高中英语综合复习练习题

1.【题文】I still remember it was in the winter of 1990 that, together with the help of my older sister, I 1 down my wishes for Christmas onto a piece of paper. How I wished on Christmas Eve my grandest wish would be 2 and placed under the Christmas tree — a puppy. When we were done, our wish-lists were collected by our parents with the promise to be 3 to Santa's hard- working helpers.

The next day, our parents sat us down in the living-room, with 4 expressions on their faces. As it 5 , they had seen our wishes, now wanting to talk to us about one wish 6 — the puppy. For a moment, I held my breath, but was 7 when they told us that they weren't against a puppy. What they 8 against was putting it under the Christmas tree. That was not a good idea.

They 9 taught us that an animal was not a gift that belonged to the same 10 as our toys. Animals were creatures with 11 that we should decide to have one, and it would be a(n) 12 to our family. An animal 13 a lot of responsibilities. It wasn’t anything one bought out of a mood. An animal could not be exchanged or 14 when we didn't feel like it. An animal wasn’t a toy. An animal was a 15 family member that needed lots of love and attention. An animal was not a 16 , but a family decision. A serious decision. And a big decision.

17 , my parents share my love for animals, so the decision came reasonably 18 . After our grandparents had given their 19 up for taking care of the dog, while we were on future vacations, the answer was yes. Yes, we would get a puppy.

The following days and weeks, there was only one 20 : our new family member! Yes, a family member, because animals have their rights. They are not simply food or gifts. We humans must attend, love and protect them. 1. A. left B. got C. set D. pulled 2. A. rejected B. declined C. challenged D. fulfilled 3. A. given away B. passed on C. taken on D. put up 4. A. dangerous B. curious C.serious D. mysterious 5. A. turned out B. taken out C. run out D. held out 6. A. in peace B. in order C. in particular D. in return 7. A. pardoned B. frightened C. inspired D. relieved 8. A. protested B. objected C. opposed D. resisted 9. A. patiently B. hurriedly C. anxiously D. roughly 10. A. arrangement B. routine C. schedule D. category 11. A. feelings B. secrets C. stains D. sufferings 12. A. convenience B. facility C. extension D. heritage 13. A. signed B. meant C. attained D. guaranteed 14. A. put forward B. put up C. put aside D. put off 15. A. native B. original C. responsible D. precious 16. A. riddle B. gift C. servant D. victim 17. A. Negatively B.Ridiculously C. Particularly D. Luckily 18. A. difficult B. easy C. contradictory D. concrete 19. A. thumbs B. toes C. noses D. eyes 20. A. theme B. argument C. prejudice D. topic

【答案】CDBCA CDAAD ACBCD BDBAD

【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】 2.【题文】Alice’s mother died when Alice was five years old. Alice, who grew up to be my mother, told me that after her mother’s death her family was too poor to even afford to give her a doll.

In December 2012, I had a job at a local bank. One afternoon, we were decorating the tree in the bank lobby(大厅). One of my customers approached me with her beautiful handmade dolls. I decided to get one for my daughter, Katie, who was almost five years old. Then I had an idea. I asked my customer if she could make me a special doll for my mother—one with gray hair and spectacles(眼镜): a grandmother doll. And she gladly agreed.

A friend had told me that his dad who played Santa Claus would be willing to make a visit on Christmas morning to our home to deliver my Katie her presents, so I made some special arrangements.

Christmas Day arrived and at the planned time; so did Santa Claus. Katie was surprised that Santa had come to see her at her own house. As Santa turned to leave, he looked once more into his bag and found one more gift. As he asked who Alice was, my mother, surprised at her name being called, indicated that she in fact was Alice. Santa handed her the gift, with a message card that read: For Alice:

I was cleaning out my sleigh(雪橇) before my trip this year and came across this package that was supposed to be delivered on December 25,1953. The present inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it. Many apologies for the lateness of the gift. Love, Santa Claus

My mother’s reaction was one of the most deeply emotional scenes I have ever seen. She couldn’t speak but only held the doll she had waited fifty-nine years to receive as tears of joy ran down her cheeks. That doll, given by “Santa”, made my mother the happiest “child” that Christmas. 1. The reason why the writer’s mother couldn’t have a doll when young was that __________. A. Santa Clause forgot to deliver the doll to her B. her daughter couldn’t make a doll by herself

C. her parents left the doll in the Santa Clause’s sleigh D. her family was badly off when she was a child 2. It can be inferred from the passage that __________. A. the writer’s father played the Father Christmas

B. the writer’s mother was already in her sixties when she received the doll C. the writer asked one of her friends to make the doll for her mother D. the Santa Clause was too careless to deliver the doll on time

3. When the writer’s mother received the doll that she had waited so long, she was __________. A. pleased and inspired B. puzzled and angry C. happy and excited D. curious and grateful 4. The best title for this passage could be __________. A. A Doll from Santa B. An unforgettable Christmas C. A considerate daughter D. A help from Santa Claus

【答案】DBCA 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

3.【题文】If you need glasses to read this, you are among the majority of Chinese students. That’s because most students in China are short-sighted which means they can only see things close up and distant things will be blurry. Four-fifths of high school students wear glasses and now more and more children in primary school need glasses, too.

This epidemic of poor eyesight has two very simple causes: too much time spent indoors studying and too little time spent outdoors playing. Reading and writing for hours and hours, sometimes in poorly lighted rooms, causes eyesight to weaken. But students have to do this because there is so much pressure on them to succeed in school. And because they spend so much time indoors at school and at home, they have less time to spend outdoors enjoying the sun.

The sun, as a consequence, is important in developing good eyesight. Exposure to daylight releases a chemical in the eyes that prevents, or at least delays, short-sightedness. According to a study by Ian Morgan of Australian National University, Australian children and Chinese children have the same level of eyesight before they start school, but once they enter primary school, Chinese children only spend about an hour a day outside, while Australian children spend three to four hours each day in the sunshine. The result is that while about 40 percent of Chinese primary school students need glasses, only three percent of Australian children do.

Wearing glasses may not seem like a big deal. For some, wearing glasses can even be an opportunity to make a fashion statement. But poor eyesight at a young age can have serious long term consequences. As you get older, your eyesight can worsen and lead to things like macular degeneration(黄斑变性), a condition of the eyes for which there is no cure and which can eventually lead to blindness.

With all that in mind, don’t you think it’s time to give your eyes a break? Try spending a little less time inside and go for a walk in the park, instead. It’s the healthy thing to do and your eyes will thank you for it.

１. What does the underlined word “blurry” mean? A. unpopular. B. unpleasant. C. unclear. D. unconscious.

２. How should the students protect their eyesight according to the passage? A. They should study less and less. B. They should stay longer outdoors. C. They should wear sun-glasses. D. They should have a longer rest in bed.

３. It can be inferred from the passage that __________ is to blame for the poor eyesight of Chinese children.

A. the ever-worsening bad weather B. the ever-increasing burden of study

C. the ever-decreasing sunny days D. the ever-decreasing period of study time

４. What is the purpose of this article?

A. To explain why Chinese students are poor-sighted. B. To admire Australian children’s good eyesight. C. To criticize the present education system.

