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1、1六安一中 2020 届高三年级英语自测试卷（六）命题人：时间：90 分钟审题人：满分：120 分第二部分阅读理解（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 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。AHiring aCar OnlineOnline car hire promises to be cheap,quick and convenient.But is it?Neil McDougallclicks his mouse.AAJust click on the reservations button,fill in y
2、our home country,destination and dates,pick a car and you reinto the booking form without any trouble and with all the chargeslaidout.There salsoa detailedrental guideexplaining your contract.BC.ukOne to consider if you regoing to the States for a visit,although,after I dworkedthrough half the booki
3、ng process,it returned an error messagewithout telling me which partof the processneededadjusting.I got therein the end.Thereis a useful sectionwith detaileddirections for someof thegreatdrivesof America.CExpeed.org.ukBook a flight with Expeedandwhen you continue onto the car-hiresection,the softwar
4、ealreadyknows whereyou aregoing and when.However,you seemto be limited to cities withairports for your car hire,andadditional taxesarepresented.DCAnother site offering discounts for booking online,but also speciallate deals.Pricesarefully inclusive of insurance.It is now offering a lowest ratesguara
5、ntee,anextra discount forformer clients anda packageof freegifts to sweetenthedeal.EC.ukAvoid unnecessarycomplexity online but the booking processis asgood asit gets.Veryquick and smooth,so much so that peoplewith older computersmay havetrouble getting thisinformation.Enter how many miles you expect
6、 to drive and tick your insurance,driver andchild-seat choices and they willall be included in the final price.You must contact thelocation directly if you needa car within three days.And to hire a car abroad,theresa dullemail form to fill in andthey llget backto you.21.Which of the following websit
7、espresentssomedriving routes?A.C.uk.B.A.C.Expeed.org.uk.D.C.22.What limitation doesExpeed.org.ukhave?2A.Customershaveto pay high-ratedtaxes.B.Customerscanhire a caronly in certain places.C.Customerscanhire only certaintypesof vehicles.D.Customerscanhire a caronly if you vebookeda flight there.23.Wha
8、t is the disadvantageof C.uk?A.The final price is too high.B.Its online booking procedureis complex.C.Peoplehaveto wait for threedaysto getthe car.D.It sunsuitablefor customerswith out-of-date computers.BMathew Brady tried to endwar for all time.He useda new,powerful weapon.He usedacamera.Brady open
9、ed his first photograph studio in 1844.The images he produced weredaguerreotypes(银 版 照 片),not the photographs he would take later.Daguerreotypesrecordedimageson sheetsof copper coatedwith silver.They required long exposures,sotheperson being photographedwould have to stay perfectly still for 3-15 mi
10、nutes.That madedaguerreotypesimpractical for portraits.By 1855,Brady wasadvertisinga new type of imagethathad just beeninvented:a photographmadeon paper.From the beginning of his career,Brady believed that photography could serve animportant purpose.His images could create a record of national life.
11、When the Civil Warbroke out,he wanted to document the war as a part of that record.His friends discouragedhim,but Brady started to take photographs of war scenes.He gathered a group ofphotographerswho worked in the field,taking photographsof battle scenesandmilitary life.He also bought photographs f
12、rom others who were returning from the field.His effortsculminated(达到顶点)in an1862 display of photographsmadeafter the Battle of Antietam.The bloodshed(人员伤亡)shockedthe visitors to the exhibit,most of whom hadneverseenafield of battle.Brady did not stopwar with his work,but hedid raise the awarenessof
13、 the costsof waramong common citizens.After the Civil War,people lost interest in his record of the war.Becausehe could find few buyers for his photographsand did not earnenoughmoney to payfor his wartime work,Brady went bankrupt(破产的).Yearsafter the war,the governmentbought Brady scollection.It is n
14、ow consideredapricelessdocumentationof the War betweenthe States.Other photographs by Mathew Brady sell for thousands of dollars and areconsiderednational treasures.24.By 1855,the new technology _.A.allowed Brady to openhis first photographystudioB.madedaguerreotypeshaveshorterexposuretimeC.allowed
15、photographsto be recordedon paperD.madeBrady begin to takephotosof people325.When theCivil War brokeout,Mathew Brady _.A.beganto takeandcollect pictures of the warB.startedto realizethe purposeof photographyC.establishedhis exhibition centerD.went to thebattlefield to report26.According to thetext,M
16、athew Brady sphotographs_.A.helpedstoptheCivil WarB.madepeoplerealizethe cruelty of warC.werebought by the governmentduring thewarD.wereconsiderednationaltreasuresright after thewar27.This text mainly talks about_.A.newinventions recordingnational lifeB.photographstaken during the Civil WarC.asoldie
