2020年高三高考考前45天大冲刺卷(十) 英语试题及答案

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2020年高考英语考前45天大冲刺卷五[含答案]

2020年高考英语考前45天大冲刺卷五注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力本次训练无听力第二部分阅读理解（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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

AYou can either travel or read, but either your body or soul must be on the way. The popular saying has inspired many people to read or go sightseeing. Traveling just like reading, is a refreshing journey from the busy world. Books, brain food, can keep you company on your travel.On the Road, 1957, by Jack KerouacThe book is a globally popular spiritual guide book about youth. The main character in the book drives across the US continent with several young people and finally reaches Mexico. After the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life. The book can be a good partner with you to explore the United States.Life is Elsewhere, 1975, by Milan KunderaJean-Jacques Rousseau once said, “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” The book tells a young artist’s romantic b ut miserable life, about how he reads, dreams, and has a relationship. Experience the artist’s passionate life in the book during a trip to Central Europe. The book invites you to deeply reflect on your current life.The Stories of Sahara, 1967, by SanmaoThe book narrates the author’s simple but adventurous life in the Sahara Desert, which seems a desolate and dull place. The fancy natural scenery and life there, along with the author’s romantic and intensive emotion, will inspire you to explore the myster ious land. Reading the book is like participating in a dialogue with the author, who is sincere and humorous.Lotus, 2006 by AnnbabyThis novel set in Tibet, tells three people’s stories, each with their unique characteristics. It reveals modern people’s e motions and inner life, their confusion about love, and exploration of Buddhism. The book is a good partner to bring you to the sacred land Tibet.21. Which book is about the exploration of life value through a journey?A. On the Road.B. Life is Elsewhere.C. The Stories of Sahara.D. Lotus.22. Whose book could be the most suitable for your trip to Germany?A. Jack Kerouac’s.B. Sanmao’s.C. Annbaby’s.D. Milan Kundera’s.23. What can we learn from the text?A. Lotus is a religious book exploring Tibetan Buddhist culture.B. On the road advises a classic route for driving across the US.C. The stories of Sahara records its authors’ own life in the desert.BWhen I was a boy, our extended immigrant family would sometimes gather at m y aunt’s tiny house over the summer. Relatives from all over the country would come in to visit. The adults would crowd together in the living room to talk and catch up on each other’s lives. And the kids would be sent out into the front yard to play when dinner was slowly cooked for all of us.Those were the days before video games, smart phones, and motorized toys, so we often ended up playing an old game. I remember one of those moments especially. As I was the youngest and smallest of all the kids there, I got caught first and couldn’t catch anyone else. My brothers and cousins were all too fast for me, and I grew more and more frustrated.I finally fell my face first into the dirt. I got up with tears forming in my eyes. Then I saw one of my female cousins Susan standing there. She started to run but was going much slower than before. I easily caught up and seized her. Then she turned to me, smiled, and said, I’m it! You’d better run! Iran off laughing with glee while she turned and started to chase others.Now I see how her act of kindness that day saved me from sadness and returned me to joy. It didn’t matter that we hardly ever saw each other. I know we are family and sheloves me.In her wonderful book Box of Butterflies, Roma Downey writes, “We are a ll one, we all belong to each other, and we are one big, beautiful family.” Perhaps it is time that we all started to treat each other that way. Perhaps it is time that we shared our love, our kindness, our laughter, and our joy with everyone without fear. Perhaps it is time to finally and forever bring this world together in one big family reunion.24. When the adults were chatting, the kids would __________.A. play video gamesB. sit in the front yardC. learn to cook dinnerD. play traditional games25. The author was able to catch Susan because ________.A. the others ran too fastB. the author was good at runningC. Susan gave her a chanceD. Susan wanted to chase others26. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The author is grateful for what Susan did to her.B. The author can’t meet Susan any more.C. The author urges others to love their family.D. The author believes the world will become a big family.27. What could be the best title of the passage?A. A memory of my childhood.B. Sharing of goodness unites us.C. Kindness brightens our life.D. A good deed is invaluable.CPlease take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal. Imagine telling someone you meet today what you’re going to do. Imagine their congr atulations and their high image of you. Doesn’t it feel good to say it out loud? Don’t you feel one step closer already? Well, bad news: you should have kept your mouth shut, because that good feeling will make you less likely to do it.Any time you have a goal, there is some work that needs to be done to achieve it. Ideally, you would not be satisfied until you’d actually done the work. But when you tell someone your goal and he acknowledges(认可) it, psychologists have found it’s called a “social reality”. The mind is kind of tricked into feeling that it’s already done. And then, because you’ve felt that satisfaction, you’re less motivated to do the actual hard work necessary. This goes against the traditional wisdom that we should tell our friends our goals, right?In 1982, Peter Gollwitzer, a Professor of Psychology, wrote a whole book about this. And in 2009, he did some new tests that were published. It goes like this: 163 people across four separate tests—everyone wrote down their personal goal. Then half of them announced their commitment(许诺) to this goal to the room, and half didn’t. Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work that would directly lead them towards their goal, but they were told that they could stop at any time. Now those who kept their mouths shut worked the entire 45 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said they felt they had a long way to go to achieve their goal. But those who had announced it quit after only 33 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said that they felt much closer to achieving their goal.28. What do the words “social reality” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Completion of the goal.B. Necessary hard work.C. People’s acknowledgement.D. A sense of satisfaction.29. What does Peter Gollwitzer try to tell us?A. Writing down the goal is very helpful.B. Achieving personal goal needs more time.C. Keeping the goal secret makes people work harder.D. Making the goal public makes people less satisfied.30. How did Peter Gollwitzer prove his idea about peo ple’s goal?A. By giving figures.B. By giving examples.C. By making a survey.D. By making comparison tests.31. What will probably happen if you tell your friends your goal?A. You will be more confident.B. You will not gain satisfaction.C. You are less likely to realize it.D. You’ll be much more motivated.DCompared with solar and wind energy, which are booming, tidal(潮汐的) power is a loser in the clean-energy competition. But if you did want to build a tidal power station, there are few better sites than the mouth of the River Severn, in Britain. Its tidal range, the difference in depth between high and low tides, of around 15 metres is among the largest in the world.Engineers and governments have been toying with the idea since at least 1925. But none of the suggested projects has materialised. Price is one objection. A study thought thattidal energy might cost between ￡216 and ￡368($306-521) per MWh of electricity by 2025, compared with ￡58-75 for seagoing wind turbines(轮机) and ￡55-76 for solar panels. Environmentalists also worry that any plant would change the tides, making life harder for wildlife.An engineer called Rod Rainey thinks he has a way around both problems. He plans to replace the conventional turbines of previous plans with a much older technology. Specifically, he plans to span(横跨) the river mouth with a line of water wheels. This is a design that dates back to the early days of the Industrial Revolution. Examples can be found fixed to the sides of old watermills(水磨).But there would be nothing old-fashioned about Mr Rainey’s wheels. Thirty metres high and sixty wide, they would be made from ordinary steel. Two hundred and fifty of them, along with the supporting structures, would be floated into place and secured to the seabed, creating a line 15km long. Together, they could supply power at an average rate of 4GW. That is about as much as two biggish nuclear power stations would manage. Substituting one of the wheels with a set of locks would provide a shipping channel about twice the width of Panama Canal, permitting upstream ports such as Avonmouth and Cardiff to continue operating.32. What is special about the mouth of the River Seven?A. The tidal range there is about 15 meters.B. It has the largest tidal range in the world.C. The tidal power station has been built there.D. Its power plant makes life harder for wildlife.33. What was people’s initial attitude towards tidal power?A. Opposed.B. Supportive.C. Controversial.D. Doubtful.34. What are the locks used for?A. Support.B. Transportation.C. Securing wheels.D. Producing electricity.35. What’s the best tittle for the text?A. Rainey invented turbines.B. Rainey’s tidal power station.C. Tidal power in the River Seven.D. An old idea might be made practical. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考考前大冲刺卷英语十（含答案）

2020年高考考前大冲刺卷英语十（含答案）2020年高考考前45天大冲刺卷英语（十）注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力本次训练无听力第二部分阅读理解(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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

AChoose Your One-Day-Tours!Tour A—Bath&Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge—￡37 until 26 March and ￡39 thereafter. Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum, Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.Tour B—Oxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Mary’s Church T ower and Anne Hathaway’s—￡32 until 12 March and ￡36 thereafter. Oxford: Includes a guided tour of England’s oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶) ” from St Mary’s Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.Tour C—Windsor Castle &Hampton Court: includingentrance fees to Hampton Court Palace—￡34 until 11 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VILL’s favorite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle (entrance fees not included). With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫) where it is easy to get lost!Tour D—Cambridge including entrance fees to the T ower of Saint Mary the Great—￡33 until 18 March and ￡37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century. 21. Which tour will you choose if you want to see England’s oldest university city?A. Tour A.B. Tour B.C. Tour C.D. Tour D.22. Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on17 March?A. Windsor Castle & Hampton Court.B. Oxford & Stratford.C. Bath & Stonehenge.D. Cambridge.23. Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?A. It used to be the home of royal families.B. It used to be a well-known maze.C. It is the oldest palace in Britain.D. It is a world-famous castle.BThirteen-year-old Madison Williams was studying in herbedroom when Leigh Williams, her mother, told her that a little boy fell into a septic tank(化粪池) and no one could reach him.Madison and Leigh ran to a neighbor’s yard, where they found the boy’s worried mother and other adults surrounding the tank opening. It stuck out a few inches above the ground and was 11 inches in width-slightly wider than a basketball-with a hatch(盖子) that had been moved unnoticed. The two-year-old boy had slipped in and was drowning in four feet of waste water inside the eight-feet-deep tank.Madison surveyed the situation. She was the only one who could fit through the small hole. Without hesitation, she told the adults, “Lower me in. Inside, the tank was dark, and the air was smelly. In the process, she jammed her left wrist against a hidden pole, injuring the muscles in her wrist so severely that the hand was left useless.Rather than tending to her injury, Madison tried to feel the underwater boy. Minutes went by before she saw the outline of his foot. Madison shot her good hand out and grasped the foot tightly “Pull me up!” she shouted. Then, ten minutes after Madison had entered the tank, she and the boy were lifted out.But the boy wasn’t out of trouble. He had lacked Oxygen l ong enough that he wasn’t breathing. He was placed on his side, and an adult hit him hard on the back. It was only when Madison heard him cry that she knew he was all right. It took Madison longer to recover than the boy, who was taken to hospital and left hospital that same night. She, however, experienced months of painful treatment, for the injury that she had postponed tending was more severe, which, says neighbor Mary Holley, made the girl’s actions all the more impressive.24. What most likely caused the boy to fall into the septictank?A. The tank was very hard to be noticed.B. The boy was curious about the unknown.C. The hatch was not in the correct position.D. The tank opening stood out on the ground.25. Why did Madison take longer to recover?A. The injury to her wrist became worseB. She wasn't sent to hospital in time.C. She paid all her attention to the boy.D. Serious infection set in to her wound.26. Which of the following can be used to best describe Madison?A. Modest.B. Optimistic.C. Courageous.D. Hard-working.27. What is the text mainly about?A. A lucky little boy.B. A terrible drowning accident.C. A hidden septic tank.D. An admirable teen hero.CO. Henry, born in Greensboro, North Carolina, was the pen name of William Sydney Porter. His father, Algernon Sydney Porter, was a physician. When William was three years old, his mother died, and he was raised by his grandmother and aunt. William was a good reader, but at the age of fifteen he left school, and worked in a drug store and later on a Texas farm. After that, he moved to Houston, where he had a number of jobs, including that of bank clerk. After moving to Austin, Texas, in 1882, hemarried.In 1884 he started a humorous weekly The Rolling Stone. When the weekly failed, he joined The Houston Post as a reporter and columnist(专栏作家). In 1897 he was put into prison over some financial(财务的) dealings. While in prison, William started to write short stories to earn money to support his daughter Margaret. His first work, Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking(1899), appeared in McClure’s Magazine. After serving three years of the five years’ sentence, he changed his name to O. Henry, hoping to forget his bitter past.O. Henry moved to New York City in 1902 and from December 1903 to January 1906 he wrote a story a week for the New York World, and also published the stories in other magazines. His first collection, Cabbages and Kings, appeared in 1904. Many other works quickly followed, such as The Gift of the Magi and Th e Furnished Room. O. Henry’s best-known work is The Ransom of Red Chief. His stories always have surprising endings. He published 10 collections and over 600 short stories during his lifetime.O. Henry’s last years were shadowed by drinking, ill health, an d financial problems. In 1907, he experienced a failed marriage. In 1910, O. Henry died after an illness. 28. What’s the passage mainly about?A. A brief introduction to O. Henry.B. O. Henry’s career and marriage.C. How O. Henry became a well-known writer.D. O. Henry’s best-known works.29. It can be inferred from the passage that O. Henry ________.A. didn’t like to study during his childhoodB. had little parental love as a childC. was very interested in medicine and farmingD. took up only one job after he moved to Houston30. O. Henry spent some time in prison because _______.A. he got involved in some problems connected with moneyB. he joined The Houston Post as a reporter and columnistC. his weekly The Rolling Stone failedD. he couldn’t ea rn enough money to support his daughter31. Which is the right time order for the following events in O. Henry’s life?①He moved to New York City.②He joined The Houston Post.③Whistling Dick’s Christmas Stocking came out.④The Furnished Room came out.⑤Cabbages and Kings ap peared.A. ①②③④⑤B. ②①③⑤④C. ③②①④⑤D. ②③①⑤④DMore than four decades ago, British scientist Robert Edwards first witnessed the miracle of human life growing inside a test tube at his Cambridge lab. Since that ground-breaking moment, more than four million babies have been born through IVF(体外受精) and in 2010 his great contribution to science was finally recognized as he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.The prize for Dr. Edwards, who was given a Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Award in 2008, includes a ￡900,000 cheque. The Nobel Assembly described IVF as “a milestone in modern medicine”.With the help of fellow scientist Patrick Steptoe, the Manchester—born physiologist developed IVF—leading to thebirth of the world’s first test tube baby. Dr. Steptoe d ied 10 years later but their work has transformed fertility(生育) treatment and given hope to millions of couples.It was a scientific breakthrough that changed the lives of millions of couples. They said, “His achievements have made it possible to treat infertility, a disease which makes humans unable to have a baby. This condition has been afflicting a large percentage of mankind, including more than 10% of all couples worldwide.”Professor Edwards, who has 5 daughters and 11 grandchildren, began his research at Cambridge University in 1963, after receiving his PhD in 1955. He once said, “The most important thing in life is having a child. Nothing is more special than a child.” With the help of fellow scientist Patrick Steptoe, Prof. Edwards founded the Bourn Hall clinic in Cambridgeshire, which now treats more than 900 women a year. Each year, more than 30,000 women in Britain now undergo IVF and 11,000 babies are born as a result of the treatment.But his work attracted widespread criticism from some scient ists and the Catholic Church who said it was “unethical and immoral”.Martin Johnson, professor of reproductive(生殖的) sciences at the University of Cambridge, said the award was “long overdue”. He said, “We couldn’t understand why the Nobel has come so late but he is delighted—this is the cherry on the cake for him.”Professor Edwards was too ill to give interviews but a statement released by his family said he was “thrilled and delighted”.32. What is Robert Edwards' contribution to science?A. Challenging a disease which stops couples having a baby.B. Seeing the wonder of the first tube baby growing.C. Enabling millions of couples to live a better life.D. Helping couples with infertility to have test tube babies.33. What d oes the underlined word “afflicting” in Paragraph 4 most probably refer to?A. Troubling.B. Developing.C. Improving.D. Frightening.34. It can be inferred from Paragraph 6 and Paragraph 7 that ________.A. some people envied Professor Edwards for his being awardedB. different opinions were voiced on Professor Edwards' workC. Professor Edwards deserved the prize for his breakthroughD. the prize was late because the finding was first considered immoral35. What might be the best title for the passage?A. Life Stories of Robert EdwardsB. Preparations for Having a BabyC. Nobel Prize for IVF Expert EdwardsD. Treatment of Infertility in a Lab第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考考前大冲刺卷英语三（含答案）

2020年高考考前大冲刺卷英语三（含答案）2020年高考考前45天大冲刺卷英语（三）注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

