1、高分速测(五)完形填空+阅读理解B+任务阅读(限时:25分钟).2023扬州一模完形填空More than 95 per cent of people in the world have phones today, according to the United Nations. People use1 to make phone calls and send messages to communicate with others. Now we 2 write letters. But a TV show, LettersAlive(见字如面), is3back this old habit
2、.LettersAlive gets its 4 from a UK programme with a similar name. They have something in common. The shows both invite famous actors and actresses,5 there are no funny jokes or different competitions. Instead, it is just one person reading a letter. Since it was on in December, LettersAlive has been
3、 6 praised.The letters were written by people from different 7 in his tory. For example, once they read a letter written by the famous writer Xiao Hong to her brother who is younger than her in 1941.The letter shows that Xiao Hong 8 her brother so much and had great hopes for his future.“Every lette
4、r opens9world for us,” said Guan Zhengwen, the director of the TV show.It seems that we can 10the real lives and feelings of the writers. 11, many people said that it has provided a breath of fresh air to todays TV.Apart from LettersAlive, some other 12 TV shows have also been accepted by Chinese au
5、dience. They 13ChinesePoetryConference中国诗词大会,a classical Chinese poetry competition, and Readers, a programme that 14 people to read poems and articles they like or wrote. “This means that our audience are not only looking for entertainment like gossip(八卦) and eye catching games,” reported ChinaDail
6、y. Cultural 15 and true feelings are the keys to winning praise.1.A.computersB.TVsC.radiosD.phones2.A.oftenB.alwaysC.hardlyD.never3.A.returningB.gettingC.bringingD.taking4.A.ideaB.bookC.letterD.news5.A.andB.butC.becauseD.or6.A.wildlyB.carefullyC.clearlyD.widely7.A.gradesB.timesC.classesD.families8.A
7、.thoughtB.treatedC.missedD.praised9.A.the otherB.otherC.othersD.another10.A.makeB.passC.experienceD.get11.A.AnywayB.ButC.OtherwiseD.So12.A.traditionalB.culturalC.fashionableD.humorous13.A.includeB.haveC.sayD.report14.A.inviteB.invitingC.invitedD.invites15.A.priceB.costC.valuesD.worth.2023原创阅读理解From
8、red apples and yellow lemons to blueberries and green melons, fruit comes in many different colours. Why do different kinds of fruit have so many colours?According to Lu Wei from the Chinese Academy of Science, fruit colours actually come from their different pigments(色素), such as red or yellow caro
9、tenoid(类胡萝卜素) and blue or purple anthocyanin(花青素). These pigments appear in different amounts, depending on the fruits environment. This causes the fruit to turn a certain colour.To find out how environment affects fruit colours, Chinese scientists studied more than 280 different fruit colours, incl
10、uding white, red, blue, purple and black.They found that red fruit tends to grow in cooler places. And instead of just growing in one place, you can find them growing in many places around the world. Blue and purple fruit mostly grows in warm places. These fruits tend to grow a lot in just one speci
11、fic area. The scientists also found that the closer the fruit is to the equator(赤道), the darker its colour will be.Animals have also had an impact on the evolution(进化) of fruit colours. Animals eat fruit and drop the seeds in other places later. This helps the fruit spread and grow in different plac
12、es. Therefore, in order to attract animals, some fruits develop certain colours that are easy for animals to see.However, animals see colours in different ways. Fruit needs to develop colours that are suited to animals visual abilities. For example, birds can see red more easily than humans. Therefo
13、re, there tends to be more red fruit in areas where birds live. The lemurs(狐猴) of Madagascar are red-green colour-blind. Many yellow fruit can be found in their habitats(栖息地), as they can easily see this colour.1.You are more likely to find blue and purple fruit in places.A.coolerB.warmerC.higherD.l
14、ower2.Some fruits develop certain colours to .A.scare animals awayB.absorb more sunlightC.attract animals to eat themD.protect themselves3.What do we know from the passage?A.Dark fruit tends to grow close to the equator.B.Green fruit tends to grow in cool places.C.Humans can see red more easily than
15、 birds.D.Lemurs are colour-blind and cant see any colours.4.Which of the following factors have influenced the evolution of fruit colours?a.environmentb.pigmentc.animalsd.humans visual abilitiesA.adB.bcC.acD.bd.2023原创任务阅读阅读下面短文,根据短文内容填写表格,每空限填一词。What can help us when we fail?Dont criticize(批评) yourself for trying and never stop trying.A baby learns to walk not by walking, but by falling. He doesnt give up until he learns to walk. If you really want to do something new, dont give up trying and you will be successful. Sometimes,