2021年廣東省惠州市石灣中學(xué)高三英語聯(lián)考試題含解析

2021年廣東省惠州市石灣中學(xué)高三英語聯(lián)考試題含解析一、選擇題1.IwanttobuythatkindofclothbecauseI_____thecloth_____well.A.havetold;washes

B.havebeentold;washesC.wastold;washed

D.havebeentold;iswashed參考答案：B2.Isthisfactory______youvisitedlastweek?Athat

Bwhere

Ctheone

Dinwhich參考答案：C3.---Howeasyisittofindataxiinthiscity?---Simply_______yourhand,andataxiappearsinnotime.

A.toraise

B.raise

C.raising

D.raised參考答案：考點(diǎn)：祈使句【答案】4.__________oureffortstosavehousesdatingbacktotheMingDynasty,thelocalgovernmentdecidedtopullthemdowntobuildmodernbuildingsthere.A.Incaseof

B.Inspiteof

C.Intermsof

D.Inpraiseof參考答案：B5.Weallwaitedforareplyfromourboss，but_____cameintheend.A.either B.another C.neither D.none參考答案：D6.Ifyouhavedoubtsabouttheattack,Mr.Browncantellyouthetruthashewitnessed______.

A.it

B.one

C.them

D.those參考答案：A略7.Expertswarnthatmedicalwastefromhospitals,if

properly,mayleadtospreadingdiseases.A.nothandled

B.notbeinghandledC.nottobehandled

D.nothavinghandled參考答案：A8.Yourbirth____sayswhenandwhereyouwereborn．A．information

B．a(chǎn)ccount

C．certificate

D．a(chǎn)dministration參考答案：31．C句意:你的出生證明上寫著你出生的時間和地點(diǎn)。C．certificate證(明)書;A．information信息;B．a(chǎn)ccount敘述,報道;D．a(chǎn)dministration實施,執(zhí)行,管理。

略9.----Who’sthemantalkingtoourteacher?

----Aprofessor______avisittoourschool.

A.pays

B.ispaying

C.haspaid

D.paying參考答案：D10.Althoughtakingweddingphotoshasbecomemorepopularamonggraduatingstudents,manystudents

itrequiresbothmoneyandcourage.A.acknowledge

B.assess

C.forecast

D.deny參考答案：A22.______thecold,thinairandlowoxygenlevelsalsocancausemountainsickness.

A.Onbehalfof

B.Apartfrom

C.Intermsof

D.Exceptfor參考答案：B略12.ScientistshavecreatedGMtomatoeswhich______freshfor45days,threetimesaslongasnormaltomatoes.A.arestayed

B.havebeenstayed

C.stay

D.stayed參考答案：C13.OnFebruary11,2007,DrewGilpinFaustwas________asthefirstfemalepresidentofHarvardUniversityin371years.A.appointed

Bappealed

C.attached

D.transferred參考答案：A略14.Probably,onedayyouwill_____________theideathatmedicinecanmakeonecomebacktolife.A.convince

B.convinceof

C.beconvinced

D.beconvincedof參考答案：D15.MrSmithneverdoesanyreadingintheevening;________.A.sodoesMrsSmith

B.neitherdoesn’tMrsSmithC.nordoesMrsSmith

D.norMrsSmithdoes參考答案：C16.________therain,ourcropsaresaved.A.Thankingto

B.Thanksto

C.Thankingfor

D.Thanksfor參考答案：B17.——Weexpectedyouyesterday.——I’msorry,I_____youtosaythatIcouldn’tbehereuntiltoday.A.must

have

called

B.wouldbecalling

C.couldhavebeencalling

D.shouldhavecalled參考答案：D18.Manygrownups

challengingconversationswiththeirchildrenlaterthismonthtohelpthemrecoverfromthepanic.A．havehad B．have C．willbehaving D．willhavehad參考答案：C19.

