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2021
届高三英语适应性训练试题（二）<
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C
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D
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A
If
you’ve
gone
through
all
your
jigsaw
puzzles
and
are
looking
for
a
real
challenge,
Kodak
just
released
what
it
calls
“the
world’s
largest
puzzle”
that you can buy.
Putting
your
patience
and
jigsaw
solving
skills
to
the
test
will
cost
you
both
real
money
and
a
lot
of
space.
Featuring
images
of symbolic landmarks shot by
professional photographers,
Kodak’s new
pro
duct will
set you back
between $$409.99 and $$599.99, and will probably
take up a decent-sized
room when
completed.
Matching
over
51,000
jigsaw
puzzle
pieces
is
sure
to
be
a
time-consuming
affair,
but
to
make
it
less
stressful
for
those
willing
to
give
it
a
go,
Kodak
split
the
puzzle
into
27 images of different international landmarks,
from the Great Wall of China
to the
Statue of Liberty and the Taj Mahal.
They’ve actually made it too easy, if
you ask me, packaging the pieces for each
of the 27 different images in different
bags, allowing you to finish them one by one
before putting them together. So you’re
basically getting 27 smaller
puzzles
that
you can then fix into
the world’s largest puzzle. Kind of
tricky
, if you ask
me…
The only real challenge
will be finding somewhere to display the completed
puzzle,
as at 28.5 feet by 6.25 feet,
it’s probably going to need its own
room.
Despite
its
subjective
faults,
Kodak’s
gigantic
jigsaw
puzzle
is
in
high
demand.
It’s already sold out on
Amazon, where it was priced at $$410,
leaving interested
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parties with
the option of acquiring it for at least $$500 from
two other retailers
(
零售商
) listed on
the
official Kodak website.
1. What makes the Kodak jigsaw puzzle
special?
A. It is made up of the most
pieces.
B. It has the most beautiful
images.
C. It is giant and takes up
much space.
D. It can be bought by
various means.
2. What makes it easier
to complete the Kdak jigsaw puzzle?
A.
Various choices of getting it.
B.
Skills of professional photographers.
C.
Players’ patience and
jigsaw solving skills.
D.
Separately packaged images of world famous
landmarks.
3. How much will it cost you
at least to buy one jigsaw puzzle from retailers?
A. $$ 409.99.
B
Sasha
Olsen,
a
fourth-
grader
at
Pine
Crest
School
in
Fort
Lauderdale,
is
working
on
releasing a book this summer to illustrate how the
state of the oceans affects
children.
The 10-year old went on a trip last
summer with her family to Vietnam and Japan.
She was horrified at the ocean’s
pollution levels and dying sea animals. Back home
she grew even more disturbed learning
about the ocean conditions in South Florida.
She
sought
the
help
of
her
cousin
Narmina
Aliyev.
Together,
they
started
a
nonprofit,
Iwantmyoceanback,
in October.
Originally,
the
group
started
small,
with
friends
coming
together
on
the
weekends
to
clean
the
beaches
in
Bal
Harbour.
Recently,
however,
it
has
hosted
events
to
raise
funds for beach cleanups and donate to
conservation groups. The nonprofit is also
trying to broaden its base by tapping
into YouTube and other social media.
Sasha has started a YouTube channel
where she posts videos from events and has
begun a web series called Table Talks.
In it, she interviews people from different
professions about the oceans. After the
interview, she and her guest will create a
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C. $$500.
D. $$599.99.
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painting,
signed by the guest, that will be auctioned
(
拍卖
) off to raise money to
donate to conservation-based
organizations.
Jencarlos Canela, a
popular Cuban American singer and telenovela star,
was one
of
Iwantmyoceanback’s
first
followers
and
Sasha’s
first
guest.
Canela,
who
has
3.4
million followers on Instagram, posted
about the ex
perience.
“Sasha
, you can count
on me
from now on for anything and congratulations on
the work you’re doing to keep
our
oceans clean. You are so special and very
talented!”
he wrote.
