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2023届江苏省扬州市高三考前调研测试英语试题学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________一、阅读理解Four Must-Eat Chicago SandwichesOn a hit list of Chicago’s must-eat dishes, you’ll find various meals on bread. Let’s take a look at four of them.Italian beef sandwichKnown around the city simply as a “beef”, this giant sandwich piles thinly sliced roast beef and green peppers on brown French bread, which has roots in the Italian American community in 1938. Dozens of Italian beef joints now exist in Chicago area, including Johnnie’s Beef in Elmwood Park and Plant-Based Italian Beefless Sandwich. The latter is popular among people who favor vegetable products.Italian subItalian subs exist all over the country with different names. Chicago’s version originates from Vincenzo Graziano’s first sandwich store in 1922, who came to Chicago in 1905 without any money. At J.P. Graziano, now managed by Graziano’s great-grandson Jim Graziano, the Italian sub features hot pork sausage, plus tomato, red wine vinegar, which adds a deeper, richer flavor.ReubenMade with roasted beef, Swiss cheese and salted vegetables, the Reuben was invented in the Blackstone Hotel in Omaha, Nebraska in 1925 and won the National Sandwich Idea Contest in 1956. At Manny’s, you can taste the classic Reuben served with the award-winning roasted beef, which is the restaurant’s signature.Chicago-style hot dogDating back to 1929, a Chicago Red Hot is made up of nine ingredients (原料). They include an all-beef frank, a steamed bread roll and a salad bar of toppings. As one of the city’s most popular spots for a Chicago dog, the family-owned roadside stand, Superdawg Drive-In, has served hot dogs since 1948. If you order a Chicago dog, the really critical detail is that you can’t see tomato source, which would ruin the perfect balance of the food.1．Among the four must-eat Chicago sandwiches, which one has the longest history? A．Italian beef sandwich.B．Italian sub.C．Reuben.D．Chicago-style hot dog.2．In which restaurant can you taste an award-winning sandwich?A．Johnnie’s Beef in Elmwood Park.B．J.P. Graziano.C．Manny’s.D．Superdawg Drive-In.3．Which section of a magazine is this passage probably taken from?A．Transport.B．Health.C．Travel.D．Science.When humans are feeling lonely, we can call or video chat with friends and family who live far away. But, scientists asked, what about pet parrots? New research suggests that these chatty creatures may also benefit from virtually connecting with their peers.The idea for this study was not random: In the wild, parrots tend to live in large groups. But when kept in as pets, these social birds are often on their own. Feeling bored and lonely, they may develop psychological issues and can even turn to self-harming behaviours like pulling out their feathers.In the study, researchers wanted to see whether 18 pet parrots could learn to make and receive video calls when they needed to help reduce loneliness. In the initial stage, the birds learnt to ring a bell and then touch a photo of another bird on a tablet screen to start a call to that bird. Calls would only work when caregivers were able to assist at both ends. In the second stage, the parrots could choose to call other birds at their own will by ringing the bell then selecting the bird they wanted to call. During a two-month study period, owners said they recorded 147 deliberate calls between birds.“We saw some really encouraging results from the study,” said researchers. The parrots seemed to grasp that they were truly engaging with other birds onscreen and their behaviour often mirrored what we would expect from real-life interactions between these types of birds. “She came alive during the calls,” one pet owner said about her bird, according to a Northeastern University statement.The team has previously designed similar technology such as DogPhone, which allowed pet dogs to shake a ball to communicate with their owner. “The animal Internet is already here—there are hundreds of products on the market that let pet owners interact with their animals remotely over the net, but their design is primarily focused on what humans want, not what their pets need,” Hirskyj-Douglas from the University of Glasgow added.4．Why did researchers want to teach parrots to make video calls?A．To assess the effects of video calls on animals.B．To train parrots’ communication skills.C．To help get pet parrots out of bad moods.D．To improve the relationships between parrots.5．What does paragraph 3 mainly talk about?A．The subjects of the experiment.B．The procedures of the experiment.C．Caregivers’ role in the experiment.D．The significance of the experiment.6．Why is a pet owner’s statement mentioned in the passage?A．To indicate video calls saved his parrot’s life.B．To show pet parrots like video calls very much.C．To show pet owners are satisfied with the study.D．To illustrate the study produced positive results.7．What is the difference between this study and previous ones?A．It uses the Internet technology.B．It enhances human-animal interaction. C．It satisfies pet owners’ needs.D．It focuses on animals’ needs.Benedict Morelli, one of New York’s top-rated lawyers, owns Morelli Law Firm, which has offices, lawyers, cases and experts all over the country. Benedict Morelli and his team of experienced lawyers are expert at handling a wide variety of cases, from auto and truck accidents, to construction injuries, to complex employment discrimination.One critical reason for their success is that unlike many firms, Morelli Law has the experience, patience, and resources to pursue all difficult cases. Since founding the firm, Mr. Morelli and his team have successfully dealt with an impressive list of outstanding cases in the industry. In fact, they have delivered more than a billion dollars on behalf of their clients. Impressive firm results include a $95 million settlement in a sexual discrimination case involving Aaron’s Inc., as well as a $62 million settlement for Mark Perez, a construction worker who fell from a roof and suffered a brain injury.When asked whether they would feel afraid when facing difficult opponents in court, “At my core, I’m a trial lawyer,” said Benedict Morelli. “Because of our experience and accomplishments in the courtroom, our opponents know that we’re prepared to pursue thebest result possible. Going to trial does not intimidate us.”The firm is devoted to realizing its clients’ goals both inside and outside of the courtroom. For example, in a drunk driving case, the firm worked with the client to strengthen New York laws that punish drunk drivers. This effort has made it easier for lawyers in New York to charge drunk drivers. Moreover, Mr. Moreli and his team are also committed to helping those who have been wronged achieve the justice they deserve, no matter the difficulty of the circumstances.Corporations are powerful actors in society and Mr. Morelli and his team feel fortunate to be in a position to provide the highest level of service to their clients.8．What contributes to Morelli Law Firm’s success?A．Talents, Strategies and funds.B．Attitude, passion and resolution.C．Experience, patience and resources.D．Management, devotion and knowledge.9．What does the underlined word “intimidate” in paragraph 3 probably mean? A．Scare.B．Threaten.C．Benefit.D．Excite. 10．What can we learn about the company Morelli Law Firm?A．It has made more than a billion dollars from their clients.B．It focuses mainly on bringing justice to the wrongful cases.C．It aims to help clients obtain good outcomes in and out of court.D．It works with New York to pass laws on banning drinking alcohol.11．Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A．Morelli Law Firm B．A top-rated lawyerC．Morelli and his cases D．Corporations in societyHospice (临终安养院) services benefit only about one person in three who dies in the US. “There are still over one million Americans who die each year without receiving hospice services,” according to a report produced in 2003. And for most who do get hospice care, their time in hospice is so short that staff members often lack the opportunity to provide the best care for their physical and emotional needs.There are several reasons that more patients do not go into hospice care earlier. One is that Medicare (医疗保险) doesn’t cover the cost of patients’ life-extending treatment if theyenter hospice. Medicare also requires that the doctor referring someone for hospice care must declare that the patient is expected to die within six months. As a result, some doctors hesitate about making an early referral to avoid being accused of cheating. Finally, there are simply not enough hospice centers and services available to meet the needs of dying patients throughout the country.Many patients still have some concern over how hospice works. The philosophy of hospice is to neither accelerate nor postpone death. As Dr. Matt Kestenbaum, a hospice director, put it: “We let nature take its course, and we give patients all the things they need to be comfortable.”Dying “naturally” in hospice does not deny patients the treatment for common diseases like blood clots. Hospice expenses are automatically covered by Medicare and most insurers provide hospice coverage as well.Choosing hospice care does not mean patients lose the services of their personal doctors. They can return to regular insurance benefits when they leave hospice care because their condition improves or they want a therapy the hospice does not provide.One thing bothering doctors is that patients will lose hope if they go into hospice. But the goal should be to refocus hope on what might be realistically achieved in the time remaining. A patient who enters hospice can have the opportunity to spend quality time with family and friends and settle unfinished business.12．Why don’t many patients go to hospice earlier?A．Because patients have to stay in hospice for a long time.B．Because Medicare requirements aren’t in favor of hospice.C．Because doctors can’t predict how long patients will live.D．Because most hospice services are far away from patients.13．What is the aim of hospice services?A．To extend patients’ life.B．To ease patients’ sufferings.C．To reduce patients’ costs.D．To settle patients’ business. 14．What concern might patients have about entering hospice?A．They will lose treatment for common diseases.B．Hospice can’t provide the treatment they need.C．Doctors may give them unrealistic hope.D．They will be separated from their family.15．What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?A．To criticize America’s Medicare system.B．To explain why hospice is unpopular.C．To introduce the way hospice works.D．To popularize hospice services.二、七选五Nowadays, many of us are finding ourselves tired out, struggling to build balance backprovide a range of benefits including reducing anxiety, easing mental tiredness and refreshing us. Here is some advice on how to take advantage of the healing power of water.___17___ You likely have some water close by, even if it is just a pond alongside the road. Start there. Then get out to water you can visit on the weekend or a vacation. Urban water counts—rivers, canals and fountains. ___18___ If you can’t get to actual water, then paintings, photographs, videos and movies can produce some of the same benefits. Even virtual reality helps.Go often. A little bit makes a big difference. ___19___ But an environmental psychologist found that spending a similar amount of time near water has the same benefits. Even people who look into aquariums(水族箱) have lower heart rates and better moods after just 15 minutes.Listen. One of the most calming characteristics of water is its sound, typically steady and soft. The water sounds people find having the strongest healing power are rain in a rainforest, waves patting a beach, and a running stream. When the sounds of living things are added to the sounds of water, people like them even better. Make an audio recording of your favorite water. ___20___A．Remember that all water counts.B．It will bring back happy memories.C．Stay in a place surrounded by water.D．According to researchers, water can help us.E．So does domestic water-in pools, bathtubs, even by fish tanks.F．Spending some time every day near water can speed up our recovery.G．It takes at least two hours a week in nature to improve our well-being.三、完形填空“Is there a doctor aboard?”No physician wants to hear these words while flying. We were over the North Atlantic, and my husband and I were on our way home from a European holiday. The cabin (座舱) was darkened for the inflight ___21___ when “Wake up! Oh, help!” ___22___.I was out of my seat, fast. The flight attendant and I arrived together to see a ___23___ elderly woman holding the hand of her husband, who wasn’t ___24___ to her. His head was back, his mouth open.I did a quick ___25___: irregular but steady ___26___, colour good, no evident pain, breathing regularly without ___27___. I sat on the arm of the seat, still ___28___ his pulse, and asked the woman about her husband. At 90 years old, he had a clean ___29___ history. The couple had travelled to Scotland to celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary, and they were on their way home. It had been a good holiday, but ____30____.Soon after, I reported it to the ____31____.“We can put the plane down ____32____ 20 minutes in Gander,” he told me, “or____33____ for two hours and ____34____ in Toronto. What do you want me to do, doctor?”“Put it down.” I said. It wasn’t worth taking any chances, and the safest thing was to get him hospital care quickly.Three weeks later, I received a lovely thank you note from this man, who will____35____ remain in good health for years to come.21．A．boxing B．dances C．dinner D．rest 22．A．took out B．turned out C．rang out D．put out 23．A．amazed B．frightened C．calm D．flexible 24．A．responding B．sticking C．leading D．contributing 25．A．experiment B．trick C．examination D．research 26．A．step B．pulse C．voice D．stomach 27．A．effort B．efficiency C．effect D．order 28．A．bothering B．stopping C．observing D．checking 29．A．medical B．criminal C．career D．online30．A．exciting B．tiring C．amusing D．inspiring 31．A．participant B．customer C．pilot D．passenger 32．A．for B．over C．by D．in 33．A．get on B．look on C．try on D．carry on 34．A．land B．fly C．drive D．sail 35．A．unfortunately B．hopefully C．immediately D．universally四、用单词的适当形式完成短文阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

江苏高考英语阅读理解专项训练

