2018届广东省东莞市高三上学期期末教学质量检查英语试题
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第二部分 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(A、B、C 和D) 中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Top Sites to See in New York
? Central Park
For more than 150 years, visitors have come to Central Park’s 843 green acres in the heart of Manhattan. Since 1980, the Park has been managed by the Central Park Conservancy, in partnership with the public. You can visit the official website of Central Park to learn more about Park happenings and activities and to learn how to help Central Park.
Telephone: 212-310-6600
Location: 59th to 110th Street, Manhattan Borough, from Central Park West to 5th Avenue, New York City,
NY10022
Open Hours: 06: 00-23:00
? The National 9/11 Memorial Museum
The national 9/11 Memorial & Museum is a place of remembrance honoring those who lost their lives in
the terrorist attacks of September 11,2001. The 9/11 Memorial Museum displays Monumental artifacts linked to the events of 9/11, while presenting stories of loss, sympathy and recovery that are central to telling the story of the 2001 attacks and the consequence. It also explores the global impact of 9/11 and its continuing significance.
Telephone: 212-312-8800
Location: 180 Greenwich St, World Trade Center, New York City, NY 10007 Open Hours: 09: 00-20: 00
? The Metropolitan Museum of Art
At New York City’s most visited museum and attraction, you will experience over 5,000 years of art from around the world. The Met is for anyone as a source of inspiration, insight and understanding. You can learn, escape, play, dream, discover and connect.
Telephone: 212-535-7710
Location: 1000 5th Avenue, New York City, NY 10028-0198 Open Hours: 10: 00-17: 30
21.How can you get more information about the activities in Central Park? A. By calling the park. B. By visiting its website. C. By consulting the staff. D. By writing to the manager.
22.Where can you go if you're interested in art? A. 59th to 110th Street. B. 180 Greenwich St. C. World Trade Center. D. 1000 5th Avenue.
23.Where can you probably find the text? A. An official report. B. A popular magazine. C. A tourist brochure. D. A product handbook.
B
Back about 20 months ago I started college and just struggled with everything, such as classes and friends. I quickly became depressed and angry at myself for not being about to do better in school, in addition to lack of friends due to poor social and communication skills.
This went on for months until my 19th birthday. My parents sent me a cake, which was a great cake. But I remember having this large cake and absolutely no one to share it with. I ended throwing out the cake after having one piece, with about 90 % of it leftover . That night I was depressed that I decided to go outside to the freezing temperature of the winter and run. I put my earphones in, went outside and ran about 2 miles at 11 p.m. on my birthday.
When I got back inside I was content. I was proud of what I was able to do. The next night did the same. I wasn't quick or fit but you know that I went outside and did something. The continued for about 2 months until I finally worked up the courage to go to the gym, where I started swimming again as I used to in high school. A month went by and I started lifting weights and continually running.
Looking back I can see that exercise helped cure my depression but it didn't only do that. At the gym I met new friends and back at my dorm I grew confidence to go to the end of the hall seeing people playing Super Smash Brothers and ask if I could join.
So go forward to present now. I exercise every day and look forward to that hour and a half I get daily to do what I love with people who love it as well. I hope this helps someone who may be or have been in a similar situation.
24.What made the author decide to run at night? A. His l9tbirthday. B. His parents' cake. C. His loneliness. D. His friends.
25.Which of the following best describes the author? A. Traditional. B. Determined. C. Humorous. D. Generous.
26.What is the biggest benefit of the author's running? A. Regaining his confidence. B. Losing his weight. C. Playing with his brothers. D. Joining other activities.
27.Why do you think the author wrote this passage? A. To recall his life in college. B. To show his gratitude to his parents. C. To emphasize the importance of friendship. D. To share his experience of dealing with hardship.
C
Why do you go to the library? For books, yes—but you like books because they tell stories You hope to get
lost in a story or be transported into someone else’s life. At one type of library you can do just that—even though there's not a single book.
At a Human Library, instead of books, you can \be the \fascinating as any you can find in a book. (If you attend, make sure to review the habits that make you a good listener.) Many of the stories have to do with some kind of depressing topic. You can speak with a refugee, a soldier suffering from PTSD (创伤后遗症), a homeless person and a woman living with HIV. The Human Library encourages people to take time to truly get to know and learn from someone they might otherwise make a snap judgement about. According to its website, the Human Library is \appreciated and answered.\
The Human Library Organization came to be in Copenhagen, Denmark in 2000. Romni Abergel and his colleagues hosted a four-day event during a major Northern European festival. After the success of this event, Abergel founded the Human Library Organization, hoping to raise awareness among youth about depression, which has been growing ever since.
Though there a few permanent human libraries, most aren’t place at all, but events. Though many do take place at physical libraries, you don't need a library card—anyone can come and be part of the experience. There have been human library events all over the globe, in universities and in pubs, from Chicago to Tunis to Edinburgh to San Antonio. Check out the organization's Facebook page to see when the Human Library might be arriving near you.
28.What shall we do before going to the Human Library? A. Bring a book. B. Get a library card. C. Make an appointment. D. Go over some listening habits.
29.What does the underlined word “snap\A. True. B. Quick. C. Wrong. D. Obvious.
30.Why did Ronmi Abergel found the Human Library Organization? A. He expected to answer different questions.
B. He successfully held an event in Northern Europe. C. He wanted young people to pay attention to depression. D. He had set up the Human Libraries all over the world. 31.What is the best title of the text? A. \B. Human Library Organization C. Human Library Is Near You D. A Library in Denmark
D
Google's new artificial intelligence can defeat both humans and other AIs. Fortunately, the only war zone where it fights and wins is the ancient board game Go（围棋）.
AlphaGo Zero, developed by Google-owned DeepMind, is the latest AI program. The original AlphaGo defeated Go master Lee Sedol last year, and AlphaGo Master, an updated version, went on to win 60 games against top human players. What's different about AlphaGo Zero is that it became potentially the world's best Go player without any help from humans.
The program AlphaGo Zero started off knowing only the basic rules and then played millions of games against itself in just a few days. After almost five million games played against itself, AlphaGo Zero could outplay humans and the original AlphaGo. After 40 days, it was capable of beating AlphaGo Master.
The program learned the strategies humans accumulated over thousands of years in a matter weeks and also developed nontraditional strategies and moves that beat the techniques of the human masters, leaving them astonished. \slightly ahead, as if by magic,\
DeepMind says it has plans for the technology behind AlphaGo Zero beyond just defeating all over an ancient game board. \world problems like designing new materials,\said Demis Hassabis, co-founder and CEO of DeepMind, in a statement.
That sounds great, but just as a precaution, let's take the advice of Elon Musk and Stephen Hawking and keep any super-fast learning AI away from the nuclear launch codes for now.
32.Which was probably the earliest AI program to play Go according to the text?