2022届浙江省部分学校高三英语5月联考试题分类汇编：阅读理解（含答案）

2022届浙江省部分学校高三英语5月联考试题分类汇编
阅读理解
2022届浙江省山水联盟高三5月联考英语试题（解析版）
第一节（共10小题：每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该
项涂黑。
A
Every May, the capital of Canada,Ottawa will host the world’s largest tulip (郁金香) festival, flowers of amazing colors attracting more than 500,000 tourists to come and see. And in the back of this colorful festival is a moving story about friendship and peace.
During World War II, the Dutch royal family came to Canada to seek asylum. In early 1943, Princess Juliana of nine-month pregnancy was about to give birth, which posed a problem to both Canada and Netherlands.According to Canadian law, all babies born in Canada will automatically become Canadian citizens;and according to the Dutch royal succession law, prince or princess must be born on Netherlands soil in order to be recognized as a royal member. Because of this situation, the Canadian government passed a special bill.They placed the sovereignty (主权) of a maternity ward (妇产科病房) in Ottawa Civic Hospital under the Government of the Netherlands. In January19, 1943, Princess Juliana gave birth to her third daughter Margaret on“Dutch land“.
In May 1945, with the help of the Canadian Forces, Netherlands gained its victory and liberation, and the royal family returned to their homeland after several years of separation. That fall, the Dutch government presented one hundred thousand tulip bulbs to Canada to express their respect and gratitude. The following year, Princess Juliana presented twenty thousand tulip bulbs again in her own name, and requested them to be planted on the land of Ottawa Civic Hospital. And since then, Ottawa, the Canadian capital, have received thousands of tulip bulbs from the Netherlands royal family every year. To acknowledge this kindness, the first Ottawa Tulip Festival was held in 1953. And in 2002, Princess Margaret, who was born in the“Dutch delivery room”, returned to Ottawa to attend the 50th Tulip Festival.
This year’s Canadian Tulip Festival will last for 12 days (May 12 to 23). There will be over one million tulips of different colors and species blooming to their most beautiful hues (色调色彩). The Commissioner’s Park along the Dawes Lake and the Rideau Canal is traditionally the best viewing place. This year, the newly added Aberdeen Tulip Pavilion provides people with the opportunity to view the tulips indoors,so that people can enjoy this beautiful annual festival, rain or shine.
1. What do we know about the Canadian Tulip Festival according to the passage
A. It has its origin in Netherlands in 1945.
B. It is meant to show gratitude for the kindness.
C. It is in honor of Netherlands gaining its victory and liberation.
D. It is celebrated with the tulips provided by Princess Juliana every year.
2. What does the underlined word“asylum" in paragraph2mean
A. Friendship. B. Flowers. C. Protection. D. Success.
3. Where is the text probably from
A. A textbook.
B. A book review.
C. A biography.
D. A travel magazine.
B
Global Sea Mineral Resources (GSR) is one of several companies that hope to begin mining the seabed on an industrial scale in the coming years, perhaps as early as 2024. Some think of the seabed as a sustainable source of the metals needed to produce batteries for electric vehicles or smartphones. Meanwhile, scientists are trying to figure out just how much ecological damage deep-sea mining would do.
The short answer is a lot, according to some European scientists who’ve been monitoring GSR’s efforts and reported initial results recently at a virtual meeting. But it is too soon to tell how much of the damage would be permanent or whether it should be considered excessive (过度的).
Each mining operation like GSR’s in the eastern Pacific would remove the “biologically active” surface layer from about 200 to 300 square kilometers (77 to 166 square miles) of seafloor each year, said Matthias Haeckel, a marine biochemist at GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research in Kiel, Germany.“If mining takes place, it should be done without loss of biodiversity and ecosystem functions,“ said Ann Vanreusel, a marine biologist at Ghent University in Belgium.
That’s a hard standard to define, however, let alone enforce (实施)，because so little is known about deep-sea ecology. On two expeditions to the Pacific region targeted by GSR and other companies, the researchers identified thousands of species-70 to 90 percent of which were new to science.
“That in itself is a great example to show that, ’Hey, we do not have a good understanding of how this ecosystem operates’, ”says Diva Amon, a marine biologist and National Geographic explorer. In a review published this month in Marine Policy, Amon and her colleagues argued that at least a decade should be spent filling the gaps in scientific understanding before commercial deep-sea mining could begin.
4. Why does the seabed attract Global Sea Mineral Resources
A. It has biodiversity.
B. It is abundant in metals for industry.
C. It is biologically active.
D. It contains sustainable batteries for vehicles.
5. Which of the following is the possible reason why scientists are concerned about deep-sea mining
A. They find its damage is ever-lasting.
B. They don’t know whether it will do ecological damage.
C. They have difficulty in accurately judging the degree of its damage to ecology.
D. They think it’s hard for mining companies to make and carry out a related standard.
6. What’s the writer’s attitude toward deep-sea mining
A. Optimistic. B. Cautious.
C. Objective. D. Pessimistic.
C
You might try spending about 15 minutes out on the Web gathering experts’ predictions about what lies in the political future. You are likely to find a diversity of opinions on every issue. So, who should you believe According to a long-term study conducted by psychologist Philip Tetlock, the safest answer is that you shouldn’t believe anyone. Let’s see why.
To study the collective wisdom of experts, Tetlock recruited a sample of 284 individuals who had strong qualifications for making political predictions with respect to certain countries or regions of the world. He asked individuals to make predictions of this sort: “How likely is it that after the next election, the party that currently has the most representatives in the legislative (立法的) branch of government will keep this status... will lose this status, or will strengthen this position ” The questions were made concrete for different countries and regions.
Because there were three options for each question, participants should have been right one third of the time just by chance. If they had true expertise, they should have been right much more often than that. But they weren’t. In fact, in some comparisons experts did worse than chance.
If experts perform so poorly in their predictions, why does anyone still listen to them Because of experts’ confidence and fame. Besides, the media rarely tracks down the expert who made the confident prediction even if experts aren’t generally held responsible for their predictions.
Here’s a safe conclusion from Tetlock’s research: With regard to politics no one can routinely predict the future. Some people do a bit better than others, but you can’t use their confidence or fame to know who those people are. Still, it’s important to note that this research is about a particular type of expert and a particular type of prediction. You shouldn’t discount all experts. For example,when you consult medical doctors, they should be able to make their predictions based on years of education and prior experience. Also, they are regularly held responsible for the accuracy of those predictions!
