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1、2020-2021年浙江省高三上学期期中英语试题真题汇编一阅读理解2020-2021年浙江省杭州地区（含周边）重点中学高三上学期期中英语试题真题阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AIn 1985,a little Italian plumber（水管工）became the face of video games,and changed the way we play them.Super Mario Bros,saw the main characters in the game,Mario and Luigi,jump around the Mushr
2、oom Kingdom,collect coins and rush to save a princess from a bad turtle.The content was different from the simple gameplay ofSnake or Pac-Man,where the aim was to eat and stay alive.Mario originated as a carpenter in the 1981 game Donkey Kong,which was advanced fbr its time.withretro（复 I日 的）sound ef
3、fects as Mario moved on challenging platforms.nAt the time,video games were usuallycreated by computer engineers,as opposed to todays artists,said Shigeru Miyamoto,game designer and producer ofthe Super Mario Bros and Donkey Kong.As to why he picked a 26-year-old Italian-American plumber fromNew Yor
4、k as the main character,Miyamoto said,We wanted him to be someone who might live near you,and not asuperhero.The games popularity really took off in 1985 when Super Mario Bros was released.People had never seen agame like Super Mario Bros.said Frank Cifaldi,co-director of the Video Game History Foun
5、dation,Super MarioBros,despite having the same limitations as its peers（同辈），manages to convey a hard and long adventure in alarge world.Super Mario Bros changed the way we play video games-from merely aiming for a high score toplaying a game to experience an adventure and see it through to its endin
6、g,he said.For all the critics that may say video games are full of violence and killings,the moustached Mario remainsthe most globally identifiable face of the video game industry,added Miyamoto.21.Why did Miyamoto pick a plumber as the main character?A He regarded plumbers as superheroes.B.He found
7、 it challenging to design a superhero.C.He wanted his game players to live close to each other.D.He wanted to design an average person like most of the players.22.How did“Super Mario Bros,change the way people play video games?A.By employing artists to create it.B.By using retro sound effects in gam
8、es.C.By enabling players to experience an adventure.D.By making eating and staying alive its final goal.23.The reason whySuper Mario Bros1 gained popularity was t hat.A.it was different from the games beforeB.it had fewer limitations than other gamesC.it was simple and less challenging to playD.it s
9、atisfied players desire for a high score.24.Which of the following is the best title for the text?.A.The Spirits of Super Marnio BrosB.Super Mario Bros VS/Donkey Kong1C.Key Factors for Super Mario Bros to be ReleasedD.A Now Chapter in Video Game-Super Mano Bros【答案】21.D 22.C 23.A 24.DBIn four years,t
10、he space agency plans to land the first woman ever on the Moon through its Artemis program,which calls for$28 billion in funding through 2025*for Stage I,NASA said in its news release.Artemis is namedafter the Greek goddess of the moon and twin sister of Apollo.NASAs Apollo 11 mission succeeded in l
11、anding thefirst 12 men on the moon on July 20,1969.One billion dollars of the budget will go directly to the development of a commercial human lunar system thatwill take humans to the moons surface,NASA1 said.A share of$651 million will be used to support the OrionSpacecraft and the rocket for the m
12、oon mission-called the Space Launch System or SLS.NASA has already spentat least$11.9 billion on the SLS,which was supposed to be ready by December 2017.The spacecraft is complete,NASA said,and the main stage and four attached rockets are undergoing final tests in preparation for a critical hotfire
13、test this fall.1NASAs Artemis I mission is on track to launch in 2021 with two test flights around the Moon withoutastronauts.However,NASA will send robots to the Moon twice in 2021 in order to send dozens of new scienceinvestigations and technology demonstrations,.Artemis II is set to launch in 202
14、3 with astronauts on board in preparation to have Artemis III bring astronautsback to the surface of the Moon.The astronauts will be fitted with modern spacesuits that allow for greaterflexibility and movement than the spacesuits used by other Apollo-era astronauts,and they will be tasked withcollec
15、ting samples and conducting a range of science experiments over the course of nearly seven days.The Artemis program will search for and potentially explore resources such as water that can be turned intoother usable resources such as oxygen and fuel,and NASA hopes to develop new mobility capabilitie
16、s that willallow astronauts to explore new regions of the Moon.25.Where is the text probably from?A.A news report.B.A guidebook.C.An advertisement.D.A book review26.Which of the following is true about Artemis program?A.It is carried out by NASA in the name of Greek goddess!t.B.Artemis I will have t
17、wo test flights around the Earth in 2021C.At a cost of$11:9 billion,SLS was completed in December 2017.D.Both Artemis II and Artemis III will be launched with humans on board27.What is a task of the astronauts in Artemis program?A.Searching for oxygen and fuel.B.Performing science experiments.C.Deve
