第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分) (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
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Northwaters & Langskib Canoe Tripping Programs
Northwaters Wilderness Pregrams, Temagami, Ontario, P0H 2HO Type：Overnight Camp
(Hot Meals, Programs for school groups, Summer Camp, Transportation Available) Categories: Adventure Cost: $1,000 to $1,200/week Age: 10 to 17
Gender: All Girls，All Boys Capacity: 24 to 60
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Camp Address: Northwaters Wilderness Programs, Temagami, Ontario, P0H 2H0 About this camp:
Highlights to the text, the Northwaters Wilderness Programs
From Northwaters and Langskib, two picturesque island base camps in the heart of the Temagami Forest Reserve, our canoe trips take us through incredibly beautiful country creating opportunities for learning from the land and one another in a spirit that honors awareness, freedom, balance and trust. We offer separate boys, girls and coed (男女同校的) programs, within which participants are grouped according to age, experience level and individual needs. This ensures participants will be grouped with their peers and have an experience that is right for them, whether this is their first time away from home or they have experienced wilderness adventurers.
Canoe camping is just the beginning. At Northwaters and Langskib (NWL) we offer wilderness adventures designed to engage and empower young people at a given stage in adolescent development. Within the context of a fun and challenging canoe trip, we use proven techniques in community building, group process, Native philosophies and storytelling to create a pathway through adolescence. This approach makes us unique among wilderness adventure camps.
Langskib is our boys canoe camp; Northwaters is home to our girls camp and coed camp. Our base camps are located 20 kilometers apart on remote islands in the heart of Ontario's 4 million acre Temagami Wilderness. Working together, we have the advantages of a large organization while being able to limit program size to ensure a quality experience. 21. According to the text, the Northwaters Program ________. A . is a kind of day camp
B. doesn't provide meals
C. fits people from 24 to 60 D. is about $1,100 a week
22. In the canoe trip, campers can ________.
A. do their own things freely
B. learn the spirit of trust and balance D. hardly experience wild adventurers
C. join different kinds of age groups
23. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________. A. the base camps are not far from the city B. Wilderness Program is not a big organization C. kids can choose boy, girl or mixed camp D. the program is mainly quality and big program
B
I needed to get some money, so, after Christmas, I took a job in the clothes department at Graham's for the first fortnight of the January sale. I can't say that I enjoyed it, but it was an experience I'll never forget.
I could never understand why there were many things in the sales; where did they come from? Now I know the secret! Firstly, there is the special winter stock and the stock that people buy all the year round; some of these things are slightly reduced. Secondly, there are the summer clothes they couldn't sell last year; these are heavily reduced to clear them. Thirdly, there are cheap clothes bought in specially for the sales; these are put out at high prices ten days before the sale begins and then are reduced by 60% in the sale. Clever! Lastly, they buy in “seconds\lothes not in perfect condition) for the sale and they are sold very cheaply.
When I arrived half an hour before opening on the first day of the sale, there was already a queue around three sides of the building. This made me very nervous.
When the big moment arrived to open the doors, the security guards, looking less confident than usual, came up to them, keys in hand. The moment they had unlocked the doors, they hid behind the doors for protection as the noisy crowded in. I couldn't believe my eyes: this wasn’t shopping, it was a battlefield! One poor lady couldn't keep her feet and was knocked over by people pushing from behind.
Clothes were flying in all directions as people searched for the sizes, colors and styles they wanted. Quarrels broke out. Mothers were using their small children to crawl through people' s legs and get hold of things they couldn't get near themselves
Within minutes I had half a dozen people pushing clothes under my nose, each wanting to be the first served. Where had the famous queue gone? The whole day continued like that. I began to realize why, twice a year, Graham' s was happy to turn the expensive store into a battlefield like this.
In the sale fever, people were spending money like water without thinking whether they needed what they were buying. As long as it was a bargain, it was OK. As soon as I got home, I crashed out for four hours. Then I had dinner and went back to bed, fearing the sound of the alarm which would tell me to get ready for the second day of the sale. 24. What kind of clothes is likely to be sold 5 % cheaper? A. Last summer s clothes.
B. Clothes not in perfect condition.
C. Clothes bought in specially for the sales. 25. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
D. Clothes for winter wear.
A. The customers gave up the queuing, which the English are famous for. B. The customers kept their temper while looking for clothes they wanted. C. Small children enjoyed crawling through people's legs. D. The security guards were fearless of the crowd.
26. The underlined expression “crashed out \ ________.
A. slept soundly B. chatted with friends C. broke down D. dined out 27. What would be the best title for the passage? A. The Best Bargain C. Sale Fever
B. Hunting for a Job
D. A Pleasant Fortnight
C
In 2018, Irene Pepperberg of Harvard University began studying what was on another creature’s mind by talking to it. Her first experiments began with Alex. Alex was a one-year-old African grey parrot and Irene taught him to produce the sounds of the English language. “I thought if he learned to communicate, I could ask him questions about how he sees the world.”
At the time, most scientists didn’t believe animals had any thoughts. They thought animals were more like robots but didn’t have the ability to think or feel. Of course, if you own a pet you probably disagree. But it is the job of a scientist to prove this and nowadays more scientists accept that animals can think for themselves.
