江苏省大丰市20xx届高三英语上学期12月月考试题

江苏省大丰市20xx届高三英语上学期12月月考试题内容摘要：

ritons and Americans D. an American was among the killed foreigners 57. The best title of this passage can be _______. A. Hostages Released by Indian Commandos B. Mumbai Under Terrorist Attack C. Islamic Militants Attacking Westerners in Mumbai D. Unfortunate Britons and Americans in Mumbai B In 1693 the philosopher John Locke warned that children should not be given too much “ unhealthy fruit” to eat. Three centuries later, misguided ideas about childraising are still popular. Many parents fear that their children will die unless ceaselessly watched. In America the law can be equally paranoid (偏执的 ). In South Carolina this month Debra Harrell was jailed for letting her 9yearold daughter play in a park unsupervised (无人监督的 ). Her severe punishment reflects the rich world’ s worry about parenting. By most objective measures, modern parents are far more conscientious (认真的 ) than previous generations. Dads are more handson than their fathers were, and working mothers spend more time nurturing their children than the housewives of the 1960s did. However, there are two problems in this picture, connected to class. One is at the lower end. Even if poor parents spend more time with their children than they once did, they spend less than rich parents do. America is a laggard here: its government spends abundantly on schoolage kids but much less than other rich countries on the first two or three years of life. If America did more to help poor parents with young children, it would have huge returns. The second one, occurs at the other end of the ine scale, and may even apply to otherwise rational (理性的 ) Economist readers: welleducated, rich parents try to do too much. Safety is part of it— they fear that if they are not constantly watching their children may break their necks, which is the least rational. Despite the impression you get from watching crime dramas, children in rich countries are safe, so long as they look both ways before crossing the road. The other popular parental fear— that your children might not get into an Ivy League college— is more rational. Academic success matters more than ever before. But beyond a certain point, parenting makes less difference than many parents imagine. Studies in Minnesota and Sweden, for example, found that identical twins grew up equally intelligent whether they were raised together or apart. A study in Colorado found that children that adopted and raised by brainy parents ended up no brainier than those adopted by average parents. This doesn’ t mean that parenting is irrelevant. The families who adopt children are carefully screened, so they tend to be warm, capable and middleclass. But the twin and adoption studies indicate that any child given a loving home and adequate stimulation is likely to fulfill her potential. Put another way, betteroff parents can afford to relax a bit. And if you are less stressed, your children will appreciate it, even if you still make them eat their fruit and vegetables. 58. Which of the following statements is NOT a misguided idea of parenting mentioned in the passage? A. Children should be protected from any dangers by their parents B. The more conscientious parents are, the more children will surely benefit from parenting C. Children will die unless ceaselessly watched D. Children are likely to fulfill their potential with a loving home and adequate stimulation 59. The underlined word “ laggard” in Paragraph 2 probably means a country that __________. A. is ahead in development B. falls slow behind others C. is free from physical or mental disorder D. moves to a higher position 60. Which of the following can we learn from the passage? A. Only warm, capable and middleclass people can adopt a child. B. When it es to childraising, Economist readers will bee more rational. C. Children in rich countries are in greater danger due to the bad influence of crime dramas. D. Although poor parents spend more time with their kids than they once did, they spend less than rich parents do. 61. This passage is mainly written to __________. A. urge American laws concerning parenting to be changed B. advise modern parents to learn from their previous generations C. persuade stressed parents to learn to relax and give more freedom to their children D. call on the government to do more to help poor parents with schoolage children C In Shanghai39。 s Grand Theater, a fashionable, mainly young audience applauds enthusiastically as Guo Yong takes center stage. He holds a large bushy tree branch with leaves. Blowing on one of the leaves, he produces a sound like the singing of birds as he plays a traditional Buyi folk song. Some other musicians are also playing the traditional instruments from various ethnic groups in China. It39。 s the first time such music has ever been performed in the Grand Theater. But all this is the efforts of Zhu Zheqin, a Cantonese173。 born singer, who has made it her mission to help preserve China39。 s traditional ethnic music. In 2020, after being appointed a United Nations Development Program ambassador, Zhu traveled through some of China39。 s remotest regions in an attempt to document the traditional music of various minority groups. In the course of the four173。 month trip, she recorded more than a thousand songs. But she noticed that many of the best musicians were old, and some of the music was at risk of dying out. “ I was shocked by the beauty of what I heard— it was so good， ” she says . “But it needed support. I hope to let people see the beauty of these things in the contemporary times.” So Zhu decided to introduce some of the musicians to a wider audience. By doing this, she hopes to rekindle(点燃 ) the interest of the younger generation. “Young people don39。 t like this music much。 they prefer po。