贵州省贵阳市届高三适应性考试二模英语试题.docx

1、贵州省贵阳市届高三适应性考试二模英语试题本试卷满分120分。考试用时100分钟。第一部分 阅读理解（百强校英语解析团队专供）（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。ADavid George Haskell, The Songs of TreesHaskell makes repeated visits to a dozen trees around the world. “The forest presses its mouth to every 1iving creat

2、ure and breathes,” he writes in the Amazonian rainforest in Ecuador, a place of plant diversity. There he climbs to the crown of a giant ceiba (木棉) tree at least 150 years old and traces its connections to plant, animal, bacteria and fungal (真菌) life. He visits an olive farm in Jerusalem, and tracks

3、 seasons of new growth after a green ,ash falls on the Cumberland plateau (高原) in Kentucky. On New Yorks Upper West Side he has a Gallery pear planted above the subway, describing how the citys sounds affect the trees growth. Each highly observed essay is resonant (共鸣) as a poem.Meg Howrey, The Wand

4、erersHowreys new novel was inspired by a 2011 news report on Mars 500, a 520-day simulation (模拟训练) of a space trip to Mars with a six-member crew from Russia, China and Europe. She gives equal time to Yoshi, Sergei and Helen, a crew of three astronauts from Japan, Russia and the US, who hope to be c

5、hosen for the Mars trip sponsored by a private company. As they endure a 17-month simulation; each must prove to have the power to stand the enforced training and the series of calculated failures created by the “SIM” team. The key question for each: “Does it feel real?”Douglas Coupland, Bit RotCana

6、dian writer, designer and artist Coupland names his new collection of stories and essays for a digital archiving term describing how files can be freely sorted. With characteristic intelligence, he develops that term to describe “the way my brain has been feeling since 2000, as I have older and weak

7、er neurons（神经元）, and create and improve new and unexpected ones.” Bit Rot offers priceless insights. Few people are better at explaining the consequences of the digital age.Elif Batuman, The IdiotSelin, the daughter of Turkish immigrants, arrives at Harvard in 1995, is ready to take on all challenge

8、s that come her way. She makes friends with Svetlana, a Serbian classmate, and becomes close with Ivan, a Hungarian upperclassman. Thanks to Ivan, she spends the summer after her freshman year in Europe, with a job of teaching English in Hungarian villages. Selin is open-minded and adventurous; Batu

9、mans wisdom describes Selins experience of love and life.1. What does Haskell plant above the subway?A. giant ceiba. B. An olive.C. A green ash. D. A Callery pear.2. Which book roots in a news report?A. The Songs of Trees. B. The Wanderers. C. Bit Rot. D. The Idiot.3. Where is Sergei from?A. Japan.

10、B. Canada. C. Russia. D. Hungary.4. Who wrote a collection of stories and essay?A. David George Haskell. B. Meg Howrey.C. Douglas Coupland. D. Elif Batuman.BToronto in Canada is one of those cities that people visit and then dream of living in. Its large, but not too large; prosperous（繁荣的）, but not

11、expensive. But most importantly, Toronto is very open and tolerant. The city, the capital of the region of Ontario, is one of the worlds most multicultural cities.The fact that 140 languages are spoken in the city tells a story. Whats more, 12.5 percent of the citys population is Chinese.With all th

12、e different groups in the city, youd expect a variety of foods to try. And, sure enough, there are many different restaurants in Toronto, from Vietnamese to Ethiopian. Many of them are found in the Kensington Market area, where theres also music to hear and art to See.This multicultural background i

13、s probably one of the reasons that many people consider it a mysterious place. Speaking to BBC News, blogger Alyssa James said: “The city doesnt give up its secrets easily. I love Toronto because you really have to love and know it.”Toronto is a great place to explore if you want to get the most out

14、 of it. James mentioned the beaches, which are close to the city and have wonderfully clean sand and water. The good thing is that getting around in Toronto is easy, since it has a very good public transport system. It also has a reputation of being home to many talented computer geniuses. So, if yo

15、ure hoping to work in the technology industry, Toronto is a place to consider moving to.With all this to offer, its not surprising that this Canadian city is an attractive destination, whether youre going on a vacation or even looking for a home.5. What do people think of Toronto in Canada?A. A plac

