2024年6月1日发(作者：卫音景)
西 城 区 高 三 统 一 测 试
英 语 解析版
2020.4
本试卷共 11 页，120 分。考试时长 100 分钟。考生务必将答案写在答题卡上，在试卷
上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给
出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
The International Day of Families, which was started by the United Nations
in 1993, 1 is held (hold) on May 15 every year. The day celebrates the
2 importance (important) of families. It aims to deepen people’s
understanding of issues 3 that/which定语从句里作主语 are related to
families. With a different theme each year, the day is observed with a wide
range of events that are organized at local, national and international 4
levels (level).
B
For thousands of years, people have been trying to predict the weather. In
China during the Shang Dynasty, people 5 recorded (record) weather
forecasts on animal bones and tortoise shells. Centuries later, 6 in
Greece, the philosopher, Aristotle wrote his theories about how weather
conditions formed. Weather forecasting advanced over time, with more and more
instruments used to measure temperature, humidity and air pressure. Today,
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satellite data and computer technology help scientists predict the weather
more 7 precisely 精确地 (precise).
注意with结构中作宾补的非谓语动词
With the boy leading the way we found the house easily.
With the boy to lead the way we will find the house easily tomorrow.
He lay on the bed with the bedroom door shut. (shut的过去分词)
C
Last year, China started testing 5G mobile networks in several cities. The
Hongkou District of Shanghai was the first to operate a 5G network. To test
the network, Wu Qing, vice mayor of Shanghai, made（谓语） a phone call 8
using (use) a Huawei MateX非谓语作状语表示方式, Huawei’s first 5G
smartphone. According to
The Telegraph
, “5G is the innovation that 9 will
shape (shape) all our lives for years to come.未来的日子” It is 10
faster (fast) and more stable than 4G, the previous generation of cellular
(蜂窝状的) network technology.
本套语法填空考查了3个谓语动词的时态语态，一个定语从句，两个名词（形容词变名
词，名词复数），一个副词，一个介词，一个非谓语动词，一个形容词比较级
后阶段复习建议
1. 全面复习，填补漏洞
2. 复盘做过的题，找到自己做题过程中的症结，调整做题思路
3. 做题时充分应用上下文的信息
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在
答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was late, about 10:, when Janice Esposito arrived at the
Bellport train station; she jumped into her Honda Odyssey and began the 20-
minute drive home to her husband and seven-year-old son. She’d just returned
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from visiting her mother and had traveled the route many times before. She
practically几乎;差不多 11 drove on autopilot轻车熟路: a left onto
Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then—wham! Out of nowhere不
知从哪儿 a car T-boned Esposito’s minivan, 12 forcing her to move
backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks铁轨. She 13 sat in the
minivan,
bruised
(撞伤) but mostly just
knocked
out
不省人事 by the 14
impact and the airbags.
As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for 15 bed . He’d
just closed his book and was getting under the covers when he heard the sound
of metal on metal and breaking glass coming from not far outside his bedroom
window. A volunteer 16 firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64,
never 17 stopped to think. He grabbed a flashlight and,
still dressed in
his pajamas (睡衣),
ran out the door. “Any firefighter would have done what I
did,” he told
Newsday
. “We’re always on 18 duty 当班 .”
The first car
he came upon
偶然碰到（或发现）, 2,000 feet from his front
yard, was the one
that had 19 hit Esposito.
Once
当
DiPinto concluded
断定
the driver was OK, he looked around and 20 spotted Esposito’s
minivan
positioned
on the railroad tracks. And then he heard a terrible sound:
the bells
signaling
an oncoming 21 train .
“The gates were starting to come down,” he told
Newsday.
“I see the
headlight of the train.” DiPinto ran quickly to Esposito’s minivan and
knocked on the driver’s side window. She 22 just looked at him,
her
eyes unfocused
（目光）茫然的，呆滞的. “I don’t know where I am,” she said. She
seemed unhurt. “Honey, you’re on the railroad 23 tracks ,” DiPinto
shouted. “We have to get you off right now!” He pulled hard on the 24
handle , but the door was crashed in and 25 jammed . The heavy diesel
train
重型柴油火车
, traveling at 65 miles per hour, was moving fast toward them.
DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the 26 door .
“Please, don’t let her be 27 trapped ,” he thought. He pushed aside
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the deflating (瘪了的) airbags, grabbed Esposito’s arms, and 28 pulled
her toward him across the passenger seat until he could help her out and
quickly get her to 29 safety behind a signal box a few feet away. Within
six seconds, he estimated, the train crashed into the minivan. “It was like a
Hollywood movie,” DiPinto told reporters the next day.
But this one had a twist. “Last night,” South Country Ambulance chief
Greg Miglino told
CBS New York
, “the 30 hero （全文归纳得出） arrived in
pajamas, not in a fire truck.”
11. A. drove B. walked C. rode D.
hiked 远足
12. A. allowing B. forcing迫使 C. ordering D.
reminding提醒
13. A. sat B. stood C. hid 藏 D.
waited
14. A. action B. noise C. impact 冲击力 D.
bomb 炸弹
15. A. class B. work C. dinner D. bed
16. A. doctor B. driver C. firefighter D.
engineer
17. A. stopped B. troubled C. intended 意图 D.
wanted
18. A. duty职责 B. time C. target
正追踪目标；切题，切中要害
schedule
按时，按计划
19. A. warned警告 B. caught C. hit D. followed
20. A. observed观察 B. spotted 发现 C. realized D.
predicted 预测
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D.
21. A. train B. truck
ambulance
22. A. yet
B. just
C. car D.
C. still
D. even
C. bridges D. 23. A. yards院子 B. stations
tracks 铁轨
24. A. belt带 B. key C. bell
handle 把手
D.
25. A. unlocked未锁的 B. jammed卡住 C. open
26. A. bag B. door C. book
D. gone
D. box
27. A. scared B. ignored C. trapped陷入困境 D. defeated
打败
28. A. carried
pulled
29. A. return B. work
30. A. police B. actor
hero
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共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，并在答题卡上将
该项涂黑。
A
What it does
The self-cleaning door handle is combining with advanced photocatalytic
(光催化) and blacklight technology. A light source activates激活 the door’s
C. safety D. life
C. reporter D.
B. rushed冲 C. guided D.
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handle coating（涂层）, telling it to start cleaning.
31D
It can minimize the
risk of infection by contact and improve the cleanliness of a space.
How it works
The working principle of the product is that a thin advanced
photocatalytic coating can effectively decompose分解 bacteria (细菌) on the
surface of a substance. A consistent UV light source—inside a transparent
glass透明玻璃 door handle—is required to activate the door’s handle coating
on the outer surface for disinfection消毒, so a generator is used to provide
electricity to light up a UV LED lamp by the motion of an opening and closing
door. Then, the door handle can clean by itself.
31D
Design process
We made the first version by using stainless steel. However, it caused the
door handle to be heavier. Then, we tried aluminum, which made it light and
easy to fix. We also improved the generator output which effectively turned
energy from door movement into a light source.
( 我们还改进了发电机输出，有效地将车门运动产
生的能量转化为光源。)
32C
2
1
How it is different
Our innovative design is simple, effective, and attractive. It has an
elegant smooth shape, and its minimalist appearance stands out in today’s
world of inventions. Nowadays, people use chemical cleaning materials to clean
up public areas but it harms the human body. Our design can be used for a long
time and is effective. It can self-clean after each use. In the door lock and
door handle market, it is a unique design because there are no similar
products.
Future plans
In the future, we will commercialize the product and hope that it can
compete on the market with similar products. We are going to connect with
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public properties, for example, shopping malls, hotels, hospitals and public
restrooms, where the risk of spreading infection is higher.
Awards
In addition to winning the James Dyson Award, it has also received the
Gold Award, and in 2016, it was featured in the 44 International Geneva
Inventions Exhibition.
