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江西师大附中高三下学期三模
英语试卷
第二部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
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21. What is Steeple Chasing about
A. Exploring history behind London’s churches.
B. Spreading knowledge of church construction.
C. Showing beautiful photography of great cathedrals.
D. Sharing experience of being an award-winning writer.
22. What do The Art Of Home and Sort Your Life Out have in common
A. They have the same prices. B. They are both adapted from a show.
C. They share the similar focus. D. They both guide readers in three steps.
23. Which of the following meets the concept of Never Too Small
A. Less is more. B. Live smaller but better.
C. The smaller, the better. D. Enlarge your space, enlarge your life.
【答案】21. A 22. C 23. B
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇应用文。文章主要介绍了几本建筑类的畅销书。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据Steeple Chasing:部分的“Churches are all around London. They contain art and architectural wonders. Award-winning writer Peter Ross sets out to tell their stories, and through them a story of Britain. Join him as he visits London’s great cathedrals with their histories of fire and love.(伦敦到处都是教堂。它们包含艺术和建筑奇迹。获奖作家彼得·罗斯开始讲述它们的故事，并通过它们讲述英国的故事。和他一起参观伦敦伟大的大教堂和它们的火与爱的历史)”可知，这本书主要是探索伦敦教堂背后的历史。故选A。
【22题详解】
推理判断题。根据The Art Of Home:部分的“With step-by-step guidance, Shea helps us transform the most important parts of our lives and how we live.(在一步步的指导下，谢伊帮助我们改变生活中最重要的部分，以及我们的生活方式)”和Sort Your Life Out:部分的“The first official book from the life-changing BBC show, Sort Your Life Out will give you the tools to transform your home in three simple steps(《整理你的生活》是改变生活的BBC节目的第一本官方书籍，它将用三个简单的步骤告诉你改变你的家的工具)”可推知，这两本书的共同之处在于他们有着相似的关注点——即改变生活。故选C。
【23题详解】
细节理解题。根据Never Too Small:部分的“Small footprint design proves that living better doesn’t have to mean living larger.(小足迹设计证明，生活得更好并不意味着生活得更大)”可知，“生活得更小，但更美好”符合这本书的概念。故选B。
B
My son just turned 14 and does not have a smartphone. When he graduated from Grade 8, he was the only kid in his class without one. He asks for a phone now that he’s going to high school. I say no, he asks why, I explain, but he pushes back.
“You can choose to do things differently when you’re a parent,” I told him. But sometimes, I wonder if I’m being too stubborn or unfair.
The more I research, the more confident I feel in my decision. Many studies link the current mental health crisis among adolescents to fundamental changes in how they socialize, namely, the shift from in-person to online interaction.
But other mothers challenge my view. “He must feel so left out!” Then there are the parents who tell me sadly that they wish they had delayed their teenager’s phone ownership longer than they did. They urge me to hold out.
If teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 are truly spending an average of 8 hours 39 minutes per day on their devices, as stated in a survey conducted by Common Sense Media, then what are they not doing Kids absorbed in their devices are missing out on real life, and that strikes me as really sad.
I want my son to have a childhood he feels satisfied with and proud of. I want it to be full of adventures, imaginative play and physical challenges which he must sort out himself without asking me for help. The easiest and simplest way to achieve these goals is to delay giving him a smartphone.
Some think my son is missing out or falling behind, but he is not. He does well in school and extra-curricular activities, hangs out with his friends in person, and moves independently around our small town. He promises he’ll give his own 14-year-old a phone someday, and I tell him that’s fine. But recently, he admitted that he missed the beautiful scenery on a drive to a nearby mountain because he had been so absorbed in his friend’s iPad. If that is his version of admitting I’m right, I’ll take it.
24. What is the son’s reaction to his mother’s practice
A. Understanding. B. Indifferent. C. Resistant. D. Concerned.
25. What is the author primarily concerned about regarding giving her son a phone
A. Her son’s online safety. B. Her son’s mental growth.
C. Her son’s reduced physical activities. D. Her son’s poor academic performance.
26. What quality does the author want her son to develop in his childhood
A. Team spirit. B. Leadership. C. Independence. D. Critical thinking.
27. What can be learned about the author’s son
A. He is falling behind academically.
B. He is easily influenced by his friends.
C. He has given up his desire for a smartphone.
D. He has realized the problems of much screen time.
【答案】24. C 25. B 26. C 27. D
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇夹叙夹议文，文章陈述了自己不给儿子过早地买手机的理由。
【24题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段“He asks for a phone now that he’s going to high school. I say no, he asks why, I explain, but he pushes back.(他现在要上高中了，还想要个手机。我说没有，他问为什么，我解释，但他抗议)”可知，儿子对于母亲不愿意给自己买手机的做法是抵抗的。故选C。
【25题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章第三段“The more I research, the more confident I feel in my decision. Many studies link the current mental health crisis among adolescents to fundamental changes in how they socialize, namely, the shift from in-person to online interaction.(我研究得越多，我对自己的决定就越有信心。许多研究将目前青少年的心理健康危机与他们社交方式的根本变化联系起来，即从面对面互动转向在线互动)”可推知，作者最担忧手机对于儿子的心理成长的影响。故选B。
【26题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章倒数第二段“I want my son to have a childhood he feels satisfied with and proud of. I want it to be full of adventures, imaginative play and physical challenges which he must sort out himself without asking me for help.(我希望我的儿子有一个他感到满意和自豪的童年。我希望它充满冒险，充满想象力的游戏和身体上的挑战，他必须自己解决这些问题，而不需要寻求我的帮助)”可知，作者希望儿子的童年是满足的，自豪的，充满冒险又能独立解决问题。因此，independence“独立”最能体现作者对于儿子童年的期许。故选C。
【27题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段“But recently, he admitted that he missed the beautiful scenery on a drive to a nearby mountain because he had been so absorbed in his friend’s iPad. If that is his version of admitting I’m right, I’ll take it.(但最近，他承认自己在开车去附近一座山的路上错过了美丽的风景，因为他太专注于朋友的iPad了。如果这是他承认我是对的，我接受)”可推知，作者的儿子已经意识到自己花费过多时间在电子屏幕上了。故选D。
C
Is there actual evidence that a coin toss — the act of spinning a coin in the air with your thumb and catching it in your hand — tends to favor one side over the other Or is a coin flip 50/50 A new study questions the fairness of the flip.
One side of the coin is, in fact, more likely to come up than the other, according to a team of scientists led by University of Amsterdam PhD candidate Franti ek Barto . Their study, which is still undergoing peer review, collected and analyzed the results of 350,757 coin flips in 46 different currencies and registered that the coins landed on the same side they started on 51% of the time. This research was done in an effort to confirm a hypothesis (假设) proposed earlier by Stanford University statistics professor Persi Diaconis and his team. According to that theory, “vigorously flipped coins tend to come up the same way they started.”
