2014年高考英语模拟试题(三)-8页文档资料

2014年高考英语模拟试题（三）

第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力（略）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Its a name that needs no addresses. Everyone knows Santa Claus lives at the North Pole.

So letters sent to Santa Claus find their way to the small town of North Pole deep in Alaska， including those simply addressed to Santa. Last year， 120，000 letters arrived from 26 countries， not including the thousands with no return addresses.

Those who have return addresses usually get a reply and a North Pole postmark that has delighted children all over the world for decades. They feel happy to receive Santas reply.

Letters arrive all the year round in the town of 1，600， where streets have names such as Santa Claus Lane and Kris Kringle Drive. Around Thanksgiving， they start pouring in by the thousands each day as Christmas approaches. Even letters without stamps get through， an exception for the U.S. Postal Service.

“This is special because it has Santas name on it，” said Debra Cornelius， a supervisor at the main post office in nearby Fairbanks，

where the letters are kept during the holiday.

Gabby Gaborik is among several dozen volunteers who are busy sending off replies to children who sent return addresses.

In his 10 years as a volunteer， Gaborik has seen every kind of wish. There are children who want the latest toys they see on TV. There are children who ask for miracles， some wanting their mother back for Christmas or their father back from Iraq， even though he died there.

Replies get a North Pole postmark， including a halfmoon drawing of Santas face. Even late letters get a reply. Gaborik said，“It says something like ‘Thanks for writing. Santas been really busy，anything the children might want to hear.”

21. Letters written to Santa Claus without an address can arrive at the North Pole because .

A. all letters without an address are sent there

B. people believe that Santa Claus lives there

C. this kind of letter is sent with a special postmark

D. streets named Santa Claus Lane can be found there

22. We can know from the text that .

A. letters written to Santa Claus are sent free

B. Santa Claus replies to children always arrive at Christmas

C. therere thousands of letters sent to Santa Claus every month

D. many people write to children for Santa Claus asking for no pay 29. Whats the purpose of the Sapling Project？

A. To beautify the city.

B. To educate the children.

C. To solve the noise problem.

D. To benefit the next generation.

30. The Sapling Project is special in .

A. its types of trees

B. its planting places

C. planting trees to save forests

D. getting country people involved

31. What can we know about the Sapling Project？

A. Few people have joined it.

B. It has a history of two years.

C. It charges people a little money for the saplings.

D. Participants are responsible to care for the saplings.

D

Not all research begins with a plan. Some studies begin by accident. Meredith Schafer says that is what happened with her and Cynthia Sagers. Cynthia Sagers is a biology professor at the University of Arkansas. Meredith Schafer is a graduate student.

They were traveling in the state of North Dakota on a project.