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专题01阅读理解之说明文1.（2020届安徽省名校高考模拟）GreatActivitiesforNatureLoversHikingOneoftheeasiestandmostaccessiblewaystogetclosetonatureisbysettingoutonago

odoldfashionedhike.Hikinggenerallydoesn'trequireanyfancyequipmentorspecialskills,justapieceofmapandathirstforadve

nture.Thisactivitycanbeasrelaxingasyoumakeit.BackcountryCampingWhylimityourselftojustadayhikewhenyoucanhaveafullwee

kendforalongeradventure?Backcountrycampinginvolvespackingyourtent，sleepinggear,food,andwateronyourbacktosetupcampinaremotel

ocation.Iyou‟reanexperiencedhikerandcamper,thisisanexcellentwaytotestyoursurvivalskillsandexplorethewilderness.MountainandRoadBikingUnlik

elonghikesthroughthewoods,bikingallowsyoutocovermoregroundandtravelfartherinnature.Mountainbikingtypicallyinvol

vesridingupanddownsteepslopes,betweentrees,andoverrocks.Ifthissoundstoointenseoryourtiresaren'tsuitedforruggedterr

ain(地形),considertakingaroadbikeonpavedtrailsthroughforestpreservesoralongcountryroads.GardeningContrary

topopularbelief,youdon'thavetotravelbeyondyourownbackyardtoexperiencethebeautyofnatureeveryday.Ifyourpersonalityislessa

dventurousoryourmobilityrestricted,considerplantingagardentogrowyourownvegetables,fruit,herbs，orflowers.There'ssomethingtrulysatisfyingaboutmixin

gupasaladwithfreshingredientsyougrowyourself.Oneofthebestpartsaboutspendingtimeingardeningisthatitdoesn'thavetobreakyourbudgetandanyonecandoit.

1．Whatdohikersneedforhiking?A．Practicalskills.B．Necessaryequipment.C．Ausefulmap.D．Arelaxedmood.2．What

'sNOTtheadvantageofgardeningaccordingtothetext?A．Youdon'tneedtogofartoenjoythebeautyofnature.B．Itgivesyouasenseofsatisfa

ctionwhencookingwithfreshingredients.C．Itdoesn'ttakeanyenergyormoneytodoit.D．I‟seasytostartitforanyonewholikesit.3．Whichofthefollow

ingcantakeyoutotravelfarthest?A．Hiking.B．BackcountryCamping.C．MountainandRoadBiking.D．Gardening.2.（2020届安徽省名校高考模拟）Weknowthatreadingisgo

odforchildren.Now,anewstudysuggeststhatjustbeingaroundbookshasitsbenefits.AteamofresearchersinAustraliafindsthatgrowingupwith

alargelibraryathomeimprovesliteracy(读写能力),number-sense,andeventechnologicalskillsinlaterlife.ItappearedinthejournalSocialScienceRes

earch.Theresearcherswereexploringtheadvantagesofscholarlyculture.Theywereinterestedinacuriousobservationthatsomecallthe“radiationeffect".“Radiati

oneffectisasituationwherechildrengrowuparoundbooks,buttheydon'treadbooks.Butsomehowbooksbenefitthem,eventh

oughtheydon'treadthemasmuchastheirparentswishthemto,”saidJoannaSikora,asociologistinAustralia.Joannaandhercolleaguesan

alyzeddatacollectedbetween2011and2015bytheOrganizationforEconomicDevelopment.Thesurveyassessedtheliteracy，numeracy(计算能力),andtechnologicalcompete

ncyofmorethan160,000adultsfrom31countries.Anditincludedaquestionabouthowmanybooksparticipantshadintheirhomesduringadolesc

ence.“Whatwewereabletomakeclearwasthatpeoplegrowinguparoundbookshadbetterliteracy,numeracyanddigitalproblem-solvingskillsthanpeoplewhohadfewerbooks

growingupbuthadsimilareducationlevels,similarjobs，andevensimilaradulthabitsintermsofreadingorworkingatvario

usnumeracy-improvingactivities,"shesaid.Infact,teenswhoonlymadeitthroughhighschoolbutwereraisedinabookishenviro

nmentdidaswellinadulthoodascollegegraduateswhogrewupinahousewithoutbooks.Now,howmightmereexposureleadtointellectualimp

rovement?“Ifwegrowupinahouse,inahomewhereparentsenjoybooks,wherebooksaregivenasbirthdaypresentsandvalued,thisissomethingthatbecomesapa

rtofouridentityandgivesusthislifelongurgetoalwayscomeclosetobooksandreadmorethanwewould.”Sokeepshelvespiledwithbooks.Yourkidswillnotonlybegratef

ul,they'llbemorelikelytobeabletospell“grateful"correctlyaswell.12．What's“radiationeffect"accordingtothetext?A

．Theterribleeffectofradiationonthepersonsandthings.B．Thegoodinfluenceofthebookishenvironmentonadolescents.C．Thebeneficialeffecto

freadingbooksonadolescents.D．Thebadeffectoftheenvironmentwithoutbooksonadolescents.13．Howdoestheexposuretobooksimprove

intellect?A．Booksbringasenseofidentityandeagernesstoreadmore.B．Bookshelptoprovideachancetocomeclosetosociety,C．Booksare

alwaysgiventoadolescentsasvaluablepresents.D．Bookswilloffertheteensanurgetomakegreatachievements.14．What'stheauthor'sattitudetowar

dsbookishenvironment?A．Opposed.B．Neutral.C．Indifferent.D．Supportive.15．What'sthebesttitleforthetext?A．ReadingMoreHelpsImproveChildren'sAbili

tiesB．ReadingatHomeBringsChildrenManyAdvantagesC．GrowingUpAroundBooksBenefitsChildrenaLotD．CreatingaBookishEnvironmentforChildrenIsofMu

chImportance3.（2020届甘肃省天水市第一中学高三诊断）MarianBechtelsitsatWestPalmBeach‟sBarLouiecounterbyherself,quietlyreadinghere

-bookasshewaitsforhersalad.Whatisshereading?Noneofyourbusiness!LunchisBechtel‟s“me”time.AndlikemoreAmericans,s

he‟snotalone.Anewreportfound46percentofmealsareeatenaloneinAmerica.Morethanhalf(53percent)havebreakfastal

oneandnearlyhalf(46percent)havelunchbythemselves.Onlyatdinnertimeareweeatingtogetheranymore,74percent,accordingtostatistics

fromthereport.“Iprefertogooutandbeout.Alone,buttogether,youknow?”Bechtelsaid,lookingupfromherbook.Bechtel,whoworksindowntownWes

tPalmBeach,haslunchwithcoworkerssometimes,butlikemanyofus,toooftenworksthroughlunchatherdesk.Alunchtimeescapeallowshertokeepabossfromtappinghe

rontheshoulder.Shereturnstoworkfeelingenergized.“Today,Ijustwantedsometimetomyself,”shesaid.Justtwoseatsover,Andre

wMazoleny,alocalvideographer,isfinishinghislunchatthebar.Helikesthathecansitandcheckhisphoneinpeaceorchatupthebarkeeperwithwh

omhe‟sonafirst-namebasisifhewantstohavealittleinteraction(交流).“Ireflectonhowmyday‟sgoneandthinkabouttherestoftheweek,”hesaid.“It‟sachanceforself-r

eflection.Youreturntoworkrechargedandwithaplan.”Thatfreedomtochooseisonereasonmorepeopleliketoeatalone.Therewasatimewhenpeoplemayhave

feltawkwardaboutaskingforatableforone,butthosedaysareover.Now,wehaveoursmartphonestokeepuscompanyatthetable.“Itdoesn‟tfeelasaloneasitmayha

vebeforealltheadvancesintechnology,”saidLaurieDemeritt,whosecompanyprovidedthestatisticsforthereport.4．Whatarethestatisti

csinparagraph2about?A．Foodvariety.B．Eatinghabits.C．Tablemanners.D．Restaurantservice.5．WhydoesBechtelpre

fertogooutforlunch?A．Tomeetwithhercoworkers.B．Tocatchupwithherwork.C．Tohavesometimeonherown.D．Tocollectdataforherreport.6．WhatdoweknowaboutMaz

oleny?A．Hemakesvideosforthebar.B．He‟sfondofthefoodatthebar.C．Heinterviewscustomersatthebar.D．He‟sfamiliarwiththebarkeeper.7．Whatisthetext

mainlyabout?A．Thetrendofhavingmealsalone.B．Theimportanceofself-reflection.C．Thestressfromworkingovertime.D．Theadvanta

geofwirelesstechnology.4.（2020届甘肃省天水市第一中学高三诊断）Thinkplantsarejustboringgreenthingsthatyouuseforfoodanddecoration?Thinkagain!Plantsa

reabletodosomeprettyawesomethingsthatyou‟reprobablytotallyunawareof.Researchershavediscoveredthatplantshavetheabilitytocommun

icatewithanundergroundnetworkmadeupoffungus(真菌),whichservestheplantsinmanyways.Tomatoplantsusethefunguswebtowarneachotheroftheirownunhealthycond

itions.Treesconnectedthroughthefungusnetworkcouldmovenutrients(养分)toandfromeachother.Itisbelievedthatlargertreesmo

venutrientstosmalleronestohelpthemtosurvive.Notonlythat,buttheycanalsodamageunwelcomeplantsbyspreadingpoisono

uschemicalsthroughthefungus.ItsoundsliketheplantworldhadtheInternetbeforewedid.Someplantshavearatherimpressivelineof

defenseagainstbeingeaten.Whensensingtheyarebeingswallowed,theygiveoffachemicalintotheairthatattractsth

einsect‟snaturalenemy.Theenemyattacksthebug,thussavingtheplants.Thisisbasicallytheplantkingdomversionofgettingyourolderbrothertobeatupthatkid

whostealsyourlunchmoney.Youmightbeawarethathumansandanimalshaveaninternalclock.Butdidyouknowthatplantsalsohavethisclock?This

meanstheycanprepareforcertaintimesofdayjustlikewedo.Isitbecausetheycanreacttolightatsunrise?Inastudy,scienti

stsfoundthatplantsusethesugarstheyproducetokeeptime,whichhelptoregulatethegenesresponsiblefortheplant‟sowninternalclock.So,inasense,―wa

keupwithpetunias(矮牵牛)isjustasvalidas―wakeupwiththechickens.Natureisfullofsurprises.Soforthoseofyouwhodidn‟tknowthewonder

sofplants,nowyoudo.8．Howmanywaysdoesthenetworkoffungusservetheplants?A．Two.B．Three.C．Four.D．Five.9．Whatdoestheunderlin

edwords―“yourolderbrother”inParagraph4referto?A．Thechemicalgivenoffbyplants.B．Theinsect‟snaturalenemy.C．Thebugattackedbytheenemy.D

．Theplanttobeeatenbytheinsect.10．Whathelpstheplantkeeptime?A．Thesugarsproducedbyitself.B．Itsowngenes.C．Thetimeofsunrise.D．Itsrespons

etolight.11．Whatistheauthor‟spurposeinwritingthetext?A．Toshowhisloveofdifferentplants.B．Tosharehisstudyonsomeawesomeplants.C．Tointroduc

etheunknownabilitiesofplants.D．Tomakepeopleawareofplantprotection.5.（2020届甘肃省天水市第一中学高三诊断）Theideathatcomputershavesomeamountof“i

ntelligence”isnotnew,saysRalphHaupter,thepresidentofMicrosoftAsia,pointingasfarbackas1950whencomputerpion

eerAlanTuringaskedwhethermachinescanthink.“Soithastakennearly70yearsfortherightcombinationoffactorstocometogethertomoveAIfromconcepttoreality,”saysHa

upter.Itispredictedthatthedevelopmentofartificialintelligencewillbethestoryofthecominggenerations,notjustthecomingyear,butas2019getsunde

rway,you‟llfindAIwillbegintotouchyourlifeinmanywaysaccordingtosomeresearchers.“PersonalassistantAIswil

lkeepgettingsmarter.Asourpersonalassistantslearnmoreaboutourdailyroutines,IcanimaginethedayIneednottoworryaboutpreparingdinn

er.MyAIknowswhatIliketoeat,whichdaysoftheweekIliketocookathome,andmakessurethatwhenIgetbackfromworkallmygroceriesarewaitingatmydoorstep,rea

dyformetopreparethatdeliciousmealIhadbeenlongingfor.”---AlecjandroTroccoli,seniorresearchscientist,NVI

DIA．“ThankstoAI,thefacewillbethenewcreditcard,thenewdriver‟slicenseandthenewbarcode(条形码).Facialrecognitionisalreadycompletelytra

nsformingsecuritywithbiometriccapabilitiesbeingadopted,andseeinghowtechnologyandbusinessareconnected,likeAmazoniswithWholeFoods,Icansee

anearfuturewherepeoplewillnolongerneedtostandinlineatthestore.”---GeorgesNahon,president,OrangeInsti

tute,aglobalresearchlaboratory.“2019willbetheyearAIbecomesrealformedicine.Bytheendoftheyearwe‟reseeingsolutionsforpopu

lationhealth,hospitaloperationsandabroadsetofclinicalspecialtiesquicklyfollowbehind.”---MarkMichalski,ex

ecutivedirector,MassachusettsGeneralHospital.12．WhatcanweknowaboutAIfromthefirsttwoparagraphs?A．Peopledidn'

texpectAItodevelopsorapidly.B．TheideaofAIjustcameuprecently.C．TheconceptofAIwasputforwardbyRalphHaupter.D

．Ittookmorethan70yearstoturntheconceptintoreality.13．WhoseesthefutureofAIdoinghouseworkinsteadofhuma

nbeing?A．AlanTuring.B．GeorgesNahon.C．MarkMichalski.D．AlejandroTroccoli.14．WhatisGeorgesNahon‟sjob?A．Executivedirectoro

fahospital.B．Presidentofaresearchlaboratory.C．Chairmanofanenergycorporation.D．Chiefoperatingofficerofanewspaper.15．Howisthep

assagedeveloped?A．Byexplainingcauseandeffect.B．Bypresentingresearchresults.C．Bylistingsomepredictions.D．Bydescribingpersonalexperiences.6.（2020届广西桂

林调研）Eachyear,halfamillionpeoplediefrombrainaneurysms（动脉瘤）—whenabloodvessel（血管）burstsinthebrain.Ananeurysmisabulge（膨胀）inabloodvesselthatcanburst.

