2019-2020學(xué)年江蘇省南通市高三(上)調(diào)研英語(yǔ)試卷(三)

1、2019-2020 學(xué)年江蘇省南通市高三 （上）調(diào)研英語(yǔ)試卷（三）一、閱讀理解（本大題共15 小題，共30.0 分）AThe Best Way to See Singapore See More for Less!City Sightseeing33/A ， 23/C， FREE/T24 hrs of Unlimited Touring - 9 am to 6 pmDuration ： 1 Day （unlimited rides ）Attractions ： Civic District Orchard Road ， Botanic Gardens， Little India ， China

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7、s going to lake his wife ， his 13-year-old daughter and his 1-year-old son to visit Singapore at their own leisurely pace ， he should get at least ready _ A. 89B. 99C. 91D. 1012. If David and his 9-year-old son are both animal lovers ， they had better dial for moreinformation before their tour _A. 6

8、338-6877B. 6338-6859C. 6338-3311D. 6338-6826BTwo heads are better than one After all ， when trying to make decisions ， its good to have a second opinion But what about a third ， fourth - even twelfth ？ What group size is best for making decisions quickly ？ For ants， four to six heads surpass one - a

9、nd also outperform 12 or 24 Thats what Sylvia Zamescu now reports The 18-year-old senior at Catalina Foothills High School in Tucson ， Arizona isnt generally into ants Shes interested in decision-making ， especially by people Last summer， Sylvia read that social insects such as ants and bees can be

10、used to model decision-making Ants， for example， for age for food When an ant finds it ， it takes a bite and heads back to the nest On the way； the ant leaves a scented trail for other ants to pick up Back at the nest， the ant vomits up its meal into the mouth of other ants Those nest-mates then dec

11、ide with the first ant whether the food is good enough to deserve a trip back for more If it is ， they follow the first ants scented trail to lunch When there are too few ants， it could take a long time for one ant to spread the word If there are too many， its hard to tell each about the find Whats

12、the right number for foraging success？ Sylvia decided to find out She contacted professors at the University of Arizona in Tucson to look for someone who would let her study decision-making by ants in theirlab Professor Wulfila Gronenberg answered her email Working with one of Wulfilas graduate stud

13、ents ， Sylvia set up an experiment She tested the behavior of one ， two ， four ， six， twelve and twenty-four ants Each group was placed in a large box al taped starting line At the other end of the box were two bricks of sweetenedgelatin （動(dòng)物膠） one contained only 3 per cent sugar， and the other 30 pe

14、r cent Sylvia timed how long it took each group of ants to find the food She also measured how much time they spent around each sweet treatWhen there were just one or two ants， the discovery was slow The same was true when she set twelve or twenty-four ants loose But four to six ants ？ Perfect! Thes

15、e medium-size groups found the food forest They also figured out quickly that the sweeter food was better Similar work has been done on bighorn sheep， fish and fruit flies It may not be four to six animals， but its the same principle， Sylvia says A medium-size group is optimal So when faced with a n

16、ew decision ， two heads are better than one But too many heads are too much Like the ants ， a good decision may just require a happy medium 3. What gave Sylvia the idea for her research ？ _A. Her interest in social insects B. An article about social animals C. A university professors invitation D. H

17、er doubt about a science report 4. What do we know about Sylvias experiment ？ _A. She set it up with Professor Wulfila Gronenberg B. There were two large boxes at the starting line 第2頁(yè)，共 20頁(yè)C. There were several kinds of foods for the ants D. She divided the ants into six different groups 5.What did

18、 Sylvia find out about ants ？ _A. They make decisions faster in medium-sized groups B. They are better at finding food in smaller groups C. They perform much more smartly in larger groups D. They make better decisions when working together CBy now youve probably heard about the youre not special spe

19、ech ， when English teacherDavid McCullough told graduating seniors at Wellesley High School： Do not get the ideayoure anything special ， because youre not Mothers and fathers present at the ceremony 一 and a whole lot of other parents across the Internet - took issue with McCulloughsego-puncturing （傷

20、自尊的）words But lost in the uproar（喧囂） was something we reallyshould be taking to heart： our young people actually have no idea whether theyre particularly talented or accomplished or not In our eagerness to elevate their self-esteem， we forgot to teach them how to realistically assess their own abili

21、ties ， a crucial requirement for getting better at anything from math to music to sports In fact ， its not just privileged high-school students： we all tend to view ourselves as above average Such high self-judgments have been found in study after study ， and its often exactly when were least compet