Itisacknowledgedthat_______shortestdistancebetweenpersonsis_______sinceresmile.

A.a;the

B.the;/

C.a;/

D.the;a參考答案：D二、完型填空20.JustbeforeChristmas,mydaughterKatieandIwentovertomydad‘splacetodecorate.Whileweworkedonthetree,grandbabiesDecieandJohnny___21___theirgreat-grandfatherPapaCox.Theirlaughterand___22___argumentsmusthaveremindedPapaofthepastdayswhenmybrotherandIwerejusttheir___23___becauseIsawatwinkleinhis80-year-oldeyes.Hangingthe___24___decorationsonPapa’stree,Icouldn’thelpgentlytouchingtheveryoldestoftheglassballs.ThoseImadesureto___25___fromtheuppermostbranches,safelyoutofreachoftinyhands.Whenthetreewasbeautifullydressedandglowing,webidmydadgoodbyewithlotsofhugsandkissesand___26___forhome.Laterthatnight,inthequietdarkness,Ipulledmy___27___upcloseandlaydowntorestandremember.TheChristmasIturned16,whiledecoratingthetreewithMama,I___28___droppedandbrokeadecoration.Theoldglassballwasblueanditssurfacebegantofall___29___;ithadbeenonourtreeforaslongasIcouldremember.___30___,Ibenttopickupthebrokenpiecesandwassurprisedtofindatinysheetofpaperamongthepieces.Unfoldingit,Irecognizedmyfather’spenciledwriting.Liftingmyeyes,Isawmymother’s___31___expression.“Yourdaddywrotethatand___32___itinthatblueballduringourfirstChristmastogether,justbeforeyouwereborn,”shesaidwithasmile.Iwouldn’thavebelievedit,___33___theproofthereinmyhands.ThedaddyIknewalwayslookedupongettingthetreedecoratedasachorehewanted___34___partin.Infact,sometimeshecouldbeabitofalazyandmeanmanaroundtheholidays!Andyetthisbitof___35___paperprovedthatlongagomydaddyhaddonesomethingapparentlyromanticatChristmas.Carefullylayingthenoteaside,Icleanedupthebrokenpieces,wishingIcouldsomehow___36___thepieces.“It’sOK,”Mamasaid,encouragingmewithahug.“Justpickoutanotherofthe___37___onesandfoldedthenotebackinside.”___38___,aswecelebratetheholidayswithoutMama,whowelosttocancer,my___39___becomesmorebitter.EachyearasIdecoratePapa’stree,IrelivethemomentIsharedwithherthatwinterafternoonandtearsofasadnesswelledout.AsIcarefullyhandlethoseolddecorations,Iloveknowingthatoneholdsa___40___betweenPapaandMama—onethatwasobvioustoallwhoknewthem.ThenoteinsideoneofthoseoldglassballsonPapa’streeholdsheheartofmyparents’marriageinthreelittlewords:“Iloveyou.”.21.A.amazed

