江苏省如东中学2015-2016学年度第一学期高三英语能力题训练四
一、完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分；满分20分）
Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM), which makes the BlackBerry, says it’s back. The company is 1 to reclaim a market it once dominated by 2 two new devices. The last few years have been a painful time for the company as customers deserted its platform in 3 of newer and more 4 devices. This may be the company’s last chance to 5 a vital player in an increasingly crowded marketplace.
Two brand new devices are perhaps a fresh 6 for a company that has seen its global market share 7 from 20 percent three years ago to just over 3 percent today.
For BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins, it’s another chance to remake a fa ded 8 . “We have 9 been on a journey of transformation, not only a journey to transform our business and our brand, 10 one that I truly 11 transforms mobile communications into true mobile computing,” he said.
The company promises the same 12 level of network security the BlackBerry is known for, 13 a fast new browser and a more intuitive operating system. The Z10 14 much like the touch-screen phones popularized by its competitors, but the Q10 maintains the “qwerty” keyboard that has become BlackBerry’s trademark.
Besides the technical and cosmetic (外观上的) updates, Heins says the company will no longer be called RIM or Research In Motion.
“Our customers use a BlackBerry, our 15 work for BlackBerry and our shareholders are owners of BlackBerry. From today on, we are BlackBerry 16 in the world,” he said.
Shareholders will be watching if customers 17 the new devices. The company’s stock has dropped as much as 90 percent in the last four years as it lost 18 to competitors. But company shares have doubled in the last four months as anticipation 19 for the new models.
Analysts say the new devices could make or 20 a company, which many people praise for starting the technological revolution in smart-phones.
1. A. refusing B. trying C. urging D. pretending
2. A. introducing B. reviewing C. rejecting D. discovering
3. A. favor B. charge C. honor D. defense
4. A. popular B. expensive C. complicated D. familiar
5. A. replace B. react C. remain D. reset
6. A. record B. dilemma C. end D. start
7. A. lose B. increase C. rise D. fall
8. A. brand B. trade C. technique D. phone
9. A. specially B. definitely C. doubtfully D. essentially
10. A. and B. or C. but D. so
11. A. agree B. believe C. suspect D. deny
12. A. high B. average C. backward D. normal
13. A. except for B. regardless of C. apart from D. along with
14. A. sounds B. smells C. looks D. finds
15. A. employees B. consumers C. relatives D. competitors
16. A. however B. whenever C. nowhere D. everywhere
17. A. adapt B. adjust C. adopt D. advocate
18. A. land B. ground C. soil D. earth
19. A. dropped B. changed C. remained D. grew
20. A. desert B. abandon C. break D. deny
二、阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分；满分30分）
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Surviving treasures from the National Museum of Afghanistan
AFGHANISTAN
CROSSROADS OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
3 MARCH — 3 JUL Y 2013
At the heart of the silk road, Afghanistan linked the great trading routes of ancient Iran, Central Asia, Indian and China, and the more distant cultures of Greece and Rome.
Nearly lost during the years of civil war and later Taliban (塔利班) rule, precious objects that reveal this diverse past were bravely hidden in 1989 by officials from the National Museum of Afghanistan to save them from destruction.
The surviving treasures date from 2000 BC to the 1st century AD and included rich gold ornaments (装饰品) found at a burial site and limestone (石灰石) sculptures of a Greek city.
This is a unique opportuni ty to discover the story of Afghanistan’s ancient culture, its immense fragility, and the remarkable dedication (奉献) shown to its survival and protection. DETAILED INFORMATION
A. booking tickets online
B. attending talks and discussion on Nowruz
C. calling at 020 7323 8181
D. becoming a member of the British Museum
22. Where can you most probably find this passage?
A. In a high school text book.
B. In a history magazine.
C. In a state-owned newspaper.
D. In a traveler’s booklet.
B
In this section, we are concerned with reconstructive memory. Suppose you are trying to remember some event. Reconstructive memory would involve combining the pieces of information about the event you can remember with your relevant knowledge and experience to reconstruct what probably happened. The concept of reconstructive memory is related to schema theory. A schema is an organized package of information containing your knowledge about the world; it helps us to make sense of it all. Schemas are stored in long-term memory. Your schemas tell you that if you were wearing a T-shirt it was likely to be summer. Bower, Black, and Turner showed that most people share similar schemas. Most people listed the following as the most important events associated with having a restaurant meal: sitting down, looking at the menu, ordering, eating, paying the bill, and leaving the restaurant.
