2020年北京市海淀区高三英语二模试题(含答案)

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You

may

have seen the term

u

bullet journal

what exactly is a bullet

journal? This article will highlight the uses for a bullet journal and why they're great for people who wish

to be more organized.

What is a bullet journal?

A bullet journal is a planner system which allows you to plan for the future, track the past and keep

your life organized with lists separated by bullet points. It is a place for you to create clear, yet simple

to-do lists and a place to keep a note of your life goals and aspirations.

What does it help with?

A bullet journal is perfect for people who like writing lists to keep themselves organized. They're

great for doing as a hobby and you can get creative with the way you present

your lists. They

9

re also

perfect for people who constantly write down to-do lists or make hand-written notes.

Why is it important?

A bullet journal is important because we all feel better when our life is organized. Organization can

reduce stress and make you happier. Having your life in order, you will know exacdy what you have to do

every day so that you can remember all of your life goals.

How to create a bullet journal?

The instructions will help you embark on your bullet journal.

Step 1. Find or buy a blank notebook

Any notebook with blank pages will do because if you are someone who is creative and artistic, you

can decorate the notebook any way you like.

Step 2. Find or buy pens

It's

best

to

start

off

simple

and

choose

a

pen

that

you

find

easy

to

use

and

that

you

would

feel

comfortable writing with every day.

Step 3. Monthlies

In this section, you can put a list of important dates for that particular month.

Step 4. Dailies and Weeklies

Put all of your daily or weekly tasks in this section so that you don't forget anything that you have to

do during that day or week.

Step 5. Life Goals

Keep a life goals section. This can include different collections of goals, such as career, relationships,

places you wish to visit and so on.

Now start your bullet journal!

Bullet journals are intended for those who hope to

A.

keep life in order

C.

highlight their progress

32.

Keeping bullet journals helps people

A.

develop artistic taste

33.

C.

build a better mood

.

B.

lead a relaxing life

D.

reduce their workload

.

B.

get rid of stress

D.

give up a hobby

Which of the following is most likely to be included in a bullet journal?

A. Weekly expenses.

C. Weather forecasts.

B.

Appointments with a dentist.

D. Passwords to your computer.

B

Stuttering

（口

吃）

has nothing to do with intelligence. I know this because I stutter. If it takes me

a while longer to say a word, it's not because I can't remember the word; it's because the neural G

申经的）

pathway that transforms words in my head into sounds in my mouth is wired differently. And differences,

of course, are the best way to get negative attention in our society. Taking extra time to get my words out

can surely be frustrating, but that's nothing compared to the misery of dealing with people's reactions.

Almost all children who stutter are discouraged from speaking in one way or another. It's usually not

as direct as someone walking up to them and saying, “Hey, stuttering kid! Keep your mouth shut!” But

when your voice causes adults and peers to snicker

（窃笑）

or roll their eyes, it's pretty discouraging.

Growing up, I learned to avoid speaking whenever possible. I hated what came out of my mouth, full

of awkward breaks and pauses. I figured whatever future I had, it probably involved a vow of silence.

Today Fm a touring author and comedian. It took me 30-something years to get over stuttering. Did

I stop stuttering? No! I couldn't stop if I wanted to. But I stopped wanting to stop. Instead of wasting all

my time and energy trying to meet unattainable standards, I learned that it's OK to stutter. And I learned

by example. I attended the National Stuttering Association conference and met all kinds of people who

stutter

—

people who didn't hate themselves, who didn't silence themselves. They stuttered, and they were

OK with it! I remember watching them and thinking,

There's a popular saying in comedy:

open-mic scene, I was quickly met with some

I remember introducing myself to one comedian and stuttering on my name, as I usually do. Eager to

demonstrate his smartness, he replied,

Just like that, I had created a joke as the result of someone making fiin of my stutter.

To

this

day,

whenever

I

need

inspiration

for

a

new

joke,

I

just

think

about

all

the

ridiculous

comments I get from non-stuttering people. It's a comedy gold mine!

34.

It takes the author longer to say a word because she has

A.

a comparatively low IQ

C.

a relatively small brain

.

B. trouble in organizing ideas

D. problems in her neural system

.

35.

What annoys the author most about her stuttering is

A.

the unfriendly reactions of others

B.

the difficulty in memorising words

C.

her unpromising future as a stutterer

D.

her embarrassing pauses during talks

36.

