天津市滨海新区高三联谊四校联考英语试题

2020届天津市滨海新区高三联谊四校联考英语试题
学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________
一、单项选择
1．—I have something urgent to do. Can I borrow your car?
—Yes, ________!
A．I like it B．with pleasure C．by all means D．I quite agree 2．Students will have their temperatures measured at school gates and must show a "green" health code on a special app that a person's infection risk.
A．celebrates B．cancels C．calculates D．combines 3．After work I went to the box office to buy the tickets for My People, My Country, only to be told there was ___left.
A．nothing B．none C．no one D．neither 4．— The girl became the first Chinese signer to stand on the famous international stage. — She _____ put a lot of work into it.
A．must have B．should C．must D．should have 5．You can imagine Li Ziqi, a Chinese woman in a field, ________ in traditional clothing, and picking flowers to create makeup for her cheeks.
A．to dress B．dressing C．was dressing D．dressed
6．In order to lose weight, the young lady prefers to ______ regularly rather than take expensive weight-losing pills.
A．hang out B．leave out
C．work out D．figure out
7．__________ Beijing Opera to the basic education in China is a big step to promote traditional art.
A．Adding B．Added
C．Add D．Having added
8．Anyone with common sense is able to make the proper decision and do ______ suits the occasion best.
A．no matter what B．no matter how C．whatever D．however 9．Because society ________ so rapidly during the last few years, the gap between the generations has become larger.
A．changed B．had changed
C．has been changing D．was changed
10．5G is an exciting mobile technology, ________ will give a massive boost to smart cities and vehicles.
A．where B．when C．that D．which
11．In his daily life, the student ________ ignore work, study, and other activities to check his phone for messages.
A．fluently B．frequently C．immediately D．practically 12．Many countries have a Mother’s Day, ________ they don't always fall on the second Sunday in May.
A．when B．though C．as D．once 13．Dr. Andrew Morgan, _____headma ster of the school, told us, “_____fifth of students here go on to study at first-class universities.”
A．不填; A B．不填; The C．the; The D．a; A 14．—Do you think I should have a record of the medical workers who risked their lives to come to the aid of Hubei, Mary?
—If I were in your shoes, I certainly would.
A．None of your business. B．It depends.
C．Why not? D．I don’t think so.
15．________ the quickening pace of life, competition goes increasingly fierce in all respects of life, bringing great pressure as well as plentiful chances to everyone.
A．In spite of B．By means of
C．On account of D．In terms of
二、完形填空
Some of the greatest problems we face today are concerned with the gradual destruction of our environment. Brown clouds; wildlife 16 ; polluted water. These
17 all seem so huge. So my family does what we can. We take cloth bags to stores instead of using plastic bags. We walk where we don’t have to 18 .
But does it do any good?
I recently learned something about flamingos (火烈鸟). These beautiful birds gather in
19 groups of a thousand or more. Every year, when the time 20 for migration, a few flamingos start the process by taking off from the lake. But 21 of the others seem
to notice, so the tiny group returns.
However, the next day they 22 again. This time a few more struggle along with them, but the vast majority still 23 no attention, so these pioneers come back.
The 24 continues for several more days. Every time a few more birds join in but, 25 the thousands of others still take no 26 , the great migration plan is once again 27 .
Then one day something 28 . The same small group of birds takes wing and a tiny number more join in, just as before. And this time their total number, though still quite
29 , is enough to tip the balance. As one, the whole group takes flight and the migration
30 . What a 31 sight it must be – thousands of flamingos taking to the sky at once!
A few can make a 32 . It’s true that all of the great problems of the world have been solved because of the 33 efforts of a few.
If you believe in a cause (事业), don’t 34 ! Others will someday take notice and together we will 35 even our greatest problems.
16．A．protection B．extinction C．migration D．separation 17．A．questions B．costs C．examples D．problems 18．A．drive B．run C．cycle D．stand 19．A．tiny B．different C．huge D．similar 20．A．comes B．passes C．varies D．moves 21．A．all B．any C．none D．most 22．A．gather B．try C．sing D．appear 23．A．attract B．require C．escape D．pay 24．A．plan B．trend C．activity D．movement 25．A．since B．though C．unless D．while 26．A．responsibility B．notice C．chance D．measure 27．A．put off B．cut off C．carried out D．worked out 28．A．approaches B．works C．changes D．disappears 29．A．significant B．reasonable C．adequate D．small 30．A．continues B．delays C．finishes D．begins 31．A．familiar B．strange C．magnificent D．unrealistic 32．A．point B．decision C．difference D．mistake 33．A．useless B．tireless C．extra D．special