33B
31. How does the self-cleaning door handle function? 此处是动
词：运转
A. It controls the door movement automatically.
B. It minimizes the risk of infection by less contact. 与文章内容不一致
C. Chemical cleaning materials are used to clean it up. 化学清洗材料
D. The light source tells the door handle coating to clean itself. 光源指
示门把手涂层自行清洁
32. Compared with the first version of the product, the present one
is ________.
th
A. safer and cheaper B. cleaner and easier
C. less heavy and more effective D. more attractive and expensive
33. What do we know about the new invention according to the
passage?
A. It has been widely used in public areas.
B. It has received recognition for its innovation.
C. It is quite competitive among similar products.
D. It will replace traditional chemical cleaning materials.
Key： D C B
B
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1st.
This little South American Magellanic
penguin swims 5,000 miles, to a beach in Brazil,
every year in order to be reunited with （与…重
聚）the man
who saved its life
34B
. It sounds like
something out of a fairy tale, but it’s true!
2nd.
71-year-old retired brick worker Joao, who lives in an island village
just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the small Magellanic penguin lying
on rocks at his local beach in 2011. The penguin was covered in oil and
running out of time fast.
35A
Joao rescued the penguin, naming it Din,
cleaned the oil off its feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish to rebuild
its strength. After a week of recovery, Joao attempted to release the penguin
back into the wild. However, Din had already formed a family bond with his
rescuer and wouldn’t leave.
36D
3rd.
“He stayed with me for 11 months and then, just after he changed his
coat with new feathers, he disappeared,” Joao recalls. “I love the penguin
like it’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me,” Joao told Globo
TV. “No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks (啄) them if they do. He
lies on my lap, lets me give him showers, and allows me to feed him.”
4th.
Professor Krajewski, a biologist who interviewed the fisherman for
Globo TV, told
The Independent
: “I have never seen anything like this before.
I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his family and probably a penguin
as well.”
5th.
However, environmentalists warn that, while hundreds of the Magellanic
species are known to naturally migrate (迁徙) thousands of miles north in
search of food, there has been a worrying rise in the phenomenon of oceanic
creatures washing up on Brazil’s beaches. Professor David Zee from Rio de
Janeiro’s State University, said the increase is due in part（部分的，在某种
程度上） to global climatic changes. Professor Zee added that sea animals face
increased danger from leaked tanker oil.
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6th.
Luckily the ending for Joao and Din has been a happy one, even though
it is illegal in Brazil to keep wild animals as pets.
7th.
Professor Krajewski said: “Professionals
who work with animals
try to
avoid relationships like this occurring so they are able to reintroduce the
animal into the wild. But in this single case the authorities allowed Din to
stay with Joao because of his kindness.”
34. Every year Din swims a long distance to a beach in Brazil to ________.
A. avoid being killed B. meet his rescuer
C. escape from ocean currents D. find much more fish
35. When Din was found in 2011, ________.
A. he was dying
the beach
B. he was running on
C. he was resting休息，被搁置 on a rock
was cleaning oil off his feathers
36. What can we learn about Joao from the passage?
D. he
A. He is not allowed to keep the penguin as a pet by the authorities.
B. He overprotects the penguin by keeping him away from others.
C. His contact with the penguin is encouraged by professionals.
D. His kindness wins the penguin’s trust.
37. The story in the passage mainly shows ________.
A. the environmental impact on wildlife 环境对野生动物的影响
B. the love between humans and wildlife 人类和野生动物之间的爱
C. the tendency of wildlife to bond with humans 野生动物与人类亲近的倾向
D. the protection of threatened wildlife by mankind 人类对受威胁的野生动物
的保护
C
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1.
Store owners have been inventing new tricks to get consumers into their
stores and purchasing their goods. Even as we find new strategies to resist,
neuroscientists (神经科学家) are employed at marketing agencies across the
country to best figure out what is going through a consumer’s brain at each
point in the decision process.