According to Diaconis’s team when people flip an ordinary coin, they introduce a small degree of “precession”, meaning a change in the direction of the axis (轴) of turning throughout a coin’s track. Consequently, the coin tends to spend more time in the air with the initial side facing up. This makes a coin flip not quite 50/50.
In 2007, Diaconis’s team estimated the odds of a “same-side outcome” as approximately 51%. Nearly a decade and a half later, Bartos and his team found this very result. They published a preliminary report stating, “Our data lend strong support to the previous hypothesis — The coins landed on the same side more often than not.”
Moreover, this was true for both sides of the coin and for all of the different coins tossed. As Diaconis stated back in 1986, “The more you think about randomness, the less random things become. But sometimes, you can take advantage of a lack of randomness.” Indeed, when it comes to flipping a coin, the quickest shortcut to making your own luck might just be calling it literally as you see it.
28. What’s the purpose of conducting the study
A. To find evidence for the fairness of a coin toss.
B. To prove an assumption put forward years ago.
C. To state the definite chance of one side of a coin coming up.
D. To analyze the result of over 300,000 coin flips in different currencies.
29. What does the underlined word “precession” in paragraph 3 probably mean
A. Progressing. B. Spinning. C. Bouncing. D. Dropping.
30. Which of the following may Diaconis agree with
A. There is no need to consider randomness too much.
B. We have to make good use of a lack of randomness.
C. Whatever coin it is, randomness turns out to be fair ultimately.
D. The harder we flip a coin, the greater chance we will gain its randomness.
31. What can be the best title for the text
A. Is a Coin Flip 50/50 A Perfect Randomness.
B. Is a Coin Flip 50/50 A Mysterious Guess.
C. Is a Coin Flip 50/50 Think Twice!
D. Is a Coin Flip 50/50 You Bet!
【答案】28. B 29. B 30. A 31. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文，文章介绍了一项新的研究对抛硬币的公平性提出了质疑，并通过研究发现抛硬币的两面出现的概率并不是50/50随机的公平，硬币落在开始时的同一侧的概率更高。
【28题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段中“This research was done in an effort to confirm a hypothesis (假设) proposed earlier by Stanford University statistics professor Persi Diaconis and his team. (此次研究是为了证实斯坦福大学统计学教授Persi Diaconis和他的团队早先提出的假设。根据这一理论，‘用力抛掷的硬币往往会以与开始时相同的方式出现。’)”可知，这项研究的目的是为了证明斯坦福大学统计学教授Persi Diaconis和他的团队早些年提出的假设。故选B。
【29题详解】
词句猜测题。根据第三段第一句“According to Diaconis’s team, when people flip an ordinary coin, they introduce a small degree of “precession”, meaning a change in the direction of the axis (轴) of turning throughout a coin’s track.(根据Diaconis团队的说法，当人们抛一枚普通的硬币时，他们会引入一个小幅度的“precession”，这意味着在硬币的整个轨迹中，旋转轴的方向会发生变化。)”中的“meaning a change in the direction of the axis (轴) of turning throughout a coin’s track.”以及下文“ Consequently, the coin tends to spend more time in the air with the initial side facing up. (因此，硬币倾向于花更多的时间在空中与最初的一面朝上。)”可知，人们抛硬币时会带入小幅度的“旋进”，整个硬币的轨迹中旋转轴的方向有一个变化，precession表达的意思是“旋进”，与spinning表达的意思相近。故选B。
【30题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“As Diaconis stated back in 1986, “The more you think about randomness, the less random things become. But sometimes, you can take advantage of a lack of randomness.” (正如Diaconis在1986年所言：‘你对随机性思考得越多，随机性就越少。但有时候，你可以利用游戏缺乏随机性的优势。’)”可知，Diaconis认为对随机性思考得越多，随机性就越少，但有时候也可以利用缺乏随机性；由此可知，Diaconis可能同意A选项“There is no need to consider randomness too much.(没有必要过多考虑随机性。)”。故选A。
【31题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文，尤其是根据第一段“Is there actual evidence that a coin toss — the act of spinning a coin in the air with your thumb and catching it in your hand — tends to favor one side over the other Or is a coin flip 50/50 A new study questions the fairness of the flip.(是否有实际证据表明抛硬币——用拇指在空中旋转硬币并用手抓住硬币的行为——倾向于一方而不是另一方 或者掷硬币是50/50？一项新的研究对抛硬币公平性提出了质疑。)”以及第二段“One side of the coin is, in fact, more likely to come up than the other, according to a team of scientists led by University of Amsterdam PhD candidate Franti ek Barto . Their study, which is still undergoing peer review, collected and analyzed the results of 350, 757 coin flips in 46 different currencies and registered that the coins landed on the same side they started on 51% of the time. This research was done in an effort to confirm a hypothesis (假设) proposed earlier by Stanford University statistics professor Persi Diaconis and his team. According to that theory, “vigorously flipped coins tend to come up the same way they started.”(阿姆斯特丹大学博士候选人Franti ek bartoski领导的一组科学家表示，事实上，硬币的一面比另一面更容易出现。他们的研究收集并分析了用46种不同货币投掷350,757枚硬币的结果，发现51%的硬币落在开始时的同一侧。此次研究是为了验证斯坦福大学统计学教授Persi Diaconis和他的团队早先提出的假设(假设)。根据这一理论，“用力抛掷的硬币往往会以与开始时相同的方式出现。”)”可知，本文主要介绍一项新的研究对抛硬币的公平性提出了质疑，并通过研究发现抛硬币的两面出现的概率并不是50/50随机的公平，硬币的一面比另一面更容易出现；由此可知，C选项“Is a Coin Flip 50/50 Think Twice!(掷硬币是50/50吗？三思而后行！)”符合本文主旨，适合作为最佳标题。故选C。
D
Wild turkeys are a familiar sight throughout New Hampshire, where flocks wander along roadsides and through backyards.
In 1975, Ted Walski, the biologist for New Hampshire Fish and Game, released 25 turkeys from the back of his truck in Walpole, a town in the western part of the state. It was part of a reintroduction effort to bring back a species that had been wiped out in New England before the Civil War, where it used to suffer heavy blows — forests vanished for unknown reasons and people got their own way to hunt.
“Originally, I never thought it would get beyond a few thousand turkeys,” says Walski, who spent nearly 50 years working with the birds before retiring in 2019.
Instead, New Hampshire’s turkey population has exploded beyond all expectations, now around 45,000 animals — the highest since the reintroduction, and probably the most the state can approach. Reintroduction efforts in neighboring states and around the country have created a similar story — there are 70,000 wild turkeys in Maine, up to 50,000 in Vermont, and more than 30,000 in Massachusetts — all of which total up to about six million animals reproducing in all states but Alaska.
