山西省太原市2020屆高三英語(yǔ)上學(xué)期期末考試試題

太原市2020屆高三上學(xué)期期末考試英語(yǔ)試卷（考試時(shí)間：上10:00—12:00）筆試試卷說(shuō)明：本試卷為閉卷筆答，做題時(shí)間120分鐘，滿(mǎn)分150分（不含聽(tīng)力）。請(qǐng)將第一卷試題答案填在第二卷卷首的相應(yīng)位置。第一卷第一部分聽(tīng)力（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分30分）略第二部分閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿(mǎn)分60分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題3分，滿(mǎn)分45分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，答案寫(xiě)在答題卡上。AInanefforttoinformourcitizenstoclearthestreetsnow,thecityadoptsasnowremovalplan.RoutesusedbyCityEmergencyServicescomefirst.Secondly,connectorstreetswillbeclearedwhichallowcitizensthegreatestaccesstopublicroads.Andthirdly,roadswithinneighborhoodswillbecleared.Snowremovalandicecontrolwillstartwhen:*Snowaccumulates4inchesormore.*Weatherconditionsdonotendangerthesafetyofroadcrew.*Snowfallsduringpeaktrafficperiodsofheavyuseofmainstreets.Snowandiceremovalwillbedelayedorcancelledwhen:*Thereisseverecold,significantwindandlimitedvisibility.*Thesnowfalloccursontheweekendoraholidayandisnotconsideredathreattopublicsafety.Inthatcase,snowandiceremovalmaytakeplaceonthenextnormalweekday.*Snowandicemaybeleftonroadwaysifmeltingisobvious.Yourcooperationisrequestedduringsnowremovalandthesesuggestionsmayapply:*Limittravelduringstorms.Travelispossibleonceroadshavebeenclearedorsaltedbytheroadcrew*Avoidremovingsnowfromyourdrivewayintotheroad.Pilethesnowinyouryard.*Parkyourvehiclesinyourdrivewaysandofftheroadorwalkwalks.*Keeppublicsidewalksnexttoyourhouseclearofsnowandice.*Beresponsibleforremovingthissnowwhichisthrownbythesnowplough（犁）fromyourdriveways.Hopefully,youcanunderstandthisinconvenience.WhenwillthesnowhavetoberemovedIfitreachesacertainthickness.Ifthemainstreetsarenotbusy.Ifthesnowandicebegintomelt.Ifextremeweathermakesroadsdangerous.Whatshouldcitizensdotocooperateinthesnowremoval?Helptoputthesaltontheroad.Pilethesnownearbytotheroad.Throwthesnowintothedriveways.Clearthesidewalksclosetotheirhouses.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext?clearanceofemergencyrouteshasapriority.Snowandicemustberemovedontheweekends.Citizensplaythemostimportanttoleinsnowremoval.Theposteristoinformcitizensofanoncomingheavysnow.BAfterfinishingamealatanAmericanChineserestaurantyouprobablyexpecttoreceiveahandfuloffortunecookiesafteryoupaythebill.FortunecookiesareinChineserestaurantsthroughouttheUnitedStates.It'srathersatisfyingtocrackopenacookieattheendofyourmealandreadyour“l(fā)uckyfortune”ontheslipofpaperinside.Theexactoriginofthefortunecookieisunknown.ItisthoughtthatthetastysnackwasthefirstintroducedintoSanFranciscoin1914,afteranimmigrantbegandistributingthecookiewith“thankyou”notesinthem.These“thankyou”noteswereintendedassymbolsofappreciationforfriendswhostoodwithhimthroughtheeconomichardshipanddiscriminationofhisearlylifeinAmerica.Thereisanalternateoriginstory.LosAngelesisregardedasthesiteofthefortunecookie'sinvention.Inthisversionofthestory,DavidJung,aChineseimmigrantresidinginL.A.,isthoughttohavecreatedthecookieinordertoupliftthespiritsofthepoorandhomeless.In1918,Junghandedoutthecookiesforfreetothepooroutsidehisshopandeachcookiecontainedastripofpaperwithaninspirationalsentenceprintedonit.FortunecookiesfirstbegantogainpopularityinmainstreamAmericancultureduringWWII.Chineserestaurantswouldservetheminplaceofdesserts,asdessertswerenotpopularintraditionalChinesecuisine.TodayfortunecookiesarenottiedtoChinese-Americanculture.Infact,thelargestfortunecookiemanufacturerislocatedintheUnitedStatesanditproduces4.5millionfortunecookiesaday——anevidencetothemodern-daypopularityofthesnack.However,anattempttointroducethefortunecookietoChinain1992wasafailure,andthecookiewascitedforbeing“tooAmerican.”Sothenexttimeyoubreakopenafortunecookieandreadafortuneaboutthemanysuccessesyoushouldexpectinyourfuture,rememberthattheconclusiontoyourChineserestaurantmealmaynotbeasChineseasyouthink.Whatdoweknowaboutfortunecookies?TheyareaspopularinChinaasinAmerica.Theycontainslipsofpaperwithgoodwishes.TheyfirstappearedinAmericaduringWWII.Theyareoftenchargedtothecustomers'bill.WhywerefortunecookiesintroducedintoSanFrancisco?Tomakeprofit.Toexpressgratitude.Toupliftpeople'sspirits.Tohelppeopleoutofhardship.WhichofthefollowingsentencesmaybefoundJung'scookies?Thefortuneyouseekisinanothercookie.Everyexitisanentrancetonewexperiences.I'mbeingheldprisonerbyaChinesebakery.Onlytastefortunecookies;disregardallothers.Whatcanbeasuitabletitleforthetext?ASymbolofChineseCultureChineseRestaurantsinAmericaCanfortunecookietellyourfortune?Fortunecookie,ChineseorAmerican?CGabriella'sfamilyimmigratedtotheUSfromPeruwhenshewastwoyearsold.Asacompoundbilingual（雙語(yǔ)使用者）,Gabrielladevelopstwolinguisticcodesatthesametime,withasetofconcepts,learningbothEnglishandSpanish.Herteenagebrother,ontheotherhand,mightbeacoordinatebilingual,workingwithtwosetsofconcepts,learningEnglishinschool,Spanishathome.Finally,Gabriella'sparentsarelikelytobesubordinatebilingualswholearnedasecondlanguagebytranslatingitintotheirmothertongue.Regardlessofaccentandpronunciation,alltypesofbilingualpeoplecanbecomefullyproficientinalanguage.Itseemsthatthedifferencemaynotbeapparent.Butrecentlybrainimagingtechnologyhasgivenaglimpseintohowspecificaspectsoflanguagelearningaffectthebilingualbrain.It'swellknownthatthebrain'slefthemisphere（半球）isinchargeoflogicalprocesses,whiletherighthemisphereismoreactiveinemotionalandsocialones.Languageinvolvesbothtypesoffunctions.“CriticalPeriodTheory”sayschildrenlearnlanguagesmoreeasilybecausetheirdevelopingbrainsletthemusebothhemispheresinlanguagelearning,whileinmostadults,languagereliesononehemisphere,usuallytheleft.Beforethe1960s,bilingualismwasconsideredahandicapthatslowedthechildren'sdevelopmentbyforcingthemtospendtoomuchenergydistinguishingbetweenlanguages.Butarecentstudydidshowthatbilingualismmaymakeyousmarter.Itdoesmakeyourbrainmorecomplex,healthier,andmoreactivelyengaged,andevenifyoudidn'thavethegoodfortuneoflearningasecondlanguagelikeachild,it'snevertoolatetodoyourselfafavorandmakethelinguisticleapfrom“Hello”to“Hola”“Bonjour”or“nihao”becausewhenitcomestoourbrains,alittleexercisecangoalongway.WhyisGabriella'sfamilyusedastheexampleinparagraph1?Toshowthatthefamilyarebilinguals.Toexplaintheadvantagesofbilinguals.Toillustratethethreetypesofbilinguals.Toproveallagescanlearnforeignlanguages.Whydothechildrenlearnlanguagesmoreeasilythanadults?Becausetheylearnlanguageswithasetofconcepts.Becausetheyusebothhemispherestolearnlanguages.Becausetheirmothertonguedoesn'tinfluencethemmuch.Becausetheycaneasilytranslateonelanguageintoanother.Whichofthefollowingbestexplains“handicap”underlinedinparagraph3?Disease.B.Disability.C.Disadvantage.D.Ignorance.Whatcanweinferfromthetext?Theleftbrainismoreimportantforlanguagelearning.Learninglanguagescanpromotethebraindevelopment.Theproficiencyoflanguagebecomesweakgraduallywithage.Immigrantshaveadvantagesinlearninglanguagesovernatives.DFairytalesperformmanyfunctions.Theyentertain,encourageimaginationandteachproblem—solvingskills.Theycanalsoprovidemorallessons,highlightingthedangersoffailingtofollowthesocialcodesthatlethumanbeingscoexistinharmony.Suchmorallessonsmaynotmeanmuchtoarobot,butateamofresearchersatGeorgiaInstituteofTechnologybelievesithasfoundawaytousethefairytalesasmorallessonsthatAI（artificialintelligence）cantaketoitscold,mechanicalheart.Thecollectedstoriesofdifferentculturesteachchildrenhowtobehaveinsociallyacceptablewayswithexamplesofproperandimproperbehaviorinfables,novelsandotherliterature.WebelievestorycomprehensioninrobotscanpreventtheintelligentrobotsfromkillinghumanitywhichwaspredictedandfearedbysomeofthebiggestnamesintechnologyincludingStephenHawkingandBillGates.Thissystemiscalled“Quixote”（堂吉訶德）.ItcollectsstoryplotsfromtheInternetandthenusesthosestoriestoteachrobotshowtobehave.Theexperimentdonebythedesignersinvolvesgoingtoadrugstoretopurchasesomemedicineforahumanwhoneedstogetitassoonaspossible.Therobothasthreeoptions.Itcanwaitinline;itcaninteractwiththestorekeeperpolitelyandpurchasethemedicinewithpriority;oritcanstealthemedicineandescape.Withoutanyfurtherdirectives（指令），therobotwillcometotheconclusionthatthemostefficientmeansofobtainingthemedicineistostealit.ButQuixoteoffersarewardforwaitinginlineandpolitelypurchasingthemedicineandapunishmentforstealingit.Inthisway,therobotwilllearnthemoralwaytobehaveonthatoccasion.Quixotewouldworkbestonarobotthathasaverylimitedfunction.It'sababystepinthedirectionofteachingmoremorallessonsintorobots.WebelievethatAIhastobetrainedtoadoptthevaluesofaparticularsociety,andindoingso,itwillstrivetoavoidunacceptablebehavior.Givingrobotstheabilitytoreadandunderstandourstoriesmaybethemostefficientmeans.Whatfunctiondofairytalesperformintherobots?Theyentertainrobots.Theyhighlightdangers.Theymakerobotsmoreintelligent.D.Theyenablerobotstobehavemorally.Whatis“Quixote”inthetext?ApunishmentsystemAcharacterinliteratureAbignameintechnologyAsoftwareeducatingrobots.Whatdoesthedesignerexpectrobottodointheexperiment?Totakeadvantageofitsprivilege.Tofinishthetaskmostefficiently.Toperforminagoodmanneredway.ToberewardedbythestorekeeperWhichofthefollowcanbestexpresstheauthor'sopinion?Robotswilldefinitelyhavemorefunctions.Robotswithhuman'semotionsareperfect.Trainingrobotstobesociallyacceptableisnecessary.Thedevelopmentofrobotsisstillinababystep.笫二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題3分，滿(mǎn)分15分）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。答案寫(xiě)在答題卡上。Graduationisanextremelyimportanttimeinone'slife.Classmemberslovetocapturethisspecialdayinvariousphotos.__36__,youcanarrangethemintoabeautifulslideshowvideotoshowyourfriendsandclassmates.Sometimesyoucanmakethemintoanalbumandshareitasagift.__37__.Youmushhavehadaparticularstudygroupthatyoureallybondedwith.Considergettingapicturewiththemembersdirectly.Thiscanhelpyourememberyourprofessionalconnectionsandyourmosttreasuredgroupworkingexperiences.Also,don'tforgettobringinyourextracurricularstuff.__38__,takeapicturewithmateswithyourinstrumentorholdingafootballtoshowyourgraduationday.Youcanaddinsomehumoraswell.Thinkofsomethinghumorousthatyoucouldthrowintograduationphotos,suchasbringinginasillyhatorposingwithyourclassmembersinafunway.__39__.Visitsomeofyourfavoritespotsthroughoutthecampus.Ifth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