（即使我们找到了新的抵制策略，全国各地的营销机构还是聘请了神经科
学家，以便最好地了解消费者在决策过程的每一点上的大脑活动。）
2.
We consumers overspend due to the fact
that we have a fear of missing the
really good deal or having to pay more for the same thing and lose money
.
(我们
消费者过度消费是因为我们害怕错过真正划算的交易，或者不得不为同样的东西付更多的钱而赔钱。)
38C
Normally,
the prefrontal cortex (前额皮层) controls our emotional reactions to things,
and keeps us from acting unreasonably by calming down our fears. But an
advertiser can disturb our prefrontal cortex just by displaying flashy deal
signs, encouraging it to do math on how much money we might save now by buying
more of something we don’t actually need yet.
3.
Nostalgia, that regretful affection for past events, is another strong
influencer during the holiday season, and it’s shaped by emotion.
(怀旧是对过去事
件的一种遗憾的情感，是节日期间另一种强烈的影响因素，它是由情感形成的。)
39A
Emotion—whether good
or bad—enhances the formation of memories, engaging more parts of the brain.
So hearing a nephew singing a carol, for instance, might reawaken memories
associated with that particular song in a much more powerful way than hearing
that same nephew sing another song. These kinds of memories are brought back
even more easily by sensory input. This might be why we are often greeted by a
sensory reminder everywhere we go in a month.
4.
Wherever you purchase gifts, there are social influences on what you buy
as well. The holidays are a time when we are especially conditioned to pay
more for the label because we’re buying gifts. Receiving a brand-name gift
sends the message
that “this person has spent more on me, so he or she must
value me more.”
And it makes sense.
40C
If two things seem pretty much the
same, how do I know which to choose? Humans have survived as a social species,
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2024年6月1日发(作者：卫音景)
西 城 区 高 三 统 一 测 试
英 语 解析版
2020.4
本试卷共 11 页，120 分。考试时长 100 分钟。考生务必将答案写在答题卡上，在试卷
上作答无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，共15分）
阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词，在给
出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
A
The International Day of Families, which was started by the United Nations
in 1993, 1 is held (hold) on May 15 every year. The day celebrates the
2 importance (important) of families. It aims to deepen people’s
understanding of issues 3 that/which定语从句里作主语 are related to
families. With a different theme each year, the day is observed with a wide
range of events that are organized at local, national and international 4
levels (level).
B
For thousands of years, people have been trying to predict the weather. In
China during the Shang Dynasty, people 5 recorded (record) weather
forecasts on animal bones and tortoise shells. Centuries later, 6 in
Greece, the philosopher, Aristotle wrote his theories about how weather
conditions formed. Weather forecasting advanced over time, with more and more
instruments used to measure temperature, humidity and air pressure. Today,
北京市西城区 2020 年 4 月高三英语 第 1 页（共 19 页）
satellite data and computer technology help scientists predict the weather
more 7 precisely 精确地 (precise).
注意with结构中作宾补的非谓语动词
With the boy leading the way we found the house easily.
With the boy to lead the way we will find the house easily tomorrow.
He lay on the bed with the bedroom door shut. (shut的过去分词)
C
Last year, China started testing 5G mobile networks in several cities. The
Hongkou District of Shanghai was the first to operate a 5G network. To test
the network, Wu Qing, vice mayor of Shanghai, made（谓语） a phone call 8
using (use) a Huawei MateX非谓语作状语表示方式, Huawei’s first 5G
smartphone. According to
The Telegraph
, “5G is the innovation that 9 will
shape (shape) all our lives for years to come.未来的日子” It is 10
faster (fast) and more stable than 4G, the previous generation of cellular
(蜂窝状的) network technology.
