广东省清远市清城区20xx届高三上学期期末考试b卷英语试题

广东省清远市清城区20xx届高三上学期期末考试b卷英语试题内容摘要：

s __________. A. you should not keep insects as pets B. you should not breed insects for their benefit C. you should not catch insects for pleasure D. you should not kill insects without thinking main purpose of this passage is__________. A. to explain why it is cruel to kill bugs B. to convince people that insects are nutritious C. to describe the beneficial contributions of insects D. to make people aware of endangered insect species D The name sounds funny but the idea is no joke: it‘s a personal toilet called the peepool, Anders Wilhelmson, a Swedish architect, is the inventor of the peepool. He became interested in the idea of sanitation after taking part in a research project on the social and political development of cities, One of the most mon problems he found in developing countries was the lack of toilets, He wanted to do something to help, So working with others, he started the project in 2020, and the next year started a pany called Peepoolple. The toilet is a single—use bag made of environmentally friendly plastics, The inside is treated with urea （尿素） , a chemical monly used as fertilizer, The hotter the weather, the more quickly the waste turns into what is needed by plants The sanitation process can be as soon as a couple of hours or as long as two to four weeks ,You can just bury it in a pot and grow whatever you like. The pany expects to start selling the bags in August in Kenya and Bangladesh, but it is just beginning production and sales in Nairobi now, Full production could reach about half a million bags a day and people may be able to buy the peepool in countries Vietnam, Bangladesh, etc. The United Nations says more than two and a half billion people around the world do not have good sanitation, Many have no choice but to use the outdoors, which is not only bad for the environment, but also harmful to people‘s health, Each year, poor sanitation leads to three fifths of those people getting an infectious disease which on average causes one out of 1,000 patients to die. Jack Smith, the founder of the World Toilet Organization, says ―This is quite an unacceptable situation given the fact that we are living in the modem world, and strangely, many of them own televisions, phones but have no toilet.‖ 32． What was the original purpose of Anders Wilhelmson in starting the pany? A. To protect the local environment B. To earn a lot of money from the project C. To do research on the social development D. To help solve the problem of lack of toilets in developing countries 33. What can be learned about the peepool from the passage? A. It can be used over again B. Its sanitation process doesn‘t last long C. It works better in summer than in winter should be buried in a pot after being used 34. The fifth paragraph is written mainly to tell us that . A. poor sanitation may cause many problems B. many people don‘t care for the environment C. many people get ill from using the outdoors D. quite a number of people die from poor sanitation 35. The underlined word ―This ‖in the last paragraph probably refers to A. the outdoors being damaged B. many places being short of toilets C. many people having TVs and phones D. many people getting an infectious disease 第二节：（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分） During a research experiment a marine（海洋） biologist placed a shark into a large holding tank and then released several small fish into the tank. The marine biologist then inserted a strong piece of clear fiberglass（玻璃纤维） into the tank, creating two separate parts. She then put the shark on one side of the fiberglass and a new set of small fish on the other. Again, the shark quickly attacked. This time, however, the shark hit the fiberglass divider and bounced off. Meanwhile, the small fish swam around unharmed in the second part. Eventually, about an hour into the experiment, the shark gave up. This experiment was repeated several dozen times over the next few weeks. Eventually the shark got tired of hitting the fiberglass divider and simply stopped attacking altogether. The marine biologist then removed the fiberglass divider, but the shark didn‘t attack. So, they swam wherever they wished, free from harm. Like the shark in the story, many of us, after experiencing setbacks and failures, emotionally give up and stop trying. In other words, we continue to see a barrier in our heads, even when no ‗real‘ barrier exists between where we are and where we want to go. A. At the same time, the shark tried again and again. B. We believe that because we were unsuccessful in the past, we will always be unsuccessful. C. The shark was trained to believe a barrier existed between it and the small fish. D. It kept repeating this behavior every few minutes fruitlessly. E. We should keep on trying even if we meet obstacles. F. Each time, the shark got less aggressive and made fewer attempts to attack the small fish. G. As you would expect, the shark quickly swam around the tank, attacked and ate the smaller fish. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分） 第 一节 完形填空（共 20小题；每小题 1. 5 分，满分 30分） Christmas, an important festival, is now celebrated in many countries. On Christmas Eve last year people from every corner 41 into the streets. On the pavements, the street singers performed happily. Everyone was acpanied by someone else, 42 and cheerful. However, I was alone. As one of eight kids of a Brazilian family, brought up in America39。 s crowded apartment, I39。 d spent several years searching for aloneness. Now, 43 , at 27, a college student after the 44 with my girlfriend, every cell inside me wanted to be alone, 45 not at Christmas。