内蒙古包头市第四中学2017届高三英语上学期期中试题201810290240.wps
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1、包头四中 2016-20172016-2017学年度第一学期期中考试 高三年级英语试题 本试卷分第 I 卷(选择题)和第 II卷(非选择题)。第 I 卷 1 至 12页,第 II 卷 12至 15 页。考试结束,将答题卡交回。 第 I I 卷 注意事项: 1.1.答第 I I 卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2.2. 选出每小题答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干 净后,再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上,否则无效。 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分 4040分) 第一节 (共 15小题;每小题 2 分,满分 30 分) 阅读下列短文,从
2、每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上 将该选项涂黑。 A A Have you ever heard of an old saying? Intelligence is a born ability while goodness is a choice. Gifts are easytheyre given after all. Choice can be hard I got the idea to start Amazon 16 years ago. I came across the fact that the Internet usage was gr
3、owing at 2300 percent per year. Id never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. I had just turned 30 years old, and Id been married for a year. I told my wife MacKenzie that I wanted to quit my job
4、and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups dont and I wasnt sure what to expectMacKenzie told me I should go for itAs a young boy,Id been a garage inventorId always wanted to be an inventor,and she wanted me to follow my passion I was working at a financial firm in
5、 New York City with a bunch of very smart people and I had a brilliant boss that I much admired. I went to my boss and told him I wanted to start a company selling books on the Internet. He took me on a long walk in Central Park,listened carefully to me,and finally said“, That sounds like a really g
6、ood idea,but it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt already have a good - 1 - job” That logic made some sense to me,and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decisionSeen in that light, it really was a difficult choice,but finally,I decided I had to give
7、 it a shotI didnt think Id regret trying and failingAnd I suspected I would always be haunted by a decision to not try at all. After much consideration,I took the less safe path to follow my passion,and Im proud of that choice. For all of us, in the end, we are our choice 21What inspired the author
8、with the idea of building an online bookstore? A. His dream of being an inventor B. The support of his wife C. The greatly increasing us age of the Internet D. Millions of exciting titles. 22. Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence? A. The idea of not trying would ke
9、ep coming to his mind and disturb him B. He would be very excited if he tried it out C. He would be always having a doubt if he didnt try D. The decision to not try the online bookstore would terrify him 23. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. Cleverness and Kindness B
10、. The Starting of Amazon C. Following My Passion D. We Are What We Choose 24. We can know from the passage that_ A. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the author B. the author wanted someone else to try the idea C. the author might not regret if he failed the idea D. the author might go back
11、 to his boss if he failed B With the development of modern society, human beings are increasingly invading wild animals habitat as well as the wild plants. Nearly a third of the worlds cacti (仙人掌) are facing the threat of extinction, according to a shocking global assessment of the effects. Cacti ar
12、e an important provider of food and water to desert wildlife ranging from wolves and deer to tortoises, bats and birds, and thesefaunafauna spread the plants seeds - 2 - in return. But the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)s first worldwide health check of the plants says that
13、 they are coming under huge pressure from human activities such as land use changes, commercial and residential developments and shrimp farming. But the paper said the driver of cacti species extinction was the “uncontrolled collection of live plants and private decorating collections, and annual ag
14、riculture.” The findings were described as “disturbing” by Inger Anderson, the IUCNs director-general. “They confirm that the scale of the illegal wildlife trade, including the trade in plants is much greater than we had previously thought, and that wildlife illegal trade concerns many more species
15、than the elephants which tend to receive global attention.” Cacti are almost always delicious but unlike most others, they store water in their stems alone, enabling them to survive extreme draughts. The plants can be as small as one centimeter in diameter and grow above 19 meters in height. Well ov
16、e r half of the species are used by humans for display decoration, food or medicine. Almost 1,500 types of cacti were surveyed by the IUCN specialists over a five-year period, mostly in America. Dealing with the illegal trade is a hard task as they can be hidden in suitcases or even socks. While cou
17、ntries such as Peru have made progress in blocking the illegal trade, the IUCN is calling for more strictly carrying out the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (Cites) in the “hotspots of Uruguay, Brazil and Chile. Mexico has made advances but still has work to do, according to
18、Goettsch. 25. What does the third paragraph mainly tell us? A. What causes cacti species extinction B. What gives people pressure C. What IUCN has found D. What farmers have planted 26. In Inger Andersons opinion, _. A. the findings of the IUCN are not disturbing B. the illegal plant trade is less s
19、erious than we had thought - 3 - C. cacti have received much global attention D. the illegal plant trade threatens lots of wildlife 27. Why is it hard to fight against cacti trade? A. Because cacti can be made into socks. B. Because cacti are easy to carry secretly. C. Because many countries carry o
20、ut Cites strictly. D. Because some countries made advances to trade cacti. C C It is widely acknowledged that nearly every kid might come across some kind of school bullying, however, the age at which kids first fall victim to bullying (欺侮) could influence how strongly they are affected, suggests a
21、new study. And, surprisingly, it is not the youngest kids who are hurt the most in the long term. Bullying can have long-lasting effects, but particularly when it begins in adolescence, the researchers say. People subjected to either verbal ( 口头的)or physical bullying are known to be at greater risk
22、of developing depression, anxiety disorders or to behave violently. But not everyone reacts in this way. Children bullied for the first time before they hit adolescence seem to get over it, but those who are bullied for the first time later on in adolescence seem to become more aggressive or are mor
23、e likely to turn to drink as a means of coping. These are the conclusions of psychologist Matthew Newman and colleagues from the University of Texas at Austin, US. The team gave questionnaires to nearly 1, 500 college students regarding their experience of physical and psychological bullying before
24、adolescence - before high school- and in late adolescence - at high school. They assessed mood and mental state, judging by signs of anxiety or depression, such as sleeplessness. The group was also questioned about how they would react to certain challenges, such as humiliation. People who were bull
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