江西省重点中学协作体20xx届高三第三次联考英语试题(编辑修改稿)

江西省重点中学协作体20xx届高三第三次联考英语试题(编辑修改稿)内容摘要：

im and was unwilling to tell him about the disease C. Tyler’s mom is as weak as him because of the disease. D. Tyler loved his mom very much. 59. Why did Tyler ask the doctor to dress him in red? A. Because he likes dressing in red B. Because his mother wanted him to dress in red. C. Because he wanted his mother to be happy. D. Because his mother can spot him at once. 60. What does the author want to tell us by writing this passage? A. People who was infected with HIV will die soon. B. Having a positive attitude will keep you from the deadly disease. C. Even a child can teach us a lot and be respected. D. Everyone should have great courage to face the problems. B A recent Living Social survey showed that Americans may live up to their poor reputation while travelling abroad. But what’s more surprising is that many of those surveyed selfidentified themselves as ‘ugly’ Americans and the world’s worst travelers. Those in the . ranked themselves as the worst travellers by a shocking 20 per cent, followed by 15 per cent saying the Chinese were the most substandard tourists. Americans topped the list as being the worstbehaved travelers in a survey of 5,600 respondents, 4,000 of whom were Americans. Other respondents were in Australia, Canada, Ireland and the United Kingdom. But even American respondents considered their patriots(同胞 ) as the worst travelers from a list of 16 nationalities. Canadians and Australians also put Americans in the No. 1 spot. Irish respondents pointed to . residents and . respondents gave Germans the nod. On the other hand, 37% of Americans opted for none of the above in answer to the worsttourists question, displaying more tolerance and openmindedness than the other nationalities. Other survey questions had respondents admitting pilfering from hotels. Four in ten . surveytakers said they39。 d stolen something – mostly towels (28%) and bathrobes (8%). Other popular pinched items included pillows, remote controls, Bibles and sheets. Not surprising is that Americans have less time off from work than other nationalities. Americans reported getting 16 days off, pared with 28 days for the Irish, 27 days for Australians, 23 days for . workers。 and 21 days for Canadians. In the travel mishaps department, the most mon travel disaster reported by Americans was lost luggage on an airline (21%)； bad weather (21%)； and getting very lost (16%). As for places Americans most want to see, Disney World and Las Vegas made the top 10, but they weren39。 t at the top of the heap. And New York didn39。 t make the cut. 61. What percentage of American respondents is in the survey? % % % % 62. The underlined word “pilfering” in Para. 5 most probably means ________. A. taking B. bringing C. stealing D. borrowing. 63. According to the survey, what kind of things are most taken away by Americans? A. towels and pillows B. bathrobes and remote controls. C. towels and Bibles D. bathrobes and towels. 64. What can we infer from the passage? A. New York is not one of the top 10 destinations Americans most want to see. B. . has the most time off work than other nationalities. C. Most Americans think it is not a big deal for them to steal from the hotels. D. Germans think the British are the world’s worst travellers. 65. What’s the best title of this passage? A. Chinese were announced as the world’s worst travellers. B. The global worst travellers were announced. C. Disney World is the best destination to Americans. D. European travellers were the best in the world C Item 1: JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, has signed a publishing deal with Little Brown, to release her first ever novel for adults. The deal means that Rowling’s longstanding relationship with Bloomsbury, the Londonbased publisher that launched the Harry Potter books, has e to an end, at least in terms of new works by the author. Rowling, who is worth an estimated 163。 530 million, said that the new novel will be nothing like the Harry Potter series, which sold over 30 million copies in the UK alone. She said that with the move from children’s to adult fiction, a move to a new publisher seemed like a logical step. [More] Item 2: China39。 s hurdler Liu Xiang was disqualified Thursday at the Stockholm indoor athletics tournament due to false start, giving his rival Dayron Robles of Cuba an easy win of seconds. Liu was not willing to explain the reason of his false start, but he told Xinhua that it was not related to his foot injury. Another Cuban Orlando Ortega followed in seconds and Balazs Baji of Hungary stood third in seconds. Last Saturday, Liu won the men39。 s 60m hurdle final in seconds at the Birmingham indoor tournament, setting a new Asian record. He said Wednesday that he hoped to have an even better performance than he did in Birmingham at the Stockholm indoor tournament. [More] Item 3: Former NBA star and current Bobcats owner Michael Jordan filed suit in a Chinese court against Qiaodan Sports Company Limited, a sportswear and footwear manufacturer, for the use of his name without permission. Jordan says This plaint is not about money, it39。 s about principle and protecting my name. The Chinese pany has registered and uses the name Qiaodan. Jordan has been known in China since he gained widespread popularity in the mid1980s. [More] Item 4: A muter train crashed at a busy central station in Buenos Aires on Wednesday, killing 49 passengers and injuring more than 600 people, the deadliest in a series of train accidents in Argentina over the past years. The train crashed at about 8:30 . at its final stop at the Once Station, not far from downtown Buenos Aires. The train was carrying more than 800 passengers and traveling at an estimated 16 miles per hour when it entered the。