2019-2020年高三开学摸底考试 英语试卷
2019-2020年高三上学期开学摸底考试英语试题 含答案
2019-2020年高三上学期开学摸底考试英语试题含答案II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passages below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.（A）I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait whileI ran up to E1 Capitan, （25）______ huge rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew immediately I wanted to climb it. That (26) _______ (be) my life’s passion ever since--- climbing the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my home.About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of waste, like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s beyond me why visitors started respecting the place (27)________(little) and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.I tried picking trash myself, but the job was too big. I would spend an hour or two on the job, only (28) _______ ( find ) the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so tired of it that I decided something had to change.As a rock-climbing guide, I knew (29) ______about organizing any big event. But in xx, together with some climbers, I set a date for a cleanup. On that day, more than 300 people showed up. Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to acplish. I (30) _____ not believe the difference we made ---the park looked clean!I often hear people (31) ________ (plain) about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by doing rather than plaining. We need to teach by example. You can’t blame others (32)______ you start with yourself.(B)For those who are tired doing the laundry, Samsung has found an answer: a washing machine (33)_______can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app(application).Strange (34)_______it may seem - "my wife already does that" was a mon response among attendees viewing the device when it （35）_________ (introduce) at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week - Samsung is just one of many appliance makers (36)_________ (race) to install (安装) a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them "smart".Last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. This year, it's Wi-Fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges (37)_________ can tell you when your groceries are going bad.The washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. The phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owners is at work or on the bus.Samsung says it's not just something new - the app connection actually has some practical uses."If you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer (38)_______ the time when e home, (39)_______ _______ your clothes are refreshed and ready to go," said spokesperson Amy Schmidt.Perhaps, but what they will probably really acplish is (40)__________ all good technologies do –enable laziness. Rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching TV.Section BDirections: plete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each wordTeachers always plan down to the minute what their students will be doing. This is good for kids, because it teaches them to stay on task and follow a ___41____. But most homes aren’t run this way. If parents do plan their children’s lives minute by minute, what happens when that child grows up and goes to college? At some point, kids need to learn to manage their own time. This can be one of the___42____ skills you help your kids develop outside of school. But it generally won’t happen all by itself, because there’s a big transition that happens when kids leave the ___43____ school environment and e home.If you have kid stay alone at home, think hard about trying to find an adult who can be there and provide the support your child needs. If a supportive adult isn’t___44____, an expert named Martin remends you find an after-school program led by experienced professionals who will engage them in creative activities, nourish them with healthy snacks, and ___45____ them with their schoolwork.If you are at home on the ___46____, to take some break after the guys get started on diversions(娱乐), because it’s hard to stop and do something like homework. “If that little bit of downtime （工作休息时间） is television, good luck ... getting them to do their homework.” says a professor of child ___47____ at California State University, “TV is addictive.” A better way to help your child unwind is with a healthy snack.“Wait until dinner, make a plate full of ___48____ food. You could even dish up part of the dinner you’re preparing a little early for the kids,” she says.While you’re sharing a snack, you can make a list of what your kids will get todo during their study breaks. The types of breaks ___49____ include shooting baskets, getting a drink, using the bathroom, or even playing a quick card game with parents. Your kids can be the ones to decide which breaks they’d like to take. But, as Freimuth says, your children will have to be honest about what kind of break will energize them and not ___50____ their momentum(动力)III. Reading prehensionSection ADirections:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Clothes play a critical part in the conclusions we reach by providing clues to who people are, who they are not, and who they would like to be. They tell us a good deal about the wearer’s ——___51____, personality, status, mood, and social outlook.Since clothes are such an important ___52____ of social information, we can use them to manipulate people’s impression of us. Our appearance assumes particular significance in the___53____ phases of interaction that is likely to occur. An elderly middle class man or woman may be ___54____ by a young adult who is dressed in an unconventional manner, regardless of the person’s education, background, or interests.People tend to___55____ what certain types of clothes mean. Young women can easily identify with the ___56____ of girls who wear certain outfits, including the number of boyfriends they likely have had and whether they smoke or drink. Newscasters, or the announcers who read the news on TV, are considered to be more ___57____, honest, and petent when they are dressed conservatively. And collage students who view themselves as taking an active role in their inter-personal relationships say they are ___58____ about the costumes they must wear to play these roles successfully. ___59____, many of us can relate instances in which the clothing we wore changed the way we felt about ourselves and how we act ed. Perhaps you have used clothing to gain ___60____when you anticipated a stressful situation, such as a job interview, or a court appearance.In the workplace, men have long had well defined precedents and role models for ___61____ success. It has been otherwise for women. A good many women in the business world are uncertain about the appropriate mixture of “masculine” and “feminine” attributes they should ___62____ by their professional clothing. The variety of clothing ___63____ to women has also been greater than that avail able for men. Male administrators tend to judge women more ___64____ for managerial positions when the women display less “feminine” grooming (打扮)-shorter hair, moderate use of make up, and plain tailored clothing. As one male administrator confessed, “An attractive woman is definitely going to get a longer ___65____, but she won’t get a job.”.51. A. instinct B. gratitude C. background D. pliment52. A. origin B. source C. concept D.concentration53. A. initial B. decisive C. intentional D. informative54. A. replaced B. influenced C. loved D. distancedB. agree onC. respond toD. act upon55. A. disapproveofB. lifestylesC. maturityD. images56. A.intelligenceB. diligentC. convincingD. challenging57. A.good-looking58. A. concerned B. introduced C. focused D. doubted59. A. However B. Therefore C. Moreover D.Nevertheless60. A. sympathy B. confidence C. time D. success61. A. recovering B. honoring C. celebrating D. achieving62. A. ensure B. convey C. illustrate D. implement63. A. prices B. choices C. colors D. materials64. A. favorably B. formally C. patiently D. carefully65. A. pliment B. application C. training D. interviewSection BDirections:Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.AWe all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7—8 hours’ sleep alternation with some 16—17 hours’ wakefulness and that, broadly speaking, the sleep normally coincides with (与一致) the hours of darkness. Our present concern is with how easily and to what extent this cycle can be modified.The question is no more an academic one. The ease, for example, with which people can change from working in the day to working at night is a question of growing importance in industry where automation calls for round-the-clock working of machines. It normally, takes from five days to one week for a person to adapt to a reversed routine of sleep and wakefulness, sleeping during the day and working at night. Unfortunately, it is often the case in industry that shifts are changed every week; a person may work from 12 midnight to 8 a.m. one week, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. the next, and 4 p.m. to 12 midnight the third and so on. This means that no sooner has he got used to one routine than he has to change to another, so that much of his time is spent neither working nor sleeping very efficiently.The only real solution appears to be to hand over the night shift to a number of permanent night workers. An interesting study of the domestic life and health of night-shift workers was carried out by Brown in 1957. She found a high incidence (发生率) of disturbed sleep and other disorders among those on alternating day and night shifts, but no abnormal occurrence of theses phenomena among those on permanent night work.This latter system then appears to be the best long-term policy , but meanwhile something may be done to relieve the strains of alternative day and night work by selecting those people who can adapt most likely to the change of routine. One way of knowing when a person has adopted is by measuring his body temperature. People engaged in normal daytime work will have a high temperature during the hours of wakefulness and a low one at night; when they change to night work the pattern will only gradually go back to match the new routine and the speed with which it does so parallels, broadly speaking, the adaptation of the body as a whole, particularly in terms of performance. Therefore, by taking body temperature at intervals of two hours throughout the period of wakefulness it can be seen how quickly a person can adapt to a reversed routine, and this could be used as a basis for selection. So far, however, such a form of selection does not seem to have been applied in practice.66. By saying “The question is no more an academic one”, the author want to say______.A. many people like to change the cycle of sleeping and workingB. sleeping normally coincides with the hours of darknessC. automation calls for people to change their sleeping habitsD. changing people’s sleeping and working pattern is not easy.67. The main problem of the round-the- clock working system lies in ___________.A. the inconvenience caused by the automation to the workersB. the disturbance of changing the cycle too frequentlyC. the lack of working efficiency on night shiftsD. the difficulty finding a number of good night workers68. The best remedy for the disorders among the alternating working-time workers seems to be__________.A. changing the round-the-clock working systemB. allowing the night-shift workers to sleep more efficientlyC. employing people who work on night shifts onlyD. making a more flexible working schedule for night workers69. Which of the following statements can conclude the passage?A. The change of body temperature as an indication of a worker’s performance.B. The possible solutions to the problems of the round-the-clock working system.C. Easy ways to adapt the body temperature to the changes of the night shifts.D. 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What taxi services can a tourist to Singapore have according to the passage?a. specially-tailored tours around Singaporeb. transfers between the terminals at the airportc. personalized tours beyond Singapored. transfers between the airport and the citye. hourly private Singapore taxi servicef .airport&city goods deliveryA. a, d,eB. a,b,fC. b,c,eD. c,d,f71. If a tourist goes to the airport in a MaxiCab at 5 a.m. and pays by credit czrd, he/she has topay______________A. $7B. $38.5C. $55D.$51.772. If a tourist group intends to book one of the suggested tours in a 6-neater MaxiCab, it_____A. has to register at citycab.sgB. can choose the time and place to collect the groupC. may apply to the Singapore Tourism BoardD. must first pay at least $105 as deposit73. Which of the followings is NOT true according to the passage?A. Maxicab driver can stop on me way on request with extra charges,B. The cabby tour can show you around Singapore in the night time.C. A MaxiCab taxi tourist guide isn't allowed to add scenic spots en route.D. Specially-trained taxi drivers operate various tours around Singapore.(C)The Man in Black and His Saving GraceIn the mid-80s, Johnny Cash and June Cater Cash often appeared together in public. The man always in black had craggy face and piercing eyes a daunting way of turning aside reporters’ questions with a look or a curl of his lip. But all that changed with one disapproving glance from June. Where the Cashes were concerned, Johnny may have been large, but June was in charge.Their long sometimes beautiful, sometimes harrowing relationship throughout the late 1950s and mid-60s is the focus of Walk the Line, an Oscar-winning biopic. But it also explores the dark moments, as Johnny spiraled into drug addition, Cash himself had laid bare his demons in his two autobiographies. He had to go through his own hell to reachredemption, and his saving grace was June. “I’m kind of cynical about married people singing together,” admits Joaquin Phoenix, the actor who portrays Cash in the film. “But it was truly magical when they did it. They just looked into each other’s eyes.”Writer-director James Mangold’s script for Walk the Line is based on Cash’s two autobiographies as well as interviews with Johnny and June over several years at the couple’s cabin in the Tennessee woods. “We went to their house for breakfast. It was a very powerful experience. They said a beautiful grace before breakfast, and they sang a song together.” Mangold’s wife recounts her first meeting with the iconic couple. Actually it was a familiar scene at the Carter-Cash household. June enjoyed conducting her interviews during breakfast at that same log cabin while frying eggs a nd bacon, and she’d interrupt the conversation to ask, “John, you want another egg?” or, “John Cash, you don’t need any more bacon.”In the heady times of the late 1950s, fans in Texarkana could see Johnny and the Tennessee Two on the same bill. At the tim e, Cash wasn’t the onstage powerhouse of his peers. “I think that when John started out, he didn’t expect a grueling tour schedule,” Phoenix said. “I had a book listing the gigs that they played back then, which was unbelievable.”Old-time Nashville stars and insiders are protective of the couple that acted as encouraging benefactors to so many. Duane Allen, lead singer of the Oak Ridge Boys and a friend of the Cashes, said, “There were no boundaries for Johnny and June. They appealed to everyone, and they treated everyone like family.” Their friendship smoothed the Grammy-winning group’s rocky transition from gospel to the country mainstream in the 70’s. Decades later, the Oak Ridge Boys sang for Johnny at June’s funeral, Allen said. “It was the most soul-w renching thing I’ve ever done.” Cash died a few months later in xx, walking one last line behind his beloved June.74. What does the underlined word redemption (para. 2) mean?A. The paradise created by Gods.B. The state of being saved from evil.C. The