16、e people used to visit most. B. The largest city in Canada. C. The most expensive city. D. An open and tolerant place.6. What can we learn about Toronto?A. People can experience different cultures.B. 12.5% of the residents are from France.C. Vietnamese foods are the most popular.D. People can apprec

17、iate only African music.7. What make people think Toronto a mystery? A. Computer geniuses. B. Residents. C. Diverse cultures. D. Beaches.CAs Congress and the public wrestle with the Facebook scandal（丑闻）, many people are now realizing the risks of data collection to them. Facebook recently admitted t

18、hat nearly all of its 2.2 billion users have had data scraped（篡改） by “ill-natured” people or companies. The firm itself has joined calls for better privacy（隐私） regulations.For years, watchdogs have been warning about sharing information with data-collecting companies. Most casual internet users are

19、only now realizing how easy and common it is for irresponsible and unknown organizations to collect detailed digital data of them. They do this by combining the separate bits of information consumers have given up to e-tailers, health sites, quiz apps and countless other digital services.A study fro

20、m researchers at the University of Queensland shows that staying off of Facebook for five days can actually lower levels of the stress in the body. Yet despite the study, and the recent DeleteFacebook movement, Facebook user statistics remain strong.As scholars of public responsibility and digital m

21、edia systems, we know that the business of social media is based on user data and offering it for sale. Theres no single way for them to protect data as many users might expect. Like the social pollution of fake news, bullying（欺诈） and junk mail that Facebooks platform spreads, the companys privacy c

22、risis also results from a power imbalanceFacebook knows nearly everything about its users, who know little to nothing about it. Its not enough for people to delete their Facebook accounts. Nor is it likely that anyone will successfully replace it with a nonprofit alternative centering on privacy and

23、 responsibility. Besides, this problem is not specific just to Facebook! Other companies, including Google and Amazon, also gather and use extensive personal data, and are locked in a digital arms race that we believe threatens to destroy privacy altogether.8. What does the underlined word “this” in

24、 the second paragraph refer to?A. Sharing information with data-collecting.B. Collecting detailed digital data of consumers.C. Combining the separate information of companies.D. Quiz apps and countless other digital services.9. We can infer from the text that protecting personal data is .A. difficul

25、t B. easyC. voluntary D. dangerous10. What would be the best title for the text?A. The Personal Data of People. B. The Online Quiz App.C. The Business of Facebook. D. Facebooks Privacy Troubles.11. What will the writer most probably discuss next?A. Policy for Google and Amazon.B. Business pattern of

26、 Facebook.C. Age range of Facebook consumers.D. Measures about personal data security.DWhere does the meat on our table come from? It usually comes from livestock like chickens and cows. But did you know that meat can also be made in a lab? US company JUST has announced that lab-grown meat could be

27、on some, restaurant menus in the United States and Asia by the end of 2018, The Independent reported.“These meats include chicken nuggets （鸡块）, sausage and foie gras （鹤肝酱）, “ Josh Tetrick, CEO of JUST, told The Independent. Lab meat is sometimes referred to as “clean meat”. It is made using the stem

28、 cells（干细胞）of living livestock. The cells need to be grown in a lab for a few weeks. For example, making a hamburger patty（肉饼）takes about nine weeks, CNN reported. This is faster than raising a cow, which usually takes over 20 weeks.The first clean meat was a beef burger that was produced in 2013, b

29、ut it was said to taste quite dry. How does clean meat taste now? Clean meat supporters told CNN that they think it tastes just like traditional meat.Clean meat has other advantages. It is healthier than traditional meat. Meat producers can control what type of Fat goes into the meat. They can produ

30、ce clean meat that contains healthy fats, such as omega-3 fatty acids（脂肪酸）. This kind of fat is good for peoples hearts.Clean meat can also help to solve global warming. According to The Washington Post, about 14.5 percent of the planets greenhouse gas emissions（排放）come from raising livestock. Thats

31、 more than the emissions from every car, train, ship and airplane in the world combined. It is predicted that switching to clean meat could lower greenhouse gas emissions by 96 percent, The Independent reported.12. Where may the meat we eat come from in future?A. Companies. B. Greenhouses. C. Labs.

32、D. Restaurants.13. What can be used to make “clean meat”? A. Stem cells. B. Fatty acids.C. Hamburger patties. D. Chicken nuggets.14. What is the advantage of clean meat?A. It is fatty. B. It is healthy.C. It is free. D. It is smelly.15. What do we know about dean meat from the last paragraph?A. It comes