2020届南昌市第八中学高三英语一模试卷及答案解析

2020届南昌市第八中学高三英语一模试卷及答案解析

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

A

Students, teachers, and local community members are strongly encouraged to register online to receive

real-time information of emergency events fromColumbiaUniversity.

Text message warnings will only be used in rare cases where ongoing events causean immediate threat or

have a significant influence. Possible situations include severe weather conditions, emergency campus closures,

crimes in progress that may endanger the community, and major transportation interruptions.

Read instructions on how to sign up for emergency notifications（通知）.

Columbiastudents

Columbiastudents can easily register for text message notifications. Simply enter Student Services Online,

click on "Text Message Enrollment" and add your cellphone number. Students can register parents or family

members by following the instructions for the public below.

Columbiateachers

Columbiateachers can register for text message notifications by following the step by step instructions below:

● Register with your UNI and password .

● Select "Faculty & Staff"at the top of the page.

● Select "Contact Details".

● Click the "+" under "Phone".

● Select "Campus Alert 1".

● Enter your mobile number.

To receive emergency information on additional mobile phones, you may follow the above instructions for

"Campus Alert2" and "Campus Alert 3" for a total of three.

Community/General Public

Community/General Public interested in receiving emergency information fromColumbiacan sign up by

clicking on the "Register" button on the registration page and entering their email and mobile number. Users will

receive confirmation code（密码）on their phone and will need to confirm their account via email.

Users can choose not to use the Emergency Text Alert System at any time by texting STOP to 226787, calling 226789 or sending an email tolr27682@.

1.Which is a possiblesituation where a text message will be sent?

A.The temperature will drop slightly tomorrow.

B.The campus will be closed during Christmas.

C.The main railway system of the city is interrupted.

D.A bank robber is being sentenced in the court of the city.

2.Which step comes before the others when teachers register?

A.Selecting Campus Alert. B.Entering mobile numbers.

C.Clicking "+" under "Phone". D.Selecting "Faculty& Staff".

3.How can users stop receiving text messages?

A.By sending an email.

B.By texting STOP to 226789.

C.By managing information online.

D.By making a phone call to 226787.

B

Ever wondered if dogs can learn new words? Yes, say researchers as they have found that talented dogs may have

the ability to grasp new words after hearing them only four times.

While previous evidence seems to show that most dogs do not learn words, unless eventually very well trained, a

few individuals have shown some extraordinary abilities, according to a study published in the journal Scientific

Reports.

“We wanted to know under which conditions the gifted dogs may learn novel words” said researcher xuekw

Claudia Fugazza from theEötvösLorándUniversityinHungary. For the study, the team involved two gifted dogs,

Whisky and Vicky Nina. The team exposed the dogs to the new words in two different conditions.

In the exclusion-based task, presented with seven known toys and one new toy, the dogs were able to select the

new toy when presented with a new name. Researchers say this proves that dogs can choose by exclusion when

faced with a new word, they selected the only toy which did not have a known name.

However, this was not the way they would learn the name of the toy. In fact, when they were presented with one

more equally new name to test their ability to recognize the toy by its name, the dogs got totally confused and

failed.

The other condition, the social one, where the dogs played with their owners who pronounced the name of the toy while playing with the dog, proved to be the successful way to learn the name of the toy, even after hearing it

only 4 times. “The rapid learning that we observed seems to equal children’s ability to learn many new words at a

fast rate around the age of 18 months,” Fugazza says. “But we do not know whether the learning mechanisms(机制) behind this learning are the same for humans and dogs. ”

To test whether most dogs would learn words this way, 20 other dogs were tested in the same condition, but none

of them showed any evidence of learning the toy names, confirming that the abilityto learn words rapidly in the

absence of formal training is very rare and is only present in a few gifted dogs.