高三英语寒假作业七Word格式.docx

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Televisionhasnotkilledreading,however.Today,newspaperssellinverylargenumbers.Andbooksofeverykindaresoldmorethaneverbefore.Booksarestillacheapwaytogetinformationandenjoyment.Althoughsomebookswithhardcoversareexpensive,manybooksareprintedtodayaspaperbooks（平装本）,whicharequitecheap.Apaperbackcollectionofshortstories,forexample,isalwayscheaperthananeveningatthecinemaorthetheater,andyoucankeepabookforeverandreaditmanytimes.

Booksareawonderfulproviderofknowledgeandpleasureandsometypesofbooksshouldbeineveryhome.Everyhomeshouldhaveagooddictionary.Agoodencyclopedia（百科全书）,thoughexpensive,isuseful,too,becauseyoucanfindinformationonanysubject.Besides,youcanhavesuchbooksashistorybooks.,sciencetextbook,cookbooks,andcollectionsofstoriesandpoems.Thenfromtimetotimeyoucantakeabookofpoemsoffyourshelvesandreadthethoughtsandfeelingsofyourfavoritepoets.

1.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat________.

A.TVprogramsareachiefproviderofknowledge

B.cinemasarethebestchoiceingettinginformation

C.readingisacheapwayoflearningandhavingfun

D.newspapersareanexpensivewaytoenjoyoneself

2.Whatdoesthesentences“Televisionhasnotkilledreading,however”underlinedinthesecondparagraphsuggest?

A.Peopleonlyneedreading,though. 

B.Readingisstillnecessarytoday.

C.Readingismorefunthantelevision. 

D.Watchingtelevisiondoesn’thelpreading.

4.Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A.Fewerandfewerpeoplewillbuybooks.

B.Agooddictionaryshouldbekeptineveryhome.

C.Bookswithhardcoverssellbetterthanpaperbooks.

D.MorepeoplelikeTVprogramsaboutfamousmen.

B

Domestic（驯养的）horsesnowpullploughs,raceintheKentuckyDerby,andcarrypolice.Butearlyhorsesweren’ttame（驯服的）enoughtoperformthesekindsoftasks.Scientiststhinkthefirstinteractionshumanshadwithhorseswerefardifferentfromthosetoday.

Thousandsofyearsago,peoplekilledthewildhorsesthatlivedaroundthemforfood.Overtime,peoplebegantocatchtheanimalsandraisethem.Thiswasthefirststepindomestication.

Aspeoplebegantotameandridehorses,theychosetokeepthoseanimalsthathadmoredesirablecharacteristics.Forexample,peoplemayhavechosentokeephorsesthathadagentlepersonalitysotheycouldberiddenmoreeasily.Peoplewhousedhorsestopullheavyloadswouldhavechosentokeepstrongeranimals.Characteristicslikestrengtharepartlycontrolledbytheanimals’genes.Soasthedomesticatedhorsesreproduced,theypassedthecharacteristicsontotheiryoung.Eachnewgenerationofhouseswouldshowmoreofthesechosencharacteristics.

Moderndayhorsebreedscomeinawidevarietyofshapesandsizes.Thisvarietydidn’texistinthehorsepopulationbeforedomestication.TheShetlandhorseisoneofthesmallestbreeds—typicallyreachingonlyonemetertall.Withshort,stronglegs,theanimalswerebredtopullcoaloutofmineshafts（矿井）withlowceilings.HugehorsesliketheClydesdalecameonthescenearound1700.Peoplebredtheseheavy,tallhorsestopulllargevehiclesusedforcarryingheavyloads.

Thedomesticationofhorseshashadgreateffectsonsocieties.Forexample,horsewereimportanttoolsintheadvancementofmodernagriculture.Usingthemtopullploughsandcarryheavyloadsallowedpeopletofarmmoreefficiently.Beforetheywereabletoridehorses,humanshadtocrosslandonfoot.Ridinghorsesallowedpeopletotravelfargreaterdistanceinmuchlesstime.Thatencouragedpopulationslivingindifferentareastointeractwithoneanother.Thenewfromofrapidtransportationhelpedculturesspreadaroundtheworld

1.Beforedomesticationhorseswere______.

A.caughtforsports 

B.huntedforfood

C.madetopullploughs 

D.usedtocarrypeople

2.TheauthorusestheShetlandhorseasanexampletoshow______.

A.itissmallerthantheClydesdalehorse

B.horseusedtohavegentlepersonalities

C.somehorseshavebettershapedthanothers

D.horseswereoflessvarietybeforedomestication

3.Horsescontributedtothespreadofcultureby______.

A.carryingheavyloads

B.changingfarmingmethods

C.servingasameansoftransport

D.advancingagricultureindifferentareas

4.Thepassageismainlyabout_______.

A.whyhumansdomesticatedhorses

B.howhumansandhorsesneededeachother

C.whyhorsescameindifferentshapesandsizes

D.howhumansocietiesandhorsesinfluencedeachother

C

Anewstudyhasfoundnoevidencethatsunscreen,commonlyusedtoreducetheriskofskincaner,actuallyincreasestherisk.