阅读理解Society tells us we should socialize to the fullest, and that those who are surrounded by people are the most successful and the happiest. These days, we’re almost always connected, whether in person or through our phone screens and online social networks. But there’s something to be said for solitude (独处) Being alone “ doesn’t necessarily mean ” being lonely”. In fact, spending time by yourself is an essential element of self-care.Around the globe, different cultures have wide-ranging perspectives on what it means to spend time alone. If you live or have spent time in the United States, you’re probably aware that Americans tend to reject solitude. For many younger people, weekends are packed with social activities, ranging from brunch with friends to dinner parties to game nights to drinking at bars and everything in between.The United States isn’t the only place where you’ll find a heavy emphasis on social time. Across the Atlantic, the United Kingdom is known for being an extremely extroverted (外向型的) country. A survey of Brits found that more than half had never done and would be unwilling to do activities like going to theme parks or seeing live music alone. Most Brits spend almost twice as much of their leisure time socializing with others a as they do being alone.The home can be a place of rest, relaxation and recharge-that is, if you live by yourself or have the space to be alone in your home. The country in which people are least likely to live alone is India, at about 4 percent of the population. China is also quite fond of multiple-person households, with only about 10 percent of people living by themselves. In more collectivist cultures like these, many aspects of life revolve(围绕) around community. Thus, spending time alone isn’t as ingrained (根深蒂固的) as a social convention in places like these, and the good of the group takes priority over the needs of one person.1．What can we learn from the first paragraph?A．People can benefit more from solitude.B．People tend to socialize more nowadays. C．Bring alone generally equals being lonely.D．Being alone enables people to be carefree. 2．Which of the following best describes young Americans?A．Imaginative and wild.B．Sensitive and energeticC．Outgoing and sociable.D．Optimistic and dutiful.3．How does the author prove his point?A．By making a summary.B．By drawing comparisons.C．By explaining a concept.D．By providing examples.4．Why are most Chinese people more likely to live together?A．Because they share a specific culture.B．Because they lack some local customs. C．Because they possess enough home Space.D．Because they give priority to their own needs.Heat, cold and touch are crucial for experiencing the world around us and for our own survival. But how our bodies actually do it had been one of the great mysteries (神秘) of biology. Scientists who discovered how our bodies feel the warmth of the sun or the hug of a loved one have won the Nobel Prize.David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian, from the US, share the 2021 prize in Medicine or Physiology for their work on sensing touch and temperature. They explored how our bodies convert physical sensations into electrical messages in the nervous system. Their findings could lead to new ways of treating pain.Thomas Perlman, from the Nobel Prize Committee, said: “It was a very important and profound discovery.” Prof David Julius’s breakthrough, at the University of Calfornia, San Francisco, came from investigating the burning pain we feel from eating a hot chilli pepper (辣椒) . He experimented with the source of a chilli’s heat and discovered the specific type of receptor (感觉器官) that responded to it. Further tests showed the receptor was responding to heat and kicked in at “painful“ temperatures. This is what happens, for example，if you you’re your hand on a cup of coffee.This led to a senses of other temperature sensors being discovered. Prof Julius and Prof Ardem Palapoutian found one that could detect cold. Meanwhile, Prof Patapoutian, working at the Scrips Research institute, was also analyzing cells in a dish. Those experiments led to the discovery of a different type of receptor that a was activated (激活)in response to mechanical force or touch. When you walk along a beach and feel the sand under your feet-it is these receptors that are sending signals to the brain.The first heat sensor is also involved’ in lasting pain and how our body regulates its core temperature. The touch receptor has multiple roles, from urinating to blood pressure. The Prize Committee said their work had “allowed us to understand how heat, cold and mechanical forcecan initiate the nerve impulses (刺激) that allow us to perceive and adapt to the world around us. 5．What made David and Ardem win the Nobel Prize?A．Mysterious experiences B．Biological discoveries.C．Exploration of sun heat.D．Survival in high temperature.6．What does the underlined word “convert” in Paragraph 2 mean?A．Translate.B．Persuade.C．Change.D．Lead.7．Which contributed to the discovery of different temperature sensors?A．Burning hands on a coffee cup.B．The chilli pepper experiment.C．Raising painful temperatures.D．The analysis of cells in a dish.8．What could the discovery be applied to?A．Testing blood pressure.B．Promoting beach tourism.C．Perceiving coffee color.D．Treating some diseases.When my father, who grew up on Tyneside, moved to the country in the 70s, he rapidly began accepting invitations to blood sports. He enjoyed the company, the sport and the hours spent out in the wild.From about the age of eight, I was invited to accompany him on these weekend excursions, much like a child being taken to their first football matches. I was fed up with the early starts and standing around in freezing conditions, waiting for birds to be driven into the sky, to their deaths, over a line of booming guns. But I wanted to please my dad.So years later-aged 27, I accepted an invitation to go deer hunting in Scotland with my father.The hunting party assembled one Friday in September. The driver was also our ghillie, a tough figure whose job it was to identify elderly or weak deer that were selected for hunting and guide us to them through wind, fog and rain.“Why are you doing this?” I kept asking myself. “What would have been wrong with a walk? Or a guided wildlife tour?”And then, suddenly, the ghillie almost pushed me to the ground. He pointed at a cloud of fog about a hundred yards ahead. I was baffled, until the cloud lifted like a curtain to reveal-directly in front of us one of the most magnificent living creatures I have ever seen.“Now!” the ghillie hissed in my ear. “Now’s your chance. The deer! Remember. You want tokill it, not wound it.”I adjusted my position, focused down the scope once more and placed my finger on the trigger (扳机). And, of course, I didn’t fire. Another curtain of mist came; when it lifted, seconds later, the stag had disappeared.But I wasn’t disappointed. I was elated. I had come — via a telescopic sight — face to face with an old but most beautiful, iconic and noble beasts of Britain, roaming free in an empty and deserted land of his kingdom.It was moment of truth and lasting inspiration. I could never have killed that deer-not in any context, for any reason But I would, a decade Inter, write a story about him Not just one book, but four, about little boy and the stag that persuades him to help save the world’s last remaining animals The encounter with that magnificent stag changed my life And guess what-those stories did please my dad.9．What is the writer’s inner feeling of blood sports?A．They involve various risks.B．They will lose popularity.C．They are simple but pleasing.D．They are unpleasant to deal with. 10．What does the underlined word “baffled” in paragraph 5 mean?A．Disappointed.B．Confused.C．Amazed.D．Reliable. 11．Why didn’t the writer take the shot?A．He was struck by the elderly deer.B．His sight was blocked by the mist.C．The guide found the old deer was injured.D．The deer ran away before he positioned himself.12．Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?A．A miracle adventure B．An unforgettable momentC．Wildlife tours: a way of protection D．Blood sports: an inspiration for stories Scholars have found music and language seem closely linked But how? Some similarities are obvious. Both can express emotion. And both are highly social. AI a structural level the parallel are striking too. With a limited set of notes or words, and a limited set of rules, a limitless variety of novel melodies or sentences can be created Animal communication, by contrast, is only able to convey a limited number of thoughts.Aniruddh Patel of Tufts University has argued that music and language, rather than being essentially the same, rely on the same bit of the brain. In an experiment he presented his subjects with a sentence that contained a grammatical trick ("The scientist confirmed the hypothesis was being studied in his lab"), revealing one word at a time. The subjects were to press a button for each word at their own pace. Many pushed at the unexpected “was. "The scientist confirmed the hypothesis" seemed a complete sentence.They also heard music as they performed this exercise. Some were treated to a new chord (和弦) in a pleasing progression with every word that was revealed. Others herd an annoying chord at the moment they reached the trick word "was". Both groups slowed down but those given the discordant(不和谐的) notes did so much more.Another striking contrast lies in the range of human talent for each ability. Nearly all children produce complex sentences by the age of three and become fluent speakers just a few years after that. By contrast, only a minority of adults are talented musicians; even fewer are skilled composers of new works.Victor Wooten, a music teacher, points out, children learn to talk by being constantly surrounded by fluent older speakers who are practicing with them almost from birth. Their awkward efforts are encouraged. On the other. hand, students of music often keep company with other beginners, and are stopped when having a mistake.It is not that simple, thinks Jay Keyser, a professor of linguistics. For him, music is not like spoken prose, which almost everyone can learn without any difficulties, but instead resembles a specific form of language: poetry, whose rhythm is hard to find.13．What is the similarity between music and language at the structural level?A．Both have complicated structures.B．Both have strict grammatical rules.C．Both can form unlimited structures.D．Both can express limited meanings.14．What can we learn about Aniruddh Patel's experiment?A．Different music varies greatly in the impact on people's life.B．Appreciation of music helped them understand the sentence.C．Understanding of the structure was not affected by the music.D．The discordant music made the sentence structure more difficult.15．What leads to the difference according to Victor Wooten?A．The influence cast by those around them.B．The age when they start to acquire the abilities.C．The way their mistakes in learning are handled.D．The expectations they get from those around them.16．What does Jay Keyser want to say in the last paragraph?A．It is difficult to compose music.B．Language can hardly make life fun.C．Music is not as easy to learn.D．Music comes from spoken prose.Modern zoos aim to promote animal conservation, educate people, and support further wildlife research. Staff are devoted to providing species specific housing and appropriate diets to ensure that the animals’ lives are as natural as possible within captivity (圈养).In fact, most zoo animals have been born and bred in captivity. They have never experienced “the wild”, which many people assume is a wonderful and safe place, despite destruction of natural habits for palm oil threats from climate change or the increase in poaching.There are two ways capturing animals helps conserve them. Zoo conservation work can be in-situ (在原处)where money: expertise and sometimes staff are provided to protect animals and their habitats in the wild. Large, charming animals such as pandas, tigers or elephants draw the crowds. These flagship species help to raise the image and funds for in-situ conservation efforts for the not so well known species“Ex-situ” conservation, meanwhile, takes place outside of the animals’ natural habitats, usually back at the zoo and often involving international captive breeding programs. These studbooks(良种登记册) can outline suitable genetic matches for breeding, to keep a sustainable captive population of a certain species and ensure genetic variation.In the UK a least, zoos must have a written education strategy and an active education programme.If you have been to an accredited (官方认可的) zoo recently you will have noticed they use games and technology to go way beyond these basic requirements.Research within zoos often looks at animal behaviour or welfare helping to ensure theanimals are well housed and fed. Other research investigates the impact humans have on the zoo animals from the visitor effect to the relationships which can be formed between the animals and their keepers. Research also focuses on biological functioning of animals. Much of this is work that cannot be conducted in the wild if the animals live in remote or inhospitable areas.Overall, zoos provide opportunities to observe and engage with exotic (外国的) animals, many of which may be threatened with extinction in the wild. Seeing them up close can cause a passion for biology, conservation and the environment.17．What do people think of “the wild”?A．It poses a danger to humans.B．It is perfect for large animalsC．It is an ideal habitat for animals.D．It guarantees the safety of animals.18．What highlights “ex-situ” conservation?A．Saving the conservation cost.B．Attracting more visitors to zoos.C．Keeping a species’ population stable.D．Changing the genes of a certain species.19．What is Paragraph 6 mainly about?A．How zoo keepers get along with animals.B．How zoos can contribute to research work.C．What researchers are expected to do in zoos.D．Why it is difficult to carry out research in the wild.20．What is the author’s purpose in wring the text?A．To show zoos ways to raise animals.B．To stress modern zoos research value.C．To defend zoos role in protecting animals.D．To advise zoos to release animals into the wild.My name is Destiny, working at a Psychological Counselling Center. In my teens, there was nothing special about me. My older sister, Antia, is beautiful. My younger brother, Tye, is a talent at the age 13. He completely skipped the sixth grade. How do I compete with that?My mom and I were home alone one day. I went into the room where she was watching television and I blurted out (脱口而出), “Mom, is there anything special about me?”She thought about it for a moment and then turned down TV. She took a deep breath, took my hand and exhaled (呼气).“You have the ability to say just the right thing at just the right time.”“Really? Is that it, words?” I tried to keep my voice steady (稳定的) but I could hear the anger even as I fought to control it.“It’s more than words, Destiny,” my mom said. I know my mother meant well but I felt worse than ever. I burst into tears.The next day is when my whole life changed. I went to school earlier than before and noticed Darwin sitting across the room which was strange because no one ever noticed Darwin. Suddenly, Darwin stood up and threw away all his books, shouting loudly. I could hear screaming and crying but the sounds seemed distant as I focused my full attention on Darwin six feet in front of me. I felt the words swell up in me. “Darwin,” I heard myself say with a calm, steady voice. “I have family and friends with so much talent and potential and I have none. There is nothing special about me.” From the corner of my eye, I could see others staring at me in silence. I continued talking. “You are so smart. You can answer questions that the teacher hasn’t even asked yet. Do you know that everyone in this class is envious (嫉妒的) of you?” Hearing my words, he calmed down and gave me a big hug.Then the teacher came. Learning about what happened, the teacher smiled, “That was a great job you did, young lady. Superman could not have done a better job than you did here today.” I couldn’t believe that she compared me to Super man. I work at Psychological Counselling Center now. There is a cork board over my desk filed with thank-you cards and letters from people who say they owe their lives, careers, or their families to my words. But tome, they are more than words. They are my super power!21．