广东省揭阳市学年下学期高三质量测试英语试题.docx

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广东省揭阳市学年下学期高三质量测试英语试题

揭阳市2020-2021学年度高中三年级教学质量测试

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第一部分阅读（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

I'vebeenreadinglotsofbooksperyearduringthepastdecade．SoobviouslyIgettheusualquestionofwhatbooksIrecommend．Wellherearemytop4favoritebooksofalltime,whichinfluencedmeintowhoIamtoday．

1．Think&GrowRichbyNapoleonHill．

It'soneofthebiggestbestsellersofalltime．NapoleonHillspenttwodecadesanalyzingover500successfulmenlikeHenryFord,ThomasEdisonandJohnD．Rockefellertodiscoverhowtheydidit．TheresultofHill'sresearchisinThink&GrowRich——13stepstoachieveyourgoal,whateveritis．Allotherself-helpbooksarejustcopiesofHill'sbookfirstpublishedin1937．

2．Psyclho-CyberneticsbyMaxwellMaltz．

It'sanotherbestsellerandtheonlyself-helpbookyou'llneednexttoThink&CrowRich．MaxwellMaltzwasaplasticsurgeonwhowasamazedthatsomepatientsstillfeltuglyaftersurgery．That'swhenhediscoveredtheyalsoneededreconstructionworkinside——their"self-image"．Everythingabouthowtousethe"mind-body"connectiontoachieveyourgoals,andhowtofeelconfidentaboutyourbodyisinsidethisbook．

3．TalentisOverratedbyGeoffColvin．

Thisbookdrivesthepointhomethatsuccessinanyfieldisnotdeterminedbygenesortalentbutdeliberate（刻意的）practice,ColvinusesexamplesfromclassnsachieverslikeTigerWoods,JackWelch,WarrenBuffet,Mozarttoprovethattheyallgottheirsthroughyearsofpractice——the10,000hoursrule,You'llreexamineyourbeliefsaboutwhatittakestosucceedandsuperchargeyourmotivationafterreadingColvin'sbook．

4．MasterybyGeorgeLeonard．

Thisbookalsostressesthatpracticeisthesecretofsuccessinanything．Leonardexplainsthatmastershipneverends——youwillneverhaveperfecttechniqueandbeabletostop．Insteadyou'llkeeplearning,improving,andhittingplateaus（瓶颈期）．ThebigpointinMasteryisthatplateausarevitalforimprovingyourskillsandthatyouthereforemuststartenjoyingtheminsteadofgettingimpatientorquittinglikemostguysdo．

1．ForwhatpurposewillapersonreadthebookThink&GrowRichasareference?

A．Tomakearesearchonbeingrichandfamous．

B．Todrawaconclusiononthesuccessfulmen'sstories．

C．Todeliveralectureontheinstructionsonhowtosucceed．

D．TowriteareportonhowtocopyHill's13stepstobecomefamous．

2．WhatdoThink&GrowRichandPsycho-Cyberneticsbothshare?

A．Theyareonthesamebookshelfnexttoeachother．

B．Theyarebestsellersandtheself-helpbooksaswell．

C．Theyintroduceaboutsuccessfulpeopleandtheirsecrets．

D．Theyhelpreaderstobecomesuccessfulbyofferingconfidence．

3．Whichbookscanbestexplainthesayings"Practicemakesperfect"and"Liveandlearn"respectively?

A．TalentisOverrated;Mastery．

B．Mastery;Psycho-Cybernetics．

C．Think&GrowRich;Psycho-Cybernetics．

D．Think&GrowRich;TalentisOverrated．

B

HavingjustcompletedherdiplomainFrench,FengYu,asabraveyounggirl,wasreadyforsomeadventure．ShefinallytookonthejobofferthatbroughthertotheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongotoworkasaninterpreter．Only22yearsoldatthetime,shecouldhardlyimaginethehardshipssuewouldfacethere．ButwiththesupportofherAfricanfriendsinChina,shestoodfirmandfoundoutthatanextraordinaryexperiencewasawaitingforherthere．

Despitehavingmadeallnecessarypreparations,Fengspentherfirstnightonthecontinentintears．Butshedidherbesttoadapttothenewlivingenvironment．

Afterafewmonths,shelookonanewjobofferintheDemocraticRepublicoftheCongobeforemovingtoAlgeria．ShestayedontheAfricancontinentforthreeandahalfyearsintotal,beforefinallyreturningtoChina．

Asdayswentby,agoldenopportunityopenedtoher．Hercompanyneededsomeonetogotoafarawayvillagedeepintheforest．Noneofhercolleagueswantedtogo,butFeng,asajunioremployee,seizedtheopportunity．

Thisvillageisinhabitedbythetribe,cutofffromtheworld,stillmaintainsistraditionalways．Thatnightwhenthekerosenelampwentout,Fengfoundherselfintotaldarkness．"Iwassoscared,butIhadnowheretorunaway,"sherecalled．Thenextday,shesawhowsinginganddancingplayamajorroleinthelivesoflocalvillagers．

Littlebylittle,Fengwascaughtupinthislivelyatmosphereandsoonforgotherinitialworries．

Backhome,shefoundapositioninanAfricanembassyinBeijing．Forthenextfouryears,from2014to2018,FengtraveledtwicetoMauritaniaandtwicetoMadagascar．Shewascaptivatedbythecontinentagainandagain．

4．WhatdoweknowaboutFengYufromParagraphOne?

