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1、2020年精编人教版英语资料A卷学业水平达标【说明】本试卷满分120分，考试时间100分钟.阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分) AEvery day we experience one of the wonders of the world around us without even realizing it. It is not the amazing complexity of television, nor the impressive technology of transport. The universal wonder we share and experience
2、 is our ability to make noises with our mouths，and so transmit ideas and thoughts to each others minds. This ability comes so naturally that we tend to forget what a miracle (奇迹) it is.Obviously, the ability to talk is something that marks humans off from animals. Of course, some animals have powers
3、 just as amazing.Birds can fly thousands of miles by observing positions of the stars in the sky in relation to the time of day and year. In Natures talent show, humans are a species of animal that have developed their own special act. If we reduce it to basic terms, its an ability for communicating
4、 information to others, by varying sounds we make as we breathe out.Not that we dont have other powers of communication. Our facial expressions convey our emotions, such as anger, or joy, or disappointment.The way we hold our heads can indicate to others whether we are happy or sad. This is socalled
5、 “body language”. Bristling (直立的) fur is an unmistakable warning of attack among many animals. Similarly, the bowed head or drooping tail shows a readiness to take second place in any animal gathering.Such a means of communication is a basic mechanism that animals, including human beings, instinctiv
6、ely acquire and display. Is the ability to speak just another sort of instinct? If so, how did human beings acquire this amazing skill? Biologists can readily indicate that particular area of our brain where speech mechanisms function, but this doesnt tell us how that part of our bodies originated i
7、n our biological history.语篇解读：本文是一篇议论文。传达信息给别人的能力来自于我们充分运用语言的超凡能力。在某种程度上，人和动物本质上的不同也在于此。1According to the passage, the wonder we take for granted is _ .Aour ability to use languageBthe miracle of technologyCthe amazing power of natureDour ability to make noises with mouth解析：选A细节理解题。根据第一段的第三句可知答案。D项只
8、是不够完整的部分细节。2What feature of “body language” mentioned in the passage is common to both humans and animals?ALifting heads when sad.BKeeping long faces when angry.CBristling hair when ready to attack.DBowing heads when willing to obey.解析：选D细节理解题。根据第三段的内容可知：A、B两项只提到人而不指动物，C项只提到动物而不指人。第三段的最后一句既提到了人也提到了动
9、物。故D项正确。3What can be inferred from Paragraph 3?ABody language is unique to humans.BAnimals express emotions just as humans do.CHumans have other powers of communication.DHumans are no different from animals to some degree.解析：选D推理判断题。A项片面地强调body language是人类的唯一性；B项强调了动物与人类的完全等同与文意不符；C项为文章内容细节；D项“在某种程度
10、上，人类确实与动物没什么不同。”与本段的暗示相吻合。4This passage is mainly about _ .Athe development of body languageBthe special role humans play in natureCthe power to convey information to othersDthe difference between humans and animals in language use解析：选C主旨大意题。A项是指“肢体语言的发展”，只是将文章的细节扩大；B项“人类在自然界中的特殊作用”，不够具体；C项“传达信息给别人的
11、能力”，是文章自始至终所阐述的观点；D项是指“人类与动物在语言应用方面的差异”，是文章的细节，而不是主要阐述的观点。BThe engineer Camillo Olivetti was 40 years old when he started the company in 1908.At his factory in Ivrea, he designed and produced the first Italian typewriter. Today the companys head office is still in Ivrea, near Turin, but the company
12、is much larger than it was in those days and there are offices all around the world.By 1930 there was a staff of 700 and the company turned out 13,000 machines a year. Some went to customers in Italy, but Olivetti exported more typewriters to other countries.Camillos son, Adriano, started working fo
13、r the company in 1924 and later he became the boss. He introduced a standard speed for the production line and he employed technology and design specialists. The company developed new and better typewriters and then calculators (计算器). In 1959 it produced the ELEA computer system. This was the first
14、mainframe (主机) computer designed and made in Italy.After Adriano died in 1960, the company had a period of financial problems. Other companies, especially the Japanese, made faster progress in electronic technology than the Italian company.In 1978, Carlo de Benedetti became the new boss. Olivetti in
15、creased its marketing and service networks and made agreements with other companies to design and produce more advanced office equipment.Soon it became one of the worlds leading companies in information technology and communications. There are now five independent companies in the Olivetti group one
16、 for personal computers, one for other office equipment, one for systems and services, and two for telecommunications.语篇解读：自从第一台打字机于1908年在意大利诞生，Olivetti集团已经跨越了百年历史。在它飞速发展的过程中，也曾有过举步维艰的岁月。5From the text we learn that _ .Aby 1930 Olivetti produced 13,000 typewriters a yearBOlivetti earned more in the 1960s than in the 1950sCsome of Olivettis 70
