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甘肃省白银市届高三英语模拟试题一
甘肃省白银市2020届高三英语模拟试题
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第一部分:
阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)
第一节:
(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
BEINGanastronautsoundscool,doesn'tit?
Inspace,theygettodosomeprettyamazingthings,likefloatinginzerogravity.
However,therearealsoplentyofthingsthatastronautscan'tdobecauseoftheirweightlessenvironment,andthat'sverysad.What'sworse,theycan'tevenlettheirsadnessshow–becauseit'simpossibletocryinzerogravity.
Ofcourse,astronautscanstillproducetears.Butcryingismuchmoredifficultinspace,reportedTheAtlanticinJanuary.Withoutgravity,tearsdon'tflowdownwardoutoftheeyesliketheydohereonEarth.Thismeansthatwhenyoucryinspace,yourtearshavenowheretogo—theyjuststicktoyoureyes.
InMay2020,astronautAndrewFeustelexperiencedthisduringoneofhisspacewalks."Tears,"hesaid,"don'tfalloffofyoureye...Theyjustkindofstaythere."
Besidesmakingyourvisionunclear,thiscanalsocausephysicalpain.BackonEarth,tearsaresupposedtobringcomforttotheeyes.Butthat'snotthecaseinspace.Thespaceenvironmentdriesoutastronauts'eyes,andwhentearssuddenlywettheeyes,itcancausepainratherthancomfort."Myrighteyeispainfullikecrazy."Feusteltoldhisteammateduringthewalk.
Sincegravitydoesn'tworkinspace,astronautsneedsomeextrahelptogetridofthetears.Feustelchosetorubhiseyesagainsthishelmettowipethetearsaway.Anotherchoiceistojustwait—"Whenthetearsgetbigenoughtheysimplybreakfreeoftheeyeandfloataround,"astronautRonParisetoldTheAtlantic.
Therearelotsofsmallthings—thingslikecrying–thatwearesousedtoonEarth.Weusuallytakethemforgranted,untiltheybecomeaprobleminatotallydifferentenvironment,likespace.There,astronautscan'ttalktoeachotherdirectly.Theyalsocan'teatordrinkinnormalways.Theycan'tevenburp(打嗝),becausethereisnogravitytoholdthefooddownintheirstomach.Iftheydoburp,theyjustendupthrowingup(呕吐)everythingintheirstomach,accordingtotheUKNationalSpaceCenter.
Thus,perhapsit'sonlyspaceexplorerswhocanhonestlysay:
"Gravity,you'rethebest."
1.Whatcanweconcludefromparagraphs2and3?
A.Astronautsareunabletofeelsadinspace.
B.Astronautsproducefewertearsinspace.
C.Tearsproducedinspaceflowdownmoreslowly.
D.Tearsproducedinspacedon'tflowdownward.
2.Whateffectdotearshaveonastronauts?
A.Theycausephysicalpain. B.Theybringcomforttothem.
C.Theymaketheirvisionclearer. D.Theyfloataroundandcausetrouble.
3.Whatcantheastronautdotogetridofthetears?
A.Rubhiseyesagainsthishelmettoletthetearsfloatforward.
B.Rubhiseyesbyhandtoletthetearsfloataround.
C.Getthetearsbigenoughtofalloffofhiseyes.
D.Getthetearsbigenoughtobreakawayfromhiseyes.
4.Whenofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?
A.Inthesky,youcan'tburpB.Betterlifewithgravity
C.Inthesky,youcan'tcryD.NoGravity,notears
B
Whatwillmanbelikeinthefuture—in5,000oreven50,000yearsfromnow?
Wecanonlymakeguesses,ofcourse,butwecanbesurethathewillbedifferentfromwhatheistoday,formanisslowlychangingallthetime.
Letustakeanobviousexample.Man,evenfivehundredyearsago,wasshorterthanheistoday.Now,onaverage,menareaboutthreeinchestaller.Fivehundredyearsisrelativelyashortperiodoftime,sowemaysupposethatmanwillcontinuetogrowtaller.Again,inthemodernworldweuseourbrainsagreatdeal.Evenso,westillmakeuseofonlyabout20%ofthebrain’scapacity.Astimegoeson,however,weshallhavetouseourbrainsmoreandmore,andfinallyweshallneedourbrainsmoreandmore,andfinallyweshallneedlargerones!
Thisislikelytobringaphysicalchangetoo:
thehead,inparticulartheforehead,willgrowlarger.
Nowadaysoureyesareinconstantuse.Infact,weusethemsomuchthatveryoftentheybecomeweakerandwehavetowearglasses.Butoverlongperiodoftimeitislikelythatman’seyeswillgrowstronger.
Ontheotherhand,wetendtomakelessuseofourarmsandlegs.These,asaresult,arelikelytogrowweaker.Atthesametime,however,ourfingerswillgrowmoresensitivebecausetheyareusedagreatdealinmodernlife.
Butwhatabouthair?
Thiswillprobablydisappearfromthebodyaltogetherincourseoftimebecauseitdoesnotserveausefulpurposeanylonger.Inthefuture,then,bothsexesarelikelytobebald.
Perhapsallthisgivestheimpressionthatfuturemanwillnotbeaveryattractivecreaturetolookat!
Thismaywellbetrue.Allthesame,inspiteofallthesechanges,futuremanwillstillhavealotincommonwithus.Hewillstillbeahumanbeing,withthoughtsandemotionssimilartoourown.
5.Thepassagemainlytellsusthat__________.
A.Man’slifewillbedifferentinthefutureB.Futuremanwilllookquitedifferentfromus
C.ManisgrowingtalleranduglierastimepassesD.Man’sorgans’functionswillchange
6.Whatservesastheevidencethatmanischanging?
A.Manhasgotstrongereyesnowthanheeverhad.
B.Man’shairisgettingthinnerandthinner.
C.Man’sarmsandlegshavebecomelighterandweaker.
D.Manhasbeengrowingtalleroverthepast500years.
7.Thechangeinman’ssizeoftheforeheadisprobablybecause__________.
A.hemakesuseofonly20%ofthebrain’scapacity
B.hisbrainhasgrownlargeroverthepastcenturies
C.hewillusehisbrainmoreandmoreastimegoeson
D.theother80%ofhisbrainwillgrowinduetime
8.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaboutahumanbeinginthefuture?
A.Heishairlessbecausehairisnolongeruseful.
B.Hehassmallereyesandwearsbetterglasses.
C.Hisfingersgrowweakerbecausehedoesn’thavetomakeuseofthem.
D.Hethinksandfeelsinadifferentway.
C
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