In the early 1930s, it was generally assumed that memory simply involves remembering the information presented to us. However Bartlett argued that memory was often more complex than that, in that previous knowledge in the form of schemas has influence on our memory. He thought what was of key importance was to ask participants to memorize a text selected to produce conflict between its contents and their knowledge of the world. As a result, the participants would connect their own schemas to the contents. This would result in misrepresentation of the material. For example, if people read a story taken from a different culture, then this would contain words and concepts that were foreign It would be likely that the participants' previous knowledge would influence the way this information was remembered, making it more acceptable from the standpoint of their own cultural background.
Bartlett's work suggested that the process of remembering things is an active reconstruction of the bits that are stored. What is involved here has been compared to using a few dinosaur bones to reconstruct what the dinosaur probably looked like. When you learn something, it is actually only elements of the experience that are stored.
So reconstructions are made by combining the real elements of a memory with your knowledge of the world. Our prejudices will influence what we think we have seen, and how we later recall the information.
23. How does the author explain the schema theory in Paragraph l?
A. By explaining principles in daily life.
B. By comparing different events.
C. By reporting experiment results.
D. By giving common examples.
24. What is schema?
A. An organized package of information that makes sense to people.
B. Relevant information showing your understanding of the world.
C. Pieces of information about the event you can remember.
D. The most important events associated with each other.
25. Bartlett believed that ___________ .
A. earlier experience would affect what people recalled
B. memory was more complex than what schema theory supported
C. conflict existed in people's knowledge of the world
D. people tended to make information acceptable
26. What is the passage mainly about?
A. What helps regain memory.
B. How memory is reconstructed.
C. What the real elements of memory are.
D. How schema theory influences memory.
C
America’s businesses are getting older and fatter, while many new businesses are dying in infancy.
A study last month by the Brookings Institution found that the proportion of older firms has grown steadily over several decades, while the survival rate of new companies has fallen. In addition, young people are starting companies at a sharply lower rate than in the past.
A new report from the National Association of Manufacturers shows a major cause: The cost of obeying government regulations has risen to more than $2 trillion (12.26 trillion yuan) annually, or 12 percent of the GDP, and this cost falls disproportionately on smaller, newer businesses.
It’s risky, difficult and expensive to start a business, and getting more so. Governments are imposing various new rules on a seemingly daily basis: health insurance, minimum wage increases and, most recently in California, compulsory paid sick days for even hourly employees. These regulations shift huge social welfare costs directly onto often-struggling small businesses, while being proportionally much less costly for larger companies.
This is partly an unintended issue of resources—established companies can cope with new costs more easily—but it’s also deliberate. For instance, big insurance companies got a seat at the table to help write Obamacare, but less politically powerful firms—like medical device manufacturers—got squeezed.
Mature, successful corporations can employ ex-lawmakers with connections, distribute campaign contributions and even write regulations for themselves. They are also more likely to want to protect steady revenue streams than revolutionize their industry.
Major companies that have been so ill-managed they would otherwise collapse—airlines, car companies and banks—stagger（蹒跚）on because politicians ride to the rescue with bags of taxpayer money.
The genius of our unique system of government is the determination to protect and defend the rights of the individual over the rights of the nation. As such, the rise of a well-connected oligarchy（寡头政治）that protects big business at the expense of small business, and the established over the new, is opposite to American ideals.
Income inequality—which is directly caused by faulty government policy—is being promoted as the reason to im pose more of that bad policy. But let’s be perfectly clear, we do not have a free market but one where government picks winners and losers through regulations and financial aids.
Politics is, and always has been, about balancing competing interests seeking to benefit themselves, and that’s as it should be, but the force of government should never be used to reduce
competition, kill innovation or support and extend artificial monopolies（垄断）by harming the consumer, the taxpayer and the economy. Policy must breed our new and small businesses or see the as-yet undreamed of innovations that could be our bright future die in infancy.