AAbout National Geographic KidsNational Geographic Kids magazine offers a fresh new look for today’s kids! Each issue （期）is jam-packed with great stories about wildlife, adventures, other kids, animals, sports, science, technology, wonderful places in the world, popular culture, and more cool stuff— all designed to keep kids reading, thinking, learning and having fun! For ages 6-12.Every edition of National Geographic Kids contains a superb combination of photos, fun facts, and articles presented in a cheery style, making it perfect for keeping kids’ attention. Your children can explore ancient civilizations on one page, come face-to-face with overseas wildlife on another, and turn the next page to do projects, which are often perfect for homework. There are always plenty of gross/interesting facts about animals that your children are certain to share with you, or they can turn tothe page that gives them the low-down on their favorite star.A gift subscription to National Geographic Kids is perfect for young readers, who are interested in the world around them.21. How will the MagazineLine staff deal with dissatisfied purchasers?A. Give a 100% cash refund firstB. Offer a 50% discount to them.C. Do everything to satisfy them.D. Allow them to cancel subscription.22. Which description is true about National Geographic Kids?A. It is a perfect gift for readers.B. It adds to kids’ homework.C. It is cheaper to be bought on the newsstand.D. It refers to many fields.23. Who is the article mainly intended for?A. Children.B. Parents.C. Teachers.D. Managers.BLaura Sides was a psychology major at the University of Nottingham in 2004. She first noticed signs of her dad’s developing dementia(痴呆) when she moved to Nottingham. She said, “Da d was a doctor, so he knew exactly what had happened to him, but people try to hide it when they are ill. Then, I came home for my 21st birthday and arranged to meet him, but he never showed up as he’d forgotten. That’s when I knew something serious had ha ppened.”So, aged 21, she decided to leave university and look after him herself. She lived close by, popping in every day to make surehe was eating, and that the house was tidy, before heading off to her work.Besides challenging moments, there was a time when looking after her dad was a pure joy. “We’d wake up, I’d ask what he wanted to do that day, and however ridiculous the adventure is, off we’d go.”Sadly, in 2009, 5 years later, Laura lost her father. Before he died, Laura went to a hospital appointment with him, where doctors mentioned that his form of Alzheimer’s disease was genetic meaning there was a fifty-fifty chance that she had inherited it. For several years Laura agonised over whether to be tested, finally finding out in August 2017 that she has the APP gene, meaning that, like him, she will develop the condition within a decade.At first, she struggled, feeling as if her life lacked purpose. Then, during a sleepless night in the summer of 2018, she decided at around 2 a.m. to enter the 2019 London Marathon sponsored by the charities Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK.100%Satisfaction GuaranteeYour purchase of National Geographic Kids is backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you (or your recipient) are not completely satisfied with your magazine, let us know and we will do whatever it takes to make it right—even a 100%cash refund(退款) if you choose.She hoped to start the conversation around early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and to encourage people to talk about it more ope nly. “I remember when Dad was ill, people wouldn’t know how to react, but I want to be honest and open,” she added. “The more information we can get, the less of a taboo(忌讳) we will feel. That said, the support I’ve received so far after going public has been amazing—that’s what is carrying me through.”24. Laura noticed her father’s dementia when .A. her father told her his condition in personB. people nearby informed her of his father’s conditionC. her father forgot his own birthday partyD. her father forgot to attend her 21-year-old birthday party25. The underlined word “agonised” in Paragraph 4 probably means .A. excitedB. struggledC. shockedD. delighted26. Laura started the open talk in the hope of .A. getting people to talk about Alzheimer’s disease openlyB. earning some money to help treat her Alzheimer’s diseaseC. making herself stronger to fight against Alzheimer’s diseaseD. raising funds for charities Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s disease Research UK27. Which words can best describe Laura?A. Caring and positive.B. Careful and honest.C. Patient and cautious.D. Devoted and modest.CAccording to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 33 percent of coral reefs(珊瑚礁) are in danger. One of thevictims is the Great Barr ier Reef in Australia, the world’s largest coral reef system.A team of British and Australian scientists banded and came up with a solution to revive one of the world’s seven natural wonders. They used underwater loudspeakers to attract fishes to the dead coral reefs to help them restore. The groundbreaking process is known as “acoustic(声音的) enrichment”.Loudspeakers are placed on patches of dead corals in the Great Barrier Reef. After careful observation, researchers discovered a favorable result—nearly twice as many fish arrived—and stayed, as compared to parts where there was no sound from speakers.“Healthy coral reefs are remarkably noisy places—the crackle of snapping shrimp and the whoop of fish combine to form a biological soundscape. Young fish home in on these sounds when they’re looking for a place to settle.” said Professor Steve Simpson at the University of Exeter.Reefs become quiet when they are decarded(退化), as the shrimps and fish disappear. “By using loudspeakers to restore this lost sounds cape, we can attract young fish back again,” Simpson added. “Fish are crucial for coral reefs to function as healthy ecosystems…Boosting fish populations in this way could help kick-start natural recovery processes, counteracting(抵消) the damage we’re seeing on many coral reefs around the world.” he said.Despite this groundbreaking discovery, we still have our work cut out for the preservation of coral reefs. The average water temperatures are rising, and problems such as overfishing and pollution are still among the pressing issues at hand. Also, further research is still needed to understand how loudspeakersinfluence the behavior of aquatic(水中) creatures fully.Nevertheless, hope is still visible for the degraded coral reefs. The authors of the acoustic enrichment study remain to be optimistic in the power of music and sound to restore the reef’s abundant marine population.28. How does “acoustic enrichment” function according to the text?A. By scaring the enemy of fishes.B. By making degraded reefs noisier.C. By appealing to young fishes.D. By making fishes multiply faster.29. What does Prof Simpson think of bringing fish back?A. It can help rebuild the coral reefs’ ecosystem.B. It can benefit the other lives in the ocean.C. It can make the ocean noisier and cleaner.D. It can improve the food chains of the ocean.30. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?A. The research has achieved a complete success.B. It is tough to restore the damaged coral reefs.C. Global winning is the biggest reason for reef victims.D. Music and sound benefit endangered animals.31. What is the text mainly about?A. The threats coral reefs face nowadaysB. The world’s biggest coral reef systemC. Various reasons why corals are threatenedD. A novel approach to degraded coral reefsDClaude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ... the art world has never lacked talent. And now,a new painter is ready to join the list, although this one isn’teven human.Next month, auction house(拍卖行) Christie’s Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence for sale. The painting is a portrait of a man called Edmond De Belamy, and is expected to be sold for up to $10,000 (69,000 yuan).The work, which features a man with a mysterious look on his face, was created by software developed by the French art group Obvious. Laugero-Lasserre, an art collector from France, called the work “ridiculous and amazing at the same time”. This isn’t the first example of AI-produced artwork, as AI has already been used to write poems and compose songs. However, many people doubt whether it should be called art at all.According to Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, art is about creating emotion. It’s “a means of … joining people together in the same feelings”, he once said.So, if the emotion behind art is what makes the art, the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from other species. And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers. Together, they “fed” the AI a huge collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own.The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new artistic movement. However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high-tech artists just yet.32. Why are Monet, Picasso and da Vinci mentioned at the beginning of the passage?A. To list world famous talented artists.B. To introduce a new painter as great as them.C. To show the prosperity of the art world.D. To highlight the inhuman painter by contrast.33. Why does the painting mentioned in Paragraph 2 gain special concern?A. It’s the first AI-produced artwork for sale.B. It’ll be auctioned in a famous auction house.C. It’s the portrait of a man with mysterious look.D. Its auction price is expected to be the highest.34. Which of the following statement may Leo Tolstoy agree with?A. AI technology is a tool for artistic creation.B. AI is taught to express human emotions in art.C. AI copied paintings of the14th-18th centuries.D. AI art joins people together in the same feelings.35. What might be the future of the new artistic movement?A. Popular.B. Unclear.C. Predictable.D. Unacceptable.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考考前45天大冲刺卷英语4(含答案)

2020年高考考前45天大冲刺卷英语（四）注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

ABroken Wings1-4 Aug: Musical adaptation of the poet Kahil Gibran’s 1912 masterpiece. Set in New York in 1923, it transports you to turn-of-the-century Beirut.7:30pm (& 2:30pm 4 Aug). Tickets:￡l0-￡96. www. trh. co. uk.Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, SWIY 4HT. T: 020-7930 8800. E7.Station: Piccadilly Circus.Chicago the MusicalMartin Kemp stars as Billy in this jazz musical based on real murder cases which shocked Chicago in the 1920s.Mon-Sat 7:30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm. Tickets: ￡25-￡150. www. phoenixtheatrelondon co. uk.Phoenix Theatre, 110 Charing Cross Rd, WC2HOJP. T: 0843-316 1082. E7.Station: Tottenham Court Road.DreamgirlsMusical about a female singing group from Chicago. Classic songs include I Am Telling You I’m Not Going, I Am Changing, and Listen and One Night Only. Join these friends as they go on a musical rollercoaster ride through a world of fame, fortune and the ruthless realities of show business, testing their friendships to the very limit.Mon-Sat 7: 30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm Tickets: ￡15-￡75. www. savoytheatre org. savoy.Strand WC2R OET. T: 0844-871 7687. E8.Station: Covent Garden.Everybody’s Talking about JamieThis feel-good musical is set on a council estate in Sheffield, northern England, and tells the story of 16-year-old Jamie and how he overcomes bullies and prejudice. This is inspired by a true bully story.Mon-Sat 7:30pm; Wed & &t 2:30pm. Tickets: ￡20-￡85. www. everybodystalkingaboutjarmie.co. ukApollo Theatre, 31 Shaftesbury Ava WID 7ES T: 0330-333 4809. E7.Station: Piccaddly Circus21. Which number can one call to get more information on the musical about a murder story?A. 020-7930 8800.B. 0843-316 1082.C. 0844-871 7687.D. 0330-333 4809.22. Which one of the musicals isn’t set in the U. S.?A. Dreamgirls.B. Chicago the Musical.C. Broken Wings.D. Everybody’s Talking about Jamie.23. If one wants to enjoy classic songs, which website should he visit to book tickets?A. www. trh. .B. www. phoenixtheatrelondon. co. uk.C. www. savoytheatre. org. savoy.D. www. everybodystalkingaboutjamie.co. ukBMy friend, Monty Roberts owns a horse ranch(养马场). The last time I was there he introduced me a story like this: There was a young man who was the son of a horse trainer, who would go from stable(马厩) to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. So the boy’s school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. He also drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, “See me after class.”The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked why he received an F. The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You have noresources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. There’s no way you could ever do it... If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”The boy went home and thought about it long and haul. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to make up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.” Finally, after a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”Monty then turned to me and said, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4, 000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the story is that two years ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, when I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately, you had enough ambition not to give up on yours.”24. How did the father deal with his son’s problem?A. He did not pay attention to it.B. He punished his son for the large red F.C. He encouraged his son to make his own decision.D. He scolded his son for the ridiculous plan.25. What can we infer from the teacher’s remarks in the last paragraph?A. Skill comes by exercise.B. Everybody’s good at something.C. It’s great to have dreams.D. Where there is a will, there is a way.26. Why was Monty’s schooling continually interrupted?A. Because he didn’t like his teacher.B. Because he had to do much housework.C. Because he refused to go to school sometimes.D. Because his father always changed his working place.27. What’s the best title for the text?A. A boy having no changesB. A boy following his heartC. A boy holding on to his dreamD. A boy owning a horse ranchCDid you hear what happened at yesterday’s meeting? Can you believe it? If you find those sorts of quietly whispered questions about your co-workers irresistible, you’re hardly alone. But why are we drawn to gossip?A new study suggests it’s because the rumors are all about us. “Gossip receivers tend to use positive and negative group information to improve, promote, and protect the self,” writes a research team, led by Elena Martinescu of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the researchers described two experiments team, led by Elena Martinescu of the University described two experiments testing the personal value gossip receivers get.The first featured 178 university undergraduates, who had all previously worked on at least one course assignment with a group of four or more students. Participants were asked to recall and write a short description of an incident, in which a group member shared with them either positive or negative information about another group member’s secret. They then reported their level of agreement with a series of statements. Some of these measured the self-improvement value of the gossip (“The information received made me think I learn a lot from X”); others measured its self-promotion value (“The information I received made me feel that I am doing well compared to X”). Still others measured whether the gossip raised personal concerns (“The information I received made me feel that I must protect my image in the group”).In the second experiment, 122 undergraduates were assigned the role of “sales agent” at a major company. They received gossip from a colleague that a third person either did very well or very badly at a performance evaluation, and were then asked about the emotions that information caused. They also responded to the above-mentioned set of statements presented to the participants in the first experiment.In each experiment, participants found both negative and positive gossip to be of personal value with different reasons. “Positive gossip has self-improvement value,” they write. “Competence-related positive gossip about others contains lessons about how to improve one’s own competence. On the other hand, negative gossip has self-promotion value, because it provides individuals with social comparison information that justifies self-promoting judgments which results in feelings of pride.”In addition, the results showed that negative gossip brought about self-protection concerns, the researchers write. “Negative gossip makes people concerned that their reputations may be at risk, as they may personally become targets of negative gossip in the future, which generates fear.” Fear is hardly a pleasant sensation(感觉), but it can be a motivating one. As researchers put it: “Gossip conveniently provides individuals with indirect social-comparison information about relevant others.”28. Why are we drawn to gossip according to the researchers?A. We need evaluative information about others to evaluate ourselves.B. We are interested in the news that arouses our personal concerns.C. We tend to gain a sense of pride from judging others.D. We are likely to learn lessons from others’ mistakes.29. According to the first experiment, which of the following shows self-promotion value?A. I have to learn from Mary according to what Tom said about her.B. I should behave myself in case of being gossiped about like Mary.C. I’ve done better than Mary according to what Tom said about her.D. I have no comments on what Tom said about Mary.30. What’s the critical difference of the second experiment compared with the first one?A. The identities of the participants.B. The number of the participants studied.C. The time during which the experiment lasted.D. The role-play technique used in experiment.31. What role does “negative gossip” play according to the researchers?A. A fear killer.B. A protector.C. A motivator.D. A subject provider.DFacial recognition technology is already widely used by governments and some advertising companies. The technology uses machine learning tools to search for faces in an attempt to identify people.In a recent study scientists announced they had developed machine learning tools to track the faces of individual wild chimpanzees(黑猩猩). Dan Schofield said that the system was developed to improve the quality of information collected about chimpanzees in the wild over a long period of time.“For species like chimpanzees, which have complex social lives and live for many years, getting snapshots of their behavior from short-term field research can only tell us so much,” Schofield said.The researchers wanted to get a more complete understanding of the lives of the chimpanzees by studying them over several generations. But doing this would have required searching through hundreds of hours of video recordings of chimpanzees in the wild.The researchers recorded the activities of a group of chimpanzees that lived in the West African nation of Guinea. A facial recognition computer model was trained using more than 10 million images of the animals. The model was then used to search, recognize and track individual chimpanzees. The system was able to identify individual chimpanzees correctly about 92 percent of the time. It successfully identified the animals’ sex 96 percent of the time.The study included an experiment with humans to see how they could perform against the machine learning system in making identifications. The human persons were able to correctly identify individual chimpanzees about 42 percent of the time. The machine learning tool was much faster at completing the experiment. Human experts took about 55 minutes, while the computer took only seconds.The researchers say they are permitting other scientists to use the system for similar projects. They hope the method will be used with other species to record animal behavior and monitor different animal populations in the environment.32. What can we infer from Schofield’s words?A. Researching chimpanzees needs more information.B. Chimpanzees can live as long as humans.C. Chimpanzees like to get snapshots too.D. Short-term field research provides more information.33. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?A. Recording the chimpanzees in the wild.B. Studying chimpanzees over several years.C. Understanding the lives of the chimpanzees completely.D. Getting snapshots of chimpanzees’ behavior.34. What did the experiment with humans prove in the study?A. Humans make more accurate identifications.B. The machine learning system is more effective.C. Humans can’t identify the animals’ sex correctly.D. Machine learning tools take a little more time in identification.35. What is the best title for the text?A. Facial recognition for animals is becoming popularB. Facial recognition is helping animals live in the wildC. Facial recognition plays a role in raising animalsD. Facial recognition is used to identify and follow animals第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考英语考前45天大冲刺卷四[含答案]