destination a traveler hopes to reach.D. The ambition a person desires to achieve.75. Which of the following statements is Not True?A. Johnny was once addicted to drug.B. Joaquin Phoenix played the role of Johnny in Walk in Line.C. June was rude for she often interrupted her husband.D. Johnny and June usually sang together before breakfast.76. What can be inferred from the passage?A. In the late 50s, Johnny was the best musician among his peers.B. Johnny was always dominant both at home and on the stage.C. The Oak Ridge Boys succeeded partially due to Johnny’s help.D. The Oak Ridge Boys were unwilling to sing at June’s funeral77. What is the article mainly about?A. The selfless action of Johnny and June to help others.B. The great passion Johnny and June showed for music.C. The most gentle and sincere love between Johnny and June.D. The wonders Johnny and June created in the musical world.Section CDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or plete the statements in the fewest possible words.The results of the research, by the name of Longevity Project were released recently, throwing new light on what we can do to live longer. Based on the new information and modern statistics to study participants gathered across eight years, Dr. Howard Friedman exposes the secret to achieving good health and a long life. It was found that worry-free characters, far from being longevity-friendly as traditional wisdom assumed, died younger than the types interpreted as calm and easy-going. There is a connection between happiness and longevity, but the elements of happiness are not unlimited leisure, positivity and absence of stress. In fact, the opposite maybe more contributive. Longevity is far more than genetics, diet, or exercise. It is closely connected with emotions. Staying married happily is the magic key to a long life, especially if you are a woman.Another factor is our attitude towards health. We assume that modern medical advantages can deliver us from the consequence of our unhealthy act and see no reason to change our careless gestures towards ageing as the years fly by until something, sometimes the terrible disease, wakes us up. But a positive by-product of age blindness is the appetite for work, which remains strong and may even sharpen as we seek ways to keep death in a distance. And the state of being at work --working the hardest-- would appear to enhance the prospect for a longest life.As for whether economic condition determine how we live and for how long, whose effect on life expectancy is not so evident on current technical level, the study detects some differences in health conditions that at first glance may be caused by the gap that does exercise its influence, but mainly on a person’s self judgment.On the current stage, one thing can be sure. Various factors work in determining how long we live. Only some of these can be somewhat influenced at a personal level which makes it even more important to know what those facts are, what measure can be taken to extend life expectancy within our power.(Note: Answer the questions or plete the statements in NO MORE THAN TEN WORDS.)78. Contrary to the traditional belief, longevity belongs to those who are_____________________________________________________________79. What is the relationship between working and longevity according to the passage? _____________________________________________________________80. In health conditions, _____________ rather than ____________ determines how long we live.81. Why should we find out factors that can be influenced at a personal level?_____________________________________________________________第Ⅱ卷（共47分）I. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1. 你没有必要易感冒就吃药。
2019-2020学年上海市高三下英语开学摸底测试 整理版 含答案
2019-2020上海市高三下英语开学摸底测试I.Listening Comprehension（略）II.Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections:After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct.For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.Brain implant lets man with paralysis move and feel with his hand.A brain implant has restored movement and a sense of touch in the hand of a man with a severe spinal cord injury.Patrick Ganzer at Battelle Memorial Institute in the US and his colleagues have developed a brain-computer interface(BCI)that(21)______(allow)28-year-old Ian Burkhart to grasp and feel objects again.Burkhart has a severe upper spinal cord injury and has complete paralysis in his hands and legs,(22)______ can move his elbows and shoulders.He had a brain implant inserted in2014as part of research aiming to restore movement in(23)______right arm.The BCI uses the implant(24)______(record)brain activity that is sent to a processor that decodes these signals into movements,which in turn feed in to bands around the forearm which electrically activate his hand muscles.“We’ve made a lot of progress in the last six years:he can play[the video game]Guitar Hero,swipe a credit card and do about20different hand grips,”says Ganzer.But because Burkhart had no sensation in his hands,he previously had no sense of touch or pressure when(25) ______(grasp)objects,and if blindfolded,was not able to detect small objects such as a pencil.The researchers discovered that(26)______Burkhart’s hand cannot feel anything,the brain implant stills registers a faint sensory signal when he touches an object.They boosted this signal by incorporating a band around the bicep which vibrates when Burkhart’s hand receives sensory information.As a result,Burkhart is able to detect objects by touch alone.The BCI is also able to detect different levels of touch and adjust the strength of Burkhart’s hand movements depending on the object–a light grasp,for example, for a paper cup.The researchers believe it is the first BCI(27)______can simultaneously restore movement and touch.When the brain implant was inserted,it(28)______(intend)solely for controlling movement,but the(29)______(add) touch is possible because there is some overlap(30)______the sensory and motor areas in Burkhart’s brain,says Ganzer.Section BDirections:Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box.Each word can be used only once.Note that there is one word more than you need.A.consistedposingC.measuresD.accountE.patternsF.limitationsG.moderately H.progressed I.distribution J.significantly plementAI can distinguish between bots and humans based on Twitter activityArtificial intelligence is being used to spot the difference between human users and fake accounts on Twitter.Emilio Ferrara at the University of Southern California in the US,and his colleagues have trained an AI to detect bots on Twitter based on differences in(31)______of activity between real and fake accounts.The team analysed two separate datasets of Twitter users,which had been classified either manually or by a pre-existing algorithm as either bot or human.The manually verified dataset(32)______of8.4million tweets from3500human accounts,and3.4million tweets from5000bots.The researchers found that human users replied four to five times more often to other tweets than bots did. Real users gradually become more interactive,with the fraction of replies increasing over the course of an hour-long session of Twitter use.The length of tweets by human users also decreased as sessions(33)______.“The amount of information that is exchanged diminishes,”says Ferrara.He believes that the change may result from a cognitive depletion over time, in which people become less likely to expend mental effort(34)______original content.Bots,on the other hand,show no changes in their interactivity or the length of information they tweet over time.The team also analysed the amount of time between any two consecutive(连读的)tweets from a single user. When this(35)______is plotted,bots showed spikes for certain time gaps,such as tweeting at30-minute or 60-minute intervals.The team then combined these(36)______to train an existing bot-detection algorithm,called Botometer,on the difference in activity patterns.The AI was(37)______more likely to accurately detect to fake accounts than when it was not taking into(38)______the timing of posts.The algorithm could be used to(39)______other bot-detection tools that analyse the language within posts, says Ferrara.One of the study’s(40)______is that the Twitter data the team analysed is from three years ago.In that time, it’s possible that bots have become more human-like in their activity patterns.III.Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.It was“college colors”day at an elementary school in Altamonte Springs,Florida,on August30.One of Laura Snyder’s fourth-grade students Billy wore an orange T-shirt(41)______his favourite school,the University of Tennessee.Billy was so excited to show Snyder his shirt.She was(42)______that he took it one step further to make his own label and he drew his own UT logo with pen and paper and(43)______it to his shirt.But after lunch,Billy came back to Snyder’s room crying.Some girls at the lunch table next to Billy’s had made fun of the(44)______on his shirt.Billy was depressed.Snyder knew kids can be(45)______.She was aware that the label was not the fanciest one,but this kid used the resources he had(46)______to him to participate in the activity.In an effort to(47)______him up,Snyder planned to buy him a University of Tennessee shirt.She asked on the Facebook if anyone out there had any(48)______at the university to make it a little extra special for Billy.What happened next completely(49)______her.Her post spread rapidly on Facebook,eventually reaching University of Tennessee fans and then the university itself.The university(50)______by sending Billy a package of UT souvenirs for him and his classmates.“I’m not even sure I can put into words his(51)______.It was so heart-warming,”Snyder wrote in an(52) ______to her post.“Billy was so amazed at all the goodies in the box.He proudly put on the jersey(运动衫)and one of the many hats in the box.All who saw applauded for him.”But then things got even better.The university’s official shop(53)______on September5that it decided to take Billy’s handmade logo and turn it into an actual shirt.And some of the money will be donated to an anti-bullying(反欺凌)organization.“When I told him that his design was being made into a real shirt and people wanted to wear it,his jaw(54) ______,”Snyder wrote.“He had a big smile on his face,walked taller,and I could tell his(55)______grew today! Thank you to the UT Nation for that!”Billy’s mother wrote a letter of gratitude that Snyder posted.It said,in part,“I can tell you that I spent a lot of my day reading all the kind words in support of my son and I’m touched beyond words,”she wrote.41.A.appreciating B.representing C.admiring D.picturing42.A.reminded B.convinced C.impressed D.satisfied43.A.attached B.wore C.turned D.printed44.A.brand B.sign C.colour D.sample45.A.strange B.stupid C.cruel D.selfish46.A.sustainable B.typical C.available D.convenient47.A.cheer B.trip C.team D.pick48.A.exchange B.contact C.suggestion D.knowledge49.A.froze B.posed C.blinded D.floored50.A.acknowledged B.greeted C.responded D.permitted51.A.reaction B.improvement C.behaviour D.attitude52.A.email B.address C.interview D.update53.A.advertised B.explained C.promised D.announced54.A.changed B.dropped C.ached D.closed55.A.confidence B.expectation C.responsibility D.reputationSection BDirections:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.AIn2012,James Cameron,creator of Avatar and Titanic,became the first person to reach the Challenger Deep. When he arrived at the deepest spot on Earth at7miles below sea level,he spent hours mapping the region and taking photos and samples.“As human beings,we’re drawn to absolutes—the deepest,the highest,the coldest,the farthest,”he says.“And as a storyteller and curious monkey,I just wanted to see what was there.”The answer is obvious—plastic and more.“Our so-called civilization is using the ocean as its toilet,”Cameron says.“Unless this changes,ocean ecosystems are going to continue their rapid collapse.”Despite decades of environmental studies,the impact of plastic and other forms of pollution on oceans are not entirely understood.Initial studies appear to indicate that ingesting them—either directly or indirectly—could cause disease.Plastics can also release poisonous substances into the water,which could potentially impact animal populations.But plastic is just one of the problems facing oceans that have yet to be fully understood.“Plastic waste in the ocean is horrifying but is only the most obvious of our many deadly waste streams,which include carbon that’s heating the atmosphere and making the ocean acidic,and the run-off nutrients from all the world’s agriculture, which is causing anoxic(缺氧的)dead zones the size of countries,”Cameron says.Oceans,like the rest of the world,are impacted by the burning of fossil fuels and the release of greenhousegases like carbon dioxide—about30percent of which is absorbed by the sea.This absorption causes ocean acidification,where the pH level is altered to become more acidic.As a result,it’s harder for some creatures to form shells and skeletons and countless species at the base of the food web can struggle to survive,which,scientists say, has the potential to cause huge disruptions to entire ecosystems.Indeed,ocean acidification is thought to have played an important role in Earth’s worst-ever mass extinction event252million years ago.The effect of climate change on the world’s oceans will likely worsen in coming st June,scientists announced carbon dioxide levels had reached the highest levels since human records began.The last time carbon dioxide levels were this high was during the Pliocene era,between3and5million years ago,when global temperatures were about4degrees Celsius warmer than they are today.Current climate models suggest that if greenhouse gas emissions continue on their current trend,we may be on course to see4degrees of warming by 2100.As a result,understanding the role oceans have on global systems is becoming more and more important.56.What are the first two paragraphs mainly about?A.The author’s feelings to the ocean.B.Cameron’s movies and remarks.C.The author’s discoveries under the sea.D.Cameron’s observation and concern.57.What can we infer from the passage?A.Several countries are suffering from anoxic dead zones.B.More concern should have been given to the pollution on oceans.C.Plastic is supposed to be the most serious environmental problem.D.Ocean acidification removes the nutrients from agricultural products.58.What does the underlined word“disruptions”in Paragraph5probably mean?A.Decreases.B.Destruction.C.Diseases.D.Discrimination.59.Why does the author mention the mass extinction event252million years ago?A.To call on people to protect sea animals.B.To compare current situations with the past.C.To explain how serious the ocean problem is.D.To prove pollution to be the cause ofacidification.Enjoy an amazing time in Lake Tahoe,CA with the fantastic show,Magic Fusion!This fantastic display features a variety of talented magicians who each take to the stage with their own flare,tricks,and illusions thatBwill have the audiences who witness the show on the edge of their seats.Presented by the amazing Loft Theatre,this show has seen the likes of famous magicians such as Robert Hall and Chipper Lowell.Each evening stars a different magician as well,so you can enjoy a variety of talented performers all on the same stage.It is great for all ages,so you can bring the entire family along to be excited and entertained during this75-minute performance.You never know what you may see,so do not miss out!About the theatreThe Loft Theatre is Lake Tahoe’s premier place for entertainment and delicious food.Not only is it home to amazing shows that will entertain and thrill,but it is also home to a dining experience that serves up some mouthwatering meals.Before your show,be sure to grab a bite to eat before heading over to enjoy the Loft.It is located in the extremely