江苏常州市金沙高级中学2021届高三下学期3月英语限时训练午间训练十二 Word版含答案（无听力试题）

江苏常州市金沙高级中学2021届高三下学期英语限时训练午间训练十二
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第一节（共13小题；每小题2.5分，满分30分）
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Paswan and his teen daughter Jyoti Kumari recently completed the 750-mile journey from their former apartment on the outskirts of New Dehli all the way to their home village. What's remarkable is that they rode the entire distance on a bicycle they purchased with their last $20, with Jyoti pedaling(脚蹬）as her father rode on the seat with his heavy bag.
The story of their determination has inspired millions of migrant workers across the country, where the novel coronavirus lockdowns has resulted in severe work shortages. Many of these laborers have needed to take similar journeys from major cities back to their home villages where they can be supported by their family-but financial problems have left many of them stranded（使搁浅）and wondering what's next.
Things had not been going well for Paswan,even before the pandemic(大流行病）。In January, he was involved in a traffic accident while working as a rickshaw driver. His daughter, who had dropped out of school a year earlier because of the family's financial troubles, decided to make the trip to New Dehli to care for her injured father. When the lockdown hit and Paswan was unable to earn a living, their landlord cut off their electricity and threatened to kick them out of their apartment. It was then that Jyoti suggested that they head home to their village in Bihar.
Jyoti had cycled a lot in their vilage, and they had just enough money to purchase a bicycle. She insisted that she would get her dad home safely.
That being said, it was not a bewitching journey for Jyoti and Paswan-they often found themselves without enough to eat; they slept at gas stations, and often relied on the generosity of strangers. The pair traveled nearly 100 miles per day. On borrowed cell phones, Jyoti would reassure her worried mother:"Don't worry, I'll get Papa home good.”
True to her word, Jyoti and her father made it home. Additionally, since the Indian media has dubbed(把......称为）her “Jyoti the lionhearted",the teenage girl has been contacted by Onkar
24. What caused Paswan and his daughter to decide to go home?
The worsening situation B.The terrible traffic accident.
C.The expectation from family. D.The desire to travel by bicycle.
25.What can we infer from the third paragraph?
A. Paswan and Jyoti would continue to pay the landlord.
B.Paswan and Jyoti lived a good life before the pandemic.
C.Paswan failed to earn a living due to the traffic accident.
D.Paswan and Jyoti had no choice but to leave New Dehli.
26. Which of the following can explain the underlined word in Paragaph5?
A.Tough. B. Smooth. C.Unforgettable. D.Meaningful.
27.What might Jyoti do after she got her dad home?
A. She might go back to New Dehli to earn a living.
B. She might check if she has the potential for cycling.
C.She might invite Onkar Singh to be her private coach.
D. She might complain to the media about the new name.
B
One of the key tasks for leaders at GE (General Electric) is to look after the company's resources. We watch how money is spent and protect the company's assets(资产）。We make efficiencies(效率）and fight to find funding for new ideas. We care about the health and welfare of our employees,and work to keep them safe all over the world.
Where we sometimes fall short-I am sure this is true of most organizations-is with time.I don't think we manage time as well as we could. We have meetings that include too many participants,some of whom don't need (or want) to be there. Too much time is spent at the start of meetings passing around information that could be shared in advance. Some meetings go on longer than they need to, and don't always result in real actions, or decisions.
Leaders make personal decisions about how to distribute their own time,and this affects how others and particularly their teams have to spend their time. I've asked people in my organization to think ahead-what can be done individually or beforehand. We need to think about the impact every time we occupy time, or create work, for others.
Wasting time contributes to a competitive disadvantage. It keeps us from doing things that matter and meeting deadlines. One solution we're working on at GE is adopting a "FastWorks" mindset. This is a lean start-up concept we developed to better understand pain points, quickly test product or service hypotheses(假设） and to understand if a proposed solution is right. We used this approach to develop our GuardEon circuit breaker in less than half the time it would previously have taken and went to market 3 years sooner.
If you are like me, you have your best days when you accomplish things. The worst days are when we spend time doing things without results, and you come away feeling you have wasted time. We don't mind working hard, but we want to get things done. The old saying went something like “time is money,"In today's world, it's more like "time is speed and focus, and speed and focus is money."We are more successful if we are focused and spend our time doing the things that matter.
28. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?
A. To stress the importance of finding funds.
B. To show the company's care for employees.
C.To call for the employees to treasure their career.
D. To lay the base for the viewpoint being presented.
29. How can a leader in a company make wise use of the meeting time?
A. By inviting more participants to a meeting.
B. By sharing more information at the meeting.
C.By attaching importance to individual tasks.
