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江西省莲塘第二中学届高三英语上学期期中试题
江西省莲塘第二中学2021届高三英语上学期期中试题
考试时间：
120分钟总分：
150分
第一部分：
听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节
听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍.
1．WhatdoesJasonplantodotoday?
A．Visitaschool.B．Godowntown.C．Lookafterhisson。
2．Whatistherelationshipbetweenthespeakers？
A．Friends.B．Colleagues。
C．Waiterandcustomer。
3．WhyisMikegoingtoCharleroi?
A．Tomeetfriends。
B．Totakephotos.C．Tovisitamuseum。
4．Whatdrinkwillthemanhave？
A．Beer。
B．Juice.C．Milk。
5．Wheredoesthewomanliketowork?
A．Atarestaurant.B．Ataschool.C．Atasupermarket.
第二节
听下面5段对话或独白，每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项,并标在试卷的相应位置。
听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟;听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间.每段对话或独白读两遍。
听下面一段对话，回答第6至7题.
6．WhatdoesthearticletellusaboutChristmasshopping?
A．Thebesttime。
B．Thebestplaces.C．Thewaytosavemoney.
7．Whatdayisittoday？
A．Friday.B．Saturday.C．Sunday.
听下面一段对话,回答第8至第9两个小题。
8．HowdidChristophereatontheweddinginIndia？
A．Byusingaspoonandafork.
B．Byusingchopsticks。
C．Byusinghishands.
9．WhatdidChristopherthinkofthefood？
A．Terrible.B．Justso-so.C．Delicious。
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12三个小题。
10．Wheredothespeakerslive？
A．Inacity.B．Inatown。
C．Inavillage.
11．WhatdoesHenryespeciallywanttodo?
A．Gohiking。
B．Surfinthesea．
C．VisitKingArthur’sbirthplace.
12．WhatismostprobablytheWateringHole?
A．Anisland．B．Ahotel．C．Acafe.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。
13．WhoisMike？
A．Ateacher。
B．Awriter。
C．Anurse.
14．Whatisthemanbestat？
A．Organizingclassesandmaterials。
B．Communicatingwithothers.
C．Givingordersasaleader.
15．Whatmadethemangetintoteaching?
A．Hisinterest.B．Theeasywork.C．Thehighsalary。
16．Whendidthemanbecomeateacher?
A．Attheageof25.B．Attheageof28。
C．Attheageof30。
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。
17．Whatisthetalkmainlyabout？
A．WaystolearnLatinwell。
B．AttemptstobringLatintolife.
C．TheoriginoftheLatinlanguage.
18．HowoftenistheVaticanRadionewsbroadcast？
A．Everyday。
B．Onceaweek。
C．Fivetimesamonth。
19．WhatmakesLucaDesiata’sbookspecial?
A．Beingwrittenintwoancientlanguages。
B．Beingtranslatedintoseveralversions.
C．Beingaboutcrosswordpuzzles．
20．WhatdidCarloEggertrytodo?
A．RenewLatinthroughtrytodo。
B．CreatesomenewLatinwords。
C．FormLatinFacebookgroups．
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题，每题2。
5分，共37.5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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑.
A
ThevastCaspianSea，thoughsometimesclassedasalake，isthelargestlandlockedbodyofwaterintheworld。
ThegatewaybetweenEuropeandAsia,itisborderedbyIrantothesouth，AzerbaijanandRussiatothewestandTurkmenistantotheeast,whileKazakhsta'sMangystauregionliestothenortheast。
ManyvisitorscrowdtoCaspianSeaeveryyeartoexperienceitsbeauty。
FISHING
FishingisapopularpastimeandimportantindustrythroughoutthewatersoftheCaspianSea。
FromtheshoresofMangystauinKazakhstan,itispossibletorentfishingboatsorjoinfishingtourstospendadayfishingonthewater.
SAILING
TheCaspianSeaisfilledwithboats，ferriesandships.ItisapopularwaytotravelfromothermajorportcitiessuchasBakuinAzerbaijantoAktau,ordownthemightyVolgaCanal.Meanwhile，onasmallerscale，boatscanberentedfromAktauforadayonthewater。
WATERSPORTS
ThebeachesofMangystau,lappedbythewatersoftheCaspianSea,arethejumpingoffpointsformanypopularwatersports。
Inthesummermonthsespecially,visitorsenjoysunbathingandtakingarefreshingdip，whilemoreactiveholidaymakerscanwindsurfandparasailtotheirhearts'delight.
21．HowmanycountriesaretherecirclingaroundtheCaspiansea？
A．Three.B．Four.C．Five。
D．Six.
22．WhatcanyoudoifyouwanttofishontheCaspianSea？
A．Buyyourownboat.B．Employalocalfisher。
C．Rentafishingboat.D．Buyfishontheboat.
23．Whatwillyoudoifyouareanadventurousperson?
A．Goswimming.B．Godiving。
C．Gosunbathing。
D．Gowindsurfing。
B
Thejuries（陪审团）entered.
Istoodbesidethelawyerandmybrother,Jimmy。
Itremindedmeofourchildhood—asthingsoftendid-whenweplayedthegame”SimonSays",wewouldreactatthesametimeinharmonywhenhearingallkindsoforders.”Simonsaysjump。
Simonsaystouchyourtoes."—itwasalmostthesame.Almost.Whenwegrewup，mybrotherhadchosenaseparatelife，leavingmealone.Imissedhimalot。
Today，though,weweretogether，standingincourt，waitingforthesentence.
Theguiltyverdict（判决）wasread.Isatdown，butmybrothercried，”No！
I’minnocent."Andthenheturnedtome，yelling，"Howcanyoudothistome,James！
Ifinallycanmakeanewlifebymyself."
