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1、甘肃省酒泉市敦煌中学届高三英语上学期第二次调研考试试题甘肃省酒泉市敦煌中学2020届高三英语上学期第二次调研考试试题第一部分 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）A Bus Tours in Washington DC The Lights Night Tour in Washington DCDuration: 3 hours $56.33 Highest-rated Night Tour in DC! The ONLY DC Night Tour where the Tour Guides HOP OFF with you at each stop a

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8、D .October 8B When a leafy plant is under attack，it doesnt sit quietlyBack in 1983，two scientists，Jack Schultz and Ian Baldwin，reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighboring plants can getThese chemicals come from the injured parts of the plant

9、 and seem to be an alarmWhat the plants pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds，VOCs for short Scientists have found that all kinds of plants give out VOCs when being attackedIts a plants way of crying outBut is anyone listening？ApparentlyBecause we can wat

10、ch the neighbors react Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects awayBut others do double dutyThey pump out perfumes designed to attract different insects who are natural enemies to the attackersOnce they arrive，the tables are turnedThe attacker who was lunching now becomes lunch In stud

11、y after study，it appears that these chemical conversations help the neighborsThe damage is usually more serious on the first plant，but the neighbors，relatively speaking，stay safer because they heard the alarm and knew what to do Does this mean that plants talk to each other？Scientists dont knowMaybe

12、 the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches，and so，in effect，was talking to itselfPerhaps the neighbors just happened to overhear the crySo information was exchanged，but it wasnt a true，intentional back and forth Charles Darwin，over 150 years ago，imagined a

13、world far busier，noisier and more intimate（亲密的） than the world we can see and hearOur senses are weakTheres a whole lot going on4What does a plant do when it is under attack?AIt makes noises BIt gets help from other plantsCIt stands quietly DIt sends out certain chemicals5What does the author mean b

14、ythe tables are turnedin paragraph 3?AThe attackers get attacked BThe insects gather under the tableCThe plants get ready to fight back DThe perfumes attract natural enemies6Scientists find from their studies that plants can Apredict natural disasters Bprotect themselves against insectsCtalk to one

15、another intentionally Dhelp their neighbors when necessary7What can we infer from the last paragraph?AThe world is changing faster than everBPeople have stronger senses than beforeCThe world is more complex than it seemsDPeople in Darwins time were more imaginativeC Benjamin West，the father of Ameri

16、can painting，showed his talent for art when he was only six years of ageBut he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed oneIn those days，a brush was made from camels hairThere were no camels nearbyBenjamin decided that cat hair would work insteadHe cut some fur from the family

17、cat to make a brushThe brush did not last longSoon Benjamin needed more furBefore long，the cat began to look ragged（蓬乱）His father said that the cat must be sickBenjamin was forced to admit what he had been doingThe cats lot was about to improve. That year，one of Benjamins cousins, MrPennington，came

18、to visitHe was impressed with Benjamins drawingsWhen he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings （版画）by an artist. These were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen.In 1747，when Benjamin was nine years old，Mr. Pennin

19、gton returned for another visit. He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamins parents if he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visitIn the city，MrPennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintingsThe boy began a landscape （风景） paintingWiliams, a wellknow

20、n painter，came to see him workWiliams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take homeThe books were long and dullBenjamin could read only a little，having been a poor studentBut he later said，Those two books were my companions by day，and under my pillow at nightWhi

21、le it is likely that he understood very little of the books，they were his introduction to classical paintingsThe nineyearold boy decided then that he would be an artist8What is the text mainly about?ABenjamins visit to PhiladelphiaBWilliams influence on BenjaminCThe beginning of Benjamins life as an

22、 artistDThe friendship between Benjamin and Pennington9What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?AThe cat would be closely watched BThe cat would get some medical careCBenjamin would leave his home shortlyDBenjamin would have real brushes soon10What did Pennington do to help Benjamin

23、develop his talent?AHe took him to see painting exhibitionsBHe provided him with painting materialsCHe sent him to a school in PhiladelphiaDHe taught him how to make engravings11Williams two books helped Benjamin to Amaster the use of paints Bappreciate landscape paintingsCget to know other painters

24、 Dmake up his mind to be a painterDStudies have shown most people fail to realize how much time they spend on their smartphones each day. Frank and Amelias family were put to a test, using a free app called Momentscreen Time Tracker. The VascellarosFrank, Amelia, 14-year-old twins Frankie and Joe, a

25、nd 17-year-old Samall said they did not really know they were spending so much time on their phones each day. Honestly, I dont feel like Im on my phone a lot, Amelia Vascellaro said. Amelia was on her phone far less often than Frank, according to the app. While Amelia spent about an hour per day on

26、the phone, Frank spent close to four hours on his phonewhich came as a shock to him. The childrens times varied but they often spent more than a couple of hours on the phone as well. Minneapolisbased Dr Kirsten Lind Seal sees phone usage come up a lot among families. Lind Seal said many family membe

27、rs phone use has become problematic. If we hear more than once, Do you have to be on your phone right now? Can you please put your phone down? Did you hear what I said? it may be a sign that it is negatively influencing our family relationships and our daily lives, she said. Lind Seal said actually

28、paying attention to how much time one spends on the phone is a good first step in deciding when to put it down. She asks parents to encourage more face to face communication for teens and young adults as they continue developing their social and emotional skills. What we find is that we are really l

29、osing out on empathythe ability to understand other peoples feelings and problemswhen we spend a lot of time on our smartphones to communicate with other people she said.12.How did the families tested by the app feel about the test results?A .Satisfied. B .Doubtful. C .Uninterested. D .Astonished.13

30、.Why did Lind Seal mention the three questions in Para 5?A .To encourage people to live a simple life. B .To explain the signs of problematic phone use.C .To show the importance of close relationships. D .To ask people if they use phones too much.14.What did Lind Seal want to convey in the last para

31、graph?A .We should make more face to face communication.B .We can understand each other better using smart phones.C .Our ability of empathy is strengthened by smart phones.D .Smart phone usage improves the teens emotional skills.15.Where is this text most likely from?A . A diary. B . A guide book. C . A novel. D . A magazine.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning and put the blame on the alarm clockIn fact，the key to easy morning wakeup lies in resting your body clock (16)_. Heres how to make one(17) In order to make a change，you ne