2019届安徽皖南八校高三第二次联考12月英语试卷【含答案及解析】姓名___________ 班级____________ 分数__________一、阅读理解1. Victoria Avenue School supports the Walking School Bus initiative（倡议） a safe, healthy and fun way for children to walk to and from school, guided by a registered group of parents. If you and your child would be interested in joining one of our buses we would love to hear from you.Bell Road routeThis is a morning bus with over 30 walkers! The route is as follows: Startsat 14 Bell Road , down Scherf Road , crosses Portland Road into Ingram Street , left into Spencer Street then to school. Please call Vanessa McNaught at 5234529.Lingarth / Mahoe routeThis bus runs morning and afternoon. It departs from the corner of Combes Road and Lingarth Street at 8:10 am. There are two routes-one goes along Lingarth Street and the other along Mahoe Avenue and Manawa Road at 8:25 am. The bus continues up Manawa Road , turns right into Victoria Avenue , and goes down Dragon Drive . At the end of the school day all walkers meet at the bottom of Dragon Drive , leaving school at approximately 3:10 pm. Please contact Toko Kofoed tokofoed@gmail. com.Shore Road routeWe gather together at Hapua Reserve at 8:15 am and depart at 8:20 am. We walk along Shore Road to Stirling Street and then up Stirling Street to school. Please contact Nicky Hall nicky. hall@simpsongrierson. com.Spencer Street starwalkersThe route begins at the crossing of Aldred Road and Spencer Streetleaving at 8:20 am.The bus then crosses Glenbrook Street and continues along Spencer Street reaching the school. Please contact Victoria Nicholls victorian@ pascoes. co. nz.Shera Road routeCurrently this bus is not running. Those living in Shera Road , Leys Crescent and Portland Road are welcome to register your interest intaking this bus. We hope to have the bus running in the autumn, when it will travel along Portland Road , up Ingram Street and left into Spencer Street . Pease call Vanessa McNaught at 5234529.1. Part of Bell Road route is similar to ________________________ .A. Lingarth/Mahoe routeB. Shera Road routeC. Shore Road routeD. Spencer Street starwalkers2. In the afternoon, a student taking the bus of Lingarth/Mahoe route may go along ______________________________ .A. Combes Road Lingarth Street Mahoe Avenue Manawa RoadB. Combes Road- Mahoe Avenue Manawa Road Dragon DriveC. Dragon Drive Victoria Avenue Manawa Road Mahoe AvenueD. Dragon Drive Manawa Road Victoria Avenue Lingarth Street3. Who might be most interested in the text?A. Bus drivers.B. Local walkers.C. Tourists.D. Parents.2. In October 2013, Davion Only made an appeal on the Internet. He had learned that his biological mothr had died not long before. ”My name is Davion and I've been in foster care (寄养照管) since I was born," he said, “but I'mnot giving up hope. "The heartbreaking appeal spread quickly, and Only's foster agency received calls from more than 10,000 people. Only ended up travelling to Ohio to live with a family. But after Only got into a physical fight with one of his elder would-be brothers, the family changed their minds.Back in Florida , Only passed through four different temporary homes over the following year, until he called Connie Going, his adoption case worker, to make a special request. Only had known Going for nearly ten years, and had asked every year if she would adopt him, but she always hesitated. “I always believed there was a better family than us out there," Going said in an interview. But last July, when Only called and asked again if she might adopt him, Going said something felt different. "When he asked me, my heart felt this ache and I justknew he was my son," she said.So Going, 52, invited Only to start spending time with the rest of herfamily-her two daughters, Sydney, 21, and Carly 17, and a son Taylor, 14, who she also adopted out of foster care. Eventually, after seeing how well the arrangement was working, Going, who had rented a bigger home, started adopting Only. Only moved in with her family last December.He officiallyjoined Going's family on April 22, 2015 when the adoption papers went through. "Today, I feel blessed and honored to have been chosen to be the parent ofall my children," Going said.1. By making the appeal, Davion Only hoped thatA. service in his foster agency would improveB. his biological mother would come to himC. a foster agency would accept himD. he would be adopted by a family2. Davion Only didn't live with the family in Ohio becauseA. he hated living with themB. they finally refused to accept himC. he has received another invitationD. he often fought with his would-be brothers3. What do we know from Paragraph 3?A. Davion Only had fun living in different homes.B. Connie Going had cared about Davion Only for over ten years.C. Davion Only had a strong desire to be adopted by Connie Going.D. Connie Going believed she would give Davion Only what he wanted.4. After Davion Only joined Connie Going's family,A. Connie Going bought a bigger houseB. the four kids often had physical fightsC. Connie Going didn't regret her decisionD. another three kids were later