1、 (建议用时：35分钟.阅读理解A(2020江西三校联考)The cost of living in countries like the US., Britain, Australia or France has skyrocketed(飞涨) in recent years. However, if youre willing to leave your country and explore life in other areas, there are many countries boasting an extremely cheap and low cost of living. C
2、heck out the following countries when planning your next move.EcuadorEcuador is similar to the United States in many ways, and as a result has become a popular American getaway. They even use the US. dollar for their currency. In this country, its cheaper to eat out every day than cook for yourself
3、on a budget in the US. You can even buy a property for around $50，000 and hire someone to tend to it while youre away.MexicoAlthough the country is known for its povertyridden streets, there are many wealthier areas that provide every facility you might need. You can live off a mere $700 to $800 a m
4、onth in Mexico, and this includes rent for a nice place, facilities, food, and any sightseeing.ArgentinaArgentina has been a popular tourist destination for many years. It has great restaurants, a rich history, and many places to explore. Not to mention, its not very expensive to live there. A decen
5、t sized home can cost around $139，000, which is relatively cheap in relation to homes in the United States.VietnamVietnam has also become a popular tourist destination in recent years. There are many million dollar luxury homes by the beach, but you can find a modest flat or small home for around $2
6、5，000 to $50，000 if you search in the right areas.【解题导语】本文介绍了四个生活成本低的宜居国家。1How much does it take at least to live in Mexico for a year?AAbout $7，000.BAbout $8，000.CAbout $8，400. DAbout $9，800.C解析：细节理解题。根据第三段最后一句“You can live off a mere $700 to $800 a month in Mexico, and this includes rent for a nic
7、e place, facilities, food, and any sightseeing.”，并结合题干可知，在墨西哥生活一年至少花费：$700*12$8，400，故选C。2What does Argentina and Vietnam have in common?AThey both have great restaurants.BThe cost of living in them is both expensive.CThe middlesized homes both cost around $139，000.DPeople are all fond of travelling
8、to the two countries.D解析：细节理解题。根据第四段第一句“Argentina has been a popular tourist destination for many years.”和第五段第一句“Vietnam has also become a popular tourist destination in recent years.”可知，这两个国家都受到旅游者的热捧，故选D。3In which country did the purchaser probably pay extra money after he left?AEcuador. BMexico.C
9、Argentina. DVietnam.A解析：推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句“You can even buy a property for around $50，000 and hire someone to tend to it while youre away.”可推知，在厄瓜多尔雇人看房子是要付费的，与题干吻和，故选A。B(2020江西三校联考)A new study has shown how computers and robots powered by artificial intelligence can read human eye movements to “read”
10、human personalities.The eyes, they say, are the windows to the soul. And if that is true, computers and robots powered by sophisticated(复杂的) artificial intelligence algorithms(演算法) may soon have the ability to peer_into your soul. That is the result of a new study on the connection between eye movem
11、ents and personality, conducted by neuroscience researchers based at the University of South Australia and published in the scientific journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.“Eye movements during an everyday task predict aspects of our personality，” wrote the researchers, led by University of South Austr
12、alia neuroscientist Tobias Loetscher, whose team followed 42 study subjects around the university campus recording their eye movements, then determined their personality traits with “wellestablished questionnaires” for determining the personality type, according to a summary of the study published b
13、y the site Science Daily.The researchers fed the data into their AI algorithms and found that computers running the algorithms were able to record human eye movements and immediately determine a persons major personality traits, such as “neuroticism, extraversion(外向), agreeableness, conscientiousnes
14、s, as well as curiosity”， the scientists wrote.“The new findings could improve the way human beings interact with their computers and other hightech devices, even robots, allowing for more natural and realistic social interactions with machines，” Loetscher said.“People are always looking for improve
15、d, personalized services. Todays robots and computers are not socially aware so they cannot adapt to nonverbal information，” Loetscher said in a statement quoted by The Indian Express. This research provides opportunities to develop robots and computers so that they can become more natural, and bett
16、er at interpreting human social signals.The study revealed previously undiscovered relations between specific personality characteristics and specific eye movement tendencies, according to a summary in Britains Daily Mail newspaper.【解题导语】本文主要介绍了一项人工智能计算机和机器人通过读人眼球的运动从而一窥人的个性的研究。4What do the underlin
17、ed words “peer into” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?AUnderstand. BStare at.CSearch for. DConcern about.A解析：词义猜测题。根据第二段第一句“The eyes, they say, are the windows to the soul.”，并结合对第一段的整体理解可推知，此处peer into与第一段中的“read”相呼应，故选A。5How did the researchers conduct the research?AIt was carried out in a lab.B42 stud
18、y subjects eye movements were recorded.CThe students daily movements were tracked.DIts subjects personalities were determined by computer.B解析：细节理解题。根据对第三段的整体理解可知，这项研究是通过追踪42个研究对象并记录他们的眼球运动来开展的，故选B。6According to Tobias Loetscher, what can we know?ARobots and computers are socially conscious.BPeople c