D. To call on people to protect Chinese children’s eyesight

【答案】CBBD 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

4.【题文】Comfort is comforting, but it might narrow our experience at work — and beyond. In our modern world, discomfort is considered a terrible thing. If not terrible, at least a thing of the past. Dishwashers, washing machines, computers, remote controls—yes, they add convenience, but also a level of comfort our forefathers did not enjoy.

As pain of any kind discourages happiness, we tend to reason, anything that compromises our ability to feel good must be bad. And that’s also particularly true for our careers. Success makes us feel great, not terrible. Such a view, however, is a matter of personal opinion. And it may blind us to hidden opportunities.

Artists throughout history have tried to experience suffering, instinctively if not consciously, to produce works that explore the darker hidden sides of the human condition. This was done, in part, because pain is a reality of life for everybody in some form at some time. Pain is something everybody can relate to. And pain makes a person very present. For such artists, to relieve or to deny pain would be to block the creative thinking, which drives them to explore and express. In fact, Germans have a term for this melancholia, “Weltschmerz”, which means “suffering from the world.” Writers, from Lord Byron to Kurt Vonnegut, have used the term to describe the psychological pain encountered along life’s roller-coaster journey. It was not to be avoided; it was to be understood, investigated and employed.

So I propose that discomfort is good for us. Or, put another way, it tells us that something needs to be addressed. It stretches us by forcing us to view our circumstances through a wholly different lens. Because we’re drawn to safety and security, we do our best to create pleasant comfort zones for ourselves and our loved ones through the cars we drive, the homes we live in, and the places we work. But by resisting discomfort, we deny ourselves an important opportunity: the chance to shake ourselves out of our predictable perspectives and allow ourselves to make knowledgeable observations we could not possibly have made before. Discomfort gives us fresh eyes.

１. Which of the following is NOT a reason why artists throughout history have been exploring sufferings?

A. Pain is a mirror that can reflect the life of everybody. B. Pain is something that no one can escape from.

C. Pain can help them to avoid the creative thinking. D. Pain can strengthen the feeling of existence of a person.

２. The term “Weltschmerz” couldn’t be used to describe something like __________. A. social inequality B. mass killings C. racial discrimination D. great achievements

３. The author believes that by challenging discomfort, one may _________. A. lose an important chance to make a big fortune B. feel upset and fail to think calmly

C. judge and think about the world in a new particular way D. control the situation properly when things go unsteady ４. By writing this passage, the author tries to __________. A. criticize a world full of comfort

B. explain why discomfort is good for us

C. persuade people to lead a life full of discomfort D. blame those who enjoy an easy life

【答案】CDCB 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

5.【题文】Thousands of taxi drivers in Shenyang, Liaoning province, reportedly blocked streets with their vehicles on Sunday in protest against unlicensed vehicles using taxi-hiring apps(打车软件) and apps-based car rental companies providing passenger services, including high-end cars. Although the drivers also complained about the withdrawal of the fuel subsidy by the government, their main complaint was the loss of business because of the rising number of Internet-based car services companies.

On Wednesday, news reports came that Beijing transport authorities will take measures to stop the illegal “taxi business” of private cars through the newly rising Internet apps, following the footsteps of Shenyang and Nanjing.

It is not yet clear how the Shenyang city government will handle the issue and whether it will declare the services offered by market leaders such as Didi Dache, a taxi-hiring app provider backed by Tencent Holdings, and Kuaidi Dache illegal. But Shanghai transport regulators have set a rule, by banning Didi Zhuanche, or car services offered by Didi Dache in December.

Such regulations will cause a setback to the car-hiring companies and investors that are waiting to cash in on the potentially booming business. Just last month, Didi Dache got $700 million in funding from global investors, including Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings, Russian investment company DST Global and Tencent. Besides, the market is uncertain that Kuaidi Dache is about to finalize its latest round of funding after getting $800 million from global investors.

Regulatory uncertainties, however, could cast a shadow on the future of the Internet-based car-hiring services, which have become popular in most of China’s big cities. To be fair, these companies’ business model is anything but bad. For example, Didi Zhuanche works side by side with established car rental companies to provide high-end car service mainly for businesspeople through the Internet and mobile phone apps.

Every link in this business model chain has legal companies and services. Hence, it is hard to define it as illegal and ban it.

１. Why did taxi drivers in Shenyang block the streets with their vehicles? A. Because they wanted the government to increase their driving allowances.

B. Because they wanted to be educated how to use the taxi-hiring apps.

C. Because they wanted to make their main complaints known to the government. D. Because they wanted to call on passengers not to hire the private cars. ２. The author’s attitude to banning internet car-hiring service is______. A. positive B. negative C. neutral D. unclear ３. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage? A. The problem mentioned in the passage exists in all cities B. App-based car rental is helpful in some sense

C. The government should regulate the app-based car rental market D. Didi Dache is a China-foreign joint company ４. From the passage we learn ___________.

A. Shenyang banned apps-based car rental companies B. Shanghai is the second city banning Didi Zhuanche

C. some international investment companies have faith in the future of apps-based car rental companies

D. it is easy to describe the apps-based car rental companies illegal

【答案】CBAC 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】 6.【题文】It was the end of my junior year, the weekend before prom (毕业舞会). I was riding with some friends, and a bottle was passed around the car. Everyone was taking swigs(一大口). When the bottle got to me, I thought:“What should I do?”I took a swig. It was the biggest mistake of my life. I had to drive home later that night.

I went back to my car, got in and drove off. At a stop sign I saw a policeman sitting in the parking lot across the street. His headlights were turned on, and I knew he was going to follow me. Then he flashed his lights at me. All I could think was: “Oh no, that swig!”

I pulled over and waited for him to come to my door. It felt like forever. “Can I see your license and registration, please, Miss?” I gave them to him. He took them and went back to his car for a while. When he returned, he asked if I had been drinking. “No,” I said. He asked me to step out of my car.

“Walk heel to toe down the white line, please.” I passed the test. Next he had me stand on my left foot, lift my right foot and hold it for 30 seconds. I’m not the most coordinated (动作协调的) person and I can’t even walk and chew gum at the same time, so, needless to say, I didn’t pass. Then he asked me to take a breathalyzer test.

That was where I messed up. I told him I didn’t want to and didn’t understand why I had to. The officer asked me three more times, and I continued to refuse. He told me to turn around and place my hands behind my back. He arrested me right then and there.

The policeman drove me to a police station 20 minutes from my home. He called my parents and told them where I was.

I went to court two months after that, charged with refusing to obey an officer. I got a $700 (4,340 yuan) fine and 40 hours of community service. I’ll be on probation (缓刑) for a year, and I’ll have

to take the driving test again. I lost my license for a whole year.

This was a huge learning experience for me. It opened my eyes to how easy it is to make a stupid decision. I want everyone reading this to know that it’s not right to drink and drive. It definitely isn’t worth losing your license over.

１. From the first paragraph, we can conclude that the author __________. A. didn’t remember she had to drive home later when riding with her friends B. wished she had refused to drink that night

C. felt just one mouthful would not affect her driving D. lost her driving license on the way

２. What did the policeman ask the author to do at the stop sign? a. Show her driving license. b. Walk in a straight line. c. Stand on her head.

d. Stand on one foot for 30 seconds. e. Take her temperature. A. a, b, d B. a, c, d C. b, c, e D. b, d, e ３. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

A. The author was in jail for 40 hours and had to do community service. B. The author thought her punishment shouldn’t be so serious.