7 What’s the function of the first paragraph
A. To introduce the topic of the passage.
B. To introduce a way of doing the research.
C. To attract the interest of the readers.
D. To give the purpose of writing the passage.
8. What might be the purpose of giving participants three options for each prediction
A. To show the importance of the study.
B. To indicate experts did worse than chance.
C. To reveal experts are right one third of the time.
D. To compare participants’ predicting accuracy with chance.
9. Which of the following agrees with Tetlock’s ideas
A. Experts must be responsible for their prediction.
B. The opinions of political experts matter to the media.
C. Experts’ confidence and fame tell us a lot about who they are.
D. Medical experts are generally reliable in their medical prediction.
10. Which of the following is the best title for the text
A. Can medical experts predict the future
B. Can political experts predict the future
C. How should you judge political experts
D. How political experts predict the future
2022届浙江省北斗星盟高三下学期5月适应性联考英语试题
第一节（共10小题：每小题2. 5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A
You may be in memory of the place where you learned to ride your first bike or the door frame where your parents tracked your heights. But would that nostalgia (怀旧) be enough for you to drop half a million to buy back the house
If you're author J. K. Rowling. and your childhood home inspired certain parts of what would become one of the most well-known fiction series to ever exist, it's worth considering. As it turns out, Harry Potter author J. K. Rowling owns her childhood home, Church Cottage at Tutshill in Chepstow, according to the Daily Mail. Rowling quietly obtained the gothic-style (哥特式) cottage when it went on the market back in 2011 for $400, 000.
Now, the secret is out, as this week, Rowling and her husband applied for renovation (翻新) projects of the house, after years of no activity. The district council has granted the couple planning permission to install two windows and rebuild the garage.
Rowling lived here from ages 9 to 18, marking her territory by scrawling "Joanne Rowling slept here, about 1982" on the wall when she was 17, reports The Daily Mail.
The home includes a cupboard under the stairs, which is believed to have been the inspiration for Harry's room at the Dursley family's house. Rowling also got the name for the Quidditch team Tutshill Tornados from the name of the house's street.
Some wise fans were able to connect the dots leading to the home, often trying to visit it. "There are always members of the public asking to come in to see the house, " Julian Mercer, the home's former owner, told BBC. “But we haven't let them in. "
21. Why did Rowling buy back the cottage at a great cost
A. Because it was a place Rowling once lived in.
B. Because it gave her inspiration of her most well-known Fiction series.
E Because it the price of the house increased.
D. Because it was a gothic-style cottage that Rowling liked.
22. What does the underlined word“secret" in the third paragraph refer to
A. rebuilding B. purchase C. consideration D. structure
23. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage
A. Rowling would make it convenient for readers to pay a visit to the cottage.
B. The cottage in the possession of others can't reflect its value.
C. Some parts of the building might need rebuilding for Rowling's family.
D. Some elements of the cottage are named after the great series of Rowling.
B
I have to say autism (自闭症) is something that many people know about. For example, some people think that autistic people do not know right from wrong, avoid attention and usually say the wrong thing at the wrong time and even be socially awkward and lack humor and empathy.
I do have my own obsessions with things like electronics and public transit, but that does not define me. Each of us is different and unique in our own way. People see it as a negative thing, as a disease, but it's just another way of thinking and looking at the world. Think of it like comparing an Xbox and a PlayStation. They're both highly capable consoles (主机) with different programming. But if you put your Xbox game in a PlayStation, it won't work.
But the question is, am I really diseased if I just think differently The main problem with living autistic in today's society is that the world just isn't built for us. There're so many ways that we can get overwhelmed. We're forced to hide our autistic traits (自闭症特征) like this, and it's called masking. I mask so well sometimes that people don't even know I'm autistic until I give them the big reveal.
I have to mask it in order to appear normal, but you may just smile. Because of that, I was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD自闭症谱系障碍). This diagnosis helps me and my friends and family to know how my mind works. My mother, my dad and my brother are all non-autistic. Despite all that, we respect each other as equals.
In his book“Neuro Tribes", author Steve Silberman states that autism and other mental conditions should be seen as naturally human, naturally part of a human spectrum and not as defects. And this is something that I agree to completely.
I am not ashamed of my autism. The world could be designed to work better for autistic people. And I may not think like you, or act like you, but I am still human and I am not diseased.
24. Why does the author compare an Xbox and a PlayStation in the second paragraph
A Because he wants to gain the difference between them.
B. Because he wants to say autism is not a negative thing.
Because he tries to deal with autism via Xbox and PlayStation.
D. Because he tries to find out the cause of Autism.
25. What is Steve's most likely attitude if he finds himself with autism
A. He will refuse to face it.
B. He will ask a doctor for help.
C. He will feel sorry for himself.
D. He will take it easy.
26. What can be learnt from the passage
A. All the people with autism cannot be easily identified.
B. Autism exists with quiet people more often compared to active ones
C. Wearing masks is a good way to hide one's autism.
D. The author desires to be equally treated in the family.
27. What might the text come from
A. An autobiography.
B. A survey report
C. A speech draft.
D. An anecdote.
C
People in China consume 10 grams of salt a day on average, twice the amount recommended by the World Health Organization, and over the past four decades adults in China have had among the highest salt consumption in the world.
Salt intake in China is confirmed to be among the highest in the world, with adults over the past four decades consistently consuming on average above 10g of salt a day, which is more than twice the recommended limit, according to new research led by Queen Mary University of London.
The systematic review and meta-analysis(系统评价和荟萃分析), funded by the National Institute for Health Research and published in the Journal of the American Heart Association, also found that Chinese children aged 3-6 are eating the maximum amount of salt recommended by the World Health Organization for adults (5g a day)while older children eat almost 9g/day. Excessive salt intake raises blood pressure, a major cause of strokes and heart disease, which accounts for approximately 40 percent of deaths in the Chinese population.
The team reviewed all data ever published on salt intake in China (which involved about 900 children and 26, 000 adults across the country) and found that salt intake has been consistently high over the past four decades, with a North-South divide.
While salt intake in northern China is among the highest in the world (11. 2g a day) it has been declining since the 1980s when it was 12. 8g a day, and most markedly since the 2000s.
This could be the result of both governmental efforts in salt awareness education and the lessened reliance on pickled (腌制的) food—owing to a greater year-round availability of vegetables.
However, this trend of decrease was not seen in southern China, which has vastly increased from 8. 8g a day in the 1980s to 10. 2g a day in the 2010s.
This could be due to governmental efforts being mitigated by the growing consumption of processed foods and out-of-home meals.
These latest results contradict (相矛盾) those of previous studies based on the data which reported declines in salt intake across the country.
