全国卷24省2020届高三4月联考英语试卷

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Southern Texas is a wonderful spring time destination. The weather is warm and beautiful. During the month

of

May,

visitors

will

be

able

to

choose

from

a

variety

of

wonderful

festivals

and

events

held

throughout

the

region.

Here are some great options for May festivals in southern Texas.

Dragonfly Days, Weslaco

Insect enthusiasts should stop in Weslaco during the month of May. This time of the year is great for sitting

dragonflies and damselflies. There are over 100 species in the region. Visitors can learn all about the different

species while getting to see them as well.

Songwriter's Showcase Art Festival, Port Aransas

One way to enjoy some of the unique art and culture of Texas is to attend this festival. Visitors can enjoy

a grand variety of music. Held in the evening at the Tarpon Inn Courtyard visitors can enjoy the beautiful scenery

and the music. Music genres range from Folk to Cajun to Rock.

Blues on the Hill, Harlingen

Blues fans should be sure to visit Harlingen on May 12, 2020. It will be the first event in the summer series

held in McKelvey Park. This event offers a variety of Blues artists. Visitors can attend the event for free, and

get to enjoy the music while sitting on blanket of lawn chair in the grass.

Beach to Bay Relay Marathon, Corpus Christi

This event will be held on May 19, 2020. Running enthusiasts visiting Corpus Christi will have a wonderful

time. It is a full marathon, 26. 2 miles, but it is a relay event. Six people run the marathon as a group. The route

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.Which festival will you probably choose as a sports lover?

1.

Dragonfly Days, Weslaco.

2.

Songwriters Showcase Art Festival, Port Aransas.

3.

Blues on the Hill, Harlingen.

4.

Beach to Bay Relay Marathon, Corpus Christi.

22.

What does the underlined word “genres，

A. Types.

B. Characters.

mean in Paragraph 3?

C. Visitors.

C. A novel.

D. Artists.

D. A magazine.

starts on North Padre Island and travels through Corpus Christi.

When Erma's husband Franco was told he needed a bone marrow

（骨髓）

transplant, he learned he could have

a hard time finding a donor match. That's because only 7% of Be The Match Registry members are African Americans

and patients tend to match those who share their ancestors.

Erma got involved immediately, organizing to recruit

（招募）

members of her community to the Be The Match

Registry.

She

never

guessed

she

would

be

called

as

a

match

for

someone

else

before

her

husband

received

his

transplant.

Erma shares her story.

My husband Franco was an engineer. When he was discovered with multiple myeloma

（多发，性骨髓

瘤），

we were told that he would need a bone marrow transplant at some point and that for African Americans, finding a

B

donor match could be a challenge.

I decided to do whatever I could to make sure that when Franco needed a donor, one would be there for him.

I called people to organize drives. I also called Rod, my contact at the local Be The Match recruitment center and

would ask him,

“

How many people did you sign up today?

as we could.

I also joined the registry even though I thought the chances of being called were low. But one day I got a

phone call that I was the best match for a patient who desperately needed a transplant. I couldn't believe it. The

next day I got a second phone call. Franco had a match! When 1 heard they'd found a donor, I just screamed into

the phone.

I was a litde afraid to donate, but everything in me said it was the thing to do. My husband needed a donor

and I had the chance to be a donor for someone else. It made me very happy to be able to give back.

After my donation, 1 felt hardness later that night so I took the pain medicine. The little discomfort I went

experienced was nothing compared to what it meant to me to be involved in saving another person's life.

24

.What

can we infer from Paragraph 1?

1.

Franco is an African American.

2.

Patients tend to match African ancestors.

3.

Be The Match Registry members suffer multiple myeloma.

4.

Only 7% of African Americans needed a bone marrow transplant.

did Erma do to help Franco?

A.

B.

C.

D.

To donate her bone marrow to Franco.

To wait outside the Be The Match Registry.

To ask her neighbors to donate their marrow to Franco.

To ask her neighbors to join the Be The Match Registry.

did Erma feel when receiving the first call?

A.

Confused.

B. Grateful.

C. Surprised.

D. Happy.

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.Which of the following can be the best tide for the passage?

A.

B.

C.

D.

A Touching Story

：

To Be a great Donor

A Kind Action: Be The Match Registry

A Donation: Erma Helped Her Neighbors

An Unusual Twist of Fortune: Erma's Story

C

The universe is expanding faster than it used to, meaning it's about a billion years younger than we thought,

a new study by a Nobel Prize winner says.

At issue is a number called the Hubble constant,

a

calculation for how fast the universe is expanding. Some

scientists call it the most important number in cosmology, the study of the origin and development of the universe.

Using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, Johns Hopkins University astronomer Adam Riess concluded in this week's

Astrophysical

Journal

that

the

figure

is

9%

higher

than

the

previous

calculation,

which

was

based

on

studying

leftovers

from the Big Bang.

The trouble is, Riess and others think both calculations are correct. Confused? That

s OK, so are the

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