C. The author was really sorry that she had made a serious mistake.

D. The author believed she would have avoided punishment if she had obeyed the policeman. ４. What is the main purpose of the article?

A. To warn people against driving after drinking. B. To explain how policemen test drivers. C. To show that severe punishment works. D. To blame the author’s thoughtless friends.

【答案】BACA 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

7.【题文】Researchers are now using 3D printing to create models of the human heart heart specialists.（help）

研究人员现在开始使用三维打印技术制作人类心脏模型来帮助心脏病专家。

【答案】(in order/ so as) to help 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

8.【题文】Brain processes decrease as we age. By the time we reach our 50s and 60s we in remembering simple things such as the names of new friends or where we put our car keys. （have）

随着年龄增加大脑活动减少。当我们到了五六十岁时，我们将难以记住一些简单的事情，如新朋友的名字，或车钥匙放哪了。

【答案】will have (had) trouble/ difficulty 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

9.【题文】I think the faster we find a vaccine that works in curing Ebola, ______________________ that vaccine to vaccinate the people in West Africa. （use） 我认为我们越快找到对埃博拉病毒有效的疫苗，我们就能越快使用这种疫苗为西非地区的人们接种。

【答案】the sooner we can use 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

10.【题文】We live in a world ______________________ quality education, because we have everything necessary already. （access）

我们生活的这个世界，每个孩子都有权力接受优质教育，因为我们已经具备所有必要条件。

【答案】in which/ where every child can have / has access to 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

11.【题文】 have lessons, his parents would return quietly after a while to see whether he behaved well or not. (arrange)

无论安排他在哪上课，他的父母都会过一会儿之后再回来看看他的表现好不好。

【答案】Wherever he was arranged for to 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

12.【题文】Jonathan Mugan tells people in his new book it is time that people ____________________ a future where computers have more control over our lives. (prepare)

乔纳森·缪庚在他的新书里告诉人们现在是时候准备迎接电脑更多控制我们生活的这样一个未来了。

【答案】prepared / should prepare for 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

13.【题文】I've always thought there is no age limit to do ______________________. Our body could age, but our spirit can be always young! (want)

我一直以为做我想做的没有年龄所限。我们的身体会老，但精神永远年轻！

【答案】what I want (to do) 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

14.【题文】A deep breath and a balanced mind will contribute to the anxiety and nervousness. (rid)

深呼吸以及保持一种平常心有助于你摆脱焦虑和紧张。

【答案】ridding you of 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

15.【题文】It was _________________________ made him so upset that he shut himself in the room for a whole afternoon. (happen)

他身上发生的事令他如此难过，以致他整个下午都将自己关在房间里。

【答案】what had happened to him that 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

16.【题文】______________________ get back to being 100%, my body kept telling me that, at 32, I will not be able to compete at the top level ever again. (as)

尽管我试图很努力去恢复100%的状态，但我的身体却一直告诉我，32岁的我再也不能以最高水平去比赛了。

【答案】Hard as I tried to 【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】

17.【题文】请根据以下提示，并结合事例，用英语写一篇短文。

As for “the way to success”, Abraham Lincoln once said, “Give me six hours to chop down a tree, and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” 注意：①无须写标题；

②除诗歌外，文体不限； ③内容必须结合你生活中的一个事例； ④文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称；

⑤词数不少于120，如引用提示语则不计入总词数。

【答案】One possible version:

As a proverb goes, “Preparedness ensures success and unpreparedness spells failure”. It can’t be denied that good preparation is one of the essentials of success. The first two years of my junior middle school life went so smoothly and I got so good grades in every exam that I took it for granted that I was sure to be admitted by a key high school. Thus，in my junior three, I began totally loosening myself up and no longer focused on study. It is no accident that my academic performance declined sharply. Not until the last month of my junior three did I realize it and concentrated on learning again. However, it was too late to make full preparation then— I failed in the senior high school entrance examination.

From my experience, I see that at no time should we ignore the importance of making good preparation, and that success belongs to those who can suffer long years of patient toil and constant efforts.

【解析】

【试源】2015届湖北省八市高三3月联考 【结束】 18.【题文】As many people hit middle age, they often start to notice that their memory and mental clarity are not what they used to be. We 1 can’t remember where we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old 2 name, or the name of an old band we used to love. As the brain 3 ,we refer to these occurrences as “senior moments.” While seemingly 4 , this loss of mental focus can potentially have a(n) 5 impact on our professional, social ,and personal health . Neuroscientists, experts who study the nervous system, are increasingly showing that there’s actually a lot that can be done. It 6 out that the brain needs exercise in much the same way our muscles do, and the right mental 7 can significantly improve our basic cognitive（认知的） 8 .Thinking is essentially a 9 of making connections in the brain. To a certain extent, our ability to feature in making the connections that drive intelligence is inherited. 10 , because these connections are made 11 effort and practice, scientists believe that intelligence can 12 and change according to mental effort.

Now, a new Web-based company has taken it a step 13 and developed the first \training Program\ to actually help people improve and regain their mental 15. The Web-based program allows you to 16 improve your memory and attention skills. The program keeps 17 of your progress and provides detailed feedback for your performance and 18. Most importantly, it 19 modifies and enhances(升级) the games you play to build on the strengths you are developing —much like a(n) 20 exercise routine requires you to increase resistance and vary your muscle use.

1. A. suddenly B. deliberately C. merely D. desperately 2. A. accountant’s B. acquaintance’s C. ancestor’s D. consultant’s 3. A. improves B. fades C. recovers D. collapses

4. A. consistent B. innocent C. subjective D.explicit 5. A. damaging B. limited C. beneficial D. positive 6. A. figures B. finds C. points D. turns

7. A. responses B. sufferings C. workouts D. breakthroughs 8. A. gravity B. criterion C. fraternity D. functions 9. A. channel B. dilemma C. process D. condition 10. A. However B. Moreover C. Otherwise D. Therefore 11. A. in B. through C. beyond D. without 12. A. expand B. extend C.deposit D. squeeze 13. A. further B. away C. apart D. aside 14. A. committed B. designed C. added D. scheduled 15. A.conscience B. stability C. flexibility D. sharpness 16. A. temporarily B. originally C. systmatically D. occasionally 17. A. record B. track C. order D. pace

18. A. compromise B. commitment C. improvement D. inspiration 19. A. constantly B.consitently C. irregularly D. initially 20. A. effecient B. familiar C. abnormal D. effective

【答案】ABBBA DCDCA BAABD CBCAD

【解析】

【试源】2015届江苏省姜堰中学高三下学期期初调研考试 【结束】

19.【题文】The decision of the American Medical Association (AMA) to classify obesity as a disease is great news for the pharmaceutical industry, as it is likely to increae pressure on the Food and Drug Administratio(FDA) to approve more weigh-loss drugs and increase the odds that insurance companies will reimburse their cost. But it is deeply misleading. Treating obesity as a disease implies that moving into the categroy of obesity, which for adults means moving from a body-mass index(BMI) of 29 to BMI of 30, is equivalent to contracting a disease. But that is simply not the case.

Yes, there are certain health risks associated with having an elevated BMI,such as type 2 diabetes and heart disease. More broadly, a higher BMI is aassoicated with a geater risk of cardiometabolic abnormalities. Nonetheless, almost one quarter of “normal weight” people also have metabolic abnormalities, and more than half of “overweight” and almost one third of “obese” people have normal profiles, according to a 2008 study. That’s 16 million normal-weight Americans who have metabolic abnormalities and 20 million obese( or 56 million overweight and obese) Americans who have no such abnormalities.