28. What is the function of Paragraph One
A. To warn the readers of the danger of salt.
B. To carry out the research of salt intake
C. To display the dietary habits of Chinese.
D. To lead to the topic of the passage.
29. What can be inferred in the passage
A. Out-of-home meals can reduce the salt consumption of Chinese people.
B. Chinese people have a 40-year history of extra salt. ,
C. Adequate vegetable supply throughout the year might help decrease salt intake.
D. People of southern and northern China are advised to take in equal amount of salt.
30. What might be the best title of the passage
A. Research conducted to help Chinese decline salt intake
B. Serious situation of salt intake in China
C. Salt intake habits varying from place to place in China
D. Salt intake causing health problems to Chinese
2022届浙江省精诚联盟高三下学期5月适应性联考英语试题（解析版）
第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
The board game is Glagolitic Abbey. The players choose a role, solve the murder of a man, find the treasure hidden by a king and then escape with it. To do all that, players must work out the clues (线索) written in Glagolitic, a language used in some European countries from about 800 to 1400, but also one that have nearly died out from the earth.
The purpose of the game is simple: to translate such games into at-risk languages and provide them to people around the world. “If you want to save a language, you have to start with ordinary people, and if you want to involve them, you need fun games,” Brooke, the inventor said.
Brooke is the founder of the Endangered Alphabets Project. Six years ago, finding himself without enough money to buy Christmas gifts for friends, he decided to carve everyone signs to hang outside the front door. He found that he enjoyed doing it and that the receivers liked the unusual gifts.
Those first woodcarvings were name signs in English; next, Brooke moved on to Chinese. Later, he searched for other languages. Brooke was surprised to find a huge number of tongues he’d never heard of, and also learned that many are disappearing. “It’s heartbreaking to think that such beautiful languages will never be available for next generations,” he said. Quickly, Brooke’s hobby grew to mission (使命). He went from just documenting to a “more activist” role. Endangered Alphabets thus was born and became a nonprofit organization.
In half a dozen years, Brooke has carved hundreds of sings, had probably 70 exhibitions, given lectures on the project, and built connections with language-saving organizations bining games with saving languages has the potential to take Brooke’s efforts to a more visible level. One company has expressed strong interest in sponsoring and publishing these playing cards in various languages.
21. What do we know about the board game
A. The clues are in modern languages. B. Players are rewarded with treasures.
C. It is very popular in European countries. D. It aims to involve people to save languages.
22. What inspired Brooke to set up the Endangered Alphabets Project
A. His childhood hobby. B. His poor financial situation.
C. His personal experience. D. His friends’ encouragement.
23. What can we infer from the last paragraph
A. Brooke has made a fortune by the game. B. Some dying languages have been brought back.
C. His board games may enjoy a promising future. D. Brooke leads some language-saving organizations.
B
A French company wants to recreate public lighting by introducing — much like in a fantasy or science-fiction story — bacterial bioluminescence (生物照明) to street lights.
One of the most amazing phenomena in nature, all kinds of animals and plants use enzymes (酶) to glow (发光) in the dark, whether in an attractive woodland, the bottom of the sea, or even in the town of Rambouillet, 35 miles outside of Paris.
“Our goal is to change the way in which cities use light,” Sandra Rey, founder of the French company Glowee, which is behind a public project in Rambouillet, said. “We want to create an atmosphere that better respects citizens and the environment — and to introduce this new idea of light as a real alternative.”
Critics say that bacterial bioluminescence produces less than a quarter of the light from the lowest acceptable public lighting LED bulbs. However, Rey says they’re missing the point, that glowing green fungi (真菌) in public flower boxes, or tubes of saltwater filled with the blue glow of tiny organisms offer the chance to recreate public lighting. Up to now, Glowee has received ?100,000 to turn Rambouillet into a “full-scale bioluminescence experiment.”
Small tubes contain billions of individuals from a bacterium collected off the coast of France, which glow a gentle blue. A small mix of basic nutrients is added to the football-sized tubes, which give off around 15 lumens of light, and a small mechanism pulls oxygen into the tank which the enzyme in the bacteria’s cells needs to create light. To tum off the light, one simply stops circulating the oxygen.
However, the company still has a long way to go. The EU has laws for minimum allowable street lights, for which Glowee remains 75% off mark. Apart from that, as of now they provide the light for Rambouillet, and event lighting, but nothing else, although a spokesperson said they have 40 city-lighting projects in the factories in countries across Europe.
24. What can we say about the bacterial bioluminescence
A. Controversial. B. Practical. C. Widely-accepted. D. Cost- saving.
25. What’s Paragraph 5 mainly about
A. How the lighting tubes work. B. Why the green fungi are chosen.
C. Where the bacteria come from. D. When the tubes give off light.
26. In which section of a website may the text be taken from
A. Fantasy Land. B. Green Earth. C. Good Health. D. Plant World.
C
Zebrafish, named for their characteristic stripes (条纹), have been a popular test subject for researchers. Only a few centimeters in length, the fish reproduce easily in captivity (圈养), grow quickly, and their transparent body makes it easy to study their organs. Above all, they possess some surprising “self-healing” power. When part of their heart is removed, they can grow it back in a matter of weeks. When blinded, they can quickly regain the ability to see.
Recent studies show that humans and zebrafish have the same major organs and share 70 percent of the genes. Moreover, 84 percent of human genes associated with disease find a counterpart in zebrafish. Scientists thus hope that understanding the self-healing mystery of the fish may one day allow humans to regenerate (使……再生) such organs as eyes, hearts, and spines.
Researchers at Vanderbilt University are particularly interested in zebrafish retina (视网膜) regeneration. They have learned that damage of retina can cause blindness in zebrafish, yet it only takes about three to four weeks before vision is regained. The structure and cell types of zebrafish reins are almost the same to those of humans. If the process can be copied in humans, it may give rise to new treatments for blindness caused by retinal damage.
In order to know exactly how zebrafsh retina is regenerated, the team looked at the neurotransmitter gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA), a chemical messenger in the brain that reduces the activity of neurons. They found that lowering GABA levels in zebrafish can activate retina regeneration, while a high level of GABA concentration will suppress the regeneration process. This suggested that GABA plays an important role in the fish’s ability to regain their sight. The result served as a further proof to scientists previous work.
The team is beginning to test the GABA theory on mice. If that works, human trials will be next on the agenda. If the research proves successful in humans, some of the nearly 40 million blind people worldwide may one day have a tiny, striped fish to thank.