34．A．give up B．give in C．give away D．give out 35．A．identify B．understand C．predict D．solve
三、阅读选择
Here are four pieces of news from China Daily.
SHANGHAI — The Huachen Group recently held a meeting in Shanghai to show the use of its newly opened tourism business payment network. The network aims to serve tourists from all over the world, but especially from Europe and the United States where credit cards are popularly used. After opening the website, netizens can get information about hotels and tourism services on tourism page. Hotels and services can be reserved and payments made through credit cards. The network opened in February in Beijing.
SYDNEY —The Sydney Olympic flame will travel underwater on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef during the torch relay following a successful test. Scuba diver Wendy Craig, a marine biologist, will carry the torch on a three-to-four-minute underwater journey at Agincourt Reef on June 27, creating Olympic history, organizers said yesterday. Burning at 2000 degrees, the torch is expected to remain a light three meters underwater because of the special technology which creates a fierce flame that can not be drowned out by water.
Charles Tegner, managing director of torch creator, said the flame would burn like a flare (照明弹) from oxygen-producing chemicals.
BEIJING — The election of a new leader in Taiwan can not change the fact that Taiwan is a part of Chinese territory. “Taiwan Independence” in whatever form will never be allowed, according to a statesman of China’s central government.
“We should listen to what the new leader in Taiwan says and watch what he does. We will observe where he will lead cross-Straits (海峡两岸) relations. We are willing to exchange views on cross-Straits relations and peaceful reunification with all parties, organizations and personages in Taiwan who favor the one China principle,” says the statesman, which was released by the Taiwan Affairs Office of the CPC Central Committee.
HAIKOU — Customs officers in Haikou recently stopped a boat loaded with 781 cases of foreign-brand cigarettes being smuggled (走私) into China. The smuggled cigarettes cases, packed into two containers, were disguised to avoid being examined. The boat was registered in the coastal city of Xiamen in East China’s Fuji an Province. All eight suspects aboard the boat were kept by the police in Haikou.
36．Why does the network aim to serve tourists especially from Europe and the USA? A．Because they are from developed countries.
B．Because the payments of hotels and services should be made through credit cards. C．Because people in these countries travel much more than other countries.
D．Because it is more convenient for them to surf the Internet.
37．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second piece of news? A．The whole torch relay will be held three-four metres underwater.
B．The underwater journey of the torch will play an important part in Olympic history. C．A test has been made before this activity.
D．Some chemicals will help the flame burn by producing oxygen.
38．Which is the best title for the third piece of news?
A．Ready to Fight
B．No Good End
C．Wait and See
D．Peace Comes First
39．Which of the following best explains the underlined word disguised in the last piece of news?
A．made different from normal
B．designed for a good purpose
C．divided
D．pretended
All through the long summer vacations, I sat on the edge of the street and watched enviously the other boys on the block play baseball. I was never asked to take part even when one team had a member missing — not out of special cruelty, but because they took it for granted I would be no good at it.
I would never forget the wonderful evening when something changed. The baseball ended about eight or eight thirty when it grew dark. Then it was the custom of the boys to sit at a little stoop (门廊), mostly talking about the games played during the day and of the game to be played tomorrow. Then long silences would fall and the boys would wander off one by one. It was just after one of those long silences that my life as an outsider changed. I can no longer remember which boy it was that summer evening who broke the silence with a question; but