So what made the wild turkey one of the most successful wildlife reintroduction programs in American history Most likely, it’s due to the bird’s surprising and unexpected ability to live among humans. In the suburbs, turkeys can take advantage of edge habitat, like woods and open spaces, and dine on a never-ending buffet of food provided by people — particularly birdseed. Besides, it doesn’t hurt that native predators, such as wolves and cougars, have largely disappeared from most parts of the turkey’s range.
But everyone is not thankful for the New England turkey boom. The infamously bold birds are troublesome, disturbing traffic and pecking at front doors, as well as potentially dangerous. In 2019, a 35-year-old pregnant woman was attacked by turkeys on the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts — twice. As conflicts between these 20-pound birds and people are on the rise, particularly during the spring breeding season, wildlife officials are trying to cope with the reality that the turkey is here to stay.
32. What had made turkeys extinct in New England before the Civil War
A. Disappearing forests and unrestricted hunting.
B. Ted Walski’s reintroduction policy and its effects.
C. Turkeys’ inability to reproduce and coexist with humans.
D. Native predators’ occupation of most parts of turkeys’ range.
33. According to the text, which of the following statements is true about wild turkeys
A. Their explosive population is completely out of the control of New Hampshire.
B. The number of wild turkeys amounts to around six million in Alaska.
C. Their abilities to reproduce fall short of people’s expectations.
D. They feed on adequate food from human beings.
34. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. It is urgent to protect wild turkeys from being attacked.
B. Turkeys are posing a potential threat to natural environment.
C. Nobody appreciates the increase in turkeys due to their evil deeds.
D. Measures will be taken to tackle conflicts between turkeys and humans.
35. What is the main idea of the text
A. New England witnesses a turkey boom but not all appreciate it.
B. The wildlife reintroduction program of wild turkeys is quite successful.
C. Wild turkeys’ sharp increase does harm to human beings and environment.
D. There is a contradictory relationship between wild turkeys and human beings.
【答案】32. A 33. D 34. D 35. A
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了内战前森林消失和不受限制的狩猎使火鸡在新英格兰灭绝，但是如今火鸡与人类生活在一起，造成了许多冲突。
【32题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“It was part of a reintroduction effort to bring back a species that had been wiped out in New England before the Civil War, where it used to suffer heavy blows — forests vanished for unknown reasons and people got their own way to hunt.(这是重新引进一种物种的努力的一部分，这种物种在内战前在新英格兰灭绝，在那里它曾经遭受沉重的打击——森林因不明原因消失，人们随意的狩猎方式)”可知，内战前森林消失和不受限制的狩猎使火鸡在新英格兰灭绝。故选A。
【33题详解】
细节理解题。根据倒数第二段“In the suburbs, turkeys can take advantage of edge habitat, like woods and open spaces, and dine on a never-ending buffet of food provided by people — particularly birdseed.(在郊区，火鸡可以利用边缘栖息地，如树林和开阔的空间，并以人类提供的永无止境的食物自助餐为食——尤其是鸟食)”可知，D选项“它们以人类提供的充足食物为食”正确。故选D。
【34题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“As conflicts between these 20-pound birds and people are on the rise, particularly during the spring breeding season, wildlife officials are trying to cope with the reality that the turkey is here to stay.(随着这些20磅重的鸟与人类之间的冲突不断增加，特别是在春季繁殖季节，野生动物官员正试图应对火鸡留在这里的现实)”可推知，将采取措施解决火鸡和人类之间的冲突。故选D。
【35题详解】
主旨大意题。根据最后一段“But everyone is not thankful for the New England turkey boom. The infamously bold birds are troublesome, disturbing traffic and pecking at front doors, as well as potentially dangerous. In 2019, a 35-year-old pregnant woman was attacked by turkeys on the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts — twice.(但并不是所有人都对新英格兰的火鸡热潮心存感激。这种臭名昭著的大胆的鸟是麻烦的，扰乱交通，啄前门，以及潜在的危险。2019年，一名35岁的孕妇在马萨诸塞州剑桥街头被火鸡袭击了两次)”结合文章主要说明了内战前森林消失和不受限制的狩猎使火鸡在新英格兰灭绝，但是如今火鸡与人类生活在一起，造成了许多冲突。由此可知，这篇文章的主旨是新英格兰见证了火鸡的繁荣，但并不是所有人都欣赏它。故选A。
第二节（共5小题；每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Experience-Based Education
Everyone is familiar with traditional education. You sit in a class and a teacher teaches. This is an important part of development. But at some point, every individual has to take charge of their own education. To do this, one must look at the root of learning.____36____
Basically, unfamiliar experiences usually add more value than experiences that are familiar.____37____.And you are in a better state to learn something new. Honestly, someone who never experiences the same thing twice will never have a chance to benefit from anything learned. However, new experiences are generally what make people interested and push them to grow.
High school is a new experience. College is a new experience.____38____It is not that you won’t learn anything else, but that the environment is so familiar. As a result, you can easily become less aware of your experience and not learn as much.
To solve this, an individual needs to introduce new experiences into their life. You may spend a summer in a different part of the country or learn a new language through trial and error. You can also go to a drive-in movie (or some other entertainment events that are new to you).____39____
These types of experiences often result in very little “book knowledge”. Instead, they will often provide you with a better understanding of yourself as you experience your reaction to different situations. They will also provide you with a better understanding of others.____40____
Becoming a well-rounded human isn’t something that happens by accident. You can spend your entire lifetime developing your potential.