27. What’s the most amazing for zebrafish
A. Its beautiful stripes. B. Its regeneration ability. C. Its transparent body. D. Its excellent eyesight.
28. What does the underlined word “suppress” mean in paragraph 4
A. Hold back. B. Add up. C. Draw up. D. Get over.
29. What do we know about the study in Vanderbilt University
A. Humans are currently under trial. B. The first experimental subject is mice.
C. The researchers had unexpected discoveries. D. The results are in line with previous study findings.
30. Which of the following is the best title of the text
A. How Do Zebrafish Heal Themselves B. What Is the Mystery of Zebrafish Retina
C. Will Self-healing Power of Zebrafish Be Regained D. Could the Tiny Zebrafish Teach Us to Cure Blindness
2022届浙江省杭州二中等三校高三下学期5月份模拟检测英语试题
第一节（共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
It had been my first Christmas without Clyde. We had celebrated our forty-ninth wedding anniversary while he was ill. There were many beautiful memories. One was Clyde’s cards.
When we were first married, we had much to learn about expressing emotions, as neither of our families spoke about their feelings. Greeting cards were a great way to communicate with each other. Clyde got cards for all the special holidays like Valentine’s Day, Easter, and Mother’s Day. Sometimes, he gave me cards for no reason other than to say, “I love you.” It brightened my day when I awoke in the morning to find a card on my pillow or on the coffeemaker. Oh, how I missed those beautiful or funny cards. He always separated his name between the y and d. It made me sad to know I would never get another card signed Cly de.
One day, I went into a Goodwill Store just before closing time. I had just picked up a book titled Someone Cares when the voice on the loudspeaker blared out, “The store is closing for the day...” Having to rush to the checkout, I made a quick decision to purchase it.
Back home, I picked up my new book. A bunch of cards fell into my lap from inside the book. Surprised, I began to read them. Most of the cards seemed to be for a mother, but there were also some that appeared to be from friends. I enjoyed reading all of them.
The last one said, “To My Wife on Mother’s Day.” The words and pictures on the card were similar to those on cards Clyde had given me in the past. Looking down at the lower part of the card, I was shocked to see the signature. It read Cly de with a space in the middle between the y and d just like my husband always signed his name. At that moment, I knew Clyde’s love would always be with me. There wouldn’t be cards on my pillow or near the coffeemaker, but “Cly de” had found a way to send me one more card when I needed it most.
1. Why did Clyde send cards to his wife on every possible occasion
A. He regarded it a good way to communicate.
B. He continued the common practice of his family.
C. He knew his wife would be heart-broken for his death.
D. He was an emotional man enjoying expressing feelings.
2. What do we know about the last special card the wife got
A. It had a style different from the old ones.
B. It arrived as expected after Clyde died.
C. It was bought from a bookstore on Mother’s Day.
D. It was recognized from Clyde’s unique signature.
3. What is the best title for the text
A. Happy Memories. B. Love from Books.
C. Special Delivery. D. Strange Holiday Gifts.
B
It scarcely seems surprising that learning to underline a modal verb, such as “can”, and “may”, does little to help students use them effectively in their own writing. These words are anyway grasped by tiny children without the need to know what they are called. This may tempt the conclusion that the teaching of grammar should be shelved altogether. But there are reasons to reform it rather than throw it away.
Understanding of language is part of a wider education in what makes human beings human. How concepts are turned into sounds, and how those sounds combine to form commands or questions, are issues that have occupied many language experts. What they reveal about the mind has exercised psychologists and cognitive (认知的) scientists.
There are practical reasons to ask children to work hard at grammar, too. One is that a knowledge of it will make learning a foreign language easier. Even if you did know by nature how to make clauses in your native languages as a child — just without instruction — getting to grips with them in German or Russian in later years is simpler if you know how to define and spot them. As it is, many English-speakers come to understand grammar by studying a foreign language, rather than the other way round.
For grammarians keen on future jobs, the natural-language processing field is booming. After many years of poor results, technological wizards have developed programs for automated translation, speech recognition and other services that are actually usable, if far from perfect. These tools may rely more on knowledge of artificial intelligence than of the subjunctive, but linguistic (语言学的) expertise still matters, and may give beginners an edge over competitors whose best language is Python (编程).
Grammar could still be taught better. One small study showed improvement in some students when concepts are linked concretely to writing tasks. A cook does not need to know chemistry to make a delicious soup. But the science of how words combine to make meaning is fascinating and fundamental.
4. Why do some people consider stopping teaching grammar
A. Teachers’ teaching methods are far from satisfactory.
B. It’s unnecessary for small kids to grasp modal verbs.
C. Drawing lines under words fails to be effective in learning.
D. Grammar Learning doesn’t bring obvious effect to writing.
5. Which of the following can replace the underlined phrase “getting to grips with” in paragraph 3
A. Controlling. B. Mastering.
C. Holding on to. D. Dealing with.
6. When it comes to future jobs, grammarians believe _______.
A. a good command of Python is enough for programmers
B. the field of artificial technology still shows great promise
C. being expert in language means advantages in competition
D. computer geniuses will invent perfect tools to process language
7. What’s the main idea of this passage
A. Grammar teaching shouldn’t be stopped but reformed.
B. Scientific study of human beings benefits from grammar.
C. Grammar helps children to learn foreign languages better.
D. There’s much room for improvement in grammar research.
C
In 2007, a group of researchers began testing a concept that seems, at first blush, as if it would never need testing: whether more happiness is always better than less. The researchers asked college students to rate their feelings from “unhappy” to “very happy” and compared the results with academic and social outcomes. Though the “very happy” participants had the best social lives, they performed worse in school than those who were merely “happy.”
As with everything in life, happiness has its trade-offs. It may give you a life that you find you don’t want, one in which you don’t reach your full potential, you’re reluctant to take risks, and you choose short-lived pleasures over challenging experiences that give life meaning.
The way to understand the study above is not to deny that happiness is good; rather, it is to remember that a little bit of unhappiness has benefits. The author Emmy Gut argued in 1989 that some depressive symptoms can be a functional response to problems in the environment, leading us to pay appropriate attention and come up with solutions. In other words, when we are sad about something, we may be more likely to fix it. Psychologists call this the “analytical rumination hypothesis”.
Obviously, this is not to argue that clinical depression is good — misery can quickly make people incapable of solving problems. Rather, the analytical rumination hypothesis is evidence that getting rid of bad feelings does not necessarily make us more effective in our tasks. And if these emotions can help us assess threats, it stands to reason that too much good feeling can lead us to disregard them. The literature on substance use suggests that this is so: In some people, very high degrees of positive emotion have been connected to dangerous behaviors such as alcohol and drug use and binge eating.
So though suffering should never be anyone’s goal, each of us can fight for a rich life in which we not only seek the sunshine but fully experience the rain that unavoidably falls as well.