popular Heavenly Village area of Lake Tahoe next to sparkling fountains and the famous Heavenly Toy Shop.It also features a lounge and guests who arrive early can enjoy food,fun,and magicians who will wow you with tricks for that extra dose of entertainment!For an amazing experience that you will not soon forget,be sure to enjoy this fantastic performance at the Loft Theatre!Magic Fusion Regular and VIP SeatingEnjoy this amazing show that will keep you guessing with tons of great tricks and illusions to keep you and your whole family entertained.You can be on the edge of your seat with this option of regular seating to witness this fantastic show,or experience the Magic Fusion show in the best seats possible.Order your tickets today!60.What can we learn about Magic Fusion?A.It is intended for all the family members.B.The display will last for one and half hours.C.Different performers will be performing together.D.Audiences will be invited onto the stage during the show.61.The Loft Theatre.A.lies in a famous largely populated areaB.is well-known for the surrounding sceneryC.serves food before and after the performanceD.provides those who come early with extra show62.What is true about the arrangement of the performance?A.The performance on Friday finishes earlier.B.The show starts from9:00pm every Tuesday.C.There are two performances available every Sunday.D.Regular and VIP seating are offered on different days.CAs we prepare learners with the skills needed for the21st century,there is a greater desire to further integrate technology into our classrooms.Whether it’s a K-12or college classroom,it’s rare to find an environment that does not integrate technology in some form or another.In some cases,online learning has replaced the physical classroom altogether.As educators,we owe it to ourselves and our students to use these benefits.However,while technology offers significant advantages,simply integrating it as an alternative source of delivery or as another means for students to demonstrate their comprehension is not an effective practice.We must remind ourselves that any form of learning technology should also be guided.These resources are just instruments and require high-quality guided practice from instructors.These instruments,combined with guidance,can afford good instruction,practice and motivation.While technology can positively impact learning outcomes,it may be even more effective for some students if it’s instructor-led and integrated into a well-designed curriculum.Technology is rapidly changing the educational environment and challenging students to adapt accordingly.It can frustrate students of different generations struggling to learn how to use a learning platform in addition to picking up the actual subject.Some may wonder,“Why should I waste time learning how to create a podcast(播客) when I could simply write the paper?”It’s a reasonable question.We must not assume students who were raised using technology are always comfortable learning with these tools.A study found that because of tools some students may not have experience using,they may need more direction on how to apply these tools.Students may struggle if an instructor neglects to teach the conceptual basis of the tools.Technology may mean little without appropriate objectives and goals for its use,structures for its application,and trained deliverers.Educators are also tasked with providing students the skills they need to flourish in a highly competitive and technologically-based workplace.Many of the skills obtained through online classes are valuable professional skills. Students taught how to use multiple learning technologies effectively have a competitive advantage over those who are simply using technology as a method of delivery in the online classroom.Regardless of the subjects we teach, integrating technology gives our students the opportunity to not only learn the content,but also to develop skills useful beyond our classrooms.Technology,when integrated and balanced appropriately with the curriculum and with student needs,can make us more effective as educators.63.What is important to the learning technology?A.Instruction and revision.prehension and application.C.Guidance and arrangements.D.Diversity and flexibility.64.According to the passage,what should an educator do?A.Arrange online assignment for students.B.Help students master online technology.C.Prepare students with rules in the workplace.D.Notify students of the value of the learning tool.65.What’s the author’s attitude toward learning technology?A.Critical.B.Unconcerned.C.Wait-and-see.D.Approving.66.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?A.Does Technology Boost Educational Effectiveness?B.Is the Learning Technology a Tool or an Opportunity?C.Can Technology Put an End to Traditional Classrooms?D.Does the Learning Skill Outweigh the Learning Content?Section CDirections:Read the following passages.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.A.It lists details like the name of writer and publication.B.But doing research on the Internet is not without its risks.C.This is because it is so easy to find and copy information online.D.In addition to dishonesty,plagiarism is a lost opportunity for students.E.To avoid unintended plagiarizing,managing your sources becomes important.F.If you use ideas from other writers without quoting from the original work,you’re plagiarizing.The Internet is the largest library in the history of the world and a great resource for anyone seeking information.(67)______In recent years,plagiarism from online sources has become a serious problem,especially among students.Original written work and information are protected by copyright laws.Therefore,when you use information you find while doing research,you should always give credit to the person that produced it.To plagiarize is to use ideas that are not your own without giving credit to the original source,or to claim that someone else’s ideas are your own.This is a dishonest practice.Internet-related plagiarism has become such a problem.(68)______There are thousands of resources forstudents who wish only to copy or cheat.However,the Internet also makes it easier for educators to check for plagiarism.Often a simple Internet search for a quote will be enough to expose copying.Some educators are more concerned about unintended plagiarism.Because copying and pasting(粘贴)is so easy,it is becoming more and more common for well-meaning students to mix up source material with their original ideas.While unintended plagiarism usually happens innocently,it is still a mistake.(69)______Usually,the first step of researching is to gather information.You’d better keep a computer document named“References”where you can keep useful information you search on the Internet.Copy and paste the material directly from the document.When you print out parts of the article from the document,print the first page of the article.(70)______These will help you remember the source of the information.Then print pages that have the information you need.After you finish your assignment,in the same way that you review your work for clarity and mistakes,you need to check that you have matched the quoted information with the correct source. Following these tips,you will avoid mixing up source material with your ideas.IV.Summary WritingDirections:Read the following passage.Summarize the main idea and the main point(s)of the passage in no more e your own words as far as possible."It is important for us to understand that the computing platforms of today will not be able to sustain at-scale implementations of AI algorithms on massive datasets,"said Thirumalai Venkatesan,one of the authors of a paper published in Applied Physics Reviews,from AIP Publishing."Today's computing is way too energy-intensive to handle big data.We need to rethink our approaches to computation on all levels:materials,devices and architecture that can enable ultralow energy computing."Brain-inspired electronics with organic memristors could offer a functionally promising and cost-effective platform,according to Venkatesan.Memristive devices are electronic devices with an inherent memory that are capable of both storing data and performing computation.Since memristors are functionally analogous to the operation of neurons,the computing units in the brain,they are optimal candidates for brain-inspired computing platforms.Until now,oxides have been the leading candidate as the optimum material for memristors.Different material systems have been proposed but none have been successful so far."Over the last20years,there have been several attempts to come up with organic memristors,but none of those have shown any promise,"said Sreetosh Goswami,lead author on the paper."The primary reason behind this failure is their lack of stability,reproducibility and ambiguity in mechanistic understanding.At a device level,we are now able to solve most of these problems,"This new generation of organic memristors is developed based on metal azo complex devices,which are the brainchild of Sreebata Goswami,a professor at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science in Kolkata and another author on the paper."In thin films,the molecules are so robust and stable that these devices can eventually be the right choice for many wearable and implantable technologies or a body net,because these could be bendable and stretchable,"said Sreebata Goswami.A body net is a series of wireless sensors that stick to the skin and track health.The next challenge will be to produce these organic memristors at scale,said Venkatesan."Now we are making individual devices in the laboratory.We need to make circuits for large-scale functional implementation of these devices."V.TranslationDirections:Translate the following sentences into English,using the words given in the brackets.72.你可以通过特殊的练习来发展自律，你可以在任何时间和任何地点练习。
2019-2020年高三第一次摸底考试英语试题 含解析
2019-2020年高三第一次摸底考试英语试题含解析本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。
第I卷1至10页，第二卷10至12页。
共150分。
考试时间120分钟。
【试卷综析】本试卷以新课标为指导，既重基础又注重综合能力的提高。
阅读理解选材具有时代性，紧密联系生活实际，选项设计灵活合理，注重考查学生的阅读理解能力。
完形填空考查学生的语言应用能力；一篇语法填空考查学生的基础知识应用能力；写作题能充分考查学生对语言的把控能力。
试题不仅考查知识能力，也传播正能量，弘扬社会正气。
总之，本次入学试卷难度适中，是一份质量较高的试卷。
注意事项：请按照题号顺序在答题纸上各题目的答题区域内作答，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。
第I卷第一部分：听力部分（共两节, 满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分, 满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1. When will the concert begin?A. At 5:45.B. At 6:00.C. At 6:40.2. How does the woman like her coffee?A. With sugar and milk.B. With milk only.C. With sugar only.3. What will the weather be like tomorrow?A. Sunny.B. Cloudy.C. Rainy.4. For which subject is Emily fully prepared?A. Maths.B. English.C. Physics.5. What did the woman buy for her mother?A. A coat.B. A necklace.C. Earrings.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分, 满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。
2019-2020年高三年级摸底考试试题（英语）
2019-2020年高三年级摸底考试试题（英语）2019-2020年高三年级摸底考试试题（英语）注意事项：本试卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分.共150分，考试时间120分钟.1. 答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目、试卷类型用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。
2. 每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。
不能答在试卷上。
3. 考试结束后，考生将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第I卷（二部分，共95分）第一部分：英语知识运用（共三节, 满分50分）第一节：语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. grade A. temperature B. classmate C. necklace D. fortunate2. south A. courage B. soup C. southern D. trousers3. smooth A. feather B. tooth C. wealthy D. months4. technical A. chicken B. church C. character D. inch5. prefer A. perform B. period C. fisherman D. perfectly 第二节语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
6. The movie Transformers by Steven Spielberg is boring; it is, in fact, rather excitingand interesting.A. anything butB. nothing butC. no lessD. more than7. —Remember the first time we met, Jim?—Of course I do. You in the library.A. were readingB. had readC. have readD. read8. Many people believe we are heading for environmental disaster we basically changethe way we live.A. butB. althoughC. unlessD. until9. If you carry on working like this, you’ll sooner or later.A. break upB. break awayC. break downD. break in10. It was back home after the experiment.A. not until midnight did he goB. until midnight that he didn’t goC. until midnight when he didn’t goD. not until midnight that he went11. The wild goats’on the vast grasslands was a good indication of a better environment.A. escapeB. absenceC. attendanceD. appearance12. We reached the top of the mountain after two hours’ climbing, and out of breath.A. tiringB. being tiredC. tiredD. to be tired13. This book is written in easy English as beginners can understand.A. suchB. soC. ratherD. fairly14. Do as the Romans do and your manners when in a strange country.A. keepB. shareC. noticeD. mind15. —What’s your impression of th e city?—Oh, what different Tangshan! It isn’t I saw last.A. 不填；the oneB. a; the oneC. a; oneD. 不填; one16. —Did you visit the famous museum?—No. We it, but we spent too much time shopping.A. could have visitedB. must have visitedC. can’t have visitedD. shouldn’t have visited17. An idea suddenly came to J.K. Rolling she could write a book about people livingin the magic world.A. ifB. whenC. thatD. which18. is often the case, he didn’t study hard and failed to pass the test.A. WhatB. WhichC. ItD. As19. —You couldn’t have brought any better gift to me.—.A. Oh, it’s really kind of youB. That’s all right. I’ll give you a better one next timeC. I’m glad you like it so much.D. You have a gift for music, don’t you?20. —Have you chosen a topic for your speech yet?—No, I a lot about it , but I haven’t decided.A. will thinkB. have been thinkingC. had thoughtD. was thinking第二节完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
2019-2020年高三摸底考试试题(英语)
2019-2020年高三摸底考试试题（英语）第Ⅰ卷（三部分，共115分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。
录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。
第一节：听力理解(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍1．What can the woman do?A．Stay at home.B．Stay out the whole dayC．Go out but e back early.2．What does the woman mean?A．The man has to wash the dishes first.B．The man can’t play puter games.C．She can’t play with the man because she has to wash the dishes. 3．What does the man mean?A．Tom doesn’t have to e.B．The woman shouldn’t have agreed.C．Without Sally, the party has no meaning.4．How much is the white bicycle?A．$50 B．$55. C．$60.5．Who’s Jimmy?A．The man’s son.B．The man’s brother.C． woman’s brother.第二节：听力理解(共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)听下面5段对话或独白。
每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
2019-2020年高三第一次摸底考试 英语试题
