1、四川省棠湖中学届高三上学期开学考试英语试题及答案2020年秋四川省棠湖中学高三开学考试第二部分阅读理解（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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AArt, Culture & Performances in ArizonaArt on the Wild SideThree of Arizonas favorite painters will exhibit their latest works inspired by the natural world in their unique styles. Th
2、rough this exhibit, guests can in the Zoos mission to care for the natural world.Date: February 1-April 31, 2020Location: 455 N Galvin Pkwy, Phoenix, AZ 85008 Price: $90Always. Patsy ClineAlways. Patsy Cline is a musical play, complete with country humor, true emotion, and even some audience partici
3、pation, includes many of Patsys unforgettable hits such as “Crazy” “I Fall to Pieces”, “Sweet Dreams”, and “Walking After Midnight”. 27 songs in all!Date: June 14-21, 2020Location: Hale Theater, 50 West Page Avenue, Gilbert, AZ 85233 Price: $65The Two Gentlemen of VeronaBest friends Valentine and Pr
4、oteus choose different paths in life only to run into each other again when they both fall in love with the same woman. The Two Gentlemen of Verona is one of Shakespeares earliest plays, his first comedy and also one of the most rarely performed plays in the canon.Date: July 18-25, 2020Location: Sco
5、ttsdale Desert Stages Theatre, 7014 E Camelback Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 85251Price: $28Mandy MooreMandy Moore is giving a concert in our city! She is touring to support her upcoming album. Mandys seventh studio work Silver Landings set to be released on September 6.Date: September 27-October 3, 2020 Loca
6、tion: 111 N 3rd St Phoenix, AZ 85004 Price: $4221.When can you go to an exhibition of paintings?A.In March. B.In June. C.In July. D.In September.22.Where can you go if you are interested in Shakespeares plays?A.Art on the Wild Side. B.Always. Patsy Cline.C.The Two Gentlemen of Verona. D.Mandy Moore.
7、23.How much will you pay if you want to enjoy a concert?A.$28. B.$42. C.$65. D.$90.BThe tough challenge of a six-month, 3,200-kilometer walk across the South Pole, in the long darkness of the Antarctic winter when temperatures can fall to -90, proved irresistible to the experienced British explorer
8、Sir Ranulph Fiennes.Fienness hero, Captain Robert Falcon Scott, wrote “great God, this is an awful place” when he reached the South Pole a century ago, before freezing and starving to death with his team on the return journey.That journey was made in summer. Nobody before has attempted to cross the
9、pole in winter. In a statement, Fiennes said, “This will be my greatest challenge to date. We will stretch the limits of human endurance.”However, Fiennes could not explain why anyone should consider such a venture, still less a man aged 68 who has survived cancer, heart surgery and the loss of most
10、 of the frozen fingertips on one hand. “Its what I do,” he said, looking slightly puzzled at the question.Fiennes, the worlds greatest living explorer, according to the Guinness Book of Records was the first to cross the Antarctic continent unsupported; the first to cross both polar ice caps; and th
11、e first to travel across the globe from pole to pole.Fiennes admitted his wife, Louise, and their six-year-old daughter were not thrilled. “But Ive never done anything else; its how I earn my living. And youre much more likely, statistically, to die on the roads than on the polar ice,” he said.After
12、 training in the Swedish Arctic in a relatively balmy -40, Fiennes team will set sail from London on Dec. 6 on a South African research ship. The ice trek will begin on Mar. 21, the spring equinox (春分) that marks the official start of the polar winter, from the Russian base of Novolazareskaya. Fienn
13、es and his five team members must then climb more than 3,000 meters on to the inland plateau, walk for several hundred kilometers using an ice tractor to pull all the supplies and equipment they need, descend another 3,000 meters and finally reach the Ross Sea. If they reach Captain Scotts old base
14、at McMurdo Sound by the spring equinox six months later, they will still have to wait for months until the sea ice backs off enough for their ship to collect them.24.Fiennes is going on this expedition because_.A.it is something he always does as a careerB.he wishes to inspire his familyC.he wants t
15、o travel with his wife and daughterD.he hopes to improve his health25.The underlined word in Paragraph 7 probably means “_.”A.warm and pleasant B.cold and harshC.tough and unbearable D.agreeable and relaxing26.According to the article, Fiennes expedition will_.A.begin at an Antarctic base of SwedenB
16、.involve climbing and going down a high plateauC.start and finish exactly at the two spring equinoxesD.finish in a few weeks after the ship arrives27.Fiennes is attempting to cross the South Pole_.A.on the same route as Captain ScottsB.by himself during the winter monthsC.by ice tractor for most of
