江苏省淮阴中学2021届高三上册第三次调研英语试卷在线练习

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【1】When did the customer probably purchase the phone? A.Saturday. B.Sunday. C.Monday. D.Thursday. 【2】What is the purpose of the customer’s post? A.To demand a fix for his phone. B.To get the pink model shipped to him. C.To complain about customer service. D.To ask for alternative solutions. 【3】Which color(s) would the customer likely be fine with? A.White. B.Black. C.Pink. D.Blue.

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I’ve recently found myself wondering if I could do without Google Maps. It is, I think, the only app on my phone I’d really miss were I to swap my smartphone for a “dumb” one that handles only calls and text messages. Why am I thinking about this? It’s because every time I try to read a book, I end up picking up my phone instead. I keep interrupting my own train of thought in order to do something that I don’t consciously want to do. This is not accidental. Developers have become even more unashamed in their attempts to keep us hooked on our smartphones. Some of them speak in the language of addiction and behavioural psychology, though most prefer the term “persuasive tech”. In itself, persuasive tech is not a new idea — an academic named BJ Fogg has been running classes from a “persuasive tech lab” at Stanford since the late 1990s. But as smartphone ownership has rocketed and social-media sites have been born, persuasive tech has vastly expanded its reach. One company, Dopamine Labs — named for the chemical released in the reward center of the brain — offers a service to tech businesses wanting to “keep users engaged”. Founder Ramsay Brown tells me he wants people to understand that “their thoughts and feelings are on the table as things that can be controlled and designed”. He thinks there should be more conversation around the persuasive power of the technologies being used. “We believe everyone has a right to cognitive liberty, and to build the kind of mind they want to live in,” he says. The poster child of the resistance movement against addictive apps is former Google “design ethicist” Tristan Harris. He thinks the power to change the system lies not with app developers but with the hardware providers. In 2014, Harris founded “Time Well Spent”, a group that campaigns for more moral design practices among developers. Any tech business that relies on advertising profits is motivated to hold its users online for as long as possible, Harris says. This means apps are specifically designed to keep us in them. Apple, on the other hand, wants to sell phones but doesn’t have a profit stream so tightly connected to the amount of time its customers spend online. Harris hopes that companies like Apple could use their influence to encourage more morally designed apps. While I wait for Apple to sort this out, I find myself longing for something called a “Light Phone”, a credit-card-sized handset that does absolutely nothing but make and receive calls. Price tag? $150. Seems expensive. But the company’s website is very persuasive. 【1】According to the author, what makes us so glued to our smartphones？ A.People's inborn behaviours. B.App developers’ intention C.User-friendly apps D.Hardware providers 【2】Dopamine Labs's founder believes that ____. A.Tech businesses have gone too far in controlling users’ minds B.Persuasive technologies are dangerous to users’ cognitive liberty. C.The persuasive power of the technologies deserves more attention D.Everyone can live the life they desire by using persuasive technologies. 【3】Which of the following best explains the underlined words “The poster child” in paragraph 5? A.The advertiser B.The advocate C.The opponent D.The founder 【4】What can be a suitable title for the text? A.Do we have a right to cognitive liberty? B.What have persuasive tech done to us? C.Why a dumb phone is a smart move? D.How smartphones shape our minds?

