黄冈市2020年高三年级9月质量检测英语试题第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

AThe Lake District Attractions GuideLowther Castle&GardensUnique historic restoration project;130acres of wild gardens dating from the17th century to explore,and a beautiful architectural castle ruin,period summerhouses,panoramic lakeland views.and wild play areas.Restored stable courtyard cafe,gift shop and gallery.Open:Daily from10:00to17:00(16:00in winter).Lakeland Climbing CentreWe are one of the UK's largest indoor aerial adventure Centres offering climbing and aerial activities for all the family(5years+).Our award-winning Centre contains Kendal Wall(tallest wall in the country),awesome bouldering rooms,CrazyClimb and Skyline Indoor Aerial Adventure.Free car parking.Pre-booking recommended.Open:Mon to Fri10:00-22:00.Sat,Sun&BHa:10:00-19:00(10:00-17:00May to Aug). Museum of Lakeland Life&IndustryThis atmospheric museum takes you buck through time to explore the story of the lake District and its inhabitants.Discover the unique traditions of the region through recreated period rooms and workshops lost trades to see how rural people lived,worked and played.Open;Monday to Saturday and Summer Sundays.10:30-17:00Summer.10:30-16:00Winter.21.When is the Lowther Castle&Gardens open in Winter?A.10:30-16:00.B.10:00-16:00.C.10:30-17:00.D.10:00-17:00.22.What can visitors do at Lakeland Climbing Centre?A.Buy some gifts in a gift shop.B.Climb the tallest wall in the world.C.Go on an indoor aerial adventure.D.Explore the story of the inhabitants.23.Where should visitors go if they want to discover the unique traditions of Lake District?A.Lowther Castle&Gardens.keland Climbing Centre.C.Skyline Indoor Aerial Adventure.D.Museum of Lakeland Life&Industry.BMarket traders and street vendors(小贩）are making a comeback across China,and this time they find themselves equipped with a new set of digital skills essential to directing the vast consumer market.To make mom-and-pop retail stands active,the country's leading e-commerce platforms are lending a helping hand,offering a series of services from inventory support to accessible financing backed by technologies to finally promote domestic(国内的）spending and employment.Domestic wholesale is among the first group of tech players with such offerings.At the heart of the action plan is an effort to link street vendors directly with factories,effectively avoiding middlemen and saving time and costs."The large number of small-scale merchants on the site has managed to gain the upper hand in price negotiations,while manufacturers are more willing to mass-produce goods as the economy of scale serves to reduce costs,thus creating a win-win situation,"general manager Wang Hai said.On the financial front,1688's parent Alibaba Group is offering interest-free loans worth a total of70billion yuan ($9.8billion),with which qualified merchants can purchase goods in quantity.Risk assessment for each applicant is conducted by sister service Mybank.Meanwhile,e-commerce giant has promised to secure quality goods worth more than 50billion yuan and is offering each stall keeper up to100,000yuan worth of interest-free loans for the purpose of filling their inventory.To stabilize(稳定）employment,JD decided to add a number of job positions that either require flexible working hours,allow working from home or are designed to promote startup businesses.For posts related to logistics,delivery,warehouse management and packaging,people from poverty-stricken areas should be employed first.＂The novel coronavirus outbreak will accelerate the digital transformation of the real economy,and individual traders and smaller stores are no exception,"said Xu Lei,CEO of JD's retail unit.＂We have the ability and,more important,the responsibility to inject vitality(活力）into these entities,thus contributing to the economic rebound and stabilizing employment."24.How do e-commerce platforms help mom-and-pop retail stands?A.By offering digital skills.B.By providing commercial services.C.By expanding the consumer market.D.By increasing employment opportunities.25.According to Wang Hai,'s action plan may be an example of___________.A.barking up the wrong treeB.putting the cart before the horseC.robbing Peter to pay PaulD.killing two birds with one stone26.What do we know about JD's plan to create more posts?A.It covers various job selections.B.It aims at expanding their business.C.Employees will have to work regularly.D.Employees in poor areas will get funds.27.What is Xu Lei's attitude towards the development of economy?A.Disappointed.B.Confident.C.Doubtful.D.Uncaring.CAlthough we're surrounded by millions of them every day,most of us don't think about bricks too often.For thousands of years,the humble clay-fired brick hasn't changed.They're made from natural materials,but there are problems with bricks at every step of their production.Bricks are made from clay--a type of soil found all over the world.Clay mining harms plant growth.In conventional brick production,the clay is shaped and baked in kilns(窑）heated by fossil fuels,which contributes to climate change.Once made,bricks must be transported to construction sites,generating more carbon emissions.With so many bricks