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1、广东省汕头市金山中学2020届高三英语上学期9月月考试题本试卷共三部分，满分135分（1201.125）。考试时间120分钟。注意事项：1答卷前，考生务必分别将答题卷上的姓名、考试号用黑色字迹的签字笔填写，用2B铅笔将考试号对应的信息点涂黑。2选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题; 每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，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。ATayka Hotel de
2、 SalWhere: Tahua, BoliviaHow much: About $ 95 a nightWhy its cool: Youve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? Thats something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt-including the beds (though youll sleep on regular mattresses and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar
3、 de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake which is the worlds biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste (糊) of wet salt that hardens when it dries.When rain starts to dissolve the hotel, the owners just mix up more s
4、alt paste to strengthen the bricks.Green Magic Nature ResortWhere: Vythiri, IndiaHow much: About $ 240 a nightWhy its cool: Taking a pulley(滑轮)-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adventure. As you look out of your open window-there is no glass! -you watch monkeys an
5、d birds in the rain forest canopy(罩篷). Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You dont even have to come down for breakfast-the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.Dog Bar
6、k Park Inn B&BWhere: Cottonwood, IdahoHow much: $ 92 a nightWhy its cool: This doghouse isnt just for the family pet. Sweet Willy is a 30-foot-tall dog with guest rooms in his belly. Climb the wooden stairs beside his hind leg to enter the door in his side. You can relax in the main bedroom, go up a
7、 few steps of the loft(阁楼) in Willys head, or hang out inside his nose. Although you have a full private bathroom in your quarters, there is also a toilet in the 12-foot-tall fire hydrant(消防栓) outside.Gamirasu Cave HotelWhere: Ayvali, TurkeyHow much: Between $ 130 and $ 450 a nightWhy its cool: This
8、 is caveman cool! Experience what it was like 5,000 years ago, when people lived in these mountain caves formed by volcanic ash. But your stay will be much more modern. Bathrooms and electricity provide what you expect from a modern hotel, and the white volcanic ash, called tufa, keeps the rooms coo
9、l in summer. (Dont worry-there is heat in winter. )1. What do we know about Tayka Hotel de Sal?A. It is located on a prehistoric lake.B. It should be protected against the rain.C. Everything in the hotel is made of salt.D. You have to cross a rope bridge to the hotel.2. What do the underlined words
10、“Sweet Willy refer to?A. The name of the hotel.B. The name of the hotel owner.C. The building of Dog Bark Park Inn B&B.D. The name of a pet dog of the hotel owner.3. Which of the hotels gives you a feeling of living in the far past?A. Tayka Hotel de Sal.B. Green Magic Nature Resort.C. Dog Bark Park
11、Inn B&B.D. Gamirasu Cave Hotel.BChicago is considering firm measures to prevent the Asian carp，a giant fish native to the Far East，from coming into North Americas Great Lakes in large numbersSuch a move could cost up to$18bn，a heavy economic burden to the city.This species，more than a metre in lengt
12、h，was originally introduced to southern US states three decades ago to control weeds in sewage(污水)treatment plantsBut they escaped into the Mississippi River and increased in number quickly，making their way north towards the Great Lakes and threatening the native fish species along the way.“Dozens o
13、f them will often leap out of the water as boats approachMichael Beecham，a local environmental expert，described how frightening the scene was“Ive gone down the river and seen these fish jump up and hit me in the faceIt is a big problem for our native species.” he said.A meeting has been organized to
14、 find a technological solution to the carp problem，one of which involves blocking parts of Chicagos canal systemListening at the meeting was John Goss，who was worried about the effect that having barriers in the canal system would have on industry“It would certainly increase the cost of transportati
15、on，”he told“It is currently very cheap and efficient to bring materials and finished goods down the Chicago ship canal.Another cheaper option is to eat the fish out of existenceDirk Fucik is selling carp burger(鲤鱼汉堡包) at his fish shop not far from downtown ChicagoHe thinks the carps are a great reso
16、urce“To catch it and throw it away is a waste，”he says“Eating them helps solve the problem and also provides jobs”But the idea has not yet caught onSo far，he is the only person in Chicago selling carp burgers.4From the passage we can see the Asian carp_.Ais very adaptable to the new environmentBis originally used to control weeds in the G