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When the two Afghan boys arrived，they were seemingly quiet and scared. In an effort to break their silence，I asked Umair if he liked to throw snow balls in winter because I knew the temperatures in their country can reach as low as —10 degrees centigrade. His face turned colorless. “I couldn’t sell the hats and gloves when it snowed. I would just sit in the room and wait for the snow to melt(融化）.How else would I earn the money to feed my family?” My heart sank. In the days that followed, my husband and I offered to teach them English and mathematics. They were from diverse linguistic (语言的）backgrounds，so teaching them proved to be challenging but a lot of fun. In fact it became a mutual(共同的）experience. I remembered many words which I had not used since graduation. Having passed through war zones and lived in jungles, the boys treasured the comfort provided to them by their foster carers, whose love made them show more confidence in daily life and exhibit enthusiasm for learning. Such was their hunger for learning that even if five minutes had passed the set time，there was a knock on the door, reminding us to start the lesson. Another interesting character in this experience was my four-year-old son. His presence would keep the atmosphere cheerful and light. Learning was a mutual experience for him too. The boys would correct him when he made a mistake in counting, and he would correct the boys when they got wrong in pronunciation. Teaching these children gave me some very important lessons in life： that a spirit which has the willingness to learn is stronger than the sharpest sword, that an environment that fosters love, support and encouragement can make broken souls shine，and that learning and education is the true lighthouse to fight darkness in this world. 【1】Why did the author ask Umair about snow balls? A.She was curious what his life was like. B.She liked to know the culture difference. C.She wanted to encourage him to talk more. D.She tried to help him adapt to the life here. 【2】What brought the changes in the two boys? A.Love and care. B.English and mathematics. C.Mutual interest and hobby. D.Confidence and enthusiasm. 【3】Which of the following can describe the author’s experience? A.Teaching is an art. B.Men learn while they teach. C.Teaching can make a person. D.Learning is a daily experience. 【4】What can be the best title for the text? A.A Lifelong Lesson B.A Desire for Learning C.International Friendship D.Teaching Two Afghan Boys

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Photography has opened our eyes to a multitude of beauties, things we literally could not have seen before the invention of the frozen image. It has greatly expanded our notion of what is beautiful, what is aesthetically(审美上) pleasing. Items formerly considered trivial, and not worth an artist's paint, have been revealed and honored by the photograph: things as ordinary as a fence post, a chair, a vegetable. And as technology has developed, photographers have explored completely new points of view: those of the microscope, the eagle, the cosmos. What is it that delights the human eye and allows us to claim that a photograph is beautiful? Photography depends on the trinity of light, composition, and moment. Light literally makes the recording of an image possible, but in the right hands, light in a photograph can make the image soar. The same is true with composition. What the photographer chooses to keep in or out of the frame is all that we will ever see - but that combination is vital. And the moment that the shutter is pressed, when an instant is frozen in time, provides the whole image with meaning. When the three - light, composition, and moment - are in balance, there is visual magic. Light, composition, and moment come together in a photograph to bring us the ultimate reality: a view of the world unknown prior to the invention of the camera. Before photography, the basic artistic rules of painting were rarely broken. Images were made to please, not to capture reality. But as photography evolved, painterly rules were often reacted in the pursuit of fresh vision. Photographers became interested in the real world, good and bad, and it was the accidental detail that was celebrated. Photography invited the world to see with new eyes - to see photographically - and all of the arts have drawn new inspiration from this change. With these basic aesthetic tools, photographers have evolved from scientists longing to “fix” an image — any image — to artistic revolutionaries. Photographs have created a new way of seeing, changed our ideas of beauty and, most importantly, made art more democratic. They have given us visual proof that the world is grander than we imagined, and that there is beauty, often overlooked, in nearly everything. 【1】Before the invention of photography, which of the following was least likely to appear in an artistic work? A. A great person. B. A lovely insect. C. A grand building. D. A beautiful landscape. 【2】What is the function of paragraph 2? A. To argue that photographic beauty is subjective. B. To explain the evolution of the concept of beauty. C. To describe the elements that make a successful photo. D. To illustrate different types of photographic techniques. 【3】How has photography affected other art forms? A. It has reduced their popularity. B. It has forced them to change their rules. C. It has changed their methods of composition. D. It has provided them with new points of view. 【4】What does the author mean by saying photography has “made art more democratic" ? A. It has expanded the concept of artistic beauty. B. It has challenged the status of traditional art forms. C. It has enabled the development of new artistic tools. D. It has allowed more people to take part in creative activities.