One explanation for this discrepancy is that physical fitness and /or nutrition — rather than weight per se —may be what really matters. Several stuides have shown that physically fit “obese” individuals have lower incidence of heart dieseae and mortality from all causes than do sedentary(久坐的) people of “normal” weight. A recent clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that adopting a Mediterranean diet reduced cardiovascular risk independent of weight loss.

Some assume that the problem lies with BMI as a measure, which does not distinguish between fat, muscle and bone. While BMI is indeed a flawed(有瑕疵的) measure, it is not clear that there are better ones. A 2009 study also found no systematic differences BMI and other variables. In other words, it is not just that BMI is a poor measure of obesity but that obesity is a poor predictor of health.

Some hope that designating obesity as a disease will remove the shame assoicated with it, and obese people will no longer be blamed for their condition. Yet already it is being called the “fork to mouth” disease, and the disease categorization may reinforce blame by rasing the stakes. If obesity is a disease, parents of fat children may not merely be silently judged as bad parents but also accused of neglect and child endangerment.

If the AMA’s goal is to address the serious disease of type 2 diabetes and heart disease, it would be more productive and accurate for the association to urge doctors to focus on cardiometabolic risk, recognizing that there are both metabolically healthy and metabolically unhealthy individuals in all categories of weight. Rather than promote weight loss per se, doctors should instead encourage their patients of all size to incorporate physical activity and a balanced diet into their lives.

1.According this passage, who are most likely to suffer from heart disease ?

? Obese people who have no metabolic problem .

? Obese people who are physically active and healthy. ? Normal people who have a sedentary lifestyle ? Normal people who have a Mediterranean diet

2. From the passage , what can we learn about BMI ?

A.The BMI calculation doesn’t take age into account .

B. There will be better tools to measure one’s health than BMI.

C. It can identify the exact amount of fat, muscle and bone in one’s body respectively. D. It cannot be regarded as a reliable indicator of one’s health.

3. What is the author’s attitude towards AMA’s decision to recognize obesity as a disease ?

A. Critical. B. Suspicious. C. Pessimistic D. Optimistic

【答案】CDA 【解析】

【试源】2015届江苏省姜堰中学高三下学期期初调研考试 【结束】

20.【题文】Women have been a growing factor in the success of the US economy since the 1970s. Indeed, the additional productive power of women entering the workforce from 1970 until today accounts for about a quarter of current GDP. Still, the full potential of women in the workforce has yet to be tapped. As the US struggles to sustain historic GDP growth rates, it is critically important to bring more women into the workforce and fully deploy(有效利用) high-skill women to drive productivity improvement.

McKinsey & Company undertook this research over the past three months to understand how women contribute to the US economy; how their work benefits individual corporations; what prevents women from making greater contributions to their companies; and what approaches can

help companies unlock the full potential of women.

Creating the conditions to unlock the full potential of women and achieve our economic goals is a complex and difficult challenge. At a macro level, there is significant potential to raise the labor participation rates of women across the country. At a corporate level, where many high-skill women are employed, the opportunity is to continue to advance women into leadership positions where they can make the greatest contributions. Despite the sincere efforts of major corporations, the proportion of women falls quickly as you look higher in the corporate hierarchy. Overall, this picture has not improved for years.

We believe, however, that there is an opportunity to make substantial（实质上的） progress in developing and advancing women on the path to leadership. Companies have become very good at recruiting(招募) women—many major corporations recruit their “fair share” or more of women. Moreover, many companies have introduced mechanisms such as parental leaves, part-time policies, and travel-reducing technologies to help women stay the course. While the many barriers that remain are substantial, interventions at critical career points can have outsized impact.

For example, with a focus on middle management to increase the number of women who advance to the vice-presidential level, corporations could substantially improve the odds of achieving real gender diversity in top management. We found that more women in middle management roles are focused on leading than their colleagues at the entry level. And they have already demonstrated enough to advance and acquire managerial skills. Moreover, many are younger women with relatively light work/family concerns. If companies can win their loyalty at this stage of their careers, they will be more likely to stay the course. These women are ours to lose. ● According to Paragraph 1, women in the workforce _________.

A. are the major factor of the US economy’s success B. contribute the most part of America’s curent GDP

C. still have much potential in stimulating(刺激) economy D. are still struggling to sustain their job opportunities

1. Which of the following is an aim of Mckinsey & Company’s reserach ?

? To solve economy’s influcence on women’s work condition. ? To teach individual corpoartions how to deal with women . ? To help women to get more benefits from their companies ? To find out the factors that affect women’s work potential.

2. According to the passage , a company with many high-skill women workers ________.

A. should supply them with more high positions B. has to reduce and simplify its economic goals C. has to recruit more women across the country

D. should cut down women’s labour participation rates

3.The phrases “stay the course” in Para. 4 probably means “_______________”.

A. accept benefits reducing B. keep on working C. avoid part-time jobs D. keep the travel rights 4.. The author holds that women in middle management roles ________. A. have the most family concerns to deal with B. have the least loyalty to their companies C. show great desire of managerial skills

D. are less hopeful to be promoted than others

【答案】DABC 【解析】

【试源】2015届江苏省姜堰中学高三下学期期初调研考试 【结束】 1.【题文】The rise of the Internet has been one of the most transformative developments in human history, comparable in impact to the invention of the printing press and the telegraph. Over two billion people worldwide now have access to vastly more information than ever before, and can communicate with each other instantly, often using Web-connected mobile devices they carry everywhere. But the Internet’s tremendous impact has only just begun.

“Mass adoption of the Internet is driving one of the most exciting social, cultural, and political transformations in history, and unlike earlier periods of change, this time the effects are fully global,” Schmidt and Cohen write in their new book The New Digital Age.

Perhaps the most profound changes will come when the five billion people worldwide who currently lack Internet access get online. The authors do an excellent job of examining the implications of the Internet revolution for individuals, governments, and institutions like the news media. But if the book has one major shortcoming, it’s that authors don’t spend enough time applying a critical eye to the role of Internet businesses in these sweeping changes.

In their book, the authors provide the most authoritative volume to date that describes — and more importantly predicts — how the Internet will shape our lives in the coming decades. They paint a picture of a world in which individuals, companies, institutions, and governments must deal with two realities, one physical, and one virtual.

At the core of the book is the idea that “technology is neutral, but people aren’t.” By using this concept as a starting point, the authors aim to move beyond the now familiar optimist vs. pessimist dichotomy(对立观点)that has characterized many recent debates about whether the rise of the Internet will ultimately be good or bad for society. In an interview with TIME earlier this week, Cohen said although he and his co-author are optimistic about many aspects of the Internet, they’re also realistic about the risks and dangers that lie ahead when the next five billion people come online, particularly with respect to personal privacy and state surveillance(监视).

1. In what way is the rise of the Internet similar to the invention of the printing press and the telegraph?

A.It transforms human history. B.It makes daily communication easy. C.It is adopted by all human beings. D. It revolutionizes people's thinking. 2. In what respect is the book The New Digital Age considered inadequate? A.It fails to recognize the impact of the Internet technology. B.It fails to look into the social implications of the Internet.