2019-2020年高三第一次摸底考试英语试题I. Listening prehension (30’)Section A (10’)Directions:In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. An electrician. B. A dentist. C. A shop assistant. D. A bank clerk.2. A. The exam score. B. A soccer match. C. The world news. D. A basketball team.3. A. At a post office. B. At a flower shop. C. At a bus station.D. At a department store.4. A. 5 hours. B. 7 hours. C. 9 hours. D. 10 hours.5. A. Tim’s not seriously injured. B. Tim will get to hospital quickly.C. The woman’s heard all about Tim’s illness.D. The woman doesn’tknow how Tim is now.6. A. She isn’t in the mood to travel. B. France is too far for family holiday.C. She has had too many holidays this year.D. Family holiday nolonger interests her.7. A. She likes the hotel. B. The cost wasunbelievably high.C. The cost was reasonable.D. She will stay overnight.8. A. Disapproval. B. Disappointment. C. Sympathy. D. Passion.9. A. The man is too forgetful. B. The man shouldn’t get annoyed.C. The man has too many keys.D. The man should attend more lessons.10. A. He wants to live in apartments. B. He thinks his signature is unnecessary.C. He has already signed a contract.D. He doesn’t always say what he means. Section B (12’)Directions:In Section B, you will hear two short passages, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages. The passages will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard. Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following introduction.11. A. African slaves. B. White masters. C. Native dancers. D. Sport trainers.12. A. Having Kung fu experience. B. Being able to sing and play music.C. Wearing a green belt.D. Being strong and able to balance well.13. A. He uses his hands to keep the balance. B. He does contact hisopponent.C. He is kicked by his opponent.D. He is pushed out of the circle. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Greet guests and talk to hotel staff.B. Have breakfast and examine room service.C. Prepare for the meeting and write new reports.D. Review the previous night’s reports and check emails.15. A. Saying hello to every guest. B. Considering different bath requirements.C. Dining with a different staff member.D. Holding variousoperational meetings.16. A. A day’s life of a hotel manager. B. The daily routine at a hotel.C. Hotel service and improvement.D. Meetings attended by a hotel manager. Section C (8’)Directions:In Section C, you will hear two longer conversations. The conversations will be read twice. After you hear each conversation, you are required to fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. Write your answers on your answer sheet.plete the form. Write ONE WORD for each answer.II. Grammar and Vocabulary (25’)Section A (16’)Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best pletes the sentence.25.It is not so much the language _____ the cultural background that makes the bookdifficult to understand.A. asB. norC. butD. like26.When one has good health, _____ should feel fortunate.A. youB. theyC. heD. we27. A new laptop costs about _____ of a second-hand one.A. the price of three timesB. three times the priceC. as much as the three times priceD. three times more than the price28.Nancy’s gone to work but her car’s still there. She _____ by bus.A. must have goneB. should have goneC. ought to goD.could go29.Little _____ about her own safety, though she herself was in great danger.A. she caredB. cared sheC. may she careD. did she care30.After _____ seemed an endless wait, it was his turn to enter the personnel manager'soffice.A. thatB. itC. whatD. there31.There is no doubt _____ the couple did the right thing in ing back home earlier thanplanned.A. whetherB. thatC. whyD. when32.My uncle is quite worn out from years of hard work. He is no longer the man _____he was fifteen years ago.A. whichB. whomC. whoD. that33.The couple had no sooner got to the station _____ the coach left.A. whenB. asC. untilD. than34.My mind wasn’t on what he was saying, so I’m afraid I _____ half of it.A. was missingB. had missedC. will missD. missed35.—Has Sam finished his homework today?—I have no idea. He _____ it this morning.A. didB. has doneC. was doingD. had done36.After the meeting, Premier Wen Jiabao walked onto the platform, _____ himself ina chair and prepared for answering questions.A. seatingB. seatedC. being seatedD. had seated37.The second book was _____ by August 1952, but two years later, the end was stillnowhere in sight.A. pletedB. to have pletedC. to pleteD. to have been pleted38.You can hardly imagine the heated argument _____ far into the night.A. continueB. to continueC. continuingD. to have continued39.The version _____ to be closest to the author’s original now belongs to a nationalmuseum in Paris.A. is thoughtB. thoughtC. being thoughtD. thinking40.Not having finished his homework, _____ to watch TV.A. mother forbade himB. so he was forbiddenC. he forbadeD. he was forbiddenSection B (9’)Directions: plete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word canWhat factors make you more or less bold, intelligent, or able to read a map? All of these are influenced by the interaction of your genes and the environment in which you were __41__. The study of how genes and environment interact to influence psychological activity is known as behavioral genetics. Behavioral genetics has made important __42__ to the biological revolution, providing information about the __43__ to which biology influences mind, brain and behavior.However, who wants to be told that there are __44__ to what you can achieve based on something that is beyond your control? It is easy to accept that genes control __45__ characteristics such as sex, race and eye color. But can genes also __46__ whether people will get divorced, how smart they are, or what career they are likely to choose? Increasingly, researches __47__ that genes lay the groundwork for many human traits(特征). From this viewpoint, people are born like __48__ photographs: The image is already captured, but the way it __49__ appears can vary based on the development process. However, the basic picture is there from the beginning.III. Reading prehension (50’)Section A (15’)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.“Congratulations, Mr. Smith! It's a girl.”Fatherhood is going to have a different meaning and __50__ a different response from every man who hears these words. Some feel __51__ when they receive the news, while others worry, wondering whether they will be good fathers. Although some men like children and may have had __52__ experience with them, others do not particularly __53__ children and spend little time with them. Many fathers and mothers have been planning and looking forward to children for some time. __54__ other couples, pregnancy was an accident that both husband and wife have accepted willingly or __55__.Whatever the __56__ to the birth of a child, it is obvious the shift from the role of husband to __57__ of a father is a difficult task. Yet, unfortunately, few attempts have been __58__ to educate fathers in this resocialization __59__. Although numerous books have been written about mothers, __60__ recently has literature focused on the __61__ of a father.It is argued that the transition to the father's role, though difficult, is not __62__ as great as the transition the wife must make to the mother's role, which seems to require a plete __63__ in daily routine. __64__, the father's role is less demanding and immediate.50. A. bring down B. bring forth C. bring off D. bring in51. A. emotional B. sentimental C. embarrassed D. proud52. A. considerate B. considerable C. considering D. considered53. A. care about B. care of C. care with D. care for54. A. For B. Of C. From D. Upon55. A. gladly B. cheerfully C. reluctantly D. resistantly56. A. reply B. reaction C. readiness D. reality57. A. what B. this C. one D. that58. A. taken B. tried C. made D. given59. A. step B. process C. point D. time60. A. / B. just C. quite D. only61. A. role B. work C. career D. position62. A. a little B. just C. nearly D. almost63. A. transformation B. realization C. socialization D. reception64. A. In addition B. Above all C. Generally D. HoweverSection B (22’)Directions: Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)65.The word “talion” in introducing the book Eye for an Eye is probably a conceptof _____.A. medicineB. avengingC. tradeD. striving66.The book entitled A History of Modern Indonesia has focus on _____.A. 1andscapes and tourist attractions in IndonesiaB. its fourth largest population in the worldC. its social and political aspects in modern timesD. its relatively unfamiliar and understudied economy67.What do these books have in mon?A. Their authors are introduced in detail.B. They all have a hard back and a paperback.C. Each of them is mented by a professor.D. They are published by the same publishing house.(B)In the early 20th century, few things were more appealing than the promise of scientific knowledge. In a world struggling with rapid industrialization, science and technology seemed to offer solutions to almost every problem. Newly created state colleges and universities devoted themselves almost entirely to scientific, technological, and engineering fields. Many Americans came to believe that scientific certainty could not only solve scientific problems, but also reform politics, government, and business. Two world wars and a Great Depression rocked the confidence of many people that scientific expertise alone could create a prosperous and ordered world. After World War Ⅱ, the academic world turned with new enthusiasm to humanistic studies, which seemed to many scholars the best way to ensure the survival of democracy. American scholars are all over the world—with support from the Ford Foundation, the Fulbright program, etc.—to promote the teaching of literature and the arts in an effort to make the case for democratic freedoms.In the America of our own time, the great educational challenge has bee an effort to strengthen the teaching of what is now known as the STEM disciplines (science, technology, engineering, and math). There is much reasonable concern that the United States is falling behind much of the rest of the developed world in these essential disciplines. India, China, Japan, and other regions seem to be seizing technological leadership.At the same time, perhaps inevitably, the humanities—while still popular in key colleges and universities—have experienced a significant decline. Humanistic disciplines are seriously underfunded, not just by the government and the foundations but by academic institutions themselves. Humanists are usually among the lowest-paid faculty members at most institutions and are often lightly regarded because they do not generate grant ine and because they provide no obvious credentials (资质) for most nonacademic careers.Undoubtedly American education should train more scientists and engineers. Much of the concern among politicians about the state of American universities today is focused on the absence of “real world” education—which means preparation for professional and scientific careers. But the idea that institutions or their students must decide between humanities and science is false. Our society could not survive without scientific and technological knowledge. But we would be equally impoverished (贫困的) without humanistic knowledge as well. Science and technology teach us what we can do. Humanistic thinking helps us understand what we should do.It is almost impossible to imagine our society without thinking of the extraordinary achievements of scientists and engineers in building our plicated world. But try to imagine our world as well without the remarkable works that have defined our culture and values. We have always needed, and we still need, both.68.In the early 20th century Americans believed science and technology could _____.A. promote the nation’s social progressB. help raise people’sliving standardsC. quicken the pace of industrializationD. solve virtually allexisting problems69.Why did many American scholars bee enthusiastic about humanistic studies after WorldWarⅡ?A. They wanted to improve their own status within the current education system.B. They believed the stability of a society depended heavily on humanistic studies.C. They could get financial support from various foundations for humanistic studies.D. They realized science and technology alone were no guarantee for a better world.70.Why are American scholars worried about education today?A. America is lagging behind in the STEM disciplines.B. Some Asian countries have overtaken America in basic sciences.C. The STEM subjects are too challenging for students to learn.D. There are not enough scholars in humanistic studies.71.Why does the author attach so much importance to humanistic studies?A. They promote the development of science and technology.B. Humanistic thinking helps define our culture and values.C. They help prepare students for their professional careers.D. Humanistic thinking help s cultivate students’ creativity.(C)At the heart of the debate over illegal immigration lies one key question: are immigrants good or bad for the economy? The American public overwhelmingly thinks they're bad. Yet the consensus (共识) among most economists is that immigration, both legal and illegal, provides a small increase to the economy. Immigrants provide cheap labor, lower the prices of everything from farm produce to new homes, and leave consumers with a little more money in their pockets. So why is there such a difference between the views of immigrants' impact on the economy and the reality?There are a number of familiar theories. Some argue that people are anxious and feel threatened by an inflow of new workers. Others highlight the concern that undocumented immigrants place on public services, like schools, hospitals, and jails. Still others emphasize the role of race, arguing that foreigners add to the nation's fears and insecurities. There's some truth to all these explanations, but they aren't quite sufficient.To get a better understanding of what's going on, consider the way immigration's impact is felt. Though its overall effect may be positive, its costs and benefits are distributed unevenly. David Card, an economist at UC Berkeley, notes that the ones who profit most directly from immigrants' low-cost labor are businesses and employers –meatpacking plants in Nebraska, for instance, or agricultural businesses in California. Granted, these producers' savings probably translate into lower prices at the grocery store, but how many consumers make that mental connection at the checkout counter? As for the drawbacks of illegal immigration, these, too, are concentrated. Native low-skilled workers suffer most from the petition of foreign labor. According to a study by George Borjas, a Harvard economist, immigration reduced the wages of American high-school dropouts by 9% between 1980 and xx.Among high-skilled, better-educated employees, however, opposition was strongest in states with both high numbers of immigrants and relatively generous social services. What worried them most, in other words, was the fiscal (财政的) burden of immigration. That conclusion was supported by another finding: that their opposition appeared to soften when that fiscal burden decreased, as occurred with welfare reform in the 1990s, which prevented immigrants' access to certain benefits.The irony (讽刺) is that for all the overexcited debate, the net effect of immigration is minimal. Even for those most acutely affected –say, low-skilled workers, or California residents –the impact isn't all that dramatic. "The unpleasant voices have tended to dominate our perceptions," says Daniel Tichenor, a political science professor at the University of Oregon. "But when all those factors are put together and the economists calculate the numbers, it ends up being a net positive, but a small one." Too bad most people don't realize it.72.What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. Whether immigrants are good or bad for the economy has been puzzling economists.B. The American economy used to thrive on immigration but now it's a different story.C. The consensus among economists is that immigration should not be encouraged.D. The general public thinks differently from most economists on the impact ofimmigration.73.Why do native low-skilled workers suffer most from illegal immigration?A. They have greater difficulty getting welfare support.B. They have a harder time getting a job with decent pay.C. They are more likely to suffer conflicts between races.D. They are no match for illegal immigrants in labor skills.74.What is the chief concern of native high-skilled, better-educated employees aboutthe inflow of immigrants?A. It may change the existing social structure.B. It may place great pressure on the state budget.C. It may lead to social instability in the country.D. It may pose a threat to their economic status.75.What is the irony about the debate over immigration?A. Even economists can't reach a consensus about its impact.B. Those who are opposed to it turn out to benefit most from it.C. There is no essential difference between seemingly opposite opinions.D. People