"Stopthis,”thejudgeyelled，"Thejurieshavemadethedecision。
”
"Butit'snotfair！
"mybrotherreplied,”Ididn’tkillanyone."
IwishedIcouldexplain，butIsaidnothingbecausethisistheonlywaywecanbetogetheragain。
Thejudgepulledhisglassesfromhisface."Bylaw.。
。
"
"Thelawisunjust，”mybrothersaid.
Thejudgewipedhiseyes,and，tomysurprise,saidcalmly。
"Yes,"henoddedhisglassesaside。
"Iagreewithyouaboutthat。
Lawismeanttoprotecttheinnocent.Andyoucertainlyseeminnocent.ButhowcanItell?
Youtwoareclones。
Yourfaces,yourfingerprints,evenyourDNAmatchexactly.That’swhywhenoneisfoundguilty，allothers。
.."
Thejudgesighed，replacedhisglasses,andbangedthehammer。
"Isentenceyoubothtotwentyyears."
Together,thecourtguardledusaway.Mybrother'sheadbowedindefeat，butIwalkedupright，forIwouldnolongerbealone。
24．HowdidJamesthinkoftheirchildhood？
A．HefeltsorryforJimmy.B．Hehadbeenincourtbefore。
C．Hefeltguiltyabouthispast。
D．Hemissedthegoodolddays。
25．Whatcanwelearnfromthesecondparagraph？
A．Twoboyshadnothingincommon.B．Thetwobrothersbehavedalike.
C．Theyoncequarreledwitheachother.D．Neitherofthemlikedlivingtogether.
26．Whatdoweknowaboutthelawfromthetext？
A．Clonedbrothersshouldlivetogether。
B．Thecloningofhumanbeingisforbidden。
C．Clonedbrothersarebothguiltyifoneisguilty。
D．Clonedbrotherscanliveapartwhengrowingup.
27．Whatcanbeinferredfromthetext?
A．Jameswasinnocent.B．Jimmydidkillsomeone。
C．Jamesknewnothingaboutthelaw.D．Jamestookadvantageofthelaw。
C
ProfessorAshokGoelofGeorgiaTechdevelopedanartificiallyintelligentteachingassistanttohelphandlethenumerousquestionsfromstudentsintheonlineclass。
ProfessorGoelalreadyhad8teachingassistants,butthatwasn'tenoughtodealwiththehugenumberofquestionsfromstudents.
Manystudentsdropoutofonlinecoursesforlackofteachingsupport.Whenstudentsfeelconfusedandreachoutwithquestionsthatgounanswered，theirmotivationtocontinuebeginstofade。
ProfessorGoeldecidedtodosomethingtochangethissituationbycreatingavirtualassistantnamedJillWatson,whichisbasedontheIBMWatsonplatform.
GoelandhisteamdevelopedseveralversionsofJillWatsonbeforereleasinghertotheonlineforums。
Atfirst，thevirtualassistantwasn'ttoogreat。
ButGoelandhisteamsourcedtheonlinediscussionforumtofindall40,000questionsthathadeverbeenaskedsincetheclassstarted。
ThentheybegantofeedJillwiththequestionsandanswers.Aftersomemodification（调整）,Jillwasabletoanswerthestudents'questionscorrectly97%ofthetime.Thevirtualassistantbecamesoadvancedandrealisticthatthestudentsdidn'tknowshewasacomputer.Thestudents，whowerestudyingartificialintelligence，wereinteractingwithartificialintelligenceandcouldn'ttellitapartfromarealhumanbeing。
Goeldidn'tinformthemaboutJill’strueidentityuntilApril26.Thestudentswereactuallyverypositiveabouttheexperience.
ThegoalofProfessorGoel’svirtualassistantnextyearistotakeoveranswering40％ofallquestionsraisedbystudents。
Thename,JillWatsonwillofcourse，changetosomethingelsenextterm:
ProfessorGoelhasamuchrosieroutlookonthefutureofAIthansay,ElonMusk，StephenHawking，BillGatesorSteveWozniak.
28．ProfessorGoelcreatedavirtualteachingassistantbecause.
A．hiscoursewasnotinterestingenough
B．hefeltconfusedabouthowtoteachonline
C．students'questionsweretoomanytohandle
D．hisstudentswereunsatisfiedwiththeassistants
29．WhatdowelearnaboutJillWatson?
A．Sheturnedouttobeagreatsuccess.
B．Shewasunwelcometostudentsatfirst.
C．Hertrueidentitywasstillasecrettostudents。
D．Hernamewillbekeptforthenextvirtualassistant。
30．WhatdoesProfessorGoelplantodonextwithJillWatson？
A．Replaceherwithdifferentversions.
B．Enablehettoanswermorequestions。
C．Recommendhertosomefamouspeople
D．Equipherwithnewquestionsandanswers。
31．What'sthemainideaofthetext？
A．ArobotnamedJillWatsongivesanonlinecourse。
B．Robotswilltakehumans’placeinonlineclassesinthefuture.
C．Avirtualteachingassistantisgettingpopularamongthestudents.
D．Avirtualteachingassistanthelpssolveonlinequestionsinlargequantities.
D
Tinyastheyare，batshavetheabilityto“see”inthedarkbyusingaspecialskillcalledecholocation（回声定位法）.Theymakenoisesandwaitforsoundwaves,oranecho，tobouncebackoffobjects。
Theycantellthedistanceofvariousobjectsbyhowquicklythesoundwavesbouncebackoffthem。
Ifnosoundbouncesback，theycanthenflyforward.
Thisspecialabilityhasbeencopiedinthehumanworldforalongtime,suchasinsubmarinesandplanes.Butapartfromhelpingvehicles”see”wheretheyare，whatifblindpeoplec
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