2020届福建省厦门市高三上学期期末质量检测英语试题

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Bull Run Regional Park

This family- friendly park is around 30 miles from the District. Bull Run is a history fan's delight

：

It provides

access

to

the

nearly

20-mile

Occoquan

Trail,

which

was

used

during

the

war.

The

trail

is

one

of

many

hiking

options on the 1,500-acre grounds. Each cabin($$85 to $$95 per night) accommodates six people and offers such

luxuries

（奢华）

as electricity, heat and swing.

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Savage River Lodge

Savage River Lodge -- about a three- hour drive from the District -- specializes in a solid roof and a side of

luxury.

Savage

River

is

surrounded

by

more

than

700

acres

of

thick

forest,

and

popular

activities

include

fly-fishing, biking, hiking and cross -country skiing. Cabins start at $$250 per night.

Cherry Hill Park

Given its proximity (

邻近

) to the District, this family-owned campground is particularly appealing to visitors

who are traveling to the area via recreational vehicle. It also offers buses to the subway and organizes sightseeing

tours

as

well

as

daily

educational

sessions.

Guests

can

play

mini

golf,

go

fishing,

or

hit

the

basketball

court.

Cabins start at $$99 per night.

Maple Tree Campground

Maple Tree Campground is about a 90-minute drive from the District. Come to this campground for nature's

evening show: It always has really pretty sunsets. While there's no electricity, guests can use a wood stove for heat

and cooking. Field tent sites start at $$8 per night and tree cottages $$65 per night.

21. What's the minimum cost for a group of 10 to stay at Bull Run Regional Park for one night?

A $$85.

B.$$95

C.$$170

D. $$850

22 Which tour spot is suitable for people traveling by public transport?

A. Cherry Hill Park.

B. Savage River Lodge.

C. Bull Run Regional Park.

D. Maple Tree Campground.

23. The passage most probably appeals to those who are

.

A. planning a business trip

B. seeking a weekend getaway

C. fond of online shopping

D. interested in geography study

B

In the trailer (

拖车式房屋

)

，

Sischo was refreshing the snails (

蜗牛

) accommodations

—

an

ongoing routine

that

takes

days

of

careful

work.

He

had

found

a

dozen

of

Achatinella bulimoides

—

a

third

of

the

world's

population of the species. Once every individual was accounted for, he cleaned the cage and packed in new leaves.

The work took much trouble, but the responsibility, he said, was like “a heavy weight sitting on you.”

The trailer is very vulnerable

. It’s designed to keep away would

-be thieved, and to resist hurricanes. But a fire

could

easily

destroy

it,

or

a

disease

could

sweep

through

it.

Last

September

,

a

mystery

pathogo n

（病原体）

appeared to have entered the trailer on leaves fed to the snails, killing almost an entire species. As sad as the event

was, there’s no good way to insure against

future catastrophe. The snails can’t simply be spread among zoos or

other facilities: they need special equipment, experienced handlers, and a diet of native Hawaiian plants.

Consequently, it can be hard for the snails' minders to relax, even when they ar

e outside the trailer. “How do

you switch off, when your decisions mean existence or extinction?

yet with animals whose natural history is largely unknown, that action can be dangerous.

snails die.”

Snails are neither intelligent nor beloved. Sischo's friends sometimes tease him about being

guy”; strangers ask why he cares. It's hard to convince people, but he insists that if he can just get them in the

trailer, they

will understand why the Achatinella bulimoides are worth saving.

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show them that the entire population is in this chamber, it hits them.

24. What is the trailer used for?

A. Accommodating guests

B Sheltering snails

C. Planting vegetables.

ng thieves.

25. What does the underlined word “vulnerable

A. Quiet.

B. Safe.

C. Easily affected.

D. Well protected.

26. What is the snail minders' attitude towards their job?

A. Relaxed.

B. Confident.

C. Cautious.

D. Disapproving.

27. Which of the following could be the best title for the text?

A. The Last of Its Kind

B. The Worst of Times

C. Mourn Its Loss

D Resist Possible Dangers

C

In the old days, when you had to drive to a movie theater or go to a video store to get some entertainment, it

was

easy

to

see

how

your

actions

could

have

an

impact

on

the

environment.