27. We can learn from the passage that ______________.
A. over several decades, new companies have grown steadily
B. The cost of obeying government regulations falls equally on all businesses
C. less politically powerful firms also have their voice in making regulations
D. mature, successful corporations prefer to maintain their stable incomes
28. We can infer from the last three paragraphs that ____________.
A. the rise of a well-connected oligarchy is contrary to American ideals
B. the state economy may depends on those innovative businesses
C. income inequality is what the government should take action to resolve
D. the government picks winners and losers through the law of free market
29. It can be concluded from the passage that _______________
A. Larger and older firms have a command of resources of various aspects
B. most of the ex-lawmakers work in mature, successful corporations
C. politicians like providing financial aids to the companies of worse operation
D. big insurance companies have better relationship with Obama
30. As to the development of smaller businesses, the writer is _______________
A. contented
B. confident
C. concerned
D. convinced
D
Rosemary sat at her kitchen table, working a crossword puzzle. Crosswords were nice; they filled the time, and kept the mind active. She needed just one word to complete this morning’s puzzle; the clue was “a Swiss river,” and the first of its three letters was “A”. Unfortunately, Rosemary had no idea what the name of river was, and could not look it up. Her atlas was on her desk, and the desk was in the guest room, currently being occupied by her grandson Victor.
Looking up over the tops of her glasses, Rosemary glanced at the kitchen clock: it was almost 10 a.m. Land sakes! Did the boy intend to sleep all day? She noticed the pain in her wrist again, and put down her pen. Anyhow, at 87 years of age, she was glad she could still write at all. She had decided long ago that growing old was like slowly turning to stone; you couldn’t take anything for granted. She stood up slowly, painfully, and started walking to the guest room.
The trip, though only a distance of about 25 feet, seemed to take a long while. Rosemary arrived at the door to the guest room. It stood slightly open, and she looked through the opening. Victor lay sleeping on his side, his arms bent, his expression slightly pained. Get up, lazy bones, she wanted to say. Even in childhood, Rosemary had never slept past 4 a.m.; there were too many chores to do. How different things were for Victor’s generation! Her youngest grandson behaved as if he had never done a chore in his life. Twenty-one years old, he had driven down to Florida to visit Rosemary in his shiny new car, a gift from his dear parents. Victor would finish college soon, and his future appeared bright —if he ever got out of bed, that is.
Something Victor had said last night over dinner had disturbed her. Now what was it? Oh yes; he had been talking about one of his college courses —a “gut”, he had called it. When she had asked him to explain the word, Victor had said it was a course that you took simply because it was easy to pass. Rosemary, who had not even had a high school education, found the word unpleasant. If she had been allowed to continue her studies, she would never have taken a “gut” ...
The memory flooded back then, still painful as an open wound all these years later. It was the first day of high school. She had graduated from grammar school the previous year, but her father had forbidden her to go to high school that autumn, saying she was needed on the farm. After
much tearful begging, she had gotten him to promise that next year, she could start high school. She had endured a whole year of chores instead of books, with animals and rough farmhands for company instead of people of her own age. Now, at last, the glorious day was at hand. She had put on her best dress (she owned two), her heart racing hopefully.
But her father was waiting for her as she came downstairs.
“Where do you think you’re going?” he asked.
“To high school, Papa.”
“No you’re not. Take that thing off and get back to work. ”
“But Papa, you promised!”
“Do as I say!” he thundered.
There was no arguing with Papa when he spoke that way. Tearfully, she had to drag herself upstairs to change clothes. Rosemary still wondered what her life would have been like if her father had not been waiting at the bottom of the stairs that day, or if somehow she had found the strength to disobey him..
Suddenly, Victor moved slightly, without waking, and whispered something unintelligible. Waken from her daydreaming, Rosemary stared at Victor. She wondered if he were having a nightmare.
