2020-2021学年成都市树德中学高三英语上学期期末试卷及答案解析

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2020-2021学年成都市树德中学高三英语上学期期末试卷及答案解析

第一部分 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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

In the age of social distancing, using robots for some health care interactions is a promising way to reduce

in-person contact between health care workers and sick patients. However, a key question is how patients will

react to a robot entering the room. Researchers from MIT and Brigham and Women’s Hospital recently set out to

answer that question.

In a study, the team found that a large majority of patients reported that interacting with a health care

provider through a video screen fixed on a robot was similar to an in-person interaction with a health care worker.

“We’re working on robots that can help provide care to ensure the safety of the patient and the health care

workforce. The results of this study give us some confidence that people are ready and willing to join us. In a

larger online survey carried out nationwide, we also found that a majority of respondents were open to having

robots perform small tasks such as taking a nose swab (拭子).” says Giovanni Traverso, an MIT assistant professor

and the senior author of the study.

After the COVID-19 pandemic began early last year, Traverso and his colleagues turned their attention toward

new strategies to reduce interactions between potentially sick patients and health care workers. To that end, they

created a mobile robot that could interact with patients as they waited in the emergency department. The robots

were equipped with sensors that allow them to measure vital signs, including skin temperature, breathing rate,

and pulse(脉搏) rate. The robots also carried an iPad for remote video communication with a health care provider.

The study suggests that it could be worthwhile to develop robots that can perform tasks that currently

require a lot of human effort, such as turning a patient over in bed. These days, turning COVID-19 patients onto

their stomachs requires several people. Doing Covid-19 tests is another task that takes a lot of time and effort

from health care workers, who could be arranged for other tasks if robots could help.

1. Why did the researchers from MIT and BWH carry out the studies?

A. To shorten the social distance between doctors and patients.

B. To figure out the response of patients to robotic doctors.

C. To reduce the risk of being infected with coronavirus.

D. To ensure the safety of patients during the pandemic.

2. What could be learned from the study?

A. Robots are not welcomed by patients.

B. Robots will soon replace doctors.

C. Robots may help to deal with Covid-19 patients.

D. Robots can operate on different patients.

3. Which of the following is the best title for the text?

A. StrengthsAnd Weaknesses In Robot Care

B. The Robotic Doctor Will See You Now

C. The Robots Speed Up COVID-19 Testing

D. The Development Of Robots In Hospitals

B

My sister Alice and I have been trying to get people tostop dropping cigarette（香烟）butts（烟头）for seven

years. One day, we were walking in our hometown and saw hundreds of cigarette butts on the ground. They made

the town look so ugly that we decided to start a group to make people dropping butts. We called it “No Butts

About It”.

At first, we drew pictures with “The Earth is not your ashtray（烟灰缸）”written on them. We put the pictures

around our hometown—in parks, by beaches, and along roads. We wanted to make people understand that

dropping butts hurts the environment. Most smokers don’t think that dropping butts hurts the Earth. But it does,

and all rubbish does!

Later, we wrote to companies and asked them for money to help us. We used the money to buy ashtrays to

give to smokers. We wanted smokers to carry the ashtrays with them so they didn’t have to drop butts.

At the moment, we are trying to get cigarette companies to put an ashtray in each pack of cigarettes. Some

companies want to do it. Many people have started to join our group since it began. Today there are 45 other “No

Butts About It” groups inAmerica.

Now there even groups inEngland,Australia, andIndia! Many newspapers have written about my sister and

me over the last seven years. And we have won many prizes for what we do. But we are not interested in prizes.

We just want to make the Earth a better and cleaner place for animals, plants and people.

One day, it will be.

4. What did the writer think about the cigarette butts in the first place?

A. They made the town smelly. B. They made the town unhealthy.

C. They made the town dirty. D. They made the town poor.

5. What does the writer do with the cigarette butts?

A. Give ashtrays to the smokers. B. Stop people buying cigarettes.

C. Pick up the cigarette butts. D. Win prizes for starting groups.

6. From the passage we can know that _____.

A. no companies wanted to give money to them

B. The writer believes that the Earth will be a better and cleaner place

C. There are only 45”No Butts About It”

D. The writer likes to be on newspapers and win prizes

27. Which is the best tittle for the passage?

A. Save our Town From Cigarette Butts. B. Buy Yourself An Ashtray.

C. Cigarette Butts Also Destroy Other Countries. D. No Butts Prize.

C

Even as Google plans to test its fleet (车队) of self-driving cars on public roads this summer, its business

model remains abit of a mystery. By 2025, as many as 250,000 self-driving vehicles could be sold each year globally,

according to a study by an industry research firm.

