2020届吉林省吉林市高考英语三模试卷解析版

吉林市普通中学2019-2020年度高中毕业班第三次调研测试英语试题注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、考生号填写在答题卡指定位置。

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第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What is the man buying?A. A scarf.B. A jacket.C. A suit.2. What would the man like?A. Coca-Cola.B. Lemon soda.C. Orange juice.3. Why will the street be decorated?A. To celebrate a festival.B. To make the city beautiful.C. To welcome some famous players.4. Where does the conversation take place?A. On a boat.B. On a train.C. On a plane.5. What does the woman mean?A. She hates murder and war.B. People are becoming worse.C. She’s optimistic about people.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

2020届吉林市第一中学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AWe are proud to present a showcase for kid inventions from children chosen from the Kid's Forum at Blue Print Earth. We hope you enjoy the ideas expressed here and join us in supporting the next generation.Eater of Natural DisastersMy invention cansave your home by sucking up all-natural disasters. The government will not own this machine, but by you so there will be no taxes on it. Order Now! The Eater of Natural Disasters will run on renewable batteries. It will cost 50 dollars to make and I will sell it for just $ 75.Created by Matthew Szekeresh —Mt.WashingtonElementary, 5th Grade.Pick-up-Pollution BombMy invention is called the Pick-up-Pollution Bomb. It will just pick up pollution and it won't hurt anything else like people, animals, property, playgrounds, and parks. The reason why I made it is that I think there is too much pollution on the Earth. It sells for $100 apiece, and if you buy this now, I will send you another one for free.Created gratefully by Lauren Newberry — Mt. Washington Elementary, 5th GradeFlying HouseMy invention is a home that will blast off in space. For example, if there were an earthquake people would immediately blast off, or if there were a flood it would take off. Only for $ 400.99.Created by David Turner —Mt.WashingtonElementary, 5th GradeBug RobotMy invention is a robot that catches little bugs, eats little bugs, sucks up pollution, sucks up natural disasters, and turns them into food solving the problems of too many little bugs, natural disasters, pollution and starvation. My product is worth $500. My invention works on 2 triple — A batteries. And if you order one today I'll throw in 4 rechargeable triple-A batteries.Created by Cassie Courtey —Mt.WashingtonElementary, 5th Grade1. Why is the Flying House created?A. To explore the space.B. To clean the air.C. To prepare people for earthquakes.D. To help people escape from natural disasters.2. Which invention can turn pollution into food?A. The Bug Robot.B. The Pick-up-Pollution Bomb.C. The Flying House.D. The Eater of Natural Disasters.3. What can we infer about the four inventions?A. They are very easy to build.B. They are ideas from kids in the same school.C. They are expensive but of practical use.D. They are being used by people.BTo hear people talk about Internet friendships, you would think it was one giant web of cat-fishing and e-crime. While we all undoubtedly have to take measures to remain safe online, assuming every friendship or connection made on Instagram, Twitter or Facebook is cheating or insincere would be a mistake.As a woman who works in the creative industry, I have found real joy in seeking out a community I couldn’t find elsewhere, and making some great friends along the way. My first online friendship was on Twitter with my(now) best friend, during the university exam period. We exchanged study notes in dozens of direct messages, set a study date, and haven’t looked back since.Drawn to each other by similar circumstances, friendships online are similar to offline in that they tend to begin because of shared interest or common ground-maybe they’ve read the post on Instagram. Maybe they have the same taste in food or politics. Or maybe they just love memes too. If online friendships start similar to friendships offline, they grow in the same way, too. Often through mutual support: apart from calling a friend to congratulate him on that new job, you also re-tweet his jokes and praise his Instagram story.Despite my positive experiences when I tell people, most are still suspicious. Eyebrows are raised higher when I explain not only have I found a community online but have made friendships with people I meet face-to-face too. Actually, these are just as valid as other friendships, according to behavioural psychologist Jo Hemmings, who says online friendships can be real.So how do you know if people are there for the real you or just because you’re popular on Instagram? Hemmings has simple rules. She tells me “You have to equally feel comfortable that you’re getting something of each other instead of being used to enable something that isn’t friendship.”Therefore, if all a “friend” online is asking you to do is to promote their work or personal brand and rarely takes an interest in you, then there may be room to question the basis of the friendship. On that note it is worth remembering that just because someone has a lot of followers, it doesn’t necessarily mean they have lots of friends.4. What is most people’s attitude towards online friendship?A. Negative.B. Positive.C. Objective.D. Neutral.5. Why does the writer share her own experience in paragraph 2?A. To introduce the background information of the text.B. To convey the writer’s attitude and give the related example.C. To prove the likely risk for people to develop friendship online.D. To remind people of the various benefits of making friends online.6. How can online and offline friendships be deepened?A. They should be based on shared interest.B. They need to have common ground.C. They require support from each other.D. They can’t live without social media.7. According to the author, what’s the golden rule to make friends online?A. A friend to all is a friend to none.B. Without confidence there is no friendship.C. A friend without faults will never be found.D. Friendship cannot stand always on one side.CWhen the COVID-19 hit and supermarket shelves were empty, Chris Hall and Stefanny Lowey decided they no longer wanted to rely on others for food. The couple, who live on Pender Island in BritishColumbia, Canada, decided to start a year-long challenge where they wouldn't buy a single thing to eat. Instead they would grow, raise or catch everything—right down to sugar, salt and flour. Now, five months in, they say the challenge has changed their lives.Chris, 38, said, “It has always been something that we have wanted to do. We have had a garden and grown vegetables for a long time already. When the COVID-19 hit, it gave us that extra push that we needed to do it. We were both out of work when we started, and with the reality check of grocery stores running out of items, it gave us even more motivation to see if we could look after ourselves.”The pair spent the months before building a house for chickens, ducks and turkey as well as studying as much as possible to figure out where they would get all the things they needed. Chris adds, “We had to learn so many new things like how to grow mushrooms, process our Stevia plants, and harvest salt from the ocean. We spent a lot of time reading and studying online to figure out all the things we were going to need to do.”Now after five months, they both feel its been going well but Chris admits the first few weeks were difficult. “The first three weeks were very challenging as our bodies adjusted to cutting out coffee, wine and sugar all on the same day,” he says. “After three weeks our energy levels balanced out and our wishes reduced and now we feel great.” Now February has ended. As they come through winter, they feel positive about continuing with this way of living, with their challenge officially ending in August.8. Why did the pair decide to produce foods on their own?A. They were isolated by Pender Island.B. They couldn't afford to buy them because they were out of work.C. They believed it's good for their health.D. They could hardly buy them in shops.9. Which words can be used to describe the couple?A. Rich and generous.B. Helpful and positive.C. Optimistic and self-dependent.D. Motivated and brave.10. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Their challenge may last about eleven months in total.B. They were discouraged by the difficulty at first.C. They had difficulty because they wanted more.D. They couldn't adjust their bodies to the hard work after three weeks.11. In which column may you read such a passage?A. Sports.B. Agriculture.C. Lifestyle.D. Business.DDengue is a very painful illness spread by mosquitoes. In severe cases, dengue can even be deadly. Dengue is a serious disease affecting people in around 120 countries. It can cause high fevers, headaches, and severe pain. It’s caused by a virus spread by bites from mosquitoes. Therefore, dengue is more common in warm areas. Every year, roughly 390 million people get dengue, and as many as 25,000 die from it.Now scientists seem to have found a way to protect humans from dengue by first protecting mosquitoes. Dengue fever is caused by a virus. Though it may seem strange to think of it this way, the mosquitoes that spread the dengue virus are also infected with it. But the virus doesn’t seem to hurt the mosquitoes.Wolbachia is a kind of bacteria commonly found in many insects. In some insects, Wolbachia can keep some viruses fromduplicatingthemselves, which is how viruses grow inside a body. Wolbachia isn’t naturally found in mosquitoes. But by infecting these mosquitoes with Wolbachia, scientists can keep the mosquitoes from catching the dengue virus. Even better, the young mosquitoes coming from the eggs of the infected mosquitoes also carry Wolbachia.Researchers working with the World Mosquito Program (WMP) ran a 27-month study in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. They split a 10-square-mile area up into 24 smaller areas. In half of the areas, the scientists did nothing. In the other half, they set out containers of eggs from mosquitoes that had Wolbachia. They did this every two weeks for just 4 to 6 months.Ten months later, 80% of the mosquitoes in the treated areas carried Wolbachia. The researchers report the number of dengue cases in the treated areas was reduced by 77% and that the number of people needing hospital care for dengue dropped by 86%.Because the results of the experiment were so good, the WHO has placed Wolbachia-infected mosquito eggs in all parts of Yogyakarta and surrounding areas. The WHO says that within a year, their efforts will protect 2.5 million people against dengue and that their efforts will be turned into a program that can be repeated worldwide.12. What kind of disease is dengue?A. It is likely to cause death.B. It causes no pain but fevers.C. It happens less often in hot areas.D. It hurts both people and mosquitoes.13. The underlined word “duplicating” in paragraph 3 most probably means “________”.A. worsening the harm ofB. expanding the size ofC. increasing forces ofD. making copies of14. What can be inferred about the method from the figures listed in paragraph 5?A. Its wide use.B. Its effectiveness.C. Its complexity.D.Its easy operation.15. What’s the WHO’s attitude towards the method?A. Ambiguous.B. Positive.C. Tolerant.D. Skeptical.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。