Ifthathappensinthebrain,itcanbedeadly.Forsurvivors,physicaldisabilitiesareoftensevere.Theymayincludememoryproblems,l

ossofbalance,troublespeakingandevenblindness.Butnewtechnologiesareincreasingsurvivalratesandreducingdis

abilities.BeaumontBaconisasurvivorwhomakeslightofherexperiencebecausesheisacomedian（喜剧演员）.Sheuseshumortomakeotherslaugh.Now

she‟sworkingonanewshow.MichaelAlexanderisherdoctor.HeoperatedonBeaumontBaconafterherattack.“Shehadbleedi

nginthefrontalareaofherbrain,sorightabovetheeyes.Thepartthatwasinthebrainwasaboutmaybethesizeofanegg.So,that‟safairlylargebleed.”Ms.Baco

nhadabetterchanceatsurvivalthanmostpeoplebecauseofDr.Alexander.HedirectstheNeurovascularCenterinLosAngeles.Thecenter

offersnewtechnologiesthatincludeplacingacatheter（导管）intoananeurysm,thenthreadingwirestopromotebloodclots（血栓）.Thistechniquereducesthechancesofanothe

rburstbloodvessel.“Youdon‟thavetoopenuptheskull（头盖骨）oropenupthebraintodosurgery.It‟salldonefrominsidethebloodvessels.Soitreducesth

eamountofbloodloss,andtherecoveryismuchfaster.”ForBeaumontBacon‟srecovery,thehospitalworkedtopreventproblemscommonlyfoundinpatients

withaburstaneurysm.Theproblemsincludebrainswellingthatcanshutdownbloodvessels.Shespentamonthinacoma（昏迷）—unabletocommuni

catewithdoctors,friendsandlovedones.Butwithayearoftreatment,sherecovered.Now,sheismakingpeoplelaugh.12．Whatdoyouknowabo

utaneurysms?A．Notechnologiescantreatthemnowadays.B．Theymaycauseseveredisabilities.C．Fewpeoplediefromthemeveryyear.D．Theyaredeadlywherevertheyha

ppen.13．ThenewtechnologyhasthefollowingbenefitsEXCEPTthat________.A．itismuchfasterforthepatienttorecoverB．it

bringsnoproblemsaftertheoperationC．itreducestheamountofbloodlossD．itdoesn‟tneedtoopenupthebraintooperate14．ItcanbeknownfromthepassagethatBeaumontBa

con________.A．wasalwaysinanunconsciousstateaftertheoperationB．recoveredsoonafterthetreatmentC．returnedtoworkafterthetreatmentD．wasthefir

sttotrythenewtechnology15．Theauthorshowstheeffectofthetechnologyby________.A．providinganexampleB．makingcomparisonsC．offeringdataD．giv

ingexplanations7.（2020届广西玉林市高三第一次适应性考试）We‟veknownthatsittingforlongperiodsoftimeeverydayhascountlesshealthconse

quences,likeahigherriskofheartdisease.Butnowanewstudyhasfoundthatsittingisalsobadforyourbrain.Astudypublishedlastweek,con

ductedbyDr.PrabhaSiddarthattheUniversityofCalifornia,showedthatsedentary（久坐的）behaviorisassociatedwithreducedthicknessofthemedialtemporallo

be（中颞叶）,abrainareathatiscriticaltolearningandmemory.Theresearchersaskedagroupof35healthypeople,ages45to70,about

theiractivitylevelsandtheaveragenumberofhourseachdayspentsittingandthenscannedtheirbrains.Theyfoundthatthesubjectswhoreportedsi

ttingforlongerperiodshadthethinnestmedialtemporallobes.Itmeansthatthemoretimeyouspendinachairtheworseitisforyourbrain

health,resultinginpossibledamagetolearningandmemory.Whatisalsointerestingisthatthisstudydidnotfindasignificanta

ssociationbetweenthelevelofphysicalactivityandthicknessofthisbrainarea,suggestingthatexercise,evensevereexercise,mayn

otbeenoughtoprotectyoufromtheharmfuleffectsofsitting.Itthensurprisinglyturnedoutthatyoudon‟tevenhavetomovemuchtoenhancecognition

（认知）;juststandingwilldothetrick.Forexample,twogroupsofsubjectswereaskedtocompleteatestwhileeithersittingorstanding.Participantsarepresentedw

ithconflictingstimuli（刺激）,liketheword“green”inblueink,andaskedtonamethecolor.Subjectsthinkingontheirfeetbeatthosewhosa

tbya3-milicondmargin.Thecognitiveeffectsofseverephysicalexercisearewellknown.Butthepossibilitythatstandingmorean

dsittinglessimprovesbrainhealthcouldlowerthebarforeveryone.Iknow,thisallrunscountertoreceivedideasaboutdee

pthought,fromourgradeschoolteachers,whotoldustositdownandfocus,toRodin‟sfamous“Thinker,”seatedwithchinonhand.Theywerewrong.Youcannowallsta

ndup.8．WhatcanweinferfromParagraphs3and4?A．Severeexercisecanlessenthedamageofsitting.B．Severeexercisecangreatlyimproveou

rbrainhealth.C．Sedentarybehaviorwillpossiblydamageourbrain.D．Brainhealthhasnothingtodowithsedentarybehavior.9．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“margin”inPa

ragraph5mean?A．blank.B．edge.C．decrease.D．difference.10．Whatisthereceivedideaaboutdeepthought?A．Sittingmoreisgoodforourmentalhealth.B．Sittin

gisbetterwhenwethink.C．Exercisemorecanimproveourcognition.D．Weshouldstandwhilethinking.11．Thepassagemainlytellsus__

______.A．peopletendtositwhilethinkingB．standingmorecanmakeourbrainhealthierC．physicalexercisecanimproveourbrainhealthD．sedentarybehaviorleadstocountl

esshealthproblems8.（2020届广西玉林市高三第一次适应性考试）Ifyou‟vespentanyamountoftimeboating,fishing,orbird-watchingatlakesandrivers,youhavemostlikely

seenfishesjumpingoutofthewater.Ihaveseenitmanytimes.Certainly,fisheswillexitwaterindesperateattemptstoescapeenemies.Dolphinstakeadvantag

eofthebehavior,formingacircleandcatchingthefrightenedfishesinmidair.Butjustaswemayrunfastfromfunorfromfear,differentemotionsmight

motivatefishestojump.Mobularays（蝸鲼）aren‟tmotivatedbyfearwhentheythrowtheirimpressivebodies—uptoaseventeen-footwingspan(thedistance

fromtheendofonewingtotheendoftheother)andatoninweight—skywardinleap（跳跃）ofuptotenfeet.Theydoitinschools（鱼群）ofhundreds.Theyusuallylandon

theirbellies,butsometimestheylandontheirbacks.Somescientiststhinkitmightbeawayofremovingparasites（寄生虫）.ButIt

hinkthattheraysareenjoyingthemselves.IntheclearwatersofFlorida‟sChassahowitzkaNationalWildlifeRefuge,Iwatchedseveralschoolsoffiftyo

rmoremullets（鲻鱼）movinginbeautifulformation.Theirwell-builtbodiesweremostevidentwhentheyleapedfromthewater.

MostofthetimeIsawoneortwoleapsbyafish,butonemadeaseriesofseven.Theyusuallylandontheirsides.Eachjumpwasabou

tafootclearofthewaterandtwotothreefeetinlength.Nobodyknowsforsurewhythefishleaps.Oneideaisthattheydoittotakeinoxygen.Theideaissupportedbythefact

thatmulletsleapmorewhenthewaterislowerinoxygen,butischallengedbythelikelihoodthatjumpingcostsmoreenergythanisgainedbybre

athingair.Itishardtoimaginetheywillfeelanyfresherwhenbackinwater.Mightthesefishesalsobeleapingforfun?Thereissomenewevidence.GordonM.

Burghardtrecentlypublishedaccountsofadozentypesoffishesleapingrepeatedly,sometimesoverfloatingobjects

—sticks,plants,sunningturtle—fornoclearreasonotherthanentertainment.12．WhatcanwesayaboutthedolphinsinP

aragraph1?A．Theyhavegreatescapingskills.B．Theyareeasilyfrightened.C．Theyareveryclever.D．Theylovejumping.13．Whatdoth

erayandthemullethaveincommonwhenjumping?A．Bothdoitingroups.B．Bothlandontheirbellies.C．Bothjumpmanyfeet

outofwater.D．Bothmakeleapsoneaftertheother.14．HowdoestheauthorfeelabouttheideamentionedinParagraph4?A．Itisvaluable.B．Itisinteresti

ng.C．Itisimaginative.D．Itisquestionable.15．Whichmaybethereasonforfishleapsaccordingtotheauthor?A．Toremoveparasites

.B．Toamusethemselves.C．Totakeinmoreoxygen.D．Toexpresspositiveemotions.9.（2020届河南省焦作市高三三模）What‟sthedealw

ithnewwords?Wheredotheycomefromandhowdotheygofromunknowntoofficial?First,newwordshavetocirculateinculturetomakeitintothedi

ctionary.Theyhavetobeusedandunderstood.Wordshaveamuchbetterchanceofgettingaddedtothedictionaryifyous

eetheminprintorheartheminconversation.It‟sactuallyafull-timejobtosearchpopularcommunicationtofigureoutwhatnewwordsaresurfacinginourverna

cular（方言）.Lexicographersgettodecidewhichwordsmakeitintothedictionary,andtheydosobyreadingwidelyacrossi

ndustriesanddisciplines.However,theyalsomakedecisionsaboutwhichidiomsmakeitin.Dictionariescansometimesgetover1,000newwordsperyear.In2019theMerriam-

Websteraddedover600inAprilandanother500+inSeptember.Afterlexicographersdecidewhichwordswillbeincluded,theywriteanewdefinition.S

omeexistingwordsalsogainadditionalmeanings,andthereareusuallythousandsofrevisions.Thedictionaryisacons

tantlychangingwork-in-progress,justlikethelanguageitdescribesanddefines.Forinstance,theword“peak”recentl

ywentfrombeingjustasharp,pointedendtoalsobeingsomethingattheheightofpopularity.Occasionallyfakewordsactuallyendupinthedictionarybymistake.Ifyouhav

eawordthatyouthinkshouldbeinthedictionary,you‟rewelcometogetintouchwiththelexicographersandsuggestit.However,thewordneedstobefairlypopular

