【正文】 erved autobiography. Paul Kalanithi died in March 2021, while working on this book, yet his words live on as a guide and a gift to us all. “I began to realize that ing face to face with my own mortality, in a sense, had changed nothing and everything,” he wrote. “Seven words from Samuel Beckett began to repeat in my head: ?I can?t go on. I?ll go on.?” When Breath Bees Air is an unfettable, lifeconfirming reflection on the challenge of facing mortality and on the relationship between doctor and patient, from a gifted writer who became both. 58. What can we learn from Paragraph 2? A. What led to the diagnosis of Kalanithi?s lung cancer. B. Why Kalanithi changed his mind to bee a doctor. C. When Kalanithi decided to follow in his father?s footsteps. D. How Kalanithi developed his interest in English literature. 59. Which of the following words can be used to describe the book? A. Discouraging. B. Reflective. C. Delightful. D. Controversial. 60. Kalanithi began to seek the meaning of life . A. when he was a medical student B. when he became a neurosurgeon C. when he studied English literature D. when he was diagnosed with cancer C One of the strangest features of motherhood is that the vast majority of mothers prefer to cradle their babies in the left arm. Why should this be? The obvious explanation is that the majority of mothers are right handed and they wish to keep their right handed and they wish to keep their right hand free. Unfortunately, this explanation cannot apply, because lefthanded mothers also favor their left arm for holding their babies. The precise figures arc 83 percent for righthanded mothers and 73 percent for lefthanded mothers. The most likely explanation is that the mother39。s cofounder and publisher, was quick to assure critics of the appointment process that his son is terribly talented and had to prove himself before being given the post. Apparently Gus worked his way up from more junior positions with the pany, and demonstrated, according to his father, the “drive and discipline and charm, and all the things that show leadership.” Gus Wenner is 22 years old. He is certainly not the only kid out of college, or even out of high school, working at daddy?s firm. Family contacts are a mon way of finding both temporary internships and longtime careers. Opportunities for the children of top 1 percent are not the same as they are for the 99 percent. This is hardly a shock, but it is precisely the type of inequality that reveals the hardtodefine promise of the “Just Do It” version of the American dream and deepens our cynicism (憤世嫉俗 ) about how people get ahead. As a consequence, it weakens support for public policies that could address the lack of upward mobility among children born at the bottom, who ought to be given Parity. A strong tie between adult outes and family background annoys Americans. When an anization conducted a nationally representative survey asking about the meaning of “the American dream,” some typical answers included: “Being free to say or do what you want” and Being free to acplish almost anything you want with hard work,” but also “Being able to succeed regardless of the economic circumstances in which you were born.” This is exactly the reason that “the American dream,” is not only a defining metaphor for the country, but also why Americans have long been willing to tolerate a good deal more economic inequality than citizens of many other rich countries. A belief in the possibility of upward mobility not only morally justifies inequality as the expression of talents and energies, but also extends a promise to those with lower ines. After all, why would you be a strong advocate for reducing inequality if you believe that you, or eventually your children, were likely to climb the ine ladder? Hard work and perseverance (毅力 ) will always be ingredients for success, but higher inequality has made having successful parents, if not essential, certainly a central part of the recipe. The belief that talent is something you are born with, and that opportunities are open to anyone with ambition and energy, also has a dangerous consequence. When the public policy is focused on the difficult situation of the poor, this belief can help the concept resurface that the poor are “undeserving” and are the authors of their own situation. Yet we actually know a good deal about why children of the poor have a higher chance of being stuck on poverty as adults. The recipes for breaking this intergenerational trap are clear。每個(gè)空格只填一個(gè)單詞。 Bikesharing has taken off in China far faster than in any other market. The market has bee flooded with new panies in recent months. The bikesharing panies operate in a similar way. They use apps that allow users, after paying a deposit, to unlock the wheels with their smartphones. After the journey, users can leave bikes anywhere in public and pay a little money for the use. The service is very popular as it provides an effective solution to “the last kilometer” problem. The promoting of the bikesharing service is also raising questions about profitability, widespread bike vandalism (破壞 ) and theft, and growing government regulation. A Hong Kong man who was arrested for throwing several shared bikes into rivers said he had no regret destroying them because ”the GPS devices in the bikes give away users39。 江蘇省南京市 2017 屆高三第三次模擬考試 英語試題 答案 第二部分 英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共 35小題；每小題 1分，滿分 35 分） 2125 DABCA 2630 ACDBB 3135 BDCCA 3640 ABACD 4145 CBDBC 4650 BAACD 5155 ABCDA 第三部分 閱讀理解 （ 共 15小題 ； 每小題 2 分 ， 滿分 30 分 ） 5657 BA 5860 DBA 6164 CBDA 6570 BDACDC 第四部分 任務(wù)型閱讀（共 10 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 10分） 71. Readers 72. surprisingly 73. way 74. study/attention 75. calm 76. mented 77. motivate