2020年吉林市实验中学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AMirroring body language is a way to bond and to build understanding, It is a powerful tool that we use without even knowing it.The most obvious forms of mirroring are yawning and smiling. When you seesomeone yawn, you are likely to yawn immediately. Smiling is also prettycontagious—seeing a smiling person makes you want to smile too.Mirroring body language is a nonverbal way to say “I am like you, I feel the same”. Research shows that people who experience the same feelings are likely to trust, understand and accept each other.Women have the natural ability to pick up and understand body signals. Therefore, it is not surprising that a woman is more likely to mirror another woman than a man is to mirror another man. That's why women are regarded as better talkers, even if they might not really have more close friends.It is interesting that when a man tries to mirror a woman's body language while she is talking, he may seem to her as caring, intelligent and attractive.Mirroring body language is an excellent way to build trust and understanding quickly. If you want to set up a connection with a new person, mirror his or her gestures, sitting position, tone of voice and talking pace. This will make them feel that there is something about you that they like.While mirroring body language gains you acceptance, you still need to take into consideration your relationship with the person you arc mirroring. If you are in a lower social position and are mirroring the body language of your boss, he will view you as arrogant. However, if you want to defeat those who are trying to prove superior to you, mirroring their body language will help defeat them and change their position.1. What does the underlined word “contagious” in paragraph 2 mean?A. Powerful to show one's feelings.B. Affecting each other.C. Attractive to the others.D. Being gentle to people around.2. When copying others, body language, one usually can ______.A. send wrong messagesB. hide true feelingsC. avoid misunderstandingD. win others, acceptance3. What might happen if you try to mirror your boss's body language?A. You will appear very attractive.B. It will help to soften his position.C. You will seem unacceptably proud.D. It willbe a good way to build trust.B“Snowplow(扫雪机) parenting” is the newest parenting style that can include parents booking their adult children haircuts, calling their college kids to wake them up so that they don’t sleep through a test, and even calling their kids’ employers.“‘Helicopter (直升机) parenting’ means monitoring their kids’ every activity,which is out of date.” Claire Cain Miller and Jonah Engel Bromwich wrote in The New York Times. “Some rich mothers and fathers now are more like snowplows: clearing any problems in their children’s path to success so that they don’t have to meet failure or lose opportunities.”There is a mother who started a charity in her son’s name to try to raise his chances of being accepted to the college. Another parents spent years helping their daughter avoid foods with sauce, which she didn’t like. Once she got to college, she had problems with the food in her school because it was all covered in sauce.A survey says that three-quarters of parents of children between the ages of 18 and 28 ask for doctor visits or haircuts for their children, and 11% say they would call their kids’ bosses whether their children are having an issue at work.As reported, wealthy parents try to get their children into top colleges by giving a large amount of money to a school, such as paying for a building. This parenting has become the most popular way to raise children, whatever the income, education, or race is.Julie, a teacher at Stanford, told the Times that “snowplow parenting” is not a reasonable approach. “The parents should prepare the kid for the road, instead of preparing the road for the kid,” she said.4. How does Julie like “snowplow parenting”?A. It is unreasonable.B. It is advanced.C. It is accepted by teachers.D. It is refused by rich people.5. What is the character of “helicopter parenting”?A. Parents make kids popular.B. Parents provide little money for kids.C. Parents ask kids to care for themselves.D. Parents watch over kids’ every activity.6. What should parents do according to Julie?A. Do as wealthy parents do.B. Make kids be prepared.C. Make roads be prepared.D. Do as little as possible.7. What’s the best title for the text?A. Helicopter Parenting.B. The Similarity in Parenting.C. A Research on Parenting.D. A New Kind of Parenting.CRock and pop hitmaker Jim Steinman, who wrote and composed music for Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, and more, died Monday in Danbury, Connecticut. He was 73. Steinman's brother Billconfirmed that the cause of death was kidney (肾) failure.A statement posted on Steinman's Facebook page read, “It's with a heavy heart that I can confirm Jim's passing. There will be much more to say in the coming hours and days as we prepare to honor this giant of a human being and his glorious legacy.”Steinman's wholly unique career found him working as a composer, lyricist, and producer for many artists in a variety of styles. According to a biography on his website, the records he's worked on have sold more than 190 million copies worldwide. He was nominated (提名) for four Grammys, and won Album of the Year for his work on Dion's 1996 smash,Falling Into You.Steinman began his career in a musical theater while in college, writing and starring in a rock musical calledThe Dream Engine, which gained the attentionof New York theatrical producer Joe Papp. After graduating, Steinman worked at the Public Theater (which was established by Papp). In 1973, Yvonne Elliman recorded Steinman's song “Happy Ending”, which became Steinman's first commercially released tune. That same year, the Public Theater staged his musicalMore Than You Deserve.One of the actors who auditioned forMore Than You Deservewas Meat Loaf, and he and Steinman soon struck up a close personal and professional relationship. The two began working on Meat Loaf's solo album,Bat Out of Hell, in the early 70s, but it wouldn't be released until 1977. It wasn't until about one year later — after Meat Loaf performed onSaturday Night Live— that the album became a hit.“There is no other songwriter ever like him,” Meat Loaf said. “I can never repay him. He has been such an influence, in fact, the biggest influence on my life, and I learned so much from him that there would be no way I could ever repay Mr. Jim Steinman.”8. What caused Jim Steinman's death?A. A hit on the head.B. A kidney problem.C. A failed operation.D. A lack of blood supply.9. What is the correct order of the following events?a. Meat Loaf performed onSaturday Night Live.b. Jim released his first commercial tuneHappy Ending.c. Jim and Meat Loaf released the albumBat Out of Hell.d. Jim starred in a rock musical calledThe Dream Engine.e. Jim's musicalMore Than You Deservewas put on show.f. Jim won Album of the Year for his work onFalling Into You.A. dbecafB. dbcfaeC. fdcaebD. fbceda10. Why was Jim Steinman important to Meat Loaf?A. Because Jim was an extraordinary songwriter.B. Because Jim allowed him not to repay his debt.C. Because Jim was influential in the music industry.D. Because Jim gave him friendship and career support.11. What do we learn about Jim Steinman?A. He mainly focused his career on acting in musicals.B. He is a well-known and widely respected musician.C. His closest friends were Bill, Papp and Meat Loaf.D. He won four Grammys in the course of his career.DThink ofJapanin the spring and the image that comes to mind is likely the country’s famous cherry blossoms, also known as “Sakura” — white and pink flowers, blooming across cities and mountains.The flowers, which experience a “peak bloom” that only lasts a few days, have been loved inJapanfor more than a thousand years. Crowds celebrate with viewing parties,flockingto the most popular locations to take photos and have picnics underneath the branches.But this year, cherry blossom season has come and gone in the blink of an eye, in one of the earliest blooms on record. Scientists warn it’s a symptom of the larger climate crisis threatening ecosystems everywhere.Yasuyuki Aono, a researcher atOsakaPrefectureUniversity, has gathered records fromKyotoback to 812 AD from historical documents and diaries. In the central city ofKyoto, cherry blossoms peaked on March 26, the earliest in more than 1,200 years, Aono said. And in the capitalTokyo, cherry blossoms reached full bloom on March 22, the second-earliest date on record.The peak bloom dates shift every year, depending on numerous factors including weather and rainfall, but have shown a general trend of moving earlier and earlier. InKyoto, the peak date stayed around mid-April for centuries, but began moving into early April during the 1800s. The date has only dipped into late March a handful of times in recorded history.“Sakura blooms are very temperature sensitive,” said Aono. “Flowering and full bloom could be earlier or later depending on the temperature alone,” he said. “The temperature was low in the 1820s, but it has risen by about 3.5 degrees Celsius to this day.”This year’s seasons in particular influenced the blossom dates, he added. The winter was very cold, but the spring came fast and unusually warm.12. What is the best title of the passage?A. Cherry blossom celebrations.B. Warning of a climate crisis.C. A strong love for cherry blossom.D. Cherry blossom season coming earlier.13. What does the underlined word “flocking” mean?A. Blocking.B. Flooding.C. Running.D. Following.14. What can we infer from paragraph 5?A. The peak blossom dates fall on a fixed date.B. The cherry blossom rarely peaks in March.C. The peak bloom dates mainly depend on weather and rainfall.D. Cherry blossom peaks around mid-April inTokyo.15. What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?A. To inform people the date of cherry blossom.B. To show a study on cherry blossom dates.C. To present a Japanese tradition of cherry blossom celebration.D. To make people aware of the influence of climate change on cherry blossom.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。