whoever he was, I nod to him gratefully now. “What’s in those books you’re always reading?” he asked casually. “Stories,” I answered “What kind?” asked somebody else without much interest.
Nor do I know what drove me to behave as I did, for usually I just sat there in silence, glad enough to be allowed to remain among them; but instead of answering his question, I told them for two hours the story I was reading at the moment. The book was Sister Carrie. They listened bug-eyed and breathless. I must have told it well, but I think there was another and deeper reason that made them so keen an audience. Listening to a tale being told in the dark is one of the most ancient of man’s entertainments, but I was offering them as well, without being aware of doing it, a new and exciting experience.
The next night and many night thereafter, a kind of unspoken ritual (仪式) took place. As it grew dark, I would take my place in the center of the stoop and begin the evening’s tale. Some nights, in order to taste my victory more completely, I cheated. I would stop at the most exciting part of a story by Jack London or Bret Harte, and without warning tell them that that was as far as I had gone in the book and it would have to be continued the following evening. It was not true, of course; but I had to make certain of my new-found power and position. I enjoyed the long summer evenings until school began in the fall.Other words of mine have been listened to by larger and more fashionable audiences, but for that tough and athletic one that sat close on the stoop outside the candy store, I have an unreasoning love that will last forever. 40．Watching the boys playing baseball, the writer must have felt _____.
A．special and different
B．bitter and lonely
C．pleased and excited
D．disturbed and annoyed
41．The writer feels grateful even now to the boy who asked the question because the boy
_____.
A．broke the long silence of that summer evening
B．liked the book that he was reading
C．invited him to join in their game
D．offered him an opportunity that changed his life
42．According to Paragraph 3, story-telling was popular among the boys basically because _____.
A．the story was from a children’s book
B．the boys had few entertainments after dark
C．listening to tales was an age-old practice
D．the boys didn’t read books by themselves
43．Sometimes the writer stopped at the most exciting part of a story to _____. A．experience more joy of achievement
B．play a mean trick on the boys
C．add his own imagination to the story
D．help the boys understand the story better
44．What is the message conveyed in the story?
A．Reading is more important than playing games.
B．Friendship is built upon respect for each other.
C．One can find his position in life in his own way.
D．Adult habits are developed from childhood.
People have grown taller over the last century, with South Korean women shooting up by more than 20cm on average, and Iranian men gaining 16.5cm. A global study looked at the average height of 18-year-olds in 200 countries between 1914 and 2014.
The results reveal that while Swedes were the tallest people in the world in 1914, Dutch men have risen from 12th place to the top with an average height of 182.5cm. Latvian women, meanwhile, rose from 28th place in 1914 to become the tallest in the world a century later, with an average height of 169.8cm.
James Bentham, a co-author of the research from Imperial College, London, says the global trend is likely to be due primarily to improvements in nutrition and healthcare. “An individual's genetics has a big influence on their height, but once you average over whole populations, genetics plays a less key role,” he ad ded.
A little extra height brings a number of advantages, says Elio Riboli of Imperial College. “Being taller is associated with longer life expectancy,” he said. “This is largely due to a lower risk of dying of cardiovascular disease among taller people.”
But while height has increased around the world, the trend in many countries of north and sub-Saharan Africa causes concern, says Riboli. While height increased in Uganda and Niger during the early 20th century, the trend has turned backwards in recent years, with height
decreasing among 18-year-olds.
“One reason for these decreases in height is the economic situation in the 1980s,” said Alexander Moradi of the University of Sussex. The nutritional and health crises that followed the policy of structural adjustment, he says, led to many children and teenagers failing to reach their full potential in terms of height.
