高中英语外刊小猫钓鱼 50篇 学生版尖子生必备.docx

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高中英语外刊小猫钓鱼50篇学生版尖子生必备

高二英语小猫钓鱼专项训练

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A.relativelyB.theoriesC.apparentD.restrictedE.meatpackingF.economists

G.threatenedH.sufficientI.consumersJ.reversingK.native

SectionBDirections:

Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.Attheheartofthedebateoverillegalimmigrationliesonekeyquestion:

areimmigrantsgoodorbadfortheeconomy?

ThemajorityofAmericansthinkthey’rebad.Yetmost

（1）believethatimmigration,bothlegalandillegal,providesasmallnetincreasetotheeconomy.Immigrantsprovidecheaplabor,lowerthepricesofeverythingfromfarmproducetonewhomes,andleave

（2）withalittlemoremoneyintheirpockets.Sowhyistheresucha（n）（3）disagreementbetweentheopinionsofimmigrants’impactontheeconomyandthereality?

Thereareanumberoffamiliar（4）Somearguethatpeopleareanxiousandfeel（5）byaninflowofnewworkers.Othershighlightthestrainthatundocumentedimmigrantsplaceonpublicservices,likeschools,hospitalsandjails.Stillothersemphasizetheroleofrace,arguingthatforeignersaddtothenation’sfearsandinsecurities.There’ssometruthtoalltheseexplanations,buttheyaren’tquite（6）Togetabetterunderstandingofwhat’sgoingon,considerthewayimmigration’simpactisfelt.Thoughitsoveralleffectmaybepositive,itscostsandbenefitsaredistributedunevenly.DavidCard,aneconomistatUCBerkeley,notesthattheoneswhoprofitmostdirectlyfromimmigrants’low-costlaborarebusinessesandemployers—（7）plantsinNebraska,forinstance,oragriculturalbusinessesinCalifornia.Granted,theseproducers’savingsprobablytranslateintolowerpricesatthegrocerystore,buthowmanyconsumersmakethatmentalconnectionatthecheckoutcounter?

Asforthedrawbacksofillegalimmigration,these,too,areconcentrated,because（8）low-skilledworkerssuffermostfromthecompetitionofforeignlabor.AccordingtoastudybyGeorgeBorjas,aHarvardeconomist,immigrationreducedthewagesofAmericanhigh-schooldropoutsby9%between1980and2000.Amonghigh-skilled,better-educatedemployees,however,oppositionwasstrongestinstateswithbothhighnumbersofimmigrantsand（9）generoussocialservices.Whatworriedthemmost,inotherwords,wasthefiscal（财政的）burdenofimmigration.Thatconclusionwasreinforcedbyanotherfinding:

theiroppositionappearedtosoftenwhenthatfiscalburdendecreased,asoccurredwithwelfarereforminthe1990s,which（10）immigrants’accesstocertainbenefits.

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ThePowerofV

A.positionedB.resolutionC.suspectedD.lightweightE.challengeF.generated

G.journalH.eventuallyI.accurateJ.raisedK.critically

SectionB

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Completethefollowingpassagebyusingthewordsinthebox.Eachwordcanonlybeusedonce.Notethatthereisonewordmorethanyouneed.ThePowerofVBirdsofafeathermayflocktogether,butwhytheyflytogetherinVformationhasneverbeenknownforcertain.Now,withthehelpof14northernbaldibises（欧洲秃鹃）equippedwith

（1）sensorsona600-milemigrationfromAustriatoItaly,researchersaresuggestingthattheexplanationisonethatwaslong

（2）butneverproved:

theformationhelpsthebirdsconserveenergy.Reportinginthe（3）Nature,thescientistswritethattheibises（4）themselvesinspotsthatwereaerodynamicallyoptimal（空气动力学上最佳的）—allowingthemtotakeadvantageofswirls（旋涡）ofupward-movingair（5）bythewingsofthebirdahead.Sincetheleadbirdgotnoliftadvantage,theibisesregularlyswitchedleaders.“We’vebeenwonderingforyearswhetherflappingbirdscansaveenergybyfollowingeachother,”saidGeiffreySpedding,aresearcherattheUniversityofSouthernCalifornia,whowasnotinvolvedinthestudy.“Theanswerisyes.”Thescientists,ledbyJimUsherwoodoftheRoyalVeterinaryCollegeinEngland,saidamajor（6）wasobtainingthedata.Theibiseshatched（孵）atZooViennainMarch2011and（7）aspartofaconservationprojectaimedatreintroducingthe（8）endangeredspeciestoitsnaturalrangeinEurope.Someofthestudy’sauthorsservedashumanfosterparents,takingtheyoungbirdsontrainingflightsinSalzburg,Austria.Thehumansrodeinaparaplane,atypeoflightweightaircraft,andthebirdsfollowed.Eventually,thefosterparentstaughtthebirdstheir600-milemigrationroutefromSalzburgtoOrbetello,Italy,byflyingalongsidethem.Thebirdsworecustom-madedataloggers（电子自动记录器）thatallowedtheresearcherstotrackflapping,speedanddirection.Weighinglessthananounce,thedevicesincludedamemorycardandaGPSunit,amongotherthings.Itis（9）toaboutonefootandrefreshesfivetimespersecond—the（10）necessarytotrackthebirds’positionsinrelationtooneanother.ThenewstudydoesnotsayhowmuchenergytheibisessavedthroughtheVformation,butsmallgainscouldbeusefuloverlongmigrations,expertssay.