Sasha
and
Aliyev
hope
to
extend
their
work
to
neighboring
cities
such
as
Hollywood
and Miami Beach. “We really
want to make ourselves visible and
accessible to all,”
said Aliyev, the nonprofit’s vice
president.
4.
What do we know about Iwantmyoceanback?
A. It was set up by
Sasha’s
cousin.
B. It aims at ocean
protection.
C. It was inspired by
Sasha
’
s domestic travel.
D. It organizes cleanup activities in
the neighborhood.
5. How does Sasha
raise money on social media?
A. By
calling on friends and relatives to donate.
B. By starting a YouTube channel and
Table Talks.
C. By interviewing people
from different professions.
D. By
selling paintings created and signed by her
guests.
6. What can we infer from
Canela’
s post on Instagram?
A. He is proud of being
Sasha’s first guest.
B. He is
one of
Iwantmyoceanback’s first followers
.
C. He is willing to make contributions
to Sasha
’
s project.
D. His followers on Instagram posted
about their cleanup experiences.
7.
What is the best title of the text?
A.
Sasha: a popular girl on the social media
B. Fourth-graders: devoted to beach
cleanups
C. A 10-year old: making a
difference to a better beach
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D. A 10-year
old: working on releasing a book this summer
C
When you’ve finished your
studies at school and college, do you feel like a
well-
earned
rest?
If
you’re
about
to
embark
on
a
course
at
university,
you’ll
want
to
recharge
your
batteries
and
have
some
fun.
But
how
long
should
you
do
that
for?
Now the idea of taking a year off
before you move into
further education
seems
to be the thing to do.
A year off
—
also
called a
gap
year
—
is not a new
concep
t, but there’s now a
focus on making the most of this break
from
academic life. Long gone are the
days
of just hanging out on a beach or
backpacking round the world. While that is still
an option, a gap year is now more about
gaining skills that will help you in later
life.
The
BBC’s
Smart
Consumer
podcast
spoke
to
a
student
called
Meg,
who
said
“I
just
always
had
in
the
back
of
my
mind
I’d
spend
a
year
doing
something
productive
and something that would just be good
fun.”
Doing
something
productive
is
exactly
what
students
are
being
encouraged
to
do
because
doing
more
purposeful
things
like
work
experience
or
charity
work
helps them acquire skills to use when
competing
for a place at university.
It looks good on their CV and
ultimately makes them more
employable.
While the benefits of taking a gap year
are clear to see, some students worry
they can’t afford it. Another student,
Tom, told the BBC that to him, a gap year
was an ‘alien concept’. He said “it
would have been far too expensive and it’s
not something that I would have been
able to rely on my parents or family members
for.”
But
some
experts
say
that
it
needn’t
burn
a
hole
in
your
pocket;
you
don’t
need to
travel far and you can even earn money by doing
paid work.
For those who do have the
funds, a combination of working,
volunteering
and
travelling
is
undoubtedly
an
amazing
opportunity.
It
increases
confidence
and
independence,
gives
you
a
chance
to
learn
new
crafts,
and gives you time
to
contemplate
whether
university is right for you.
8. What is the new focus of
“taking a gap year”?
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A. Hanging out on a beach.
B. Backpacking round the world.
C. Spending time trying
challenges.
D. Gaining useful skills
for future life.
9.
Why are students encouraged to do something
productive?
A. To make them capable
in later life.
B. To get the best
result in the competition.
C. To
enrich the experience of doing voluntary work.
D. To gain the sense of achievement
during the participation.
10
. What’s the attitude of
some experts towards a gap year
?
A. They approve of it.
B.
They are against it.
D.
They think it unworthy.
C. They are
indifferent to it.
11. What can we
infer from the text?
A. You must go
to university after taking a gap year.
B. A gap year makes sense if you have the fund to
take.
C. All students can afford a
gap year if they prefer to.
D. Fund
is the most important factor for taking a gap
year.
D
The
COVID-19
pandemic
has
spread
far
and
wide.
Because
of
this,
countries
around
the
world
have
carried
out
containment
measures
to
help
stop
the
virus
in
its
tracks.
As
more and more people stay inside to stay safe, the
outside world seems to have
become much
quieter. In fact, scientists have seen this change
in their research,
too.
