1、 A(2018威海高三模拟)I live in Minnesota, which is unfairly famous for terrible winters. Buffalo is far more wintry, whereas Seattles winters are more bitter. Our winters tend to be brilliantly sunny and cheerful. But, of course, its different for a visitor.Lightweight thermal (保暖的) wear is good. Back in t
2、he day, we wore layers and layers of heavy woolens. A boy of 13 carrying 35 pounds of wet wool on his back does not feel very cold. Today you can buy outfits filled with goose feathers as well as thermal boots and caps to keep you warm.When I was a youth, there was no such phrase as global warming.
3、We never got warm, not even at night, when we slept under piles of blankets because Dad believed that if you couldnt see your breath when you talked, then the thermostat was turned up too high and you were wasting fuel. So 45 degrees was room temperature, and we wore long woolens to bed.We arose in
4、the cold, dark dawn, and walked forth into the snowstorm to catch the school bus.We huddled (蜷缩) by the highway, praying for the bus to come, while wolves moved around eyeballing us for signs of sleepiness. When you have survived wolves, then the_winters_of_today_are_a_walk_in_the_park.Enduring wint
5、er is only a start embracing (拥抱) winter is what you should struggle for. Winter gives a sense of purpose and saves one from a life of selfgratification, lying down and posting photos on Facebook. You have promises to keep. A sidewalk to clear. Two inches of snow over a layer of ice you may as well
6、set a leg trap for the elderly as leave the walk unswept.You have children to raise. Remove their fingers from their smartphones, and lead them outdoors so they can absorb the wisdom of winter. We are animals. Life is not mainly about selfexpression. It is about finding food and clothing and shelter
7、, about sticking with the pack and not wandering off. Everyone is just as cold as you. No complaining.语篇解读：本文是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者在文中将过去的冬天与现在的冬天进行了对比，希望人们到户外去享受冬天的美好。1What are Minnesotas winters like in the authors eyes?AThey are wonderful.BThey are unbearable.CThey are colder than Buffalos.DThey are comfort
8、able for visitors.解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段的“unfairly famous for terrible winters”及“brilliantly sunny and cheerful”可知，作者认为明尼苏达州的冬天还是相当宜人的。2When the author was young, _.Ahe kept talking to keep warmBhe suffered from winters nightsChis dad tried his best to warm himDhis room was always at a high temperature解析：
9、选B推理判断题。根据第三段的“We never got warm, not even at night”及“So 45 degrees was room temperature, and we wore long woolens to bed.”可知，作者小时候没有现在这么好的取暖设备，漫漫冬夜，寒冷难耐。3The underlined part “the winters of today are a walk in the park” in Paragraph 4 implies that todays winters are “_”AwarmBquietCshort Dpleasant解析
10、：选D句意理解题。根据第四段画线部分前面的内容可知，作者小时候在等校车时，不仅要忍受冬天的寒冷，还要提防虎视眈眈的狼。而现在人们不用再担心狼在窥伺了，所以与以前相比，要舒适得多。4The author suggests that people _.Astore enough food for cold wintersBlend the neighbors a helping handCstep outside and appreciate wintersDsay goodbye to modern technology解析：选C推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的“embracing (拥抱) win
11、ter”及最后一段的“absorb the wisdom of winter”可知，作者希望大家不要惧怕严寒，冬天一定要到户外活动，去感受冬天、拥抱冬天。BThe National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) is part of the Department of Environment and Conservation the main government conservation agency (保护机构) in New South Wales, Australia. On the NPWS site you can find out about
12、 parks and reserves, Australian plants and animals, and conservation programs to join. NPWSAustralia.gov.auLearn about Australian animals on our animals website. Look at their physical features, food, homes, environment, and social groups. Three types of animals can be found here: those found in the
13、 air, on the ground, and in the water. AOban, the Knowledge Keeper, has collected a variety of interesting Australian animal stories on this website. Discover how the kangaroo got its pouch (育儿袋) and how the cockatoo (凤头鹦鹉) got its crest (冠), among other stories. OThis site has a lot of amazing Aust
