【附20套高考模拟试题】江苏省南京市玄武高级中学2020届高三3月阶段性检测英语试题含答案

These are all chosen from surveys of over 15,000 students about their own interests in cross cultural communication.

“Let’s Speak” and “Speak Up” share a special but excellent way that allows all students to take part in. The series has questions which start thinking and help collect opinions about personal topics. Conversation practice is provided by using models of basic exchanges on the topic. Also, the cultural information presented in the series comes in the form of interesting, relevant facts and ideas from other countries through listening tasks and Culture Quiz exercises.

“Let’s Speak” is fit for entry level students of all ages. “Speak Up” provides for the needs of higher level beginners. Offering the same careful listening and speaking help, but with slightly more open ended discussion.

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36. Which of the following is not mentioned about the two books in the passage?

A. Content.

B. Writer.

C. Price.

D. Book number.

37. The two books have in common everything except ______.

A. the same interesting topics B. the same level of learners

C. proper ways to excite the learner to talk

D. right kinds of activities for cultural communication 38. What does “entry level” refer to in this passage?

A. Low level beginners. B. Experts.

C. High level beginners. D. Native speakers.

39. According to the passage, you can have at least ______ ways to be connected if you want to know

something about (AWL’s) books. A. two

B. three C. four

D. six

40. The passage is probably taken from the ______ section in a newspaper.

A. EDUCATION B. NEWS C. BOOSHELF D. OPINION

B

You watch a sad film and get caught up in your emotions. You cry your eyes out at the dramatic plot — you feel sad for the characters if they suffer, or happy for them when they are successful. It is only when the movie is over that you realize that what you were watching is not real.

But why couldn’t you accept that when you were so absorbed in the movie? It was reported in Science Daily this week that scientists at Case Western Reserve University, US, discovered that people simply cannot think emotionally and logically at the same time.

It has long been known that something different goes on in our brain when we use logic, rather than responding to something emotionally. Thinking logically is a step-by-step process, in which people make decisions through reasoning and find answers rationally. When we think emotionally, or empathize (有同感), we look at things from someone else’s point of view and try to feel their pain.

Now scientists have found that thinking logically and emotionally are like the two ends of a seesaw (跷跷板) — when we’re busy empathizing, the part of the brain used for cold, hard analysis is suppressed. And it’s also true the other way round.

To come to this conclusion, scientists gathered 45 people — men and women — to take brain scans as they solved different kinds of puzzles. Some of the puzzles were tough and involved math and physics and others were social problems that required participants to put themselves in other people’s shoes.

Scientists found that when participants were doing a math problem, the region in their brain that is associated with logical thinking lit up, and when asked to make emotional decisions, the region for emotional thinking lit up. But the most interesting part is that when asked to solve problems that required both logical and emotional responses, the participants always used one of the regions at a time while the other one went dark.

“Empathetic and analytic thinking are… mutually (相互之间地) exclusive (排斥的) in the brain,” said Anthony Jack, leader of the study. “You don’t have to favor one, but cycle efficiently between them, and employ the right network at the right time.”

However, people sometimes ended up using the wrong one. This explains why some people are good at solving complex math problems but have poor social skills. And why even the smartest people get taken in by fake but touching stories.

41. Why does the author mention watching movies at the beginning of the passage?

A. To show that we are easily moved by things that are not real. B. To show that sometimes we only use emotional thinking. C. To introduce the research based on this kind of experiences. D. To prove emotional thinking is powerful.

42. Scientists at Case Western Reserve University, US, proved ______ through their recent tests.

A. logical thinking works differently from emotional thinking B. logical thinking is much more efficient than emotional thinking

C. logical thinking and emotional thinking take turns to function independently D. logical thinking and emotional thinking could work together 43. The underlined word “suppressed” in Paragraph 4 means ______.

A. starting to react actively B. being completely damaged

C. to prevent something from working effectively D. obtaining an opposite function

44. We can conclude from the last two paragraphs that ______.

A. people have to frequently switch between different types of thinking B. adopting the wrong thinking mode could have bad results

C. people could only either have excellent logical thinking or emotional thinking D. people who think logically could easily be controlled 45. What could be the best title for the passage?