B.confused

C.challenged

D.entertained22.A.occasional

B.regular

C.instant

D.rare23.A.height

B.weight

C.size

D.shape24.A.familiar

B.expensive

C.normal

D.newest25.A.hold

B.suspend

C.pick

D.remove26.A.returned

B.headed

C.drove

D.ran27.A.memories

B.records

C.images

D.fancies28.A.deliberately

B.ridiculously

C.clumsily

D.generously29.A.off

B.down

C.away

D.over30.A.Obviously

B.Guiltily

C.Responsibly

D.Amazingly31.A.admirable

B.shameful

C.fond

D.reasonable32.A.threw

B.stuck

C.seized

D.dropped33.A.asfor

B.regardlessof

C.exceptfor

D.insteadof34.A.most

B.total

C.best

D.least35.A.yellowed

B.blackened

C.blued

D.reddened36.A.reorganize

B.reunite

C.restart

D.restore37.A.new

B.old

C.small

D.big38.A.Meanwhile

B.Still

C.Though

D.Now39.A.decision

B.regret

C.discovery

D.sympathy40.A.appointment

B.promise

C.permission

D.secret參考答案：21.D

22.A

23.C

24.A

25.B

26.B

27.A

28.C

29.A

30.B

31.C

32.B

33.C

34.D

35.A

36.D

37.B

38.D

39.C

40.D試題分析：本文是一篇記敘文。作者通過講述圣誕節(jié)時發(fā)生的一件事情，講述了家人之間的親情以及作者父母之間的愛情。21.考查形容詞辨析。A.amazed使……吃驚；B.confused使迷惑；C.challenged挑戰(zhàn)；D.entertained使高興；使娛樂。根據(jù)下文提到的“Theirlaughter”可推斷，他們在讓他們的曾祖父高興。故選D。22.考查形容詞辨析。A.occasional偶爾的；B.regular有規(guī)律的；C.instant迅速的；D.rare稀有的。根據(jù)語境可知，他們的笑聲和偶爾的爭論肯定讓爸爸想起來過去的日子。故選A。23.考查名詞辨析。A.height身高；B.weight體重；C.size大?。籇.shape形狀。由上文提的“remindedPapaofthepastdays”可推斷，爸爸肯定想起了我和弟弟像他們這么大小的時候。故選C。24.考查形容詞辨析。A.familiar熟悉的；B.expensive昂貴的；C.normal正常的；D.newest最新的。根據(jù)后文可以知道,父親圣誕樹上年年懸掛的都是那些老的裝飾品，是大家都熟悉的。故選A。25.考查動詞辨析。A.hold保持；B.suspend懸掛;C.pick選擇；D.remove移除,移開。根據(jù)下文“theuppermostbranches”可推斷。此處表達(dá)將玻璃球懸掛在最高的樹枝上。故選B。26.考查動詞辨析。A.returned返回；B.headed前進(jìn)；C.drove開車；D.ran跑。根據(jù)上文“webidmydadgoodbyewithlotsofhugsandkisses”可知，我們向父親說了再見后回家。headfor“出發(fā)；走向”是固定詞組。故選B。27.考查名詞辨析。A.memories記憶；B.records記錄；C.images圖像；D.fancies幻想。根據(jù)語境可知，那天晚上較晚的時候，在黑暗中，我的記憶被拉了回來，我躺下來休息并回憶。pullmymemoriesup表示“把過去的記憶拉了回來”。故選A。28.考查副詞辨析。