31. From the second paragraph we know that Rosemary felt it __________ to be getting older.
A. acceptable
B. terrible
C. unbearable
D. enjoyable
32. By saying “if he ever got out of bed” (Para. 3) Rosemary thought Victor was __________.
A. too tired to get up
B. promising but lazy
C. impolite to oversleep
D. old enough to help with chores
33.Why did Rosemary dislike Victor’s use of the word “gut”？
A. Because it showed that Victor didn’t take education seriously.
B. Because it reminded Rosemary of her grammar school classes.
C. Because it indicated that college courses were too easy to pass.
D. Because it implied that Rosemary was lacking in high school education.
34. The year after Rosemary graduated from grammar school was ___________.
A. used for reading and writing.
B. ruined by illness and hardship.
C. filled with travel and adventure.
D. spent entirely away from her fellows.
35. The passage as a whole is mainly about___________.
A. Rosemary’s concern for Victor’s study.
B. Rosemary’s struggle to keep painful memories.
C. whether Rosemary will go up to wake Victor up.
D. whether Rosemary should fight for her schooling opportunity.
三、任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分；满分10分）
Born to Win
Each human being is born as something unique, something that never existed before. Each person is born with what he needs to win at life. A normal person can see, hear, touch, taste, and think for himself. Each has his own unique potentials---his capabilities and limitations. Each can be an important, thinking, aware, and creatively productive person in his own right---a winner.
The words "winner" and "loser" have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who defeats the other person by dominating and making him lose.
Instead a winner is one who responds honestly by being trustworthy and responsive, both as an individual and as a member of a society. A loser is one who fails to respond honestly.
A winner is not afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge. He can separate facts from opinion and doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. He listens to others, evaluates what they say, but comes to his own conclusions.
A winner is flexible. He does not have to respond in known, rigid ways. He can change his plans when the situation calls for it. A winner has a love for life. He enjoys work, play, food, other people, and the world of nature. Without guilt he enjoys his own accomplishments. Without envy he enjoys the accomplishments of others.
A winner cares about the world and its people. He is not separated from the general problems of society. He tries to improve the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international difficulty, he does not see himself as helpless. He does what he can to make the world a better place.
Although people are born to win, they are also born totally dependent on their environment. Winners successfully make the change from dependence to independence, losers do not. Somewhere along the line losers begin to avoid becoming independent. This usually begins in childhood. Poor nutrition, cruelty, unhappy relationships, disease, continuing disappointments, and inadequate physical care are among the many experiences that contribute to making people losers.
A loser is held back by his low capacity to appropriately express himself through a full range of possible behavior. He may be unaware of other choices for his life if the path he chooses goes nowhere. He is afraid to try new things. He repeats not only his own mistakes and often repeats those of his family and culture.
A loser has difficulty giving and receiving love. He does not enter into close, honest, direct relationships with others. Instead, he tries to manipulate them into living up to his expectations
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II.Grammar and Vocabulary Section B Recently,I flew to Las Vegas to attend a meeting.As we were about to arrive,the pilot announced with apology that there would be a slight delay before setting down.High desert winds had forced the airport to close all but one runway.He said that we would be circling the city for a few minutes waiting to land.We were also told to remain in our seats meanwhile with our seat belts(21)________(fasten) because there might be a few bumps.Well,that few minutes turned into about forty-five minutes, including a ride that would make a roller coaster(22)________(pale)by comparison. The movement was so sudden(23)________several passengers felt sick and had to use airsickness bags.(24)________you might guess,that’s not good thing to happen in a narrow space because it only serves to increase the discomfort of the situation. About twenty minutes into the adventure,the entire airplane became very quiet.There was now a sense of anxiety and fear that could be distinctly noticed.Every passenger simply held on for dear life… (25)________one.A baby was having a good time!With each bump of the aircraft,he(26)________let out a giggle of happiness.As I observed this,I realized that he didn’t know he was supposed to be afraid and worried about his safety.He(27)________thought about the past nor about the future.Those are (28)________we grown-ups have learned from experience.He was enjoying the ride because he (29)________(not teach)to fear it.