2020届扬州大学附属中学高三英语一模试卷及参考答案

2020届扬州大学附属中学高三英语一模试卷及参考答案

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

A

Obesity (肥胖症) is becoming a problem in our busy society, and almost one in three American adults is now

considered to be obese. Children obesity is alsoat an all-time high.

Obesity means being very overweight. If you are obese, you have too much bodyfat. If you eat more food

than your body can use, this will make you put on weight. Food that your body does not need will be stored as fat

by your body.

The following are the major factors that increase the risk of obesity.

What you eat plays a major role in weight gain. Eating a lot of fast food such as hamburgers, sweet drinks, ice

creams and other sweet food can increase the risk of becoming obese.

If you do not do enough exercise, you will put on weight as the food you eat is not being used to make energy

for physical activities.

The chances of you being obese are greater if your parents are obese.

There are many psychological factors that cause people to eat too much. People who are worried, unhappy or

bored will often eat to make themselves feel better. This is known as comfort eating.

Age is another factor, as you tend (趋于) to be less active when you get older. When you get older, you need

to eat less, and if you do not eat less, you will put on weight. Obesity can cause many health problems such as

heart problems, high blood pressure and many other serious medical conditions.

1. The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means that ____.

A. obesity does not do harm to health.

B. there are more obese children than before.

C. all the American children are obese.

D. there are less obese children in the USA.

2. According to the passage, there are ____ major factors that increase the risk of obesity.

A. three B. four C. five D. six

3. What will the writer most probably talk about after the last paragraph?

A. How to avoid obesity. B. How to live in the busy USA.

C. What illnesses are caused by obesity.

D. How doctors treat heart problems.

B

Gray wolves have lived inNorth Americafor at least half a million years. Their living areas once included most

of the continentalUnited States. But during the 1800s and early 1900s, wolves were hunted to near extinction(灭绝).By the 1960s, theU. S.wolf population was limited to a handful of creatures in small comers of the

northernMidwest.

Then, in 1973, a law, the ESA, was passed to protect animals from becoming extinct. Gray wolves were one of

the first animals placed on the endangered-species(濒危物种)list. Killing them wasillicit. And theU. ernment

worked to promote their protection. In a famous example of this effort, starting in 1995, 31 wolves were moved

fromCanadatoYellowstoneNational Park. By 2015, more than 500 gray wolves were living in the Greater

Yellowstone Ecosystem(生态系统).Today, the continentalU. S.is home to more than 6,000 gray wolves. On January

4, 2021, theU. ernment removed gray wolves from the endangered-species list.

Usually, an animal's removal would be cause for celebration. But some environmental protectors say the

wolves still need protection. In some parts of the country, wolves are increasing in numbers. More than a

thousand of them can be found just inMichiganandWisconsin. But overall, their range is still a small part of what it

was. Wolves used to live across most of the U. S. Now they , are found in fewer than a dozen states. Others argue

that as long as a species is not in danger of extinction, it doesn't belong on the endangered-species list. And

farmers with land near wolf living areas say that if the wolf's population continues to grow, more of their farm

animals will be killed by wolves.

But some protection groups worry that without protection, the wolf population will crash again. They hope

that no matter what, people and wolves can get along peacefully with each other. They are promoting ways to

make that happen.

4. What caused gray wolves to be almost extinct?

A. Losing their living areas. B. Too many natural enemies.

C. The extreme climate changes. D. Being hunted in great numbers.

5. What does the underlined word "illicit" in paragraph 2 mean?

A. Rather difficult. B. Against the law.

C. Totally normal. D. Conditionally allowable. 6. Why was the gray wolf removed from the endangered-species list?

A. They have a much larger population already.

B. They have all been put into the safe natural parks.

C. They have been feeding on farmers, farm animals.

D. They have grown too strong to be protected by humans.

7. What do farmers living near gray wolves' living areas think of the animals?