2020年高考英语考前45天大冲刺卷四注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

ABroken Wings1-4 Aug: Musical adaptation of the poet Kahil Gibran’s 1912 m asterpiece. Set in New York in 1923, it transports you to turn-of-the-century Beirut.7:30pm (& 2:30pm 4 Aug). Tickets:￡l0-￡96. www. trh. co. uk.Theatre Royal Haymarket, Haymarket, SWIY 4HT. T: 020-7930 8800. E7.Station: Piccadilly Circus.Chicago the MusicalMartin Kemp stars as Billy in this jazz musical based on real murder cases which shocked Chicago in the 1920s.Mon-Sat 7:30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm. Tickets: ￡25-￡150. www. phoenixtheatrelondon co. uk.Phoenix Theatre, 110 Charing Cross Rd, WC2HOJP. T: 0843-316 1082. E7.Station: Tottenham Court Road.DreamgirlsMusical about a female singing group from Chicago. Classic songs include I Am Telling You I’m Not Going, I Am Changing, and Listen and One Night Only. Join these friends as they go on a musical rollercoaster ride through a world of fame, fortune and the ruthless realities of show business, testing their friendships to the very limit.Mon-Sat 7: 30pm; Wed & Sat 2:30pm Tickets: ￡15-￡75. www. savoytheatre org. savoy.Strand WC2R OET. T: 0844-871 7687. E8.Station: Covent Garden.Everybody’s Talking about JamieThis feel-good musical is set on a council estate in Sheffield, northern England, and tells the story of 16-year-old Jamie and how he overcomes bullies and prejudice. This is inspired by a true bully story.Mon-Sat 7:30pm; Wed & &t 2:30pm. Tickets: ￡20-￡85. www. everybodystalkingaboutjarmie.co. ukApollo Theatre, 31 Shaftesbury Ava WID 7ES T: 0330-333 4809. E7.Station: Piccaddly Circus21. Which number can one call to get more information on the musical about a murder story?A. 020-7930 8800.B. 0843-316 1082.C. 0844-871 7687.D. 0330-333 4809.22. Which one of the musicals isn’t set in the U. S.?A. Dreamgirls.B. Chicago the Musical.C. Broken Wings.D. Everybody’s Talking about Jamie.23. If one wants to enjoy classic songs, which website should he visit to book tickets?A. www. trh. .B. www. phoenixtheatrelondon. co. uk.C. www. savoytheatre. org. savoy.D. www. everybodystalkingaboutjamie.co. ukBMy friend, Monty Roberts owns a horse ranch(养马场). The last time I was there he introduced me a story like this: There was a young man who was the son of a horse trainer, who would go from stable(马厩) to stable, race track to race track, farm to farm and ranch to ranch, training horses. So t he boy’s school career was continually interrupted. When he was a senior, he was asked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.That night he wrote a seven-page paper describing his goal of someday owning a horse ranch. He wrote about his dream in great detail and he even drew a diagram of a 200-acre ranch, showing the location of all the buildings, the stables and the track. He also drew a detailed floor plan for a 4,000-square-foot house that would sit on a 200-acre dream ranch. He put a great deal of his heart into the project and the next day he handed it in to his teacher. Two days later he received his paper back. On the front page was a large red F with a note that read, “See me after class.”The boy with the dream went to see the teacher after class and asked why he received an F. The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. There’s n o way you could ever do it... If you will rewrite this paper with a more realistic goal, I will reconsider your grade.”The boy went home and thought about it long and haul. He asked his father what he should do. His father said, “Look, son, you have to ma ke up your own mind on this. However, I think it is a very important decision for you.” Finally, after a week, the boy turned in the same paper, making no changes at all. He stated, “You can keep the F and I’ll keep my dream.”Monty then turned to me and s aid, “I tell you this story because you are sitting in my 4, 000-square-foot house in the middle of my 200-acre horse ranch. I still have that school paper framed over the fireplace.” He added, “The best part of the story is that two years ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on my ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, when I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years I stole a lot of kids’ dreams. Fortunately, you had enough ambition not to give up on yours.”24. How did the father deal with his son’s problem?A. He did not pay attention to it.B. He punished his son for the large red F.C. He encouraged his son to make his own decision.D. He scolded his son for the ridiculous plan.25. What can we infer from the teacher’s remarks in the last paragraph?A. Skill comes by exercise.B. Everybody’s good at something.C. It’s great to have dreams.D. Where there is a will, there is a way.26. Why was Monty’s schooling continually interrupted?A. Because he didn’t like his teacher.B. Because he had to do much housework.C. Because he refused to go to school sometimes.D. Because his father always changed his working place. 27. What’s the best title for the text?A. A boy having no changesB. A boy following his heartC. A boy holding on to his dreamD. A boy owning a horse ranchCDid you hear what happened at yesterday’s meeting? Can you believe it? If you find those sorts of quietly whispered questions about your co-workers irresi stible, you’re hardly alone. But why are we drawn to gossip?A new study suggests it’s because the rumors are all about us. “Gossip receivers tend to use positive and negative group information to improve, promote, and protect the self,” writes a research team, led by Elena Martinescu of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands. In the journal Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, the researchers described two experiments team, led by Elena Martinescu of the University described two experiments testing the personal value gossip receivers get.The first featured 178 university undergraduates, who had all previously worked on at least one course assignment with a group of four or more students. Participants were asked to recall and write a short description of an incident, in which a group member shared with them either positive or negative information about another group member’s secret. They then reported their level of agreement with a series of statements. Some of these measured the self-improve ment value of the gossip (“The information received made me think I learn a lot from X”); others measured its self-promotion value (“The information I received made me feel that I am doing well compared to X”). Still others measured whether the gossip rais ed personal concerns (“The information I received made me feel that I must protect my image in the group”).In the second experiment, 122 undergraduates were assigned the role of “sales agent” at a major company. They received gossip from a colleague that a third person either did very well or very badly at a performance evaluation, and were then asked about the emotions that information caused. They also responded to the above-mentioned set of statements presented to the participants in the first experiment.In each experiment, participants found both negative and positive gossip to be of personal value with different reasons. “Positive gossip has self-improvement value,” they write. “Competence-related positive gossip about others contains lessons about how to improve one’s own competence. On the other hand, negative gossip has self-promotion value,because it provides individuals with social comparison information that justifies self-promoting judgments which results in feelings of pride.”In addition, the results showed that negative gossip brought about self-protection concerns, the researchers write. “Negative gossip makes people concerned that their reputations may be at risk, as they may personally become targets of negative gossip in the future, which generates fear.” Fear is hardly a pleasant sensation(感觉), but it can be a motivating one. As researchers put it: “Gossip conveniently provides individuals with indirect social-comparison information about relevant others.”28. Why are we drawn to gossip according to the researchers?A. We need evaluative information about others to evaluate ourselves.B. We are interested in the news that arouses our personal concerns.C. We tend to gain a sense of pride from judging others.D. We are likely to learn lesso ns from others’ mistakes.29. According to the first experiment, which of the following shows self-promotion value?A. I have to learn from Mary according to what Tom said about her.B. I should behave myself in case of being gossiped about like Mary.C. I’ve done better than Mary according to what Tom said about her.D. I have no comments on what Tom said about Mary.30. What’s the critical difference of the second experiment compared with the first one?A. The identities of the participants.B. The number of the participants studied.C. The time during which the experiment lasted.D. The role-play technique used in experiment.31. What role does “negative gossip” play according to the researchers?A. A fear killer.B. A protector.C. A motivator.D. A subject provider.DFacial recognition technology is already widely used by governments and some advertising companies. The technology uses machine learning tools to search for faces in an attempt to identify people.In a recent study scientists announced they had developed machine learning tools to track the faces of individual wild chimpanzees(黑猩猩). Dan Schofield said that the system was developed to improve the quality of information collected about chimpanzees in the wild over a long period of time.“For sp ecies like chimpanzees, which have complex social lives and live for many years, getting snapshots of their behavior from short-term field research can only tell us so much,” Schofield said.The researchers wanted to get a more complete understanding of the lives of the chimpanzees by studying them over several generations. But doing this would have required searching through hundreds of hours of video recordings of chimpanzees in the wild.The researchers recorded the activities of a group of chimpanzees that lived in the West African nation of Guinea. A facial recognition computer model was trained using more than 10 million images of the animals. The model was then used to search, recognize and track individual chimpanzees. The system was able to identify individual chimpanzees correctly about 92 percent of the time. It successfully identified the animals’ sex 96 percent of the time.The study included an experiment with humans to see how they could perform against the machine learning system in making identifications. The human persons were able to correctly identify individual chimpanzees about 42 percent of the time. The machine learning tool was much faster at completing the experiment. Human experts took about 55 minutes, while the computer took only seconds.The researchers say they are permitting other scientists to use the system for similar projects. They hope the method will be used with other species to record animal behavior and monitor different animal populations in the environment.32. What ca n we infer from Schofield’s words?A. Researching chimpanzees needs more information.B. Chimpanzees can live as long as humans.C. Chimpanzees like to get snapshots too.D. Short-term field research provides more information.33. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?A. Recording the chimpanzees in the wild.B. Studying chimpanzees over several years.C. Understanding the lives of the chimpanzees completely.D. Getting snapshots of chimpanzees’ behavior.34. What did the experiment with humans prove in the study?A. Humans make more accurate identifications.B. The machine learning system is more effective.C. Humans can’t identify the animals’ sex correctly.D. Machine learning tools take a little more time in identification.35. What is the best title for the text?A. Facial recognition for animals is becoming popularB. Facial recognition is helping animals live in the wildC. Facial recognition plays a role in raising animalsD. Facial recognition is used to identify and follow animals第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考考前大冲刺卷英语二 (含答案)

2020年高考考前45天大冲刺卷英语（二）注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

2.考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

ALooking for work?Tutors Wanted: Math/Science/Humanities + Test PrepJob Overview:JOB POSTED: 2 days agoWAGE: $27–30 per hourJOB TYPE: Part timeSCHEDULE: Afternoons, evenings, weekdays, weekendsJob Description:We’re looking for tutors to join us before the next school year starts.Our ideal candidate(候选人) will be able to assist middle and high school students with test preparation and academic work in math, science and/or the humanities(人文学科).We’ll pay for your training before this fall and can also offer flexible summer tutoring opportunities (including the chance to teach group classes).Once our fall semester starts on Aug 21, we’ll have even higher demand for tutoring sessions on Sundays from 12–8 pm as well as from 3–9 pm Monday–Thursday.What we offer:● Flexible scheduling. Tutors work from 15 to 30+ hours per week depending on availability and student demand.● Free Sunday dinners during the academic year.● Fun staff gatherings.● Health insurance reimbursement(医疗保险报销) for staff working over 30 hours per week.● We are five minutes’ walking distance from the Menlo Park Caltrain station.Applicants must:● Be able to show mastery(精通) of the subjects they tutor.● Be willing to tutor students through the full academic year.Application instructions:● Email us your resume.● Tell us why you want to join Academic Trainers and describe your experience of tutoring students (if you have any).● Let us know your scheduling preferences and potential start date.● Tell us which of the subjects you are able to tutor—Mathematics, Sciences, Humanities, or Foreign Language.21. Which period of time needs the most tutors during the academic year?A. Weekday mornings.B. Sunday afternoons and evenings.C. Friday afternoons and evenings.D. Saturday and Sunday mornings.22. A tutor who works more than 30 hours per week can enjoy ______.A. free job training every monthB. free lunches and dinners during the academic yearC. health insurance reimbursementD. accommodation near Menlo Park Caltrain station23. According to the text, the ideal candidate ______.A. is good at one or more academic subjectsB. will work every evening throughout the academic yearC. has the opportunity to become a full-time tutorD. must have previous tutoring experienceBSince it never occurred to anybody at the school to provide the services of an interpreter, I had to sit in the front row so that I could read the teacher’s lips. Classroom discussions were virtually impossible tofollow because I couldn’t hear what was being said around the room. In a vain effort to keep up with them, I was always asking whoever happened to be sitting next to me what was being said. Eventually, I got tired of watching everyone shrug their shoulders indifferently and rolling their eyes. I began to pretend that I knew what was going on. Fitting in was so important to me that every time the kids laughed, I laughed along even though I felt muddle-headed most of the time.Luckily then fate threw me light.On one sunny afternoon, my teacher, Mrs. Jordan, asked the class a question. I read her lips from my front-row seat and immediately raised my hand. I couldn’t believe it—despite my fears, I felt incredibly confident because—for once—I was sure I had the right answer. But, when she called on me, I was suddenly afraid. Here was an opportunity to impress the powerful teacher and show her I was worthy of her love. I didn’t want to blow it. I took a deep breath and nervously answered her question.Her explosive response shocked all of us. She enthusiastically stepped her right foot on the floor, pointing directly at me. With sparkling eyes and a wide smile she cried, “THA T’S RIGHT, STEPHEN!”For the first time in my young life, I felt like an instant star. My heart burst with pride. My confidence soared. It was amazing what a great effect the simple three-word phrase delivered with incredible enthusiasm had on my young life. THAT’S RIGHT, STEPHEN! It got me to think that I would make a place for myself in this world no matter how many obstacles I had to overcome. From that day, my grades and speech improved dramatically and my peers suddenly looked at me with new respect.24. What does the underlined word “muddle-headed” in paragraph 1 mean?A. Absent-minded.B. Relaxed.C. Confused.D. Delighted.25. Why was the author in fear of answering Mrs. Jordan’s question?A. He lacked confidence and bravery.B. He wasn’t sure of the right answer.C. He would be laughed at by his classmates.D. He was afraid that he would disappoint her.26. What can be inferred about Mrs. Jordan?A. She was born with creativity.B. She changed the author’s life.C. She was strict with her students.D. She was a woman of hot temper.27. What could be the best title for the text?A. Three Simple WordsB. A Wonderful TeacherC. My Inspiring StoriesD. Disabled But Strong-willedCThe spiders have long, scary legs. Some spiders even bite. But Spider-Man is another story. He might help people see spiders less negatively, a new study finds.After Menachem Ben-Ezra, a proud fan of the Marvel(漫威漫画公司) films and also a psychologist, saw the movie Ant-Man and the Wasp(黄蜂), he walked out with a sudden scientific idea that he should measure people before they went into the theater, and afterwards to see if the fear of ants would be reduced or changed.Ben-Ezra and his colleagues asked 424 people questions, about one-quarter of them about spiders, such as “Did they find them scary?” “Did seeing one make their hearts race and palms sweat?” A second group received similar questions, this time about ants. The last two groups got the same questions about other insects. Afterward, everyone watched videos. Group one got a Spider-Man movie. Group two saw Ant-Man and the Wasp. Groups three and four watched unrelated video—wheat waving peacefully in the breeze.After viewing the movie, Ben-Ezra again asked the participants how they felt about spiders, ants or insects in general—and found the ant and spider exposures seemed to make people insensitive and less afraid. Between 3.5 and 6.1 percent of people experience such a phobia(恐惧症) of spiders. Phobias can stop people from traveling, working and enjoying their lives.Ben-Ezra hopes that their movie research might help people with phobias. But they caution that people with phobias shouldn’t just run out and watch movies and expect their fears to go away. “What we did is only the first step in a very long road.” Ben-Ezra says. “We didn’t say you’ll be cured. We don’t have evidence for that.” But eventually, presenting people’s fears in a positive context—such as a superhero movie—might help people surmount their fear or disgust. After all, if spiders produce Spicier-Man, maybe they’re not so bad.28. How did Ben-Ezra conduct the study?A. By doing lab experiments.B. By asking questions.C. By analyzing former data.D. By observation.29. What does the underlined word “surmount” in the last paragraph mean?A. Delete.B. Regain.C. Discover.D. Overcome.30. What did Ben-Ezra advise people to do with phobias?A. They should not try to face their phobias.B. They should travel, work and enjoy their lives.C. They should adopt a positive attitude to their fear.D. They must keep away from the insects they fear.31. What is the best title for the text?A. The Movies about the Insect FearB. The Positive Energy of SuperheroesC. The Cartoon Characters Made by MarvelD. Fighting Spider Fear with Spider-ManDSmoking in your own home in Thailand may now be considered a crime, if the smoke is considered harmful to other people in the house.The new law, Family Protection and Development Promotion Act , was initiated(启动) by the Ministry of Social Development and Human Security and was announced in the Royal Gazette on May 22, 2019.The law aims at curbing smoking at home which might be hazardous for others’ health residing under the same roof. In that case, it will be considered as “domestic violence”. The new law came into force on August 20.According to the center for research and knowledge management for tobacco control, at the Faculty of Medical Science of Mahidol University, there are about 4.9 million households where one or more family members smoke.An average of 10.3 million people have unwittingly(不知不觉地) become passive smokers because they’ve been breathing in smoke at home. Scientific studies show that passive smokers are a greater risk of being affected by cancer.Of 75 child patients from houses where smoking is practiced, 76% of them were found to have nicotine traces in their urine, with 43% of them having nicotine content exceeding permissible levels.Smoking at home also “may lead to physical or emotional violence” because of aggressiveness when there is a lack of smoking, and might as well ruin relationships between smokers and non-smoker family members.According to the new law, anyone who thinks they are affected by domestic smoking can report to officials concerned so that inspectors will be sent to investigate and take legal action against the smokers.Once convicted, the court may order a person to receive treatment to quit smoking in an attempt to protect the person’s family.In February in 2019, Thailand had banned smoking at six of its airports along with a ban in public places.32. What is the fact about the new law in Thailand?A. It makes it clear that smoking at home is a crime.B. It’s a law on protecting the health of non-smokers.C. It was drafted and adopted by the royal family.D. It classifies smoking as a form of domestic violence.33. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “curbing” in Paragraph 3?A. Treating.B. Changing.C. Improving.D. Controlling.34. What is NOT the evil consequence of smoking at home?A. It may increase the risk of cancer in passive smokers.B. It will probably cause physical or emotional violence.C. It will make the smokers become more aggressive.D. It may lead to disharmony in family relations.35. What conclusion can we draw from the passage?A. Smoking is illegal anywhere in Thailand.B. Smokers are less likely to develop cancer than non-smokers.C. People who smoke at home in Thailand will be sent to prison.D. Thailand is committed to creating a smoke-free environment.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

英语(新高考)2022届高考考前冲刺卷(十)学生版

（新高考）2022届高考考前冲刺卷英语（十）注意事项：1．答题前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。

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第Ⅰ卷（选择题）第一部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B 、C 和D ）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

