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2021届肇庆大旺中学高三英语期末考试试题及答案解析
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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
WhatgoodfilmsarecomingoutinMarch?HerearefourfilmstowatchthisMarch.Mulan
It’sanotherlive-actionremakeofaclassicDisneycartoon.ItisbasedonanancientChinesegirlwhodressesupherselfasamansothatshecanjointhearmy.DirectorNikiCaroandtheactorsshowuswonderfulbattlescenesandChineseKungFu.
Onward
Dragons,unicorns(独角兽andothercreaturesareusuallyconsideredtoonlyexistinancientGreece,butinOnward,theyareallstillaliveandkickingintheUStoday.Onwardisabouttwobrotherswhogoonaroadtripinordertobringtheirfatherbackfromthedead.Itissuchaperfectfilmthatit’sworthspendingafewhoursinthecinema.
Radioactive
RadioactivetellsusaboutafamousPolish-Frenchscientist,MarieCuriewhowontheNobelPrizetwicebutwasfinallykilledbytheradiationshestudied.Inthefilm.CurieisplayedbyRosamundPikealongsideSamRileyasherhusbandPierreCurieandAnyaTaylor-JoyastheirdaughterIrene.
Misbehavior
TheMissWorldBeautyContestmaybeoutoffashion,butitusedtobeoneoftelevision’sbiggestevents.MisbehaviortellswhathappenedwhentheeventwasstagedattheRoyalAlberthallinLondonin1970.Therecouldhardlybeamoreinterestingtopicforafilm,evenifitwasset50yearsago.1.WhatdoweknowaboutOnward?A.Itpraisesawomanfighter.B.ItisaChinesestory.
C.Itfocusesonanimalprotection.D.Itisafilmaboutmagic.2.WhodoesRosamundPikeplay?
A.Asoldier.B.Akiller.C.Ascientist.D.Adesigner.

3.WhichofthefollowingfilmsissetintheUK?
A.Misbehavior.B.Onward.C.Radioactive.D.Mulan.
B
Haveyoueverdonesomethingthatwasreallydangerousjustbecauseyouthoughtitwassafe？Maybeyoudidadangeroustrickonyourbicycleorskateboardbecauseyouwerewearingahelmetandthoughtyoucouldn’tgethurt.Thepsychology(心理ofthissortofbehavioriscalledthePeltzmanEffect,namedafterSamPeltzman,professorofeconomicsattheUniversityofChicago.Peltzmanbelievesthatthosemomentswhenpeoplethinktheyarethesafestarethetimeswhentheyactmostdangerously.
Peltzmansaidthatpeopledrovemoredangerouslywhentheyworeseatbelts(安全带.Drivingalargefour-wheeldrivevehiclehasasimilareffectondrivers’behavior.Becausedriversoflargevehiclessituphigherandcanseebetter,theyfeeltheycanmakebetterjudgmentswhentheydrive.Theyarebetterprotectedinaccidents,sotheyactmoredangerously.Thismakesdrivingmorehazardoustootherdrivers.
ThePeltzmanEffectisn’tjustlimitedtodriving.In1972,theAmericanFoodandDrugAdministration(FDApassedalawrequiringchildsafetycapsonmostmedicinebottles.Thesafetycapsweredesignedtopreventchildrenfromaccidentallytakingthemedicine,especiallypainkillerssuchasaspirin.Requiringsafetycapssoundedlikeagreatidea,buttherewasanunexpectedsideeffect.Becausethesafetycapsaresohardtotakeoff,somepeopleleavethemoffaltogether．
Worse,someparentsleavethebottleswherekidscanreachthembecausetheyfeelthatitissafebecauseofthecap.AstudyonthePeltzmanEffectshowedthatmorethan3,500childrenhavebeenharmedbyaspirinbecauseofthesafetycaps.
ThePeltzmanEffectdescribeshowwe’relikelytotakemorerisksandactmoredangerouslywhenwefeelsafest.What’smore,theeffectsofthesebehaviorscanbequitedifferentfromwhatweexpect.4.WhatisthePeltzmanEffect？
A.Peoplebehavelesssafelywhentheyfeelsafe．B.Peoplefeelsafestwhentheyareunderprotection．C.Somethingthatseemsdangerousturnsouttobesafe．D.Peoplewhoactdangerouslyarelikelytobetogether．
5.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“hazardous”inParagraph2mean？A.Interesting．B.Expensive．C.Dangerous．D.Important．

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