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2019学年度上学月考（1）试题
高三英语
时间：100分钟 满分：150分
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第一部分: 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
I was born and raised in England in a culture where privacy and “keeping yourself to yourself” were valued traditions. Speaking to strangers was not encouraged. People were most hospitable（好客的）and friendly.
However, I have been lucky enough to spend some time in both Italy and the US, where I found traditions of hospitality and politeness to be very different.
I experienced Italian hospitality first-hand on a crowded railway carriage travelling, one afternoon, from Genoa to Florence. Sinking gratefully into an empty seat, I was scolded in rapid Italian by a gentleman who was returning to this seat - it had not been “spare” after all. I apologized in English, and got up to allow him back into the seat. The gentleman obviously had no understanding of the English language, but he, too, realized my genuine mistake. He smiled and gestured for me to remain in the seat, and he himself remained standing in the corridor for the remainder of the journey. The other occupants of the carriage smiled and nodded at me and made me feel quite welcome amongst them. I feel that if this had been in England, a foreigner who made a mistake would not always be so kindly treated.
Transport also featured in the differences I noticed between English and American culture. I flew to New York on a plane with mainly English passengers. We sat together in near silence. Nobody spoke to me nor, as I expected, to anyone else they did not know. They felt it was not polite to intrude on someone else’s privacy. However, when I travelled across the United States, whether by plane or Greyhound bus, I was never short of conversation. Conversation was going on all around me and whoever sat next to me was happy to introduce themselves and ask me about myself. They obviously felt it would have been rude not to speak to another person, whether they were strangers or not. 1. What do we know about the occupants when the author was travelling in Italy? A. They were all on the side of the gentleman. B. They all laughed at the author for his mistake.
C. They would not bear a mistake like the author’s in public. D. They showed their understanding of the author’s mistake. 2. How does the author probably believes the Italian people are? A. Cold
B. Rude C. Helpful
D. Hospitable
3. Why did English passengers sit in near silence according to the last paragraph? A. They were too tired to speak.
B. They were all strangers to each other. C. Privacy was a valued tradition in England. D. Everybody was deeply lost in thought. 4. What can be the best title for the text? A. Different Ways of Hospitality and Politeness
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B. My Unforgettable Travelling Experience Abroad C. Co-understanding Each Other D. The Importance of Privacy
B
The sharing economy, represented by companies like Airbnb or Uber, is the latest fashion craze. But many supporters have overlooked the reality that this new business model is largely based on escaping regulations and breaking the law.
Airbnb is an Internet-based service that allows people to rent out spare rooms to strangers for short stays. Uber is an Internet taxi service that allows thousands of people to answer ride requests with their own cars. There are hundreds of other such services.
The good thing about the sharing economy is that it promotes the use of underused resources. Millions of people have houses or apartments with empty rooms, and Airbnb allows them to profit from these rooms while allowing guests a place to stay at prices that are often far less than those charged by hotels. Uber offers prices that are competitive with standard taxi prices and their drivers are often much quicker and more trustworthy.
But the downside of the sharing economy has gotten much less attention. Most cities and states both tax and regulate hotels, and the tourists who stay in hotels are usually an important source of tax income. But many of Airbnb’s customers are not paying the taxes required under the law.
Airbnb can also raise issues of safety for its customers and trouble for hosts’ neighbors. Hotels are regularly inspected to ensure that they are not fire traps and that they don’t form other risks for visitors. Airbnb hosts face no such inspections.
Since Airbnb is allowing people to escape taxes and regulations, the company is simply promoting thefts. Others in the economy will lose by bearing an additional tax burden or being forced to live next to an apartment unit with a never-ending series of noisy visitors.
The same story may apply with Uber. Uber is currently in disputes over whether its cars meet the safety and insurance requirements imposed on standard taxis. Also, if Uber and related services flood the market, they could harm all taxi drivers’ ability to earn a minimum wage.
This downside of the sharing needs to be taken seriously, but that doesn’t mean the current tax and regulatory structure is perfect.
5. What is the positive thing about the sharing economy? A. It is a global trend. B. It is beyond regulations. C. It draws on spare resources. D. It brings in modest profits.
6. What is the problem with Airbnb customers according to the passage? A. They are not regularly inspected. B. They are likely to commit thefts. C. They are allowed not to pay taxes.
D. They can be noisy to hosts’ neighbours. 7. What is the argument over Uber according to the passage？ A. Whether it guarantees customers’ safety. B. Whether it provides reliable services. C. Whether it lowers customers’ expenses. D. Whether it can compete with standard taxis.
8. What will be talked about in the following paragraphs?
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A. Existing regulations and laws.
B. Necessary improvements of current laws.
C. Further development of Airbnb and Uber. D. More downsides of Airbnb and Uber.
C
This weekly four-day physical activity schedule will get your kids excited about being active. Tuesday
When the kids get home from school, don’t let them go straight to the TV and get settled in. Encourage them to get moving and get off the couch（沙发）by giving them a pedometer（计步器）. Pedometers are the most fun when parents also use one because that turns stepping, walking and running into a game to see who can get the most steps.
Thursday
The kids have done a great job so far this week, but now they long for a little more TV time. Instead of turning on cartoons, let them watch fitness movies made just for kids. These movies encourage watchers to get up and dance along to kid-friendly music.
Saturday
Get the whole family out of the house together and over to a park. Bring lots of sports equipment, pack a healthy picnic and have a family competitive sports day. Kids and adults get into groups and play against each other in tennis, basketball or soccer. After everyone has played hard for a couple of hours, stop for a picnic and then if your family isn’t too tired, go back and play some more.
Sunday
Every child loves to play video games and there is no better time to allow kids to play them than on Sunday when no homework is due. But don’t let them play a game that forces them to sit down for hours. Dance games with a floor mat（垫子）to help kids follow the dance moves are popular to kids. 9. Parents are advised to use a pedometer together with their kids because _______. A. they can give their kids some advice about walking B. it can prevent them from watching TV too much C. their kids will not use it if they don’t
D. this will allow them and their kids to have a fun competition
10. On Thursday when a kid wants to watch TV, his parents should _______. A. let him watch it for a short time B. show fitness movies to him C. take him out for a walk instead D. watch cartoons with him
11. According to the author, the best time for a kid to play video games is _______. A. Sunday
B. Tuesday
C. Saturday
D. Thursday D
After four silent years, the 27 -year-old British singer Adele Adkins has finally introduced herself to the world again with Hello, the opening song from her third album 25, which will come out on Nov. 20.
Although Adele is a very successful singer now, music wasn’t always what she saw herself doing. At age 10, when she saw her grandmother’s pain over the death of Adele’s grandfather, she pictured herself as a heart surgeon.
“I wanted to fix people’s hearts,” she told the UK music website i-D, remembering the childhood interest she’d had in biology classes until she found out that her real talent was for singing.
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