.Ithastohave“widespread,frequent,meaningfulusage”.Forinstance,OMGwasaddedtothedictionaryin2009afterlexicographershadob

serveditingeneraluseforabout15years.Newwordsspringfromnewtechnologiesanddisciplines,butthey‟reveryofteninventedbyauthorsand

writerswholovelanguageandplaywithittocreatenewmeanings.OneofthegreatestcreatorswasWilliamShakespearewhocreatedover1,700newwordsoftenby

adaptingusageandusingnewcompounds.He‟sresponsibleforwordslikeeyeball,excitement,fashionable,andlonely.“Hard-b

oiled”wasinventedbyMarkTwain.8．Whatkindofnewwordscanbeincludedindictionaries?A．Wordswhichhavebeenwidelyusedforlong.B．Words

whichwerecreatedbyfamouswriters.C．Wordswhichhavebeenspokenbysomelocals.D．Wordswhichfrequentlyappearinaprivateconversation.9．Whatdoestheunderli

nedword“Lexicographers”inthefirstparagraphprobablymean?A．Newwordcreators.B．Writersofadictionary.C．Specialists

inlanguages.D．Historiansonancientcultures.10．Whatdoestheauthorthinkofadictionary?A．Quiteambiguous.B．Error-free.C．Extremelyrigi

d.D．Graduallydeveloping.11．Whatisthebesttitleforthetext?A．HowtheDictionaryIsRevisedB．HowNewWordsSprea

dinCultureC．HowWordsGetAddedtotheDictionaryD．HowNewWordsAreInventedbyFamousAuthors10.（2020届河南省六市第一次模拟）

We‟veknownforyearsthatplantscansee,hear,smellandcommunicatewithchemicals.Now,reportedNewScientist,theyhaveb

eenrecordedmakingsoundswhenstressed.Inayet-to-be-publishedstudy,ItzhakKhaitandhisteamatTelAvivUniversity,inIsrael,

foundthattomatoandtobaccoplantscanmakeultrasonic(超声的)noises.Theplants“cryout”duetolackofwater,orwhentheirstems(茎)arecut.It‟sjusttoohig

h-pitched(音调高的)forhumanstohear.Microphonesplaced10centimetersawayfromtheplantspickedupsoundsintheultrasonicrangeof20to100kilohertz(千赫兹)

.Humanhearingusuallyrangesfrom20hertzto20kilohertz.“Thesefindingscanalterthewaywethinkabouttheplantkingdom,”theywrote.Onave

rage,“thirsty”tomatoplantsmade35soundsanhour,whiletobaccoplantsmade11.Whenplantstemswerecut,tomatoplantsmadeanaverageof25soundsinthe

followinghour,andtobaccoplants15.Unstressedplantsproducedfewerthanonesoundperhour,onaverage.Perhapsmostinterestingly,differenttypesofstr

essledtodifferentsounds.Theresearcherstrainedamachine-learningmodeltoseparatetheplants‟soundsfromthoseo

fthewind,rainandothernoisesofthegreenhouse.Inmostcases,itcorrectlyidentifiedwhetherthestresswascausedbydrynessoracut

,basedonasound‟sintensityandfrequency.Water-hungrytobaccoappearstomakeloudersoundsthancuttobacco,forexample.AlthoughKhaitandhiscoll

eaguesonlylookedattomatoandtobaccoplants,theythinkotherplantsalsomakesoundswhenstressed.Iffarmerscouldheart

hesesounds,saidtheteam,theycouldgivewatertotheplantsthatneeditmost.Asclimatechangecausesmoredroughts,theysaidthiswouldbeimportanti

nformationforfarmers.“Thesoundsthatdrought-stressedplantsmakecouldbeusedinprecisionagriculture(精准农业),”saidAnneVisscherattheRoyalBotanicGardens,K

ew,intheUK.Khait‟sreportalsosuggestthatinsetsandmammalscanhearthesoundsupto5metersawayandrespond.Forexample,amoth(蛾子)maydecidenottolayeg

gsonawater-stressedplant.EdwardFarmer,attheUniversityofLausanne,Switzerland,isdoubtful.Hesaidthattheideaofm

othslisteningtoplantsis“alittletoospeculative”.Ifplantsarescreamingforfearoftheirsurvival,shouldwebethankfulwecan‟thearthem?28．Whatdid

Khaitandhisteamfindfromtheirresearch?A．Plantsmadelow-pitchedsoundswhenindanger.B．Plantswereabletoproducesoundsi

nresponsetostresses.C．Plantspickedupawiderrangeofsoundswhenstressed.D．Plantsmadeultrasonicnoisestocommunicatewitheachother.29．Ho

wdidtomatoandtobaccoplantsreacttodifferentstressesaccordingtothetext?A．Aplantreactedtodifferentstresseswiththesamesound.B．Cuttomatoplantspro

ducedmoresoundsperhourthanwater-hungryones.C．Cuttobaccoplantsseemedtomakeweakersoundsthandrought-stressedones.D．Tobaccoplantsmightmakeloudersound

sthantomatoplantswhenshortofwater.30．What‟sthemainideaofParagraph6?A．Thepotentialapplicationsoftheresearch.B．Challengesfacingfarmersinthef

uture.C．Farmers„contributionstotheresearch.D．Whatthefutureagriculturewillbelike.31．Theunderlinedword“speculative”inthesecond-to-lastparagraph

hastheclosestmeaningto“________”.A．practicalB．unsuspectedC．unsupportedD．complicated11.（2020届河南省新乡市高三第二次模拟）Manycollegestudentswanttoloo

kforseasonal,short-termorpart-timejobstogetextracash,tostaybusyortogetworkingexperience.LifeguardThejobisagreatopportunitytobuildyourfitness,keeppe

oplesafeandbeoutdoorstoenjoysomefunonthebeachinthesun.Theaveragehourlywageforlifeguardsis$9.31,butthosewithcertificationsorpreviousexperiencemaybeabl

etoearnabitmore.Nanny(保姆)Studentscanfindplentyofpositionsasparentsscramble(争抢)toarrangeactivitiesandfindcarefort

heirchildren.Studentswhoenjoyspendingtimewithkids,stayingactiveandbeingoutdoorscanspendtheirleisuretime

makingmoneywithoutevenfeelinglikethey‟reworking.Nanniesmake$14.56perhour.CampConsultantStudentswhoenjoyspendingtheirtimewithchild

ren,beingaleaderandmonitoringfunoutdooractivitiesareperfectforcampconsultantpositions.Theaveragehourlywageforcampconsultantsis$9.28,butthose

withmanyyears‟experienceorspecificacademicbackgroundsmaybeabletoearnmore.FoodServerAlthoughitmaynotseeml

ikethemostattractivewaytospendaweekend,workingaswaitstaffallowsstudentstobuilduptheirsocialskills,stayactive,enjoyfreemealsatworkandpo

silyeducatethemselvesaboutdifferentcuisines.However,foodserversneedtobeontheirfeetforhoursatatimeandmustbeableto

multi-tasklikeprofessionals,sotakethisintoaccountbeforesubmittinganapplication.Theaveragesalaryis$9.00hourly,buttripscanraisethatnumber.1．Whoare

thetwojobsnannyandcampconsultantmostfitfor?A．Studentswhowanttodeveloptheirsocialskills.B．Studentswholovestay

ingwithchildren.C．Studentswholovetraveling.D．Studentswholovecamping.2．Whatshouldyoutakeintoconsiderationbeforeapplyingtobeafoodserver?A．Thewayofcooki

ng.B．Thefoodyoucanenjoy.C．Longstandingtimeatwork.D．Skillingettingtipsfromcustomers.3．Whatjobcanyoudoif

you‟regoodatswimming?A．Alifeguard.B．Ananny.C．Acampconsultant.D．Afoodserver.12.（2020届河南省新乡市高三第二次模拟）Doyoulookdownwhenyo

uspeak?Playwithyourhair?Leantooneside?Everylastgesturetellsastory.Whatyouaresayingtoothersisnotonlyreflectedinthewordscomingfromyourmouth,butalsoth

roughthegesturesandmotionsyoumakewithyourbody.KristinAppenbrink,AssociateEditorforRealSimple.com,showswhatyo

urbodylanguageissayingaboutyou.Standingwithyourlegstogetherisconsideredmoreofaconservativestance(站姿).Itlookslikeasolider

facinghisofficer.Thiswayofstandingusuallyindicatesrespect.Thiswayyoumoveyourbodyreflectsyourattitude.Andshiftingyourweightfromsidetosi

deorfronttobackindicatesthatyouareanxiousordisappointed.Basically,thisisaphysicalrepresentationofwhatisgoingoninyourhead:youarehavingsoman

yunsettlingthoughtsthatyoucan‟tstopmovingfromonetotheother.Crossingyourarmsandlegsisadefensiveposition.Takenoteofthesurroundings.Moreoftenth

annot,thisjustmeansapersoniscold.Manypeoplealsofindthispositiontobecomfortable.Pointingtoes(脚趾)in,bigtoetobigtoe,indicatesyouareclosingyourselfoffbe

causeyoufeelawkwardorinsecure.But,ifyou‟resittingupstraightwithyourshouldersaligned(对齐的)andyourheadup—signsofanopenbodypo

sition—yourfeetmaybebetrayingyou.Openingupyourhandsbyspreadingyourhandsmeansyouareopentonewideasbeingoffered.Facingyourpalmsdo

wnorgraspingyourfistsfirmlyshowsyouhaveastrongposition—onethatmaynotbesoflexible.8．WhichofthefollowingdoesKristinAppenbri

nkprobablyagreewith?A．Bodylanguagewillreplacespokenlanguage.B．Standingwitharmscrossingindicatesrespect.C．Bodylanguagecanexpr

esswhatwewanttosay.D．Ourbodies‟motionsaredifferentfromourgestures.9．Whattechniqueofwritingismainlyusedinthetext?A．Makingcompa

risons.B．Analysingcauses.C．Raisingquestions.D．Givingexamples.10．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“unsettling”

meaninparagraph3?A．Satisfying.B．Upsetting.C．Doubtful.D．Unconscious.11．Whatdoesoneshowifhepointshistoe

sin,bigtoetobigtoe?A．Hefeelsembarrassedandunsafe.B．Hethinkssomeonehasbetrayedhim.C．Hefeelslikehidings

omethingfromothers.D．He‟swillingtoacceptnewideasfromothers.13.（2020届河南省新乡市高三第二次模拟）Fearofthecontagion(传染病)hasres

trictedairtravelandpeoplearequestioningthesafetyoftravelingonshipsforpleasure.Butoneexpertsayspeoplecouldeffectivelyprotectthemse

lvesandothersfromtheinfectiousvirusbydoingonesimplething:washingtheirhands.ChristosNicolaides,aphysicist,workswithcompute

rmodelsthatsimulate(模拟)thespreadofdisease.“Theairtransportationnetworkisthemainpathwayforaglobaldiseasespread,”Nicolaidessaid.Tounderstandthi

s,thinkofallthethingsyouandothershandleatanairport.Whenpeoplecoughorsneeze,verysmalldropsofmucus(粘液)flythroughthea

ir.Theylandonsurfacesofthingsthatotherpeoplehandle.Nicolaidesledastudywhichfoundthatifyouwanttoslowtheinfectionofa

disease,focusonhand-washing.Hesaidresearcherstriedtofindtherateofhand-washingaroundtheworld.Earlierstudiesshowedthat70percentof

peoplewashtheirhandsafterusingatoilet,butonlyaboutsevenpercentdoitcorrectly.Nicolaidessaid,“Youshouldwashyourhandswithsoapa

ndwaterforatleast15seconds.Myresearchersstudiedthis,andwefoundoutthatifyouvisitanairportanytimeintheworld,youwillrealizethatonlyon

efifthpeoplehavecleanhands.”Nicolaidesthenstudied“super-spreader”airports,Hesaid,“A„super-spreader‟airportisanairportthatcombinestwoqualities.Thef

irstoneisthatithasalotoftrafficandalotofpeople.Andtheotheroneisthatitisconnectedtomanyotherairportswithmanyotherinternati

onalflights.Theseairportsareverybusy,suchastheJohnF.KennedyairportinNewYork,LosAngelesInternational.”N

icolaidessaidthatif60percentoftravelershadcleanhands,thepossibilityofslowingaglobaldiseasewouldriseby69p

ercent.Butevenifjust30percentoftravelershadcleanhands,thespreadofdiseasecoulddropby24percent.Hesaid,“Educatingthepublicisthemos

timportant.”12．Whatkindofeffectdoesthecontagionhave?A．Flightsandshipsaretotallycanceled.B．Travellingcostsaregreatlyincreased.C．Peoplewo

rryaboutthesafetyoftravelling.D．Thedevelopmentofworldeconomyisstopped.13．Whatisthemaincauseoftheglobalspreadofth

edisease?A．Peopletouchpublicfacilitieswithviruswhiletraveling.B．Thegovernmenttakeslittlenoticeofthedisease.C．Thegovernmentfailstocont

