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江西省临川第一中学2020-2021学年高三上学期第二次英语调研试卷
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A meadow in bloom （鲜花盛开的草甸）cannot be more appealing for British. The swinging wild flowers at their peak show esnce（精髓）of the ason and are perfect for 1 with your video camera. But that is a thing of the 2 .
Motorways, new towns, factories―Britain has 3 名诗句 much damage to its natural scenery, and every year more land of the countryside is 4 to tall buildings. While no wildlife habitat has
escaped the 5 of the developer’s bulldozer （推土机）, none has 6 a greater impact than the meadow. Around 93% of Britain’s meadows have 7 in the past 70 years.
The blooming meadow was a much-loved 8 of the English countryside poetry for generations, as 9 to the summer as white snow to the winter. Nowadays, scenes of a farmer’s field 10 of colorful wild flowers are more 11 to be en on greeting cards than on country roads in July.
Although expansion of cities has 12 England’s green land, the primary cau for the loss was the post-war trend of frequent 13 practice. The wildflower-rich habitats began to decrea during wartime when traditionally managed grassland was 14 to rve as farmland. The sowing of highly productive crops, such as potatoes, 15 the practice after the war. More of the grassland was, 16 , gone forever.
In terms of biodiversity, the 17 of the habitat cannot be overstated: a common old meadow can 18 around 130 different plant species. Many of them are 19 , since they flower for just a few days in midsummer. An uncut meadow is also a 20 for many of Brit
ain’s threatened birds to keep away from enemies.
1．A．recording B．exploring C．examining D．decorating
2．A．future B．dream C．war D．past
3．A．fought B．ignored C．witnesd D．described
4．A．compared B．connected C．lost D．left
5．A．progress B．spread C．pollution D．invention思忖读音
6．A．avoided B．resisted C．had D．suffered
7．A．survived B．disappeared C．recovered D．improved
8．A．title B．style C．image D．idea
9．A．symbolic B．conventional C．special D．evident
10．A．full B．short C．worthy D．fond
11．A．impossible B．likely C．popular D．precious
12．A．put into B．eaten into C．t down D．laid down
13．A．commercial B．industrial C．agricultural D．environmental
14．A．considered B．designed C．allowed D．transformed
15．A．finished B．simplified C．deepened D．modernized
16．A．otherwi B．however C．梦见很多小鱼meanwhile D．therefore
17．A．significance B．balance C．convenience D．difference
18．A．accept B．prepare C．guarantee D．support
19．A．typical B．rare C．regular D．fresh
20．A．shelter B．necessity C．concern D．source
【答案】
1．A
2．D
3．C
4．C
5．B
6．D
7．B
8．C
9．A
10．A
11．B
12．B
13．C
14．D
15．C
16．D
17．Amgss
18．D
19．B
20．A
【分析】
本文是一篇说明文。讲述了英国草地大片的消失，分析了草地逐年消失的原因，以及草地存在的重要性。
1．考查动词辨析。句意：这些盛开的摇摆的野花显示这个季节的精髓，特别适合用你的视频相机录制。A. recording记录；B. exploring探索；C. examining检查；D. decorating装饰。由下文的师徒结对方案with your video camera可推断，相机记录下这写摇摆的野花。故选A。
2．考查名词词义辨析。句意：但是那是过去的事情。A. future未来；B. dream梦想；C. war战斗；D. past过去。根据下文Motorways, new towns, factories―Britain has ___3___ much damage to its natural scenery, 可知，记录鲜花盛开的事情是过去的事情，现在这些风景遭到破坏。故选D。
3．考查动词词义辨析。句意：高速公路、新城镇、工厂——英国目睹了自然风光受到了很大的破坏。A. fought争斗；B. ignored忽视；C. witnesd见证；目睹；D. described描述。根据下文的much damage to its natural scenery可推断，英国目睹自然风景遭到破坏。故选C。
4．考查动词词义辨析。句意：每年更多乡村的土地迷失在高楼大厦里。A. compared比较；B. connected联系；C. lost迷失；D. left离开；留下。根据上文提到的much damage to its natural scenery可推断，更多的农村里的土地被高楼大厦占领，be lost to“迷失”。故选C.
5．考查名词词义辨析。句意：尽管野生动物的栖息地没有逃脱开发者的推土机的范围……。A. progress发展；B. spread范围；C. pollution污染；D. invention发明。根据上文可知，农村的土地被高楼大厦占据，因此可知，野生动物的栖息地也没有逃脱推土机的开发范围。故选B。
6．考查动词词义辨析。句意：……没有什么比这些草甸遭受更多的影响。A. avoided避免；B. resisted抵抗；C. had使；让；D. suffered遭受。根据第一段内容可知，草甸遭受着更大的影响。故选D。
7．考查动词词义辨析。句意：在过去的70年里英国消失了大约百分之九十三的草甸。A. survived幸存；B. disappeared耳朵形状消失；C. recovered恢复；D. improved提高。上文提到，草甸遭受到巨大破坏，因此消失了大量的草甸。故选B。
8．考查名词词义辨析。句意：祖祖辈辈以来，盛开的草甸深受英国乡村诗人喜爱的景象，象征着夏天，就像白雪象征着冬天。A. title标题；B. style方式；样式；C. image景象；D. idea主意。根据下文as ___9___ to the summer as white snow to the winter可知，盛开的草甸是深受诗人喜爱的景象。故选C。
9．考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。A. symbolic象征的；B. conventional传统的；C. special专门的；D. evident明显的。根据下文as white snow to the winter可知，草甸象征着夏天。故选A。
10．考查形容词词义辨析。句意：如今，一个充满五颜六色野花的农田场景更有可能出现在贺卡上，而不是在七月的乡村道路上。A. full满的；B. short短的；C. worthy值得的；D. fond喜欢的。根据下文colorful wild flowers可知，此处指充满五颜六色的野花的农田。full of”“充满”。故选A。
11．考查形容词词义辨析。句意同上。余世维有效沟通A. impossible不可能的；B. likely很可能的；C. popular受欢迎的；D. precious宝贵的。根据下文on greeting cards than on country roads in July.
