江苏省高考三年英语阅读真题(含答案)
56. According to the survey, people left alone on a desert island would most want their_________ _.
A. MP3 player
B. dog
C. spouse/ partner
D. celebrity
57. Which of the following is true about George Clooney?
A. He has been trained in wilderness survival.
B. He may not be able to help you survive.
C. He does not think Roseane is beautiful.
D. He is the choice of most South African women.
58. The survey results are analyzed in terms of the respondents’ __________.
A. sex, age and nationality
B. race, nationality and sex
C. marriage, age and race
D. age, sex and marriage
B
Deputy Agriculture Secretary Kathleen Merrigan sees an epidemic (流行病) sweeping acrossAmerica’s farmland. It has little to do with the usual challenges, such as flood, rising fuel pricesand crop-eating insects. The country’s farmers are getting older, and there are fewer people standing in line to take their place. National agricultural census (普查) figures show that the fastest-growing group of farmers is the part over 65. Merrigan is afraid the average age will be even higher when the 2012 statistics are completed.
Merrigan, a former college professor, is making stops at universities across the country in hopes of encouraging more students to think about careers in agriculture. Aside from trying to stop the graying of America’s farmers, her work is made tougher by a recent blog pos ting that put agriculture at No. 1 on a list of “useless〞college degrees. Top federal agriculture officials are talking about the posting, and it has the attention of agricultural organizations across the country.
“There couldn’t be anything that’s more in correct,〞Merrigan said. “We know that there aren’t enough qualified graduates to fill the jobs that are out there in American agriculture.〞In addition, a growing world population that some experts predict will require 70% more foodproduction by 2050, she said.
“I truly believe we’re at a golden age of agriculture. Global demand is at an all-time recordhigh, and global supplies are at all-time record lows,〞said Matt Rush, director of the Texas FarmBureau. “Production costs are going to be valuable enough th at younger people are going to have the opportunity to be involved in agriculture.〞
The Department of Agriculture has programs aimed at developing more farmers and at increasing interest in locally grown food. The National Young Farmers’Coalition has also been pushing for state and federal policy changes to make it easier for new farmers.
Ryan Best, president of Future Farmers of America, has been living out of a suitcase, travelingthe country and visiting with high school students about careers in agriculture. The 21-year-old Besthopes his message—that this is a new time in agriculture—will motivate the next generation to turnaround the statistics. “Never before have we had the innovations (创新) in technology which have
led to agriculture in this country being the most efficient it has ever been,〞he said. “There’s really a place for everybody to fit in.〞
59. What is the new challenge to American agriculture?
A. Fewer and older farmers.
B. Higher fuel prices.
C. More natural disasters.
D. Lower agricultural output.
60. Why is Merrigan visiting universities across the country?
A. To draw federal agriculture officials’attention.
B. To select qualified agriculture graduates.
C. To clarify a recent blog posting.
D. To talk more students into farming careers.
61. According to Matt Rush, American agriculture will provide opportunities for younger
peoplebecause__________
A. the government will cover production costs
B. global food supplies will be even lower
C. investment in agriculture will be profitable
D. America will increase its food export
62. What do the underlined words “to turn around the statistics〞in the last paragraph mean?
A. To re-analyze the result of the national census.
B. To increase agricultural production.
C. To bring down the average age of farmers.
D. To invest more in agriculture.
C
Medical drugs sometimes cause more damage than they cure. One solution to this problem is toput the drugs inside a capsule, protecting them from the body—and the body from them—until theycan be released at just the right spot. There are lots of ways to trigger (引发) this release,including changing temperature, acidity, and so on. But triggers can come with their own risks—burns, forexample. Now, researchers in California have designed what could be a harmless triggerto date: shining near-infrared light (NIR, 近红外线) on the drug in the capsule.
The idea of using light to liberate the drug in the capsule isn’t new. Researchers around theglobe have developed polymers (聚合物) and other materials that begin to break down when theyabsorb either ultraviolet (UV, 紫外线) or visible light. But tissues also readily absorb UV andvisible light, which means the drug release, can be triggered only near the skin, where the light canreach the capsule. NIR light largely passes through tissues, so researchers have tried to use it as atrigger. But few compounds (化合物) absorb NIR well and go through chemical changes.
That changed last year when Adah Almutairi, a chemist at the University of California, SanDiego, reported that she and her colleagues had designed a polymer that breaks down when itabsorbs NIR light. Their polymer used a commercially available NIR-absorbing group
calledo-nitrobenzyl (ONB). When they catch the light, ONB groups fall off the polymer, leading
to itsbreakdown. But ONB is only a so-so NIR absorber, and it could be poisonous to cells when it separates from the polymer.
So Almutairi and her colleagues reported creating a new material for capsules that’s even better. This one consists of a long chain of compounds called cresol groups linked in a polymer. Cresol contains reactive(易反应的) components that make it highly unstable in its polymeric form, a feature Almutairi and her colleagues use to their advantage. After polymerizing the cresols, they cap each reactive component with a light-absorbing compound called Bhc. When the Bhcs absorb NIR light, the reactive groups are exposed and break the long polymer into two short chains. Shining additional light continues this breakdown, potentially releasing any drugs in the capsule. What’s more, Almutairi says, Bhc is 10 times better at absorbing NIR than is ONB and is not poisonous to cells.