本套语法填空考查了3个谓语动词的时态语态，一个定语从句，两个名词（形容词变名
词，名词复数），一个副词，一个介词，一个非谓语动词，一个形容词比较级
后阶段复习建议
1. 全面复习，填补漏洞
2. 复盘做过的题，找到自己做题过程中的症结，调整做题思路
3. 做题时充分应用上下文的信息
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在
答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was late, about 10:, when Janice Esposito arrived at the
Bellport train station; she jumped into her Honda Odyssey and began the 20-
minute drive home to her husband and seven-year-old son. She’d just returned
北京市西城区 2020 年 4 月高三英语 第 2 页（共 19 页）
from visiting her mother and had traveled the route many times before. She
practically几乎;差不多 11 drove on autopilot轻车熟路: a left onto
Station Road, then a left on Montauk Highway, and then—wham! Out of nowhere不
知从哪儿 a car T-boned Esposito’s minivan, 12 forcing her to move
backward some 100 feet onto the railroad tracks铁轨. She 13 sat in the
minivan,
bruised
(撞伤) but mostly just
knocked
out
不省人事 by the 14
impact and the airbags.
As it happened, Pete DiPinto was getting ready for 15 bed . He’d
just closed his book and was getting under the covers when he heard the sound
of metal on metal and breaking glass coming from not far outside his bedroom
window. A volunteer 16 firefighter and retired teacher, DiPinto, 64,
never 17 stopped to think. He grabbed a flashlight and,
still dressed in
his pajamas (睡衣),
ran out the door. “Any firefighter would have done what I
did,” he told
Newsday
. “We’re always on 18 duty 当班 .”
The first car
he came upon
偶然碰到（或发现）, 2,000 feet from his front
yard, was the one
that had 19 hit Esposito.
Once
当
DiPinto concluded
断定
the driver was OK, he looked around and 20 spotted Esposito’s
minivan
positioned
on the railroad tracks. And then he heard a terrible sound:
the bells
signaling
an oncoming 21 train .
“The gates were starting to come down,” he told
Newsday.
“I see the
headlight of the train.” DiPinto ran quickly to Esposito’s minivan and
knocked on the driver’s side window. She 22 just looked at him,
her
eyes unfocused
（目光）茫然的，呆滞的. “I don’t know where I am,” she said. She
seemed unhurt. “Honey, you’re on the railroad 23 tracks ,” DiPinto
shouted. “We have to get you off right now!” He pulled hard on the 24
handle , but the door was crashed in and 25 jammed . The heavy diesel
train
重型柴油火车
, traveling at 65 miles per hour, was moving fast toward them.
DiPinto ran to the passenger side and threw open the 26 door .
“Please, don’t let her be 27 trapped ,” he thought. He pushed aside
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the deflating (瘪了的) airbags, grabbed Esposito’s arms, and 28 pulled
her toward him across the passenger seat until he could help her out and
quickly get her to 29 safety behind a signal box a few feet away. Within
six seconds, he estimated, the train crashed into the minivan. “It was like a
Hollywood movie,” DiPinto told reporters the next day.
But this one had a twist. “Last night,” South Country Ambulance chief
Greg Miglino told
CBS New York
, “the 30 hero （全文归纳得出） arrived in
pajamas, not in a fire truck.”
11. A. drove B. walked C. rode D.
hiked 远足
12. A. allowing B. forcing迫使 C. ordering D.
reminding提醒
13. A. sat B. stood C. hid 藏 D.
waited
14. A. action B. noise C. impact 冲击力 D.
bomb 炸弹
15. A. class B. work C. dinner D. bed
16. A. doctor B. driver C. firefighter D.
engineer
17. A. stopped B. troubled C. intended 意图 D.
wanted
18. A. duty职责 B. time C. target
正追踪目标；切题，切中要害
schedule
按时，按计划
19. A. warned警告 B. caught C. hit D. followed
20. A. observed观察 B. spotted 发现 C. realized D.
predicted 预测
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D.
21. A. train B. truck
ambulance
22. A. yet
B. just
C. car D.
C. still
D. even
C. bridges D. 23. A. yards院子 B. stations
tracks 铁轨
24. A. belt带 B. key C. bell
handle 把手
D.