Why does the author mention her sister and brother?A．She is envious of them.B．She feels really proud of them.C．She wants to show family love.D．She considers competing with them. 22．What is the author’s reaction to her mother’s words in Paragraph 6?A．She said more words to her mother.B．She could hardly believe her mother.C．She understood her mother’s white lie.D．She had doubt about her mother’s love.23．What do we know about Darwin from the text?A．He quarreled with his classmates.B．He lacked great talent and potential.C．He failed again in the examination.D．He suddenly lost control for some reason. 24．Which is a suitable title for the text?A．A Brave Superman B．The Power of WordsC．A Strange Classmate D．The Future of a CareerWhen we moved into our home in Maui, Hawaii, 16 years ago, one good thing about this house was the huge avocado tree growing in the backyard.This tree gave the most delicious avocados I have ever tasted. I lived on these avocados when nursing my first child. Fresh avocado was the very first food for my kids. This tree was so huge that it cast a massive shadow over our backyard. It was truly our magical tree.Until one day, someone from the Health Department came to tell us that our avocado tree was too large and needed trimming. In New York, you get in trouble if you don’t clear the snow off your sidewalk. Here, it’s when your trees are too high. So along came the trimmer, leaving just the trunk and a few branches. I was sad. The kids were all sad. Some friends who knew it would say, “It’s going to grow back. Your next avocados will be crazy!” Yeah, whatever. The tree is gone, so stop doing that. It just didn’t work.But a few days later, I noticed some unusual butterflies flying around the yard. And then, the sun came in the kitchen, creating this pleasant warmth once blocked by the huge tree. After about a month, I started to notice some tiny green shoots coming out of the cut branches, which eventually turned into full-on bright green leaves.I started to feel like all was going to be fine, kind of like life. Little do we know what seems really difficult is actually life’s way of making us stronger. It’s life’s way of bringing in the butterflies, the sunshine, and the delightful flowers. We all know that saying, “It will be OK in the end. If it’s not, it’s not the end.”25．What is mainly conveyed in paragraph 2 about the avocado tree?A．Her kids’ love for it.B．Its fruit’s good taste.C．Her expectation of it.D．Its benefits for her family.26．Why did the author’s friends say the words in paragraph 3?A．To laugh at her.B．To cheer her up.C．To show their regret.D．To express their excitement.27．What happened to the avocado tree in the end?A．It had no branches.B．It blocked the sunshine.C．It was full of life again.D．It bore more avocados.28．What message does the author seem to convey in the text?A．You harvest what you sow.B．Luck and Misfortune comes in turn. C．Success won’t come unless you go to it.D．The important thing in life is to have a dream.Sara Braden doesn’t have time to lose things. She’s a working mom with a lot more hobbies than her friends, and when she misplaces her keys or leaves her purse at a restaurant, she becomes annoyed and impatient. “It impacts me greatly,” says Braden, 35, a Washington officer.According to a recent study led by Daniel Arely, a professor of psychology at Harvard University, Braden has ADHD, a type of attention disorder, which, she says, makes her “likely to put things in certain places and not remember where I put them.”Her anxiety is familiar to anyone whose phone is missing a dozen times a day. Such kind of mistakes might result in a constant fear: Is something wrong with me? Probably not. “It’s common and certainly annoying,” says Professor Arely. “Most of the time, losing things is a breakdown of attention and memory. We’re thinking about something else. We have other concerns occupying our attention, and then we never really add the information to memory about where we’ve put the object.”The study shows that, sometimes, people with ADHD report that losing things affects their work productivity or relationships. For example, if they can’t find their keys all the time and are late for a dinner party, they could anger their friends. In that case, it’s worth being evaluated by a doctor. Nevertheless, not all cases deserve special attention. Actually, people who have had ADHD since they were teens have nothing much to worry about. For those with ADHD, what really matters is changes from past performance.When we’re operating on autopilot and not truly focused on our surroundings, we may still lose things even with the strongest intention not to do so, Professor Arely says. But for the mostpart, he thinks people can overcome the tendency to lose things. Sara Braden has learned to adapt, in part by writing down where she has stored items. She also coaches herself not to panic when an item gets lost.29．How does the author introduce the topic?A．By offering an example.B．By quoting a remark.C．By making a comparison.D．By giving an explanation.30．What is the possible reason for people’s losing things?A．Their constant fear.B．Their common weakness.C．Their absent-mindedness.D．Their emotional breakdown.31．What should people with ADHD pay special attention to?A．Improved efficiency at work.B．Occasional delay in meeting friends. C．Losing things repeatedly since teens.D．Behavioural changes from the past. 32．What is Professor Arely’s attitude to overcoming forgetfulness?A．Positive.B．Sceptical.C．Tolerant.D．Conservative.A satellite is about to demonstrate a new way of capturing space junk with magnets for the first time. With the frequency of space launches dramatically increasing in recent years, the potential for a disastrous collision above Earth is continually growing. Now, Japanese orbital clean-up company Astroscale is testing a potential solution.The firm’s End-of-Life Services by Astroscale demonstration mission is scheduled to lift off on 20 March aboard a Russian Soyuz rocket. It consists of two spacecraft: a smaller “client” satellite and a larger “servicer” satellite, or “chaser”. The smaller satellite is equipped with a magnetic (磁力的) plate which allows the chaser to dock with it.The two stacked spacecraft will perform three tests once in orbit, each of which will involve the servicer satellite releasing and then recapturing the client satellite. The first test will be the simplest, with the client satellite drifting a short distance away and then being recaptured. In the second test, the servicer satellite will set the client satellite tumbling before catching up with it and matching its motion to grab it.Finally, if those two tests go well, the chaser will live up to its name by letting the client satellite float a few hundred metres away before finding it and attaching to it. All of these tests will be performed autonomously, with little to no human input once they are set in motion.“These kinds of demonstrations have never been done before in space - they are very different to, say, an astronaut controlling a robotic arm on the International Space Station,” says Jason Forshaw at Astroscale UK. “This is more of an autonomous mission.” At the end of the tests, both spacecraft will burn up in Earth’s atmosphere.If companies wanted to use this capability, they would have to attach a magnetic plate to their satellites so they could be captured later. Because of the growing space garbage problem, many countries now require firms to have a way to bring back their satellites once they run out of fuel or fail, so this could be a fairly simple likely plan, Forshaw says. Right now, each chaser can only nab one satellite, but Astroscale is working on a version that could drag three or four out of orbit at once.33．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “dock with” in Paragraph 2? A．deal with B．keep up with C．join together D．crash34．Why many countries now require firms to have a way to bring back their satellites? A．Because of the growing space waste problem.B．Because the frequency of space launches are dramatically increasing.C．Because they can earn large profits from it.D．Because Astroscale has found a new method of capturing the space garbage.35．What will Astroscale do to solve the space junk problem?A．An astronaut controls a robotic arm on the International Space to capture the “client” satellite B．Through a magnetic plate remotely controlled by humans on the ground to catch the “client” satelliteC．Finding the “client” satellite and attaching to it with a magnetic plate automatically D．Tumbling to match the motion of “client” satellite the drag three or four satellites out of its orbit into atmosphere.36．What can we infer from the passage?A．people will burn the space junk up in Earth’s atmosphere in the futureB．Japan and Russia will conduct space debris cleanup experiment togetherC．These kinds of demonstrations have never been done before.D．the demonstration mission will be divided into three phasesA blood test that accurately predicts a patient’s likelihood of dying from heart disease or astroke (中风) has been developed.Researchers took samples of blood from 22,949 people and analyzed the levels of about5,000 proteins within it. They then used machine learning to detect whether there was a link between the proteins that circulate in a person’s bloodstream and their risk of heart disease. The study identified a particular “protein signature” that accurately predicts the chance of suffering a heart attack, stroke or heart failure over a four-year period.Currently, doctors assess the likelihood of patients suffering heart problems by looking at factors including weight, blood pressure, age and cholesterol (胆固醇) levels. However, blood protein analysis can provide more accurate clues to the state of a person’s health. The technology was found to be twice as accurate as existing tools at measuring a patient’s heart risk. The blood test could also provide a faster way of detecting whether patients’ existing medication (药物治疗) is working and helping to reduce their risk. Existing risk assessments struggle to do this.The blood test was developed by SomaLogic, based in Boulder, Colorado. The company is also working with scientists at Imperial College London to help develop a blood test to detect cancer. Professor Elio Riboli said this could lead to widespread screening for many different types of cancers, which is not possible using existing techniques. His team will work with SomaLogic to analyze 15,000 blood samples from people who had developed cancer, comparing them with 10,000 samples from people who did not. The results will be used to establish whether there are protein markers that could indicate if someone is at risk from the disease.In 2019, a trial began in Leeds to use SomaLogic’s technology to assess people’s risk of diabetes, and also the effectiveness of lifestyle changes in preventing the condition. Dr Michael Messenger, head of the Leeds Centre for Personalized Medicine and Health, said that it could help tailor treatments to individual patients. “Personalized medicine lets us take a deeper look at each person’s individual biology, so we can better understand what the right advice or treatment, at the right time, might be.”37．What can be learned from the second paragraph?A．About 5,000 proteins exist in people’s blood.B．Different methods were adopted in the research.C．Altogether 22,949 people volunteered for the study.D．The “protein signature” in the blood causes heart diseases.。

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江苏高考英语阅读训练及答案A well-dressed man enforced a famous jewelry shop. He explained that he wished to buy apearl for his wife‘s birthday. The price didn‘t matter. Since business had been very good forhim thatyear. After examining a nice black one that cost $5000, he paid for the pearl in cash,shook hands with the jeweler, and left.A few days later the man returned and said that his wife liked the pear so much that shewanted another one just like it. It had to be exactly the same size and quality, s she wanted apair ofearrings made, ―Can you give me any advice on how to get such a pearl?‖ said theman. The jeweler regretfully replied, ―I would say it‘s exactly impossible to find one exactlylike that pearl.‖The rich man insisted that the jeweler advertise in the newspapers, offering $ 25,000 for the matching pearl. Many people answered the advertisement but nobody had apearl that was just right.Just when the jeweler had given up hope, a little old lady came into his store. To his greatsurprise, she pulled the perfect pearl from her purse. ―I don‘t like to part with it,‖ shesaidsadly, ―I inherited it from my mother, and my mother inherited it from hers. But I really needthe money.‖ The jeweler was quick to pay her before she changed her mind. Then he calledtherich man‘s hotel to tell him the good news. The man, however, was nowhere to be found.1. The man said he wanted to buy a pearl for ______.A. his wifeB. his mother-in –lawC. his own motherD. no one2. He paid $ 5,000 for the black pearl without bargaining because ______.A. he was very richB. he wanted to make the jeweler believe himC. he was anxious to get itD. his business had been successful3. He told the jeweler to get him another pearl that must be ______.A. exactly the same size as the black onB. exactly the same quality as the black oneC. worth no more than $ 25,000D. exactly as big and nice as the black one4. Many people answered the advertisement because they wanted _______.A. to see the perfect pearlB. to buy some beautiful pearls tooC. to get in touch with the rich manD. to sell their own pearl at a high price5. The jeweler couldn‘t find the man anywhere because ______.A. he died suddenly.B. He happened to be outC. He got $ 20,00 by cheating and had run away with the money.D. He wouldn‘t show up until the jeweler called him a second time.1.A2.B3.D4.D5.C感谢您的阅读，祝您生活愉快。