14、ralian creatures. It contains pictures of fortyfive Australian animals that you can print and color. Each picture provides information on the exact coloring for each animal. In addition to printing pictures of the animals, you can copy a printout, put it into a painting program, and color the animal
15、 there. FantasticAnimals.orgQueensland in Australia has many different types of Australian native plants and animals. Learn about threatened wildlife and find out what you can do to help. QueenslandAustralia.orgReady for some Australian funtime games? This website has many to choose from. There are
16、puzzles, mind games, quizzes, and a coloring book. A link on this site has free Australian greeting cards that you can send. AussieGSome of Australias interesting animals are nonnative animals. This website gives information about some of the most destructive nonnative animals in Australia and expla
17、ins efforts to control their populations. Red foxes, rabbits, cane toads, and feral pigs are just four of the problematic Australian animals. AustralianI5What do we know about Oban?AIt shows lots of parks and reserves.BIt offers many conservation programs.CIt has information about endangered animals
18、.DIt offers interesting stories about Australian animals.解析：选D细节理解题。由第三段中的“Oban . a variety of interesting Australian animal stories on this website.”可知，该网站有很多有趣的澳大利亚动物的故事。6If a kid wants to play mind games for fun, he should visit _.AOBAussieGCFantasticAnimals.orgDQueenslandAustralia.org解析：选B细节理解题。
19、由第六段中的“Ready for some Australian funtime games . puzzles, mind games, quizzes, and a coloring book.”可知，该网站有一些好玩的益智游戏。7What can be inferred from the text?AQueensland has lots of nonnative animals.BVisitors can send free cards on all these websites.CThe NPWS site deals with environmental problems.DNon
20、native animals have caused problems in Australia.解析：选D推理判断题。由最后一段中的“most destructive nonnative animals”和“four of the problematic Australian animals”可知，这些入侵物种最具破坏性，而且带来了很多问题。COne day, a patient came to see me. He worked as a waiter in a restaurant and his problem was acid reflux (胃酸倒流), a disease tha
21、t influences as many as 40 percent of Americans, a marked increase in recent years. Reflux can lead to esophageal (食道的) cancer, which has increased by about 500 percent since the 1970s. The drugs we use to treat reflux dont always work and may even increase the risk of developing cancer when used lo
22、ng term.What is responsible for these worrying developments? For one, our poor diet, with its huge increases in the intake of sugar, fat, soft drinks, and unhealthy foods. But another important fact has been overlooked:_dinnertime. Over the past twenty years, the time of my patients evening meals ha
23、s become later and later. Dinner already pushed back by longer work hours is often further delayed by activities such as shopping and exercise.In my experience, the single most important treatment for reflux is to avoid late eating. A patient with reflux came to see me because her father and uncle d
24、ied of esophageal cancer, and she was afraid of getting it too. Her nightly routine included a 9 pm. dinner with at least two bottles of red wine. The reflux was serious, and changes were needed.She listened, then did not come back to see me for a year. “For the first two months, I just hated you，”
25、she told me, “and for the next two months, I was having some trouble eating. I guessed I was going to die of esophageal cancer.” Then she added, “You know, were the reason that its not so easy to get 6 pm. reservations at the good restaurants anymore.”To stop the increase in reflux disease, we have
26、to stop eating at least three hours before bed. As for my waiter patient? I told him to eat dinner before 7 pm. Within six weeks, his reflux was gone.8The disease the waiter caught is _.Aon the riseBeasy to controlCunusual in AmericaDthe most dangerous cancer解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段中的“a disease that influen
27、ces as many as 40 percent of Americans, a marked increase in recent years”可知，患胃酸倒流病的人数正在逐年增加。9What does the underlined word “overlooked” in Paragraph 2 mean?ATalked about a lot.BPaid no attention to.CCarefully looked into.DTaken into consideration.解析：选B词义猜测题。根据该句中的But以及下文介绍晚饭吃得太晚的弊端可知，晚饭时间是一个被人们忽视了的
