很快英语2020年7月浙江省普通高中学业水平考试英语仿真模拟卷04(原卷版)

2020年11月25日发(作者：郑光武)
2020年7月浙江省普通高中学业水平考试
英语仿真模拟卷04
第二部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分35分)
第一节（共10个小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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，并在答题纸上将该项涂
黑。
A
Imagine someone who has spent the majority of their life sitting with a sign on the side of the road and
that very person giving someone their last 20 dollars. That’s exactly what Marine Corps veteran (退伍军人)Johnny
Bobbitt,34,did in October in Philadelphia.
Bobbitt served in the U.S. Marine Corps and worked as a paramedic (医务辅助人员)in Vance County, N. C.
before he became homeless. Nobody knew how he got to where he was because he was discreet about that.
One night in October, Bobbitt was sitting roadside with a sign in Philadelphia as usual, when Kate McClure
of Florence Township, N. J. was driving home down Interstate 95 and ran out of gas. Scared and nervous, she got
out of the car to head to the nearest gas station. As McClure was heading to the nearest gas station, she ran into
Bobbitt and he told her to get back in the vehicle and lock the door. Minutes later, he appeared with a red gas can.
He’d used his last $$20 to buy her gas.
After that unexpected meeting, McClure and her boyfriend, Mark D'Amico, who both live in New Jersey,
visited Bobbitt several times to deliver gift cards, cash, snacks and toiletries. They then decided to create a
fund-raising page so he wouldn't have to spend the holidays sleeping on the street.
McClure started the GoFundMe page on November 10. With the page, the couple hoped to raise $$10,000,
enough money for his rent, a reliable vehicle and up to six months ’ expenses. Bobbitt's story ran in a local paper.
By November 15, more than 10,000 local people had made donations through the GoFundMe page and more than
$$300,000 had been raised.
On Thanksgiving, Bobbitt was resting in a hotel, his feet up on the bed, drawing up a grand plan for his new
life, thanks to several thousand dollars raised to repay him for a good deed.
does the underlined word “discreet” in paragraph 2 most probably mean?
ul. us. . stic.
e met Bobbitt when she______.
't find a gas station
't unlock her car
can be known from the text that_____.
t’s story obtained wide attention
t became world-famous overnight
GoFundMe page collected over $$400,000 for Bobbitt
GoFundMe page was started to help people like Bobbitt
B
Nearly every week, we hear news about the latest successes and failures in driverless vehicles. But we hear little
about how other industries are developing this same kind of technology. One industry heavily involved in
researching and developing artificial intelligence, or AI, is agriculture. Companies are experimenting with
high-tech tools that can help farmers save time and money, while reducing environment-harming chemicals.
One of the companies is ecoRobotix of Switzerland. It created a robot equipped with AI and cameras to
identify all plants on a farm. The robot has four wheels to carry itself through the fields in search of weeds.
Computer-controlled arms then lower and spray the weeds with small amounts of herbicide (除草剂). Company
officials say the robot can fully operate on its own for up to 12 hours a day while being powered by the sun. It uses
the same kind of sensor and positioning technology used to guide driverless vehicles. A farmer can also control the
equipment through a smartphone.
The co-founder of ecoRobotix, Aurélien Demaurex, says the farm robot can kill weeds with 20 times less
herbicide than traditional methods. This is because the system uses exactly the right chemical amount in the exact
to the way home
in search of gas
place required to kill the weeds. Currently, farmers spread weed killers over massive areas to destroy unwanted
plants.
Another company developing farm robotics is California-based Blue River Technology. The company has a
system called —which is connected
to the back of a tractor—is also equipped with AI to identify and chemically kill only the weeds. It can also spray
chemicals on wanted plants to help them grow. Ben Chostner, vice-president of business development for Blue
River Technology, explains in a company video that See & Spray technology uses the same deep learning methods
used in facial recognition.
we taught it—by giving it tens of thousands of examples of that pigweed一and now it's an expert in pigweed.
will AI benefit agriculture?
will fund agriculture research.
contributes to low-cost farming.
can avoid harmful chemicals.
frees all farmers from field work.
do the products of the two companies have in common?
use recognition technology.
are powered by solar energy.
are connected with smartphones.
can help wanted plants grow rapidly.
do Ben Chostner's words suggest about the robot?
is environmentally friendly.
is good at self-improving.
has the learning ability.
can track various plants.
C
Brain health is key to successful ageing, and it involves several mental functions including memory, reasoning
and planning. Memory defines who we are—without memory we have no past, cannot plan for the future and are
unable to enjoy the present. Our reasoning and planning skills help us create and maintain healthy lifestyle habits
that protect our bodies and minds.
People are living much longer than ever before. Those born in 1900 would have been lucky to reach their 50th
birthday. Today, life expectancy in many countries exceeds 80, but unfortunately age-related diseases such as
Alzheimer's and diabetes can diminish quality of life.
As we age, brain cells that normally fight off infection and repair tissue begin to attack healthy brain cells.
This causes inflammation (炎症) and can lead to cognitive deficits and disease. But adopting healthy lifestyle
habits, such as eating fish, getting a good night's sleep and doing physical exercise, can slow and even reverse the
process.
The typical 45-year-old has worse memory than the 25-year-old y and our brains will continue to decline if we
do nothing to protect them. However, if we intervene (干预) early, we can slow the decline. It's always easier to
protect a healthy brain than to try to repair damage once it is extensive.
Although there is a genetic component to healthy ageing, lifestyle habits may be more critical than genes. The
landmark MacArthur Studies of Successful Ageing showed that, on average, non-genetic factors are more
important than genetics in determining how well and long we live, suggesting that we have more control than we
realize over remaining healthy as we get older.
does the underlined word
process of getting old.
expectancy.
functions.
y lifestyle.
can we do to slow the decline of our brains?
ng the present.
g in a good mood.
g as long as possible.
ng healthy lifestyle habits.
does MacArthur Studies of Successful Ageing suggest?
-related diseases affect our quality of life.
c factors determine how well we live.
can do something to live better and longer.
mes we don9t know how to keep healthy.
is the main idea of the text?
habits determine your longevity.
should protect your brains early.
health results from right food.
exercise also benefits mental health.

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。
Every animal sleeps, but the reason for this has remained foggy. When lab rats are not allowed to sleep, they die
within a month.31__________
One idea is that sleep helps us strengthen new memories. 32__________ We know that, while awake, fresh
memories are recorded by reinforcing(加强) connections between brain cells, but the memory processes that take
place while we sleep have been unclear.