2020年高三英语寒假作业 (3)

高三英语试卷（23）一、单项填空1. ---What do you think of the superstar Huang Xiaoming?---He is a good husband, ___ a lot of actors may not, and he is a good son-in-law as well.A. whoB. whichC. whomD. where2. You really want my opinion of this young man? Ok, then. I would say he didn’t quite behave himself in the party, ________.A. if everB. if soC. if anyD. if anything3. With a violent effort, Mathilde Loisel overcame her grief and replied, “Nothing. Only I haven't address. Give your invitation to some friend of yours whose wife will ________ better than I shall.A. turn outB. carry outC. give outD. come out4. It was only when I read Story of the Stone a second time ____ a better understanding of therelationships of the characters in it.A. did I haveB. that I hadC. I did haveD. had I hadually in a family, parents should always watch out for their behavior. As what they do will casta ________ for the children and help them to see what they will be and what they will do in the future.A. glanceB. doubtC. shadowD. vision6. ---You didn’t go to Europe, why?---I this morning, but I to Shanghai because of an emergency.A. was to start; am goingB. was scheduled to start; will goC. should have started; am goingD. would like to start; will go7. The new product is beyond all praise and has quickly taken over the market ___ itssuperiorquality. A. in terms of B. by virtue of C. on behalf of D. on top of8. The charity organization has launched various activities designed to ______ a hand of friendship to the girl with leukemia（白血病）.A. spreadB. stretchC. expandD. extend9. Each time I kept him away from us by giving him a sunny smile or a little wave, as if ________ him we were in a good state.A. assuringB. having assuredC. to assureD. to have assured10. — It annoys me when a person's cell phone goes off during a movie!— Yeah, me too. It ___________.A. really bites my tongueB. gets me to kill the fatted calfC. makes me see the handwriting on the wallD. really gets on my nerves二、完形填空Decades ago, I was one of the unhappiest men in New York. I was selling motor-trucks for a living.I didn't know what made a motor-truck run. That wasn't all: I didn't want to know. I despised (看不起）my job, I despised living in a 11furnished room filled with cockroaches (蟑螂). When I 12out for a fresh necktie, they scattered in all directions. I despised eating in dirty restaurants 13filled with cockroaches.I came back to my lonely room each night with a sick headache 14by disappointment and bitterness. Was this life? Was this the adventure I had 15? Was this all life would ever16to me —working at a job I despised, living with cockroaches, and eating bad food? I 17for leisure to read and to write the books I had dreamed of writing back in my college days.I knew I had everything to gain and 18 to lose by giving up the job I despised. So I quitted the work I hated and19I had studied in the Teachers’ College, preparing to teach, I would make my living teaching adult classes in night schools. Then I would have my 20 free to read books, prepare lectures, and write novels.What subject should I teach? As I looked back and21my own college training, I saw that public speaking was of more 22value to me than everything else I had studied in college because it had23out my lack of confidence and given me the courage to deal with people. It had also made24that leadership usually favors the man who can get up and speak his mind.Then I started teaching in night schools, where I had to show25 results quickly. These 26didn't come for college credits. They came for one reason only: to solve problems. They wanted to stand up on their own feet and say a few words at a business meeting without fainting from27. They wanted to call on a(n)28customer without, having to walk around the block three times to get up29. They wanted to develop self-confidence, I had to30my students--I had to help them. By doing this, I found my true calling and happiness.11. A. well B. cheap C. fully D. partly12. A. sought B. reached C. stood D. set13. A. abruptly B. barely C. probably D. properly14. A. fed B. raised C. aroused D. followed15. A. stepped out for B. looked forward toC. worked up toD. gone in for16. A. happen B. cater C. mean D. see17. A. asked B. longed C. searched D. went18. A. everything B. anything C something D. nothing19. A. once B. while C. since D. after20. A. moments B. days C. months D. years21 A. checked B. took C. recalled D. evaluated22. A. practical B. economical C. inner D. technical23. A. given B. wiped C. carried D. got24. A. essential B. solid C. clear D. simple25. A. concrete B. accurate C. absolute D. various26. A. salesmen B. customers C. children D. adults27. A. disappointment B. fright C. bitterness D.depression28. A. unique B. earnest C. regular D. tough29. A. Interest B. hope C. courage D. expectation30. A. assist B. organize C. lead D. motivate三、阅读理解ABiologists believe that love is fundamentally a biological rather than a cultural construct, because the capacity for love is found in all human cultures and similar behavior is found in some other animals. In humans the purpose of all the desire is to focus attention on the raising of offspring. Children demand an unusual amount of parenting, and two parents are better than one. Love is a signal that both partners are committed, and makes it more likely that this commitment will continue as long as