江西省七校2020-2021学年高二上学期第三次联考英语试题

Mark Twain left school when he was twelve. He had little school education. In spite of this, he became the most famous writer of his time. He made millions of dollars by writing. His real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens, but he is better known all over the world as Mark Twain, his pen-name.

Mark Twain was born in 1835 and he was not a healthy baby. In fact, he was not expected to live through the first winter. But with his mother's tender care, he managed to survive. As a boy, he caused much trouble for his parents. He used to play jokes on all of his friends and neighbors. He didn't like to go to school, and he constantly ran away from home. He always went in the direction of the nearby Mississippi (密西西比河), where he was nearly drowned (淹死) nine times.

After his father's death in 1847, Mark Twain began to work for a printer, who only provided him with food and clothing. Then, he worked as a printer, a river-boat pilot and later joined the army. But shortly after that he became a miner. During this period, he started to write short stories. Afterwards he became a full-time writer.

In 1870, Mark Twain got married. In the years that followed he wrote many books including Tom Sawyer in 1876 and Huckleberry Finn in 1884, which made him famous and brought him a great fortune.

Unfortunately, Mark Twain got into debts in bad investments and he had to write large numbers of stories to pay these debts. In 1904, his wife died, and then three of their children passed away.

At the age of 70, his hair was completely white. He bought many white suits and neckties. He wore nothing but white from head to foot until his death on April 21, 1910.

The following 4 famous paintings — from Jan van Eyck's portrait to Pablo Picasso's masterpiece — have stood the test of time.

The Amolfini Portrait

Jan van Eyck's Amolfini Portrait, an oil painting on wood produced in 1434, in which a man and a woman hold hands with a window behind him and a bed behind her, is undoubtedly one of the masterpieces in the National Gallery, London. This painting is as visually interesting as it is famed. It is also an informative document on fifteenth-century society, through van Eyck's heavy use of symbolism — while husbands went out to engage in business, wives concerned themselves with domestic duties.

The Starry Night

Vincent van Gogh painted The Starry Night, oil on canvas (帆布), a moderately abstract landscape painting of an expressive night sky over a small hillside village, during his 12-month stay at the mental hospital near Saint–Remy-de-Provence, France between 1889 and 1890. When the Museum of Modem Art in New York City purchased the painting from a private collector in 1941, it was not well known, but it has since become one of van Gogh's most famous works.

The Harvesters

The Harvesters is an oil painting on wood completed by Pieter Bruegel the Elder in 1565. It depicts the harvest time which most commonly occurred within the months of August and September. Nicolaes Jonghelinck, a merchant banker and art collector from Antwerp, commissioned this painting. The painting has been at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City since 1919.

Guernica

Guernica, a large black-and-white oil painting, was painted by the Cubist Spanish painter, Pablo Picasso in 1937. The title 'Guernica' refers to the city that was bombed by Nazi planes during the Spanish Civil War. The painting depicts the horrors of war and as a result, has come to be an anti-war symbol and a reminder of the tragedies of war. Today, the painting is housed at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia in Madrid.

Devon Gallagher, a college graduate from Philadelphia, wants the world to know exactly where she's been during her worldwide vacation in a special way.

The traveler, who was born with a bone disease, had her right leg amputated(截肢) at the age of four. Although the amputation caused setbacks for Gallagher early on, she now sees it as inspiration for living her best life. To spread that message, Gallagher has taken to social media, where she shares photos of her travels across the globe, but instead of using geo-tag (地理位置标签), she writes her location across her artificial leg before taking a picture.

Now she has been taking pictures across the Continent, which show her cycling over the canal in Amsterdam, Holland, relaxing on a wall overlooking the city of Barcelona, Spain, posing with a waffle (华夫饼) in Brussels, Belgium, taking in the impressive Parthenon temple in Athens, Greece, and enjoying a river cruise in Budapest, Hungary, all with the well-known locations written on her artificial leg.

"I get a new leg every two years and I can choose the design on it. One day I had a sudden thought to get a chalk-board," Gallagher said. "My mum and grandmother weren't too keen on the idea, but my friends thought it was great and told me to go for it, so I did."

"When I'm writing on my leg, people often stare, looking puzzled, but once I share the photos, I receive only positive feedback. Seeing this, I feel much fired up and decide to try more. My leg hasn't stopped me from doing anything I've wanted to do. I don't know if it's my determination to prove to myself that I can do it, but regardless, I've been able to keep up with my peers and lead a pretty great life," said Gallagher.

Gallagher shows us that you should never let anything stand in the way of your dreams. And if life gives you an artificial leg, make art.

Most of us don't reach for that gnarled (多节的) carrots when selecting our produce at the local supermarket. That's exactly why Americans waste up to 40% of eatable food every year. This unbelievable number has caused the "ugly food" movement, and inspired many companies to sell misshapen fruit and vegetables to consumers, rather than throw them in the trash.

One San Francisco organization is taking a unique approach to this idea. The Salvage Supperclub hosts fancy dinners inside dumper truck (自卸车) where they serve dishes entirely prepared with food that would have otherwise gone to waste.