ATo improve a high schoolers chance of getting into a top university, the summer programs allow young students to explore fields of interest and get a taste of college life.Telluride Association Summer Program (TASP)TASP is a six-week program allowing high school freshman from around the world to grow their sense of interpersonal awareness and community responsibility. It ’s completely free, including the cost of tuition, books and even travel.Minority Introduction to Engineering and Science (MITES)This week-long program aimed at all US high school students can help them develop the skills necessary for future job in engineering while learning about the value and reward of acquiring advanced technical degrees. MITES is free —the only expense is the transportation to and from MIT.Clark Scholar Program (CSP)High school students coming from across the globe are offered the unique opportunity togain hands-on research experience in mathematics field while working one on one with teaching staff over four intense weeks. Everything is free for chosen applicants except theirmeals.JCampThe seven-week one brings high school freshman and sophomores from various backgrounds together for participating in sessions and workshops led by notable journalists where students can get hands-on training in journalism. JCamp is free if selected-participants only need to pay for the board.1. What can be expected of MITES? A. It is accessible to worldwide students. B. It lays a foundation for career prospect. C. It makes no extra charge for transportation. D. It awards students advanced technical degrees.2. Which program is suitable for a UK high schooler with up to 5 spare weeks? A. TASP.B. MITES.C. CSP.D. JCamp.3. What is the shared goal of the programs? A. To seek for one-on-one instruction. B. To develop a sense of social duty.C. To get participants better prepared for college.D. To advertise some majors of the top universities.BSeveral years ago, Jason Box, a scientist from Ohio, flew 31 giant rolls of white plastic to a glacier (冰川) in Greenland. He and his team spread them across 10,000 feet of ice, then left. His idea was that the white blanket would reflect back the rays of the sun, keeping the ice cool below. When he came back to check the results, he found it worked. Exposed ice had melted faster than covered ice. He had not only saved two feet of glacier in a short time. No coal plants were shut down, no jobs were lost, and nobody was taxed or fired. Just the sort of fix we’re looking for.“Thank you, but no thank you.” says Ralph King, a climate scientist. He told Grey Childs. author and commentator, that people think technology can save the planet, “but there are other things we need to deal with, like consumption. They burned $50,000 just for the helicopter” to bring the plastic to the glacier. This experiment, quote -unquote, gives people false hope that climate change can be fixed without changing human behavior. It can’t. Technolo gy won’t give us a free ride.此卷只装订不密封班级姓名准考证号考场号座位号Individuals respond to climate change differently. Climatologist Kelly Smith is hardly alone in her prediction that someday soon we won’t be climate victims, we will be climate Choosers. More scientists agree with her that if the human race survives. The engineers will get smarter, the tools will get better, and one day we will control the climate. but that then? “Just the mention of us controlling the climate sent a small shiver down my back, Grey writes.” “Something sounded wrong about stopping ice by our own will,” he says.Me? I like it better when the earth takes care of itself, I guess one day we will have to run the place, but for the moment, sitting at my desk, looking out at the trees bending wildly and the wind howling, I’m happy not to be in charge.4. Why does the author mention Jason Box’s experiment in the first paragraph?A. To introduce a possible solution to climate change.B. To describe a misleading attempt to fix the climate.C. To report on a successful experiment on saving the glacier.D. To arouse people’s attention to the problem of global warming.5. Which statement would Ralph King most probably agree with?A. The fight against climate change will not succeed.B. Technology is not the final solution, let alone its high cost.C. It’s best to deal with climate change without changing our behavior.D. Jason’s experiment plays a significant role in fixing climate change.6. What is Grey Childs’s attitude to human’s controlling the climate?A. FavorableB. TolerantC. Doubtful.D. Unclear.7. Which of the following is a suitable title for the text?A. But should we fix the climate?B. Is climate change a real problem?C. How can we take care of the earth?D. What if all the glaciers disappeared?CFritillaria plants can be easily spotted. The usually bright green plants often stand alone amid the rocks at the top of the Himalayan and Hengduan mountains in southwestern China —easy pickings for traditional Chinese medicine herbalists, who’ve ground the bulbs (鳞茎) of Fritillaria into a cough-treating powder for more than 2, 000 years. The demand for the bulbs is intense, since about 3,500 of them are needed to produce one kilogram of the powder, worth about $480.But some Fritillaria are remarkably difficult to find, with leaves and stems that are barely distinguishable from the gray or brown rocky background. Surprisingly, the plants’ camouflage (伪装) seems to have evolved in response to people.In wide open areas with little cover, like mountaintops, blending in can help the plants avoid hungry herbivores, says Yang Niu, a botanist at the Kunming Institute of Botany in China. But after five years of studying camouflage in Fritillaria, he did not spot any animals feeding on the plants. So Niu, his colleague Hang Sun and sensory ecologist Martin Stevens of the University of Exeter in England decided to see if humans might be driving the evolution of the plants’ camouflage.During their research, local herbalists noted the total weight of the bulbs harvested each year from 2014 to 2019 at seven study sites. These records indicated contemporary harvesting pressure on the plants. In the meantime, the researchers assessed the ease of harvesting by recording how long it took to dig up bulbs at six of those sites. On some slopes, bulbs are easily dug up, but in others they can be buried under rocks. Both measures have revealed a striking pattern: The more harvested a site is, the better the color of a plant matches its background.However, camouflage can present some challenges. Pollinators (花粉传播者) might have a harder time finding the camouflaged plants, and the gray and brown coloration could impair photosynthetic (光合) activity. Still, these Fritillaria show how adaptable the plants can be. The plants can better change their appearance than we might have expected.8. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?A. The living environment of Fritillaria.B. The appearance of Fritillaria.C. The reasons for picking Fritillaria.D. The history of traditional Chinese medicine.9. What do the researchers find during their research?A. Fritillaria usually exist under rocks.B. Animals drive Fritillaria to hide themselves better.C. Frequent human activities make it easier to spot Fritillaria.D. Fritillaria camouflage themselves better where harvested more often.10. Which of the following statements is true according to the last paragraph?A. All plants are poor at camouflaging.B. Fritillaria are constantly changing how they look.C. Camouflage can bring some side-effects to Fritillaria.D. Fritillaria camouflaged to be gray which can promote growth.11. What’s the main idea of this passage?A. The demand for the Fritillaria is intense.B. Fritillaria are remarkably difficult to find.C. Camouflage can present some challenges to the Fritillaria.D. Human activities drive the evolution of the Fritillaria’s camouflage.DIn 1977, scientists exploring the Galapagos Rift in the eastern Pacific noticed a series of sharp temperature increases in their data. They wondered how deep-ocean temperatures could change so greatly---from near freezing to400°C (750°F)in such a short distance. The scientists had made an interesting discovery —deep-sea hydrothermal vents(热液喷口). They also realized that an entirely unique ecosystem, including hundreds of new species, existed around the vents. Despite the extreme temperatures and pressures, toxic minerals(有毒矿物质), and lack of sunlight that characterized the deep-sea vent ecosystem, the species living there were doing well. Scientists later realized that bacteria were changing the toxic vent minerals into usable forms of energy through a process called chemosynthesis, providing food for other vent organisms.Seawater moves deep in the ocean’s crust(地壳) and becomes super-heated by magma(岩浆). As pressure builds and the seawater warms, minerals become part of the liquid, which rises toward the surface of the crust. The hot, mineral-rich waters then leave the oceanic crust and mix with the cool seawater above. As the vent minerals cool, they form different types of hydrothermal vent structures.Hydrothermal vent structures are characterized by different physical and chemical factors, including the minerals, temperatures, and flow levels of their plumes(烟). Black smokers produce the hottest, darkest plumes, which are high in sulfur (S) content and form chimneys up to18 stories tall, or 55 meters(180 feet). The plumes of white smokers are lightly colored and rich in barium (Ba), calcium (Ca), and silicon (Si). Compared to black smokers, white smokers usually produce cooler plumes and form smaller chimneys. Vents with even cooler, weaker flows are often called seeps, which appear to send out some light.The study of hydrothermal vent ecosystems continues to change our understanding of the requirements for life. The ability of vent organisms to survive and thrive at such extreme pressures and temperatures and in the presence of toxic mineral plumes is interesting. The conversion of mineral-rich hydrothermal fluid into energy is a key aspect of these unique ecosystems. Through the process of chemosynthesis, bacteria provide energy and nutrients to vent species without the need for sunlight.12. What surprised the scientists when they examined their data?A. The great pressures under the deep ocean.B. The unexpected depth of the Galapagos Rift.C. The sudden rises in deep-ocean temperatures.D. The huge sizes of deep-sea hydrothermal vents.13. What did scientists find about vent creatures?A. Their foods come from toxic vent minerals.B. Their ability to produce light is amazing.C. They live under the oceanic crust.D. They usually have dark colors.14. What does paragraph mainly explain to us?A. How creatures live in extreme conditions.B. How seawater moves in the ocean’s crust.C. How minerals become part of magma.D. How hydrothermal vents are formed.15. Which best shows the flow levels of different plumes?A. Seeps’ > black smokers’ > white smokers’.B. Seeps’＞white smokers’＞black smokers’.C. Black smokers’ > white smokers’ > seeps’.D. Black smokers’ >seeps’ >white smokers’.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2024山东中学联盟高考考前热身押题卷英语试题及答案

英语 2024.5注意事项:1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考生号等填写在答题卡和试卷指定位置。

2.选择题的作答：选出每小题答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

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第一部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

ASmall Ways You Can Donate Money To CharityThere are plenty of innovative ways that you can help people in need, even when money is tight. Here are just a few unique ways to give.Food Angel, Hong KongFood insecurity has become a global problem for families. In Hong Kong, the people behind the Food Angel program collect 45 tonnes of edible surplus food each week that grocery stores, restaurants and individuals would otherwise dispose of. That includes fresh fruits and vegetables and other perishables(易腐烂的食物) that aren’t normally accepted in food-donation boxes.The impact is significant: Volunteers make and serve around 20,000 meals and distribute more than 11,000 other meals and food packs every day.Frigos Solidaires, FranceImagine if those in need could help themselves to food with anonymity(匿名) and dignity. Frigos Solidaires, or Solidarity Fridges, was started with that aim by Dounia Mebtoul, a young restaurateur in Paris. Now, 130 fridges installed in front of places such as shops and schools offer free food to the hungry across France.Stuff A Bus, CanadaIn Edmonton, the transit service parks vehicles in front of supermarkets for its annual “Stuff a Bus” campaign each November. Volunteers collect food and cash donations from shoppers to fill buses bound for food banks. Since its start in 1995, the campaign has collected 553,000 kilograms of food and roughly half a million dollars.Rice Bucket Challenge, IndiaHeard of the Ice Bucket Challenge? You take a video of yourself dumping a bucket of ice water over your head, then nominate (指定) three more people to do the same. In some versions, the participant donates $100 if they don’t complete the challenge.“I thought it was an amazing way to raise awareness of ALS and raise funds,” recalls Manju Kalanidhi, a journalist in Hyderabad, India. But it didn’t make sense in her country, where water is too precious to waste, even for a good cause. Then in 2014, it hit her: Why not make it a Rice Bucket Challenge to fight hunger? “I gave a bucket of rice to someone in need and clicked a photo. I shared it on Facebook and said,‘This is a Rice Bucket Challenge.Why don’t you do it, too?’”Participants donate a bucket of rice to an individual or family—no, it’s not dumped—take a photo and post it on social media with a message encouraging others to do the same.1.Which one can help people in need get food without hurting their pride?A.Food Angel, Hong KongB. Frigos Solidaires, FranceC. Stuff A Bus, CanadaD. Rice Bucket Challenge, India2.What do you know about Rice Bucket Challenge in India?A.It is an amazing way to raise awareness of ALS.B.It was inspired by the Ice Bucket Challenge.C.A bucket of rice is given and dumped.D.A bucket of water is donated for a good cause.3.What’s the purpose of the text ?A.To explain how important to help people in need.B.To inspire readers to start a non-profit organization.C.To introduce some creative ways to give away.D.To appeal to readers to donate money to charity.BWhich of these ingredients have you cooked with or eaten, wild rice, rabbits or roses? Actually, they were part of Native American cuisine in the past. Sean Sherman is a chef from the Oglala Lakota tribe, who is attempting something remarkable. Through his company and his restaurant, Sherman is bringing these ingredients back into the public eye.Sean Sherman grew up on the Pine Ridge Reservation. As a reservation kid, Sherman usually didn’t have access to high-quality or tasty food. His family relied on the Commodity Supplemental Food Program, which meant canned goods, tasteless food, and powdered milk. After high school, Sherman started working for the Forest Service. As part of his job, he had to learn the names of the plants, which raised his curiosity about indigenous(本土的) plants and foods.Sherman started doing lots of research on his own, and he started his company in 2014. A few years later, Sherman opened his restaurant Owamni, where he showed native ingredients and flavors. The most significant feature of the restaurant is the native ingredients, none of which is related to European civilizations.The vibe in the restaurant is totally unique as well. There, a lot of people are really struck by it, because it’s not typical to be able to go someplace and see their native foods on the menu, see native people cooking the food and listen to native music. Therefore, it’s a wholly unique experience and it’s something that’s really special.Native cuisine allows native people to explore their histories and cultures. It supports local businesses and comes with a host of health benefits. “We should have native restaurants in every city to show the diversity and flavors of all the different tribes across North America and thus have a future where native cuisine is more widespread, and ingredients are more familiar and well known,” Sherman explains.4.When did Sean Sherman become interested in native foods?A. As he was a reservation kid.B. Before he entered high school.C. When he worked as a chef in a restaurant.D. When he was working in the forest department.5. What is the most important feature of Sherman’s restaurant?A. The ingredients used are native.B. Native music is played all the time.C. Diverse ingredients are combined in each dish.D. It is a reflection of modern native civilization.6. What does the underlined word “vibe” in paragraph 4 mean?A. Service.B. Decoration.C. Scenery.D. Atmosphere.7. Why does Sherman suggest each city should have native restaurants?A. To boost the profits of local businesses.B. To help native people to honor their history.C. To present and promote the native cuisine.D. To serve foods with various health benefits.CIn the 1950s, British historian Northcote Parkinson came up with a concept which was later known as Parkinson’s Law of Triviality（琐事）. It states that the amount of time spent discussing an issue in an organization is oppositely associated withits actual importance.Parkinson’s Law of Triviality is also known as “bike-shedding”(车棚), after the story Parkinson uses to illustrate it. He asks readers to imagine a financial committee meeting to discuss a three-point agenda. The points are as follows: A proposal for a £10 million nuclear power plant; A proposal for a £350 bike shed; A proposal for a £21 annual coffee budget.What happens? The committee ends up running through the nuclear power plant proposal in little time. It’s too advanced for anyone to really dig into the details. The discussion soon moves to the bike shed. Here, everyone’s an expert. In the end, the committee runs out of time and decides to meet again to complete their analysis.Bike-shedding happens because the smaller a matter is, the more people will have an opinion on it, even when there is no genuine value to add. When something is outside our circle of competence, like a nuclear power plant, we don’t even try to express an opinion. But when something is comprehensible, everyone wants to show that they know about the topic at hand.How can we avoid bike-shedding? The main thing you can do is to have a clear purpose. Priya Parker, the author of The Art of Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, says that any successful gathering needs to have a focused purpose. “Specificity,” she says, “is a crucial element.”When it comes to choosing your list of invitees, Parker writes, “if the purpose of your meeting is to make a decision, you may want to consider having fewer cooks in the kitchen.” Getting the result you want—a thoughtful, educated discussion about that power plant—depends on having the right people in the room.8. What is Parkinson’s purpose of presenting the imaginary meeting?A. To state a fact.B. To clarify a concept.C. To make a prediction.D. To introduce a new point.9. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?A. The more you know, the less you speak.B. What is simple for you may be tough for others.C. What is important may achieve less involvement.D.The more you put in, the better your result will be.10. Which is the author’s suggestion for a successful meeting?A. Planning before the meeting.B. Getting the right people to the table.C. Spending less time on the minor issues.D. Taking different opinions into account.11. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Purpose: The Key to an Effective Meeting.B. Talent: A Crucial Element in Organizations.C. Bike Shed Effect: Less Time on Unimportant Things.D. Nuclear Power Plant: The Less-known Proposal.DGoldfish may seem like simple creatures swimming in a glass tank, but they possess a rather complicated navigation system, as discovered by researchers at the University of Oxford. Led by Dr. Adelaide Sibeaux, the study aims to shed light on our understanding of how fish, and potentially humans, estimate distances using what could be described as an internal GPS.Writing in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Sibeaux and colleagues report how they created a tank in their experiment with 2cm-wide black and white vertical stripes (垂直条纹) on the walls, connected by similar stripes across the floor. The team trained nine goldfish to swim a set distance of 70cm and then return to their starting point when waved at. The experiment aimed to investigate how the fish would estimate this distance without any gestures, under different patterns.Over multiple trials, the goldfish averaged a swim distance of 74cm, give or take 17cm, when presented with the vertical 2cm-wide stripes. However, when the stripe pattern was altered to either narrower vertical stripes, checked patterns, or horizontal stripes（水平条纹）, the fish’s behavior changed significantly. Narrower vertical stripes led them to overestimating the distance by 36%, while horizontal stripes resulted in highly inconsistent estimations.According to the researchers, the goldfish appeared to be using an “optic (光学的) flow mechanism” based on the visual density of their environment. They kept track of how frequently the vertical pattern switched between black and white toestimate how far they had traveled. The study suggests that different optic flow mechanisms are used by mammals, including humans, based on angular (有角度的) motion of visual features. The study implies that the use of visually based distance information could have emerged early in the evolutionary timeline.“This study is novel because, despite knowing that fish respond to geometric information regarding direction and distance, we don’t know how they estimate distances,” Professor Colin Lever, although not involved in the study, said, “it’s exciting to explore fish spatial mapping because fish navigation evolved earlier and better than most mammals.”12. Why did Dr. Adelaide Sibeaux conduct the study on goldfish?A. To test the accuracy of goldfish’s internal GPS.B. To create an advanced navigation system for humans.C. To uncover how an inbuilt GPS helps calculate distances.D. To explore the relationships between goldfish and humans.13. What can we learn about the experiment?A. People gestured the goldfish throughout the experiment.B. The tank was decorated with colorful background patterns.C. Goldfish tended to underestimate distances with horizontal stripes.D. The change in the tank setting led to the goldfish’s incorrect judgment.14. What can be concluded from paragraph 4 ?A. Optic flow mechanism is unique to humans.B. Mammals developed flow mechanism long before goldfish.C. Goldfish evaluated the distance with multidimensional visual information.D. Visual density of the environment strengthened the locating ability of goldfish.15. What attitude does Professor Colin hold towards the study?A. Objective.B. Ambiguous.C. Disapproving.D. Favorable.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考考前大冲刺卷英语一 (含答案)