necessary for children to reach independence. But what does science have to say about the notion of love at first sight?In recent years the ability to watch the brain in action has offered a wealth of insight into the mechanics of love. Researchers have shown that when a person falls in love, a dozen different part of brain work together to release chemicals that trigger feelings of euphoria, bonding and excitement. It has also been shown that the unconditional love between a mother and a child is associated with activity in different regions of the brain from those associated with pair-bonding love.Passionate love is rooted in the reward circuitry of the brain—the same area that is active when humans feel a rush from cocaine. In fact, the desire, motivations and withdrawals involved in love have a great deal in common with addiction. Its most intense forms tend to be associated with the early stages of a relationship, which then give way to a calmer attachment form of love one feels with a long term partner.What all this means is that one special person can become chemically rewarding to the brain of another. Love at first sight, then, is only possible if the mechanism for generating long-term attachment can be triggered quickly. There are signs that it can be. One line of evidence is that people are able to decide within a second how attractive they find another person. This decision appears to be related to facial attractiveness, although men may favor women with waist-to-hip ratio of 0.7, no matter what their overall weight is. (This ratio may indicate a woman’s reproductive health.)Another piece of evidence comes from work by a psychologist at Ben-Gurion University, who found in a survey that a small percentage (11%) of people in long-term relationships said that they began with love at first sight. In other words, in some couples the initial favorable impressions of attractiveness triggered love which sustained a lengthy bond. It is also clear that some couples need to form their bonds over a longer period, and popular culture tells many tales of friends who become lovers.One might also assume that if a person is looking for a partner with traits that cannot be quantified instantly, such as compassion, intellect or a good sense of humor, then it would be hard to form a relationship on the basis of love at first sight. Those more concerned with visual appearances, though, might find this easier. So it appears that love at first sight exists, but is not a very common basis for long-term relationships.31. When a person falls in love, _____________.A. he feels as if he were addicted to cocaine.B. he will be committed to the beloved as long as necessary.C. he will experience complex feelings brought on by different regions of his brain.D. he will experience a calmer attachment form of love before he feels the extreme love.32. We can infer from the passage that ________.A. pair-bonding love comes from a long stable friendship.B. the mechanism for creating long-term attachment ensures love at first sightC. it is impossible for those ordinary-looking people to fall in love at first sight.D. men may be attracted by a girl whose figure suggests her admirable reproductive capacity.33. The underlined word “traits” in the last paragraph probably means ______.A. characteristicsB. something typical in your temperC. particular quantities in your personalityD. attitudes that show your moral standards34. Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?A. The stages of passionate loveB. The science of love at first sightC. The biological construct of pair-bondingD.The mechanism for generating long-term lov eBIn creating A.J. Fikry’s ordinary-yet-extraordinary life, the author Gabielle Zevin has thrown every clichés(老生常谈) into the mix. The hero, A.J. Fikry, lost his beloved wife Nic in a road accident. The sales of his bookstore have been decreasing. The enthusiastic new sales representative Amelia won’t stop annoying him with new books. His rare and very valuable first edition has gone missing. But the unexpected arrival of Maya left in his care brings about a series of events with love and hope to his life.There are few real surprises in the plot and attentive readers will be able to tell where the story is headed. But that is not the point; the clichés and the predictable plot take nothing away from Zevin’s work The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry because it’s how she tells the story that first charms the readers, then holds their attention, making them read the whole book in a single sitting and finally give the book a long hug when they are finished. This book is a love letter to the joys of reading.Each chapter begins with the title of a short story or a book and a note from A.J. Fikry describing what he likes about it, essentially introducing each character by what they read. The characters are so realistic that it’s hard not to fall in love with all of them: Maya, “the fantastic book-worm,” Amelia, “the giantess” with questionable taste in fashion, Lambiase, the adorable police chief, and A.J. Fikry, the reluctant hero who hates electronic reading devices that will “send centuries of a lively culture into what will surely be a rapid decline.”The passage of time, race issues, and the bureaucratic argument of children’s services are all put aside in the telling of this story, not because