8. What can be concluded from the 2007 study about happiness
A. More happiness is always better.
B. Full happiness is not totally beneficial.
C. People should avoid happiness to lead a meaningful life.
D. Very happy subjects perform better than merely happy ones.
9. What do we know about analytical rumination hypothesis
A. People who are sad are not likely to take risks.
B. Bad feelings like depression might help solve problems.
C. People with depressive symptoms tend to ignore threats.
D. Clinical depression can lead to effective task performance.
10. Which of the following would the author probably agree
A. We should avoid good feelings.
B A risky life is going to bring disappointment.
C. Happiness itself would lose its meaning without misfortune.
D. Dislike to happiness can lead us to abandon a meaningful life.
浙江省2021-2022学年高三下学期高三金太阳教育高考考前测试英语试题（解析版）
第一节(共10小题；每小题2.5分，满分25分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。
A
In a rough inner-city area in the eastern U.S., a small place was a lawless jungle. Broken glass, rubbish, and mindless drawings turned the space into a “no-go” zone for most of the area’s residents. But one day, a small group of people living nearby decided that was enough. Seeking a resolution, they planned a project to turn the area into a community space, a space of healing, hope, and growth, not destruction and despair.
Moving in, the group realized that those who were using the space inappropriately early on must have a say in how the place would be used. Then the group arranged a meeting, but no one came. Thinking outside the box, they started with one simple idea, building a white wall where anyone could leave their thoughts about the future of the site. At the top was one question: What should we do with this space for our community
Not all of the suggestions were useful. But slowly, the group itself and others using the site began to see some progress. Those who would not usually have a voice in such discussions began to weigh in. They wrote things like “a place to grow some food”, “a place to meet up”, “a creative space” and so on. A breakthrough was made. One surprising addition to the wall was an amazing artwork of a couple sitting on a bench eating a picnic. Someone else said, “Clean up first.”
The group began to clear the site, reusing materials that could be saved and removing the rest. One day, a couple of young men showed up and just started helping. They did not say much. Some other people passing by also took an interest and joined in. There were concerns that this would not last long, but over the weeks it remained. And, remarkably, over the next week or two, it was added to and improved. Someone added a small side table. Colorful artwork was created.
The group added four small raised beds, planting crops in one of them. They left a box of seeds in the shelter and waited to see what would happen. The seeds disappeared and the group made plans to continue with their own planting. Gradually, as plants began to grow, there was far more interaction between the group and those who used the site after dark. People who had never gardened before slowly got involved. The site became used far more during the day, not just after dark.
1. What was the purpose of the project
A. Built a “no-go” zoo in the area.
B. Get the people involved in art creation work.
C. Help the poor people in the area to have clean houses.
D. Change the rubbish land into pleasant community place.
2. What was the challenge of the project at first
A. People were not interested in the idea.
B. They had to built a wall around the area.
C. People had different ideas about the project.
D. People kept using the area in an inappropriate way.
3. What can we infer from the text
A. Not all the people were for it.
B The project was of great success.
C. The area was a good place for planting.
D. These kind of things were common in the area.
B
Invasive (入侵) plants can cause a problem for gardeners and for wider ecosystems. The invasive species may be dangerous, as they can have a bad effect on ecology. They might beat native species, impacting biodiversity and taking a toll on local wildlife. As a garden designer, I always begin any planting with a clear idea of the native plants of the area and take care to avoid the use of any invasive species. But as I have undertaken my work, I have noted that there are a number of misconceptions about what the term “invasive” really means.
When we talk about invasive plants, we must know the difference between native plants which can produce new growth quickly, and invasive species. Some people may be concerned about plants which spread and produce new growth quickly through their root systems or across the ground. But these characteristics are not a problem. The plants may be a boon in creating ground cover, protecting the soil, and improving the garden for wildlife.
A good garden design should always have a high proportion of native plants. Native plants have evolved alongside the wildlife and people of a region and are best adapted to the climate and situation where you live. They fit into specific ecosystem and help you create a garden that is kind to people and planet, and which really will stand the test of time. Native plants can often be the best plants for place. They provide for your needs and create beautiful and abundant spaces.
It is also important to note that gardeners sometimes gain by considering nonnative species to fulfill specific functions and provide specific things. After all, many of the common crops we grow are not strictly native to where we live, but have been cultivated over many years to provide us with the production we require and desire. So, while native plants should always be the backbone of any garden, using solely locally native plants may be needlessly restrictive. There could be some very specific times when a plant not native to your specific location is the best choice, only if you understand how that plant produces new life through your own experience and from books.
4. What can we infer from the first paragraph
A. There are too many invasive plants in the area.
B. The writer has suffered a lot from invasive plants.
C. Invasive plants always bring problems to ecosystems.
D. People may have misunderstanding of invasive plants.
5. What does the underlined word “boon” mean
A. Something useless. B. Something beneficial.
C. Something dangerous. D. Something difficult to control.
6. What is the main idea of the third paragraph
A. The advantages of native plants.
B. The importance of invasive plants.
C. The methods to grow native plants.
D. The disadvantages of invasive plants.
7. What is suggested by the writer about invasive plants
A. They are important in biodiversity.
B. They should be strictly prohibited.
C. They can be planted with careful study.
D. They prove to be useful in the gardening.
C
Atmospheric rivers are long, narrow bands of moisture in the atmosphere. These rivers in the sky can transport 15 times the volume of the Mississippi River. When that moisture reaches the coast and moves inland, it rises over the mountains, bringing rain and snow. Many fire-weary people welcome the water, but atmospheric rivers can cause other disasters, such as extreme flooding and debris flows.
On Feb. 27, 2019, an atmospheric river occurred. Just north of San Francisco Bay, in Sonoma County’s famed wine country, the storm brought over 21 inches of rain. For the fifth time in four decades, the town of Guerneville was flooded. Damages in the town alone were estimated at more than $100 million.
Events like these have drawn attention in recent years, but atmospheric rivers are not new. They have run through the sky for millions of years. And researchers have known for some time that flooding due to atmospheric rivers could cost a lot of money, but until our study no one had quantified these damages.
We found that atmospheric rivers caused an average of $1.1 billion in flood damages yearly in the western U.S. More than 80 percent of all flooding damages in the West in the years we studied were associated with atmospheric rivers. In some areas, such as coastal northern California, these systems caused more than 99 percent of damages.
