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2025~2026学年江苏省泰州市第三高级中学高一上学期12月调研测试英语试卷

一、阅读理解

Hummingbirds(蜂鸟)areaveryimportantpartofMexico’secosystem,butbecauseoftheever-spreadingcitylandscape,theyfaceallsortsofseriousdangers.That’swhere73-year-oldCatiaLattoufdeAridacomesin.Asaself-taughthummingbirdcare-taker,shedevotesmostofherfreetimeandresourcestonursingthetinybirdsbacktohealth.HerhomeinMexicoCityhasbecomeknownasahummingbirdhospital

Catia’sstoryasahummingbirdnursebeganin2011,ataverydifficultmomentinherlife.Atthattime,shefocusedonherbattlewithcancerandfellintoadepression(抑郁).Shewaswalkingonthestreetonedaywhenshenoticedahummingbirdthathadsufferedaseriouseyeinjury.ThekindheartedwomantookithomeandnameditGucci.ShemanagedtonurseGuccibacktohealth,butshesaiditwasGuccithatsavedher.Why?Becausethehummingbirdmanagedtopullheroutofthesadnessandlonelinessthathadtakenoverherlife.

WordofhersuccessspreadamongCatia’sfriends,andbeforelongsomeofthembeganbringingherinjuredhummingbirds.Shedidn’trepulsethematall.Shebegantostudythebirdandtheirhabitsinordertobettertakecareofthem,andafter11yearsofexperience,the73-year-oldwomanisconsideredanexpertonhummingbirds.

InordertoraiseawarenessofthedifficultsituationofhummingbirdsinMexico,CatiaLattoufdeAridastartedpostingvideosofthepatientsinherMexicoCityapartmentonsocialmedia,andmanyofthembecamepopular.That’swhentheneedforhernursingservicesreallyblewup.Shehascaredforhundredsofhummingbirdsinher11-yearcareer,whenshehashadasmanyas50oftheminherapartmentatanyonetime.Shespendsprettymuchallhertimelookingafterthetinybirds.

1.Whichsayingcanbestshowthemainideaofthefirsttwoparagraphs?

A．Itisbettertogivethantotake.

B．Actionsspeaklouderthanword