22、ent at a given task that we rate our performance most generously， in a 2006 study published in the journal Medical Education ， for example ， medical students who scored the lowest on an essay test were the most charitable in their self evaluations ， while high-scoring students judged themselves much

23、 more strictly Poor students， the authors note，lack insight into their own inadequacy Why should this be ？ Another study ， led by Cornell University psychologist David Dunning ， offers an enlightening explanation People who are incompetent， he writes with coauthor Justin Kruger ， suffer from a dual

24、burden ： theyre not good at what they do， and their very clumsiness prevents them from recognizing how bad they are In Dunning and Krugers study ， subjects scoring at the bottom on tests of logic， grammar and humor -extremely overestimated their talents Although their test scores put them in the 12t

25、h percentile （百分位數(shù)） they guessed they were in the 62nd What these individuals lacked（ in addition 9 clear logic ， proper grammar and a sense of humor） was meta cognitiveskill： the capacity to monitor how well theyre performing In the absence of that capacity，the subjects arrived at an overly hopeful

26、 view of their own abilities Theres a paradox here， the authors note： The skills that lead to competence in a particular domain are often the very same skills necessary to evaluate competence in that field ？ In other words ， to get better at judging how well were doing at an activity ， we have to ge

27、t better at the activity itself There are a couple of ways out of this double bind First ， we can learn to make honest comparisons with others Train yourself to recognize excellence ， even when you yourself dont possess it， and compare what you can do against what truly excellent individuals are abl

28、e to accomplish Second， seek out feedback that is frequent， accurate and specific Finda critic who will （ ell you not only how poorly youre doing ， but just what it is that youre doing wrong As Dunning and Kruger note ， success indicates to us that everything went right， but failure is more ambiguou

29、s ： any number of things could have gone wrong Use this external feedback to figure out exactly where and when you screwed up If we adopt these strategies - and most importantly ， teach them to our children - they wont第3頁(yè)，共 20頁(yè)need parents， or a commencement （畢業(yè)典禮） speaker， to tell them that theyre

30、special They ll already know that they are ， or have a plan to get that way 6.The author thinks the real problem is that _A. no requirement is set up for young people to get betterB. we always tend to consider ourselves to be privilegedC. we dont know whether our young people are talented or notD. y

31、oung people dont know how to assess their abilities realistically7. We can infer from the passage that those high-scoring students _ A. know how to cultivate clear logic and proper grammarB. tend to be very competent in their high-scoring fieldsC. dont view themselves as competent because they know

32、their limitsD. dont know how well they perform due to their strict self-judgement8. The strategies of becoming special suggest that _ A. we need internal honesty with ourselves and external honesty from othersB. the best way to get better is to carefully study past success and failureC. through comp

33、arison with others ， one will know where and when he failsD. neither parents nor a commencement speaker can tell whether one is special9. Which can be the best title of this passage ？ _A. TipOn Making Ourselves More SpecialB. Lets Admit That We Are Not That SpecialC. Special or Not ？ Teach Kids To F

34、igure It OutD. Tell The Truth ： Kids Overestimate their TalentsDThe sun was shining and Clare felt like doing something active Shed had enough of the moment of living in the past What she really wanted was some skiing if she could get herself organized She walked into the ski school office and withi

35、n ten minutes had arranged a private class for the whole afternoon One of the ski teacher would meet her at the ski lift station at the end of the village at midday The ski hire shop next door rented her some skis and boots and she carried them back to the hotel There she changed into some more or l

36、ess suitable clothes and took the hotels electric taxi down to the lift station She was a bit early and had time to look around ， and get nervous She hadnt skied for about ten years， though shed been quite good at that time Everyone said it was liking riding a bike - you didnt forget how to doit She

37、 stood there looking up at the mountains ， trying to remember what to do Madam Newton ？ Yes， she said And there was her ski teacher， looking exactly like all the other ski teachers she remembered - sun-tanned， handsome and totally self-confident Half an hour later all thoughts of the unhappy days ha

38、d disappeared as she skied behind Bruno and concentrated on staying on her feet Upper body still ， make your legs do the work ， Madame/ shouted Bruno over hisshoulder Call me Clare， please/ she said OK Lean forward a bit more ， Clare Thats it GoodYou are remembering now ， en？ Yeah ， I am slowly Its

39、great Id forgotten what an amzing buzz skiing gives you/They skied down some different runs with Bruno being wonderfully encouraging ， and she really did begin to feel confident on the skis Going up in the lifts ， Clare and Bruno chatted- just the usual where are you from ， what do you do sort of ch