18、loping new mobility capabilities.D.Testing the flexibility of modern spacesuits.【答案】25.A 26.D 27.BCTam the aunt,granddaughter,daughter,and sister of Baptist ministers.Service was as essential a part of myupbringing as eating and sleeping and going to school.The church was a center of Black childrens
19、 socialexistence,and Black adults were buffers（缓冲）against the segregaled（种族隔离的）outside world that told us wewerent important.But our parents said it wasnt so.We couldnt play in public playgrounds or sit at drugstore lunch counters and order a Coke,so Daddy built aplayground and canteen behind the ch
20、urch.There were no Black homes for the aged in Bennettsville,so he beganone across the street for which he and Mama and we children cooked and served.And we children learned that it wasour responsibility to take care of elderly family members and neighbors.We learned early what our parents and exten
21、ded community“parents“valued.Children weretaught-not by teaching,but by personal example-that no kindness,however small,was ever wasted.I remember adebate my parents had when I was eight or nine as to whether I was too young to go to help clean the bed of a verysick,poor woman.I went and learned jus
22、t how much the smallest helping hands could mean to a person in need.The adults in our community made children feel valued and important.They struggled to find ways to keep usbusy.And while life was often hard and resources scarce,we always knew who we were and that the measure of ourworth was insid
23、e our heads and hearts.We were told that the world had a lot of problems,that Black people had anextra lot of problems,but that we ought to and were able to struggle and change them,that being poor was no excusefbr not achieving,and that we had the responsibility of sharing with the less fortunate.2
24、8.What does the underlined word“it in paragraph 1 refer to?A.Service was very important.B.Church was where blacks could stay.C.Blacks were not as important as others.D.Black adults were protectors against the outside world.29.Why did the author mention the example of the poor woman in paragraph 3?A.
25、To call on others to help the woman.B.To prove children learn by personal exampleC.To stress the influence of parents on children.D.To indicate even the smallest good deed counts30.Black children learned from their parents t hat.A.they had to struggle and shareB.they had little chance of successC.th
26、ey were too young to help others.D.they caused extra problems to the world【答案】28.C 29.D 30.A2020-2021年浙江省杭州市西湖区学军中学高三上学期期中英语试题真题AAt one point in June last year,Zeng Jiapeng was more than 10,000 yuan in debt to a smart phone app.The23-year-old Shanghai citizen pays for his online purchases of food,cl
27、othes,and travel with Huabei,a virtual creditcard thats part of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd/s spreading stable of e-commerce.His spending often used to gobeyond his only source of income:the 8,000-yuan monthly allowance from his parents.He tried to repay the debt ininstallments（分期），even borrowing from
28、 Jiebei,another Alibaba-owned credit service,but eventually his motherand father had to help him out.Zengs story is typical of members of China Generation Z.These young consumers,bom from the mid-1990sto the early 2000s,have little income and therefore actually no credit history.Yet they have easy a
29、ccess to creditfrom an assortment of banks,financial-tech companies,and peer-to-peer（P2P）Lenders（网络借贷平台）,plus otherchannels that are unregulated.The spending habits of the young in particular are causing concern.In some cases theyounger generation is being tempted to overconsume via credit secured t
30、hrough technology.Unsecured consumerlending has expanded 20%a year in China since 2008.The amount of consumer finance available through theInternet will more than double,to 19 trillion yuan,by 2021,from 7.8 trillion yuan last year.Official data showed thatalmost 70%of Chinas 50 million P2P borrowers
31、 were younger than 40.As for Zeng,hes trying to be a little more frugal,even though he is now trying to earn a little by himself.deliberately set the credit limit at a lower level J he says,“so that hopefully I can better match my income withspending.”Regulators（监管部门）last year launched a breakdown o
32、n peer-to-peer lending,which,besides being a sourceof easy credit,had also become a popular investment vehicle.The sector has shrunk to less than half its peak size asa result of forced shutdowns.1.What can we learn about Zeng Jiapeng from the first paragraph?A.He was in debt because he bought smart
33、 phone app.B.He likes purchasing goods on the app Huabei of Alibaba Group.C.He always spent more than he earned from his salary in the past.D.He depended on his parents to support him to repay his debt.2.What does the underlined word“frugal”in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A.Impractical B.HardworkingC.A