And several published studies have modeled how atmospheric rivers will change in the coming decades. The process is simple: Greenhouse gases trap heat in the atmosphere, warming the planet. This causes more water to evaporate from oceans and lakes, and increased moisture in the air makes storm systems grow stronger. Like hurricanes, atmospheric rivers are projected to grow longer, wider and wetter in a warming climate.
Therefore, I believe that improving atmospheric forecasting systems should be a priority for adapting to a changing climate. Better understanding of atmospheric rivers can provide valuable information to residents and emergency responders. It also is important to discourage new construction in high-risk areas and help people move to safer locations after major disasters, rather than rebuilding in place. Finally, our study underlines the need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, with which these storms will keep coming, and getting stronger.
8. What do we know about atmospheric rivers
A. They caused great damage on the earth.
B. They are actually associated with hurricanes.
C. They are necessary water resources of the earth.
D. There will be less of them in the coming decades.
9. What does the study tell us
A. It is difficult to forecast the atmospheric rivers.
B. We should learn to adapt to the damage of atmospheric rivers.
C. Greenhouse gas emissions contribute to the damage of atmospheric river.
D. We should encourage people to build strong enough houses in high-risk areas.
10. What can be the best title of the text
A. The biggest rivers on the earth
B. How to stop atmospheric rivers
C. The origin of atmospheric rivers
D. Atmospheric rivers: cause of damages
答案：
2022届浙江省山水联盟高三5月联考英语试题（解析版）
【答案】1. B 2. C 3. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了年5月，加拿大首都渥太华都会举办世界上最大的郁金香节，色彩绚丽的花朵吸引了50多万游客前来观赏。在这个多彩的节日背后是一个关于友谊与和平的感人故事。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据第三度中“That fall, the Dutch government presented one hundred thousand tulip bulbs to Canada to express their respect and gratitude. The following year, Princess Juliana presented twenty thousand tulip bulbs again in her own name, and requested them to be planted on the land of Ottawa Civic Hospital. And since then, Ottawa, the Canadian capital, have received thousands of tulip bulbs from the Netherlands royal family every year. To acknowledge this kindness, the first Ottawa Tulip Festival was held in 1953.”（那年秋天，荷兰政府向加拿大赠送了10万株郁金香球茎，以表达他们的敬意和感激之情。第二年，朱莉安娜公主再次以自己的名义赠送了2万株郁金香球茎，并要求它们种植在渥太华市民医院的土地上。从那以后，加拿大首都渥太华每年都会收到荷兰王室送来的数千个郁金香球茎。为了感谢这种好意，1953年举行了第一届渥太华郁金香节。）可知，加拿大郁金香节是为了表示对善良的感激。故选B项。
【2题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第三段中“In May 1945, with the help of the Canadian Forces, Netherlands gained its victory and liberation, and the royal family returned to their homeland after several years of separation.”（1945年5月，在加拿大军队的帮助下，荷兰获得了胜利和解放，王室在分离几年后回到了他们的家园。）故可猜测，二战期间，荷兰王室来到加拿大寻求庇护。asylum为“保护，庇护”的意思，结合选项C Protection“保护”意义一致。故选C项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章大意以及最后一段“This year’s Canadian Tulip Festival will last for 12 days (May 12 to 23). There will be over one million tulips of different colors and species blooming to their most beautiful hues (色调色彩). The Commissioner’s Park along the Dawes Lake and the Rideau Canal is traditionally the best viewing place. This year, the newly added Aberdeen Tulip Pavilion provides people with the opportunity to view the tulips indoors, so that people can enjoy this beautiful annual festival, rain or shine.”（今年的加拿大郁金香节将持续12天(5月12日至23日)。将会有超过一百万种不同颜色的郁金香和盛开的最美丽的色调。沿着道斯湖和里多运河的专员公园是传统上最好的观赏场所。今年，新增加的阿伯丁郁金香馆为人们提供了在室内观赏郁金香的机会，这样人们就可以享受这个美丽的年度节日，无论下雨或晴天。）故可推断，文章可能出自一本旅游杂志。故选D项。
【答案】4. B 5. C 6. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。主要介绍了全球海洋矿产资源公司(GSR)是希望在未来几年开始在海床上进行工业规模开采的几家公司之一，最早可能在2024年。一些人认为海底是生产电动汽车或智能手机电池所需金属的可持续来源。与此同时，科学家们正试图弄清楚深海采矿会对生态造成多大的破坏。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“Some think of the seabed as a sustainable source of the metals needed to produce batteries for electric vehicles or smartphones.”（一些人认为海底是生产电动汽车或智能手机电池所需金属的可持续来源。）可知，海底会吸引全球海洋矿产资源是因为它有丰富的工业用金属。故选B项。
【5题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段中“Meanwhile, scientists are trying to figure out just how much ecological damage deep-sea mining would do.”（与此同时，科学家们正试图弄清楚深海采矿会对生态造成多大的破坏。）以及第二段“The short answer is a lot, according to some European scientists who’ve been monitoring GSR’s efforts and reported initial results recently at a virtual meeting. But it is too soon to tell how much of the damage would be permanent or whether it should be considered excessive .”（些欧洲科学家一直在监测GSR的工作，并在最近的一次虚拟会议上报告了初步结果。但是，要判断有多少损害是永久性的，或者是否应该认为这是过度的，现在还为时过早。）和第四段“That’s a hard standard to define, however, let alone enforce ,because so little is known about deep-sea ecology. On two expeditions to the Pacific region targeted by GSR and other companies, the researchers identified thousands of species-70 to 90 percent of which were new to science.”（然而，这是一个很难定义的标准，更不用说执行了，因为我们对深海生态知之甚少。在GSR和其他公司针对太平洋地区进行的两次考察中，研究人员发现了数千种物种，其中70%到90%是科学上的新物种。）可知，他们难以准确判断其对生态的破坏程度可能是科学家关心深海采矿的原因。故选C项。