C.It lacks an objective evaluation of the role of Internet businesses. D.It does not address the technical aspects of Internet communication. 3. What will the future be like when everybody gets online? A.People will be living in two different realities. B.People will have equal access to information. C.People don’t have to travel to see the world. D.People don’t have to communicate face to face.

4. What does the passage say about the authors of The New Digital Age? A.They leave many questions unanswered concerning the Internet. B.They are optimistic about the future of the Internet revolution. C.They have explored the unknown territories of the virtual world. D.They don’t take sides in analyzing the effects of the Internet.

【答案】BCAD 【解析】

【试源】2015届江苏省姜堰中学高三下学期期初调研考试 【结束】 2.【题文】In 1950, a young man would have found it much easier than it is today to get and keep a job in the auto industry. And in that year the average autoworker could meet monthly mortgage(抵押贷款)payments on an average home with just 13.4 percent of his take-home pay. Today a similar mortgage would claim more than twice that share of his monthly earnings.

Other members of the autoworker’s family, however, might be less inclined(倾向于......的) to trade the present for the past. His retired parents would certainly have had less economic security back then. Throughout much of the 1960s, more than a quarter of men and women age 65 and older lived below the poverty level, compared to less than 10 percent in 2010.

In most states, his wife could not have taken out a loan or a credit card in her own name. In 42 states, a homemaker had no legal claim on the earnings of her husband. And nowhere did a wife have legal protection against family violence.

Most black workers would not want to return to a time when, on average, they earned 40 percent less than their white counterparts(职位相当的人),while racially restrictive agreements largely prevented them from buying into the suburban neighborhoods being built for white working-class families.

Today, new problems have emerged in the process of resolving old ones, but the solution is not to go back to the past. Some people may long for an era when divorce was still hard to come by. The spread of no-fault divorce has reduced the bargaining power of whichever spouse is more interested in continuing the relationship. And the breakup of such marriages has caused pain for many families.

The growing diversity of family life comes with new possibilities as well as new challenges. According to a recent poll, more than 80 percent of Americans believe that their current family is as close as the one in which they grew up, or closer. Finding ways to improve the lives of the remaining 20 percent seems more realistic than trying to restore an imaginary golden age. 1. What do we learn about American autoworkers in 1950? A.They had less job security than they do today. B. It was not too difficult for them to buy a house. C.Their earnings were worth twice as much as today. D.They were better off than workers in other industries.

2. Why couldn’t black workers buy a house in a white suburban neighborhood ? A.They lacked the means of transportation. B.They were subjected to racial inequality. C.They were afraid to break the law.

D.They were too poor to afford it. 3. What does the author suggest society do? A.Get prepared to face any new challenges. B.Try to better the current social security net. C.Narrow the gap between blacks and whites. D.Improve the lives of families with problems.

【答案】BBD 【解析】

【试源】2015届江苏省姜堰中学高三下学期期初调研考试 【结束】

3.【题文】Justin Hall published the first blog ever in the year 1994. Since then blogging has come a long way. Blogging is a great way of reaching out to the world. For some, blogging can just be a hobby, while for others it can be a way to increae awareness about their prodcuts and services, and earn money online. Whatever the reason, the primary aim is to get readership for the blog. But some mistakes cost dearly and can even damage the future of a blog.

Content is the king in the kindom of blogs. It is very important that whatever you write and share on your blog is correct, informative, and of good quality. Only with good, unique and interesting content will you be able to catch the attention of readers on the Internet, and turn them into your loyal followers.

Plagiarism(剽窃) is a crime, and if you are addicted to the act of copying articles from other blogs and pasting them to your blog, you are going to be fined heavily by search engines sooner or later. You will lose your credibility (信任) if readers find copied content on your blog.

A great way to increase your readership is by using various social media platforms. It is great if you are writing good content, but you need to promote your wares if you want to reach out to a wider audience.

It is very important to format your content to increase readability. Providing plenty of data without any formating can put off readres, and they might turn to other sites. Using subtitles and relevant image goes a long way in holding readers’ attention.

It is very important to connect with your readers via comments. If a reader has a question, be sure to answer it as soon as possible. It will increase readers’ trust and they will keep coming to your site. You can also invite skilled bloggers to guest post for you. This will help your blog to gain exposure to a wide audience .

Perhaps the biggest mistake a new blogger commits is to imitate his/her favourite blogger One cannot be someone else. Everyone has a style of his /her own and should work towards finding his/her own style rather than imitating others.

Quite often people are frustrated by the slow start of their blogs and instead of trying harder, they give up. One should understand that readers will not flock to your blog in a day. It will take considerable time and effort to attract and retain readers.

Blogging can be a very enriching and rewarding experience. If you take care not to commit these common misktakes, you can get a good start for your blog. Most common mistakes new bloggers make Introduction

Blog first 1._______ out in 1994, and is becoming popular now.

2. ______for Some bloggers consider blogging as a hobby. blogging Others employ blogs to 3. _________ their products and services and make money. Common mistakes Sharing and writing 4. ______ unique and interesting content may make readers disloyal to you. Copying others’articles for your blog will make others no longer 5. _______ you and you will also get fined. Neglecting soical media can 6. _______ your blog to a small audience. Attaching no importance to formatting your content makes it 7. _____to attract readers’attention. Answering readers’questions without delay can 8. ______ in the growth of your blog. Imitating others without 9. ________ your own style can put off readers. Frustrated by few readers, you may 10. ________ easily. 【答案】1. came 2. Reasons 3. promote 4. less 5. trust 6. limit 7. difficult/ hard 8. result 9. finding 10. quit

【解析】

【试源】2015届江苏省姜堰中学高三下学期期初调研考试 【结束】

4.【题文】请阅读下面短文,并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。

Time to give thanks

When it comes to Thanksgiving, turkey may be the first thing that comes to mind. It’s the right picture, but it’s not complete.

Celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November every year, Thanksgiving Day is a time for thanksgiving and feasts. It’s about expressing your gratitude to the important people and all the good things in your life.

Americans celebrate Thanksgiving with much warmth and keep many traditional customs. Here we introduce two of the rules Americans typically follow on this day. 1. Time for prayers and paying back

Thanksgiving Day has been associated with prayers in church and in homes for centuries. Attending church prayer services in the morning is the first step of many celebrators on Thanksgiving Day. The churches provide worship (礼拜) services and organize special events for the occasion.

Before Thanksgiving meals, some families gather together and read prayers to thank God for his kindness and the gifts he has bestowed upon (给予) them in the form of friends and family. Some people also do voluntary community work on this day, as a way of paying back. 2. Family reunions and showing gratitude

Like China’s Spring Festival, preparing a big meal and bringing the family together at home is a long-standing tradition of Thanksgiving. Distances don’t really matter as relatives return home to be with their family, no matter how far away. 【写作内容】

1. 用约30个单词写出上文概要；

2. 用约120个单词谈谈你对感恩的想法，内容包括：

(1) 你认为我们中国人有没有必要过“感恩节”？为什么？

(2) 以你自己的经历或者身边的人为例，阐述重视感恩的必要性； (3) 总结你的观点。 【写作要求】

1. 可以支持文中任一观点，但必须提供理由或论据； 2. 阐述观点或提供论据时，不能直接引用原文语句； 3. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称； 4. 不必写标题。 【评分标准】

内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。

【答案】This passage is mainly about the custom of a western traditional festival, Thanksgiving Day, which mainly includes the two rules that Americans usually abide by during the festival. After reading the passage, I had a better understanding of Thanksgiving Day. In my opinion, since the festival has a lovely and healthy theme, why not do as the Americans do ?Don’t you think giving thanks to things and people around us is very necessary. We can’t deny it is a good chance to spread kindness and consideration.

