江西省八所重点中学2015高三4月联考英语试题及答案(3)
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Around the world, honeybee groups are dying in huge numbers: About one-third of nests collapse each year. For bees and the plants they pollinate (授粉) — as well as for beekeepers, farmers, honey lovers and everyone else who appreciates this marvelous social insect — this is a catastrophe.
Honeybee collapse has been particularly worrying because there is no one cause, but rather a thousand little cuts. The main elements include the mixed impact of pesticides (杀虫剂) applied to fields, as well as pesticides applied directly into nets to control bugs, pests and diseases; nutritional shortages caused by vast acreages of single-crop fields that lack diverse flowering plants; and commercial beekeeping itself, which destroys groups by moving most bees around the country multiple times each year to pollinate crops.
The real issue, though, is not the volume of problems, but the interactions among them. Here we find a major lesson from the bees that we ignore at our risk: the concept of synergy (协同作用), where one plus one equals three, or four, or more. A typical honeybee colony contains remains from more than 120 pesticides. Alone, each represents a benign dose (良性剂量). But together they form a poisonous soup of chemicals whose interplay (相互作用) can greatly reduce the effectiveness of bees’ immune systems, making them easier to suffer from diseases.
Observing the death of honeybees should warn us that our own well-being might be similarly threatened, and the widespread collapse of so many groups presents a clear message: We must demand that our regulatory authorities require studies on how exposure to low dosages of combined chemicals may affect human health before approving compounds.
Bees also provide some clues to how we may build a more collaborative relationship with the services that ecosystems can provide. Bees could offer some of the pollination service needed for agriculture. People discovered that crop harvests, and thus profits, are maximized if some cropland are left uncultivated for bees. Meanwhile a variety of wild plants means a healthier, more diverse bee population, which will then move to the planted fields next door in larger and more active numbers.
32. Which of the following is NOT the cause that leads to bees dying?
A. Lack of nutrition from enough diverse flowering plants.
B. The pests and diseases of the bees.
C. The beekeepers’ destroying without intention
D. The pesticides applied to crops.
33. By saying “one plus one equals three, or four, or more” in Paragraph 3, the author means that __________.
A. bees united mean they are much more powerful
B. bees united mean they are much more poisonous
C. pesticides mixed mean they are much more poisonous.
D. pesticides mixed mean they are much more effective.
34. The lesson people can learn from bees dying is that ____________.
A. medicine is as powerful as pesticide
B. our health might be threatened by pesticides
C. we should protect bees by reducing the usage of pesticides
D. medicine may be harmful to us when used together
35. What is the last paragraph mainly about?
A. Keeping a balance with nature is important
B. More plants mean more and healthier bees.
C. Bees are very important to agriculture.
D. Bees can bring in good higher profits to farmers
第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)
根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Most of you love watching movies. They can be funny, sad, imaginative, inspiring, and so much more! There are so many possibilities and so many great movies to watch!
The making of a movie usually begins with a script (剧本). 36 The producer is the person who is responsible for coordinating(协调) aspects of the film like budget and scheduling. The producer plans out how the project will be carried out and he usually starts by hiring a director!
37 The director will usually identify themes or feelings that he or she wants the movie to convey to its audience and will then assemble(聚集) all the other people who will be needed, such as costume-designers, makeup artists, special effects crew, stuntmen, cameramen, and, of course, actors!
Next, shooting begins! 38 Often a director will want to get several “takes” (versions) of a scene or moment and usually only a few minutes of the movie are finished in one day’s work. 39 So once filming is completed, the director must then work with editors to piece them all together, deciding which takes to use and adding in any special effects or touch-ups.
The entire process from acquiring the script to editing the scenes generally takes months or even years! Once it’s ready, the finished movie is then distributed to movie theatres. 40
A. Scenes are also usually not shot in order.
B. The actual filming can be a slow process.
C. The way that movies are made has changed a lot over time.
D. It gets bought by a movie studio or a producer.
E. The producer plays a very important role in making a movie.
F. In movies, the director’s job is to bring the script to life on camera.
G. People can watch and enjoy it in the theatre.
第三部分 英语知识运用(共两节,满分45分)
第一节 完形填空 (共20小题;每小题l.5分yggk.net,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
In Florida for Thanksgiving, I was surfing the channel guide for CNN, hoping to find out whether a decision had been reached in the Michael Brown case (the case of a police officer who shot an unarmed teenager Michael Brown on Aug. 9, 2014). I said, looking at the television screen, “I hope they 41 him.”
My mother’s tone pierced (刺破) the 42 . “Why, why would you hope for that?” I exhaled (吐气), knowing I was about to have 43 uncomfortable conversation with my mother, the retired 44 .
“He was unarmed, ma,” I said to her. “ 45 he was a kid.”
To her, even if only for a moment, I was just another asshole (混蛋) on the street. I 46 it in her face, and it was terrible. She said 47 , “You don’t know the whole story, you haven’t seen the evidence. Whether you like it or not, cops are innocent 48 proven guilty too.” I stayed 49 as she continued. “And he wasn’t a kid, he was 50 . What if that was me facing Michael Brown? I wouldn’t have 51 a chance.”
My5′8〞mother couldn’t have 52 a 6′4〞man without a weapon. I would want her to pull out her gun and fire until she came home to me because that’s my mom and it’s my job to get crazy when I think of her in 53 . Just like when I 54 the man who slapped her in face and knocked her to the ground, bile (胆汁) rises in my throat.
This is my lived experience. I 55 in a household where my mother and stepfather wore guns and 56 . They always came home with 57 ; some we could hear, and some 58 in the kitchen. We gathered together at night with my two younger sisters to watch TV as a family: “Rescue 911,” “America’s Most Wanted,” “Law & Order,” all the 90s cops shows. We watched “Picket Fences” until the one 59 where the cop killer got off, and my mother and I had our first uncomfortable conversation when I said he might be 60 . After that, we had to boycott(联合抵制)the show.
41. |
A. forgive |
B. praise |
C. free |
D. accuse |
42. |
A. soul |
B. air |
C. throat |
D. case |
43. |
A. another |
B. any |
C. this |
D. that |
44. |
A. cop |
B. justice |
C. housewife |
D. lawyer |
45. |
A. But |
B. So |
C. And |
D. Yet |
46. |
A. watched |
B. touched |
C. saw |
D. felt |
47. |
A. naturally |
B. seriously |
C. mildly |
D. anxiously |
48. |
A. if |
B. when |
C. though |
D. until |
49. |
A. easy |
B. awake |
C. sleepy |
D. quiet |
50. |
A. enormous |
B. typical |
C. energetic |
D. troublesome |
51. |
A. made |
B. given |
C. missed |
D. stood |
52. |
A. calmed down |
B. taken down |
C. let down |
D. fallen down |
53. |
A. tears |
B. despair |
C. danger |
D. vain |
54. |
A. picture |
B. mirror |
C. shape |
D. draw |
55. |
A. was born |
B. was adopted |
C. brought up |
D. grew up |
56. |
A. radios |
B. glasses |
C. watches |
D. earphones |
57. |
A. gifts |
B. stories |
C. snacks |
D. shows |
58. |
A. delivered |
B. enjoyed |
C. tasted |
D. whispered |
59. |
A. adventure |
B. accident |
C. incident |
D. contradiction |
60. |
A. lucky |
B. innocent |
C. flexible |
D. ridiculous |