2021-2022学年江苏省南通市如皋中学高考英语调研试卷（三）

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分37.5分）第一节（共4小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。

• 1．
  
  （1）Why are pencil and paper needed？

  
  A．To make marks on the places.
  B．To compare notes with researchers.
  C．To keep track of the changes.
  D．To write down the survival tips.
  （2）How often are you advised to check the cups before the growth of mold？

  
  A．Several times a day.
  B．On a daily basis.
  C．Every other day.
  D．At regular intervals a month.
  （3）Why is leftover food kept in a refrigerator？

  
  A．Molds can live in the dark.
  B．Molds prefer warm temperature.
  C．Molds are less likely to grow.
  D．Molds don't need sunlight.
  组卷：8引用：1难度：0.6

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• 2．When my father，who grew up on Tyneside，moved to the country in the 70s，he rapidly began accepting invitations to blood sports.He enjoyed the company，the sport and the hours spent out in the wild.
  From about the age of eight，I was invited to accompany him on these weekend excursions，much like a child being taken to their first football matches.I was fed up with the early starts and standing around in freezing conditions，waiting for birds to be driven into the sky，to their deaths，over a line of booming guns.But I wanted to please my dad.
     So years later--aged 27，I accepted an invitation to go deer hunting in Scotland with my father.
     The hunting party assembled one Friday in September.The driver was also our ghillie，a tough figure whose job it was to identify elderly or weak deer that were selected for hunting and guide us to them through wind，fog and rain.
     "Why are you doing this？" I kept asking myself."What would have been wrong with a walk？Or a guided wildlife tour？"
     And then，suddenly，the ghillie almost pushed me to the ground.He pointed at a cloud of fog about a hundred yards ahead.I was baffled，until the cloud lifted like a curtain to reveal--directly in front of us one of the most magnificent living creatures I have ever seen.
     "Now!" the ghillie hissed in my ear. "Now's your chance.The deer!Remember.You want to kill it，not wound it."
     I adjusted my position，focused down the scope once more and placed my finger on the trigger（扳机）.And，of course，I didn't fire.Another curtain of mist came；when it lifted，seconds later，the stag had disappeared.
     But I wasn't disappointed.I was elated.I had come - via a telescopic sight - face to face with an old but most beautiful，iconic and noble beasts of Britain，roaming free in an empty and deserted land of his kingdom.
     It was moment of truth and lasting inspiration.I could never have killed that deer--not in any context，for any reason.But I would，a decade later，write a story about him.Not just one book，but four，about little boy and the stag that persuades him to help save the world's last remaining animals.The encounter with that magnificent stag changed my life.And guess what--those stories did please my dad.
  
  （1）What is the writer's inner feeling of blood sports？

  
  A．They involve various risks.
  B．They will lose popularity.
  C．They are simple but pleasing.
  D．They are unpleasant to deal with.
  （2）What does the underlined word "baffled" in paragraph 5 mean？

  
  A．Disappointed.
  B．Confused.
  C．Amazed.
  D．Reliable.
  （3）Why didn't the writer take the shot？

  
  A．He was struck by the elderly deer.
  B．His sight was blocked by the mist.
  C．The guide found the old deer was injured.
  D．The deer ran away before he positioned himself.
  （4）Which of the following can be the best title for the passage？

  
  A．A miracle adventure
  B．An unforgettable moment
  C．Wildlife tours：a way of protection
  D．Blood sports：an inspiration for stories
  组卷：15引用：1难度：0.6

