2020届高三上学期英语9月调研试卷
一、阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 1. 阅读理解
It is true that summer is hot. But here is something to makeyour day easier. Are you prepared? Meet the new AirFreez— an alternative to traditional AirConditioners that cools you just the same!
How does it work?
It is surprisingly easy to set up! You just need to plug itinto a socketOR any USB port .
Once you have done that, simply fill it with 20oz/0. 6L ofcold tap water. Now just press the power button and the instant cool air ishere! What is so special about this little box?
It is no larger than a lunchbox. It can be powered by apocket solar panel（电池板）or battery pack and you probably have the world’s first andmost portable AC unit.
Bad sleepers are putting the AirFreez next to their beds atnight. The relaxing blow of cool, clean air, the comforting soft night lightand the quiet create the perfect sleeping conditions!
The price is just amazing. Most AC units cost at least $300+ AND you have to pay more to cover the expensive electricity bills eachmonth. AirFreez costs less than $ 100 .
Top Tips:
To make your air even cooler—add a bottle of cold tap waterfrom your refrigerator or even ice!
For a beautiful relaxing atmosphere—add a few drops offragrant oils to the water!
（1）Which is necessary to get AirFreez to work?
A . A socket.B . A phone battery.C . A laptop and hot waten.D . Cold water and power supply.
（2）How much do two sets of AirFreez cost? A . $106,B . $ 200.C . $ 300.D . $ 600.
（3）How can a user of AirFreez get cooler air?
A . By adding ice into the machine.B . By putting it closer to one’s bed.C . By filling the machine with tap water.D . By adding a few drops of special oils.
2. 阅读理解
Vacation in the U. S. usually means slower days, and noschool teachers know, however, that vacation means students will likely fallbehind, and forget things they learned during the year. Simon Vanderpool, aspecial education teacher in Lexington, Kentucky, decided to do something aboutit.
He started a program called Books and Barbers. Children go to the barber, choose a book andread out loud while the barber cuts their hair. The child gets a sticker andcan take the book home. And there is an added bonus: money. The kids get paid to read.
Vanderpool says barber shops are places where kids can feelcomfortable.
“Once a student feels comfortable, that’s whenever the brainopens up, and that they are able to start focusing on nothing but learning.”Amir Shalash owns a barber shop. But he is doing more than cuttingchildren’s hair. He is listening to them read, and helping them with theirreading.
Most of the children getting haircuts at barber shops areboys. Vanderpool’s idea was to do more thanjust help them with reading and money. The teacher wants to help kids who aregrowing up in a home without a father liike he did. Also, I created the programin order to provide a positive mentor阅读理解
Whales, like all mammals,needair, and come to the surface to breathe through a blowhole. A dronethatfloats over the blowholes of humpback whales as they are making annual journeyalong Australia’s east coast is being used by Australian scientists forcollecting nasal mucusofwhales.
Vanessa Pirotta, a biologist at Macquarie University saysthat nasal mucus indicates the health of the whale. “It is the biologicalmixture that you see as a whale takes a breath as it surfaces from the water,” she said. You can hear sounds ofsharp breaths as a whale breathes because, after all, they are animals like youand I. So as they take a breath it is a lot of lung bacteria coming out fromtheir lungs, which we can collect to provide a brief idea of whale health.
Australian researchers have attached a special dish that isused in scientific tests to a drone which flies through the whale’s nasal mist.As a whale comes to take a breath—you can actually see it coming to the surfaceon really good weather days —the drone then lowers, the dish is then
2020届高三上学期英语9月调研试卷真题