You

were

hopping

into

your

car,

driving across town and coughing out emissions

（排放）

and using gas all the way.

But

now

that

we’re

used

to

staying

at

home

and

streaming

movies,

we

might

get

a

little

cocky.

After

all,

we’re just picking up our phones or maybe turning on the TV. You’re welcome. Mother Nature.

Not so fast, says a recent report from the French-based Shift Project. Watching a half- hour show would lead

to 3.5 pounds of CO2 emissions. That’s like driving 3.9 miles. According to

Use of Online Video,

use is increasing by 9% a year. Stored in data centers, videos are transferred to our terminals such as computers,

smart phones, etc. via networks: all these processes require electricity whose production consumes resources and

usually involves CO2 emissions.

In

the

European

Union,

the

Eureca

project

lead

scientist,

Rabih

Bashroush,

calculated

that

5

billion

downloads

and

streams

of

the

song

consumed

as

much

electricity

as

the

countries

of

Chad,

Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic used in a single year.

Streaming

is

only

expected

to

increase

as

we

become

more

attached

to

our

devices.

Online

video

use

is

expected to account for 80% of all internet traffic by 2022 according to CISCO. By then, about 60% of the world's

population will be online.

You're probably not going to give up your streaming services, but there are things you can do to help lessen

the impact of your online use.

Here are some tips:

※

Disable autoplay for video on social media.

※

Stream over Wi-Fi, not mobile networks.

※

Watch on the smallest screen you can.

※

Don’t use h igh

-definition

（高清）

video on devices.

28. It can be inferred from paragraph 2 that people think ____________

A. they should welcome Mother Nature

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B. watching movies at home is more fun

C. it is inconvenient to drive to a movie theater

D. streaming at home avoids possible emissions

29. We may learn from the text that____________

A. 3.9 miles drive may produce 3.5 pounds of CO2

B. digital technologies account for 4% of electricity use

C. online video use makes up 80% of all internet traffic

D. 60% of the world’s population watch videos online

30. Why are the five countries mentioned in paragraph 4?

A. To praise their energy-efficient practice.

B. To prove the poverty of the five countries

C. To stress the popularity of the song “Despacito”

D. To show the high energy use of downloads and streams

31. How can people help to save energy when streaming?

A. Use high-definition videos.

B. Turn off video autoplay

C. Stream over mobile networks.

D. Watch movies on bigger screens.

D

Picture a lecture session at a business school and your probably imagine students gazing at screens filled with

equations

（方程式）

.What you might not expect is students attempting to si

ng “O clap your Hands”. But Bartleby

was treated to this delight on a visit to Sa?

d Business School in Oxford earlier this year.

There was a catch. Some of the students had to try conducting the chorus. The first to take the challenge was a

rather self-

confident young man. It didn’t take long for him to go wrong. His most obvious mistake was to start

conducting without asking the singers how they would like to be directed, though they had the expertise and he

was a complete beginner.

The

session,

organized

by

Pegram

Harrison,

a

senior

fellow

in

entrepreneurship

（企业家精神）

,

cleverly

allowed the students to absorb some important leadership lessons. For example, leaders should listen to their teams,

especially when their colleagues have specialist knowledge.

Other

business

schools

have

also

realized

that

their

students

can

learn

from

the

arts.

At

Carnegie

Mellon

University , Leanne Meyer has introduced a leadership-training programme that includes poetry and a book club.

She believed that involvement in such pursuits can help develop empathy

（同理心）

in future leaders and that the

programme benefits students in terms of how they promote themselves to recruiters

（招聘人员）

.

The

Royal

Academy

of

Dramatic

Art

(RADA)

has

trained

many

great

dramatists.

It

also

offers

training

courses for managers. “Acting about finding the truth in the character and in yourself.” says Walker

-Wise, one

of

RADA'S

tutors.

Being

a

manager

involves

a

lot

more

than

just

setting

targets.

It

requires

empathy

and

a

knowledge of human nature. An education in the arts might help develop those qualities. Above all, the students

on Harrison's Course were experiencing something Bartleby never expected to see in those attending an MBA

lecture they were having fun.

32 What does “this delight

fer to?

A. Singing in a business class.

B. Visiting Said Business School

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