thejunglebook

高三英语练习题四第1页共8页

2020届寒假高三英语练习题（四）

2020.2.

第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)

第一节

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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。

A

TheWorlds’BestBookshops

There’snothinglikebeingsurroundedbybooks,ethefinestoasof

literaturethattravellerscanbringyou.

DaikanyamaT-site|Tokyo

Itiswellworthvisitingevenifjusttoadmirethebuilding’sbeautiful,crisscrosdarchitecture.

Onceyou’vehadyourfillofwanderingthreefloors’worthofbookshelves,there’sthebar,thecoffee

shop,oreventhev

book,havestayedhourshere.

CityLights|SanFrancisco

Thethree-storeyestablishmentpublishesandllstitlesinpoetry,fiction,translation,politics,

ventsandreadingsandrunsanon-profitofthesamenamethataimsto

’soppositeVesuvio,abarfrequentedbyKerouac

andotherBeat﹣generationwritersandartists.

ShakespeareandCompany|Paris

wofloorspacked

withEnglish-languagetexts,andIwasparticularlystruckbyanysparewallspacedevotedtonotes

fromvisitors–heartfeltmessagestoalovedone,dedicationstotheshopitlf,oraquotefroma

favouriteauthororphilosopher.

HutatmaChowk|Mumbai

AfewyearsagoIvisitedIndia,investigatingRudyardKipling’sconnectionswiththecountry.I

spottedacheapcopyofTheJungleBookononeofthetarp-coveredbookstallsatHutatmaChowk

(Martyrs’Square).Thebookllersherearelikeamateurlibrarians,abletolaytheirhandsonalmost

,thowell-thumbed(翻旧了的)booksspokevolumesaboutthechangesof

Mumbai’sreadersinthe150yearssincethecitygaveusKipling.

hbookshopcanyoubuyadrinkwhilevisiting？

ghts.

aChowk.

nbelearnedaboutthebookstallsatHutatmaChowk？

canmeetRudyardKiplingthere.

llthecheapestbooksintheworld.

kownersareamateurlibrarians.

lersarefamiliarwiththebooks.

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thefourbookstoreshaveincommon？

ebeautifullydesigned.

ethree-storeybuildings.

ferbookloversgoodexperience.

efrequentlyvisitedbygreatwriters.

B

30-year-oldlawyerin

tlywantedtobeawriter.I

waysknewthatbeinga

writerwasneverpossibleformebecauitwasabetterfinancialdecisiontostayalawyer.

Recently,Icouldn’nIdidfallasleepIhadthe

amstartswithmeintheoceantryingtogoforaswimandI’m

archingforsomething,ightshines

throughthewatersandwhenIlookupallIcaneismylfinabrightwhiteroomwritinganovel.

ThenIhearavoicesayrepeatedly,“Nowisthetimetotrysomethingnew!”

Itwasn’tjustadream;

afternoon,IquitmyjobatthelawfirmandIcouldn’startedat30,and

everydaysincethatpointIhaven’edtowriteandhavebeenonthe

havedefinitelyturnedaround.

Changeisagoodthing;ofavoritewordsI

livebyandsoshouldyouare“changeandchance”.

nweknowfromParagraph1?

horisnow30yearsold.

possiblefortheauthortobecomeawriter.

rcanbelikelytoearnmorethanawriter.

horpreferstobealawyerratherthanawriter.

sintheauthor’smind?

gdesiretobecomeawriter.

bleswimmingexperienceintheocean.

estheunderlinedpartinthe3rdparagraphmean?

ettedhavingquittedhisjobasalawyer.

nhappyaftergivinguphisjobasalawyer.

ptbecauhehadtogiveuphisjobasalawyer.

rettyhappywhenhequittedhisjobasalawyer.

fthefollowingcanbethetitleofthepassage?

andChance

Opportunity

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C

Asfreeastheymakeus,atmay

changewith“green”power.

ThreeChileanstudentsgottheideaforaplant-powereddevicetochargetheircellphones,while

sittingintheirschool’soutdoorcourtyardduringabreakfromexams,,

oneofthemhadan“aha”moment.