are overanxious about something of small impact.Section C (5’)Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.76. _____European television had the idea of taking ordinary people and turning them into “stars” by putting them in unusual situations. “Big Brother” (created in Holland) was one of the first. A group of people were locked in a small house with cameras running 24 hours a day. It was called a “watch and dial”show because viewers vote by telephone to decide who should leave or stay.77. _____“Big Brother”was probably the first of the new reality shows, but such a programme has developed. Many have found appeal by having a theme to them, but most are based on the principle of “survival of the fittest” by eliminating participants as the series progresses. So we have the dating shows where winners either pair off or stay true to their partners outside the TV studio. Then there are those that test people’s abilities for specific jobs like running a kitchen, being an interior designer or a top model.78. _____Critics say these programmes are basically bad television, but people watch them. So why are there so many of them? For the viewer it’s an opportunity to “people watch”. It’s natural to like watching other people. They’re interesting. We can imagine what we would do in that situation. We get to know the characters and see them grow and develop week after week. And of course, television is the perfect place to watch people. Like the theatre or cinema we can look at other people and they can’t look back. But with television, we can watch in the privacy of our own homes. We watch, but we don’t have to admit it to anyone.79. _____The TV panies like reality shows because they are cheap to produce and attract younger viewers, which advertisers like. The last “Big Brother”in Britain attracted enormous advertising revenue (收入). They aren’t dependent on “star” actors with enormous salaries. And your actors won’t go on strike. And why do people participate in them? Well, for fame and money of course. In the past, appearing on television wasn’t for ordinary people. You had to be good at something, like sport, or reading the news, or acting. But not any more.80. _____It seems that most shows do well at the beginning but then the viewing figures begin to fall. And it varies from country to country too. For example, one show had an adopted child try to guess the identity of her real father, and another had a family arguing over an inheritance (遗产). Both were cancelled after one episode. Perhaps the novelty has worn off. Certainly, reality TV seems to appeal much more to the younger audience. And now there are so many shows around even the young have bee more critical. Reality shows will probably survive—it’s just no longer so easy to make a successful one.Section D (8’)（写在答题纸上）Directions: Read the passages carefully. Then answer the questions or plete the statements in the fewest possible words.Most young boys are trained to believe that men should be strong, tough, and cool. Thus, they learn early to hide such emotions as love, joy, and sadness because they believe that such feelings imply weakness. Over time, some men bee strangers to their own emotional lives. It seems that men with these traditional views are more likely to hold back outward emotions and to fear emotions, supposedly because such feelings may lead to a loss of calmness. Keep in mind, however, that this view is challenged by some researchers. As with many gender(性别) gaps, differences in emotionality tend to be small, inconsistent, and dependent on the situation. For instance, Robertson and colleagues found that males who were more traditionally masculine(有男子气概的) were more emotionally expressive in a structured exercise than when they were simply asked to talk about their emotions.Males’ difficulty with “tender” emotions has serious consequences. First, emotions held back can contribute to stress-related disorders. And worse, men are less likely than women to seek help from health professionals. Second, men’s emotional inexpressiveness can cause problems in their relationships with partners and children. For example, men with traditional masculine norms report lower relationship satisfaction, as do their female partners. Further, children whose fathers are warm, loving, and accepting toward them have higher self pride and lower rates of aggression and behavior problems. On a positive note, fathers are increasingly involving themselves with their children. And 30 percent of fathers report that they take equal or greater responsibility for their children than their working wives do.(Note: Answer the questions or plete the statements in NO MORE THAN FIVE WORDS.) 81.Most young boys have been trained to believe that men who show tender feelings areconsidered to be ______________.82.Some men believe that if they expressed their emotions openly they might______________.83.According to the author, men who hold back their emotions may develop ______________.84.Men who observe traditional masculine norms are said to gain less satisfaction from______________.第II 卷（共45分）I. Translation (20’)（写在答题纸上）Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.1.当地人的友好与热情令游客们印象深刻。
2019-2020年高三进班摸底考试英语试题
2019-2020年高三进班摸底考试英语试题第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分；满分7.5分）听下面5段话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1．What is the woman going to do?A．Feel cool. B．Start soon. C．Stay there for five minutes.2．How do you think of the man?A．He is the happiest man. B．He is very rich. C．He is poor.3．Which is true according to the dialogue?A．The woman is not satisfied with her daughter’s engagement.B．The woman is worried about her daughter’s sickness.C．The man suggests that she should give more apples to her daughter.4．What does the man mean?A．He will be away for a long time.B．He is willing to do everything for her.C．He will take the woman to another world.5．What does the man mean?A．He tried to call the woman.B．He was too busy to call the woman.C．He spoke to the woman on the phone last night.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
2019-2020年高三年级第二次摸底考试—英语
2019-2020年高三年级第二次摸底考试—英语本试题分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分.满分150分，考试时间120分钟.考试结束后，将本试卷第II卷和答题卡一并交回。
第Ⅰ卷（三部分，共105分）注意事项：1．答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。
2．每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。
不能答在试卷上。
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）该部分分第一、第二两节。
注意：回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。
听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。
听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。
每段对话仅读一遍。
1．Where does the conversation probably take place ?A．At a hotel . B．At a hospital . C．At a concert . 2．When will the shirts be finished ?A．Sunday afternoon . B．Saturday afternoon .C．Friday morning .3．What’s the man doing ?A．Watching TV. B．Turning down the TV. C．Answering the phone . 4．What does the man suggest the woman do ?A．Do something in the garden .B．Wash the car .C．Have a rest .5．What news did the woman get from the man ?A．Sam will leave New York very soon .B．Sam’s sister will leave for Los Angeles very soon .C．Sam’s sister will leave for New York very soon .第二节（共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。
2019-2020年高三上学期摸底考试英语试题 含答案
2019-2020年高三上学期摸底考试英语试题含答案II.Grammar and VocabularySection ADirection: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the other answer that best pletes the sentence.25.While I was waiting to enter ________ university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper ateaching post at a school in ________ suburb of London.A. /, aB. an, aC. a, theD. the ,the26.In most cases, ________ a passenger has his ticket and managers to catch his train, he canreach his destination more fortably than ________ he had to drive himself.A. once, ifB. that ,ifC. when, whileD. where, when27.The invention of the modern puter is one of the great contributions ________ to man’sefficiency.A. having ever been madeB. ever been madeC. ever madeD. having ever made28.I was not able to work out the problem ________ my teacher explained it.A. asB. unlessC. untilD. when29.For him to be re-elected, what is essential is not that his policy works, but ________ thepublic believe that it does.A. /B. whetherC. thatD. if30.What struck the audience most was ________ the blind girl could acplish with her ownhands.A. thatB. whatC. whoD. so31.The pressure ________ causes Americans to be energetic, but it also puts them under aconstant emotional strain.A. to pleteB. pletingC. to be pletedD. tohave pleted32.Though ________ money, his parents managed to send him to university.A. lackedB. lacking ofC. lackingD. being lack of33.________ Japanese is certainly plex, it is by no means impossible to learn.A. WhereasB. WhileC. SinceD. As34.To the students________, the new teacher felt very nervous to say anything, with handsslightly________.A. concerned with, shakenB. concerned, shakingC. concerned with, shakingD. concerned, shaken35.–I can’t find Ms. Miller. Where did you meet her this morning?–It was in the hotel ________ he was staying.A. thatB. whichC. the oneD. where36.________ your opinion was worth considering, they won’t place too much importance on it.A. AsB. SinceC. UnlessD. If only37.We shall meet at the same place ________ we met for the first place.A. thatB. whereC. asD. which38.The monitor suggested ________ to the Sea World in the summer vocation.A. to me visitingB. their visitingC. to me their visitD. they visit39.He often wrote to the writer ________ the thought would help him to bee a writer, too.A. whomB. whoC. becauseD. when40.In the past decade, geologists have e closer than ever to ________ the age of the earth.A. calculateB. calculatingC. be calculatingD. have calculatedSection BDirection: plete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.Traffic science is one of those ____41____ seems permanently poised on the verge of a breakthrough. Professional journals regularly publish promising research, and the ____42____ trumpets their importance. However, it turns out that traffic is a deceptively plicated problem. It ____43____ molecular physics, in fact, because it's a system of individual particles ____44____ in plex ways. Except, with traffic, the particles have minds of their own.There are two kinds of traffic flow. In uncongested stable flows, cars can move at or near the speed limit, and the "unstable regime," what laypeople (外行) call a stop-and-go traffic. What scientists have figured out over the past decade or so is when and why traffic ____45____ between the two.“We see in our models that traffic bees unstable when the number of cars (passing a specific spot) per lane per hour reaches between 2,000 and 2,500. At that nominal capacity level, traffic is very likely to bee unstable,” says Hani Mahmassani, a traffic scientist at No rthwestern University in Chicago.Consider a ____46____ case. A slow-moving car shifts into the left lane to pass an even slower-moving car. The car ____47____ behind the lane-changer has to decelerate ____48____ - not just to the speed of the car in front of him, but slow enough to create a safe driving distance between them. The next car back has to slow down even more, again to give itself a ____49____. This slowdown ripples back through the lane and eventually spreads into the other lanes as nearby drivers notice the sea of brake lights and reflexively slow down. Traffic researchers ____50____ to this as a shock wave, and it can travel back for miles.III. Reading prehensionSection ADirection: For each blank in the following passages there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.(A)There are many things parents can do to help children with autism (自闭症) overe their challenges.Learning all you can about autism and getting (51)________ in treatment will go a long way towar d helping yourchild. Additionally, the following tips will make daily home life easier for both you and your autist ic child:●Be consistent (一致的). Children with autism have a hard time (52)________ what they've learned if there is a change of setting. For example, your child may use sign language at school to municate, but never thinkto do so at home. Creating (53)________ in your child's environment is the best way to reinfo rce learning.Find out what your child's therapists are doing and continue their techniques at home. Explore the(54)________ of having therapy take place in more than one place in order to encourage yourchild to(55)________ what he or she has learned from one environment to another. It's also important to be consistentin the way you (56)________ with your child and deal with challenging behaviors.●(57)________ a schedule. Children with autism tend to do best when they have a highly-structured schedule or routine. Again, this goes back to the consistency they both need and crave. Set up a schedule for your child,with (58)________ times for meals, therapy, school, and bedtime. Try to keep disturbance to t his routine to a(59)________. If there is an unavoidable schedule change, prepare your child for it (60)________.●(61)________ good behavior. Positive reinforcement can go a long way with children with autism, so makean effort to 'catch them doing something good.' Praise them when they act appropriately or learn a new skill, being very (62)________ about what behavior they‟re being praised for.Pay attention to your child's sensory sensitivities. Many children with autism are hypersen sitive to light,sound, touch, taste, and smell. Other children with autism are 'under-sensitive' to sensory stimuli.(63)________ what sights, sounds, smells and movements cause your kid's 'bad' or disruptivebehaviors andwhat brings about a(n) (64)________ response. If you understand what affects your child, you'll be better atsolving problems, preventing situations that cause difficulties, and creating (65)________ experiences.51. A. interested B. balanced C. absorbed D. involved52. A. applying B. devoting C. municating D. appealing53. A. attraction B. fort C. steadiness D. attention54. A. possibility B. goal C. process D. solution55. A. transplant B. transfer C. transport D. transform56. A. meet B. interact C. negotiate D. associate57. A. Draw up B. Arrange for C. Work out D. Stick to58. A. regular B. flexible C. appropriate D. normal59. A. decrease B. mystery C. minimum D. degree60. A. without doubt B. in private C. without notice D. in advance61. A. Admire B. Stick C. Reward D. Maintain62. A. curious B. specific C. particular D. anxious63. A. Figure out B. Account for C. Put up D. Take on64. A. automatic B. immediate C. positive D. quick65. A. frustrating B. successful C. professional D. unpleasant试卷二(B)1. Move fast.Mark Zuckerberg built the first (2)________ of Facebook in his spare time in his Harvard d o r m r o o m.H e d i d n't w r i t e a b u s i n e s s p l a n. He didn't (3)________ ask friends and advisors what they thought of the idea. He didn't ‘reach the market', apply for patents or trademarks, assemble focus groups, or do any of the other things t h a t e n t r e p r e n e u r s a r e(4)________ to do.Mark Zuckerberg built the first (4)________ of Facebook in his spare time in his Harvard do rm room. He didn't write a business plan.He just built a cool product quickly and (5)________ it. And Facebook was born.2. Keep it (6)________.Many panies get so obsessed with all the amazing (7)________ they want to build into their produ c t s t h a t t h e ymake their products too plex for anyone to figure out how to use them. The Facebook team kept i mproving the designof the product, however, each time, they made sure that the service was still easy to use.3. Make your primary focus the product, not the ‘business' or ‘shareholder value'.Mark Zuckerberg was famously (8)________ in Facebook's business in the early days. In fact, he f o c u s e d a l l o f h i s energy on Facebook's product. This product obsession went so far that Zuckerberg continually (9) ________a d v e r t i s