山东省菏泽市届高三上学期期末考试英语试题B Word版含答案.docx

1、山东省菏泽市届高三上学期期末考试英语试题B Word版含答案保密启用前菏泽市20202021学年度第一学期期末考试高三英语试题（B）（考试时间：100分钟 试卷满分：120分）注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题：每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、

2、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。AHall of Human Life（Permanent Exhibit）Should you have your babys DNA sequenced? What keeps you awake? Step inside the Hall of Human Life. the Museums new biology exhibition, and encounter such far - reaching questions on an amazing journey inside the human body. Through digital media an

3、d personal interaction, you become “part of the story”, as you contribute your own data in a process of learning and discovery.A Birds World（Permanent Exhibit）This exhibit features the Museums extraordinary collection of birds，displaying over 300 species in New England. Here, you can learn to interp

4、ret the bird language taking place just outside your window at home.Test your observation skills und see if you can get past different birds without them alerting（发信号）other animals to your presence. Learn to identify birds from a distance by recognizing unique flight patterns. Practice your flying t

5、echnique in the Bird Walk.Butterfly Garden（Permanent Exhibit）Walk among the free - flying residents of this warm conservatory. It is a wonderful opportunity to get close to a variety of living butterflies from New England and across the globe. The “Emergence Box” offers a window into the butterfly b

6、ehavior. Look inside to see hanging chrysalides （蝶蛹）transform into adult butterflies. Tickets are required and visitors should reserve at least two weeks in advance.1. How can you become part of the story in the Hall of Human Life?A. By keeping awake. B. On an funny journey.C. By answering questions

7、. D. Through offering the personal data.2. What can you do in A birds World?A. Learn the bird language. B. Watch all bird species.C. Make your flying technique better. D.Send signals to birds.3. What is the main function of the Emergence Box in the Butterfly Garden?A. Hanging chrysalides. B. Getting

8、 close to butterflies.C. Keeping the conservatory warm. D. Observing butterflies through its window.BWhen Stephen Mills spotted a dusty old safe（保险箱）in a museum in Canada, he thought hed try lo crack the code, “just like in the movies”. But when he began turning the dial, he wasnt expecting a Hollyw

9、ood ending.For years, anyone who visited the Vermillion Heritage Museum in Alberta would have passed by a large,black metal box. Staff knew it had come from the long-gone Brunswick hotel and was donated to the museum in the 1990s. But its code and contents remained a mystery for decades until Mills

10、unexpectedly cracked the code.Mills, who lived in Fort McMurray, Alberta, was visiting the museum with his family last month over a holiday weekend. As they wandered around the exhibits with the museum guide, Tom Kibblewhite, they spotted the safe.Kibblewhite told the family what he told all other g

11、uests: the 900kg black box with a silver dial had remained closed for generations. For years, the safe has confused volunteers at the museum. The manufacturer was unable to provide advice on how to open its thick door.A locksmith（锁匠） once suggested that years of in activity might have slowed down th

12、e gears, making it inoperable. But Mills, who is a “mechanically-minded person”, asked whether he could give it a try.“Kibblewhite kept saying no one had opened it and that it was a mystery what was inside,” Mills said. “I thought this would be a great thing to do for a laugh for the kids. Maybe the

13、y can find some interesting historical things in it like a time capsule.”After pressing his ear against the cool metal, he began spinning the dial. With numbers ranging from zero to 60, he turned clockwise （顺时针方向地） three times to 20, counter-clockwise two times to 40, and then clockwise one time to

14、60. He was astonished to hear a click. “I jumped up and told everyone Im buying a lottery ticket（彩票）,” he said.4. What do you know about Mills from parangraph 1?A. He didnt think he would open the safe.B. Hc didnt want to turn the dial at all.C. He wished to win a lottery ticket in the end.D. His mu

15、seum trip was like a Hollywood film.5. What do we know about the safe?A. Nobody was interested in its cocle.B. It was not valuable and expensive.C. lt was donated by a rich businessman.D. People regarded it as a mystery for decades.6. Why did Mills call the safe “a time capsule”?A. To tell people ho

16、w last time flies.B. To explain the content of the safe.C. To remind visitors of the time limit.D. To indicate the special value of the safe.7. What does Mills probably mean by saying “lm buying a lottery ticket”?A. He wanted to become richer.B. He opened the safe by luck.C. He was good at cracking