25. A. unlocked未锁的 B. jammed卡住 C. open
26. A. bag B. door C. book
D. gone
D. box
27. A. scared B. ignored C. trapped陷入困境 D. defeated
打败
28. A. carried
pulled
29. A. return B. work
30. A. police B. actor
hero
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共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，并在答题卡上将
该项涂黑。
A
What it does
The self-cleaning door handle is combining with advanced photocatalytic
(光催化) and blacklight technology. A light source activates激活 the door’s
C. safety D. life
C. reporter D.
B. rushed冲 C. guided D.
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handle coating（涂层）, telling it to start cleaning.
31D
It can minimize the
risk of infection by contact and improve the cleanliness of a space.
How it works
The working principle of the product is that a thin advanced
photocatalytic coating can effectively decompose分解 bacteria (细菌) on the
surface of a substance. A consistent UV light source—inside a transparent
glass透明玻璃 door handle—is required to activate the door’s handle coating
on the outer surface for disinfection消毒, so a generator is used to provide
electricity to light up a UV LED lamp by the motion of an opening and closing
door. Then, the door handle can clean by itself.
31D
Design process
We made the first version by using stainless steel. However, it caused the
door handle to be heavier. Then, we tried aluminum, which made it light and
easy to fix. We also improved the generator output which effectively turned
energy from door movement into a light source.
( 我们还改进了发电机输出，有效地将车门运动产
生的能量转化为光源。)
32C
2
1
How it is different
Our innovative design is simple, effective, and attractive. It has an
elegant smooth shape, and its minimalist appearance stands out in today’s
world of inventions. Nowadays, people use chemical cleaning materials to clean
up public areas but it harms the human body. Our design can be used for a long
time and is effective. It can self-clean after each use. In the door lock and
door handle market, it is a unique design because there are no similar
products.
Future plans
In the future, we will commercialize the product and hope that it can
compete on the market with similar products. We are going to connect with
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public properties, for example, shopping malls, hotels, hospitals and public
restrooms, where the risk of spreading infection is higher.
Awards
In addition to winning the James Dyson Award, it has also received the
Gold Award, and in 2016, it was featured in the 44 International Geneva
Inventions Exhibition.
33B
31. How does the self-cleaning door handle function? 此处是动
词：运转
A. It controls the door movement automatically.
B. It minimizes the risk of infection by less contact. 与文章内容不一致
C. Chemical cleaning materials are used to clean it up. 化学清洗材料
D. The light source tells the door handle coating to clean itself. 光源指
示门把手涂层自行清洁
32. Compared with the first version of the product, the present one
is ________.
th
A. safer and cheaper B. cleaner and easier
C. less heavy and more effective D. more attractive and expensive
33. What do we know about the new invention according to the
passage?
A. It has been widely used in public areas.
B. It has received recognition for its innovation.
C. It is quite competitive among similar products.
D. It will replace traditional chemical cleaning materials.
Key： D C B
B
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1st.
This little South American Magellanic
penguin swims 5,000 miles, to a beach in Brazil,
every year in order to be reunited with （与…重
聚）the man
who saved its life
34B
. It sounds like
something out of a fairy tale, but it’s true!
2nd.
71-year-old retired brick worker Joao, who lives in an island village
just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the small Magellanic penguin lying
on rocks at his local beach in 2011. The penguin was covered in oil and
running out of time fast.
35A
Joao rescued the penguin, naming it Din,
cleaned the oil off its feathers and fed him a daily diet of fish to rebuild
its strength. After a week of recovery, Joao attempted to release the penguin
back into the wild. However, Din had already formed a family bond with his
rescuer and wouldn’t leave.
36D
3rd.
“He stayed with me for 11 months and then, just after he changed his
coat with new feathers, he disappeared,” Joao recalls. “I love the penguin
like it’s my own child and I believe the penguin loves me,” Joao told Globo
TV. “No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks (啄) them if they do. He
lies on my lap, lets me give him showers, and allows me to feed him.”