2020-2021学年吉林市实验中学高三英语三模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AThe following 4 famous paintings, from Jan van Eyck’s portrait to Pablo Picasso’s masterpiece, have stood the test of time.The Arnolfini PortraitJan van Eyck’s Arnolfini Portrait, an oil painting on wood produced in 1434, is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces in the National Gallery,London. This painting is as visually interesting as it is famed. It is also an informative document on fifteenth-century society, through van Eyck’s heavy use of symbolism-while husbands went out to engage in business, wives concerned themselves with domestic duties.The Starry NightVincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night, oil on canvas, a moderately abstract landscape painting of an expressive night sky over a small hillside village, during his 12-month stay at the mental hospital nearSaint-Remy-de-Provence,Francebetween 1889 and 1890. When theMuseumofModern ArtinNew York Citypurchased the painting from a private collector in 1941, it was not well known, but it has since become one of van Gogh's most famous works.The HarvestersThe Harvesters is an oil painting on wood completed by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1565. It depicts the harvest time which most commonly occurred within the months of August and September. Nicolaes Jonghelinck, a merchant banker and art collector fromAntwerp, commissioned this painting. The painting has been at the Metropolitan Museum of Art inNew York Citysince 1919.GuernicaGuernica,a large black-and-white oil painting, was painted by the Cubist Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso in 1937. The title ‘Guernica’ refers to the city that was bombed by Nazi planes during the Spanish Civil War. The painting depicts the horrors of war and as a result, has come to be an anti-war symbol and a reminder of the tragedies of war. Today, the painting is housed at the Museo National Centro de Arte ReinaSofiainMadrid.1. What do the four paintings have in common?A. They are oil paintings.B. They are kept inNew York.C. They show different people’s lives.D. They are created during 10th century to 19th century.2. What do we know about The Starry Night?A. It shows the scenery of a small hillside village.B. Van Gogh produced it when living in his home.C. A private collector gave it away to the museum.D. It was not famous before 1941.3. Whose painting shows the destruction of war?A. Jan van Eyck.B. Vincent van Gogh.C. Pieter Bruegel.D. Pablo Picasso.BIf you travel inAthens, against popular belief, I would highly recommend saving the Acropolis for your secondday. As attractive as it is to head straight to the most famous building in the city, there are several reasons why you should hold off until later.Sunriseis the best time to see the ruins, and who wants to spend their first day in anew citywaking up at6 a.m.? On top of that, the Acropolis is going to make every other site inAthensless important in comparison, so I recommend not hitting it on your first day.We got to the southeast gate at 7：30, half an hour before it opened at 8. When the gate opened, we rushed to the hill. Our plan paid off because we had the whole complex to ourselves for five minutes. In this age of overtourism, getting to the greatness of the Acropolis with nobody else around felt special and excited.The Acropolis is the name given to the complex on top of the hill, and it’s made up of several buildings. There’s theTempleofAthena Nike, the Parthenon, the Old Temple of Athena, the Legendary Olive Tree of the Pandroseion, the Porch of the Caryatids at the Erechtheion... and on your way down, the Odeon of Herodes Atticus.Something that sounds boring but isn’t is theAcropolisMuseum, and I recommend spending a couple of hours there. As someone who is a museum-avoider, I listened to the recommendations of everyone who had been, and made myself go inside. And I loved it. The museum houses tons of sculptures unearthed from the Acropolis, and it was interesting to check them out.Head toSyntagma Squarenext to watch the changing of the guard. This takes place every hour on the hour, so try to time your visit perfectly. The guards wear fun clothes and make for interesting photos.4. The author suggests visiting the Acropolis on the second day so that ___________.A. it can save visitors a lot of timeB. it can save visitors from getting up earlyC. it can make for a better travel experienceD. it can give visitors a better understanding ofAthens5. How did the author feel when he ran to the top of the hill?A. Bored.B. Worried.C. Relaxed.D. Amazed.6. With what may the author agree about theAcropolisMuseum?A. It is so great that it should be visited last.B. It is enjoyable and worth visiting.C. It wastes a lot of time.D. It should be avoided.7. What is the purpose of the text?A. To provide some advice on visiting the Acropolis.B. To introduce the history of the Acropolis.C. To call on people to protect historic sites.D. To encourage people to travel around.CBrian Hamilton's life changed in a prison when he went there with his friend, Reverend Robert J. Harris, who often went to local prisons to do ministry work. During the visit,Hamiltonstarted talking to one of the prisoners and asked what he was going to do when he got out. “He said he was going to get a job,”Hamiltonrecalls. “I thought to myself, wow, that’s going to be difficult with a criminal background.”The conversation madeHamiltonconsider how to help those who came out from prison. Finally in 2008, 16 years after that initial conversation,Hamiltoncreated Inmates to Entrepreneurs, a nonprofit organization that helps people with criminal backgrounds start their own small businesses.At the time,Hamiltonwas building his own company, a software technology company for the banking industry. As his company grew, so didHamilton’s time devoted to giving lessons to prisoners. He averaged three to four courses a month at prisons throughoutNorth Carolina.Eventually,Hamiltondecided to shift his focus to his true passion. In May 2019, he sold his company and focused on helping those who were imprisoned. His online courses will be set next year. “By March 1, 2022, anyone will be able to access the courses, either to become a certificated instructor or to access it for themselves as a prisoner or part of the general population,”Hamiltonexplained. In addition, he visits middle schools and presents the course to at-risk students as a preventative measure against crime.The free course is funded by the recently established Brian Hamilton Foundation, which offers assistance tomilitary members as they return to civilian life and provides loans o small businesses. “Starting up a business isn't for everyone, but if we make opportunities available, and let people know that other people care about them, it makes a difference.”Hamiltonsaid.8. Why did Brian Hamilton went to a prison?A. He accompanied his friend.B. He took lessons in the prison.C. He wanted to get a job in the prison.D. He had a friend who was in prison.9. What can be inferred about Inmates to Entrepreneurs?A. It often assists military members.B It provides loans to small businesses.C. Its course has been largely broadened.D. It is an organization intended for business men.10. According to the author, which of the following best describesHamilton?A. He is a man who always changes his mind.B. He has a sense of social responsibility.C. He is good at running a big company.D. He makes money by giving lessons.11. What is the main idea of the text?A. A man made a fruitless visit to the prison.B. A man sold his business to teach prisoners.C. A man realized his dream of being a teacher.D. A man successfully created two organizations.DIf you easily make mistakes when in a hurry, a new study from Michigan State University—the largest of its kind to date-found that meditation (冥想) could help you improve the situation.The research tested how open monitoring meditation (OMM)—or, meditationthat focuses awareness on feelings or thoughts as they unfold in one’s mind and body—alteredbrain activity in a way that suggested increased error recognition.“People’s interest in meditation is outpacing what science can prove in terms of effects and benefits.” said Jeff Lin, MSU psychology doctoral candidate and study co-author. “But it’s amazing to me that we were able to see how one session of a guided meditation could produce changes to brain activity in non-meditators.”“Some forms of meditation have you focus on a single object, commonly your breath, but open monitoring meditation is a bit different,” Lin said, “It has you tune inward and pay attention to everything going on in yourmind and body. The goal is to sit quietly and pay close attention to where the mind travels without getting too caught up in the scenery.”Lin and his MSU co-authors—William Eckerle, Ling Peng and Jason Moser—hired more than 200 participants to test how open monitoring meditation affected how people detect and respond toerrors.The participants, who had never meditated before, were taken through a 20-minute open monitoring meditation exercise while the researchers measured brain activity through electroencephalography (脑电图), or EEG. Then, they completed a computerized distraction (分心) test.“The EEG can measure brain activity at the millisecond level, so we got precise measures of brain activity right after mistakes compared to correct responses,” Lin said. “A certain neural signal occurs about half a second after an error called the error positivity, which is linked to conscious error recognition. We found that the strength of this signal is increased in the meditators to controls.”“These findings show what just 20 minutes of open monitoring meditation can do to improve the brain’s ability to detect and pay attention to mistakes,” Moser said.12. What does the underlined word “altered” in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Changed.B. Prevented.C. Started.D. Recorded.13. Why is open monitoring meditation different?A. It is just aimed at a single object.B. It clears your mind of everything.C. It gets too caught up in the scenery.D. It focuses on where the mind travels.14. What did the researchers do for the studyA. They hired people who had meditated before.B. They measured the participants’ brain activity.C. They reminded the participants to avoid errors.D. They had non-meditators design a distraction test.15. What is the best title for the text?A. Turn to OMM to Avoid Acting in a HurryB. You’re Able to Recognize Errors ConsciouslyC. Meditators’ Brain Proves Much More ActiveD. OMM Can Help You Make Fewer Mistakes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。

绝密★启用前吉林省吉林市普通高中2020届高三毕业班第三次调研测试(三模)英语试题2020年4月注意事项：1.答卷前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、考生号填写在答题卡指定位置。

2.请按题号顺序在答题纸上各题目的答题区域内整洁作答，超出区域答题无效。

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分 30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What is the man buying?A. A scarf.B. A jacket.C. A suit.2. What would the man like?A. Coca-Cola.B. Lemon soda.C. Orange juice.3. Why will the street be decorated?A. To celebrate a festival.B. To make the city beautiful.C. To welcome some famous players.4. Where does the conversation take place?A. On a boat.B. On a train.C. On a plane.5. What does the woman mean?A. She hates murder and war.B. People are becoming worse.C. She’s optimistic about people.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

长春市普通高中2020届高三质量监测（三）英语本试卷共12页。

考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。

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2.选择题必须使用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题必须使用0.5毫米黑色字迹的签字笔书写，字体工整、笔迹清楚。

