高考英语课堂四十五分钟阅读专项限时练习三

1、高三英语课堂四十五分钟专项限时练习三AThis year, it felt as if every good movie was also an argument for why movies matter. They reward your attention, engage your feelings and respect your intelligence.Petite Maman (C6line Sciamma)The death of a grandmother, the sorrow of a parent, the acquisition of a new friend-the

2、se ordinary experiences, occurring in the life of an 8-year-old girl, provide the basic structure of this spare, perfect film. Whether its best described as a modern-dress fairy tale, or a low-tech time travel fantasy is up to you. Whats certain is that the performance of the cast causes maximum emo

3、tional impact.(Coming to theaters.)Summer of Soul(Questlove)This documentary about a series of open-air concerts in Harlem in 1969, connecting impressive performances with interviews with musicians and audience members, is a shot of pure joy. But the film is more than a time capsule: Its a history l

4、esson and an argument for why art matters, and what it can do, especially in time of anxiety. (Streaming on Hulu.)Bring Your Own Brigade(Lucy Walker)This documentary about California wildfires of September 2021 is also, almost by accident, an exploration of the countrys response to the Covid-19 pand

5、emic. The picture Walker paints is complicated, partly because thats the way people are: panicked, generous, stupid and brave. The movie is hardly optimistic, but its open-mindedness provides a buffer against despair. (In theaters.)The Velvet Underground (Todd Haynes)Like a Summer of Soul， this docu

6、mentary revisits the music of the 1960s in a spirit that is more historical than just recalling the past. Rather than gathering present-day musicians to celebrate their ancestors, Haynes concentrates on the Velvet, a band, and on the artistic scene that inspired them. In particular, he focuses on th

7、eir connections to the experimental cinema that boomed in New York. (Streaming on Apple TV+.) 1. Whats the highlight of Petite Maman?A. Its low cost.B. Its modern style.C. Its unusual story.D. Its impressive acting.What do Summer of Soul and The Velvet Underground have in common?A. Being available o

8、ffline.B. Sharing the same director.C. Involving music inthe 1960s.D. Interviewing contemporary musicians.Which movie involves current issues?A. Petite Maman.B. Summer of Soul.C. Bring Your Own Brigade.D. The Velvet Underground.BAbove a shining ice pack in the Bering Sea, a helicopter flies over a p

9、olar bear, following paw prints in the snow. The bear suddenly appears as a hint of movement, white against white, making its way across the ice. The helicopter goes down, circling over the frightened creature, and a shotgun slides out the window, firing a tranquilizer （镇定齐Ll） into the massive fur-c

10、overed bottom. Minutes pass. The bear shows no effects. The helicopter drops for a second shot. This time the bear stands its ground, and the pilot, fearing the animal is about to attack the aircraft, sharply noses the helicopter skyward.But this bear finally moves unsteadily, then stretches out on

11、the ice like a giant sheep dog. The helicopter sets down, and biologist Gerald Garner advances, kicking the bear in the behind to make sure it is motionless. A swivel （扭动）of its head and a flashing of teeth warn Garner that there is plenty of defiance left in this 272-kg meat-eating creature. With a

12、 syringe （注器），he injects more drug. At last the head lowers, and Gamer can proceed. Around the bears neck he fastens a plastic collar containing a computer that will send data to a satellite, allowing scientists to keep track of the animal for a year. By the time Bear No. 6, 886 raises its head, the

13、 helicopter is softly above the air.Those tense moments were all in a days work for Garner, one of a handful of hearty scientists, pilots and technicians taking part in a $700, 000 annual U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service study of polar bear populations. In an effort to follow the fate of more than 60

14、0 bears since the start of the program, the researchers have braved wind-chill factors of-59, hard living conditions, the constant threat of mechanical failures and the danger of being stuck on an ice pack. Last October two government biologists and a pilot disappeared while following polar bears fr

15、om the air.What do we know about the first shot?A. It doesnt work.B. It annoys the bear.C. It misses the target.D. It frightens the bear.What does the underlined word defiance in paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Resistance.B. Hope.C. Evidence.D. Fear.Which of the following can describe the researchers9

16、job?A. Well-paid.B. Short-staffed.C. Life-threatening.D.Time-saving.What are Garner and his colleagues doing?B. Tracking polar bears.D. Rounding up polar bears.A. Rescuing polar bears.C. Hunting for polar bears.The complexities of human relations are difficult enough for adults to identify-and they

17、have at least some idea of the rules. Children have yet to learn those rules. Infants （婴JL）are, nevertheless, able quickly to identify close relationships between other people, and thus to build up a map of the social world around them.How this comes out has puzzled sociologists for decades. In a pa

18、per just published in Science, Ashley Thomas of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology proposes a partial answer: saliva（唾 液）shared by kissing, for example, or the common use of an eating or drinking tool.The researchers came to the conclusion based on a series of studies. They selected two group

