2020-2021学年上海市金山区高三（上）期末英语试卷
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A recent survey conducted by the Pew Rearch Centre showed that a mere 16% of Americans think that a four-year degree cour prepares students very well for arestore什么意思
high-paying job in the modern economy. But technology also ems to be complicating the picture.学英语的方法
A paper published by a trio （三人小组）of Canadian economists,Paul Beaudry,David Green and Benjamin Sand,questions optimistic assumptions about demand for
non-routine work and shows that since 2000 the share of employment accounted for by high-skilled jobs in America has been falling. This analysis supports the view that technology has come as a blow to employment. Skilled and unskilled workers alike are in trouble. Tho with a better education are still more likely to find work,but there is now a fair chance that it will be unenjoyable. Tho who never made it to college face being squeezed out of the workforce altogether. This is the argument of the techno-pessimists. There is another,less pessimistic possibility. James Besn,an economist at Boston University,finds that since 1980 employment has been growing faster in occupations that u computer
s than in tho that do not. Partial automation can actually increa demand by reducing costs. But even though technology may not destroy jobs in all, it does force change upon many people.
In many occupations it has become esntial to acquire new skills as established ones become out-of-date. Burning Glass Technologies,a Boston-bad startup that analys labor markets by obtaining data from online job advertiments, finds that the biggest demand is for new combinations of skills-what its boss, Matt Sigelman, calls "hybrid jobs". The composition of new jobs is also changing rapidly.
A college degree at the start of a working career does not answer the need for the continuous acquisition of new skills,especially as career spans（持续时间）are lengthening. Vocational training is good at giving people job-specific skills, but tho, too, will need to be updated over and over again during a career lasting decades. Vocational training has a role,but training someone early to do one thing all their lives is not the
answer to lifelong learning.
Add all of this up, and it becomes clear that times have got tougher for workers of all kinds.
A college degree is still a prerequisite（必备条件）for many jobs,but employers often do
not trust it enough to hire workers just on the strength of that,without experience. In many occupations workers on company payrolls face the prospect that their existing skills will become outdated,yet it is often not obvious how they can gain new ones.
1.We can learn from the paper conducted by the Canadian economists that ______ .
A. employment has been shaken by technology
B. college degree is a necessity in career success
C. skilled workers are no longer required in most American industries
D. techno-pessimism paves the way for future technology development
2.James Besn believes that ______ .ogc是什么意思
A. incread demand can bring about cost reduction
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B. progressive automation is beneficial to companies
C. technology advancement has a positive impact on most people
D. computer has always been an esntial factor in employment
3.Burning Glass Technologies is mentioned as an example to show that ______ .
A. online job advertiments require a preci data analysis
B. acquisition of new skills is esntial in current job market
C. the composition of new jobs is shaped by technology
D. Matt Sigelman predicts a bright future of job market
4.Which of the following is the best title for the text？______
A. Lifelong Learning：an Economic Priority
B. Technology Revolution：the Way to Success
shit happensC. College Degree：a Guarantee for Career Change
D. Vocational Training：a Blessing for Job Seekers
5.很多白领要先喝上一杯咖啡，才能开始工作。（without）______i was wrong
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One rainy afternoon, I was on a crosstown bus when a young woman jumped on. She had a child with her who must have been about 3 or 4 years old.complains
The bus was full, bumpy, and it soon got noisy as her kid began crying becau he couldn't sit next to his mother. There were a couple of open ats, but they weren't together.
She was flustered and looked embarrasd.
dead and goneThen another woman,a little older,stood up and moved so that the mother and child could sit together. The mom smiled as a thank-you. And then three words came out of the older woman's mouth that elevated the entire energy of that bus ride:"I've been there".
Simple, undramatic and honest. In that moment, it emed to unite people.
Why?Becau almost all experiences are shared human experiences. We forget that, as we forge(前进)through life,focud on our own troubles and needs-which are actually less unique than w
e think. How can the three words create more connection in your life?Ask yourlf:"Where am I holding back?mopper
One thing I know for sure is this:Healing others helps heal yourlf. I noticed this recently with my friend,Tracy,who took a new friend who had suffered a miscarriage under her wing. Tracy had three of them before having her daughter two years ago. Our intellect needs a doctor to explain the medical side of things,yes. But our souls need
human connection to help us along. No one can do that better than someone who has been exactly where you are.
Can the esnce of the three words help you make a small difference right now?It can be as simple as volunteering your at, sharing some helpful advice or even lightening the mood with a joke when you notice that someone's uncomfortable-becau we're all in this together.
6.The underlined word "flustered" in the cond paragraph is clost in meaning to ______ .
A. angry
B. anxious
C. scared
D. upt
7.What does the woman mean by saying "I've been there" in the third paragraph？______
A. The woman was on the bus and saw what had happened to the boy.
B. The woman got to her destination and was ready to get off the bus.
C. The woman once had the similar experience with that mother.
D. The woman took the exact at that the boy was on just now.
8.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage？______
A. Everyone has his or her own unique problem that is difficult to solve.
B. Doctors can help us get through when we have mental or physical problems.
C. The author's friend Tracy felt better after she was comforted by her new friend.
D. One can indeed make a difference to tho in need of help by doing simple things.
9.The passage is intended to ______ .
A. show a harmonious world by telling some touching stories
whiteleyB. prai tho who are willing to help others in emergencies
C. appeal to readers to give timely help to tho in need
D. illustrate some ways of helping others in detail
10.Directions：Write an English composition in 120-150 words according to the instructions
given below in Chine.
请仔细阅读以下三幅图片《三代农夫》（Three Generations of Farmers）并完成写作。
在写作中，你必须：
1）简要描述三幅图片中的内容；
2）分析其背后所反映的现象及原因；
3）对你的启示。
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