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镇海中学高三英语练习(2023 年5月)

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第一部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

A

It's that time of year, again, somehow time for the list of UK LEGO events of this year 2023. Here is a rough guide.

Discovery Brick Show

Date:30th, April-1st, May

Place: Discovery Museum

Description: This LEGO show in central Newcastle returns, with LEGO models from builders across the UK,

activities and a marketplace for LEGO-lovers.

Cost: Some free activities; entry to the marketplace requires a paid ticket.

Thirsk Brick Show

Date: l2th February

Place: Thirsk &Sowerby Town Hall

Description: A small LEGO show in this town hall, back for its third year. The money that is made from the show

goes to an aged care centre in the town. LEGO displays and some activities.

Cost: A small entry fee in aid of charity.

Hull Brick Festival

Date: l3th- l4th August

Place: Guildhall C

Description: This show is in its seventh year and this time it's in town for the whole weekend! Awesome!

LEGO creations from the best builders in the UK, fun activities plus several specialist

LEGO traders with everything from new bargain sets, loose bricks to custom accessories.

Cost: Free entry; ticket booking is recommended.

Caterham Model Show

Date: 17th September

Place: Sacred Heart Centenary Hall

Description: This remarkable LEGO and model show is back again this year. LEGO as well as non-LEGO displays,

activities and traders who buy and sell a lot of unique LEGO creations.

Cost: Paid tickets are required for entry; see the event page for details.

1. Whose profits will be used to help people in need?

A. Discovery Brick Show's.

C. Hull Brick Festival's.

A. In Discovery Museum.

C. In Guildhall.

B. Thirsk Brick Show's.

D. Caterham Model Show's.

B. In Thirsk &Sowerby Town Hall.

D. In Sacred Heart Centenary Hall.

B. They are aimed at selling LEGO models.

D. They include some non-LEGO activities.

B

The first time a tortoise walked through my hut at Middle Camp on Aldabra Atoll, I was amazed. I grabbed my

camera and carefully positioned myself to take this wildlife encounter. The second time: same thing. The third time: I

picked up my phone and took a snapshot. By the fourth or fifth time, I didn't even look when I felt something bump into

me. I knew what it was.

I was there to shoot a story about island restoration(修复) in the Seychelles, far off the east coast of Africa in the

Indian Ocean. Until roughly the middle of the past century, the small island nation showed signs of real environmental

killing- local vegetation(植被)-cleared to make way for coconut plantations, foreign rats and mice running uncontrolled,

native sea turtles and giant tortoises being exploited. Biodiversity seemed destroyed. But then the country experienced

a shift in conservation awareness—and the giant Aldabra tortoises are among its most visible signs.

Every morning when I woke up and walked outside the hut, I had to remind myself that I hadn't traveled back in

time. I could see flightless Aldabra rails, coconut crabs the size of dinner plates, and giant tortoises—roughly four feet

long and weighing up to 550 pounds- just wandering around. The number of sharks in the bay was crazy. Frigatebirds

and boobies(鲣鸟) nested in the mangroves (a kind of tree). When we left our hut doors open, which we often did to let

in air, the tortoises would walk right through.

In the late afternoon or early evening, whenever they'd finished eating, the tortoises would drop themselves down

and fall asleep with their heads outstretched. That made nighttime trips to the outhouse perilous(险恶的). To get there,

we'd have to go 200 feet into the mangroves, negotiating what I called the tortoise slalom(之形障碍) trail.

It was a track without a pattern, because of course they picked different places to sleep every night. Avoiding them

was important: Falling headfirst over a tortoise onto the sharp coral rock could lead to serious injury on an island far

from medical facilities.

Nothing was easy on Aldabra, and much of it was insanely difficult. Yet living among the tortoises in this primordial

place, in one of the last spots where reptiles still rule, was one of the happiest times of my life.

4. How did the author feel about his final meeting with the tortoise in his room?

A. Calm B. Excited

C. Concerned D. Disturbed

5. What made the wildlife on the island suffer during the last century?

A. Introducing foreign species. B. Killing too many rats and mice.

D. Repairing the building on the island. C. Planting lots of coconut trees.

2. Where will a free but ticketed LEGO event be hosted?

3. What do the four events have in common?

A. They have been held before.

C. They have their marketplace.

6. What does the author intend to do in paragraph 3?

A. To stress the importance of their work.

B. To introduce how large the tortoises are.

C. To present his daily routine on the island.

D. To show how the wildlife is diverse on the island.

7. What might be the suitable title for this passage?

A. Island fills with curious tourists.

B. Aldabra calls for wildlife protection.

C. Tortoises rule on this isolated island again.

D. Efforts are made to protect the environment.

C

A child's early years of language development are important for the basics of school readiness, such as literacy(读

写) skills and social and emotional growth. In a recent study, University of Miami Assistant Professor of Psychology

Lynn Perry and a team of fellow researchers who examined child speech communications over the course of a year

found that children benefit from conversations with their peers(同龄人) and their teachers. The study examined how

language use and development in 2-and 3-year-old children was influenced by what they heard from their teachers and

their peers.

“Previous research on language development looked mostly at the role of parent-child communication within a

home setting or a lab environment, which means we're missing a big part of a child's everyday life—the classroom,”

said Perry. “We know that parent language is important for children's development and their academic achievement, but

we don't have much research on what happens in the kindergarten or preschool setting.”

Using a device (设备) called a Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recorder, Perry collected hundreds of

hours of audio recordings. Children wore the LENA recorder once a week. LENA software then assessed whether the

recorded audio was speech or not, and whether the speech came from the child wearing the recorder or from an adult or

another child talking to them.