rolthedisease.D．Peopleareunawareoftheirsickness.14．Whatcanweinferfromearlierstudiesinthetext?A．30%ofpeopledo

n‟twashtheirhands.B．Mostpeoplehavevisited“super-spreader”airports.C．Visitingairportsincreasestheriskofinfectingdiseases.D．Fewpeoplerealizerightw

aysofwashinghandsafterusingatoilet.15．What‟sthemainideaofthistext?A．Expertsfindcorrectwaystowashhands.B．Washinghandshelpsstopspreadingcontagions.C．C

ontagionshavecausedresearchers‟greatconcern.D．Travellingbyplaneincreasesrisksofspreadingdisease.14.（2020届湖南湖北四校高三调研联考）PuttingM

oviesonMobilesMoviesinthetheatergettheirrecognitionatawardsceremoniessuchastheOscars.Buthowaboutmoviesforphones?Theyaregettin

gtheirturnatMoFilm-thefirstmobilefilmfestival.ThefirstMoFilmcompetitionreceived250entriesfrommorethan100countri

es.Entrieswererestrictedtofilmsthatwerefiveminutesorlessinlength-bestforviewingandsharingonmobilephones.Anindependentteamofjudgesthen

selectedashortlistoffivefilm-makers.Thewinnerwaschosenfromtheshortlistbyanaudiencevotingusingtheirphones.NewPlatformsTheawardshighlighttheincre

asinginfluencethatmobilephonesareshowingintheentertainmentindustry.Manygrassrootsfilmmakersstartoutwithshortfilms.Theyarethwarte

dbythelackofopportunitiestoscreentheirwork.Therefore,mobilephonesareincreasinglybeingseenasanewplatformfortheseshortworks.Itisagoodplacefo

ranyonewhowantstoexpressthemselvesandfindawaytohavethatexpressionbeseenbyawideaudience.Justthinkabou

thowmanypeoplehavemobilephonesintheworld!NewTechnologyAdvancesMoFilmispioneeringcontentformobileandonlineservicesthatisaworldawayfromHollywood

.Themajorityoffilmsmadeformobilesarenowshortinlength,takingintoaccountthescreensize.Howeverthiscouldbe

overcomeastechnologyadvances.Inthenearfuture,longerfilmswilllikelybeseenonthemobilephone.Andtherearemobilecompaniescreatingphoneswhereuserscanw

atchmoviesathigherquality.Whereveryouseemovies,onethingiscertain:thequalityofwork,thesimpleabilityatstorytel

ling，andthethingthatinspiressomeonetotellastorycanreallycomefromanywhere.21．Theunderlinedword“thwarted”means“_____”.A．surprisedB．frigh

tenedC．disappointedD．encouraged22．Nowadaysthemajorityoffilmsmadeformobilesareshortinlengthbecauseof_____.A．thescreensizeB．onli

neservicesC．technologyadvancesD．themobilephone23．Wecanlearnfromthetext_____.A．Itisimpossibletoseelongerfilmson

mobilephone.B．Mobilecompanieswillcreatingmorefilms.C．Thequalityworkcanonlybeseeninthetheater.D．Thequalityofworkcan

alsobeseenfromMoFilms.15.（2020届湖南湖北四校高三调研联考）PigeonsinLondonhaveabadreputation.Somepeoplecallthemflyingrats.Andmanyblamethemforcausingpo

llutionwiththeirdroppings.Butnowthebirdsarebeingusedtofightanotherkindofpollutioninthiscityof8.5million.“Theprobl

emforairpollutionisthatit‟sbeenlargelyignoredasanissueforalongtime,”saysAndreaLee,whoworksfortheLond

on-basedenvironmentalorganizationClientEarth.“Peopledon‟trealizehowbaditis,andhowitactuallyaffectstheirhealth.„„London‟spoorairquality

islinkedtonearly10,000earlydeathsayear.Leesays,citingreportreleasedbythecitymanagerlastyear,“Ifpeoplewerebetterinformedaboutthepolluti

onthey‟rebreathing,”shesays,”theycouldpressurethegovernmenttodosomethingaboutit.„„Nearby,onawindyhillinLondon‟sRegent‟sPark,anexperim

entisunderwaythatcouldhelp-thefirstweekofflightsbythePigeonAirPatrol.ItallbeganwhenPierreDuquesnoy,thedirectorf

orDigitasLBi,amarketingfirm,wonaLondonDesignFestivalcontestlastyeartoshowhowaworldproblemcouldbesolvedusingTwitter.Duquesnoy,fromFrance,chosethepro

blemofairpollution.“Basically,Irealizedhowimportanttheproblemwas,vhesays.“ButalsoIrealizedthatmostofthepeoplearoundmedidn‟tknowanythingabouti

t.„„Duquesnoysayshewantstobettermeasurepollution,whileatthesametimemakingtheresultsaccessibletothepublicthroug

hTwitter.“So,“hewondered,“howcouldwegoacrossthecityquicklycollectingasmuchdataaspossible?”Drones(无人驾驶飞机)were

hisfirstthought.Butit‟sillegaltoflythemoverLondon.“ButpigeonscanflyaboveLondon,right?”hesays.“Theylive-actually?theyareLondonersaswell.So,ye

ah,Ithoughtaboutusingpigeonsequippedwithmobileapps.Andwecanusenotjuststreetpigeons,butracingpigeons,becausetheyflypretty

quicklyandprettylow.“SoitmightbetimeforLondonerstohavemorerespectfortheirpigeons.Thebirdsmayjustbehelpingtoimprovethequalityofthec

ity'sair.28．WhatcanweinferaboutLondon‟sairqualityfromparagraph2?A．Londonersareverysatisfiedwithit.B．Thegovernmentistryingto

improveit.C．Thegovernmenthasdonealottoimproveit.D．Londonersshouldpaymoreattentiontoit.29．DuquesnoyattendedtheLondonDesignFestivalto__.A．ent

ertainLondonersB．solveaworldproblemC．designaproductforsaleD．protectanimalslikepigeons30．WhydidDuquesnoygiveupusingdronestoflyacr

ossLondon?A．BecausetheyaretooexpensiveB．Becausetheyflytooquickly.C．Becausetheyareforbidden.D．Becausetheyflytooh

igh.31．Whichcanbethebesttitleforthetext?A．London‟sNewPollutionFighterB．London‟sDirtySecretC．CleanAirinLondonD．CausesofAirPollutioninLondon16.（202

0届湖南省郴州市高三第二次教学质量监测）TheUniversityScienceLibraryTheUniversityScienceLibraryholdscollectionsinEngineering,Geography,LifeSciences,Managemen

t,MathematicalandPhysicalSciences.Self-servicefacilitiesareprovidedforborrowing,renewingandreturningoneweekandstandardloanbooks.There

isalsoadedicatedself-serviceShortLoanCollectionforovernightloans.PrintjournalsarenotborrowableintheScienceLibrary.Borrowing,RenewingandMo

reFourquickandeasytouseloansmachinesarelocatedintheLearningLaboratoryonthegroundfloor.Justscanthebarcod

eonthebackofyourLibrarycardandenteryourPINnumber(setinitiallyas4digits,DDMMofyourbirthday)toborrowandrenewyourbooks,tocheckreservationsa

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(includingbooksborrowedfromStore).Unlikeanordinarybookdrop,themachineswillclearthebooksfromyourLibraryacco

untimmediately.Whenyouhavereturnedallofyourbooks,themachinewillproduceareceiptforyourrecords.Rememberthatyoucanreturnasmanybooksasyo

uwant,butonlyoneatatime.Short-loancollectionroomShortloanbooksarecurrentlystoredinthecafeonthegroundfloor.Plea

seusethemachineinthisroomtoborrowandreturnbooks.CafeWehaveacafeonthegroundflooroftheScienceLibrarysell

inghotandcolddrinksandcoldsnacks,butpleaserememberthateatingisnotpermittedinthereadingroomsontheupperlevels.Openinghours:Monday:Openfrom08:45Tuesda

y—Friday:24houropeningSaturday:24houropeninguntil21:00Sunday:11:00-21:00(holdersoftheUniversityLibrarycards

only)1．WhatsubjectmaynotbecoveredintheUniversityLibrary?A．Literature.B．Biology.C．Chemistry.D．Geography.2．Whichofthefollo

wingstatementsisrightabouttheUniversityLibrary?A．Bothfoodandbooksaresoldinthecafe.B．EatingisonlyallowedonthegroundflooroftheUniversityLi

brary.C．AllthebooksandmagazinesintheUniversityLibrarycanbeborrowed.D．Allthebookscanbereturnedatatimebyusingthemachine

sintheLearningLaboratory.3．Ifyoudon‟thavetheUniversityLibrarycard,youcanNOTborrowbookson.A．SundayB．MondayC．ThursdayD．Satur

day17.（2020届湖南省郴州市高三第二次教学质量监测）Languageisperhapsthemostdistinctiveofhumancharacteristics,butitsevolutionremainsamystery.Ourcomm

unicationisenhancedbyturn—taking(轮流说话)—ortheorderlyexchangeofcommunicativesignals—whichhasbeenfoundtobelargelyuniversalacrosscultures.Butthisturn-t

akingbehaviorisactuallywidespreadacrosstheanimalkingdom,accordingtoalarge-scalereviewofstudiespublishedinthejournalPhilosophicalTransactionsoftheRoy

alSocietyB:BiologicalSciences.Inthestudy,theresearchersstressedthatoneofthemarksofturn-takingacrossallspecies

isfinetiming.Forexample,insomespeciesofsongbird,thegapbetweenthecallsoftwodifferentbirdsisoftenlessthan50milliseconds.Ontheotherhand,communicatio

ninsomespeciesismuchslower.Asforspermwhales,thegapbetweeneachvocalexchangeisaroundtwoseconds.Inhumans,thereisusuallyagapofroughly

200millisecondsbetweenturnsinaconversation.Whilemanystudieshavefocusedonturn-takingbehaviorinanimals,westillknowverylittleaboutit,partlyb

ecausethereportsaresovariedthatlarge-scalecross-speciescomparisonisallbutimpossible,accordingtotheresearchers.“Overall,directcomparisonsofturn-takin

gskillsofnon-humananimalsinrelationtolanguageoriginsarehighlylimitedbylackofdata,theapplicationofdifferentterms

,differentstudymethodsandstudyenvironments,theauthorswroteinthestudy.”Furthermore,investigationshavesofarmainlybeenfocusingonsinglecalltypesor

songsofspecies,limitingadeeperunderstandingofthevariabilityofturning-takingsystemsfoundintheanimalkingdom.Inlightofthis

,theresearchersproposedanewframeworkforfuturestudiesonturn-takingtomakecross-speciescomparisonseasier.“Thegoaloftheframeworkistopr

omotelarge-scalecross-speciescomparisons”,KobinKendrick,fromtheUniversityofYork‟sDepartmentofLanguageandL

inguisticScience,saidinastatement.“Suchaframeworkwillallowresearcherstotracethehistoryofthisevolutionofremarkableturn-takingbehaviorandsolve

oldquestionsabouttheoriginsofhumanlanguage.”12．Whatcanwelearnfromthetext?A．Turn-takingbehaviorinallspe

ciesiswelltimed.B．Languageistheleastdistinctiveofhumancharacteristics.C．Thegapbetweenturnsinahumanconversationisa

bouttwoseconds.D．Relativelyspeaking,thegapbetweenthecallsoftwobirdsislonger.13．Whatmakesthenon-humananimallanguagestudiesdifficultaccord

ingtothetext?a.Lackofdata.b.Lackofmoney.c.Variedreportsandstudies.d.Theapplicationofdifferentterms.A．abcB．bcdC

．abdD．acd14．Wecaninferfromthetextthat.A．cross-speciescomparisonisthehardesttostudyintheevolutionoflanguage

B．turn-takinginanimalcommunicationbetweenspeciesisdifficulttofindC．non-humanlanguagestudiesshouldbefocusedonsinglecalltypes