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第一部分听力（1—20小题）在笔试结束后进行。

第二部分阅读理解（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和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AWatching kids' cartoons can be an effective way to learn a language. The basic plot lines of kids' cartoons are fairly simple, the characters speak more slowly and the dialogue is typically standard and casual. Here are four worldwide popular kids5 cartoons which may help you with your English learning.Peppa PigPeppa Pig,the pink piggy, has gained worldwide popularity. There are even videos showing an American child speaking in a British accent to her mom after watching the popular cartoon.The SimpsonsThe Simpsons in the 90's was smart, culturally savvy （有见识的），and unbelievably entertaining TV about an average American family. At its height, no show — animated or otherwise ——could reach The Simpsons' greatness. From the cleverness of "Marge vs. the Monorail" to everything Lisa Simpson ever said, The Simpsons was fearless and game-changing television.Once Upon a TimeOnce Upon a Time is a French educational animation, created by Procidis. There are seven series, each focusing on different aspects of knowledge. These are mostly historical, focusing on the overall history of mankind or specified historical fields, such as the lives and achievements of the explorers or inventors. Sazae-sanSazae-san is more than a kids’ show. It's a cultural institution, a national treasure and the longest-running animated series in the world, ever! It's about a typical Japanese big family living together in Tokyo. The central character is an outspoken but somewhat clumsy woman in her early 20s, living with her husband, son, father, mother, brother and sister all under one roof.All of the characters are colorful and funny, and all are named after fish!21. Why does the American girl speak in a British accent?A. She was born and brought up in Britain.B. Peppa Pig has strongly influenced her.C. The British accent is popular in. America.D. She wants to make fun of her mother.22. Which will you choose as a fan of history?A. Peppa Pig.B. The Simpsons.C. Once Upon a Time.D. Sazae-san.23. What can you learn about Sazae-san from the text?A. It is about an ordinary American family.B. It is the longest-running of the four.C. It is a well-received French cartoon.D. It includes seven different series.BOne year, a newspaper of the United States published an announcement ——the Horticultural Institute offered a reward at a high price for the pure white marigold （金盏花）. The high reward attracted so many people, but in nature besides golden, the marigold is brown； it is not easy to create the white one. So after they were excited for a time, many people forgot that announcement.One normal day after 20 years, the Horticultural Institute accidentally received a letter and 100 seeds of pure white marigold. On that day the news spread like wildfire. It proved to be an old woman of over 70 years old. The institute had always been hesitating over the fact that the letter stated with certainty that the seeds could bloom pure white marigold.Those seeds finally took root in the earth. The wonder appeared after one year: large fields of pure white marigold swung in the light wind. As a result, the old woman became a new focus.Originally, the old woman was just a flower-lover. When she happened to read the announcement 20 years ago, her heart kept beating wildly. But her eight children all opposed her decision. After all, a woman who never knew the seed genetics （遗传学）couldn't complete what the experts could never accomplish! Still, the old woman didn't change her mind and went on working. Year after year, through many cycles of spring sowing and autumn harvest, the old woman's husband died; her children flew far and high; a lot of things happened in her life but only the desire to grow the pure white marigold took root in her heart. Finally, after 20 years on the day we all know, in the garden, she saw a marigold, which was not nearly white but as white as silver or snow.Such a difficult problem as even experts couldn't deal with was readily solved by an old woman who didn't understand genetics. Was it a wonder? Take root in the heart and even the most common seed can grow into a wonder!24. Why was a great reward offered by the Horticultural Institute?A. White flowers could be sold at a higher price.B. Pure white marigold was more beautiful in nature.C. It was very difficult to develop pure white marigold.D. Scientists wanted to know how marigold grew in nature.25. What can we know about the old woman from the passage?A. She got professional support from scientists.B. She kept trying for years before she succeeded.C. She was 70 when she first read the announcement.D. She sent pure white marigold flowers to the institute.26. The underlined word "readily" in the last paragraph probably means _________________________ .A. easilyB. quicklyC. willinglyD. luckily27. What is the best title for the text?A. Seeds Take Root in the HeartB. White Marigold is Hard to GrowC. Marigolds Grow from BraveryD. White Flowers Bring SuccessCThe U.S. is still out in front of global competitors when it comes to innovation （革新），but American universities ——where new ideas often spread — have reason to look over their shoulders.That's especially true for technologies like 5G phone networks and artificial intelligence. In President Donald Trump's opinion, they're exactly the fields where the U.S. has to lead — and also the ones where Asia, especially China, is catching up. Universities from China get more patents than their U.S. peers in wireless communications, according to a research firm named GreyB Services. In Al, 17 of the top 20 universities and public research organizations are in China, with the Chinese Academy of Sciences topping the list, says the World Intellectual Property Organization in Geneva.There's a special place for universities in the development of science. Universities educate future scientists and can be incubators （孵化器）for pie-in-the-sky ideas — some of which turn out to be game-changers. The list ranges from Google's search engine to DNA technology that's behind a whole industry of gene-manipulating （基因编辑）treatments.However, government aids to universities haven't been growing for more than a decade, meaningthey've declined in real terms and as a share of the economy, leading to the cost increase for universities and meanwhile somehow discouraging the teaching staff from putting all their hearts into their scientific research."If you look at the federal dollars, they've not really changed considerably," says Stephen Susalka, head of AUTM, a technology transfer association whose members include 800 universities. "Other countries are catching up. We can't be satisfied with what we have achieved?"2 8. What does the underlined phrase "look over their shoulders" in Paragraph 1 mean?A. Watch out.B. Take off.C. Stand up.D. Hide away.29. The author mentions 5G phone networks to show ______________________ .A. Chinese universities have obtained the most patentsB. Chinese universities get aids from the governmentC. wireless communications have changed dramaticallyD. U.S. may lose their lead in some high-tech fields30. What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?A. Pie-in-the-sky ideas can be revolutionary.B. Universities can produce game programmers.C. Gene-manipulation helps to develop DNA technology.D. Universities play an important role in science development.31. What's Stephen's attitude to the future development of U.S. universities?A. Worried.B. Disapproving.C. Positive.D. Unconcerned.DAlmost everyone has heard of the expression "the calm before the storm." It is usually used to describe a peaceful period just before a very stressful situation or a tense argument.British sailors coined the phrase in the late 1600s; they noted that before certain storms the seas would seem to become still and the winds would drop.Science has given us the reason. According to U.S. website How Stuff Works, a calm period occurs because many storms, tornadoes and hurricanes draw in all the warm and humid （湿热的）air from the surrounding area. As this air rises into the storm clouds, it cools and acts as "fuel for the storm, like petrol ina car". Once the storm has taken all the energy it can from the air, it is pushed out from the top of the storm clouds and falls back down to ground level. As the air goes down, it becomes warm and dry. Warm and dry air is stable, so once it covers an area, it causes a calm period before the storm. This same process also causes the "eye of the storm" in hurricanes and tornadoes. In these conditions, the calm occurs in the center of the storm because of the strong rotating （旋转的）winds.The Weather Network has a tip for working out how far away a storm is. First count how many seconds there are between a flash of lightning and a clap of thunder, roughly three seconds equal one kilometer. So, for example, if you count nine seconds, the storm is about three kilometers away. A good method is that if your count is below 30 seconds, you should seek shelter straight away.However, due to the complexity of storm system, not all storms take place after calm. Given the right conditions, some storms announce themselves with heavy rain and fierce winds.So, your best bet is to keep yourself updated with weather reports for any predictions regarding a coming storm in your area. That's the most reliable way to predict the next display of nature's temper （脾气）.32. What is the function of Paragraph 3?A. To describe how the eye of the storm comes into being.B. To stress why tornadoes and hurricanes are destructive.C. To explain why a peaceful period occurs before some storms.D. To remind how dangerous a storm can be in certain situations.33. How far away may the storm be if you count 15 seconds between a lightning flash and a thunder clap？A. One kilometer.B. Three kilometers.C. Four kilometers.D. Five kilometers.34. What can we learn from the text?A. Storms don't usually last long.B. It is not always quiet before a storm.C. Storms have a big influence on our life.D. Weather reports often fail to predict a storm.35. Where is this text most likely from?A. A travel journal.B. A science fiction.C. A literature review.D. A geography magazine.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。

