恒心届黑龙江省绥化市三校高三上学期期末联考英语试题及参考答案纯word版.docx
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恒心届黑龙江省绥化市三校高三上学期期末联考英语试题及参考答案纯word版
绥化市三校2014-2015学年度高三第一学期期末联考
英语试卷
第I卷(选择题)
第一部分阅读理解(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中(A、B、C和D),选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
IfyougotoEthiopia,you’llfindastrangepalm-likestructure,whichiscalledWarkaWater.Itgatherswaterfromfogandcondensation(水珠)andisinventedbyanItalianfirm.
WhenItaliandesignerArturoVittoriandSwissarchitectAndreasVoglerfirstvisitedEthiopiain2012,theywereshockedtoseewomenandchildrenforcedtowalkmilestoaccesswhat,forthem,hadalwaysbeenwithineasyreach,water.
Only34percentofEthiopianshaveaccesstoareliablewatersupply.Sometravelforuptosixhoursadaytofetchsomeor,evenworse,hastousepondwaterpollutedbyhumanwaste,subjecttothespreadofdisease.
Worldwide,about768millionpeople—twoandahalftimestheU.S.population—don’thaveaccesstosafedrinkingwater.Sojustimagineifwecouldjustpullwateroutofthinair?
That’swhatVittoriandVogleraskedoncetheysawthesevereproblemandpromisedtotakeaction.Theirfirm,ArchitectureandVision,hassincecomeupwithWarkaWater,agrandpalm-likestructurethatmaylooklikesomethingyou’dseeinamodernartmuseum,butit’sbeendesignedtoharvestwaterfromtheair.
WarkaWater,whichisnamedafteranEthiopianfigtree,iscomposedofa30-footbambooframecontainingafog-harvestingnylonnetthatcancatchwatereasily,canbeeasilyloweredforrepairsandallowcommunitiestomeasurethewaterlevel.Collectingwaterthroughcondensationishardlyanewtechnique,butthecreatorsofWarkaWatersaytheirtree-inspireddesignismoreeffective,maximizingsurfaceandperfectingeveryangletoproduceupto26gallonsofdrinkablewateraday—enoughforafamilyofseven.
WesternorganizationshavebeenworkingtoprovidecleanwateraccessinAfricafordecades,soWarkaWaterjoinsaverylonglistofearlierattempts.Sofar,high-techsolutions,liketheoncepromisingPlaypump,havefailed,mostlyduetohighcostsandmaintenanceissues.
ThisiswhereWarkaWaterstandsapart—alower-techsolutionthatiseasytorepairandfarmoreaffordablethandiggingwellsintherockyEthiopianplateau.
1.Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“subjectto”inthethirdparagraphmostprobablymean?
A.Owingto
B.Oppositeto
C.Sensitiveto
D.Givingriseto
2.WarkaWaterisdesignedmainlyto______.
A.gathercleanwaterefficiently
B.reducewatersupplycosts
C.simplifymaintenance
D.preservewatersupplies
3.AccordingtoParagraph6,whatcausedPlaypumptofail?
A.Lackofadvancedtechnology
B.Unsuccessfuldesigns
C.Lackofmoneyandmaintenanceissues
D.Unreasonablestructures
B
EDINBURGH,Scotland(AP)—theyarrivedbeforepollingstationsevenopened,dressedfortheschooldayinstripedtiesandblazers,dressslacksandtartanskirts,bookbagsovertheirshoulders—and,forthefirsttimeinBritishhistory,ballot(选票)cardsinhandsonSeptember18.
Scotland’sexperimentofallowingmorethan109,000Scottishteenagersaged16to17tookpartintheScottishindependencereferendum(公民投票),inwhichScotlandfinallydecidednottobecomeindependent.
Theagegrouponlymadeupasmallpartofthe4.29milliontotalvoters,buttheyhave“demonstratedhowtheyoungestvoterscanbesomeofthemostenthusiasticinamaturedemocracy”,commentedTheAssociatedPress.Castingtheirballots,theywere“proudandpassionate”tohelptheirnationdecidewhethertobreakawayfromtheUKafter307yearsinunion.
Atage16,Scottishresidentsareallowedtojointhemilitary,getmarried,andwork.Eighteenisthelegaldrinkingage,aswellastheUK’svotingage.Butin2013,Scottishlawwaschangedtoallow16-and17-year-oldsinScotlandtovoteinthereferendum.Thegovernmentpushedforthechangebecause“youngervotersaremorelikelytovotewiththeirhearts,nottheirheads—andembracefundamentalchangebyvotingforthepro-independenceYesScotlandcampaign”,NBCNewssaid.
Butwhenthedecisionwashandeddown,someworriedthathighschoolstudentsmightnotbeasinformedasadultvoters.However,manyexpertssaidthatassumptionwaswrong.
ProfessorJanEichhornoftheUniversityofEdinburghinsistedthatScottishteenagerswereaslikelytoreadnewspaperarticlesandcampaignmaterialsastheirparents.Theywouldsimplygettheseresourcesthroughsocialmedia.
“There’snoevidencetosuggestthatthey’relesscapablethanadultsofvoting,fromaresearchpointofview,”EichhorntoldNPR.
Scotland’smovetoletyoungerteenagersvoteinthereferendumhasledtoadiscussionaboutwhetherthevotingageoughttobeloweredto16,bothintheUKandtheUS.
“By16,mostpeoplehaveaboutasstableanideology(思想意识)astheyaregoingtoget,”ProfessorJasonBrennanofGeorgetownUniversitywro
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