63. According to the passage, which of the following could be the best trigger?
A. Temperature change.
B. NIR light.
C. Acidity change.
D. UV light.
64. Why is ONB unsatisfactory?
A. It breaks down when it absorbs NIR light.
B. It falls off the polymer and triggers drug release.
C. It has not come onto the market up till now.
D. It is not effective enough and could be poisonous.
65. Which word can be used to complete the following process of changes?
A. protected
B. formed
C. exposed
D. combined
D
Franz Kafka wrote that “a book must be the ax (斧子) for the frozen sea inside us. 〞I onceshared this sentence with a class of seve nth graders, and it didn’t seem to require any explanation.
We’d just finished John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men. When we read the end together out loud in class, my toughest boy, a star basketball player, wept a little, and so did I. “Are you crying?〞one girl asked, as she got out of her chair to take a closer look. “I am,〞I told her, “andthe funny thing is I’ve read it many times.〞
But they understood. When George shoots Lennie, the tragedy is that we realize it was alwaysgoing to happen. In my 14 ye ars of teaching in a New York City public middle school, I’ve taughtkids with imprisoned parents, abusive parents, irresponsible parents; kids who are parentsthemselves; kids who are homeless; kids who grew up in violent neighborhoods. They understand, mor e than I ever will, the novel’s terrible logic—the giving way of dreams to fate (命运).
For the last seven years, I have worked as a reading enrichment teacher, reading classic worksof literature with small groups of students from grades six to eight. I originally proposed this idea tomy headmaster after learning that a former excellent student of mine had transferred out of a selective high school—one that often attracts the literary-minded children of Manhattan’s upper classes—into a less competitive setting. The daughter of immigrants, with a father in prison, she perhaps feltuncomfortable with her new classmates. I thought additional “cultural capital〞could help studentslike her develop better in high school, where they would unavoidably meet, perhaps for the firsttime, students who came from homes lined with bookshelves, whose parents had earned Ph. D.’s.
Along with Of Mice and Men, my groups read: Sounder, The Red Pony, Lord of the Flies, Romeo and Juliet and Macbeth. The students didn’t always read from the expected point of view.About The Red Pony, one student said, “it’s about being a man, it’s about manliness.〞I had never before seen the parallels between Scarface and Macbeth, nor had I heard Lady Macbeth’s soliloquies (独白) read as raps (说唱), but both made sense; the interpretations were playful, but serious.Once introduced to Steinbeck’s writing, one boy went on to read The Grapes of Wrath and told me repeatedly how amazing it was that “all these people hate each other, and they’re all white.〞His historical view was broadening, his sense of his own country deepening. Year after
year, former students visited and told me how prepared they had felt in their first year in college as a result of the classes.
Year after year, however, we are increasing the number of practice tests. We are trying toteach students to read increasingly complex texts, not for emotional punch (碰撞) but for textcomplexity. Yet, we cannot enrich (充实) the minds of our students by testing them on texts thatignore their hearts. We are teaching them that words do not amaze but confuse. We may succeed inraising test scores, but we will fail to teach them that reading can be transformative and that itbelongs to them.
