2019学年第二学期考试高三年级英语学科试题

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至

1 6

题。

13. How does the man probably sound in the beginning?

A. A bit angry.

B. Very excited.

C. A little surprised.

14. How many people will go to Shanghai?

A. Only one.

B. Two.

C. Three.

15. What is the man worried about?

A. The environment on the train.

B. The cost of the business trip.

C. The public transportation in Shanghai.

16. What does the man want to do at the end?

A. Leave early.

B. Reserve a hotel room.

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17

至

20

题。

17. When will the reunion take place?

A. In January.

B. In March.

C. In June.

18. If you attended with a guest, how much would you pay in total?

A. $$10.

B. $$20.

C. $$40.

19. Where is the reunion taking place?

A. In the front office.

B. In the cafeteria.

C. In the parking lot.

20. If you call Rob Jones, what are you most likely to do?

A. Volunteer.

B. Attend the reunion.

C. Call to pay for parking.

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C

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A

Sandy,

a

young

Chinese

Singaporean,

is

fluent

in

English

and

Mandarin,

the

official

“

mother

tongue” of Chinese Singaporeans. Her grandmother spoke little of either.

Their

language

barrier

was

the

product

of

decades

of

linguistic(

语言的

)

engineering.

English

has

been the language of teaching in nearly all schools since 1987, to promote Singapo

re’s global competitive

advantage. But, depending on ethnicity(

种族特点

), pupils study a second language

—

typically Mandarin,

Malay or Tamil. In the case of

Mandarin, its acquisition has been promoted by the government’s annual

“Speak Mandarin Campaign”, starte

d in 1979.

So dialects

—

Hokkien, Cantonese and Hakka

—

were disparaged. In the early 1980s television and

radio programming in these languages almost disappeared. By the campaign’s own standard, the success

is striking. The use of Chinese dialects at home has fallen down from 76% of Chinese households in 1980

to 16% in 2015. Over the same period, the use of Mandarin rose, from 13% of Chinese households to

46%.

In 2015, the 50th anniversary of the nation’s founding was accompanied by an rush of sentimental

ity

over

Singapore’s

roots.

These

days

officials

are

a

bit

readier

to

tolerate

Singapore’s

linguistic

variety.

Meanwhile, younger Singaporeans are embracing former mother tongues. Ski Yeo and Eugene Lee were

motivated to found upon seeing an elderly Cantonese-speaker in a nursing home struggle

to communicate that she was cold. Health workers have signed up to their courses, while others want to

say the right things at family gatherings over the lunar new year.

21. What can we know about the Speak Mandarin Campaign?

A. It made Mandarin an official language in 1987.

B. Mandarin was greatly strengthened as a result of it.

C. It was held every other year since 1979.

D. It makes no difference to young people in Singapore.

22. Which of the fol

lowing can replace the underlined word “disparaged” in the third paragraph?

A. Strengthened.

B. Praised.

C. Undervalued.

D. Well-understood.

23. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. Young people lack communication with their family.

B. Health workers are faced with difficulties due to language barrier.

C. The officials object to the variety of languages.

D. The younger generation of Singapore attach importance to Mandarin.

B

The giant panda is beloved of conservationists. It is one of the most recognisable large animals in

the world. But it is also evolutionarily odd. It is a type of bear but it is a herbivore(

食草动物

). It is ironic,

then, that this icon of the natural world might actually be an accidental consequence of human activity.

Yet

this

is

a

convincing

interpretation

of

results

just

published

in

a

paper

in

Current

Biology,

by

Wei

.

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Fuwen of the Institute of Zoology, in Beijing.

Pandas

are

not

merely

herbivores,

they

are

monovores

—

merely

eating

bamboo

only.

Dr

Wei

wondered when this transition to monovory happened. The answer was, far more recently than anyone

had expected.

Dr

Wei

studied

carbon

and

nitrogen

isotopes(

同位素

)

in

the

bones

of

a

dozen

ancestral

pandas,

dating from between 11,000 and 5,000 years ago, and compared them with those of modern pandas. The

study shows that the ancient pandas lived in more varied environments and had broader diets. What is

more,

they

were

not

yet

the

obligate(

专性的

)

bamboo

feeders

which

they

are

today,

and

they

were

making

subtropical

zones

and

open

land

their

home,

rather

than

living

merely

in

bamboo

forests.

The

question is, what made them change?

There is one obvious possible cause: the spread of man. Organised states clearly existed by about

5,000 years ago. Growing human populations could easily have displaced the ancestors of modern pandas

to fringe areas where there was little to eat but bamboo. And if bamboo is all there is to eat, then those

that prefer to eat it will be at an evolutionary advantage. The modern, bamboo-eating panda

—

symbol of

animals

under

pressure

from

man

—

may

thus

have

been

made

the

way

it

is

by

precisely

such

human

pressures.

24. How did Dr. Wei conduct research into the transition of pandas?

A. Studying the diets of pandas.

B. Calculating the number of pandas.

C. Studying the structure of genes of pandas.

D. Analyzing the isotopic composition of pandas’

bones and teeth.

25. What may lead to the change of pandas’

broad diets to eating bamboo only?

A. The change of their genes.

B. The intended invasion of other herbivores.

C. The unintentional expansion of human activity.

D. The decline in their habitat and thus the shortage of food.

26. What can be the best title for the text?

A. Panda Evolution: By the Hand of Man?

B. Panda: beloved but odd

C. Panda: Herbivores or Monovores?

D. A Study of Ancient Pandas

C

Katie always knew she wanted to be a performer. She was fond of Disney movies from an early age

and would often sing along with her mom, Karen.

When Katie was nine years old, her happy childhood took a turn when her mother was diagnosed

with cancer. When the doctor informed the Whetsell family that Karen's disease was terminal, they made

a

decision.

Disney

World

had

been

a

longtime

dream

vacation

for

Karen.

So

in

November

1997,

the

family packed up and headed to Disney World. Katie says she'll never forget the moment that changed

her life on that trip: After a long day at the parks, the Whetsells decided to see one of Disney World's

many nightly light shows. While watching, a Disney cast member performing in the parade came up to

her

mom

and

rested

her

hand

on

Karen's

shoulder.

They

exchanged

smiles

and,

to

this

day,

Katie

remembered how at peace her mom looked. The whole family was touched and moved to tears. This was

the day Katie decided she wanted to work for Disney.

.