（B）
“You can use me as a last resort(选择), and if nobody else volunteers, then I will do it.” This was an actual reply from a parent after I put out a request for volunteers for my kids’ lacrosse(长曲棍球) club.
I guess that there’s probably some demanding work schedule, or social anxiety around stepping up to help for an unknown sport. She may just need a little persuading. So I try again and tug at the heartstrings. I mention the single parent with four kids running the show and I talk about the dad coaching a team that his kids aren’t even on … At this point the unwilling parent speaks up, “Alright. Yes, I’ll do it.”
I’m secretly relieved because I know there’s real power in sharing volunteer responsibilities among many. The unwilling parent organizes the meal schedule, sends out emails, and collects money for end-of-season gifts. Somewhere along the way, the same parent ends up becoming an invaluable member of the team. The coach is able to focus on the kids while the other parents are relieved to be off the hook for another season. Handing out sliced oranges to bloodthirsty kids can be as exciting as watching your own kid score a goal.
Still, most of us volunteers breathe a sigh of relief when the season comes to a close. That relief is coupled with a deep understanding of why the same people keep coming back for more: Connecting to the community( 社 区 ) as you freely give your time, money, skills, or services provides a real joy. Volunteering just feels so good.
In that sense, I’m pretty sure volunteering is more of a selfish act than I’d freely like to admit.
However, if others benefit in the process, and I get some reward too, does it really matter where my motivation lies?
59. What can we infer about the parent from her reply in paragraph l？ A. She is stressed as a single mother. B. She doesn’t like playing the lacrosse. C. Volunteering is not in her list .
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D. Her schedule is too demanding.
60. What is the aim when the author mentions some examples in the second paragraph ? A. The author wants to praise the volunteers . B. The author wants to persuade the parent. C. The author wants to promote good deeds. D. The author wants to offer some advice.
61. Why do so many people keep doing the volunteer work? A. It gives then a sense of joy. B. It brings them financial benefits. C. It enables them to work hard. D. It helps them keep energetic.
(C)
In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about aggression in other animals. This sometimes happens with humans also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the kindness in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or help
me to put on my coat. And I have discovered that it makes them happy.
From my wheelchair experience, I see the best in people, but sometimes I feel sad because those who appear independent miss the kindness I see daily. They don’t get to see this soft side of others. Often, we try every way possible to avoid showing our weakness, which includes a lot of pretending. But only when we stop pretending we're brave or strong do we allow people to show the kindness that’s in them.
Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and drove more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get impatient and angry, with some speeding up alongside me, horning ( 按 喇 吼 )or even shouting at me. At the moment I decided to do something I had never done in twenty-four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really low speed.
No more angry shouts and no more horns!
When I put on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, “I have a problem here. I am
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weak and doing the best I can. And everyone understood. Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the stream of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they waited, knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.
Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even when we don’t feel that way. But those are few and far between. More often, it would be better if we don’t, pretend we feel strong when we feel weak or pretend that we are brave when we are scared. 62. Why did the author put on the car flashlights? A. He signaled to other drivers for help. B. He wanted to challenge other drivers. C. He wanted to have a better view of the road. D. He was suggesting that he had a problem. 63. What is the best title of the passage? A. Weakness sometimes brings out kindness. B. Always be ready to help others. C. Weakness reduces our bravery. D. Never show your weakness.
（D）
There’s more fresh water hidden below Earth’s surface in underground aquifers (含水层) than any other source besides the ice sheets. That groundwater earns an unshakably important place for rivers worldwide, keeping them running even when droughts bring
their waters low.
But in recent decades humans have pumped trillions of gallons out of those underground reservoirs. In a new research, water experts and scientists are taking a global look at where groundwater is already being extracted at such a rate that it has caused water levels to drop so much in rivers and streams that they will slip into the ecological danger zone.
Much of that water is being removed much faster than it can be refilled. That has
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enormous potential consequences for people and crops in areas that don’t get enough rain. But far before those impacts emerge, the effects will fiercely hit rivers, streams, and the habitats around them. Hundreds of rivers and streams around the world would become so water-stressed that the entire ecological system would hit a danger point, says Inge de Graaf, the lead author of the research. “We can really consider this ecological effect like a ticking time bomb,” she says. “If we pump the groundwater now, we don’t see the impacts until like 10 years further or even longer.”
But the severity of the impacts might still be underestimated. As a baseline, they used the global water demand in 2010 and spun their climate model forward to predict how stresses on groundwater systems might develop. But as populations swell and the demand for food rises, those stresses could skyrocket for reasons other than climate change, speeding along the extraction from underground water sources.
The effects of over-pumping groundwater take years, if not decades, to become visible. Changes in rain have immediate, obvious effects on river flow. When it pours, rivers often rage. But groundwater is hidden and changes don’t always manifest in the place where the pumping occurs and are programmed to “wait for the perfect moment”. That makes aquifer management issues extra challenging. In the meantime, rivers and streams are the signal that says we’re using water in an unsustainable fashion, we need to take a hard look at what we’re doing.”.
64. The underlined word “extracted” in the second paragraph can be replaced by A. pumped
B. distracted
C. contracted
D. filled
. 65. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. The water removed from the ground can be fully refilled. B. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? C. The water removed from the ground can be fully refilled. D. The effects of over-pumping groundwater are not immediate. E. The groundwater only takes effects during droughts.
F. Fresh water hidden below Earth’s surface is more than any other source. 第四部分 书面表达(满分 25 分) Passage 1
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Nature is shrinking by the day in the name of progress. The loss of biodiversity could be a disaster. Biodiversity refers to the variety of plants, animals and other living things which are all inter-connected. The problem is that the concept of biodiversity is so vague. People might care about brown bears, but it is much harder to excite them about the fate of microscopic sea creatures which are being boiled to death in the cooling systems of power stations along coastlines. Passage 2
The Guardian newspaper has launched the Biodiversity 100 campaign to try to convince governments around the world to take action. This includes persuading the UK government to create a series of marine reserves to reverse the decline in sea-life caused by industrial fishing, banning the fishing of live sharks at sea by some Asian countries, and stopping the slaughter of dingoes in Australia, among many other things. 写作内容：
1、用 30 单词左右写出上文概要；
2、用约 120 单词阐述你对这个话题的看法，内容包括：
（1） 你如何看待保护动物多样性的意义？ （2） 作为中学生，你如何为保护动物多样性做出献？ 写作要求：
1、写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句； 2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称； 3、不必写标题。
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2020届江苏省徐州市睢宁县高三下学期线上阶段性检测英语试题(解析版)
