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1、高三英语冲刺训练一第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）ABrooklyn Childrens MuseumFounded in 1899 as the countrys first museum specifically made fbr children, today BCM is comprehensive, with a permanent collection of 30,00（） objects, including musical instruments, masks and dolls. Kids love the inte

2、ractive World Brooklyn, a small cityscape （城市风光）lined by stores where children can pretend to be working grown-ups.Childrens Museum of ManhattanLooking fbr interactive art that welcomes curious minds? Then head to Inside Art, the current show up at CMOM, which lets your little ones climb in and over

3、 and all around the exhibits. Its ideas like this that make the 40,000-square-fbot so special. Learning about culture, history and science is a pride fbr kids aged six and under. CMOM also hosts classes-like Gross Biology fbr kids who are interested in insects-all designed with the latest child-deve

4、lopment research in mind.DiMenna Childrens History MuseumThe hands-on displays at this kid-fbeused ann of the New York Historical Society transport children back through 350 years of US history, with a special fbcus on NYC. Children arc encouraged to climb around and interact with exhibits that high

5、light the lives of kids who grew up to become famous doctors, athletes and political figures! Little New Yorkers can get in on sing-alongs and crafts. Other family programs include cookings classes, games and story hours. Staten Island Childrens MuseumStaten Island Childrens Museum cultivate creativ

6、ity. It offers hands-on experiences like the Block Harbor （with plenty of blocks）, larger-than-life games like Connect Four and Dominoes, and even the opportunity to climb through a human-sized anthill or play firefighter at Ladder 11, so youll find immersive fun around every comer. Dont forget to s

7、top by Green Living Room powered by the wind energy where the kids can learn about ways to reduce our carbon footprint. 1. Which museum provides biology classes fbr kids?A. Brooklyn Childrens Museum.B. Staten Island Childrens Museum.C. DiMenna Childrens History Museum.D. Childrens Museum of Manhatta

8、n.2. What can kids do in DiMenna Childrens History Museum?A. Know about famous peoples childhood lives.B. Play interesting games with great firefighters.C. Run stores like adults in different small streets.D. Cook delicious local food with foreign athletes.3. Where can kids learn how to protect the

9、environment?A. At Ladder 11.B. At the Block Harbor.C. In Green Living Room.D. On a human-sized anthill.BA terrible thing happened to me while I was watching TV recently: I realized that I had aged. Now of course I know that I am aging, ifs just that I hadnt realized quite how old I was until I saw a

10、 participant who I recognized on a reality TV show. Well, I didnt recognize her but I recognized her name. Id slightly known her in my 20s when shc*d been the celebrity who had stolen my roommates* boyfriends.However, heres the thing that shocked mei hadnt recognized her because rather than the beau

11、ty I remembered, on my TV was a middle-aged mum cooking. And then it hit me: thats what I look like too.Its a particularly cnicl change of nature that wc cant see ourselves as others do. Wc see our own face so often that the wrinkles that start to cut through it just go unnoticed. Occasionally we mi

12、ght get a rude awakening when suddenly our bodies stop working as expected but, fbr the most part, were left to get on with growing old without too many reminders. But when you get a reminderoofl Since that show aired, I have sat in front of the mirror analyzing my face and wondering how I came to l

13、ook so like my mother without noticing. Ive also realized that my waist no longer fits into baby fat but a middle-aged spread.I also fear that I dont know what middle age looks like fbr my generation. Did my mother still feel 24 when in reality she was 15 years older? And why do I not feel like Fm w

14、here I should be as 1 approach 40? I definitely remember writing a list of things I will have achieved by the time Im 40 at 19. Where is the house in the South of France or the Porsche 911 she so desperately wanted?Since then, Ive started to redefine myself. 1 dont want to put everything down to age

15、 but I cant quite stop myself. Tired again? Must be my age. Thank God then fbr social media. All around me I see amazing women at the other end of their 40s. Theyve embraced their age and seem to love it, so Im hopeful that as I move into the next decade thatwill be me too. And maybe Ill get the Por

16、sche before Im 50.4. What is implied in Paragraph 1?A. The aging process doesnt a fleet the TV celebrity.B. The TV celebrity used to be popular among boys.C. The author has been friends with the TV celebrity.D. The TV celebrity now lives a life of extreme luxury.5. In most cases, how do we see the a