Seis
mologists
—
scientists who
study earthquakes
—
have heard
a lot less seismic
(
地震的
) noise
recently. Seismic noise is made from vibrations
(
震动
) in the ground
that are caused by things like ocean
waves and human activity, such as construction
work and traffic.
Thomas
Lecocq,
a
scientist
at
the
Royal
Observatory
of
Belgium,
located
in
Brussels, was the first to notice this
phenomenon. According to Lecocq, the amount
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of
seismic
noise
in
Brussels
has
been
reduced
by
about
30
to
50
percent
since
mid-March.
Interestingly
enough, this is around the same time Belgium
started its containment
measures.
Because of this reduction in background
noise, scientists like Lecocq have been
able to pick up on smaller earthquakes
that some seismic
stations
—
like the one in
Brussels
—
wouldn
’
t have been able to before.
This
phenomenon
isn
’
t
unique
to
Brussels,
though.
Once
Lecocq
shared
his
findings
online,
seismologists
from
all
over
the
world
echoed
similar
findings.
Celeste
Labedz,
a
graduate student at the California Institute of
Technology, mentioned in a tweet
that
Los Angeles also experienced less background
noise.
“
The drop is
seriously
wild,
”
she wrote. Researchers from the UK, France and New
Zealand also noted a
decrease in
background noise since containment measures were
put in place.
These global efforts to
contain the COVID-19 virus have helped to shed
light on
seismic
activity
that
may
have
gone
unnoticed.
It
also
shows
that
people
are
listening
to health
officials and following lockdown guidelines.
12. What did seismologists
find out recently?
A. More smaller
earthquakes are likely to happen.
B.
Less seismic activity has been detected recently.
C. Reduced seismic vibration makes
Earth quieter.
D. Seismic noise is
caused by vibrations underground.
13.
What can we learn from the text?
A.
More seismic noise is being picked up.
B. More data on smaller earthquakes is
being collected.
C. Scientists will
shift their focus to smaller earthquakes.
D. Future big earthquakes can be more
accurately predicted.
14. What does the
underlined word
“
echoed
”
in paragraph 5 mean?
A. Questioned.
C. Explored.
B. Demanded.
D.
Repeated.
15. What can we conclude from
the last two paragraphs?
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A. The drop
in seismic noise is unique to Europe.
B. Seismic noise is mainly caused by
human activity.
C. Many seismologists
wanted tighter restrictions for their research.
D. The phenomenon proved that people
are practicing social distancing.
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When
I
commute
(
通
勤
)
into
London,
there
are
certainly
plenty
of
people
conversing
on
their
mobile
phones
—
discussing
and
sharing
personal
details
with
a
friend.
16
In
fact,
they
don’t
even
acknowledge
the
person
who
is
actually
sitting beside
them.
Many of us spend part of each
day surrounded by strangers, whether on our daily
commute,
or sitting
in a park or a cafe. 17 However,
new
evidence has shown that
gathering the courage
to
strike up
a conversation
might be good for our health.
Behavioural
scientists
Nicholas
Epley
and
Juliana
Schroeder
looked
at
this
silent
relationship
and
whether
solitude
(
独
处
)
is
a
more
positive
experience
than
interacting
with
strangers. 18 Their
research
suggested
that
when
we
make
an initial
conversation,
“we
consistently
underestimate
how much a new person
likes
us.”
It
seems
we
carry
a
negative
voice
in
our
head
telling
us
all
the
things
that could go wrong
and why someone wouldn’t want to converse with us.
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It found
that “every participant in our experiment who
actually tried
to talk to a stranger
found the person sitting next to them was happy to
chat
.”
The
conclusion is that
connecting
with
strangers is
surprisingly pleasant. It has
a
positive
impact
on
our
wellbeing.
It’s
true
that
talking
can
make
you
feel
happier
and happiness can lead to better mental
health.
It’s go
od to talk.
So maybe, if you’re a loner, it’s time
to
come
out of
your shell
and make some
small talk
with a stranger.
20
A. The experiment
proved to be successful.
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