D. By focusing more on what requires teamwork.
30. What is the benefit of a“FastWorks" mindset in Paragraph 4?
A.It can greatly increase efficiency. B. It can lead to advances in technology.
C.It can help workers find more solutions. D.It can persuade people to work harder.
31.What would be the best title for the passage?
A. GE leaders manage time well B. There is no point in wasting time
C.Meeting the deadline makes sense D.Applying technology to life matters
C
People with COVID-19 who are asymptomatic can spread the disease without any outward signs that they're sick. But a newly developed AI, with a keen algorithmic(计算程序的）ear, might be able to detect asymptomatic cases from the sounds of people's coughs, according to a new study.
A group of researchers at MIT recently developed an artificial intelligence model that can detect asymptomatic COVID-19 cases by listening to subtle differences in coughs between healthy people and infected people.
Indeed, it is the Alzheimer's model that the researchers adapted in an effort to detect COVID-19.“The sounds of talking and coughing are both influenced by the vocal cords(声带） and. surrounding organs.” co-author Brian Subirana, a research scientist in MIT's Auto-ID Laboratory said in a statement. “AI can pick up simply from coughs, including things like the person's gender, mother tongue or even emotional state. There's in fact sentiment(情绪；情感）strongly fixed in how you cough.”
First, they created a website where volunteers-both healthy and those with COVID-19 could record coughs using their cellphones or computers; they also filled out a survey with questions about their diagnosis and any symptoms they were experiencing.People were asked to record “forced coughs,” such as the cough you let out when your doctor tells you to cough while listening to your chest with a stethoscope(听诊器）。
Through this website, the researchers gathered more than 70,000 individual recordings of forced-cough samples, according to the statement, Of those,2,660 were from patients who had COVID-19,with or without symptoms. They then used 4,256 of the samples to train their AI model and 1,064 of the samples to test their model to see whether or not it could detect the difference in coughs between COVID-19 patients and healthy people.
The AI model correctly identified 98.5% of people with COVID-19,and correctly ruled out COVID-19 in 94.2% of people without the disease. For asymptomatic people, the model correctly identified 100% of people with COVID-19, and correctly ruled out COVID-19 in 83.2% of people without the disease.
But "whether or not this performs well enough in a real-world setting to recommend its use as a screening tool would need further study,"Lubinsky told Live Science."What's more, further research is needed to ensure the Al would accurately evaluate coughs from people of all ages,’’ he said.
32.How does the AI recognize people infected with COVID-19?
A. By observing outward sick signs. B. By identifying sounds of coughs.
C. By copying the Alzheimer's model. D. By talking to the healthy and the infected.
33 On what basis does the AI function as a detecting tool?
A. How people catch coughs. B. How people perceive coughs.
C. How people make vocal sounds. D. How people release their emotions.
34.Which of the following isn't a part of the research?
A. Volunteers record coughs. B. Volunteers fill out a survey.
C. Doctors ask for forced coughs. D. Researchers train the AI model.
35 What is one of the faults of the research?
A. The limited age range. B. Failure to evaluate coughs.
C. Inaccuracy of the statistics. D. Low rate of identifying cases.
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Childhood is an important period of social development, particularly in the formation of social identity, which is how we perceive our various roles in society in relation to others. 36 If a child is very shy and withdrawn, it's likely that other children will pick up on that child's social cues(暗示）and leave them alone, thus confirming the child's social identity as "shy and withdrawn.” In turn, the child may become upset, trying to break free from that identity.
37 The more people identify with(认同）a particular group, the more that group plays a role in shaping how people feel about themselves. Being a member of that group becomes important for how people regard themselves and their abilities. 38
Not all children who experience threats to their social identity will experience depression. 39 For example, a child who only sees himself as a star soccer player may experience discomfort and a sense of loss if he suddenly becomes injured and is unable to play soccer anymore. The child may lose his status as a star athlete, which opens the door for depression.
How can a child's identity be supported? As an adult, you can acknowledge what and who is
important to them. Try not to place too much emphasis on any one single social role. 40 What's more, if you notice that a child is losing interest in activities they once loved, or other behaviors that show they are feeling depressed, seek advice from their mental health providers.
A. Social identity allows people to be part of groups.
B. In fact, the child may hide their negative side and try to fit in.
C. Our social identities are often influenced by people around us.
D. Instead, encourage them to try new and different things in life.
E Only those with a limited number of social roles are more at risk.
F. So gaining status within the group can help people develop a sense of belonging.
G. Why does a child feel depressed without being noticed by their parents or teachers?
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