A. Your Heart vs Your Mind B. Your Emotions

C. Logical Thinking

C

I still remember the days when I was a youthful student in an engineering school. I lived a casual life, without caring about the future. I smoked, drank with friends and made girlfriends. Little did I realized that casualness would certainly lead to loss.

Two years had passed and I was staring down a report card that highlighted FAIL in more than half the subjects. I didn’t care, at least not till my dad found out about it. You see, I studied in India and unlike the United States where the students are expected to finance their own education, my dad financed me.

Then came the day when my dad found out my habit of smoking. He lost his temper but he just told me, “son, your allowance is cut in half from this moment on.” It hit me like a roundhouse kick from Bruce Lee. I was jolted(震摇) out of my bones! I couldn’t comprehend how to pay off the debts that I had accumulated in college. I owed everybody money the grocery store, the bars, the restaurants, my friends, ect. I was living a life filled with credit.

When I came back to college, I knew if I din’t change the way I live my life I wouldn’t be able to pay everybody off. So I decided to make some changes, drastic changes. I quitted smoking, cut off from my friends who led me down the wrong road, starting hanging out in libraries and reading my engineering

D. Movies and Feelings

books.

One year later, I went from a miserable failure to a magna cum laude(优等成绩). Life was never the same again. This incident made me know that anything is possible if you take action and do something about it, however small or large. Even today it still motivates me when I feel that I’m about to lose or give up. It reminds me that I can do it!

46. Father decided to cut the author’s allowance when he found his son . A. drank with friends B. made girl friends C. failed in most subjects D. had the habit of smoking 47. The author didn’t care about his study until . A. he entered the engineering school

B. he was in heavy debt he couldn’t bear C. he decided to give up smoking

D. his allowance was cut in half 48. The underlined

sentence in the last paragraph means that the author .

A. paid off his debt and life wasn’t hard for him any more B. removed his habits and didn’t lead a casual life C. never hung out with his friends but study all day D. began to live a happy life due to his good grades 49. Which of the following is TRUE?

A. The author did well in making good friends in the school. B. The author made great progress with the help of his friends. C. Students tend to earn money for college expenses in America. D. Students were encouraged to do part-time jobs in Indian schools. 50. The author’s purpose of writing this article is . A. to introduce his university life to teenage readers B. to those lazy students to study hard at school

C. to show you can overcome any difficulty if you take action D. to call on the readers not to develop bad habits in college

D

How often one hears children wishing they were grown up, and old people wishing they were young again. Each age has its pleasures and its pains, and the happiest person is the one who enjoys what each age gives him without wasting his time in useless regrets.

Childhood is a time when there are few responsibilities to make life difficult. If a child has good parents, he is fed, looked after and loved, whatever he may do. It is impossible that he will ever again in his life be given so much without having to do anything in return. In addition, life is always presenting new things to the child — things that have lost their interest for older people because they are too well-known. But a child has his parents, he is not so free to do what he wishes to do；he is continually being told not to do things or being punished for what he has done wrong.

When the young man starts to earn his own living, he can no longer expect others to pay for his food, his clothes, and his room, but has to work if he wants to live comfortably. If he spends most of his time playing about in the way that he used to as a child, he will go hungry. And if he breaks the laws of society as he used to break the laws of his parents, he may go to prison. If, however, he works hard, keeps out of trouble and has good health, he can have the great happiness of building up for himself his own position in society.

51. According to the second paragraph, the writer thinks that _______.

A. only children are interested in life B. life for a child is comparatively easy C. a child is always loved whatever he does

D. if much is given to a child, he must do something in return 52. After a child grows up, he ________.

A. will have little time playing B. has to be successful in finding a job C. can still ask for help in time of trouble D. should be able to take care of himself

53. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?

A. People are often satisfied with their life. B. Life is less interesting for old people. C. Adults are freer to do what they want to do. D. Adults should no longer rely on others. 54. The main idea of the passage is _________.

A. life is not enjoyable since each age has some pains

B. young men can have the greatest happiness if they work hard C. childhood is the more enjoyable time in one’s life

D. one is the happiest if he can make good use of each age in his life 55. The paragraph following this passage will most probably discuss _________.