大庆实验中学三部英语期中考试跟进测试题
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）
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The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame ( the Hall of Fame for short ) is a fantastic destination for everyone from lifelong basketball fans to families with children who are just beginning to explore the world's most popular sport. Each year, several thousand visitors crowd into this birthplace of basket-ball.
Dates and Hours of Operation
The Hall of Fame is open Wednesday through Sunday from late November through March 31 and daily the rest of the year. Hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. (Friday through Sunday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.). Because it may close for private functions, it is wise to confirm hours of operation ahead of your visit. Just call 1-877-466-6752.
Ticket Information
Admission to the Hall of Fame (as of 2019) is $24 for people aged over 16, $16 for youths aged from 5 to 16 and free for children under age 5. Since the number of visitors is limited each day, you are advised to make a reservation in advance. For more information, please call 1-877-466-6831.
Travelling from All Directions
The Hall of Fame is conveniently located within driving distance from Boston (in the east), Albany (in the west), Vermont (in the north) and New York (in the south) and is right off of MA Route 91. For those who prefer to travel by air, the museum is not far from Logan International Airport and Bradley International Airport. For more information about the transportation, call 1-877-446-6755.
A Friendly Reminder
1. No food and beverage inside of the hall.
2. Backpacks and any large bags are not permitted inside of the hall unless needed for medical
reasons.
3. If you wish to participate in shooting on Center Court, please wear appropriate footwear. Also, contests of any kind and half court shots are not allowed for everyone's safety.
4. For anything you don't know for sure, call 413-781-6500. 1. When can visitors visit the Hall of Fame? A. At 11:00 a.m., Monday, Nov. 30th. B. At 3:00 p.m., Friday, Mar. 12th. C. At 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Apr.1st.
D. At 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 20th.
2. What is the purpose of the fourth paragraph of the text? A. To tell about the location of the Hall of Fame. B. To introduce several cities near the Hall of Fame. C. To stress the easy accessibility to the Hall of Fame. D. To encourage people to reach the Hall of Fame by car. 3. What are visitors advised to do in the Hall of Fame? A. Join in shooting contests on Center Court. B. Take some snacks in case they are hungry. C. Take care of their backpacks during the visit. D. Wear suitable shoes if they want to try shooting. B
Grandma was going to turn eighty-two on Friday. I heard Mom ordering a cake from the bakery over the phone. “Don’t put any icing on it,” she said, “Just a plain angel cake.” Angel cake with fresh strawberries was her favorite. So Mum was ready.
That afternoon when Dad came home, he showed me the phone he had bought for Grandma. “It has speed-dialing,” he said. “She won’t have to push so many buttons when she calls the doctor’s
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office or her sister.” Dad looked pleased. “Her fingers are so stiff with arthritis (关节炎) that the phone seems a good idea.”
But what about me? Here I was with only one dollar in my pocket and one night to think of a gift. Even though Mom always insisted that “it’s the thought that counts,” I had a big problem. My mind was even more empty of ideas than my wallet was empty of money.
When I have a problem, it sometimes helps to shoot a few baskets in the driveway. Dribble, shoot, rebound.
For a while I just played without even trying to think. I began to remember back before Granddad died, when we used to visit them in Kentucky, Granddad showed me how to do a jump shot. Thinking about Granddad made me sigh. Grandma’s life was a lot happier when he was alive.
Swish! I’d made two in a row.
Suddenly, I remembered a green glass dish in the shape of a leaf that Grandma used to keep on a table back in Kentucky. It was always full of those red-and-white-striped peppermint candies. I hadn’t thought of that dish for a long time. Maybe it was lost or broken when Dad rented the truck and brought Grandma and the belongings to Ohio.
Just thinking about that candy dish made me taste the peppermint slowly dissolving on my tongue. I could almost hear Grandma saying, “Help yourself to a piece of peppermint, Burt.” That voice had a smile behind it. It was a voice I hadn’t heard for a long time.
Aha! I took one last shot, then dribbled to the back door, ran up the steps two at a time, and grabbed my wallet.
4. What do you know about the author’s grandma?
A. She has difficulty moving fingers. B. She loves high-tech products. C. She doesn’t like a plain cake.
D. She has a sweet tooth.
5. What does the underlined word “dissolving” mean in the last paragraph but one? A. Melting.
B. Chewing. C. Swallowing.
D. Fading.
6. What would the writer probably buy in the end?
A. Something decorative for candies. B. Something bringing good memories. C. Something convenient to use. D. Something to Grandma’s taste. 7. What is the best title of the text? A. The Good Old Days B. The Gift of Gratitude
C. The Thought That Counts
D. The Inspiration from Basketball
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People often plan to receive medical exam but don't, resulting in increasing health care cost. A surprising number of citizens mean to complete tax forms in time but forget to, forcing them to pay unnecessary fines. Many families miss the government deadline to complete financial aid forms, losing out on aid available for child care.
How can policymakers help people follow through on important tasks? They use carrots and sticks: bonuses, late fees, or regulations. These methods can be clumsy, and often aren't effective for the situation at hand. Reminding people to form simple plans, however, provides a low-cost, simple, and powerful tool.
Evidence is growing that providing prompts, which push people at key times to think through how and when they will follow through, make people more likely to act on tasks of importance. In one early randomized study on tetanus vaccination rates, for example, a team of social psychologists showed that 28% of Oxford University seniors got the shot after being encouraged to review their weekly schedules and to select a possible time to stop by the health center. They were also given a list of times when shots were available and a map showing the health center's location. Only 3% of the seniors got the shot when simply informed about how effective the shots were.
People who make a plan gain an advantage from their psychological forces. Specifically, they can overcome the tendency to put off as well as the tendency to be overly optimistic about the time it will take to accomplish a task. Imagine Sarah who wants to renew a car insurance, but it will require two hours of travel to and from a garage. Making a plan may lead her to take two hours off and have her responsibilities covered by her colleagues while she is away. Moreover, she will be less likely to underestimate the time needed to accomplish the task—a particularly common problem for complex tasks.
People mistakenly believe that their strong intentions are enough to push them to perform desired behaviors. These psychological research results stress the need for policy decisions that encourage
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plan making and improve social welfare. 8. What phenomenon is described in paragraph 1? A. Heavy burden of daily chores.
B. Lack of task management skills. C. Disappointment of over-ambitions.
D. Failure to achieve original intentions.
9. What does the randomized tetanus vaccination study show? A. People need to think deeply before they act. B. Specific reminders help people accomplish plans. C. Awareness of task significance matters in planning. D. Seniors need encouragement to have vaccination shots. 10. What psychological benefit can people get from making a plan? A. They are realistic in the time required. B. They are optimistic about the outcome. C. They are confident to overcome hardship. D. They are careful with task arrangements. 11. Who may be the intended readers of this text? A. Medical staff.
B. Government officials.
C. Ordinary people.
D. Social psychologists. D
Hardware in general, and smartphones in particular, have become a huge environmental and health problem in the Global South's landfill sites (垃圾填埋场).
Electronic waste (e-waste) currently takes up 5 percent of all global waste, and it is set to increase rapidly as more of us own more than one smartphone, laptop and power bank. They end up in places like Agbogbloshie on the outskirts of Ghana's capital, Accra. It is the biggest e-waste dump in the
world, where 10, 000 informal workers walk through tons of abandoned goods as part of an informal recycling process. They risk their health searching for the precious metals that are found in abandoned smartphones.
But Agbogbloshie should not exist. The Basel Convention, a 1989 treaty, aims to prevent developed nations from unauthorized dumping of e-waste in less developed countries. The e-waste industry, however, circumvents the regulations by exporting e-waste labelled as \poor countries like Ghana, knowing full well that it is heading for a landfill site.
A recent report found Agbogbloshie contained some of the most dangerous chemicals. This is not surprising: smartphones contain chemicals like mercury (水银), lead and even arsenic(砷). Reportedly, one egg from a free-range chicken in Agbogbloshie contained a certain chemical which can cause cancer and damage the immune system at a level that's about 220 times greater than a limit set by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA). Most worryingly, these poisonous chemicals are free to pollute the broader soil and water system. This should concern us all, since some of Ghana's top exports are cocoa and nuts.
Some governments have started to take responsibility for their consumers' waste. For example,
Germany has started a project that includes a sustainable recycling system at Agbogbloshie, along with a health clinic for workers. However, governments cannot solve the problem alone, as there is an almost limitless consumer demand for hardware, especially when governments green policies are focused on issues like climate change.
Only the manufacturers can fix this. A more economically sustainable and politically possible
solution is through encouraging hardware manufacturers to make the repair, reuse and recycling of hardware profitable, or at least cost-neutral. 12. What can we infer from Paragraph 2？ A. Electronic products need improving urgently. B. Electronic waste is too complex to get fully recycled. C. Electronic waste requires more landfill sites across Ghana.
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黑龙江省大庆实验中学2021届高三上学期期中考试跟进测试英语试题含答案
