2020高考英语三模前阅读理解专题练12（学生版）三年真题研读专练.pdf

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1、三 模 前 阅 读 理 解 专 题 练 12题 组 ARhyme Rhythm ReasonBy Paul Drakefordwww.x/.ai4Hardback|Paperback|E-book$27.59|$13.79|$4.99Here we have a few giggles and chuckles fbrthose who remember the three Rs and wishedthere were something better.Have fun readingPaul Drakefords Rhyme Rhythm Reason!Ghost No MoreBy Ce

2、eCee Jameswww.a-.comPaperback|Kindle Edition$9.99|$0.00Behind the glitz and the glamour of the beautyqueen mother lies a web of secrets.CeeCee is achild desperate for a touch of approval,the loveof her mother.Her reality is her moms retreatingback,abandoning CeeCee in front of a burningcar.Fn。、moreA

3、tlantisBy Shirley Andrewswww.autho Hardback|Paperback|E-book$31.99|$20.99|$3.99Shirley Andrews uncovers the living legacy inAtlantis:Insights from a Lost Civilization,acompelling new look at a legendary country oncesituated on the Atlantic Ridge.-73A-InbetweennessBy Sunnie D.Kidd/Jim Kidd卬 卬 卬 jc/i-

4、Hardback|Paperback|E-book$29.99|$19.99|$3.99Sunnie D.Kidd coined the term“Inbetweenness”.Inbetweenness is a shared resonating spiritualfield of movement and vibration,which is the rootof all spiritual experiences and scientificinvestigation.*J.56.A student interested in poetry and history might c h

5、o o s e.A.Rhyme Rhythm Reason and Atlantis B.Ghost No More and InbetweennessC.Ghost No More and Atlantis D.Rhyme Rhythm Reason and Inbetweenness57.How much do you have to pay if you read all the 4 books in the electronic version?A.$99.56.B.$91.57.C.$64.76.D.$12.97.BRecent summer temperatures in part

6、s of Australia were high enough to melt asphalt.As global warming speedsup the heat and climatic events increase,many plants may be unable to cope.But at least one species of eucalyptustree can resist extreme heat by continuing to“sweat“when other essential processes stop,a new study finds.As plants

7、 change sunlight into food,or photosynthesize(起 光 合 作 用)，they absorb carbon dioxide throughpores on their leaves.These pores also release water via transpiration,which circulates nutrients through the plantand helps cool it by evaporation.But exceptionally high temperatures are known to greatly redu

8、cephotosynthesisand most existing plant models suggest this should also decrease transpiration,leaving trees indanger of fatally overheating.Because it is difficult for scientists to control and vary trees conditions in theirnatural environment,little is known about how individual species handle thi

9、s situation.Ecologist John Drake of the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry andhis colleagues grew a dozen Parramatta red gum trees in large,climate-controlled plastic pods that separated thetrees from the surrounding forest for a year in Richmond,Australia.Six

10、 of the trees were grown at normal airtemperatures and six at temperatures three degrees Celsius higher.The researchers took water away from thesurface soil of all 12 trees for a month to imitate a mild dry environment,then induced a four-day“extreme”heatwave:they raised the maximum temperatures in

11、half of the pods(three with surrounding temperatures and three ofthe warmer ones)to 44 degrees Celsius.Photosynthesis ground to a near halt in the trees facing the artificial heat wave.But to the researchers9 surprise,these trees continued to transpire at close-to-normal levels,effectively cooling t

12、hemselves and their surroundings.The trees grown in warmer conditions coped just as well as the others,and photosynthesis rates bounced back tonormal after the heat wave passed,Drake and his colleagues reported online in Global Change Biology.The researchers think the Parramatta red gums were able t

13、o effectively sweat-even withoutphotosynthesis-because they are particularly good at tapping into water deep in the soil.But if a heat wave and asevere drought were to hit at the same time and the groundwater was depleted,the trees may not be so lucky,Drake says.Other scientists call the finding enc

14、ouraging.Its definitely good news,“says Trevor Keenan,an ecologist atLawrence Berkeley National Laboratory,who was not part of the study.uIt would be very interesting to know howthis translates to other sp e cies,h e adds.Drake hopes to conduct similar experiments with trees common in NorthAmerica.5

15、8.What can we learn from the second paragraph?A.Its easy to control a plants conditions in its natural environment.B.High temperatures lead to much more photosynthesis by plants.C.Plants9 transpiration mainly releases water rather than circulates nutrients.D.Most plants are in danger if they suffer

