2019届上海市格致中学高三下学期第三次模拟考试英语试题 Word版含答案
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Ⅱ. Grammar and VocabularySection A (10分)Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.The biggest house of cards, the longest tongue, and of course, the tallest man: these are among the thousands of records logged in the famous Guinness Book of Records. Created in 1955 after a debate (21) _______ (concern) Europe's fastest game bird, (22) _______ began as a marketing tool sold to pub landlords (23) _______ (promote) Guinness, an Irish drink, became the bestselling copyright title of all time (a category that excludes books such as the Bible and the Koran). In time, the book would sell 120 million copies in over 100 countries— quite a leap from its humble beginnings.In its early years, the book set its sights on (24) _______ (satisfy) man's inborn curiosity about the natural world around him. Its two principal fact finders, twins Norris and Ross McWhirter, moved wildly around the globe to collect facts. It was their task to find and document aspects of life that can be sensed or observed, things that can be quantified or measured. But not just any things. They were only interested in superlatives: the biggest and the best. It was during this period (25) _______ some of the remarkable Guinness Records were documented, answering such questions as "What is the brightest star?" and "What is the biggest spider?"Once aware of the public's thirst for such knowledge, the book's authors began to branch out to cover increasingly doubtful, little-known facts. They started documenting human achievements as well. A forerunner for reality television, the Guinness Book gave people (26) _______ chance to become famous for accomplishing odd, often pointless tasks. Records were set in 1955 for consuming 24 raw eggs in 14 minutes and in 1981 for thefastest solving of a Rubik's Cube (which took a mere 38 seconds). In 1979 a man yodeled（用真假嗓音交替唱）non-stop for ten and a quarter hours.In its latest appearance, the book has found a new home on the internet. No longer (27) _______ (restrict) to the limits of physical paper, the Guinness World Records website contains seemingly innumerable facts concerning such topics as the most powerful combustion（燃烧） engine, or the world's longest train. What is striking, however, is that such facts are found sharing a page with the record of the heaviest train to be pulled (28) _______ a beard.Originating as a simple bar book, the Guinness Book of Records (29) _______ (evolve) over decades to provide insight into the full range of modern life. And although one may be (30) _______ (likely) now to learn about the widest human mouth than the highest number of casualties in a single battle of the Civil War, the Guinness World Records website offers a telling glimpse into the future of fact-finding and record-recording.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word canonly be used once. Note that there is one word more than youneed.Gender equality has powerful potential to improve the economy, security and the overall well-being of a population.“If the world closed the gender gap in workforce 31 , global [Gross Domestic Product] would increase by 28 trillion dollars by 2025... That’s about a quarter of the world’s current GDP, and almost half of the world’s current debt,” said U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues Catherine Russell in a recent speech. She also noted that “studies have found that countries with less gender inequality are more secure, and peace 32 last longer when women are at th e negotiating table.”Nonetheless, no country in the world can 33 that it has achieved full gender equality.“Around the world, women are vastly 34 in politics and the workforce, particularly in leadership positions and other high-paying jobs,” said Ambassador Russell. At the same time, women make up the majority of the poor. “I’ve heard people say that poverty has a 35 face, and that makes sense when you consider that women control just one-fifth of global wealth,” said Ambassador Russell.World leaders are beginning to recognize that everyone benefits from 36 gender equality, she said. This is why gender equality is part of U.S. foreign policy. A key part of U.S. efforts focus on educating and empowering girls. In the past 18 months, the United States 37 its global strategy to empower adolescent girls, as well as Let Girls Learn, which is a Presidential initiative that focuses on educating girls.We are also working with numerous countries to remove 38 that keep women from inheriting or owning property, entering the formal job market or accessing banking services.“Gender equality sometimes looks like an impossible task —a 39 without an end,” said Ambassador Russell. “But...we can make progress, and that progress is worth making. Little by little, discussion by discussion, step by step, we can improve the lives of women and girls, men and boys all around the world. And in doing so, we can reach our 40 goals of peace, prosperity, and security.”I.ReadingComprehensionSectionADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrasesmarked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Microsoft Corp founder Bill Gates caught people’s eye in a recent interview, when he suggested that robots should be taxed in, order to help humans keep their jobs. Gates is only one of many people in the tech world who have worried about automation and its ___41___ to workers.It’s easy to see why the tech world is ___42___. The rise of machine learning has increased the fear that ___43___ humans could simply become out of date--___44___, 3.5 million American truck drivers might soon find their jobs threatened by driverless trucks. Though in the past, technology usually complemented workers ___45___ replacing them, there’s no law of nature saying the technology of the future will work the same. A few economists even claim that cheap automation has already ___46___ income from workers to company owners.Another ___47___ is that even if the mass of humanity ultimately does find new ways to add value by complementing new technology—to“r ace with the machines,”a s economist Erik Brynjofsson puts it—this transition could take a long time and hurt a lot of people. As Bloomberg View’s Tyler Cowen has noted, wages inBritain fell for four decades at the start of the Industrial Revolution. More ___48___, we’ve seen very slow and painful adjustment to the impact of globalization. If the machine learning revolution hurts workers for 40 years before ultimately helping them, it might be worth it to ___49___ that revolution and give them time to adjust.The main argument against taxing the robots is that it might hold back ___50___. Growth in rich countries has slowed markedly in the past decade, suggesting that it’s getting harder and harder to find new ways of doing things. Stagnating productivity, combined with falling business investment, suggests that___51___ of new technology is currently too slow rather than too fast—the biggest problem right now isn’t too many robots, it’s too few. Taxing new technology, however it’s done, could make that slowdown worse.The problem with Gate’s basic proposal is that it’s very hard to tell the difference between new technology that ___52___ humans and new technology that replaces them. This is especially true over the long term. Power looms（织布机）replaced human weavers back in the Industrial Revolution. ___53___, people eventually became more productive, by learning to operate those looms. If taxes had slowed the development of power looms, the eventual improvements would have come later.This is a powerful argument ___54___ the taxation of automation. Gates is right to say that we shoulc start thinking ahead of time about how to use policy to mitigate（缓和）the unintended consequences of automation. But given the importance of sustaining innovation, we should look at ___55___ policies.41. A. resistance B. threat C. admission D. dedication42. A. frightened B. worried C. intolerant D. offensive43. A. few B. several C. many D. any44. A. in other words B. for example C. of course D. by contrast45. A. in case of B. because of C. in face of D. instead of46. A. distracted B. digested C. directed D. disclosed47. A. fear B. proposal C. adjustment D. complement48. A. possibly B. recently C. primarily D. technically49. A. slow…down B. make…up C. get…over D. give…up50. A. modernism B. availability C. popularity D. innovation51. A. persuasion B. adoption C. interruption D. elimination52. A. complements B. engages C. invades D. matures53. A. However B. Therefore C. Consequently D. Furthermore54. A. from B. against C. by D. besides55. A. uppermost B. stimulating C. persistent D. alternativeSection BDirections: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions orunfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have justread.( A )High above Earth, a multi-billion- dollar formation of communications satellites stands ready to instantly connect people like pilots and seamen to every available aid when they find themselves in emergency. But what if the communication computers on board these ships and aircrafts broke down? The world could go silent, and leave travelers looking for directions. Not worry. There is a backup plan, in part using technology that was invented in 1835, the year Mark Twain was born. It’s the Morse code, the lan guage of dots and dashes that has survived the “ attack” of higher techonology for a century and half.Named after its inventor, Samuel F B Morse, the code is a series of combinations of short and long tones(dots and dashes) representing letters of the alphabet that can be transmitted(方法送) manually by a key operator. A telegrapher combines the dots and dashes to form letters and words. It is a seemingly tiring procedure, but skilled operators can transmit and receive faster than most secretaries can type.Morse telegraphy may seem weird and out of fashion, with its brass sounder and key operated by the world’s most basic tool, the human finger. However, it is sometimes vital to worldwide communications. When the Mexico City earthquake occurred in 1985 and all the power went off, calls for help were transmitted in Morse by an amateur radio operator. “We see the Morse code as a dying art, but we refuse to let it die completely,” says Major General Leo M Childs, the US Army’s Chiefs Signal Officer. “ Newer isn’t always better. Even though it is old and slow, Morse is still the most reliable in difficult conditions.”Ever since Morse started the telegraph service in 1844, the death of Morse code has been predicted regularly. However, although the telegraph has receded from public view, experts say that they cannot envision an end to its use any time soon. “ I can carry a very small Morse key in my pocket and transmit around the world,” says Burke Stinson, a public relations man for American Telephone & Telegraph Co. “ I don’t think you will ever see the Morse code die. It is going to be difficult to find another method that is as flexible and reliable.”56. Why does the writer mention the possibilityof satellite-based communication systems failing?A. To compare Morse to communication satellites.B. To underlined the importance of a reliable alternative.C. To suggest that satellite communications are unreliable.D. To emphasize the weaknesses of satellites communications.57. What can be learned about the process of communications using Morse Code?A. It involved more than transmitting tones.B. It is difficult even for experienced users.C. It is not as laborious as people think.D. It is simple enough for anyone who can type.58. In the third paragraph, what does the writer imply about the use of Morse Code?A. It attracts many enthusiasts thought old-fashioned.B. It is most useful to the armed forces and some hobbyists.C. It has been brought to life again by amateur radio operators.D. It can be the only way to communicate during a crisis.59. Which of the following might the best title of the passage?A. Dots and Dashes Still AliveB. A New Age for Morse CodeC. The Evolution of Morse TelegraphyD. Samuel F. B Morse : Father of the Morse Code( B)Read the following passage about four apps.1. Start Walking PathThis app was created by the American Heart Association to encourage people to walk more to stay fit. It makes it easy for you to find or create and then share nice walks wherever you are. For example, imagine you take a walk through a park on your way home from work one day. You can map your walk using this app and share it with your friends and coworkers so they can enjoy it too. Or you can search a new area to see if anyone else has posted a nice walk.2. Weigh What Matters.This app was created by the American Medical Association to make it easy for patients to set healthy goals and then keep track of their progress. The app tracks three areas: weight, nutrition, and physical activity. Users record what they weight, what they eat, and how much exercise they get. From this information, a progress report is created and emailed to the patient’s doctor. If patients are not getting enough exercise, their doctors can encourage them to work out more often.3. My Fitness PalThis app allows you to easily keep track of everything you eat and shows you the calories you are consuming. You can also keep track of or find recipes for healthy meals. And it has links to discussion boards where you can get support from other people who are trying to lose weight.4. Sleep CycleThis app watches you while you sleep. It then teaches you about your sleep patterns. You can then use the information to change your pattern if necessary in order that you can sleep better. Here’s how it works. You places your phone on your bed, near your pillow. Then just go to sleep—you phone keeps track of your movement and breathing during the night. It records this information in an easy-to- read graph that shows you how much you move and how often and when you wake up during the night. It also choose the best time to wake you up so that you have a peaceful start to your day.60. What do the four apps have in common?A. They are all apps to enable users to socialize.B. They are all apps to help users become healthier.C. They are all apps to ensure users have a good sleep.D. They are all apps to encourage users to take exercise.61. Which pair of apps allow users to record what they eat?A. Start Walking Path and Weigh What MattersB. Weigh What Matters and My Fitness PalC. Sleep Cycle and Start Walking PathD. My Fitness Pal and Sleep Cycle62. Which of the following is a function of Sleep Cycle?A. It can serve as an alarm clock.B. It is connected to the user’s doctor.C. It keeps track of the user’s brain activity.D. It wakes the users up if he doesn’t sleep well(C)In an industry with low margins(利润) where the traditional wisdom is led by Walmart, the key to success is lowering operating costs. A big part of those costs are in labor, so it is no surprise that the retail industry has been a leader in using more part-time workers to keep labor costs down, holding the line on wages, not training, and with few exceptions, seeing employees as a cost to be minimized. There is no doubt that these businesses fight for every dollar of margin. Unlike trend-leading hi-tech companies which spend a lot of money on employees to get them innovated, retail industry can spend very limited money on their employees.What researchers found was that companies were often