【6题详解】
推理判断题。全文主要介绍了全球海洋矿产资源公司(GSR)是希望在未来几年开始在海床上进行工业规模开采的几家公司之一，最早可能在2024年。一些人认为海底是生产电动汽车或智能手机电池所需金属的可持续来源。与此同时，科学家们正试图弄清楚深海采矿会对生态造成多大的破坏。故可推知，作者并没有表明自己的观点，所以作者对深海采矿的态度是客观的。故选C项。
【答案】7. A 8. D 9. D 10. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇议论文，主要以泰洛克的一项研究阐述了政治专家不能预测政治未来走向。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。第一段的第一句“You might try spending about 15 minutes out on the Web gathering experts’ predictions about what lies in the political future.”（你也许想要花15分钟上网搜集专家对于政治未来走向的预测。）点出了一个现象，即有些人想要通过政治专家的预测来了解政治未来走向。接着，就着这一现象进行设问：“So, who should you believe According to a long-term study conducted by psychologist Philip Tetlock, the safest answer is that you shouldn’t believe anyone.”（那么，你应该相信谁呢？根据心理学家菲利普·泰洛克的一项长期研究，这个问题最安全的答案便是，你不应该相信任何人。）指出作者的观点：不应该相信政治专家的政治预测，这便是文章的主题。所以第一段主要是引入文章的主题。故选A项。
【8题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段的前两句“Because there were three options for each question, participants should have been right one third of the time just by chance. If they had true expertise, they should have been right much more often than that.”（由于每个问题对应三个选项，所以按概率参与者只有三分之一的可能是对的。如果他们真是专家的话，那么他们的正确率会比三分之一还要高。）可知，每个预测对应三个选项，也就意味着每个预测按概率只有三分之一的可能性是正确的，而该研究是通过比较专家的正确率是否比概率上的三分之一高来判断专家预测的准确度的，所以D项符合题意。故选D项。
【9题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段的最后三句“You shouldn’t discount all experts. For example,when you consult medical doctors, they should be able to make their predictions based on years of education and prior experience. Also, they are regularly held responsible for the accuracy of those predictions!”（你不应该低估所有的专家。比如，你咨询医生时，他们是能够基于多年教育和经验做出预测的。而且，他们通常要对预测是否准确负责的。）可知，泰洛克会认为医生在医学方面的预测一般是可靠的。故选D项。
【10题详解】
主旨大意题。文章围绕“是否应该相信政治专家的预测”一点展开论述，首先，第一段提出观点：不应该相信政治专家的政治预测；第二、三段通过介绍泰洛克的实验来说明不该相信专家的政治预测的理由；第四段说明人们愿意相信专家的政治预测的原因；最后一段总结泰洛克的研究。所以B项“政治专家是否能够预测政治未来走向？”最适合作为本文的标题。故选B项。
2022届浙江省北斗星盟高三下学期5月适应性联考英语试题
21-23 BBC 24-27 BDAC 28-30 DCB
2022届浙江省精诚联盟高三下学期5月适应性联考英语试题（解析版）
【答案】21. D 22. C 23. C
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了Brooke发明Glagolitic Abbey棋盘游戏的过程，这种棋盘游戏能让玩家参与到一起拯救濒危语言的行动中来。
【21题详解】
细节理解题。根据第二段“The purpose of the game is simple: to translate such games into at-risk languages and provide them to people around the world. “If you want to save a language, you have to start with ordinary people, and if you want to involve them, you need fun games,” Brooke, the inventor said.(这个游戏的目的很简单：把这些游戏翻译成那些濒危语言，并提供给世界各地的人们。“如果你想拯救一门语言，你必须从普通人开始，如果你想让他们参与进来，你需要有趣的游戏，”发明者布鲁克说)”可知，这个棋盘游戏的目的是让人们参与到一起拯救濒危语言的行动中来。故选D。
【22题详解】
推理判断题。根据第三段中“Six years ago, finding himself without enough money to buy Christmas gifts for friends, he decided to carve everyone signs to hang outside the front door.(六年前，他发现自己没有足够的钱，给朋友买圣诞礼物，他决定把每个人的签名都刻在门外)”和第四段“Those first woodcarvings were name signs in English; next, Brooke moved on to Chinese. Later, he searched for other languages. Brooke was surprised to find a huge number of tongues he’d never heard of, and also learned that many are disappearing. “It’s heartbreaking to think that such beautiful languages will never be available for next generations,” he said. Quickly, Brooke’s hobby grew to mission (使命). He went from just documenting to a “more activist” role. Endangered Alphabets thus was born and became a nonprofit organization.(第一批木雕是用英文写的名字，接下来，布鲁克开始用中文写。后来，他寻找其他语言。布鲁克惊讶地发现了大量他从未听说过的语言，同时也发现许多正在消失。“想到如此美丽的语言将永远无法为下一代所用，这让人心碎，”他说。很快，布鲁克的爱好发展成了使命。他从一个单纯的记录者，变成了一个”更积极的”角色。“濒危字母项目”就这样诞生了并成为了非营利组织)”可推知，Brooke的个人经历启发他建立了“濒危字母项目”。故选C。
【23题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段中“Combining games with saving languages has the potential to take Brooke’s efforts to a more visible level. One company has expressed strong interest in sponsoring and publishing these playing cards in various languages.(将游戏和拯救语言结合起来，有可能将Brooke的努力提升到一个更加可见的层面。有一家公司对赞助和出版这些不同语言的扑克牌表现出浓厚的兴趣)”可推知，Brooke的棋盘游戏可能有一个光明的前途。故选C。
【答案】24. A 25. A 26. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了用细菌的生物发光这一对环境友好的方法为城市照明。
24题详解】
推理判断题。根据第四段“Critics say that bacterial bioluminescence produces less than a quarter of the light from the lowest acceptable public lighting LED bulbs.(批评人士说，细菌的生物发光产生的光不到最低可接受的公共照明LED灯泡的四分之一)”可知，细菌的生物发光这一想法是很有争议的。故选A。
【25题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第五段“A small mix of basic nutrients is added to the football-sized tubes, which give off around 15 lumens of light, and a small mechanism pulls oxygen into the tank which the enzyme in the bacteria’s cells needs to create light. To tum off the light, one simply stops circulating the oxygen. (在足球大小的管子中加入少量基本营养物质，发出约15流明的光，然后用一个小装置将氧气吸入容器中，细菌细胞中的酶需要氧气来产生光。要关灯，只需停止氧气循环)”可知，本段主要介绍灯管是如何工作的。故选A。
【26题详解】