there’s anything to hide or because reality is not allowed to interfere, but because the author chooses to focus on the important stuff. For example, it focuses on Lambiase who organizes a reading club for policemen at the book store. His original intention is to help promote business, but over the years he becomes a genuine book-lover, one who tends to always have simple advice for his cynical(愤世嫉俗的) friend, A.J. Fikry. “Bad timing,” Lambiase claims, “I’ve been a police officer for twenty years now and I’ll tell you pretty much every bad thing in life is a result of bad timing, and every good thing is the result of good timing.”More than anything else, this novel is not only about the selling of them or the reading of them, but how books and stories become part of our lives, how we find ourselves within what we read and how we carry books with us. It is also about the power of unexpected happiness and always believing that something wonderful is just around the corner. The Late Bloomer is the book within a book which brings together A.J. Fikry and Amel ia. It reminds them that life doesn’t follow a set script, things happen when they are meant to happen, and there is no such thing as “too late” for anything. Life is the big picture. Always look at the big picture. Enjoy it. Don’t get too concentrated on the details, because it will all be over before you know it. In the long run nobody, not even you, will remember the ordinary details because they are, in the end, quite irrelevant.A.J. Fikry’s final words of wisdom to teen-aged Maya convey the same feelings in literary terms: “We are not quite novels. We are not quite short stories. In the end, we are collected works. We have read enough to know there are no collections where each story is perfect. Some of us hit. Some miss.”35. The police chief organizing a reading club is mentioned to prove _________ in the novel.A. there is really nothing to hideB. reality is not allowed to interfereC. important stuff has been focused onD. everything is a result of timing36. What can be implied in Paragraph 5?A. The novel underlines happiness will always be around.B. The novel mainly talks about the marketing of the book.C. It is The Late Bloomer that brings A.J and Amelia together.D. It is important to do things on the basis of overall situation.37. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph most probably means _________.A. our life is full of ups and downsB. we should collect works all our lifeC. our life is closely connected with booksD. we should read books all our life38. The passage is mainly about _________.A. the extraordinary life of A.J. FikryB. the moral lesson of no “too late” in lifeC. a comment on The Later BloomerD. a review of The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry四、任务型阅读Is Cash Becoming Outdated?When he rolls into a gas station to fill his tank, Barkhad Dahir doesn’t get out of his car. He pushes a few buttons on his cellphone and within seconds he has paid for the fuel. With the same quick pushes on his phone, he pays for virtually everything he needs: groceries at the supermarket, a few oranges from a market stall, or a cup of sweet milky tea from a café. “Everyone here has his own b ank with easy access,” boasts Mr. Dahir. “Even lying in bed, you can be paying your bills.”Electronic payments offer consumers convenience, provide revenue to banks, credit card companies and payment processors, and offer merchants improved cash flow and convenience. “I don’t even carry money any more,” says Adan Abokor, a democracy activist, “I haven’t seen cashfor a long time. Almost every merchant, even hawker (小贩) on the street, accepts payment by cellphone. There’s no waiting for it and no counting of cash.”The system is impressively simple and secure. Purchases are made by dialing a three-digit number, entering a four-digit PIN, and then ent ering the retailer’s payment number and the amount of money. Both customer and merchant receive text messages to confirm the payment.Clearing up cash payments has several advantages as well. The printing and handling of money is expensive. Cash payments can be anonymous and hard to track criminal activities to be conducted in secret. Many government favor reducing cash dealings in order to better monitor and understand the activities of their citizens. The Swedish government has been discussing the removing of cash since 2010.However, some people doubt what members of a cashless society do when the power goes off. Do they choose to barter (物物交换) and rob? Do they sit at home and wait? What happens to people who rely on their cell phones to process money dealings when cell service and the Internet are interrupted? A world affected by terrorism and increasingly violent weather may not yet be ready to abandon currency. “Ironically, the day after the largest bank in Norway, DNB, proposed ending all cash dealings, I went to my local grocery store and when I tried to pay by phone, I was told that I needed to go to the ATM to get cash because the system was broken.” said an interviewee.Other people fear that electronic payments may create security and fraud risks and enable dealings to be tracked and reported.Privacy, security and convenience are all important factors in the adoption of electronic payment technology. New technologies which balance and address these factors may enable to remove cash.。