A. Has education changed so much in the last decade
B. However, at some point traditional education becomes repetitive.
C. Those new experiences may not lead to great personal development.
D. It can be valuable for you to work effectively with different people.
E. These are all things that can stretch and expand your experiences in life.
F. This is because unfamiliar experiences require much more of our attention.
G. What makes some experiences add great value to our lives while other experiences do not
【答案】36. G 37. F 38. B 39. E 40. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇应用文。文章介绍的是每个人都熟悉传统教育，但是追寻学习的根源，经验教育在发展过程中也起着至关重要的作用。
【36题详解】
根据下文“Basically, unfamiliar experiences usually add more value than experiences that are familiar. (通常来说，全新的经历会比熟悉的经历具有更多的价值)”可知，此处强调全新的经历对教育更具有意义。G选项“What makes some experiences add great value to our lives while other experiences do not (什么使某些经历为我们的生活增添了巨大价值，而其他经历却没有？)”引起下文，下文对该问题进行回答即全新的经历为我们的生活增添了巨大价值。故选G。
【37题详解】
句意:因为不熟悉的经历需要我们更多的关注。根据下文“And you are in a better state to learn something new. Honestly, someone who never experiences the same thing twice will never have a chance to benefit from anything learned. (你就会处于更好的状态来学习新知识。老实说，一个从来没有经历过两次同样事情的人永远不会有机会从学到的东西中受益)”可知，此处强调熟悉经历的重要性，因此后文应该指出，我们应该更多的注意不熟悉的经历，只有将不熟悉的经历变成熟悉的经历才能让我们从中受益。F选项“This is because unfamiliar experiences require much more of our attention.(这是因为不熟悉的经历需要我们更多的注意力)”符合语境。故选F。
【38题详解】
根据上文“High school is a new experience. College is a new experience.(上中学和上大学都是一种新的体验)”及下文“It is not that you won’t learn anything else, but that the environment is so familiar. As a result, you can easily become less aware of your experience and not learn as much.(不是你学不到别的东西，而是环境太熟悉了。因此，你很容易对自己的经历降低感知，也学不到很多东西)”可知，空格句需要一个和上句构成转折，和下文构成因果关系的句子。B选项“However, at some point traditional education becomes repetitive.(然而，在某些时候，传统教育变得重复)”指出虽然上中学和上大学都是新的体验，可是传统教育在某些时候对我们来说太熟悉了，由此导致对自己的经历降低感知，也学不到很多东西。故选B。
【39题详解】
句意:这些都是可以延伸和扩展您的生活经历的事物。根据上文“You may spend a summer in a different part of the country or learn a new language through trial and error. You can also go to a drive-in movie (or some other entertainment events that are new to you). (你可能会在该国的其他地区度过一个夏天，或者通过反复试验来学习一种新的语言。你也可以去看电影(或不熟悉的其他娱乐活动))”可知，此处指出延伸和扩展生活经验的几种方式。E选项“These are all things that can stretch and expand your experiences in life.(这些都是可以延伸和扩展你生活经验的事情)”符合语境，与前文呼应。故选E。
【40题详解】
根据上文“Instead, they will often provide you with a better understanding of yourself as you experience your reaction to different situations. They will also provide you with a better understanding of others. (相反，当你体验对不同情况的反应时，它们通常会使你对自己有更好的了解，也会让你更好地了解别人)”可知，与周围环境的互动，对其他人的了解和有效合作很重要。D选项“It can be valuable for you to work effectively with different people. (与不同的人有效地工作对你来说是很有价值的)”与前文呼应，指出当体验对不同情况的反应时即体验与不同的人有效的工作时，对自己是非常有价值的。故选D。
第三部分语言运用（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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One snowy night, a pair of beagles (比格犬) was struggling on a rural highway. The father-to-be looked around anxiously, trying to seek ___41___ for his dear companion. Frequently he would look at her ___42___, feeling guilty she labored along, her way made heavier by the new life growing inside her. They ___43___ for a warm, dry place. When her ___44___ came, it must not be out here along the roadway.
As ___45___ would have it, Gus Kiebel, a county wildlife officer, who was driving home from work, spotted the pair. He ___46___ to the shoulder of the road immediately.
The beagles made no effort to___47___when Gus bent down and stretched out his hands to them. Gus ___48___ their tags(狗牌) by his truck’s headlights and tried to ring, but the falling snow ___49___the screen. He placed the dogs in his truck, ____50____his phone and called again.
A man answered and instantly grew ____51____ when Gus told him why he was calling.
“I already gave them away,” the man responded coldly.
Obviously, these beagles were ____52____. Meeting their large begging eyes, Gus felt his heart____53____. “Putting them back in the snow is out of the ____54____,” Gus thought to himself. “I must bring them home.”
It’s a simple story, but it speaks to the best of our nature: Kindness and love can keep ____55____ and cold at bay.
41. A. shelter B. shade C. instructions D. routes
42. A. patiently B. helplessly C. fondly D. proudly
43. A. waited B. prepared C. cheered D. longed
44. A. trouble B. opportunity C. time D. turn
45. A. success B. luck C. history D. news
46. A. pulled over B. turned up C. headed off D. sped up
47. A. submit B. bark C. struggle D. escape
48. A. tore B. adjusted C. untied D. read
49. A. colored B. misted C. dusted D. damaged
50. A. dried B. charged C. examined D. grabbed
51. A. persuasive B. defensive C. curious D. grateful
52. A. discovered B. licensed C. identified D. abandoned
53 A. racing B. sinking C. aching D. beating
54. A. blue B. question C. way D. world
55. A. cruelty B. sympathy C. gratitude D. company
【答案】41. A 42. C 43. D 44. C 45. B 46. A 47. D 48. D 49. B 50. A 51. B 52. D 53. C 54. B 55. A
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇记叙文，讲述了野生动物官员Gus Kiebel在下班开车回家的路上发现了一对被遗弃的比格犬，雌性猎犬即将生产，他将这对猎犬带回家的故事。
【41题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这位准父亲焦急地环顾四周，试图为他亲爱的同伴寻找庇护。A. shelter庇护；B. shade树阴；C. instructions指南；D. routes路线。根据后文“feeling guilty she labored along, her way made heavier by the new life growing inside her.”可知，雌性猎犬要生产，猎犬父亲想要为伴侣寻找庇护。故选A项。
【42题详解】
考查副词词义辨析。句意：他常常深情地看着她，为她的努力而感到内疚，因为她体内的新生命使她的道路更加沉重。A. patiently耐心地；B. helplessly无助地；C. fondly深情地；D. proudly骄傲地。根据前文“for his dear companion”可知，猎犬父亲深情看着自己的伴侣。故选C项。
【43题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他们渴望有一个温暖、干燥的地方。A. waited等待；B. prepared准备；C. cheered欢呼；D. longed渴望。根据“for a warm, dry place”及上文“The father-to-be looked around anxiously”可知，猎犬父亲渴望为他们找到一个温暖、干燥的地方。故选D项。