A.deliberately故意地；B.ridiculously可笑地；C.clumsily笨拙地；D.generously慷慨地。根據(jù)下文“brokeadecoration”可推斷，指作者不小心，笨手笨腳的把裝飾球弄掉了。故選C。29.考查動詞短語辨析。A.falloff脫落；B.falldown跌倒；C.fallaway背離；D.fallover摔了一腳。根據(jù)語境可知,舊玻璃球是藍(lán)色的表面開始脫落。故選A。30.考查副詞辨析。A.Obviously明顯地;B.Guiltily愧疚地;C.Responsibly負(fù)責(zé)任地;D.Amazingly令人驚訝地。根據(jù)語境可知，我充滿愧疚地彎下身來把掉了碎片撿起來。故選B。31.考查形容詞辨析。A.admirable令人欽佩的；B.shameful可恥的；C.fond高興的；D.reasonable合情合理的。根據(jù)下文“shesaidwithasmile”可知，當(dāng)我抬起頭來，發(fā)現(xiàn)了母親高興的神情。故選C。32.考查動詞辨析。A.threw投；拋；B.stuck粘貼；卡?。籆.seized抓?。籇.dropped下降。根據(jù)語境可知，母親說：你的父親寫了那些并且把它粘貼在那個藍(lán)色的球上。故選B。33.考查介詞短語。A.asfor關(guān)于；B.regardlessof不管；不顧；C.exceptfor除了……以外；要不是；D.insteadof代替。根據(jù)上文的“Iwouldn’thavebelievedit,”可推斷，要不是我手里的證據(jù)我簡直不敢相信。故選C。34.考查副詞辨析。A.most最多；B.total完全的；C.best最好；D.least最少。根據(jù)下文“sometimeshecouldbeabitofalazy”因為父親是個懶人，所以裝飾圣誕樹是他最想做的事情。故選D。35.考查形容詞辨析。A.yellowed發(fā)黃的；B.blackened變黑的；C.blued變藍(lán)的；D.reddened變紅的。經(jīng)過了這么多年；父親寫的紙條變黃了。故選A。36.考查動詞辨析。A.reorganize重新組/安排；B.reunite聯(lián)合,聚合；C.restart重新開始；D.restore修復(fù)。根據(jù)上文“Icleanedupthebrokenpieces,wishing”可推斷，我清理這些碎片，希望我能夠修復(fù)這些碎片。故選D。37.考查形容詞辨析。A.new新的；B.old舊的；C.small小的；D.big大的。根據(jù)語境可知，這里指的媽媽挑選了另一個舊玻璃球，再把紙條塞了進(jìn)去。故選B。38.考查副詞辨析。A.Meanwhile同時；B.Still仍然；C.Though盡管；D.Now現(xiàn)在。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指現(xiàn)在與過去形成的對比。以前和媽媽起裝飾圣樹，但現(xiàn)在媽媽不在了。故選D。39.考查名詞辨析。A.decision決定；B.regret遺憾；C.discovery發(fā)現(xiàn)；D.sympathy同情。根據(jù)語境可知，媽媽去世了，因此推斷作者發(fā)現(xiàn)那張紙條的事實成為更加苦澀的。故選C。40.考查名詞辨析。A.appointment任命；B.promise諾言；C.permission允許；D.secret秘密。根據(jù)下文“ThenoteinsideoneofthoseoldglassballsonPapa’streeholdsheheartofmyparents’marriageinthreelittlewords:“Iloveyou.”.”可知，此處指父親給母親寫紙條放進(jìn)圣誕樹上的玻璃球里，是他們用來表達(dá)愛情的秘密。故選D。21.Sometimesthepeoplewhoarenoticedtheleastcandothemosttoliftusup.OnThanksgiving41,Itookpartinalocalrunningactivity.Itwasbarelyabovefreezingthatmorningsoeveryrunnerwaswalkingorjumpingaroundtryingtostay42.Onthesideoftheroadwasa(n)43manandasusual,mostpeoplepretendednotto