Josh Treuhaft, founder of these ugly food dinners, originally came up with the idea to make people realize America's food waste problem. "There is undeveloped possibility that their food is going to waste for some reason, not to their own fault," he told Seeker's Laura Ling.

Treuhaft isn't alone in his effort to reduce America's food waste. A Change.org last year called for Whole Foods to become part of the ugly food movement. They sold misshapen fruit and vegetables in Northern California stores.

Selling imperfect produce is still relatively rare right now, which can be partially due to a supply issue rather than a lack of willing participants. Raley's, a Sacramento-based grocery chain, started an ugly food pilot program called "Real Good", but discontinued it after 90 days saying they had "some challenges getting the product". A grower might have large amounts of ugly produce one year due to terrible weather, but much less the next year if the weather has been more ideal. Harvests constantly vary and retailers are more likely to buy ugly produce in large number rather than just a few pounds at a time.

This is why organizations like Imperfect Produce and Salvage Supperclub are playing an important role in the prevention of food waste. Salvage Supperclub takes it a step further by not only buying the ugly produce, but turning it into a good dining experience as well.

It can be difficult to start a hobby. You may not know where to begin or you may have come across one that requires costly equipment.To find a low-cost hobby, pick something that is interesting to you, doesn't require a lot of materials, and is available to you in your area.

Begin a collection. Many different collections can be started with little or no cost.Look for rocks, plant leaves and flowers, or insects you can preserve and keep. Another way is to begin to collect an object in your house, such as saving bottle-caps.

Youtube contains quantities of music you can listen to for free. Besides, you can discover music you like by using online radio stations or services including Pandora and Spotify. By exposing yourself to new music, you can turn music into a relaxing hobby without having to buy albums.

Learn a game. Games are similar to sports and often benefit from being shared in the community (团体). Game groups will often supply board games at no cost to you. In addition, libraries and schools may have video game groups for children and adults. You can also play a wide variety of free online games with people around you.

If these things fail to attract you, ask experts about how to begin. Find hobbyists and ask those who are experienced in your potential hobby for the minimum cost of materials you need to start.You'll be surprised that you don't need as much equipment as you imagined.

A. Listen to music.

B. One way to do this is to go outside.

C. Ask yourself what your favorite music is.

D. How and where to find one collection is up to you.

E. Use the site meetup.com to see what groups are in your area.

F. The truth is that many hobbies can be started without much money.

G. This will help you judge whether or not a hobby fits into your budget.

That was a happy evening for the little Down syndrome (唐氏症) girl — a teenager the size of a ten-year-old. She and her family were 1 themselves at McDonald's. She made her way to the restroom. Her younger, but 2, brother sat quietly. He noticed something, which 3, she had not noticed.

Four teenagers had taken an interest in the little girl the moment they 4 her. They were openly laughing and pointing.

The brother 5 for his sister. He walked to the guys. They paledslightly and looked alarmed when this total stranger — their 6 by a year or two — placed his hands 7 on their table. They studied each other while he was clearly in their 8, and while they were most definitely out of their comfort zones. The brother 9 with one hand for one of them to move over. He 10 to sit right down next to them. Somewhat in 11, and caught completely unprepared, they made space for him. "I was watching you making fun of my sister," he quietly 12 them. All four stumbled (磕磕绊绊) over their words in their rush. "Who? That was your sister? We weren't making fun of her! We 13 we would never 14  anyone. We just felt sorry for her." But he told them again, "I watched you." They 15, knowing they had been caught red-handed and maybe even realizing their 16 and cruelness. Maybe they even sense the love this brother had for his sister. The brother turned 17 them and then he said 18 "I feel sorry for people like YOU!"

Then he walked away. When the sister went back to her seat, the four looked away, 19 sure they looked absolutely anywhere 20 that little girl.

I used to be so addicted  computer games that I had little time for study and thus fell behind and my (fit) began to fail. My parents and teachers were greatly worried about me. It was what my English teacher said to me  helped me out. She told me that I must have my own goal of life, otherwise my future would be hopeless and that playing computer games (be) fun but it would not guarantee mebright future. I finally realized that I must set up a goal and work hard towards it right away. In the days that  (follow), whenever I felt tired or had a desire  (play) computer games, I thought of my goal and soon regained strength.

Now I turn out to be a vital and diligent student and I never miss a class. Apart from this, I am (enthusiasm) about helping the other students. After having got rid of the bad habits, I have a whole new world view. While(return) to school every morning, I make up my mind to spare no effort to achieve my set goal and (bright) the day of others.

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删除：把多余的词用斜线(\) 划掉。

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注意：1）每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Dear Tim,

It was my son's birthday two day ago. As I didn't buy any gift on him, I give him $10 as a birthday gift. Last evening he took his cousin out to buy some ice-cream with the money. It was turned out that these two kids were the last ones to the shop of the day. So the lady at the cash register who wanted get off work quickly told them their ice-cream was freely! They were exciting to hear that. Then I asked my son that he did with the money. To my joy, she said that he gave it to an homeless man.

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