【正文】 like forms. The ancient lines can only be truly taken in from high in the air, leaving generations puzzled as to how these precise works could have been pleted long before the documented invention of human flight. The Lines were first spotted when mercial airlines began flying across the Peruvian desert in the 1920s. Who built them and what was their purpose? Are they roads, star pointers, maybe even a gigantic map? If the people who lived here 2,000 years ago had only a simple technology, how did they manage to construct such precise figures? Did they have a plan? These markings are like a vast puzzle. The Nazca Lines are the most outstanding group of geoglyphs in the world. There are also huge geoglyphs in Egypt, Malta, United States (Mississippi and California), Chile, Bolivia and in other countries. But the Nazca geoglyphs, because of their numbers, characteristics, dimensions and cultural continuity as they were made and remade throughout a certain history period, form the most impressive archeological (考古學(xué)的 ) group. The Nazca plain is unique for its ability to preserve the markings upon it, due to the bination of the climate (one of the driest on Earth, with only twenty minutes of rainfall per year) and the flat, stony ground which minimizes the effect of the wind at ground level. With no dust or sand to cover the plain and little rain or wind to erode (腐蝕 ) it, lines drawn here tend to stay drawn. These factors, bined with the existence of lightercolored subsoil beneath the desert surface, provide a vast writing pad that is suited to the artist who wants to leave his mark eternal. 32. What can we know about the Nazca Lines from the first two paragraphs? A. They were built as a big map. B. They were formed by nature. C. They are ancient lines in caves. D. They are huge markings in a desert. 33. How many factors make the Nazca Lines the most impressive? A. One. B. Two. C. Three. D. Four. 34. Why are the Nazca Lines well preserved? A. Because of the wind at ground level. B. Because of the existence of soft soil. C. Because of the climate and geography. D. Because of the thick sand on the top. 35. What does the underlined word “eternal” probably mean? A. Nonstop. B. Everlasting. C. Reallife. D. Highend. 【答案】 32. D 33. D 34. C 35. B 【解析】 文章介紹了出現(xiàn)在秘魯南部 Nazca 沙漠的大型古代地畫 The Nazca Lines，其神奇之處及形成原因。故選 B。 C If you want to be productive, you must plete work. Almost everything we do has many stages to pletion and in many situations, you don’t actually create value until you finish the last stage. Farmers can’t sell their grain until it is harvested. Automakers can’t sell cars that have made it 90% of the way through the assembly line(生產(chǎn)線 ). Most employers aren’t going to pay you for having a degree unless you finished the last class and graduated. Now all those things require starting, but if you have work in progress, the most valuable thing you can do is to pick something and finish it. Finishing is where you start benefiting from the value you’ve created. I’ve noticed that many successful people aren’t the ones who are the smartest or have the best ideas. They are often the ones who do the best job of taking an idea and pleting it. A good idea fully carried out is better than a great idea that never gets pleted. Does this mean you need to finish everything you start? Not necessarily, but if you don’t think something is worth finishing, be honest with yourself and terminate the project. Don’t leave hundreds of half finished efforts lying around physically or mentally acting like you are going to e back and pick them up. If you need to drop something , do so strategically and intentionally. If you’ve put significant effort into a project, you may still benefit from finishing it even if you wouldn’t start it again based on changed circumstances. For example, if you are in your last few months before graduating from college and realize you don’t want to career in what you are majoring in, you probably should go ahead and graduate because there is significant value in having the degreeeven if you don’t intend to actually work in that field. What projects do you have that are currently in progress? Can you find something and finish it? 28. Why do many people bee successful according to the author? A. They are the smartest. B. They have the best ideas. C. They start things smoothly. D. They make ideas fully pleted. 29. What does the underlined word “terminate” in paragraph 3 mean? A. Develop. B. End. C. Plan. D. Support. 30. According to the author, which of the following is the correct way of creating value? A. A man decides to finish all he starts to do B. Farmers hurry to sell their crops before they are ripe C. A college student chooses to study until he gets his degree D. A student keeps a halffilled stamp album around for future use 31. What is the best title for the text? A. Finishing vs. Starting. B. Well Begun is Half Done. C. Planning vs. Performing. D. It is Easier Said than Done. 【答案】 28. D 29. B 30. C 31. A 【解析】 本文是一篇議論文。由第二段 Shockingly, he made a shocking discoverythe students, even the older ones, knew nothing about reading except the 認(rèn)為自己必須為孩子們做些事情 。根據(jù) To this day I still run into people who talk about the fun they had searching for pairs in Dad39。根據(jù)第一段 When I was a kid in the 1960s. my parents had a country store in the small town of Frankfort, Maine. No neighboring houses could be seen From our place， and new salesmen were always amazed at the amount of business we did. Dad39。s motto was, “We sell everything.” If he didn39。絕密 ★ 啟用前 2018 屆高考考前適應(yīng)性試卷 英 語 （二） 注意事項(xiàng)： 答題前， 考生務(wù)必將自己的姓名、準(zhǔn)考證號填寫在答題卡上 。t have something in store, he would pick it up for customers on his weekly trip to Bangor. One time Dad was in Bangor getting shoes fo