甘肃省定西市2022届高三上学期第三次月考检测英语试题+Word版含答案

1、2021-2022学年度第一学期高三级第三次考试英语试卷第一部分 阅读理解（满分40分）第一节（阅读理解）ATt was a village in India. The people were poor. However, they were not unhappy. After all, their forefathers had lived in the same way for centuries. Then one day, some visitors from the city arrived. They told the villagers there were some people elsewhere who liked to eat frogs（青蛙） legs. However, they did not have enough frogs of their own, and so they wanted to buy frogs from other places.This seemed like money for nothing. There were mil

2、lions of frogs in the fields around, and they were no use to the villagers. All they had to do was catch them. Agreement was reached, and the children were sent into the fields to catch frogs. Every week a truck arrived to collect the catch and hand over the money. For the first time ,the people were able to dream of a better future. But the dream didnt last long.The change was hardly noticed at first,but it seemed as if the crops were not doing so well. More worrying was that the children fell

3、ill more often,and ,there seemed to be more insects around lately.The villagers decided that they couldnt just wait to see the crops failing and the children getting weak. They would have to use the money earned to buypesticides （杀虫剂）and medicines. Soon there was no money left.Then the people realized what was happening.Tt was the frog .They hadnt been useless. They had been doing an important job-eating insects. Now with so many frogs killed , the insects were increasing more rapidly. They were

4、 damaging the crops and spreading diseases.Now, the people are still poor .But in the evenings they sit in the village square and listen to sounds of insects and frogs. These sounds of the night now have a much deeper meaning.1. From Paragragh1 we learn that the villagers. A.worked very hard for centuries B.dreamed of having a better life C.were poor but somewhat content D.lived a different life from their forefathers2.Why did the villagers agree to sell frogs? A.The frogs were easy money. B.The

5、y needed money to buy visitors. C.They wanted to please the visitors. D.The frogs made too much noise.3.What might be the cause of the childrens sickness? A.The crops didnt do well. B.There were too many insects. C.The visitors brought in diseases. D.The pesticides were overused.4.What can we infer from the last sentence of the text? A.Happiness comes from peaceful life in the country. B.Health is more important than money.C.The harmony（和谐） between man and nature is important. D.Good old days wi

6、ll never be forgotten. B On May 23,1989, Stefania Follini came out from a cave at Carlsbad, New Mexico. She hadnt seen the sun for eighteen and a half weeks. Stefania was in a research program, and the scientists in the program were studying body rhythms(节奏). In this experiment Stefania had spent 130 days in a cave, 30 feet in depth.During her time in the cave, Stefania had been completely alone except for two white mice. Her living place had been very comfortable, but there had been nothing to

7、tell her the time. Shed had no clocks or watches, no television or radio. There had been no natural light and the temperature had always been kept at 21.The results were very interesting. Stefania had been in the cave for over four months, but she thought she had been there for only two. Her body clock had changed. She hadnt kept to a 24-hour day, she had stayed awake for 20-25 hours and then had slept for 10 hours. She had eaten fewer meals and had lost 171bs in weight as a results! She had als

8、o become rather depressed（抑郁）.How had she spent her time in the cave? As part of the experiment shed done some physical and mental tests. Shed recorded her daily activities and the results of the tests on a computer. This computer had been specially programmed for the project. Whenever she was free, shed played cards, read books and listened to music. Shed also learned French from tapes.The experiment showed that our body clocks are affected by light and temperature. For example, the pattern of

9、day and night makes us wake up and go to sleep. However, people are affected in different ways. Some people wake up naturally at 5:00 am, but others dont start to wake up till 9:00 or 10:00 am. This affects the whole daily rhythm. As a result, the early risers, on the other hand, are tired during the day and only come to life in the afternoon or evening!5. Stefania stayed in the cave for a long time because _.A. she was asked to do research on mice B. she wanted to experience loneliness C. she was the subject of a study D. she needed to record her life6. What is a cause for the change of Stefanias body clock? A. Eating fewer meals. B. Having more hours of sleep. C. Lacking physical exercise. D. Getting no natural light.7. Where does the text probably come from? A. A novel. B. A news story. C. A pet magazine. D

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