福建省厦门市双十中学2021-2022学年高三上学期期中考试英语试题（原卷版）

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2021-2022 上学期期中考双十中学高三

第二部分∶阅读理解（共 20 小题;每小题 2.5 分，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 A、B、C和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

Attractions for Kids with Dinosaur Fever

While there are plenty of movies and books that can teach your little one all about dinosaurs, the following

children's attractions will allow them to come face-to-face with their favorite dinosaurs and learn in an interactive,

fun environment.

1. Dinosaurs Alive at Cedar Point

Sandusky, OH

See the “age of dinosaurs” come to life with interactive exhibits based on real fossil evidence. At the

Dinosaurs Alive section of Cedar Point park, visitors can walk among more than 50 life-sized dinosaurs which

move and roar. See these gigantic lizards up close and learn more about the most fearsome period of the earth's

history.

2. The Chicago Children's Museum

Chicago, IL

The Chicago Children's Museum is filled with plenty of activities for kids of all ages, but one of the coolest

has to be the Dinosaur Exhibition. At this exhibit, children can spend time digging for dinosaur bones at an

excavation site, looking at dinosaur fossils, and learning what life is like for real archaeologists.

Carnegie Museum of Natural History

Pittsburgh, PA

In addition to plenty of exhibits about wildlife, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History has one of the finest

dinosaur fossil collections in the world. Visitors can see experts work with real dinosaur fossils in the PaleoLab.

Make sure to snap a photo in front of Dippy, the scarf-loving dinosaur guarding the front of the museum!

4. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis

Indianapolis, IN

From the dinosaurs exploding out of the side of the building to the fossils within

the Children's Museum

of Indianapolis is filled with fun things to do. Kids can touch a real T-rex bone and see reconstructed dinosaur

skeletons up close.

1. Who are the attractions mainly intended for?

A. Archaeologists. B. Parents.

C. Children. D. Volunteers.

2. In which museum can visitors dig for dinosaur bones?

A. Dinosaurs Alive at Cedar Point.

B. The Chicago Children's Museum.

C. Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

D. The Children's Museum of Indianapolis.

3. What are visitors advised to do in Pittsburgh, PA?

A. Touch a real T-rex bone.

B. Take a photo in front of Dippy.

C. See reconstructed dinosaur skeletons.

D. See experts work with real dinosaur fossils.

In Shakespeare’s HAMLET, Polonius asks the prince, “What are you reading, my Lord?” Hamlet replies,

“Words, words, words.” Either, as is likely, Hamlet wasn’t interested in what he was reading, or, less likely, he

didn’t understand the words he was reading. In this case, Polonius should have lent Hamlet a good dictionary.

Dictionaries are essential tools for people who like to read. There are so many words in English that even the

most educated person will sometimes meet an unfamiliar word and have to look it up. Languages keep changing,

too, with new words constantly being added and new meanings being applied to old words. For example, the 12th

edition of Xinhua Dictionary, the most popular dictionary in China, has added new words such as “chu xin” “fen si”

“er wei ma” etc. As for new meanings, “girl” once meant “a small child of either sex”. And “naughty” didn’t mean

you were “enjoying playing tricks”; it meant you were poor.

A printed dictionary can’t keep pace with all the changes, which is why most dictionaries have websites and

apps to help you keep up-to-date. However, I still prefer printed dictionaries because they give you more definitions

and more examples of how a word is used. Even a simple word, such as “set”, has 430 meanings (the most of

English words) but an online dictionary would only offer two or three. A printed dictionary also gives you the

opportunity to discover new words as you run your finger down the page looking for the word you want.

There is no “official” English dictionary, but the Oxford English Dictionary is considered to be the best. For

English language learners, however, I would recommend the Collins COBUILD Dictionary for Advanced Learners.

Hamlet, by the way, was Danish and a college student. He would have appreciated the Collins Dictionary to help

himself with his words, words, words. This dictionary has over 40,000 words and gives you full-sentence

definitions with good examples of how words are used.

4. What’s the function of paragraph 1?

A. To introduce the topic.

B. To let the readers know more about HAMLET.

C. To arouse readers’ interest in Shakespeare.

D. To explain when it’s necessary to use a dictionary.

5. Why does the author mention “girl” in paragraph 2?

A. To show how powerful Xinhua Dictionary is.

B. To support the idea: languages keep changing.

C. To prove new words are being added to dictionaries.

D. To imply “girl” also means “boy” in some cases.

What’s the author’s attitude to printed dictionaries?

A. Favorable. B. Ambiguous. C. Negative. D. Critical.

7. What’s the author’s purpose of writing the last paragraph?

A. To introduce the history of dictionaries.

B. To call on learners to use dictionaries.

C. To recommend Collins Dictionary.

D. To explain why Hamlet likes Collins.

"The really frightening thing about middle age,"the actor Doris Day is said to have joked, “is that you know

you’ll grow out of it."We may bravely try to claim that life begins at 40-but for many people, it can feel more like

the beginning of the end.

Mid life wasn't always seen this way. It isn’t clear why we have a more negative view today, but Margie

Lachman, director of the lifespan development lab at Brandeis University in Massachusetts, suggests it may be

linked to the pressures that begin piling up in our 30s. “Midlife is a period of high stress today, more so than in the

past,"she says." One is exactly in the middle of work and family careers. This can affect one's ability to focus or

one's own well-being."

There are, however, many reasons to feel positive about this crucial period. In a series of experiments, Laura

Germine at Harvard Medical School has tested tens of thousands of people to examine the differences in cognitive

abilities between age groups. Germine's studies have included the famous "mind in the eyes" test, for instance,

which gets people to infer emotional states from small differences in facial expressions. She found that people n

their late 40s scored highest. This may be due to practice, she suggests."When you think about the amount of social

differences that one has to learn across the lifespan— that's where we think that comes from.'

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