ResearchersfromtheUniversityoflowsbasedtheirfirdingsonareviewof18earlierstudiesthatlookedattheassocistionbetweensunscreenuseandmelanoms（黑素瘤）.Theysaidthattheyfoundflawsinstudiesthathadreportedassociationsbetweensunscreenuseandhigherriskofmelanoma.

Mosthealthexpertsbelievethatbyprotectingtheskinfromtheharmfuleffectsofthesun,sunscreenhelpspreventskincancer,whichisincreasinginincidence（发生率）fasterthananyothercancerintheUnitedStates.

Butquestionshavebeenraisedaboutsunscreenandwhetheritmayhavetheoppositeeffect,perhapsbyallowingpeopletoremainexposedtothesunlongerwithoutburning.

Theresearcherssaidthatamongtheproblemswithsomeearlierstudiesisthattheyoftenfailedtotakeintoaccountthatthosepeoplemostatriskforskinconcer—peoplewithfairskinandfreckles 

（雀斑）,forexample—aremorelikelytousesunscreen.Asaresult,itmayappearthatsunscreenusersgetcancermoreoften.

Thestudies,whichgenerallyreliedonvolunteerstorecalltheirsunscreenuse,werealsounabletoprovehowwelltheproductshadbeenapplied,saidthenewstudy.

1. 

Theunderlinedword“flaws”inthe2nd 

paragraphmostprobablymeans 

.

A.evidences 

B.facts 

C.faults 

D.failures

2. 

Peoplewithfairskinandfreckles 

A.seldomusesunscreen 

B.aremoreindangerofskinconcer

C.canbefreefromtheharmofthesun 

D.oftenexposethemselvestothesun

3. 

Wecanlearnfromthepassagethat 

A.sunscreenusersgetskincancermoreoften

B.thevolunteershaveprovedtheeffectofsunscreen

C.thenewstudywasbasedontheexperiencesofvolunteers

D.thenumberofskincancerpatientsisincreasingin 

America

4. 

Whichofthefollowingcanbethebeattitleforthispassage?

A.SunscreentoPreventSkinCancer 

B.SunscreentoIncreaseSkinCancer

C.SkinCancerCausedbySunscreen 

D.SkinCancerCausedbyFreckles

D

Despitethefactthatithasneverbeenseenalmosteveryoneisfamiliarwiththelegendaryunicorn（独角兽）.Descriptionsofunicornshavebeenfounddatingfromancienttimes.ThegreatphilosopherAristotletheorizedthatthereweretwotypesofunicorn---theso-calledIndianAssandtheOryx,akindofantelope.Unicornsareoftenusedinthelogoofanoblefamily,towncounciloruniversityastheirspecialsign.EvenScotland 

isrepresentedbyaunicorn.

Accordingtothelegend,anyoneattemptingtocatchaunicornhadtobeextremelycautiousasithasareputationforbeingveryfierce.Aclevertricksuggestedbyunicorn-trappers,inordertocatchthismagnificentbeastwithoutbeinghurtbyitshorn,wasforthehuntertostandinfrontofatreeandthentomovequicklybehinditastheunicorncharged.Hopefully,thecreaturecouldthenbecapturedwhenitshornwasstuckinthetree.

Whenhollowedoutandusedasadrinking-cup,theunicorn’shornwassaidtohavethepowertoofferprotectionagainstperson.Itwasbelievedthatnobodycouldbeharmed-bydrinkingthecontentsofaunicorn’shorn.RightupuntiltheFrenchRevolutionin1789,theFrenchcourtwassaidtohaveusedcupsmadeof“unicorn”horninordertoprotecttheking.Inaddition,thehornwassaidtohavemedicinalvalue,somuchsothatitcouldbesoldformorethantentimesthepriceofthesameweightofgold.What,then,was“unicorn”horn?

Weknowattimestherhino（犀牛）wasconfusedwiththislegendarycreature.Adrinking-cupsupposedlymadeof“unicorn”hornwasdiscoveredtobemadeofthehornofarhino.

1.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEoftheunicorn?

A.Itwasnothistoricallyrecorded 

B.Itshornwasfirstusedin 

France

C.ItwassimilartotheIndianAssandtheOryx 

D.Itcouldbethesymbolofauniversity

2.Tocatchaunicorn,theunicorn-trappershadtotryallofthefollowingEXCEPT____.

A.temptingtheunicorntoattack 

B.makinguseofthetreeasaprotection

C.hidingquicklybehindtheunicorn 

D.havingtheunicornhornstuckinthetree

3.Thelastparagraphismainlyabout____.

A.thepropertiesoftheunicornhorn 

B.theusersoftheunicornhorn

C.thepriceoftheunicornhorn 

D.thecomparisonbetweentheunicornhornandtherhinohorn

4.Inthe