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1、试卷第 1 页，总 12 页绝密启用前北京市第四中学2019-2020 学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题考试范围：xxx；考试时间：100 分钟；命题人：xxx 题号一二三四五六总分得分注意事项：1答题前填写好自己的姓名、班级、考号等信息2请将答案正确填写在答题卡上第 I 卷（选择题)请点击修改第I 卷的文字说明评卷人得分一、完形填空A Different View At age 14,15 and 16,the way we looked was the most important thing in the world to us.My friends and I wanted nothin
2、g less than perfection.In high school,we joined the gymnastics(体操)team,and our 1 became even more important to us.We had no fat,only muscle.On the weekends,we would go to the beach,2 of our flat stomachs.One summer day,all my friends were at my house 3.At one point,I was running back to the pool.I 4
3、 on a bee,and while it was dying under my foot,it stung(蛰)me.I instantly started to feel 5.That night,I began to run a high fever and my leg and foot were red,hot and swollen.I couldn t walk.I could barely 6.When my foot started to go numb,everyone became more 7.My foot was not getting enough blood.
4、I had to go to the 8,and my leg hurt as if it were badly broken.I couldn t move.All I could do was think about how soft my middle was becoming.That 9 me more than any concern over my leg.That would all 10 when I heard the doctors mention possibly cutting off my foot.It was still not getting the 11 s
5、upply it needed.The doctors would have to speed up their treatment.Never before did I have such great 12 for my foot.And walking seemed like a 试卷第 2 页，总 12 页13 from the gods.Less and less would I want to hear my friends talk about 14 and who was wearing what.More and more I expected visits from othe
6、r kids in the hospital,who were quickly becoming my friends.One girl came to visit me 15.Every time she came,she brought flowers.She was recovering from cancer and felt she should come back and 16 the other patients.She still had no hair,and she was swollen from medications she had been taking.I wou
7、ld not have given this girl a second 17 before.I now loved every inch of her and looked forward to her 18.Finally,I was improving and soon I went home.My leg was still swollen,19 I was walking,and I had my foot!When I would go back to the hospital,I often saw my friend.She was still visiting people
8、and 20 good cheer.I thought if there was an angel on this earth,it had to be her.1Agrades Bbrains Cbodies Dclothes 2Aashamed Bproud Csure Dtired 3Adancing Bchatting Cjogging Dswimming 4Astepped Bfocused Cheld Dtook 5Aupset Bfearful Csick Danxious 6Ajump Brun Cstand Drest 7Aconcerned Brelieved Csurpr
9、ised Dinterested 8Abeach Bhospital Cgym Dschool 9Ablamed Bimpressed Cshocked Dtroubled 10A change Bbother Chelp Dhappen 11Anutrition Bblood Ctime Dair 12A observation Bdevotion Cappreciation Devaluation 13A gift Bhand Cpromise Dtreat 14A homework Bappointment Cmovies Dgymnastics 15Asuddenly Bregular
10、ly Ceventually Drecently 16A advise Bencourage Cserve Dinstruct 17A choice Bthought Cglance Dchance 18A words Bideas Cflowers Dvisits 19A but Bthen Cso Dfor 20A enjoying Bgaining Cdiscovering Dspreading 试卷第 3 页，总 12 页评卷人得分二、阅读理解Let s Go and Fly a Kiteat Piedmont Middle School s celebration of kites!