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江苏省2011届高三英语阅读理解专练（42）AI remember watching Saturday morning cartoons when I was little, in which Bugs Bunny woulddig under the ground to China. Asia seemed as unreal to me as Mars.Not many young people get to visit the other side of the world, but last summer I was fortunate to have the chance. With my teammates, I arrived in Beijing.The most unforgettable experience in China was visiting the Great Wall. Its length and impressive（给人深刻印象的）construction made a lasting impression on my mind. Walking lessthan a mile on the wall was enough to leave me completely exhausted（累）. Most of the steps arevery steep（陡的）. I used up three camera films in the four hours we walked on it.Everywhere I looked in Beijing, I saw people on bicycles. I saw thousands of cars too, but forevery car there were at least two bikes.One night, six of us decided to borrow bikes from the hotel and ride around Beijing after dark.Since there were only three bikes we had to double up. So not only did we receive stares for being Americans, but also for falling off the bikes every 20 seconds!Shopping was another very interesting part of the trip. At the Great Wall and the Silk Market,you can get the lowest prices because you can bargain.“Duo shao qian?”“Only 150 yuan. Good quality, 100 percent real cotton!”“Bu yao, I don’t want it, xie xie.”“Come back! Forty yuan, 40, I give you 40! Real cotton!”All you have to do is walk away and the traders will lower the price, sometimes to a quarter ofthe figure they had asked for at first.I have too many memories, experiences and observations to share. I could talk for days aboutthe differences between China and the US. I feel so lucky to have seen such a culture so differentfrom my own. I will remember my trip to China forever.1．What made the American worn out on the Great Wall?A．Walking for quite a long distance. B．Using up four camera films.C．The length of the Great Wall. D．A four-hour tiring climb.2．W hat attracted a lot of people’s attention was that .A．the Americans were not skilled in riding bicyclesB．the Americans were going around Beijing after darkC．the Americans borrowed bicycles from the hotelD．the Americans did not have enough bikes3．From the passage it can be inferred that the writer .A．liked the Chinese culture B．would come to China againC．bought something cheap in Beijing D．wanted to make his experiences in China known 4．What would be the best title for the text?A．An Impressive Visit to the Great WallB．Shopping in the Silk MarketC．Bicycle Rides Around BeijingD．An Unforgettable Trip to ChinaBA few weeks ago I was about to take my son to his ice hockey game when I noticed somethingunusual. He was fully dressed and ready to leave, except that one side of his shirt was tucked（塞）into his trousers while the other side remained hanging out.（责备）.“John, you look great, but you forgot to tuck in your shirt,” I chided“Dad, you don’t understand,” he replied. “I keep one side of my shirt out on purpose. It good luck.”And then I understood. Superstitions（迷信）and sports go hand in hand. In fact, I would betthat superstitious behavior has been a part of sports since the beginning of organized games.Perhaps you’ve noticed your own young athlete developing some unusual pregame rituals（仪式）：putting on the same dirty undershirt game after game, wearing one sock up and one sockdown, eating a particular pregame meal, listening to the same song on the tape while riding to thegame.In fact, from my experience of observing even top professional athletes, superstitions arenothing more than patterns that many athletes go through, not so much to ensure（保证）goodluck, but rather to help them relax and be comfortable.It is unusual for six-or seven-year-old children to have already developed some sportssuperstitions, but by the time they’re 10 or 11, your kids might begin displaying some odd behaviorbefore a game. As a parent, don’t be overly concerned.Of course, you’ll want to respect your child’s requests about wearing that special “or making certain you feed him that “lucky breakfast”　or whatever. Don’t put down the ritual.However, you should point out to your child that while it’s fine to develop a pregame ritual to help him or her prepare for a contest, you’ll also want to emphasize that one’s success in sports is much more a function of hard work, practice and determination. After all, those are the real values youwant to put into your child’s mind.Most superstitions last only as long as the athlete co ntinues to experience “good luck”. Oncethat streak of good fortune runs out, he’ll be glad to drop that undershirt into the washing machine. 5．Athletes’ superstitions always .A．ensure them good luck B．enable them to perform wellC．does harm to them D．make them feel comfortable6．Which of the following statements is NOT true?A．Most of the odd pregame behavior(as mentioned in the 5th paragraph) is harmless.B．Following a pregame ritual gives the athletes a sense of comfort.C．Even though the behavior is harmless to the child, a teammate or an opponent, we still cansay the superstitious behavior is fine.D．If a child begins displaying some odd behavior before a game as sports superstitions, aparent needn’t worry too much.7．What shouldn’t you do according to the passage?A．Tell your young athlete: The harder they work at their sports, the luckier they’ll be B．Tell your kid more about the top athletes’ superstitions and encourage him to do so.C．Some kids don’t want to talk about their superstitions, and so respect their rights and theirprivacy.me.D．Keep a sense of humor about your kid’s superstitions, and let them do the sa8．The title of the passage should be .A．Getting Rid of “Silly” SuperstitionsB．Dealing with Those “Silly” SuperstitionsC．Supporting Young Athlete’s SuperstitionsD．Talking about SuperstitionsCIn deciding upon a unit of measurement, it is possible to pick anything. For example, theaverage height of a man could possibly have been a unit of measurement. In fact, some of the unitsused today in English-speaking countries are based on such things as the distance from a man’selbow（肘）to the tip of his middle finger, or the weight of a grain（粒）of wheat.Because there have been so many differences in weights and measures used in differentcountries, an international system has been urged. If one system were to be used by all countries ofthe world, it would probably be the metric system.This is a system worked out by a committee（委员会）of scientists appointed（委任）inFrance in 1789. The English-speaking countries are almost the only ones that do not use the metricsystem in their measures. However, it is used in scientific work even in those countries.The metric system is based on a measure of length called the “meter”. This is approximately（赤道）.It is（近似）one ten-millionth of the distance on the Earth’s surface from pole to equatorabout 39.37 inches.The metric system is based on 10 as is our number system, so that each unit of length is 10times as large as the next smaller unit. There are square and cubic units for measuring area andvolume（体积）which correspond to the units of length.The unit of weight is the gram, which is the weight of a cubic centimeter of pure water. Theliter is a measure used as the quart is used, but it is a little larger. The hectare（公顷）, which is10,000 square meters, is used as the acre in Britain, but is 2.471 acres. The metric system is moreconvenient to use than the English system because its plan is the same as that of our numbersystem.Here are some equivalents for the metric and English systems: One foot equals 0.305 meter;one inch equals 2.540 centimeters; one mile equals 1.609 kilometers; one quart liquid equals 0.946liter.9．Metric system should be used in the world, because .A．man measured the distance which is based on the distance from a man’s elbow to the tip of his middle fingerB．the English-speaking countries used their own measurementC．scientific work needs a unit of measurementD．based on the weight of a grain of wheat, an informal measure of weight is used today10．In , a committee of scientists worked out “Metric system.”A．America B．Japan C．France D．Germany11．Which of the following units does NOT belong to “Metric system”？A．Acre B．Hectare C．Kilometer. D．Gram.12．This passage is mainly about .A．how to work out the Metric systemB．what is the Metric systemC．how to change other units into the Metric systemD．the development of the Metric systemDA new law has recently been announced which forbids people to disturb, annoy, harm, kill orinterfere with any bats which choose to live in their houses. Anyone who disturbs a bat on its nest（鸟巢）,or handles one without a license will be fined ￡1,000.There are some people who like bats. The late Mrs. Ian Fleming was one. She would crawl formiles to see them in caves or hanging from trees. Similarly, there are many people who do not likebats much but are not particularly troubled by them. The chance of a bat resting in their attics（阁楼）or spare bedroom curtains may seem for away from them. But there are others who do not failinto either of these categories and Mr. Auberon Waugh is one. Underneath his house are eight largecelars which for some reason bats have chosen to claim for themselves. He finds it extremelydisagreeable to have to fight his way through a colony of them every time he wants a bottle of wine.And as a wine-lover he gets a particular pleasure from the ownership of wine, which has nothing todo with drinking it. He has certain bottles in his cellar which he thinks are too good to serve toanyone he knows, but he likes to go down and enjoy looking at them occasionally. The bats entirelydestroy this pleasure.Until the recent law, he could keep the bat problem within manageable proportions by sendinghis children down on a bat hunt every three months armed with tennis rackets. They usuallymanaged to kill one or two and discouraged the rest from settling. But now, Mr. Waugh fears thatthe bats will take over the house. To solve the problem he inquired what course of action he couldtake and was told by Dr Robert Stebbings of the Institute of Terrestrial Ecology, “I am sure one will mind if you pick up a bat and take it outside and hang it on a tree or the outside of thehouse.” The trouble with this, as Mr. Waugh explains, is that he would be fined a￡1,000 if he hadnot already applied to the Nature Conservancy Council for a license to handle bats. And there is nocertainty that he would automatically be granted one.13．Some people who dislike bats .A．do not mind them hanging in treesB．run the risk of finding them in their atticsC．think it strange they should roost（栖息）in the curtainsD．think they are unlikely to be bothered by them14．Mr. Waugh thinks that bats .A．should be kept under control B．should all be destroyedC．interfere with his wine D．prevent him owning wine15．Because he is a wine-lover, M. Waugh .A．only wants to own the best wines B．stores only good winesC．keeps certain good wines D．refuses to drink good wines16．Success in removing bats from your home depends on .A．seeking help from the Institute of Terrestrial EcologyB．the granting of a Nature Conservancy Council licenseC．taking the course of action recommended by Dr StebbingsD．applying for a license from the Nature Conservancy CouncilELike most people, you may have heard a lot about online banking but probably haven’t tri yourself. You still pay your bills by mail much in the way your parents did, for you are probablyafraid of not knowing how to deal with it. Actually, online banking isn’t out to change your mocomputer technology to give you the choice of by-passing thehabits. Instead, it uses today’stime-consuming, paper-based ways of traditional banking in order to manage your money morequickly and efficiently.The advantage of the Internet and the popularity of personal computers presented both anopportunity and a challenge for the banking industry. For years, financial（金融）institutions haveused powerful computer networks to automate millions of daily transactions. Now that theircustomers are connected to the Internet from personal computers, banks begin to expect similareconomic advantages by adapting（采用）those same internal electronic processes to home use.Today, most large national banks, many regional banks and even smaller banks and creditunions offer some form of online banking, variously known as PC banking, home banking, electronicbanking or Internet banking. Online banks are sometimes referred to as brick-to-click banks. Thechallenge for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way thatits customers will readily learn to use and trust it. Most of the large banks can now offer fully secure,fully functional online banking for free or for a small fee. As more banks succeed online and morecustomers use their sites, fully functional online banking likely will become as common asautomated teller machines.Online banking has a lot of advantages. Unlike your corner bank, online banking sites neverclose; they’re available 24 hours a day, seven days a day, and they’re only a mouse click away. you’re out of state or even out of the country when a money problem rises, you can log on instantlyto your online bank and take care of business. Online bank sites generally execute and confirmtransactions at or quicker than ATM processing speeds. Many online banking sites now offeradvanced tools, including account aggregation, stock quotes, and portfolio managing programs tohelp you manage all of your assets（财产）more effectively.17．According to the passage nowadays online banks are so popular, but .A．all the consumers still prefer to pay their bill by mailB．it can not take the place of automated tellers machinesC．many people still worried about its safetyD．not every consumer knows how to use it18．The writer wrote this short passage in order to tell people .A．banks just try to use online banking instead of ATM in the futureB．how convenient online banking isC．how to use online banking to take care of consumers’ moneyD．online banking is much better than the corner banks19．Online banking is a system .A．that if you need money, it will help you to get itB．that helps banks to offer better servicesC．that will help consumers to save their money if necessaryD．that you can find in your personal computers20．We can imagine in the near future, .A．online banking will be part of people’s lifeB．one can not live without online bankingC．PC banking will completely takes the place of home bankingD．people can only do their business through online banking参考答案DADDD CBBCC ADDAC BDBBA。