19、are less about improved, personalized services.CTodays robots and computers can accustom to nonverbal information.DThe discovery will improve the interaction between human beings and machines.D解析：细节理解题。根据对倒数第三段的整体理解可知，这项研究发现有助于改善人类和机器的互动，故选D。7What can be a suitable title for the text?AHuman Personal
20、ity TraitsBWhat Human Eye Movements AreCTell Personalities by Eye MovementsDHow Humans and Machines InteractC解析：标题归纳题。根据第一段开篇点题，并结合对全文的整体理解可推知，本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了一项人工智能计算机和机器人通过读人眼球的运动从而一窥人的个性的研究，故选C。.七选五(2020沈阳教学质量监测一)Whoever wrote the song “Its the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” must have never exper
21、ienced the holiday blues. Fortunately, psychological research suggests some effective ways you can use to beat the holiday blues. The key point is that sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should try to avoid. 1._. Here are four strategies to help you make your own happiness recipe this
22、holiday season.Dont force cheerAt family gatherings with cousins you secretly cant stand, you tend to put on a happy face. Indeed, that might even seem like the most mature responseno drama, no conflict. But a 2011 study followed dozens of bus drivers, looking to see when they gave forced or honest
23、smiles at their passengers. The results showed when the drivers pretended to have a good mood, their actual moods got worse. 2._Let out sadnessThe results of the busdriver study can be explained by researchers, who find that negative feelings like sadness or anger only increase when we try to contro
24、l them. 3._. We dont like contradictory behavior.Respond cautiouslyRecently, scientists have been paying special attention to the benefits of caution. When you respond cautiously to an emotional trigger, you pause rather than react at once. 4._. Besides, it is associated with less anxiety, and may e
25、ven carry physiological benefits.5_ Of course, the holidays will bring a mix of highs and lows, but the most important lesson to keep in mind is that this variety of emotions might be the best thing possible for your overall wellbeing. In other words, sadness, anger, and other difficult emotions are
26、 nothing to fear. Just make sure youre balancing them with lighter experiences. And dont forget to give yourself a break.ARelax your mindBEnjoy a mix of emotionsCWe tend to deny the important function emotions serveDInstead, they can help contribute to a healthy and happy lifeESo trying to force hap
27、piness seems to have the opposite effectsFA cautious response to a negative event reduces sadness we experienceGWe feel bad when our appearance contradicts how we truly feel inside【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了缓解假期忧郁的四种策略。1D解析：承接上文“The key point is that sadness and other tough emotions are not what we should
28、try to avoid.”可知，负面情绪不是我们应该试图避免的，且与下文中的“Here are four strategies to help you make your own happiness recipe this holiday season.”衔接，并结合下文介绍的策略可推知，此处表示负面情绪反而有助于健康、快乐地生活，故选D。2E解析：结合本段小标题Dont force cheer和对本段的整体理解可推知，强颜欢笑会适得其反，故选E。3G解析：根据上文中的“negative feelings like sadness or anger only increase when we
29、 try to control them”和下文中的“We dont like contradictory behavior.”可推知，此处表示当我们的外表和内心的情感不一致时我们会感觉很糟糕，故选G。4F解析：根据本段小标题Respond cautiously以及空前一句中的“When you respond cautiously”和空后一句“Besides, it is associated with less anxiety, and may even carry physiological benefits.”可推知，F项符合语境，其中的“cautious response”也是提示。
30、5B解析：根据空处所在位置可知，空处是段落小标题；根据对本段的整体理解可推知，本段主要讲的是享受混合情绪，故选B。.语法填空(2020惠州第二次调研)One habit of those people who are smarter than everyone else is to stay up late. In movies, the creative genius always works late into the midnight hours by candlelightand perhaps this style 1._(root) in fact.A study 2._ expe
31、rts from the London School of Economics and Political Science found that people who tend to go to bed later have 3._(high) IQs. 4._ study authors believe the root of why this is lies in our evolutionbecause nighttime was a more dangerous time, and our ancestors who were to stay up instead of going t
32、o sleep 5._(need) to be more intelligent. Also, 6._(stay) awake into the night was a new idea 7._ was attractive to curious minds.Today, our varying living rhythms may still reflect this. “Perhaps some smart people stay up later because their internal clocks are 8._(simple) different，” Dr. Wai says.
33、 “Or, perhaps they stay up later because they tend to be alone, and like being up late at night without distractions to think and solve their 9._(problem)” But if you are a night owl, still remember 10._(get) your seven to nine hours of sleep.【解题导语】研究表明，有熬夜习惯的人有更高的智商。1is rooted解析：考查固定用法。根据语境可知，这种电影的
34、情节可能来源于真实情况。be rooted in sth.“起源于某事物”是固定用法，且此处叙述的是一般情况，应用一般现在时，故填is rooted。2by解析：考查介词。根据语境可知，此处是说一项由专家所作的研究，故填by。3higher解析：考查形容词比较级。根据上下文及空前的“go to bed later”可知，这里是说睡觉更晚的人有更高的智商，故此处用high的比较级higher。4The解析：考查冠词。这里特指上文提到的研究的作者们，故用定冠词The。5needed解析：考查动词的时态。根据语境可知，此处叙述的是发生在过去的事情，应用一般过去时，故填needed。6staying解
35、析：考查动名词。分析句子结构可知，此处为动名词短语作主语。7that/which解析：考查定语从句。分析句子结构可知，空处引导定语从句，修饰先行词a new idea，在从句中作主语，故填that/which。8simply解析：考查副词。修饰形容词应用副词，故用simple的副词形式simply修饰其后的形容词different。9problems解析：考查名词的单复数。根据句意“也许他们熬夜是因为他们倾向于独处，并且喜欢深夜全神贯注地来思考和解决问题”，且problem为可数名词可知，此处应用problem的复数形式，故填problems。10to get解析：考查非谓语动词。remember to do sth.“记得去做某事”为固定用法，故填to get。