17、r who took photographsat thebattlefieldD.aphotographerwho wantedto stop war with hisphotosCMath can be as scary asspidersand snakes,at least in the brain of an 8-year-old child.And that early anxiety about dealing with numbers can put a child at a significantdisadvantage,not only in school but in ne
18、gotiating life and a career.Fortunately,a study ofthird-graders,published in the Journal of Neuroscience,suggestsan intervention(干预)thatcanhelp.One-on-onetutoring doesmore than teachkids.It canhelp reducethe fear of mathanxiety.“The most exciting aspectof our findings is that cognitive(认知的)tutoring
19、not onlyimprovesperformance,but is alsoanxiety-reducing,”saysVinod Menon.Menon andhis colleaguesknew from their earlier researchusing MRI scans(核磁扫描)of the brain that math anxiety activates much the same network of cells that some othercommon fears activate-fear of snakesor spiders or heights,for ex
20、ample.And they knewthat abehavioraltreatmentknown asexposuretherapyhelps somepeoplesolve theanxiety ofthoseother phobias.Could the samething behappeningwith math tutoring?To find out,the scientists invited 46 third-graders who answeredquestions about mathworries and were also testedon simple additio
21、n problems while having their brains scannedvia functional MRI.Basedon their answers,scansandscoresin eachof the tests,the childrenwere divided into two groups:one consideredto have higher levels of math anxiety and onewith lower levels.Afterward,both groups received eight weeks of one-on-onetutorin
22、g inbasicarithmetic,a few sessionsaweek.Both groups did better in math at the end of the tutoring,Menon says.But mostimportantly,he says,thekids who hadbeenanxious about math were20 percentlessanxiousatthe endof theeight weeks-afinding their brain scansconfirmed.The tutoring was highly personalized-
23、if a child got stuck on a particular concept,the2020届安徽省六安市一中2017级高三下学期自测卷（六）线下考试英语试卷4tutor would work withthe student to“get beyond the bottleneck in a non-negative,encouragingway”.Menon hopesto next study whether computerizedtutoring can produce similar benefitsandwhether the reduction in math anx
24、iety continues to exist asthe children advanceto morecomplex problem-solving skills.28.According to thetext,early mathanxiety mayaffect childrens_.A.intelligence qualityB.ability to harmonizelife andworkC.life skillsD.careerchoices29.What doesthe underlinedword“phobias”in Paragraph3 mean?A.Scans.B.T
25、utors.C.Fears.D.Symptoms.30.Why did scientiststestthose46 third-graders?A.To checkthe function of MRI scans.B.To help them gethigher gradesin math.C.To find out what addition problemsthey have.D.To prove whetherone-on-onetutoring canreducemathanxiety.31.What doesthe authorwant to tell usin thelast p
26、aragraph?A.Computerscanhelp reducemathanxiety.B.Menon will makea further study aboutthe reduction in mathanxiety.C.One-on-onetutoring is useful for solving difficult problems.D.Scientistshaveappliedone-on-onetutoring to social research.DFor the pastfew months,artificial intelligence(AI)hasbeena much
27、talked abouttopic inthe worldsofboth pop cultureand science.Last November saw the release ofOscar-nominated(奥斯卡奖提名的)and winning movie,“The Imitation Game”,about thefather of the modern computer,Alan Turing.Last month,another Hollywood film aboutclever robots,“Chappie”,hit theaters.Is artificial inte
28、lligence a good fortune or a bad luck for humans?In their book TheSecondMachine Age:Work,Progress,and Prosperity in a Time of Brilliant Technologies,authors Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee,both of whom come from MIT,US,couldbarely hide their excitementtoward the riseof machines.According to the
29、authors,we re entering an ageof accelerateddevelopmentof artificialand robotic technology.“Digitalmachines have escapedtheir narrow confines limits andstarted to show broad abilities in pattern recognition,complex communication,and otherareasthat usedto be only human,”write the authors.“We verecentl
30、y seengreatprogressinnaturallanguageprocessing,machinelearning,computer vision,andmany otherareas.”Already AI can help blind people seeand deaf people hear.And wheelchairshave beeninvented that can be controlled by thoughts.We ll witness more innovations and wondersmadepossibleby AI,accordingto the
31、authors.However,not all are equally enthusiasticabout AI.A February report from the Global2020届安徽省六安市一中 2017级高三下学期自测卷（六）线下考试英语试卷5Challenges Foundation listed AI,along with extreme climate change,nuclear war andecological catastrophe,as“risks that threatenhuman civilization”.Many scientistssharethesa
32、meconcern.StephenHawking told the BBC last Decemberthat:“It would take off on itsown,and re-designitself at an ever increasing rate,while humans,who are limited by slowbiological evolution,couldntcompete,andwould be replaced.”Hawkingsworry agreedwith that of TeslaandSpaceXbossElon Musk,who said in l
33、astOctober at an MIT conferencethat“we should be very careful about artificial intelligence.I mincreasingly inclined(倾向于)to think that thereshouldbe someregulatory oversight(监管),maybe at the national andinternational level,just to ensurewe dontdo somethingveryfoolish,”Musk said.32.Two moviesarementi