28、问题。10Why did the woman patient hate the author?AHe spoke of her dead father and uncle.BHe asked her to change her eating habits.CHe couldnt find a way to deal with her problem.DHe couldnt make her healthy again within a year.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第三段中的“The reflux was serious, and changes were needed.”和第四段可知，
29、作者让这位女病人将自己的晚饭时间提前，然而女病人很难做到，因此恨作者。11The author writes the text to tell us _.Anot to work late at nightBto avoid eating at restaurantsCunhealthy foods cause cancerDthe danger of eating late at night解析：选D写作意图题。作者以一个病人的案例引出晚上吃饭时间太晚容易得胃酸倒流病，并且提出自己的建议：“the single most important treatment for reflux is t
30、o avoid late eating”，然后再以一个女病人的病例对此加以证明，最后得出结论：“To stop the increase in reflux disease, we have to stop eating at least three hours before bed.”由此可知，作者写作此文的目的在于告诫大家晚饭时间很关键，不能吃得太晚，否则会导致疾病，甚至会威胁生命。DSome parents of elementary school students in America are receiving letters about their childrens weight
31、. If a child is found to have a weight problem, his parents will get a letter from the school informing them that their child could be overweight.And what do students call these notes? “Fat letters.”Kids already have to put up with being frightened or hurt by other kids at school. Now they also have
32、 to protect themselves from insults from the adults who work in those schools?Dont they think that parents know whether their children are overweight? Do we really want to encourage a trend we already see: children going on diets? According to a study by Duke University, more than 40% of 9 and 10yea
33、rold girls have gone on a diet.In Massachusetts, state lawmakers are considering a bill that bans schools from collecting students weight information.Many public school educators actually consider themselves to be more enlightened (开明的) than the rest of us. Thats why they have spent so much time ins
34、isting that we must not label children over their academic performance. They had a point. Schools have been putting labels on students since before the invention of blackboards. Students who might have once been labeled “lazy” simply became “uninterested”. Immigrant students who were once considered
35、 “limited English proficient (熟练的)” became “English learners”My wife is a former teacher. She works with students who have difficulty in reading and spelling. The kinds of students she helps were once said to have a “learning disability”. We dont say that anymore. Today, acknowledging that human bei
36、ngs process information in a variety of ways, we say that these kids have a “learning difference”There you go. Academically, the enlightened view nowadays is that all students are different, that their brains are all wired in unique ways, and that its wrong to try to assess them with a onesizefitsal
37、l standard to determine who is intelligent and who isnt. It is agreed that childrens brains come in all shapes and sizes. So why not be really enlightened and learn to think the same way about childrens bodies?12The underlined word “insults” in Paragraph 3 probably means “_”Arude remarksBunhealthy f
38、oodsCdangerous actions Dunfair judgements解析：选A词义猜测题。根据本段中的“being frightened or hurt”及学校给家长邮寄包含孩子体重信息的信件推测，作者认为学校工作人员可能会对有肥胖困扰的孩子“说一些伤害他们的话”。13According to the text, what may happen if fat letters become popular?AStopping childrens secrets from being revealed will become law.BParents will realize the
39、ir childrens weight problem early.CPeople will pay more and more attention to their weight.DMore and more children will eat less to get thinner.解析：选D推理判断题。根据第四段中的“encourage a trend we already see: children going on diets . more than 40% of 9 and 10yearold girls have gone on a diet”可知，如果“胖信”流行开来，可能会使
40、越来越多的孩子节食减肥。14The author mentions his wifes work to _.Aprove learning disabilities dont existBshow the importance of teachers workCexplain the meaning of learning differencesDsuggest people differ widely in varied ways解析：选D推理判断题。根据倒数第二段的开头“There you go . all students are different”可推测，作者在倒数第三段介绍妻子的工作是为了引出“人们各有不同”的观点。15What is the authors attitude towards fat letters?AUncaring. BDisapproving.CDoubtful. DRespectful.解析：选B观点态度题。通读全文，尤其是第三、四段及最后一段内容推测，可知作者反对学校寄“胖信”的做法。