16、serious overheating.59.The experiment on Parramatta red gum trees shows t h a t.A.at higher temperatures the trees completely stop the photosynthesisB.water deep in the soil saves the trees in a high-temperature environmentC.high temperatures have little effect on the trees photosynthesisD.high temp

17、eratures greatly increase the trees transpiration60.What does the underlined word“depleted“in the fifth paragraph mean?A.Taken in.B.Cut off.C.Used up.D.Made use of.CWe human beings need to stay in touch with nature-many studies show how much better people feel when insight of trees.Yet even more imp

18、ortantly,nature itself needs us to stay in touch.Many politicians and scientistshave told us that we can“conquer“nature,but in reality nature will always be beyond our controlwe do have thepower to destroy it.The fate of all the animals and their habitats depends largely on our attitude towards them

19、.Whether or not we ourselves survive depends on how well we look after the rest.For our sake as well as theirs,weneed to consider it seriously.But how can we care at all if we spend our lives indoors?Born in South London at the end of the SecondWorld War,at least I knew what a sparrow was(theyre rar

20、e now)and you couldnt put a spade into our tiny gardenwithout cutting a worm in half.We knew,too,that milk comes from cows and that old men can grow amazingcarrots on poor land.Ultra-urban(极 度 城 市 化)as we may have been,at least we were in touch.“Now we have a generation who frankly are not in touch.

21、So how can they care if the countryside is sold offto the highest bidders,and used to park helicopters,and our crops come free from Monsanto and our livestock livein factories?They will know no other way.But if we settle for the ultra-urban life,if we allow all wilderness to be compromised and hand

22、our farmingover to industrial chemists then,quite simply,the world will fall apart-as it has been doing already.We have torethink what agriculture is really for,and why conservation matters to us,as well as to other creatures.Changes ofstrategies begin with attitude and attitude begins with awarenes

23、s.61.Which of the following opinions will the author be for?A.Technology will help humans control nature completely.B.Conquering nature is the policy of human society.C.Humans have to find a way to live in harmony with nature.D.We will lose control of nature with the development of society.62.The se

24、cond paragraph is intended to tell us that city people in the p a s.A.were in close touch with nature B.managed to survive in the warC.killed the worms in the earth cruelly D.had a healthier diet than us63.The new generation show no concern about the ultra-urban pattern just b e c a u s e.A.modem ag

25、riculture doesnt need hard work B.high profits can be made by selling city landC.they are cut off from nature D.livestock living in factories are tastier64.From the passage we can guess that Monsanto is likely to b e.A.a chemical fertilizer plant B.a scientist good at farmingC.a construction corpora

26、tion D.a big agricultural companyDThe concept of a“bom leader seems so fanciful that it belongs on the cover of a bad business book.But itturns out that bom leaders are real,and researchers have discovered a key factor,which isnt genes,parents,orpeers,but birth order.First-born children are 30 perce

27、nt more likely to be CEOs or politicians,according to a new paper by severaleconomists,Sandra E.Black at the University of Texas-Austin,and Bjorn Ockert and Erik Gronqvist at SwedensInstitute for Evaluation of Labor Market and Education Policy.The paper,which only looked at boys,found thatfirst-born

28、s stay in school longer,make more money,have a higher IQ,and even spend more time on homeworkthan on television.The idea that birth order might shape personality goes back at least to the 1920s,when Alfred Adler theorizedthat first-born children develop a“taste for power at a young age,since they ca

29、n dominate their younger siblings.He went on to say young children are spoiled and become dependent on their parents(the“baby of the familyeffect),while middle children,being often in a war fbr their parents attention,are status-conscious and naturallycompetitive.Obtaining personality from birth may

30、 strike you.But Adlers hypotheses(假 说)have held up in numerousstudies.In a 2013 paper,Strategic Parenting,Birth Order and School Performance,V.Joseph Hotz,a professor ofeconomics at Duke University,and Juan Pantano,a professor of economics at Washington University in St.Louis,used American data to s

31、how that school performance declines with birth order.The researchers chalked their findings up to what they called the reputational model of strategic parenting”.Put simply,parents invest a lot of time in establishing rules for their first child,building a reputation for toughnessthat they hope wil

32、l pass down to later children.As a result,first-boms are doubly blessedhaving too much oftheir parents9 attention,and then entrusted to act as the rules enforcer of the family,which helps them buildintelligence,discipline,and leadership qualities.In the survey,parents report that they consider their

