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高三英语寒假作业七

高三英语寒假作业（七）

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。

并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．

A

Somepeoplethinkthatasmoreandmorepeoplehavetelevisionsintheirhomes,fewerandfewerpeoplewillbuybooksandnewspapers.Whyreadanarticleinthenewspaper,whentheTVnewscanbringyoutheinformationinafewminutesandwithpictures?

Whyreadthelifestoryofafamousman,whenashorttelevisionprogramcantellyouallthatyouwanttoknow?

   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