(30)________(understand)this,I took a deep breath and sat back into my seat,pretending I was really on a roller coaster.I smiled for the rest of the flight.I even managed to giggle once or twice,which is much to the chagrin of the man sitting next to me holding the airsickness bag. C Section People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten.If you lived in the Mediterranean,for instance,you would consider octopus a great__31__.You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive.On the other hand,your stomach would__32__ at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat---the__33__accepted practice in many northern countries.The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we__34__to them all our lives. No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail.Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world.There are countless people who,ever since their early years,have learned to__35__snails with food.My friend,Robert,lives in a country where snails are despised.As his flat is in a large town,he has no garden of his own.For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him.The idea never appealed to me very much,but one day,after a heavy__36__,I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails taking a stroll on some of my__37__plants.Acting on a sudden impulse,I collected several dozen,put them in a paper bag,and took them to Robert.Robert was delighted to see me and__38__pleased with my little gift.I left the bag in the hall and Robert and I went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner. 第1页/共8页
2018学年上海省上海市浦东新区建平中学高三第二学期4月考试卷 英语试题 I. Listening Comprehension(略) II. Grammar and Vocabulary (20分) Section A Directions: 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. Does City Living Hurt Mental Health? People often move to cities ___1___ better jobs and more cultural activities. But are they putting ___2___ at risk? Maybe. Experts at the American Psychiatry Association say that “natural environments or green spaces” do much for good our mental health and ___3___ (experience) nature helps people recover from the mental tiredness that comes from day-to-day work. On the other hand, ___4___ they cannot say exactly why, mental health experts say some research suggests that city living might hurt our mental health. Andrea Mechelli is a doctor with the Institute of Psychiatry at Kings College, Londo n. “There have been studies ___5___ people were taken out of an urban environment into a rural environment, and their symptoms would improve. And we also see that the greater the city the greater the risk.” Kings College researchers, along with city planners and land and building designers hoped ___6___ (learn) more about city living and mental illness. So, they created a smartphone app called Urban Mind. They say they wanted to understand ___7___ different parts of the urban environment affect mental wellbeing. The Urban Mind app ___8___ your experience of city living in the moment. Researchers collected real time information from 108 people, who answered just over 3,000 questions during a one-week period. The researchers found that being outdoors, seeing trees, hearing birdsong, seeing the sky, and feeling in contact with nature ___9___(associate) with higher levels of mental well-being.They also
2020届天津市耀华中学2017级高三上学期第一次月考 英语试卷 ★祝考试顺利★ 一、单选 1.——I'm going to Paris next week. ——____________! So am I A. Wish you good luck B. What a coincidence C. Don't mention it D. Good trip 【答案】B 【详解】考查情景交际。句意：——我下周要去巴黎。——太巧了！我也要去。A. Wish you good luck“祝你好运”；B. Wh at a coincidence“巧合,一致”；C. Don't mention it“不要客气”；D. Good trip好旅行。两个人不约而同,要去同一个地方,所以这是一种“巧合”。故选B。 https://www.doczj.com/doc/7c10097410.html,pared with those brought up in harmonious families, children repeatedly exposed to violence are more likely to be ________ when they grow up. A. available B. aggressive C. admirable D. attractive 【答案】B 【详解】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：与那些在和谐家庭中长大的孩子相比,反复接触暴力的孩子长大后更有可能具有攻击性。A. available可得到的；B. aggressive好斗的；C. admirable 令人钦佩的；D. attractive有吸引力的。根据“exposed to violence”可知此处表示“好斗的、侵略性的”,故B项正确。 3.--- I’m sorry that I didn’t ans wer your phone call just now because I _______ a meeting. --- It doesn’t matter. A. would have B. was having C. had had D. has had
2019-2020学年建平中学高三英语质量检测 I. Listening Comprehension Section A 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. Use a ladder to help her reach the cup. B. See a doctor about her shoulder. C. Put the cup on a lower shelf. D. Buy a new cupboard. 2. A. He has already called Harry. B. Harry knows most of the facts. C. He needs to talk to Harry soon. D. Harry doesn’t have a telephone. 3. A. The new doctor lacks experience. B. She disagrees with what the man said. C. The man had better talk with the patients first. D. Patients usually cannot offer a fair evaluation. 4. A. Take the man to the station. B. Look after the man’s things. C. Find out when the next bus leaves. D. Show the man the way to the station. 5. A. He was good at fixing up bookshelves. B. He helped James build up the furniture. C. James helped him arrange the furniture. D. James helped him with some of the work. 6. A. It’s difficult to take photographs indoors. B. The photo album is in the living room. C. Mary has lost the photo album. D. Mary is a good photographer. 7. A. The job’s short hours make it impossible for her to refuse.
