学年福建省泉州市惠安县高二达利杯学科素养竞赛英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、学年福建省泉州市惠安县高二达利杯学科素养竞赛英语试题 Word版含答案惠安县2020-2021学年“达利杯”学科素养年级英语竞赛试卷（时间120分钟，总分100分）第部一分：阅读（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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Is there link between humans and climate change or not? This question was first studied in the early 1900s. Since then, many sci

2、entists have thought that our actions do make a difference. In 1997, the Kyoto Protocol explained our role in the Earths changing atmosphere and set international limits for gas emissions from 2008 to 2012. Some countries have decided to continue these reductions until 2020. More recently, the Paris

3、 Agreement, stuck by nearly 200 countries, also aims to limit global warming. But just now how much warmer it will get depends on how deeply countries cut carbon emissions. 3.5 This is how much temperatures would rise by 2100 even if nations live up to the initial Paris promises to reduce carbon emi

4、ssions; this rise could still put coastal cities under water and drive over half of all species to extinction.2 To meet this minimum goal, the Agreement requires countries to tighten emissions targets every five years. Even this increase could sink some islands, worse drought(干旱) and drive a decline

5、 of up to a third in the number of species. 1.5 This is the most ambitious goal for temperature rise set by the Paris Agreement, after a push by low-lying island nations like Kiribati, which say limiting temperature rise to 1.5 could save them from sinking. 0.8 This is how much temperatures have ris

6、en since the industrial age began, putting us 40% of the way to the 2 point.0 The baseline here is average global temperature before the start of the industrial age.1. It can be concluded from Paragraph 1 that _.A. the problem of global warming will have been quite well solved by 2020B. gas emission

7、s have been effectively reduced in developed countriesC. the Paris Agreement is more influential than the Kyoto ProtocolD. humans have made continuous efforts to slow down global warming2. If nations could only keep the initial promises of the Paris Agreement, what would happen by the year 2100?A. T

8、he human population would increase by one third.B. Little over 50% of all species would still exist.C. Nations would not need to tighten their emissions targets.D. The Agreements minimum goal would not be reached.3. If those island nations not far above sea level are to survive, the maximum temperat

9、ure rise, since the start of the industrial age, should be_.A. 0.8 B. 1.5 C. 2 D. 3.5BThe 65-year-old Steve Goodwin was found suffering from early Alzheimers（阿尔楚海默症). He was losing his memory.A software engineer by profession, Steve was a keen lover of the piano, and the only musician in his family.

10、 Music was his true passion, though he had never performed outside the family.Melissa, his daughter, felt it more than worthwhile to save his music, to which she fell asleep each night when she was young. She thought about hiring a professional pianist to work with her father.Naomi, Melissas best fr

11、iend and a talented pianist, got to know about this and showed willingness to help.“Why do this?” Steve wondered.“Because she cares.” Melissa said.Steve nodded, tears in eye.Naomi drove to the Goodwin home. She told Steve shed love to hear him play. Steve moved to the piano and sat at the bench, han

12、ds trembling as he gently placed his fingers on the keys.Naomi put a small recorder near the piano. Starts and stops and mistakes. Long pauses, heart sinking. But Steve pressed on, playing for the first time in his life for a stranger.“It was beautiful. Naomi said after listening to the recording. “

13、The music was worth saving.”Her responsibility, her privilege, would be to rescue it. The music was sill in Steve Goodwin. It was hidden in rooms with doors about to be locked.Naomi and Steve met every other week and spent hours together. Hed move his fingers clumsily on the piano, and then shed tak

14、e his place. He struggled to explain what he heard in his head. He stood by the piano, eyes closed, listening for the first time to his own work being played by someone else.Steve and Naomi spoke in musical code lines, beats, intervals, moving from the root to end a song in a new key. Steve heard it

15、. All of it. He just couldnt play it.Working with Naomi did wonders for Steve. It had excited within him the belief he could write one last song. One day, Naomi received an email. Attached was a recording, a recording of loss and love, of the fight. Steve called it “Melancholy Flower”.Naomi heard mu

16、ltiple stops and starts, Steve struggling, searching while his wife Joni called him “honey” and encouraged him. The task was so hard, and Steve, angry and upset, said he was quitting. Joni praised him, telling her husband this could be his signature piece.Naomi managed to figure out 16 of Steves fav

