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2024届江苏省高考英语模拟押题预测试卷四 听力（共两节，满分 30 分） 省 略 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2.5分，满分37.5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。 A ZOO CREW—TEEN VOLUNTEER PROGRAM Ages 13-17 Passionate about animals and wondering what a zookeeper's day is like? Denver Zoo's Teen Volunteer Program, Zoo Crew, might be the place for you! We do not offer one-time volunteer service opportunities for school or court appointed teens. APPLICATIONS The application will open on January 1 and close on March 1. Applicants must be at least 13 years old by the first day of training and no older than 17. REQUIREMENTS Teen volunteers: 75 hours of service per summer (June through August) with several shifts each month. First-year teen volunteers: three weeks (M-F, mornings or afternoons) of volunteering during the summer to support Summer Safari, Denver Zoo's summer camp. All current teen volunteers can choose volunteer year-round, after participating for at least one summer season. These teens must commit to at least one shift per month, perform position duties as assigned including working outside, communicate with guests and staff independently and alongside other teen and adult volunteers. Junior Crew (Year 1 in Zoo Crew): Summer Safari: assist camp instructors with games, zoo tours, and educational activities. Animal Department: assist veteran teen volunteers with daily animal husbandry responsibilities such as cleaning, diet preparation and animal enrichment. Teens 16 or older may also help at the Nutrition Center, the Zoo's animal kitchen. TUITION $150 nonrefundable (不退还的) tuition fee (due no later than May I of each year). Download Denver Zoo's Tuition Scholarship form. (Scholarship requests are due no later than April 15 each year.) Tuition helps cover costs of Zoo Crew T-shirt uniforms, name tag, daily supervision, program supplies, training and continuing education programs, annual award ceremony, social events and campouts. QUESTIONS For more information, please call the Program Specialist at 720-337-1491 or e-mail teen-volunteer (@ Denverzoo org). 21. Why is the program held for teens? A. To support Summer Safari only for two weeks. B. To know about a zookeeper's life in summer. C. To volunteer there with some shifts for a year. D. To join in the program for a day in the kitchen. 22. What should all teen volunteers in Zoo Crew do? A. Change their work every summer month. B. Offer services there for at most 75 hours. C. Volunteer mainly indoor work. D. Work there all by themselves. 23. What can Junior Crew get at the program? A. Scholarship twice a year. B. Competition prizes. C. School uniforms. D. Routine guidance. B For as long as I can remember, my body and I have shared a relationship of discontent. Growing up, I was skinnier than the other kids and at five I was told I wasn’t attractive and that I must put on some weight. But no matter how much I ate, I stayed thin for years until adolescence. Then I started putting on weight almost immediately. I remember feeling happy as I began to fill out. However, my joy didn’t last long. I was thirteen when I was first called fat. Friends and neighbours would make jokes on my big size. As I entered my late teens, I had completely lost confidence in my body and, subsequently, in myself. Having failed to live up to conventional beauty standards, I was convinced that if I wanted to be loved, I needed to offer more, doing anything to please everyone around. I entered adulthood thinking I wasn’t “enough”—an idea that was seeded not only by the fact that “skinny” is celebrated, but also by the language associated with accounts of losing weight—self-improvement, discipline—all virtues. Being fat quickly categorizes you as lazy and undisciplined. Consumed by thoughts of the way my body looked, I didn't notice the other ways my body needed attention. I failed to realize, for example, that my period was much heavier and more painful than ever before. Actually I developed a rare disease and later I had two surgeries. I was always made to feel that my weight was the root of a lot of problems in my life; I have learnt this is not true. After a lot of self-­reflection and some professional help, I realized I never learnt to like myself. While two decades of self­hatred cannot be undone overnight, I have taken first steps to acceptance. I am now much lighter than before, in body and mind. There are days I find voices on social media saying I am too fat to be loved or to be worthy, but I am learning not to focus on that thought for long. As long as I like myself, just the way I am, opinions at the end of the day are just water off a duck’s back. 24. What can we learn about the author from the first two paragraphs? A. She could change her weight at will. B. She had different beauty standards from others. C. She tried to love others to build her confidence. D. She was greatly influenced by others’ opinions. 