天津耀华中学2011-2012学年高三第二次校模拟 英语试卷 本试卷共分为两部分：第I卷和第II卷；满分l30分 将I卷的选择题填涂到答题卡上；II卷的答案写在答题纸上 第I卷(选择题共95分) 第一部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节单项选择 (共15个小题，每小题1分，满分l5分) 1．---Oh my God，I left my portable computer in the taxi! --- ．Let’s call the taxi company first． A．Pray for it B. Cheer up C．Forget it D. Calm down 2．The Greens’shop has been broken into three times in the last two years， resulting in their great loss． A．each B. ever／ C．any D. either 3．Today, when I think of my friend Jane，I remember the way her face when she saw the picture of a lovely kitten． A. cheered up B．shone up C. looked up D．1it up 4. Premier Wen’s three-day visit to Japan， as the “ice-melt” trip, has a positive effect on Sino-Japanese relationship. A．being intended B．intended C．having intended D. to intend 5．Experts warn that global warming will cause extreme climate changes including more floods，heat waves and droughts． A．usual B．ordinary C．frequent D．common 6．---Could you meet me at the airport? ---I'd like to，but I'm、afraid I a very important meeting when you return. A．am attending B．was attending C．will be attending D．will have attended 7．You will really get into trouble you c an’t explain the whole thing clea rly to the police． A. unless B．while C．until D．when 8. Since you have such good preparations，there be any problem about passing the coming job interview． A．mustn’t B．shan’t C．shouldn’t D．needn’t 9．---Is there anyone in the classroom? ---No, not only the students but also the teacher to the playground to watch the opening ceremony of the Art Festival. A．goes B．go C. has gone D．have gone 10．The science of computer, rapid progress has been made in recent years，plays a very important role in our daily life． A．from which B．in which C. with which D. to which 11．As far as we are concerned，education is about learning and the more you learn，。 A．the more for life are you equipped B．the more equipped for life you are
III. Reading Comprehension Section B Directions: 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. B Kettlebells do not hurt people. People do. A kettlebell will get your respect – the easy way or the hard way. Here is the easy way. 1. Get a medical clearance. Get clearance, especially from an orthopedist and a cardiologist. The latter is no joking matter, since kettlebell training can be extremely intense. 2. Always be aware of your surroundings. Find a training area with a non-slippery surface on which you are not afraid to drop a kettlebell. The area must be clear of objects you might trip over – including other kettlebells – or that you might hit with a kettlebell. There should be no people or animals in a radius where you could injure them. 3. Train barefoot or wear shoes with a flat, thin sole and room for the toes to spread. Training barefoot is superior for health and performance reasons. If you must wear shoes, wear Converse Chuck Taylors, Vibram Five Fingers, or similar shoes that have thin soles and do not pinch the toes together. You have sensory receptors on the bottoms of your feet that make you stronger and improve balance and coordination. Wearing traditional shoes diminishes the ability of these receptors to work properly, and therefore inhibits performance and can increase the risk of injury. Go native. 4. Never contest for space with a kettlebell. Do not try to save a rep that has gone wrong. Guide the kettlebell to fall harmlessly, and move out of the way if necessary. And remember, quick feet are happy feet. 5. Practice all safety measures at all times. Respect every kettlebell, even the lightest one. Always use perfect form picking up and setting down a kettlebell. The set is not over until the bell is safely parked.