The author got over stuttering by

A.

adjusting her attitude towards it

B.

getting help from non-stutterers

C.

telling herself constantly to stop it

D.

silencing herself whenever possible

37.

Paragraph 5 is mainly about the author

5

s

A.

success as a comedian

B , respect for other comedians

C.

resistance to others

5

strength

D.

acceptance of her imperfection

.

.

C

The ancient tale of the Country Mouse and the Town Mouse was only the first to emphasize rural

folk's supposed simplicity when compared with more sophisticated urbanites. However, neuro-scientists

announce that, in fact, it is city living that can dull the wits.

The new study led by Dr. Spiers at Nantes University describes how they used a dataset from 4

million people of a computer game, which tests navigating skills by asking players to memorise a map

showing the location of checkpoints and then measuring how well players can find them, guided only by

their mental map. Dr. Spiers and his colleagues examined the 4 million people from 38 countries, and

found that the strongest indicator of a high score was a player's age

—

older people performed relatively

poorly, which agrees with what researchers know about age-related cognitive decline. But the benefit of

rural living was strong enough to offset some of that. Data showed that a 70-year-old who grew up in the

countryside had the navigational abilities of an average 60-year-old across the dataset.

There is a huge gap between the navigation skills of rural and city people, and the researchers think

they

know

why.

Dr.

Spiers

says

that

the

brain's

navigational

abilities

probably

weaken

in

the

less

challenging city environment because they are not being used as much. Although cities may appear more

elaborate, they also feature more clues to help residents find their way, such as numbered streets. In the

countryside,

however, one

field tends to look

much the same as another, so there are fewer external

landmarks to help guide the way.

Neuroscientists already know that living and working in more complex environments can influence

the

function

and

structure

of

the

brain.

Brain

scans

of

London

taxi

drivers,

who

have

gained

an

encyclopedic memory of the city

5

s streets, show that they tend to have an enlarged hippocampus

—

a

region

of

the

brain

acting

as

a

neural

GPS,

sensing

position

and

path

on

an

internal

map

of

the

environment.

The harmful effect of city living on navigation is probably most serious in people under 16

—

18, Dr.

Spiers

says,

because

their

still-developing

brains

respond

and

change

the

most

according

to

external

stimuli. And while people who live in cities with young children should not be alarmed, the study does

raise some interesting ideas for urban planners: keep their city designs not so simple perhaps. And for

everyone else, it might be an idea to turn off maps on the phone.

38.

The study led by Dr. Spiers shows that

.

A.

the seniors score higher at computer games

B.

rural life benefits people's sense of direction

C.

participants are better at finding ways in cities

D.

the young remember checkpoints better in maps

39.

The underlined word

u

offset

in Para. 2 most probably means

A.

achieve

B. confirm

C. reduce

.

D. replace

40.

What is the purpose of the passage?

A.

To introduce a new way of driver training.

B.

To expose the drawbacks of living in the urban area.

C.

To show the contrast between lives in the country and city.

D.

To present environments* impact on one's ability to locate places.

41.

What is the best tide for the passage?

A.

Lost in the City

B.

Brain Weakened in Cities

C.

Navigating to the Countryside

D.

The Negative Effects of City Living

D

Communities across the world are starting to ban facial recognition technologies. The efforts are

well intentioned, but banning facial recognition is the wrong way to fight against modem surveillance

（监

视）

.

Generally, modem mass surveillance has three broad components: identification, correlation

and discrimination.

Facial recognition is a technology that can be used to identify people without their consent. Once we

are identified, the data about who we are and what we are doing can be correlated with other data. This

might be move

ment data, which can be used to

purchasing data, Internet browsing data, or data about who we talk to via email or text. It might be data

about our income, ethnicity, lifestyle, profession and interests. There is an entire industry of data brokers

who make a living by selling our data without our consent.

It's not just that they know who we are; it's that they correlate what they know about us to create

profiles about who we are and what our interests are. The whole purpose of this process is for companies

to treat individuals differently. We are shown different ads on the Internet and receive different offers for

credit cards. In the future, we might be treated differently when we walk into a store, just as we currently

are when we visit websites.

It doesn't matter which technology is used to identify people. What's important is that we can be

consistently identified over time. We might be completely anonymous

（匿名的）

in a system that uses

unique

cookies

to

track

us

as

we

browse

the

Internet,

but

the

same

process

of

correlation

and

discrimination still occurs.

Regulating this system means addressing all three steps of the process. A ban on facial recognition

won't make any difference. The problem is that we are being identified without our knowledge or consent,