江西省重点中学盟校2019届高三第一次联考英语试卷

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The report, released Wednesday by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Solutions Network, ranks the countries of the world based on six different categories of well-being: income, freedom, trust, life expectancy, generosity and social support. This year's report also pays special attention to the happiness of each country’s immigrants.

The U.S. dropped four spots from 2017 and landed in 18th place, and last year’s winner, Norway, came in second place — followed by Denmark, Iceland and Switzerland.

“The top five countries all have almost equally high values for the six factors found to support happiness, and four of these countries—Denmark, Switzerland, Norway and now Finland — have been in first place in the six World Happiness Report rankings since the first report\in 2012, ”co-editor John Helliwell told CNN. “In a division with such excellent teams, changes in the top spot are to be expected.\

Rounding out the top 10 happiest countries was Canada in sixth place, then New Zealand, Sweden and Australia. The order of the top 10 nations changed from the 2017 list but the countries did not, according to the report. They were also 10 of the 11 top spots in the immigrant happiness category (including Mexico — 24th overall, but 10th in immigration).

“The most striking finding of the report is the remarkable consistency between the happiness of immigrants and the locally born,” Helliwell said in a statement. “Although immigrants come from countries with very different levels of happiness, their reported life evaluations resemble those of other residents in their new countries. Those who move to happier countries gain, while those who move to less happy countries lose.”

Other major world powers placed in significantly low spots on the list. Germany came in 15th, the UK was 19th — followed by Japan in 54th place, Russia in 59th and China in 86th.

The report, based on surveys completed by citizen volunteers, came just under a week before World Happiness Day on March 20, when the UN declared to recognize “the relevance of happiness and well-being as universal goals and aspirations in the lives of human beings around the world and the importance of their recognition in public policy objectives” 28. The US ranked ______ in 2017. A. 14

B. 10

C.18

D. 22

29. What is the most significant finding of the report? A. That immigrants are different from residents in the country.

B. That immigrants come from countries with different levels of happiness. C. That immigrants become happy when they leave the country.

D. That immigrants and locals feel the similar level of happiness. 30. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. Happiness is no less important than any other aspect in life.

B. People’s happiness and well-being should be considered when it comes to policy-making. C. The happiness report came under a week before World Happiness Day. D. What the UN declared was beneficial to all human beings. 31. What is the best title of the passage?

A. World Happiness Day. B. Happiness — forever pursuit. C. What's your happiness index(指数)? D. The 2018 World Happiness Report. D

The mass death of flying foxes in extreme heat in North Queensland last month underlines the importance of University of Queensland wildlife research released today. The UQ research sheds light on how various species have responded to major climate events.

A study led by UQ School of Earth and Environmental Science researcher Dr Sean Maxwell has spent more than 70 years quantifying the responses of various species.

“The growing frequency and intensity of extreme weather events such as cyclones, droughts and floods is causing unpredictable and immediate changes to ecosystems and blocking existing management efforts,” Dr Maxwell said.“Some of the negative responses we found were quite concerning, including more than 100 cases of dramatic population declines and 31 cases of local population extinction following an extreme event.”

\due to drought, leaving none of its kind, and populations of lizard species have been wiped out due to cyclones in the Bahamas.\

Cyclones were the most common extreme event for birds, fish, plants and reptiles, while mammals and amphibians were most responsive to drought events, with drought leading to 12 cases of major population decline in mammals. Drought also led to 13 cases of breeding declines in bird populations and 12 cases of changes in the composition of invertebrate communities.

UQ Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science director Professor James Watson said the detailed information would help inform ecosystem management.

“The research clearly shows species will respond, often negatively, to extreme events,” Professor Watson said.“As climate change continues to ensure extreme climate and weather events are more and more common, we now need to act to ensure species have the best chance to survive. Wherever possible,

high quality and intact habitat areas should be retained, as these are the places where species are most resilient(易恢复的) to increasing exposure to extreme events.” 32. How was the UQ research conducted? A. By observing extreme weather events. B. By protecting the endangered species.

C. By recording reactions of animals to extreme climate. D. By analyzing the reason why mass animal death happened.

33. What does the underlined word “annihilated” in paragraph 4 probably mean?[] A. destroyed

B. defeated

C. decreased

D. disappeared

34. Which of the following sentences is true about extreme weather events? A. Drought caused 13 cases of distinction in bird populations. B. Drought caused 12 cases of population decline in mammals. C. Birds and mammals are most responsive to cyclones. D. Cyclones wiped out populations of lizard. 35. What can we infer from Professor Watson’s words? A. Animals often show negative responses to extreme events. B. The existing management ways for wildlife protection are limited.

C. Different methods should be adopted to ensure the survival of different species. D. Complete and undamaged habitats are of great importance to species’ survival. 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 You are enjoying a nice dream until your alarm suddenly rings. 36 . Is your clock out of control? No, it’s just winter, making the sun rise later, so it will be twice as hard to crawl out of bed into the cold darkness.

As the days get shorter, our mornings lose that crucial light to wake us up, so waking up gets harder. That means you'll need to put in extra effort to get to work on time. 37 .

38 . Summer or winter, you should aim to go to bed at about the same time every evening and wake up at about the same time every morning. Try to give yourself time for eight hours per night. Avoid strong light near bedtime. So if you like reading before you close your eyes, try an actual book or an E-ink screen like a Kindle, which doesn't emit the harsh light that phones and tablets do.

Buy a wake-up light. If you still have trouble with dark mornings, it might be time to introduce more light into your room. 39 .

Give yourself something to look forward to. 40 . Sure, you might have to get up for work, but you'll want to be awake if you are expecting a delicious breakfast, or a workout that is actually fun. A. But you just don't want to get out of your warm bed. B. Stick to a regular schedule.

C. Philips make some popular lamps that produce natural light during gray winter days. D. Waking up is easier when you have a good reason to be conscious. E. Too much light can do harm to your eyes. F. We have a few tips that might help.

G. But when you look out of the window, it's still black outside.

第三部分 英语知识运用 （共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

One evening, Catherine was at home as usual. As her 41 swung between what she was going to do with her life and their dinner plans for the evening, she was unexpectedly 42 by an urgent call from her sister “Get over here! Turn on NBC and check these guys out. They are just like you…..” One Facebook message and a phone interview later, Catherine 43 herself on a bus with 8 strangers in the middle of the sweltering desert heat of Utah, picking up trash and 44 awareness about zero-waste and climate change.

With a deep 45 of the environment and a desire to make a 46 , Catherine, Davey, and a group of self 47 “environmental pick-up artists” went on a coast to coast road side trash pick-up. As they walked, sometimes only 48 0.9 miles in an entire day, they 49 and steadily made their way across the United States for three years, picking up a total of 201,678 pounds of trash.

Catherine and Davey 50 with us wonderful stories of hope and inspiration that fueled their 51 to continue their journey. After spending weeks silently 52 how she would have enough 53 to fly home for their two-week spring break, Catherine found a blank, unidentified envelope 54 with $850 cash in the desert. Just enough to get her home and back. After their bus 55 outside of Denver, they unexpectedly got 56 and arrived in Yosemite National Park three weeks later, just in time for the “Yosemite Facelift” where 57 from all over the state came together with a 58 of cleaning up trash all over the park.

Being at the right place at the right time became almost normal, and they realized that much of what they 59 was more than just a coincidence. Together, their team learned to simply 60 themselves to their task, and surrender to the journey.