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1、吉林省长春市第二十九中学2020届高三英语上学期期中试题 答题时间：90分钟 满分：150分第一部分 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。AEveryone, please imagine, a big explosion breaks out as the plane takes us high in the sky. The plane is full of smoke and the engine sounds scary. Two minutes la
2、ter, the engines are turned off. We are now sitting in a plane with no sound. And we can see: Life is over.That really happened. In January 2009, I had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York.Now let me tell you the three things I learned when the
3、 silence came.First, I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to but didnt. I thought about all the experiences I wanted to have but never did. I no longer wanted to put off anything in life. Second, I really regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter. I decided to remove
4、negative energy from my life. Third, I realized, wow, dying was not scary. But it was very sad just because I only wished I could have seen my kids grow up.Fortunately, I was given the gift of a miracle of not dying that day. I was given another gift, with which I was to see into the future and come
5、 back and live differently.About a month later, my wife and I were at a performance by my daughter, not much artistic talent. Yet, Im crying. I realized that above all, the only goal in my life was to be a good father.Audience, again, imagine the same thing happening on your plane. How would you cha
6、nge? What would you get done? And more than anything, are you being the best parent you can?Thank you.1. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Air crash is always a tragedy.B. What I learned from the air crash.C. Life is a miracle as we imagine. D. How to become a good father.
7、2. When does the idea “Life is over” come into being?A. Exactly during the explosion.B. When the plane was full of smoke.C. Before the engines sounded scary.D. When the engines were turned off.3. What is the authors final goal in life?A. Never to put off anything in life. B. To remove negative energ
8、y from life.C. To see his daughter grow up.D. To be a good father.4. What type of writing is this text?A. A speech on ones air travel experience. B. An emergency crash-landing guide.C. An introduction of an adventure novel. D. A safety training for air passengers.BIn 1975, George Carlin appeared on
9、a popular TV show, Saturday Night Live, with his famous words about blue food. “Why is there no blue food? I cant find blue foodI cant find the flavor of blue! I mean yellow is lemon; orange is orange and red is cherry. Where is the blue food? ”Well, Carlin pretty much has it righttheres not no blue
10、 food, but theres certainly not a lot of it. Fresh-picked blueberries are blue, though they become purple when they are turned into jam. The blue in blueberrieslike the purple in grapes and the red in tomatoesis found in nature. But it isnt a hot color for food. People dont seem to prefer blue food.
11、 Some diet programs even suggest that those determined to lose weight should make their food blue. Eating, in part, begins with our eyes. Charles Spencean experimental psychologist from Oxford Universitypoints out that color can change our taste experience. Commonly, we consider red-colored foods up
12、 to 20% sweeter than they actually are; and green foods as being more sour. Spence suggests: human expectations may be influenced by our long history of watching - green fruits can become sweet as they grow up and turn red.But what about blue? Except blueberries, much of the blue food we see these d
13、ays is dyed blue artificially. Food producers argue that artificial color doesnt do much harm to health. A lot of research shows that some physical problems of kids are related to food dyeswhile other studies show no effects at all. Blue birthday cake or even blue-dyed chicken can be served on the d
14、inner table. So what? 5. George Carlins words are placed at the beginning of the passage to _. A. show the authors opinion B. introduce a TV showC. tell a famous person D. lead in the topic6. Which of the following statements of blue is true?A. Blueberries are always blue, whether fresh or not.B. Th
15、e blue in blueberries is found unnatural.C. Blue is not a very popular color for foods.D. People often feel cold when they eat blueberries. 7. Eating sometimes begins with our eyes because _.A. our taste experience can be influenced by colorB. red-colored food are 20% sweeter than green foodC. peopl
16、e prefer red-colored food to green foodD. before eating, people watch food for a long time8. The underlined words “is dyed” in Para. 4 are closest in meaning to “_”.A. is eaten up B. has grown up C. is changed in color D. is harmful toC A factory tour this summer! Here are some great ones to consider.The Jelly Belly