17、the tripD.on foot during the worst tripCIn todays world, most workers are highly specialized, but this specialization can come at a costespecially for those on the wrong team. New research by Harvards Growth Lab uncovers the importance of teams and coworkers when it comes to ones productivity, earni
18、ng potential, and stays of employment. The research analyzed administrative data on the 9 million inhabitants of Sweden. It found that to earn high wages and returns on education, workers must find coworkers who complement, but not substitute them.The research offers a tool to assess the right and w
19、rong coworkers in fields of expertise. The right coworkers are those with sills you lack, yet needed to complete a team. The wrong coworkers are those who have the same skill set as you and eventually lower your value to the employer. For example, those with a degree in architecture are best assiste
20、d by workers with engineering, construction, or surveying degrees, and negatively impacted by those with landscape or interior design degrees.“We tend to think of sills as something personal that individuals can market to a company, ” said Frank Neffke, Growth Lab Research Director “However, this vi
21、sion of sills is too simplistic. One persons sills connect to another persons sills, etc. ,and the better these connections are, the more productive workers will be, and the more they will earn” Neffke adds that the benefits of working with complementary coworkers are not the same for all workers. T
22、hose with higher levels of education seem to benefit much more from working in complementary teams than workers with lower levels. Over the past 20 years, workers with college degrees or higher have been increasingly able to find better matching coworkers.Complementary also drives careers. The resea
23、rch shows that people tend to stay longer in organizations with many complementary workers and tend to leave those with many workers who substitute them. These results hold true for up to 20 years of ones career.The research also supports several well-known facts, such as cities and large firms pay
24、higher wages. Workers are more likely to find better fitting teams in cities, and large firms often allow workers to specialize.28.Which group of workers can make up the best team?A.Those who can substitute each other. B.Those who come from the same place.C.Those who are expert in the same field. D.
25、Those who have the complementary sill29.Who may be the best complementary coworker for an architect?A.A landscaper. B.A house agent.C.A constructor. D.Another architect.30.Employers think more of their staffs_.A.dependence relationship B.struggling spiritC.physical quality D.educational level31.What
26、 can be the best title of the text?A.What workers your employer need mostB.How coworkers impact the value of your skillsC.How coworkers get higher wages and a long-term jobD.How complementarity improves your mental potentialDA little boy almost thought of himself as the most unfortunate child in the
27、 world because poliomyelitis (小儿麻痹症) made his leg lame and his teeth uneven. He seldom played with his classmates; and when the teacher asked him to answer questions, he always lowered his head without a word.One spring, the boys father asked for some saplings (树苗) from the neighbor. He told his chi
28、ldren to plant a sapling each person. The father said, “Whose seedling grows best, I will buy him or her a favorite gift.” The boy also wanted to get his fathers gift. But seeing his brothers and sisters carrying water to water the trees happily, anyhow, he hit upon an idea: he hoped the tree he pla
29、nted would die soon. So watering it once or twice, he never attended to it.A few days later, when the little boy went to see his tree again, he was surprised to find it not only didnt wilt, but also grew some fresh leaves, and compared with the trees of his brother and sister, his appeared greener a
30、nd more vital. His father kept his promise, bought the little boy his favorite gift and said to him: from the tree he planted, he would become an outstanding botanist when he grew up.Since then, the little boy slowly became optimistic. One day, the little boy lay on the bed but couldnt sleep. Lookin
31、g at the bright moonlight outside the window, he suddenlyrecalled what the biology teacher once said, plants generally grow at night. Why not go to see the tree? When he came to the courtyard on tiptoe, he found his father was splashing something under his tree with a ladle (勺子). He returned to his
32、room, tears running down his face.Decades passed. The little boy didnt become a botanist, but he was elected President of the United States. His name was Franklin Roosevelt.32.Why didnt the boy answer the teachers question?A.He couldnt concentrate on the class.B.All the students looked down on him.C.He lacked confidence because of his illness.D.He was an unfortunate boy with learning disability.33.Why did the father ask the