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江苏高考英语阅读专练题(一)Are all your photographs good?Be honest with yourself. Aren’t some of your pictures too dark,and others too light?How many times have you thrown away a photo?We, the Fine PhotographClub, can help you. We meet every Wednesday in our comfortable club room in Bridge Street.At 7:30 p.m. a member of the club or a visitor would give a talk, and then we have coffee. Ourmembers will advise you on all the latest cameras and films. They will help you to develop yourfilms or enlarge your pictures. What does it all cost?Only 5 pounds a year.Photography is now a big business. Do you know, for instance, that there are 15 million camerasin our country?And that 700 million photographs are taken a year, more than one-third of themin color?Think of the amount of photography in television, the cinema, newspapers, books,advertisements and so on. In modern life people learn a lot from pictures, so photography ismore and more important. It is also more complicated and more expensive than it used to be.You may only want to take good photographs of faces and places. If so, we can help you to getbetter results. You needn’t waste any more money. If you want to learn more aboutphotography and how it is used, join the club please. You won’t be disappointed. Write no w tothe Secretary, Fine Photograph Club. Bridge Street.1. The purpose of passage is to _____.A. show people how to take fine picturesB. tell people photography is now a big businessC. tell people the club can do many things for youD. encourage people to join the photograph club2. If you want to join the club, you _____.A. must be good at photographyB. must know about the latest cameras and filmsC. must pay a little money a yearD. must be honest with yourself3. You are able to be honest so that you can_____.A. say if your photos are good or badB. tell how much money you wasteC. help the Fine Photograph ClubD. know the latest development in cameras4. The club can give the following service except _____.A. coffeeB. amusementC. adviceD. information5.Which statement of the following is true?A. If you are a member of Fine Photograph Club, it will cost you only 5 pounds to buy a camera.B. All the members of Fine Photograph Club can take free photographs of faces and places.C. More than a third of 700 million color photographs are taken a year.D. If you write to the photograph club, you will be very good at photographing.江苏高考英语阅读专练题答案1.D2.C3.A4.B5.C江苏高考英语阅读专练题(二)Most of us know about the Nobel Prize, especially the Nobel Peace Prize, but few of us knowanything about the man who set them up.His name was Alfred Nobel. He was a great scientistand inventor himself. Besides, he had a big business. His business may surprise you. He madeand sold explosives. His companies even made and sold weapons.Isn’t this something thatsurprises you? The man who made money from weapons should set up the Peace Prize?Though Alfred Nobel had a lot of money from weapons, he hated war. He hoped that therewould be no war in the world. He was one of the richest in Europe. When he died in 1896, heleft behind him a lot of money and his famous will. According to his will, most of his money wasplaced in a fund. He wanted the interest from the fund to be used as prizes every year. Weknow them as the Nobel Prizes. The Nobel Prizes are international. Alfred Nobel wanted thewinners to be chosen for their work, not the country they came from.Alfred Nobel had given his whole life to his studies and work and to the benefits of mankind. Hemade money all by his own efforts, but he left the world share his wealth. His inventions andwealth stay with the world for ever.1. Alfred’s business was _____.A. making and selling explosivesB. not making and selling weaponsC. making explosives and selling weaponsD. making weapons and selling explosives2. Nobel wanted to set up the Nobel Peace Prize because _____.A. he made enough moneyB. he hated warC. he wanted to get more interest from the fundD. he liked to live in a peaceful world3. Nobel Prizes come from _____.A. all Nobel’s money in the fundB. all Nobel’s money in his companyC. all the interest from the fundD. some of the interest in the fund4. Nobel was a (an) _____ person in the world.A. interestingB. unselfishC. kind-heartedD. richest5. Which statement of the following is Right according to the passage?A. Nobel set up his company to sell clothes.B. Most of Nobel’s money was used for the world Wars.C. Nobel Prizes are only for some people from some special countries.D. Nobel worked hard in his life and saved lots of money for the world to share.江苏高考英语阅读专练题答案1.A2.B3.C4.B5.D。

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江苏高考英语阅读练习题(一)Acting is such an over-crowded profession that the only advice that should be given to a young person thinking of going on the stage is "Don't!".But it is useless to try to discourage someone who feels that he must act，although the chances of his becoming famous are slim. The normal way to begin is to go to a drama ually only students who show promise and talent are accepted，and the course lasts two years.Then the young actor or actress takes up work with a theatrical company(剧团)，usually as an assistant stage manager This means doing everything that there is to do in the theatre and occasionally acting in very small parts It is very hard work indeed，the hours are long and the salary is tiny.Of course，some people have remarkable chances which lead to fame and Success without this long and hard training.Connie Pratt，for example，was just an ordinary girl working in a bicycle factory.A film producer happened to catch sight of her one morning waiting at a bus stop，as he drove past in his car.He stopped and got out to speak to the girl.He asked if she would like to go to the film studio to do a test，and she thought he was joking Then she got angry and said she would call the police It took the producer twenty minutes to convince Connie that he was serious The test was successful.And within a few weeks she was playing the leading part opposite one of the most famous actors of the day But chances like this happen once in a blue moon1.From the very beginning，the author puts it clearly that acting is a profession ______A sought after by too manyB.too difficult for young peopleC.for slim people onlyD.one can go into without special training2.For someone who feels he must act，it is very likely that _____A.he will become a film star at long lastB he will become a stage managerC he will be well paidD.he will end up without any Success3.The film producer found Connie Pratt one morning when she was ____A.at work in a bicycle factoryB.driving past him in her carC.going to a film studioD.waiting for a bus4.A few weeks after the test.Connie Pratt found herself ______A the most famous actress of the worldB.playing the leading female role in a playC.as famous as the greatest actor of the worldD.no less famous than the leading actor of the day5.The concluding sentence "chances like this happen once ina blue moon" means____________A this is something which happens once in a whileB.this is a highly profitable chanceC.this is something highly possibleD this is a very rare chance江苏高考英语阅读练习题答案1.A2.D3.D4.B5.D江苏高考英语阅读练习题(二)Soldiers and other military people wear uniforms with various other symbols to indicate theirstatus.But in the business world everyone wears more or less similar suits，and you cannot tellat a glance who ranks higher or lower than another.So how do people in the business worldshow their superiority? An attempt to study this was made by two researchers using a seriesof silent films.They had two actors play the parts of an executive(经理)and a visitor，andswitch roles each time.The scene had one man at his desk playing the part of anexecutive，while the other，playing the part of a visitor，knocks at the door，opens it andapproaches the desk to discuss some business matter.The audience watching the films was asked to rate the executive and the visitor in terms ofstatus.A certain set of rules about status began to emerge from the ratings.The visitorshowed the least amount of status when he stopped just inside the door to talk across the roomto the seated man.He was considered to have more status when he walked halfway up to thedesk，and he had the most status when he walked directly up to the desk and stood right infront Of the seated executive.Another thing that affected the status of the visitor in the eyes of the observers was the timebetween knocking and entering.For the seated executive，his status was also affected by thetime between hearing the knock and answering.The quicker the visitor entered the room，themore status he had.Thelonger the executive took to answer，the more status he had.1.The experiment designed by the two researchers aimed at finding out _____A.how business is conducted by all executive and a visitorB how to tell the differences between an executive and a visitorC.how to tell businessmen at a glanceD.how businessmen indicate status2 Which of the statements can best sum up the passage?A.The executive has a higher status than the visitor.itary people wear uniforms but the businessmen do notC，A study revealing a set of rules about the status of businessmen.D It is a good method to use a series of silent film in research.3 Having entered the room，the closer the visitor approaches the executive, ___A.the less it affected his statusB.the lower his statusC.the more it affected his statusD.the higher his status4.The longer the seated man was in answering the knock，_____A.the higher his statusB.the less it affected his statusC.the lower his statusD the more it affected his status5.Which statement is NOT true?A Soldiers wear uniforms with various symbols so that one call tell their status at a glance.B.In the experiment.one actor played the executive while theother played the seated manC.Business people wear similar suits.D The audience watching the film rated the executive and the visitor in terms of status.江苏高考英语阅读练习题答案1.D2.C3.D4.A5.B。

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AZachariah Fike has an unusual hobby. He finds old military(军队的)medals for sale in antique stores and on the Internet. But unlike most collectors, Zac tracks do wn the medals’ rightful owners, and returns them.His effort to reunite families with lost medals began with a Christmas gift from his mother, a Purple Heart with the name Corrado A. G. Piccoli, found in an antique shop. Zac knows the meaning of a Purple Heart - he earned one himself in a war as a soldier. So when his mother gave him the medal, he knew right away what he had to do.Through the Internet, Zac tracked down Corrado’s sister Adeline Rockko. But when he finally reached her, the woman flooded him with questions: “Who are you？What antique shop?” However, when she hung up, she regretted the way she had handled the call. So she called Zac back and apologized. Soon she drove to meet Zac in Watertown, N.Y. “At that point, I knew she meant business,” Zac says. “To drive eight hours to come to see me.”The Piccolis grew up the children of Italian immigrants in Watertown. Corrado, a translator for the Army during WWII, was killed in action in Europe.Before hearing from Zac, Adeline hadn’t realized the meda l was missing. Like many military medals, the one Zac’s mother had found was a family treasure.” This medal was very precious to my parents. Only on special occasions(场合)would they take it out and let us hold it in our hands,” Adeline says.As a child, Ade line couldn’t understand why the medal was so significant. “But as I grew older,” Adeline says, “and missed my brother more and more, I realized that was the only thing we had left.” Corrado Piccoli’s Purple Heart medal now hangs at the Italian American Ci vic Association in Watertown.Zac recently returned another lost medal to a family in Alabama. Since he first reunited Corrado’s medal, Zac says his record is now 5 for 5.21. Where did Zac get a Purple Heart medal for himself？A. In the army.B. In an antique shop.C. From his mother.D. From Adeline Rockko.22. What did Zac realize when Adeline drove to meet him？A. She was very impolite.B. She was serious about the medal.C. She suspected his honesty.D. She came from a wealthy family.23. What made Adeline treasure the Purple Heart?A. Her parents’ advice.B. Her knowledge of antiques.C. Her childhood dream.D. Her memory of her brother.BWhen a running event is longer than 26.2 miles, it is called an ultramarathon.There are two kinds of ultramarathons. In the first kind of ultramarathon, runners have to cover a specific distance—50 miles,for example. In the second kind of ultramarathon, runners have a limited amount of time, such as 24 hours, to cover as much distance as they can. Some ultramarathons are run as loops around a track or course. Others are run on trails through forests, deserts, or mountains. Many ultramarathons that are run on trails include natural obstacles that a runner will have to overcome, such as rocky paths or bad weather. Ultramarathons are run all over the world, even on Antarctica. The most famous race across Antarctica is called The Last Desert Race. Runners pay over $14,000 to compete in this race. Besides,they must also buy special equipment to protect themselves against the extreme cold.People who want to train to run in an ultramarathon should first gain experience running regular marathons. Once you have completed a few marathons, you can add more and more distance every time you run.Besides practicing, there are a few other things you can do to help you prepare to run an ultramarathon. First, pick a location that is close to home,which is safer because you will be more familiar with the area. Next, make sure to bring snacks, sunscreen, and extra shoes. You should also remember to drink eight ounces of water or a sports drink every 15 to 20 minutes. Your pace is also veryimportant. When you are running an ultramarathon, you should start running more slowly than you do when you run a regular marathon.Finally, many people who run ultramarathons say that it is easier and more fun to train with friends than it is to train alone. So if you are interested in running an ultramarathon, you should also try to get one of your friends interested in it too.24.What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?A. To provide basic information about ultramarathons.B. To help people train to run an ultramarathon.C. To compare ultramarathons to regular marathons.D. To share his or her personal experience with ultramarathons.25.What makes The Last Desert Race so difficult to compete in?I. It is very expensive to travel to Antarctica.II. The weather in Antarctica is very cold.III. It is much longer than other ultramarathons.A. I only.B. I and II only.C. II and III only.D. I, II, and III.26.Why is it better to train for an ultramarathon with friends?A. Because it is safer to run ultramarathon with friends.B. Because you can split the cost of a trip to Antarctica with a friend.C. Because you typically train harder in the presence of others.D. Because friends make training more enjoyable.27.Where is this text most likely from?A. A diary.B. A novel.C. A magazine.D. A guidebook.CFour people in England, back in 1953, stared at Photo 51. It wasn’t much-a picture showing a black X. But three of these people won the Nobel Prize for figuring out what the photo really showed -- the shape of DNA. The discovery brought fame and fortune to scientists James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins. The fourth, the one who actually made the picture, was left out.Her name was Rosalind Franklin. “She should have been up there,” says historian Mary Bowden. “If her photos hadn’t been there, the others couldn’t have come up with the structure.” One reason Franklin was missing was that she had died of cancer four years before the Nobel decision. But now scholar doubt that Franklin was not only robbed of her life by disease but robbed of credit by her competitions.At Cambridge University in the 1950s, Watson and Click tried to make models by cutting up shapes of DNA’S parts and then putting them together. In the meantime, at King’s College in London, Franklin and Wilkins shone X-rays at the molecule(分子). The rays produced patters reflecting the shape.But Wilkins and Franklin’s relationship was a lot rockier than the celebrated teamwork of Watson and Crick, Wilkins thought Franklin was hired to be his