湖北省武汉市部分学校2024—2024学年高三上学期起点质量
监测英语试题
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一、阅读选择
Note taking
Note taking as an accommodation is available only to students who have documented disabilities and are registered with Queen's University Accessibility Service（QSAS）. Note taking is approved for students with disability-related functional limitations that makes it difficult for them to access academic information presented in class.
There is a wide range of reasons why students may require note taking as an accommodation，including students with：
·hearing loss，who may have difficulties hearing the instructor while writing notes at the same time
·vision loss，who may have difficulties seeing information presented on overhead screens ·mental health conditions or attention-related disabilities，who may have difficulties attending to orally-presented information while taking notes
·learning disabilities，who may have difficulties recording notes when information is presented orally
·physical disabilities，who may have motor or pain related difficulties
Accessibility advisers consider a student's description of their need for note taking along with information contained in their disability documentation and the type of course in approving note taking as a formal accommodation.
Online Note Taking Portal（门户网站）
QSAS is in charge of the exchange of notes taken by student volunteer note takers and students registered with QSAS via our secure online note taking portal.
The pages in this section provide information for students with disabilities，volunteer note takers and instructors on requesting note takers，signing up to be a volunteer note taker and assisting QSAS with recruiting volunteer note takers.
If you are a student seeking note taking accommodation please click here to read the Starting Your Accommodation information.
1．Note taking is available to students ______________.
A．lacking in confidence C．losing interest in study
B．with loss of earnings D．with concentration problems
2．What should students present to accessibility advisers when applying for note taking? A．Description of their learning difficulties. B．Record on their academic performance. C．Files on their past note taking experiences. D．Account of their requirements.
3．What can disabled students do via Online Note Taking Portal? A．Ask for note taking. C．Offer notes taken.
A growing number of Chinese tourists are helping to save a dying town，after a like-known tourist attraction was featured on a number of Chinese travel blogs.
The residents of Sea Lake，a town of just 600 people，barely see travelers stop at their gas station while driving by，but the sudden influx of Chinese tourists is helping keep the town's economy alive.
The tourists come to see Lake Tyrrel—a shallow，salt crusted and often dry lake just out of town. According to a local teacher，Rachel Pearce，the extremely beautiful nightscape combined with the mysterious appearance of stars reflected on the salt lake gives people the impression of walking among the stars. Besides，the town is so far away that no light pollution ruins the particularly attractive views，and as it is situated in a barren（寸草不生的），dry part of the country，there are rarely any clouds to spoil the night sky.
The attraction's growing sought-after status has resulted in the town's motel rooms being full almost every night，and while local famers are suffering in a two-year drought，tourism is keeping the town's agricultural-based economy stable.
Despite the popularity of the town and its attraction，locals are still confused as to why their little town deserves so much attention. Sea Lake's population has fallen from around 1，200a decade ago to 600 today. “We're still unsure why Lake Tyrrel is such a big，big tourist attraction，”one local says. “It's quite a shock. ”
4．Which of the following best explains \？ A．Assistance. C．Arrival.
B．Adventure. D．Advertisement. B．Apply to be a volunteer. D．Learn to take notes.
5．Which of the following together make Lake Tyrrel pretty impressive？ A．Population，stars，clouds，cleanness and weather. B．Nightscape，stars，salt，remoteness and clear sky. C．Population，darkness，salt，remoteness and clear sky. D．Nightscape，darkness，clouds，cleanness and weather. 6．Which column of a magazine is this text most likely from？ A．Business. C．Lifestyle.
Just ask any new parent: Adding a baby to a household can also add stress to a career. Now，a new study backs that up with some astonishing numbers: After science，technology，engineering，and mathematicsprofessionals become parents，43%of women and 23% （STEM）of men switch fields，transition（转变）to part-time work，or leave the workforce entirely.
Many researchers and parents already knew that STEM can be unwelcoming to parents，particularly mothers. But“the considerable departure was astonishing，”says Erin Cech，an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor and lead author of the study，published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. For both genders，“the proportions were higher than we expected. ”
The surprisingly high reduction rate for men also highlights that“parenthood in STEM is not just a mothers'issue；it's a worker issue，”Cech says. She hopes that the findings“might motivate changes，\policies that better support flexible work time without a tight routine. “We are not suggesting that people who want families should avoid STEM；that's not the solution，”she emphasizes.
By 2024，78% of new fathers were still working in STEM，the vast majority full time. For new mothers，68% were still in STEM，but only 57% worked full time. For professionals without children，on the other hand，84% of men and 76% of women were predicted to still be working in STEM full time in 2024. For the new parents across all fields，16% of women were working part-time and 15% had left the workforce，as compared with just 2% and 3%，respectively，for men. These sharp differences make clear that，even though the reduction rate for fathers is higher than expected，mothers still face particular career challenges. 7．What makes many STEM employees change their jobs? A．Worrying about their family.
B．The attraction of part-time jobs. B．Education. D．Culture.
湖北省武汉市部分学校2024—2024学年高三上学期起点质量监测英语试题