34、voiding waste D.Relying on others3.Which of the following can be the best title?A.Overconsumption-A Bad Habit B.Chinas Generation Z-Hooked On CreditC.Chinese Youth In the E-commerce Age D.Zeng Jinpengs Financial Crisis【答案】LD 2.C 3.BBAt the World Economic Forum last month,President Trump drew claps w
35、hen he announced the United Stateswould respond to the forums proposal to plant one trillion（万亿）trees to fight climate change.The trillion-tree ideawon wide attention last summer after a study published in the journal Science concluded that planting so many treeswas“the most effective climate change
36、 solution to date”.If only it were true.But it isnt.Planting trees would slow down the planets warming,but the only thing thatwill save us and future generations from paying a huge price in dollars,lives and damage to nature is rapid andconsiderable reductions in carbon release from fossil fuels,to
37、net zero by 2050.Focusing on trees as the big solution to climate change is a dangerous diversion（偏离）.Worse still,it takesattention away from those responsible for the carbon release that are pushing us toward disaster.For example,in theNetherlands,you can pay Shell an additional 1 euro cent for eac
38、h liter of regular gasoline you put in your tank,toplant trees to balance the carbon release from your driving.Thafs clearly no more than disaster slightly delayed.Theonly way to stop this planet from overheating is through political,economic,technological and social solutions thatend the use of fos
39、sil fuels.There is no way that planting trees,even across a global area the size of the United States,can absorb the hugeamounts of fossil carbon released from industrial societies.Trees do take up carbon from the atmosphere as theygrow.But this uptake merely replaces carbon lost when forests were c
40、leared in the first place,usually long ago.Regrowing forests where they once grew can undo some damage done in the past,but even a trillion trees cant storeenough carbon to head off dramatic climate changes this century.In a sharp counter argument to last summers Paper in Science,Justin Gillis wrote
41、 in the same journal inOctober that the studys findings were inconsistent with the dynamics of the global carbon cycle.He warned that“the claim that global tree restoration（复原）is our most effective climate solution is simply scientifically incorrectand dangerously misleading.4.What do we know about
42、the trillion-tree idea?A It was published in a journal.B.It was proposed last summer.C.It was put forward by Trump.D.It drew lots of public attention.5.What is paragraph 3 mainly about?A.A drawback of the tree planting strategy.B.An example of balancing carbon release.C.An anecdote of making a purch
43、ase at Shell.D.A responsibility fbr politicians and economists.6.What was Justin Gilliss attitude towards global tree restoration?A.Indifferent.B.Opposed.C.Hesitant.D.Supportive.7.What is the best title for the text?A.Contradictory Ideas on Tree Planting.B.A Trillion Trees Come to the Rescue.C.Plant
44、ing Trees Wont Save the World.D.The Best Solution to Climate Change.【答案】4.D 5.A 6.B 7.CCArtists always treat businessmen as money-obsessed bores.Or worse,many businessmen,for their part,assume that artists usually consider themselves to be more intelligent than others.Bosses may stick a few modernpa
45、intings on their office walls.But they seldom take the arts seriously as a source of inspiration.The prejudice starts at business school,where 6hard things such as numbers rule.It is reinforced by everydayexperience.Bosses constantly remind their employees that if you cant count it,it doesnt count.F
46、ew read deeplyabout the arts.Sun Tzus The Art of War does not count while some tasteless business books are pleasing to them:consider Wess Roberts,Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun.But lately there are welcome signs of a thaw（缓和）on the business side of the great cultural divide.Businesspresses ar
47、e publishing a series of books such as The Fine Art of Success by Jamie Anderson.Business schools suchas the Roman School of Management at the University of Toronto are trying to learn from the arts.Mr.Anderson points out that many artists have also been superb businessmen.Damien Hirst has been one
48、ofthe most enterprising.He upturned the art world by selling his work directly through Sothebys,an auction（拍卖）house.Whatever they think of his work,businessmen cannot help admiring a man who parted art lovers from 75.5million on the day that Lehman Brothers collapsed.Studying the arts can help busin
49、essmen communicate more effectively.Most bosses spend a huge amount oftime“messaging and reaching out”,yet few are good at it.Studying the arts can also help companies learn how to manage bright people.Rob Goffee of the LondonBusiness School points out that todays most productive companies are domin
50、ated by what they call clevers”,whoare very hard to manage.They hate being told what to do by mangers,whom they regard as being stupid.Theyrefuse to submit to performance reviews.In short,they are prima donnas.The art world has centuries of experiencein managing such difficult people.Directors persu