广东省北京师范大学东莞石竹附属学校2019届高三英语上学期期中
试题
（满分120分，考试时间120分钟）
第I卷
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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Here are several programs aimed at providing excellent learning opportunities for students.
Week of Wild
Come to join us in an adventure around the world! Campers are able to see, touch, and interact with some rare animals in a safe and comfortable setting. Our educators present children with the biological aspects of each species, their ecological significance, and the conservation efforts that are in place or lacking, needed for their survival.
Treasure Ventures
In this program, students will go on a journey with Jim Hawkins, a boy with big dreams. He faces pirates and rough seas to find mystical treasure. Students will build floating pirate ships, survey Camp Centerland with homemade compasses, thread South American necklaces, and construct maps to find buried treasure.
City of Ember
Power failures are common. There is no light in the sky. Outside the city is what is called the Unknown Regions where only darkness can be found. Campers will learn about electric circuits. They will discover which materials are conductors of electricity. Students will play water sports and learn about water wheels and the scientific forces behind pipelines and fountains.
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
“Poor Potts” is what everybody calls. So when the Pott family go to buy a new
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car and come back with a wreck(残骸), nobody is surprised except the Potts themselves. First, the car has a name. And she tells them what it is. Then they find out that she can fly. In this camp, students will invent new candy treats, race a flying motor car and explore the science behind historical inventions. 1. In which camp can students construct a ship? A．Week of Wild. B．City of Ember.
C. Treasure Ventures D．Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
2. What will campers do in City of Ember camp?
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A. make new water wheel
． B. Learn physical knowledge. C. Help repair electricity system.
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D. Discover materials producing electricity. 3. What is unusual about the Potts’ car?
A. It is newly made.
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B. It has the ability to fly. C. It can invent candy treats.
D. D. It has the same name as the Potts.
B
One night I received a Facebook message from Laura, a former classmate. “Hey Steve,” she said, “I know you’ve always been an animal lover. I’ve just had a baby and I can’t keep my mini pig.”
Being fond of animals, I knew I wanted the pig. I just had to figure out how to make it happen. I lived in a two-bedroom single-level house in Georgetwon, Ontario. It’s tough to bring a pig back to the house I share with two dogs, two cats, and my lifelong partner.
But I was not letting that pig go. So I told Laura I’d take the animal. When I got home with the pig, I hid her in the bedroom, and began to prepare a dinner for
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Alisha — her favourite bacon cheeseburgers. It’s better to make her happy before introducing the new member to her.
When I led her to the bedroom and showed her the surprise, Alisha stood in the doorway like a statue. It took her a few seconds to know what I had done. She complained about my unreasonable action. She insisted there was no more room in the house. I knew I was wrong, but I hoped I could smooth things over. Soon enough, the lovely pig did the smoothing for me. Never had we felt such joy as she brought to us. We got her a name “Esther”.
Esther’s arrival changed our lives. A few weeks later, we decided to stop eating bacon. We figured it was our turn to try to change the world for other animals. A few months later, we moved to a farm where we cared for abandoned animals—so far, six rabbits, six goats, two sheep, one horse, three cows and three chickens.
4. Who does the underlined phrase “my lifelong partner” in Paragraph 2 refer to?
A. Laura. B. Steve. C. Alisha. D. Esther.
5. Why did the author cook Alisha a meal?
A. To celebrate Esther’s arrival. B. To make an apology to her. C.To show off his cooking skills.
D. To please her to accept the pig.
6. What was Alisha’s reaction the moment she saw Esther? A. She burst into tears.
B. She was frozen for a while. C. She quarreled with Steve.
D. She showed interest in her. 7. What is the best title for the text? A. A Small Pig Making a Big Difference
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B. An Abandoned Pig Finding a Warm Home C. A Little Pig Bringing Happiness to a Family D. A Lovely Pig Removing a Couple’s Disagreement
C
Tokyo Medical University, one of Japan’s top medical universities, has been systematically blocking female applicants from entering the school by lowering their entrance exam results for the past decade, local news agencies have reported.
The scandal (丑闻) surfaced during the university’s investigation of another scandal, in which its former director was accused of giving admission to the son of a senior education official in exchange for a favor.
Admissions records released by the school show the percentage of women who passed the entrance exam rose from 24% in 2009 to 38% in 2010. The figure has since stayed below that level, falling to 18% in 2018, when only 30 women of the 1,019 female applicants were eventually accepted.
Women account for more than 40% of the overall workforce, but the share of female doctors has been stuck at about 30% since 1998. The slow progress in medicine has caused assumption that other medical institutes probably have similar policies that discriminate against female applicants.
So why is a country that is battling a shortage of doctors trying to bar qualified female candidates from getting training?
It is believed that female students will eventually leave the medical profession to give birth and to raise their children. There is a silent understanding to accept more male students as one way to solve the doctor shortage.
It is true that female physicians tend to leave the profession at much higher rates than male, but many disagree that keeping them out of medical school is an effective response.
Yoshiko Maeda, head of the Japan Medical Women’s Association, said, “It is astonishing that women are being robbed of their right to seek entry to the medical profession. Instead of worrying about women quitting jobs, they should do more to
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create an environment where women can keep working.”
8. Which year saw the highest level of female admission percentage? A. 1998. B. 2009. C. 2010. D. 2018.
9. What does the underlined word “bar” in paragraph 5 mean? A. prevent. B. protect. C. separate. D. distinguish.
10. What is Maeda’s attitude to Tokyo Medical University’s policy? A. Disapproving. B. Uninterested. C. Favorable. D. Cautious.
11. What is the main idea of the text?
A. Female doctors in Japan tend to leave their profession. B. Tokyo Medical University put forward a new admission policy. C. Female doctors make up the larger part of Japanese workforce. D. Tokyo Medical University changed test scores to keep women out.
D
In summer the extreme heat often makes people sweaty and restless. While people are annoyed by it, experts suggest summer is the best season to discharge (排放) your body’s toxins (毒素) and recover your energy.
One popular option is hot-stone massage (按摩). Therapists use smooth and heated stones, usually river rocks, to massage certain parts of the body, or place them on key points of the body. The warmth of the hot stones will improve blood circulation
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广东省北京师范大学东莞石竹附属学校2019届高三英语上学期期中试题