11、Come and learn how to build all sorts of kites,from the simplest diamond-shaped kites to the most complex box kites.Stay as long as you like and build as many kites as you want.Once you have finished a kite,get advice on flying techniques from kite expert Lorena Hallsberg.The celebration will be at
12、Piedmont Middle School,151 Piedmont School Drive.The Piedmont Middle School Parent Teacher Organization(PTO)has organized a refreshment(茶点)tent.All profits will benefit future PTO activities.Take a break from kite flying and drink some lemonade!While you are doing so,why not join the PTO?Membership
13、is free;you just donate your time.Show your support for Piedmont Middle School by joining the PTO this Saturday!When:Saturday,April 11,from 9:00 a.m.to 5:00 p.m.Where:Piedmont Middle School Why:For fun!Cost:Free,thanks to a generous gift from Bizarco Kite Company!Schedule 9:00 a.m.Kite-building boot
14、hs open.All materials are supplied for kites.10:00 a.m.Kite-building shows by Lorena Hallsberg in the courtyard.Come by and learn how to build box kites and kites that look and fly like butterflies.11:00 a.m.Kite-flying shows on the school track.Learn all the most important skills.12:00 p.m.Kite-fly
15、ing competitions on the school track.1:00 p.m.Presentation by Dr.Brian Lehrman in the show tent:“The History of Kites”.2:00 p.m.Best Kite competitions and judging in the show tent.Come and see the most artistic kites and the most interesting theme kites.3:00 p.m.Presentation by Dr.Lehrman in the sho
16、w tent:“Kites and Science”.3:30 p.m.Awards ceremony conducted by Headmaster Seward on the football field.The results of the day s judging will be announced,with awards such as Best of Show,Most Artistic,Highest Flyer,and others.Winners will receive gifts from the Bizarco Kite Company!4:005:00 p.m.Le
17、t s all go and fly a kite!Everyone flies kites at the same time,试卷第 4 页，总 12 页creating a wonderful sight for all to enjoy.Come to the kite celebration.Enjoy yourself and learn more.21Which times are most important for people who want to join in kite competitions?A10:00 am and 11:00 a.m.B12:00 p.m.an
18、d 2:00 p.m.C1:00 pm and 3:00 p.m.D2:00 p.m.and 4:00 p.m.22From the passage,we know that the kite celebration.Ais enjoyable and educational Bis strict about the shapes of kites Cgets money from PTO of Piedmont Middle School Dgives people a chance to see kites from around the world 23The passage is in
19、tended for.Aschool staff Bkite experts Cstudents and parents Dkite companies From the very beginning of school we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation(侮辱).When children are little we make them read aloud before the teacher and other children,so that we
20、can be sure they“know”all the words they are reading.This means that when they don t know a word,they are going to make a mistake,right in front of everyone.After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years,I decided to try at all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books,and to get
21、them to read oftener and more adventurously.One day soon after school had started,I said to them,“Now I m going to say something about reading that you have probably never heard a teacher say before.I would like you to read a lot of books this year,but I want you to read them only for pleasure.I am
22、not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not.If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it a nd want to go on reading it,that s enough for me.Also I m not going to ask you what words mean.”The children sat stunned and silent.Was this teacher talking seriously?O
23、ne girl,who had just come to us from a school where she had had a very hard time,looked at me steadily for a long time after I had finished.Then,still looking at me,she said slowly and seriously,Mr Holt,do you really mean that“I said just as seriously?”I mean every word of it.During the spring she r
24、eally astonished me.One day,she was reading at her desk.From a 试卷第 5 页，总 12 页glimpse of the illustrations(插图)I thought I knew what the book was.I said to myself,“It can t be,”and went to take a closer look.Sure enough,she was reading Moby Dick.I said,“Don t you find parts of it rather he avy going”S
25、he answered,“Oh,sure,but I just skip over those parts and go on to the next good part.”This is exactly what reading,I think,should be:find something,dive into it,take the good parts,skip the bad parts,get what you can out of it,and then go on to something else.24According to the passage,children s f
26、ear and dislike of books may result from _.Areading little and thinking little Breading often and adventurously Cbeing made to read too much Dbeing made to read aloud before others 25The teacher told his students to read _.Afor higher scores in exams Bfor knowledge Cfor enjoyment Dfor a larger vocab
27、ulary 26Upon hearing the teacher s talk,the children probably felt that _.Ait sounded stupid Bit was not surprising at all Cit sounded too good to be true Dit was no different from other teachers talk27Which statement about the girl is TRUE according to the passage?AShe skipped over those easy parts
28、 while reading.BShe had a hard time finishing the required reading tasks.CShe learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.DShe turned out to be a top student after coming to this school.Running on Empty For almost a century,scientists have assumed,tirednessor exhaustionin athletes origin
29、ates(起源于)in the muscles.Precise explanations have varied,but all have been based on the“Limitations Theory”.In other words,muscles tire because they hit a physical limit:they either run out of fuel or oxygen or they drown in harmful by-products(副产品).In the past few years,however,Timothy Noakes from
30、the University of Cape Town,South 试卷第 6 页，总 12 页Africa,has examined this standard theory.Tiredness,he argues,is caused not by signals springing from overtaxed muscles,but is an emotional response which begins in the brain.The fundamental nature of his new theory is that the brain paces the muscles t
31、o keep them well back from the edge of exhaustion.When the brain decides it s time to quit,it creates unbearable muscle tiredness.This“Central Governor”theory remains controversial,but it does explain many puzzling aspects of athletic performance.A recent discovery that Noakes calls the“lactic acid
32、paradox”made him start researching this area seriously.Lactic acid is a by-product of exercise,and the increase of it is often mentioned as a cause of tiredness.But when research subjects exercise in certain conditions created artificially,they become tired even though lactic acid levels remain low.