Take myself for example. Becuase I am busy in studying on weekdays, I have little time to look after my parents, which makes me guilty. In order to reward them and make them relaxed on the weekene, I get up early in the morning and prepare breakfast for them willingly, whkich makes them delighted.

So it is vital for us to have a grateful heart and show our thnaks to anything good and any perosn that is nice.

【解析】

【试源】2015届江苏省姜堰中学高三下学期期初调研考试 【结束】

5.【题文】Mother and I start our new life in America. In the morning we travel together to work. Rising at the crack of dawn, I love the adventure of tiptoeing around in the dark living room where we sleep, whispering to each other so as not to wake Aunt Celia and Uncle Martin in the bedroom, then leaving the house soundlessly and making our way to the subway station in semidarkness. By the time we reach Kings Highway, the rising day throws a mysterious light on the empty and quiet avenue ordinarily crowded with human traffic, and on the shuttered(有百叶窗的) storefronts and fruit stands now cozily(舒适的) wrapped in layers of canvas(帆布). There is a sense of mystery---a sense of power---in being here before the rest of the world awakens…as if witnessing the beginning of time.

We love travelling together on the subway, Mother and I. It’s fun to observe our fellow subway riders, exchange jokes in Hungarian, play guessing games as to their identities, their ages, and

their jobs and make bets as to where they’d be getting off.

In a couple of weeks Mother becomes familiar with the train route, and she no longer allows me to accompany her.

“But I’ll miss the fun of travelling together in the morning,” I protest.

“So will I. But it comes at a sacrifice. In order to accompany me, you must rise an hour earlier, losing an hour’s sleep. You need that extra hour of sleep.” Mother is firm, and I have no choice but to comply and regretfully give up on our morning fun.

“I hope you’ll have time to teach me English. Now that I have a job and travel alone on the subway, I’ll need to improve my vocabulary. I don’t want to depend on you every time I need to make a phone call in English, or want to take public transport.”

“Okay, madam,” I agree in a happy, joking tone. “How about today? Let’s have our first lesson this evening!”

Every evening I ask Mother a lot of questions about vocabulary and grammar, and indeed in a couple of weeks she learns enough to do marketing on her own and travel freely by subway.

1. Which detail from the text shows that the author is excited about her life in America? A. Her resistance to the growing independence of her mother.

B. Her acceptance of why she can no longer accompany her mother. C. Her description of rising early to ride the subway with her mother. D. Her discipline to work on language lessons every day with her mother 2. Which of the following describes the author’s attitude towards her mother? A. Supportive. B. Disrespectful. C. Sympathetic. D. Angry. 3. The text is most probably taken from ___________.

A. a review of a book B. a book about one’s life story C. a travel magazine D. a handbook for foreigners.

【答案】CAB 【解析】

【试源】2015届山东省青岛二中高三上学期期末考试 【结束】

6.【题文】Welcome to the world of multitasking---a place where the measure of a person is how many jobs they can perform at the same time. In fact, if experts are to be believed multitasking is a disastrous idea.

One of the opponents(反对者) of multitasking is Dr. Clifford Nass, a professor at Stanford University. “People who multitask frequently are less able to pay attention; they are worse at managing their memory,” he said. In his opinion, the loss that we get with multitasking is harmless in some situations, for example, part of doing business in the digital world; but you can’t do serious work like writing, thinking or solving an important problem this way. You do worse even as you think you’re doing better. All the time the research points to a simple fact: the brain cannot cope. When you stop midway through composing a report to check an email, you force your brain to stop and regroup. It is like pressing the pause button during a movie, meaning the film takes longer to watch.

And according to Dr. Nass, the problems extend beyond the brain. Young people who frequently multitask are not as socially and emotionally healthy as those who don’t. They just feel more emotionally satisfied and the feeling is so good and they are bound to desire it again. Todd Oppenheimer, a writer said, “We’ve become a very short-term society and don’t reward people for taking a lot of time on something.” He fears we may end up losing the next generation of great thinkers. “It’s really unfortunate because the long-term challenges of our world---environmental issues, financial issues---require people to think wisely about the long-term consequences of what they do. And it’s no coincidence that the kind of people who do think long-term don’t multitask.

1. According to Dr. Nass, multitasking ________. A. contributes to memorizing various things

B. may result in losing the next generation of great thinkers C. can be performed using digital tools

D. makes the performance emotionally affected only 2. From the passage, we can tell ________.

A. we mistakenly believe that we’re doing better by switching between tasks B. multitasking does harm to us in every area

C. for every task you add to your multitasking, you can finish your goal more quickly D. the loss that we get with multitasking is harmless 3. Which of the following is a multitasking addict?

A. You watch from start to finish without distraction when playing a DVD.

B. You have your office desk covered with paperwork from various unfinished projects. C. You feel that when you try to do too much at once, the result always suffers. D. You turn your cell phone to silence when you are out to dine with friends. 4. The author mainly wants to tell us _________.

A. it is more efficient to do things all in a mixed way B. it takes longer for us to become a great thinker

C. we shouldn’t be lazy if we want to accomplish many tasks D. the less you switch, the better you do

【答案】CABD 【解析】

【试源】2015届山东省青岛二中高三上学期期末考试 【结束】

7.【题文】Here’s a new warning from health experts: Sitting is deadly.

Scientists are increasingly warning that sitting for prolonged periods — even if you also exercise regularly — could be bad for your health. And it doesn’t matter where the sitting takes place — at the office, at school, in the car or before a computer or TV — just the overall number of hours it occurs. Several studies suggest people who spend most of their days sitting are more likely to be fat, have a heart attack or even die.

In an editorial published this week in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, Elin Ekblom-Bak of the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences suggested that authorities rethink how they

define physical activity to highlight the dangers of sitting.

While health officials have issued guidelines recommending minimum (最少的) amounts of physical activity, they haven’t suggested people try to limit how much time they spend in a seated position.

“After four hours of sitting, the body starts to send harmful signals,” Ekblom-Bak said. She explained that genes regulating (调节) the amount of glucose (葡萄糖) and fat in the body start to shut down.

Even for people who exercise, spending long periods of time sitting at a desk is still harmful. Tim Armstrong, a physical activity expert at the World Health Organization, said people who exercise every day — but still spend a lot of time sitting — might get more benefit if that exercise were spread across the day, rather than in a single bout (一回).

Still, in a study published last year that tracked more than 17,000 Canadians for about a dozen years, researchers found people who sat more had a higher death risk, whether or not they exercised.

“We don’t have enough evidence yet to say how much sitting is bad,” said Peter Katzmarzyk of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge, who led the Canadian study. “But it seems the more you can get up and interrupt this sedentary (坐着的) behavior, the better.”

Figures from a U.S. survey in 2003-2004 found Americans spend more than half their time sitting, from working at their desks to sitting in cars．

Experts said more research is needed to figure out just how much sitting is dangerous, and what might be possible to offset those effects. “People should keep exercising because that has a lot of benefits,” Ekblom-Bak said. “But when they’re in the office, they should try to interrupt sitting as often as possible,” she said.

