20xx年苏锡常镇_联考_高三一模_英语(编辑修改稿)

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which make you sick, but sometimes they also get “confused” and kill antibodies(抗体 ) in your body that should be helping to kill viruses. Sometimes the enemy bacteria may change themselves in order to fight back. When antibiotics are used wrongly or too often, the bacteria can develop faster. This worsens the infection and makes it harder to treat. Because of resistance to antibiotics, once treatable diseases are being fatal(致命的 ) again. In recent years, different kinds of “superbugs” have been showing themselves in many parts of the world. They can avoid any antibiotics we have and have caused many deaths. Since penicillin(青霉素 ) was discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1929, it has saved many lives worldwide. Before this discovery was made, even infections in small cuts could kill. However, overuse or misuse of this “ life－ saving” medicine could mean antibiotics turn against us in the war against disease. ( )60. What is the main purpose of the first paragraph? A. To inform readers that antibiotics are useful in treating diseases. B. To warn readers of the dangers of antibiotics used improperly. C. To explain the serious situation of antibiotics misuse in China. D. To report on the invention of new antibiotics in the world. ( )61. In the war of curing a disease ________. A. antibiotics defeat antibodies B. antibiotics kill bacteria C. antibodies help viruses D. bacteria change themselves ( )62. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. Antibiotics work against all kinds of everyday coughs and colds. B. Large amounts of antibiotics are needed to kill “superbugs”． C. Penicillin is considered to be the best ever antibiotic in history. D. Bacteria may bee resistant to antibiotics and develop faster. ( )63. What can we learn from the passage? A. Antibiotics are the best to kill colds. B. Antibiotics never fight against antibodies. C. Misuse of antibiotics could lead to death. D. The use of antibiotics should be forbidden. C David Constantine, an award－ winning poet and translator of short fiction, defeated strong petition, including the prize39。 s youngest ever shortlisted(入围 ) author, to take a cheque worth ￡ 15,000. The winning story, entitled “Tea at the Midland”， is a moving and bitter－ sweet story about the end of a relationship set against the background of the sea. It was praised by the judges for its rich interweaving(相互交织 ) of dialogue and poetic imagery. Chair of judges, James Naughtie mented, “ The winning story is remarkable for the rich poetry at its heart and the economy with which David Constantine creates a story with. fully formed characters and a memorable setting. It has imagination, depth and brevity. What more could you say about a short story? The shortlist produced an attractive mix of stories in which the other that attracted most of our admiration was Jon McGregor39。 s “If It Keeps on Raining”， which is an admirable runner up(第二名 ). It contrasts with the winner in its style and method and between them they show what the short story can do.” The 202039。 s award brought together a high ability group of new and established authors exploring human relationships at their most dysfunctional(难处理的 ) and yet sustaining. This year39。 s shortlist was： “Tea at the Midland” by David Constantine “Haywards Heath” by Aminatta Forna “Butcher39。 s Perfume” by Sarah Hall “If It Keeps on Raining” by Jon McGregor “My Daughter the Racist” by Helen Oyeyemi The shortlist included Sarah Hall, whose first novel, Haweswater, won the 2020 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Novel and whose The Carhullan Army won the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize in 2020. Aminatta Foma39。 s first book, The Devil that Danced on the Water, was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize in 2020, broadcast on BBC Radio and published in The Sunday Times. Jon McGregor is the author of the critically praised novels, If Nobody Speaks of Remarkable Things and So Many Ways To Begin. He is a winner of the Betty Trask Prize and the Somerset Maugham Award, and has twice been longlisted(初选 ) for the Man Booker Prize. Helen Oyeyemi is the youngest author on the 2020 shortlist and also in the history of the award. Born in 1984, she is already the author of three novels, The Icarus Girl, The Opposite House, White is for Witching and a short story collection, Mr Fox, published in summer 2020. David Constantine lives in Oxford, where he is the editor of Modern Poetry in Translation. He has published three collections of short stories: Back at the Spike (1994), Under the Dam (2020) and The Shieling (2020), which was shortlisted for the Frank O39。 Connor Prize (2020)． ( )64. The winning piece of the short story award is ________. A. one written by the youngest author ever in the history of the award B. a deep, impressive and sustaining story set at the seaside C. also the winner of 2020 Frank O39。 Connor Prize D. David Constantine39。 s first short story ( )65. The following ments from the chair of judges are all in praise of the winning story EXCEPT ________ A. “...creates a story with fully formed characters and a memorable setting.” B. “The winning story is remarkable for the rich poetry。