D. employers who have created job opportunities
50. From the second paragraph we can draw the conclusion that ______. A. a natural growth of population always leads to a balanced workforce B. a large population does not necessarily mean a higher proportion of workforce
C. the larger the population is, the higher the proportion of the workforce will be
D. the workforce will be lower if the population has a balanced age distribution
51. When a population is said to be aging，______.
A. there are more people retiring than those entering the workforce B. the birth rate in the area must be lower that that of death there C. there should be an oversupply of the workforce members
D. there are more people entering the workforce than those retiring 52. The population which is top-heavy with older people ______ of a country. A. leads to the high rate of unemployment B. results in low tax on workforce members C. affects employees’ incomes D. places pressure on the economy D
Many people have been talking about the way in which the world will come to an end in 2020. Everybody wants to find out if December 21, 2020 is the last day of the earth. The rumor has already been spreading for a very long time. The Mayan’s prediction can account for the rumor. According to the rumor, the earth will experience dramatic changes in 2020 and the changes will be disastrous to all of the living creatures on earth. It is widely assumed that a Planet X will return to orbit the solar system. The return of Planet X will
have a destructive effect on the solar system as well as on some planets including the Neptune, the Jupiter and the earth. Planet X will cross into their orbits. There’s a possibility that Jupiter will change into a little sun at this time, so folks will be well placed to see two suns in the sky in 2020.
The solar flares (耀斑) that occur in a 11-year cycle will reach their highest point in 2020. The powerful solar flares will affect the magnetic field of the earth and cause disasters. On December 21, 2020, the sun and the earth will line up in the same line at the equator(赤道). The winter solstice(冬至) only occurs once every 25,800 years. The events in the universe are signals that the world will come to an end. As a result of the solar flares, lots of disasters will happen that will destroy the face of the whole earth. Scientists are making the guess primarily based on the Mayan Long Count Calendar.
Many films have been made about the end of the world including End Game by Alex Jones and End Clock: Nostradamus 2020. The former provides insights about the way the world will become one state. After the world government is in place, it’s going to be easy to exterminate 80% of the people in the world. The rest will continue to live with assistance from advanced technology.
No one knows whether the world will end on December 21, 2020. There is no clear answer until the day arrives. Just as the Mayans claim, it will not be the time for the world to end. Instead, it will be the dawn of a fresh start.
53. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Information about end-of-the-world predictions. B. Different opinions about end-of-the-world predictions.
C. Some doubts about end-of-the-world predictions. D. Destructive effects of the end of the world.
54. Which of the following things will NOT happen if the end of the world really happens?
A. Humans will see two suns at the same time. B. The earth will look completely different.
C. The earth and the moon will line up in the same line. D. The solar flares will become stronger than before.
55. The underlined word “exterminate” in Paragraph 3 probably means “______”. A. save
B. kill
C. help
D. rule
56. What is the author’s attitude to the rumor that the world will end? A. Optimistic. Scared. E
Levi Strauss, who was born in 1830 and went to the USA at the age of 17, sat in the saloon and drank his beer slowly. He began to think. Business was not good. Nobody wanted to buy anything. He thought about the canvas and the pots and pans on the wagon. Then he remembered the hole in Hank’s trousers. Suddenly, he had an idea — “pants”, he jumped up and shouted, “Everyone needs pants.” He hurried to a tailor and gave him all his canvas. “I want you to make pants with this canvas,” he said. “Can you do that?” “Yes, of course,” said the tailor, “What name is it?” “Strauss, Levi Strauss.”
It was the beginning of jeans. Now more than a hundred years later, people wear jeans all over the world and everyone knows the name of Levi Strauss. In the 1860s, farmers, rail-road workers, cowboys and miners helped to
B. Sad.
C. Unconcerned.
D.
develop the new land. Life was hard. They worked for long hours in all kinds of weather. They wore trousers made by Levi Strauss. They were the first people to wear jeans in America.
Jeans first came to Europe with the American soldiers during World War II. Soon, workers in Europe were wearing them. Workers liked them: they were cheap, hardwearing and practical. They were not popular with young people generally until the late 1950s and early 1960s.
It came suddenly. It started in America and it crossed the Atlantic quickly. It was a new kind of music, a new kind of dance. Rock’ n Roll. The king of Rock’ n Roll was Elvis Presley. Teenagers loved him. At home he wore a T shirt, an old leather jacket and blue jeans, so more and more teenagers began to wear jeans. They liked them tight.
57. All the following statements are TRUE except ______.
A. Jeans could first be seen in Europe during the Second World War B. Jeans were not popular with all Americans until the late 1950s and early 1960s
C. Many people all over the world show interest in jeans at the present time
D. Farmers, railroad workers, cowboys and miners were the first people to wear jeans in America
58. Which of the following is the right order in jeans’ spreading? a. More and more teenagers began to wear jeans.
b. More than a hundred years later people wear jeans all over the world. c. Farmers, railroad workers, cowboys and miners started to wear jeans. d. Soon, workers in Europe were wearing jeans.
e. Not until the late 1950s and early 1960s were jeans popular with young people.
f. Levi Strauss had jeans made at 17. A. f,c,d,b,e,a
D. f,c,d,e,a,b
B. c,d,f,e,a,b
C. a,c,d,e,b,f
59. Jeans became popular among the teenagers because _____. A. they were cheap, hardwearing and practical B. they liked them tight C. their idol liked wearing them
D. they came out like a new kind of music or dance 60. The best title for the passage can be _____.
A. Levi Strauss, First Man to Invent Jeans B. The Best Trousers — Jeans
C. How Jeans Comes Out And Spreads D. Reasons for Jeans’ Spreading
第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并将答案填涂在二卷对应位置（否则不予给分），选项中有两项多余选项。（共五小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
— Good morning. I’m ringing from the Circulation(发行) Department of the Daily Mirror to say ...... — 61
— A newspaper, dear lady. A famous newspaper. — 62
— Well, mainly perhaps to have the fullest possible picture of what is going on in the world. — 63
— But TV isn’t really enough, is it? A newspaper is able to give so many more details than the TV news can. — 64
四川省成都石室中学2020届高三英语“一诊”模拟试题(2020成都“一诊”模拟)