staffingtheir stores far too low, and that many stores tended to perform better with higher staffing levels and were more profitable. Let’s let that sink in for a minute. The stores were making more money (with all other things being equal) when they spent more on employees.They also found that retailers didn’t do a very good job when staffing levels are just the actualdemand in those stores. In fact, they set staffing levels identically across stores, even when the needs of the stores varied considerably. The average store did not appear to be understaffed, but there were enough that were understaffed and effect on overall company profitability was substantial.Interestingly, the same researchers persuaded the retail chain to run an experiment with them and slightly raise staffing levels to the amount that their analysis of historical data suggests would be ideal. Yes, labor costs obviously jumped when they did that, but so did profits. In retail, labor is a small percentage of costs—the biggest part is the cost of the products they sell. So, the net effect was an increase in profits of $7.4 million across 168 stores on an annual basis.What can we learn from this? One question worth thinking of is: How can traditional retail industry survive the increasingly severe market? Especially now with the growth of online retail, the one thing stores still have going for them is one to one customer contact with salespeople. If retailers cut that down to almost nothing, then they have effectively eliminated their competitive advantage against online stores.63. In the first paragraph, Walmart is mentioned to indicate that ______.A. Walmart is suffering a low return on investmentsB. Walmart is followed by companies in controlling costsC. Walmart well balances investments and profitsD. Walmart should considerably cut costs on its employees64. According to the passage, which of the following is true about retail industry?A. It focuses on lowering costs of employees.B. It intends to over staff employees in the stores.C. It attempts to maintain high income for the employees.D. It invents a large sum of money on staff training.65. What can we learn from the researchers’ experiment?A. It’s acceptable to have equal staffing levels across stores.B. Understaffing helps the stores to operate profitably.C. Profitability has nothing to do with staffing.D. A little over the standard staffing proved to be profitable.66. Which of the following would the author probably agree with?A. For retail industry, cutting product costs is the priority.B. Online retail industry should staff more precisely to be competitive.C. Investment on employees is potentially profitable for retail industry.D. Staffing control is an effective way for retail industry to make profits.Section C (4*2=8)Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence givenin the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentencesthan youneed.Many people know that trash is a big problem on planet Earth. What many people don’t know is that trash has become a problem in outer space too. (67) __________________________________Statistically, there are more than 22,000 pieces of junk in space around the earth. And these are just the items that we can see from the surface of the earth by telescopes or radars. (68) ______________________________Objects, like bits of old space rockets or satellites, move around the planet at very high speeds, so fast that even a very small piece can break important satellites or become dangerous to people, particularly astronauts. If the tiniest piece of junk crashed into a spacecraft, it could damage the vehicle. That’s because the faster an obje ct moves, the greater the impact if the object collides with something else.To help minimize additional space junk, countries around the world have agreed to limit the time their space tools stay in orbit to 25 years. Each tool must be built to fall safel y into the earth’s atmosphere, or the mass of gases that surround the earth, after that. (69) ________________________________Many scientists are also proposing different ways to clean up space junk. The Germans have been planning a space mission with robots that would collect pieces of space trash and bring them back to Earth so that they can be safely destroyed."In our opinion the problem is very challenging, and it's quite urgent as well," said Marco Castronuovo, an Italian Space Agency researcher who is working to solve the problem. (70) _______________________________ Many of these objects are tools that help people use their cell phones or computers."The time to act is now; as we go farther in time we will need to remove more and more fragments," he says.II.Classes Itookat Chabot have rippled(起涟漪）throughmyprofessional pond.Iproduced the HBO mini-series John Adams with an outline format I learned from a pipe-smoking historian, James Coovelis, whose lectures were interesting. Mary Lou Fitzgerald’s “Studies in Shakespeare” Summary Writing(10’)Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) ofthe passage in NO MORE THAN 60 WORDS. Use your own words as far as possible.Write your answer on the answer sheet.Live in the present momentTo a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrelevant to what happened yesterday, and what may or may not happen tomorrow.Without question, many of us have mastered the art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things. We allow past problems to dominate our present moments so much that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed and hopeless. We have concern over events that might happen in the future—we won’ t have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever. We also postpone our gratification, our priorities and happiness, often convincing ourselves that “someday” will be better than today. Unfortunately, that “someday” neverarrives.Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans. When we’re busy making other plans, our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting outof shape, and our dreams are slipping away. Many people live as if life was a dress rehearsal for some later date. It isn’t. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. When our attention is in the present moment, we pushproblems and fear from our minds.The best strategy to improve our well-being is to learn to bring your attention back to the present. Mark Twain said, “I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. I don’t think I can say it any better. Practice keeping your attention on the here and now. Your efforts will pay off.”第II 卷(共40 分)I. Translation(3’+3’+4’+5’=15’)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the word or phrasegiven in the brackets.72、暴饮暴食被一些人认为是缓解工作压力的手段。
2019-2020学年上海市格致高级中学高三英语第三次联考试卷及答案解析
2019-2020学年上海市格致高级中学高三英语第三次联考试卷及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AExperts say that if food were a country, it would rank second behind theUSas one of the biggest greenhouse gas polluters. The reason is the rising demand for meat. Animal farming is responsible for 14.5 percent of global methane emissions. While cowsare the worst contributors, pigs, sheep, donkeys and other animals play a part as well.Animal agriculture also causes land to become damaged, water to be polluted and forests to get destroyed. With the world population forecast to rise to 9.8 billion by 2050, things are only looking worse for our already decreasing natural resources. While going vegetarian would help, meat consumption is too deep-rooted in most Western diets to allow for such a sharp, permanent change. That is why experts are advocating substituting some of the beef, chicken, or pork with ordinary insects!Insects, which grow into adults within a matter of months, if not weeks, are ready for consumption much faster than domestic animals. They also require much less room, use less water and food, and produce far less greenhouse gas than animals.Of the 1.1 million insect species worldwide, scientists have identified 1,700 as eatable. Among them are ants, grasshoppers, grubs, and earthworms. Just like animals, each insect has a different taste. Tree worms taste just like pork, and grubs are similar to smoked meat.While eating insects might be a new concept for Western people, over 2 billion people worldwide consume insects as a regular part of their diet. Besides being delicious, insects are high in protein, have very few calories, and are free of the saturated fat found in animal meat. Insects can be prepared in many ways. Creative cooks can use them to cook protein-rich soup, make baked treats, and even fry a few with vegetables. So eat insects--- both your body and Mother Earth will thank you for it!1. Which of the following animals contribute the most to global methane emissions?A. Sheep.B. Donkeys.C. Cows.D. Pigs.2. How is the third paragraph developed?A. By making comparisons.B. By providing examples.C. By listing data.D. By asking questions.3. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A.Few people eat insects regularly.B. Ordinary insects are high in fat.C. Insects contain various vitamins.D. Saturated fat is harmful to health.BEveryone can be angry. But if you take the time to actually examine your anger instead of just “feeling” angry, you’ll have a better understanding of yourself. Knowing why you feel so angry can provide you with some surprising answers. These answers can enable you to suddenly grow spiritually and mentally.I can give you a personal example. I went to a meeting once and I was verbally attacked over an application I supported at my workplace. Various people went on and on about how terrible this system was and that it never worked. That didn’t bother me that much. I was used to that but one of the comments that was said was, “Your job is pointless.” This really upset meand at the time, I was ly furious(发怒地) with that comment.I was so angry and upset that they would treat me that way. Once I took the time to think about what was really making me so mad. I learned a lot. I realized that the comment was more truethan I wanted to admit. In the big scheme of things, my job was pointless. It wasn’t what I really wanted to be doing with my life and this was what frustrated me the most. Here I was pouring part of my heart and soul into a job I didn’t even really want to do. I was using it as a crutch(拐杖) because I didn’t have the confidence in myself to take the scary road towards what I really wanted to do. As soon as I realized that, a lot of my anger just melted away. I also realized that I needed to start focusing on what I really wanted to do.I now consider this incident as a great gift It got me back on track to moving in the direction I wanted to go with my life. I probably wouldn’t be where I am today if I hadn’t taken the time to figure out why I was really so angry.4. What made the author angry at the meeting?A. The system of the company was terrible.B. Someone said his job is insignificant.C. The policy of the company didn’t work.D. The application he supported was of no effect.5. What brought down the anger of the author?A. The apology someone made at the meeting.B. The crutch he used to take the scary road.C. His awareness of the fact that the comment was true.D. The courage he had to overcome the challenges.6. Why did the author consider the incident as a gift?A. It brought him back on track to the goal.B. It helped him get promoted to a higher position.C. It helped him change his character since then.D. It provided him with confidence in his career.7. What can be the best title of the passage?A. How to Cope with Verbal Attack in a CompanyB. Avoid Being Pointless at WorkC. Anger Is Harmful to HealthD. Understanding Yourself Better Through AngerCIf you ever find yourself trapped in the wilderness without food, you'llhave to figure out how to feed yourself. Many plants in the wild areedible, but many are also poisonous. So it is necessary to learn how to determine whether the plants you find can be eaten safely.Avoid using this method without careful planning. Some plants can be deadly, and even if you follow these guidelines perfectly, there is always a chance that a plant will make you seriously ill. Prepare yourself for wilderness outings by learning about the local plants, and carry a guidebook to help you identify plants. Even if you are unprepared and cannot find food you know to be safe, remember that, depending on your activity level, the human body can go for days without food, and you’re better off being hungry than being poisoned.Testing the plant in your mouth is dangerous, so go forward very slowly and carefully. First, hold a small portion of the prepared plant part against your lip for 3 minutes. Do not put the plant in your mouth. If you notice any burning, tingling (刺痛), or other reactions, discontinue testing. Second, place another small portion of the plant part on your tongue. Hold the plant on your tongue without chewing for 15 minutes. Discontinue testing if you notice any reaction. Third, chew the plant and holdit in your mouth for 15 minutes. Chew the plant well, and do not swallow. Discontinue testing if you notice any reaction. Fourth, swallow the small portion of the plant. Wait 8 hours. Do not eat or drink anything during this period except purified water. If you feel sick, immediately throw up what you eat and drink plenty of water. If activated charcoal (活性炭) is available, take that with the water.8. What’s the meaning of the underlined world “edible” in paragraph 1?A. Suitable for using as food.B. Widely spread.C. Existing in large quantities.D. Not widely known.9. What can we know from paragraph 2?A. Planning is unnecessary when using the method.B. Not all plants in the wild can serve as food generally.C. Suffering hunger can be more dangerous than testing plants.D. Following the method perfectly can ensure safety.10. Which is the correct order of testing plants in the mouth?① wait and see ② chew it in the mouth③ put it on the tongue④ put it against lips ⑤ swallow itA. ③④②①⑤B. ④③②①⑤C. ③④②⑤①D.④③②⑤①11. Where might the passage come from?A. A student’s diary.B. A science report.C. A guide book for camping.D. A doctor’ s notebook.DIsraeli Paintings—Israeli artist Menashe Kadishman will hold a personal show named "Flock of Sheep" from November 26 to December 20 at the China National Art Museum On show are 550 colourful oil paintings of sheep heads.His works have been on show inthe Metropolitan Museum in New York and Tate Gallery in London over the past 30 years.Time: 9: 00 a.m.—4: 00 p.m., November 26—December 20.Place: China National Art Museum, 1 Wusi Dajie, Dongcheng District, Beijing.Tel: 6401-2252Russian Ballet—The Kremlin Ballet from Russia will perform two immortal classical ballets—"Swan Lake" and "The Nutcracker"—at the Beijing Beizhan Theatre. Set up in 1990, the theatre has a number of first-class ballet dancers. Most of their performances are classical.Time: 7: 15 p.m., December 5 and 6 ("Swan Lake"); 7: 15 p.m., December 7 ("The Nutcracker")Place: Beizhan Theatre, Xiwai Dajie, Xicheng District, Beijing.Tel: 6605-3388Folk Concert—The Central Conservatory of Music will hold a folk concert in memory of the late musician Situ Huacheng.On the programme are many popular folks such as "Moon Night on the Bamboo Tower", "Celebrating Harvest", "Deep and Lasting Friendship", "Golden Snake Dances Wildly" and "Children's Holiday".Time: 7: 30 p.m., November 25.Place: Beijing Concert Hall, 1 Beixinhuajie, Xicheng District, Beijing.Tel: 6605-581212.If a child is very fond of dancing, his parents should take him to ________.A.China National Art MuseumB.Beizhan TheatreC.Beijing Concert HallD.1 Wusi Dajie13.Menashe Kadishman is well known for painting ________.A.deerB.birdsC.sheepD.flowers14.Which of the following is TRUE?A.The folk concert will last three days.B.The ballet "The Nutcracker" will be put on once.C.The Israeli paintings will be on show for a month.D.China National Art Museum lies in Xicheng District.15.If you dial the telephone number 6605-3388 on Dec. 8, you can ________.A.go to the folk concertB.visit the Art MuseumC.watch the balletD.none of the above第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019-2020学年格致高级中学高三英语第三次联考试题及答案解析