After studying the audio data, Perry found that the speech children heard from other children was positively related

to their own language use, meaning children who heard the most from their peers learn more new words and vocalize

more during the course of the year. Additionally, there was a positive association between a teacher talking and children's

language use and development—but only when that teacher talked to the child in a back -and-forth conversation, rather

than just talking to the child with no opportunity for the child to respond.

“One important aspect of the study that stands out to me is how important it was to see those conversational turns

with teachers, and that back-and-forth conversation with the child is very beneficial. We talked to the teachers about the

results, and they are very excited about this finding and currently brainstorming additional opportunities to have

conversations with children,” adds Perry.

8. What does the new study focus on?

A. The basics of school readiness for preschool children.

B. The parent-child communication at home or in the lab.

C. The influence of conversations in the kindergarten on children.

D. The ways to improve preschool children's healthy growth.

9. How did the researchers perform their new study?

A. By observing the children in class .

C. By communicating with the children.

A. Listen. B. Speak.

B. By conducting a survey of teachers.

D. By recording the children's speech in class.

C. Read. D. Write.

10. What does the underlined word “vocalize” in paragraph 4mean?

11. What do teachers plan to do to develop children's speech ability according to the text?

A. Have more back -and- forth conversations with children.

B. Encourage children to listen more to their own speech.

C. Inform parents of the importance of conversational turns.

D. Add more brainstorming activities to their daily teaching.

D

Do you crave chips, pizza, donuts, or cake? These kinds of foods are high in sugar and fats, which make them

delicious but not nutritious. A recent analysis suggests that certain ingredients in these types of processed foods can be

addictive.

According to the research published in the journal Addiction, certain foods can trigger the same feelings as drugs.

It all comes down to what's happening in the brain. When we feel happy, it's due to a flood of the feel-good chemical

dopamine(多巴胺) in the striatum. This region is part of the brain's reward circuit. The striatum gets a dopamine rush

when something good happens. Drugs and cause a similar high. So, it turns out, can some popular snack

foods.

“We're designed to find carbohydrates(碳水化合物) and fats,” says Ashley Gearhardt, a psychologist at the

University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Evolving such tastes helped our ancestors “overcome famine and make sure we

survive,” she explains. That critical role shaped the brain's reward system, making us hard-wired to enjoy carbohydrates

and fatty foods.

The problem isn't with all foods containing carbohydrates and fats. Fruit is full of sugar. Oats and other whole

grains have lots of carbohydrates. Nuts and meat have fat. But such unprocessed foods—eaten in a form that's similar

to how they grew—also contain other nutrients, such as fiber, that slow digestion. That limits how quickly our bodies

can absorb the nutrients.

Cookies, candy, soda, fries and other highly processed foods lack those additional nutrients. Such foods contain

ingredients that have been highly changed from their natural state. They're chock full of easy-to-absorb carbohydrates

and added fats. What's more, they often contain ingredients that don't naturally occur together. When we eat these foods,

we get a quick “hit” of carbs and fats that give the brain a boost. That makes us want to eat them again and again.

12. According to the article, which types of food can be addictive?

A. Fruits and grains. B. Cookies and cake.

C. Nuts and meat. D. Oats and fiber.

13. Why are humans hard-wired to enjoy carbs and fatty foods, according to the article?

A. They provide quick energy.

C. They are full of fiber.

B. They helped our ancestors survive.

D. They contain natural sugars.

14. How does the brain react when we eat certain highly processed foods?

A. It gets a boost of carbs and fats that make us feel full.

B. It slows down the digestion process.

C. It triggers the same feelings as drugs.

D. It releases feel-good chemicals that prevent addiction.

15. What is the main idea of the article?

A. Certain processed foods can create addictive responses.

B. Unprocessed foods are better for you than processed foods.

C. Our brains are born to enjoy carbohydrates and fats.

D. The lack of additional nutrients in processed foods makes them unhealthy.

第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分12.5分)

根据短文内容，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。

Learn to Cite Sources(引用资料)

During your university education, you'll be exposed to ideas and scientific theories of scholars and scientists.

Unavoidably, your own ideas will be shaped by the ideas you come across 16 That means you should go beyond

what you learn in your textbooks or in the library. Your original work is the basis for your professor's evaluation of your

performance. Thus, academic honesty is fundamental in your university education. It demands that you cite the source

materials you base your own work on. 17

Correctly citing your sources helps you distinguish your own ideas from those of other scholars. On the readers'

side, it permits a reader to determine the depth of your research. 18 On the contrary, lack of citing will only raise

your reader's doubt.

So you need to learn when to cite and how to provide an adequate or accurate reference list. If you fail to cite your

sources, whether deliberately or carelessly, you will be found responsible for plagiarism (抄袭). 19 If you are not

sure, ask your professor for guidance before submitting the paper or report. Keep in mind this general rule: when in

doubt, cite!

20 For example, students from East Asia may think that copying directly from sources is the proper way to

do research. Students in France, preparing for the final examination, may be encouraged to memorize whole passages

and copy them into papers. Those cultural differences can lead to false assumptions about academic expectations in the

country you study in.

A. Some university students may cheat in different ways.

B. These include other scholars' ideas, figures, graphs and so on.

C. The academic challenge you face is to make something original.

D. Often, students want to use others' opinions to support their own essays.

E. It also allows a reader to appreciate your original contribution to the research.

F. For international students, it is important to know local academic expectations.

G. Not knowing academic regulations is an unacceptable excuse for such behavior.

第二部分 语言知识运用(共两节，满分30分)

第一节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

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。