辽宁省辽河油田第二高级中学2020届高三英语12月月考试题
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Here's a list of books I'm looking forward to this fall season. Not all of them will rise to the level of the advertisement, but it's an abundant crop. \
In 2009, Small published a celebrated graphic memoir (回忆录) called \motherless 13-year-old boy brought up in an unhappy home in California. This is a tale told in few words and many striking images. On Sept. 11 at 3 p.m., Small will be at Amazonbooks at Union Market. More information at www.amazon.com/graph-tale. \
This brief novel is related by a dead soldier who is watching over a horribly burned partner in a Texas hospital. That sounds embarrassingly emotional, but Ackerman, who served in a Navy in Iraq and Afghanistan, is one of the best soldier-writers of his generation. More information at www.amazon.com/military-essay. \
Chung, the editor of the literary magazine Catapult, was adopted as a baby by a white family in Oregon. In this memoir, she writes about her childhood, her Asian American identity and her search for the Korean parents who gave her up. More information at www.amazon.com/politics-prose. \
Alternating between past and present, this novel tells the story of a woman investigating a late-19th-century science teacher who was caught up in the controversy over Darwinism. Like her other novels, this one promises to explore social and scientific problems. Visit www.amazon.com/tech-science for more information. 1. If you hope for a signature of the author, you will probably buy a copy of ________.
A. Home After Dark C. All You Can Ever Know
B. Waiting for Eden D. Unsheltered
2. Who joined the army and was sent to the Middle East? A. Barbara Kingsolver. C. Elliot Ackerman.
B. David Small. D. Nicole Chung.
3. If you want to read books about non-fiction, you can surf ________. A. www.amazon.com/graph-tale C. www.amazon.com/military-essay
B. www.amazon.com/tech-science D. www.amazon.com/politics-prose B
Today, we're sending Sally away for a week of summer camp. She never actually asked to go. It was all my idea to sign her up(报名). She's nearly 12, and I notice that I'm with my child nearly 24 hours a day. Sally has become increasingly dependent on my presence.
What frightens me most is that she has become a “minime”. She pursues my hobbies, my dreams and my opinions. And that's why I pulled her to the summer camp：a nearby wilderness camp called Hawk Circle.
After we ate, we drove to Hawk Circle. Once there, we got a tour of the grounds and were introduced to Sally's fellow campers. Sally stood by the group of children, holding my hand, horror in her eyes, trying to work up the courage to join in a game of soccer.
“I need you for a few more minutes,”she told me, holding my hand tightly. I pulled away and walked up to one of the camp workers. “Excuse me,”I said loudly, “I'd like to introduce my daughter to you. Maybe you could help her meet a few of these kids.”He came over to talk to Sally, and I kissed on her cheek and then my husband and I disappeared before Sally realized we were gone.
It was not until I drove home that I finally felt it. A piece of my soul had been taken from my body. I began to shake. Tears streamed down my face. It took every bit of my strength to keep driving forward.
When we arrived home, I calmed down and reminded myself why I chose this path. I want Sally to have a chance to find herself out of my shadow. I don't want to see only
myself in my child. I want to learn who she is. After 12 years of constantly being together, I want to finally meet my daughter for the first time. 4. Why did the author sign her daughter up for the summer camp? A. Camp training was something new to her daughter. B. Her daughter had longed to go to the summer camp. C. She wanted to help build up her daughter's independence. D. She expected her daughter to make some new friends. 5. What happened when they arrived at the summer camp? A. Sally enjoyed meeting her fellow campers very much.
B. Sally found the other campers were not easy to get along with. C. Sally gathered the courage to join in a soccer game immediately. D. Sally felt frightened but her parents left her with a camp worker. 6. How did the author feel after leaving the camp? A. She was worried about her daughter's health. B. She was upset but confident of her right decision. C. She was regretful for sending her daughter away. D. She was proud that she had done something correct. 7. What does the author intend to tell us in the passage? A.Sometimes parents need to let go of their children. B. Kids should often be exposed to summer camps. C. Parents shouldn't influence their children too much. D. Children are usually a real reflection of their parents.
C
Dujiangyan is the oldest man-made water system in the world, and a wonder in the development of Chinese science. Built over 2,200 years ago in what is now Sichuan Province in Southwest China, this amazing engineering achievement is still used today to irrigate over 6,000 square kilometres of farmland, take away floodwater and provide water for 50 cities in the province.
In ancient times, the region in which Dujiangyan now stands suffered from regular floods caused by overflow from the Minjiang River. To help the victims of
the flooding, Li Bing, the region governor, together with his son, decided to find a solution. They studied the problem and discovered that the river most often overflowed when winter snow at the top of the nearby Mount Yulei began to melt as the weather warmed.
The simplest fix was to build a dam, but this would have ruined the Minjiang River. So instead Li designed a series of channels built at different levels along Mount Yulei that would take away the floodwater while leaving the river flowing naturally. Better still, the extra water could be directed to the dry Chengdu Plain, making it suitable for farming.
Cutting the channels through the hard rock of Mount Yulei was a remarkable accomplishment as it was done long before the invention gunpowder and explosives. Li Bing found another solution. He used a combination of fire and water to heat and cool the rocks until they cracked and could be removed. After eight years of work, the 20-metre-wide canals had been carved through the mountain.
Once the system was finished, no more floods occurred and the people were able to live peacefully and affluently. Today, Dujiangyan is admired by scientists from around the world because of one feature. Unlike modern dams where the water is blocked with a huge wall, Dujiangyan still lets water flow through the Minjiang River naturally, enabling ecosystems and fish populations to exist in harmony.
8. What are the benefits of Dujiangyan according to the first paragraph? A. Protecting the mountain and reducing flooding. B. Watering farmland and improving water quality. C. Drying the river and supplying cities with water. D. Reducing flooding and watering farmland.
9. What was the main cause of the Minjiang Rivers flooding?
A. Heavy rains. B. Melting snow. C. Low river banks. D. Steep mountains. 10. How was Li Bing able to break through the rocks of Mount Yulei? A. By using gunpowder.
B. By flooding the rocks with water.
C. By applying a heating and cooling technique. D. By breaking the rocks with hammers and spades.
11. Why is Dujiangyan greatly admired by scientists today? A. It preserves much of the natural river life. B. It took very little time to complete the project. C. The building techniques used were very modem.
D. It has raised the living standards of the local people.
D
Other cultures can be different from ours in many aspects! They can eat different foods and live in different types of houses. People probably speak different languages and have beliefs and customs very different from yours. However, they can also be similar in ways of connecting with each other. We sometimes call these means of communication universal languages.
Some legends hold that, thousands of years ago, there was a single language spoken by everyone on Earth. It is fun to think about a time when everyone may have been able to communicate in the same language though historical evidence does not support this, of course.
Today, there are thousands of languages spoken around the world. Yet, there are some means of communication that go beyond words and allow people of wildly different backgrounds to communicate and share emotions and feelings. For example, some people believe music is a universal language. There may be some scientific support for this idea, too. Experts have learned that, across cultures, people can recognize three common emotions in music: happiness, sadness and fear.
So what other types of universal languages might there be? Some people believe dance is a universal language. Along with music, dancing seems to be a common interest shared by peoples all over the world. Do you think you could see a dance from another culture and make some reasonable guesses about the ideas and emotions behind it? We bet you could!
Another universal language that you might not have thought of is math! If you think about it now, though, it just makes sense. The value of pi is roughly 3. 14159 no
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