江西省九校20xx届高三联考英语试题

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t a typical American millionaire is surprisingly ordinary. He does not live in the fanciest part of town— why waste money that you can invest? And his tastes are so plain that you can barely tell him apart from his neighbours. He buys $40 shoes, and his car of choice is a Ford. Another 23% of the world’s millionaires got rich through paid work, estimates Capgemini. A few vault easily over the milliondollar bar. Gregory Maffei, the boss of Liberty Media, earned $87,095,882 in 2021. The median pay for chief executives at the 456 largest publicly quoted firms in America was $, according to the Hay Group, a consultancy. But the vast majority are skilled professionals or managers who have been careful with their money. An orthodontist in America makes about $200,000 a year. He may leave medical school heavily in debt, but after a lifetime of earning, saving and investing, he can probably amass $1m. 28. Those with a million dollars don’t consider themselves rich because______. A. they are too greedy for money to be satisfied B. they know many who are more wealthy C. they tend to pare themselves with richer people D. they care more about their roles as parents 29. Which of the following statements about millionaires is correct? A. They like collecting works of art and investment B. They account for one third of the total population C. Many of them made great fortune overnight D. Many of them became rich by trade 30. It can be inferred from the passage that to be a millionaire, one has to _____. A. be wise in money matters B. build up good relationship C. learn from others D. bee skilled professionals 31. The best title of the passage is _____ . A. The Definition of Millionaire B. What Makes a Millionaire C. American Millionaire D. Everyone Can Be a Millionaire D A biologist once criticized for stealing eggs from the nests of the rarest bird in the world has been awarded the “Nobel Prize” of conservation after his methods saved nine species from extinction. Professor Carl Jones won the 2021 Indianapolis Prize the highest accolade in the field of animal conservation for his 40 years of work in Mauritius, where he saved an endangered kestrel from being the next Great Auk. When the 61yearold first travelled to the east African island in the 1970s, he was told to close down a project to save the Mauritius kestrel. At the time there were just four left in the wild, making it the rarest bird on Earth. However he stayed, using the techniques of captive breeding(人工繁殖 ), which involved snatching eggs from the birds’ nests and hatching （孵化） them under incubators, prompting the mothers to lay another set of eggs in the wild. A decade later, the number of Mauritius kestrels had soared to over 300 and today there are around 400 in the wild. The biologist has also been necessary in efforts to bring other rare species back from the edge of extinction, including the pink pigeon, echo parakeet and Rodrigues warbler. Prof Jones, was awarded the $250,000 (163。 172,000) prize at a ceremony in London. “As a young man in my 20s, I certainly didn39。 t enjoy the stress and the tension of the criticism I received,” Reflecting on the start of his career, he said the Maurutius kestrel project had been seen as a “dead loss” at the time. In the 1970s there was fierce opposition to the captive breeding techniques, with critics arguing that they were too risky and took the emphasis off breeding in the wild. Prof Jones has devoted his whole life to his work, only being a father for the first time eight years ago, at 53. He said receiving the prize was particularly important to him, because it proved that his work to save birds was right. 32. What does the underlined word “accolade” mean in Paragraph2? A. return B. level C. honor D. research 33. According to the passage, Great Auk is ________. A. an endangered bird B. an extinct bird C. a popular bird D. a fierce bird 34. What can we know from the figures in Paragraph 4? A. Taking eggs from the nests has worked well. B. The wild environment for kestrel has changed a lot. C. Kestrel has adapted to the life in the wild. D. It’s difficult to protect kestr el. 35. Prof Jones’ idea of taking eggs from the birds’ nests ________. A. was proved of no use B. was widely accepted C. was promoted officially D. was criticized by some people 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。 Have you noticed that many of the clothes on the street look the same these days? __36____We interviewed some Brits in different parts of the country. Punks(庞克族 ) add zips (拉链 ). Skaters hang chains from their trousers. You don39。 t need money you need imagination, said Alexi, an art student from Aldershot. __37___ . You don39。 t。