【44题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：她生产的时候，绝不能在这条路上。A. trouble麻烦；B. opportunity机会；C. time时间；D. turn转弯，机会。根据上文“feeling guilty she labored along”及“it must not be out here along the roadway”可知，雌性猎犬即将生产，当那个时候到来时，不能在这条路上。故选C项。
【45题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：幸运的是，县野生动物官员Gus Kiebel在下班开车回家的路上发现了这一对。A. success成功；B. luck运气，幸运；C. history历史；D. news新闻。根据“Gus Kiebel, a county wildlife officer, who was driving home from work, spotted the pair.”可知，Gus Kiebel在他们需要帮助时，发现了这对猎犬，这是一种幸运。故选B项。
【46题详解】
考查动词短语辨析。句意：他立即把车停在路肩。A. pulled over路边停车；B. turned up出现；C. headed off出发；D. sped up加速。根据上文“who was driving home from work”可知，Gus Kiebel发现他们时正在开车，再结合“to the shoulder of the road immediately”可知，此处指立即在路边停车。故选A项。
【47题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：当格斯弯下腰向它们伸出手时，小猎犬们没有试图逃跑。A. submit提交；B. bark吠叫；C. struggle挣扎，奋斗；D. escape逃离。根据“when Gus bent down and stretched out his hands to them”并结合上文语境可以推出，这对猎犬需要帮助，所以并没有试图逃跑。故选D项。
【48题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：格斯通过卡车的前灯读着他们的标签，试图打电话，但飘落的雪花使屏幕变得模糊。A. tore撕；B. adjusted调整；C. untied解开；D. read阅读。根据“by his truck’s headlights”可知，透过车灯是为了读狗牌上的信息。故选D项。
【49题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：格斯通过卡车的前灯读着他们的标签，试图打电话，但飘落的雪花使屏幕变得模糊。A. colored涂色；B. misted使蒙上薄雾；C. dusted去除灰尘；D. damaged损坏。根据“tried to ring, but the falling snow ___9___the screen”可知，飘落的雪花让格斯看不清楚，推测是手机屏幕上出现了薄雾。故选B项。
【50题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：他把狗放在卡车里，擦干手机，又打了一次电话。A. dried使干燥；B. charged要价；C. examined检查；D. grabbed抓住。根据“tried to ring, but the falling snow ___9___the screen”及“and called again”可知，格斯将屏幕擦干，再次打电话给主人。故选A项。
【51题详解】
考查形容词词义辨析。句意：一个男人接了电话，当格斯告诉他打电话的原因时，他立刻变得防御起来。A. persuasive有说服力的；B. defensive防御性的；C. curious好奇的；D. grateful感激的。根据““I already gave them away,” the man responded coldly. ”可知，狗主人遗弃了狗，所以当格斯说明打电话的原因时，他是有防御性的。故选B项。
【52题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：显然，这些比格犬是被遗弃的。A. discovered发现；B. licensed准许；C. identified识别，辨认；D. abandoned遗弃。根据上文“I already gave them away”可知，这两只狗被遗弃了。故选D项。
【53题详解】
考查动词词义辨析。句意：面对他们乞求的大眼睛，格斯感到心痛。A. racing急速跳动；B. sinking下沉；C. aching疼痛；D. beating打败，有节奏地击打。根据上文““I already gave them away,” the man responded coldly.”及“Meeting their large begging eyes”可知，格斯看到狗被遗弃，感到心痛。故选C项。
【54题详解】
考查短语词义辨析。句意：“把它们放回雪地里是不可能的，”格斯心想。A. (out of) blue意外地；B. (out of) question不可能地，毋庸置疑地；C. (out of) way无计可施；D. (out of) world不寻常的，非常好。根据后文“I must bring them home.”可知，格斯决定将狗带回家，所以将他们放回雪地是不可能的。故选B项。
【55题详解】
考查名词词义辨析。句意：这是一个简单的故事，但它道出了我们本性中最好的一面：善良和爱可以让残酷和冷漠远离我们。A. cruelty残忍；B. sympathy同情；C. gratitude感激；D. company陪伴。根据“Kindness and love can keep ___15___ and cold at bay”可知，空处与cold并列，情感色彩一致，表示：善良和爱可以让残酷和冷漠远离我们。故选A项。
第二节（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The world’s longest sea-spanning bridge, the highway-railway bridge ___56___ the longest span in the world, the first sea-spanning dual-use bridge in the world-These are just some of the “world firsts” China has created in the sphere (领域) of bridge building. But ___57___best represents China’s modern industrial power is possibly the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.
On July 7, 2017 the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was fully opened. Seen from the air, the ___58___ (wind) bridge looks like a long dragon. From Zhuhai bay, the bridge___59___ (stretch) for over 30 km above the sea, together with 6. 7 km of tunnels under the seabed, to end in Hong Kong. On the way, there are three specially ___60___ (model) cable-stayed bridges, ___61___ names are “China Connection”, “Dolphin” and “Sail” ___62___ (respective) , capable of sustaining a total of three hundred thousand tons of wheeled cargo.
As Su Quanke put it, the bridge not just links the three geographical regions, ___63___ it forms a link between our thoughts and feelings, including the creative superiority that we ___64___ (develop) over centuries. When we look at this magnificent sea-spanning bridge, as a great achievement of the century, we can see a _____65_____ (combine) of the millennia-long history of bridge building in China and modern technology, and the glitter of the Chinese people’s diligence and wisdom.
【答案】56. with
57. what 58. winding
59. stretches
60. modeled
61. whose 62. respectively
63. but 64. have developed
bination
【解析】
【导语】本文为一篇说明文，介绍了珠港澳大桥。
【56题详解】
考查介词。句意：世界上最长的跨海大桥、世界上最长的公路桥、世界上第一座跨海两用大桥——这些只是中国在桥梁建设领域创造的一些“世界第一”。根据bridge及the longest span可知，空处缺少介词with，表示“有跨度最大的桥梁”。故填with。
【57题详解】
考查名词性从句。句意：但最能代表中国现代工业实力的可能是港珠澳大桥。分析句子，is前面为主语从句，从句部分缺少主语，表示物，用连接代词what引导从句。故填what。
【58题详解】
考查形容词。句意：从空中看，蜿蜒的桥像一条长龙。空处修饰bridge，表示“蜿蜒的”用winding。故填winding。
【59题详解】
考查动词时态。句意：大桥从珠海湾开始，在海面上绵延30多公里，海床下有6.7公里的隧道，一直延伸到香港。空处缺少谓语，描述客观事实，用一般现在时，主语bridge为第三人称单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式stretches。故填stretches。
【60题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：途中，有三座特殊造型的斜拉桥，分别命名为“中国结”、“海豚”和“风帆”，可承载轮式货物共30万吨。空处修饰cable-stayed bridges为定语，model与bridges构成动宾关系，空处表示被动，用过去分词。故填modeled。
【61题详解】
考查定语从句。句意同上。空处修饰非限制性定语从句，先行词为bridges，作从句names的定语，用关系代词whose引导从句。故填whose。
62题详解】
考查副词。句意同上。空处表示“分别地”，为状语修饰谓语，用副词respectively。故填respectively。
【63题详解】
考查连词。句意：正如苏权科所说，这座桥不仅连接了三个地理区域，也连接了我们的思想和感情，包括我们几个世纪以来发展起来的创造性优势。句子由not just…but…“不仅……而且……”构成，空处缺少连词but。故填but。
【64题详解】
考查动词时态。句意同上。that引导限制性定语从句，over centuries表示句子为现在完成时，主语we为复数。故填have developed。
【65题详解】
考查名词。句意：当我们看到这座宏伟的跨海大桥，作为一个世纪的伟大成就，我们可以看到中国几千年的建桥历史与现代科技的结合，中国人民的勤劳和智慧的光芒。空处放在see后作宾语，为名词，a后面用名词单数。故填combination。
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 假定你是李华，你的留学生好友 Peter在你市举办的“中国传统文化知识竞赛（Chinese Traditional Culture Contest）”中获得外国选手组一等奖。请你给他写一封信，内容包括：
1. 祝贺；
2. 回顾；
3. 期待。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Peter,
_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Yours,
Li Hua
【答案】Dear Peter,
Learning your winning the first prize in the Chinese Traditional Culture Contest organized by our city, I’m writing to extend my sincere congratulations to you.