adopted as well3. Do you drink water that's been left sitting out overnight or even for another day? Have you noticed it tastes different?Tap water that has been left to sit out slowly begins to acquire an off taste. Many people think that this is because of microorganisms(微生物).But that's not what makes old water taste not fresh. For that we can thank carbon dioxide. After about 12 hours, tap water starts to go flat as carbon dioxide in the air starts to mix with the water in the glass, lowering its pH and giving it an off taste. But it's most likely safe to drink.However, back to those microorganisms. If you use a dirty glass day after day, there is more of a chance of bacteria making themselves known; a risk that increases if you share the glass with another mouth as well. Butassuming you use a fresh glass every few days, you probably won't have a problem unless the glass has been touched by dirty fingers, and especiallyif those dirty fingers went unwashed after using the bathroom.As for plastic water bottles that have been left out in the sun or in the car, step away from the bottle, warns Dr. Kellogg Schwab, director of the Johns Hopkins University Water Institute. "A chemical called bisphenol-A, or BPA, along with other things used to make plastic can leach(过滤) into your water if the bottle heats up or sits in the sun," he explains. BPA, as you probably know, has been linked to everything from heart disease tocancer.Schwab also adds that plastic used for commercial bottled water isn't meant to be washed or refilled, so use only one time and recycle. Or don't buy them at all; use refillable water bottles instead.1. Tap water begin to acquire an off taste because of________________________ .A. BPAB. the glassC. the microorganismD. carbon dioxide2. According to Paragragh 2 , tap water that's been left sitting out for 12 hours____.A. tastes better ___________________________________B. is still safe to drinkC. contains few microorganismsD. is most likely undrinkable3. What should we do with plastic water bottles that have been left out in the sun or in the car?A. Throw them away. ___________________________________B. Refill themwith fresh water.C. Use them after they cool down.D. Clean them and use them again.4. Which of the following is true about BPA?A. It is safe for people to use.B. It is a kind of new material.C. It can cause great harm to people .D. It is the main material to make plastic.4. To pollute or not to pollute? That is the question. In order to survive, we all need to cause pollution. Factories that process the food we eat, clothes we wear, and cars we drive have to cause pollution. The environment has the ability to absorb our waste or the pollution, but its absorption ability has its limits. If the pollution level is higher than what the environment can cope with, then that's the time when pollution is bad.If the pollution level becomes too high, human health can be affectedbadly. Then, the productivity level of the sick people is low and the economy suffers. The economy suffers not only because of the lost productivity of the people, but also because the government must pay for the damage the pollution has done to its people.This is the reason why the government prefers taxation policy. Imposing （征收）a tax on firms that pollute the environment can be considered a good strategy, as long as the tax covers all the external costs or the cost of the damage the firm has created during production.Taxation, if enforced（执行）really well, can make firms create a technology that may reduce pollution, if they find out that it will be cheaper than continuously paying the tax. The disadvantage of this policy, however, lies in the possibility that some big firms will find the tax cheap and then they will just produce more and pollute the environment more. If other small firms find the tax expensive, thus closing down, their production will be eaten up by those firms which can afford the tax.Therefore, it is important that lawmakers in each country, when deciding to impose a tax on pollutant emissions, first review and analyze very carefully the real cost of the damage.1. We can infer from the first paragraph thatA. for human beings pollution is unavoidableB. it's not easy to figure out how bad pollution isC. humans should reduce the use of everyday productsD. we can survive without causing pollution.2. The underlined word "absorb" here refers to”____”．A. reduceB. fit inC. avoidD. deal with3. What is the second paragraph mainly about?A. The effects of pollution on human health.B. The relationship between people and their government.C. The effects of pollution on economic development.D. The relationship between human health and economic development.4. Which of the following can be the result of imposing a higher tax according to Paragraph 3 ？A. Firms may reduce the prices of their products.B. Firms may develop some environmental technology.C.A big firm will be broken up into small firms.D.A small firm will try to pass the tax on to consumers.二、七选五5. 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。