assistant. But the college actually employed her to take over the DNA project.What she did was produce X-ray pictures that told Watson and Crick that one of their early models was inside out. And she was not shy about saying so. That angered Watson, who attacked her in return. Mere inspection suggested that she would not easily bend. Clearly s he had to to go or be put in her place.As Franklin’s competitors, Wilkins, Watson and Crick had much to gain by cutting her out of the little group of researchers, says historian Pnina Abir-Am. In 1962 at the Nobel Prize awarding ceremony, Wilkins thanked 13 colleagues by name before he mentioned Franklin. Watson wrote his book laughing at her. Crick wrote in 1974 that “Franklin was only two steps away from the solution.”No, Franklin was the solution. “She contributed more than any other play er to solving the structure of DNA. She must be considered a co-discoverer,” Abir-Am says. This was backed up by Aaron Klug, who worked with Franklin and later won a Nobel Prize himself. Once described as the “Dark Lady of DNA”, Franklin is finally coming into the light.28. What is the text mainly about?A. The disagreements among DNA researches.B. The unfair treatment of Franklin.C. The process of discovering DNA.D. The race between two teams of scientist29. Watson was angry with Franklin because she _________.A. took the lead in the competitionB. kept her results from himC. proved some of his findings wrongD. shared her data with other scientists30.Why is Franklin described as “Dark Lady of DNA”?A. She developed pictures in dark labs.B. She discovered the black X -- the shape of DNA.C. Her name was forgotten after her death.D. Her contribution was unknown to the public.31.What is the writer’s attitude toward Wilkins, Watson and Crick?A. DisapprovingB. RespectfulC. AdmiringD. DoubtfulDOne thing in which I think I take too much pride, at times, is my academic performance. In the past, I managed to get grades on exams that were unbelievable, even to myself, for the amount of studying I had done. The exam may have just happened to ask the questions to which I knew the answers, even though there were many possible questions that would have stumped me.I’ve always done well in mathematics, but a few times, I had to step b ack and take a second look at how much pride I had in my ability. Upon receiving the score for my second exam in MATH170, I was rather disturbed. My score was 79%. I had planned to use my math courses to balance the grades I might get in my English and writing courses, so that score was acceptable. It got worse still. In Statistics and Calculus, I received failing grades on homework assignments. Every time I got these bad grades, I felt the same. I started to think that maybe I really couldn’t do these thin gs. After giving an honest effort, however, I did better.The thing in which I haven’t enough pride is my worth as a person with whom people like to associate. I give up opportunities to socialize because I don’t think anyone will want to talk to me. Because of this trait of mine, I have very few friends. Perhaps spending the majority of my time alone isn’t bad; it is what I’m used to, but I bet that by living a life of partial seclusion, I miss out on interesting and amusing life experiences that could be beneficial.I have illustrated how the extremes of pride can be harmful. In my case, too much pride in academic ability can lead to failing grades, and not enough pride in oneself as a social individual can lead to a lonelier life. A moderate amount of pride leads to a clear view of the agendas of life, allowing one to make good decisions regarding these.32.Why did the author get good grades in the past?A. Because of hard work.B. Because of much pride.C. Because of good luck.D. Because of high intelligence.33.How did the author feel after exam failures?A. A little ashamed.B. Less confident.C. Less determined.D. A little grateful.34.What is the author’s attitude to spending most of his/her time alone?A. Carefree.B. Tolerant.C. Regretful.D. Positive.35.Which is the best title for the text?A. Avoiding being too proud.B. Changing the poor character.C. Correcting the bad behaviour.D. Balancing the pride degree.A篇是一篇记叙文，讲述了扎克的一个爱好，帮助找到奖牌的合法拥有者，使逝者的遗物能与家人重聚，重点记叙了他找到一件名叫克拉多的紫心勋章，通过互联网联系了克拉多的妹妹，并归还紫心勋章。

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Seventy years later, as fear about everything from terrorism to economic crisis has become part of our everyday lives, Polly helps to explain what it means to be brave in an age of anxiety.Make your dreams a reality.Released on 12th, MayPsychologies Editor-in-Chief Suzy Walker in conversation with bestselling author and coach ShaaWasmund MBE about how to reduce delays, step up, dream big and make your vision a reality.56. What does the Psychologies podcast channel offer to its subscribers?A. Suggestions about handling mental problems.B. Platforms for exchange of ideas with experts.C. Chances to interview professionals in person.D. Sessions of seeking inspirations for a better life.57. Which of the following sessions can best free you from worries?A. How to live your truth and thrive.B. Is money ruining your relationship?C. Why being brave matters.D. Make your dreams a reality.BSince the end of its own space shuttle program in 2011, the US has used Russian Soyuz spacecraft every time it wants to transport humans to and from space. While NASA is busy working on its own solution, the agency has increasingly turned to US private companies, such as Elon Musk's SpaceX, to meet its off-planet transportation needs. Although SpaceX has successfully flown cargo （货物）flights for NASA since 2012 via the reusable Dragon spacecraft, the company has yet to launch humans in its so-called Crew Dragon capsule. Originally scheduled to launch in 2017, the program has seen multiple delays. After all, it is rocket science and the path has not been easy.But 2019 seemed different. NASA's pre-purchased Soyuz flights had run out by the end of 2019, and SpaceX, along with Boeing, had scheduled all its final tests to achieve certification in time to pick up where Soyuz left off. On March 2, the Crew Dragon capsule was launched on a run without crew toward the International Space Station （ISS）. The flight, known as Demo-1, went successfully.The next major milestone scheduled was the in-flight abort test （飞⾏中⽌测试），another dry mission meant to test the reliability of the abort system that would save the crew in case of any accident during launch. The plan was to use the same capsule from the Demo-1 flight. But SpaceX never got the chance.In April 2019, the company ran what was supposed to be a routine test, firing certain rockets with the capsule anchored firmly to the ground. Some 100 milliseconds before the engines fired, a leak of oxidizer caused an explosion that completely destroyed the capsule.SpaceX spent the rest of spring and early summer figuring out what had gone wrong and pushing preparations for a replacement capsule. While the problem is now solved and the Crew Dragon spacecraft for Demo-2 has arrived at the launch site, NASA and SpaceX haven't set an exact date for the first test flight with astronauts to the ISS.58. What can we learn from Paragraph 1?A. US tends to continue reliance on Russian Soyuz spacecrafts.B. SpaceX can cover all NASA's off-planet transportation needs.C. NASA has not ceased developing its space travel technology.D. Russia and SpaceX are competing for US space transportation.59. The underlined word “dry" in Paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to _______ .A. without crewB. without cargoC. without a capsule.D. without fuels60. Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?A. A Ray of Hope for Space ExplorationB. The Rough Road to Launching A DragonC. Opportunities for Elon Musk's SpaceXD. Doubts about Off-planet TransportationCThere are times when I set off for my running-group sessions with little enthusiasm. It might be because I'm tired, or stressed, or have had to unwillingly tear myself away from something else. I'm the coach, so I can't choose to give it a miss.It was yet another cold, dark, wet evening and I wasn't feeling the love as I gathered all the necessary outfits—head torch, reflective waterproof jacket, hat and gloves. No one in their right mind will come out in this weather, I thought. But when I turned into the car park, my headlights picked out runners making a dash through the rain to our meeting point, where others were already working out to stay warm, with chat, laughter and hugs. They, too, I realized, might be tired, stressed or busy. But, unlike me, they had a choice about whether to come running or stay at home. And that makes their decision to come——and to keep on coming—all the more uplifting. As on so many other occasions, I went home from the run feeling better than when I'd arrived.I believe one of the strongest motivations behind these runners' decisions to come along is being part of a group. Belonging to a running community makes running greater than the sum of its parts. It's no longer just a workout; it's a catch-up with friends, a laugh and a shared experience. It provides a space to share your running triumphs and disappointments, to be congratulated and comforted, and, just as important, to congratulate and comfort others.Research has long shown the likelihood of staying motivated is higher when exercise takes place in a group. The reasons are many. A study at the University of Southern California found people enjoy physical activity more when they are with others and are more likely to keep it up over the long term. There's also an element of social facilitation—an "I'm not going to let XX beat me" attitude that drives you to push harder and produces a greater sense of achievement. And research by Strava in 2017 found running in a group made runners go faster and further. Using data from 90 million runs taking place all over the world, Strava found that the average pace of runs taking place in a group was seven seconds per mile quicker than solo runs, and the distance covered was anaverage of 1.3 miles further.I joke about people being more motivated to come to my running sessions by the tea and biscuits afterwards than by the running itself. There's probably some truth in that, but it doesn't matter. Those laughter- and chatter-filled minutes are every bit as important as the running in between.61. The author sometimes feels _______ t o go coaching the running group.A. reluctantB. contentC. excitedD. frustrated62. Why is being part of a group most motivational?B. It creates space to socialize with others.C. It inspires members to beat their records.D. It frees runners from boring daily routines.63. That being in a group promotes performance is proven by _______ .A. citing a typical exampleB. listing accurate statisticsC. performing an experimentD. sharing his own experiences64. Tea and biscuits in running sessions are meant to _______ .A. attract more runners from other groupsB. build up some strength before runningC. make his running group stand out of allD. add more life to their running experienceDAt the end of the 19th century, one in seven people around the world had died of tuberculosis or TB for short （肺结核），and the disease ranked as the third leading cause of death in the United States. While physicians had begun to accept that TB was caused by bacteria, this understanding was slow to catch on among the general public, and most people gave little attention to the behaviors that contributed to disease transmission. They didn't understand that things they did could make them sick. It was common for family members, or even strangers, to share a drinking cup.In the 1890s the New York City Health Department launched a massive campaign to educate the public and reduce transmission. The "War on Tuberculosis" public health campaign discouraged cup-sharing and urged states to ban spitting inside public buildings and on sidewalks and in other outdoor spaces. Changes in public behavior helped successfully reduce the spread of TB.Disease can permanently change society, and often for the best by creating better practices and habits. Crisis sets off action and response. Many infrastructure improvements and healthy behaviors we consider normal today are the result of past health campaigns that responded to serious outbreaks.In the 19th century, city streets in the U.S. overflowed with dirt. People threw their unwanted newspapers, food scraps, and other trash out of their windows onto the streets below. The plentiful horses pulling streetcars and delivery carts dropped urine and waste every day. Human waste was a problem, too. Those in tenement （租户）housing did not have their own facilities, but had 25 to 30 people sharin g a single outhouse. These toilets frequently overflowed until workers known as “night soil men" arrived to deal with waste, only to dump it into the nearby harbor.As city and health leaders began to understand that the frequent outbreaks of TB that swept across their cities were connected to the garbage, cities began setting up organized systems for handling human waste. Indoor toilets were slow to catch on, due to the cost and need of a plumbing system. Improvements in technology helped the process along. Following Thomas Clapper's improved model in 1891, water closets became popular, first among the wealthy, and then among the middle-class. Plumbing systems, paired with tenement house reform, helped remove waste from the public streets. Disease greatly improved aspects of American culture, too. As physicians came to believe thatgood ventilation(通风）)and fresh air could help fight illness, builders started adding porches and windows to houses. Real estate investors used the trend to market migration to the West, encouraging Eastern physicians to convince TB patients and their families to move thousands of miles from crowded, dirty Eastern cities to the dry air and sunshine in places like Los Angeles and Colorado Springs.Some of this influence continues today. While we know that sunshine doesn't kill bacteria, good ventilation and time spent outside does benefit children and adults by promoting physical activity and improving spirits. This fresh-air "cure" also eventually transformed the study of climate into a formal science, as people began to chart temperature, barometric pressure and other weather patterns in hopes of identifying the "ideal" conditions for treating disease.Public health emergencies have inspired innovations in education. Starting in 1910, Thomas Edison's lab, which had invented one of the first motion picture devices in the 1890s, cooperated with anti-tuberculosis activists to produce short films on TB prevention and transmission—some of the first educational movies. Screened in public places in rural areas, the TB movies were also the first films that viewers had ever seen.As we are seeing with the coronavirus today, disease can impact a community——changing routines and shaking nerves as it spreads from person to person. But the effects of epidemics extend beyond the moments in which they occur.65. According to Paragraph 1, what might have led to the outbreak of TB in the US?A. Limited access to treatmentB. Incompetence of the physicians.C. Unhealthy living habits.D. Poor governmental administration.66. What result did the “War on Tuberculosis” achieve?A. The gap between the rich and the poor widened.B. It contributed to changes in public behavior.C. Tuberculosis totally disappeared in New York.D. Citizens finally found a cure for tuberculosis.67. If you had been in a US city street then, you would have probably seen _______ .A. more horses traveling on roads than pedestriansB. lifeless patients infected with TB on every streetC. dirty surroundings where bacteria were easy to spreadD. unfair discrimination from the rich against the poor68. Why was it slow for water closets to become popular?A. They were too expensive for the poor to obtain.B. There were many drawbacks of the early models.C. They often overflowed and caused inconvenience.D. People in tenement houses resisted such a device.69. What was the change in American population migration then?A. The vast majority of urban citizens moved to the West.B. More people lived in the West than those in the East.C. Many fled to rural areas with good ventilation and fresh air.D. Patients and their family were encouraged to move westwards.70. Which of the following effects TB brought remains nowadays?A. The benefits of outdoor activities are widely acknowledged.B. People adopt the habit of regular temperature-taking.C. Films have become the primary way to educate people.D. Ideal conditions for treating disease have been defined.03阅读答案：56-57 DC58-60 CAB61-64 ABBD65-70 CBCBDA解析：A 篇介绍了⼀个启发频道，分别有四个主要版块，针对不同的⼈在⽣活上会遇到的问题来给出建议提升⽣活。

