2020学年汕尾市梅陇中学高三第一次质量检测试卷第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节,满分35分）Exercise is often said to be good for everyoneBut a new study has shown that exercise could be _21 especially for people past middle ageThe study was done with miceIt showed that although mild exercise 22 a good effect on the muscles of young mice, it 23_the muscles of mice past middle ageThe three groups of mice in the experiment were _24_in age at young, middle-aged, and elderly humansThe mice were_25_on a thread-mill (踏车) 30 minutes a day for a five-week periodAt the end of that time, the young mices leg muscles had increased almost 30 percent in weight, but those of the old mice were reduced by 25 percentNo_26_pattern showed for the middle-aged miceDavid Gershon, an expert who carried out the experiment, explained that the older mice muscles were probably already_27_down and that exercise worsened the _28_An earlier study by Gershon showed that middle-aged mice benefited from exercise if they started exercising young and continued itIts clear that because the tests were done on mice, drawing conclusions about humans is too earlyBut the studies do not totally _29_the theory that exercise is good under any conditionsLets use the tests on mice as a _30_for other studies21AbeneficialBfriendly ctiring Dunhealthy22AmadeBtook Chad Dbrought23AharmedBhelped Cimproved Dreduced24Aaimed Bconnected Cindicated Drepresented25AdirectedBdriven Chung Dplaced26Aclean Bclear Cproper Dvisible27Abreaking Bfailing Cletting Dslowing28Abody Bcondition Csituation Dstate29Aappreciate Bassist Cpromote Dsupport30Abridge Bmeans Cproposal DwarningAt 3：00 a.m., Jack Mills was sitting at the controls of the mail train. The train was made 31 of 13 cars At the end of the train, 71 mailmen sat 32 （sort）the mailInside the second car, there were only five mailmen and 128 bags 33 (fill) with five-pound notesThis train had run more than 100 years 34 being robbedAt three minutes past three, Mills and his helper, David Whitby, saw a yellow warning lightThey slowed the train, and then stoppedWhitby went to the telephone beside the trackIt was out of 35 orderThen he saw a man moving between the second and third cars 36 Whitby could give a 37 (warn), he was 38 down by two menMills cars with all the mailmen had been disconnected by the robbersAt the bridge, the bags of money were unloaded from the train and thrown into waiting trucksOne of the robbers 39 obviously knew the schedules (时刻表) of all the trains kept 40 (look) at his watchAt 3:45 he said, “That will have to be enough”The robbers with more than 2,500,000 pounds! 2020广东四校高三联考试题.docAs Sara looked at her cousins fashion magazine, tears slowly rolled down her cheek. She quickly (21) _ the magazine and got up from the bed, went to the kitchen to help her mother with the cooking. (22) _ as she washed the pots and pans she couldnt help (23) _ think of the beautiful red dress she had seen in the magazine. She felt angry as well as helpless. “Why couldnt I have all the nice things that my cousin had? Why didnt I have money to spend?” she thought. Sara studied in an institution and she knew that her father (24) _ her fees with difficulty. She understood that and that was one more reason for her to study even harder and (25) _ university so she could (26) _ on her own feet. She knew and understood all this but she just couldnt (27) _ herself off from the more materialistic things.After she had washed up, she crept into the room to have another look at the magazine. Her mother had always told her about the time (28) _ she was Saras age and that they had learnt to do some sewing at home. These things seemed so old-fashioned and outdated to her. But then as she (29)_ the model wearing the dress, she had an idea. She almost jumped with joy and ran to her mother who later offered to give her some money to buy the cloth and then showed her how to (30) _ the sequins (圆形小光片). She quickly (31) _ the art of doing it and even made the dress a little different from the one in the magazine. In the end the whole dress looked absolutely fantastic and she knew that she would be a big (32) _ at the party. Now she felt as if she could do anything and she felt empowered. Previously when Sara liked something and it (33) _ to be too expensive for her she (34) _ just be in a bad mood and keep quiet but now she was thinking positively and had got the dress she loved at less than half the price of the original. The point of telling the readers about Sara is that whatever one is up against, one