江西省南昌市20xx届高三英语上学期第四次考试试题

江西省南昌市20xx届高三英语上学期第四次考试试题内容摘要：

al the real tomato and cumin flavors. Dining in the dark changes everything: the sense of smell is heightened, manners go out of the window using your hands to feel around the plate bees normal and there is a strange thrill in being able to ignore your facial expressions. Best of all? You don39。 t have to spend hours beforehand(事先 ) wondering what to wear. Alchemy in the Dark is at 16 Arbuthnot Road, Central, (tel: 6821 2801) and is open Monday to Saturday, from 7pm to 11pm. Reservations are required. A threecourse meal with wine pairing costs HK$700 per person. Five per cent of all profits go to the Hong Kong Society for the Blind. 28. How did the author and her panion arrive at their dining table? A. By using a map B. By being led C. By feeling their way. D. By finding it by themselves 29. According to passage, which of the following is true? A. The diners might eat what they are allergic to. B. The author enjoyed a special lunch at Alchemy in the Dark. C. The restaurant donated some money to the H. K Society for the Blind. D. The diners aren’t allowed to take phones to the restaurant at any time. 30. From the passage we can learn that the author ___________. A. had the table booked B. shared the meal with a friend. C. practiced how to eat in total darkness. D. chose her clothes in advance for the meal. 31. The last paragraph is intended to ____________. A. present some facts about eating in the dark. B. inform what to do at Alchemy in the Dark C. conclude the experience of eating at Alchemy in the Dark. D. provide some information about Alchemy in the Dark. D It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in ’s famous ment that “When two English meet, their fir st talk is of weather.” Though Johnson’s observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most mentators fail to e up with a convincing explanation for this English weatherspeak. Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that, as the English weather is not at all exciting, the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that “To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpre dictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles. Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says, because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena.” The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider. Bryson and Paxman stand for mon misconceptions about the weatherspeak among the English. Both mentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weatherspeak is a system of signs, which is developed to help the speakers overe the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weatherspeak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings, conversation starters or the blank “fillers”, In ot her words, English weatherspeak is a means of social bonding. 32. The author mentions ’s ment to show that________. A. most mentators agree with B. is famous for his weather observation C. the ment was accurate two hundred years ago D. English conversations usually start with the weather 33. What does the underlined word “obsession” most probably refer to? A. An emotional state B. An unknown phenomenon. C. A historical concept. D. A social trend. 34. According to the passage, Jeremy Paxman believes that________. A. Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather B. English people talk about the weather for its uncertainty C. the English weather attracts people to the British Isles D. there is nothing special about the English weather[来源 :] 35. What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage? A. To convince people that the English weather is changeable. B. To analyze misconceptions about the English weather. C. To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman. D. To explain what English weatherspeak is about. 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。 If you are hungry, what do you do? Have your。