2020届湖南省长沙县第一中学高三英语月考试卷及答案

2020届湖南省长沙县第一中学高三英语月考试卷及答案

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

A

As a nation, we are getting bigger and eating more. But there are effective ways to control your appetite and

eat only as much as you need.

Keep away from low-nutrition snacks

That means ice cream, sweets, chips biscuits, cakes and any other salty orsugary snacks you eat between

meals. Although we have a tendency to eat them, you can learn to live without these

unhealthy-and-fattening-additions to your diet. Try to make it a habit to eat them only when offered at social

events or as a special treat.

Leave half an hour between main course and dessert

Having a break between courses gives your brain time to receive the fullness signal and make you more likely

to refuse the sweet stuff. And, in fact, as soon as you feel the first signals of fullness, remove your plate from the

table. That will tell your brain that food time is over.

Make yours a small helping

Put an end to super-sized portions. You won’t be missing out—today’s small was the medium or large of a

few decade ago. Select or serve yourself a modest portion and eat it slowly enjoying the flavors. Before you know

it, small will feel just right. What’s more, ordering the smaller size leads to wearing the smaller size.

Distract yourself

When you find yourself hunting down food, even though you’re even hungry, do something else for 20

minutes. Drink a large glass of water as thirst is often confused with a desire for food. Choose something that

engages your brain as well as your hands, such as writing a letter or listening to a song. You could also go for a

short walk or do something that you enjoy. If you think you really are hungry, set an alarm for 20 minutes’ time

and if you still want to eat when it rings, fine. If not, the urge will have passed.

1. Which way suits you better if you tend to order a large portion of food?

A. Distract yourself.

B. Make yours a small helping.

C. Keep away from low-nutrition snacks. D. Leave half an hour between main course and dessert.

2. Why should you have a break between main course and dessert?

A. To give people time to chat.

B. To have a good appetite for sweet stuff.

C. To reduce appetite for dessert.

D. To give the host time to remove your plate.

3. When you find yourself pursuing for food, what should you do?

A. Eat some biscuits. B. Eat some sugary snacks.

C. Have some soft drinks. D. Listen to a lovely melody.

B

“We are running out of space and the only places to go to are other worlds... Spreading out may be the only

thing that saves us from ourselves. I am convinced that humans need to leave Earth.” These are the words of the

famous scientist Stephen Hawking, spoken at a science festival inNorwayin 2017, a year before his death.

Hawking was not alone in this view. Many experts feel that the only way for humanity to last far into the

future is to colonize other planets. That way, if an asteroid, a terrible disease, nuclear war, or some other disaster

strikes Earth, civilization as we know it would still have a chance. Mars is one of the most tempting destinations.

NASA, theUnited Arab Emirates, the private company SpaceX, and the organization Mars One all have plans to

send humans there. “Either we spread Earth to other planets, or we risk going extinct, SpaceX founder Elon Musk

said at a conference in 2013.

But not everyone agrees that colonizing Mars or any other planet is such a great plan. The most common

argument against going is that it’s just too expensive or dangerous. It will take huge amounts of money and other

resources just to get people there, let alone set up a place for them to live. It’s not even clear if humans could

survive on Mars. One of the biggest dangers there is deadly radiation that bombards the planet.

Maybe all the time and money people would pour into a Mars mission would be better spent on more urgent

projects here on Earth, like dealing with poverty or climate change. Some experts argue that handling a problem

like an asteroid strike or disease outbreak while staying here on Earth would be much easier and less expensive

than surviving on a new planet.

In addition, moving to a new planet could harm or destroy anything that already lives there. Mars seems

uninhabited, but it could possibly host microbial life. Human visitors may destroy this life or permanently change

or damage the Martian environment. Some feel that’s too much of a risk to take.