D．theturn-takingbehaviorofanimalsissimilartothatofhumanbeings15．Whydidtheresearchersputforwardanewframework?A．Toencouragemorestudie

sontheevolutionofturn-takingbehaviour.B．Tobuildalinkbetweenanimalcommunicationandhumanlanguage.C．Toma

kelarge-scalecross-speciescomparisonsofturn-takingeasier.D．Toguideotherresearchersinhowtostudyanimalcommunication.18.（2020届湖南省怀化市高三第一次模拟）Thedriv

ercutsyouoffintraffic.Theneighborsdon‟tpickupaftertheirdog.Theinsurancecompanykeepsyouwaitingendlessly.Situationssuchasthesegetourheartsracin

g.Angerisn‟tapleasantfeeling.Someofuscontroltheemotion,whileothersexplodeinawildrage.Bothhabitsaffectourbodie

s,ourminds,andourrelationships.Angermayfeeluncomfortable,butit‟salsonormalandhealthy.“Alotofpeoplethinktheyhaveto

getridoftheiranger,”saysPatrick,apsychologistinCalgary.“Butangerisanemotionbuiltintoustosignalthatsomethingneedsto

besolved.”Whenwetakenoticeofthatsignalandactuallyrealizetheprobleminsteadofignoringit,we‟reusuallymuchbetterforit.Unfortunately,manyofushaveb

eenconditionedtohideouremotions.Researchsuggeststhatthiscanhavelong-termeffectsonourhealth.Investigatorsshowthatpeoplewhosuppressthei

remotionstendtohaveshorterlifespans.They‟remorelikelytodieearlierfromcancer,forexample.Whenweareangry,stresshormone

s(荷尔蒙)arereleased,whichcanmakeusdevelopawiderangeofdiseases,includingdiabetesanddepression.Isitbetter,th

en,toscreamwheneversomethingmakesyoumad?That‟sthetheorybehindthe“ragerooms”thathaveappearedinmanyAmericancities,wherefol

ksareinvitedtoexpresstheirangerbyviolentlyhittingstuffina“safe”environment.“Buttheresearchindicatesthatwhenwedisplayourangeraggressively,itcana

ctuallyincreasetheintensityoftheanger—andincreasethelikelihoodofaggressiveactionsinthefuture.”saysKeelan.Itdoesn

‟ttakemuchimaginationtopredicthowangercanaffectyourrelationshipswithyourwivesorhusbands,yourkids,oryourcoworkers.Italsohurtsyourhealth.8．Whatsitu

ationmaymakepeopleangry?A．Neighborspickuptheirdogs‟waste.B．Theinsurancecompanytimelyoffersservice.C．Adriver

doesn‟twaitforhisturn.D．Astrangerhelpswhenpeoplegetlost.9．Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?A．Peopleshouldtrytheirbesttocontroltheiremot

ion.B．Angerdoesgoodtoourhealthsometimes.C．Angrypeopleneverreleasestresshormones.D．Angerisanemotionsignali

ngsomethinghasbeensolved.10．Whatdoestheunlinedword“suppress”inPara.3mean?A．affectB．developC．controlD．display11．Ho

wdoesthewriterexpresshisviewpoint?A．Subjectively.B．Pessimistically.C．Indifferently.D．Objectively.19.（2020届湖南省怀化市高三第一次模拟）Scientistshavelongbeendoi

ngresearchondolphinsandhavemadevariousinterestingdiscoveries.RecentlyAnaCostaattheUniversityofGlasgowi

ntheUKandherteamhavefoundsomethingnewaboutonetypeofdolphins—Bottlenosedolphins.Bottlenosedolphinscanbefoundinmildandtropicalwa

tersthroughouttheworld.Theyprefercoastalwatersthatarewarmandshallow.However,CostafoundbottlenosedolphinsinSouthAmericamaybeseparatedintotwodiffe

rentspecies,thankstovaryinghabitatsbetweentwogroupsoftheanimal.AlongthecoastlinesofsouthernBrazil,UruguayandArgentinaintheSouthAtlanticOcean,comm

onbottlenosedolphinsthatliveneartheshoredon‟tlooklikethosethatarefurtherouttosea.Theyarelonger,lighter

andhaveatriangularbackfin,unliketheoffshoredolphins‟shorterbodies,darkerskinandhookedbackfins.Apartfromthedifferencesmentionedabove,thetwokindsofc

ommonbottlenosedolphinalsolivedifferentlyfromoneanother.Thosenearthecoastformsmallgroupsinbaysandmouthofriversanddon‟tgotoofarfro

mhome,whilethoseoffshoreliveinpodsofhundredsandmovefromtimetotimeandseldomstayatthesameplace.WhenAnaCostaandh

erteamlookedatthedolphins‟boneframework,theyfoundstillmoredifferences:theoffshoredolphinshadshorterandmoreplentifulvertebrae(脊

椎)thanthecoastalvariety.Costaandhercolleaguescollectedmorethan250tissuesamplesfromcommonbottlenosedolphinsofbothgroupsoff

Brazil‟scoastandanalyzedtheDNA．Theresultssuggestthedolphinsmaybegoingdowndifferentevolutionarypaths,separatingintotwospecies.Thegeneticanalysisfou

nddifferencesinasmallportionofthedolphins‟genomes(基因组)thatexperiencefastratesofchangeoverevolutionarytim

e.“Allthefindingssofararedemonstratingthatweareobservingtwodolphingroupsintheprocessofspeciation,”saysCosta.Despitethoseresearches

,sofarscientistsstillcan‟tfigureouttheexactdataoftheexistingbottlenosedolphins.Costaandherteamareoptimisticthatonedaytheywillbeable

tosolvethepuzzleandhelpsavetheseendangeredanimals.12．What‟sthemainideaofthesecondparagraph?A．Thedifferencesbetweentwobot

tlenosespecies.B．Theappearanceofbottlenosedolphins.C．Thelivinghabitatsofbottlenosedolphins.D．Thecausesleadingtothedifferences.13．Whatm

aycausebottlenosedolphinstoseparateintotwospecies?A．Theirlength.B．Theirweight.C．Theirvertebrae.D．Theirevolutionar

ypaths.14．Whatcanweconcludefromthepassage?A．Allbottlenosedolphinslivenearthecoastandhavesimilarhabits.B．The

discoveryofCostamaymakeadifferencetobottlenosedolphins.C．Bottlenosedolphinsoftenprefertoliveincoldwatersthataredee

p.D．Thesetwodolphinspeciesarenotsocialandliveindividually.15．Whatdoesthepassagetalkabout?A．Anendangeredanimal—dolphins.B．Costa‟snewdisco

veryaboutbottlenosedolphins.C．Thelivingenvironmentofbottlenosedolphins.D．TheimportanceofCosta‟snewdiscovery.20.（2020届湖南省永州市高三第三次模拟）Modemarchitec

turehasbroughtmanyamazingbuildingstotheworld.Herearesomeofthestrangestbuildingsintheworld.Habitat67,Montreal,CanadaHabitat67isaveryint

erestingarrangementofcubes,whichlookslikethebuildingblocksthatchildrenplaywith.Itisprettyinterestinghowitwasdesigned.In

itsmaterialsense,thecubeisasymbolofstability.Itlookssooriginalandatthesametimecomfortableforliving.ItwascreatedasamainattractionforExpo67,o

neoftheworld‟slargestuniversalexpositions(博览会)wherehousingwasoneofthemainthemes.TheBasketBuilding,Ohio,UnitedStatesTheLongaberg

erBasketCompanybuildinginNewark,Ohiomightjustbeastrangestofficebuildingintheworld.The180,000-square-footbuilding,acopyofthecompany‟

sfamousmarketbasket,cost$30millionandtooktwoyearstocomplete.ManyexpertstriedtopersuadeDaveLongabergertochang

ehisplans,buthewantedanexactcopyoftherealthing.TheCrookedHouse,Sopot,PolandFinishedin2003,theCrookedHousehasanextraordinaryandam

azingstructure.ItsdesignwasbasedonthepicturesofpolishartistJanMarcinSzancerandSwedishpainterPerDahlberg.Itlooksasifithadbeentakenfr

omacartoon:Thebuildinglinesarenotstraight,buttheyarebalanced,sothehouseisnotuglyatall,juststrange!Theinterestingpartishowbuildersmanagedtocr

eatethisgeniusidea,butthehouseisafactandeveryoneadmirestheircreativity.LaPedrera,SpainItissituatedintheEixampledistrictofBarcelona,Catalonia

,Spain.Thestoryofthehouseisprettyinteresting.ThehousewasdesignedbyAntoniGaudiandbuiltforamarriedcouple.Itisanextraordinarybut

stylishbuildingconsideredtobehighlyunconventional-thereisnotevenonestraightline!1．Whichofthebuilding

saboveisassociatedwithatoy?A．Habitat67.B．TheBasketBuilding.C．TheCrookedHouse.D．LaPedrera.2．WhatcanwelearnabouttheBaske

tBuilding?A．Itwasbuiltforexhibition.B．Itwasdesignedfollowingthepictures.C．Itwasconstructedaccordingtoitsoriginaldesign.D．Itmightbethestranges

tofficebuildingintheworld.3．WhatdotheCrookedHouseandLaPedrerahaveincommon?A．Theybothlookveryugly.B．TheyarebuiltbyAntoniGaudiC．Theirdesignpatte

rnsarecommon.D．Theirconstructionlinesarebent.21.（2020届湖南省永州市高三第三次模拟）Aseriousandwidespreaddesertlocustoutb

reakinsomepartsofSomalia,Kenya,Ethiopia,SudanandEritreahascausedpanicintheagricultureandaviationsectors.Theinvasion,whichhaslaste

dforoveramonthdespiteeffortsbyrespectivegovernmentstocontrolit,hasledtothedestructionofcropsandpastures(牧场)threateningfoodsecurityintheregiondespi

teapromisingharvestfollowingsuccessfulrainfall.Theoutbreakhasalsocausedpanicintheaviationsector,followingar

ecentincidentwhereanEthiopianAirlinepassengerplanewasforcedbyaswarm(群)oflocuststodivertfromlandinginDireDawnAirportineast-centralEthiopiatoBoleIn

ternationalAirportinEthiopia‟scapitalAddisAbaba.AccordingtotheFoodandAgricultureOrganizationorFAO,aspecializedagencyoftheUn

itedNationsthatleadsinternationaleffortstodefeathungerandimprovenutritionandfoodsecurity,thepresentoutbreakisthewo

rstin25years.TheUNagencyattributedtheinvasiontounusualweatherandclimateconditions,includingheavyandwidespreadrains

sinceOctober2019.ItwarnedafurtherincreaseinlocustswarmsislikelytocontinueuntilJuneduetothecontinuationoffavorableecologicalconditionsforlocustbr

eeding.Thelocustshavealreadydestroyed175,000acresoffarmlandinSomaliaandEthiopia,accordingtotheFAO.Thedeser

tlocustisthemostdangerousofthenearlyonedozenspeciesoflocusts.Atypicaldesertlocustswarmcancontainupto150millionlocustspersquarekilo

meter,accordingtotheIGAD．Anaverageswarmcandestroyasmanyfoodcropsinadayasissufficienttofeed2,500people.8．Whatistheresultofthedesertlocustoutbreakon

EastAfrica?A．Ithasledtoadiseaseoutbreak.B．Ithascausedtheweathertochange.C．Ithascreatedfearinagricultu

reandaviation.D．Ithasthreatenedthesafetyofthepeoplethere.9．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“divert”inParagraph3mean?A．Takeadifferentroute.B．Takeofffromana

irport.C．Splitofffromanewplace.D．Slideawayfromsomewhere.10．WhatcanwelearnaboutthedesertlocustoutbreakaccordingtotheUNagency?

