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届山西省太原市高三上学期期末考试英语试题
太原市2019届高三上学期期末考试
英语试卷
(考试时间:
上10:
00—12:
00)
笔试试卷
说明:
本试卷为闭卷笔答,做题时间120分钟,满分150分(不含听力)。
请将第一卷试题答案填在第二卷卷首的相应位置。
第一卷
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)
略
第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分60分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题3分,满分45分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,答案写在答题卡上。
A
Inanefforttoinformourcitizenstoclearthestreetsnow,thecityadoptsasnowremovalplan.
RoutesusedbyCityEmergencyServicescomefirst.Secondly,connectorstreetswillbeclearedwhichallowcitizensthegreatestaccesstopublicroads.Andthirdly,roadswithinneighborhoodswillbecleared.
Snowremovalandicecontrolwillstartwhen:
*Snowaccumulates4inchesormore.
*Weatherconditionsdonotendangerthesafetyofroadcrew.
*Snowfallsduringpeaktrafficperiodsofheavyuseofmainstreets.
Snowandiceremovalwillbedelayedorcancelledwhen:
*Thereisseverecold,significantwindandlimitedvisibility.
*Thesnowfalloccursontheweekendoraholidayandisnotconsideredathreattopublicsafety.Inthatcase,snowandiceremovalmaytakeplaceonthenextnormalweekday.
*Snowandicemaybeleftonroadwaysifmeltingisobvious.
Yourcooperationisrequestedduringsnowremovalandthesesuggestionsmayapply:
*Limittravelduringstorms.Travelispossibleonceroadshavebeenclearedorsaltedbytheroadcrew
*Avoidremovingsnowfromyourdrivewayintotheroad.Pilethesnowinyouryard.
*Parkyourvehiclesinyourdrivewaysandofftheroadorwalkwalks.
*Keeppublicsidewalksnexttoyourhouseclearofsnowandice.
*Beresponsibleforremovingthissnowwhichisthrownbythesnowplough(犁)fromyourdriveways.Hopefully,youcanunderstandthisinconvenience.
21.Whenwillthesnowhavetoberemoved
A.Ifitreachesacertainthickness.
B.Ifthemainstreetsarenotbusy.
C.Ifthesnowandicebegintomelt.
D.Ifextremeweathermakesroadsdangerous.
22.Whatshouldcitizensdotocooperateinthesnowremoval?
A.Helptoputthesaltontheroad.
B.Pilethesnownearbytotheroad.
C.Throwthesnowintothedriveways.
D.Clearthesidewalksclosetotheirhouses.
23.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext?
A.clearanceofemergencyrouteshasapriority.
B.Snowandicemustberemovedontheweekends.
C.Citizensplaythemostimportanttoleinsnowremoval.
D.Theposteristoinformcitizensofanoncomingheavysnow.
B
AfterfinishingamealatanAmericanChineserestaurantyouprobablyexpecttoreceiveahandfuloffortunecookiesafteryoupaythebill.FortunecookiesareinChineserestaurantsthroughouttheUnitedStates.It’srathersatisfyingtocrackopenacookieattheendofyourmealandreadyour“luckyfortune”ontheslipofpaperinside.
Theexactoriginofthefortunecookieisunknown.ItisthoughtthatthetastysnackwasthefirstintroducedintoSanFranciscoin1914,afteranimmigrantbegandistributingthecookiewith“thankyou”notesinthem.These“thankyou”noteswereintendedassymbolsofappreciationforfriendswhostoodwithhimthroughtheeconomichardshipanddiscriminationofhisearlylifeinAmerica.
Thereisanalternateoriginstory.LosAngelesisregardedasthesiteofthefortunecookie’sinvention.Inthisversionofthestory,DavidJung,aChineseimmigrantresidinginL.A.,isthoughttohavecreatedthecookieinordertoupliftthespiritsofthepoorandhomeless.In1918,Junghandedoutthecookiesforfreetothepooroutsidehisshopandeachcookiecontainedastripofpaperwithaninspirationalsentenceprintedonit.
FortunecookiesfirstbegantogainpopularityinmainstreamAmericancultureduringWWII.Chineserestaurantswouldservetheminplaceofdesserts,asdessertswerenotpopularintraditionalChinesecuisine.TodayfortunecookiesarenottiedtoChinese-Americanculture.Infact,thelargestfortunecookiemanufacturerislocatedintheUnitedStatesanditproduces4.5millionfortunecookiesaday——anevidencetothemodern-daypopularityofthesnack.However,anattempttointroducethefortunecookietoChinain1992wasafailure,andthecookiewascitedforbeing“tooAmerican.”
Sothenexttimeyoubreakopenafortunecookieandreadafortuneaboutthemanysuccessesyoushouldexpectinyourfuture,rememberthattheconclusiontoyourChineserestaurantmealmaynotbeasChineseasyouthink.
24.Whatdoweknowaboutfortunecookies?
A.TheyareaspopularinChinaasinAmerica.
B.Theycontainslipsofpaperwithgoodwishes.
C.TheyfirstappearedinAmericaduringWWII.
D.Theyareoftenchargedtothecustomers’bill.
25.WhywerefortunecookiesintroducedintoSanFrancisco?
A.Tomakeprofit.
B.Toexpressgratitude.
C.Toupliftpeople’sspirits.
D.Tohelppeopleoutofhardship.
26.WhichofthefollowingsentencesmaybefoundJung’scookies?
A.Thefortuneyouseekisinanothercookie.
B.