Bentham believes the global trend of increasing height has important implications. “How tall we are now is strongly influenced by the environme nt we grew up in,” he said. “If we give children the best possible start in life now, they will be healthier and more productive for decades to come.”
45．What does the global study tell us about people's height in the last hundred years? A．There is a remarkable difference across continents.
B．There has been a marked increase in most countries.
C．The increase in people's height has been quickening.
D．The increase in women's height is bigger than in men's.
46．What does James Bentham say about genetics in the increase of people's height?
A．It counts less than generally thought.
B．It outweighs nutrition and healthcare.
C．It impacts more on an individual than on a population.
D．It plays a more significant role in females than in males.
47．What does Elio Riboli say about taller people?
A．They tend to live longer. B．They enjoy an easier life.
C．They generally risk fewer fatal diseases. D．They have greater expectations in life. 48．What do we learn about 18-year-olds in Uganda and Niger?
A．They grow up slower than their peers in other countries.
B．They are actually shorter than their earlier generations.
C．They find it hard to bring their potential into full play.
D．They have experienced many changes of government.
49．What does James Bentham suggest we do?
A．Watch closely the global trend in children's development.
B．Make sure that our children grow up to their full height.
C．Try every means to protect our environment.
D．Ensure our children grow up in a more ideal environment.
An introduction to this book is as superfluous as a candle in front of a powerful searchlight. But a tradition of publishing seems to require that the candle should be there, and I am proud to be the one to hold it. About ten years ago I picked up from the pile of new books on my desk a copy of Sons and Lovers, and I started to race through it with the immoral speed of the professional reviewer. But after a page or two I found myself reading, really reading. It is a masterpiece in which every sentence counts, a book packed with significant thought and beautiful, attractive phrases, the work of a remarkable genius whose gifts are more richly various than those of any other young English novelist.He is Lawrence.
To appreciate the rich variety of Mr Lawrence, we must read his later novels and his volumes of poetry. But Sons and Lovers reveals the range of his typical power. Here are combined and blended(混合的) sort of “realism” and almost lyric(抒情的) description and rhythm. The speech of the people is that of daily life and the things that happen to them are normal adventures and accidents; they fall in love, marry, work, fail, succeed, and die. But of their deeper emotions and of the relations of these little human beings to the earth and to the stars, Mr Lawrence makes something near to poetry and prose(散文) without violating its proper “other harmony”.
Take the marvellous paragraph on next to the last page of Sons and Lovers(Mr Lawrence depends so little on plot in the ordinary sense of the word that it is perfectly fair to read the end of his book first):
Where was he? One tiny upright speck of flesh, less than an ear of wheat lost in the field. He could not bear it. On every side the immense dark silence seemed pressing him, so tiny a spark, into extinction, and yet, almost nothing, he could not be extinct. Night, in which everything was lost, went reaching out, beyond stars and sun, stars and sun, a few bright grains, went spinning round for terror, and holding each other in embrace, there in the darkness that outpassed them all, and left them tiny and daunted(气馁). So much, and himself, infinitesimal, at the core a nothingness, and yet not nothing.
Such glorious writing lifts the book far above a novel which is merely a story. I beg the reader to attend to every line of it and not to miss a single one of the many sentences that await and surprise you. Some are enthusiastic and impressive, like the paragraph above; others are keen, “realistic” observations of things and people. In one of his books Mr Lawrence makes a character say, or think, that life is “mixed”. That indicates his philosophy and his method. He
blends the accurately literal and trivial(琐碎的) with the extremely poetic.