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GastonLeroux

A.presentB.detectiveC.kidnappingD.basisE.moderateF.wildly

G.createdH.stageI.formedJ.gentlyK.prisoners

GastonLouisAlfredLerouxwasaFrenchjournalistandauthorofdetectivefiction.IntheEnglish-speakingworld,heisbestknownforwritingthenovelThePhantomoftheOpera（LeFantômedel’Opéra,1910）,whichhasbeenmadeintoseveralfilmand

（1）productionsofthesamename,suchasthe1925filmstarringLonChaney,andAndrewLloydWebber’s1986musical.Itwasalsothe

（2）ofthe1990novelPhantombySusanKay.LerouxwenttoschoolinNormandyandstudiedlawinParis,graduatingfromthelawschoolin1889.Heinheritedmillionsoffrancs（法郎）andlived（3）untilhenearlyreachedbankruptcy（破产）.Thenin1890,hebeganworkingasacourtreporterandtheatercriticforL’ÉchodeParis.HismostimportantjournalismcamewhenhebeganworkingasaninternationalcorrespondentfortheParisnewspaperLeMatin.In1905hewas（4）atandcoveredtheRussianRevolution.AnothercasewherehewaspresentinvolvedtheinvestigationanddeepcoverageofanoperahouseinParis,whichwaslaterchangedintoaballethouse.Thebasementconsistedofseveralcellsthatheld（5）intheParisCommune（巴黎公社）,whichweretherulersofParisthroughmuchoftheFranco-Prussianwar.Hesuddenlyleftjournalismin1907,andbeganwritingfiction.In1909,heandArthurBernède（6）theirownfilmcompany,SociétédesCinéromanstosimultaneouslypublishnovelsandturnthemintofilms.Hefirstwroteamysterynovelin1908whosetitlewasLemystèredelachambrejaune（TheMysteryoftheYellowRoom）,starringtheamateurdetectiveJosephRouletabille.Leroux’scontributionstoFrench（7）fictionisconsideredaparalleltoSirArthurConanDoyle’sintheUnitedKingdomandEdgarAllanPoe’sinAmerica.In1910,ThePhantomoftheOperafirstappearedserially（beforepublicationasanovel）andreceivedonly（8）salesandsomewhatpoorreviews.Thestoryofaman’s（9）abeautifulyoungladyinaParisoperahousedidnotachieveinternationalreputationuntiltheAmericanactorLonChaney（10）thetitleroleinthesilent-filmversionof1925.AndAndrewLloydWebber’smusicalThePhantomoftheOpera（1986）madeLeroux’snovelfamousworldwide.

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NoDestinationIsTheWrongPlacetoGo

A.variousB.wondersC.offerD.relatedE.seeminglyF.exposed

G.explorationsH.actuallyI.realJ.uniqueK.staring

NoDestinationIsTheWrongPlacetoGo

Everyonehasalistofdestinationstheypromisethemselvestovisitduringtheirlifetime.Peopletravelforendlessreasons,whetherit’stoexperiencedifferentcultures,seenatural

（1）oftheworld,orlearnaboutheritage.Alltheseideasareexcitingoptions,becauseineverysituation,youwillbe

（2）tosomethingunfamiliarandlife-changing.Irecentlyhadadiscussionwithsomeoneaboutmystudyabroadexperience.TheylistenedasIrecountedmy（3）aroundItalyandmyadditionaltravels.“Iwouldlovetodosomethinglikethat,”theysaid,“butIfeellikeeveryonegoestoEuropenow.It’snotreallythat（4）anymore.”Iwasprettyshockedbysuchastatement.Sincewhenwastravelinganywherenotcoolenough?

Naturally,theolderyouget,themorepeopleyou’regoingtoknow,especiallythosewhohavetraveledto（5）partsoftheworld.However,doesstandingunderneaththeEiffelTowerhavelessvaluetomebecausesomanytravelershavedonetheexactsamething?

OrclimbingandtakingapictureatthetopoftheFlorenceDuomoalsomeansthedecreasedvalue?

Myanswer:

absolutelynot.Readingtravelblogsand（6）atphotographsishelpfulandenjoyable,butnothingcloseto（7）experiencingthatplace.Thetruthis,everynewdestinationisunique,andit’snearlyimpossibletomakea“wrong”decision.Itisimportanttofocusonyourownpersonaljourney,nottheexperienceofothers.Everycity,state,andcountry,hasthousandsofdifferentthingsto（8）.Theplacesyouwillvisitallhavefascinatingpeople,differentkindsofdeliciousfoodyou’venevertriedbefore,andunbelievablehistorythatwillblowyourmind.Travelingwillneverthelesschangeyouandleaveanimprintonthewayyouseetheworld---nomatterwhereyougo.Whetherthedestinationswedesireare（9）simpleorobscure（不清楚的）intheeyesofothers,everyexperiencehasitsownuniquevalue.Keepyouradventures（10）whilealsotakingadvantageoftheopinionsandadviceofothers.Ineverynewdestination,youwillfindanewpartofyourself.Truly,nodestinationisthewrongplacetogo.

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