It came as no surprise, for you are keenly interested in Chinese culture and have been continuously exploring it. Not only did you refer to abundant resources, but you also consulted many locals and professionals, which equips you with a comprehensive knowledge and good command of Chinese culture.
Congratulate you on your success again and I hope you can devote yourself to spreading the Chinese culture and make it more accessible to people around the world.
Yours,
Li Hua
【解析】
【导语】本篇书面表达属于应用文。要求考生就留学生好友Peter在你市举办的“中国传统文化知识竞赛（Chinese Traditional Culture Contest）”中获得外国选手组一等奖这件事写一封信，表达祝愿，回顾过程并表示期待。
【详解】1.词汇积累
传达：extend→convey
对……感兴趣：be interested in→have an interest in
充裕的：abundant→sufficient
致力于：devote oneself to→commit oneself to
2.句式拓展
同义句转换
原句：Learning your winning the first prize in the Chinese Traditional Culture Contest organized by our city, I’m writing to extend my sincere congratulations to you.
拓展句：Learning that you have won the first prize in the Chinese Traditional Culture Contest organized by our city, I’m writing to extend my sincere congratulations to you.
【点睛】【高分句型1】Not only did you refer to abundant resources, but you also consulted many locals and professionals, which equips you with a comprehensive knowledge and good command of Chinese culture. (运用了not only…but also句型、部分倒装句及which引导的非限制性定语从句)
【高分句型2】Congratulate you on your success again and I hope you can devote yourself to spreading the Chinese culture and make it more accessible to people around the world. (运用了省略that引导的宾语从句)
第二节（满分25分）
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Melati and Isabel deeply love their home on the island, surrounded by tropical rain forests, green fields, and a vast ocean. Enjoying a swim at their local beach was once a daily pleasure for them. But when Melati was fifteen, and Isabel just ten, the sisters started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters near their borne. More often than not, plastic bags would be around them as they swam and some were scattered on the beach. They got really upset about that.
Melati didn’t think much about it until one day her teacher gave a lesson on some world heroes. Each of those people had sparked movements of positive changes in the world. They believed in the impact they could have and they did inspire more people to do something meaningful. After school, Melati walked home slowly in silence, concerned about the vast amount of plastic rubbish on the beach. The heroes crossed her mind. If they could do it, we could do it too, she thought. The idea lit her up. She couldn’t wait to share what she thought with Isabel and quickened her pace.
“So many plastic bags around! The beach is dirty and messy! It’s so terrible! We have lost the clean and beautiful beach. Can’t we do something to get it back ” Melati said heartily. Isabel felt a bit puzzled at what to do, but she also had a strong desire to do something. Picturing a beach as fascinating as before in mind, the pair jumped with joy.
They talked a lot, anxious to know how Dad and Mom would respond to their ideas. That night when the family sat by the dinner table, the sisters eagerly got their ideas across. While Mom and Dad listened to the girls carefully, their eyes shone. “How amazing that would be! We are so proud of you!” Dad exclaimed. Mom came up, gave them a thumb up and hugged the sisters.
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Melati and Isabel decided to make a positive impact straight away.
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One month later, Melati received a call from the local newspaper.
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【答案】Melati and Isabel decided to make a positive impact straight away. They took advantage of their spare time to pick up rubbish on the beach. However, it was soon that they realized that they couldn't solve the problem on their own for there was so much plastic. After discussions and preparations, they started an organization to spread their idea among youth, involving more youths in the movement, which proved to be a hit. More and more teenagers took part. In a month, they altogether collected and recycled 2.5 tons of plastic, recovering the beautiful beach.
One month later, Melati received a call from the local newspaper. The two girls were invited to an interview in which they were asked what inspired them to start the organization, what the biggest challenges are and what advice they have for young people who want to make changes in this world. They said a team is what keeps them going on the challenging days and added, “keeping our team engaged and motivated has been a challenge and we are happy to have a positive influence.” Melati and Isabel are heroes who make a big difference to our world.
【解析】
【导语】本文以人物为线索展开，讲述了两个女孩非常喜欢在自己家附近的海边游泳，后来发现海滩上的塑料垃圾太多了，再也不想去游泳了，心情很不好。后来课上老师讲到英雄人物，他们可以对世界起到正面影响，并激励到身边的人，两个女孩想到自己也可以去做一些事情。
【详解】1.段落续写：
①由第一段首句内容“梅拉蒂和伊莎贝尔决定立即产生积极的影响。”可知，第一段可描写两个女孩采取行动去改善沙滩的状况，并发动身边的年轻人参与并创建组织，及他们的成果。
②由第二段首句内容“一个月后，梅拉蒂接到了当地一家报社的电话。”可知，第二段可描写他们的组织规模不断扩大，在当地造成影响，接受报社采访。
2.续写线索：去行动改变沙滩状况——创建组织——成果——接受采访——采访内容——谈感想
3.词汇激活
行为类
①利用：take advantage of/make use of/employ
②解决：solve/address/find a solution for
③参与： take apart/ get involved
情绪类
①受鼓舞的，激励的：motivated/inspired
②积极：positive /active
【点睛】
[高分句型1]. However, it was soon that they realized that they couldn't solve the problem on their own for there was so much plastic. (运用了强调句型)
[高分句型2]. After discussions and preparations, they started an organization to spread their idea among youth, involving more youths in the movement, which proved to be a hit.(运用了现在分词involving作状语和which引导的非限制性定语从句)
[高分句型3]. The two girls were invited to an interview in which they were asked what inspired them to start the organization, what the biggest challenges are and what advice they have for young people who want to make changes in this world.（运用了in which引导了定语从句，及并列的宾语从句）江西师大附中高三下学期三模
英语试卷
第二部分阅读（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、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
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21. What is Steeple Chasing about
A. Exploring history behind London’s churches.
B. Spreading knowledge of church construction.
C. Showing beautiful photography of great cathedrals.
D. Sharing experience of being an award-winning writer.
22. What do The Art Of Home and Sort Your Life Out have in common
A. They have the same prices. B. They are both adapted from a show.
C. They share the similar focus. D. They both guide readers in three steps.
23. Which of the following meets the concept of Never Too Small
A. Less is more. B. Live smaller but better.
C. The smaller, the better. D. Enlarge your space, enlarge your life.
B
My son just turned 14 and does not have a smartphone. When he graduated from Grade 8, he was the only kid in his class without one. He asks for a phone now that he’s going to high school. I say no, he asks why, I explain, but he pushes back.
“You can choose to do things differently when you’re a parent,” I told him. But sometimes, I wonder if I’m being too stubborn or unfair.
The more I research, the more confident I feel in my decision. Many studies link the current mental health crisis among adolescents to fundamental changes in how they socialize, namely, the shift from in-person to online interaction.
