invented

the compass, it allowed sailors to navigate on ocean voyages, even under cloudy skies.

Actually the idea of the living compass came just from observing animals in nature. Many birds migrate twice

a year between their summer homes and winter homes. Some of them fly for thousands of kilometers and mostly at

night. Experiments have shown that some birds can recognize star patterns. But they can keep on course even under

cloudy skies. How can they do that?

A

common

bird

that

does

not

migrate

but

is

great

at

finding

its

way

home

is

the

homing

pigeon.

Not

all

pigeons can find their way home. Those that can are very good at it

，

and they have been widely studied.

One

interesting

experiment

was

to

attach

little

magnets

to

the

birds’

heads

to

block

their

magnetic

sense

——

just

as

a

loud

radio

can

keep

you

from

hearing

a

call

to

dinner.

On

sunny

days,

that

did

not

fool

the

pigeons. Evidently they can use the sun to tell which way they are going. But on cloudy days, the pigeons with

magnets could not find their way. It was as if the magnets had blocked their magnetic sense.

Similar experiments with the same kind of results were done with honeybees. These insects also seem to have

a special sense of direction.

24. What is the best title for this passage?

A. A great invention

——

Compass

B. “Six sense” of direction

C. Methods of finding directions

D. A built-in compass in animals

25. What contributes to the pigeon’s good sense of direction according to the passage?

A. The invention of the compass.

B. The existence of their living compass.

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C. The recognition of star patterns.

D. The disturbance of cloudy weather.

26. Further experiments might be conducted on_______.

A. sparrows

B. seagulls

C. dolphins

D. strawberry

C

A hospital has been forced to ban Pokemon Go players from the site after a monster hub(

妖怪枢纽站

) was

found in the A&E department. Royal Stoke University Hospital discovered that its casualty unit(

急诊室

) is on the

same spot as a Pokemon Go ‘gym’ ——

where players can train their newly caught Nintendo creatures.

The University

Hospitals

of

North

Midlands

Trust agreed

last

week

that

patients

can

play

Pokemon

Go

on

wards

because

walking

around

is

healthy.

But

the

Trust

has

been

forced

to

post

a warning

on

its

website

about

public

access

to

A&E.

It

said

if

Pokemon

Go

becomes

a

major

annoyance

it

would

ask

Nintendo

——

which

decides on the locations of the virtual gyms according using GPS

——

to have it removed from the premises(

道馆

).

Kevin Parker, associate chief nurse, said, “Members of the public who do not need to be at Royal Stoke should

not

attempt

to

enter

A&E

or

any

other

part

of

the

hospital

building

to

play

the

game.

The

A&E

department

is

incredibly busy this summer. We want the public to understand that anybody who visits the hospital solely to play

the

game

will

provide

an

unwanted

distraction

to

the

important

work

of

the

hospital.

I’m

also

aware

of

various

reports in the media of unsafe

areas that the game has been played in.”

“Royal Stoke University Hospital is a safe area where gamers can enjoy Pokemon Go.” Michelle Harris, the

Trust’s manager, said the game could still be played by those already in hospital. “We recognize that the Pok

emon

Go game encourages walking and exercise, which is something that the Trust is equally keen to promote,” she said.

There are a number of “walking routes” established throughout the Trust that can be used to combine walking and

playing the game. “Walkin

g just 30 minutes, five times a week, can help reduce the risk of preventable illnesses

such as obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.”

There

have

been

several

warnings

about

the

game

since

its

UK

release.

Last

week

a

group

of

teenagers

in

Wiltshire

were

left

stranded

almost

100ft

underground

after

they

got

carried

away

searching

for

Pokemon

Go

characters. The four boys, aged 16 and 17, ended up getting lost and had to wait to get a phone signal before they

could call for help. Eventually, they contacted Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue team, who took them to safety.

Damien

Bence,

of

the

fire

and

rescue

team,

said:

“Pokemon

Go

is

obviously

leading

people

into

dangerous

situations.”

27. It seems that Pokemon Go is a game______.

A. designed to help patients in hospital recover sooner

B. helping cure such diseases as obesity, diabetes and heart disease

C. encouraging players to walk and exercise instead of staying indoors

D. warning teenagers of the places easy to get lost or attacked

28. The A&E department is incredibly busy because________.

A. more patients’ arrival increases the workload of the A&E department

B. doctors’ playing the game makes the A&E department less efficient

C. players’ injury increases the workload of the A&

E department

D. players’ arrival disturbs the work of the A&E department

29. The underlined word in the last paragraph probably means_______.

A. hurt

B. disturbed

C. trapped

D. threatened

30. The passage is mainly about________.

A. the negative effects of Pokemon Go since its UK release

B. the applications of Pokemon Go in hospitals since its UK release

C. the popularity of Pokemon Go since its UK release

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