“Vehicles that can take anyone from A to B at the push of a button could transform mobility for millions of

people,” said Chris Urmson, director of Google’s self-driving car project. For now, Google has no plans to sell any of

its self-driving cars. They are strictly for research. But they will hit public roads this summer near Google’s

headquarters inMountain View,California. Previous testing has taken place only on closed courses.

The cars are built to operate without a steering wheel, accelerator (油门) or brake pedal. “Our software and

sensors do all the work,” Urmson said. “The vehicles will be very basic — we want to learn from them and adapt

them as quickly as possible — but they will take you where you want to go at the push of a button.” The prototype

(雏形) is the first of a 100-car fleet the tech giant is building.

In the long run, Urmson sees a future of safer roads — the majority of auto accidents are caused by human

error — and fewer traffic jams. Robotic cars could also shuttle people who can’t drive because of age or illness.

Google has said that self-driving cars could launch new business models in which people buy the use of

vehicles they don’t own. The company has already tested other types of self-driving cars on public streets,

including modified Lexus sport-utility vehicles, under a special permit program by the California Department of

Motor Vehicles that requires a human driver at the controls.

The state has issued six other companies permits to operate such cars, includingDelphi, Mercedes-Benz,

Volkswagen, Tesla, Bosch and Nissan. The vehicles that will be tested on open roads this summer will have

removable steering wheels, accelerators and brake pedals to allow “safety drivers” to take control if needed.

8. According to Chris Urmson, __________.

A. self-driving cars can give driving orders to humans

B. self-driving cars are specially designed for the elderly

C. software and sensors are vital for self-driving cars

D. ordinary vehicles will be replaced by self-driving cars

9. Paragraph 4 is meant to tell us that __________.

A. many traffic accidents are caused by human error

B. some people can’t drive because of illness or age

C. Urmson has promised to create safer roads in the future

D. self-driving cars will probably help to make safer roads and decrease traffic jams

10. The underlined word “issued” in the last paragraph can probably bereplaced by__________.

A. given B. claimed

C. awarded D. prohibited

11. What’s the author’s attitude towards self-driving cars?

A. Objective. B. Indifferent.

C. Subjective. D. Favorable.

D

The shade of a single tree can provide welcome relief from the hot summer sun. But when that single tree is

part of a small forest, it creates a considerable cooling effect. According to a study published today in the

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, trees play a big role in keeping our cities cool.

According to the study, the right amount of tree cover can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much

as 10 degrees Fahrenheit. And the effect is quite noticeable from neighborhood to neighborhood, even down to

the scale of a single city block. “We knew that cities are warmer than the surrounding countryside, but we found

that temperatures vary just as much within cities,” says Monica Turner, a professor in the department of

Integrative Biology, Wisconsin-Madison University and a co-author of the study.

With climate change making extreme heat events more common each summer, city planners are working on

how to prepare. Heat waves drive up energy demands and costs and can have big human health impacts. One

potentially powerful tool, the study\'s authors say, are organisms that have been around long before human

civilizations could appreciate their leafy benefits. And those trees may be the secret to keeping the places we live

livable.

Essentially, says Turner, roads, sidewalks and buildings absorb heat from the sun during the day and slowly

release that heat at night. Trees, on the other hand, not only shade those surfaces from the sun\'s rays, they also

release water into the air through their leaves, a process that cools things down.

To get the maximum benefit of this cooling service, the study found that tree cover must be more than 40

percent. In other words, an aerial picture of a single city block would need to be nearly half-way covered by a leafy

green network of branches and leaves.

12. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?

A. Temperatures in cities mainly depend on their green coverage.

B. People living and working in cities must plant trees in summer.

C. Cities are warmer than the countryside because they don\'t have trees.

D. An area with more trees can be cooler than the other parts within a city.

13. Which of the following problems is caused by extreme heat events?

A. Severe damage of city facilities. B. Serious human health problems.

C. Residents\' growing demands for plants. D. Unnecessary waste of energy resources.

14. Why are trees crucial to cities?

A. They help shade and cool the cities. B. They make urban scenery beautiful.

C. They build up city cooling systems. D. They essentially block and release heat.

15. What can city planners conclude from the study?

A. They should publish the study in a newspaper.

B. They should educate citizens to protect forests.

C. They should plant trees on roads and sidewalks.

D. They should cover nearly half the city with trees.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项

Do you sometimes hesitate(犹豫)before asking others for things? As the saying goes, “He who hesitates is

lost. \" Don\'t hesitate. You can\'t control how other people will act.___16___Here are four things you can do to get

other people to say “yes”: