北京市海淀区20xx-20xx学年度第一学期高三期中英语试题及参考答案

北京市海淀区20xx-20xx学年度第一学期高三期中英语试题及参考答案内容摘要：

l and healthy emotional response (反应 ). 56. Why didn39。 t the author cry when her grandmother died? A. Because her father did not ask her to feel too sad. B. Because she did not love her grandmother. C. Because she was too shy to cry at that time. D. Tie author doesn’t give the explanation. 57. It can be inferred from the text that ______. A. there are two ways to keep healthy B. crying does more good to health than laughing C. crying and laughing play the same roles D. emotional health has a close relationship to physical health 58. According to the author, which of the following statements is true? A. Crying is the best way to get help from others. B. Fighting back tears may cause some health problems. C. We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry. D. We must cry if we want to reduce pressure. (B) It is only during the last few years that man has generally realized that in the world of nature a balance exists between all forms of life. No living thing can exist by itself. It is part of a system in which all forms of life are joined together. If we change one part of the nature order, this will almost certainly bring about changes in some other part. The cutting of forests reduced the supply of oxygen. The killing of weeds and insects by chemicals led to the widespread poisoning of animals and birds. The throwing of waste products into the ocean hurt life in the sea, while waste gases changed the chemical balance of the atmosphere and shut out some of the sun’s necessary lifegiving rays. And so we could go on adding more examples until in despair(绝望 ) we might feel like giving up the struggle to control these harmful human activities. Man is very clever at changing the world around him to satisfy his immediate needs, but he is not so clever at looking far ahead, or at thinking about what the future results of his action might be. Man may well destroy himself because of his silly action. 59. The first paragraph tells us that _____. A. all living things in nature depend on each other B. everything in nature can’t exist without the help of man C. man has known the importance of the balance of nature for a long time D. no living thing can live naturally 60. In the second paragraph the examples given are used to prove that _____. A. all forms of life belong to a system in which all the parts can be changed for one another B. it is only during the last few years that man has generally known the balance of nature C. there are some living things which can exist by themselves without change D. we can’t change one form of life without destroying the balance of nature 61. The last paragraph suggests that in order to get his immediate benefits(利益 ) _____. A. man is always anxious to control his activities within limits B. man is always too eager in planning for distant future C. man often fails to think about their future results of his action D. man often feels that he will have to give up in despair 62 Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. Cutting down woods does little harm to human beings. B. Man has to pay much more attention to the future results of his present action. C. Oxygen es from forests. D. The passage tells us to try our best to get as much as possible immediately. (C) If Europeans thought a drought（干旱） was something that happened only in Africa, they know better now. After four years of belownormal rainfall (in some cases only 10 percent of the average), large areas of France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Britain and Ireland are dry and barren. Water is so low in the canals of northern France that waterway traffic is forbidden except on weekends. Oyster（牡蛎） growers in Brittany report a 30 percent drop in production because of the loss of fresh water in local rivers necessary for oyster breeding. In southeastern England, the rolling green hills of Kent have turned so brown that officials have been weighing plans to pipe in water from Wales. In Portugal, farmers in the southern Alentejo region have held prayer meetings for rain—so far, fruitless. Governments in droughthit countries are taking several measures. Authorities in hardhit areas of France have banned washing cars and watering lawns. In Britain, water will soon be metered, like gas and electricity. “The English have always taken water for granted,” says Graham Warren, a spokesman of Britain’s National Rivers Authority. “Now they’re putting a price on it.” Even a sudden end to the drought would not end the misery in some areas. It will take several years of unusually heavy winter rain, the experts say, just to bring existing water reserves up to their normal levels. 63. What does the author mean by saying “they know better now?” A. They know more about the causes of the drought. B. They have a better understanding of the drought in Africa. C. They have realized that only the drought in Europe is the most serious one. D. They have realized that droughts hit only Europe.。