34、onedin thefirst paragraphin order to show_.A.thepopularity of AI aroundthe worldB.the developmentof robotic technologyC.thewide public concernaboutAID.peoplesincreasinginterest in movies33.Andrew McAfee sattitudetowardsAI is _.A.supportiveB.doubtfulC.cautiousD.disapproving34.Stephen Hawking views AI
35、 as a threat to human beings becausehe thinks it would_.A.bedifficult to controlB.result in natural disastersC.havethe earthdestroyedD.bring anendto the humanrace35.The purposeof thepassageis to _.A.explain how to makeAI servepeopleB.give different opinions aboutdevelopingAIC.introducethe advantages
36、of developingAID.showthe possibleproblems with developingAI第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。It is hard to say how long people have been drinking wine.Wine is far older thanrecordedhistory.Someexpertssayit is asold ascivilization itself.36Peoplein ancienttimes might
37、 havepicked ripe grapes.Somejuicy grapesat thebottom of the containerwere crushed(压碎)together.As the grapesbroke open,yeasts(酵母)on the skins went to work turning sugarfrom the fruit into alcohol.This is the fermentation(发酵)processthat turns grapejuice into wine.How grapesbecomewine beginswith the ha
38、rvest.A winemakermust makean importantdecision about the best time to pick the grapesfirst.37Diseasedor overly ripe grapesarethrown away.Some winemakers chooseto keep the stemsof the grapes,while others remove them.38In the past,people crushedthe grapeswith their feet inside large containers.Some wi
39、nemakerstoday still use this method.The grapesand their liquid are then stored in2020届安徽省六安市一中2017级高三下学期自测卷（六）线下考试英语试卷6largecontainerswherefermentationtakesplace.39Burial places in ancient Egypt provide information about wine and itsimportancein Egyptian culture.Egyptian rulers were buried with wine
40、 offerings to help themin the afterlife.Archeological evidence also suggeststhat some of the earliest known wineproducerswere in Georgia and Iran thousandsof years ago.Today,the top wine producingcountries in the world are Italy,France and Spain,followed by the United States.40Wine production is eve
41、nincreasingin countrieslike India andChina.A.The grapesarethensqueezedby machines.B.Next,thegrapesareclosely examinedandsorted.C.Wine was not just abouthaving anenjoyabledrink.D.The first wine evermadewasprobably anaccident.E.Winemaking probably beganin theancientNearEastandEgypt.F.One thing wasvery
42、 important for the startof themodernwine industry.G.Although Europeis still important in the wine industry,many other countriesaroundtheworld aremaking top wines.第三部分语言知识应用（共两节，满分45 分）第一节（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Two summersago my family went to downto
43、wn Chicago to seemuseumsandthe NavyPier.I41all the ticket stubs(票根)andpictures from our vacation.I didntknow thenhow42they would becometo me.A few weekslater,my dadwasn tfeeling good andwas sentto the43.I overhearda phonecall and44my dad hadcancer.In the following weeks,I spent45everynight at afrien
44、dshousebecausemy mom spentall hertime with my dad.When I46got to go and seemy dad,we spent all day just being47andwatching TV together.I was48with this,andmy dadcould tell.I wasDaddy sprincessandhe always told me he dbe therefor me forever.That swhat he said.Toward the close ofthe day,I hadto49becau
45、sehewas starting to feel weak.I50to say“I love you”whenI left.Somedayslater,I spentthenight at my friend Melanieshousebecausewe hadcampthenext day.We laughedandgiggled until ten o clock.My mom51the next day to pickme up.Sheseemedreally52.When we got homeshe53asking me if I wantedasnack before she ta
46、lked to me.Then,shetold me that my dad had54.The two of uscried togetherfor hours.55nothing felt thesame.Now when I m 56and missmy dad,I takeout thoseticket stubsandpictures,andpretty soon I feel happy.And57I ll rememberwhat he told me:Never go to bed58atsomeone,becauseyou neverknow what can59andwhe
47、n you will get to seethatpersonagain.Alwaystell thepeopleyoucareaboutthatyou lovethem,whenyouhavethe60.2020届安徽省六安市一中 2017级高三下学期自测卷（六）线下考试英语试卷741.A.separatedB.savedC.threwD.paid42.A.interestingB.puzzlingC.importantD.dangerous43.A.hospitalB.schoolC.campD.museum44.A.rememberedB.acceptedC.predictedD.rea
48、lized45.A.almostB.onlyC.evenD.still46.A.graduallyB.nearlyC.finallyD.generally47.A.busyB.silentC.positiveD.cold48.A.delightedB.concernedC.impatientD.uncomfortable49.A.submitB.regretC.leaveD.continue50.A.forgotB.expectedC.refusedD.intended51.A.got offB.cameoverC.stoodoutD.calledin52.A.angryB.satisfied
49、C.calmD.sad53.A.avoidedB.stoppedC.keptD.minded54.A.diedB.recoveredC.escapedD.arrived55.A.SlowlyB.SuddenlyC.SecretlyD.Strangely56.A.ashamedB.carelessC.curiousD.lonely57.A.atonetimeB.for a whileC.for everD.asusual58.A.disappointedB.surprisedC.boredD.mad59.A.happenB.remainC.proveD.appear60.A.confidence
50、B.chanceC.interestD.thought第二节（共 10 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。Some unusual words describe how a person spends his or her time.For example,someonewho likes to spenda lot of time sitting or 61_(lie)down while watchingtelevision is sometimescalled a couch potato.A couch is a