66. The underlined words in Paragraph 1 probably mean that a book helps to __________.
A. realize our dreams
B. give support to our life
C. smooth away difficulties
D. awake our emotions
67. Why were the students able to understand the novel Of Mice and Men?
A. Because they spent much time reading it.
B. Because they had read the novel before.
C. Because they came from a public school.
D. Because they had similar life experiences.
68. The girl left the selective high school possibly because__________..
A. she was a literary-minded girl
B. her parents were immigrants
C. she couldn’t fit in with her class
D. her father was then in prison
69. To the author’s surprise, the students read the novels__________..
A. creatively
B. passively
C. repeatedly
D. carelessly
70. The author writes the passage mainly to__________..
A. introduce classic works of literature
B. advocate teaching literature to touch the heart
C. argue for equality among high school students
D. defend the current testing system
13年
12年
第三部分(共15 小题,每小题2 分,共30 分)
56. C 57. B 58. A 59. A 60. D 61. C 62. C 63. B 64. D 65. C 66. D 67. D 68. C 69. A 70. B
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江苏省高考三年英语阅读真题(含答案)
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2020年江苏高考英语试题 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分） 第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分） 第一节：单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child ______ he or she wants. A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever 答案是B。 21. Many lessons are now available online, from ______ students can choose for free. （） A. whose B. which C. when D. whom 22. If you look at all sides of the situation, you'll find probably a solution that _______ everyone. （） A. suit B. suited C. suits D. has suited 23. They decide to have more workers for the project ______ it won't be delayed. （） A. even if B. as if C. now that D. so that 24. Building such a bridge over the bay was ______, but the local government made it within two years. （） A. a wet blanket B. a piece of cake C. a dark horse D. a hard nut to crack 25. It is not a problem ______ we can win the battle; it's just a matter of time. （） A. whether B. why C. when D. where 26. Instead of getting down to a new task as I ______, he examined the previous work again. （） A. had expected B. have expected C. would expect D. expect 27. There will still be lots of challenges if we are to ______ garbage in a short time. （） A. clarify B. justify C. satisfy D. classify 28. If I hadn't been faced with so many barriers, I ______ where I am. （） A. won't be B. wouldn't have been C. wouldn't be D. shouldn't have been 29. The outbreak of Covid-19 has meant an ______ change in our life and work. （）
2021年高考真题——英语(江苏卷) Word版含答案
2021江苏高考英语试卷 一、听力 1. What time is it now? A. 9:10 B. 9:50 C. 10:00 2. What does the woman think of the weather? A. It’s nice. B. It’s warm. C. It’s cold. 3. What will the man do? A. Attend a meeting. B. Give a lecture. C. Leave his office. 4. What’s the woman’s opinion about the course? A. Too hard. B. Worth taking. C. Very easy. 5. What does the woman want the man to do? A. Speak louder. B. Apologize to her. C. Turn on the radio. 6. How long did Michael stay in China? A. Five days. B. One week. Two weeks. 7. Where did Michael stay last year? A. Russia B. Norway. C. India 8. What does Sally like? A. Chicken B. Fish C. Eggs 9. What are the speakers going to do? A. Cook dinner B. Go shopping C. Order dishes 10. Where are the speakers? A. In a hospital B. In the office C. At home 11. When is the report due? A. Thursday. B. Friday. C. Next Monday. 12. What does George suggest Stephanie do with the report? A. Improve it. B. Hand it in later. Leave it with him. 13. What’s the probable relationship between the speakers? A. Salesperson and customer B. Patient and doctor C. Husband and wife 14. What kind of apartment do the speakers prefer? A. One with two bathrooms. B. One with furniture. C. One near a market. 15. How much should one pay for the two-bedroom apartment? A. $350 B. $400 C. $415 16. Where is the apartment the speakers would like to see? A. On Lake Street. B. On Market Street C. On South Street. 17. What percentage of the world’s tea exports go to Britain? A. Almost 45%. B. About 30% C. About 15% 18. Why do tea tasters taste tea with milk? A. Most British people drink that way. B. Tea tastes much better with milk. C. Tea with milk is healthy. 19. Who suggests a price for each tea? A. Tea tasters. B. Tea exporters. C. Tea companies. 20. What is the speaker talking about? A. The life of tea tasters. B. Afternoon tea in Britain. C. The London Tea Trade Centre. 二、单选 21. The number of smokers, ______ is reported, has dropped by 17 percent in the past one year. A. it B. which C. that D. as 22. Schools should be lively places where individuals are encouraged to _____ to their greatest potential. A. accelerate B. improve C. perform D. develop 23. – Jim, can you work…..? --_____? I’ve been working two weeks on end. A. Why me B. Why not C. What if D. So what 24. Much time______ sitting at a desk, office workers are generally trapped by health problems. A. being spent B. having spent C. spent D. to spend 25. _____ Li Hua, a great Chinese poet, was born is known to the public, but…. A. That B. Why C. Where D. How 26. It is so cold that you can’t go outside______ fully covered in thick clothes. A. if B. unless C. once D. when 27. The university started some new language programmes to _______ the country’s Silk Road Economic Belt. A. apply to B. cater for C. appeal to D. … 28. It might have saved me much trouble______ the schedule. A. did I know B. have I known C. do I know D. had I known 29. The whole team ______ Donald, and he seldom let them down. A. wait on B. focus on C. count on D. call on 30. The reason why prices ______ and still are too high is complex, and no short discussion can satisfactory can explain this problem. A. were B. will be C. have been D. had been 31. The police officers decided to conduct a thorough, and ______ review of the case. A. comprehensive B. complicated C. suspicious D. … 32. Some schools will have to make _______ in agreement with the national social reform. A. judgments B. adjustments C. comments D. achievements 33. –Why didn’t you invite John to your birthday party? -- Well, you know he’s______. A.an early bird B. a wet blanket C. a lucky dog D. a tough nut 34. Many of the things we now benefit from would not be around_______ Thomas Edison. A. thanks to B. regardless of C. aside from D. but for 35. –Go and say sorry to your mom, Dave? -- I’d like to, but I’m afraid Mom would not accept my______. A. requests B. excuses C. apologies D. regrets 三、完形填空 I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel’s books in college and was hooked on his positivity from the moment on. The stories of his unconventional___36___ and the exceptional patients he wrote about were so ___37____ to me and had such a big____38_____ on how I saw life from then on. Who knew that so many years later I would look to Dr. Bernie and his CDs again to ___39___ my own cancer experience? I’m ambitious __40___, and when I started going through chemo(化疗), even though I’m a very __41__ person, I lost my drive to write. I was just too tired and not in the ___42__. One day, while wanting to go in for __43__, I had one