To find a similar blending of tiny daily detail and wide imaginative vision, we must go back to two older novelists, Hardy and Meredith. I do not mean that Mr Lawrence derives(源于) directly from them or, indeed, that he is clearly the disciple(弟子) of any master. I do feel simply that he is of the elder stature(名望) of Hardy and Meredith. When I first tried to express this comparison, this connection, I was opposed by a fellow­critic, who pointed out that Meredith and Hardy are entirely unlike each other and that therefore Mr Lawrence cannot resemble both. To be sure, nothing is more hateful than forced comparisons, nothing more boring than to discover similarities between one work of art and another. An artist's mastery lies in his difference from other masters. But to refer a young man of genius to an older one, at the same time pronouncing his independence and originality, is a fair, if not very superior, method of praising him.
50．The underlined word “superfluous” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ________. A．meaningful
B．fundamental
C．unnecessary
D．fashionable
51．What is typical of Lawrence's works?
A．They reveal his genius power.
B．They contain lots of great lyric poetry.
C．They focus on relations between humans.
D．They present some real living situations.
52．What does the author want to illustrate by including one paragraph from Sons and Lovers? A．The language in Lawrence's books is elegant.
B．It is wise to read Lawrence's books from the end.
C．Lawrence is not capable of telling good stories.
D．The plot of the novel has little to do with daily life.
53．Who were Hardy and Meredith?
A．They taught Lawrence literature when he was young.
B．They were the realistic novelists of Lawrence's time.
C．They were novelists who resemble each other in writing.
D．They were novelists combining details with imagination.
54．According to the author, what does an artist's mastery mean?
A．He must be happy to be compared.
B．He must have personal diversity.
C．He must have the critical spirits.
D．He must be a man of genius.
55．What is the author's purpose in writing the passage?
A．To introduce Lawrence's novel Sons and Lovers.
B．To show his experiences of reading classics.
C．To analyze Lawrence's writing characteristics.
D．To compare the styles of different novelists.
四、阅读表达
Bert Kate, my grandfather, celebrated his 90th birthday in November 2016. Bert loved sports and was an enthusiastic Yankees (an American professional baseball team based in the New York City) fan, so it was no wonder that over the years, he was an avid (热切的) listener to WFAN radio and, in particular, the afternoon show hosted by Mike Francesa.
Bert had health issues in his later years that limited his mobility, and when he lost his vision three years ago, his attachment to his radio and Francesa became more pronounced. He just loved listening to Mike talk about sports and his Yankees each afternoon. Those hours brought him so much pleasure.
Of course, Mike will be leaving Dec.15,2017 after 30 years at the station. Mike lives in the same community where I work on Long Island, and I have gotten to know him over the past 20 years. So when my grandfather was approaching his special birthday the year before last year, I asked Mike for a favor: to call Bert and wish him a happy birthday.
Mike agreed without hesitation. Two days before the special day, Mike stopped at my workplace. I called Bert at his nursing home and put Mike on the phone. It was a complete surprise to Bert. Mike spent more than 10 minutes wishing Bert a happy birthday and, of course, talking about the Yankees.
When my family celebrated Bert’s birthday two days later, he couldn’t stop talking about the phone call. Over his lifetime, he said it was one of the nicest things anyone had ever done for him.
Unfortunately, Ben’s health declined last year and he passed away July 13,2017. But even
in his final months in the hospital and nursing home,he always had a radio set to WFAN to listen each afternoon to Mike Francesa.And he also had the memory of that special phone call for his 90th birthday.
56．Why did Bert listen to WFAN radio for many years? ( no more than 10 words)
__________________________________________________
57．What does the underlined word mean in Paragraph2? (1 word)
__________________________________________________
58．What happened two days before Bert’s birthday? ( no more than 10 words)
__________________________________________________
59．What is the best title for the text? (no more than 5 words)
__________________________________________________
60．What do you think of the author? Please explain. (no more than 20 words)
___________________________________________________
五、提纲类作文
61．假设你是晨光中学学生会主席李津，为了提升同学们的环保意识，你校准备于下周六开展“垃圾分类助推活动”，你将代表学校在学校的动员大会上发言，呼吁同学们积极参加活动，并介绍活动的具体安排，内容包括：
1.活动的原因及意义
2.活动当天的具体安排
3.报名方式
注意：
1.词数不少于100；
2.可适当加入细节，使内容充实、行文连贯；
3.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