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Everybody knows that Coca-Cola is red, and Starbucks is green. 【1】 What we may not be aware of is the science behind these companies’ choices of these colors. Color psychology is the study of how colors affect people’s mood, behavior, and decision-making. Companies use color psychology when they develop their brands and advertisements in order to persuade us to buy.【2】 【3】 For example, it’s no accident that many tech products use white; it’s simple, stylish, and clean. Meanwhile, cosmetics companies tend to go for purple, black, or pink colors that represent passion, luxury, and romance. Companies often choose action colors that urge you to buy right now. Red, for instance, is a high-energy, exciting color that moves people to action. Yellow is the color of summer, and it’s bright and attention-grabbing.【4】 【5】 Studies show that consumers prefer brands that they recognize. Thus, those with an established color scheme, such as LEGO or Facebook, are likely to perform more strongly on the market. All this goes to show that successful companies have mastered the art of color psychology. It may seem trivial, but their choice of colors has a profound effect on the spending habits of consumers. A .Based on this, companies create fancy names for colors to make them sound special. B. In fact, studies have shown that around 90 percent of people base their spending choices on color and appearance. C. It’s no wonder that McDonald’s decided to use these two colors for its branding. D. Chances are that most of us can name companies and their respective brand colors. E. In fact, most major companies are associated with certain specific colors. F. Because of this, companies use colors to influence how we feel about their products. G. This is why, for example, Estée Lauder uses names like “passion fruit” and “hot rocket” for its lipsticks.

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Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Was the bird out on the ice a duck or a goose? There was only one way to find out. So on a chilly January evening last year, the two friends _______ onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois, to get a _______ look. First they threw a rock onto the ice to _______ it, Cruz told NBC 5 Chicago. “Then we stepped on it.” _______ the ice would support their weight, Anthony took a few steps, then ... FOOMP. He crashed through the _______ frozen surface. “There was no sound, no crack,” he told ABC7 Chicago. “I just fell through instantly.” Cruz rushed to help his _______ friend. FOOMP—the pond swallowed him too. Cruz managed to _______ himself out of the freezing cold water and onto a more _______ section. He then _______ worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice didn’t ________, and he fell in again. This time, he couldn’t get out. The boys were up to their ________ in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs (四肢). Any possibility of their freeing themselves was ________ away. Cruz was sure he was going to die. Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys fall through the ice and started screaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbor ________ nearby on his way to the grocery store, ________ her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he grabbed a nearby buoy, ________ off his shoes, and ran into the slushy water, ________ his way through the ice with his free ________. “It was kind of a ‘Hulk smash, ’” Lavin told NBC 5 Chicago. Lavin made his way to Cruz and Anthony and hauled them back to ________. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute ________ in the water had lowered their body temperature nearly ten degrees. Fortunately, the boys have fully recovered, though they are still a little awestruck by their ________ neighbor. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “if he wasn’t there, I could have died.” 【1】A.raced B.chanced C.climbed D.leaped 【2】A.better B.near C.clear D.second 【3】A.scare B.prove C.test D.hit 【4】A.Committed B.Confused C.Content D.Convinced 【5】A.absolutely B.obviously C.seemingly D.tightly 【6】A.panicked B.surprised C.spellbound D.amused 【7】A.push B.lift C.take D.move 【8】A.open B.solid C.strong D.rocky 【9】A.gradually B.lightly C.cautiously D.secretly 【10】A.hold B.melt C.crack D.keep 【11】A.ends B.bellies C.heads D.necks 【12】A.slipping B.dying C.passing D.sliding 【13】A.running B.driving C.walking D.riding 【14】A.sensed B.spotted C.heard D.saved 【15】A.set B.threw C.rolled D.kicked 【16】A.chopping B.leading C.getting D.diving 【17】A.buoy B.will C.fist D.hammer 【18】A.earth B.land C.bank D.surface 【19】A.exposure B.contact C.screaming D.stay 【20】A.generous B.powerful C.friendly D.fearless

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假设你是李华，你的英国朋友Peter喜欢中国的乐器二胡并计划在暑假来中国学习二胡演奏。请你给他写封邮件邀请他来你家居住。内容包括： 1.介绍家庭情况； 2.询问要求； 3.提出希望。 注意：1.词数100左右； 2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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假如你是红星中学高三学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，以“A Meaningful Activity”为题，给校刊“英语角”写一篇英文稿件。 介绍今年国庆期间，你们班在大兴机场参加志愿活动的全过程。 注意：词数不少于60。 提示词：值机柜台the check-in counter，行李车luggage cart A Meaningful Activity ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________