i n g clients, because he didn't want ads to mess up the service. As Facebook grew, Zuckerberg (10)___ _____h i s f o c u s o n t h e product. When Facebook was preparing to go public, Zuckerberg wrote a letter to shareholders in w h i c h h e s t a t e d t h e pany's intention to focus on its ‘social mission' first and its business second, wishing them to (11)________ with himin that regard.4. Get really really good at hiring… and really really good at firing.The (12)________ of a pany has nothing to do with its technology or current products. It has more t o d o w i t h i t speople. And building a great team means two things: hiring well, and firing well. It's easy to understand how to hire well. Firing well is also (13)________. A hiring mistake is unavoidable. In Fac e b o o k's e a r l yd a y s,t he p a n y m a d e l o t s o fhiring mistakes, but it (14)________ them quickly. (15)________, if your pany is growing rapidly,i t w i l l e v e n t u a l l youtgrow some of your early executives - and you'll need to replace them.1. A. apply B. relate C. attach D. persist2. A. pattern B. version C. outline D. model3. A. presently B. hastily C. endlessly D. initially4. A. intended B. supposed C. trained D. urged5. A. pushed B. provided C. granted D. launched6. A. delicate B. sensational C. simple D. petent7. A. features B. operation C. skills D. objects8. A. fascinated B. absorbed C. hesitant D. uninterested9. A. called in B. sent for C. asked after D. turned away10. A. switched B. lasted C. maintained D. extended11. A. identify B. unite C. involve D. permit12. A. admiration B. oute C. strength D. purpose13. A. efficient B. critical C. upright D. cruel14. A. addressed B. dealt C. repaired D. mended15. A. In short B. In addition C. Even though D. As a resultSection BDirection:Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them in passage A, B and C, there are four choices marked A, B,C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)The big screen is never short of films about World WarⅡ. When Nazi Germany is featured in these films, cruel Nazi officers and brutal concentration camps most often represent it. But the new Hollywood movie Valkyrie tells a di fferent story, “a chapter of German history which is little known abroad”, according to the German Cultural Minister Bernd Neumann.Valkyrie is based on a true incident that took place in 1944. Colonel Stauffenberg had been a loyal soldier for his entire military career. However, after losing an eye, a hand, and three fingers in an Allied bombing, he reached breaking point. The destruction that his country had brought to its European neighbors had bee too terrible for the colonel to bear in silence. He hoped that someone would find a way to stop Adolf Hitler, one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known. Realizing that time was running out, he decided that he must take action himself and joined the German resistance. These men drew up Operation Valkyrie, a plot to assassinate (murder) Hitler and to overthrow his Nazi government from the inside. This plot is what the film is named after and focuses on.The Hollywood star Tom Cruise plays the lead role. “This was a very challenging film to make. We c arried a huge responsibility to correctly portray history,” Cruise said.However, the production has drawn criticism for lacking depth and for simplifying the motives behind the plot.16.The passage tells us that Valkyrie is _____.A.a story written by Bernd NeumanB. a chapter in a German history bookC. a movie about Nazi concentration campsD. a movie about a plan to assassinate Hitler17.What does the sentence “he reached breaking point” probably mean?A.He narrowly escaped being killed.B. He couldn’t reach out his arm for anything.C. He was rewarded for his brave attempts.D. He decided to make a historicchange in life.18.Why did Tom Cruise say the film was challenging for him?A.Because he never acted in such kind of film before.B. Because he knew little about this episode of history.C. Because he felt it a heavy task to present the real history.D. Because he was afraid that the film might draw criticism.19.The following passage will probably talk about _____.A.the reason why the film is named after ValkyrieB. the ments from the movie critics on ValkyrieC. the praises from audience after watching ValkyrieD. the importance of the role Cruise plays in Valkyrie(B)∙Hot Air Balloon Flight for 2 (there will be others in the balloonbasket with you)∙NOTHING MORE TO PAY ON THE DAY! YOUR FULLGOURMET BREAKFAST IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE∙Travel with the Tourism Award winners with over 20 years ofexperience∙∙Experiencepeople. Rising before dawn, you can join the crew in unpacking andpreparing the balloon for flight - which is a spectacle in itself! Afteranparklands, homes and hills of the Hawkesbury region of Sydney.air inside is lighter than the cool air outside and this is what creates the lift and why it is called a Hot Air Balloon. Passengers are wele to assist the pilot and crew with inflating the hot air balloon at the launch site, which only takes about 20 minutes.The Hot Air Balloon Flight for 2 is both picturesque and peaceful. You hear very little sound from the awakening world below. The silence is only broken with blasts from the propane burner heating the air in your balloon to keep you cruising across the skies. Watch as the sun bursts from the horizon and paints the sky pink in a spectacular morning sunrise.To top off the morning you'll celebrate with a full gourmet breakfast. This adventure is for 2 people.There will be other people in the balloon basket with you.Hot Air Balloon flights take place at sunrise. The exact time of your Hot Air Balloon flight experience will vary based upon the time of year and will be sent to you upon booking.20. The price $299 includes ______.A. full gourmet breakfastB. two persons’ Hot Air Balloon FlightC. tips for the Tourism Award winnersD. the accident insurance of the participants21. Why does Hot Air Ballooning begin before dawn?A. Touris ts needn’t queue for the flight.B. The air at that time is cooler and more stable.C. Tourists can see the spectacular sunrise in the sky.D. Travelers have to start the adventure with their stomach empty.22.. Which of the following statement is TRUE？A. The people in the basket are all tourists.B. The burner is off after the balloon is launched.C. The balloon is launched at the fixed time and place.D. Those who have experienced the flight can get a certificate.(C)Celebrity has bee one of the most important representatives of popular culture.Fans used to be crazy about a specific film,but now the public tends to base its consumption on the interest of celebrity attached to any given product.Besides,fashion magazines have almost abandoned the practice of putting models on the cover because they don’t sell nearly as well as famous faces.As a result,celebrities have realized their unbelievably powerful market potential,moving from advertising for others’ products to developing their own.Cel ebrity clothing lines aren’t a pletely new phenomenon,but in the past they were typically aimed at the ordinary consumers,and limited to a few TV actresses.Today they’re started byfirst-class stars whose products enjoy equal fame with some world top brands.The most successful start-ups have been those by celebrities with specific personal style.As celebrities bee more and more experienced at the market,they expand their production scale rapidly,covering almost all the products of daily life.However,f or every success story,there’s a related warning tale of a celebrity who overvalued his consumer appeal.No matter how famous the product’s origin is,if it fails to impress consumers with its own qualities it begins to resemble an exercise in self-promotional marketing.And onceToday,celebrities face even more severe embarrassment.The pop-cultural circle might beis limitless.Having already achieved great wealth and public recognition,many celebrities see fashion as the next frontier to be conquered.As the saying goes,success and failure always go hand in hand.Their success as designers might last only a short time,but fashion - like celebrity - has always been temporary.23.Fashion magazines today ________.A.seldom put models on the coverB.no longer put models on the coverC.need not worry about celebrities’ market potentialD.judge the market potential of every celebrity correctly24. “loyalty(忠诚) returning to tried-and-true labels” in Paragraph 4 echoes the idea that _______.A.ordinary consumers are more concerned with price rather than brand nameB.celebrity branded products can be an instant successC.con sumer’s enthusiasm for celebrity branded products prove to be inconstantD.to consumers, quality matters more than the outside of products.25.The underlined sentence in Paragraph 4 indicates that any wrong step will possibly ________.A.decrease the popularity of a celebrity and the sales of his productsB.damage the image of a celebrity in the eyes of the general publicC.cut short the artistic career of a celebrity in show businessD.influence the price of a celebrity’s products26.The passage is mainly about ________. .A.celebrity and personal styleB.celebrity and market potentialC.celebrity and fashion designD.celebrity and clothing industry(D)President Arling has put his long awaited economic restructuring program before the Congress. It provides a coordinated program of investment credits, research grants, education reforms, and tax changes designed to make American industry more petitive. This is necessary to reverse the economic slide into unemployment, lack of growth, and trade deficits that have plagued the economy for the past six years.The most liberal wing of the President's party has called for stronger and more direct action. They want an ines policy to check inflation while federal financing helps rebuild industry behind a wall of protective tariffs.The Republicans, however, decry even the modest, graduated tax increases in the President's program. They want tax cuts and more open market. They say if federal money has to be injected into the economy, let it through defence spending.Both these alternatives ignore the unique nature of the economic before us. It is not simply a matter of markets or financing. The new technology allows vastly increased production for those able to master it. But it also threatens those who fail to adopt it with permanent second-class citizenship in the world economy. If an industry cannot lever itself up to the leading stage of technological advances,' then it will not be able to pete effectively. If it cannot do this, no amount of government protectionism or access to foreign markets can keep it profitable for long. Without the profits and experience of technological excellence to reinvest, that industry can only fall still farther behind its foreign petitors.So the crux is the technology and that is where president's program focused. The danger is not that a plan will not be passed, it is that the ideologues of right and left will distort the bill with amendments that will blur its focus on technology. The economic restructuring plan should be passed intact. If we fail to restructure our economy now, we may not get a second chance.27.What is the requirement of the most liberal wing of the Democratic-party?A.They want a more direct action.B.They want an ines policy to check inflation.C.They want to rebuild industry.D.They want a wall of protective tariffs.28.What is the editors attitude toward the economic restructuring plan?A.supportiveB.indifferentC.disapprovingDpromising29.The focus of the President's program is on ________.A.investmentB.economyC.technologyD.tax30. The danger to the plan lies in ________.A.the two parties' objectionB.different idea of the two parties about the planC.its passageD.improper revision of its focus(E)Our mobile devices give us a remarkable ability: to document every moment of our lives. But in our relentless attempt to curate all of these experiences for others using a variety of filters, are we missing perhaps the most important filter of all- a 'moral' one?The latest example of the moral ambiguities of curation in a mobile world came this week, when the New York Post published a photo taken seconds before a man who had been pushed onto the subway tracks was fatally struck. The photo was published on the Post's front page with the chilling headline, 'Doomed' This wasn't the first time a witness to a casualty has opted to capture an image rather than help the victim, but this time, the subway photo controversy extended beyond a single photojournalist faced with a moral dilemma. According to accounts of the tragic NYC subway incident, there were other onlookers as well, snapping photos and recording video in the fateful 22 seconds, rather than attempting to help the victim.If this tragic scenario sounds familiar, that's because it is. Malcolm Gladwell described a similar type of event in his book, The TIPPING Point. In 1964, thirty-eight different New Yorkersrefused to help a woman who was being murdered in their neighborhood despite hearing her cries for help. The case of Kitty Genovese was so inexplicable at the time that psychologists have even given it a name- the 'bystander effect'. That people could be aware of such a tragic event happening in front of them and still be unresponsive could only be attributed to a societal diffusion of responsibility. Each of the 38 bystanders felt that enough people were witnessing the event that each of them, individually was no longer responsible for being involved.If anything, our mobile devices have intensified this. When faced with difficult or awkward social situations, we often retreat into observer mode, confident that the appearance of being engaged with our device will absolve us of any individual responsibility to act. Yet, when we bee silent curators of the world around us, we run the risk of distancing ourselves from our subjects so pletely that we no longer feel the moral imperative to act.During the early years of the social media boom, expert mentators liked to say that society was moving from a 'lean back' mode to a 'lean forward' mode. Instead of leaning back and passively consuming TV on our couches, we were leaning forward and adding our voices to the conversation via the Web. We seemed to be more engaged with what was happening in the world around us, interacting with others across many different platforms and seemingly turning every event into a chance for active participation.It would be a shame if the mobile revolution turns out to be a step backward, transforming all of us once again into passive curators of the world around us, rather than active participants. Consider that, as a society, we have reached a point where it is pletely acceptable to see two people having dinner together, curating photos of the food in front of them rather than conversing with each other. Many of us seem to walk around with our heads permanently down, furiously tapping away on our tiny screens rather than engaging with others. Then, when an event happens - tragic or otherwise - many of us reflexively turn to the screen to capture it, putting us all at risk of turning into mobile bystanders.31.It can be inferred from Paragraph 2 that________.A. the photojournalist who took the subway photo was from New York PostB. the man who died in the accident mitted suicideC. the photojournalist and the bystanders are thought as immoral.D. all the bystanders were busy snapping photos or recording videos32.The subway photo controversy extended beyond a single photojournalist because ________.A. he was supposed to play his moral partB. the publicized photo aroused sympathy among the publicC. life saving should go before any professional dutyD. other onlookers had the same response as the photojournalist33. The 'bystander effect' is caused by ________.A. the widespread use of mobile devicesB. people's decreasing moralityC. the large amount of bystandersD. the dispersion of responsibility34.Which of the following belongs to a 'lean forward' mode?A.Watching TV on the couches.B. Playing offline puter games.C. Remarking on the latest news via the Internet.D. Taking photos of food while having dinner with other people.35.What*s the author's attitude towards mobile bystanders?A. Critical.B. Indifferent.C. Approving.D. Ambiguous.IV. Blank fillingDirections: Read the following tow passages. Fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word. For the other blanks, fill in each blank with one proper word. Make sure that your answers are grammatically correct.(A)In bringing up children, every parent watches eagerly the child's acquisition of each new skill - the first spoken words, the first independent steps, or the beginning of reading and writing. It is often tempting to hurry the child (1)________ his natural learning rate, but this can set up dangerous feelings of failure and states of worry in the child. This might happen at any stage. A baby might (2)________(force) to use a toilet too early, and a young child might be encouraged to learn to read before he knows the meaning of the words he reads. On the other hand, though, (3)________ a child is left alone too much, or without any learning opportunities, he loses his natural enthusiasm for life and his desire to find out new things for himself.。
