2024年4月11日发(作者：呼旭鹏)

2020年武汉四中高三英语第四次联考试题及答案

第一部分 阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

The Costa Book Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment and subsequently endure. It's

our pleasure to confirm this year’s Category Winners.

First Novel Award Winner

Book: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Author: Gail Honeyman

Eleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between, her only company

will be two bottles of vodka and her own solitary, unique wit (机智). It is contentment, of a kind, but an

unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a

living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman’s debut (初次登台、开张)is a funny and moving diamond.

Biography Award Winner

Book: In the Days of Rain

Author: Rebecca Stott

The Exclusive Brethren were aclosed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born

Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he begged her to help him

write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who for generations had all been members of a

fundamentalist Christian sect.

Poetry Award Winner

Book: Inside the Wave

Author: Helen Dunmore

To be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned

with the borderline between the living and the dead — the underworld and the human living world – and the

acutely intense being of both.

Children's Award Winner

Book:The Explorer

Author: Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn

Four children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred and his friends it’s only the

beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real command of character and incident,

Rundell has few peers in superb children's fiction.

kind of life does Eleanor lead?

and lonely. and touching.

ng and complex. ry and happy.

did Rebecca Stott writeIn the Days of Rain?

introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren.

help her father fulfill his last wish.

CTo share the life of fundamentalist Christians.

pass on her family traditions.

a young adventurous soul, which book seems more appealing?

r Oliphant is Completely Fine the Days of Rain

the Wave Explorer

B

Cuckoos don’t bother building their own nests—they just lay eggs that perfectly imitate those of other birds

and take over their nests. But other birds are wishing up, evolving some seriously impressive tricks to spot the

cuckoo eggs.

Cuckoos are often know asparasites, meaning that they hide their eggs in the nest of other species. To avoid

detection, the cuckoos have evolved so that eggs seem reproduction of those of their preferred targets. If the host

bird doesn’t notice the strange egg in its nest, the little cuckoo will actually take the entire nest for itself after it

comes out, taking the other eggs on its back and dropping them out of the nest.

To avoid this unpleasant fate for their young, the other birds have evolved a few smart ways to spot the fakes,

which we’re only now beginning to fully understand. One of the most amazing finds is that birds have an extra

colour-sensitive cell in their eyes, which makes them far more sensitive to ultraviolet wavelengths and allows

them to see a far greater range of colours than humans can. This allows cautious birds to detect a fake egg which

might be exactly the same to our eyes.

Fascinatingly, we’re actually able to observe different bird species at very different points in their

evolutionary war with the cuckoos. For instance, some cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of the redstarts. The

blue eggs these cuckoos lay are practically alike to those of the redstarts, and yet they are still sometimes rejected.

Compare that with cuckoos who target dunnocks. While those birds lay perfectly blue eggs, their cuckoo invaders

just lay white eggs with brown irregular shaped spots. And yet dunnocks barely ever seem to notice the obvious

trick.

Biologists suspect these more easily fooled species like the dunnocks are on the same evolutionary path as

the redstarts, but they have a long way to go until they evolve the same levels of suspicion. What’s remarkable is

that the dunnocks fakes are so bad and the redstart ones so good, and yet cuckoos are still more successful with

the former than the latter.

It speaks to just how thoroughly a species’ behavior can be changed by the pressures of natural selection, or

it might just be a bit of strategic cooperation on the part of the dunnocks. Biologists have suggested that these

birds are willing to tolerate a parasite every so often because they don’t want to risk accidentally getting rid of one

of their own eggs.

4. This passage can be most likely found in a ________.

A. science survey B. nature magazine

C. zoo advertisement D. travel journal

5. What does the underlined word “parasite” in paragraph 2 most probably refer to?

A. Animals that work together to raise young.

B Small harmful animals such as worms or mice.

C. Animals that can adapt to changing environments.

D. Animals which live on or inside other host animals.

6. Which of the following is TRUE about the dunnock according to the passage?

A. It is colour-blind and therefore cannot identify foreign eggs in the nest.

B. It can easily remove cuckoo eggs from the nest because fakes are so bad.

C. It is a host bird that is more likely to raise a cuckoo chick than the redstart.

D. It is unable to evolve and hence accepts cuckoo eggs that appear in the nest.

7. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. Dunnocks may eventually learn to recognise foreign eggs.