17、orite, and most personal songs. With Naomis help, the Goodwin family found a sound engineer to record Naomi playing Steves songs. Joni thought that would be the end. But it wasnt.In the months leading up to the 2016 Oregon Repertory Singers Christmas concert, Naomi told the director she had a specia

18、l one in mind: “Melancholy Flower”.She told the director about her project with Steve. The director agreed to add it to the playing list. But Naomi would have to ask Steves permission. He considered it an honor.After the concert, Naomi told the family that Steves music was beautiful and professional

19、. It needed to be shared in public.The family rented a former church in downtown Portland and scheduled a concert. By the day of the show, more than 300 people had said they would attend.By then, Steve was having a hard time remembering the names of some of his friends. He knew the path his life was

20、 now taking. He told his family he was at peace.Steve arrived and sat in the front row, surrounded by his family. The house lights faded. Naomi took the stage. Her fingers. His heart.4. Why did Melissa want to save her fathers music?A. His music could stop his disease from worsening.B. She wanted to

21、 please her dying old father.C. His music deserved to be preserved in the family.D. She wanted to make her father a professional.5. After hearing Steves playing, Naomi _.A. refused to make a comment on itB. was deeply impressed by his musicC. decided to free Steve from sufferingD. regretted offering

22、 help to her friend6. How can the process of Steves recording be described?A. It was slow but productive.B. It was beneficial to his health.C. It was tiresome for Naomi. D. It was vital for Naomis career.7. Before Steve finished “Melancholy Flower, his wife Joni _. A. thought the music talent of Ste

23、ve was exhausted B. didnt expect the damage the disease brought about C. didnt fully realize the value of her husbands music D. brought her husbands music career to perfection8. How did Steve feel at the concert held in downtown Portland？A. He felt concerned about his illness.B. He sensed a responsi

24、bility for music.C. He regained his faith in music.D. He got into a state of quiet.C Enough “meaningless drivel”. Thats the message from a group of members of the UK government who have been examining how social media firms like LinkedIn gather and use social media data. The House of Commons Science

25、 and Technology Committees report, released last week, has blamed firms for making people sign up to long incomprehensible legal contracts and calls for an international standard or kitemark (认证标记) to identify sites that have clear terms and conditions. “The term and conditions statement that we all

26、 carelessly agree to is meaningless drivel to anyone,” says Andrew Miller, the chair of the committee. Instead, he says, firms should provide a plain-English version of their terms. The simplified version would be checked by a third party and awarded a kitemark if it is an accurate reflection of the

27、 original. It is not yet clear who would administer the scheme, but the UK government is looking at introducing it on a voluntary basis. “we need to think through how we make that work in practice,” says Miller. Would we pay any more attention to a kitemark? “I think if you went and did the survey,

28、people would like to think they would,” says Nigel Shadbolt at the University of Southampton, UK, who studies open data. “We do know people worry a lot about the inappropriate use of their information.” But what would happen in practice is another matter, he says. Other disorganization such as banks

29、 ask customers to sign long contracts they may not read or understand, but Miller believes social media requires special attention because it is so new. “We still dont know how significant the long-term impact is going to be of unwise things that kids put on social media that come back and bite them

30、 in 20 years time,” he says.Shadbolt,whogaveevidencetothecommittee,saystheproblemisthatwedontknowhowcompanieswilluseourdatabecausetheirbusinessmodelsandusesofdataarestillevolving.Largecollectionsofpersonalinformationhavebecomevaluableonlyrecently,hesays. The shock and anger when a social media firm

31、does something with data that people dont expect, even if users have apparently given permission, show that the current situation isnt working. If properly administered, a kitemark on terms and conditions could help people know what exactly they are signing up to. Although they would still have to a

32、ctually read them.9. What does the phrase “ meaningless drivel” in Paragraph 1 and 3 refer to?A. Legal contracts that social media firms make people sign up to.B. Warnings from the UK government against unsafe websites.C. Guidelines on how to use social media websites properly.D. Insignificant data collected by social media firms.10. It can be inferred from the passage that Nigel Shadbolt