2024届安徽省六安第一中学高三下学期适应性考试英语试题

试卷第1页，共10页 2024届安徽省六安第一中学高三下学期适应性考试英语试题

一、阅读理解

With the growing popularity of the TV series Blossoms Shanghai (繁花), key scenes describe city

areas in the show have become the hottest tourist attractions in Shanghai of late. Here are some

citywalk routes based on the TV series that are worthy of exploration:Major citywalk route:

Huanghe Road → West Nanjing Road → East Nanjing Road → East Zhongshan Road →

Number One

The narrator in the TV series Blossoms Shanghai points out: “In 1993, the 755-meter-long

Huanghe Road had over 100 restaurants, attracting countless wealthy diners each night.”

Starting from Huanghe Road and crossing Nanjing Road to the Bund, you'll pass by many scenic

spots often filmed in the series:• Tai Sheng Yuan restaurant

This restaurant specializes in Shanghai cuisine. It opened in 1993 and is also recognized as

the prototype of Zhi Zhen Yuan restaurant in the TV series.

Address: No 50 Huanghe Road, Huangpu district• Wing On Department Store

The prototype of Hu Lian Department Store in the TV series was Hua Lian Department

Store between 1988 and 2006. It later changed its name to Wing On Department Store and was

one of the four major original department stores in Shanghai.

Address: No 635 East Nanjing Road, Huangpu district• Fairmont Peace Hotel

Peace Hotel on East Nanjing Road, a major scene in the TV series where leading character

A Bao, played by actor Hu Ge, lives. The hotel first opened its doors on Aug 1, 1929, and was

originally named Cathay Hotel by its owner, Sir Victor Sassoon, a businessman and hotelier from

the Sassoon banking family, a famous and prosperous British-Iraqi Jewish family in Shanghai in

the 1920s and 30s. The Sassoon family once owned lots of property including HSBC．

Address: No 20 East Nanjing Road, Huangpu district

1．What makes these citywalk routes so popular in Shanghai ?

A．The friendly tourism policy B．The fantastic scenery

C．The hit TV play D．The beautiful season

2．Which place may best suit people who prefer special cuisine ? 试卷第2页，共10页 A．No 50 Huanghe Road, Huangpu district

B．No 635 East Nanjing Road, Huangpu district

C．No 20 East Nanjing Road, Huangpu district

D．No 211 Cheting Road, Songjiang district

3．What is the common feature of the three scenic spots?

A．Their history is not long.

B．They feature fine cuisine.

C．They offer diverse goods.

D．They are in the same district.

In 1948, Ladies Home Journal selected our family for its “How America Lives” feature. The

reporter and photographer arrived at the end of May and followed all of us (Mom, Dad, my

brother, sister and me) for a week, recording our every move. Everyone was pretty excited about it,

especially in our town of 6,000, where things like this just didn’t happen.

Since the article would be published in early December, we had to pretend it was already

autumn. The reporter asked mom to cook and serve a complete Thanksgiving meal. She told Mom

to “go all out” and use her best holiday dishes for the feast.

Mom’s face fell. She didn’t want to admit that our best dishes weren’t exactly the best, let

alone suitable for a national magazine. While the reporter continued with her interview, the

photographer quietly excused himself and slipped away for over an hour. When he came back, he

had a large box, which he placed on the floor, telling Mom to open it.

Her mouth wide open, her face lit up as if it was Christmas. Inside was a beautiful set of 12

dishes, each painted with patterns of flowers and golden brims (金边), made by the Homer

Laughlin China Co. There was even a soup bowl, something we kids had never seen before. Mom

was near tears as she lovingly handled each piece.

When it came time to serve dinner, Mom walked slowly from the kitchen with the lovely

new plate, which contained a small “turkey” (in reality, a large chicken).

From that day on, Mom made sure they never saw the light of day unless it was a major

event, though they were a must at every Thanksgiving.

I carry on the tradition, using the dishes for our Thanksgiving feast. But I serve a real turkey, 试卷第3页，共10页 and I serve it on the real Thanksgiving Day.

4．Where did the photographer possibly go while mom was interviewed?

A．A bookstore. B．A china store. C．A flower shop. D．A candy shop.

5．What was mother’s first reaction when seeing the beautiful dishes?

A．She was calm as usual. B．She was moved into tears.

C．She had a mix of feelings. D．She thought little of them.

6．What a life can we infer the author’s family led in 1948?

A．Cozy. B．Leisured. C．Troubled. D．Badly-off.

7．What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A．To persuade readers to buy the same dishes her family cherishes.

B．To tell us about the moving story behind the family-cherished dishes.

C．To contribute an article concerning her family to a popular magazine.

D．To write something down in memory of her mother and good days.

Brushing your teeth effectively lowers your chances of getting a host of chronic diseases, as

well as keeping your teeth and gums (牙龈) healthy. But the majority of us are doing it wrong.

In Sweden, one study found as few as one in 10 people practice the best brushing technique.

The British health insurer Bupa found that almost half of respondents did not know how to brush

their teeth properly in a survey of 2,000 people in the UK.

So what exactly are most of us getting wrong, and how can we change our routine to make

sure we brush our teeth effectively? Here’s how to properly brush your teeth, according to experts.

“Lots of patients understand that what they need to do is remove food remains,” says

Josefine Hirschfeld, associate professor and specialist in restorative dentistry at the University of

Birmingham in the UK. “That is only partially true. It’s much more important to remove bacteria

from the teeth.” These bacteria and other microorganisms grow inside everyone’s mouth, and form

a sticky biofilm commonly known as dental plaque (牙菌斑). It is made up of around 700

different species of bacteria, the second-greatest diversity in the human body after the gut, as well

as a host of fungi and viruses. “They are living in the sticky film stuck to the teeth and also to the

soft tissues,” says Hirschfeld. “This sticky film can't be easily rinsed off — it really needs to be

manually cleaned.”