2019-2020年高三入学摸底考试(英语)
2019-2020年高三入学摸底考试（英语）I. Listening prehension (30%)Section A1. A. At an art gallery. B. In a workshop. C. In the library. D. At a cinema.2. A. She is too busy to go. B. She will wait for better weather.C. She would like to swim with the man.D. She needs to prepare the meals first.3. A. It was boring. B. It was wonderful. C. It was confusing. D. It was too short.4. A. It’s dull. B. It’s exciting. C. It’s exhausting. D. It’s stimulating.5. A. A play. B. A movie. C. A speech. D. A concert.6. A. It may get warmer soon. B. It may get even colder.C. It’s the coldest winter in history.D. The forecast is wrong.7. A. A robber. B. A witness. C. A policeman. D. A reporter.8. A. She is not interested in the lecture. B. She has given the man much trouble.C. She would like to have a copy of it.D. She doesn’t want to take the trouble to.9. A. He doesn’t enjoy business trips as much as he used to.B. He doesn’t think he is capable of doing the job.C. He thinks the pay is too low to support his family.D. He wants to spend more time with his family.10. A. The man thought the essay was easy.B. They both had a hard time writing the essay.C. The woman thought the essay was easy.D. Neither of them has finished the assignment yet.Section BQuestions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. The prison gates are always open. B. Its prisoners can work outside.C. Most of the guards do not carry weapons.D. The prison is open to the public.12. A. The prisoners are provided with jobs once released.B. Its prisoners are seldom made to work overtime.C. It is run on the principle of trusting prisoners.D. It has no security measures.13. A. One year. B. Thirteen years. C. Two years. D. Fourteen years. Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Films. B. Fares. C. Clothes. D. Programmes.15. A. In 1988. B. In 1996 C. In xx. D. In xx.16. A. Peter Skill acted as CEO for eBay.B. Peter Omidyar created eBay in America.C. eBay offered free service for a time.D. About 13 million items are sold on eBay every day.Section CBlanks 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.plete the form. Write NO MORE THAN ONE WORDS for each answer.Blanks 21 through 24 are based on the following conversation.II. Grammar and vocabulary (25%)Section A Grammar25. First impressions are the most lasting. After all, you never get _____ second chance to make thefirst impression.A. aB. theC. /D. another26. Research In Motion hopes that the popularity of Blackberry Messenger will enable a new music sharing service to distinguish _______ in a marketplace that is overwhelmingly dominated by Apple’s iTunes.A. itselfB. itC. himselfD. him27. Before the sales start, I make a list of ______ my kids will need for the ing season.A. whyB. whatC. howD. which28. Recently a survey _______ prices of the same products in two different supermarkets has causedheated debate among citizens.A. paredB. being paredC. paresD. paring29. Be sure to take enough warm clothes when you travel to Scotland, for it ______ be very coldthere.A. shouldB. canC. couldD. shall30. Tom was about to close the windows ______ his attention was caught by a bird in the garden.A. whenB. ifC. andD. till31. It really seemed ages ______ the firemen arrived and started to put out the fire.A. whenB. afterC. beforeD. as32. We arrived at work in the morning and found that somebody _____ into the office during thenight.A. brokeB. had brokenC. has brokenD. was breaking33. Valentine’s Day, ______ its equivalent, is now celebrated in many countries around the world.A. butB. andC. orD. yet34. William Beebe, one of the first men ______ the depths of the sea in a bathy-sphere, got interestedin oceanography because of one book.A. exploringB. having exploredC. to be exploringD. to explore35. advertisements are of great help, I don't think we should entirely rely on them.A. SinceB. WhileC. BecauseD. As36. That is the only way we can imagine ______ the overuse of water in students’ bathrooms.A. reducingB. to reduceC. reducedD. reduce37. —Peter was admitted to a second-class college．—He ________ a top university, but he was addicted to playing puter games．A．had entered B．would enter C．must have entered D．could have entered 38. It was April 29, xx ______ Prince William and Kate Middleton walked into the palace hall of thewedding ceremony.A. thatB. whenC. on whichD. where39. We will take the conditions into careful consideration _____ you have attached to this contract.A. asB. whichC. whereD. what40. ________, I believe, and you will find Tom is very outgoing.A. Having a talk with the studentB. Given a talk with the studentC. One talk with the studentD. If you have a talk with the studentof action without thinking, we find at once too many difficulties, small or big, preventing our progress. If we avoid acting hurriedly, we can avoid most of our troubles. For instance, a young man has a gift for teaching and doing research work. What a foolish act it would be for him to go and work as a businessman! Most people fail to have a satisfactory life because they have ___42___ a job for which they didn’t mean to go in. Without taking into consideration our ___43___ and abilities for a particular business we should not run ___44___ into it.However, too much care and fear results in failure. It is a mistake to hesitate or delay action when ___45___ action is called for. When a swimmer has to save a drowning man, he must act at once without delay. Similarly, to rescue a child or a woman from a burning house, we must rush in without hesitation. Where there is no room for delay and hesitation, there must be no hesitation or delay.So only with ___46___ of consideration, courage and confidence can we get over any difficulty. We can be ___47___ and realize our aims in life only by just getting the three points put together. Foresight and ___48___ bined with courage and confidence in taking unavoidable risks are necessary. With them we can prove ourselves able to deal with ___49___ problems and ensure success.III. Cloze Test (15%)While some of the best professional big-wave surfers in the world looked out over 40-foot waves crashing onto the shores of Oahu’s Waimea Bay, the __50__ seemed disappointingly clear. The Quicksilver Invitation surfing petition had to be __51__. The waves were just too big.But on that same late-January day, relatively unknown big-wave rider Greg Russ had to bephysically __52__ by lifeguards from launching out into the biggest surf in more than a decade. The guards were interfering with his right to make __53__, he said.The incentive: $50,000 from the surf-equipment manufacturer K2 to anyone who can ride the biggest wave of the year and get it __54__.From ice climbing to mountain biking to big-wave surfing, more people are being extreme athletes, putting their lives in danger for the __55__ thrill. But the K2 contest, and the growing popularity of extreme sports worldwide, has ___56___ questions about the financial and human consequence for athletes and rescuers who watch over them. For many, the incident at Waimea perfectly __57__ the dangers unleashed when big money, big egos, and big challenges are mixed. Although exact figures on how many extreme athletes exist are hard to e by, isolated statistical evidence __58__ a rapid increase. For example, the number of climbers __59__ to climb Alaska’s 20,300-foot Mt. McKinley ---the tallest peak in North America---increased from 695 in 1984 to 1100 in 1997.“It’s a numbers deal, and clearly there are more people getting hurt than there were when I started doing__60__ 20 years ago,”says Dan Burnett, a mission coordinator with the all-volunteer Summit County Search and Rescue Group in Colorado. “We’re responding in areas now that even four years ago I would have thought we didn’t need to check because __61__goes there.”Some efforts have been made toward creating a(n) __62__ extreme-sports world. Three years ago, Denali National Park in Alaska, __63__, instituted a mandatory $ 150 fee for climbers seeking to ascend Mt. McKinley. The fee pays for an educational program that park rangers credit with dramatically __64__ the number of search-and-rescue missions and fatalities.50. A. decision B. surprise C. devotion D. mission51. A. launched B. held C. canceled D. posted52. A. restarted B. restrained C. related D. recorded53. A. progress B. money C. preparations D. limits54. A. on duty B. on sale C. on film D. on average55. A. apparent B. strange C. astonishing D. ultimate56. A. raised B. learned C. informed D. changed57. A. bees B. appears C. scores D. illustrates58. A. picks out B. points to C. picks up D. points out59. A. attempting B. agreeing C. enjoying D. demanding60. A. engineering B. performance C. rescues D. researches61. A. somebody B. nobody C. anyone D. none62. A. cheaper B. easier C. further D. safer63. A. in a word B. above all C. for instance D. in addition to64. A. increasing B. reducing C. accepting D. promotingIV. Reading prehension (35%)(A)65. We can learn from the text that _______.A. Story of pup pets is a play held in China Children’s TheaterB. the artists who have won prizes will perform magic tricksC. on March 5 there will be two plays for us to chooseD. the artists in the Beijing Peking Opera Troupe are from all over the country66. If a tourist wants to see a performance on March 15, he can call ______ to book a ticket.A. 86531043B. 65250123C. 66037255D. 6507181867. According to the text, which of the following statements is true?A. The director of the Story of Puppets bines different operas in it.B. Green Hat is based on a famous novel acted by some American artists.C. Top Acrobatic artists will present their performances around our country.D. The Beijing Peking Opera Troupe will give two performances with the same excerpts.(B)Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sleep in order to cut the greenhouse gases they send out, which is thought to be responsible for global warming.Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo flatulence (胃肠气胀) contains no methane (甲烷) and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who produce large quantities of the harmful gas.While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack (烟囱) pushing out carbon dioxide, farm animals' passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percentage of total emissions in some countries."Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep," said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland state government."And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base, they're actually up around 50 percent," he said.Researchers say the bacteria also makes the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.But it will take researchers at least three years to isolate the bacteria, before they can even start to develop a way of transferring it to cattle and sheep.Another group of scientists, meanwhile, has suggested Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos. And about 20 percent of health-conscious Australians are believed to eat the national symbol already."It's low in fat, it's got high protein levels and it's very clean in the sense that basically it's the free-range animal," said Peter Ampt of the University of New South Wales's institute of environmental studies.68. Scientists intend to put bacteria into cattle and sheep________.A. to prevent them from sending out harmful gasesB. to help Australian farmers to earn more moneyC. so that they can protect Australian ecosystemD. so that they can make full use of special bacteria69. Athol Klieve seems to believe that ________.A. cattle and sheep produce more carbon dioxideB. less cattle and sheep are raised in New ZealandC. farm animals are to blame for greenhouse gasesD. New Zealand has the most animals in the world70. The main idea of the text is to _____.A. discuss a better way to protect the eachB. warn farmers of the danger of animal wasteC. illustrate the possible solutions to pollutionD. present a recent study on global warming71. Which is NOT one of the advantages that Peter Ampt lists about kangaroos?A. it is rich in proteinB. it is low in fatC. it is cheaper than beefD. it is cleaner than sheep(C)When in doubt, cut that out! Yeah, yea, Doubting Thomas may have had a point in his day, and life may not be what you want it to be, but if you constantly doubt yourself, how can you acplish anything?Where is your confidence? What possible good can e from taking the negative aspect of any situation and growing it into acceptance?Purpose of achievement is to attain a goal. So, if you set your goals and strive to get there, it should be assumed that you are moving toward your goal no matter what you are doing, right?When watching a football game, one of those great high school starter games, set to determine who starts when the real games begin, I noticed the coach called “defense” only when the team was “protecting” their goal. As long as the team was fighting for mo re ground they played “offense (进攻)”. Along the same lines, I’ve heard the phrase, “a strong defense requires a good offense.”Simply put, if you concentrate more on gaining ground than on protecting your goals, your acplishments will be greater. Time spent protecting your goals is wasted time, when you could be working toward attaining your goals rather than preventing others from reaching their goal.In business, if you waste your time focusing on what your petitor is doing rather than working toward meeting your goals, you won’t get very far.Focus your attention on where you’re going. Don’t waste time worrying about where your petition is. You will gain ground while they are watching you. Smile as you reach your destination.72. The writer of the passage intends to tell us ________.A. a mon rule in a football gameB. how to beat our petitorsC. how to overe our doubts and achieve our goalsD. how to deal with doubt in our business7236. The author’s purpose of mentioning Doubting Thomas in the first paragraph is to ________.A. show that famous people change our lifeB. tell us to succeed we should not doubt ourselvesC. ask us to learn from successful peopleD. tell us it’s quite natural for people to doubt themselves74. The author suggests that in business we should ________.A. avoid too much petitionB. seek as much cooperation as possibleC. focus on our own goalsD. know our petitors as well as ourselves75. The passage is intended for ________.A. football playersB. coachesC. businessmenD. mon readers76. ________ Freelance (自由职业者) is a word that goes back to medieval (中古世纪的) times when it was used to describe soldiers who sold their skills to those prepared to pay their market rate. Today it’s an increasingly mon way of working for people in a range of occupations and appeals to many who feel constrained by corporate culture.77. ________ What you gain is freedom of movement; what you can lose is a sense of belonging. You can end up feeling isolated from normal support networks, because suddenly you are responsible for your own welfare, training, safety, career development, equipment, professional updating and a thousand other things, it is easy to remain unaware of these things in therelatively cosseted existence of full-time employment. So before you leap up into this exciting and potentially rewarding way of working, stand back and take a look at the risks.78. ________ Freelancing has always been a mon way of working for writers, artists and performers, but the range of occupations with a substantial number of freelancers is growing steadily. Anyone with a marketable skill can choose to go it alone. Websites offer a free directory listing for those with skills to sell. Their categories include accountants, healthcare consultants, landscape architects and puter trainers. Areas of work that have problems recruiting staff are always keen to employ freelancers.79. ________ Being a freelance is different from other forms of self-employment —you still work for an employer or several employers but have to develop a pletely different set of relationships with them. Employers are now your customers, you are their supplier. You have to bee indispensable (不可缺少的) to them, providing solutions to their problems, some of which they may not even realized they had. In many ways you have to behave like their dream employee, being more willing and available than you may have got used to whilst in a “proper job”.80. ________ You also have to be aware of, and sensitive to, the fact that you can be seen as a threat by your customer’s conventional employees, who may regard you as taking work they could do. Successful freelancing relies on the co-operation of everyone you e into contact with. Work that brings you into conflict with an existing workforce can be more troublesome than it’s worth.