2020年高考考前45天大冲刺卷英语（一）注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

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AUNIQUE AND WEIRD NEW YEAR EVE TRADITIONSGermanyIn some parts of Germany, they do bleigiessen, or lead(铅) pouring. Pour a dollop(团) of molten lead in cold water and whatever shape forms may be telling about the year to come. A heart shape, naturally, means love will come your way. A crown predicts wealth and fortune. A star indicates happiness. But if you see a cross in the lead? You’re as good as dead!Latin AmericaIf you’re in Latin America, make sure you have some colorful underpants to ring in the new year. End—of—the—year partiers put on colorful underwear to ensure certain types of outcomes for the following year. Red for love and yellow for success.Naples, ItalyNeapolitans like throwing things out of windows, at least on New Year’s Eve. Furniture, kitchen machines, grandma. Well, maybe not the last one. Let’s hope not, anyway. This tradition is meant to symbolize an out—with—the—old gesture and getting a brand new beginning for the new year. These days people are a bit more mindful about what they toss down to the street below.SpainIn 1909, winegrowers in the Alicante region of Spain had a brilliant idea: start and promote an annual tradition that would involve people having to buy and eat more grapes. One must eat 12 grapes on New Year’s Eve to encourage prosperity for the coming year. Now, it’s a popular custom in Iberia. But the problem is that one has to eat a grape for each bell strike at midnight.21. What does a cross shape mean?A. Love.B. Wealth.C. Happiness.D. Misfortune.22. What’s new about Neapolitans’ tradition?A. They hate using furniture.B. They throw their grandma out of windows.C. They are more careful about what to throw.D. They like making gestures in front of the window.23. Which country has the tradition of eating grapes?A. Germany.B. Brazil.C. Italy.D. Spain.BRemember Vitainwater’s “free of rolling screen for a year” challenge that dared people to be free from smart phones for a whole year will win $100,000? Well, Elana Mugdan, a New York woman, has been into it for eight months, and just four months away from claiming grand prize.Vitaminwater made news headlines last December when it announced its unique challenge. Thousands of people applied to be chosen as the perfect candidate to spend a year without touching their smart phones, but in the end, the only person who got to try and survive for an entire year without a handheld smart phone was Elana Mugdan, a 29-year-old fiction writer from Queens, New York. Eight months into the challenge, she claims it has been a free and eye-opening experience that shows her just how dependent she becomes on her smart phone. Even though there are times when she misses her handheld smart phone, she plans to go on living without it even after the challenge ends, because she really doesn’t want to go back to days when she abused it, wasted time, stayed up all hours of the night on it, and was obsessed with social media.But not having access to her smart phone really made certain situations a lot harder than she could have imagined them before. “Many people did me a favor. However, once, I almost got stranded(滞留) in the SeaTac airport because the phone number I’d written down was wrong, and I had no way of referring to the right one, no way of calling a cab, and no one in the state who could help me,” the young writer said.Another time, her car’s “check engine” light turned on while she was driving in an unfamiliar area at night. She couldn’t use her phone’s GPS location feature, or even check what the light meant on Google or find a nearby car repair shop. Still, she learned to overcome these situations. And now she claims the lasteight months of phone-free life have been one of the best adventures of her life and that she’ll keep it for another four months.24. What’s the challenge “free of rolling screen for a year”?A. People free from smart phones can live a richer life.B. People living a telephone-free life can be awarded every year.C. People living without computers for a year will win grand prize.D. People spending a year free from smart phones will get a reward.25. Which phrase can replace the underlined part “obsessed with” in paragraph 2?A. satisfied withB. accustomed toC. addicted toD. popular with26. What does Elana Mugdan mainly want to express in paragraph 3?A. It’s fantastic to have someone to help her all the way.B. It’s unimaginable to lose her phone number on the way.C. It’s unnecessary to refer to information with a smart phone.D. It’s difficult to get out of the trouble without a smart phone.27. What can we learn about Elana Mudgan?A. She couldn’t live without a smart phone.B. She finds no one can help her in the adventure.C. She has not won the grand $ 100,000 prize yet.D. She used to use her smart phone to write fiction.CIf you’re one of the millions of those who use escalators each year, you are probably deeply familiar with the vertical grooves(竖凹槽) that cover each stair. Few of us have stopped to consider why they exist, though. In fact, it’s one of the everyday things we take for granted.But it is a little complicating when you think about it. Sure, thedeep, grey lines make an escalator’s metal stairs more appealing to theeye. But regular stairs don’t have grooves like these; why do escalatorsneed them? Is it because of the movement?It turns out those grooves serve a more functional purpose. And,yes, it does have to do with the movement, as well as with generalcleanliness! Anyone who has ridden an escalator knows that the steps everlastingly circulate from the top to the bottom. You’ve surely noticed the ridged yellow lip at the top of the escalator. But here’s what you may not have noticed: As an escalator’s steps flatten, this ridge—also called the comb plate—sweeps away any trash or litter that might have fallen on the stairs. Those grooves lock the step and comb plate together, which makes it harder for any dangerous materials to slide underneath the lip. This prevents foreign objects from getting stuck in that gap, potentially causing the escalator to stop, or worse, break down completely.That’s not the only reason why the grooves were created, though. They are also a good place for water to pool together, protecting you from a bad fall on the slick surface.So the next time you step on an escalator, take a moment to appreciate those metal grooves. They exist to make sure you get to your office meeting on time.28. What are the first two paragraphs trying to say?A. Millions of people use escalators every year.B. Few people think much about the grooves.C. Escalators are complicated machines.D. Grooves make the stairs look better.29. The ridge is mainly designed to____A. clean off dangerous objects.B. keep the stairs in movement.C. flatten the steps.D. lock the steps.30. What does the underlined word “slick” mean in Paragraph 4?A. Smooth.B. Sticky.C. Steep.D. Slippery.31. What’s the passage mainly about?A. The importance of escalators.B. The reasons for grooves on stairs.C. The look of grooves in escalators.D. The safe ways of riding escalators.DFriendship is an important part of human life. Friends can share our joys and our hardships. We aren’t alone. Many different animals also make friends.Recently, a British research team finished an eight-year study of Indo-Pacific dolphins off the coast ofWestern Australia. These dolphins can use different tools to search for food. The researchers found that these dolphins are more willing to hang out with partners that like the same tool. Other factors, like family closeness or sex, have no impact on this relationship.“It suggests that dolphins form social bonds(纽带) based on shared interests,” UK biologist Simon Allen told Science Daily. “Using different tools is time-consuming(耗时间的)” for dolphins to cooperate.Apart from dolphins, elephants, horses and bats are also known to form friendships. Are friendships only limited to the same species?Of course not, The Atlantic reported. In 2015, a goat Timur was originally left in the tiger Amur’s enclosure(围场) as a meal. But instead of eating Timur, Amur likes to play with it and gets jealous when others are close to his friend.The Atlantic said it’s not unusual among captive(圈禁的) animals. That’s because in captivity, animals don’t need to spend much time and energy marking their territory(领地) or looking for mates the way they would in the wild. They are actually more likely to feel bored. “In this particular situation, the animal’s motivation to engage(参与) socially and playfully may be higher than eating.”More interestingly, animals not only make friends but also try to keep lasting friendships.Take bats for example. In 2011, scientists found bats prefer to hang out with a few certain friends, keeping loose ties to the rest of their group.Humans aren’t so different. “We do not work, play and live together with the same friends all the time,” Swiss zoologist Gerald Kerth explained. “But nevertheless, we are able to maintain long-term relationships ... despite our often highly dynamic(动态的) social lives.”32. What did the recent British research find about dolphins?A. They form friendships based on family closeness.B. They are likely to make friends based on interests.C. They are better at building friendships than other animals.D. They form a group to hunt food together.33. What’s the main purpose of Paragraph 6?A. To show how different species get along with each other.B. To prove captive animals are friendlier than others.C. To explain why captive animals can form friendships.D. To compare the difference between a tiger and a goat’s friendship.34. What can we infer from Gerald Kerth’s words?A. Animals like to hang out with different friends.B. Animals might feel bored with friends of the same species.C. Humans are better at keeping long-term bonds than animals.D. Humans and animals make and maintain friendships in similar ways.35. What’s the text mainly about?A. How to build strong ties with your friends.B. How animals form and keep friendship.C. The importance of friendship for animals.D. The different ways humans and animals socialize.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考英语考前45天大冲刺卷十二[含答案]

2020年高考英语考前45天大冲刺卷十二注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

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ARichard Hosford fulfilled an ambition of founding a music festival his home county in 1991.Richard said, “At that time, my aim was to create a festival with an informal atmosphere and the highest possible artistic standards.”The festival was first planned in Canon Ray Nichols. The Gaudier Ensemble(乐团), of which Richard is a member, has returned each year to perform a wide range of chamber music(室内乐) at the festival.Richard said, “Over many years we have built a special relationship with our audience. Teaching and encouraging a love of music are important elements of the festival, which has always included a concert for children, and now runs classes for promising young local musicians. Arriving from across Europe, the members of the Ensemble stay with hosts in the village and enjoy making music with old friends in the wonderfu l St. Mary’s Church.”The event is now an established favourite on the South West music festival scene and this year will mark its 25th year with a programme that includes pieces by Mozart, Francaix, Schubert and Bruch from Dec 9 to Dec 12.There will also be a late-night concert of light American gems by Gershwin, a family concert and a new commission by poet and broadcaster James Crowden and Lillie Harris from the Royal College of Music.The festival will also welcome a group of recent Royal College of Music students who will perform alongside the Gaudier Ensemble at some concerts and work with talented local musical youngsters.For more information about the festival, visit . Booking forms are also available at local tourist information centres or by calling07527 528673.21. When can people enjoy the music of Mozart?A. On Dec 2.B. On Dec 6.C. On Dec 9.D. On Dec 15.22. Who will give a late-night concert of light American gems?A. Richard Hosford.B. Gershwin.C. James Crowden.D. Lillie Harris.23. What is the main idea of the text?A. To introduce the information of the music festival.B. To provide people with information about music.C. To tell people how to do well in giving performances.D. To show how to visit BSam Allred suffers from a rare and incurable kidney(肾脏) disease. One day, when his sister was playing a song repeatedly, Sam sang along. His sister thought it was funny so she recorded it and posted the video online. The video—and Sam—became a hit. Only 8 years old at that time, he couldn’t have expected the response.“(The television show) The Doctors called and wanted me on their show so they paid for me to go to California,” says Sam, now 13, “and we got to stay in a hotel where a ll the movie stars stayed.”During that visit to California, Angle Allred, Sam’s mother, had an idea about Sam writing a children’s book. Together, she and Sam wrote Opening Hearts, which tells Sam’s experience of living with a chronic(慢性的) illness.“I wro te the book to teach people to be kinder to people,” Sam says.Moreover, Sam wanted to send pillows to sick children staying in hospitals around the country to make their stay more comfortable, an idea that came from a time when he was in the hospital.“A few kind boys came in with pillows and they gave me one and it meant a lot to me that someone cared about kids in the hospital,” says Sam.Angie thought of starting a nonprofit organization to provide a way for people to contribute money to realize Sam’s ideas. She named the nonprofit organization Kindness for Kids.Since then, Sam has taken pillows to children staying at Providence Hospital in Anchorage.Sam’s father, Scott Allred, owns a small business that contracts(承包) shipping services with FedEx Ground. He asked the company for help.“FedEx Ground learned about Sam’s pillow project,” says Erin Truxal, manager of public relations for FedEx Ground. “We thought, ‘What a perfect way for us to get involved.’”The company provided shipping services for Sam to ship about 5,000 pillows to hospitals.Sam wants to send more pillows to all of the children’s hospitals in every state. His goal is simple: Kids in the hospital as happy as they were before they got sick.24. We can learn from the text that Sam Allred____.A. was a healthy boyB. was popular at an early ageC. sang the song with his sisterD. worked in his father's company25. Opening Hearts is a book that____.A. is a best sellerB. is about Sam’s sisterC. was published when Sam was 13D. was written by Sam and his mother26. What is FedEx Ground’s attitude towards Sam’s career?A. Doubtful.B. Surprised.C. Approving.D. Uninterested.27. Which of the following can best describe Sam Allred？A. Optimistic and warm-hearted.B. Honest and responsible.C. Unusual and confident.D. Friendly and brave.CPangolins(穿山甲) are the most trafficked(非法交易) mammals in the world and are facing extinction. To draw attention to these scaly(有鳞片的), anteater-like animals, a new wildlife documentary, Eye of the Pangolin, is attempting a unique way to inspire action and conservation. Partnering with the non-profit organization Pangolin. Africa, the documentary was made available on YouTube in May 2019. The intention is to reach communities wherever the Internet is available, especially African communities, who live near the animal’s habitats.Over two years, the documentary crew traveled to South Africa, Ghana, Central African Republic and Gabon in search of the four unique species of pangolin, which has never been achieved before. Filmmakers Bruce Young and Johan Vermeulen say that they went into the shoot knowing relatively little about pangolins, but grew to respect and appreciate the animals. Getting close to the creatures over two years was a crash course in these secretive creatures. Johan Vermeulen said, “One thing however that might seem unimportant is that they are actually quite fussy eaters. You would think they would eat any type of ant, but they all prefer a specific type ant.”Pangolins are hunted illegally across Africa for their scales, which are used for traditional medicine, and their meat. In April 2019, Singaporean customs officials conducted two separate seizures of 24 tons of pangolin scales, which equals to the death of 69,000 pangolins.Though the documentary focuses less on the trafficking of pangolins, and more on the animals in their natural habitat, the aim of the documentary is to inspire viewers around the world to call for action to end trafficking and protecting these unique creatures.Filmed on location in South Africa, Ghana, Central African Republic, and Gabon, this powerful documentary is the story of two men on a mission to get all four species of African pangolin on camera for the very first time.28. What is the purpose of the documentary?A. To study the situation of pangolins.B. To collect fund to protect pangolins.C. To raise awareness of pangolin protection.D. To propose setting up pangolin reserves.29. What is the meaning of the underlined word “fussy” in paragraph 2?A. Picky.B. Messy.C. Showy.D. Heavy.30. What’s the documentary mainly about?A. The illegal trade of pangolins.B. The medical function of pangolin's scales.C. The life of pangolins in their natural habitats.D. The efforts of Pangolin, Africa to save pangolins.31. Where is the text most likely from?A. A brochure.B. A diary.C. A novel.D. A magazine.DWind farms have been considered as the way to fight global warming, but a new study suggests they could actually heat the planet up.The study found that the US would get warmer if the number of turbines(涡轮机) were increased markedly. Researchers say they’ll require much more land than previously thought, needing five to 20 times more space than earlier studies have suggested. And winds created by vast fields of turbines could mix warm and cool air, which makes the surface quite warm.Despite the potential drawbacks, however, the researchers argue wind energy still makes more sense for the environment than fossil fuels. Study coauthor and Harvard University scientist Professor David Keith argued that, when it comes to energy production, there is no free lunch. “Wind beats coal by any environmental measure, but that doesn’t mean that its effects can be ignored. We must use fewer fossil fuels to stop carbon production. In doing so, we must make choices between various low-carbon technologies, all of which have some environmental effects,” he said.More than ten previous studies have now observed local warming caused by US wind farms. Researchers suggested that solar power offers a less damaging energy source in the fight against climate change. In terms of temperature difference per unit of energy generation, solar power has about 10 times less effect than wind, and the solar power energy is mature in a wide range of fields. But there are other considerations. For example, solar farms are dense(密集的), while the land between wind turbines can be co-used for agriculture.Tidal power is an environmentally-friendly energy source. In addition to being a renewable energy, it does not give off any climate gases and does not take up a lot of space. However, there are currently very few examples from real tidal power plants and their effects on the environment. Also, it is important to realize that the methods for generating electricity from tidal energy are relatively new technologies. It is projected that tidal power will be commercially profitable within2030 with better technology and larger scales.32. What is the purpose of the text?A. To introduce a study finding.B. To discuss the global warming problem.C. To prove the benefits of wind farms.D. To call attention to environmental protection.33. What is paragraph 2 mainly about?A. The effects of global warming.B. The reason for using wind energy.C. The disadvantages of wind farms.D. The working principle of wind farms.34. What do Professor David Keith’s words suggest?A. Producing energy is easier than before.B. Consuming energy damages the environment.C. Burning coal should be totally stopped.D. Developing low-carbon technologies is hard.35. Which is recommended considering the environment and practical use?A. Wind energy.B. Fossil fuel.C. Tidal power.D. Solar energy.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考英语考前45天大冲刺卷六