B. Redstarts seem to be less suspicious compared to dunnocks.

C. Cuckoo birds are good at taking responsibility for their own young.

D. It is very easy for cuckoos to imitate the colouring of the dunnock’s egg.

C

Narasimha Das is on his way to feed 169,379 hungry children. Das is in charge of a kitchen in Vrindaban. The

town is about a three-hour drive fromIndia’s capital,New Delhi. Das gets to work at 3: Thirty workers are

already working to make tens of thousands of rounds of bread. It will be brought to 1,516 schools in and around

Vrindaban.

A Growing Problem

Going to school is difficult for more than 13 million children inIndia. They must go to work instead, or go

hungry. That’s whyIndiabegan the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, the largest school-lunch program in the world. A free

lunch encourages children to come to school and gives them the energy they need for learning. The program

began in the 1960s.

The kitchen in Vrindaban is run by the Akshaya Patra Foundation. It is one of the lunch program’s biggest

partners. “Just $11.50 can feed one child for an entire year,” said Madhu Sridhar, president of the Akshaya Patra

Foundation.

Lunch Is Served!

The Akshaya Patra food truck arrives atGopalgarhPrimary School. Since the program started, the number of

underweight children has gone down. The children get foods they need — as long as they finish what’s on their

plates.

8. What does Narasimha Das do？

A. A waiter. B. A salesman. C. A cook. D. A shopkeeper.

9. The kitchen in Vrindaban supplies food to ________.

A. the poor B. school children C. college students D. the old

10. Why is it difficult for children to go to school inIndia?

A. Because they have to work to make money.

B. Because there are not enough schools.

C. Because there are not enough teachers.

D. Because their parents refuse to send them to school.

11. Which of the following about the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is NOT true?

A. It is to encourage children to go to school.

B. It has been carried out for about 50 years.

C. It is run by Narasimha Das.

D. It is the largest school-lunch program in the world.

D

Imagine the feeling of swinging at a baseball going 100 miles per hour—without leaving your living room, or

being in race car as it roars down the track, while you are sitting on the couch.

These are just some of the ways that sports business leaders say virtual reality (VR) will revolutionize how

people train for and experience sports. Virtual and augmented（增强的）realities are together known as mixed

reality (MR). “American footballers are already using VR to better train their minds andread the field,” Ludden said.

“This can allow players to perfect their skills without risking injury.”

Canadian company D-BOX Technologies designs and produces moving seats found in cinema and theme parks.

It is now moving into sports, and shows its Formula One (F1) racing simulator（模拟器）. The seats stimulate the

force of gravity, speed and every shaking as Fl champion Lewis Hamilton zips around city streets.

A simulation seat uses pre-programed data now. Someday, though, it could use real-time information sent by

the car. “They couldbroadcast live content through a network in pop-up theaters around the world,” Ludden said.

Say you want to experience the true stress of a batter being up against major-league baseball pitcher. “You can

have a heartbeat added to the sensation on the seat and then you can feel it, boom, boom,” Maheu explained.

“When he swings and hits the ball, you can have an impact.”

One day, fans around the world could physically experience every game from their favorite player in real time.

Ludden said that current and near-future technology could create “augmented stadiums” for live audiences.

Panasonic launched its “Smart Venue” plans which included the overlaying of graphics, advertisements, player

statistics and replays on the field of play at a pro football game. “If you are seated in the cheap seats, you can see

this really useful.” “Fans may someday join in stadium wide games, using the field as a virtual gaming platform,”

Ludden added.

12. What does the underlined phrase “read the field” in paragraph 2 mean?

A. Get off the playing field. B. Build up a football court.

C. Judge the situation on the field. D. Ask players to play on the spot.

13. What does Maheu think audiences can do in the future baseball game?

A. Enjoy live content in any theater.

B. Program the simulation seats in advance.

C. Control the force and speed of the baseball.

D. Experience the real time game with the player.

14. What does Ludden mainly describe in the last paragraph?

2024年4月11日发(作者：呼旭鹏)

2020年武汉四中高三英语第四次联考试题及答案

第一部分 阅读（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A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项

A

The Costa Book Awards consistently pick winners that are both of the moment and subsequently endure. It's

our pleasure to confirm this year’s Category Winners.