(E)A popular saying goes, “Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me.” However, that’s not really true. Words have the power to build us up or tear us down. It doesn’t matter if the words e from someone else or ourselves— the positive and negative effects are just as lasting.We all talk to ourselves sometimes. We’re usually too embarrassed to admit it, though. In fact, we really shouldn’t be because more and more experts believe talking to ourselves out loud is a healthy habit.This “self-talk” helps us motivate ourselves, remember things, solve problems, and calm ourselves down. Be aware, though, that as much as 77% of self-talk tends to be negative. So in order to stay positive, we should only speak words of encouragement to ourselves. We should also be quick to give ourselves a pat on the back. The next time you finish a project, do well in a test, or finally clean your room, join me in saying “Good job!”Often, words e out of our mouths without us thinking about the effect they will have. But we should be aware that our words cause certain responses in others. For example, when returning an item to a store, we might use warm, friendly language during the exchange. And the clerk will probably respond in a similar manner. Or harsh and critical language will most likely cause the clerk to be defensive.Words possess power because of their lasting effect. Many of us regret something we once said. And we remember unkind words said to us! Before speaking, we should always go through a “ask-yourself” test: Is it true? Is it loving? Is it needed? If what we want to say doesn’t pass this test, then it’s better left unsaid.Words possess power: both positive and negative. Those around us receive encouragement when we speak positively. We can offer hope, build self-esteem and motivate others to do their best. Negative words destroy all those things. Will we use our words to hurt or to heal? The choice is ours.(Note: Answer the questions or plete the statements in NO MORE THAN 10 WORDS.)81. As to the power of words, the author believes they can either ___________________.82. People should only speak words of encouragement to themselves to ___________________.83. What does the underlined part “give ourselves a pat on the back” mean?84. What should we do if the “ask-yourself test” i s not passed?1. 这个新建的学校在市中心，交通十分便捷。
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2019-2020年高三开学摸底考试英语试卷I 语言知识及运用(共两节，满分45分)第一节：完形填空(共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Three Apple engineers and three Microsoft employees are traveling by train to a conference. The Microsoft engineers each buy tickets but the Apple engineers buy only a 1ticket.“How are three people going to travel on only one 2?” asks a Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.They all board the train. The Microsoft employees take their 3but all three Apple engineers cram(拥挤) into a restroom and close the door behind them.4after the train has departed, the conductor es around 5tickets. He knocks on the restroom door and says, “Ticket, please.” The door opens just a crack(缝) and an arm 6, ticket in hand. The 7takes it and moves on. The Microsoft employees see this and agree it is quite a 8idea.So after the conference, the Microsoft employees decide to 9the Apple engineers (as they always do) on the return trip and save some 10. When they get to the station, they buy one ticket. To their 11, the Apple engineers don’t buy any ticket at all.“How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asks one 12Microsoft employee. “Watch and you’ll see,” answers an Apple engineer.When they board the train, the Microsoft employees cram into a 13and the Apple engineers cram into another one nearby. The train departs. Soon one of the Apple engineers 14his restroom and walks over to where the Microsoft employees are 15.He knocks on the d oor and says, “Ticket, please.”1．A．cheap B．single C．return D．special2．A．ticket B．route C．means D．railroad3．A．routes B．chances C．turns D．seats4．A．Directly B．Shortly C．Nearly D．Quickly5．A．examining B．receiving C．collecting D．delivering6．A．appears B．sticks C．holds D．rises7．A．employee B．policeman C．conductor D．engineer8．A．strange B．foolish C．useful D．clever9．A．learn B．copy C．accept D．watch10．A．money B．time C．energy D．space11．A．excitement B．agreement C．disappointment D．astonishment 12．A．touched B．puzzled C．frightened D．delighted 13．A．bedroom B．sitting-room C．restroom D．dining-room 14．A．enters B．crosses C．leaves D．reaches15．A．hiding B．sitting C．traveling D．enjoying第二节：语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，共15分)阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为16—25的相应位置上。
One day, a poor traveler arrived in a small village. He didn’t have food __16__ money, so he had not eaten in days. The one thing he had was a cooking pot. Then, he poured in some water and placed it on a small fire. When a few villagers asked __17__ he was doing, he replied that he __18__ (make) Stone Soup which was __19__ ancient tasty recipe (配方) passed down to him __20__ his ancestors(祖先). He then dropped in a stone into the pot. __21__ the soup warmed, the traveler told them the __22__ (excite) things he'd seen. He tasted his soup and said it was ing along nicely, but a bit of salt and a few carrots would bring out the flavor(味道). One curious villager did bring him some salt and __23__ villager gave him some carrots from home. This continued on with the traveler casually asking for onions, a bit of meat and potatoes. Finally, everyone could enjoy the tasty meal __24__ was prepared for them from just a stone, and a few other items.That is to say, working together, with a bit of everyone’s __25__ (contribute), we can be successful.Ⅱ阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节：阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AAdvice to English learnersLearners of English, especially self-taught learners may have trouble in understanding speeches by native speakers. The following ways might help improve their ability.First of all, do things step by step. It is not good to listen to something beyond your level. Better choose a suitable course and start with the first book. Go on to the second book only after you are sure you understand the first one.Secondly, stick to one course of study. Don’t change books often. N ever let your attention be attracted by another course just because it seems to be more “ fashionable”(时髦).Thirdly, listen to the English news programme over the radio from time to time. Better go through the news stories in the Chinese-language newspaper first. That will make it easy for you to understand the English news on the radio.Fourthly, if you have time, listen to some interesting stories in “special English” from the VOA or other listening materials of the same level as that of your textbook.26. This is a piece of advice to learners of English in how to_____.A. improve their listening abilityB. read fastC. write better English and read fastD. speak correctly27. If you want to understand the English news programme on the radio, you should_________.A.read the Chinese-language newspaper carefullyB.read again and again the Chinese-language newspaperC.go through the Chinese-language newspaperD.be able to recite the Chinese-language newspaper28. “Beyond your level” means something_______.A. easy for youB. too difficult for youC. not too easy and not too difficult for youD. just all right for you29. The author advised that once you have taken up a course, you should_______.A.stick to itB. begin with the last bookC. take up other courses if you are more fashionableD. not do anything else30. In this passage, VOA stands for______.A. a bookB. a magazineC. a textbookD. a radio stationBSeveral years ago I worked in an office, which had a locust tree growing outside the window. It had grown into a tall tree and must have been there for a long time. The tree blocked the view and made the office seem dull, unfortunately this happened to be the room assigned to me and I was depressed by it for quite some time.When the first spring came, everything was green except the locust tree. Secretly, I was very happy because I had thought it had died.One morning when I opened the window for fresh air, I unexpectedly smelt a familiar sweet scent floating into my office but I couldn't name it. Suddenly, I realized it was the locust tree! The tree that I thought dead was blossoming in full glory.From then on, I usually came to the office very early to see dew（露水）forming on the locust tree blossoms and every year was eager to see spring again.During summer, the green leaves provided shade protecting me from the harsh sunlight, but allowing enough light in to make it pleasant. In autumn, the leaves turned into many different colors. Its beauty touched my soul. Many times I thought to take photos but never did. Then I had to leave in a hurry. Later in life it became a great regret that I had not done so.Actually, many times in our lives, we think we own something, therefore we don't Cherish it. We don't feel regretful until we lose it one day! Moreover, sometimes, we have to accept the things we don't want and need to discover the hidden beauty to find unexpected joy!31. The author of the passage employed a writing way _________.A. of holding(抑) and releasing(扬)B. that released first, then heldC. that held first, then releasedD. that was not holding or releasing32. At first the author felt depressed because of the following reasons except that _________.A. the tree blocked the viewB. the tree made the office seem dullC. when the first spring came, everything was green except the locust treeD. the office was assigned to him33. What the author wanted to tell us is that ________.A. not being delighted for what you have got and not feeling pity on the lostB. think twice before you leapC. treat everything calmlyD. cherish what you've owned34. The reason the author came to the office early was ________.A. to enjoy the dewB. to finish her work earlyC. to do some cleaningD. to avoid the burning sun35. The underlined word “so” in the fifth paragraph perhaps refers to ________.A. that I could not see the tree any longerB. that I should have taken some photosC. that I had to leaveD. that the tree diedC“Depend on yourself”is what nature says to every man. Parents can help you. Teachers can help you. Others still can help you. But all these only help you to help yourself.There have been many great men in history. But many of them were very poor in boyhood, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends to help them. Schools were few and low. They could not depend on them for an education. They saw how it was, and set to work with all their strength to know something. They worked their own way up to fame.One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pubils, “I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves. ”Some young men have no ambitions（雄心）to do anything ; and they are to be pitied. They can never succeed unless they see their foolishness, and change their courses. They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of parents and teachers. and depend upon their own honest and serious efforts.36. The best title for this passage is ______.A. Depend on yourselfB. Don’t depend on your parentsC. Help yourselfD. The Good Advice37. From the passage we know that many great men in history ______.A. learned everything themselves in boyhoodB. didn’t receive any educationC. had no relatives or friendsD. depended on themselves to bee famous38. Which of the following is TRUE ? _______.A. Parents can make you succeed.B. Great men in history were very poor.C. Teachers would like to help you to be a manD. Only you can make yourself a great man39. Why have some young men failed in everything? _________.A. They have no ambitions.B. They are to be pitiedC. They haven’t changed their courses.D. They haven’t seen their foolishness40. Everyone can succeed EXCEPT that ______.A. They accept the advice of parents and teachersB. They depend on themselvesC. They change their courses oftenD. They are honest and work hardDPlants need green leaves to make food. A plant needs sunlight and carbon dioxide (二氧化碳)from the air for making food and it also needs water and salts from the soil to make food too. There are certain cells (细胞) in the leaves which change carbon dioxide and water into sugar. To do this the cells needs energy, which they get from the sunlight.Green leaves make food for the whole plant. A red leaf can make food too because under the red coloring of the leaf there are food——making cells. There are no leaves which are pletely yellow, for they can't make food.The plant makes sugar for its food. In sunlight green leaves make a lot of sugar. The veins (叶脉) can't carry all this sugar away, so the leaves change the sugar into starch (淀粉)，which is kept and so stored in the leaves. At night, the starch changes back to sugar. It is then carried away from the leaves. Some of the sugar is used as food by the plant while the rest is stored as starch. In some plants, food is stored in the roots, in others it is stored in the stem (茎) and in leaves, fruits and seeds.41. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this passage? _________.A. How green plants make food.B. How green plants make sugar.C. How green plants get their energy.D. How green plants change sugar into starch.42. To make food, plants need a lot except _________.A. the airB. the soilC. the green leavesD. dead leaves43. The cells in the green leaves can get the most energy when ________.A. it is daytimeB. it is nightC. it is sunnyD. it is rainy44. Sugar is made for its food by _______.A. sunlightB. veinsC. stemsD. green leaves45. Food is stored in roots or stems in the form of ________.A. sugarB. starchC. water and saltsD. carbon dioxide第二节：信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。