4th.
Professor Krajewski, a biologist who interviewed the fisherman for
Globo TV, told
The Independent
: “I have never seen anything like this before.
I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his family and probably a penguin
as well.”
5th.
However, environmentalists warn that, while hundreds of the Magellanic
species are known to naturally migrate (迁徙) thousands of miles north in
search of food, there has been a worrying rise in the phenomenon of oceanic
creatures washing up on Brazil’s beaches. Professor David Zee from Rio de
Janeiro’s State University, said the increase is due in part（部分的，在某种
程度上） to global climatic changes. Professor Zee added that sea animals face
increased danger from leaked tanker oil.
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6th.
Luckily the ending for Joao and Din has been a happy one, even though
it is illegal in Brazil to keep wild animals as pets.
7th.
Professor Krajewski said: “Professionals
who work with animals
try to
avoid relationships like this occurring so they are able to reintroduce the
animal into the wild. But in this single case the authorities allowed Din to
stay with Joao because of his kindness.”
34. Every year Din swims a long distance to a beach in Brazil to ________.
A. avoid being killed B. meet his rescuer
C. escape from ocean currents D. find much more fish
35. When Din was found in 2011, ________.
A. he was dying
the beach
B. he was running on
C. he was resting休息，被搁置 on a rock
was cleaning oil off his feathers
36. What can we learn about Joao from the passage?
D. he
A. He is not allowed to keep the penguin as a pet by the authorities.
B. He overprotects the penguin by keeping him away from others.
C. His contact with the penguin is encouraged by professionals.
D. His kindness wins the penguin’s trust.
37. The story in the passage mainly shows ________.
A. the environmental impact on wildlife 环境对野生动物的影响
B. the love between humans and wildlife 人类和野生动物之间的爱
C. the tendency of wildlife to bond with humans 野生动物与人类亲近的倾向
D. the protection of threatened wildlife by mankind 人类对受威胁的野生动物
的保护
C
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1.
Store owners have been inventing new tricks to get consumers into their
stores and purchasing their goods. Even as we find new strategies to resist,
neuroscientists (神经科学家) are employed at marketing agencies across the
country to best figure out what is going through a consumer’s brain at each
point in the decision process.
（即使我们找到了新的抵制策略，全国各地的营销机构还是聘请了神经科
学家，以便最好地了解消费者在决策过程的每一点上的大脑活动。）
2.
We consumers overspend due to the fact
that we have a fear of missing the
really good deal or having to pay more for the same thing and lose money
.
(我们
消费者过度消费是因为我们害怕错过真正划算的交易，或者不得不为同样的东西付更多的钱而赔钱。)
38C
Normally,
the prefrontal cortex (前额皮层) controls our emotional reactions to things,
and keeps us from acting unreasonably by calming down our fears. But an
advertiser can disturb our prefrontal cortex just by displaying flashy deal
signs, encouraging it to do math on how much money we might save now by buying
more of something we don’t actually need yet.
3.
Nostalgia, that regretful affection for past events, is another strong
influencer during the holiday season, and it’s shaped by emotion.
(怀旧是对过去事
件的一种遗憾的情感，是节日期间另一种强烈的影响因素，它是由情感形成的。)
39A
Emotion—whether good
or bad—enhances the formation of memories, engaging more parts of the brain.
So hearing a nephew singing a carol, for instance, might reawaken memories
associated with that particular song in a much more powerful way than hearing
that same nephew sing another song. These kinds of memories are brought back
even more easily by sensory input. This might be why we are often greeted by a
sensory reminder everywhere we go in a month.
4.
Wherever you purchase gifts, there are social influences on what you buy
as well. The holidays are a time when we are especially conditioned to pay
more for the label because we’re buying gifts. Receiving a brand-name gift
sends the message
that “this person has spent more on me, so he or she must
value me more.”
And it makes sense.
40C
If two things seem pretty much the
same, how do I know which to choose? Humans have survived as a social species,
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