广东省东莞市光明中学2021届高三上学期期中考试英语试题（pdf可编辑版）

第 1 页 共 8 页 2021 届光明中学高三年级期中（第五次）考试 英语科试卷 （全卷满分 120 分，考试用时 120 分钟） 命题人 付圆圆 注意事项： 1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、班级、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 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，再选涂其它答案标号。回答非选择题时，将答案写在答 题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。 第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分 50 分) 第一节 (共 15 小题；每小题 2.5 分，满分 37.5 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。 A New Science Books in Brief Volume Control By David Owen || $18.23 “For a deaf child, having hearing parents can be a serious disadvantage," notes Owen in this sensitive study of hearing. He suffers from tinnitus ( 耳鸣). Combining the science with individual experiences, Owen discusses hearing aids, sign language, Thomas Edison and noise levels in US cities --- all in absorbing detail. Reality Ahead of Schedule By Joel Levy || $29. 04 This picture-packed book tours scientific advances sparked by ideas in science fiction. For example, Levy shows how H. G. Wells 's 1903 story The Land lronclads inspired Winston Churchill to promote the development of the military tank. The title comes from a definition of sci-fi by Sydney Mead, an industrial designer widely known for his designs for science- fiction films. Jet Stream By Tim Woollings || $32. 95 The jet stream was discovered in the 1920s. In this analysis of its complex influence on weather, Woollings relates how the Japanese used the jet stream to launch trans-Pacific balloons in 1944. Today, the jet stream is very likely to be threatened by another product of human activity : rising carbon dioxide emissions. Adventures of a Computational Explorer By Stephen Wolfram || $22. 46 Stephen Wolfram, designer of the technical-computing system Mathematica, offers good stories in this collection of biographical essays. For example, he recalls himself as a six-year-old 第 2 页 共 8 页 spotting a bite taken out of the sun: a solar eclipse (日食)，something unknown to the other children. 1. What can we learn from Volume Control? A. The science of hearing. B. Practical ways to cure tinnitus. C. Thomas Edison's great inventions. D. Winston Ch