2020年高考英语考前45天大冲刺卷六注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

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AA Book Review—The Snake-Stone by Berlie DohertyThe setting: Urban England(the cities), but also rural England(the countryside) including remote English villages.The theme:The main theme is a teenage search of self-discovery, in this case the search for a mother from whom the hero was separated at an early age. Its other concerns are love, getting on with others, being persistent and courageous and trying to deal with doubts, troubles and worries. As the book moves to a close, James’ swimming coach says to him: “You are not like a kid obeying instructions any more. You are div ing like a young man who knows where he is going.”The characters: James is the hero of the story. He is a championship diver, and has a comfortable life with his foster parents(养父母). Yet he also has the qualities to take him on a long journey to find his birth mother. The other characters in The Snake-Stone, James’ parents, his diving instructor, best friend, the villagers, people he meets on his journey, are pictured realistically.The turning point:The turning point in the story comes while James’ foste r parents are away in London, and he wonders about the identity of his birth mother. The only clue he has is a fossil, “the snake stone” which she left behind along with a note on which she had written: “Take good care of Sammie.” It was written on a torn envelope with parts of an address still there.The journey: Instead of going to London, James decides to find his birth mother. With help from his geography teacher, James sets out for the remote country village where his mother might be found. James has painful, challenging, but also humorous and happy travels. The mother he finally meets, Anne, has a minor yet powerful voice in the novel. He comes to understand why she left him at a stranger’s door fifteen years before. Although the meeting is not long, it leaves him with a feeling of completeness. As a journey of self-discovery, The Snake-Stone also provides its readers with a happy ending. Its hero says, on returning to his foster parents, “I was home.”21. What is the main theme of the novel?A. Life with foster parents.B. Life in the world of diving.C. A journey of self-discovery.D. A travel around the country.22. What do the coach’s words in Paragraph 2 suggest?A. James is a successful diver.B. James is an independent young man.C. James is an outgoing young man.D. James is a hopeful swimmer.23. The snake stone in the novel is .A. a stone with an address on itB. a fossil left by the foster parentsC. a gift from the swimming coachD. a clue left by the birth motherBThe great-grandmother is learning English with the help of her family when she is at the age of 91. She hopes to use the language at next year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo. Takamizawa was one of the more than 200,00 people who requested to volunteer for To kyo’s 2020 Games. English is not required for service, but it is a useful skill for volunteers to have.But Takamizawa had not been able to learn the language when she was young. Takamizawa said that she was in high school when World War Two started. She s aid, “In my second year there, English was banned because it was the enemy language.”Takamizawa said her grandchildren helped persuade her that she was not too old to learn. “When I talked to my grandchildren about my wish, they said, ‘It’s not too late. We will teach you one word a day’”. Natsuko is Takamiz awa’s granddaughter and main English teacher. Natsuko sends a new English word to her grandmother’s phone every day. They also often work together directly on phrases that Takamizawa will need for the Olympics. “Welcome to Tokyo, this is the Olympic stadium, how can I help you?” Takamizawa answerswhen asked to say an English phrase she has learned. Natsuko explains that she wanted to give her grandmother something to enjoy. “I can clearly see her Englis h is getting better. It’s my joy now.”The EF English Proficiency Index is a measure of the level of English spoken in a country. Japan ranks 49th among countries where English is not the first language. This situation is slowly changing as younger generations welcome English. However, Takamizawa believes real change will not happen unless Japanese people become more open to the rest of the world. With around 500 days to go until the games begin, the whole Takamizawa family is ready to welcome the world to Tokyo.24. Why couldn’t Takamizawa learn English when she was young?A. Because English was useless.B. Because she was too young to learn English.C. Because English was forbidden to learn.D. Because she was unwilling to learn English.25. What can we know from the third paragraph?A. Takamizawa gets strong support from her family.B. Takamizawa’s grandchildren love her a lot.C. Natsuko is Takamizawa’s granddaughter and only English teacher.D. Natsuko teaches Takamizawa English mainly by talking with her.26. What does the underlined phrase “This situation” in Paragraph 4 refer to?A. English is not the first language in Japan.B. The level of English spoken in Japan is relatively low.C. Younger generations in Japan welcome English.D. Japanese people become open to the rest of the world.27. What is the main idea of the passage?A. Where there is a will, there is a way.B. It is never too late to learn.C. The early bird catches the worm.D. Two heads are better than one.COne of the most important things in the world is friendship. In order to have friends, you have to be a friend. But how can you be a good friend at school?Listen—Listen when they are talking. Don’t say anything unless they ask you a question. Sometimes it’s not necessary for y ou to have anything to say; they just need someone to talk to about their feelings.Help them—If your friend is ever in need of something, be there to help them. You should try to put them first, but make sure you don’t do everything they want you to do. Try to take an extra pencil or pen with you to classes in case they forget one. Have a little extra money in your pocket in case they forget something they need.Be there for them—Be there for your friends to help make them feel better in hard times. Marilyn Monroe, a famous U.S. actor, once said, “I often make mistakes. Sometimes I am out of control, but if you can’t stay with me at my worst, you are sure not to deserve to be with me at my best.” Always remember this! If you don’t want to stay with your fri ends when they’re in hard times, then you don’t deserve to be with them when they’re having a good time!Make plans—Try to make plans with your friends. Go shopping, go for ice cream, have a party, go to a movie and so on. Take time to know each other even better by doing something you both enjoy. By planning things together, you both can have a good time. And you’ll remember these things when you’re all old!28. While your friend is talking to you about his or her feelings, you should .A. give him or her some adviceB. calm him or her downC. just listen unless askedD. share your feelings as well29. When we provide help for our friends, we should .A. put them before ourselvesB. try to do everything for themC. change their bad habits firstD. ignore their faults30. What can we learn from Marilyn Monroe’s words?A. Life without a friend is death.B. A friend is easier lost than found.C. A man is known by his friends.D. A friend in need is a friend indeed.31. What is probably the best title for the test?A. How to find a good friend.B. How to be a good friend.C. How to help friends in trouble.D. How to make more friends.DEarlier this year a series of papers in The Lancet reported that 85 percent of the $265 billion spent each year on medical research is wasted because too often absolutely nothinghappens after initial results of a study are published. No follow-up investigations to replicate(复制) or expand on a discovery. No one uses the findings to build new technologies.The problem is not just what happens after publication—scientists often have trouble choosing the right questions and properly designing studies to answer them. Too many studies test too few subjects to arrive at firm conclusions. Researchers publish reports on hundreds of treatments for diseases that work in animal models but not in humans. Drug companies find themselves unable to reproduce promising drug targets published by the best academic institutions. The growing recognition that something has gone wrong in the laboratory has led to calls for, as one might guess, more research on research—attempts to find rules to ensure that peer-reviewed studies are, in fact, valid.It will take a concerted effort by scientists and other stakeholders to fix this problem. We can do so by exploring ways to make scientific investigation more reliable and efficient. These may include collaborative team science, study registration, stronger study designs and statistical tools, and better peer review, along with making scientific data widely available so that others can replicate experiments, therefore building trust in the conclusions of those studies.Reproducing other scientists’ analyses or replicating their results has too often in the past been looked down on with a kind of “me-too” derision(嘲笑) that would waste resources—but often they may help avoid false leads that would have been even more wasteful. Perhaps the biggest obstacle to replication is the inaccessibility of data and results necessary to rerun the analyses that went into the original experiments. Searching for such information can be extremely difficult. Investigators die, move and change jobs; computers crash; online links malfunction. Data are sometimes lost—even, as one researcher claimed when confronted about spurious(伪造的) results, eaten by termites(白蚁).There has definitely been some recent progress. An increasing number of journals, including Nature and Science, have adopted measures such as checklists for study design and reporting while improving statistical review and encouraging access to data. Several funding agencies, meanwhile, have asked that researchers outline their plans for sharing data before they can receive a government grant.But it will take much more to achieve a lasting culture change. Investigators should be rewarded for performing good science rather than just getting statistically significant (“positive”) but nonreplicable results. Revising the present incentive(激励) structure may require changes on the part of journals, funders, universities and other research institutions.32. What is the problem reported in those papers in The Lancet?A. Great achievements in medical research failed to get published.B. Money was wasted on follow-up investigations in medical research.C. Too many new research findings are not put into use after publication.D. Few scientists are devoted to building new technologies for mankind.33. Which of the following situation is most similar to the problem described in paragraph 2?A. A high school decides to cut its art programs due to the lack of fund.B. A patient gets sicker because he does not follow the doctor’s advice.C. A marketing firm tests a website with participants that are not target population.D. A drug company fails to produce the new drug due to no access to the latest data.34. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. Measures are taken to ensure publication of tested results only.B. Scientific experiments must be replicable to be considered valid.C. Experiment replication is unoriginal and not worthwhile.D. Rewards should be given only to those nonreplicable findings.35. The purpose of this article is to ___________.A. argue that scientific research lacks efficiencyB. explain the result of a recent scientific studyC. introduce some recent progress in medical researchD. highlight the possible problems of research studies第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考考前大冲刺卷英语五 (含答案)

2020年高考考前45天大冲刺卷英语（五）注意事项：1.答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。

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AYou can either travel or read, but either your body or soul must be on the way. The popular saying has inspired many people to read or go sightseeing. Traveling just like reading, is a refreshing journey from the busy world. Books, brain food, can keep you company on your travel.On the Road, 1957, by Jack KerouacThe book is a globally popular spiritual guide book about youth. The main character in the book drives across the US continent with several young people and finally reaches Mexico. After the exhausting and exciting trip, the characters in the book begin to realize the meaning of life. The book can be a good partner with you to explore the United States.Life is Elsewhere, 1975, by Milan KunderaJean-Jacques Rousseau once said, “Man is born free, and everywhere he is in chains.” The book tells a young artist’s romantic but miserable life, about how he reads, dreams, and has a relationship. Experience the artist’s passionate life in the book during a trip to Central Europe. The book invit es you to deeply reflect on your current life.The Stories of Sahara, 1967, by SanmaoThe book narrates the author’s simple but adventurous life in the Sahara Desert, which seems a desolate and dull place. The fancy natural scenery and life there, along wi th the author’s romantic and intensive emotion, will inspire you to explore the mysterious land. Reading the book is like participating in a dialogue with the author, who is sincere and humorous.Lotus, 2006 by AnnbabyThis novel set in Tibet, tells three people’s stories, each with their unique characteristics. It reveals modern people’s emotions and inner life, their confusion about love, and exploration of Buddhism.The book is a good partner to bring you to the sacred land Tibet.21. Which book is about the exploration of life value through a journey?A. On the Road.B. Life is Elsewhere.C. The Stories of Sahara.D. Lotus.22. Whose book could be the most suitable for your trip to Germany?A. Jack Kerouac’s.B. Sanmao’s.C. Annbaby’s.D. Milan Kundera’s.23. What can we learn from the text?A. Lotus is a religious book exploring Tibetan Buddhist culture.B. On the road advises a classic route for driving across the US.C. The stories of Sahara records its authors’ own life in the desert.BWhen I was a boy, our extended immigrant family would sometimes gather at my aunt’s tiny house over the summer. Relatives from all over the country would come in to visit. The adults would crowd together in the living room to talk and catch up on each other’s lives. And the kids would be sent out into the front yard to play when dinner was slowly cooked for all of us.Those were the days before video games, smart phones, and motorized toys, so we often ended up playing an old game. I remember one of those moments especially. As I was the youngest and smallest of all the kids there, I got caught first and couldn’t catch anyone else. My brothers and cousins were all too fast for me, and I grew more and more frustrated. I finally fell my face first into the dirt. I got up with tears forming in my eyes. Then I saw one of my female cousins Susan standing there. She started to run but was going much slower than before. I easily caught up and seized her. Then she turned to me, smiled, and said, I’m it! You’d better run! Iran off laughing with glee while she turned and started to chase others.Now I see how her act of kindness that day saved me from sadness and returned me to joy. It didn’t matter that we hardly ever saw each other. I know we are family and she loves me.In her wonderful book Box of Butterflies, Roma Downey writes, “We are all one, we all belong to each other, and we are one big, beautiful family.” Perhaps it is time that we all started to treat each other that way. Perhaps it is time that we shared our love, our kindness, our laughter, and our joy with everyone without fear. Perhaps it is time to finally and forever bring this world together in one big family reunion.24. When the adults were chatting, the kids would __________.A. play video gamesB. sit in the front yardC. learn to cook dinnerD. play traditional games25. The author was able to catch Susan because ________.A. the others ran too fastB. the author was good at runningC. Susan gave her a chanceD. Susan wanted to chase others26. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The author is grateful for what Susan did to her.B. The author can’t meet Susan any more.C. The author urges others to love their family.D. The author believes the world will become a big family.27. What could be the best title of the passage?A. A memory of my childhood.B. Sharing of goodness unites us.C. Kindness brightens our life.D. A good deed is invaluable.CPlease take a few seconds and think of your personal biggest goal. Imagine telling someone you meet today what you’re going to do. Imagine their congratulations and their high image of you. Doesn’t it feel good to say it out loud? Don’t you feel one step closer already? Well, bad news: you should have kept your mouth shut, because that good feeling will make you less likely to do it.Any time you have a goal, there is some work that needs to be done to achieve it. Ideally, you would not be satisfied until you’d actually done the work. But when you tell someone your go al and he acknowledges(认可) it, psychologists have found it’s called a “social reality”. The mind is kind of tricked into feeling that it’s already done. And then, because you’ve felt that satisfaction, you’re less motivated to do the actual hard work necessary. This goes against the traditional wisdom that we should tell our friends our goals, right?In 1982, Peter Gollwitzer, a Professor of Psychology, wrote a whole book about this. And in 2009, he did some new tests that were published. It goes like this: 163 people across four separate tests—everyone wrote down their personal goal. Then half of them announced their commitment(许诺) to this goal to the room, and half didn’t. Then everyone was given 45 minutes of work that would directly lead them towards their goal, but they were told that they could stop at any time. Now those who kept their mouths shut worked the entire 45 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said they felt they had a long way to go to achieve their goal. But those who had announced it quit after only 33 minutes on average, and when asked afterwards, said that they felt much closer to achieving their goal.28. What do the words “social reality” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. Completion of the goal.B. Necessary hard work.C. People’s acknowledgement.D. A sense of satisfaction.29. What does Peter Gollwitzer try to tell us?A. Writing down the goal is very helpful.B. Achieving personal goal needs more time.C. Keeping the goal secret makes people work harder.D. Making the goal public makes people less satisfied.30. How did Peter Gollwitzer prove his idea about people’s goal?A. By giving figures.B. By giving examples.C. By making a survey.D. By making comparison tests.31. What will probably happen if you tell your friends your goal?A. You will be more confident.B. You will not gain satisfaction.C. You are less likely to realize it.D. You’ll be much more motivated.DCompared with solar and wind energy, which are booming, tidal(潮汐的) power is a loser in the clean-energy competition. But if you did want to build a tidal power station, there are few better sites than the mouth of the River Severn, in Britain. Its tidal range, the difference in depth between high and low tides, of around 15 metres is among the largest in the world.Engineers and governments have been toying with the idea since at least 1925. But none of the suggested projects has materialised. Price is one objection. A study thought that tidal energy might cost between ￡216 and ￡368($306-521) per MWh of electricity by 2025, compared with ￡58-75 for seagoing wind turbines(轮机) and ￡55-76 for solar panels. Environmentalists also worry that any plant would change the tides, making life harder for wildlife.An engineer called Rod Rainey thinks he has a way around both problems. He plans to replace the conventional turbines of previous plans with a much older technology. Specifically, he plans to span(横跨) the river mouth with a line of water wheels. This is a design that dates back to the early days of the Industrial Revolution. Examples can be found fixed to the sides of old watermills(水磨).But there would be nothing old-fashioned about Mr Rainey’s wheels. Thirty metres high and sixty wide, they would be made from ordinary steel. Two hundred and fifty of them, along with the supporting structures, would be floated into place and secured to the seabed, creating a line 15km long. Together, theycould supply power at an average rate of 4GW. That is about as much as two biggish nuclear power stations would manage. Substituting one of the wheels with a set of locks would provide a shipping channel about twice the width of Panama Canal, permitting upstream ports such as Avonmouth and Cardiff to continue operating.32. What is special about the mouth of the River Seven?A. The tidal range there is about 15 meters.B. It has the largest tidal range in the world.C. The tidal power station has been built there.D. Its power plant makes life harder for wildlife.33. What was people’s initial attitude towards tidal power?A. Opposed.B. Supportive.C. Controversial.D. Doubtful.34. What are the locks used for?A. Support.B. Transportation.C. Securing wheels.D. Producing electricity.35. What’s the best tittle for the text?A. Rainey invented turbines.B. Rainey’s tidal power station.C. Tidal power in the River Seven.D. An old idea might be made practical.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

首师大附中2020届高三第二学期冲刺训练英语试题及答案

海淀区首都师范大学附属中学高三英语冲刺训练17:00--18:00 部分题目训练 2020.5.22完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A Different ViewAt age 14, 15 and 16, the way we looked was the most important thing in the world to us. My friends and I wanted nothing less than perfection.In high school, we joined the gymnastics team, and our 36 became even more important to us. We had no fat, only muscle. On the weekends, we would go to the beach, 37 of our flat stomachs.One summer day, all my friends were at my house 38 . At one point, I was running back to the pool. I 39 on a bee, and while it was dying under my foot, it stung(蛰) me. I instantly started to feel40 . That night, I began to run a high fever and my leg an d foot were red, hot and swollen. I couldn’t walk.I could barely 41 .When my foot started to go numb, everyone became more 42 . My foot was not getting enough blood. I had to go to the 43 , and my leg hurt as if it were badly broken. I couldn’t move. All I could do was think about how soft my middle was becoming. That 44 me more than any concern over my leg.That would all 45 when I heard the doctors mention possibly cutting off my foot. It was still not getting the 46 supply it needed. The doctors would have to speed up their treatment.Never before did I have such great 47 for my foot. And walking seemed like a 48 from the gods. Less and less would I want to hear my friends talk about 49 and who was wearing what. More and more I expected visits from other kids in the hospital, who were quickly becoming my friends.One girl came to visit me 50 . Every time she came, she brought flowers. She was recovering from cancer and felt she should come back and 51 the other patients.She still had no hair, and she was swollen from medications she had been taking. I would not have given this girl a second 52 before. I now loved every inch of her and looked forward to her 53 .Finally, I was improving and soon I went home. My leg was still swollen, 54 I was walking, andI had my foot! When I would go back to the hospital, I often saw my friend. She was still visiting people and 55 good cheer. I thought if even there was an angel on this earth, it had to be her.36. A. grades B. brains C. bodies D. clothes37. A. ashamed B. proud C. sure D. tired38. A. dancing B. chatting C. jogging D. swimming39. A. stepped B. focused C. held D. took40. A. upset B. fearful C. sick D. anxious41. A. jump B. run C. stand D. rest42. A. concerned B. relieved C. surprised D. interested43. A. beach B. hospital C. gym D. school44. A. blamed B. impressed C. shocked D. troubled45. A. change B. bother C. help D. happen46. A. nutrition B. blood C. time D. air47. A. observation B. devotion C. appreciation D. evaluation48. A. gift B. hand C. promise D. treat49. A. homework B. appointment C. movies D. gymnastics50. A. suddenly B. regularly C. eventually D. recently51. A. advise B. encourage C. serve D. instruct52. A. choice B. thought C. glance D. chance53. A. words B. ideas C. flowers D. visits54. A. but B. then C. so D. for55. A. enjoying B. gaining C. discovering D. spreading阅读理解AIn order to help customers find what they want quickly, it’s important to keep the thousands of titles in the Main Street Movies store organized properly. This section of the Employee Handbook will tell you how to organize videos.Each Main street Movies store has three main sections:1.New Releases Wall.2.Film library.3.Video Games.New Releases Wall. Almost 70 percent of movie rentals are new releases, and that is the first place where most customers go when they enter the store. The center section of shelves on this wall holds Hottest Hits. When new titles come into the store, place them on this wall in alphabetical order. The shelves beside Hottest Hits are called Recent Releases. The New Releases Wall, including the Hottest Hits and Recent Releases shelves, holds about 350 titles.Film Library. The thousands of titles in the Film Library are organized into categories. The films within each category are displayed alphabetically. Here are the categories and their two-letter computer codes:*Foreign Language titles include films that were originally made in a foreign language and films with foreign language subtitles. A sticker on the back of each box tells which type of film it is.Video Game. All the video games in Main street Movies are arranged in alphabetical order. Although video games represent only a small percentage of our inventory(库存), they are stolen more often than any other type of goods in our store. Therefore, video games are never displayed on the shelves. Shelves in the Video Game section hold cardboard with pictures and information about each game. When a customer wants to rent a particular game, you then find the game from the locked case behind the counter.56. Whom do you think this passage is most probably addressed to?A．The readers in the store.B．The manager of the store.C．The customers in the store.D．The salespersons of the store.57. In which order are the new movies moved in the store?A．From Hottest Hits to Film Library to Recent Releases.B．From Film Library to Hottest Hits to Recent Releases.C．From Recent Releases to Film Library to Hottest Hits.D．From Hottest Hits to Recent Releases to Film Library.58. Why can’t video games be seen on the shelves?A．Because they’ve been sold out.B．Because they’re in the storehouse.C．Because they’re in a locked case behind the counter.D．Because they represent a small percentage of the inventory.59. How can a customer find a film with foreign language subtitles?A. Check the computer.B. Look at the back of the box.C. Check the center section.D. Watch a few minutes of the film.BHearing VoicesWould you like to be an actor, but aren’t the right age or physical type for the part? Don’t give up: there may be a place for you in the world of voice-acting.Twenty-year-old Rickey Collins brings Tucker Foley to like in the cartoon Danny Phantom. In addition to many appearances on television and in movies, Rickey is a voice-over actor, someone we hear but don’t see. Rickey has acted since he was 6, both on and off camera. After school, his grandmother-a manager and acting coach-helped his develop his skills by doing voice exercises and reading aloud.V oice-over actors do many kinds of acting. They are the voices of cartoon characters on television, in movies and video games, and for communicating toys. In films, they replace the foreign language conversation with English version. They create crowd noises, make commercials, act in radio plays, and record telephone instructions and public announcements. They read books on tape and even record museum tours.Like other actors, voice-over actors need to understand scripts, interpret characters, and breathe correctly. They have to master voice techniques, such as pacing, volume, and range. Sometimes they use their normal voices; other times they change their voices to create different characters or noises. Rickey receives his Danny Phantom scripts only a few days before he tapes each episode(集). He rites helpful notes on the script to guide himself on speaking his part.Rickey practices, then tapes at the recording studio. He and the other cast members sit in a soundproof booth, acting out their characters as they read their lines into the microphones. “The cartoon gets createdafter we record the words, so we have to imagine everything in our mind,” days Rickey. Later, the recorded words, music, and sound effects are combined with the cartoon art to create the cartoon we enjoy on TV. Sound interesting? Maybe you can have a “voice” in acting after all!60. The sentence underlined in paragraph 2 means _______.A. Rickey draws the characterB. Rickey names Tucker FoleyC. Rickey makes the character seem realD. Rickey decides the future of Tucker Foley61. From the passage we can infer that _______.A. it’s very complex to become a cartoon film voice-over actorB. Rickey has been involved with acting most of his lifeC. Rickey was an actor when he was sixD. many people have nice voices62. Paragraph 4 mainly tells us that _______.A. a voice-over actor works very hardB. being a voice-over actor needs talentsC. being a voice-over actor requires skillsD. a voice-over actor has many techniques63. The information in this article would be most valuable to people _______.A. who want to build a career around their voicesB. who need to develop their stage-acting skillsC. who want to understand scriptwritingD. who need to practice voice exercisesCBasketball, Past and PresentIn 1891, a teacher invented a new exercise in Springfield, Massachusetts. A particularly cold winter meant that Dr. James Naismith’s students couldn’t exercise outdoors, and he needed to find a way that would both entertain them and make sure they got enough exercise. He nailed a peach basket up at one end of the gym and began to develop the rules of what is now one of the most popular sports in the world: basketball.As colleges began to adopt the game at the turn of the 20th century, basketball undertook a number of rapid changes. Five-person teams became the norm around 1898. Metal hoops replaced peach baskets in 1906. Though it was short lived, the first basketball league was formed in 1898. Under the direction of President Roosevelt, in the 1930s college sports were reorganized to change the rules, largely to prevent injury to players. This organization became the National Collegiate Athletic Association, or NCCA. The first professional league, later to become the National Basketball Association, or NBA, was put together in 1948.The game as we know it is still standardized very carefully. In the NBA and the NCAA, games are played for four quarters of 12 minutes each. A regulation court is 94 feet by 50 feet, though international basketball leagues sometimes use a somewhat smaller court. It has been suggested that because the athleticism of professional players has increased so much since 1891 the sport might be best served by increasing court size, though this change seems unlikely given the large amount of money that would be required to improve courts.Outside of the professional and collegiate leagues, there seems to be no end to the introduction of new varieties of basketball from very corner of the world: water basketball, wheelchair basketball, even a new form called slamball(极限篮球). One might even say that Dr. James Naismith’s creative achievement to sport exists in each one. And the basketball is significant for another reason: women have been playing almost since its inception: the first game of women’s basketball was played in 1891, the same year the sport was invented.64. What purpose does the first paragraph serve?A. To provide the origin of basketball.B. To stress the importance of basketball.C. To offer basic knowledge of basketball.D. To catch the reader’s attention by telling a story.65. Which of the following statements reflects the basketball in ventor’s spirit?A. Basketball is now making a large profit.B. Many new, creative varieties of basketball exits.C. Americans are still very successful at basketball.D. Basketball has become an international sport now.66. The underlined word “inception” probably means _______.A. golden ageB. beginningC. boomingD. fading periodDThe past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists(人类学家). Descriptions like “Paleolithic(旧石器时代)Man”，“Neolithic(新石器时代)Man”, e tc, neatly sum up whole periods. When the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twenty-first century, they will surely choose the label “Legless Man”. Histories of the time will go something like this:“In the twenty-first century, people forgot how to use their legs. Men and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early age. There were lifts in all large buildings to prevent people from walking. And the surprising thing is that they didn’t use their legs even when the y went on holiday. They built cable railways, ski-lifts and roads to the top of very huge mountain. All the beauty spots on earth were ruined by the presence of large car parks.”The future history books might also record that we lost the right of using our eyes. In our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the way. Air travel gives you a bird’s-eye view of the world or even less if the wing of the aircraft happens to get in your way. When you travel by car or train, the unclear picture of the countryside constantly slides over the window. When you mention the most impressive place-names in the world, the typical 21st century traveler always says “I’ve been there.”—meaning“I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere else.”When you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other place. But actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaningless. You want to move on again. By traveling like this, you skip all experience. The traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives in the present. For him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makes. He experiences the present moment with his eyes, his cars and the whole of his body. At the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tiredness. Satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers.67. Anthropologists name man nowadays “Legless Man” bec ause _______.A．people prefer cars, buses and trains B．people travel without using legsC．lifts prevent people from walking D．people use their legs less and less68. According to the passage, what might make people lose the right of using their eyes?A．The modem means of transportation. B．A bird’s-eye view of the world.C．The unclear sight from the vehicles. D．The fast-paced life style.69. From the passage, we know traveling at high speeds means _______.A．appreciating beautiful scenery B．experiencing life skillsC．focusing on the next destination D．feeling physical tiredness70. What does the author intend to tell us?A．Modem transportation devices have replaced legs.B．Traveling makes the world a small place.C．Human’s history develops very fast.D．The best way to travel is on foot.第二节（共5小题:每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出恩给你填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考英语阅读理解+完型填空冲刺练习(含答案解析)