produced globally,their impact adds up.Gabriela Medero,a professor at Scotland's Heriot-Watt University,decided to find solutions to that.With her university's support,Medero set up Kenoteq in2009.The company's signature product is the K-Briq.Made from more than90%construction waste,Medero says the K-Briq-which does not need to be fired in a kiln-produces less than a tenth of the carbon emissions of conventional bricks.With the company testing new machinery to start manufacturing,Medero hopes her bricks will help to build a more sustainable world.The K-Briq will be comparably priced to old bricks.Additionally,as a new product,the K-Briq has been subjected to strict assessment and authoritative certification.Reusing old bricks is an expensive process and there is no standardized way to check the strength,safety or durability(耐久性）of recycled bricks.Medero says that K-Briqs could solve both these problems.She claims that K-Briqs are stronger and more durable than fired clay bricks.Over the next18months,Medero plans to get K-Briq machinery on-site at recycling plants.＂This will reduce transport-related emissions because trucks can collect K-Briqs when they drop off construction waste,"says Medero.28.What inspired Medero to reinvent the conventional bricks?A.The poor quality of the bricks.B.The outdated style of the bricks.C.The high cost of manufacturing bricks.D.The problems with the brick production.29.Why is the K-Briq production sustainable?A.It won't produce extra waste.B.It brings no pollution to the air.C.The plants occupy much less land than before.D.The products are mainly made from construction waste.30.What is paragraph4mainly about?A.The popularity of the K-Briqs.B.The advantages of K-Briqs over traditional bricks.C.The special materials used in K-Briqs.D.The advanced technology used for K-Briqs.31.Why does Medero decide to put K-Briq machines at recycling factories?A.To ensure fewer emissions.B.To speed up the production.C.To lower the production cost.D.To collect more construction waste.DMargaret Mead,the most famous anthropologist(人类学家）in the world,was born in the USA in1901,the oldest of five children.Her father was a professor of finance and her mother was a sociologist.After studying psychology as an undergraduate,Mead began a PhD in the relatively new field of anthropology.Mead was particularly interested in primitive communities because she believed that such isolated cultures could serve as"laboratories"that would reveal ways of living that the modern world had forgotten about but needed to remember.Having travelled to Samon,a few tiny volcanic,tropical islands in the center of the Pacific Ocean,Mead gradually got interested in gender roles and discovered that modern societies are far more strict in this area than primitive ones.For example,Americans tend to think of men as productive,sensible,and aggressive,while women are often told they're more light-hearted, peaceful,and nurturing.But in her1935book,Sex and Temperament in Three Primitive Societies,Mead studied tribes in Papua New Guinea and recorded that in the Arapesh tribe,both men and women were peaceful and nurturing,while among the Mundugurnor tribe,men and women were both ruthless and aggressive.Mead's striking conclusion is that it isn't gender that makes women curl their hair or listen to people's feelings,or race that makes some nations regularly attack their neighbors.Rather,it's the social expectations and norms that have laid the groundwork for each individual's psychological makeup."We must recognize,"she reminded her readers,"that beneath the superficial(表面上的）classifications of sex and race,the same potentialities always exist,occurring again generation after generation,only to perish because society has no place for them."She is regarded as one of the most influential social scientists of the last century.People around the world mourned the death of Margaret Mead in1978.A year later,the president of the United States,Jimmy Carter,honored the social scientist with America's highest award for civilians.32.What can we learn about Mead from the text?A.She was influenced by her mother to be an anthropologist.B.She majored in psychology and anthropology as an undergraduate.C.She believed isolated cultures could expose forgotten ways of living to the modern world.D.She discovered modern societies are less strict in gender roles than primitive ones.33.It can be inferred from Mead's study in tribes that_________.A.the world is filled with separate cultures.B.no gender characteristics are ever simply"human nature".C.knowing another culture will help us reflect on our own.D.social standards are responsible for individual's development.34.What does the underlined word"them"in the third paragraph refer to?A.Shared potential among humans.B.Classifications of gender and race.C.Social expectations and norms.D.Individual's psychological makeups.35.What's the passage mainly about?A.The difference between men and women.B.The recommendation of Mead's book.C.The introduction about a great anthropologist.D.The groundwork for each individual's makeup.第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5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。