《深圳中学高三英语第四次联考试题及答案解析》由会员分享，可在线阅读，更多相关《深圳中学高三英语第四次联考试题及答案解析（10页珍藏版）》请在金锄头文库上搜索。
1、2021 年深圳中学高三英语第四次联考试题及答案解析第一部分 阅读（共两节，满分 40 分）第一节（共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项AYou have to praise the smoothness （顺畅）of ants on the move. No matter how many of them are goingtoward a place, theres never a hold -up. A new research paper shows how ants keep traffic flowing
2、 by changingtheir behavior to meet changing conditions.For their experiments, researchers from the University of Toulouse focused on Argentine ants, animals thatoften move from colon（y 群落）to colony depending on where the food is. Making use of Argentine ants talent forfast travel, the researchers bu
3、ilt bridges connecting their colonies. The bridges were different in width from a fifthto three-quarters of an inch. The colonies, too, were of different sizes, ranging from 400 to more than 25,000 ants.Then the researchers sat back andmonitoredthe traffic. To their surprise, even when those narrowe
4、r bridgeswere full of ants, there were no traffic accidents. When the number of ants on the bridge increased, antsseemed to be able to understand the situation and adjusted（调整）their speed accordingly to avoid making thetraffic flow stop. the authors note. Moreover, ants avoided entering a busy road
5、and made sure that the bridgewas never too packed to cross.”The lesson for humans? The traffic problem may lie in our inability to adjust our driving habits for the good ofthe whole. Driving is fun when there are few cars on the road. Then the traffic moves very slowly. And yet, someimpatient driver
6、 still acts like hes alone on the road.The research suggests that projects, like the ever -widening of highways, may never free us from traffic jams.As long as we drive along with our own habits, no matter how many other people are on the road, well alwaysend up in a traffic jam. Indeed, less space
7、may actually be a good thing. It leaves less room for individual choiceand forces us to take a page from the driving book of ants.1. What is Paragraph 2 mainly about?A. The results of the experiments. B. The purpose of the experimentsC. The preparation of the experiments. D. The requirements of the
8、experiments2. What does the underlined word monitor in paragraph 3 probably mean?A. watch and check. B. seek and improveC. design and plan D. discuss and practise3. What is the best title for the text?A. Is widening highways a solution?B. Why dont ants need traffic lights?C. Can we learn safe drivin
9、g from ants?D. What can ants teach us about traffic jams?BWe interviewed two people, one who went from the country to the city and one who did the opposite.Janet Lincoln is a salesgirl who moved to St. Louisfive years ago. Heres what Janet told us:“Five years ago I used to live in a small town calle
10、d Lemon Falls. I grew up and went to high school there.After I graduated I worked in a supermarket. Lemon Falls had a population of about 800 people, and I knew everysingle one of them. They all knew everything about me, too. You couldnt do anything without everyone in townknowing about it. The firs
11、t chance I got I moved to St. Louis and I love it. I dont know as many people now as Iused to, but thats OK. I have a few good friends, and I see them when I want to. I kind of like beinganonymous. Idnever go back to Lemon Falls.”Troy Henson had the opposite experience. He and his wife, Darla, and t
12、heir two children moved from St. Louisto Bloomfield three years ago. Heres what Troy told us:“The best thing we ever did was get out of St. Louis. Dont get me wrong; St. Louis is as good a place as anyother city, I suppose if you like cities, that is. We dont. Both Darla and I grew up in St. Louis.
13、We met at collegeand got married. Then the kids came along and life got difficult. We didnt know any of our neighbors. We bothhad good jobs, but it always seemed like there was never enough money. That all changed when we moved toBloomfield. I dont make as much money as I used to, but then we dont h
14、ave as many expenses as we did. Weknow our neighbors. Life is good. Wed never leave Bloomfield.”4. What troubled Janet when she was in Lemon Falls?A. She had no friends. B. There was no privacy.C. There was a lot of competition. D. She couldnt find a well-paid job.5. What does the underlined word “a
15、nonymous” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Alone. B. Prepared. C. Sociable. D. Unknown.6. Different from Janet, Troy _.A. prefers country life B. moved to a bigger cityC. grew up in a smaller town D. knows little about his new neighbors7. What is Troys opinion on living in Bloomfield?A. It is a little boring.
16、 B. It is quite comfortable.C. It costs a lot of money. D. It creates a safe environment.CMost animals living in crowded conditions have particularly strong immune systems, so it long puzzledresearchers that honeybees do not.Part of the answer, discovered in 2015, is that queen bees vaccinate their eggs by moving parts of protein