First Novel Award Winner

Book: Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

Author: Gail Honeyman

Eleanor is 31 years old; work finishes on a Friday and begins again on a Monday. Between, her only company

will be two bottles of vodka and her own solitary, unique wit (机智). It is contentment, of a kind, but an

unexpected shared experience suddenly opens the door to possibility. Challenging reader expectations with a

living, breathing character, Gail Honeyman’s debut (初次登台、开张)is a funny and moving diamond.

Biography Award Winner

Book: In the Days of Rain

Author: Rebecca Stott

The Exclusive Brethren were aclosed community who believed the world is ruled by Satan. Into this is born

Rebecca. Her father had been an influential Brethren Minister. As her father lay dying, he begged her to help him

write the memoir. He wanted to tell the story of their family who for generations had all been members of a

fundamentalist Christian sect.

Poetry Award Winner

Book: Inside the Wave

Author: Helen Dunmore

To be alive is to be inside the wave, always travelling until it breaks and is gone. These poems are concerned

with the borderline between the living and the dead — the underworld and the human living world – and the

acutely intense being of both.

Children's Award Winner

Book:The Explorer

Author: Katherine Rundell, Hannah Horn

Four children survive their aircraft plunging into the Amazon jungle, but for Fred and his friends it’s only the

beginning of a cruel battle for survival. Brimming with adventure and a real command of character and incident,

Rundell has few peers in superb children's fiction.

kind of life does Eleanor lead?

and lonely. and touching.

ng and complex. ry and happy.

did Rebecca Stott writeIn the Days of Rain?

introduce beliefs of the Exclusive Brethren.

help her father fulfill his last wish.

CTo share the life of fundamentalist Christians.

pass on her family traditions.

a young adventurous soul, which book seems more appealing?

r Oliphant is Completely Fine the Days of Rain

the Wave Explorer

B

Cuckoos don’t bother building their own nests—they just lay eggs that perfectly imitate those of other birds

and take over their nests. But other birds are wishing up, evolving some seriously impressive tricks to spot the

cuckoo eggs.

Cuckoos are often know asparasites, meaning that they hide their eggs in the nest of other species. To avoid

detection, the cuckoos have evolved so that eggs seem reproduction of those of their preferred targets. If the host

bird doesn’t notice the strange egg in its nest, the little cuckoo will actually take the entire nest for itself after it

comes out, taking the other eggs on its back and dropping them out of the nest.

To avoid this unpleasant fate for their young, the other birds have evolved a few smart ways to spot the fakes,

which we’re only now beginning to fully understand. One of the most amazing finds is that birds have an extra

colour-sensitive cell in their eyes, which makes them far more sensitive to ultraviolet wavelengths and allows

them to see a far greater range of colours than humans can. This allows cautious birds to detect a fake egg which

might be exactly the same to our eyes.

Fascinatingly, we’re actually able to observe different bird species at very different points in their

evolutionary war with the cuckoos. For instance, some cuckoos lay their eggs in the nests of the redstarts. The

blue eggs these cuckoos lay are practically alike to those of the redstarts, and yet they are still sometimes rejected.

Compare that with cuckoos who target dunnocks. While those birds lay perfectly blue eggs, their cuckoo invaders

just lay white eggs with brown irregular shaped spots. And yet dunnocks barely ever seem to notice the obvious

trick.

Biologists suspect these more easily fooled species like the dunnocks are on the same evolutionary path as

the redstarts, but they have a long way to go until they evolve the same levels of suspicion. What’s remarkable is

that the dunnocks fakes are so bad and the redstart ones so good, and yet cuckoos are still more successful with

the former than the latter.

It speaks to just how thoroughly a species’ behavior can be changed by the pressures of natural selection, or

it might just be a bit of strategic cooperation on the part of the dunnocks. Biologists have suggested that these

birds are willing to tolerate a parasite every so often because they don’t want to risk accidentally getting rid of one

of their own eggs.

4. This passage can be most likely found in a ________.

A. science survey B. nature magazine

C. zoo advertisement D. travel journal

5. What does the underlined word “parasite” in paragraph 2 most probably refer to?

A. Animals that work together to raise young.

B Small harmful animals such as worms or mice.