19、s of several dozen youngsters. One was a set of babies aged between eight and ten months. The other was a group of toddlers aged between 16 and 18 months.Each infant was shown a video of an adult interacting with a puppet （木偶），followed by another video of that puppet in trouble while the same adult,

20、 and also a stranger, looked on. When the interaction in the first video appeared to involve the sharing of saliva-puppet and adult taking constant bites from an orange in turn-both sets of infants looked mainly at that same adult in the second video, and not the stranger. When the interaction in th

21、e first video was friendly but less thick, such as passing a ball back and forth, the infants had equal expectations of both adults when shown the second video.The conclusion was reconfirmed by subsequently replacing the puppet with a different one and repeating the second test. In this case the chi

22、ldren showed no consistent expectation about which adult would intervene to relieve the puppets trouble.Conducting her experiment by video enabled Dr. Thomas to cast her search for trial participants beyond Massachusetts. She nevertheless decided, in this first instance, to limit things to the Unite

23、d States. Future runs, she hopes, will reach beyond that countrys borders. 8. What does the underlined word “this” in paragraph 2 refer to?A. Adults identifying human relations.Childrens learning interpersonal rules.Babies1 getting to know new things around them.Infants1 recognizing relationships be

24、tween people.Which can best describe the research process?A. Well-designed.B. Time-consuming.C. Tightly-scheduled.D. Risk-taking.What can the tests illustrate?Infants tend to believe in adults blindly.Saliva-sharing is indicative of closeness.Infants are competent to show sympathy.Saliva-sharing act

25、s as a comfort for infants.What was Dr. Thomass expectation for the future tests?A. An extension of age group.B. More advanced equipment.C. A broader regional coverage.D. Diverse experimental methods.DConcerns have existed long about whafs gone wrong in modem societies. Many scholars explain growing

26、 gaps between the haves and the have-nots as partly a by-product of living in large, urban populations. The bigger the crowd, from this perspective, the greater the distance is between the wealthy and those left wanting.In The Dawn of Everything. David Graeber and David Wengrow challenge the assumpt

27、ion that bigger societies surely produce a range of inequalities. Using examples from past societies, the pair also rejects the popular idea that social development occurred in stages.Such stages, according to conventional wisdom, began with humans living in small hunter-gatherer bands where everyon

28、e was on equal footing. Then an agricultural revolution （变革） about 12, 000 years ago fueled population growth and the appearance of tribes （部落）and eventually states.This assumption makes no sense to Graeber and Wengrow. Their research, which extends for 526 pages, paints a more hopeful picture of so

29、cial life over the last 30, 000 to 40, 000 years. Hunter-gatherers have a long history of changing social systems from one season to the next, the authors write. About a century ago, researchers observed that native populations in North America and elsewhere often operated in small, mobile groups fo

30、r part of the year and formed large, settled communities the rest of the year. For example, each winter, Canadas Northwest Coast Kwakiutl hunter-gatherers built wooden structures while in summers, they separated, and fished along the coast in less formal social ranks.Social flexibility and experimen

31、tation, rather than a revolutionary shift, also characterized ancient transitions （转变）to agriculture, Graeber and Wengrow write. Middle Eastern village sites now indicate that the domestication （驯化）of crops occurred on and off from around 12, 000 to 9, 000 years ago. Ancient Fertile Crescent communi

32、ties regularly gave farming a go while still hunting, gathering, fishing, and trading. Early people were in no rush to treat land as private property or to form political systems headed by kings, the authors conclude.What might The Dawn of Everything mainly deal with?A. Historic stages.B. Social ine

33、qualities.C. Historic revolution.D. Social development.B. They started with inequality.D. They benefited from populationB. By offering examples.What is the conventional idea about human societies?A. They progressed in stages.C. They began with small tribes.growth.How does the author develop Paragrap

34、h 4?A. By listing figures.C. By giving a definition.D. By making a comparison.What is a feature of ancient transitions to agriculture according to the book?A. A fixed political system.B. Flexibility of society.C. A regular revolutionary shift.D. Improvement of crops.第二节（共5小题；每题2. 5分,总分值12. 5分）阅读下面短文

35、，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最正确选项。选项中有两项为多 余选项。It may come as a surprise that the fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world, especially when it comes to carbon emissions and water usage. 16 Clothing production releases 10% of worldwide carbon emissions. Although cotton is often of

36、fered as a more sustainable material, one cotton shirt requires 2, 700 liters of water to make, which is enough for one person to drink eight cups per day for 2. 5 years.17 However, its undeniable that sustainable companies like Reformation and Organic Basics are out of most peoples price ranges. Fast-fashion clothing companies have the advantage of low prices, and when it comes down to it, most people will choose low prices ove