【英语】江西省南昌市八一中学2020届高三第三次模拟试题

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The

Costa

Book

Awards

consistently

pick

winners

that

are

both

of

the

moment

and

subsequently endure.

It’s our pleasure to confirm this year’s Category Winners.

First Novel Award Winner

Book:

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Author: Gail Honeyman

Eleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between,

her

only

company

will

be

two

bottles

of

vodka

and

her

own

solitary,

unique

wit

(

机智

).

It

is

contentment,

of

a

kind,

but

an

unexpected

shared

experience

suddenly

opens

the

door

to

possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman’s

debut (

初次登台、开张

)is a funny and moving diamond.

Biography Award Winner

Book:

In the Days of Rain

Author: Rebecca Stott

The Exclusive Brethren were a closed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan.

Into this is born Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay

dying, he begged her to help him write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who

for generations had all been members of a fundamentalist Christian sect.

Poetry Award Winner

Book:

Inside the Wave

Author: Helen Dunmore

To

be

alive

is

to

be

inside

the

wave,

always

travelling

until

it

breaks

and

is

gone.

These

poems are concerned with the borderline between the living and the dead

—

the underworld and

the human living world

–

and the acutely intense being of both.

Children's Award Winner

Book:

The Explorer

Author: Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn

Four

children

survive

their

aircraft

plunging

into

the

Amazon

jungle,

but

for

Fred

and

his

friends it’s only the beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real

command of character and incident, Rundell has few peers i

n superb children’s fiction.

21. What kind of life does Eleanor lead?

A. boring and lonely.

C. exciting and complex.

B. funny and touching.

D. ordinary and happy.

22. Why did Rebecca Stott write

In the Days of Rain

?

A. To introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren.

B. To help her father fulfill his last wish.

C. To share the life of fundamentalist Christians.

D. To pass on her family traditions.

23. For a young adventurous soul, which book seems more appealing?

A.

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

C.

Inside the Wave

B

I once met a well-known botanist at a dinner party. I had never talked with a botanist before,

and

I

found

him

very

interesting.

I

sat

there

absorbed

and

listened

while

he

spoke

of

unusual

plants and his experiments (he even told me astonishing facts about the simple potato). I had a

small indoor garden of my own

—

and he was good enough to tell me how to solve some of my

problems.

As I said, we were at a dinner party. There must have been a dozen other guests, but I broke

an important rule of politeness. I ignored everyone else and talked for hours to the botanist.

Midnight came. I said good night to everyone and departed. The botanist then turned to our

host

and

said

many

nice

things

about

me,

including

that

I

was

a

“most

interesting

conversationalist”.

An

interesting

conversationalist?

I

had

said

hardly

anything

at

all.

I

couldn’t

have

said

anything if I had wanted to without changing the subject, for I didn’t know any more about plants

than

I

knew

about

sharks.

But I

had

done

this

one

thing;

I

had

listened

carefully.

I

listened

because I was really interested. And he felt it. Naturally that pleased him. That kind of listening is

B.

In the Days of Rain

D.

The Explorer

one

of

the

best

ways

to

show

respect

to

others, and

it makes

them

feel

great

too.

“Few

human

beings,”

wrote

Jack

Woodford

in

Strangers

in

Love

,

“can

resist

the

sw

eet

effect

of

rapt

attention

.”

I

went

even

further

than

that.

I

was

“sincere

in

my

admiration

and

generous

in

my

praise”. I told him that I had been hugely entertained and instructed. I told him I wished I had his

knowledge. I told him that I should love t

o wander the fields with him. What’s more, it was all

true.

And so I had him thinking of me as a good conversationalist when, in reality, I had only been

a good listener and had encouraged him to talk.

24. From Paragraph 1, we can learn that the writer__________.

A. was deeply moved by the botanist’s talk

B. was amazed by what he was hearing

C. was not in a comfortable situation

D. behaved politely and properly

25. Which of the following does the writer describe as a rule of politeness at dinner parties?

A. Avoiding discussions about politics and religion.

B. Listening carefully to what another guest says.

C. Arriving and leaving at the appropriate time.

D. Giving attention to all those in attendance.

26.

The

underlined

expression

“rapt

attention”

in

Paragraph

4

is

closest

in

the

meaning

to__________.

A. full understanding B. strong interest

C. great uncertainty D. little curiosity

27.

According

to

the

writer,

which

of

the

following

is

an

important

characteristic

of

a

good

conversationalist?

A. Listening attentively and encouraging the other side to continue.

B. Encouraging the other side by sharing his/her own opinions.

C. Promising a future meeting for more communication.

D. Expressing respect by nodding his/her head.

C

Zoos

have

traditionally

been

built

in

a certain

way:

Animals

on

the

inside,

humans

on

the

outside, peering in. This separation is good in theory

—

humans and animals need to be protected

from one another

—

but terrible in practice, as animals end up living in an environment far from a

natural

habitat.

A new

plan

for

a

Zoo

in Denmark

wants

to

reverse

those

roles,

giving

animals

more freedom in captivity while effectively placing humans inside protective barriers.

Called Zootopia, the conceptual design has the goal of turning the safari(

野外观兽旅行

)style

zoo into a place where animals determine interaction

—

not humans.

the

animals

what

they

would

like.

What

would

they

decide?

says

the

director

of

the

project.

In

Zootopia,

animals

will

wander

free

around

the

perimeter

(

周围，边缘

)while

humans

observe,

hidden

away

from

view

in

underground

passageways

and

naturalistic

architecture

structures.

Visitors

can

watch

lions

through

an

underground

enclosure(

围墙

)disguised

as

a

hill.

They'll peek out at giraffes through windowed houses built into the side of a hilly plains. Outside

of the main circular entrance, there will be no traditional buildings.

influence,

The main challenge, of course, is to design the zoo in a way that the enclosure is still there

but

it's

not

visible.

The

two- phase

plan,

which

will

cost

around

$$200

million,

is

still

in

the

improving and approval phase; it'll be at least five

years until we see any work finished on the

park, and it's likely to take upwards of 10 years before it opens. Can the animals wait that long?

28. Why does a zoo in Denmark plan to create Zootopia?

A. to protect animals from humans.

B. to provide animals with a natural habitat.

C. to provide humans with more freedom in the zoo.

D. to protect humans and give animals enough freedom.

29. Different from traditional zoos, in Zootopia

.

A. animals enjoy full freedom.

B. there will be no conventional buildings.

C. humans watch animals without being noticed.

D. humans can interact with animals at their will.

30. What can we infer from the last paragraph?