2020年高考英语阅读理解+完型填空实战训练（限时：60分钟完成）【名师精选试题，值得下载练习】完形填空When 25-year-old Hayden first walked by the Be the Match booth on her way to Auburn University in 2015, she immediately felt the need to 36 as a bone marrow（骨髓）donor. Little did she know the selfless 37 would actually save Skye Savren-McCormick, a 1-year-old with a rare form of childhood leukemia, from 38 nearly a year later. Flash forward to 2018, and Hayden 39 a sweet offer to Skye, who’s now 3 years old, by asking her to be the 40 in her wedding.Although Hayden was well 41 that getting Skye’s family to make the trip down to Alabama from California was easier 42 than done, she was determined to give it a43 ."I knew that was a far-fetched （牵强的）idea, 44 I wanted them to know how45 to my heart because I’ve felt a special honored I would be and that they’re that46 with her since the transplant date," she said. "They told me they would be honored,but they weren’t sure if Skye would be able to 47 due to her immune system but thatthey were not saying ‘no’ and would let me know."48 , once April rolled around, Skye was no longer on 49 and that meantone thing: the Savren-McCormick clan could watch Hayden say "I 50 " on June 9."I met Skye and her family face-to-face on Friday night before rehearsal," 51 Hayden. "I cannot describe the emotions that 52 my mind when I got to hug her andher family 53 . I had a rehearsal outfit as a gift for her, and watching her pull thetissue paper out of the bag and helping her open it made me 54 . Skye’s mom, Talia,55 of tears asked her who I was and she said ‘Hay Hay’— I could have cried a(n)hearing those words in her sweet voice."1. A. sign up B. turn up C. make up D. show up2. A. gesture B. professor C. service D. manner3. A. dying B. growing C. quitting D. leaving4. A. stretched B. received C. extended D. posted5. A. assistant teacher B. wedding hostess C. bridesmaid D. flower girl6. A. afraid B. aware C. awake D. asleep7. A. arranged B. invited C. pronounced D. said8. A. rise B. look C. shot D. lift9. A. but B. and C. though D. because10. A. precious B. special C. natural D. important11. A. communication B. responsibility C. expectation D. connection12. A. understand B. recover C. travel D. please13. A. Fortunately B. Naturally C. Actually D. Obviously14. A. credit B. oxygen C. purpose D. experiment15. A. make B.do C. matter D. promise16. A. complained B. suggested C. indicated D. explained17. A. flooded B. flashed C. troubled D. tested18. A. in chief B.in order C.in person D.in reality19. A. break B. melt C. freeze D. think20. A. bottle B. mountain C. bunch D. ocean阅读理解ADeep among the streams and kauri trees of rural south Auckland, New Zealand's newest and most alternative school is in session. The weather is fine so a bout of (一次) fishing is in order, followed by lunch cooked on an open fire. Homework and classes? Indefinitely dismissed.“We are called a school but we look nothing like any school out there，”　s ays JoeyMoncarz, cofounder and head teacher at Deep Green Bush School. “We don't do things like telling kids it is time to write or learn math. When they are interested in doing it, they do it.Moncarz is an exmainstream teacher. After five disappointing years in mainstreamschools in New Zealand he quit to found Deep Green Bush School, which has a roll of eight,and no classroom walls, time out chairs (罚坐椅) or tests.Concerned that mainstream schools were not preparing children for the global problemsof the future —　such as climate change —　Moncarz imagined a totally different kind ofeducation, rooted in the primal skills of hunting, gathering and survival. If the weather allows,pupils spend the majority of their day outdoors, exploring the New Zealand bush, learning tofish and hunt, trapping possums and learning about the plants and animals of their home. Themore traditional school skills, such as reading, writing and arithmetic, are acquired at theirown pace, after they begin showing an interest in them.“We don't have what you'd traditionally consider problem kids，” says Moncarz. “Ourparents saw their kids were unhappy and stressed in mainstream education and they startedquestioning: Is it normal or right for kids to come home stressed and unhappy? Having taughtin a mainstream school, I'd say most kids are stressed and unhappy.”Bush School is registered with the Ministry of Education as an independent school, andtherefore does not have to abide_by the standard New Zealand curriculum, although it issubject to ministerial regulation.Inspired by the Sudbury Valley School in the US, which in turn was inspired by A. S.Neill's Summerhill School in the UK, since launching in January Moncarz has been fieldingrequests from around New Zealand and abroad to open chapters of Bush School in places asfar a field as China and Europe.Moncarz insists that the school isn't an “experiment” in education, and is based on two million years of evidence of how parents have raised their kids, at one with nature.want to be one of a kind. We want to replace mainstream schools，” said Moncarz.1．What can the students do in Deep Green Bush School?A．Learn more practical living skills.B．Attend more diverse athletic contests.C．Study traditional courses more effectively.D．Join in environmental protection more actively.2．Why did Moncarz set up Deep Green Bush School?A．To help problem kids.B．To reduce parents' burden.C．To reform the traditional school system.D．To conduct an educational experiment.3．What does the underlined part “abide by” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?A．Obey. B．Assess.C．Monitor. D．Replace.4．What is the education system of Deep Green Bush School like?A．Unpractical and rigid.B．Unsatisfactory but strict.C．Unremarkable but fruitful.D．Unconventional and popular.任务型阅读In workplaces and families across the world, people tend to communicate on the Internet.We send endless emails; we video chat rather than travel across the town to meet. Actually,sitting down and interacting with someone in person can seem like a rare luxury nowadays.But as technology develops, are we losing our ability to connect and empathize (移情) withothers?Empathy is the ability to feel another person’s emotions and understand his/her views. In the past few decades, r esearchers have emphasized our ability to literally read others. Thetheirway we usually try to detect other people’s emotions is through their facial expressionseyes in particular. We are told that “the eyes are the windows of the soul, and eye contact is certain critical in empathy.However, empathy relies on more than reading facial expressions. New researchsuggests our voice can greatly help us connect. A new study by Michael Kraus from YaleUniversity has found that our sense of hearing may be even stronger than our sight when itcomes to accurately detecting people’s emotions. In other words, you may be able to sense someone’s emotional state even better over the phone than in person. Kraus conducted threeexperiments to arrive at the conclusion. In all these experiments, the participants gave the best performance when they only heard peoples voices (compared to when they looked at facial expressions alone, or looked at facial expressions and heard voices).In several follow-up studies, Kraus directed his attention to why the voice is such a powerful mode of empathy. He asked the participants to discuss a difficult work situation over a video conferencing platform using either just the microphone or the microphone andthe video. Once again, the participants were more accurate at detecting people's emotions in voice-only calls. When we only listen to the voice, he found, we simply focus more on the nuances (细微差别) as the speakers express themselves.How can we get better at interpreting emotions in the voices of our coworkers and loved ones? There isn’t much research so far exploring this question specifically. One study on babies, cries suggested that parents with more musical training were better at distinguishing cries of distress from other types of cries. But, really, we might not need much training. Kraus found that, once you remove other inputs (like facial expressions), your attention naturally sharpens when it comes to voice messages. B esides, the human ability to catch nuances in voices may have offered a strong evolutionary advantage to our ancestors, which helped ensure survival.You’re more emotionally on the phoneA question to answer ●Nowadays (1)▲　communication has gained greatpopularity, which dramatically (2) ▲　real-life interactions.In such a situation, can we still connect and empathize with others?A (3) ▲　belief about empathy ●Humans tend to understand what other people are (4)▲　bydetecting their facial expressions, especially from their eyes.A new study about empathy ●The new study was (5)▲　on three experiments, whichsuggested that the participants were most (6) ▲　in detecting people's emotions when they only heard their voices.A(n) (7) ▲　of the new study ●The voice is a powerful mode of empathy, because it makes pe o plestay (8) ▲　on the voice messages.Other discoveries ●According to a study on babies' cries, musical training is a (9)▲　to better ability to listen for empathy.●The ability to listen was an important reason why our ancestors wereable to (10) ▲　.参考答案完形填空【语篇导读】Hayden 上大学时，签署了捐献骨髓自愿书，没想到一年以后，救了一位一岁女孩儿的性命。

江西省麻山中学2020年高考考前45天大冲刺卷英语三(word版包含答案,无听力)

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AAbout National Geographic KidsNational Geographic Kids magazine offers a fresh new look for today’s kids! Each issue （期）is jam-packed with great stories about wildlife, adventures, other kids, animals, sports, science, technology, wonderful places in the world, popular culture, and more cool stuff— all designed to keep kids reading, thinking, learning and having fun! For ages 6-12.Every edition of National Geographic Kids contains a superb combination of photos, fun facts, and articles presented in a cheery style, making it perfect for keeping kids’ attention. Your children can explore ancient civilizations on one page, come face-to-face with overseas wildlife on another, and turn the next page to do projects, which are often perfect for homework. There are always plenty of gross/interesting facts about animals that your children are certain to share with you, or they can turn to the page that gives them the low-down on their favorite star.A gift subscription to National Geographic Kids is perfect for young readers, who are interested in the world around them.21. How will the MagazineLine staff deal with dissatisfied purchasers?A. Give a 100% cash refund firstB. Offer a 50% discount to them.C. Do everything to satisfy them.D. Allow them to cancel subscription.22. Which description is true about National Geographic Kids?A. It is a perfect gift for readers.B. It adds to kids’ homework.C. It is cheaper to be bought on the newsstand.D. It refers to many fields.23. Who is the article mainly intended for?A. Children.B. Parents.C. Teachers.D. Managers.BLaura Sides was a psychology major at the University of Nottingham in 2004. She first noticed signs of her dad’s developing dementia(痴呆) when she moved to Nottingham. She said, “Dad was a doctor, so he knew exactly what had happened to him, but people try to hide it when they are ill. Then, I came home for my 21st birthday and arranged to meet him, but he never showed up as he’d forgotten. That’s when I knew something serious had happened.”So, aged 21, she decided to leave university and look after him herself. She lived close by, popping in every day to make sure he was eating, and that the house was tidy, before heading off to her work.Besides challenging moments, there was a time when looking after her dad was a pure joy. “We’d wake up, I’d ask what he wanted to do that day, and however ridiculous the adventure is, off we’d go.”Sadly, in 2009, 5 years later, Laura lost her father. Before he died, Laura went to a hospital appointment with him, where doctors mentioned that his form of Alzheimer’s disease was genetic meaning there was a fifty-fifty chance that she had inherited it. For several years Laura agonised over whether to be tested, finally finding out in August 2017 that she has the APP gene, meaning that, like him, she will develop the condition within a decade.At first, she struggled, feeling as if her life lacked purpose. Then, during a sleepless night in the summer of 2018, she decided at around 2 a.m. to enter the 2019 London Marathon sponsored by the charities Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s Research UK.100%Satisfaction GuaranteeYour purchase of National Geographic Kids is backed by our 100% satisfaction guarantee. If you (or your recipient) are not completely satisfied with your magazine, let us know and we will do whatever it takes to make it right—even a 100%cash refund(退款) if you choose.She hoped to start the conversation around early-onset Alzheimer’s disease and to encourage people to talk about it more openly. “I remember when Dad was ill, people wouldn’t know how to react, but I want to be honest and open,” she added. “The more information we can get, the less of a taboo(忌讳) we will feel. That said, the support I’ve received so far after going public has been amazing—that’s what is carrying me through.”24. Laura noticed her father’s dementia when .A. her father told her his condition in personB. people nearby informed her of his father’s conditionC. her father forgot his own birthday partyD. her father forgot to attend her 21-year-old birthday party25. The underlined word “agonised” in Paragraph 4 probably means .A. excitedB. struggledC. shockedD. delighted26. Laura started the open talk in the hope of .A. getting people to talk about Alzheimer’s disease openlyB. earning some money to help treat her Alzheimer’s diseaseC. making herself stronger to fight against Alzheimer’s diseaseD. raising funds for charities Alzheimer’s Society and Alzheimer’s disease Research UK27. Which words can best describe Laura?A. Caring and positive.B. Careful and honest.C. Patient and cautious.D. Devoted and modest.CAccording to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, 33 percent of coral reefs(珊瑚礁) are in danger. One of the victims is the Great Barrier Reef in Australia, the world’s largest coral reef system.A team of British and Australian scientists banded and came up with a solution to revive one of the world’s seven natural wonders. They used underwater loudspeakers to attract fishes to the dead coral reefs to help them restore. The groundbreaking process is known as “acoustic(声音的) enrichment”.Loudspeakers are placed on patches of dead corals in the Great Barrier Reef. After careful observation, researchers discovered a favorable result—nearly twice as many fish arrived—and stayed, as compared to parts where there was no sound from speakers.“Healthy coral reefs are remarkably noisy places—the crackle of snapping shrimp and the whoop of fish combine to form a biological soundscape. Young fish home in on these sounds when they’re looking for a place to settle.” said Professor Steve Simpson at the University of Exeter.Reefs become quiet when they are decarded(退化), as the shrimps and fish disappear. “By using loudspeakers to restore this lost soundscape, we can attract young fish back again,” Simpson added. “Fish are crucial for coral reefs to function as healthy ecosystems…Boosting fish populations in this way could help kick-start natural recovery processes, counteracting(抵消) the damage we’re seeing on many coral reefs around the world.” he said.Despite this groundbreaking discovery, we still have our work cut out for the preservation of coral reefs. The average water temperatures are rising, and problems such as overfishing and pollution are still among the pressing issues at hand. Also, further research is still needed to understand how loudspeakers influence the behavior of aquatic(水中) creatures fully.Nevertheless, hope is still visible for the degraded coral reefs. The authors of the acoustic enrichment study remain to be optimistic in the power of music and sound to restore the reef’s abundant marine population.28. How does “acoustic enrichment” function according to the text?A. By scaring the enemy of fishes.B. By making degraded reefs noisier.C. By appealing to young fishes.D. By making fishes multiply faster.29. What does Prof Simpson think of bringing fish back?A. It can help rebuild the coral reefs’ ecosystem.B. It can benefit the other lives in the ocean.C. It can make the ocean noisier and cleaner.D. It can improve the food chains of the ocean.30. What can we infer from the last two paragraphs?A. The research has achieved a complete success.B. It is tough to restore the damaged coral reefs.C. Global winning is the biggest reason for reef victims.D. Music and sound benefit endangered animals.31. What is the text mainly about?A. The threats coral reefs face nowadaysB. The world’s biggest coral reef systemC. Various reasons why corals are threatenedD. A novel approach to degraded coral reefsDClaude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ... the art world has never lacked talent. And now,a new painter is ready to join the list, although this one isn’t even human.Next month, auction house(拍卖行) Christie’s Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of art created by artificial intelligence for sale. The painting is a portrait of a man called Edmond De Belamy, and is expected to be sold for up to $10,000 (69,000 yuan).The work, which features a man with a mysterious look on his face, was created by software developed by the French art group Obvious. Laugero-Lasserre, an art collector from France, called the work “ridiculous and amazing at the same time”. This isn’t the first example of AI-produced artwork, as AI has already been used to write poems and compose songs. However, many people doubt whether it should be called art at all.According to Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, art is about creating emotion. It’s “a means of … joining people together in the same feelings”, he once said.So, if the emotion behind art is what makes the art, the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from other species. And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers. Together, they “fed” the AI a huge collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own.The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new artistic movement. However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high-tech artists just yet.32. Why are Monet, Picasso and da Vinci mentioned at the beginning of the passage?A. To list world famous talented artists.B. To introduce a new painter as great as them.C. To show the prosperity of the art world.D. To highlight the inhuman painter by contrast.33. Why does the painting mentioned in Paragraph 2 gain special concern?A. It’s the first AI-produced artwork for sale.B. It’ll be auctioned in a famous auction house.C. It’s the portrait of a man with mysterious look.D. Its auction price is expected to be the highest.34. Which of the following statement may Leo Tolstoy agree with?A. AI technology is a tool for artistic creation.B. AI is taught to express human emotions in art.C. AI copied paintings of the14th-18th centuries.D. AI art joins people together in the same feelings.35. What might be the future of the new artistic movement?A. Popular.B. Unclear.C. Predictable.D. Unacceptable.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