A．Locustbreedingisslowerandslower.B．Therewillpossiblybeadecreaseinlocustswarms.C．Itisrelatedtounusualweatherandclimateconditions.D．Theecological

conditionsarebadforlocustbreeding.11．Howdoestheauthorprovethedesertlocustisthemostdangerousofthelocustspecies?A．Bydescribingaprocess.B．Bycompari

son.C．Bystatistics.D．Byanalyzingcauseandeffect.22.（2020届湖南省永州市高三第三次模拟）TerraCycleisacompanythathasrecycledandupcycled(升

级改造)justaboutanygarbageitcangetitshandson.Itupcyclesthingslikepensandmarkersintodustbinsandpicnictablesandcigaretteendsintorailroadties.Now,TerraCycl

ewantstohelpfamilieswasteevenlesswithanewbookMakeGarbageGreat:TheTerraCycleFamilyGuidetoaZero-WasteLifestyle.Thebookispartwake-upcall

,parthistorylesson,parthow-to,andpartDIYartsandcraftsinstruction.Inanefforttohelppeopledowhattheycantocurbtheircontributiontoth

etonsofwastecreatedeveryday,MakeGarbageGreatgivesthehistoryofvariousmaterials,discusseswhythosevariousmaterialsar

eaproblem,andgivestipsandDIYprojectstorecycleorupcycleeachmaterial.Thereisachaptereachonplastics,metals,paper,

glass,wood,rubberandorganics.Eachchapterisfilledwithtonsoftipsandideasforreducingtheamountofwasteyoucreateand

forresponsiblyhandlingthewasteyouendupcreatinginyourhome.Ifyou‟reaconsciousconsumer,someoftheinformationyoumayalreadyknow,buttherearealsotipsinthis

bookthatwillhelpyourecyclemorethanyouthoughtyouwereableto.Ithasinformationonwhereyoucantakeoldsneaker

s,pillows,andallthatelectronicwastethatseemstopileupquickerandquickereachyear.Whetherthebookinspiresyoutogetalittlecleveratdealingwithyourwaste

orsimplyinspiresyoutothinkbeforeyoubuyorbeforeyouthrow,anyonewhoisconcernedabouttheamountofwasteourculturecreat

eswillfindsomeideashere.Eventhephysicalbookitselfisabitofaninspiration.It‟sprintedontree-freepaperandisa

reminderthatthereisusuallyasustainable(可持续的)alternativetomanyoftheproductsthatwewaste.12．Whatisthebookintendedtodo?A．Toadvertiseforthe

company.B．Tohelpfamiliesmakemoney.C．Toinstructpeopletolearnarts.D．Tohelpfamiliesreducewaste.13．Whatcanweknowaboutthebook?A．Itisintendedforhousewiv

es.B．Itisenvironmentallyfriendly.C．Itiswellreceivedallovertheworld.D．Itisnotdifferentfromotherpaperbooks.14．Whatdoestheauthor‟sattitude

towardsthebook?A．Positive.B．Negative.C．Doubtful.D．Objective.15．Whatcouldbethebesttitleforthetext?A．LiveAMore

HealthyLife?B．WantAZero-wasteLifestyle?C．TerraCycle—AResponsibleCompanyD．MakeGarbageGreat—AKeytoSuccess

23.（2020届吉林省吉林市高三第三次调研）Whenyoustartworkingonsomethingbutdon‟tfinishit,thoughtsoftheunfinishedworkcontinuetojumpintoyourmindevenwhenyou‟vemovedontoot

herthings.PsychologistsrefertothispsychologicalphenomenonastheZeigarnikeffect.TheeffectwasfirstobservedbyaRussianpsychologistnamedBlumaZe

igarnik.WhilesittinginabusyrestaurantinVienna,shenotedthewaitershadbettermemoriesofunpaidorders.Oncethebillwaspaid,howe

ver,thewaitershaddifficultyrememberingtheexactdetailsoftheorders.Inoneofherstudies,participantswereaskedtocompletesimpletaskssuchasputtingtogetherpu

zzles,orsolvingmathproblems.Halfoftheparticipantswereinterruptedhalfwaythroughthesetasks.Afteranhour-longdelay,Zeigarnikaskedtheparticipan

tstogiveanaccountofwhatthey‟dbeenworkingon.Shediscoveredthatthosewhohadtheirworkinterruptedweretwiceaslikelytorememberwhattheyhadbeendoingasthosew

hohadactuallycompletedthetasks.Wecanusethiseffecttoouradvantage.Forexample,ifyou‟restrugglingtomemoriz

esomethingimportant,momentaryinterruptionsmightactuallyworktoyouradvantage.Ratherthansimplyremembertheinformationoverandoveragain,reviewitseve

raltimesandthentakeabreak.Whileyou‟refocusingonotherthings,you‟llfindyourselfmentallyreturningtotheinformat

ionyouwerestudying.Weoftenputofftasksuntilthelastmoment,onlycompletingtheminarushatthelastpossiblemoment.Unfortunatel

y,thistendencycanleadtoheavystressandevenpoorperformance.OnewaytoovercomethisistoputtheZeigarnikeffec

ttowork.Startbytakingthefirststep,nomatterhowsmall.Onceyou‟vebegun，butnotfinishedyourwork,you‟llfindyourselfthinkingofthetaskunt

il,atlast,youfinishit.Youmightnotfinishitallatonce,buteachsmallstepyoutakeputsyouclosertoyourfinalgoal.8．Whatdoesthe

Zeigarnikeffectreferto?A．Waiterstendtohavegoodmemories.B．Onceinterrupted,onewillforgetthingseasily.C．Mostpeoplecan‟tfocusononethingforalongti

me.D．Peoplerememberunfinishedtasksbetterthancompletedones.9．Whatwerealltheparticipantsrequiredtodointhestudy?A．Describ

etheirtasks.B．Expresstheirfeelings.C．Testtheirintelligence.D．Designsimpleactivities.10．HowshouldwestudyaccordingtotheZeigarnike

ffect?A．Repeatoverandoveragain.B．Divideupourstudysession.C．Focusonseveraltasksatatime.D．Haveenoughres

tbeforestudying.11．What‟sthemainideaofthelastparagraph?A．Howtogetridofheavystress.B．Whyweshouldsetafinalgoal.C．Howtobreakth

ehabitofdelayingwork.D．Whywealwayscompletetasksinarush.24.（2020届吉林省吉林市高三第三次调研）We'vecertainlyseenadognursi

ngawound,oradeercallingoutinpain.Butmanyanimalssufferinsilence.Themostsilentsufferersintheanimalworldmaybefish.Dofishfeelpain?Anewstudyf

romtheUniversityofLiverpoolhasfoundthatfishfeelpaininawaythat's"strikinglysimilar"tohumans.Forthestudy,LynneSneddon,fromtheu

niversity'sInstituteofIntegrativeBiology,reviewedtheexistingbodyofresearch98studiesinallandconcludedthattheyfeelpainjustassharplyaswedo."Whensu

bjecttoapotentiallypainfulevent,fishshowchangesinbehaviorsuchasstoppingfeedingandreducedactivity,whicharepreventedwhenapain-relievi

ngdrugisprovided.Infact,likeus,theybreatheheavilyandstopeatingwhenthey'rehurting.Theywillevenrubthepartoft

heirbodythataches."Sneddonnotesinauniversityrelease.Tounderstandpaininotherspecies,scientistslookatn

ociceptors(疼痛感受器),whichsendsignalstothebrainwhenthebodyisbeingdamaged.Humanshavethemthroughouttheirskin,bonesandmuscles.Nociceptorshaveal

sobeenfoundinmanyotherspecies,includingeventhosetinyfruitflies.Fishhavethesamemeanstodetectpainsignalsandtheequipmenttoreceivethem.Besides,th

efishermen'sopinionthatfishfeelnopainjustdoesn'taddupfromanevolutionaryview.Painisanefficientmessengerth

attells,usthatwe'vegotaproblem.Ananimalthatcan'tfeelitwon'tgetthatmemo(ER),evenifithurtsitself."Ifweacceptfis

hexperiencepain,thenthishasgreatsignificanceforhowwetreatthem,"Sneddonsays."Careshouldbetakenwhenhandlingfishtoavoiddamagingtheirssensiti

veskinandtheyshouldbehumanelycaughtandkilled."12．Whatcanwelearnaboutfish?A．Theyareinsensitivetopain.B．Theyareablet

osensepain.C．Theywon'treacttopainkillers.D．Theirbrainisthefirsttosendpainsignals.13．Whatwillafishdowhenitsli

psgethurt?A．Itmightrubitslips.B．Itwillkeepitsmouthopen.C．Itwillswimaroundlikecrazy.D．Itwillkeepeatingtoforgetpain.14．Whatisthesignificanceofthes

tudyaccordingtoSneddon?A．Peoplewilltreatfishinakinderway.B．Peoplecanunderstandevolutionbetter.C．Peoplecandevelopmoredrugstosavefish.D．Peoplewil

lthinkofmorewaystocatchfish.15．Whatdoestheunderlinedpart"addup"probablymean?A．Disappear.B．Putforward.C．Makesen

se.D．Happen.25.（2020届江西赣粤湘三省六校高三联考）TheWorlds'BestBookshopsThere'snothinglikebeingsurroundedbybooks，whereveryouare．Herearethefinestoasesofl

iteraturethattravellerscanbringyou．DaikanyamaT﹣site|TokyoItiswellworthvisitingevenifjusttoadmirethebuilding'sbeautiful，crisscro

ssedarchitecture．Onceyou'vehadyourfillofroamingthreefloors'worthofbookshelves，there'sthebar，thecoffe

eshop，oreventhevideorentalspacetogiveyoumorereasontostayjustthatlittlebitlonger．Grababook，orderabeeranddiveintoitspages．Icouldhavesta

yedhourshere．CityLights|SanFranciscoThethree﹣storeyestablishmentpublishesandsellstitlesinpoetry，fiction，translation，politics，historyandthe

arts．Ithostseventsandreadings，andrunsanon﹣profitofthesamenamethataimstopromotediversityofvoicesandideasinliterature．It'soppositeVesuvio，abarfrequ

entedbyKerouacandotherBeat﹣generationwritersandartists．ShakespeareandCompany|ParisImadeaspecialtriptotheLeftBankforthisonewhenIwasinPar

is．IthastwofloorspackedwithEnglish﹣languagetexts，andIwasparticularlystruckbyanysparewallspacedevotedtonotesfromvisitors﹣heartfeltmessagestoalovedo

ne，dedicationstotheshopitself，oraquotefromafavouriteauthororphilosopher．HutatmaChowk|MumbaiAfewyearsago

IvisitedIndia，investigatingRudyardKipling'sconnectionswiththecountry．IspottedacheapcopyofTheJungleBookononeofthetarp﹣co

veredbookstallsatHutatmaChowk（Martyrs'Square）．Thebooksellersherearelikeamateurlibrarians，abletolaytheirhandsonalmostanyti

tleyouaskfor．Tome，thosewell﹣thumbed（翻旧了的）booksspokevolumesaboutthechangesofMumbai'sreadersinthe150yearssincethecitygaveusKipling．1．Inwhi

chbookshopcanyoubuyadrinkwhilevisiting？A．DaikanyamaT﹣site.B．CityLights.C．ShakespeareandCompany.D．HutatmaCho

wk.2．WhatcanbelearnedaboutthebookstallsatHutatmaChowk？A．PeoplecanmeetRudyardKiplingthere．B．Theysellthecheapestb

ooksintheworld．C．Thebookownersareamateurlibrarians．D．Thesellersarefamiliarwiththebooks．3．Whatdothefourbookstoreshaveincommon？A．Theyarebeautifullyde

signed．B．Theyarethree﹣storeybuildings．C．Theyofferbookloversgoodexperience．D．Theyarefrequentlyvisitedbygreatwr

iters．26.（2020届江西赣粤湘三省六校高三联考）Formany,travelingisawaytoescapetheworstpartsofdailylife.Butwhatifatraveldestinationwitnessedterribleeve

nts,likewar,genocide（大屠杀）ornuclearfallout?Wouldyoustillwanttovisit?There‟sagrowingphenomenoncalled“darktourism”peoplevisitsitesa

ssociatedwithdeathandhumansuffering.“It‟slivingontheedgealmost-ifyougotoaplacewherepeoplehavereallydied,”KarelWerdler,aseniorlect

urerinhistoryatInHollandUniversityintheNetherlands,toldCNN.Whenpeoplegototraditionaltouristspots,likeDisneyland,orsomewondersofthew

orld,theymayfeelhappytoenjoysomethinginterestingornew.Darktourism,however,notonlyprovidesthatnovelty（新奇）butalsocanmak

ethemfeelluckythattheirproblemsaresosmallincomparison.AccordingtotheGuardian,“Darktourismtosomeextentreliesonthereverse（颠倒）oftheoldequation（方程式）ofm

orefamiliartourism.”Formanypeople,thesesitesofferawaytoreflectonthemistakesofthepastandthelessonswecanlearnfromhis

tory.Forexample,Chernobyl,intheUkraine,isoneofthemostpopulardarkdestinations.Whenitsnuclearreactor（核反应堆）explodedin1984,itreleasedaradioactive（放射

性的）cloudsodevastatingthatthesurroundingareawillremainuninhabitable（不适宜居住的）for20,000years.Despitethedestructionanddangerofthestillprese

ntradiation,nearly72,000peoplevisitedthearealastyear,reportstheBBC．OneofthesewasLiYimeng,whowentonatouroftheChernobylExclusionZ

one.Duringthetourshesawthehomesofthepowerplant‟sformerworkers,desertedclassrooms,andanabandonedplayground.“Iexperienceda

wholerangeofemotionsasIsawtheareawheretheyusedtolive,whichisnowawasteland,”shetoldChinaDaily.Shealsoemphasizedtheneedtosho

wrespectwhenvisitinglocationslikeChernobyl.Thoughdarktourismisrelatedtodeathanddying,“ittellsusmoreaboutlifeandtheliving”,TheSun

noted.8．Whatisthemainideaofthearticle?A．Comparisonamongdifferenttypesoftravel.B．Informationofanewtraveltrend.C．Reasonswhyreadersshouldg

etinvolvedindarktourism.D．Introductiontooneofthemostpopulardarkdestinations.9．Whatmakesdarktourismdifferent

fromtraditionaltourism?A．Itismoreboringandunpleasant.B．Itismorepopularwithyoungpeople.C．Thedestinationusuallyhasadarkpast.D．Thescen

eteachespeoplehowtofacedeath.10．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“devastating”inParagraph7probablymean?A．Dark.B．Mysterious.C．Enormous.D

