恒心届黑龙江省绥化市三校高三上学期期末联考英语试题及参考答案纯word版文档格式.docx

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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）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中（A、B、C和D），选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

IfyougotoEthiopia,you’llfindastrangepalm-likestructure,whichiscalledWarkaWater.Itgatherswaterfromfogandcondensation（水珠）andisinventedbyanItalianfirm.

WhenItaliandesignerArturoVittoriandSwissarchitectAndreasVoglerfirstvisitedEthiopiain2012,theywereshockedtoseewomenandchildrenforcedtowalkmilestoaccesswhat,forthem,hadalwaysbeenwithineasyreach,water.

Only34percentofEthiopianshaveaccesstoareliablewatersupply.Sometravelforuptosixhoursadaytofetchsomeor,evenworse,hastousepondwaterpollutedbyhumanwaste,subjecttothespreadofdisease.

Worldwide,about768millionpeople—twoandahalftimestheU.S.population—don’thaveaccesstosafedrinkingwater.Sojustimagineifwecouldjustpullwateroutofthinair?

That’swhatVittoriandVogleraskedoncetheysawthesevereproblemandpromisedtotakeaction.Theirfirm,ArchitectureandVision,hassincecomeupwithWarkaWater,agrandpalm-likestructurethatmaylooklikesomethingyou’dseeinamodernartmuseum,butit’sbeendesignedtoharvestwaterfromtheair.

WarkaWater,whichisnamedafteranEthiopianfigtree,iscomposedofa30-footbambooframecontainingafog-harvestingnylonnetthatcancatchwatereasily,canbeeasilyloweredforrepairsandallowcommunitiestomeasurethewaterlevel.Collectingwaterthroughcondensationishardlyanewtechnique,butthecreatorsofWarkaWatersaytheirtree-inspireddesignismoreeffective,maximizingsurfaceandperfectingeveryangletoproduceupto26gallonsofdrinkablewateraday—enoughforafamilyofseven.

WesternorganizationshavebeenworkingtoprovidecleanwateraccessinAfricafordecades,soWarkaWaterjoinsaverylonglistofearlierattempts.Sofar,high-techsolutions,liketheoncepromisingPlaypump,havefailed,mostlyduetohighcostsandmaintenanceissues.

ThisiswhereWarkaWaterstandsapart—alower-techsolutionthatiseasytorepairandfarmoreaffordablethandiggingwellsintherockyEthiopianplateau.

1.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“subjectto”inthethirdparagraphmostprobablymean?

A.Owingto

B.Oppositeto

C.Sensitiveto

D.Givingriseto

2.WarkaWaterisdesignedmainlyto______.

A.gathercleanwaterefficiently

B.reducewatersupplycosts

C.simplifymaintenance

D.preservewatersupplies

3.AccordingtoParagraph6,whatcausedPlaypumptofail?

A.Lackofadvancedtechnology

B.Unsuccessfuldesigns

C.Lackofmoneyandmaintenanceissues

D.Unreasonablestructures

B

EDINBURGH,Scotland（AP）—theyarrivedbeforepollingstationsevenopened,dressedfortheschooldayinstripedtiesandblazers,dressslacksandtartanskirts,bookbagsovertheirshoulders—and,forthefirsttimeinBritishhistory,ballot（选票）cardsinhandsonSeptember18.

Scotland’sexperimentofallowingmorethan109,000Scottishteenagersaged16to17tookpartintheScottishindependencereferendum（公民投票）,inwhichScotlandfinallydecidednottobecomeindependent.

Theagegrouponlymadeupasmallpartofthe4.29milliontotalvoters,buttheyhave“demonstratedhowtheyoungestvoterscanbesomeofthemostenthusiasticinamaturedemocracy”,commentedTheAssociatedPress.Castingtheirballots,theywere“proudandpassionate”tohelptheirnationdecidewhethertobreakawayfromtheUKafter307yearsinunion.

Atage16,Scottishresidentsareallowedtojointhemilitary,getmarried,andwork.Eighteenisthelegaldrinkingage,aswellastheUK’svotingage.Butin2013,Scottishlawwaschangedtoallow16-and17-year-oldsinScotlandtovoteinthereferendum.Thegovernmentpushedforthechangebecause“youngervotersaremorelikelytovotewiththeirhearts,nottheirheads—andembracefundamentalchangebyvotingforthepro-independenceYesScotlandcampaign”,NBCNewssaid.

Butwhenthedecisionwashandeddown,someworriedthathighschoolstudentsmightnotbeasinformedasadultvoters.However,manyexpertssaidthatassumptionwaswrong.

ProfessorJanEichhornoftheUniversityofEdinburghinsistedthatScottishteenagerswereaslikelytoreadnewspaperarticlesandcampaignmaterialsastheirparents.Theywouldsimplygettheseresourcesthroughsocialmedia.

“There’snoevidencetosuggestthatthey’relesscapablethanadultsofvoting,fromaresearchpointofview,”EichhorntoldNPR.

Scotland’smovetoletyoungerteenagersvoteinthereferendumhasledtoadiscussionaboutwhetherthevotingageoughttobeloweredto16,bothintheUKandtheUS.

“By16,mostpeoplehaveaboutasstableanideology（思想意识）astheyaregoingtoget,”ProfessorJasonBrennanofGeorgetownUniversitywro