《2025年高考冲刺优秀模拟试卷汇编45套英语通用版》

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Once a year in a small mountain village, the Mande people gather to hear the folk stories of their traditions. The man playing an instrument called Sosso - Bala while singing is the storyteller. He holds all the folk knowledge of the Mande people.
Most of us don't have a musical instrument that ties us together, but we have someone in our lives who's the keeper of our folk knowledge. Often it's a grandmother, who keeps all our stories of wisdom ready to tell upon request. 36________ What's the best way to get a baby to sleep? Where do I come from? What's my moral compass? The stories provide an answer, and it's useful to speak with someone who knows how things are done.
37________ Researchers have documented folk knowledge in other species — whales returning to parts of the sea that they'd abandoned a generation before; monkeys that communicate hunting skills to their offspring(后代). Folk knowledge is not only culture, it's also survival. 38________
Traditionally, we share it in small units — families sharing around a dinner table. 39________ Look at any social media, and you'll see folk knowledge at work and at play. It's exploded as we're trained to look for information online, rather than from within. In this case, the chances are that our questions can be answered with misinformation.
But we don't gather once a year to check our “folk stories” as the Mande people do; nor do we center our folk traditions around a musical instrument. The Internet has no reality except its own and, left unchecked, its wisdom has no rhythm(节奏). 40________
A. It's just chaos.
B. This is why we do it.
C. Human wisdom has been passed down through generations.
D. The stories can be useful for dealing with all sorts of doubts.
E. Nowadays, folk knowledge has expanded to digital networks.
F. Now the Internet has made valuable folk wisdom at your fingertips.
G. Recently, we discovered that this very human practice isn't limited to humans.

答案： 36. D 37. G 38. B 39. E 40. A