高考英语三模试卷一、阅读理解（本大题共15小题，共30.0分）AEXPERIENCE COLUMBIA HOT ATTRACTIONS◆RIVERBANKS ZOO&GARDENIt is home to more than 2，000 animals and one of the nation's most beautiful botanical gardens．With more than 350 species from around the world，Riverbanks is one of the largest mid-sized zoos in the country．Hours：9：00 a．m．- 5：00 p．m．dailyAdmission：Adults （13 - 61）- ﹩19.95Children （2 - 12）- ﹩16.95◆EDVENTUREThe Soutll's largest children's museum has 300 exhibits to inspire children to experience the joy of learning．Where else but EdVenture can children drive a real fire truck，anchor the news or visit another country？Hours：Monday - Sunday：9 a．m．- 5 p．m．Admission：Members FreeChildren and Adults：﹩11．95◆SOUTH CAROLINA STATE MUSEUMThe stories of South Carolina come alive through the exhibits and collections of the State Museum．Plus，a new 4-D theater provides popular movies that excite all ages．Museum members are invited to night-sky observing and more on Tuesday nights!Hours ：Mon．，Wed．- Fri．：10 a．m．- 5 p．m．Tues．：10 a．m．- 10 p．m．Sat．：10 a．m．- 6 p．m．Sun．：Noon - 5 p．m．Admission：Adults （13 - 61）：﹩8.95Children （3 - 12）：﹩6．95◆SALUDA SHOALS PARKSaluda Shoals Park is a sensitive riverfront park that invites visitors to experience the treasures of the Saluda River through exceptional educational and cultural opportunities．Fun-filled Family Activities Nightly! （except Thanksgiving，Christmas Eve and Christmas night）Free for activities：apply with Holiday Lights admission （﹩20/car；﹩40/15-passenger vehicle；﹩60/bus）．1.Which attraction best suits a child interested in broadcasting news？______A. EdVenture．B. The State Museum．C. Saluda Shoals Park．D. Riverbanks Zoo & garden．2.How much should a young couple with a 4-year-old son pay to enjoy various plants andanimals？______A. ﹩24.85．B. ﹩20．C. ﹩56.85．D. ﹩35.85．3.Which of the following is available to all tourists in the State Museum？______A. Having a fantastic visual feast at l：00 p．m．B. Visiting the exhibits on Sunday morning．C. Enjoying free family activities every night．D. Observing the amazing night sky on Tuesday nights．BI am traveling home．It is bitterly cold and snowy，but the warm train is right on time．I feel pleasantly satisfied as I look out at the rush hour traffic on the motorway．I feel more satisfied as the smell of fresh coffee announces the arrival of the drinks service．Swiss friends often tell me，proudly，that their rail service is the best in the world，but recently，one experience has proved that the great Swiss love affair with their railway has turned a little sour．It all began with the decision to end ticket sales on trains．One cold morning I arrived at my local station only to find that the ticket machine was broken．No matter，I thought，I have got a smart phone，and I hurriedly set about buying my ticket that way．This was not as easy as I had expected，busying myself between credit card and phone with freezing cold fingers，but，by the time I got on the train to Geneva I had an e-ticket and I proudly showed it to the conductor．Unfortunately she told me that my ticket was not valid（有效的）．Several weekslater a letter arrived from Swiss railways together with a fine for 190 francs （﹩210）．The good people there tell me the formal payment for my ticket from my credit card company arrived four minutes after my train left the station．That means，they say，that I bought my ticket on the train - and that is strictly prohibited．Swiss railways say their policy is designed to protect honest ticket-paying passengers，but aquick look at their balance sheet suggests something else．The company is making about ﹩2million a month from fines．Although train travel is still popular，those seats do not feel as comfortable；the coffee does not smell quite so good - because Swiss railways have lost，for now anyway，something farmore precious than ﹩2 million a month：good relations with their customers．4.What can we learn from paragraph 1？______A. The Swiss trains usually come late．B. Traffic on the motorway goes smoothly．C. The author hates traveling on the Swiss train．D. The author is generally pleased with the Swiss rail service．5.Why did the conductor say that the author's e-ticket was invalid？______A. It was purchased online．B. It was paid for after the train's departure．C. It was purchased on a ticket machine．D. It was paid on a smart phone．6.What does the author want to show by telling the experience？______A. The fine was unfair．B. The conductor was impolite．C. E-tickets are getting popular．D. Credit cards can be inconvenient．7.What does the author think of the new policy of Swiss railways？______A. It attracts more people to travel by train．B. It makes the company lose a lot of money．C. It damages company-customer relations．D. It protects honest ticket-paying passengers．CFor the last few months，I have given up what was previously one of my favorite foods：beef．Eating less red meat and be healthier，better for the environment and - surprisingly to me - really easy to do so．Sometimes it seems like much of our food is stuck in a cycle of excessive （过度的）production and excessive consumption．Meat consumption today contributes to global warming and environmental degradation（退化）．It's estimated that 14.5% of global man-made greenhouse gas emission（排放）come from livestock（家畜）- which is more than the contribution from all forms of transport．Beef production makes up 41% of those emissions．Last year，Brazil reported a 28% increase in Amazonian deforestation（森林采伐）- 80% of deforested land in Brazil is then used for cattle farming．Modern beef farming is also a huge drain（流干）on water resources．But it is possible to change．Reducing meat consumption is a growing trend，driven by health and environmental considerations．A switch to a "healthy diet" as recommended by Harvard Medical School - which still includes eating meat，fish and eggs - would reduce greenhouse gas emissions from food production by 36%．The Norwegian military announced it is switching a one-day to a one-week vegetarian diet in a move against global warming，while even in the US consumption of red-meat is falling．And as for yours truly，I feel healthier，more active and by making my diet more varied I never feel like I am missing out on anything．Stopping eating beef has also had a knock-on effect on the rest of my diet，and I am eating less．Cattle and other livestock don't have to be environmentally harmful．Grass-fed cattle need much smaller resource input．And as it has been shown，livestock，if managed properly，can even restore degraded land．In the longer term，as Bill Gates highlighted，there is also great potential for advance in fields like synthetic（合成）meat．And there are other more sources of efficient protein；like insects! But in a world where more people are now dying from obesity than malnutrition（营养不良）-when hundreds of millions of people still don't have enough to eat，we can't solve this problem by simply continuing to make "conventional" intensive farming more intensive．8.Why has the author given up eating beef？______A. It is better for his health and global warming．B. It can prevent him from being obesity．C. It is better for both health and environment．D. He likes vegetarian diet very much．9.What result does cattle farming lead to？______A. The loss of deforestation．B. The great loss of water resources．C. The loss of man-made greenhouse．D. The loss of livestock．10.What's the author's attitude towards raising some livestock in an environmental way？______A. Negative．B. Doubtful．C. Favorable．D. Protective11.In Bill Gates' opinion，we can get efficient protein by ______ ．A. raising more insectsB. raising more cattleC. developing man-made meatD. developing intensive farmingDUsing a mobile phone for more than 10 years increases the risk of getting brain cancer，according to the most comprehensive study of the risks yet published．The study - which is different from official statements that there is no danger of getting the disease - found that people who have had the phones for a decade or more are twice as likely to get a malignant tumour （恶性肿瘤）on the side of the brain where they hold the handset．The scientists who conducted the research say using a mobile for just an hour every working day during that period is enough to increase the risk - and that the international standard used to protect users from the radiation is "not safe" and "needs to be revised"．They concluded that "caution （警告）is needed in the use of mobile phones" and believe children should be discouraged from using them at all．Britain's largest investigation into the health risks of the technology，the Mobile Telecommunications and Health Research （MTHR）programme - founded by "government and industry sources" - reported that "mobile phones have not been found to be associated with any biological or harmful health effects"．But its chairman，Professor Lawrie Challis，admitted that only a small percentage of the research had covered people who had used the phones for more than a decade．He warned，"We cannot rule out the possibility at this stage that cancer could appear in a few years' time．" The new study - headed by two Swedes，Professor Lennart Hardell of the University Hospital in Orebro and Professor Kjell Hansson Mild of Umea University，who also serves on the MTHR programme's management committee - goes some way to meeting the deficiency （缺陷）．The scientists pulled together the results of the 11 studies that have so far investigated the occurrence of tumours in people who have used phones for more than a decade，using research in Sweden，Denmark，Finland，Japan，Germany，the United States and Britain．They found almost all had discovered an increased risk，especially on the side of the head where people listened to their handsets．Five of the six studies of malignant tumour found an increased risk，and only one did not still found an increase in benign （良性的）tumour．Four of the five studies that looked at acoustic neuromas （听神经肿瘤）found them．The exception was based on only two cases of the disease，but still found that longterm users had larger tumours than other people．The scientists put the findings of all the studies together to analyse them．This showed that people who have used their phones for a decade or more are 20 percent more likely to contract acoustic neuromas，and 30 percent more likely to get malignant gliomas （胶质瘤）．The risk is even greater on the side of the head the handset is used：longterm users were twice as likely to get the gliomas，and two and a half times more likely to get the acoustic neuromas there than other people．The scientists conclude，"Results from present studies on use of mobile phones for more than 10 years give a consistent pattern of an increased risk for acoustic neuroma and glioma．" They add that "an increased risk for other types of brain tumours cannot be ruled out"．12.The new study headed by the two Swedes ______ ．A. corrected the absence in the MTHR programme's managementB. came to a conclusion similar to that of MTHR's investigationC. ruled out the possibility that longtime users could get brain cancerD. made some improvements by expanding the investigation samples13.The passage tries to tell us that ______ ．A. using mobile phones is dangerous to people's healthB. children should be forbidden to use mobile phonesC. people using mobile phones an hour every working day will get brain cancerD. the more people use mobile phones，the more likely they are to get brain cancer14.The underlined word "contract" in Paragraph 10 probably means " ______ "．A. be infected withB. be associated withC. be faced withD. be covered with15.The best title of the passage is ______ ．A. The Causes of Brain CancerB. The Hidden Danger of Mobile PhonesC. The Research of Brain CancerD. The Effects of Mobile Phones二、阅读七选五（本大题共5小题，共10.0分）Helen Keller once wrote，"The unselfish effort to bring cheer to others will be the beginning of a happier life for ourselves．" (1) The UN has set December 5 as International Volunteers Day to give recognition to these people．