提示词：垃圾分类garbage sorting
Good morning, everyone! It’s my honor to be here to share my opinions on garbage sorting.
___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________
Thank you!
参考答案
1．C
【详解】
考查情景交际。

句意：我有急事要做，能把你的车借我用一下吗？好的，当然可以。

A. I like it我喜欢它；B. with pleasure乐意效劳。

C. by all means当然可以；D. I quite agree我十分同意。

通过答句中的yes可知，是非常愿意借车的。

故此题选C。

2．C
【详解】
考查动词词义辨析。

句意：学生将在校门口测量温度，并且必须展示特殊的应用程序上的“绿色”健康代码，这个应用程序可计算出人的感染风险。

A. celebrates 庆祝；B. cancels 取消；C. calculates计算；D. combines结合。

根据句意，这里要表达的是该应用程序可以计算一个人的感染风险，故选C项。

3．B
【详解】
考查代词辨析。

句意：下班以后我去买《我的人民，我的国家》的票，结果被告知没有票剩下了。

Nothing灭什么，指物；none没什么，既可以指人也可以指物，有特定的范围限制。

no one=nobody指人。

nether指两者都不。

根据句意是指票没有了，有票这个范围限制。

故B 正确。

4．A
【详解】
考查情态动词+完成式。

句意：——这个女孩成为了第一个登上著名国际舞台的中国歌手。

——她一定花了不少功夫。

固定结构：must have done意思是“一定是做某事了”，表示对过去事情有把握的肯定推测。

结合句意，故选A。

5．D
【详解】
考查形容词短语作伴随状语。

句意：你可以想象李子柒，一个中国女人，穿着传统服装，在田野里采花，为她的脸颊化妆。

固定短语：be dressed in“穿着……”。

此处是形容词短语作伴随状语，修饰主语的状态。

故选D。

6．C
【解析】
试题分析：考查固定短语。

句意：为了减肥，年轻女性更倾向于规律性地做运动而不是去吃昂贵的减肥药。

hang out闲逛; leave out遗漏; work out锻炼；解决; figure out解决，想出;根据句意，故选C。

考点：考查固定短语
7．A
【解析】
【详解】
考查动名词做主语。

句意：把京剧加入到中国基础教育中是提升传统艺术的一大步。

根据句意可知句子缺主语，故用动名词做主语。

故选A。

8．C
【详解】
考查连接词辨析。

句意：任何有常识的人都能做出正确的决定，做最适合这个场合的事。

A. no matter what 无论什么，只能引导状语从句；B. no matter how无论怎样，只能引导状语从句；C. whatever一切，可引导名词性从句和状语从句；D. however不管怎样，不管多么，可引导名词性从句和状语从句。

分析句子结构可知此处为宾语从句，故排除A、B选项，且从句中缺少主语，结合句意应用whatever引导。

故选C。

9．C
【详解】
考查动词时态。

句意：因为在过去几年社会变化非常快，不同年代的人之间的代沟也变得更大。

主语society和谓语动词change之间是主动关系，根据时间状语“during the last few years”并结合下文“the gap between the generations has become larger”可知，此处描述最近几年一
直不断发生的事情对现在造成的影响，并且动作还有可能持续下去，所以用现在完成进行时。

故选C项。

10．D
【详解】
考查定语从句。

句意：5G是一项令人兴奋的移动通讯技术，它将极大地推动智能城市和汽车的发展。

5G作为先行词是一个事物，定语从句中又缺主语并且前还有逗号，所以不能用that，只能用关系代词which。

故此题选D。

11．B
【详解】
考查副词词义辨析。

句意：在日常生活中，这个学生经常忽略工作、学习和其他的活动来查看手机上的信息。

A. fluently流利地；B. frequently频繁地；C. immediately立刻；D. practically 实际地。

通过题干要表达的意思可知，这个学生忽视学习和工作来查看手机信息，这是频繁发生的事情。

故此题选B。

12．B
【详解】
考查连接词辨析。

句意：许多国家都有母亲节，尽管它们并不总是在五月的第二个星期天。

A. when当……时候；
B. though尽管；
C. as正如，当……时候；
D. once一……就……。

本句为让步状语从句，表示“尽管”应用though引导。

故选B。

13．A
【详解】
考查冠词。

句意：该校校长安德鲁·摩根博士告诉我们，“这里五分之一的学生会继续在一流大学学习。

”某一区域的最高职务在句中作同位语、表语和补足语时前面不用冠词，所以第一空前不用冠词；分数的表达方法是：分子用基数词，分母用序数词，分子超过1时，分母用复数形式，第二空指“五分之一”，所以用one或a。

故选A。

14．C
【详解】
考查情景对话。

句意：——Mary，你觉得我应该把冒着生命危险去湖北救助的医务工作者的名单纪录下来吗？——为什么不呢？如果我站在你的立场上的话，我一定会的。

分析句子可知，前一句使用了Do you think…?一般疑问句就某事进行提问，答句中“I certainly would”表明肯定的回答，why not意为“为什么不呢？”表示肯定的含义。

