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1、2019届高三高考适应性测试4月英语试卷一、阅读理解The popular image of the mountain climber is of a person carefully climbing a steep cliff with a network of safety ropes, but it is not the only kind. Many climbers now enjoy bouldering. Its more accessible and better for the environment.What is boulderingBouldering is a sp
2、ort that involves climbing on, over, and around boulders up to approximately twenty feet above the ground. Participants employ no safety ropes.Why boulderimprove your climbing skills by focusing on basicsplaces to climb, such as climbing walls at gyms and parks, easy to findless time commitment to b
3、ouldering than to mountain climbingintellectual and physical enjoyment as one solves problemsBouldering Termscrimp: a very small handholdfoothold: a place where one may place a foot to aid in climbing boulderjug： a very large handhold that is easy to use problem:The path up a boulder is referred to
4、as the problemthat one must solve. The solutionis the sequence of moves one makes up and over a boulder.Here is an example of a climber addressing a bouldering problem.Figure 1: The climber has two routes she could take, one to the left and one to the right. The left one appears easier because it ha
5、s a jug within easy reach, but look what happens if she chooses that direction. She gets stuck on the rock and has to go back down. Sometimes that is even more difficult than going up.Figure 2: The climber takes the one to the right this time. Using a foothold and placing her righ hand in a crimp, s
6、he is able to lift herself up and locate other handholds. After only a few moves, she is able to throw her leg over the top of the boulder and pull herself up.1.What can we leam about boulderingA. It is a popular indoor sport.B. It is a kind of climbing without ropes,C. It needs maps and equipment.D
7、. It is a steep cliff climbing.2.Why does bouldering become popularA. Because it challenges the limits.B. Because it is not readily available.C. Because it builds minds and bodies.D. Because it ia a team game.3.According to the example, what is the right route usually likeA. It is a shortcut.B. It a
8、 dead end.C. It is tough but to the top.D. It is lined with jugs.I have learned something about myself since I moved from Long Island to Florida three years ago. Even though I own a home in Port St. Lucie just minutes from the ocean, an uncontrollable urge wells up to return to Long Island even as o
9、thers make their way south. I guess I am a snowbird stuck in reverse. Instead of enjoying Floridas mild winters, I willingly endure the severe weather on Long Island, the place I called home for 65 years.Im like a migratory bird that has lost its sense of timing and direction, my wings flapping a- g
10、ainst season.So what makes me fly against the tide of snowbirds The answer has a lot to do with my reluc tance to give up the things that define who I am. Once I hear that the temperature on Long Island has dipped into the range of 40 to 50 degrees, I begin to long for the sight and crackling sound
11、of a wood fire. I also long for the bright display o colors first in the all trees, and then in the limits around homes and at Rockefeller Center. Floridians decorate too, but cant create the special feel of a New England winter.I suppose the biggest reason why I telum is to celebrate the holidays w
12、ith people I havent seen in months. What could be better than sitting with family and friends for a Thanksgiving turkey din ner, or watching neighbors children excitedly open gifts on Christmas Even the first snowfall seems special. I especially enjoy seeing a bright red bird settling on a snow-cove
13、red branch ( My wife and I spend winters at a retirement community in Ridge, and Im grateful that I dont have to shovel.）While these simple pleasures are not unique to Long Island, they are some of the reasmis why I come back. Who says you cant go home1.What does the underlined word snowbird in Para
14、graph 1 refer toA. A person spending winter in a warmer climate.B. A bird seen chiefly in winter.C. A person permanently living in a foreign country.D. A bird flying to the south in winter.2.Whats the difference between Florida and Long IslandA. Winters in Long Island are milder.B. The snowbirds in
15、Long Island are rarer.C. Weather in Long Island is severer.D. Long Island is nearer to the ocean.3.What did the author miss most when he was in FloridaA. The cold temporature.B. The colorful light display.C. The family gathering.D. The winter landscape.4.Whats the authors purpose in writing the textA. To praise the beauty and warmth of his hometown.B. To describe his dream to be a free bird.C. To explain the reasons for moving from his hometown.D. To express his feeling of missing his hometown.Its undeniable that spending time outdoors and in nature lifts our s