Nineteen-year-old Andrew Makhoul was a communications major at the University of Pennsylvania．It was coming up to spring break，but unlike his classmates，Makhoul wasn't planning on spending the break relaxing．(2)He traveled to Guatemala．He went to an orphanage（孤儿院）in one of the most violent and poor parts of Guatemala city．(3) Although he didn't speak much Spanish，he found communication wasn't a problem："You communicated with love．" And what he gave out，he got back："You could see love when you looked in their eyes．"Makhoul's first time as a volunteer only lasted a week，but by the end of that week，he knew he'd be back in the future．(4) The UN highlighted the case of Palestinian women who are survivors of breast cancer．As part of the UN's Aid and Hope Programme for Patient Care，the women have been volunteering their time to create low-cost breast prosthetics（假体）to be distributed to women for free，among whom Shahd El-Swerki is a brilliant example．(5) By the end of her time there，she admired these women who are "not only survivors but also volunteers"．About 2，400 years ago，Greek philosopher Aristotle said，"The essence（本质）of life is to serve others and do good．" Volunteers all around the world are making these words come true，each and every day．A．It depends upon volunteers to stay open．B．She worked with the women as part of the programme．C．Here，we tell two volunteering stories from around the globe．D．Sometimes，volunteers themselves live with huge challenges．E．He decided to spend his time doing something useful for people．F．Volunteers want to do their best to make the world warmer and more beautiful．G．These words certainly prove true for the millions of volunteers all over the world．16. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G17. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G18. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G19. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G20. A. A B. B C. C D. D E.E F.F G. G三、完形填空（本大题共20小题，共30.0分）A Good Man It's a late Saturday afternoon in early March，and I am sweating in search of the only gift my son wants from Los Angeles：a (21) to the homes of the stars such as Brad Pitt and Jet Li．A cheerful taxi driver says，"No problem．Map sellers are everywhere!" When the taxi stops，a fellow(22) with a thin folded sheet and says："Ten dollars．"Ten dollars! With absolute(23)，I inform him，"That's too much．" The map man leaves．I begin walking，certain I'll find a （an）(24) star map soon．I am(25)．There's hardly anybody on the street．There don't seem to be many real stores，just cars and bars．No maps．No stars．Blocks pass．The sun begins to sink．At the edge of West Hollywood，(26) fellow wanders ahead，selling star maps to some teenage girls．Ten dollars (27)．Forget it．My son will(28)．That night，I call my wife．"Did you get one of those maps to the stars？He's been talking about (29) else．"This(30) is hard to ignore．It's late．At all-night markets：no maps．I head back to the hotel．Morning is coming．There will be one last(31)．After I check out，I take a taxi．But at nine in the morning，map sellers are(32) to be found．"You know，" says the driver，"The guys with the maps just aren't up yet!" He's right．"Forget it．Let's go to the airport．""Well，" says the driver，"I could (33) you one if you like．"Sure．Trust this guy？I might as well throw cash onto the freeway．But exiting the taxi，I (34) my last chance．I hand him ﹩13 and my business card．Three weeks pass．I've (35)on the star map．My son has stopped mentioning it．Then one afternoon，sticking out from under piles of flyers，there it is：a big white envelope．There is a small note．I can hardly read it，(36) I make out a few phrases - "forgive (37)，" "taxi's been down" and，finally，"here's map for your son．" There's no return address．It's signed，"kind regards，M．"I hold the note in my hand，(38) what my son said to me when I got back from Los Angeles．"Did you meet any(39)，Dad？" he asked．Now I know what to tell him．"Yes，I did．I met a guy named M．"If you never (40) anybody，you'll never find the good guys．21. A. decoration B. map C. book D. symbol22. A. argues B. requests C. competes D. approaches23. A. assurance B. permission C. anxiety D. bargain24. A. perfect B. inexpensive C. proper D. detailed25. A. shocked B. confused C. impatient D. wrong26. A. any B. some C. another D. either27. A. still B. even C. almost D. yet28. A. believe B. regret C. understand D. admit29. A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing30. A. idea B. news C. change D. reason31. A. try B. journey C. action D. minute32. A. everywhere B. somewhere C. anywhere D. nowhere33. A. give B. mail C. show D. spare34. A. create B. recognize C. deserve D. blow35. A. given up B. thrown doubtsC. refused offersD. dropped in36. A. and B. or C. but D. for37. A. fault B. delay C. carelessness D. rudeness38. A. remembering B. reminding C. reviewing D. realizing39. A. admirers B. friends C. stars D. heroes40. A. look up to B. turn to C. have faith in D. agree with四、语法填空（本大题共1小题，共15.0分）41.The Caffeine Catch Caffeine，a chemical typically found in coffee，has caused a lot ofconcern because it is one of the few drugs that show up regularly in our food supply．You probably (1) （use）caffeine since childhood．Caffeine (2) （be）in your first Coke．If you ever enjoyed a chocolate bar，you ate caffeine．Soft drinks are the major source （来源）of caffeine for most children and even some adults．(3) （recent），caffeine has found its way into orange，apple，and other flavored drinks．Small amounts of caffeine-a cup (4) two of coffee a day-seem safe for mostpeople．However，some people have trouble with even small amounts．One cup of coffee (5) the late afternoon or evening will cause (6) （they）to stay awake almost all night．Larger amounts of caffeine can cause a problem (7) （call）caffeinism．You get very nervous and you can't sleep．It is possible (8) caffeine may cause birth defects （缺陷）in humans，too．One study showed that (9) （woman）who drank a lot of coffee，like eight or more cups per day，while they were pregnant were more likely (10) （have）children with birth defects．have used/was/Recently/or/in/them/called/that/women/to have五、书面表达（本大题共1小题，共25.0分）42.假如你是李华，是一个京剧迷．你的笔友Mary来信说她对京剧也感兴趣并想了解你对京剧的爱好是如何培养的．请你给她回信，内容包括：1．深受父亲的影响；2．喜欢观看京剧表演；3．传承京剧文化．注意：1．词数100左右．2．可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯．参考词汇：京剧Peking opera．Dear Mary，Yours，Li Hua答案和解析1.【答案】【小题1】A 【小题2】C 【小题3】A【解析】ACA略略4.【答案】【小题1】D 【小题2】B 【小题3】A 【小题4】C【解析】DBAC略略8.【答案】【小题1】C 【小题2】B 【小题3】C 【小题4】C【解析】1．C．细节理解题．根据第一段句子：Eating less red meat and be healthier， better for the environment and - surprisingly to me - r eally easy to do so．少吃红肉，更健康，更好的环境，而且--让我惊讶的是--真的很容易做到．可见少吃牛肉对于健康和环境都好，所以选C．2．B．推理判断题．根据第二段句子： Brazil reported a 28% increase in Amazonian deforestation（森林采伐） - 80% of deforested land in Brazil is then used for cattle farming． Modern beef farmin g is also a huge drain（流干） on water resources去年，布拉齐据报道，亚马逊森林砍伐量增加了28%--巴西80%的森林被用于养牛．现代牛肉养殖也是对水资源的巨大流失．可见养牛造成大量水资源的流逝，所以选B．3．C．推理判断题．根据倒数第二段句子：Cattle and other livestock don't have to be environmentally harmful． Grass-fed cattle need much smaller resource input． And as it has been shown， livestock， if managed properly ， can even restore degraded land．牛和其他牲畜不必对环境有害．草食牛需要更小．资源投入．正如所显示的，如果管理得当，牲畜甚至可以恢复退化的土地．可见作者是支持的，A．消极的．B．怀疑的．C．支持的．D保护的．所以选C．4．C．细节理解题．根据最后一段句子：In the longer term， as Bill Gates highlighted， there is also great potential for advance in fie lds like synthetic（合成） meat从长远来看，正如比尔•盖茨强调的那样，在合成肉等领域也有很大的发展潜力，还有其他更有效的蛋白质来源，所以选C．本文主要讲了牛肉的消费对于环境和健康的不利之处，呼吁人们减少红肉的消费．阅读理解题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释．考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点．12.【答案】【小题1】D 【小题2】D 【小题3】A 【小题4】B【解析】1．D．推理判断题．根据第七段中的"goes some way to meeting the deficiency"和第八段中的"pulled together the results of the 11 studies …and Britain"可知，瑞典的这两位教授的研究扩大了调查的抽样范围．故选D．2．D．推理判断题．根据第一段中的"Using a mobile phone for more than 10 years increases the risk of getting brain cancer"，第三段中的"using a mobile for just an hour every working day during that period is enough to increase the risk"和最后一段的内容可知，本文告诉我们人们越经常使用手机，就越有可能患脑癌．所以选D3．A．词义猜测题．根据contract 的宾语acoustic neuromas 以及全文的研究结论可以推断 A 项正确．be infected with"感染，患上"．故选A．4．B．标题归纳题．本文主要介绍了一项研究的结果--长期使用手机的人们可能更容易患脑癌，故B 项"手机的隐患"最能概括文章大意．故选B．本文是一篇研究报告，介绍了长期使用手机可能会引发脑癌的观点．阅读理解考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断16.【答案】【小题1】G 【小题2】E 【小题3】A 【小题4】D 【小题5】B【解析】GEADB略略21.【答案】【小题1】B 【小题2】D 【小题3】A 【小题4】B 【小题5】D 【小题6】C 【小题7】A 【小题8】C 【小题9】D 【小题10】B 【小题11】A 【小题12】D 【小题13】B 【小题14】B 【小题15】A 【小题16】C 【小题17】B 【小题18】A 【小题19】C 【小题20】C【解析】BDABD CACDB ADBBA CBACC1．B．考查上下文联系．根据下文出租车司机说：No problem．Map sellers are everywhere．可见作者在前文中寻找的应该是地图，所以答案选B．2．D．考查词义辨析．句意：一个年轻人拿着一张薄薄的折叠的地图说"十美元"，出租车停下来，一个年轻人应是靠过来．A争吵；B要求：C竞争；D接近，靠近，所以答案选D．3．A．考查语境理解和词义辨析．A断言，确信；B允许；C焦虑；D讨价还价．根据后边的句子"太贵了"，所以应该是断言，确信．所以选A．4．B．考查上下文联系．根据前文因为太贵没有买，这里想的应该是能够买到一个便宜的，不贵的，所以答案选B．5．D．考查上下文联系．根据下文句子： There's hardly anybody on the street．There don't seem to be many real stores．街上几乎没有人，也没有很多真正的商店．所以我感到"惊讶"，故选D．6．C．考查上下文联系．前文提到一个年轻人，在这里又遇到一个年轻人，所以用another 表示"又一个，再一个"．7．A．考查语境理解．前文卖的价格是10美元，这里卖的价格还是10美元，所以作者说仍然是10美元．8．C．考查语境理解．根据句意：忘记吧我儿子会理解的．A相信；B后悔；C明白，理解；D承认，允许．所以答案选C．9．D．考查语境理解．根据妻子的电话可知，儿子一个晚上都在谈论一个话题the star map．所以答案选D．10．B．考查语境理解．妻子在电话中透露的这个消息很难让人忽略，所以答案选B．11．A．考查语境理解．一个晚上过去了，还是没有买到要买的东西，可见这里是指最后的一次尝试了，A尝试；B 旅程；C行动；D分钟．所以答案选A．12．D．考查上下文联系．根据下文句子The guys with the maps just ain't up yet!"那些卖图的年轻人还不起床，可见这个时候是没地方能找到他们的，所以答案选D．13．B．考查上下文联系．根据下文后来的一天下午作者收到了一个邮件，可见这里出租车司机是要为作者邮寄一件的意思，所以答案选B．14．B．考查动词辨析．A创造；B确认；C值得，应得；D 吹．根据句意：我确认这是我的最后的机会，所以答案选B．15．A．考查上下文联系．根据下文我儿子停止了提到它，可见作者应该是放弃了这件是，所以答案选A．16．C．考查上下文联系．根据前文句子I can hardly read it，我读不出它，后文有出现了引号中的单词，可见两句之间是转折关系，所以用but引导．17．B．考查语境理解．根据语境这个东西来到的时间太晚了，所以应该是"原谅延误"A 错误；B耽误，延误；C粗心；D粗鲁．所以选B．18．A．考查上下文联系．根据上文可知我和儿子都忘记了这件事情，所以这里拿到东西后应该是想起了，所以答案选A．19．C．考查语境理解．根据上文的内容儿子在这里问的应该是遇到过明星吗？所以答案选C．20．C．考查上下文理解．A尊敬；B求助；C信任；D同意．根据上文对于这个出租车司机的信任，到现在这个东西的寄来，应该是信任，所以答案选C．本文写了作者为给儿子买一个礼物，花了很多的时间没有买到，最后出租车司机给邮寄了一个，但是已经过去很久了的温馨小故事．近几年高考试题中的完形填空有新的变化，试题所涉及的知识面不断拓宽，综合难度不断提高．做完型填空首先要通读全文，了解大意．一篇完形填空的文章有许多空格，所以，必须先通读一至两遍，才能大概了解文章的内容．千万不要看一句，做一句．其次要逐句分析，前后一致．选择答案时，要考虑整个句子的内容，包括搭配、时态、语法等．答案全部填完后，再通读一遍文章，检查是否通顺流畅了，用词得当，意思正确．41.【答案】【小题1】have used 【小题2】was【小题3】Recently【小题4】or 【小题5】in【小题6】them 【小题7】called【小题8】that【小题9】women【小题10】tohave【解析】1．have used；考查时态．根据时间状语自从童年，可知用现在完成时，所以答案是have used．2．was，描述过去，所以用一般过去时．3．Recently；考查副词．recently是副词"近来"在句中做时间状语，句子用现在完成时．4．or；考查连词．一天一杯或者两杯咖啡，是选择关系，所以用连词or‘或者'．5．in；考查介词．在下午或者在晚上用介词in．6．them；考查代词．这里是用宾格代词在句中做动词cause的宾语，they的宾格代词为them．7．called；考查非谓语．problem与call之间是被动关系，所以用过去分词在句中做定语，"被叫做…"．8．that，考查主语从句，it作形式主语，从句中不缺少成分，所以用that引导主语从句．9．women，考查名词的数，woman为可数名词，所以用复数泛指一类．10．to have，考查固定搭配，be likely to do sth可能做某事．咖啡因，一种在咖啡中发现的化学物质，已经引起了很多关注，因为它是少数几种经常出现在我们食物供应中的药物之一．少量的咖啡因对大多数人来说似乎是安全的．如果过量可能导致疾病．本题主要考查了用单词或短语的适当形式填空．做本题的关键是在理解短文的基础上，灵活运用所学的基础知识．本题考到的知识点有：固定的短语，词类的转换，名词的复数形式，副词以及祈使句的用法等．因此，这就需要在平时的学习中，牢固掌握各语言点及一些语法知识．42.【答案】Dear Mary，I'm very happy that you are also interested in Peking opera．In your letter， you asked me why I like Peking opera． I have to say my father， a famo us Peking opera actor， has a positive effect on me． I was influenced by the charming rhym e of Peking opera when I was a little child． I'm really a Peking opera fan and will never mis s any Peking opera performances． In my spare time， I often enjoy some famous plays． A s is known， Peking opera stands for traditional Chinese culture and has come to be regarded as one of the cultural treasures of China． It should be protected and pass on from generatio n to generation．I hope you have the chance to watch a real Peking opera in China．Yours，Li Hua【解析】略略第11页，共11页。