2019-2020学年格致高级中学高三英语第三次联考试题及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ALocated inLos Angeles,UniversityofSouthern Californiais in the heart of a leading city. Although LA ranks highly in The Economist’s Safe Cities Index, navigating and city calls for certain safety precautions (预防措施) along with practicing common sense.♦Mobile Safety App Powered by LiveSafeThe Mobile Safety App powered by LiveSafe, manage by the USC Department of Public Safety and the USC Department of Emergency Planning, is a free downloadable app that mobile users can use to initiate contact with emergency responders around the campus. Features include: immediate “push button” calls to DPS, easy reporting for suspicious activity or crimes in progress, and location services to notify friends of your route through campus.♦Blue Light Phone LocationsTheUniversity Parkhas multiple blue light phones that are strategically placed throughout campus. Take note of where the closest ones are on your route. They come in handy in case you lose your phone or in an emergency. These phones are directly connected to USC’s Department of Public Safety’s 24-hour communications center. Besides emergency needs, it can also be used to report suspicious activity, request for an escort (护送) if you feel unsafe and to report a crime.♦Trojans AlertTrojans Alert is an emergency notification system that allows university officials to contact you during an emergency by sending messages via text message or email. When an emergency occurs, authorized USC senders will instantly notify you with real-time updates, instructions on where to go, what to do (or what not to do), whom to contact and other important information. All members of the USC community, as well as parents and regular visitors to campus, are strongly encouraged to sign up for Trojans Alert.1. What do blue light phones do for students?A. Guide students through campus.B. Alert students to crime activities.C. Light up the way if students feel unsafe.D. Connect them with the safety department.2. How does USC send out instructions during an emergency?A. With blue light phones.B. Via text message or email.C. Through mobile safe app.D. By calling all USC members.3. What is the purpose of the text?A. To encourage students to fight crime.B. To introduce USC’s safety department.C. To provide safety services for USC students.D. To inform parents of safety risks on campus.BWhen you walk on a sandy beach, it takes more energy than striding down a sidewalk — because the weight of your body pushes into the sand. Turns out, the same thing is true for vehicles driving on roads. The weight of the vehicles creates a very shallow indentation (凹陷) in the pavement (路面) — and it makes it such that it’s continuously driving up a very shallow hill.Jeremy Gregory, a sustainability scientist at M.I.T. and histeam modeled how much energy could be saved — and green-house gases avoided — by simply stiffening (硬化) the nation’s roads and highways. And they found that stiffening 10 percent of the nation’s roads every year could prevent 440 megatons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions over the next five decades — enough to offset half a percent of projected transportation sector emissions over that time period. To put those emissions savings into context — that amount is equivalent to how much CO2 you’d spare the planet by keeping a billion barrels of oil in the ground — or by growing seven billion trees — for a decade.The results are in the Transportation Research Record.As for how to stiffen roads? Gregory says you could mix small amounts of synthetic fibers orcarbon nanotubes into paving materials. Or you could pave with cement-based concrete, which is stiffer than asphalt (沥青).This system could also be a way to shave carbon emissions without some of the usual hurdles. Usually, when it comes to reducing emissions in the transportation sector, you’re talking about changing policies related to vehicles and also driver behavior, which involves millions and millions of people — as opposed to changing theway we design and maintain our pavements. That’s just on the order of thousands of people who are working in transportation agencies. And when it comes to retrofitting (翻新) our streets and highways —those agencies are where the rubber meets the road.4. Why does the author mention “walk on a sandy beach” in paragraph 1?A. To present a fact.B. To make a contrast.C. To explain a rule.D. To share an experience.5. What suggestion does the author give to reduce CO2 emissions?A. Hardening the road.B. Keeping oil in the ground.C. Growing trees for decades.D. Improving the transportation.6. What is the advantage of this suggestion?A. Gaining more support.B. Consuming less money.C. Involving more people.D. Facing fewer usual obstacles.7. What does the underlined part mean in the last paragraph?A.Those agencies are likely to make more rules.B. Those agencies will change some related policies.C. Those agenciesmight put more rubber tires on the roads.D. Those agencies will play a key role in making this happen.CDepression（抑郁症）in young adult males, ages 18 or 19, is linked to a 20% greater risk of having a heart attack in middle age, according to a new Swedish study.The link can be partly explained by poorer stress resilience（抗压能力）and lower physical fitness among teens with mental disorders.Theresearch included 238,013 men born between 1958 and 1962 who were given examinations in adolescence（青春期）and were then followed into middle age（up to the age of 58 years）. A total of 34,503 men were diagnosed（诊断）with a mental disorder.The study found thata mental disorder in young adulthond was linked to a higher risk of having heart attack by middle age. Compared to men without a mental illness in young adulthood，the risk of heart attack was 20%higher among men with a diagnosis.“We already knew that menwho were physically fit in adolescence seem less likely to keep fitness in later years if they have low stress resilience” said study author Dr. Bergh, “Our research has also shown that low stressresilience is also connected with a greater tendency towards bad behavior, such as higher risks of smoking, drinking and other drug use.”“Better fitness in adolescence is likely to help protect against later heart disease, particularly if people stay fit as they age. Physical activities may also reduce some of the bad effects of stress. Those in poor health could benefit from additional support to encourage exercise and develop plans to deal with stress,” said Bergh.8. How does the author develop paragraph 3?A. By giving examples.B. By listing figures.C. By making a comparison.D. By drawing a conclusion.9. What are men with low stress resilience likely to do?A. Smoke more.B. Eat more.C. Sleep less.D. Do less exercise.10. What will Bergh agree with according to the last paragraph?A. Physical activitiesadd to stress.B. Stress may cause heart disease.C. Taking exercise is unnecessary.D. Staying fit is of great importance.11. In which section of a newspaper may this text appear?A. Entertainment.B. Health.C. Education.D. Fashion.DBritish anthropologists (人类学家) Russell Hill and Robert Barton of the University of Durham, after studying the results of one-on-one boxing, tae kwon do, Greco-Roman wrestling and freestyle wrestling matches at the Olympic Games, conclude that when two competitors are equally matched in fitness and skill, the athlete wearing red is more likely to win.Hill and Barton report that when one competitor is much better than the other, colour has no effect on the result. However, when there is only a small difference between them, the effect of colour is enoughtipthe balance. The anthropologists say that the number of times red wins is not simply by chance, but that these results are statistically significant.Joanna Setchell, a primate (灵长目动物) researcher at the University of Cambridge, has found similar results in nature. She studies the large African monkeys known as mandrills. Mandrills have bright red noses that stand out against their white faces. Setchell’s work shows that the powerful males — the ones who are more successful with females — have a brighter red nose than other males.As well as the studies on primates by Setchell, another study shows the effect of red among birds. In an experiment, scientists put red plastic rings on the legs of male zebra finches and this increased the birds’ successwith female zebra finches, Zebra finches already have bright red beaks (鸟喙), so this study suggests that, as with Olympic athletes, an extra flash of red is significant. In fact, researchers from theUniversityofGlasgowsay that the birds’ brightly coloured beaks are an indicator of health. Jonathan Blount, a biologist, andhis colleagues think they have found proof that bright red or orange beaks attract females because they mean that the males are healthier. Nothing in nature is simple, however, because in species such as the blue footed booby, a completely different colour seems to give the male birds the same advantage with females.Meanwhile, what about those athletes who win in their events while wearing red? Do their clothes give them an unintentional advantage? Robert Barton accepts that “that is the implication” of their findings. Is it time for sports authorities to consider new regulations on sports clothing?12. According to their research. Hill and Barton conclude that ________.A. the colour of clothing has an effect on most sport eventsB. red should be the choice of colour for clothing in sportsC. red plays a role when competitors are equally capableD. athletes perform better when surrounded by bright red13. The underlined word “tip” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.A. achieveB. advanceC. keepD. change14. The example of the blue footed booby proves that ________.A. male birds use different body parts to draw attentionB. red is not the only colour to attract female birdsC. blue gives female birds the same advantageD. blue can indicate how healthy a bird is15. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The colour red gives male animals the most advantage.B. Male zebra finches prefer to have red plastic rings on their legs.C. Rules on sports clothing are going to be changed.D. Athletes wearing red may have an advantage over their opponents.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
上海市格致中学2019届高三三模考试英语试题
【题文】Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.Live in the present momentTo a large degree, the measure of our peace of mind is determined by how much we are able to live in the present moment. Irrelevant to what happened yesterday, and what may or may not happen tomorrow.Without question, many of us have mastered the art of spending much of our lives worrying about a variety of things. We allow past problems to dominate our present moments so much that we end up anxious, frustrated, depressed and hopeless. We have concern over events that might happen in the future—we won’ t have enough money, our children will get into trouble, we will get old and die, whatever. We also postpone our gratification, our priorities and happiness, often convincing ourselves that “someday” will be better than today. Unfortunately, that “someday” never arrives.Life is what’s happening while we’re busy making other plans. When we’re busy making other plans, our children are busy growing up, the people we love are moving away and dying, our bodies are getting out of shape, and our dreams are slipping away. Many people live as if life was a dress rehearsal f or some later date. It isn’t. In fact, no one has a guarantee that he or she will be here tomorrow. Now is the only time we have, and the only time we have any control over. When our attention is in the present moment, we push problems and fear from our minds.The best strategy to improve our well-being is to learn to bring your attention back to the present. Mark Twain said, “I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. I don’t think I can say it any better. Practic e keeping your attention on the here and now. Your efforts will pay off.”_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _【答案】Living in the present moment is important. However, we always waste precious moment worrying about what we have no control over, missing out on life by hoping for a better future which never comes. Since we can’t control the past and the future, care for those around us and focus on things at present. That improves happiness.【解析】【分析】这是一篇议论文。
【全国百强校】上海市格致中学2019届高三三模英语试题