But other mothers challenge my view. “He must feel so left out!” Then there are the parents who tell me sadly that they wish they had delayed their teenager’s phone ownership longer than they did. They urge me to hold out.
If teenagers between the ages of 13 and 18 are truly spending an average of 8 hours 39 minutes per day on their devices, as stated in a survey conducted by Common Sense Media, then what are they not doing Kids absorbed in their devices are missing out on real life, and that strikes me as really sad.
I want my son to have a childhood he feels satisfied with and proud of. I want it to be full of adventures, imaginative play and physical challenges which he must sort out himself without asking me for help. The easiest and simplest way to achieve these goals is to delay giving him a smartphone.
Some think my son is missing out or falling behind, but he is not. He does well in school and extra-curricular activities, hangs out with his friends in person, and moves independently around our small town. He promises he’ll give his own 14-year-old a phone someday, and I tell him that’s fine. But recently, he admitted that he missed the beautiful scenery on a drive to a nearby mountain because he had been so absorbed in his friend’s iPad. If that is his version of admitting I’m right, I’ll take it.
24. What is the son’s reaction to his mother’s practice
A. Understanding. B. Indifferent. C. Resistant. D. Concerned.
25. What is the author primarily concerned about regarding giving her son a phone
A. Her son’s online safety. B. Her son’s mental growth.
C. Her son’s reduced physical activities. D. Her son’s poor academic performance.
26. What quality does the author want her son to develop in his childhood
A. Team spirit. B. Leadership. C. Independence. D. Critical thinking.
27. What can be learned about the author’s son
A. He is falling behind academically.
B. He is easily influenced by his friends.
C. He has given up his desire for a smartphone.
D. He has realized the problems of much screen time.
C
Is there actual evidence that a coin toss — the act of spinning a coin in the air with your thumb and catching it in your hand — tends to favor one side over the other Or is a coin flip 50/50 A new study questions the fairness of the flip.
One side of the coin is, in fact, more likely to come up than the other, according to a team of scientists led by University of Amsterdam PhD candidate Franti ek Barto . Their study, which is still undergoing peer review, collected and analyzed the results of 350,757 coin flips in 46 different currencies and registered that the coins landed on the same side they started on 51% of the time. This research was done in an effort to confirm a hypothesis (假设) proposed earlier by Stanford University statistics professor Persi Diaconis and his team. According to that theory, “vigorously flipped coins tend to come up the same way they started.”
According to Diaconis’s team, when people flip an ordinary coin, they introduce a small degree of “precession”, meaning a change in the direction of the axis (轴) of turning throughout a coin’s track. Consequently, the coin tends to spend more time in the air with the initial side facing up. This makes a coin flip not quite 50/50.
In 2007, Diaconis’s team estimated the odds of a “same-side outcome” as approximately 51%. Nearly a decade and a half later, Bartos and his team found this very result. They published a preliminary report stating, “Our data lend strong support to the previous hypothesis — The coins landed on the same side more often than not.”
Moreover, this was true for both sides of the coin and for all of the different coins tossed. As Diaconis stated back in 1986, “The more you think about randomness, the less random things become. But sometimes, you can take advantage of a lack of randomness.” Indeed, when it comes to flipping a coin, the quickest shortcut to making your own luck might just be calling it literally as you see it.
28. What’s the purpose of conducting the study
A. To find evidence for the fairness of a coin toss.
B. To prove an assumption put forward years ago.
C. To state the definite chance of one side of a coin coming up.
D. To analyze the result of over 300,000 coin flips in different currencies.
29. What does the underlined word “precession” in paragraph 3 probably mean
A. Progressing. B. Spinning. C. Bouncing. D. Dropping.
30. Which of the following may Diaconis agree with
A. There is no need to consider randomness too much.
B. We have to make good use of a lack of randomness.
C. Whatever coin it is, randomness turns out to be fair ultimately.
D. The harder we flip a coin, the greater chance we will gain its randomness.
31. What can be the best title for the text
A. Is a Coin Flip 50/50 A Perfect Randomness.
B. Is a Coin Flip 50/50 A Mysterious Guess.
C. Is a Coin Flip 50/50 Think Twice!
D. Is a Coin Flip 50/50 You Bet!
D
Wild turkeys are a familiar sight throughout New Hampshire, where flocks wander along roadsides and through backyards.
In 1975, Ted Walski, the biologist for New Hampshire Fish and Game, released 25 turkeys from the back of his truck in Walpole, a town in the western part of the state. It was part of a reintroduction effort to bring back a species that had been wiped out in New England before the Civil War, where it used to suffer heavy blows — forests vanished for unknown reasons and people got their own way to hunt.
“Originally, I never thought it would get beyond a few thousand turkeys,” says Walski, who spent nearly 50 years working with the birds before retiring in 2019.
Instead, New Hampshire’s turkey population has exploded beyond all expectations, now around 45,000 animals — the highest since the reintroduction, and probably the most the state can approach. Reintroduction efforts in neighboring states and around the country have created a similar story — there are 70,000 wild turkeys in Maine, up to 50,000 in Vermont, and more than 30,000 in Massachusetts — all of which total up to about six million animals reproducing in all states but Alaska.
So what made the wild turkey one of the most successful wildlife reintroduction programs in American history Most likely, it’s due to the bird’s surprising and unexpected ability to live among humans. In the suburbs, turkeys can take advantage of edge habitat, like woods and open spaces, and dine on a never-ending buffet of food provided by people — particularly birdseed. Besides, it doesn’t hurt that native predators, such as wolves and cougars, have largely disappeared from most parts of the turkey’s range.
But everyone is not thankful for the New England turkey boom. The infamously bold birds are troublesome, disturbing traffic and pecking at front doors, as well as potentially dangerous. In 2019, a 35-year-old pregnant woman was attacked by turkeys on the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts — twice. As conflicts between these 20-pound birds and people are on the rise, particularly during the spring breeding season, wildlife officials are trying to cope with the reality that the turkey is here to stay.
32. What had made turkeys extinct in New England before the Civil War
A. Disappearing forests and unrestricted hunting.
B. Ted Walski’s reintroduction policy and its effects.
C. Turkeys’ inability to reproduce and coexist with humans.
D. Native predators’ occupation of most parts of turkeys’ range.
33. According to the text, which of the following statements is true about wild turkeys
A. Their explosive population is completely out of the control of New Hampshire.
B The number of wild turkeys amounts to around six million in Alaska.
