浙江省高三上学期期中考试英语试题(编辑修改稿)

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as prosperous as 30 years ago. C Registrars at most wellknown colleges say they deal with deceitful claims like these at the rate of about one per week. Personnel officers do check up on degrees listed on application forms, then. If it turns out that an applicant is lying, most colleges are reluctant to accuse the applicant directly. One Ivy League school calls them impostors(骗子 )。 another refers to them as special cases. One wellknown West Coast school, in perhaps the most delicate phrase of all, says that these claims are made by no such people. To avoid outright(彻底的 )lies, some jobseekers claim that they attending means being dismissed after one semester. It may be that being associated with a college means that the jobseeker visited his younger brother for a football weekend. One school that keeps records of false claims says that the practice dates back at least to the turn of the century—that’s when they began keeping records, anyhow. If you don’t want to lie or even stretch the truth, there are panies that will sell you a phony diploma. One pany, with offices in New York and on the West Coast, will put your name on a diploma from any number of nonexistent colleges. The price begins at around twenty dollars for a diploma from Smoot State University. The prices increase rapidly for a degree from the University of Purdue. As there is no Smoot State and the real school in Indiana is properly called Purdue University, the prices seem rather high for one sheet of paper. 49. The main idea of this passage is that ________ . A. employers are checking more closely on applicants now B. lying about college degrees has bee a widespread problem C. college degrees can now be purchased easily D. employers are no longer interested in college degrees 50. We can infer from the passage that ________ . A. performance is a better judge of ability than a college degree B. experience is the best teacher C. past work histories influence personnel officers more than degrees do D. a degree from a famous school enables an applicant to gain advantage over others in job petition 51. This passage implies that ________ . A. buying a false degree is not moral B. personnel officers only consider applicants from famous schools C. most people lie on applications because they were dismissed from school D. society should be greatly responsible for lying on applications 52. The word phony (Line 13, Para. 2) means ________ . A. thorough B. ultimate C. false D. decisive D What’s your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants? It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer． Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals． Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most wellknown and popular festival in the UK． It began in 1970 and the first festival was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of ￡ 1 — the ticket included free milk from the farm． Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength — in 20xx one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying ￡ 112 each for a ticket to the threeday event． Tickets for the event sold out within three hours． Performers included superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone． Although many summer festivals are run on a profitmaking basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to local and international charities． Glastonbury is not unique in using live music to raise money to fight global poverty． In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts were held simultaneously （同时） in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin． Superstars such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder performed in order to highlight international poverty and debt． 53． What does the author mean by saying “the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength”? A． The festival has achieved growing success． B． Great efforts have been made to hold the festival． C． The festival has brought in a large amount of money． D． There have been thousands of fans attending the festival． 54． Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage? A． The Glastonbury Festival is run on a profitmaking basis． B． Tickets for the 20xx Glastonbury Festival were in great demand despite the high price． C． Both James Brown and Joss Stone were born in poor families． D． In the 1970 Glastonbury Festival, one could have lunch on the farm for free． 55． We can learn from the last paragraph that _____． A． the Glastonbury Festival is not so popular as the Live 8 concerts B． the Live 8 concerts are held every year in London C． London, Paris, Rome and Berlin are famous for outdoor music festivals D． some superstars are concerned about global poverty 56． What is the best title for the passage? A． How to have a good time B． Charity events around the world C． The Glastonbury Festival D． Superstars’ performances in charity events E Lead deposits, which accumulated in soil and snow during the 1960’s and 70’s, were primarily the result of leaded gasoline emissions originating in the United States. In the twenty years that the Clean Air Act has mandated unleaded gas use in the United States, the lead accumulation worldwide has decreased significantly. A study published recently in the journal Nature shows that airborne leaded gas emissions from the United States were the leading contributor to the high concentration of lead in the snow in Greenland. The new study is a result of the continued research led by Dr. Charles Boutron, an expert on the impact of heavy。