浙江省舟山市20xx届高三英语上学期期中试题

浙江省舟山市20xx届高三英语上学期期中试题内容摘要：

hat does the writer mean by “ a necklace to which I can add charms for each stage of my life” (paragraph 6)? A. A gift which encourages me to do well on the journey of my life. B. A gift which bees more and more valuable as time goes by. C. A necklace which I wear on all important occasions in my life. D. A necklace which suits me and adds to my charm. 44. Which of the following serves as the best title for the story? A. Ms. Hunter’ s Surprise B. Ms. Hunter’ s Challenge C. A Teacher’ s Touch D. A Teacher’ s Memory B. New crime prediction software should reduce not only the murder rate, but the rate of other crimes. Developed by Richard Berk, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania, the software has already used in Baltimore and Philadelphia to predict which individuals on probation(缓刑 ) or parole(假释 ) are most likely to murder and to be murdered. “ When a person goes on probation or parole he is supervised(监督 ) by an officer. The question is ‘what level of supervision is appropriate?’” said Berk. It used to be that parole officers used the person’ s criminal record, and their judgment to make decisions. “ This research replaces those seatofthe – pants calculations,” he said. Technology helps determine level of supervision. On average there is one murder for every 100,000 people. Even among highrisk groups the murder rate is one in 100. Predicting such a rare event is very difficult, but advances in puter technology works. Years ago, the researchers made a dataset of more than 60,000 various crimes. Using the software they developed, they found some much more likely to mit murder when paroled or probated. They could identify eight future murderers out of 100. Berk’ s software examines roughly two dozen variables(可变因素 ), from criminal record to geographic location. The type of crimes, and more importantly, the age at which that crime was mitted, were two of the most predictive variables. “ People assume that if someone murdered then they will murder in the future,” said Berk. “ What really matters is what that person did as a young individual. Predicting future crimes sounds well. But we aren’t anywhere near being able to do that.” “ Berk’ s scientific answer leaves policymakers with difficult questions. By labeling one group of people as high risk, and supervise them closely, there should be fewer murders, which the potential victims should be happy about. It also means that those highrisk individuals will be supervised more aggressively. For human rights advocates, that means punishing people who, most likely, will not mit a crime in the future,” said Bushway. “ It es down to a question of whether you would rather make these errors or those errors.” 45. The underlined words(in ) probably mean___. A. calculations based on subjective opinions B. calculations based on widespread voting C. calculations made by advanced technology D. calculations based on serious considering 46. For 650 people with crime records, how many potential murderers would the software find? A. B. 13 C. 52 D. 65 47. From Para 7, we can infer that______. A. the technology developed by Richard Berk will soon be widely used in the US B. the technology would not be widely accepted in the short term C. whether a person murders or not largely decided by his upbringing while young D. if a person murdered when he was fifty, he is sure to murder again while on probation 48. Bushway’ s attitude to the technology put forward by Richard Berk is ____. A. positive B. negative C. objective D. indifferent 49. Which would be the best title for the passage? A. Closely Supervise Potential Murders B. Measures Taken to Prevent Criminal Behavior C. Technology Revolutionizes Judges’ Way of Working D. Software is Developed to Predict Criminal Behavior C Greenspace facilities (设施 ) are contributing to an important degree to the quality of the city environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. At present it is generally accepted, although more as a selfproved statement than on the base of a closely reasoned scientific proof. Recognizing the importance of greenspaces in the city environment is a first step on the right way, this does not mean, however, that enough details are known about the functions of greenspace in towns and about the way in which people are using these spaces. As to this subject I shall within the scope (范围 ) of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the recreative function of greenspace facilities. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town and country planning, has in my opinion resulted in more attention for forms of recreation far from home, while there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighborhood of the home. We have e to the conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working, is used for activities at and around home. So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the street door of the house. The city environment has to offer as many recreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be s。