江苏省仪征中学2025-2026学年度第一学期高三英语限时（九）

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第一节 (共11小题; 每题2.5分，满分27.5分)

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Camping—Yellowstone National Park

Wanna hit a wonderful campground? There are four choices in Yellowstone National Park.

Madison Campground

This site is just 14 miles east of the West Yellowstone entrance and 16 miles north of Old Faithful near the crossroad of the Gibbon, Madison and Fire hole Rivers. Offer a sanitary(卫生的) station and pay showers. Various group tours are at your service.

Canyon Campground

You'll find this campground close to the breathtaking Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone near the center of the park. Offer stores, restaurants, a coin laundry and a sanitary station. Showers are beyond reach.

Grant Village Campground

This woodsy campground is located at the southwestern of Yellowstone Lake, 22miles north of the South Entrance. Within a half mile, you'll find restaurants, pay showers, and a sanitary station. Group tours available yet with limits on numbers.

Bridge Bay Campground

Bridge Bay is situated near Yellowstone lake, 30 miles from the East Entrance to Yellowstone. It's also conveniently close to Bridge Bay lunch and coffee shop. A sanitary station is available. Access to the coin laundry is denied, and showers are under maintenance. Limited group tours available.

★Tips & Rules

Camping or overnight vehicle parking in any place other than a designated campground is not permitted and essential camping facilities are offered with pre-booking.

Following the fires of 1988, thousands of dead trees, known as snags, were left standing in Yellowstone. These snags may fall with very little warning, so please be cautious and alert for falling snags in campsites. Click Yellowstone Log and you can find more camping information.

1. Which campground is most suitable for group visitors?

A. Madison Campground.        B. Canyon Campground.

C. Bridge Bay Campground.        D. Grant Village Campground.

2. What do Canyon and Bridge Bay have in common?

A. Eye-catching scenery.      B. Inconvenient shower service.

C. Handy laundry service.        D. Favorable distance to the centre.

3. What can visitors do according to Tips & Rules?

A. Borrow necessary camping tools anytime.    B. Wander carelessly in the campgrounds.

C. Get more information from the park staff.    D. Park in areas as directed in the campgrounds.

B

You constantly find yourself apologizing to a friend when you've done nothing wrong. You feel you must obey someone's demands, fearing that he/she will reveal a secret or weakness. Or perhaps a relative is trying to make you feel obliged to do something by saying, “That's what friends or family do for each other.” They arouse feelings of guilt in you for not meeting their needs.

If you have had experiences with any of these cases. then you are the victim of emotional blackmail(勒索). This style of handle controls you through your emotions. Fear, obligation and guilt----FOG----arc used by an emotional blackmailer to get what they want from people.

Anyone----a friend, colleague, parent, partner or other family members----could be that person. Their demands are intended to control their victim's behavior in unhealthy methods.

Dr. Susan Forward identifies six stages in emotional blackmail. Implied or obvious demands come first. “l don't think you should do things with that person. They're not good for you.” After this kind of statement is stage two: Resistance. The victim often avoids the blackmailer or suggests alternatives instead of saying no. Stage three is persistent pressure by the blackmailer: “If we were really friends, you'd do it.” Stage four involves threats: “If you don't do this...then I will...” The victim doesn't want the blackmailer to make good on their threats, so obedience(顺从), which is stage five, often leaves the victim feeling guilty or resentful. In stage six the blackmailer backs off until the next demand.

What can you do? First, recognize if you are being pressured. threatened or controlled. Stay calm, so you can consider other possibilities. Identify your triggers; don't be pressured into an immediate response. Offer a compromise. Tell the blackmailer how you feel, and give them a chance to acknowledge their behavior and change. If they won't, walk away from the relationship. Under no circumstances should you let your fears be used against you.

4. What is called emotional blackmail?

A. Having experiences of fear, obligation and guilt.

B. Reaching goals through emotional controls over others.

C. Enriching one's emotions like fear, obligation and guilt.

D. Getting whatever one wants without any emotional changes.

5. Which of the following can be the second stage of blackmail?

A. The victim felt scared to be threatened and asked others for help.

B. The victim announced, “l would not do as you ordered anymore!”

C. The victim said, “How about treating you to a big meal instead?”

D. The victim decided to have a face-to-face talk with the blackmailer.

6. What does the underlined word “resentful” in the last paragraph but one mean?

A. Angry.   B. Frightened.   C. Indifferent.   D. Amazed.

7. What is the last paragraph mainly about?

A. The risks of emotionally blackmailing others.

B. The steps of avoiding being emotionally blackmailed.

C. The suggestions on punishing an emotional blackmailer.

D. The ways to prevent oneself emotionally blackmailing others.

C

To early childhood educator Erika Christakis, schooling and learning are two different things. According to one study she cites in her well-researched book, The Importance of Being Little, 25% of Los Angeles kindergarteners were allowed no time at all for free play. Three-and four-year-olds can make discoveries for themselves if given the mental space to do so and freed from typical overscheduled activities. But too often teachers themselves are managed by higher-ups (with too much attention to details), expected to hew to rigid lesson plans, and given little flexibility. Some say they have little time to bond with their students.

“Kids are being too much talked at rather than listened to.” This “crushes（毁坏）” their curiosity. In America, reading, writing, and the cognitive（认知的）demands that have been traditionally introduced in second or third grades have been pushed forward to preschools—to 3-year-olds “who lack the motor skills and attention span（持续时间）to be successful”. Christakis argues that forcing academic rigor（严格）at such an early age has led preschoolers to do worse, not better.

She admires the philosophies of Waldorf and Steiner schools, which teach young children handiwork such as weaving or woodwork “as part of an imaginative and story-driven curriculum”. They have nature outings for children aged three to six. They sleep in tents with only their teachers and other children (no texting nor parents allowed everywhere near for days). They learn from nature and everyday experience, invent their own games, choose their own playmates, and settle their own conflicts. They learn to dress themselves, make meals, and help one another. At night they sing around a campfire.

Here at home, early education in Christakisˈs telling seems to have been overtaken by well-intentioned politicians who donˈt understand the first thing about how children actually learn. Alphabets, slogans, and rhymes on the walls are too much for “young children when they canˈt even yet read”. Students need less “desk work” and vocabulary drills, and more talking with and listening to adults who “invite the child to be reflective”, she says.

8.Which of the following best explains “hew to” underlined in Paragraph 1? （）

A. Give up. B. Break up. C. Contribute to. D. Stick to.

9.What is Erika Christakisˈs opinion on American preschool education? （）

A. It focuses too much on traditional subjects.
B. It negatively affects childrenˈs development.
C. It fails to teach children reading and writing skills.
D. It is disconnected from the reality of primary schools.

10.What does Paragraph 3 tell us about Waldorf and Steiner schools? （）

A. They disallow texting in the classrooms.
B. Their communication with parents is effective.
C. They advocate an outdoor learning environment.
D. Their courses rely heavily on teacher involvement.

11.What do children actually need according to Erika Christakis? （）

A. Appropriate learning resources. B. Stimulating conversations.
C. Repetitive reading exercises. D. Quality family time.