C. Their abilities to reproduce fall short of people’s expectations.
D. They feed on adequate food from human beings.
34. What can be inferred from the last paragraph
A. It is urgent to protect wild turkeys from being attacked.
B. Turkeys are posing a potential threat to natural environment.
C. Nobody appreciates the increase in turkeys due to their evil deeds.
D. Measures will be taken to tackle conflicts between turkeys and humans.
35. What is the main idea of the text
A. New England witnesses a turkey boom but not all appreciate it.
B. The wildlife reintroduction program of wild turkeys is quite successful.
C. Wild turkeys’ sharp increase does harm to human beings and environment.
D. There is a contradictory relationship between wild turkeys and human beings.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2. 5分，满分12. 5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Experience-Based Education
Everyone is familiar with traditional education. You sit in a class and a teacher teaches. This is an important part of development. But at some point every individual has to take charge of their own education. To do this, one must look at the root of learning.____36____
Basically, unfamiliar experiences usually add more value than experiences that are familiar.____37____.And you are in a better state to learn something new. Honestly, someone who never experiences the same thing twice will never have a chance to benefit from anything learned. However, new experiences are generally what make people interested and push them to grow.
High school is a new experience. College is a new experience.____38____It is not that you won’t learn anything else, but that the environment is so familiar. As a result, you can easily become less aware of your experience and not learn as much.
To solve this, an individual needs to introduce new experiences into their life. You may spend a summer in a different part of the country or learn a new language through trial and error. You can also go to a drive-in movie (or some other entertainment events that are new to you).____39____
These types of experiences often result in very little “book knowledge”. Instead, they will often provide you with a better understanding of yourself as you experience your reaction to different situations. They will also provide you with a better understanding of others.____40____
Becoming a well-rounded human isn’t something that happens by accident. You can spend your entire lifetime developing your potential.
A. Has education changed so much in the last decade
B. However, at some point traditional education becomes repetitive.
C. Those new experiences may not lead to great personal development.
D. It can be valuable for you to work effectively with different people.
E. These are all things that can stretch and expand your experiences in life.
F. This is because unfamiliar experiences require much more of our attention.
G. What makes some experiences add great value to our lives while other experiences do not
第三部分语言运用（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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
One snowy night, a pair of beagles (比格犬) was struggling on a rural highway. The father-to-be looked around anxiously, trying to seek ___41___ for his dear companion. Frequently he would look at her ___42___, feeling guilty she labored along, her way made heavier by the new life growing inside her. They ___43___ for a warm, dry place. When her ___44___ came, it must not be out here along the roadway.
As ___45___ would have it, Gus Kiebel, a county wildlife officer, who was driving home from work, spotted the pair. He ___46___ to the shoulder of the road immediately.
The beagles made no effort to___47___when Gus bent down and stretched out his hands to them. Gus ___48___ their tags(狗牌) by his truck’s headlights and tried to ring, but the falling snow ___49___the screen. He placed the dogs in his truck, ____50____his phone and called again.
A man answered and instantly grew ____51____ when Gus told him why he was calling.
“I already gave them away,” the man responded coldly.
Obviously these beagles were ____52____. Meeting their large begging eyes, Gus felt his heart____53____. “Putting them back in the snow is out of the ____54____,” Gus thought to himself. “I must bring them home.”
It’s a simple story, but it speaks to the best of our nature: Kindness and love can keep ____55____ and cold at bay.
41. A. shelter B. shade C. instructions D. routes
42. A. patiently B. helplessly C. fondly D. proudly
43. A. waited B. prepared C. cheered D. longed
44. A. trouble B. opportunity C. time D. turn
45. A. success B. luck C. history D. news
46. A. pulled over B. turned up C. headed off D. sped up
47. A. submit B. bark C. struggle D. escape
48. A. tore B. adjusted C. untied D. read
49. A. colored B. misted C. dusted D. damaged
50. A. dried B. charged C. examined D. grabbed
51. A. persuasive B. defensive C. curious D. grateful
52. A. discovered B. licensed C. identified D. abandoned
53. A. racing B. sinking C. aching D. beating
54. A. blue B. question C. way D. world
55. A. cruelty B. sympathy C. gratitude D. company
第二节（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
The world’s longest sea-spanning bridge, the highway-railway bridge ___56___ the longest span in the world, the first sea-spanning dual-use bridge in the world-These are just some of the “world firsts” China has created in the sphere (领域) of bridge building. But ___57___best represents China’s modern industrial power is possibly the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.
On July 7, 2017 the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge was fully opened. Seen from the air, the ___58___ (wind) bridge looks like a long dragon. From Zhuhai bay, the bridge___59___ (stretch) for over 30 km above the sea, together with 6. 7 km of tunnels under the seabed, to end in Hong Kong. On the way, there are three specially ___60___ (model) cable-stayed bridges, ___61___ names are “China Connection”, “Dolphin” and “Sail” ___62___ (respective) , capable of sustaining a total of three hundred thousand tons of wheeled cargo.
As Su Quanke put it, the bridge not just links the three geographical regions, ___63___ it forms a link between our thoughts and feelings, including the creative superiority that we ___64___ (develop) over centuries. When we look at this magnificent sea-spanning bridge, as a great achievement of the century, we can see a _____65_____ (combine) of the millennia-long history of bridge building in China and modern technology, and the glitter of the Chinese people’s diligence and wisdom.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
66. 假定你是李华，你的留学生好友 Peter在你市举办的“中国传统文化知识竞赛（Chinese Traditional Culture Contest）”中获得外国选手组一等奖。请你给他写一封信，内容包括：
1. 祝贺；
2. 回顾；
3. 期待。
注意：
1. 写作词数应为80左右；
2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
Dear Peter,
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Yours,
Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
67. 阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
Melati and Isabel deeply love their home on the island, surrounded by tropical rain forests, green fields, and a vast ocean. Enjoying a swim at their local beach was once a daily pleasure for them. But when Melati was fifteen, and Isabel just ten, the sisters started to lose their enthusiasm for swimming in the waters near their borne. More often than not, plastic bags would be around them as they swam and some were scattered on the beach. They got really upset about that.
Melati didn’t think much about it until one day her teacher gave a lesson on some world heroes. Each of those people had sparked movements of positive changes in the world. They believed in the impact they could have and they did inspire more people to do something meaningful. After school, Melati walked home slowly in silence, concerned about the vast amount of plastic rubbish on the beach. The heroes crossed her mind. If they could do it, we could do it too, she thought. The idea lit her up. She couldn’t wait to share what she thought with Isabel and quickened her pace.
“So many plastic bags around! The beach is dirty and messy! It’s so terrible! We have lost the clean and beautiful beach. Can’t we do something to get it back ” Melati said heartily. Isabel felt a bit puzzled at what to do, but she also had a strong desire to do something. Picturing a beach as fascinating as before in mind, the pair jumped with joy.
They talked a lot, anxious to know how Dad and Mom would respond to their ideas. That night when the family sat by the dinner table, the sisters eagerly got their ideas across. While Mom and Dad listened to the girls carefully, their eyes shone. “How amazing that would be! We are so proud of you!” Dad exclaimed. Mom came up, gave them a thumb up and hugged the sisters.
注意：
1．续写词数应为150左右；
2．请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。
Melati and Isabel decided to make a positive impact straight away.
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One month later, Melati received a call from the local newspaper.
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