．Destructive.11．WhatdoestheauthortrytoshowwiththeexampleofLiYimeng?A．Darktourismremindspeopletotakeactiontoavoiddis

asters.B．Darktourismcanbeascaryexperience.C．Darktourismmakespeoplethinkaboutlife.D．Darktourismwarnspeopletobecautio

usabouthightechnology.27.（2020届江西赣粤湘三省六校高三联考）We‟veknownforyearsthatplantscansee,hear,smellandcommunicatewithchemicals.No

w,reportedNewScientist,theyhavebeenrecordedmakingsoundswhenstressed.Inayet-to-be-publishedstudy,ItzhakKhaitandhisteamatTelAvivU

niversity,inIsrael,foundthattomatoandtobaccoplantscanmakeultrasonic（超声的）noises.Theplants“cryout”duetolackofwater,orwhentheirstemsarecut.I

t‟sjusttoohigh-pitched（音调高的）forhumanstohear.Microphonesplaced10centimetersawayfromtheplantspickedupsoundsintheultras

onicrangeof20to100kilohertz（千赫兹）.Humanhearingusuallyrangesfrom20hertzto20kilohertz.“Thesefindingscanalterthewaywethinkabouttheplantk

ingdom,”theywrote.Onaverage,“thirsty”tomatoplantsmade35soundsanhour,whiletobaccoplantsmade11.Whenplantstemswerecut,tomatoplantsmadeanaverageof

25soundsinthefollowinghour,andtobaccoplants15.Unstressedplantsproducedfewerthanonesoundperhour,onaverage.Perhapsmostinterestingly,differentt

ypesofstressledtodifferentsounds.Theresearcherstrainedamachine-learningmodeltoseparatetheplants‟soundsfromthoseoft

hewind,rainandothernoisesofthegreenhouse.Inmostcases,itcorrectlyidentifiedwhetherthestresswascausedbydrynessoracut,basedonasound‟

sintensityandfrequency.Water-hungrytobaccoappearstomakeloudersoundsthancuttobacco,forexample.AlthoughK

haitandhiscolleaguesonlylookedattomatoandtobaccoplants,theythinkotherplantsalsomakesoundswhenstressed.Iffarmerscouldhearthesesounds,s

aidtheteam,theycouldgivewatertotheplantsthatneeditmost.Asclimatechangecausesmoredroughts,theysaidthiswouldbeimportantinformationforfarm

ers.“Thesoundsthatdrought-stressedplantsmakecouldbeusedinprecisionagriculture（精准农业）,”saidAnneVisscherattheRoyalBotanicGarde

ns,Kew,intheUK.Khait‟sreportalsosuggeststhatinsectsandmammalscanhearthesoundsupto5metersawayandrespond.Forexamp

le,amothmaydecidenottolayeggsonawater-stressedplant.EdwardFarmer,attheUniversityofLausanne,Switzerland,isdoubtful.Hesaidthattheid

eaofmothslisteningtoplantsis“alittletoospeculative”.Ifplantsarescreamingforfearoftheirsurvival,shouldwebethankfulwecan‟thear

them?12．WhatdidKhaitandhisteamfindfromtheirresearch?A．Plantsmadelow-pitchedsoundswhenindanger.B．Plantswereabletoproducesoundsinresponsetostresses.

C．Plantspickedupawiderrangeofsoundswhenstressed.D．Plantsmadeultrasonicnoisestocommunicatewitheachother.13．Howdidto

matoandtobaccoplantsreacttodifferentstressesaccordingtothetext?A．Aplantreactedtodifferentstresseswiththesamesound.B．Cuttobaccoplantsseeme

dtomakeweakersoundsthandrought-stressedones.C．Cuttomatoplantsproducedmoresoundsperhourthanwater-hungryones.D．Tobaccoplantsmightmakelo

udersoundsthantomatoplantswhenshortofwater.14．What‟sthemainideaofParagraph6?A．Challengesfacingfarmersinthefuture.B．Farmers‟contr

ibutionstotheresearch.C．Thepotentialapplicationsoftheresearch.D．Whatthefutureagriculturewillbelike.15．WhatisEdwardFarmert‟sattitudetowardstheresea

rch?A．negativeB．positiveC．neutralD．indifferent28.（2020届江西省赣州市高三模拟）Earlierthisyearwhenthesummerheatwavewasinfullswing,mostpeopleweredreamingo

fthecoolerautumntemperatures.Butforthosewholovethesummerweather,thewintercoldertemperaturesanddrearyweatherareanythingbutwe

lcome.Thegoodnews?Therearesomebrilliantwintersundestinationsyoucanescapetoforgloriouspleasantweatherandwarmsunshine.DubaiDu

ringthewintermonthsthecitystillboaststemperaturesaround26°C,perfectifyouplantomakethemostofthecity‟sbeaches.However,it

‟snotsohotthatyoucan‟tenjoymostofthethingstoseeanddoinDubai,fromthethemeparkstoepicmallssuchastheBurjKhalifa.Planningtomakethemostoft

heattractions?It‟sworthlookingintoaDubaiPasswhereyoucouldsaveupto50%offahostofthetopmust-seesights.ThailandThebesttimeto

visitThailandisbetweenNovembertoJanuarywhenit‟sadryseasonandthetemperaturesarepleasant.Thecountryisfilledwithepicsightsandattractions.Fancyaci

tybreak?HeadtoBangkokwhereglorioustemples,floatingmarketsandincrediblefoodfestivalsawait.Orofcourseyoucouldspendafewdaysmakingth

emostofThailand‟smostbeautifulseasands.CapeVerdeSalIslandisoneofthemaintouristspotsinthecountry.CapeVerdeiswell-k

nownforofferinguparelaxingholiday;andwith10islandstoexplore,there‟sstillampleopportunitytohaveanadventureortwo.However,ifyouonlyvisitonespot,ma

keitthebeautifulSalIsland.Ittendstobeahitwithholidaymakersthankstothewhitesandbeachesandcrystallinewatersthatmakeupitssho

res.BarbadosIftheideaofasnowyChristmasbreakdoesn‟tappeal,thenBarbadoscouldmakeforaonce-in-a-lifetimefesti

veseason.Decembertemperaturescanbearound28°C,meaningyou‟llhaveheapsofhotweatherandsunshineandofcourseBarbadosbeachesaretheidealspottoenjoythem.1．Wh

at‟sthepurposeofthispassage?A．Toprovidewarmdestinationsforwinter.B．Tocomparefourforeigntouristspots.C．Toofferadviceon

travelingabroad.D．Tohelpescapefromthehotweather.2．Whatcouldbethebestchoiceforfoodlovers?A．Dubai.B．Thailand.C．CapeVerde.D．Barbad

os.3．Whatdotheattractionshaveincommon?A．Theyoffertouristssightsonabudget.B．Avarietyoffoodissuppliedfortourists.C．The

yrecommendsomeshoppingcenters.D．Travelerscangoforrelaxationonseashore.29.（2020届江西省赣州市高三模拟）Ioncewasafollow

erofcancelculture,enoughforitstillinfluencesthemediaIconsumetoday.Idon‟tlistentomyformerfavoritebandslikePinegroveandSummerSaltanymoreandIrefu

setowatchanythingwithLouisC．K,andIalwayslookupwhichFrancobrotherwasaccusedeverytimeIgotowatchsomethingwithoneoftheminit.Thesewereeasypeople

to“cancel”,becauseIdidn‟thavemuchattachmenttothemandIcouldfindreplacements.Butwhathappenswhensomeoneclosewithyouhasdonesomething“cancel-worthy”?Somet

hingthatyouwouldcancelanyoneelsefor,ifyouhadmoredistancebetweenyou?Thisdilemmapresentstwochoices.Inthefirstchoice,youcouldcontinueyourrelationshipwi

ththe“cancelled”person,andlivewiththeguilt.Youknowtheydidsomethingthatyouwouldn‟ttypicallyforgive,butyou‟vedecidedtogivethema“getoutofjailfre

e”card.Youcontinuetobefriendswiththisperson,butalwaysfeeluneasybecauseyouknowsomewhereinsidethatyourfrienddidsomethingb

ad.Orthere‟soptionnumbertwo:Youcouldcompletelycutoffthepersonwhoyouoncecalledafriend.Youabandonarelationshipthat

youhadworkedsohardtodevelop,andyoudecidetoignorethatperson.Eventually,youbecomecompletestrangerswithsomeone

youwereoncesoclosewith.Nomatterwhatchoiceyoumake,youwillfacesignificantconsequences.Thisisn‟tablackorwhiteissue.Thisisjustone

exampleofthechallengesoflifethatdoesn‟thaveaclearanswer.Thetruthis,thisisalose-losesituationandyou‟retheloser.Youcancontinuetotrust

someonewhodidsomethingbadandlivewiththeguilt.Or,youcanstopspeakingtothem,butstilldealwiththefactthat

youoncetrustedsomeonewhodidaverybadthing,andthatyouhadletthemintoyourlife.Eitherway,youenduplosingsomethingyoudid

n‟twantto.8．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“them”referto?A．Francobrothers.B．LouisC．KandFranco.C．Franco‟smovies.D．PinegroveandSummerSalt.9．Whydoes

theauthorstoplisteningtohisfavoritebands?A．Hehasfoundbetterreplacements.B．Heisnolongerattachedtothem.

C．Theydidsomethinghecan‟tforgive.D．Theydon‟treleasegoodworksanymore.10．Howwouldyoufeelwhenyoukeepyourrelationshipwitha“cancelled”person?A．Relaxed.

B．Guilty.C．Awkward.D．Refreshed.11．WhatdoestheunderlinedsentencemeaninParagraph4?A．Youdon‟tcarewhattheydidatall.B．Youcontinu

eyourrelationshipwiththem.C．Youhopetheycouldbesetfreefromtheprison.D．Youdon‟tthinktheyshouldreceiveapunishment.30.（2020届江西省

赣州市高三模拟）Ifyou‟rereadingthis,it‟ssafetoassumeyouarrivedbyinternet.MaybeyoucaughttheheadlineasitracedbyonTwitter.Oryoumi

ghtbetakingabreakfromwatchingaboringmovieonNetflix.Itdoesn‟tmatter.Becauseaccordingtoanewstudy,italladdsuptothesamething:onedistraction（分心的事情）

afteranother.Andthethingis,they‟rewelcomedistractions.Because,astheresearch—publishedthisweekintheJournalofPerso

nalityandSocialPsychology—notes,peoplewilldojustaboutanythingtoavoidbeinglefttotheirownthoughts.Fortheirstudy,researchersdesignedasamplet

estformorethan2,557participantsin11countries.Theydividedtheirtestsubjectsintotwogroups.Inthefirstgroup,peoplewereaskedtospend1

0to15minutes“entertainingthemselveswiththeirthoughtsasbesttheycould.”Justsitbackandthinkaboutthings.Soundsgood,doesn‟t

it?Well,notreally.Thesecondgroup—theonewherepeopleweretoldtosurftheNet,playavideogame,orevenreadabook—reportedhavingmuchmorefun.Theysc

oredmorehighlyonentertainmentandloweronboredom.Andthepreferencefordistractionseemedtobeaglobalphenomenon,whichmaycomeasasurprisetoIta

lianswhoarefamouslybrilliantatdoingnothing.“Thepreferencefordoingexternal（外部的）activitiessuchasreading,watchingTV,orsurfingtheintern

etratherthan„justthinking‟appearstobestrongthroughouttheworld,”theresearchersnoteinthestudy.Buttheredoesseemtobeanimpor

tantthingthathasn‟tbeenincludedinthestudy.Shouldn‟tthequalityofthoughtsmatter?Ifyou‟vegotsomethingpositivetothinkabout—say,howyou‟re

goingtospendyourvacationorthegreatscreenplayyou‟vealreadyhalf-writteninyourhead—whyareyoureadingthis?Ontheotherhand,ifyouarealwaysbotheredbynegative

thoughts—asadorpainfulexperience,perhaps—byallmeans,keepscrolling（翻网页）.Unfortunately,wewon‟tbeabletotakeupmuchofyourtimehere;it‟sashortstudythatget

stothepointinahurry.Don‟tworrythough.There‟sawholeworldofdistractionsoutthere.Say,haveyouseenthatshipteeteringatt

hebrinkofNiagaraFalls?Andhowaboutthosecharmingcows?Betyoudidn‟tknowtheycouldsmellyoufromsixmilesaway.Andthat‟ssometh

ingtothinkabout.12．WhywouldtheItaliansbesurprisedatthephenomenon?A．TheypreferreadingbookstosurfingtheNet.B．They‟reconvincedthatthinkingissignificant

.C．Theyareusedtobeinglefttotheirownthoughts.D．TheyseldomentertainthemselvesbysurfingtheNet.13．Howwasthestudyconducted?A．Byreferenceresea

rch.B．Bycomparativestudy.C．Bytheoreticalanalysis.D．Byexperimentalstudy.14．Whatseemstohavebeenignoredinthestudy?A．Thequalityofthoughts.B．Thecauseof

thephenomenon.C．Thesolutiontotheproblem.D．Thekindsofdistractions.15．What‟sthetoneofthepassage?A．Worried.B．Disappointed.C．Serious.D．Humorous.