2020届吉林省吉林市高三第三次调研测试英语试题一、阅读选择1.Lake Forest High School ClubsEnvironmental ClubClub members are provided opportunities to realize their goals of environmental service.The majority of projects are student-initiated. Last year's activities included: the LFHS Courtyard Garden upkeep, Bike to School Day with free cocoa and snacks, an "eat local" 100 mile dinner, recycling solutions for LFHS, beach cleanup through the Great Lakes Alliance,and Earth Week celebrations.Meetings: First Friday of the month in Room 5 at 7:00 a.m.Advisor: Ms Mary Beth Nawor, mnawor@Peer TutoringStudents volunteer to help fellow students in improving their academic（学术上/学习上的）and organizational skills. Students tutor LFHS and middle school students on an individually scheduled basis. LFHS tutors must have proficiency（精通）in the academic area in which they wish to tutor, but middle school tutors only need general academic proficiency. Meetings: All tutoring is done on an individually scheduled basis.Advisor: Ms Kathy O'Hara, kohara@Young IdeaYoung Idea is LFHS's art and literary magazine. Students of all ages who love writing and art are encouraged to become part of the staff of this award-winning magazine. Young Idea encourages all students to submit art and literature works to the magazine, whether they are a part of the staff or not. From September to February, Young Idea meets on Thursdays after school in the Public Room to discuss the pieces that have been submitted to the magazineand provide feedback for the authors.Meetings: See above explanation.Advisor: Ms Debbie Zare, dzare@Scout BuddiesScout Buddies is a friendship club which helps build friendship among individuals with and without disabilities. Club members participate in a variety of social activities both within the school and in the community. Activities include organizing holiday parties in the school, bowling, going to the movies, and eating out in local restaurants.Meetings: Monthly meeting dates vary, but in Room 134.Advisor: Ms Donna Lovitsch, dlovitsch@（1）Which club provides help for students poor in study?A Peer Tutoring.B Environmental Club.C Young Idea.D Scout Buddies.（2）When is the staff of Young Idea most likely to meet?A 6:30 p.m.B 6:00 p.m.C 7:30 a.m.D 7:00 p.m.（3）What is the requirement for students to join a certain club?A They are required to have a bike to join Environmental Club.B They need to be athleti c to join Scout Buddies.C They need to win a literary award to join Young Idea.D The y need to be academically proficient to join Peer Tutoring.2. Having just finished high school, I wasn't sure what I wanted to study in higher education, so I decided to take a gap year to figure that out.One of my biggest passions has always been Africa and I have always wanted to do some kind of volunteering. However, I was afraid that, especially when it comes to volunteering in research, I wouldn’t be able to go into much depth with the research I would be doing. I needn’t have worried ab out this internship（实习期）though. It has been perfect for me because not only am I doing the same activities as all the other volunteers but I also get to do my own research in addition to those activities.The internship program I am following focuses on big predators(食肉动物). I have decided to focus on cheetahs（猎豹）for my individual project, collecting data on the two cheetahs that live in Rietspruit, one of the reserves that African Impact does research in. With both cheetahs having only been reintroduced into the area this year, there is still a lot of data that can be collected on the pair. Large predator reintroduction is a common strategy used to return these animals to their historic range. The problem is that the success rates of these reintroductions are very low, mainly because of lack in research done on how different factors influence the reintroduction.Both cheetahs are wearing a GPS-collar from which I can download a lot of information including where the cheetah has been, what the weather was like and how far the cheetah travelled. Having organized and categorized the information, I have been able to create some very interesting graphs.Even though it is quite difficult since I’ve never done any research like this, I really enjoy all th e challenges and problems I have had to face and solve. And I’m glad that I can do something to help wildlife.（1）Why did the author take a gap year after high school?A He was asked to do some voluntary work.B He didn’t think he was quite readyyet. C He wanted to do some travelling in Africa. D He didn’t really like receiving higher education.（2）What did the author realize after joining the internship program?A It was what he had expected.B It separated him from others.C It was too challenging for him.D It was really suitable for him.（3）The author’s work mainly involves ___________.A collecting information about two cheetahsB observing two cheetahs in the wild secretlyC walking around Rietspruit to serve scientistsD collecting data on some different big predators（4）What is the best title for the text?A My experience on the predator research internshipB My experience of rescuing wildlife in AfricaC My experience of receiving higher educationD My experience of protecting cheetahs3.When you start working on something but don't finish it, thoughts of the unfinished work continue to jump into your mind even when you've moved on to other things. Psychologists （心理学家）refer to this psychological phenomenon as the Zeigarnik effect. The effect was first observed by a Russian psychologist named Bluma Zeigarnik. While sitting in a busy restaurant in Vienna, she noted the waiters had better memories of unpaid orders. Once the bill was paid, however, the waiters had difficulty remembering the exact details of the orders. In one of her studies, participants were asked to complete simple tasks such as putting together puzzles, or solving math problems. Half of the participants were interrupted halfway through these tasks. After an hour-long delay, Zeigarnik asked the participants to give an account of what they'd been working on. She discovered that those who had their work interrupted were twice as likely to remember what they had been doing as those who had actually completed the tasks.We can use this effect to our advantage. For example, if you're struggling to memorize something important, momentary（短暂的）interruptions might actually work to your advantage. Rather than simply remember the information over and over again, review it several times and then take a break. While you're focusing on other things, you'll find yourself mentally returning to the information you were studying.We often put off tasks until the last moment, only completing them in a rush at the last possible moment. Unfortunately, this tendency can lead to heavy stress and even poor performance. One way to overcome this is to put the Zeigarnik effect to work. Start by taking the first step, no matter how small. Once you've begun, but not finished your work, you'll find yourself thinking of the task until, at last, you finish it. You might not finish it all at once, but each small step you take puts you closer to your final goal.（1）What does the Zeigarnik effect refer to?A Waiters tend to have good memories.B Once interrupted, one will forget things easily.C Most people can't focus on one thing for a long time.D People remember unfinished tasks better than completed ones.（2）What were all the participants required to do in the study?A Describe their tasks.B Express their feelings.C Test theirintelligence. D Design simple activities.（3）How should we study according to the Zeigarnik effect?A Repeat over and over again.B Divide up our study session.C Focus on several tasks at a time.D Have enough rest before studying.（4）What's the main idea of the last paragraph?A How to get rid of heavy stress.B Why we should set a final goal.C How to break the habit of delaying work.D Why we always complete tasks in a rush.4. We've certainly seen a dog nursing a wound, or a deer calling out in pain. But many animals suffer in silence. The most silent sufferers in the animal world may be fish.Do fish feel pain? A new study from the University of Liverpool has found that fish feel painin a way that's "strikingly similar" to humans. For the study, Lynne Sneddon, from the university's Institute of Integrative Biology, reviewed the existing body of research 98 studies in all and concluded that they feel pain just as sharply as we do."When subject to a potentially painful event, fish show changes in behavior such as stopping feeding and reduced activity, which are prevented when a pain-relieving drug is provided. In fact, like us, they breathe heavily and stop eating when they're hurting. They will even rub the part of their body that aches." Sneddon notes in a university release.To understand pain in other species, scientists look at nociceptors (疼痛感受器), which send signals to the brain when the body is being damaged. Humans have them throughout their skin, bones and muscles. Nociceptors have also been found in many other species, including even those tiny fruit flies.Fish have the same means to detect pain signals and the equipment to receive them. Besides, the fishermen's opinion that fish feel no pain just doesn't add up from an evolutionary view. Pain is an efficient messenger that tells, us that we've got a problem. An animal that can't feel it won't get that memo (ER), even if it hurts itself."If we accept fish experience pain, then this has great significance for how we treat them," Sneddon says. "Care should be taken when handling fish to avoid damaging theirs sensitive skin and they should be humanely caught and killed."（1）What can we learn about fish?A They are insensitive to pain.B They are able to sense pain.C They won't react to painkillers.D Their brain is the first to send pain signals.（2）What will a fish do when its lips get hurt?A It might rub its lips.B It will keep its mouth open.C It will swim around like crazy.D It will keep eating to forget pain.（3）What is the significance of the study according to Sneddon?A People will treat fish in a kinder way.B People can understand evolutionbetter. C People can develop more drugs to save fish. D People will think of more ways to catch fish.（4）What does the underlined part "add up" probably mean?A Disappear.B Put forward.C Make sense.D Happen.二、七选五5.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。