17、the code.D. Buying lottery tickets leads to success.CA new wave of psychological research is pioneering Virtual Reality （VR） lo treat medical conditions from social anxiety to Alzheimers disease.Riding a wave of interest in mental health tech, companies creating VR content for treatment are receivin

18、g a flood of attention and funding. And,while VR has been used successfully to treat post-traumatic stress disorder （PTSD） since the 1990s, these new programs address a much broader range of conditions.The library of Palo Altobased Limbix, for instance, includes VR content designed to treat issues i

19、ncluding alcohol addiction and teenage depression. Barcelona-based Psious offers treatments for eating disorders.Todays VR content is primarily designed to aid exposure treatment, a treatment for anxiety disorders in which patients are exposed to the “threats” theyre worried about in a safe, control

20、led environment, eventually learning that the “threats” are not actually very dangerous. For example, someone who fears heights might visit taller buildings under the guidance of their doctor, while someone with PTSD might revisit painful memories.VR allows doctors to create a safe and controlled en

21、vironment inside a VR headset. Its a far safer, quicker and less expensive option. Using VR also gives doctors much more control over the intensity（强度）of their patients experiences,which can lead to better treatment outcomes, said Stephane Bouchard, a professor at the University of Quebec. VR treatm

22、ent patients can also do things they couldnt do in the real world. “In one of our studies, we asked patients who are afraid of heights to actually jump from a cliff,” Bouchard said.However, not all VR treatment content is created equal. “Some companies show videos of VR environments that are incompl

23、ete, untested and definitely havent been tried out by psychologists,” Bouchard said. Clearer rules and standards will make it easier for patients and doctors to identify products that work.8. What problems can VR be used to treat according to the passage?A. Social anxiety, PTSD and alcohol addiction

24、.B. Sleeping disorders, deafness and computer addiction.C. The fear of heights, blood pressure and eating disorders.D. Alzheimers disease, heart attack and teenage depression.9. What does the underlined word “outcomes” probably mean in Paragraph 4?A. Benefits. B. Results. C. Causes. D. Methods.10. W

25、hich of the following best describes the future of VR treatment?A. Worrying. B. Uncertain. C. Promising. D. Passive.11. What will be most probably discussed in the paragraph following the passage?A. Criteria of VR treatment.B. Wide use of VR treatment.C. Problems VR treatment are facing.D. Reasons w

26、hy VR treatment standards are needed.DScientists Diego Kersting and Cristina Linares have found that some coral species are able to recover from harmful warming events through a unique survival strategy（策略）known as “rejuvenescence”（新生）among corals in the Mediterranean Sea. The findings represent som

27、e rare good news for corals around the world,which are facing numerous severe threatsmost notably,climate change.“The main threats are climate change, overfishing, pollution and coastal urbanization,” Kersting said. “But currently, climate change is probably the one causing the most coral cover decl

28、ines. Warming stresses corals up to a point that may cause death. Some corals bleach （白化） before dying. Other corals do not bleach but die directly.” He went on, “Our findings are significant because this survival strategy was only known from fossil corals that existed hundreds of millions of years

29、ago. It is the first time that it has been found in a living coral. Thanks to our findings, we know now that some corals are able to recover, but unfortunately this is not enough in the currentclimate change context.”For their research, Kersting and Linares monitored 243 colonies of the endangered r

30、eef-building coral Cladocoracaespitosa in Spains Columbretes Islands Marine Reserve over 16 years. The monitoring revealed that Cladocoracaespitosa in the Mediterranean uses rejuvenescence to cope with warming events. This process involves the polyps or the individual coral animals in a colonyshrink

31、ing inward and abandoning their skeletons（骨骼） during warm periods, before rejuvenating at a later point. “What happens is that some polyps in a coral colonysometimes just onereduces completely its dimensions and partially retreats from its skeleton,”Kersting said. “Once the stressful event is over,

32、the shrunken or rejuvenated polyp recovers its size and builds up a new skeleton. Eventually, it begins to reproduce itself through budding and begins to cover the deadcolony surfaces.”He continued, “The results were very surprising because I started to observe colonies that were dead years ago, that were showing living parts many years after their death.”12. What is the greatest threat to corals now ?A. Overfishing. B. Climate change. C. City growth. D. Light pollution. 13. What can we