17、ging process?A. It brings about hopelessness.B. We clearly know what happens.C. It is very likely to slip our mind. D. We can accept it quite pcaccfiilly.6. What does the underlined word “that in the last paragraph refers to ?A. A lady accepting her age.B. The ambitious self aged 19.C. A woman denyi

18、ng being old.D. The celebrity on the TV show.7. What is the theme of this article?A. Age is a high price to pay fbr maturity.B. Wrinkles are evidence of great wisdom.C. It matters not how long we live but how.D. The best tunes are played on the oldest violins.CDepending on the topic, peoples opinion

19、s can change from moment to moment or last a lifetime. The factors that make one opinion long-lasting and another short-lived, however, arc not always clear.Past studies have shown that opinions based on hard facts and data can remain constant over time, but new research published in the journal Psy

20、chological Science finds that opinions based on feelings and emotions can also stand the test of time.As part of their study, the researchers asked more than 1,000 people to what degree they believed opinions based on feelings or emotional reactions were more stable over time than those based on thi

21、nking and reasoned analysis. Only 15% expressed any belief that opinions based on emotion would be more stable over time.To test the role that emotion plays in forming long-lasting opinions, the researchers conducted seven independent studies involving more than 20,000 participants in various real-w

22、orld situations.The first survey, which was conducted the day after Christmas, measured feelings about recently received gifts. The participants were given a list of adjectives to describe their opinions toward their gifts. Adjectives like “worthwhile“ were associated with a practical reaction to th

23、e gift, while words like “delightful were more strongly associated with an emotional reaction. One month later, the participants completed a fol low-up survey to test the endurance of their opinions. The results showed that the stronger the positive emotional reaction, the more likely that opinion r

24、emained fixed one month later.In the final test, participants read one of two messages about an imaginary sea animal. One message contained broad-ranging facts about the animal (low-emotion condition). The other message was about a swimmers underwater interaction with the animal (high-cmotion condit

25、ion). The participants in the high-emotion condition showed significantly less change in their opinions across time.Emotionality is an unrecognized predictor of long-lasting opinions/ said Andrew Luttrell, a researcher at Ball State University. These findings are important fbr understanding why some

26、 opinions are so difficult to change as well as how to create opinions that stick.”8. What did the survey of 1000 people show?A. The role of emotion was not widely recognized.B. Creating long-lasting opinions was a long process.C. Opinions based on hard facts could stand the test of time.D. A small

27、percentage of people dared to voice their opinions.9. Which statement will lead to a long-lasting opinion according to the research?A. The movie is dull.B. The speech is thrilling.C. The gift is valuable.D. The car is energy-saving.10. Which is true about the findings of the research?A. They are con

28、cluded from hard facts.B. They are used to prove other predictors.C. They help understand the endurance of opinions.D. They have something to do with creative opinions. 11. What can be a suitable title fbr the text?A. Emotion Can Help Clarify the OpinionsB. Emotion Varies Based on Different FactsC.

29、Opinions Once Formed Are Hard to ChangeD. Opinions Can Last When Based on EmotionDThe commonly held view is that people arrived in North America from Asia via a land bridge once connecting the two continents. But recent discoveries have suggested humans might have been there earlier. Researchers stu

30、dying fossilized human footprints in New Mexico say that humans were there at least 23,000 years ago.Matthew Bennett, a specialist in ancient footprints and author of a study on the new findings published in Science, and his colleagues studied 61 footprints by radiocarbon dating layers of aquatic （水

31、生的）plant seeds preserved above and below the footprints and accurately dated they were made 21,000 to 23,000 years ago. The people who made the footprints were living there in the last Ice Age when two massive ice sheets covering the continent and cold temperatures would have made a journey between

32、Asia and Alaska impossible, indicating humans must have been there much earlier than previously thought.According to their analysis of the footprints, they were likely made in soft ground at the edge of a wetland by children who were sent to do the work like fetching and catching by adults. Wind pro

33、bably blew dust over the surface, accumulating in the prints, thus, leaving footprints that previously recorded.Their finding also makes it possible to explore the older and more controversial sites with a di fl erent light. One such site is Chiquihuite Cave in central Mexico, where stone tools dati

34、ng back to 30,000 years ago have been found.David Rachal, an uninvolved but experienced geoarchaeologist （地质考古学家）thought the footprint dates provided by Bennett and his team looked “solid，with seeds providing very reliable and precise ages through radiocarbon dating. tkYou could not ask fbr a better

35、 setup,“ said Rachal. However, he was puzzled that no artifacts, such as stone tools, had been found in the area. He thought it was just a theme that was gaining some serious traction in the literature.E. . What is the most essential evidence dating the time in the passage?A. The massive ice sheets.