“ItoccurredtoCamilatosayaboutplants,”saidinventorEvelynAravena.“‘Whydon’tyouhave

asocket,iftherearesomanyplants?’Afterthat,wethought,‘whydon’ttheyhaveachargingoutlet?

Becautherearesomanyplantsandlivingthingsthathavethepotentialtoproduceenergy,why

not?’”

Theirinvention—asmallbiologicalcircuitcalledE-Kaia—ustheenergyplantstoproduce

duringphotosynthesis(

光合作用

).Aplantusonlyasmallpartofthatenergyandtherestgoesinto

thesoil,andthat’iceplugsintothegroundandthenintoyour

phone.

“It’sthemostamazingprojectI’veevereninmylife,oughtthis

originalmodel,anditworked—andthat’swhenitallchanged,atleastfrommypersonalpointofview

andIbegantosupportthem.”saidMauricioCifuentes.

Thedevicesolvedtwoproblemsfortheengineeringstudents—theyneededanideaforaclass

project,andanoutlettoplugintheirphones.

“Lookingforaplacetochargethenotebook,whichhadnopower,andthemobilephones,we

weren’tabletofindanythingbecaualltheotherstudentswereinthesamestateofmadnesstryingto

findaplacetochargetheirdevices,”saidAravena.

Butplantsareeverywhere,andthebio-circuitmakesgooduoftheirexcess(

过多的

)power.

TheE-Kaiadoesn’tcarrymuchchargebutit’spowerfulenoughtocompletelyrechargeamobile

dentinventorshaveappliedforpatentsontheirtechnology,and

expecttheE-Kaiatogoonsaleinthenearfuture.

ldthestudentsgetthe“green”poweridea?

yingoutanexperiment.

omanoccasionalthought.

esupportoftheirprofessors.

edbytheinformationinasciencebook.

sthedevicecollectpower?

gphotosynthesis

gasmallbiologicalcircuit

genergyplants

gtheelectricitystoredinthedevice

nwelearnfromwhatMauricioCifuentessaid?

ndedtobuythepatent.

ntedtheoriginaldevice.

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edgreatinterestinthedevice.

edtomassproducethedevice.

ghtbethebesttitleforthepassage?

vicetoChangetheWorld

ower—ANewandPotentialSource

nStudentsFindAGreenWaytoChargePhones

viceInventedbyChileanStudentsWillBeonSale

D

EudaimoniaisanAncientGreekword,particularlystresdbythephilosophersPlatoand

Aristotle,whichdervesfarmoreattentionthanithasbecauitcorrectstheshortfalls(

缺失）

inone

ofthemostcentral,buttroublingwordsinourmodemlanguage:happiness.

Whenwenowadaystrytoclearlyexpressthepurpoofourlives,itistheword“happiness”that

ourlvesandothersthatthemostimportantprincipleforourjobs,our

relatidslikean

innocentenoughidea,buttoomuchrelianceonthetermmeansthatwefrequentlyunfairlytendtoquit

or,atleast,ientGreeks

didnotbelievethatthepurpooflifewastobehappy;theypropodthatitwastoachieve

Eudaimonia,awordwhichhasbeenbesttranslatedas“fulfilment”.

rypossibletobefulfilledand—atthe

sametime—underpressure,sufferingphysicallyormentally,overburdenedand,quitefrequently,inan

irritable(

易怒的

)aslightpsychologicaldifferencethatishardfortheword“happiness”

tocapture,forit’strickytospeakofbeinghappyyetunhappy,r,sucha

combinationisreadilyaccommodatedwithintherespectedandnoble-soundingideaofEudaimonia.

Thewordencouragesustotrustthatmanyoflife’smostworthwhileprojectswillsometimesbein

conflictwithcontentment,lyexploringourprofessionaltalents,

managingahouhold,keepingarelationshipgoing,creatinganewbusinessventureorengagingin

politics...nonll,in

fact,involveusinallmannerofchallengesthatwilldeeplyexhaustandweakenus,provoke(

激怒

)and

wewillperhaps,attheendofourlives,stillfeelthatthetaskswereworth

hthem,we’llhaveachievedsomethingdeeperandmoreinterestingthan

happiness.