33、Nor has the oxygen content of their blood fallen too low for them to keep going.Obviously,something else was making them tire before they hit either of these physiological limits.Noakes conducted an experiment with seven cyclists.It has long been known that during exercise,the body never uses 100%of
34、 the available muscle fibres(纤维).The amount used varies,but in some tasks such as this cycling test the body calls on about 30%.His team found that as tiredness set in,the electrical activity in cyclist s legs declinedeven when they were making a great effort to cycle as fast as they could.To Noakes
35、,this was strong evidence that the old theory was wrong.“The cyclists may have felt completely exhausted,”he says,“but their bodies actually had considerable reserves that they could theoretically tap by using a greater amount of the resting fibres.”This,he believes,is the proof that the brain is re
36、gulating the pace of the workout to hold the cyclists well back from the point of extreme tiredness.28Which of the following is supported by“the Limitations Theory”?ATiredness is caused by signals from brain.BAthletes feel tired when they use up all their energy.CThe body uses 100%of the muscle fibr
37、es in exercise.DAthletes become tired though lactic acid levels remain low.29Noakes has found out that _.Amuscle fibres control athletes movementsBLactic acid levels remain high in cycling test Cmental processes control the symptoms of tiredness Ddifferent exercises use different amount of muscle fi
38、bres 试卷第 7 页，总 12 页30It is likely that both theories accept that _.Alactic acid is produced in muscles during exercise Bthe oxygen content in blood may rise after sports Ctiredness is a harmful by-product of exercise Dthe energy in human bodies can be balanced 31What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?AThe
39、 description of a new test.BThe explanation of the theory.CThe puzzling evidence of a study.DThe whole process of the research.The new social robots,including Jibo,Cozmo,Kuri and Meccano M.AX.,bear some resemblance to assistants like Apple s Siri,but these robots come with something more.They are de
40、signed to win us over not with their smarts but with their personality.They are sold as companions that do more than talk to us.Time magazine hailed(称赞)the robots that“could fundamentally reshape how we interact with machines.”But is reshaping how we interact with machines a good thing,especially fo
41、r children?Some researchers in favor of the robots don t see a problem with this.People have relationships with many kinds of things.Some say robots are just another thing with which we can have relationships.To support their argument,roboticists sometimes point to how children deal with toy dolls.C
42、hildren animate(赋予 生命)dolls and turn them into imaginary friends.Jibo,in a sense,will be one more imaginary friend,and arguably a more intelligent and fun one.Getting attached to dolls and sociable machines is different,though.Today s robots tell children that they have emotions,friendships,even dre
43、ams to share.In reality,the whole goal of the robots is emotional trickery.For instance,Cozmo the robot needs to be fed,repaired and played with.Boris Sofman,the chief executive of Anki,the company behind Cozmo,says that the idea is to create“a deeper and deeper emotional connection.And if you negle
44、ct him,you feel the pain of that.”What is the point of this,exactly?What does it mean to feel the pain of neglecting something that feels no pain at being neglected,or to feel anger at being neglected by something that doesn t even know it is neglecting you?This should not be our only concern.It is
45、troubling that these robots try to empathize with children.Empathy allows us to put ourselves in the place of others,to know what they are 试卷第 8 页，总 12 页feeling.Robots,however,have no emotions to share,and they cannot put themselves in our place.No matter what robotic creatures“say”or squeak,they do
46、n t understand our emotional lives.They present themselves as empathy machines,but they are missing the essential equipment.They have not been born,they don t know pain,or death,or fear.Robot thinking may be thinking,but robot feeling is never feeling,and robot love is never love.What is also troubl
47、ing is that children take robots behavior to indicate feelings.When the robots interact with them,children take this as evidence that the robots like them,and when robots don t work when needed,children also take it personally.Their relationships with the robots affect their self-esteem(自尊).In one s
48、tudy,an 8-year-old boy concluded that the robot stopped talking to him because the robot liked his brothers better.For so long,we dreamed of artificial intelligence offering us not only simple help but conversation and care.Now that our dream is becoming real,it is time to deal with the emotional do
49、wnside of living with robots that“feel.”32How are the new social robots different from Siri?AThey are intended to teach children how to talk.BThey are designed to attract people with their smarts.CTheir main function is to evaluate children s personality.DThey have a new way to communicate with huma
50、n beings.33In Paragraph 3 Cozmo is used as an example to show that the social robots _.Aare deeply connected with human beings Bare unable to build a real relationship with children Care so advanced that they can feel the pain of human beings Dare not good enough to carry out the instructions of chi