36、B. The unearthed tools.C. The fossilized footprints.D. The aquatic plant seeds.F. . Why docs the author mention Chiquihuite Cave in central Mexico?A. To introduce a historical site.B. To show the significance of thefootprints.C. To compare geoarchaeological discoveries. D. To explain the course of m

37、aking a discovery. 14. Whats David Rachafs attitude towards the new discovery?A. Favorable but conftised.B. Negative but curious.C. Optimistic and trustful.D. Conservative and cautious.15. What is the passage mainly about?A. The discovery of human footprints.B. Scientific methods of dating footprint

38、s.C. The earlier amval of people in North America.D. A discussion on human history among researchers.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）Do you find it easy to start books but struggle lo finish them? Does your TBR （to-be-read） list overwhelm you?This happened to me in February. I had 10 books on my currently-

39、reading list. Despite this, I was tempted to start a new book every three to four days. 16 But this time, I figured the problem is with me and not with the books I am reading. With so many halfread books waiting to be finished, I was overwhelmed.17For this, I systematically created a framework that

40、allowed me to finish 4 of these books in 10 days. Mind you, I did this with a 9-hour day job and some writing on the side too.The first thing I did was dee 1 utter （清理）my TBR list. 18 So I just picked books I wanted to finish and abandoned the rest. As hard as it seemed, dropping some books out of r

41、eading list actually created a much-needed space fbr me to focus on one book at a time and finish it.Another way I tried is to avoid the SOS Trap. SOS refers to people repeatedly leaving their current pursuits fbr a newer pursuit. It is easy to get carried with SOS in reading too. Youre reading a bo

42、ok, and you spot another one youre tempted to start reading. 19 To escape the readers SOS trap, I committed to one book at a time before starting a new one.I also used James Altuchers day analysis technique to analyze my day. With the help of a data usage app, I figured out how much time I spent unn

43、ecessarily on the web. 2（） By sticking to this routine, I finished a long-pending book in three days.A. Since March, I decided to get back on track. B. This is exactly how our reading list piles up. C. I cut some of this time and devoted it to reading. D. It helped me fbcus and progress more efficie

44、ntly. E. The sight of too many books in the list was ovenvhelming. F. To start again, I searched the Internet fbr professional advice.G. Sometimes the book itself is so boring that you struggle to finish it.第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15芬）Bingley, a Sayre School student from America, dec

45、ided that he would devote himself to studying the environment to have a broad influence on the coinin unity.To reduce the carbon footprint, Bingley planned to 21 enough solar energy to power （he schools science labs. Now his plan is set to happen. To fix 30 solar panels is 22 for late November. As h

46、e began his research 23 solar energy, he discovered a useful phone app. By entering an address, he could find out how much sunlight the 24 receives each day. Based on the data, he found that his school building was the best position. At the suggestion of his science teacher, Debbie Wheeler, he first

47、 perfbnned an energy 25 of the science lab to see how much energy a typical lab uses per day. Then, he started his research, 26 a local company of solar panels to do the job. He lacked money fbr starting the project, so he 27Sayres head to support him after explaining the 28 of solar power fbr the s

48、chool and community.Since Sayre provided the29seed money to provide infrastructure and the purchaseof one panel, the project has30to include a total of 30 panels. They arc expected toproduce enough energy to 31 all the science labs on campus.“It feels like a dream to think that an idea I had from my

49、 AP Environmental class would have this kind of 32 said Bingley, expressing gratitude fbr Wheeler*s help. Wheeler said the success was due to Bingleys eflbrts and 33to follow through on the project from start tofinish. Tvc had other students share34proposals on campus, but Bingley had thepersistence and cou