故选C。

15．C
【解析】
试题分析：C考查固定搭配。

A.In spite of不管，无视；B.By means of以，依靠，借助于；
C.On account of因为，由于，为了。

句意：由于生活步伐的加速，生活中的各个方面竞争都很激烈，而这样给每个人都带来了很大的压力以及丰富的机会。

根据对句意的理解可知此句中空缺部分的意思是因为、由于，故选C。

考点：考查固定搭配
16．B
17．D
18．A
19．C
20．A
21．C
22．B
23．D
24．B
25．A
26．B
27．A
28．C
29．D
30．D
31．C
32．C
33．B
34．A
35．D
【分析】
本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，作者从那些准备迁徙的火烈鸟先行者身上认识到少数人也可以产生大影响，最终会带领大多数人行动起来解决我们与环境被破坏有关的大问题。

16．考查名词词义辨析。

句意：棕色云;野生动物灭绝;被污染的水，这些问题看起来都很严重。

A. protection保护；B. extinction灭绝；C. migration迁移；D. separation分离。

此处与Brown clouds和polluted water并列是三个严重的问题，指的是野生动物灭绝，故B项正确。

17．考查名词词义辨析。

句意同上。

A. questions提问；B. costs花销；C. examples例子；D. problems问题。

根据第一句中的“problems”可知，这些问题看起来都很严重，故D项正确。

18．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：我们步行去不需要开车去的地方。

A. drive开车；B. run跑；
C. cycle骑自行车；
D. stand站。

根据本空前的“We walk where we don’t have to”可知，我们步行去不需要开车去的地方，故A项正确。

19．考查形容词词义辨析。

句意：这些美丽的鸟聚集成上千只甚至更多的大群。

A. tiny微小的；B. different不同的；C. huge 巨大的；D. similar相似的。

根据空后的“groups of a thousand or more.”可知，一个鸟群有很多只火烈鸟，规模非常大，故C项正确。

20．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：每年，当迁徙的时候，一些火烈鸟会从湖中起飞。

A. comes 到来；B. passes经过；C. varies不同；D. moves移动。

the time comes for...表示“到……的时候了”，故A项正确。

21．考查代词词义辨析。

句意：然而，其他的火烈鸟好像并没注意到，于是这一小群火烈鸟又飞回到湖面上。

A. all所有；B. any任何；C. none一个也没有、没有人；D. most大多数。

根据空后的“so the tiny group returns.”可知，其他的火烈鸟中没有人注意到，于是这一小群火烈鸟又飞回到湖面上，故C项正确。

22．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：可是第二天，这些少数的先行者会继续尝试起飞（准备迁徙）。

A. gather聚集；
B. try尝试；
C. sing唱歌；
D. appear出现。

根据空后的“This time a few more struggle along with them”可知，第二天，这些少数的先行者会继续尝试起飞（准备迁徙），故B项正确。

23．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：这一次又有一些与它们一起起飞，但绝大多数仍然不理会，所以这些先行者又回来了。

A. attract吸引；B. require要求；C. escape避开；D. pay给予。

pay no attention to表示“不理会”，故D项正确。

24．考查名词词义辨析。

句意：这种趋势（尝试）要持续好多天。

A. plan计划；B. trend趋势；C. activity活动；D. movement运动。

此处指火烈鸟起飞准备迁徙的尝试，故B项正确。

25．考查连词词义辨析。

句意：由于成千上万的火烈鸟仍然没有注意到，大迁移计划再次被推迟。

A. since既然、由于；B. though尽管；C. unless除非；D. while而。

成千上万的火烈鸟仍然没有注意到是大迁移计划再次被推迟的原因，故A项正确。

26．考查名词词义辨析。

句意同上。

A. responsibility责任；B. notice注意；C. chance机会；
D. measure措施。

take no notice与上文pay no attention to意思相近，表示“没注意到”，故B项正确。

27．考查动词短语辨析。

句意同上。

A. put off推迟；B. cut off切断；C. carried out实施；D. worked out算出。

根据上文先行者又飞回来可知，迁徙计划被推迟了，故A项正确。

28．考查动词词义辨析。

句意：但有一天，事情发生了变化。

A. approaches靠近；B. works 起作用；C. changes改变；D. disappears消失。

根据空后的“The same small group of birds takes wing and a tiny number more join in, ”可知，情况发生了改变，又有一些火烈鸟加入，故C。