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2021届人大附中深圳学校高三英语下学期期中考试试题及参考答案
第一部分阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项
A
HubeiProvincehaslongbeenafavoriteChinesetouristdestinationbecauseofitsnaturalscenery,historiccities,andbeautifulmountains.HerearesomeofthebestplacestovisitinHubeiProvince.
YellowCraneTower
YellowCraneTowerisknownasoneoftheThreeFamousTowersSouthofYangtzeRiver,togetherwithYueyangTowerinHunanandTengwangPavilioninJiangxi.ThehistoryofYellowCraneTowerdatesbacktotheThreeKingdomsperiod(220-280inChinesehistory.ThetowerwasusedasawatchtowerbytheKingofWu'sarmyinthebeginning.
EnshiGrandCanyon
EnshiGrandCanyoncanbeChina'sanswertotheGrandCanyoninArizona,theUnitedStatesinbeauty.Thecanyonruns108kilometersandoccupiesalandareaof3,000squarekilometers.TheregionwhereEnshiGrandCanyonislocatedusedtobeavastseawithmanylimestonedeposits230millionyearsago.
ShennongjiaScenicArea
Itisfamousforitsvariedplantspeciesaswellasmountains.Regardedasthe“LungsofCentralChina",theforestcoveragereachesover90percentofthearea.Duetothespecialclimate,itisneithertoohotinsummernortoocoldinwinter.Sometimescloudsstretcharoundmountains,rewardingtouristswithunforgettableviews.Besides,theareaishometosomerareanimalssuchasgoldenmonkeys,whitebearsandantelope.
TheThree-GorgeTribescenicspot
LocatedintheareaoftheXilingGorgeinthecityofYichang,ithasthebeautyoflandscapepaintings.Thespotisa“ProtectedCenterofthePopularCultureandArtoftheThreeGorges”.Sinceancienttimes,alotoffamousscholarshaveproducedagreatnumberofexcellentpoemspraisingthebeautyofthisplace,someofwhicharecarvedonthestonesalongtheYangtzeRiver.1.WhatisspecialaboutYellowCraneTower?A.Ithasalonghistory.B.Itoffersascenicview.C.Itonceservedwar'spurposes.

D.Itisthebest-knowntowerinChina
2.WhyistheGrandCanyoninArizonamentioned?A.ToexplainitspopularityinChina.B.Tohelpreadersknowmoreaboutit.C.ToprovethebeautyoftheChinesecanyon.D.Toshowdifferencesbetweenthetwocanyons.
3.WhichplacewillaChineseliteratureloverprobablyvisit?A.EnshiGrandCanyon.B.YellowCraneTower.C.ShennongjiaScenicArea.D.TheThree-GorgeTribescenicspot.
B
AcityinSouthKorea,whichhastheworld’slargestnumberofpeopleusingsmartphones,hasplacedflashinglightsandlaserbeamsataroadcrossingtowarn“smartphonezombies”tolookupanddriverstoslowdown,inthehopeofpreventingaccidents.
Thedesignersofthesystemweremotivatedbygrowingworrythatmorepedestriansgluedtotheirphoneswillbecomevictimsinacountrythatalreadyhassomeofthehighestroaddeathandinjuryratesamongdevelopedcountries.State-runKoreaInstituteofCivilEngineeringandBuildingTechnology(KICTbelievesitssystemofflashinglightsatzebracrossingscanwarnbothpedestriansanddrivers.
Inadditiontored,yellowandblueLEDlightsonthepavement,“smombies”-smartphonezombies-willbewarnedbylaserbeamprojectedfrompowerpolesandawarningsenttothephonesbyanappthattheyareabouttostepintotraffic.
“Increasingnumberofsmombieaccidentshaveoccurredinpedestriancrossings,sothesezombielightsareessentialtopreventthesepedestrianaccidents,”saidKICTseniorresearcherKimJong-hoon.Driversarewarnedbytheflashinglights,whichhaveshowntobeeffective83.4percentofthetimeintheinstitute’stestsinvolvingabout1,000vehicles.
In2017,morethan1,600pedestrianswerekilledinautorelatedaccidents,whichisabout40percentoftotaltrafficdeaths,accordingtodatafromtheTrafficAccidentAnalysisSystem.Fornow,thesmombiewarningsystemisplacedonlyinIlsan,asuburbancityabout30kmnorthwestofthecapital,Seoul,butisexpectedtogonationwide,accordingtotheinstitute.

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