江苏省部分学校2024-2025学年高三上学期期初调研模拟测试英语试题

江苏省部分学校2024-2025学年高三上学期期初调研模拟测试英语试题一、阅读理解Best Books for College AdmissionsCollege admissions are usually a complex process, with weighted GPAs, AP scores, volunteer requirements, and extracurricular activities. These 4 books are the best guides we can offer to help you think through this complex and expensive process with your teens.Who Gets In and Why by Jeff SelingoBestselling author and education journalist, Jeff Selingo, spent months in the college admissions departments of three different universities. He gained a true insider’s view of what really goes on when decisions are made about which students to admit, and which ones to deny. This insightful book offers families guidance on helping their teens discover the fit college on every level, including financial must-reads!College Essay Essentials by Ethan SawyerThe college application essay is the most difficult part of the application process for many students. Ethan Sawyer is here to help with his comprehensive guide to writing the college essay. Filled with tips, exercises and essays from students who gained admission to their top choice schools, this book will take the sting out of the essay-writing process for your teen and you!The Truth about College Admission by Rick Clark and Brennan BarnardRick Clark has written this excellent guide, offering families a chance to learn how admissions officers think about the college application process. Written with co-author Brennan Barnard, Director of College Counseling at The Derryfield School, this is the admissions guidebook for families that will take them through the entire college admissions process.The College Conversation by Eric J. Furda and Jacques SteinbergEric J. Furda, Dean of Admissions at the University of Pennsylvania, and bestselling author Jacques Steinberg, provide guidance for parents about the crucial conversations they need to have with their college-bound teens.1．What do Who Gets In and Why and The Truth about College Admission have in common?A．They are both best sellers of the year.B．They are both the result of two authors.C．They center on the admissions matter.D．They share admissions officers’ opinions. 2．Which book might you turn to when you have difficulty with the application letter?A．Who Gets In and Why.B．College Essay Essentials.C．The Truth about College Admission.D．The College Conversation.3．Who is the text mostly intended for?A．High school students.B．Educational experts.C．College admissions officers.D．Parents of pre-college students.Wendell Berry was almost 30 when he packed up his life as a New York intellectual and moved to Port Royal, a tiny community in Kentucky where generations of his forebears (祖先) had farmed the land. His friends thought he was mad. But he felt it was his inner calling to record the history of the place.Since moving to Port Royal in 1964, he has lived as if he were in the 19th century, writing by hand and ploughing his fields with horses. His eight novels and more than 50 short stories are usually set in Port William, a stand-in (代替物) for Port Royal. Nick Offerman, an actor, wanted to adapt his work for the screen. However, the actor was refused.In Mr Berry’s opinion, humans must take care of the earth that grants them life. “The soil is the greatest connector of lives,” he has written. “Without proper care for it we can have no community.” This philosophy dominates his writings. In The Unsettling of America, published in 1977, Mr Berry criticized the natural damage caused by large agribusinesses. He thinks capitalism has separated farming from culture and disconnected people from nature.Mr Berry’s fiction explores the decline of values by following Port William’s interconnected clans (家族) as they enter the modern age. In Dismemberment, a short story, Andy Catlett loses a hand to a harvesting machine and becomes a loner. He sees his withdrawal is mistaken and reconnects with the town, finding “the wealth of an intimate history” in belonging to “his ancestral place”. In Hannah Coulter, Mr Berry’s seventh novel, the main character Hannah Coulter grows old after a sad life and anticipates loneliness when her children leave to find work in the city. Instead her hope is restored when her grandson returns to run the farm.These stories offer insightful advice for readers living through ecological disaster. Though few can return to farming basics, Mr Berry’s messages of building communities, being a goodneighbor and resisting the invitation of modern life are still valuable.4．Why did Mr Berry’s friends think he was mad?A．He moved to live in the countryside.B．He turned down Offerman’s request.C．He wrote most of his novels by hand.D．He gave up his career as an intellectual. 5．What do Mr Berry’s writings often imply?A．The challenges of farming in old days.B．The harmony between man and nature.C．The real benefits of large agribusinesses.D．The hard lives of his forebears in Kentucky. 6．What do Andy Catlett and Hannah Coulter have in common?A．They are from the same novel.B．They both choose to live alone.C．They are victims of country life.D．They both find their values again. 7．What would be the best title for the text?A．Wendell Berry: a rural writer living a modern lifeB．Wendell Berry: a strong voice for modern farmingC．Discover why Wendell Berry’s rural tales shineD．Find out how Wendell Berry adapts to new environmentsYears ago, I bought a blouse. That same day, I considered putting it on, but for no particular reason I decided not to. That weekend, I again considered wearing the blouse, but the occasion didn’t seem special enough, so again, I passed it up. Fast forward to today, I have never worn that blouse.What happened here? Why do people own so many unused possessions, treating them as though they are too special to use? To find out, I ran an experiment in which participants imagined buying a bottle of wine. We had half of the participants imagine considering opening it one night, but deciding not to. Then when we measured how special the wine seemed and participants’ intentions to open it later, we found that those who had imagined holding off on opening it were in fact less likely to intend to open it later. When asked the reason, most assumed they were waiting for a future occasion to open it — a more special occasion.Why do people fall into this mental trap? Prior research points to two main reasons.First, when options are presented one at a time, rather than all at once, it can be difficult to know when to make a decision. So people often end up “holding out” for an idealized futureoccasion. Second, regardless of the actual reasons behind their feelings and actions, people often come up with their own explanations after the fact.Putting these together is a recipe for what psychologists term “specialness spirals”. When you give up using something — for whatever reason — if you believe that you are waiting to use it, the possession will start to feel more special. And as you search for the right occasion day after day, it becomes more tempting to hold out for a future occasion. The less you use it, though, the more special it feels, and the cycle continues. Ultimately, the likelihood of using the possession becomes rarer and rarer. The more this happens, the more stuff you have lying around.How can you fight specialness spirals? Try committing in advance to using an item on a specific occasion. When buying a dress, tell yourself you’ll wear it this weekend. Or when purchasing a candle, plan to light it that day. This strategy encourages you to actually enjoy your possessions.8．What were the participants asked to imagine doing in the experiment?A．Putting off drinking the wine.B．Evaluating the quality of the wine.C．Listing reasons for drinking the wine.D．Discussing how they would deal with the wine.9．What does the underlined word “tempting” in paragraph 5 mean?A．Particular.B．Ordinary.C．Inviting.D．Unappealing. 10．What can we learn about specialness spirals?A．They can mislead people into shopping traps.B．They can lead to a collection of unused stuff.C．They result from an optimistic attitude to the future.D．They help explain the psychology of delayed rewards.11．What is the main purpose of the text?A．To explain a psychological phenomenon.B．To criticize a wrong consumption concept.C．To remind people to enjoy their possessions.D．To encourage people to prepare for a rainy day.The expression “Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration (汗水)” is often attributed to Thomas Edison. But as we have progressed into the 21st century, I think we should update the saying: “Success is 1% inspiration and 99% preparation.”Indeed, ideas are shooting around faster than ever, but most are worthless because no one does the hard work to implement them. And as we’re in a service economy now, implementation requires hours and hours not of sweat but of preparation. You must do it all: reading, researching, falling into one rabbit hole after another on the Internet to find the right series of test cases and quotes to make your point, and presenting your idea briefly and clearly.Preparation is everything! Watch the amazing 2021 video of the Perseverance rover landing on the surface of Mars. The onboard camera shows the terrain (地形). After the landing, I’m pretty sure one of the scientists exclaims, “Hey, that’s my rock.” In mission preparation, the entire landing area was digitized. The planners knew the placement of every rock and dip in terrain.Churchill famously memorized his speeches and practiced giving them over and over in his bathtub. Some of this was to overcome his stutter (口吃), but it was mainly to get the tone just right. Nothing was off-the-cuff (即兴的). His speeches didn’t sound like they were read from a piece of paper; they felt stream of consciousness. In his finest hours he showed the value of preparation.But, you may ask, why put in any extra effort? ChatGPT can pass Advanced Placement tests, entry exams for law and medical school, and even the bar exam. That probably says more about how poor those tests are than about AI’s ability. But even though AI can answer almost any question you throw at it, it is worthless in an elevator when your boss asks you what you think about new product ideas or sales prospects in Omaha.The only answer comes from that 99% preparation. Study everything, not only the task you’ve been assigned. Dig deep. Come up with ideas and potential solutions. Work on an elevator speech for what excites you. Don’t wing it. Prepare. And trust me, the feeling you get from preparation-induced success is better than anything you can buy at a drugstore. Preparation will make you super great.12．What can we learn from paragraph 2?A．The service economy makes ideas worthless.B．Implementation does not take much time these days.C．Ideas are worthless without preparation and hard work.D．Implementation requires more inspiration than preparation.13．How does the author try to persuade readers to accept his argument?A．By listing examples.B．By sharing his experience.C．By providing research results.D．By referring to experts’ words.14．What point is the author trying to make by mentioning ChatGPT?A．ChatGPT is capable of passing various tests.B．Preparation can help you perform better than AI.C．Elevator conversations require high social skills.D．Standard tests do not fully represent one’s abilities.15．What does the text mainly talk about?A．How we can achieve success with little sweat.B．How we should make preparation for our future.C．Why perspiration still maters in the 21st century.D．Why preparation can pave the way to your success.There are different ways to learn and grow, but all of them involve getting feedback about how you are doing. 16 But whether it is positive or negative, it can bring a lot of value to your personal development.Why ask for feedback? Because it is the only way you can see yourself through another person’s eyes. You can look at your own work and skills but not see the truth. Sometimes, it’s because you get used to devaluing what you do. At other times, it’s because you overestimate your own ability. 17 Here is how you can make this a regular part of your life.You should ask other people what they think and how they see you. 18 However, making a habit of it takes the sting out of the experience and allows you to focus on what truly matters.19 You don’ have to focus only on the bad things or what is not working. You also need to hear what is going well. What is working is as important as what is not. Don’t be afraid to ask for positive feedback, either.There are a couple of things you can do to ensure you are getting authentic feedback. First,approach people when they are willing to talk to you. 20 Second, don’t get angry. When you ask for feedback, you might hear unpleasant things. They may be ridiculous or hurtful, but that’s fine. Thank the person and decide whether the feedback is useful or not.A．Tell different kinds of feedback apart.B．Hearing about yourself may cause some anxiety.C．Be sure to request positive and negative feedback.D．Either way, feedback is of great significance to your growth.E．But you can’t control what feedback others choose to give you.F．Don’t, for example, disturb them when they are rushing or have a lot of stress.G．This can be scary because others will not just say nice things or what you want to hear.二、完形填空My 5-year-old daughter Kai walked around a bus stop in Finland, picking up candy wrappers and plastic bottles and putting them in the waste bin. We were visiting family, and here she was, 21 the sidewalk.It didn’t 22 me that she would do that. Our project began when Kai 23 a deflated (泄了气的) balloon in an empty field. We had recently read about how animals can 24 balloons for food. “Stop,” Kai said, and I 25 . As we picked up the balloon, we could see the whole field was covered in trash. “Can we clean it?” Kai asked.Each Friday, we picked up beer cans and cardboard boxes, Styrofoam containers, and plastic water bottles. After we 26 two bags, we stopped for the day. The next week, we cleaned the same 30 feet and returned home, hot and 27 . Our arms were scratched from brush, and it seemed we would never 28 those who threw trash out of car windows. When I posted photos of Kai’s project on Facebook, friends praised her 29 . And they—like me— 30 her determination to create a better world. 31 , I just felt something close to irritation (愤怒). Why are we making kids clean up our mess?So when the pandemic hit, I 32 our cleanup project, and we haven’t restarted it. Kai is now in third grade, and on Fridays, she’s usually biking with friends after school. She’s still 33 about the environment and hopes to become a marine biologist one day and study sharks.She has many years to 34 , years in which adults will hopefully get serious about solving plastic pollution. We shouldn’t leave children with a diminished planet and expect them to 35 it.21．A．watching B．cleaning C．decorating D．measuring 22．A．surprise B．upset C．please D．embarrass 23．A．left B．caught C．threw D．spotted 24．A．break B．exchange C．replace D．mistake 25．A．set off B．turned down C．pulled over D．called off 26．A．filled B．found C．carried D．emptied 27．A．thrilled B．relaxed C．exhausted D．disappointed 28．A．get ahead of B．catch up with C．get hold of D．put up with 29．A．works B．efforts C．bravery D．generosity 30．A．joined B．criticized C．rewarded D．admired 31．A．Therefore B．Instead C．However D．Moreover 32．A．abandoned B．suspended C．promoted D．delayed 33．A．concerned B．practical C．optimistic D．passionate 34．A．wait B．adapt C．decide D．expect 35．A．save B．enjoy C．accept D．control三、语法填空阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