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• 3．Scholars have found music and language seem closely linked.But how？Some similarities are obvious.Both can express emotion.And both are highly social.AI a structural level the parallel are striking too.With a limited set of notes or words，and a limited set of rules，a limitless variety of novel melodies or sentences can be created.Animal communication，by contrast，is only able to convey a limited number of thoughts.
     Aniruddh Patel of Tufts University has argued that music and language，rather than being essentially the same，rely on the same bit of the brajye.ai.In an experiment he presented his subjects with a sentence that contained a grammatical trick （"The scientist confirmed the hypothesis was being studied in his lab"），revealing one word at a time.The subjects were't press a button for each word at their own pace.Many pushed at the unexpected "was. "The scientist confirmed the hypothesis" seemed a complete sentence.
     They also heard music as they performed this exercise.Some were treated to a new chord （和弦） in a pleasing progression with every word that was revealed.Others heard an annoying chord at the moment they reached the trick word "was".Both groups slowed down but those given the discordant（不和谐的） notes did so much more.
     Another striking contrast lies in the range of human talent for each ability.Nearly all children produce complex sentences by the age of three and become fluent speakers just a few years after that.By contrast，only a minority of adults are talented musicians；even fewer are skilled composers of new works.
     Victor Wooten，a music teacher，points out，children learn to talk by being constantly surrounded by fluent older speakers who are practicing with them almost from birth.Their awkward efforts are encouraged.On the other Fwhand，students of music often keep company with other beginners，and are stopped when having a mistake.
     It is not that simple，thinks Jay Keyser，a professor of linguistics.For him，music is not like spoken prose，which almost everyone can learn without any difficulties，but instead resembles a specific form of language：poetry，whose rhythm is hard to find.
  
  （1）What is the similarity between music and language at the structural level？

  
  A．Both have complicated structures.
  B．Both have strict grammatical rules.
  C．Both can form unlimited structures.
  D．Both can express limited meanings.
  （2）What can we learn about Aniruddh Patel's experiment？

  
  A．Different music varies greatly in the impact on people's life.
  B．Appreciation of music helped them understand the sentence.
  C．Understanding of the structure was not affected by the music.
  D．The discordant music made the sentence structure more difficult.
  （3）What leads to the difference according to Victor Wooten？

  
  A．The influence cast by those around them.
  B．The age when they start to acquire the abilities.
  C．The way their mistakes in learning are handled.
  D．The expectations they get from those around them.
  （4）What does Jay Keyser want to say in the last paragraph？

  
  A．It is difficult to compose music.
  B．Language can hardly make life fun.
  C．Music is not as easy to learn.
  D．Music comes from spoken prose.
  组卷：21引用：2难度：0.6

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第四部分 写作（共两节，满分15分）第一节（满分15分）

• 8．为保护学生视力健康，你校在暑假期间进行了一系列的设施改善。假如，你是校英语报的记者，请写一则新闻报道，内容包括；1.学校设备改善：桌椅高度可调节；教室变得明亮等；2.师生的反应；3.简短评论。
  注意：1.词数80字左右；2.可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯。
  组卷：14引用：2难度：0.6

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第二节（满分25分）阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。

• 9．Rose was an unfortunate girl.When she was 15，her parents were lost to a flood，leaving her with her grandma，who was over 60.
      Grandma had to work hard to support the family and pay her tuition fees.Three years later，Rose was admitted to a college.Unfortunately，the cost of ten thousand yuan a year at college was too much for Grandma.She couldn't afford it even if she worked day and night.Rose decided to give up the chance to go to college and work at home.
      Rose's grandmother struck her with a shaking hand and said， "Never give up.Everything will be all right."So Rose left her hometown and set foot on the road to study.
      Rose studied very hard and she saved every penny.It was in her second semester that she received a letter from her grandmother.During the holidays，she had heard Grandma talk about her plan to work as a babysitter.At that time，she persuaded Grandma that no one would hire her at such an old age.Unexpectedly，Grandma told her in the letter that she actually worked as a babysitter in a person's home.Rose smiled in relief.What Grandma didn't tell her was that a man failing in his business had promised to help Rose's study when she was reduced to begging.From then on，Rose，received the tuition fees and living costs provided by her grandmother in time.Every time she received the money，her heart would shake.What she was holding in her hands was not money，but Grandma's warm heart.
      One day after she started her junior year，her grandmother's employer found her at school and told her that her grandmother had passed away.Her heart was broken when she heard the news.The employer，Eric，a young man aged 37 or 38，told her with tears in his eyes，"You have the greatest grandma in the world，girl.Don't disappoint your grandma in the future.I'll cover all your tuition if you come to work for my business when you finish your studies.That's a promise."
  注意：1.续写词数应为150左右；2.请按如下格式作答。
  Rose agreed.————————————————————
  Looking at her puzzled face，Eric told her the truth.————————————————————
  组卷：16引用：1难度：0.4

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