C. Animals that can adapt to changing environments.

D. Animals which live on or inside other host animals.

6. Which of the following is TRUE about the dunnock according to the passage?

A. It is colour-blind and therefore cannot identify foreign eggs in the nest.

B. It can easily remove cuckoo eggs from the nest because fakes are so bad.

C. It is a host bird that is more likely to raise a cuckoo chick than the redstart.

D. It is unable to evolve and hence accepts cuckoo eggs that appear in the nest.

7. Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?

A. Dunnocks may eventually learn to recognise foreign eggs.

B. Redstarts seem to be less suspicious compared to dunnocks.

C. Cuckoo birds are good at taking responsibility for their own young.

D. It is very easy for cuckoos to imitate the colouring of the dunnock’s egg.

C

Narasimha Das is on his way to feed 169,379 hungry children. Das is in charge of a kitchen in Vrindaban. The

town is about a three-hour drive fromIndia’s capital,New Delhi. Das gets to work at 3: Thirty workers are

already working to make tens of thousands of rounds of bread. It will be brought to 1,516 schools in and around

Vrindaban.

A Growing Problem

Going to school is difficult for more than 13 million children inIndia. They must go to work instead, or go

hungry. That’s whyIndiabegan the Mid-Day Meal Scheme, the largest school-lunch program in the world. A free

lunch encourages children to come to school and gives them the energy they need for learning. The program

began in the 1960s.

The kitchen in Vrindaban is run by the Akshaya Patra Foundation. It is one of the lunch program’s biggest

partners. “Just $11.50 can feed one child for an entire year,” said Madhu Sridhar, president of the Akshaya Patra

Foundation.

Lunch Is Served!

The Akshaya Patra food truck arrives atGopalgarhPrimary School. Since the program started, the number of

underweight children has gone down. The children get foods they need — as long as they finish what’s on their

plates.

8. What does Narasimha Das do？

A. A waiter. B. A salesman. C. A cook. D. A shopkeeper.

9. The kitchen in Vrindaban supplies food to ________.

A. the poor B. school children C. college students D. the old

10. Why is it difficult for children to go to school inIndia?

A. Because they have to work to make money.

B. Because there are not enough schools.

C. Because there are not enough teachers.

D. Because their parents refuse to send them to school.

11. Which of the following about the Mid-Day Meal Scheme is NOT true?

A. It is to encourage children to go to school.

B. It has been carried out for about 50 years.

C. It is run by Narasimha Das.

D. It is the largest school-lunch program in the world.

D

Imagine the feeling of swinging at a baseball going 100 miles per hour—without leaving your living room, or

being in race car as it roars down the track, while you are sitting on the couch.

These are just some of the ways that sports business leaders say virtual reality (VR) will revolutionize how

people train for and experience sports. Virtual and augmented（增强的）realities are together known as mixed

reality (MR). “American footballers are already using VR to better train their minds andread the field,” Ludden said.

“This can allow players to perfect their skills without risking injury.”

Canadian company D-BOX Technologies designs and produces moving seats found in cinema and theme parks.

It is now moving into sports, and shows its Formula One (F1) racing simulator（模拟器）. The seats stimulate the

force of gravity, speed and every shaking as Fl champion Lewis Hamilton zips around city streets.

A simulation seat uses pre-programed data now. Someday, though, it could use real-time information sent by

the car. “They couldbroadcast live content through a network in pop-up theaters around the world,” Ludden said.

Say you want to experience the true stress of a batter being up against major-league baseball pitcher. “You can

have a heartbeat added to the sensation on the seat and then you can feel it, boom, boom,” Maheu explained.

“When he swings and hits the ball, you can have an impact.”

One day, fans around the world could physically experience every game from their favorite player in real time.

Ludden said that current and near-future technology could create “augmented stadiums” for live audiences.

Panasonic launched its “Smart Venue” plans which included the overlaying of graphics, advertisements, player

statistics and replays on the field of play at a pro football game. “If you are seated in the cheap seats, you can see

this really useful.” “Fans may someday join in stadium wide games, using the field as a virtual gaming platform,”

Ludden added.

12. What does the underlined phrase “read the field” in paragraph 2 mean?

A. Get off the playing field. B. Build up a football court.

C. Judge the situation on the field. D. Ask players to play on the spot.

13. What does Maheu think audiences can do in the future baseball game?

A. Enjoy live content in any theater.

B. Program the simulation seats in advance.

C. Control the force and speed of the baseball.

D. Experience the real time game with the player.

14. What does Ludden mainly describe in the last paragraph?