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1、南安一中20192020学年高三年级上学期第二次阶段考英语 试卷 本试卷共12页。满分150分。考试时间120分钟。注意事项: 1.答卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号等信息填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置上。 2.回答选择题时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。3.考试结束，考生将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节 (共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B 、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。A21.Whi
2、ch would best suit a visitor on a six-day trip in New York?A. A one-way ticket. B. A weekly ticket. C. A monthly ticket. D. A CityTicket.22. How can customers buy tickets with an additional discount? A. On board.B. Through Mail&Ride.C. With Pay-Per-Ride.D. Via MTA eTix.23. Where is the text probably
3、 taken from? A. A website.B. A newspaper. C. A magazine.D. A brochure. BIt is irrefutable: Parents, who talk to, read and engage with their very young children as often as possible, help them build literacy(读写能力) skills at an early age. Also certain: Parents of very young children usually have to do
4、 a lot of laundry. And low-income families tend to bring their kids with them to public laundromats(洗衣房).Those truths appear once a week at select neighborhood laundromats in Chicago. Thats when librarians lay down colorful mats and oversized board books beside the industrial washing machines. Insid
5、e one of about 14 laundromats in the citys low-income neighborhoods, the librarians gather all available children for Laundromat Story Time(LST), a Chicago Public Library(CPL) program. With the noise of the washers and dryers, anywhere between a handful to more than a dozen children hear stories, si
6、ng songs and play games designed to help their brains develop. The event also aims to instruct parents on how to repeat the experience for their kids, working to raise poor literacy rates in underserved communities. “We read books, we sing songs, we do plays,” says Becca Ruidl, the CPLS STEAMTeam ea
7、rly learning manager, who runs the LST program. “We kind of keep it going so parents can walk in and join in at any time. But a big part of what we do is model literary skills for parents so they can do it at home with their kids.” While a laundromat seems an unlikely place to engage with children,
8、“we really wanted to meet people in the community where theyre,” Ruidl says. And it clearly meets a need: Library officials say the program is in increasing demand, while Ruidl says families have adjusted their households laundry day to suit the librarians laundromat visits. At the same time, LSTS c
9、o-sponsorsincluding a laundry industry trade group and Libraries Without Borders, an organization fighting poverty through literacyhave worked with the CPL to draft an instruction handbook to help expand the concept to other U.S. cities.24. What does the word “irrefutable” in Paragraph 1 probably me
10、an? A. Undoubtful. B. Controversial. C. Impossible. D. Fruitful. 25. Why are public laundromats chosen for LST? A. Parents of poor families do a lot of laundry. B. They offer a perfect atmosphere for leaning. C. Poor parents often go there with their kids.D. Reading to kids promotes their literacy s
11、kills. 26. What can we infer about LST from the last paragraph? A. It is demanding.B. Its focus has been adjusted. C. It will fight poverty.D. Its concept will be spread. 27. What is the best title for the text? A. Literacy at the LaundromatB. Models of Parenting C. Laundromats for KidsD. Magic in S
12、tory Time C Qing-feng Steamed Dumpling Shop. Daniang Dumplings. Mcdonalds. What do these companies have in common? Well, besides all being fast food chains, their logos are all red. And its not a coincidence. Color is one of the many that companies use to connect with customers. And if fast food was
13、nt hard enough, those red logos might make it even harder to ignore. The average human can see ten million colors, but red is special. Its one of the first colors our ancient ancestors thought important enough to name. Early human languages were uncolorful. There were words for “black” and “white” a
14、nd “red” but not much else. As a result, we have a deeper connection to red than any other color and we react to it in certain ways that actually play to fast food companies advantage. For starters, researchers have found that red can cause a sense of urgency. On top of that, it also has an ability
15、to whet (刺激) our appetites. And when you pair those two together, youve got the perfect recipe to attract hungry customers who want food, fast. So the red logo isnt just a welcoming sign. Its a seduction(诱惑) for your brain. Now, its unclear why red makes us feel this way. But perhaps it has something to do with where the word comes from. Many ancient languages first named red from their word for “blood”. But reds bloody beginning has transformed. During medieval times, for example, red was worn by royals as a status sym