44

him.Iwentoverandtalkedwithhimforafewminutes

45therace.Hetoldmethathewasaveteran(老兵)andhadhopedhemightbeabletodosomeworkto

46

afewdollarsforaThanksgivingdinner.ItwastimefortheracesoItoldhimI'dliketotalktohim47.Ithoughtaboutthismanduringmostofthe48.Hehadn'taskedmeforanything,

49Iwantedtodosomethingforhim.However,Ionlyhadacoupleofdollars,certainlynot

50

foraThanksgivingdinnerfortheman.AftertheraceIwentbackandtalkedtohim,whichgotmeseveral51

looksfromotherrunners.DuringourconversationIofferedhimthe52Ihad.Hedidn'twanttoacceptitbutI

53.ThenhesaidsomethingthatIdidn't54.Hesaid,“Thishasbeensonice.Thankyou.Ihaven'treally55

anybodyinareallongtime.”“Wow,”Ithought.“Thismanis56

meforjusttalkingtohim.”AfterIsaidgoodbye,Iaskedother57

iftheyhadacoupleofdollarsforahomelessveteranwhojust

58tobuyahotThanksgivingdinner.Ithinkheendedupgettingenoughforagood

59thatnight.Fromhim,IlearnedhowtosmilethroughtheroughtimesandIwas

60nottotakeforgrantedthemanyblessingsIhave.41.A.morning B.noon C.afternoon

D.evening42.A.active B.calm C.healthy

D.warm43.A.old B.ugly C.homeless

D.hopeless44.A.recognize B.see C.find D.observe45.A.before B.after C.about D.despite46.A.borrow B.earn C.spare D.raise47.A.atlast B.asusual C.forever D.onceagain48.A.practice B.conversation C.race D.work49.A.so B.or C.and D.but50.A.normal B.enough C.necessary D.suitable51.A.anxious B.strange C.guilty D.serious52.A.gift B.opportunity C.cash D.suggestion53.A.insisted B.agreed C.hesitated D.regretted54.A.doubt B.expect C.admit D.allow55.A.talkedto B.caredabout C.turnedto D.worriedabout56.A.punishing B.forgiving C.thanking D.blaming57.A.organizers B.walkers C.jumpers D.runners58.A.wanted B.decided C.stopped D.remembered59.A.present B.dinner C.sleep D.rest60.A.demanded B.encouraged C.reminded D.persuaded參考答案：41-45ADCBA

