1、Module 4 Carnival (建议用时：35分钟).阅读理解A(2023年石家庄高三一模)Live at Leeds Festival, the United KingdomA weekend of indie music taking over Leeds for one day in May, Metronomy, Sundara Karma and Tom Grennan will headline, but theres a focus on the citys newer bands, with the festival aiming to bring new artists
2、 into the spotlight. Events take place across the city, with wristbands giving you access to all the places. And to go to this festival, you need to be over 14 years old.Time: 4 MayMidnight Sun Film Festival, FinlandAlmost a hundred miles north of the Arctic Circle, Sodankyl is where Finnish film di
3、rector brothers Aki and Mika Kaurismki rock up every summer for their Midnight Sun Film Festival, a fivedayandnight celebration of new cinema. A mix of silent films, contemporary Finnish ones, recent festival hits and boxoffice classics are screened around the clock.Time: 1216 JuneFuji Rock Festival
4、, JapanThe first ever Fuji Rock Festival was held at the bottom of Mount Fuji back in 1997 and has brought in music and rock fans from all over the world. The 23rd Fuji Rock Festival is now held in the Naeba Ski Resort. The artists who perform arent all rockers. Your wristband has to be checked at t
5、he entrance. We offer facilities for children, but they cant be left unaccompanied.Time: 2628 JulyThe White Nights Festival, St. Petersburg, RussiaThe White Nights Festival is held at the citys famous Mariinsky Theatre and shows some of the worlds best opera and ballet. Its the best time to visit St
6、. Petersburg because its held during the magical summer period when theres almost 24 hours of sunlight a day.Time: 11 May31 July【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文，主要介绍了四个艺术类节日，包括英国的Live at Leeds音乐节，芬兰的午夜太阳电影节，日本的富士摇滚音乐节以及俄罗斯的白色夜晚节。1Which festival lasts the longest time?ALive at Leeds Festival.BMidnight Sun Film Festiva
7、l.CFuji Rock Festival.DThe White Nights Festival.D解析：细节理解题。根据题干关键词“lasts the longest time”定位至四个节日介绍的时间，由“Time: 4 May” “Time: 1216 June” “Time: 2628 July” “Time: 11 May31 July”可知，持续时间最长的是俄罗斯圣彼得堡的白色夜晚节，从五月十一日持续到七月三十一日，故D项正确。2Where will you enjoy a 24hour movie activity?AIn Leeds, the United Kingdom.BI
8、n Sodankyl， Finland.CIn the Naeba Ski Resort, Japan.DIn St. Petersburg, Russia.B解析：细节理解题。根据Midnight Sun Film Festival, Finland部分中的“A mix of silent films.are screened around the clock.”，并结合该部分其他内容可知，在芬兰的Sodankyl这个地方你能享受一个24小时的电影活动，故B项正确。3What do Live at Leeds Festival and Fuji Rock Festival have in c
9、ommon?AThey are of the same music style.BThey focus on new artists.CThey require entrance wristbands.DThey have age limits.C解析：细节理解题。根据Live at Leeds Festival, the United Kingdom部分中的“Events take place across the city, with wristbands giving you access to all the places.”可知，英国的Live at Leeds音乐节入场需要带上腕带
10、；根据Fuji Rock Festival, Japan部分中的“Your wristband has to be checked at the entrance.”可知，参加富士摇滚音乐节要在入口处检查腕带。据此可知，这两个节日的共同之处是观众需要带上腕带进场，故C项正确。B(2023年武汉调研测试)While elephants born without tusks(长牙) are not unheard of, they normally form just 2 to 6 percent of the population. However, that is not the case a
11、t Mozambiques Gorongosa National Park, where an astonishing 33 percent of female elephants born after the countrys conflict ended in 1992 are tuskless. While that may appear to be just a coincidence, Joyce Poole, an elephant behavior expert, has another theory. The researcher thinks we may be witnes
12、sing unnatural evolution of the species due to the constant hunting of elephants for valuable ivories.Poole says before the countrys 15yearlong conflict, the park was home to over 4，000 elephants. However, by the time the conflict ended in 1992, about 90 percent of them had been killed for ivories t
13、o get money. Of the less than 200 survivors, over 50 percent of adult females had no tusks. Therefore, it is not surprising that the parks tuskless elephant population has grown greatly.This is not the first time researchers have observed a great change in the population of elephants. At Zambias Sou
14、th Luangwa National Park and Lupande Game Management Area, areas which were heavily hunted in the 1970s and 1980s, 35% of elephants of 25 years old or older and 13% of those younger than 25 are now without tusks. A 2008 study published in the African Journal of Ecology found that the number of tuskl
15、ess females at the Ruaha National Park in Tanzania went from 10.5 percent in 1969 to almost 40 percent in 1989, largely due to illegal hunting for ivories.The recent ban on ivories in both the US and China should help get rid of, or at least reduce, elephant hunting. However, scientists are not sure
16、 how long it will take for elephants with a higher rate of tuskless females to change the_trend【解题导语】本文是一篇说明文。在1992年，在莫桑比克的Gorongosa国家公园，有33%的雌象生来就没有长牙，大象行为专家认为，这是人们为了获得珍贵的象牙，而对大象进行持续不断的猎杀而造成的非自然的进化。4What is the probable cause of the phenomenon mentioned in Paragraph 1?AIllegal hunting.BConstant farming.CA pure coincidence.DNatural evoluti