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1、吉林省长春汽车经济开发区第三中学届高三上学期期中考试英语试题 Word版含答案20182019学年度第一学期长春市三中期中考试英语学科试题第卷（选择题）第一部分 听力（120小题）在笔试结束后进行。第二部分 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（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂 A Whether you are trying to experience some activities of San Francisco, or simply wanting to explore the city i

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6、 ballpark in America where home runs can be “splash hits” and where the event on the field adds radiance and beauty to the breathtaking bay views. On your behind-the-scenes ballpark tour of sensational AT&T park, the home of the San Francisco Giants, you will have the chance to go to places only the

7、 players and staff go to.21. In which tour can you enjoy the most places of interest? A. Fat Tire Tour. B. Wine Country Tour. C. Big Bus Tour. D. AT&T park Tour.22. What is special about Fat Tire Tour? A. There is a guide to accompany visitors. B. Visitors can travel on a vehicle. C. Visitors can vi

8、sit beautiful parks. D. There is a chance to visit the citys museums.23. What can you do on the AT&T park Tour? A. Hit home runs. B. Enjoy a match. C. Travel with players. D. Go to a national park.B Next week Emory will be celebrating a new University President, Dr. Claire Sterk, our first female pr

9、esident who has decided to be Emorys “chief story-teller”! Having spent over 30 years at Emory researching and practicing storytelling with her, I am pleased President Sterk is choosing storytelling as her theme as our universitys leader. My blogs have focused on the value of family storytelling for

10、 developing identity in life. Similarly, collective storytelling within communities builds identity. My Emory colleagues and I have been involved in telling the Emory story for many years, but one really fun plan we began a few years ago was Emory Story Circles. We organized a series of storytelling

11、 events built on ideas from NPRS story Corps and grassroots community organizers, to use our personal and Emory stories, to create bonds. In these story circles of about 8 people including students, staff and community members, each person told a personal story connecting them to the institution. Ou

12、r first story circle was co-led by Salman Rusdie, the great author. He treated us all with stories about his experiences as a college student studying history. Then we broke into our own story circles, and each of us told our own story about our Emory experience. Through these stories, connections b

13、etween faculty and students, college and community, were made more transparent. Since that first story circle, we have organized several more. Those participating in a story circle with us went on and organized their own story circles which are powerful ways of connecting each other. When we listen

14、to others stories, we learn something about them and also ourselves. We learn what is important and valuable in our lives. So congratulate Dr. Claire Sterk! I applaud her new role as the chief story-teller, and look forward to my Emory community becoming more united through our multi-voiced stories!

15、24. What is Emory according to the text? A. The name of a university. B. The name of a famous person. C. An organization of telling stories. D. An event to connect people together.25. Why does the author expect Dr. Clair Sterk to be the “chief story-teller”? A. She is the first female president. B.

16、She will make Emory more famous. C. She has researched telling stories for years. D. She will choose telling Emory stories as the theme.26. What was the result of the first story circle? A. The birth of a better organization. B. Peoples stronger connection. C. Peoples better understanding of history

17、. D. More competition between communities.27. What do we know about Emory story circles? A. Its original creative ideas were copied from others. B. It makes some communities more transparent. C. Eight staff and community members have joined it. D. Students can help others study better through it. C

18、Martin Lewis explained you might be owed tens of thousands, as long as you claim (索赔) before August 2019. He revealed on Good Morning Britain that a new method of Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) reclaiming known as the Plevin ruling meant many more people could receive compensation than ever befo

19、re. He said, “News this week reported that banks could have to pay out 18 billion more in PPI, after a judge in Manchester County Court ruled that a couple Mr. and Mrs. Doran should receive all of the 76 percent commission (提成) they paid on their PPI policy rather than just the amount over 50 percen

20、t plus interest.” This is all about the newest type of PPI reclaiming called the Plevin. If the lender didnt tell you the commission it was receiving for selling PPI, then the regulator has said if the commission was over 50%, you should get back the amount above that ( the typical amount was 66% so

21、 many are owed just for this alone). However, he warned you need to act fast to put in a claim, with the period to do so ending in summer next year. “Were now only a little bit more than a year away from the deadline for PPI reclaimingthe last time to put a claim in is August 2019.” He said, “So any

22、one who has had a loan, credit or store card, catalogue account, overdraft or car finance ever should check if you were sold the extra insurance, and if you were, you should look to reclaim it. You dont need to pay anyone to do it because theres free help online. You can use Martins free PPI reclaim

23、ing tool and the regulator has a helpline on 0800101 8800 if youre struggling.”28. Why is the couple Mr. and Mrs. Doran mentioned in paragraph 2? A. To stress the regulator is right B. To explain what PPI is about. C. To give a successful case of the Plevin. D. To introduce a new topic for the discu

24、ssion.29. What is the key for a customer to make a PPI claim according to Martin Lewis? A. Getting in touch with him. B. Getting free help online. C. Lending money. D. Acting fast.30. What can we learn from the text? A. Martin Lewis can make a fortune before August 2019. B. The PPI will be put into

25、effect before August 2019. C. Compensation is much easier to get than ever before. D. The Plevin ruling is not familiar to many people.31. What can be a suitable title for the text? A. Add a small amount into your saving account B. Avoid losing 55% of your pension C. How to save on PPI policy D. How

26、 to make a PPI ruleD Weather could power the next generation of smart windows. Researchers have created glass by harvesting energy from wind and precipitation (降水). The approach offers an alternative to other smart windows powered by batteries, solar panels, and even standard power outlets. “The cre

27、ation represents a new kind of renewable energy source,” says Liming Dai, a nanomaterial engineer at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, who was not involved in the research. Smart glass, which changes its characteristics to block out light or heat, has been around for decades. Commo

28、n examples include glare fighting rearview (后视) car mirrors and windows that change color for energy savings and privacy. But many are expensive, and people are still looking for eco-friendly ways to power the windows. Batteries and plug-in outlets arent apparently “green”, and built-in solar panels

29、 can cloud or hide parts of the glass. In experiments, the glass produced up to 130 milliwatts per square meter, enough to power a pacemaker or a smart phone while its asleep, the team reported online last month in ACS Nano. This output might suit many applications, such as being a power source for

30、home or office electronics, says co-developer and scientist Zhong Wang of the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta. Since their first project in 2012, a light-up sidewalk powered by footsteps, he and his colleagues have miniaturized their generators to create everything from self-cleaning keyb

31、oards to sensors for security systems. But Wang and colleagues still have more work to do before this smart glass is ready for commercialization. Now, the glass has no way to store the energy it creates. To solve this problem, Dai says, transparent super capacitors (超级电容器) could be placed into the g

32、lass without decreasing visibility. For now, the team wants to improve the energy efficiency of their nanogenerators (主发电机). These tiny power plants can convert about 60% of the mechanical energy that they encounter into electricity. “The output power is a constant goal,” Wang says. “Free energy surrounds us, and anything can happen if you take control of it.”32. What is unique about the smart glass? A. It can protect privacy. B. It is more expensive. C. It is powered by weather. D. It can