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福建省平和县第一中学2021届高三年上学期期中英语试题
福建 高三 期中 2020-12-20 39次 整体难度: 适中 考查范围: 主题、语篇范围

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Jerrie: My hope is that my grandchildren and the next generation will inherit (继承) some of the values that were so important to me. It is the best gift I could have given my family.

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1. What is the purpose of the first three paragraphs?
A.To show the importance of the book.
B.To spread Jerries values across her family.
C.To introduce Jerries autobiography to people.
D.To advertise and attract customers to Lifebook.
2. What can we learn from LifeBooks service?
A.LifeBook will take you on a tour.
B.There will be six people helping you.
C.There will be an interview on the phone.
D.LifeBook won’t provide free services for you.
3. What can you do if you are still confused after reading this text?
A.Send an email to LifeBook.
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C.Visit the website of LifeBook.
D.Call 0800-999-2280 on Sunday.
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A group of volunteers joined forces to form a human chain to free four dolphins which had been stranded (搁浅) in a canal for four days. The four dolphins were seen in the water near the Fossil Park neighborhood in St Petersburg, Florida, US, on Sunday. Experts from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) had monitored the dolphins' activities in the past few days and hoped that they would swim out with the tide.

But when the dolphins struggled to leave the canal, the brave volunteers joined members of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Clearwater Marine Aquarium to form a rescue team to free them. Dozens of people gathered to take videos and pictures of the kind act. A team of 14 volunteers held hands to act as a block to guide the dolphins out of the narrow channel. They shouted and patted the water with their hands to direct the dolphins to vast expanses of Riviera Bay. Dolphins find their way in the water through echolocation(回声定位). That means that, by making high-frequency sounds, they can recognize the echoes of sound waves that bounce off objects to find their way around.

Andy Garrett, a biologist of the FWC said, "We were able to keep that chain together. The dolphins were interested. They actually came over right away." He added that when the team reached a bridge, the dolphins appeared a bit nervous and started doing some spins. "They made one real hard pass at our team and then went under the bridge and took off," Garrett said. The operation lasted about 45 minutes and the rescue team did not use nets or any items that could stress the dolphins.

4. What can we know about the dolphins from paragraph l?
A.They formed a chain to protect themselves.
B.They lived in the water near the Fossil Park.
C.They were observed in secret by volunteers.
D.They were forced to stay in a canal for four days.
5. Why did volunteers shout and pat the water?
A.To make sounds to attract some people.
B.To guide the dolphins out to Riviera Bay.
C.To celebrate the success of saving dolphins.
D.To test the different reactions of the dolphins.
6. What words could best describe the rescuers?
A.Brave and caring.
B.Cautious and humorous.
C.Smart and ambitious.
D.Optimistic and energetic.
7. What's the main idea of the text?
A.Dolphins swam to the canal to hunt for food.
B.Rescuers formed a human chain to save dolphins.
C.Volunteers helped four dolphins find their way home.
D.Experts studied the ways of dolphins' finding directions.
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The Guardian(卫报) has updated its style guide to introduce terms that more accurately describe the environmental crises facing the world.

Instead of “climate change” the preferred terms are “climate emergency, crisis or breakdown” and “global heating” is favoured over “global warming”, although the original terms are not banned.

“We want to ensure that we are being scientifically precise, while also communicating clearly with readers on this very important issue,” said the editor-in-chief, Katharine Viner. “The phrase ‘climate change’, for example, sounds rather passive and gentle when what scientists are talking about is a catastrophe for humanity.”

“Increasingly, climate scientists and organisations from the UN to the Met Office are changing their terms, and using stronger language to describe the situation we’re in,” she said. Other terms that have been updated, including the use of “wildlife” rather than “biodiversity”, “fish populations” instead of “fish stocks” and “climate science denier” rather than “climate sceptic”.

Earlier in May, Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has inspired school strikes for climate around the globe, said: “Can we all now call it what it is: climate breakdown, climate crisis, climate emergency, ecological breakdown, ecological crisis and ecological emergency?”

The update to the Guardian’s style guide follows the addition of the global carbon dioxide level to the Guardian’s daily weather pages. “Levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have risen so dramatically – including a measure of that in our daily weather report is symbolic of what human activity is doing to our climate,” said Viner in April. “People need reminding that the climate crisis is no longer a future problem – we need to tackle it now, and every day matters.”

8. Why is the Guardian changing the language it uses about the environment?
A.To achieve more accurate description of the diverse world we live in.
B.To remove all the negative expressions concerning environment problems.
C.To illustrate the world’s environment crises in a more precise way.
D.To make the terms about environment sound more academic.
9. In terms of the Guardian’s language changing in the field of environment, which of the following statement is true?
A.Since the new terms about environment crises have been adopted, the original ones are all banned.
B.Compared with “climate crisis”, “climate change” sounds more pessimistic and depressing.
C.“Climate crisis” as a stronger term helps to describe the real threat facing the world.
D.Global carbon dioxide level is added to the Guardian’s daily weather pages long before the update of the style guide.
10. All the following are newly updated terms except __________.
A.wildlifeB.fish populationC.climate science denierD.biodiversity
11. Why did Greta Thunberg inspire school strikes for climate?
A.To set a good example for teenagers as a well-behavior student.
B.To show it is urgent to update environment terms.
C.To convey Swedish schools’ willing to listen to different voices from teenagers.
D.To show how popular environment campaigns are among Sweden.
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Everyone needs to be safe,loved and to have a sense of belonging.These are inborn and natural basic needs.In an effort to have these needs satisfied,many of us tend to please others.And it works for a while.We find that we experience less conflict with others,but the conflict within ourselves grows.Saying "no" produces feeling of guilt and saying "yes" brings anger.

My father was in the military,so we moved frequently.Being shy,I didn't make friends.What's more,I grew up in a household where grades,image and how others saw our family were very important.In our household a "C" was unacceptable,a "B" should have been an "A" and an "A" meant the lesson was too easy.I was too skinny,my sister was too fat and my brother's lips and ears were too big for his tiny head.

To stop pleasing others is easier said than done.It's a long process,one in which I am consistently working to perfect.The turning point for me came shortly after I got married.The very first thing we did to end the cycle of catering to others was develop our own identity as individuals and then as a couple.And then we developed a strong set of core(核心)values and a vision for our future.The third and one of the most valuable things we did during this process was develop our own personal influence on others and we valued deeply the opinions of the wiser and more successful people around us.

Besides,we should understand that sometimes helping people actually hurts them.Struggle is necessary to success.Struggle strengthens character,making people determined.So sometimes allowing people to struggle is the best thing you can do for them.

12. How are we likely to feel when pleasing others?
A.SatisfiedB.Angry.
C.HappyD.Guilty
13. What can we infer from the author's experience as a child?
A.He grew up doing a lot of housework.
B.It was hard for him to adjust to the moving life.
C.He realized the value of opinions from others.
D.His parents had great expectations of the children.
14. What is the third paragraph mainly about?
A.What steps the author took to go on pleasing others.
B.How the author stepped out of the cycle of pleasing others.
C.Why the author further developed his values and character.
D.When the author turned to others for their valuable opinions.
15. What does the author suggest doing?
A.Helping others without delay.
B.Refusing to help others.
C.Thinking twice before offering help.
D.Leaving someone alone in trouble.
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