1、江西省新余市学年高三上学期期末英语试题江西省新余市2020-2021学年高三上学期期末英语试题学校:_姓名：_班级：_考号：_一、阅读选择WELCOME AND ARRIVAL INFORMATIONWelcome to Harvard University Housing and thank you for choosing to live with us. To help you make a smooth transition please read the information below on panning your arrival.PetsDogs living with yo
2、u in your pet-friendly apartment must be vaccinated(接种疫苗) for rabies and licensed with the City of Cambridge every year.International StudentsConsider unlocking your phone prior to leaving your home county. This will enable you to use a SIM card from a company such as campus SIMS or US Mobile in you
3、r phone after you arrive. Those SIM cards may be available at the Property Management Office.DrivingIf you plan on bringing a moving van or truck it will not fit under the overpasses(天桥) on Soldiers Field Road and Memorial Drive. Plan your route in advance to avoid a risky and costly problem.Parking
4、 arrangements for trucks and vans must be made in advance as well. Visit your property page for information about parking your car.Furniture and LightingMost HUH units have no furniture-the unit is empty except for a stove and a refrigerator. You need to bring, buy, or rent a bed, other furniture, a
5、nd household items. In many HUH units, rooms do not have overhead lights, so you also may need table or floor lamps.If you want to stock up on groceries and some household items as soon as you arrive, please find information about“Grocery Shopping” by clicking the drop-down menu.1Suppose a French bo
6、y chooses to live in HUH units with a dog and a moving van, he should_.Amake sure his dog is vaccinated and licensed in France.Bunlock his phone after leaving France.Cbuy a phone with a SIM card at the Property Management Office.Davoid driving on Soldiers Field Road.2What are a majority of HUH units
7、 furnished with?ATable or floor lamps. BNothing at allCA stove and a refrigerator DA bed and a table.3Where is this text most likely from?AA guidebook. BA website.CA magazine. DA notice board. “I will need to open your neck to remove the tumor,” the surgeon told me on a hot summer day. The words tur
8、ned into white noise.“So ,an ugly scar across my neck, then?” I asked. The nurse said: “Dont worry. The closure is like his signature. Just like you want a perfect scar, he wants to give you one. Youll barely see it.” I found some comfort in that.I googled “cancer surgery scar”and was presented with
9、 neck images: necks with red and purple lines. closed with stitches or glue; necks with multiple scars.It was enough to make me shut my Macbook, as anxiety pulsed through my body. In the mirror, I admired my neck, running my finger across a gold chain I wore. Then a tiny voice said:“Mummy!”My then f
10、ie-year-old son,. Jack, appeared in the mirror behind me. Our reflection was a big reality check. See, my son didnt know I had cancer and was having surgery. Im a single mom. Jack lives with me and doesnt have a relationship with his father. Im his hero. Im the homework helper, nurse, chef, taxi dri
11、ver, and every other variation of parent. I knew I couldnt lose heart over cancer or some scar on my neck -Im this kids life!So I did the next best thing I could think of: I made an appointment to get my hair done a few days before the first surgery. My goal was simple: golden hair to frame my scar.