高三年级英语试卷(测试120分钟内完成，总分140分，试后交答题卷) [来源:学科网Z X X K]I. Listening Comprehension （25’）Section ADirections:In Section A, you will hear ten shortconversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a questionwill be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will bespoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, readthe four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the bestanswer to the question you have heard.1. A. At a theatre. B.At a booking office.C. At a railway station.D.At a restaurant.2. A. Her coach didn’t help herenough. B. She had no chance of winning.[来源:学科网Z X X K]C. She didn’t follow her coach’s advice.D. Her coach didn’t listen to her.3. A. $35. B. S70.C.$100.D. $6.4. A. Pass up the food.B. Take abit of the ice-cream.C. Make a wish.D.Sell the ice-cream.5. A. The man will go to meet the woman thisevening.B. The man and the womanhave an appointment at 7 o’clock.C. The woman can’tfinish making the jam before 7 o’clock.D. The woman won’t be able to see the manbefore 7 clock.6. A. She’s learned a lot from theliterature class.B. She’s written somebooks about world classics.C. She’s met some of theworld’s best writers.D. She’s just back from a trip aroundthe world.7. A. The furnished apartment was inexpensive.B. The apartment wasprovided with some old furniture.C. The furniture in themarket was on sale every Sunday.D. The furniture hebought was very cheap.8. A. She has learned a lot fromthe novel.B. She also found theplot difficult to follow.C. She usually hasdifficulty remembering names.D. She can recall thenames of most characters in the novel.9. A. The man is late for the tripbecause he is busy.B. The woman is glad tomeet Mr. Brown in person.C. The man is meetingthe woman on behalf of Mr. Brown.D. The woman feels sorrythat Mr. Brown isunable to come.10. A. Most students would like towork for a newspaper.B. Most students find a job by readingadvertisements.C. Most students find ithard to get a job after they graduate.D. Most students don’twant jobs advertised in the newspapers.Section BDirections:In Section B, you willhear four short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of thepassages. The passages will be r ead twice, but the questions will be spokenonly once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on yourpaper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you haveheard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A.Captain Singleton.B.Robinson Crusoe.C. Moll Flanders.D. Colonel Jack.[来源:学§科§网]12. A.People’s life.B. Sports.C. Politics.D.Music.13. A. Danielwas the youngest son of his family.B. Daniel finished hismost famous novel at the age of 59.C. Daniel was a famousnovelist but not a journalist.D. Daniel was fined andput in prison several times because he failed in business.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Tolearn to recognize plants and animals.B. To get to know more about yourself andyour place in nature.C. To learn how to make use of a map to findyour way.D. To learn how to set up a tent and cook byyourself.15. A. Asimpler life style.B.Work and Worries.C. Wilderness andanimals.D. Goodservice.16. A. Tofeed the animals.B.To water the plants.C. To treat nature with respect.D. To go on anadventure alone.Section CDirections:In section C, you will hear two longerconversations and you will be asked two questions on each of the conversations. The conversationswill be read twice but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear aquestion, read thefour possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the bestanswer to the question you have heard.Questions17 through 18 are based on the following conversation.17. A. takingpictures of everythingB. having a knee surgeryC. taking pictures of peopleexercisingD. giving free classes18. A. Afitness centerB. A hospitalC. A photo shopD.An interview roomQuestions19 through 20 are based on the following conversation.19. A. Hewants to do some shopping B.He wants to get a cameraC. He wants to buy someshellsD. He wants to gethis camera repaired20. A. Inthe Washington Building B.In the Shell BuildingC. In the post officeD.In the Showing Building[来源:学科网Z X X K]II. Gra mmar andVocabulary (20’)Section A (10’)Directions: Afterreading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent andgrammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blankwith the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one wordthat best fits each blank.We are familiar with pop culture, but whatis peep culture? In pop culture, we turnon the TV and watch our favorite celebrities entertain us (21) ________ theirperformance. In peep culture, we turn onthe computer, we move through people’s lives on reality TV, blogs. Facebook andYouTube. (22)______ ______getting our entertainment from scriptedperformances, we get our entertainment from peeping into other people’slives.It can be friends and family. (23)________ it’s just as as likely to be people we have never met from around theworld.Suddenly, we consume all of our time (24)________ (track) other people. And we also invite them to watch us! People reveal themselves to get attention andto feel like they are part of a community. In peep culture, ordinary people are turned into celebrities. This has never happened (25) ________,turning the spotlight on random regular people. There aren’t secrets anymore. The notion of private life (26) ________(change).(27) ________ society has become extremelyfast-paced, most of us are really unaware of these changes in our lives. We are moving into a time (28) ________ourvirtual personality is going to be more important than our actually physical presence. What we have online is going to be moreimportant than what we do offline. Weare now socially judged by our virtual profiles.In the age of “peep culture,,” a tell-all,show-all, know-all digital phenomenon is dramatically changing notions ofprivacy, individuality, security, and even humanity. Susan Boyle became a(n) overnight celebrity (29)______ ______ peep culture. The entireworld was staring at her (30) ________ her transformation from a resident of asmall Scottish town to a global celebrity. We like the story because she’s like a movie, only she’s real.Section B (10’)Directions:Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Eachword can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.We all hope that the values that are impo rtant to each of us arepassed along to our children.Often, however, that hope is challenged by a(n) ____31____of popculture messages, peer pressure, and over-scheduled lives that leave littletime for good counsel or____32____. It’seasy to forget that learning values and character at home is as important asany schoolwork or____33____activity.In the real world of jobs and career, people are judged by twostandards: their professional skills andtheir personal____34____. While gradeschool, high school, and college can teach skills and____35____, it’s up to parents to teach children the ____36____thatmake for success in the real world—diligence, a cooperative attitude, creativity,optimism, assertiveness, and honesty. Schools—____37____colleges—don’t focuson these issues. That’s the job of theparents, so take the assignment seriously. Send your kids into the world, ready to handle not only the tasks of life butalso its hurdles, social obstacles, andfrustrations with finesse and character.You really can’t start soon enough. After all, children need personal ____38____and morals as much as any adult. Bullieswill always be around;tasks won’t alwaysbe assigned fairly; the good guys won’talways win; petty concerns will often trumpissues of substance; and money won’talways be in ample supply; ____39____children to the harsher realities of lifeisn’t cruel; giving them that experienceand___40___them through it is part and parcel of raising kids to have courage,resiliency and honor.III. Reading Comprehension (45’)Section A (15’)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are fourwords or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word orphrase that best fits the context.Each stage of life has different major demands mainly because ourneeds change. As children, a period ofdeep uncertainty and sensitivity, ___41___ andfamily are the top needs although we may not think of them in those terms. As teenagers, we are___42___the waters ofadult life, preparing ourselves for the exciting unknown and as young adults,we search for a___43___. The drive to fulfill each stage is so strong thatsometimes we have to hold the breath to___44___.At each stage, althougheveryone may___45___in dreams, we will all try to take hold of the means toachieve our particular dreams. Some willbe driven with almost tunnel vision, others take a(n) ___46___attitude togetting there. Anyway, without dreams itis hard to direct life. If you are fortunate enough to achieve your currentdreams, you can move forward for___47___desires and prepare yourself for a newconquest.For each period of life, theneeds are decided by that stage, and aswe grow older, whether we like it or not, we gain___48___, which, on the basisof former facts and information, permits us to see a broader view if we arewise enough to take on board what is there. As we mature, the sharpness of the___49 ___of youth, the black and white approach tolife, will be tempered by what is possible, kind, just and fair. Ageing helps us to grow if we allow it. So often we___50___that process, holding on tightly to rooted beliefs which donot do us any favour, yet our needs change and in result we will___51___bedifferent.Physically, even when we stayfit and able, the body cannot deliver inquite the same way as youth. This comesas a(n) ___52___to most of us who start life in the belief that we areunbeatable and will live forever. Again,coming to terms with this fact helps us to___53___anxiety, and finally realize the unexpected benefits which come along with___54___face and slowed body. What was important when we were young can beseen now in a new light, and a differentlist of importance emerges. In the end,extreme age can be as demanding and sensitive as babyho od, so while ones needchanges through life, it seems to come___55___.41. A. finance B.securityC. marriageD. education42. A. testing B.sharingC. changingD. setting43. A. financial advisor B. childhood companionC.life partnerD. household keeper44. A. take action B. calm downC.look forwardD. pay attention45. A. believe B.persevereC. varyD. persist46. A. easy B.randomC. formalD. similar47. A. noble B.freshC. reasonableD. superior48. A. experience B.responsibilityC. respectD. agreement49. A. individualism B. materialismC.idealismD. socialism50. A. resist B. enjoyC. evolveD.strengthen51. A. unexpectedly B.terriblyC. comparativelyD. necessarily52. A. inquiry B.instinctC. refusalD. shock53. A. worsen B.manageC. judgeD. feel54. A. wrinkled B.depressedC. impressiveD. serious55. A. with high requirements B. in full circleC. without difficultyD. on a large scaleSection B (11*2=22’)Directions: Read thefollowing passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinishedstatements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passageyou have just read.(A)Not too many decades ago it seemed “obvious”both to the general public and to sociologists that modern s ociety has changedpeople’s natural relations, loosened their responsibilities to kin（亲戚）and neighbors, and substituted in their place superficialrelationships with passing acquaintances.However, in recent years a growing body of research has revealed tha tthe “obvious” is not true. It seems thatif you are a city resident, youtypically know a smaller proportion of your neighbors than you do if you are aresident of a smaller community. But,for the most part, this fact has few significant consequences. It does not necessarily follow that if youknow few of your neighbors you will know no one else.Even in very large cities, people maintainclose social ties within small, privatesocial worlds. Indeed, the number and quality of meaningfulrelationships do not differ between more and less urban people. Small-town residents are more involved withkin than are big-city residents. Yetcity dwellers compensate by developing friendships with people who sharesimilar interests and activities. Urbanism many produce a different style of life, but the quality of life does not differbetween town and city. Nor are residentsof large communities any likelier to display psychological symptoms of stressor alienation, a feeling of not belonging, than are residents of smallercommunities. However, city dwellers doworry more about crime, and this leads them to a distrust of strangers.These findings do not imply that urbanismmakes little or no difference. Ifneighbors are strangers to one another, they are less likely to sweep the sidewalk ofan elderly couple living next door or keep an eye out for young troublemakers. Moreover, as Wirth suggested,there may be a link between a community’s population size and its socialheterogeneity（多样性）. For instance, sociologists have found much evidence thatthe size of a community is associated with bad behavior including gambling,drugs, etc. Large-city urbanities arealso more likely than their small-town counterparts to have a cosmopolitan（见多识广）outlook, to display less responsibility totraditionalkinship roles, to vote for leftist political candidates, and to betolerant of nontraditional religious groups, unpopular political groups, andso—called undesirables. Everythingconsidered, heterogeneity and unusual behavior seem to be outcomes of largepopulation size.56. Whichof the following statements best describes the organization of the firstparagraph?A. Anargument is examined and possible solutions given.B. Twocontrasting views are presented.C.Research results concerning the quality of urban life are presented in order oftime.D. Adetail description of the difference between urban and small-town life isgiven.57.According to the passage, it was once a common belief that urban residents______.A. couldnot develop long-standing relationships.B. didnot have the same interests as their neighbors.C. tendedto be associated with bad behavior.ually had more friends.58. Oneof the consequences of urban life is that impersonal relationships amongneighbors______.A.disrupt people’s natural relations.B. makethem worry about crime.C. causethem no to show concern for one another.D. causethem to be suspicious of each other.59. Itcan be inferred from the passage that the bigger a community is, ________A. thebetter its quality of lifeB. themore tolerant and open-minded it is.C. thelikelier it is to display psychological symptoms of stress.D. themore similar its interests(B)Villa d’Este, Tivoli (Italy)—Official Site UsefulInformationCallCenter 199766166Number to dial from all of Italy forpre-sales and reservations for: tickets, guided tours, school groups,instructional visits.Bookingsfrom abroad:email: villadestetivoli@te fax: 0039 0412770747telephone: 0039 0412719036VisitingHours:Opening 8.30 - closed one hour beforesunset.The ticket office closes one hour beforethe closing of the monument.The hydraulic organ of the Organ Fountainis active daily, from 10.30 am, every two hours.The Fontana della Civetta functions daily,from 10.00 am, every two hours. TicketPrices:(from May 17 to October 20, 2015)Full ticket (exhibition + villa andgardens, not divisible): € 11.Reduced ticket: € 7.These prices will be valid during thedaytime openings o f the Villa until the closure of the exhibition, due on the20th of October, 2015 (From the 22nd of October, 2015) Full ticket: € 8 Reduced ticket € 4These fares may vary in conjunction withexhibitions set inside the Villa.The right to purchase reduced price ticketsbelongs to all citizens of the European Union between the ages of 18 and 24 aswell as permanent teachers of state schools (upon presentation of identitydocuments).SchoolVisits:Reservations are required. The managementof Villa d’Este, in the aim of preserving the monument and better distributingthe flow of students, has limited the number of students allowed into theVilla to 100 students per hour. Should any school group arrive at the Villawithout having made a reservation, it will be admitted to theVilla accordingto space availability at a particular time and asked to wait until such spacebecomes avail able. Right of Reservation cost: €1,00.Notices:Certain areas of the villa may be closedfor restoration: for information inquire at the ticket office.Please pay particular attention to theareas marked with signs indicating danger (in Italian: pericolo).60. How can a visiting Chinese professor ofarchitecture in Rome make a booking?A. By dialing 199766166.B. By writing an email to villadestetivoli@.C. By calling 0039 0412719036.D. By sending a fax to 0039 0412770747-61. The receptionist at the ticket office may recommendyou to see _____first,if you arrive at 10.25 am.A. the exhibition inside the villaB. the Organ FountainC. the gardensD. theFontana della Civetta62. Why are reservations essential forschool visits?A. Reservations are more economical.B. Reservations enable as many students aspossible to visit the monument.C. Reservations ensure a pleasant visit forstudents and a mana geable one for the Villa.D. Reservation fees can help preserve thesite.