福建省莆田市仙游县度尾中学2019-2020学年高三押题卷考试英语试卷

英语试题

第I卷（选择题）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分，省略）

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）

请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

The summer holidays are coming up. It's time to fill the bookshelves with quality literature for the kids. Here are some great books.

Josephine Wants to Dance by Jackie French

Price: A$14.99 (for ages 4+)

Josephine is a kangaroo who loves to dance. Her little brother, Joey, tells her that kangaroos don't dance; they jump. But Josephine continues to point her toes and leap through the air. When a ballet group comes to town and the lead ballerina (芭蕾舞演员) is injured, Josephine is called upon to help save the day. Can she do it, and, more importantly, does it matter that she's a kangaroo?

House of Secrets by Chris Columbus

Price: A$19.99 (for ages 9+)

The Walker kids —Caroline, Brendan and Nell—may have saved the world, but they can' t save their home and must leave Kristoff House. Things can't get any worse, but then it turns out that the Wind Witch is still alive and planning an attack. To defeat her. the Walkers must return to the book world. The Walkers always help each other, but they must go it alone in their most important mission yet. And this time, if they fail, there's no chance of coming back.

Edge of Extinction Book 1 by Laura Martin

Price: AS 16.00 (for ages 9+)

If you like The Land of the Dinosaurs. You will love this book. Two hundred years ago, the first dinosaur was successfully cloned (克隆). Soon after, humans realized they'd made a big mistake. Thirteen-year-old Sky Mundy's father suddenly

disappeared five years ago. Along with her best friend，Shawn，she steps out into the world above --a world of dinosaurs --to look for him. Then she learns that everything she's been taught has been a lie.

21．Which book will you choose if your child is five years old?

A. House of Secrets.

B. Josephine Wants to Dance.

C. The Land of the Dinosaurs.

D. Edge of Extinction Book 1. 22．What can we learn about the Walker kids from the text?

A. They live in a secret house.

B. They hate each other.

C. They are afraid of the Wind Witch.

D. They have to carry out the task alone. 23．The text is especially helpful for those who .

A. are interested in raising animals

B. want to make friends during the holidays

C. plan to educate their children during the holidays

D. want to explore an unknown world during the holidays

B

Christmas Island red crabs（螃蟹）are famous throughout Australia and the world for their red color and their amazing annual migration to the sea. Millions of crabs become rivers of red as they move from the island’s inland rainforests to the ocean to lay eggs.

During migration, red crabs climb over and around obstacles(障碍物) in their way, following the same migration paths every year. The round-trip journey can last up to 60 days, and begins at the start of the wet season, usually October or November in that part of the world. Red crabs must keep their bodies wet, so they wait for the rainy season to provide conditions that are ideal for the difficult journey. The main migration activity takes place in the early morning and late afternoon, when it’s cooler and there’s more shade.

The red crabs’ breeding season is linked to the phases of the moon. The female red crabs release their eggs into the ocean at the turn of the high tide during the last quarter of the moon, which ensures the lowest sea level for the longest period of