江苏省盐城市20xx届高三英语第三次市统考模拟试题

江苏省盐城市20xx届高三英语第三次市统考模拟试题内容摘要：

roducts, and US. farmers are planning to harvest a record173。 setting 2 billion pound crop. “It39。 s not something we believe is a fashion, ” said Andy Johnston of ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston. According to research conducted by ConAgra, 30 percent of sweet potato eaters report consuming the vegetable several times per month. Only 12 percent eat them only during the Thanksgiving and winter holiday season. Analysts believe the sweet potato39。 s growing popularity in large part is due to sweet potato fries, which account for the majority of the vegetable39。 s presence in . restaurants. In fact, Google searches for “sweet potato fries” increased 40 percent over the past year. Sweet potatoes have also bee popular among more conscious eaters， however, in part because they are high in vitamins and have a low glycemic(血糖的 )index in spite of their sweetness. Both Weight Watchers and the South Beach Diet have remended sweet potatoes, roasted in a little oil rather than fried, and doctors are remending them for diabetics. “Within the diabetic munity, it39。 s bee pretty mon knowledge that sweet potatoes are good for you, so there39。 s a great appeal because so many people have diabetes now， ” said Chef Michel Nischan ， who helps host a TV show for people with diabetes. 56． This passage mainly wants to tell us that ________. A． American high officials have started to eat sweet potatoes B． Expensive restaurants have begun to serve costumers with sweet potatoes C． Sweet potatoes are being a popular food in the United States D． The habit of eating sweet potatoes was formed a long time ago 57． From this reading passage we infer that ConAgra ________. A． is one of the biggest food173。 making panies in the US B． is one of the richest food173。 selling panies in the US C． has asked American farmers to produce more sweet potatoes this year D． has produced large quantities of sweet potato173。 based side dishes 58． Which of the following may NOT encourage the sweet potato39。 s popularity? A． US restaurants remend sweet potatoes to their customers as a vegetable. B． Google searches show more and more people are being interested in sweet potatoes. C． Sweet potatoes are rich in vitamins and low in glycermic index. D． Sweet potatoes taste very sweet. B They say a cat has nine lives, and I think that possible since I am now living my third life and I39。 m not even a cat. My father died when I was 15, and we had a hard struggle to make a living. And my mother, who was seriously ill in her last years， died while still in her sister married soon after, and I_followed_her_example_within_the_year. This was when I began to enjoy my first life. I was very happy, in excellent health. I had a good job in San Jose and a beautiful home up the peninsula(半岛 ) in San Carlos. Life was a pleasant dream. Then the dream ended. I became afflicted(使苦恼 ) with a slowly progressive disease of the motor nerves, affecting first my right arm and leg, and then my other side. Thus began my second life...In spite of my disease I still drove to and from work each day, with the aid of special equipment installed in my car. And I managed to keep my health and optimism, to a degree， because of 14 steps. Crazy? Not at all. Our home was an affair with 14 steps leading up from the garage to the kitchen door. Those steps were a standard measure of life. They were my yardstick, my challenge to continue living. I felt that if the day arrived when I was unable to lift one foot up one step and then drag the other painfully after it— repeating the process 14 times, I would be through— I could then admit defeat and lie down and die. Then on a dark night in August, 1971, I began my third life. It was raining when I started home that night； strong winds and slashing rain beat down on the car as I drove slowly down one of the less traveled roads. Suddenly the steering wheel jerked(猝然一动 )． In the same instant I heard the bang of a blowout. It was impossible for me to change that tire! Utterly impossible! I started the engine and thumped slowly along until I came to the dirt road，where I turned in and where I found lighted windows weled me to a house and pulled into the driveway and honked the horn. The door opened and a little girl stood there. When she knew what happened to me, she went into the house and a moment later came out, followed by a man who called a cheerful greeting. I sat there fortable and dry, and felt a bit sorry for the man and the little girl working so hard in the storm. About an hour later, the man39。 s voice was heard, “This is a bad night for car trouble, but you39。 re all set now.” Thanks.” I said ， “How much do I owe you。 ” He shook his head, “Nothing. Cynthia told me you were a cripple. Glad to be of help. I know you39。 d do the same for 39。 s no charge, friend.” I held out a five173。 dollar bill ， “No! I like to pay my way.” He made no effort to take it and the little girl stepped closer to the window and said quietly， “Grandpa can39。 t see it.” 59． “A cat has nine lives” here means _ _______. A． a cat can live nine times longer than any other animal B． a cat can die ninth C． a lucky man can not die easily D． the writer will live nine ti。