WiththewordEudaimoniainmind,wecanstopimaginingthatweareaimingforapain-free

existence,’llknowthatwearetrying

todosomethingfarmoreimportantthansmileallthetime:we’restrivingtodojusticetoourfull

humanpotential.

weknowabout“Eudaimonia”fromthepassage?

irstcreatedbytwoGreekphilosophers.

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eceivedalotofattentionfromthepublic.

lhassomeshortfallsthatneedtobecorrected.

egardedasthepurpooflifeinancientGreece.

ingtoParagraph3,happiness____________.

ppositeoffulfillment

fromphysicalormentalpain

esthepsychologicaldifference

asarespectedandnoblelifegoal

nwelearnfromthepassage?

forhappinessmayleadtowronglf-blaming.

hatwoundandweakenusresultinhappiness.

ngesleadingtocontentmentareworthundertaking.

gfulfilledmeansweshouldavoidtoughsituations.

sthewriterwritethispassage?

uragethereaderstofindfulfillmentwithallefforts.

uragethereaderstoekforapain-freeexistence.

uragethereaderstokeepoptimisticwhateverhappens.

uragethereaderstobalancehappinessandsuffering.

第二节

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根据短文内容

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从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Radarisanelectronicdevicethatdetectsplanes,ships,coastlines,landmarks,andevenstorm

e

humaneyeuslightwavestoe,radar“es”tradar,planescouldnotland

safelyinbadweatherandshipscouldnotmovesafelyinthickfog.36

Inthe1800s,entists

didnotmakegreatadvancesinradarrearchuntilthe1930s,whentheworldwasthreatenedbywar.

37Ithasbeenudwidelyinalmosteveryconflictsincethen.

eamofradiowavesisntout,itstrikesonan

hoispickedupbyradarandrecordedonascreensimilarto

creenanobrveresaflash,orablip,thatshowsthedirectionanddistance

oftheobject.38

alllargeshipsdepend

onradartopreventcollisionswithicebergsorotherships.39Weatherforecasters“e”the

size,direction,omerscanevenuradartomeasure

,thedevicehasgeneratedmajoradvancements.

ardus

ballistic-missiles(

战略导弹

)warningsystemsthatcanalertus

toattackswhenmissilesaremorethan1,adarsystemswarnusagainstenemy

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aircraftandevenspyingspacesatellites.

trackspeedersinradar-equippedcars.

easurementsarenowhighlyaccurate.

icecanbeudinawiderangeoffields.

ereforeespeciallyvaluabletoshippersandtravelers.

WorldWarIImanycountriesudradareffectively.

adarisudbycommercialairlinersandweatherforecasters.

theningnationaldefenisoneofradar’smostimportantfunctions.

第三部分语言知识运用(共两节,满分45分)

第一节

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共

20

小题；每小题

1.5

分

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满分

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阅读下面短文

,

从短文后各题所给的

A

、

B

、

C

和

D

四个选项中

,

选出可以填入空白处的最

佳选项。

IhadjuststartedmycondyearstudyingatCambridgeUniversitywhenIwasfacedwiththe

42sixmonths

ofchemotherapy(

化疗

).

Aftertheshock,Iwasstruckbythisthought:my43didn’

somuchIwantedto44andsomanygoalsIwantedtocha.

,Ihadtodecidewhether

to

or47againstit,andso

didmyparentsandteachers.

Mydoctorsandteachersconvincedmethattakingsometimeoffto48andrelaxwouldbe

twantto50ayearofmylife,

receivingpityfromthoaroundme.

Togetherwithmyparents,Itriedtopersuadetheuniversityto51metostayatCambridge

eallya52

topersuadethemtoagree.

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mefeel53,54toread,eatand

alotandrestedalot,

mefocus,tingmy55attheendoftermfeltlikeagreat

personalvictory.

Itooka56tocontinuestudyingwhileundergoingtreatment,

successfulinmyexams,andmore58,ersonfacingadialike

60thatImadethedecisionthatwas

rightforme.

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