1. What is the best title for the text?

A. Not Sitting Too Much While Working B. How To Avoid Sitting Too Much C. Sitting Too Much Could Be Deadly D. More And More People Sit Too Much 2. According to the research, ____________.

A. the more time you spend in exercising in a single bout, the healthier you will be B. those who often sit too much are sure to grow fat or suffer from a heart attack C. regular exercise is effective to get rid of the side effect of sitting too much D. you had better not sit for more than four hours in a single bout 3. How does the danger of sitting too much affect the human body? A. It causes the genes to fail to balance the glucose and fat in the body. B. It increases glucose and fat in the body.

C. It makes a person unable to exercise long enough in a day. D. It results in death.

4. The underlined word “offset” in paragraph 10 probably means __________. A. improve B. balance C. ignore D. achieve

【答案】CDAB

【解析】

【试源】2015届山东省青岛二中高三上学期期末考试 【结束】

8.【题文】London isn’t for everyone. Some promising students ignore it as an option. However, others jump at the chance without proper consideration. Student life in London is very different from campus life elsewhere.

The main issue for most students in deciding whether to study in the city is their sense of how much it will cost to live in the capital. It must be acknowledged that rental prices are the highest in the country, and students should be prepared for this even with the extra loan to offer. If you do your homework, then that is where the extra costs end.

If you keep your eyes open, student discounts are everywhere and many nightclubs run student nights during the week, with student unions ensuring expensive nightlife is never an issue. And if you feel like earning a bit of extra money, generally, part-time work is pretty easy to come by.

The transport network is good and generally affordable, especially with the Student Oyster photos-card, but the density of London means most journeys are possible on foot, and 24-hour buses ensure a night out that rarely requires a taxi.

A final benefit of the city for students, which is seldom considered by most until they actually arrive, is the power of London to connect people. London’s status as a world city means employers, including banks such as HSBC, media companies Like BSkyB, publishers such as Penguin and every kind of business in-between, choose to locate their headquarters in London. Many of these employers provide opportunities such as networking events and interview training, which are often advertised through London universities themselves, while internships, work experience and graduate schemes are all available within the city.

Of course when it comes down to personal preference, London is just one city on a long list of options, but before deciding, prospective students should try hard to find out the true reality in terms of the costs and benefits to them personally.

1. Some students don’t choose London because ________. A. they have no way to get the extra loan B. they dislike doing their housework C. London witnesses higher rents

D. London is the capital of Great Britain

2. To help out with your expense in London, you can ________. A. join a lot of student unions

B. do part-time jobs in your spare time C. stop yourself going to nightclubs D. find a flat with a lower rent

3. Before getting to London, most students usually fail to notice _______. A. so many large companies are located in London

B. 24-hour buses can provide great convenience for them C. there live too many world-famous men and women D. the transport network is generally the most affordable 4. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

A. Disadvantages of Studying in London B. High Rental Prices in London

C. Choices to Be Avoided by Students D. Benefits of Studying in London

【答案】CBAD 【解析】

【试源】2015届山东省青岛二中高三上学期期末考试 【结束】

9.【题文】Our children grew up on jelly(果酱) sandwiches. Even my husband and I sometimes have one late at night with a glass of milk.

I wasn’t the jelly maker in this 1 . My mother-in-law was. The only contribution I made to the jelly making was to 2 baby food jars, which my mother-in-law would 3 with the tasty gel(凝胶) and send back home with us. For the past 22 years, 4 I wanted to make a jelly sandwich, all I had to do was 5 one of those little jars of jelly. Jelly making was just a way of life for my mother-in-law. She always followed the same 6 -- from picking the fruit to setting the 7 jelly on the homemade shelves. My mother-in-law passed away last December. Among the things in the house to be 8 by her children were the 9 canned goods. Each of her children chose from the many jars of tomato juice, green beans and jelly. When my husband 10 his jars home, we carefully put them away in our kitchen.

The other day I reached the 11 for some jelly, and there it was. Sitting all alone on the far side of the shelf was a small jar. The lid was rusty. As I picked up the jar, I suddenly realized something that I had 12 to see earlier. Yes, this was the 13 jar we would ever have from the patient, 14 hands of my mother-in-law. It seemed like such a 15 thing, and most days it was something that was taken for granted. But today it seemed a valuable 16 . I put the jelly back on the shelf.

We have many things that 17 belonged to my mother-in-law. These are the kinds of things that we expect to pass on to our children. But I’m just not 18 to give up this last jelly jar, and all the 19 its presence allows me to hold onto. The jar of jelly won’t keep that 20 . It will either have to be eaten or thrown out… but not today. 1. A. market B. village C. family D. group 2. A. save B. throw C. choose D. paint 3. A. fill B. cover C. provide D. decorate 4. A. before B. whenever C. though D. since 5. A. turn on B take up C. pick out D. reach for 6. A. example B. routine C. dream D. rule 7. A. mixed B. finished C. changed D. boiled 8. A. destroyed B. moved C. donated D. divided 9. A. tasty B. expensive C. common D. suitable 10. A. left B. packed C. sent D. brought 11. A. kitchen B. hall C. market D. store

12. A. forgotten B. expressed C. considered D. failed 13. A. large B. particular C. delicious D. last 14. A. poor B. painful C. loving D. shaking 15. A. small B . new C. strange D. good 16. A. experience B. treasure C. opportunity D. prize 17. A. already B. once C. only D. still 18. A. afraid B. eager C. ready D. upset 19. A. lessons B. memories C. efforts D. feelings 20. A. safe B. light C. soft D. long

【答案】CAABD BBDAD ADDCA BBCBD 【解析】

【试源】2015届山东省青岛二中高三上学期期末考试 【结束】 10.【题文】Nowadays, millions of lonely singles are going online instead. The World Wide Web is quickly becoming 1 world’s most popular matchmaker. Singles are flooding to the Internet 2 (main) because their busy lifestyles leave them little time 3 (look) for a significant other. Using dating sites is quick and convenient. Many singles say the regular dating 4 (lead) them from one bad experience to 5 and are ready to try something else. Dating sites also make it easy to avoid someone 6 you are not 7 (interest) in. In the real world, 8 , ignoring someone you don’t like can be difficult. Despite all the 9 , online dating also presents its own set of problems. People aren’t always those who they declare to be in their online 10 (describe). Safety is another concern. You are just likely to find a criminal online as your Mr. or Miss Right.

【答案】1. the 2. mainly 3. to look 4. has led/leads/has been leading 5. another 6. who/whom/that 7. interested

8. however 9. advantages/benefits 10. descriptions/description

【解析】

【试源】2015届山东省青岛二中高三上学期期末考试 【结束】

11.【题文】When I was a young girl，I would spend summers in my grandparents' home on Tomahawk Lake. On hot evenings, I'd amuse myself with my horses-eight toy horses about three inches high. I was so young that it was out of the question for me to go down the road through the woods to be with a playmate in the evening.

Grandmother let me keep my horses in the shadow of her cast-bronze(青铜铸的)cabbage leaf, which sat on a side table in the living room. The leaf was as big as half a watermelon. My horses had to jump upon to the edge of the leaf. Then they would jump into the imaginary pond under the cabbage leaf and swim to the shore.