2020年高考英语考前45天冲刺试卷十一(Word版附答案)

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AMonthly Talks at London Canal MuseumOur monthly talks start at 19:30 on the first Thursday of each month except August. Admission is at normal charges and you don’t need to book. They end around 21:00.November 7thThe Canal Pioneers, by Chris Lewis. James Brindley is recognized as one of the leading early canal engineers. He was also a major player in training others in the art of canal planning and building. Chris Lewis will explain how Brindley made such a positive contribution to the education of that group of early “civil engineers”. December 5thIce for the Metropolis, by Malcolm Tucker. Well before the arrival of freezers, there was a demand for ice for food preservation and catering, Malcolm will explain the history of importing natural ice and the technology of building ice wells, and how London’s ice trade grew.February 6thAn Update on the Cotsword Canals, by Liz Payne. The Stroudwater Canal is moving towards reopening. The Thames and Severn Canal will take a little longer. We will have a report on the present state of play.March 6thEyots and Aits-Thames Islands, by Miranda Vickers. The Thames had many islands. Miranda has undertaken a review of all of them. She will tell us about those of greatest interest.Online bookings:/bookMore into:/whatsonLondon Canal Museum12-13 New Wharf Road, London NI 9RT www.canalmuseum.mobiTel: 020 ********21. When is the talk on James Brindley?A. February 6th.B. December 5th.C. November 7th.D. March 6th.22. What is the topic of the talk in February?A. The Canal Pioneers.B. An Update on the Cotsword Canals.C. Eyots and Aits-Thames Islands.D. Ice for the Metropolis.23. Who will give the talk on the islands in the Thames?A. Miranda Vickers.B. Malcolm Tucker.C. Chris Lewis.D. Liz Payne.BI want to talk about a soldier. I saw him yesterday as my husband and I were enjoying a wonderful lunch in the cave-like dining room of an old hotel.It is hard to imagine being comfortable in a room that probably seats a thousand, but the real magic of the place is its wonderful setting. Every comer is a wood and stone masterpiece, with high glass windows that look out to the huge cliffs of the valley.A man entered with his family and took a seat. He wasn’t in uniform, but he walked with the dignity of a soldier, and a slight limp(瘸). My suspicion was confirmed when he removed his hat and placed it on the table where I could see it. Embroidered(绣) on the cap were the words: “Iwo Jima Survivor”.As they were waiting for lunch, the others talking happily, this gentleman was stating out of the window. He was content to be left out of the conversation and allowed to take in the wonderful and impressive view of the waterfall.I watched him, and imagined how much horror he had seen in the war. What losses did he suffer, and how many friends did he lose? What he had witnessed should have given him a good reason to lose faith in the world. Yet this tired soldier was smiling at the sky, at the sun and the roaring of the waterfall. Somehow, after everything, the world was still beautiful to him.I walked over to him and said, “Excuse me, sir. I’m sorry to interrupt, but I saw your hat, and I just wanted to say thank you for serving.”He looked up at m e, surprised, and said proudly, “You’re welcome, and thank you, too.”I told him I would go home and tell my children about this experience that I’d met him.24. The place where the author enjoyed lunch was ______.A. only open to people of the upper classesB. once visited by many famous peopleC. attractive because of its beautiful surroundingsD. modeled on scenes from American history25. What do we learn from the passage?A. The author at first thought the gentleman was famous.B. The gentleman stood out because of his uniform.C. The gentleman’s family didn’t like to talk with him.D. The gentleman wasn’t expecting the author to thank him.26. What encouraged the author to talk to the soldier?A. His disability.B. His loneliness.C. His contribution to his country.D. His bravery to fight in the war.27. What is the author’s attitude towards the soldier?A. Admiring.B. Satisfied.C. Sympathetic.D. Doubtful.COsaka, Japan—Defending champions China lifted the FIVB Women’s Vol leyball World Cup trophy(奖品) with perfect 11 straight wins after easing past Argentina 3-0 here on Sunday. With their eleventh win at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women’s World Cup, China won the FIVB Women’s Volleyball World Cup.This year, the World Cup has been played across different cities, and Team China had training sessions even on traveling days when some participating teams chose to rest up after a tiring flight. “Coach Lang focuses on details of the technique in the training sessions, and I feel our team has become more balanced.” Captain Zhu Ting said. This firm approach explains how China managed to turn the table against the United States at the World Cup. Never giving up, especially in adversity, that’s what the spirit of Chinese women’s volleyba ll means.When the team struggled, Zhu was always there, doing whatever was needed to carry the team forward. That’s why she has become a national volleyball icon, just like “Iron Hammer” Lang. As for Lang, she took over the flag from her former coach Yua n Weimin, who was behind China’s rise in the beginning. From coach Yuan to coach Lang, and spiker(主攻手) Lang to spiker Zhu, the flag bearers may have changed over time, but the craving for championships and the steely desire and determination remain the same.Volleyball is a team sport and behind the on-court team. There is always a supportive coaching team and staff. Lai was one of the members. Shouldering responsibilities as both vice director of China’s Volleyball Management Center andas assistant coach. Apart from coordinating between coaches and players, Chinese coaches and foreign coaches and sometimes within Chinese coaches, she also has to do chores. During Rio 2016, assistant coach Yuan Lingxi headed for the arena(竞技场) at 6 am every day to film the matches and would return to the Olympic Village at 2 am when he would start analyzing China’s opponents and file reports. There are many Lais and Yuans that are not known by the public, but who remain indispensable for the team to overcome difficulties and reach their peak.28. What does the underlined word “lifted” probably mean in paragraph 1?A. Raised.B. Won.C. Beat.D. Expected.29. What does the spirit of Chinese women’s volleyball mean according to paragraph 2?A. Being a special team.B. Sticking to the end.C. Winning every game.D. Training hard every day.30. Why does Zhu Ting become a national volleyball icon?A. She wins many awards in the World Cup.B. She keeps strong desire and determination.C. She takes lots of training after the tiring fight.D. She does almost everything to help the team forward.31. What does the author intend to convey in the last paragraph?A. Hard work is vital in volleyball matches.B. The coach has a great influence on players.C. The staff behind the on-court team is also important.D. Understanding opponents is necessary to win the game.DA warm drink of milk before bed has long been the best choice for those wanting a good night’s sleep. But now a study has found it really does hel p people nod off(打瞌睡) —if it is milked from a cow at night.Researchers have discovered that “night milk” contains more melatonin(褪黑激素), which has been proven to help people feel sleepy and reduce anxiety(焦虑). The study, by researchers from Seoul, South Korea, involved mice being fed with dried milk powder(奶粉) made from cows milked both during the day and at night. Those given night milk, which contained 10 times the amount of melatonin, were less active and less anxious than those fed with the milk collected during daytime,according to the study published in The Journal of Medicinal Food.Night milk quickened the start of sleep and caused the mice to sleep longer.While the effect of cow milk harvested at different time has not been tested on humans up to now, taking melatonin drugs has been suggested to those who have trouble falling asleep at night.Previous(以前的) studies have also showed that milk can be excellent for helping sleep because of the calcium content, which helps people to relax.32. According to the text, the mice fed with daytime milk_______.A. started sleep more easilyB. were more anxiousC. were less activeD. woke up later33. Which of the following is true of melatonin according to the text?A. It’s been tested on mice fo r ten years.B. It can make people more energetic.C. It exists in milk in great amount.D. It’s used in sleeping drugs.34. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Night Milk and SleepB. Fat Sugar and HealthC. An Experiment on MiceD. Milk Drinking and Health35. How does the author support the theme of the text?A. By giving examples.B. By stating arguments.C. By explaining statistical data.D. By providing research results.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。

赢战2020高考英语百日冲刺卷 10(含解析)

赢战2020高考英语百日冲刺卷10第一部分阅读理解(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A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

ACrazy-Creative Traditions in SchoolsHere are a few schools’ crazycreative traditions that will probably have you wish to go there so you could celebrate in all the graduation fun. Learn about them all in the below.Attire(服装) and Flowers at College of CharlestonYou fashionista will love this one. During the December ceremony, women wear black dresses and men wear black tuxedos(无尾礼服). During the May ceremony, women wear white dresses and men wear summer tuxedos. It’s also been a tradition since the 1930s to carry flowers onto the stage：women carry bouquets of six red roses in a red bow and men wear a single red rose boutonniere(胸花). So classy!Hoop Rolling at Wellesley CollegeThis allwomen’s college tradition was originally held on May Day, but it’s now held in April. The purpose was to allow students to essentially leave all their worries behind and just participate in some fun games outdoors. Back in the day, it was said that the winner of the hoop rolling race was the first to be married, and in the 1980s she would be the first to be a CEO. Nowadays, the winner would be the first to achieve her own happiness...that is, after being thrown into Lake Waban by all her classmates.Fabric and Green Grad Recycling Program at the University of New HampshireYou’ll absolutely love this tradition. UNH’s vendor provides wrinkleresistant caps and gowns made of recycled plastic bottles. Graduates then have the opportunity to donate their gowns to be cleaned and reused. Graduates are still able to keep their caps and tassels as keepsakes, all while helping to save the environment.1．If you want to participate in the December ceremony, you can choose ________．A．College of CharlestonB．Wellesley CollegeC．University of New HampshireD．Oxford University2．Hoop Rolling at Wellesley College is aimed at enabling the students to ________．A．be a CEO B．have funC．achieve happiness D．be married3．What are UNH’s caps and gowns made of?A．Flowers. B．Silk and cotton.C．Leather. D．Recycled plastic bottles.BWhen I was three years old, I couldn’t speak. It was a strange reality that none of the doctors I visited could understand.One day, I was shadowing(尾随) my mother. She found herself looking in a mirror, and through it our eyes met. She began to speak to me through the reflection, and I slowly began to mimic(模仿) her mouth’s mo vements until I formed a word.It turned out that I’m deaf in my left ear, and have a slight problem in my right. Being hard of hearing has been difficult, but I’ve never lived in a state of selfhating sorrow. Imagine being able to shut out all sound as you lay your head down to sleep by simply rolling over onto one side. That’is my reality when I sleep on my good ear，and it makes me feel like a superhero sometimes.People call my deaf side my “bad ear”，but when I wear my hearing aid, I have access to a range of features that some other deaf people don’t. In cinemas, for example, with one click of a button I can enjoy a whole film as though it we re whispered to me from the mouths of the actors.Owning a hearing aid hasn’t always felt good, however. On the first d ay I got my aid, when I was eight, I took it to school for show and tell. As I explained how it worked to my classmates, a boy yelled out, “Aren’t those for old men？” At that moment, I felt different. It took a long time for me to get over that sense of being so unlike my peers.But it’s not just schoolkids who can make us deaf and hardofhearing people feel like burdens. Every video on social media that lacks subtitles(字幕), for example, means an entire community of deaf people is unable to enjoy it. Completely deaf people are excluded from enjoying many movies too, as subtitles in cinemas are almost impossible to find.And with hearing aids costing around $2, 500 each, it can be hard for many people to afford to be able to listen to things that others take for granted. As for me, I can listen to music, enjoy films, and catch conversations I’m lucky. I’m deaf, but I can still hear everything. I’ve been blessed with wonderful life experiences, and I am human. And when it comes to sleeping, I’m even superhuman.4．How does the author view his hearing difficulty?A．It’s a disaster and causes him a lot of trouble.B．It gave him a chance to experience something special.C．It made him feel embarrassed in front of his classmates.D．It helped him to live in his own world without being interrupted.5．What can be inferred from the passage about the author?A．He was born deaf.B．He is optimistic and helpful.C．His family and classmates have supported him a lot.D．The hearing aid brings much convenience to his daily life.6．What is the author’s attitude toward his life?A．Grateful. B．Anxious.C．Excited. D．Disappointed.7．What is the author’s main purpose in writing the passage?A．To give advice on life to disabled people.B．To show how difficult life is for disabled people.C．To share his experience of treating a disadvantage with gratitude.D．To show the convenience a hearing aid could bring.CIt is generally acknowledged that young people from poorer socioeconomic backgrounds tend to do less well in the education system. In an attempt to help the children of poor families, a nationwide program called Head Start was started in the US in 1965. A lot of money was poured into it. It took children into preschool institutions at the age of three and was supposed to help them succeed in school. But the results have been disappointing, because the program began too late. Many children who entered it at three were already behind their peers in language and intelligence and the parents were not involved in the process. At the end of each day, “Head Start” children returned to the same disadvantaged home environment.To improve the results, a nother program was started in Missouri that concentrated on parents as the child’s first teachers. This program was based on researc h showing that working with the family is the most effective way of helping children get the best possible start in life. The four-year study included 380 families who were about to have their first child and represented different socioeconomic statuses, ages andfamily structures. The program involved trained educators visiting and working with the parent or parents and the child. The program also gave the parents some guidance, and useful skills on child development.At three, the children involved in the Missouri program were evaluated with the children selected from the same socioeconomic backgrounds and family situations. The results were obvious. The children in the program were more advanced in language development, problem solving and other intellectual skills than their peers. They performed equally well regardless of socioeconomic backgrounds or family structures. The one factor that was found to affect the child’s development was the poor quality of parentchild interaction. That interaction was not necessarily bad in poorer families.The Missouri program compares quite distinctly with the Head Start program. Without a similar focus on parent education and on the vital importance of the first three years, some evidence indicates that it will not be enough to overcome educational unfairness.8．What caused the failure of the “Head Start” program?A．The large number of poor families.B．The disapproval from children.C．The late start of the program.D．The long period of time.9．What do we know about the “Missouri” program?A．It focused on the children’s first school teachers.B．It helped the children return to the same home.C．It made the children improved in many aspects.D．It gave the parents advice on their development.10．According to the passage, what is likely to influence children’s performance?A．The number of family members.B．The parent-child communication.C．The intelligence of their parents.D．The teacher-student relationship.11．How does the author develop the passage?A．By listing figures.B．By making comparisons.C．By presenting ideas.D．By drawing conclusions.DIn the story of the Crow and the Pitcher from Aesop’s Fables, a thirsty crow drops stones into a narrow jar to raise the low level of water inside so he can take a drink.Now scientists have evidence to back up that story. Crows actually do understand how to make water displacement(排水量) work to their advantage, experiments show. The results suggest that the birds are, at least in some aspects, as smart as first-graders.Researchers, led by Sarah Jelbert at the University of Cambridge, presented six crows with tubes containing water. Inside the tubes, a worm or a piece of meat on a piece of wood was floating, just out of reach of the crow. In front of the tubes, the researchers arranged several rubber erasers that would sink, and some plastic objects that would float. The crows found out that they could drop the erasers into the tubes in order to raise the water level and get their snack.However, the birds handled awkwardly in experiments in which they could choose to drop objects in either a wide tube or a narrow one to get a snack, the researchers said. Dropping objects into a narrow tube would lift the water level by a greater amount and put the treat within reach after just two drops; while it took around seven drops to raise t he snack to the same level in the wide tube. The crows obviously didn’t real ize this, and most of them went for the wide tube first.Previous studies showed that chimps and human children can solve similar tasks. 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