2020年安徽省屯溪第一中学高三英语第三次联考试卷及答案解析

2020年安徽省屯溪第一中学高三英语第三次联考试卷及答案解析

第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

In his 402nd anniversary year, Shakespeare is still rightly celebrated as a great language master and writer.

But he was not the only great master of play writing to die in 1616, and he is certainly not the only writer to have

left a lasting influence on theater.

While less known worldwide, Tang Xianzu is considered one of Chinas greatest playwrights and is highly

spoken of in that country of ancient literary and dramatic traditions.

Tang was born in 1550 inLinchuan,Jiangxiprovince. Unlike Shakespeare's large body of plays,poems and

sonnets (十四行诗), Tang wrote only four major plays: The Purple Hairpin, Peony Pavilion (《牡丹亭》), A Dream

under the Southern bough, and Dream of Handan. The latter three were constructed around a dream narrative, a

way through which Tang unlocked the emotional dimension of human desires and ambitions and explored human

nature beyond the social and political limits of that time.

Similar to Shakespeare, Tang's success rode the wave of a renaissance (复兴) in theater as an artistic practice.

As in Shakespeare'sEngland, Tang's works became hugely popular inChinatoo. During Tang'sChina, his plays were

enjoyed performed, and changed. Kunqu Opera, a form of musical drama, spread from southernChinato the whole

nation and became a symbol of Chinese culture. Combining northern tune and southern music, kunqu Opera was

known for its poetic language, music, dance movements and gestures. Tang's works benefited greatly from the

popularity of kunqu Opera, and his plays are considered classics of kunqu Opera.

While Tang and Shakespeare lived in a world away from each other, there are many things they share in

common, such e humanity of their drama, their heroic figures, their love for poetic language, a lasting popularity

and the anniversary during which we still celebrate them.

1. Why is Shakespeare mentioned in the first paragraph?

A. To describe Shakespeare's anniversary.

B. To introduce the existence of Tang Xianzu.

C. To explain the importance of Shakespeare.

D. To suggest the less popularity of Tang Xianzu.

2. What's possibly one of the main theme of Tang's works? A. Social reality. B. Female dreams.

C. Human emotions. D. Political environment.

3. What does the author mainly tell us in Paragraph 4?

A. The influence of Kunqu Opera on Tang's works.

B. Tang's success in copying Shakespeare's styles.

C. The way Kunqu Opera became a symbol of Chinese culture.

D. Tang's popularity for his poetic language and music.

B

Thefirst thing we notice about new people are their faces. The next time we see these people, we remember

them because we remember their faces. This seems like a simple process. However, scientists found that it is not

such a simple process. The section of the brain that is responsible for face recognition seems to work differently

for different people. Some people have great difficulty remembering and recognizing faces, while others almost

never forget a face.

Normal babies are born with a natural ability to recognize faces. In fact, their face recognition abilities are

much better than their parents. Babies are most highly skilled at face recognition at six months. But by nine

months, they lose this skill. By nine months, a baby’s face-recognition skills are about the same as an adult’s.

Unfortunately, some people are not born with this ability to recognize faces. The part of the brain that is

responsible for face recognition doesn’t work for them. This condition is called face blindness. People with very

severe face blindness cannot even recognize their own faces. In fact, people with this condition can sometimes be

frightened when they look in the mirror. They don’t recognize their own face, so for a second they are startled

when they see this unfamiliar face.

Face blindness is not always severe. Scientists believe up to 10 percent of the population may be affected by

face blindness to some degree, yet many people with mild face blindness might not even know they have it. They

have no reason to know they are different from anyone else until someone points it out. This is similar to people

with color1 blindness. Colorblind people can’t see the difference between certain color1 s such as red and green,

until someone tells them that green and red are two different color1 s.

There is no cure for face blindness. So for the time being, people with face blindness need to find simple

techniques to compensate for their problem. They can try to recognize people by their hairstyle, their voice, or