福建省莆田市2020届高三教学质量第二次检测英语试题含答案

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2020 年莆田质检（5月）英语试题

第二部分阅读理解(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 ABC 和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

The Houston Museum of Natural Science

Founded in 1909, the Houston Museum of Natural Science (HMNS) has always been one of the

most heavily attended museums in the United States. It houses a variety of permanent exhibit

areas that examine astronomy, space science, Native American culture, energy, chemistry, gems

and minerals, seashells, Texas wildlife and much more. In addition, the museum frequently

presents traveling exhibitions on a variety of topics. The Museum is a major science learning

center with over a half million school children visiting it annually, including every fourth grade

and seventh grade class in the Houston Independent School District.

Crowds

The Museum can be quite crowded on weekends and weekday mornings, due to the hundreds of

thousands of students that visit HMNS each year. Please call 713-639-4629 to inquire about the

crowds that are anticipated during your intended visit.

Opening Hours

Monday-Sunday: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. ( last entry at 4:30 p.m.)

It’s closed on New Year’s Day and Christmas Day.

PLEASE NOTE: Average museum visit takes 2 hours or more.

Pricing

Adult Ticket: $25 (ages 12 and up)

Child Ticket: $16 (ages 3-11)

Children aged 2 and under: FREE

College Students with ID: $16

Seniors (62+): $16

Groups (10+): $10

Please Note

Flash photography is ONLY allowed in the Grand Hall and the rainforest of the Coekrell

Butterfly Center. Selfie sticks（自拍杆）, tripods and camera stands are not allowed anywhere in

HMNS. Photography is not allowed in certain exhibitions. Please check for signs by the exhibit

entrance for more information or ask a museum employee.

21. When can people enter HMNS for a visit?

A. At 8:30 a. m. on June Ist. B. At 12:30 p. m. on Jan. 3rd.

C. At 14:40 p.m. on Oct. 15th. D. At 10:00. a.m. on Dec.25th.

22. How much should Tom and his two sons aged 8 and 13 pay in all to HMNS?

A. $66. B. $57. C. $41. D. $30.

23. What cam be known about HMNS from the text?

A. It has a history of less than a century.

B. Visitors aren’t allowed to take photos inside.

C. It has the largest number of visitors of all American museums.

D. People who enjoy quiet have better visit it on weekday afternoon.

It’s not every day that you see pigeons（鸽子）with cowboy hats on their tiny heads walking

or flying around, unless you live in Las Vegas, where cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons are actually a

thing people have been constantly taking about these days.

It all started on December 5, when a Las Vegas citizen named Bobby Lee noticed two funny-

looking birds walking near a dustbin. The pigeons drew his attention because they were wearing

tiny cowboy hats-one red and one grey -so he took out his smartphone and started filming them.

Later, he uploaded the video online, where is quickly spread. The next day, everyone was talking

about Las Vegas’ cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons, and Lee was getting phone calls from agencies

trying to license his video.

It was only a matter of time before news outlets picked up the story and reported on the

mysterious pigeon cowboys spotted around Las Vegas. The only link anyone could think of was

the Wrangler National Rodeo Finals that were taking place in town at the time, but the

Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association, which organized the event, denied any involvement.

While some netizens just found the idea cute and jumped at the opportunity to catch the

pigeons on camera if they spotted them around Vegas, others expressed concern about the birds’

well-being. They even mentioned animal cruelty.

Hillman, the founder of local pigeon rescue Lofty Hopes, said that her organization was

trying to track down the birds and remove their hats, but trapping them with food has proven very

difficult so far. That’s because the two known cowboy-hat-wearing pigeons have become very

popular around Las Vegas, and people are constantly throwing them much food.

“When you see them today, you could see some loose feathers in the glue around the hat, and

it’s surely a concern,” Hillman said, adding that she believed the hats had been glued on with a

strong adhesive（粘合剂）.

24. What has be a hot topic in Las Vegas recently?

A. The return of cowboy hats. B. Pigeons approaching people.

C. Pigeons wearing cowboy hats. D. The hobby of watching pigeons.

25. What made Bobby Lee film the two pigeons with his smartphone?

A Their unusual decorations. B. Their unique feather colors.

C Their great popularity online. D. Their strange way of walking.

26. What was netizens ‘s attitude towards the pigeon cowboys?

A. They went too far about them. B. They thought nothing of them.

C They showed little interest in them. D. They had a mixed response to them.

27. Why is it hard to trap the two pigeons with food'?

A. Because they are rather particular about food.

B. Because they always have abundant food to eat.

C Because they are smart enough not to be tricked.

D. Because they are well protected by pigeon watchers.

Scientists at the University of Oxford have developed new artificial intelligence(AI) software

to recognize and follow up the faces of individual chimpanzees（黑猩猩）in the wild. The new

software will allow researcher and wildlife conservationists to greatly cut back on time spent

analyzing videos, according to the new paper published today in Science Advances.

“For species like chimpanzees, which have complex social lives and live for many year,

getting photos of their behavior from short-term field research can only tell us so much.” says Dan

Sehofield, researcher and DPhil student at Oxford University’s Primate Models Lab, School of

Anthropology. “By taking advantage of the power of machine learning to unlock large video files,

it makes it possible to measure behavior over the long term.”

The computers model was trained using over 10 million images （影像） from Kyoto

University’s Primate Research Institute (PRI) video files of wild chimpanzees in Guinea, West

Africa. The new software is the first to continuously track and recognize individuals in a wide

range of posed, performing with high accuracy in difficult conditions such as low lighting and

poor image quality.

“Access to this large video file has allowed us to use the newest deep neural networks to train

models at a scale that was previously not possible,” says Arsha Nagrani, co-author of the study

and DPhil student at the Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford. “Additionally,

our new software differs from previous primate face recognition software in that it can be applied t

raw videos with limited manual intervention （人工干预）or pre-processing, saving hours of

time.”

The technology has potential for many uses, such as monitoring species for conservation.

Although the present application focused on chimpanzees, the software provided could be applied

to other species, and help drive the adoption of AI systems to solve a range of problems in the

wildlife sciences.

28. What's the purpose of developing the new software?

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