推理判断题。根据第一段“A French company wants to recreate public lighting by introducing — much like in a fantasy or science-fiction story — bacterial bioluminescence (生物照明) to street lights.(一家法国公司想通过在路灯上引入细菌生物发光来重现公共照明——就像在幻想或科幻小说中那样)”和第三段“We want to create an atmosphere that better respects citizens and the environment — and to introduce this new idea of light as a real alternative.(我们希望创造一种更好地尊重公民和环境的氛围，并将这种新的光理念作为真正的替代方案)”及全文可知，文章主要介绍了用细菌的生物发光这一对环境友好的方法为城市照明。该发明对环境友好，有利于保护地球，所以推断文章最有可能摘录于网站中的“绿色地球”部分。故选B。
【答案】27. B 28. A 29. D 30. D
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了研究人员通过一系列实验观察斑马鱼视网膜是如何再生的，并想通过这一机理为人类社会造福。
【27题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“Above all, they possess some surprising “self-healing” power. When part of their heart is removed, they can grow it back in a matter of weeks.(最重要的是，它们具有一些令人惊讶的“自愈”能力。当它们的一部分心脏被切除后，它们可以在几周内重新长出来)”可知，斑马鱼最神奇的地方是它的再生能力。故选B。
【28题详解】
词句猜测题。根据前文“They found that lowering GABA levels in zebrafish can activate retina regeneration(他们发现，降低斑马鱼体内的GABA水平可以激活视网膜再生)”后面的转折接连词while可知，斑马鱼体内的GABA水平较高相反会抑制视网膜再生。由此推知，划线词suppress是“抑制”的意思，与hold back意思接近。故选A。
【29题详解】
细节理解题。根据第四段“The result served as a further proof to scientists previous work.(这一结果进一步证明了科学家们之前的工作)”可知，范德比尔特大学的这项研究结果与之前的研究结果一致。故选D。
【30题详解】
主旨大意题。根据最后一段“If the research proves successful in humans, some of the nearly 40 million blind people worldwide may one day have a tiny, striped fish to thank.(如果这项研究在人类身上取得成功，那么世界上近4000万盲人中的一些人有一天可能会感谢一条小小的条纹鱼)”及全文可知，本文主要介绍了研究人员通过一系列实验观察斑马鱼视网膜是如何再生的，并想通过这一机理为人类社会造福。由此可知，“Could the Tiny Zebrafish Teach Us to Cure Blindness (微小的斑马鱼能教我们治疗失明吗？)”作为文章标题最为合适。故选D。
2022届浙江省杭州二中等三校高三下学期5月份模拟检测英语试题
【答案】1. A 2. D 3. C
【答案】4. D 5. B 6. C 7. A
【答案】8. B 9. B 10. C
浙江省2021-2022学年高三下学期高三金太阳教育高考考前测试英语试题（解析版）
【答案】1. D 2. A 3. B
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述在美国一个城市有一个地方破败不堪，垃圾成堆。有几个附近居住的人想改变这个地方，于是他们提出了一个改进方案，最后获得了巨大的成功。
【1题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第一段最后一句话“Seeking a resolution, they planned a project to turn the area into a community space, a space of healing, hope, and growth, not destruction and despair.（为了寻求解决方案，他们计划了一个项目，将该地区变成一个社区空间，一个治愈，希望和成长的空间，而不是破坏和绝望。）”可知，他们想把这个垃圾堆放地变成一个健康快乐的公共地方。结合选项，D项“将垃圾地变成宜人的社区场所”符合题意。故选D项。
【2题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章第二段第二句话“Then the group arranged a meeting, but no one came.（然后小组安排了一次会议，但没有人来。）”可知，开始，人们对此没有兴趣，没有人愿意参与他们的活动。A项“人们对这个想法不感兴趣”符合题意。故选A项。
【3题详解】
推理判断题。根据文章最后一段倒数第二句话“People who had never gardened before slowly got involved.（以前从未参加园艺的人慢慢地参与其中）”及最后一句话“The site became used far more during the day, not just after dark.（这个地方在白天使用得更多，而不仅仅是在天黑之后。）”可知，本是一块废弃之地，现在被整理得井井有条，越来越多的人开始在这个地方汇聚交流。因此，这个计划是很成功的。故选B项。
【答案】4. D 5. B 6. A 7. C
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇说明文。文章讲述了人们对于植物入侵的误解。
【4题详解】
细节理解题。根据第一段“But as I have undertaken my work, I have noted that there are a number of misconceptions about what the term “invasive” really means.(但当我开始我的工作时，我注意到有许多关于“入侵”这个词的真正含义的误解)”可知，当人们对于植物入侵是存在误解的。故选D。
【5题详解】
词义猜测题。根据第二段“creating ground cover, protecting the soil, and improving the garden for wildlife(创造地被植物、保护土壤和改善野生动物生存环境)”可知，这些植物能够带来创造植被植物，保护土壤，改善野生动物生存环境的益处，因此可以推断出，划线单词的含义是“有益处，有帮助”。故选B。
【6题详解】
主旨大意题。根据第三段“Native plants have evolved alongside the wildlife and people of a region and are best adapted to the climate and situation where you live. They fit into specific ecosystem and help you create a garden that is kind to people and planet, and which really will stand the test of time. Native plants can often be the best plants for place. They provide for your needs and create beautiful and abundant spaces.(当地的植物和野生动物以及当地的人们一起进化，它们最适应你所居住的气候和环境。它们适合特定的生态系统，并帮助您创建一个对人类和地球友好的花园，并真正经得起时间的考验。本地植物通常是最适合这个地方的植物。它们满足您的需求，创造美丽而丰富的空间)”可知，本地植物适应本地气候环境，有助于建造适合人类和地球的生存家园，满足人类需求。由此可以推断出，本段主要讲述本地植物的优势益处。故选A。
【7题详解】
推理判断题。根据最后一段“There could be some very specific times when a plant not native to your specific location is the best choice, only if you understand how that plant produces new life through your own experience and from books.(如果你通过自己的经历和书本了解到这种植物是如何产生新生命的，那么在某些特定的时刻，你可能会选择一种不属于你所在地点的植物作为最佳选择)”可知，经过自己的仔细考证研究之后，是可以选择种植非本地植物的。故选C。
【答案】8. A 9. C 10. D
【解析】
【导语】这是一篇说明文，文章主要介绍了大气河流的危害以及气候变化对大气河流的影响。
【8题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章的第一段中“but atmospheric rivers can cause other disasters, such as extreme flooding and debris flows(但大气河流也会引发其他灾害，比如极端洪水和泥石流)”和第二段“Damages in the town alone were estimated at more than $100 million.(仅该镇的损失估计就超过1亿美元)”可知，大气河流会给地球造成巨大的破坏。故选A项。
【9题详解】
细节理解题。根据文章最后一段中“Finally, our study underlines the need to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions, with which these storms will keep coming, and getting stronger.(最后，我们的研究强调了减少全球温室气体排放的必要性，伴随着温室气体的排放，这些风暴将继续到来，并越来越强)”可知，温室气体排放强化了大气河流的破坏力。故选C项。
【10题详解】
主旨大意题。通读全文并结合第一段中“but atmospheric rivers can cause other disasters, such as extreme flooding and debris flows(但大气河流也会引发其他灾害，比如极端洪水和泥石流)”可知，本文主要介绍了大气河流的危害，故D项“大气河流：造成破坏的原因”适合作为文章标题。故选D项。