江苏高考英语阅读练习题及答案

江苏高考英语阅读练习题及答案江苏高考英语阅读练习题原文The class teacher thought that hobbies were very important for every child. She encouragedall her pupils to have one, and sometimes arranged for their parents to come and see the workthey had done as a result.One Friday morning the teacher told the class that those of them who had a hobby couldhave a holiday that afternoon to get the things they had made as parts of their hobbies readyfor their parents to see the following afternoon.So on Friday afternoon, while those of the pupils who had nothing to show did their usuallessons, the lucky ones who had made something were allowed to go home, on condition thatthey returned before five oclock to bring what they were going to show, and to arrange them.When the afternoon lessons began, the teacher was surprised to see that Tommy was notthere. He was the laziest boy in the class, and the teacher found it difficult to believe that hehad a hobby. However, at a quarter to five, Tommy arrived with a beautiful collection ofbutterflies(蝴蝶) in glass cases. After his teacher had admired them and helped him to arrangethem on a table in the classroom, she was surprised to see Tommy pick them up again andbegin to leave.―What are you doing, Tommy?‖ she asked.‖ Those things must remain here until tomorrowafternoon. Thats when the parents are coming to see them.‖―I know they are coming then,‖ answered Tommy,‖ and I will bring them back tomorrow;but my big brother doesnt want them to be out of our house at night in case they are stolen.‖―But what has it got to do with your big brother?‖ asked the teacher.‖ Arent thebutterflies yours?‖―No,‖ answered Tommy.‖ They belong to him.‖―But Tommy, you are supposed to show your own hobby here, not somebody elses!‖ saidthe teacher.―I know that,‖ answered Tommy.‖ My hobby is watching my brother collecting butterflies.江苏高考英语阅读练习题1.Whats the best title for this passage?A. Important HobbiesB. Tommys HobbyC. Different HobbiesD. Hobby of Collecting Butterflies2.The teacher______.A. asked the pupils who were in her class to bring something they had madeB. was certain that her pupils were good at making things, so she wanted to show them to theparentsC. invited the parents to come and see what the pupils had madeD. allowed the pupils who had hobbies not to go to class that Friday afternoon3.After reading the passage the readers will laugh. Why?A. Because Tommy was so lazy a boy.B. Because the teacher knew so little about Tommy.C. Because Tommy had made nothing atall.D. Because Tommy had a strange idea about hobby.江苏高考英语阅读练习题答案1.B2.C3.D。

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江苏省2011届高三英语阅读理解专练（48）ABegin doing the work you love as soon as possible, even if you don’t get paid for it, or if you can only work at it part-time. Albert Einstein was unable to get a job as a physics professor. He could have said to himself, “Well, I just don’t have the work relative to physics. I should give up on it and settle for something else.” Instead, he wrote the two most famous papers while employed as a patent（专利）clerk. After their publication, there was not a major university in the world that would not have been glad to have him on their staff.If you want to work as an artist and you are making a living as a waiter, don’t think of yourself as a waiter who hopes one day to become an artist. That puts the work you love somewhere off in the distant future. Rather, think of yourself as an artist, supporting yourself by waiter tables—and paint, or draw as much as you can. It is possible to earn a living wage as a waiter working 24 hours a week. That leaves plenty of time to devote to training or developing your craft（工艺）in the off hours.While seeking the work you love, it helps to expand your awareness（意识）into the universe of all possibilities. You don’t want to be limited to the ideas of what you should do or what you have done before. Having opened to all possibilities, you can make a final decision and select the work you love as your own.Doing the work you love requires that you be equally comfortable with the imaginative and the practical. It requires the ability to dream big dreams and the ability to face and master all the little details that make dreams come true.1．According to the passage, perhaps Einstein once said to himself, “_______.”A．Well, I just don’t have the work relative to physics. I should give up on it and settle for something elseB．The job is just what I want, I should work very hard at itC．I have to support myself by working as a patent clerk now, but I won’t give physics upD．I must wait until I find my favorite job2．If a person works 24 hours a week, he can________.A．have enough spare time for his hobbies B．have no time left to make his dream come trueC．do nothing else D．make a good living3．Which of the following is not implied in the last paragraph?A．Sometimes the imaginative is different from the practical.B．We have to take care of a lot of details before we make our dreams come true.C．We shall do practical things rather than dream.D．We shall dream big dreams and practice as well.4．According to the passage, the author encourages us to ________.A．start work quickly B．select job carefully and patientlyC．dream often D．make up our minds quicklyBEllis Island is located in New York. Harbor Ellis Island is open daily year-round from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p. m. , with extended hours during summer. It is closed December 25. There is no admission charge to Ellis Island; donations are gratefully accepted.At Your FingertipsPark information (212)363-7620Emergencies (212)363-3260Ferryboat information (212)269-5755Lost and found (212)363-7620Dining, gifts, & audio tour (212)344-0996TransportationStatue of Liberty and Ellis Island Ferry: Boats leave from Battery Park, Manhattan, and from Liberty State Park, New Jersey. They run about every 30 to 45 minutes beginning at 9:15 a. m. (ferryschedule subject to change)Hours: May vary; call the number belowClosed: December 25Ferry fees: (Includes Liberty and Ellis Islands) adults, $7; senior citizens, $6; children(age 3 to 17), $3.(group rates are available for 25 or more adults)Ticket & schedule information: (212)269-57555．In summer, visitors will have ______ to visit Ellis Island.A．no enough timeB．a longer timeC．a shorter timeD．a wonderful time6．Which number would you call if your friend were suddenly ill?A．(212)344-0996 B．(212)363-7620 C．(212)363-3260 D．(212)269-5755 7．Which of the following is not true?A．People can visit Ellis Island free of charge.B．The boats departure time from Battery Park is at 9:15 a.m. all the year round.C．Ferry fees for children are cheaper than for adults.D．Ferry fees for group visitors can be reduced.8．We may infer from the passage that _________.A．visitors prefer to go to Ellis Island by boatB．there are more visitors in winterC．Ellis Island is open every dayD．Boat is the only transportation to Ellis IslandCA study of a university in Shanghai had found that many of the students there are using a quote（引语）from the Italian poet Dante as a kind of motto. The study of Fudan University, one of China’s top universities, of 489 students, found that 82 had chosen Dante’s “Follow your own pat h and don’t worry about what others say” as their motto, out of 278 people who said they had a motto. This was followed by “Believe yourself” and “Self-improvement without stop.”Students also expressed a common hope for greater understanding and care and said they were always ready to give a hand to those in need.Some researchers think that mottoes can play an important part in children’s growth and they say that a good motto can help children develop a better character.9．The study shows _________.A．what poems are popularB．how many students like the motto “Believe yourself.”C．which university should have mottoesD．the majority of the students like to choose their favorite mottoes10．Of the students asked, _______ students have mottoes.A．about 57% B．about 16% C．about 78% D．about 8%11．The motto “Self-improvement without stop” shares the similar meaning with ______.A．growing by oneself continuouslyB．making oneself better and perfect continuouslyC．going on to improve rapidlyD．becoming better without having a break12．The best title for the passage should be _______.A．Students and PoetB．Mottoes and LearningC．Mottoes and Character DevelopingD．Understanding Care13．What do we know from the passage?A．The students want to be understood and cared and are willing to help.B．The students want to understand themselves deeper with a motto chosen.C．The students need help and care greatly.D．The students believe they understand mottoes better than others.D“Business is war.” The traditional language of business certainly makes it sound that way: winning the competition, getting market share, beating up suppliers, locking up customers. There are the victors and the losers.But today in doing business, you have to listen to stomers, work with suppliers, keep good relations-even with competitors. That doesn’t sound like war. Besides, there are few victors when business is looked upon as war.Most businesses succeed only if others also succeed. Business is competition and cooperation as well. In other words, business is war and peace.To bring together competition and cooperation, we turn to game theory. Game theory provides that whether one person wins or loses depends on what other people do. It is particularly effective when there are many interdependent（相互依存的）factors and no decision can be made in isolation（孤立）from other decisions.Game theory breaks down the game into key elements（要素）:players, added values, rules, tactics（计谋）, and scope（范围）(PARTS).Every element affects the result of the game. This means that each of the five elements gives you a way to change an existing game into entirely new one. Change one of the PARTS, and you change the whole.Why change the game? An old Chinese saying expl ains: If you continue on the course you’re heading, that’s where you’ll end up. Sometimes that’s good, sometimes not. You can play the game very well, and still suffer great loss. That’s because you’re playing the wrong game: you need to change it. Even a good game can be made into a better one. Real success comes from actively shaping the game you play-from making the game you want, not taking the game you find. 14．The author of this passage is _______ the idea that “Business is war.”A．in favor of B．against C．considering D．doubtful of 15．“PARTS” stands for _______.A．players, added values, rules, tactics and scopeB．all of the elements in the game theoryC．the parties in a gameD．the parts that affect the result of the game16．The correct understanding of the underlined sentence in the last paragraph is _______.A．you are really good at playing the game, but you still lose it outB．you are so competitive that you beat up all of your competitors terriblyC．you play the game too well to suffer great lossD．the competition is so hard that you have to put all your heart into it17．The author emphasizes that _______.A．we shall play very hardB．we shall continue in the course we are headingC．we shall play in the right directionD．we shall always change no matter the change is good or notE“If I don’t get something to eat soon, I’ll climb the walls,” said Bryan.Roger, Bryan’s fifteen-year-old bookworm brother kept on reading. Bryan searched the kitchen but found only three aged bananas with big brown spots.“Roger,” begged Bryan, “you’ve read two books already today. Let’s bake banana bread.”Roger closed his book with a sigh. “Sounds good, but do you know how? I don’t.”“It’s easy,” said Bryan. “I’ve watched Mom make it.”The boys found the recipe and gathered everything they needed. Bryan was mashing bananas when he noticed Roger filling a huge soupspoon with salt.“Wait!” shouted Bryan. “You need just a teaspoon of salt.”Roger opened a drawer. “Which spoons are for tea?” he asked.Bryan was amazed. He had always thought that his older brother knew everything. “Roger,” he said, “use this measuring spoon. See , it say’s teaspoon on the handle.”Finally the batter（面料）was ready for baking. Soon a delicious smell of banana bread filled the house. An hour later, the boys opened the oven and found a beautifully rounded loaf, only a littleburned around the edges.“Something smells wonderful,” said their mother when she arrived home. “Did you save a taste for me?”The brothers laughed, brushing crumbs from their fingers.“Sorry, Mom,” said Roger. “Next time we will. My little brother is quite a baker!”18．If Roger had used the spoon he chose first, he would have ________.A．saved time B．kept the bananas from spoilingC．ruined the banana bread D．made the batter too sweet19．What did Roger probably do after he ate the banana bread?A．ate an orange B．baked another loafC．looked for another recipe D．continued reading his book20．How did Bryan probably feel after the baking project?A．upset that the banana bread was burnedB．proud that he had made dessert for dinnerC．proud that he had taught Roger somethingD．upset that he had needed help from his mother.参考答案CACAB CBDDA BCABA ACCDC。