“That’s why I started my studies with Alex,” Irene said, “Some people actually called me crazy for trying this.”
Nowadays, we have more and more evidence that animals have all sorts of mental abilities. Sheep can recognize faces. Chimpanzees use a variety of tools and even use weapons to hunt. And Alex the parrot became a very good talker.
Thirty years after the Alex studies began, Irene was still giving him English lessons up until his recent death. For example, if Alex was hungry he could say “want grape”. Alex could count to six and was learning the sounds for seven and eight. “He has to hear the words over and over before he can correctly say them.” Irene said, after pronouncing “seven” for Alex a few times in a row. Alex could also tell the difference between colors, shapes, sizes, and materials (e.g. wood and metal). Before he finally died, Alex managed to say “seven”.
Another famous pet that proved some animals have greater mental skills was a dog called Rico. He appeared on a German TV game show in
One theory for dogs’ ability to learn a language is that they have been close companions to humans for many centuries and so their ability to understand us is constantly evolving (进化). While animals can’t do what humans do yet, some scientists believe that examples like Alex and Rico prove that evolution develops intelligence, as well as physical appearance.
28. Irene wanted to find out ________. A. what a parrot thinks
B. why a parrot can speak D. if parrots speak English
C. how parrots make sounds
29. Alex learnt new words by ________.
A. singing them B. reading them C. writing them D. rehearing them 30. The two dogs mentioned in the article could ________. A. understand some words C. copy human gestures
B. recognize strange voices
D. tell different colors
31. The article concludes that ________. A. our pets understand what we say C. humans are related to chimpanzees
D
As we grow old, we realize that we have so little time to read and there are so many great books that we’ve yet to get around to. Yet re-readers are everywhere around us. For certain fans, re-reading The Lord of the Rings is a conventional practice annually. One friend told me that Jane Austen’s Emma can still surprise him, despite his having read it over 50 times.
New sudden clear understandings can be gained from the process of re-reading. Journalist Rebacca Mead, a long-time Englishwoman in New York, first came across George Eliot’s Middlemarch at 17. Since then, she has read it again every five years. With each re-reading, it has opened up further; in each chapter of her life, it has resonated (引起共鸣) differently. Mead evidenced the large number of ways in which really good books not only stand the test of repeat reads, but also offer fresh gifts each time we crack their spines. These kinds of books grow with us.
Scientists have also recognized the mental health benefits of re-reading. Research conducted with readers in the US found that on our first reading, we are concerned with the “what” and the “why”. Second time round, we’re able to better appreciate the emotions that the plot continues to express. As researcher Cristel Russell of the American University explained, returning to a book “brings new or renewed appreciation of both the great book and its readers.”
It’s true that we often find former selves on the pages of old books (if we’re fond of making notes on the pages). These texts can carry us back to a time and place, and remind us of the kind of person that we were then. We’re changed not only by lived experience but also by read experience – by the books that we’ve discovered since last reading the one in our hand.
More so than the movie director or the musician, the writer calls upon our imaginations, using words to lead us to picture this declaration of love or that unfaithfulness in life. A book is a joint project between writers and readers, and we must pour so much of ourselves into reading that our own life story can become connected with the story in the book.
Perhaps what’s really strange is that we don’t re-read more often. After all, we watch our favourite films again and we wouldn’t think of listening to an album only once. We treasure
B. dogs may speak to humans one day
D. mental ability can evolve in animals
messy old paintings as objects, yet of all art forms, literature alone is a largely one-time delight. A book, of course, takes up more time, but as Mead confirms, the rewards make it adequately worthwhile.
32. The two books are mentioned in Paragraph 1 mainly to ________. A. attract the attention of readers B. introduce the topic of the passage C. provide some background information D. show the similarity between re-readers
33. The underlined expression “crack their spines” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________. A. recite them
B. re-read them
C. recall them
D. retell them
34. It can be learned from the passage that ________. A. reading benefits people both mentally and physically B. readers mainly focus on feelings on their first reading C. we know ourselves better through re-reading experience D. writers inspire the same imaginations as film directors do 35. The purpose of the passage is to ________. A. call on different understandings of old books B. focus on the mental health benefits of reading C. bring awareness to the significance of re-reading D. introduce the effective ways of re-reading old books
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What Is Emotional Eating?
Emotional eating is when people use food as a way to deal with feelings instead of satisfying hunger. 36 Have you ever finished a whole bag of chips out of boredom or downed cookie after cookie while preparing for a big test? But when done a lot — especially without realizing it — emotional eating can affect weight, health, and overall well-being.
Not many of us make the connection between eating and our feelings. 37
One of the biggest myths about emotional eating is that it’s caused by negative feelings. Yes, people often turn to food when they’re stressed out, lonely, sad, anxious, or bored. But emotional eating can be linked to positive feelings too, like the romance of sharing dessert on Valentine’s Day or the celebration of a holiday feast. Sometimes emotional eating is tied to major life events, like a death or a divorce. 38
Emotional eating patterns can be learned: A child who is given candy after a big achievement may grow up using candy as a reward for a job well done. 39 It’s not easy to “unlearn” patterns of emotional eating. But it is possible. And it starts with an awareness of what’s going on.
【35套精选试卷合集】山东省实验中学2019-2020学年高考英语模拟试卷含答案