(C)Now the Bush team is pushing hardan idea which is inherited from the Clinton administration and which, in someway, builds on the debt-relief initiative. For the very poorest countries, America strongly favors moving from loans to grants, though other industrial-country donors arestill doubtful of the wisdom of this. Giving grants, they argue, will cut future aid flows because some ofthefunding for loans on generous terms comes from money which has been repaid todonors.America takes the view that, sincemany developing—country loans will never be repaid, mainly because therecipients cannot afford to make large payments to their creditors, it makes more sense to treat them as grantsin the first place. The Bushadministration has threatened to hold up the provision of the funds used forthis sort of aid. International Development Assistance (IDA), ifit cannot persuade everyone else to come on board. All members talked about having made progressin this area, but it remains a stumbling block.Work is also under way in the IMFand the G7 to reform the international financial system. This now has twoobjectives. One is to make it harder forterrorist organizations to obtain funding by cracking down on money—launderingand increasing financial transparency. The other is to reduce the occurrence and severity of financial crisesin emerging—market countries. On this, American views seem to have prevailed. The G7 meeting on April 19th and 20th endedwith an unexpected decision to proceed with an American plan to includecollective action clauses in future loans taken out by emerging- marketgovernments. The idea is that in theevent of a delay of payment—such as that by Argentina last December--agovernment could negotiate with a “super-majority” of its creditors torestructure its debts, rather than, asnow, have a small minority of creditorsable to weaken such attempts.This market--based approach isstill controversial and implementing it could be difficult given the previousreluctance of governments to include such clauses in loa n contracts (lest theyappear to be signaling a readiness to default(拖欠）even as they borrow). Work on IMF plans for more far —reachingreforms of supreme debt, on which theBush team recently appeared to pour cold water, is to proceed at the same time.The two approaches, said the G7, are “complementary”.63.According to the passage, America favors moving from loans to grants on thepurpose of________A. making more money for the donorsB. relieving debt of the poorest countriesC. solving the problem of poverty completelyD. collecting more money for future aid toother countries64. Itcan be seen that the undertaking of moving from loans to grants ________A. makes no progress at allB. makes progress smoothlyC. still face some difficultiesD. will achieve its success in near future65. Thepurpose of the reform of the international financial system includes ________.A. relieving the debt of poor countriesB. establishing a global financial marketC. distributing money more fairly in the worldD. preventing the possible financial crisis andterrorists to raise money through the system66. Itcan be inferred from Para. 3 that at present________.A. a country can never expect to reconstructits debtsB. a country can reconstruct its debt with thepermission of IMFC. a country in default cannot reconstruct itsdebts without the permission of all of its creditorsD. a country in default can reconstruct its debtsby acquiring the permissionof most of its creditors.Section C (4*2=8)Directions:Read the following passage. Fillin each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can beused only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A.I listened to it 20 times at least.[来源:学科网]B.That place made me what I am today.munity colleges have improved a lot these years.D.Those plays filled my head with expanded dreams.E.Of course, I enjoyed the pleasure of eating French fries between classes.F.So I sent my test results to Chabot, a community college in nearby Hayward, California, whi accepted everyone and was free.In 1974, I graduated from Skyline High School inOakland,California, anunderachieving student with poor SAT scores. I couldn'tafford tuition for college anyway. ____67____For thousands of commuting students like me, Chabot was ourHarvard, offeringcourses in physics, stenography, automechanics, certified public accounting, foreignlanguages, journalism and so on. Classmatesincluded veterans(老兵）back fromVietnam, married womenreturning to school, middle-aged men wanting toimprove their employmentprospects and paychecks. We could get our generaleducation requirements out ofthe way at Chabot —credits wecould transfer to auniversity —which madethose two years an invaluable head start.Classes I took at Chabot have rippled(起涟漪）through my professionalpond. Iproduced theHBO mini-series JohnAdams with an outline format I learned from apipe-smokinghistorian, James Coovelis, whose lectures were i nteresting. Mary LouFitzgerald’s “Studies in Shakespeare” taught me how the five-act structuresof RichardIII, TheTempest, and Othellofocused their themes.In Herb Kenne dy’s “Drama in Performance”，I read playslike TheHot LBaltimore and Desire Under the Elms, then saw theirproductions. I got to seetheplays he taught, through student rush tickets at the American ConservatoryTheaterin San Francisco and the Berkeley Repertory Theatre.____68____ I got an A. Somehours I stayed in the huge library, where I firstread the New YorkTimes, frustrated by its lack of comics.If Chabot’s library still has its collection of vinylrecords(黑胶唱片）, you willfind my name repeatedly ont he takeout slip of Jason Robards’s performance of the monologueof Eugene O’Neill. ____69____Chabot College is still inHayward, though Mr. Coovelis, Ms.Fitzgerald and Mr. Kennedy are no longer there. I drove pastthe campus a few years ago with one of my k ids and summed up my two years therethis way:“____70____”IV. Summary Writing (10’)Directions:Readthe following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of thepassage in NO MORE THAN 60 e your own words as far as possible. Write your answer on the answer sheet.To understand the changingrole of women in China, consider the runaway success of a novel titled DuLala’s Rise.Decades afterMao Zedong declared that women hold up half the sky,”the success of Du Lala and her peers reflectsa curious fact about women in China: they appear to be far more ambitious than their counterparts(对应者）in the United States.Rjpa Rashid, a senior vicepresident at the Center for Work-Life Policy, says the rapid growth “creates this excitement”，and builds on a cultural and historical legacy(遗产）in which Chinese women arenot just encouraged to participate in the workforce, they are expected to.One result has been agenerat ion of women and girls who believe they belong among China’s power elite(精英）.In the US, that shiftfollowed decades of battles over equality and women’s rights.In China, thereare fewer institutional barriers for women trying to succeed professionally.That’s true, too, in theexecutive suite.Grant Thornton International, the taxconsultancy, found thatroughly eight out of 10 companies in China had women in senior managementroles, compared with approximately half in the European Union and two thirds inthe US. Similarly, in China, 31 percent of top executives are female,compared with 20 percent in America.Thirdly, child care iseasily accessible in China, enabling them to pursue their careers after givingbirth to their children. Fourthly, ambition has become a matter of necessity infast-paced China, and both the husband and wife have to work in order to keepup with the skyrocketing housing prices.第II卷(共40分)I. Translation (3’+3’+4’+5’=15’)Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, usingthe word or phrase given in the brackets.1. 被撞倒后，似乎过了好几个小时这位司机才苏醒过来。
2019-2020学年上海格致中学奉贤校区高三英语三模试卷及参考答案
2019-2020学年上海格致中学奉贤校区高三英语三模试卷及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项ABob and Sue Harvey spent nine years as resident fellows in a dormitory at Sanford and in their bookVirtual Reality and The College Freshman, they write “The Freshman oftenfaces an identity problem during the first semester.” College is a more pressured environment than it used to be, in part because the academic gap between high school and college has increased. Many college freshmen have never had to make independent decisions about sex, drugs and alcohol. Most don’t know how to manage their time or money. They often feel lonely and overwhelmed, resulting in anxiety and depression.Nancy Corbin, director of clinical service for student-counseling (咨询) services at Iowa State University, says her office is seeing a significant increase in requests for counseling from freshmen who are having trouble making the adjustment to college life. She says older teenagers increasingly lack the skills to deal with personal problems that aren’t easily defined or fixed. And they get homesick but have a hard time admitting it.Parents and high schools can make things easier on freshmen by preparing them differently. For example, by teaching them to budget their hours and dollars. The Harveys think high schools should offer a college-life course. “Parents need to focus more on relationship and personal issues and less on how many sheets and towels to take,” they say. Many homesick freshmen think they’ll be regarded as failures if they come home before Thanksgiving. So parents can help by letting them know they’re welcome to return if they feel the need. In the meantime, parents have to find new ways to keep in touch with their college kids. One of the best ways is e-mail. It’s less unpleasant and less expensive than constant phone calls and is more likely to be answered than a handwritten letter.1. Why is the first semester difficult for freshmen in college?A. Because they often fail in exams.B. Because they lack time and money.C. Because they are too homesick to make new friends.D. Because they have to settle personal issues on their own.2. In the last paragraph, it is suggested that ________.A. parents should stop buying anything for their kidsB. parents should develop a good relationship with their kidsC. parents should be taught how to send e-mails to their kidsD. parents should work with high schools in college-life courses3. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A. Hard Life of College FreshmenB. Approaches to Trouble in CollegeC. Freshmen’s Adaptation ProblemsD. A Strange Phenomenon in CollegeBTechnology is supposed to make our lives easier, allowing us todo things more quickly and efficiently. But too often it seems to make things harder. This increase in complexity, often called "feature creep," costs consumers time, but it also costs business money. Product returns in the U.S. cost a hundred billion dollars a year, and a recent study by Elke den Ouden, of Philips Electronics, found that at least half of returned products have nothing wrong with them. Consumers just couldn't figure out how to use them. Companies now know a great deal about problems of usability and consumer behavior, so why is it that feature creep proves unstoppable?In part, fieature creep is the product of the so-called internal-audience problem: the people who design and sell product are not the ones who buy and use them, and what engineers and marketers think is important is not necessarily what's best for consumers. The engineers tend not to notice when more options make a product less usable. And marketing and sales departments see each additional feature as a new selling point, and anew way to attract customers.You might think, then, that companies could avoid fieature creep by just paying attention to what customers really want. But that's where the trouble begins, because although consumers find overloaded gadgets（配件）unmanageable,they also find them attractive. It turns out that when we look at a new product in a store we tend to think that the more features there are, the better. It is only once we get the product home and try to use it that we realize the virtues of simplicity.It seems strange that we don't expect feature tiredness and thus avoid it. But, as numerous studies have shown, people are not, in general, good at predicting what will make them happy in the future. As a result, we will pay more for more features because we systematically overestimate how often we'll use them. We also overestimate our ability to figure out how a complicated product works.The fact that buyers want bells and whistles but users want something clear and simple creates an unusual problem for companies. A product that doesn't have enough features may fail to catch our eye in the store. But a product with too many features is likely to annoy consumers.4. What does the first paragraph mainly discuss?A. The benefits brought by the advanced technology.B. The recent study conducted by Elke den Ouden.C. The loss caused by the feature creep of technology.D. Many problems of usability known by the consumers.5. Which of the following is true according to the second paragraph?A. It is the audience problem that leads to feature creep.B. What matters to designers and marketers is not good for consumers.C. Feature creep brings blessings to the people in marketing and sales.D. The engineers will not pay attention to the quality of the product6. What do we know about the buyers in paragraph 4?A. They are deeply convinced that all the products work in simple way.B. They are fed up with the more and more features of the products.C. They are too confident of their ability to use the complicated products.D. They are quite clear about the products which will make them happy.7. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Saying No to Feature Creep is No Easy ThingB. Feature-heavy Products in DemandC. The More Features, the BetterD. Simplicity Outweighs ComplexityCPreparations for the Tokyo Olympics have suffered another challenge after a survey found that 60% of people in Japan want them to be cancelled,less than three months before the Games are scheduled to open.Japan has extended a state of emergency in Tokyo and several other regions until the end of May as it struggles to control a fast increase in COVID-19 cases caused by new, more catching variants（变异体）with medical staff warning that health services in some areas are on the edge of breaking down.The Olympics, which were delayed by a year due to the pandemic, are set to open on 23 July, with the International Olympic Committee（IOC）and organizers insisting that measures will be put in place to ensure the safety of athletes and other visitors, as well as a nervous Japanese public.The survey, conducted between 7 and 9 May by the conservative Yomiuri Shimbun, showed 60% wanted theGames cancelled as opposed to 39% who said they should be held. “Postponement” — an option abandoned by the IOC — was not offered as a choice.Of those who said the Olympics should go ahead, 23% said they should take place without audience. Foreign audience have been banned but a final decision on native attendance will be made in June.Another poll conducted at the weekend by TBS News found 65% wanted the Games cancelled or postponed again, with 37% voting to give up the event altogether and 28% calling for another delay. A similar poll in April conducted by Kyodo news agency found 70% wanted the Olympics cancelled or postponed.The IOC's vice president, John Coates, said that while Japanese sentiment about the Games “was a concern”, he could foresee no situation under which the sporting events would not go ahead.8. How many Japanese wish the Olympics would not be held in Tokyo according to the survey?A. 60%.B. 28%.C. 37%.D. 70%.9. What should be put into consideration if the Olympics open?A. The economic crisis.B. The urban transport.C. The safety of athletes.D. The health condition of citizens.10. What is some people's attitude towards foreign spectators in Paragraph 5?A. Welcome.B. Unfriendly.C. Cold.D. Unsupported.11. What can we conclude from John Coates'words?A. The Olympics will be stopped this year.B. The Olympics will be put off.C. The Olympics will be held normally.D. The Olympics will take place in other place.DUK physicist Isaac Newton once said, ''Nature is pleased with simplicity and nature is no dummy (傻子). '' Indeed, Mother Nature can provide almost everything human beings need if we follow her rules. But if we break the rules, she is likely to be cruel andlash out at us.The outbreak of the novel coronavirus pneumonia (新型冠状病毒肺炎, NCP) in China and some other countries at the beginning of this year is an example. According to Xinhua News Agency, the new coronavirus is similar to a virus found in a bat in 2017 and probably has an intermediate host (中间宿主). It's believed that the virus originated from the Huanan Seafood Market in Wuhan, Hubei province, where live wild animals were sold.The Wall Street Journal reported that Dr Peter Daszak, president of the US-based health organizationEcoHealth Alliance, said, ''This outbreak is a lesson for us. On a global scale, human population density, wildlife diversity, and land use change are what drive new pandemics (流行病). ''In ancient times, people needed to rely on nature to survive so they held it in awe (敬畏). For example, the American Indians believed that humans are a part of nature and nature is a part of humans. Chinese ancients always pursued the harmony between nature and human beings.However, as human beings master more knowledge and make more advanced tools, people try to change and even conquer nature. They use more land to make buildings, genetically modify (改变) plants, capture some wild and rare animals to suit their own needs. In this process, humans gradually lose contact with nature and even throw it out of balance. For example, cutting a large number of forests means carbon dioxide must build up in the atmosphere and it contributes to global warming.Although we don't know for sure what first caused the NCP outbreak, Brian Lamacraft at Medium said it's time for people to ''reflect on our relationship with our planet'' and ''reconnect with this world and everything that we've been given''. After all, according to US poet Gary Snyder, ''Nature is not the place to visit. It's our home. ''12. What does the phrase ''lash out at'' in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. punishB. controlC. testD. challenge13. What lesson did Daszak think human beings should learn from the NCP outbreak?A. Bats are one of the most dangerous wild animals.B. It's impossible to prevent new pandemics globally.C. We should stop the wildlife trade around the world.D. Humans should live peacefully with nature.14. What is the main idea of Paragraph 5?A. How human beings become their own masters.B. How human activities cause global warming.C. How human beings break the balance of nature.D. How humans use technology to improve their lives.15. What is the author's purpose in writing this article?A. To reflect on the NCP outbreak.B. To explain what led to the NCP outbreak.C. To describe experts' predictions on new pandemics.D. To compare ancient and modern attitudes toward nature.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019届高三第三次模拟考试卷 英语 (二) Word版含答案
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AFour Free Mobile Apps to Help You Learn English FasterHave you realized that you can put your smartphone to really good use for learning English? Here are 4 free mobile apps that will help you do just that.Hello EnglishIt covers all the aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, translation, grammar, spellings, spoken and reading skills. It uses interactive games to teach different English lessons and offers new audiobooks, latest news, and books. However, you should already understand basic English structures and alphabets, for the app can’t help you learn English from scratch(从零开始).DuolingoIf you want to learn English from scratch, then this is the app you are looking for. Duolingouses interactive games to help you learn English. For beginners, the app focuses on helping youlearn verbs, phrases and sentences.LingbeIf you are ready to practice your spoken skills in the real-world, you’ll need Lingbe. It’s a community-based app where people help each other and share their native languages. It connects you with real people on call who are native English speakers.HelloTalkHelloTalk is similar to Lingbe as it connects you with native speakers to help improve your language skills. However, it adds a few extra functions that might interest you. You can view the information about users to find a match that interests you. Additionally, you can also send text and audio messages, and even do video calls with other people.If you are a beginner, start from Duolingo and then use Hello English to take full command over the language. For fluent spoken English learners, you can try out Lingbe or HelloTalk.21. What should you already understand to use Hello English?A. Good reading and writing skills.B. Basic listening and speaking tips.C. Different English lessons and books.D. English letters and basic structures.22. Which app is the best choice for an English beginner at first? A. Hello English. B. Duolingo. C. Lingbe. D. HelloTalk.23. What can you do on Lingbe? A. Read the latest news. B. Enjoy the interactive games. C. Practice your spoken English. D. Talk with native speakers in the flesh.BWhen a driver slams on the brakes to avoid hitting a pedestrian crossing the road illegally, she is making a moral decision that shifts risk from the pedestrian to the people in the car. Self-driving cars might soon have to make such ethical(道德的) judgments on their own — but settling on a universal moral code for the vehicles could be a tough task, suggests a survey.此卷只装订不密封 班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号The largest ever survey of machine ethics, called the Moral Machine, laid out 13 possible situations in which someone’s death was unavoidable. Respondents were asked to choose who to spare in situations tha t involved a mix of variables: young or old, rich or poor, more people or fewer. Within 18 months, the online quiz had recorded 40 million decisions made by people from 233 countries and territories.When the researchers analysed these answers, they found that the nations could be divided into three groups. One contains North America and several European nations where Christianity has been the dominant(占支配地位的) religion; another includes countries such as Japan, Indonesia and Pakistan, with strong Confucian or Islamic traditions. A third group consists of countries in Central and South America, such as Colombia and Brazil. The first group showed a stronger preference for sacrificing older lives to save younger ones than did the second group, for example.The researchers also identified relationships between social and economic factors in a country. They found that people from relatively wealthy countries with strong institutions, such as Finland and Japan, more often chose to hit people who stepped into traffic illegally than did respondents in nations with weaker institutions, such as Nigeria or Pakistan.People rarely face such moral dilemmas, and some cities question whether the possible situations posed in the online quiz are relevant to the ethical and practical questions surrounding driverless cars. But the researchers argue that the findings reveal cultural differences that governments and makers of self-driving cars must take into account if they want the vehicles to gain public acceptance.At least Barbara Wege, who heads a group working on autonomous-vehicle ethics at Audi in Ingolstadt, Germany, says such studies are valuable. Wege argues that self-driving cars would cause fewer accidents, proportionally, than human drivers do each year —but that people might focus more on events involving robots.Surveys such as the Moral Machine can help to begin public discussions about these unavoidable accidents that might develop trust. “We need to come up with a social consensus,” she says, “about which risks we are willing to take.”24.Why is it difficult to set universal moral rules for programming self-driving cars?A.Social values always change with the times.B.Moral choices vary between different cultures.C.Drivers have a preference for sacrificing the weak.D.Car makers are faced with decisions of life or death.25.The researchers conducted the study by _____.ing a massive online quiz worldwideB.c-o/mparing different cultures and customsC.dividing the respondents into three groupsD.performing a series of controlled experiments26.According to the study, in which country are drivers more likely to hit a pedestrian crossing the road illegally?A.Nigeria.B.Colombia.C.Finland.D.Indonesia.27.Barbara Wege would probably agree that _____.A.Self-driving cars will greatly improve the traffic environmentB.Accidents caused by self-driving cars might receive more attentionC.Problems involving self-driving cars might shake the public trust in societyD.Car makers needn’t take the risk of solving self-driving car ethical dilemmasCSixty-four-year-old Pierre Deom has spent his entire life close to the woods and fields that he loves. Twice a year, his magazine, La Hulotte, focuses on an animal or plant native to the French countryside.The 100th edition was published in November. The magazine counts more than 150,000 subscribers in many countries, and is doing very well financially. Deom says it all began in January 1972, when he was teaching science in a one-room schoolhouse here. “It upset me how the forests and swamps were beginning to be ruined. The word ‘ecology’(生态学) didn’t really exist yet. Some friends and I wanted to call attention to the issue. So we said, let’s educate the kids. They’re ready to hear our message.” So he took a step in to the unknown, planning to publish his nature journal.Deom does all the research and writing and the illustrations(插图) of the magazine by hand. He combines science and humor in his writing and drawing to describe the daily life and sufferings of his creatures. Animals you might overlook or consider dull are magically and vividly brought to life in La Hulotte. “I try to write about animals and plants that are easy to find because I want kids to put on boots, take a magnifying glass, go to the woods and field s to observe and be amazed by what they find,” Deom says.And it seems to work. Biologist Jerome Fournier began subscribing to La Hulotte when he was just eight years old. “For me it was the first contact with nature when I was a child. And maybe it’s th e beginning for my life of scientist. I think so.”What’s amazing is its approach. The magazine has realistic drawings and also a little cast of cartoon creatures who comment on things and give a different views. You can read it as an adult or a child; it can be understood on two different levels. So scientists, regular people and children all get something out of it. “It’sextraordinary.” Fournier says, who works at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, where he says La Hulotte has a crazy following.28. W hat does the underlined word “subscribers” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Readers.B. Editors.C. Sellers.D. Collectors.29. What’s the purpose of creating the magazine?A. To make a lot of money.B. To finish the task of teaching.C. To enlarge the areas of forests.D. To promote people’s awareness of ecology.30. Which words can best describe the magazine La Hulotte?A. Scientific and interesting.B. Magical and dull.C. Vivid and unreal.D. Hard to understand.31. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The magazine is a cartoon one.B. Adults find the magazine too easy.C. Many scientists are the fans of the magazine.D. The magazine is not fit for regular people to read.DGold is one of the rarest materials on Earth and has always been considered a valuable and precious resource. It’s very likely that someone in your family owns something made of gold, especially since China is one of the world’s biggest buyers of gold jewellery. It’s even in our smartphones — they contain parts made from this expensive material.But where does this beautiful metal actually come from? The answer: outer space.This August, Chinese scientists became the first in the world to witness gravitational waves(引力波) caused by the collision of neutron(中子) stars, reported Xinhua News Agency.The sight was witnessed at China’s Kunlun Antarctic Station at the South Pole, and Insight, China’s first X-ray astronomical satellite, also contributed to the discovery.Although collisions of black holes have been recorded before, this was the first time that two neutron stars were known to have collided. It’s believed that such collisions lead to huge explosions of energy, and even to the creation of precious metals such as gold and silver.“The collision of neutron s tars is like a very large gold factory in the universe,” Jin Zhiping, a researcher at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told Xinhua.According to an article published by space.c-o/m, scientists have long believed gold and other materials are created in this way, but it wasn’t until the recent collision that their theory was confirmed.“The origin of the really heaviest chemical elements in the universe had confused the scientific community for quite a long time,” Hans Thomas Janka, a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, said in a news release. “Now, we have the first observational proof for neutron star mergers(合并) as sources.”Indeed, the recently observed collision is thought to have produced an amount of gold that would weigh 10 times more than Earth, according to New Scientist.Don’t expect to be showered in gold any time soon, however. The collision actually took place 130 million years ago, taking all that time for the event’s light to reach Earth.But at least if you want to see a piece of space up close, all you have to do is to look at the ring on your mom’s finger — or the smartphone in your pocket.32.What’s the author’s purpose of writing the first two paragraphs?A.To emphasize the rareness of gold.B.To list some uses of gold in daily life.C.To explain the reasons for the popularity of gold.D.To interest readers about the source of gold.33.What would the collision of neutron stars lead to according to Xinhua?A.The creation of black holes.B.The death of the stars.C.The disappearance of gravitational waves.D.The creation of gold.34.What’s the text mainly about?A.China’s Kunlun Antarctic Station does research into gold.B.Collisions between two neutron stars result in gold.C.Collisions contribute to the discovery.D.Gold is considered a valuable and precious resource.35.What can we learn from the article?A.The amount of gold produced by the collision was very small.B.The collision was the largest reported in history.C.China played a big role in the new discovery.D.The collision took place 130 years ago.第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
2019届上海市格致中学高三下学期高考三模考试英语试题(解析版)
绝密★启用前上海市格致中学2019届高三下学期第三次高考模拟英语试题(解析版)2019年5月考生注意：1. 考试时间120分钟，试卷满分140分。
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I. Listening Comprehension SectionADirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. At an airport. B. In the hotel. C. At a bus stop. D. In a subway station.2. A. The lady has to go ask for help.B. The lady is satisfied with her black coffee.C. The lady has to have black coffee.D. The lady has had too much black coffee. 3. A. The paintings are copies with reasonable prices. B. The paintings are absolutely genuine. C. The paintings are only sold at this fair. D. The paintings are highly priced. 4. A. The man booked the flight on Sep. 19. B. The man will take the flight on Sep. 16. C. The man wants to sell his ticket for Sep. 16.D. The man is likely to take the flight on Sep. 20.5. A. £245. B. £490C. £735.D.£9806. A. The way to buy a sweater out of stock.B. The delayed delivery of a parcel.C. The refund policy of the store.D. The proper size of a sweater.7. A. The man doesn't know why the woman likes tofu so much.B. The man's eating habit is quite different from the woman's.C. The woman has decided not to be a vegetarian.D. The woman usually avoids any kind of animal meat.8. A. It's more convenient to pay in the supermarkets.B. Convenience stores do not bring convenience at all.C. Many goods are not available in the convenience stores.D. Customers pay more for the same goods in convenience stores.9. A. The man is looking for a needle in his uniform.B. The woman thinks it difficult to find the uniforms.C. The woman doesn't know the location of the school.D. The man implies his uniforms are hidden in a haystack(干草垛).10. A. They used to be buried underground.B. They can’t represent the look of the area.C. They are hidden danger in the neighborhood.D. They have historical values and should be protected.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear four short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.。
2019-2020学年上海格致中学奉贤校区高三英语三模试卷及答案
2019-2020学年上海格致中学奉贤校区高三英语三模试卷及答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AMy Biggest ChallengeAs a writer on an adventure sports magazine, I’dalways fought shy of doing the adventurous stuff myself, preferring instead to observe the experts from a safe distance and relay their experiences to readers in the form of written language. Thus, when I was challenged to take part in a mountain climb in aid of raising money for charity-and to write about it afterwards-I was unwilling, to say the least.I was lucky enough to have a brilliant climbing coach called Keith, who put me through my paces after my daily work. He gave me knowledge about everything from the importance of building muscle groups to how to avoid tiredness through nutrition. It quickly became apparent that the mechanics of climbing were more complex than I had imagined. There was the equipment and techniques I’d never even heard of, all of which would come in handy on the snow-capped peak I’d be climbing.Aware of the challenge, Keith made a detailed action plan and I forced myself to stick to it, doing a daily workout at the gym and going on hikes with a heavy pack. I perfected my technique on the climbing wall and even went to climb the mountains to get vital experience. My self-belief increased alongside my muscle power and I became confident about finishing the climb.All too soon I was on a plane to my destination. On that day, when I looked up at the mountain, I thought of abandoning it. But then I remembered all the hard work I’d done and how disappointed Keith would be if I gave up at the last minute-not to mention letting down the charity and the sense of failure I’d experience myself. With a deep breath I gathered my equipment and headed out into the sunshine to meet the rest of the group.And as I sit here now, tapping away on my laptop, I’m amazed at the details in which I can recall every second of the climb: the burning muscles, the tiredness, the minor problems along the way. Could I have been better prepared? Possibly. Would I be back for another go? Thankfully not. The feeling of being excited when I stood on top of the world is a never-to-be-repeated experience but one I will enjoy forever nevertheless.1. At the beginning of the activity, the author revealed his ______.A. disappointment in the coming adventure.B. expectation of writing about his experience.C. lack of enthusiasm for the challenge he’d been offered.D. curiosity about taking part in the mountain climb for charity.2. What did the author realise during his climb training?A. The knowledge about climbing was really confusing.B. The equipment was the key factor to reach the peak.C. Climbing was much more complicated than expected.D. Hard training was far more important than making plans.3. How did the author feel after he succeeded in climbing the mountain?A. He was relieved that he wouldn’t have to do it again.B. He was well satisfied that he had done his best for it.C. He was surprised that he had managed to complete it.D.He was regretful that it wasn’t as smooth as imagined.BMy wife and I recently completed a day-long tour of the Great Wall with Jessie. In addition to being very knowledgeable about the history of theareas that we toured, she spoke excellent English and was able to answer all of our questions. Her driver was very experienced and polite, and we really enjoyed being able to have a customized tour that avoided the tourist traps and forced shopping that seem to be a part of the larger group tours.The attractions themselves were fantastic. I was a little worried that the snowy weather might impact our trip to the Great Wall, but everything went fine, and there weren’t many people out at all that day. I suggest wearing strong shoes—the Great Wall is really a hike. And in snowy or rainy days, the surfaces are pretty slippery (滑的)! Seeing this area in winter was really unique, and the snow made for great pictures. Jessie kept us entertained with stories and facts about the construction of the Wall, and always pointed out great spots for taking pictures. Even though she’s in fantastic shape, she cared about our level of fitness and often stopped to let us catch our breath.When we got back to our hotel, Jessie gave us a great recommendation for dinner and some tips for our planned stops the next day. If I find myself in Beijing in the future, I will certainly be contacting Jessie for more tour opportunities, and I’ve already recommended her to some friends who are visiting the area later in the year. I can’t say enough about how kind and knowledgeable she was, and she really gave us a great tour experience.4. What can we infer about Jessie?A. She is a tour advisor.B. She is a tour guide.C. She is a foreign traveler.D. She is a skilled driver.5. When did the writer visit the Great Wall?A. In spring.B. In summer.C. In autumn.D. In winter.6. What did the writer think of his tour?A. Adventurous.B. Disappointing.C. Satisfactory.D. Improvable.7. What is the probable title for the text?A. A Wonderful Tour Day with JessieB. An Extraordinary Tour CompanyC. The Great Wall, an Excellent AttractionD. Jessie, a Kind and Knowledgeable GuideCIn 2002, young Elon Musk tried unsuccessfully to buy Russian rockets to help him send mice to Mars and back. Afterwards, the youngmillionaire decided to build his own rockets.Musk went to Southern California and started hiring people to help bring his dream to life. In a very short time, and despite some failures, his company SpaceX launched Falcon 1, the first successful privately-built liquid fuel rocket, into Earth's orbit in 2008.As the first Falcon rocket began testing, development was already underway for the Falcon 9. This much larger rocket, which uses nine engines to lift heavy payloads（有效载荷）into orbit, is engineered to return to Earth, ready to be reused for another flight.For Musk, space is the final destination. To help people get there, his company Neuralink is developing devices that will link people's brains with computers. A similar device has been developed at the University of Utah. It consists of a chip（芯片）with 256 threads（线程）that is placed between a person's skin and brain. The threads attach directly to brain tissue（脑组织）.Patients who have the device are able to use only their minds to communicate with one another through computers.Neuralink's chips will have about 1,000 threads. A robot developed by the company will place up to ten chips under a person's skin. The chips will communicate without wires but with a tiny device that will be worn behindthe person's ear. That device, in turn, will communicate with computers. The primary market for the technology will be for people that, because of injuries or birth defects, cannot control their hands and arms. With Neuralink^ product, they'll be able to mentally command a computer to type messages for them or carry out other tasks.8. According to this article, what was the first Falcon 1 able to do?A. Launch big satellites.B. Reach distant moons.C. Move around our planet.D. Study the universe.9. What does the article explain about Neuralink's chips?A. How they'll be set up.B. What safety features they'll have.C. How much money they'll earn.D. Where they'll be produced.10. According to this article, who is Neuralink going to market its product to first?A. Those who own great wealth.B. Those who are physically disabled.C. Those who travel internationally.D. Those who do research on plants.11. In which publication is this article most likely to appear?A. The Journal of Environmental Studies.B. Advances in Business and Technology.C. Digest of Fashion and Entertainment News,D. Consumer's Guide to Outdoor Recreation.DA crew（全体成员）of six teenage girls completed a nine-day sailing trip in the US recently, after having seasickness and strong winds.For the past three years, the Sea Cadet teenagers whoset sail were all male. Roger Noakes, who captained（担任队长）the boat, said this was the first time he’d taken out an all-female crew.The girls asked for an all-girls trip in August this year. The crew set sail along with three adults, Noakes and two Sea Cadet representatives. The original plan was for the girls to sail 24 hours a day in rotating shifts（轮流换班）along the coast and then return. Things turned out differently, however. “The first night was difficult because the wind was really hard. The waves were going up and down,” said Abby Fairchild,16. “Everybody got seasick.” Noakes gave the girls the choice of just sailing in the bay and not going into open water. “But they decided they were going.”The teenagers then sailed a long way overnight and slept in shifts. “We’ve learned everything from controlling the boat to putting up the sails while we have rough seas,” said 15-year-old Olivia Wilcox.The teenagers stopped on land in Massachusetts. They didn’t make it to their original destination（目的地）in Maine, where they were supposed to have a celebratory dinner, due to the weather and winds. They said they weren’t disappointed, however, as they’d learned a lot. “They learned about boating, and above all, they built confidence and character,” said Noakes.12. What was special about the Sea Cadet trip this year?A. It was the longest sailing trip ever.B. It was the first all-female-crew sailing trip.C. It was the most dangerous sailing trip ever.D. It was the first sailing trip for teenagers.13. What happened on the crew’s first day of the trip?A. They all felt sick on the boat.B. Some of them were hurt.C. Their boat was out of control.D. They went into open water by mistake.14. Which of the following best describes these young sailors?A. Strong-minded and having a strong sense of teamwork.B. Hard-working and having great leadership skills.C. Understanding and creative.D. Adventurous and skillful.15. According to Noakes, what was the sailors’ greatest benefit from the trip?A. They knew the sea better.B. They made many friends.C. They got excellent sailing skills.D. They developed good personalities.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019-2020学年上海格致中学奉贤校区高三英语第三次联考试卷及答案解析
2019-2020学年上海格致中学奉贤校区高三英语第三次联考试卷及答案解析第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AFor some people, there’s no better companion than mans best friend-a dog. This four-legged pet can bring comfort and joy and provide much- needed exercise for you when it needs walkies! This probably explains why dog ownership increased last year because people spent more time at home during he CovID-I9 lockdown.However, as demand for a new dog increased, so did the price tag. Popular breeds, such as Cockapoos and Cocker Spaniels, saw even sharper price increases, and puppies have been selling for $3,000 or more.Animal welfare charities fearthat high prices could encourage puppy farming, smuggling (走私) or dog theft. An investigation found some breeders have been selling puppies and kittens on social media sites--something charities have called “extremely irresponsible”.But despite some new owners purchasing a dog legally, maybe from a rescue center or registered breeder, they’ve proved to be ill-prepared for life with a new pet, and the pet itself has found it hard tocome to terms withlife in a new home.Looking to the future, there are concerns about the welfare of these much-loved pets. Lan Alkin manager of the Oxfordshire Animal Sanct uary in the UK, notes: “At the moment, the dogs are having a great time, but separation anxiety could still surface when people go back to work.” And Cliare Calder from the UKs Dogs Trust rescue charity says, “The economic situation also means that some people may find they can’t afford to look aftera dog.” The message is not to buy a dog in haste and to pick one that fits into our lifestyle.1. The greater demand for dogs can cause the following problems except ________.A. illegal trade of dogsB. less dog farmingC. high prices of dogsD. online sale of dogs2. What does the underlined phrase"come to terms with"in paragraph 4 mean?A. Fit in withB. Go in forC. Make up for.D. End up with3. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Despite the problems, dogs are living happily.B. The writer has a positive attitude towards dogs future.C. Experts are worried that dogs will be unaffordable to people.D. The writer advises people to think twice before keeping dogs as pets.BWhen I was a kid, my mom set aside some breakfast food for supper every nowand then. I remember one night after a long, hard day at work, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and a plate of extremely burnt biscuits on the table. I waited to see if my dad would get annoyed.All my dad did was to reach for the biscuits, smile at my mom and ask me how my day at school had been. I don't remember what I told him that night but I do remember watching him add butter and jelly on that ugly burnt biscuit and ate every bite of that thing. He never made a face nor uttered a word about it!When I rose from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for overcooking the biscuits and I will never forget what he said, “Honey, I love burnt biscuits every now and then."Later that night, I went to say good night to my daddy, and I wondered if he really liked his biscuits burnt. He wrapped me up in his arms and said gently, "Your mom put in a hard day at work today and she is really tired. Besides, a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!As I have grown older, I've thought about that many times. Life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people. Learning to accept each other's faults and choosing to celebrate each other's differences contribute to a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship. We could extend this philosophy to any relationship, such as a husband-wife, parent-child, or friendship. Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket. Keep it in your own. So, please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burnt one will do just fine.4. How did the author's dad react to the burnt biscuit?A. He set it aside for breakfast.B. He ate butter and jelly instead.C. He uttered his complaints loudly.D. He ate it up as if nothing happened.5. Which of the following words can best describe the author's dad?A. Caring.B. Determined.C. ProudD. Hardworking.6. What does the author suggest people do in the last paragraph?A. Show understanding to imperfect things.B. Ask the children to respect their parents.C. Enjoy the over-cooked biscuits willingly.D. Make important decisions on your own.7. In which section of a magazine may this passage appear?A. History and culture.B. Family and relationship.C. Cuisine and health.D. Entertainment and sports.COne of the most popular street food found inChinais no doubt the barbecue. A new program, called Chinese Barbecue, tells the story of this popular food cooked over hot coals on just about every street corner in cities and towns across the country. Barbecued meat is an important part of people’s nightlife.Shown on June 20, the program has had more than 25 million clicks on the video site . To find the most popular barbecue stalls (摊位), the production team travelled to more than 500 locations in 30 cities across the country. Some viewers compare Chinese Barbecue to Midnight Diner, a Japanese TV program telling stories from late night informal Japanese bars.“I’m happy to hear this comparison because Midnight Diner is a good program, and we share the same topic― night food,” Chinese Barbecue’s director Chen Yingjie said. “However, they are quite different.” He said that Midnight Diner focused more on food itself, though there was someconversation while people were eating. However, the night food scene of Chinese people means joy and a more lively atmosphere. People eating these barbecue snacks develop a feeling of connection, which can be a cure for loneliness.The barbecue, regarded as the most ordinary and common night street snack, is different from home-made food by mothers as that is a symbol of family and kinship. The barbecue is where you go to become connected to people in society. And unlike official business lunches, during which people are rather polite, the barbecue lets people relax with old friends and new friends, leaving a lasting impression of friendship.The world, as a whole, holds deep-rooted good feelings toward the barbecue, either for the taste or the warmth produced by fire. “What we should do is to present the Chinese barbecue just the way it is because with its special ingredients(食材)，ways of cooking and more importantly, the special environment and people, the world will recognize it and might fall in love with it just as we do.” said Chen.8. What do we know about Chinese Barbecue?A. It has been becoming very popular on the Internet.B. It is thought highly of by most of the foreign tourists.C. It mainly talks about the most famous Chinese food.D. It shows the color1 ful nightlife in large cities ofChina.9. In which way was Chinese Barbecue different from Midnight Diner?A. It showed more kinds of food.B. It focused more on the diners.C. It showed the eating habits.D. It was less popular than Midnight Diner.10. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?A. The importance of the barbecue to family.B. The influence of the barbecue on people’s manners.C. The influence of the barbecue on people’s lifestyle.D. The role of the barbecue in people’s relationship.11. Why did Chen Yingjie choose the barbecue as the topic of the series?A. To show the feature of Chinese food.B. To research a special way of cooking.C. To help the world understandChina.D. To introduce the history of the barbecue.D36-year-old Juan Dual likes to joke that he’s empty inside. Juan’s story began when he was only 13. It was then that he was diagnosed with a terrible disease, which left him with a 99.8% chance of developing cancer of the digestive system. At age 19, right after finishing high-school, Juan underwent a tough operation to take away his colon and rectum. Sadly, it was only the beginning. By age 28, Juan’s disease had affected his stomach and gallbladder so he had to go under the knife again.Having just recovered from several serious surgeries, Juan Dual decided to accept the invitation of some friends of his parents and travel to Japan. It was there that things started to change for the better. He didn’t speak a word of Japanese, so he spent most of his time walking his dog. One day, the dog pulled harder, and Juan realized that he was still able to jog, and he started to do just that.Months later, he found himself working in a small, peaceful town in England. There was little in terms of entertainment, but the town was surrounded by hills, so he devoted even more of his time to running. He befriended some like-minded folks and told them what he’d been through, and they seemed amazed at the fact that he was still alive, let alone that he was pushing himself to exercise. That’s when the idea of focusing on motivating others took root in his mind.With the help of Pepa, a nutritionist, Juan Dual slowly relearned how to eat to keep his energy level high enough to sustain him during physical activity. Eight months after his last operation, he finished the Barcelona half marathon in two hours. He then started training for mountain running and ultra-marathons.12. Why does Juan Dual say he is empty inside?A. Because he has no desire for anything.B. Because he doesn’t have much knowledge.C. Because he always suffers from great hunger.D. Because many of his organs have been removed.13. What made Juan Dual aware that he could still run?A. His parents’ support.B. A walk with his dog.C. The idea of challenging himself.D. His quick recovery from surgeries.14. When did Juan Dual decide to inspire others with his story?A. After finishing the Barcelona half marathon.B After being introduced to a nutritionist named Pepa.C. After sharing it with his friends in an English town.D. After making friends with people with similar sufferings.15. Which of the following words can best describe Juan Dual?A. Ambitious and intelligent.B. Inspiring and responsible.C. Unfortunate but determined.D. Confident but stubborn.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
2019-2020学年上海市格致高级中学高三英语第三次联考试题及参考答案
2019-2020学年上海市格致高级中学高三英语第三次联考试题及参考答案第一部分阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项AWashington D.C. SightseeingWith the information below, you’re not missing anything in D.C.! Click Here to find the perfect hotel for your stay as well.The Old Town Trolley TourIt offers something for the whole family. Not only will it give them something fun to do, but it will give them a history lesson. This tour will last about three hours and it’s proper for people of all ages.African American History TourBe sure to take this tour because African Americans have had an important role in the making of our country. Take this historical four-hour tour, where you will visit some important sites including Museum of African American History and Culture.Comedy Walks Washington D.C.This is a great experience allowing you to enjoy the capital in a new way. The walking tour lasts for about one hour and thirty minutes, which takes place in less than a mile journey from the starting place.D.C. Twilight TourCheck out the D.C. Twilight Tour for a unique view of some of the most famous sites! What makes this two-hour guided tour truly unique is that you can view many wonderful sites at night time!1.Which tour is recommended to a tourist who is fond of hiking?A.The Old Town Trolley TourB.African American History Touredy Walks WashingtonD.C. D.D.C. Twilight Tour2.Which tour lasts longest?A.The Old Town Trolley TourB.African American History Touredy Walks WashingtonD.C. D.D.C. Twilight Tour3.Where will you read this text most likely?A.In a guidebook.B.In a magazine.C.In a newspaper.D.On the Internet.BBlood donations save lives. But blood can only be stored under refrigeration (冷藏) for up to six weeks. After that, it’s no longer usable for transfusions(输血).“Because of that limitation, people have to continually donate blood to meet the needs. But also, in places where refrigeration may not be available, that can also bea challenge. It’s difficult to have blood available when needed.”UniversityofLouisvillebioengineer Jonathan Kopechek says. He also says disruptions to regular blood donations due to COVID-19 have put stress on the blood supply, and COVID-19 strengthens the need for more reliable long-term storage methods.But it’s pretty rare because of all the challenges and complexities with that process. Instead Kopechek’s team has developed a method of preserving blood so it can be stored in a dehydrated(脱水的) state at room temperature. To do so, they turned to an unusual preservative(防腐剂): a sugar called trehalose, which is a common ingredient(成分) in donuts（甜甜圈）to help make them look fresh even when they might be months old, and people wouldn’t know the difference.At that point, the blood could be dried and made into a powder(粉末). And then we can rehydrate(再水化) the blood and have it return back to normal. The team is still trying to improve yields but thinks the dried blood could be stored at room temperature for years. Kopechek says the technique could be ready for clinical trials in three to five years. If successful, itcould be used to create stores of dried blood in case of future pandemics or natural disasters, and for first aid work, military operations or even missions to Mars. Maybe first aid kits on the Red Planet will include dried red blood cells.4. Why we need a more reliable method to preserve blood?A. Refrigeration can’t be afforded.B. The cost to store blood is very high.C. People can’t donate their blood for COVID-19.D. Blood can only be stored under refrigeration for a short time.5. What makes the food or blood look fresh?A. Trehalose.B. Donuts.C. Powder.D. The new technique.6. What can we know about the technique?A. It is successful now.B. It has been put into use.C. It will be widely used.D. It has been researched for 3 to 4 years.7. What is the text mainly about?A. How to store blood.B. Shortage of refrigeration .C. A new technique of storing blood.D. A new technique used in many fields.CWhen I was a kid, my mom set aside some breakfast food for supper every nowand then. I remember one night after a long, hard day at work, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and a plate of extremely burnt biscuits on the table. I waited to see if my dad would get annoyed.All my dad did was to reach for the biscuits, smile at my mom and ask me how my day at school had been. I don't remember what I told him that night but I do remember watching him add butter and jelly on that ugly burnt biscuit and ate every bite of that thing. He never made a face nor uttered a word about it!When I rose from the table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for overcooking the biscuits and I will never forget what he said, “Honey, I love burnt biscuits every now and then."Later that night, I went to say good night to my daddy, and I wondered if he really liked his biscuits burnt. He wrapped me up in his arms and said gently, "Your mom put in a hard day at work today and she is really tired. Besides, a little burnt biscuit never hurt anyone!As I have grown older, I've thought about that many times. Life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people. Learning to accept each other's faults and choosing to celebrate each other's differences contribute to a healthy, growing, and lasting relationship. We could extend this philosophy to any relationship, such as a husband-wife, parent-child, or friendship. Don't put the key to your happiness in someone else's pocket. Keep it in your own. So, please pass me a biscuit, and yes, the burnt one will do just fine.8. How did the author's dad react to the burnt biscuit?A. He set it aside for breakfast.B. He ate butter and jelly instead.C. He uttered his complaints loudly.D. He ate it up as if nothing happened.9. Which of the following words can best describe the author's dad?A. Caring.B. Determined.C. ProudD. Hardworking.10. What does the author suggest people do in the last paragraph?A. Show understanding to imperfect things.B. Ask the children to respect their parents.C. Enjoy the over-cooked biscuits willingly.D. Make important decisions on your own.11. In which section of a magazine may this passage appear?A. History and culture.B. Family and relationship.C. Cuisine and health.D. Entertainment and sports.DBritish sculptor Jason Taylor has made it his mission to use his talent to conserve our ecosystems by creating underwater museums. Over the years, the environmentalist has put over 850 massive artworks underwater worldwide. On February 1, 2021, Taylor launched his latest work — The Underwater Museum of Cannes.―The main goal was to bring attention to the fact that our oceans need our help,‖ Taylor told Dezeen. ―Ocean ecology has been destroyed by human activity in the Mediterranean over the past few decades, and it is not obvious what is taking place when observing the sea from afar.‖The Underwater Museum of Cannes contains 6 sculptures featuring local residents of various ages. They range from Maurice, an 80-year-old fisherman, to Anouk, a 9-year-old student. Towering over 6-feet-tall and weighing 10 tons, the faces are sectioned into two parts, with the outer part like a mask. The mask indicates that the world’s oceans appear powerful and unbeatable from the surface but house an ecosystem that is extremely fragile to careless human activities.Though the waters surrounding the sculptures now appear a pristine blue, the seabed was filled with old boat engines, pipes, and other human-made trash when the project began about four years ago. Besides removing the trash, Taylor also restored the area’s sea grass. Just one square meter of the sea grass can generate up to 10 liters of oxygen daily. The sea grass also helps prevent coastal erosion and provides habitats for many ocean creatures.―The idea of creating an underwater museum was to draw more people underwater and develop a sense of care and protection,‖ Taylor told Dezeen. ―If we threw unwanted waste near a forest, there would be a public outcry. But this is happening every day in our surrounding waters and it largely goes unnoticed.12. Why does the outer part ofthe sculptures look like a mask?A. To popularize the features of the locals.B. To remind people to protect themselves.C. To reflect people’s protection of the ocean.D. To stress the sensitiveness of the ecosystem.13. What’s paragraph 4 mainly about?A. How the project was started.B. How the sea grass was restored.C. What recovery effort the project made.D. Why the surroundings were improved.14. What can we infer from what Jason Taylor said in the last paragraph?A. The situation of the ocean is easily ignored.B. The destruction caused to the ocean is noticeable.C. Forests play a more important role in ecosystems.D. People have zero tolerance to damage done to nature.15. What might be the best title for the text?A. The Underwater Museum, a long way to go.B. The Underwater Museum, a big difference to the sea.C. The Underwater Museum, an appeal to conserve ecosystems.D. The Underwater Museum, a masterpiece of Jason Taylor.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。