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1、2020届高三英语上学期第二次调研考试试题第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）A Bus Tours in Washington DC The Lights Night Tour in Washington DCDuration: 3 hours $56.33 Highest-rated Night Tour in DC! The ONLY DC Night Tour where the Tour Guides HOP OFF with you at each stop and tell you about each monument and a
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3、p bus tour from Washington DC. Your tour guide will accompany you through Mount Vemon, telling you about all of the attractions there and the history of George Washingtons home on the Potomac River. The Best Minibus Tour in Washington DC. Duration: 3 hours $ 46.92 See all the key attractions DC has
4、to offer in a 3-hour format. You will learn all about the history and trivia that surrounds Washington and visit the major monuments and attractions DC has to offer. Please Note: Rates for this tour vary by day of the week. When you choose your specific date on the availability calendar, the rates f
5、or that date will be displayed. The Blossoms Tour in Washington DC. Duration: 3 hours $ 56.99 BEST WAY to Experience the Cherry Blossoms! Each year from mid March to mid April, see the beautiful Cherry Blossoms in Washington DC and get great photos because youll be led to all the best spots by the b
6、est guides. The annual spring bloom in DC is a magical time and this tour promises to provide the very best tour opportunity for you!1Which tour would provide you with a sightseeing boat?A .The Lights Night Tour B .Best Mount Vemon & Arlington Cemetery TourC .The Best Minibus Tour D .The Blossoms To
7、ur2What is special about The Best Minibus Tour?A .Its price is not fixed. B .The best time to take it is at night.C .The tour guide accompanies you. D .You can get great photos of cherry.3Which date suits The Blossoms Tour most?A .July 4 B .August 15 C .March 27 D .October 8B When a leafy plant is u
8、nder attack，it doesnt sit quietlyBack in 1983，two scientists，Jack Schultz and Ian Baldwin，reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighboring plants can getThese chemicals come from the injured parts of the plant and seem to be an alarmWhat the plan
9、ts pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds，VOCs for short Scientists have found that all kinds of plants give out VOCs when being attackedIts a plants way of crying outBut is anyone listening？ApparentlyBecause we can watch the neighbors react Some plants pu
10、mp out smelly chemicals to keep insects awayBut others do double dutyThey pump out perfumes designed to attract different insects who are natural enemies to the attackersOnce they arrive，the tables are turnedThe attacker who was lunching now becomes lunch In study after study，it appears that these c
11、hemical conversations help the neighborsThe damage is usually more serious on the first plant，but the neighbors，relatively speaking，stay safer because they heard the alarm and knew what to do Does this mean that plants talk to each other？Scientists dont knowMaybe the first plant just made a cry of p
12、ain or was sending a message to its own branches，and so，in effect，was talking to itselfPerhaps the neighbors just happened to overhear the crySo information was exchanged，but it wasnt a true，intentional back and forth Charles Darwin，over 150 years ago，imagined a world far busier，noisier and more int
13、imate（亲密的） than the world we can see and hearOur senses are weakTheres a whole lot going on4What does a plant do when it is under attack?AIt makes noises BIt gets help from other plantsCIt stands quietly DIt sends out certain chemicals5What does the author mean bythe tables are turnedin paragraph 3?
14、AThe attackers get attacked BThe insects gather under the tableCThe plants get ready to fight back DThe perfumes attract natural enemies6Scientists find from their studies that plants can Apredict natural disasters Bprotect themselves against insectsCtalk to one another intentionally Dhelp their nei
15、ghbors when necessary7What can we infer from the last paragraph?AThe world is changing faster than everBPeople have stronger senses than beforeCThe world is more complex than it seemsDPeople in Darwins time were more imaginativeC Benjamin West，the father of American painting，showed his talent for art when he was only six years of ageBut he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed oneIn those days，a brush was made from camels ha
