北京市东城区2018届高三上学期期末考试英语试题

43. Why did Ivan Schwab win an Ig Nobel Prize? A. His discovery can be applied in daily life. B. His research result benefits the environment.

C. He invented a new way to avoid the impact of blows.

D. He found why woodpeckers could be free from brain damage. 44. What is mainly talked about in Paragraph 3? A. Why Ig Nobel Prizes can get people’s trust. B. Why people’s eyes decide their stomachs. C. Why Wansink won an Ig Nobel Prize. D. Why visual research interests people.

45. The Ig Nobel Prize awarded to Daisuke Inoue suggests ______. A. Ig Nobel Prize’s inventions can easily become popular B. Ig Nobel Prize winners are familiar with entertainment C. most Ig Nobel Prize’s inventions are created by accident D. Ig Nobel Prizes may go to inventions with global influence 46. What do the research results of Ig Nobel Prizes have in common? A. They are related to everyday life.

B. They solve problems in people’s work. C. They seem unexpected but meaningful. D. They are ridiculous and hard to understand.

D Sharenting

It’s the holiday season, the time when we connect with family and friends. Social media sites like Twitter and Facebook are full of festive pictures, featuring parents’ catching and sharing those special family moments, their child’s wish list, and maybe even a cute video of their child dancing to “Jingle Bell Rock” while wearing a diaper （尿片） and Santa hat. Swelling with pride, parents can’t wait to get approval with a “thumbs up” or better yet a personalized message on their treasured post.

Adults should be able to post what they want online. However, when exposing family moments online, are they sharing too much information? Do parents have the right to share those cute now, but embarrassing later moments about kids? Have children willingly given their agreement to sharing their cute but funny video online?

A recent study found that 75% of parents turn to social media for parenting-related information and social support. There is even a term used to describe the overuse of sharing too much information about kids on social media: “sharenting”. Research also finds that “sharenting” isn’t going anywhere anytime soon. What’s troublesome is that a typical parent has about 150 Facebook friends and only a third of them are actual friends. So that brings up good questions – Who are we really sharing our information with and why? Who knows when and where that photo could resurface in the future?

While there’s no reliable information on how young children feel about things posted online, we do have information about how teens feel. According to a report by the Family Online Safety Institute, 76% of teens are concerned about their privacy. Many teens constantly search for new apps that allow anonymity. When names are required, they use screen names that don’t reveal real information. If our teens are doing a better job of protecting themselves online, shouldn’t parents take the lead and do the same? Plus, with more and more college admission representatives and potential employers surfing the internet for potential

candidates, we’d hate for one of our posts to change an important decision. Think about it … online reputations are now becoming inseparable with real life ones.

Of course, we can secure our privacy settings, only allowing our friends to view pictures, posts and videos, but that doesn’t stop others from uploading our pictures. Adults need to be cautious of sharing information online, especially information about children.

So, this holiday season, enjoy family time and share those special memories with family and friends. Before clicking the app to upload photos or videos, stop and think twice.

47. Which of the following behaviors is “sharenting”? A. A girl attends a live performance online.

B. A father tells his son’s story to his colleagues. C. A mother posts her baby’s pictures on Facebook.

D. A boy invites his friends to his birthday party at home.

48. What does the underlined word “anonymity” in Paragraph 4 mean? A. One’s real name. B. Using strange names. C. Unchangeable names. D. Being unknown by name. 49. What’s the author’s attitude toward “sharenting”? A. Sympathetic. B. Negative. C. Neutral. D. Unconcerned. 50. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To state an argument. B. To support an opinion. C. To compare different ideas. D. To question a point of view.

第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

In all our lives we must make choices. You make choices from the time you get out of bed in the morning until you go to sleep at night. What time to get up? What to wear? What to eat? You also make more significant choices when you graduate from high school. 51 College? Technical training?

No matter the size of the decision, the common thread in all of them is that they involve an opportunity cost. Opportunity cost is your next best alternative – your second choice. For example, it’s a Saturday night, and you are trying to decide between going to the movies, hanging out at friend’s house or going to the football game. 52 What is your second choice? If it is the football game, then that is your opportunity cost.

Opportunity cost is important. When you make a certain choice, it forces you to think more critically about all of the abandoned choices. By recognizing opportunity cost, you can decide whether your decision is worth it.

53 As a high school senior, you face several options, including going to college, going to technical school, or going to the work force. If you choose college the opportunity cost is losing what could have been purchased or saved with the money spent on tuition （学费）, housing, books, etc. for four years. 54 You would also lose four years’ worth of income and experience that you could have earned if you had gone straight to work.

However, it is still the case that college graduates earn more than high school graduates. 55 But, like all decisions, it is one that should be arrived at only after looking at the costs – including the opportunity cost – and considering the follow-up question: is it worth it?

A. Will you go straight to work? B. What causes opportunity cost? C. But that’s not the end of the costs.

D. Suppose you decide to go to the movies. E. If you give up college, what do you lose?

F. A perfect example is the decision to go to college.

G. For many students, going on to college is a wise decision. 第三部分：书面表达（共两节，35分） 第一节 （15分）

你的美国笔友 Jim 来信询问中国教师节的情况。请你给他回信，内容包括： 1. 教师节的时间；

2. 学生向教师表达祝福的方式； 3. 庆祝教师节的意义。

注意： 1. 词数不少于50；

2. 开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

Dear Jim,

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第二节 （20分）

假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，给学校英语报投稿，介绍你们上个月开展的一次班级活动。

注意： 1. 词数不少于60；

2. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。

Last month, we went to the exhibition displaying China’s outstanding achievements over the past five years.

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北京市东城区2018届高三上学期期末考试

英语试题答案

第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分） 1. C 2. D

3. D 4. A 5. A 6. B 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B 11. A 12. B 13. B 14. C 15. D

第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分） 16. D 17. A 18. D 19. B 20. C 28. B 29. C 30. D 31. A 32. B

21. C 33. C

22. B

23. A 24. A 25. D

26. D

27. B

34. A 35. C

第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

36. A 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. D 41. A 42. B 43. D 44. C 45. D 48. D 49. B 50. A

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 51. A

52. D

53. F 54. C 55. G

46. C 47. C

第三部分：书面表达（共两节，35分） 第一节（15分）

三、 One possible version: Dear Jim,

I am very glad to know that you are interested in Teachers’ Day in China. We celebrate Teachers’ Day every September 10th. On that day, we will send best wishes and express our thanks to our dear teachers for their hard work. Some students write Thank-you cards to our teachers; others would like to send them beautiful flowers. Sometimes we prepare performances or give them hand-made gifts. In our school, we also have a tradition of serving tea to each teacher in the morning.

I think Teachers’ Day is a meaningful celebration. It gives us the chance to show our respect and love to our teachers. What’s more, respecting teachers is also a tradition for us Chinese.

Do you have a similar celebration for teachers? Looking forward to hearing from you soon! Yours, Li Hua

四、One possible version: