2024-2025学年高三英语第一学期期末复习模拟卷（含解析）

2024-2025学年高三英语第一学期期末复习模拟卷 本试卷满分120分，考试时间120分钟 第二部分 阅读（共两节，满分50分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5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。 A Living on Earth: Forests, Corals, Consciousness, and the Making of the World Peter Godfrey-Smith ★★★ 3.7359 ratings·20 reviews The bestselling author of Other Minds shows how we and our ancestors have reinvented our planet. If the history of the Earth were compressed (压缩) down to a year, our species would arise in the last thirty minutes or so of the final hour. But life itself has existed on Earth for something like 3.7 billion years. What have these organisms — bacteria, animals, plants and the rest — done in all this time In Living on Earth, Professor Peter Godfrey-Smith tells the long story of living action, and its impact. Ranging from the seas to the forests, and from animate matter’s first appearance to its future extinction, he offers a novel picture of the course of life on Earth and how we might meet the challenges of our time.Ratings & Reviews Troy Tradup4 books 34 followers ★★ Feels like two very different books awkwardly combined. I liked the first part as much as the author’s previous Other Minds and Metazoa; felt the second part was a mess. 2 stars. Ula Tardigrade270 reviews 26 followers ★★★★ The book is very informative, even eye-opening at times. However, for some reason the author’s style is not to my liking. Elentarri1,823 reviews 51 followers ★★ At the end of this book, I’ve come to the conclusion that the book was not meant for me. This book does not provide anything novel or original. Mbuy622 reviews 2 followers ★★★ Interesting and well written, but it covered too many subjects to be fully informative on anyone. As a matter of general reading, it raised a great many ideas and questioned others, which was very useful. 1．What category does Living on Earth fall into A．Biography and Life. B．Science and Nature. C．Historical Fiction. D．Humor and Comedy. 2．Who thought Living on Earth lacked fresh perspectives A．Troy Tradup. B．Ula Tardigrade. C．Elentarri. D．Mbuy. 3．What is the main purpose of the text A．To rate the historical accuracy of a book. B．To showcase the selling points of a book. C．To compare a book with similar literary works. D．To present a book summary and reader feedback. B I had to say something after reading The Anxious Generation. It is going to sell well , because Jonathan Haidt is telling a scary story about children’s development many parents are led to believe. However, the book’s repeated suggestion that digital technologies are rewiring our children’s brains and causing the epidemic (流行病) of mental illness is unsupported by science. Worse , the rude proposal that social media is to blame might distract (分心) us from effectively responding to the real causes of the current mental-health crisis in young people. Researchers have searched for the effects su ... ...