33、 older childrenmore successful,and they are less likely to discipline their later-born children for improper behaviors,such asacting up or not doing homework.This new study relies on Swedish data,and it comes to a similar conclusion.First-boms aren just healthier orsmarter,but also they score higher

34、 on“emotional stability,persistence,social outgoingness,willingness to assumeresponsibility and ability to take the initiative”.Its researchers ruled out genetic factors;in fact,they uncoveredevidence that later-bom children might be healthier than first-borns.Instead,the differences among siblings

35、had everything to do with family dynamics in the childrens early years.First,having more children means parents can spend less time on each child,and as the parental investmentdeclines,so may IQ.Second,the most important effect,the researchers said,might not be the strategic parenting but somethingm

36、ore like strategic brothering.As siblings compete for their parents9 love(or ice cream,or toys),they occupycertain positions-older siblings demonstrate their competence and power,while younger siblings develop morecreative strategies to get attention.This effect seems particularly strong among later

37、-born boys with older brothers.Younger brothers are much more likely to enter ttcreative occupationslike architect,writer,actor,singer,orphotographerif they have older brothers,rather than older sisters.In other words,among young brothers,specialization within the family forecasts specialization in

38、the workforce.There is a considerable implication in this idea that family dynamics during childhood can shape adultpersonality.Young children are highly sensitive to their environment,in ways that often have lasting effects.65.First-born children are more likely to be CEOs or politicians b e c a u

39、s e.A.they are bom to have leadership qualitiesB.teachers and parents invest more time in educating themC.later-born children need them to set good examplesD.they have a lot of practice in bossing around their younger siblings66.What can we learn about Alfred Adler?A.His research was based on Americ

40、an data.B.His hypotheses were applied in many studies.C.He held the idea that first-bom children should be independent.D.He thought that childrens personality was affected by birth order.67.According to the 2013 paper,if a child does not behave as well as his elder brother at school,it may be due to

41、the fact that h e.A.has a lower IQ and EQ B.is badly treated by school teachersC.receives less attention from his parents D.is spoiled too much by other family members68.What are the findings of the new study based on?A.Swedish data on boys.B.Controlled experiments on children.C.Differences between

42、first-borns and later-borns.D.The observation of childrens development across Sweden.69.The new study has found that later-born c h i l d r e n.A.feel disappointed at their parents9 attitude to themB.are always in a process of self-discoveryC.may be more trustworthy and creativeD.might be physically

43、 strong70.According to the a u t h o r,.A.parents should create a good family environment for their childrenB.children should be given equal attention by their parentsC.girls development is seldom affected by birth orderD.boys should be forbidden to order others around题 组 二 AIllustrated Talks at Lon

44、don MuseumIllustrated talks are held at 7:30 p.m.,on the first Thursday of each month except August.Admission to talksand museum is charged at the usual museum admission charges.3rd September：Protecting Our Waterway Heritage by Nigel Crowe.Nigel is the Conservation Advisor to the Canal and RiverTrus

45、t（运 河 信 托 公 司）.He undertook a comprehensive survey of the heritage of the waterways when first appointed,and now advises the CRT on its protection.1st October：The Canal and River Trust by John Dod well.Founding trustee and long standing waterways enthusiast（狂 热 者）John Dod well will detail the Trusfs

46、 progress to date.He will explain the issues they face and the limits underwhich they work.5th November：The Work of the Thames Ironworks Heritage Trust by Gavin Redknap.Gavin was one of the founders of theTrust that is working to save and restore some of the few surviving crafts built at the Thames

47、Ironworks Yard at themouth of Bow Creek.The Trust plans to use the fleet of restored one-hundred-year-old lifeboats for communityprojects on the Lower Lee.3rd December：The River Thames Society and the River Thames by Peter Finch.Peter,who is Chairman of the River ThamesSociety,will explain the role

48、and function of the society and then go on to talk about Londons river and some ofthe issues it faces.56.A man interested in ancient art crafts might attend the talk o n.A.3rd September B.1st October C.5th November D.3rd December57.If you want to know how a society which aims to protect rivers funct

49、ions,you might a t t e n d.A.The Canal and River TrustB.Protecting Our Waterway HeritageC.The Work of the Thames Ironworks Heritage TrustD.The River Thames Society and the River ThamesBWhile famous foreign architects are invited to lead the designs of landmark buildings in China such as the newCCTV

50、tower and the National Center for the Performing Arts,many excellent Chinese architects are making greatefforts to take the center stage.Their efforts have been proven fruitful.Wang Shu,a 49-year-old Chinese architect,won the 2012 PritzkerArchitecture Prize which is often referred to as the Nobel Pr