A．Shewantedtoexperiencesomehardshipsaftergraduation．

B．SheisanexperiencedChineseoverseastudent．

C．ShewantedtoworkinAfricaaftergraduation．

D．ShewasworkingatanembassyinAfrica．

5．WheredidFengYugotoworkwhenshewas22yearsold?

A．Algeria．B．Mauritania．

C．Madagascar．D．Congo．

6．HowdidFengYufeelafterinthevillagefinally?

A．Scared．B．Relaxed．C．Worried．D．Excited．

7．HowlongdidshestayinAfricainallbeforeshegotapositioninanAfricanembassy?

A．Almostfouryears．B．Almostthreeyears．

C．Morethanfouryears．D．Morethanfiveyears．

C

MarcoSpringmannandhiscolleagues,attheOxfordMartinSchool'sFutureofFoodProgramme,builtcomputermodelsthatpredictedwhatwouldhappenifeveryonebecamevegetarianby2050．Theresultsindicatethatiftheworldwentvegan,thegreenhousegasemissionsdeclineswouldbearound70%．

IntheUS,forexample,anaveragefamilyoffouremitsmoregreenhousegasesbecauseofthemealtheyeatthanfromdrivingtwocars——butitiscars,notsteaks,thatregularlycomeupindiscussionsaboutglobalwarming．

Food,especiallylivestock,alsotakesupalotofroom．68%ofagriculturallandintheworldisusedforlivestock．Whentheselandsbecomegrasslandsandforests,theywouldcapturecarbondioxideandfurthereaseclimatechange．

However,ifthewholeworldwentvegan,therewouldbenegativeeffectstoo．First,itisnecessarytokeeplivestockforenvironmentalpurposes．"I'msittinghereinScotlandwheretheHighlands'environmentisveryman-madeandbasedlargelyongrazingbysheep,"saysPeterAlexander,aresearcherinsocio-ecologicalsystemsmodelingattheUniversityofEdinburgh．"Ifwetookallthesheepaway,theenvironmentwouldlookdifferentandtherewouldbeapotentialnegativeimpactonbiodiversity．"

Plus,meatisanimportantpartofhistory,traditionandculturalidentity．Numerousgroupsaroundtheworldgivelivestockgiftsatweddings,celebratorydinnerssuchasChristmaswithturkeyorroastbeef．

Andnowadays,moderationinmeal-eating'sfrequencyandportionsizeiskeytosolvingtheseconflicts．"Certainchangeswouldencourageustomakehealthierandmoreenvironmentallyfriendlydietarydecisions,"saysSpringmann,"likeputtingahigherpricelagonmeatandmakingfreshfruitsandvegetablescheaper．"

Infact,clearsolutionsalreadyexistforreducinggreenhousegasemissionsfromthelivestockindustry．Whatislackingisthewilltoimplementthosechanges．

8．Whatcanweinferfromtheunderlinedsentenceinthesecondparagraph?

A．DrivingcarsismoredangerousthaneatingsteaksintheUS．

B．Ourdietarychoicesaffectingclimatechangeisoftenunderestimated．

C．Peoplecomparethegreenhousegasemissionsofthecarsandsteaks．

D．Carsaffecttheglobalwarmingmoreseriouslythanthesteaks．

9．WhydoesPeterAlexandermentionthesheep?

A．Toshowtheimportantimpactoflivestockontheenvironment．

B．Toshowhisworkasaresearcherinthesocio-ecologicalsystems．

C．Toencouragepeopletotakeallthesheepbackforenvironmentalpurpose．

D．Topointoutthenegativeimpactofthesheeponthebiodiversity．

10．Whichsayingcanbestshowtheauthor'sattitudetolivestock?

A．Itishardtopleaseall．

B．Don'tputallyoureggsinonebasket．

C．Onecannnotseethewoodforthetrees．

D．Everythingisadouble-edgedsword．

11．Whereisthistextmostlikelyfrom?

A．Abiologytextbook．B．Ahealthmagazine．

C．Ascientificjournal．D．Aneducationalreview．

D

AccordingtothemajorityofAmericans,womenareeverybitascapableofbeinggoodpoliticalleadersasmen．Thesamecanbesaidoftheirabilitytodominatethecorporateboardroom．AndaccordingtoanewPewResearchCentersurveyonwomenandleadership,mostAmericansfindwomenindistinguishablefrommenonkeyleadershiptraitssuchasintelligenceandcapacityforinnovation,withmanysayingthey'restrongerthanmenintermsofbeingpassionateandorganizedleaders．

Sowhy,then,arewomeninshortsupplyatthetopofgovernmentandbusinessintheUnitedStates?

Accordingtothepublic,atleast,it'snotthattheylacktoughness,managementtalentorproperskillsets．It'salsonotallaboutwork-lifebalance．Althougheconomicresearchandprevioussurveyfindingshaveshownthatcareerinterruptionsrelatedtomotherhoodmaymakeitharderforwomentoadvanceintheircareersandcompetefortopexecutivejobs,relativelyfewadultsintherecentsurveypointtothisasakeybarrierforwomenseekingleadershiproles．Onlyaboutone-in-fivesaywomen'sfamilyresponsibilitiesareamajorreasonwhytherearen'tmorefemalesintopleadershippositionsinbusinessandpolitics．

Instead,toppingthelistofreasons,aboutfour-in-tenAmericanspointtoadoublestandardforwomenseekingtoclimbtothehighestlevelsofe