河南省安阳市高三英语毕业班第二次模拟(4月14日周考)试题新人教版(1)

4月14号周考考试英语试卷

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Ⅱ卷11至12页。

第Ⅰ卷

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Smog has affected Beijing for at least a week and the Great Hall of the People, where lawmakers will meet next week for the country’s parliamentary session（人大会议）, is hardly visible. Much of north and central China, or one-seventh of the country, was covered in it over the weekend.

Responses have included reduced industrial activities, a ban on fireworks and barbecues, raised pollution alerts and reduced vehicles travelling on the roads. Citizens are advised to stay indoors while schools have either stopped classes or suspended outdoor activities.

And Chinese officials, after a long period of prioritizing economic development over environmental protection, are now likely to see their future career shaped by how effectively they handle the serious pollution.

“Even as a foreigner, I know the pollution has a lot to do with too much focus on economic indicators（指标）in evaluating Chinese officials,”said Florian Kessler, an executive（执行的）director with German law firm WZR Consulting. The German executive speaks fluent Chinese, loves Beijing food and is a big fan of Beijing Guo’an Football Club, bu t after staying in the city for eight years, he now wants to leave. “Since I smoke, I’m okay with the pollution, but I can’t let my kid breathe in the polluted air. That’s why I’m leaving,” Kessler explained.

He also said that German companies operating in Beijing, such as BMW, Benz and Volkswagen, have all had a hard time finding staff willing to work here.

China has repeated in the past that we would not follow the old path of industrialized nations to develop first and deal with pollution afterward. But the smog is an awkward reminder that our country is already on that path. Whether we can change route depends on the choice Chinese officials make between environment and growth in the years ahead.

21. These are the reasons for smog except _______.

A. industrial activities

B. fireworks

C. outdoor activities

D. vehicles

22. Florian Kessler considered the pollution had much to do with _________.

A. citizens

B. Chinese government

C. schools

D. smokers

23. Why do those German companies mentioned in the passage have a hard time?

A. Because it is hard for them to find staff who like working here.

B. Because they have kids.

C. Because they lack money.

D. Because Chinese officials don’t like them.

24. Which statement below is NOT TRUE according to the passage?

A. Smog has affected much of north and central China over the weekend.

B. Due to smog, schools must stop classes.

C. Chinese offic ials didn’t pay enough attention to the environment protection.

D. Like many other nations, China has to deal with pollution, too.

25. What’s the author’s purpose to write this passage?

A. To announce that smog has stayed in Beijing for more than a week.

B. To state the responses of the people.

C. To state the tips of surviving smog.

D. To appeal to the Chinese government to protect the environment.

B

As young Chinese increasingly forget how to write characters because they don’t have to, using keyboards and touch screen technology on mobile phones is changing the trend.

For Yin Liang, a 26-year-old purchasing agent at a company, his embarrassment over forgetting how to write characters has gradually disappeared since he started to use the handwriting input method on his iPhone 4 a month ago.

“When you write on the touch screen, you use your finger, instead of a mouse or keyboard,” Yin says.

“Actually, your finger is like a pen, writing the complicated characters that have long been spelled by pinyin, an alphabet-based input system. Whether typing on computers or texting on phones, most users in China type by phonetically （按照发音地）spelling out the sounds of the characters and the software then gives a menu of characters that fit the pronunciation, so users only need to recognize the character.

Handwriting technology on a mobile phone touch screen has been around for years and became popular with the iPhone, which recognizes the input and offers a wide selection of characters.

“It’s efficient and accurate,” Yin says.

Chinese characters are the oldest continuously used system of writing in the world, but as pinyin-based typing has become more widespread, youths have started forgetting how to write out characters. This was one of the main topics for debate at the first Cross-Straits Chinese Character Art Festival, held recently in Beijing, which attracted experts from Taiwan and the mainland.