40、at ， but it was pleasantly relaxing In the middle of the afternoon ， they stopped at an old farmhouse for coffee and apple cake There were lots of other skiers doing the same Clare felt as if she belonged - something about being part of a group ， all with a shared interest ， she supposed It was a第4頁(yè)

41、，共 20頁(yè)feeling shed not had for a long time Bruno said hello to a few people ， and went over to talk to one of the waiters Clare took the opportunity to study him a bit Up until now ， shed just been skiing behind a man in a red ski suit ， so it was interesting to see that he was quite tall ， with cur

42、ly brown hair and eyes to match From the colour of his face he looked as if hed spent his whole life in the openair She guessed he was about fortyAre you in Zermatt for long ， Clare？ asked Bruno， after hed been sitting with her a few minutes， No， only a few days probably Just a short break to get aw

43、ay from everything at home， replied Clare She didnt feel like explaining the real reason People looked at herdifferently whenthey knew But Id like to do some more skiing Would you be able to doanything tomorrow ？ I think so But youll have to book it through the ski school office I cant arrange anyth

44、ing with you directly/ said Bruno ， putting on his gloves and standing up Come on Lets do a bit more now Great， replied Clare After another hour ， Clare said， Time to stop ， I think ， Bruno agreed You should have a sauna tonight Itll help your body relax Notso stiff （僵硬的） tomorrow ， you know Clare d

45、idnt care about stiff she was going to be tomorrow She hadnt felt quite as good as this for months - full of fresh air， physically tired but in her mind - alive Happy! Yes ， that was how she felt 10.Why did Clare feel nervous at the ski lift station？ _A. The ski teacher arrived earlier than her B. I

46、t was a long time since her last skiing C. She had hardly learned how to ski properly D. She was inappropriately dressed for skiing 11. What did Clare do after 30 minutes skiing ？ _A. She couldn t help thinking about the past few days B. She got a bit upset due to her inability to ski C. She didn t

47、understand Brunos instructions D. She asked Bruno to call her tomorrow 12. What does the underlined part an amazing buzz in paragraph 3 mean ？ _A. A sudden memory B. A beautiful sound C. A strong feeling of excitement D. An interesting topic of conversation 13.Clare felt enjoyable at the farmhouse i

48、n that _A. she met some old friendsB. she felt she was better than other skiersC. she thought the food and drinks there were wonderfulD. she found she had something in common with others14. Why didnt Clare tell Bruno the real reason she was in Zermatt ？ _A. She thought he might think negatively abou

49、t the truth B. She wanted a different ski teacher the next day C. She hated to let him know she was leaving soon D. She felt he had a bad opinion on her 15. What can be inferred about Clare from the last paragraph ？ _A. She discovered a way of taking her mind off her problemsB. She told her secret t

50、o another person for the first time C. She seemed to have been living a hard time tor yearsD. She found a lifelong friend in the skiing held 第5頁(yè)，共 20頁(yè)二、單選題（本大題共15 小題，共15.0 分）16.Since skin ulcers （潰瘍） are usually by _a rise in temperature， studies show thatdetecting skin temperature at home could sig

51、nificantly reduce skin ulcers （）A. accompaniedB. strengthenedC. confirmedD. rejected17.Completed in 1891 ， in _ was known as the Gilded Age， the building is nowowned by a famous writer （）A. whichB. whatC. asD. who18.Its new flying car has completed its first flight ， _ the company closer to its goal

52、of selling the flying car within the next year（）A. to bringB. having broughtC. bringingD. brought19._with the researchers expectations， they found a positive connection betweenthe strength of role identity and the length of time people continued to volunteer （）A. ContentB. ConsistentC. CreativeD. Co

53、ntroversial20.Robert， who claimed_Beijing ， actually knew nothing about it （）A. to visitB. having visitedC. to have visitedD. visiting21.Days before my _ for Shanghai，my cousin made prediction without the slightestbit of irony ， Youll fall in love in China （）A. presentationB.C. transportationD.adjus

54、tmentdeparture22. -I feel washed out Lets call it a day -Hold out a little longer Now that we have come so far We_as well go all theway（）A. canB. mustC. shouldD. may23.She encouraged me to learn to drive， so I would be not _ buses and I couldconveniently get to work （）A. in control ofB. at the mercy ofC. in possession ofD. in the light of24.Reducing the figure of fishing can safeguard the future sustainability of small-scalefisheries and the communities_livelihood is dependent on them （）A. wher