25. Why did the author think she wasn't “enough”？ A. She was poorly disciplined. B. She failed to celebrate “skinny”． C. She was labeled as lazy for her weight. D. She put on more weight after entering adulthood. 26. What caused the author to make a change? A. Her lighter body. B. A troublesome illness. C. Popular beauty standards. D. Others’ critical comments. 27. What does the passage mainly tell us? A. Beauty matters. B. Opinions vary. C. Worth your weight. D. Beyond your limits. C Poetry is an interesting form of writing. It is very free，has few restrictions and can be a great way to express feelings. Writing a poem is all about observing the world within you or around you. To write a poem，first you should begin with an idea or inspiration. Inspiration may come at any time unexpectedly. It may be a specific person，place or thing that causes some sort of strong emotion. It may be more of an abstract idea or release of emotion. After getting the idea，you can write down everything that comes to mind. Don't think much and let all feelings pour out. Remember everything can be thrown out later. Then，you can think about its form and begin to organize thoughts. Poetry comes in many forms，from epic poetry that has a story to dramatic poetry intended to be performed. Try them all out. One will come naturally. Maybe different poems fit different forms. When you write a poem，think about both meter(韵律)and rhythm carefully，which are equally important in poetry. Meter is the fixed pattern of the poem，while rhythm refers to the sound when it is spoken. It is also important to use a lot of descriptive words. Create imagery(意象)with words，trying to make them attractive to all the senses. For auditory(听觉的)interest，try repeating of similar sounds in a sentence or phrase. All of this adds life and interest to a poem. After you finish your work，don't be afraid to share your work with others. When others point out your weakness，accept and grow from it. 28. What does the underlined word “restriction” in Paragraph 1 probably mean? A. Change. B. Order. C. Limitation. D. Organization. 29. When you begin to write a poem，you should first ________． A. begin with some specific persons B. come up with an idea C. describe a famous place D. organize your thoughts 30. We can infer from the text that ________． A. writing poems needs imagination and the ability to use language well B. people can get more ideas if they often share their poems with others C. people should first learn to write epic poetry，then dramatic poetry D. people need to write down every feeling they want to release at a time 31. What's the purpose of the text? A. To tell readers how to write a poem. B. To encourage more people to write poems. C. To show what quality a good poem should have. D. To teach people how to appreciate poems. D Fritillaria plants can be easily spotted. The usually bright green plants often stand alone amid the rocks at the top of the Himalayan and Hengduan mountains in southwestern China — easy pickings for traditional Chinese medicine herbalists, who’ve ground the bulbs (鳞茎) of Fritillaria into a cough-treating powder for more than 2, 000 years. The demand for the bulbs is intense, since about 3,500 of them are needed to produce one kilogram of the powder, worth about $480. But some Fritillaria are remarkably difficult to find, with leaves and stems that are barely distinguishable from the gray or brown rocky background. Surprisingly, the plants’ camouflage (伪装) seems to have evolved in response to people. In wide open areas with little cover, like mountaintops, blending in can help the plants avoid hungry herbivores, says Yang Niu, a botanist at the Kunming Institute of Botany in China. But after five years of studying camouflage in Fritillaria, he did not spot any animals feeding on the plants. So Niu, his colleague Hang Sun and sensory ecologist Martin Stevens of the University of Exeter in England decided to see if humans might be driving the evolution of the plants’ camouflage. During their research, local herbalists noted the total weight of the bulbs harvested each year from 2014 to 2019 at seven study sites. These records indicated contemporary harvesting pressure on the plants. In the meantime, the researchers assessed the ease of harvesting by recording how long it took to dig up bulbs at six of those sites. On some slopes, bulbs are easily dug up, but in others they can be buried under rocks. Both measures have revealed a striking pattern: The more harvested a site is, the better the color of a plant matches its background. However, camouflage can present some challenges. Pollinators (花粉传播者) might have a harder time finding the camouflaged plants, and the gray and brown coloration could impair photosynthetic (光合) activity. Still, these Fritillaria show how adaptable the plants can be. The plants can better change their appearance than we might have expected. 