46-50BDCDB

51-55BCABA

56-60CDABC本文是記敘文。作者在感恩節(jié)那天幫助一位無家可歸的老兵籌集到足夠的錢買一份節(jié)日晚餐。作者從這位老兵身上學(xué)習(xí)到了如何笑對苦難，并且意識到不要把自己所擁有的幸福當(dāng)成理所當(dāng)然的事。41.A。下句中的thatmorning提示了本題答案。42.D。根據(jù)本句中的Itwasbarelyabovefreezing可知，當(dāng)時氣溫很低，所以參加跑步的人走來走去或者跳來跳去都是為了?！芭╳arm）”。43.C。最后一段中的ahomelessveteran提示了本題答案。44.B。人們通常都假裝沒有“看見（see）”這些無家可歸的人。45.A。根據(jù)下段中的Itwastimefortherace可知，作者在開跑“前（before）”跟那位老兵聊了幾分鐘。46.B。根據(jù)上文中的dosomework可推測，這位老兵希望通過自己的勞動能“掙（earn）”一些錢來買一份感恩節(jié)晚餐。47.D。根據(jù)下段中的AftertheraceIwentbackandtalkedtohim可知，作者跑完步以后還想跟那位老兵“再（onceagain）”談?wù)劇?8.C。根據(jù)本段開頭的Itwastimefortherace可知，在“跑步（race）”的大部分時間里，作者都在想那位老兵。49.D?！八裁炊紱]跟我要”和“我想為他做什么”之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故選but。50.B。根據(jù)本句開頭的However可推測，作者身上只帶著幾元錢，肯定不“夠（enough）”買份感恩節(jié)晚餐。51.B。大家都忽視這位無家可歸的老兵，作者卻跟他坐在一起聊天，因此其他參加跑步的人都用“奇怪的（strange）”眼神看著作者。52.C。根據(jù)上段中的acoupleofdollars可推測，這里是指作者給那位老兵“現(xiàn)金（cash）”。53.A。根據(jù)but可知，老兵拒絕要作者的錢，但是作者“堅持（insisted）”要給。54.B。根據(jù)下段中的“Wow,”Ithought可推測，老兵說了一些作者沒有“預(yù)料到（expect）”的話。55.A。根據(jù)下段中的forjusttalkingtohim可知，老兵已經(jīng)很久沒有真正地跟別人“交談過了（talkedto）”。56.C。上段中的Thankyou提示了本題答案。57.D。根據(jù)上文中的alocalrunningactivity及otherrunners可知，作者問其他“參加跑步的人（runners）”要錢。58.A。根據(jù)第二段中的hadhoped...foraThanksgivingdinner可知，那位老兵“想要（wanted）”買一份熱乎乎的感恩節(jié)晚餐。59.B。文中多處出現(xiàn)的aThanksgivingdinner提示了本題答案。60.C。作者從老兵身上學(xué)習(xí)到了如何笑對苦難，并且“意識到（reminded）”不要把自己所擁有的幸福當(dāng)成理所當(dāng)然的事。三、閱讀理解22.AccordingtoanewstudyjustpublishedinPsychologicalScience,anyonepersonseeninagroupjustseemsbetterlookingthanwhenviewedalone.Thereason:humaneyesaveragethingsout,andwhenitcomestofaces,averageisusuallygood._____47_____Facialanalysisstudiesshowthesymmetry(對稱)isalmostalwaysregardedasprettierthanasymmetryandthemostbeautifulfacesaretheonesonwhicheyesarenomoreorlessthanacertaindistanceapart,andtheforehead,chin,cheeksandotherfeaturestakeupnomorethanacertainshareofthewhole.It’sthereasonthatmodelsmaybegorgeousbutcanproveawfullydifficulttotellapart.“Perhaps,”sayspsychologicalscientistDrewWalkeroftheUniversityofCalifornia,SanDiego,inastatementthataccompaniedthereleaseofthestudy,“beautifulpeopleareallalike,buteveryunattractivepersonisunattractiveintheirownways.”Totesthowthatplaysoutinagroupsetting,WalkerandhisUCSDcollaborator,psychologicalscientistEdwardVul,recruited130undergraduatestudentsandshowedthempicturesof100differentmenandwomen._____48_____Othertimestheywerecutouttoshowjustonefaceatatime.Stillothertimes,thefacesweretakenoutofcontextandarrangedonasimplegrid(網(wǎng)格)ofeitherfour,nineor16faces.Consistently,theresearchersfound,thesoleshotswereregardedaslessattractivethanthefacesviewedinagroup—whetherinarealsettingoronthegrid.Thiswastrueregardlessofthegenderofthesubjectsandregardlessofwhethertheywouldbroadlybedescribedasfollowingmostdefinitionsofattractivenessorunattractiveness.____49____Theexplanationforthephenomenon,theybelieve,istheaveragingeffectandhowitworks.___50___“Individualswithcomplementaryfeatures—onepersonwithnarroweyesandonepersonwithwideeyes—wouldenjoyagreaterboostinattractivenesswhenseentogether,ascomparedtogroupscomposedofindividualswhohavesimilarfeatures,”WalkerandVulwrite.A.Boththegorgeousandnon-gorgeousimprovedbybeingwithotherpeople.B.Sometimesthesubjectsinthepictureswereshownaspartofathree-persongroup.C.Itturnsoutthatpeopledon’tevenneedtobeinanactualgrouptolookmoreattractive.D.It’snosecretthatourdefinitionofbeautyisdefinedbyaveryclearsetofphysicalnorms.AB.Abignoseinthecompanyofasmallnosedoesnotlookbiggerstill;rather,bothnosesmoveclosertotheaverage.AC.Whilebeingaverage-lookingmightseemlikeabadthing,theresearchsuggeststhat’snotnecessarilythecaseforattractiveness.參考答案：47.D