2020届吉林市实验中学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ATop Four MarathonsPortland MarathonThe marathon welcomes 8 000 people every fall. It’s a great event for first-timers because everyone is cheered on with enthusiasm no matter how long it takes to cross the finish line. The time limit for the full marathon is now at a pace of minutes per mile, or 6 hours and 33 minutes, but in the past it had an open time limit. They promise you’ll still receive your medal if you fall behind the pace, but you have to finish using the sidewalks.TCS New York City MarathonAs the world’s biggest marathon, the TCS New York City Marathon attracts over 50,000 people to the Big Apple each November. The time limit is generous eight and a half hours, but participants must move to the sidewalk if they drop below 15-minute mile.The famous course snakes through five boroughs (行政区) of the city and crosses five bridges to end in Central Park.Honolulo MarathonThe marathon attracts over 30,000 participants each December. The race starts on Ala Moana Boulevard in downtown Honolulu and snakes its way along the breathtaking Hawaiian coastline to the finish line in Kapiolani Park. The start time is at 5: 00 am with finish line services officially open until 2: 00 pm. However, the organizers allow everyone to finish and have waiters on hand until 4: 00 pm.Boston MarathonThe marathon is held in May every year. For this event running isn’t allowed as the city streets aren’t closed off. Participants must instead make their way along sidewalks under the guidance of event organizers and city police. The event attracts over 8,000 people who can choose anything from three-mile walk to the full 26.2-mile Boston Marathon route.1.Where is a new marathon runner most likely to receive enthusiastic cheers?A.In Portland.B.In New York.C.In Honolulu.D.In Boston.2.What can we know about TCS New York City Marathon?A.It is extremely popular.B.It has an open time limit.C.It starts and ends in a park.D.It forbids using the sidewalk.3.Which marathon is held the earliest in a year?A.Portland Marathon.B.TCS New York City Marathon.C.Boston Marathon.D.Honolulu Marathon.BCuckoos don’t bother building their own nests—they just lay eggs that perfectly imitate those of other birds and take over their nests. But other birds are wishing up, evolving some seriously impressive tricks to spot the cuckoo eggs.Cuckoos are often know asparasites, meaning that they hide their eggs in the nest of other species. To avoid detection, the cuckoos have evolved so that eggs seem reproduction of those of their preferred targets. If the host bird doesn’t notice the strange egg in its nest, the little cuckoo will actually take the entire nest for itself after it comes out, taking the other eggs on its back and dropping them out of the nest.To avoid this unpleasant fate for their young, the other birds have evolved a few smart ways to spot the fakes, which we’re only now beginning to fully understand. One of the most amazing finds is that birds have an extra colour-sensitive cell in their eyes, which makes them far more sensitive to ultraviolet wavelengths and allows them to see a far greater range of colours than humans can. This allows cautious birds to detect a fake egg which might be exactly the same to our eyes.Fascinatingly, we’re actually able to observe different bird species at very different points in their evolutionary war with the cuckoos. For instance, some cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of the redstarts. The blue eggs these cuckoos lay are practically alike to those of the redstarts, and yet they are still sometimes rejected. Compare that with cuckoos who target dunnocks. While those birds lay perfectly blue eggs, their cuckoo invaders just lay white eggs with brown irregular shaped spots. And yet dunnocks barely ever seem to notice the obvious trick.Biologists suspect these more easily fooled species like the dunnocks are on the same evolutionary path as the redstarts, but they have a long way to go until they evolve the same levels of suspicion. What’s remarkable is that the dunnocks fakes are so bad and the redstart ones so good, and yet cuckoos are still more successful with the former than the latter.It speaks to just how thoroughly a species’ behavior can be changed by the pressures of natural selection, orit might just be a bit of strategic cooperation on the part of the dunnocks. Biologists have suggested that these birds are willing to tolerate a parasite every so often because they don’t want to risk accidentally getting rid of one of their own eggs.4. This passage can be most likely found in a ________.A. science surveyB. nature magazineC. zoo advertisementD. travel journal5. What does the underlined word “parasite” in paragraph 2 most probably refer to?A. Animals that work together to raise young.B. Small harmful animals such as worms or mice.C. Animals that can adapt to changing environments.D. Animals which live on or inside other host animals.6. Which of the following is TRUE about the dunnock according to the passage?A. It is colour-blind and therefore cannot identify foreign eggs in the nest.B. It can easily remove cuckoo eggs from the nest because fakes are so bad.C. It is a host bird that is more likely to raise a cuckoo chick than the redstart.D. It is unable to evolve and hence accepts cuckoo eggs that appear in the nest.7. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?A. Dunnocks may eventually learn to recognise foreign eggs.B. Redstarts seem to be less suspicious compared to dunnocks.C. Cuckoo birds are good at taking responsibility for their own young.D. It is very easy for cuckoos to imitate the colouring of the dunnock’s egg.CFor fishermen and sailors in the seaside town of Shangpan in Linhai, Zhejiang province, where recently 12 stranded（搁浅的）whales were found, it is not unusual to spot whales or dolphins in the sea — they would always call them haizi, or “son of the ocean”. And if the local fishermen spot such intelligent sea creatures in need, they will save them from danger without hesitation.In the recent rescue of melon-headed whales, they tried their best to help as a 37-second video of a young man sleeping in the water holding a whale soon went viral online, with netizens applauding his constant efforts and caring heart in trying to keep the whale alive. “The melon-headed whale knew I was trying to save it and would be more cooperative and wouldn’t move.” said Lu Wenhui, a 21-year-old diver from Hangzhou ChangqiaoPolar Ocean Park, who held up the whale’s head so it could breathe easily. Lu had been staying in the water for 10 hours by 4 a.m. Wednesday after coming for the rescue work on Tuesday, when the stranded whales were first spotted.“Whales are mammals and need to breathe in air — that’s why I had to hold its head, to ensure it could breathe smoothly the whole time,” Lu said. The stranded whales, after the struggling of being transported, were worn out when they arrived at the fish farm and might have drowned if they were left unattended.The reason why the whales were stranded is still not clear. And these stranded whales were returned to the ocean because they are not adapted to artificial breeding environments on land.8. What do local fishermen usually do after finding haizi in danger?A. Ignore them.B. Feed them.C. Transport them.D. Protect them.9. Why does the author describe Lu’s rescue work?A. To introduce the whales in detail.B. To voice his views on the diver.C. To praise the efforts made by rescuers.D. To explain the value of the whales.10. What can we say about the melon-headed whales according to the text?A. They are rarely seen by locals.B. They are used to breathing in the sea.C. They aren’t suited to artificial surroundings.D. They are fond of swimming near the seaside.11. Which of the following can be the best title for the text?A. Melon-headed Whales Were StrandedB. Rescuers Went All out to Help WhalesC. Fishermen Transported Stranded WhalesD. Witnesses Voiced Opinions on Rescue WorkDHi, Momis a hit inChina. Since its release in early February the movie has earned more than 5 billion yuan at the box office. It is currently the second-highest-grossing film ever released in the country, and may yet overtakeWolf Worrior2, an action film from 2017.Written and directed by Jia Ling, the film is adapted from her comedy routine from 2016 which explored her relationship with her mother, who died in an accident when Ms. Jia was 19. At a time when many people havebeen separated from their families, the themes of grief and filial piety (孝道) inHi, Mombring agreement.The film’s impressive box office income is also a reminder of the health of the industry inChinacompared withHollywood. In the West cinemas remain closed due to lockdown or operate at limited capacity; inChina, where many restrictions have been lifted, between 50% and 75% of seats are available to book. During the Spring Festival, Chinese cinemas made an estimated $1.5 billion in ticket sales – 71% of takings at the American box office in all of 2020.With cinemas shut, film-sales agent stopped bringingHollywoodmovies to market. That has given locally made films a chance to excel. Since 2013, domestic films have taken around 60% of total box office earnings. In 2021, that number may get closer to 100%.12. What can be inferred from the first paragraph aboutHi, Mom?A. It will be a success.B.Wolf Worrior2 will be released after it.C. It is better than Wolf Worrior 2.D. It may be the first-highest-grossing film inChina.13. Which statement is NOT true according to the text?A. The film industry inChinais developing better than that inHollywood.B. The film is based on a real story.C. You can’t go to cinema because there are many restrictions.D. Many people can’t see their families often nowadays.14. What is the author’s attitude towards local films?A. NegativeB. PositiveC. IndifferentD. Skeptical15. What can be a suitable title for the text?A. Local Movies Arise.B. China Film Industry.C. Comedy Time.D.Hi, Mom-China’s Latest Hit.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。