31.（2020届江西省新余市高考二模）Australianexpertshaveexpressedconcernsthattoomanymillennials(千禧一代）arehopingtousethe

irsocialmediaaccountstobuildtheircareers.Theirconcernsfollowthesuddenrisein"insta-celebrities"whomakemoneybypos

tingsponsoredphotosonline.Fortheluckyfewwhoarenotonlytalentedphotographersbutalsogood-lookingandbusiness-savvy(有商业头脑的)，

makingmoneyoffsocialmediaisn'timpossible.Instagramisfloodedwithsocialmediaprofessionalspaidtopromoteproductsandservices.However,s

ocialscientistDrLaurenRosewarne,fromtheUniversityofMelbourne,saysthatinreality,therearefarfewerpeoplemakingmoneyofftheplatformsthanonemayt

hink.ShesaidmanyyoungAustraliansweregettingsuckedinbytheappealofmakingmoneyonplatformslikeInstagram,describingitas"totally

unrealistic"andextremelydifficulttodo."Youngpeoplearehopingtobefamousinnumbersthatweresimplynotthere20yearsago,"RosewarnetoldtheAustralianBroa

dcastingCorporation(ABC)onSaturday."Therearesomepeoplewhocanmakefortunesoutofmonetizing(使具有货币性质)theirInstagramposts

,butthatisnotthenorm."ShesaiditwasuptoparentsandschoolstodiscouragestudentsfromseekingInsta-fame,asmanybelieveitisapossiblecareerchoice."Th

ere'sthewarningforparents;thisisnotanormalorevencommonoccurrencethatyoucanmonetizeyourInstagramaccount."MeanwhileToniEage

rfromAustralianNationalUniversitysaidsocialproblemscouldarisefromspendingtoomuchtimewithsocialmedia."Wheredothei

nsta-celebritiesgo...toseparatethelifepeopleseeonInstagramfromtheiractualnormallife?"Eagersaid."Allofasudden,peopleownyourprivate

life."8．Whyisthereasuddenrisein"insta-celebrities"?A．Manyyoungpeoplewanttobephotographers.B．Manypeopleseeitasashort

cuttomakingmoney.C．Peoplewanttosocializebysharingphotosonline.D．Instagramoffersyoungpeoplemorecareerchoices.9．Theu

nderlinedphrase"gettingsuckedin"inParagraph4probablymeans"______".A．benefitingfromsomethingB．becominginvolvedinsomethingC．takingadvantageofsomething

D．beingsatisfiedwithsomething10．WhatmessagedoestheauthorconveybyquotingDrLaurenRosewarne?A．Youngpeopletodayaremorebusiness-sav

vythanever.B．YoungpeoplearebecominglessinterestedinInternetfame.C．Instagramisnotagoodplatformtopromotenewproducts.D．It'sabadideaforyoungpeo

pletotryearningmoneyonInstagram.11．WhatproblemdoesToniEagerthinkoveruseofsocialmediacouldcause?A．Anover-relianceonInstagram.B．Alossofperson

alprivacy.C．Lessinteractionwithpeopleinreallife.D．Thedesiretomonetizeone'sInstagramaccount.32.（2020届江西省新余市高考二模）Ifyo

ubelievethatscientistsandartistsaremostcreativewhenthey'reyoung,youaremissinganimportantpartofthestor

y.AnewstudypublishedinDeEconomistlookedatNobelPrizewinnersinthefieldofeconomics.Itfoundtherearetwodifferentpeaksofcreativity.Onecomesearlyinaperson'

scareer,whileanothercomeslater.Theresearchsupportspreviousworkbytheauthorsthatfoundsimilarpatternsintheartsandothersciences."Webelievewhatwefoundi

nthisstudyisn'tlimitedtoeconomics,butcouldapplytocreativitymoregenerally,"saidBruceWeinberg,leadauthorofthestudyandprofessorofeconomicsatTheOhioState

University."Manypeoplebelievethatcreativityisexclusivelyassociatedwithyouth,butitreallydependsonwhatkind

ofcreativityyou'retalkingabout."Inthestudy,thosewhodidtheirmostgroundbreakingworkearlyintheircareerstendedtobe"conceptual"innovators

(创新者).Thesetypeofinnovators"thinkoutsidethebox",challengingconventionalwisdomandsuddenlycomingupwithnewideas.Conceptualinnovatorsarenotyetimmersed(沉

浸于)intheacceptedtheoriesoftheirfield,Weinbergsaid.Butthereisanotherkindofcreativity,hesaid,whichisfoundamong"experimental"in

novators.Theseinnovatorsaccumulateknowledgethroughtheircareersandfindnewwaystounderstandit.Thelongperiodsoftri

alanderrorforimportantexperimentalinnovationscomelaterinaNobellaureate's(荣誉获得者的)career."Whetheryouhityourcreativepeakearlyorla

teinyourcareerdependsonwhetheryouhaveaconceptualorexperimentalapproach,"Weinbergsaid.Theresearcherstookanovel,empirical(经验主义

的)approachtothestudy,whichinvolved31laureates.Theyarrangedthelaureatesonalistfromthemostexperimentaltomostconceptual.Thisra

nkingwasbasedonthelaureates'mostimportantwork,classifyingtheminto"conceptual"or"experimental".Afterclassif

yingthelaureates,theresearchersdeterminedtheageatwhicheachlaureatemadehismostimportantcontributiontoeconomicsandcouldbeco

nsideredathiscreativepeak.Theyfoundthatconceptuallaureatespeakedbetweenages25and29.Experimentallaureatespeakedwhentheywere

roughlytwiceasold,intheirmid-50s."Ourresearchsuggeststhatwhenyou'remostcreativeismoreabouthowyouapproachyourwork."12．WhatdidthestudypublishedinDeEcon

omistfind?A．Creativitycomesatanyage,youngorold.B．Creativitytendstodecreaseaspeoplegetolder.C．Economists,art

istsandotherscientistshavemuchincommon.D．Economistsaremorecreativethanartistsandotherscientists.13．Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase"

thinkoutsidethebox"mean?A．Followrulesstrictly.B．Experimentonboxes.C．Breakoldthoughtpatterns.D．Figureouthowtoescapefro

mabox.14．Whatdoweknowabout"experimental"innovators?A．Theyusuallycomeupwithnewideasallofasudden.B．Theymakediscoveriesthroughconstanttrialanderr

or.C．Themajorityofthemreachtheircreativepeakintheirtwenties.D．Theymakemorecontributionsthan"conceptual"innovators.15．Whatdo

theresearchersbelievedeterminessomeone'screativepeak?A．One'spersonalitytype.B．Whatkindofjobonetakes.C．Howonehandlestheirwork.

D．One'sattitudetowardtheirwork.33.（2020届江西省新余市高考二模）Studentsdealwithmanyproblemsintheirlivesandbecauseofallofthecompetingthi

ngsfortheirattention,it'shardtoconcentrateonstudying.16．Thekeytoeffectivestudyingisn'tcramming(死记硬背)orstudy

inglonger,butstudyingsmarter.17．Toomanypeoplelookatstudyingasanecessarytask,notanenjoymentoropportunitytolearn.That'sfine,butresearchershave

foundthathowyouapproachsomethingmattersalmostasmuchaswhatyoudo.Sometimesyoucan't“force”yourselftobeintherightstateofmind.Aim

tothinkpositivelywhenyoustudy,andremindyourselfofyourskillsandabilities.18．Insteadofthinking,“I'mamess.I'llneverhaveenoughtimetostudyforthisexam

",lookatitlike,“ImaybealittlelatetostudyasmuchasI'dlike,butI'llgetmostofitdone.”Memorygamesaremethodsforrememberin

gpiecesofinformationusingasimpleconnectionofcommonwords.Mostoftenpeoplegetwordstoformanonsensesenten

cethatiseasytoremember.Memorygamesarehelpfulbecauseyouusemoreofyourbraintoremembervisualandactiveimagesthan

youdotorememberjustalistofitems.19．Alotofpeoplemakethemistakeofstudyinginaplacethatreallyisn'thelpfultoconcentrating.20．Thelibrary,acornerinast

udyhall,oraquietcoffeehousearegoodplacestocheckout.Makesuretochoosethequietareasintheseplaces,nottheloud,centra

lgatheringareas.Findinganidealstudyplaceisimportant,becauseit'stheoneyoucanreliablycountonforthenextfewyears.A．Avoidterriblethin

king.B．Avoidcomparingyourselfwithothers.C．Anoisyplacemakesforapoorstudyarea.D．Usingmoreofyourbrainmean

sbettermemory.E.Havingarightattitudeisimportanttostudysmarter.F.Youneedmoreeffectivestudyhabitsforbettergrades.G.Ev

erypersonisuniqueintheirwayofeffectivelearning.34.（2020届江西省重点中学盟校高三第一次联考）FamousDanceFormsFromAroundTheWorldSinginganddancingisanessen

tialpartofmanyculturesaroundtheworldandhasbeensoforcenturies.Worldwide,variousdanceformshaveevolvedovertheyearsandso

mehavecrossedtheirregionalboundariesandgainedadmirersglobally.Herewepresentsomeofthemostfamousdancestylesintheworld.Ballet,Russia

NodanceformcanapproachgracefulnessascloselyastheRussianballet.Itisanartisticdanceformthatisperformedtomusic.ThestepsofRussianballetd

emandhighlevelsofprecisionandformality.TheclassicalballetdanceformwhichoriginatedinRenaissanceItalywa

sintroducedtoRussiaduringtheruleofPetertheGreatandsincethenbecameanintegralpartofRussiansociety.Flamenco,SpainFlamencoi

sagloballyfamousdanceformthatoriginatedinSpain.Thedanceisaccompaniedbyguitarplaying,singing,fingersnapp

ing,andhandclapping.FlamencoiscloselylinkedtotheRomanipeopleinSpain,anditsstyleisdistinctlyAndalusian.Theartformiscurrentlytaughtinmanycount

riesworldwidebutismostpopularintheUSandJapan.Inthelattercountry,FlamencoschoolsoutnumberthoseinSpain.Tango,ArgentinaTangois

apartnerdancethatisassociatedwithstyleandexpressiveness.Inthe1880's,thedanceformoriginatedalongtheRiverPlatewhichisthen

aturalborderbetweenUruguayandArgentina.Manydifferentstylesoftangoexisttodayandinternationaltangodancingcompetitionsar

eheldeachyearsignifyingthepopularityofthisdance.Samba,BrazilSambaissynonymous（同义的）withthefamousCarnival

ofBrazil.ItisaBraziliandancestyleandmusicgenrewithrootsinAfricaandarrivedinLatinAmericaviatheAfricanslaveswhoarrived

inLatinAmericawiththeirEuropeanmasters.Sambaisassociatedwithrhythmandbrightlycoloredcostumesandisconsideredasanintegralpartofthe

Brazilianculture.1．Whichdanceformisbelievedtobethemostgraceful?A．Tango.B．Ballet.C．Samba.D．Flamenco2．WhatisthemainfeatureofTango?A．Highlev

elsofprecisionandformality.B．Beingaccompaniedbyfingersnappingandhandclapping.C．Rhythmandbrightlycoloredcostumes.D．Styleandexp

ressiveness.3．Whichofthefollowingstatementsistrueaccordingtothepassage?A．BalletoriginatedinRussiaduringtheruleofPetertheG

reat.B．SpainhasmoreFlamencoschoolsthanJapan.C．SambawasbroughttoBrazilbyEuropeanmastersD．Allthefourform

sofdancementioneddidnotoriginateintheirowncountries