48.B

49.A

50.AB這是一篇說明文。研究發(fā)現(xiàn)：任何一個人在一群人中出現(xiàn)時，看起來都比單獨(dú)出現(xiàn)時好看。原因是：人類的眼睛會將事物平均化，而當(dāng)涉及到臉部時，平均化通常是好的。文章對這個研究以及研究結(jié)果進(jìn)行了具體的介紹。【47題詳解】本句為本段主題句。結(jié)合下文Facialanalysisstudiesshowthesymmetryisalmostalwaysregardedasprettierthanasymmetryandthemostbeautifulfacesaretheonesonwhicheyesarenomoreorlessthanacertaindistanceapart,（面部分析研究表明，對稱幾乎總是被認(rèn)為比不對稱更漂亮，最漂亮的臉是那些眼睛之間距離不超過或少于一定距離的臉）以及通讀本段可知本段主要說明人類定義美麗時所依據(jù)的生理標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，故D選項“眾所周知，我們對美的定義是由一套非常清晰的物理規(guī)范定義的?！狈险Z境。故選D?！?8題詳解】結(jié)合后文Othertimestheywerecutouttoshowjustonefaceatatime.Stillothertimes,thefacesweretakenoutofcontextandarrangedonasimplegridofeitherfour,nineor16faces.（其他時候，他們被剪下來一次只露出一張臉。還有一些時候，這些臉被斷章取法地排列在一個簡單的網(wǎng)格上，由4張、9張或16張臉組成。）中Othertimes與Stillothertimes可對應(yīng)到B選項中Sometimes，表示“有時，照片中的受試者作為三人小組的一部分被展示?！背薪由舷挛?。故選B。【49題詳解】該空前文Thiswastrueregardlessofthegenderofthesubjectsandregardlessofwhethertheywouldbroadlybedescribedasfollowingmostdefinitionsofattractivenessorunattractiveness.（不管研究對象的性別如何，也不管他們是否被廣泛地描述為符合大多數(shù)關(guān)于吸引力或無吸引力的定義，這都是正確的。）可知研究人員一致認(rèn)為，無論是在真實環(huán)境中還是在網(wǎng)格中，單獨(dú)的照片都不如在一組照片中看到的面孔有吸引力。不管研究對象的性別如何，也不管他們是否被廣泛地描述為符合大多數(shù)關(guān)于吸引力或無吸引力的定義，這一點(diǎn)都是正確的。該空承接上文，A選項“華麗的人和不華麗的人都是通過和別人在一起而提高的”和上文最銜接。故選A?！?0題詳解】上一句Theexplanationforthephenomenon,theybelieve,istheaveragingeffectandhowitworks.提到：他們認(rèn)為，對這種現(xiàn)象的解釋是平均效應(yīng)及其工作原理。下一句提到：沃克和沃爾在研究報告中寫道:“與具有相似特征的個體組成的群體相比，具有互補(bǔ)特征的個體——個窄眼睛的人和一個寬眼睛的人—在一起看的時候更有吸引力?！?。該空承上啟下，應(yīng)該提到和平均效應(yīng)以及互補(bǔ)特征相關(guān)的話題，AB選項“在小鼻子的陪伴下，大鼻子并不顯得更大;更確切地說，兩只鼻子都向平均值靠近。”最符合語境。故選AB。23.DeputyAgricultureSecretaryKathleenMerriganseesanepidemic(流行病)sweepingacrossAmerica’sfarmland.Ithaslittletodowiththeusualchallenges,suchasflood,risingfuelpricesandcrop-eatinginsects.Thecountry’sfarmersaregettingolder,andtherearefewerpeoplestandinginlinetotaketheirplace.Nationalagriculturalcensus(普查)figuresshowthatthefastest-growinggroupoffarmersisthepartover65.Merriganisafraidtheaverageagewillbeevenhigherwhenthe2012statisticsarecompleted.Merrigan,aformercollegeprofessor,ismakingstopsatuniversitiesacrossthecountryinhopesofencouragingmorestudentstothinkaboutcareersinagriculture.AsidefromtryingtostopthegrayingofAmerica’sfarmers,herworkismadetougherbyarecentblogpostingthatputagricultureatNo.1onalistof“useless”collegedegrees.Topfederalagricultureofficialsaretalkingabouttheposting,andithastheattentionofagiruclturalorganizationsacrossthecountry.“Therecouldn’tbeanytingthat’smoreincorrect,”Merrigansaid.“Weknowthattherearen’tenoughqualifiedgraduatestofillthejobsthatareoutthereinAmericanagriculture.”Inaddition,agrowingworldpopulationthatsomeexpertspredictwillrequire70%morefood