I glued string to rolled paper to make a fence hut the fence wouldn't stand up. Granddad saw the stumper and offered pieces of corrugated cardboard(波纹纸板)in which he'd made holes and

into which I set my fence posts. I was pleased when he came by my horses, evening newspaper in hand， and asked，\

When I was grown and married and visited Grandma, my eyes fell on the cabbage leaf. She saw my fixed look. \，the year your mother was born,”she said，with tears in her eyes.“I thought it was awful，but it turned out to be a symbol of love. When we moved here before your granddad died we talked about how you played with it at the lake. Take it，my dear.”

The bronze cabbage leaf is now on the table in my front hall. Maybe some day my granddaughter will also play with her toy horses around the cabbage leaf. 1 .In the second paragraph，the author mainly tells us_____· A. the story of the cabbage leaf

B. the shape and size of the cabbage leaf

C. how she built a fence for her eight toy horses

D. how she played with her horses around the cabbage leaf

2. The underlined word \

A. chance B. problem C. improvement D. potential 3. What can we learn about the cabbage lea即 A. It meant a lot to Grandma.

C. The author's mother bought it in 1911. B. The author disliked it at first.

D. It belongs to the author's granddaughter.

【答案】DBA 【解析】

【试源】2015届河北省衡水中学高三下学期一调考试 【结束】

12.【题文】As a lover of languages and cultures, I am shocked to hear that some people refuse to watch foreign movies just because they are subtitled(配字幕).The actor' s voice is of vital importance and the emotions that he or she conveys cannot be conveyed by a person reading a voice-over(画外音).

Actors invest a lot of time and energy in preparing for and performing their roles. They try to use various techniques to fully express their emotions. Obviously, an actor' s voice is one of the most effective methods to impress the audience. Their unique voices help them to shape the characters they play and bring them to life. When it all comes together, the audience can become lost in the action and the characters become real to them.

I have never liked dubbed(配音的)movies. I remember watching a few dubbed movies when I was a child. The voices didn't match the movements of the actors' mouths，the dubbed voices were exaggerated, and I knew that those people in the movies weren't really speaking English. By the time I was twelve, I was watching subtitled movies and never thought twice about it.

Watching subtitled movies from all over the world is highly beneficial. I immediately recognize people speaking Korean, Chinese, Spanish, and Italian when I walk down the street. When I was studying Japanese, watching subtitled movies helped me learn the language and made me a better speaker. I had never heard spoken Swedish until I saw a Swedish movie and I was

amazed at some of the similarities between Swedish and English.

I laugh when I read movie reviews on Amazon. com where people give movies bad reviews because the DVD only had a subtitled option and no dubbed option. They complain about having to read the movie, as if reading was some difficult task. Not only am I into a movie, reading the subtitle also becomes a pleasure.

1. What does the author aim to explain in Paragraph 2?

A. How actors impress the audience. B. How actors prepare for their roles. C. The importance of actors' voices. D. The difficulties of playing characters. 2. When watching dubbed movies as a child, the author felt _____.

A. excited B. surprised C. relaxed D. dissatisfied 3. According to Paragraph 4, watching subtitled movies allows the author to_____.

A. recognize many famous people B. make friends with some foreigners C. know more about foreign languages D. become good at speaking Swedish 4. The reviewers mentioned in the last paragraph_____.

A. like to watch dubbed movies B. seldom watch movies at home

C. have no interest in reading books D. need both subtitled and dubbed movies

【答案】CDCA 【解析】

【试源】2015届河北省衡水中学高三下学期一调考试 【结束】

13.【题文】 At one time, computers were expected largely to remove the need for paper copies of documents because they could be stored electronically. But for all the texts that are written, stored and sent electronically, a lot of them are still ending up on paper.

It is difficult to measure the quantity of paper used as a result of use of Internet-connected computers, although just about anyone who works in an office can tell you that when e-mail is introduced，the printers start working overtime. \trees to be cut down.” says Ted Smith of the Earth Village Organization.

Perhaps the best sign of how computer and Internet use pushes up demand for paper comes from the high-tech industry itself, which sees printing as one of its most promising new markets. Several Internet companies have been set up to help small businesses print quality documents from a computer. Earlier this week, Hewlett-Packard Co. announced a plan to develop new technologies that will enable people to print even more so they can get a hard copy of a business document, a medical record or just an on-line e-mail，even if they are nowhere near a computer. As the company sees it, the more use of the Internet the greater demand for printers.

Does all this mean environmental concerns have been forgotten? Some activists suggest people have been led to believe that a lot of dangers to the environment have gone away.“I guess people believe that the problem is taken care of, because of recycling,\of the Rainforest Action Network in San Francisco. Yet Quirke is hopeful that high-tech may also prove helpful. He says printers that print on both sides are growing in popularity. The action group has also found acceptable paper made from materials other than wood，such as agricultural waste. 1. The growing demand for paper in recent years is largely due to_____. A. the rapid development of small businesses

B. the opening up of new markets C. the printing of high quality copies D. the increased use of the Internet

2. Hewlett-Packard Co. has decided to develop new technologies because____. A. people are concerned about the environment B. printers in many offices are working overtime C. small companies need more hard copies D. they see a growing market for printers

3. Environmentalists believe one possible way of dealing with the paper situation，is____. A. to encourage printing more quality documents B . to develop new printers using recycled paper C. to find new materials for making paper D. to plant more fast growing trees 4 .What would be the best title for the text?

A. Computers and Printers B. E-mail and the Business World

C. Internet Revolution and Environment D. Modern Technology and New Markets

【答案】DDCC 【解析】

【试源】2015届河北省衡水中学高三下学期一调考试 【结束】

14.【题文】How to not be a slave to technology

Schwartz, CEO of The Energy Project, shared four of his most important tools for applying technology more productively .and building a work life that supports-rather than wastes-your energy.

Build daily rituals(习惯). 1 Build highly specific behaviors that you do at precise times over and over again until it becomes as automatic as brushing your teeth at night. The best way to prioritize(优先考虑)what is important to us and make sure we actually do the things we care about is to create highly specific habits.

Take a \things first\approach to your mornings. 2 Ninety-five percent of people have more energy early in the morning than they do as the day wears on，and they also have fewer distractions(干扰).So if that is the case, why would not you do the most important thing when you have the most energy?

Use technologies selectively. If you expose yourself to different forms of technology continuously, they will pull you in the ways a drug would。even when you know it is not serving you well. Keep technological temptations(诱惑物)away when you find yourself getting too distracted-or as Schwartz puts it\ \

4 Many of us live our lives in a gray zone-we are not fully focused on work when we are working, and during our leisure time, we are not fully relaxed. This leaves us feeling distracted. Schwartz’s s advice? 5 Applying less than your full focus does not just make you less productive; distraction keeps you from being fulfilled by and connected to your work. Distraction is the enemy to meaning.

A. Be intentional with your energy.

B. Do the most important thing first every day.

C. Taking breaks throughout the workday is a nice thought.

D. If you are trying to lose weight，don't have cupcakes in the fridge.

E. We have crossed the line of being able to effectively manage all of the information coming at us.

F. When you're working, you're really working; and when you're relaxing, you're really relaxing. G. The only way to ensure that things that aren't urgent but are important happen is to develop habits.

【答案】GBDAF 【解析】

【试源】2015届河北省衡水中学高三下学期一调考试 【结束】

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