12、 If I couldnt hide it, I might as well show it off. I never had any intentions of hiding the scar. I didnt want my son to think my scar was something to be ashamed of. Im his role model and I needed to set a good example. Bad things can happen, but its how you deal with them that matters.The scar pr
13、oves I faced my fear and won. If I got through that I can get through all the hardships, land on my feet and live boldly.4At first, the author felt._about having a scar across her neck after the surgery?Acomfortable and relieved. Bthrilled and embarrassed.Cindifferent and unconcerned. Danxious and f
14、rightened.5The author was determined to be courageous because_Ashe was the role model of her son.Bshe thought she could overcome the cancer.Cher son was tally dependent on her.Dher son had a bad relationship with his father.6Why did the author want to get her hair styled?ATo show her scar bravely. B
15、To shape beautiful hair.CTo hide the obvious scar. DTo make her son proud.7What is the story intended to convey?AParents should set a good example for their children.BWe should challenge difficulty and face fear bravely.CScars can never be regarded as personal signature.DWe should never hide our sca
16、rs or any other pain. Large gatherings such as weddings and conferences can be socially stressful. Pressure to learn peoples names only adds to the stress. A new facial-recognition app could come to the rescue, .but privacy experts recommend going on with caution.The app, called SocialRecall, connec
17、ts names with faces via smartphone cameras and facial recognition. potentially avoiding the need for formal introductions.“It breaks down these social barriers we all have when meting somebody,” says Bany Sandrew, who Created the app and tested it at an event attended by about 10000 people.After rec
18、eiving an invitation to download SocialRecall from an event organizer, the user is asked to take two selfies(自拍) and sign in via social median At the event, the app is active within a previously defined geographical area. When a user points his or her phone camera at an attendees face, the app ident
19、ifies the individual, displays the persons name, and links to his or her social media profile. To protect privacy, it recognizes only those who have agreed to participate. And the apps creators say it automatically deletes users data after an event.Ann Cavoukian, a privacy expert who runs the Privac
20、y by Design Center of Excellence praises the apps creators for these protective measures. She cautions, however, that when people choose to share their personal information with the app, they should know that “there may be unintended consequences down the road with that information being used in ano
21、ther context that might come back to bite you.”The start-up has also developed a version of the app for individuals who suffer from prosopagnosia, or“face blindness”, a condition that prevents people from recognizing individuals they have met. To use this app, a person first acquires an image of som
22、eones face, from either the smartphones camera or a photograph, and then tags it with a name. When the camera spots that same face in real life, the previously entered information is displayed. The collected data are stored only on a users phone, according to the team behind the app.8SocialRecall is
23、 designed to_.Ainvite attendees Bidentifying peopleCbreak barriers Dintroduce strangers9What is the third paragraph mainly about?AWhy the app was created. BHow to sign in the app.CHow the app works. DWhat information the app provides.10Ann Cavoukian warns the user of the app that_.Ait has caused uni
24、ntended consequences. Bit can prevent communication disorders.Cit may put peoples privacy at risk. Dits protective measures prove useless.11What is the best title for the text?ANew App Shares Personal Information BNew App Gets Rid of Face BlindnessCNew App Endangers Privacy DNew App Helps Recognize
25、Faces Did you know that if you attach a weighed stick to the back of a chicken, it walks like a dinosaur?No, you did not know(or care to know) such things, but now you do! Thanks to this years winners of the 12 Noel Prize! Now in is 251h year, the lg Nobel is the goofy younger cousin of the honored
26、Nobel Prize. It applauds achievements in the fields of medicine, biology, physics, economies. literature. etc. Every September at Harvard University, awards are presented in 10 categories that change year to year, depending on - according to the organization - what makes the judges “laugh, then thin
27、k”.The ceremony officially begins when audience members launch paper airplanes at an assigned human target on the stage, then speakers only have 60 seconds to present their research. In previous year, the one-minute rule was imposed by a young girl - nicknamed Miss Sweetie Poo -who would go up to th
28、e platform and repeat the words: “Please stop, Im bored.” in a sharp tone until the speaker left the stage.Fortunately for candidates though, the Ig Informal Lectures are held afterwards on Saturday to give presenters more time to explain the crazy things theyre working on.The research can seem more
29、 like the brainchildren of teenage boys than of respectable adults. Justin Schmidt won the physiology Ig for creating the “Sting(蛰) Pain Index, which rates the pain people fell after getting stung by insects. Smith pressed bees against 25 different parts of his body until they stung him. Five stings
30、 a day for 38 days, Smith concluded that the most painful sting locations were the nose and the upper lip. Ouch.As silly as they sound, not all of the Ig awards lack scientific applicability, A group of scientists from 12 different counties won in the medicine category for accurately diagnosing pati
31、ents with appendicitis (阑尾炎) based on an unusual measurement: speed bumps(减速带) . They found that patients are more likely to have appendicitis if they report pain during bumpy car rides.All these weird experiments have just one thing in common. Theyre improbable. It can be tempting to assume that “i
32、mprobable” implies more than that-implies bad or good, worthless or valuable, trivial or important. Something improbable can be any of those, or none of them, or all of them, in different ways. And what you dont expect can be a powerful force for not only entertaining science, but also for the boundary-pushing science we call innovation.12The underlined word “goofy” in Paragraph 2 probably mea