32. What does the first paragraph mainly talk about? A. The living environment of Fritillaria. B. The appearance of Fritillaria. C. The reasons for picking Fritillaria. D. The history of traditional Chinese medicine. 33. What do the researchers find during their research? A. Fritillaria usually exist under rocks. B. Animals drive Fritillaria to hide themselves better. C. Frequent human activities make it easier to spot Fritillaria. D. Fritillaria camouflage themselves better where harvested more often. 34. Which of the following statements is true according to the last paragraph? A. All plants are poor at camouflaging. B. Fritillaria are constantly changing how they look. C. Camouflage can bring some side-effects to Fritillaria. D. Fritillaria camouflaged to be gray which can promote growth. 35. What’s the main idea of this passage? A. The demand for the Fritillaria is intense. B. Fritillaria are remarkably difficult to find. C. Camouflage can present some challenges to the Fritillaria. D. Human activities drive the evolution of the Fritillaria’s camouflage. 第二节 (共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。 According to Jessica Hagy, author of How to Be Interesting, it’s not difficult to make yourself interesting at a dinner party. ___36___, if you’re out of your comfort zone or if you’re wandering into somebody’s house for the first time. So the main thing is just to show up and be adventurous, trying different foods and talking to strangers. People love to talk about themselves. If you can start the conversation with a question other than “What do you do for a living?”, you’ll be able to get a lot more interesting conversation out of whomever it is you’re talking to. ___37___, it can bring in “I have this old, broken-down vehicle” or “I rode the bus with these crazy people who were laughing at silly jokes in the back.” It just opens up conversation. ___38___? If you can’t take their wine away, you should certainly try to take away their soapbox （讲台）. If you’re the host, you can ask them to help you in the kitchen with something and just remove them from the situation.___39___. And what about that other dinner-party killer: awkward silence? If you’re faced with an awkward silence at a dinner party, the only thing that always gets everyone talking again is to give the host a compliment（赞扬）. ___40___. Just quickly turn around and say, “This cake is extremely delicious and you have to tell me all about it.” So being interesting at a dinner party isn’t that hard. A. How do you know the host B. The first step is to go exploring C. If you ask the question “How did you get here?” D. Be prepared to have awkward conversations with strangers E. Or turn the conversation into a topic where they have little to say F. What about that person who had too much to drink or won’t stop talking G. He or she is the person who is feeling the weight of that awkwardness the most 第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.分，满分15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。 I hadn't flown very much in my first two flying lessons. The first few are really just. ___41___of a plane and controls, a run-through of the basics. My ___42___ was sitting next to me, carefully watching my every move. Suddenly, I noticed he was ___43___ out the window into the sky. Then he started to shake. At that moment, ___44___. I was in control of the aircraft. If I hadn't been, we may have started falling. Instead, I kept us ___45___and then went into ___46___ mode: we needed to make it, ___47___ alive. I ___48___ air traffic control. The man on duty encouraged me and said that I should ___49___the airport urgently. He calmly talked me through every ___50___ as I began to fly us back. I was talked through a few ___51___ landings. I'd fly us down towards the runway to get used to the experience, before ascending into the air once again. Only 40 minutes after my first contact with the control room, the voice in my ears ___52___ if I thought I was ready to land. Focus, I told myself. Then I heard the ___53___ hit the ground. Words can't describe how it felt to hug my wife and children. My instructor was taken to ___54___; it turned out be had a brain tumour(肿瘤). ___55___, I'd managed to save both our lives. 41. A. descriptions B. positions C. introductions D. collections 42. A. instructor B. guide C. companion D. assistant 43. A. climbing B. jumping C. falling D. staring 44. A. hopefully B. thankfully C. gradually D. partly 45. A. moving B. stable C. climbing D. t