上海市浦东新区建平中学2018-2019年高三第一学期英语12月试卷Section A Directions:Read the following passage.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. The impact of smoke screen on adolescents The study began by recruiting over2,600US school children aged10to14who had never smoked.Each child was then asked if they had watched any of50movies randomly(21)(select)from601box office hits.The number of occurrences of smoking in each film was recorded. When followed up one to two years later,10percent of the children had tried(22)(smoke).The children in the top quarter of exposure to movie smoking were2.7times more likely to have tried a cigarette than (23)in the lowest quarter of exposure.This effect was independent of other factors that might influence the child’s smoking behavior,such as friends or family smoking. “If provides more evidence(24)movies have a strong impact on adolescents,”says Dalton,an expert in cancer risk behavior in children.“Previous studies suggested that smoking in movies(25)(influence) adolescent smoking behavior,but this is the first study to show that viewing smoking in movies predicts(26) _______will start smoking in the future.” Dalton says a previous study by the team showed that children were more likely to smoke(27)their favorite actor smoked.“We know from past studies it’s very rare for smoking to be portrayed in a negative light. Smokers in movies tend to be tough guys or sexy,rebellious women,which appeals to adolescents,”she told New Scientist. Movies which depict smoking(28)be given an adult rating or“R rating”in the US,suggests Glantz, which would mean that children under17could not see the film(29)a parent.An R rating for smoking in movies would prevent about330adolescents in the US from starting to smoke and ultimately(30)(extend) 170lives every day,”he writes. 答案：21.selected22.smoking23.those24.that25.influenced26.who27.if28.should29. without30.extend 解析 21.动词过去分词表示被动，这里表示被选出，selected。
天津市耀华中学2015届高三第一次校模拟考试 英语笔试 本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共130分，考试时间100分钟，第Ⅰ卷1页至10页，第Ⅱ卷11页至12页。 答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考号填写在答题卡上，并在规定位置粘贴考试用条形码。答卷时，考生务必将答案涂写在答题卡上，答在试卷上的无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并收回。 祝各位考生考试顺利！ 第Ⅰ卷 注意事项： 1.每小题选出答案后，用铅笔将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，再选涂其他答案标号。 2.本卷共55小题，共95分 第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节：单项填空（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。 1. The study suggests that _____ secondhand smoke may be _____ terrible and under- recognized cause of heart attack deaths. A. a ; a B. the ; a C. / ; a D. / ; the 2. The Greens’ shop has been broken into three times in the last two years, _____ resulting in their great loss. A. each B. every C. any D. either 3. —You don’t see the professor from Singapore quite often, do you? —No, we only meet _____. A. eventually B. consistently C. frequently D. occasionally 4. I’m very grateful to my high school teachers, without _____ help I wouldn’t be so excellent. A. whom B. them C. whose D. which 5. _____ the culture gap and language differences, we still can understand each other through our body languages. A. Regarding B. Despite C. Without D. Considering 6. —Is there anyone in the classroom? —No, not only the students but also the teacher _____ to the playground to watch the opening ceremony of the Art Festival. A. goes B. go C. has gone D. have gone 7. —Since you have agreed to go with us, why aren’t you getting ready?
2018-2019学年上海中学高三第一学期摸底考试 II.Grammar and Vocabulary 温馨提示：多少汗水曾洒下，多少期待曾播种，终是在高考交卷的一刹尘埃落地，多少记忆梦中惦记，多少青春付与流水，人生，总有一次这样的成败，才算长大。高考保持心平气和，不要紧张，像对待平时考试一样去做题，做完检查一下题目，不要直接交卷，检查下有没有错的地方，然后耐心等待考试结束。 Section A Direction: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the other answer that best completes the sentence. 25.While I was waiting to enter ________ university, I saw advertised in a local newspaper a teaching post at a school in ________ suburb of London. A. /, a B. an, a C. a, the D. the ,the 26.In most cases, ________ a passenger has his ticket and managers to catch his train, he can reach his destination more comfortably than ________ he had to drive himself. A. once, if B. that ,if C. when, while D. where, when 27.The invention of the modern computer is one of the great contributions ________ to man’s efficiency. A. having ever been made B. ever been made C. ever made D. having ever made 28.I was not able to work out the problem ________ my teacher explained it. A. as B. unless C. until D. when 29.For him to be re-elected, what is essential is not that his policy works, but ________ the public believe that it does. A. / B. whether C. that D. if
建平中学2019届高三英语期中测试 2018.11 第I卷（共100分） Ⅰ. Listening (略) II. Grammar & vocabulary Section A Directions: 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. Last year, a report by a committee of education experts said that a lot of American students cannot write well. The report noted the concerns of business leaders and teachers. The experts said that more students should have to pass a writing test (21) they can finish high school. They pointed out that major college entrance tests are changing now (22) (include) a writing part. Educators know that teaching students to write well is not easy. One problem is the amount of time needed to read through large amounts of work. So some companies (23)（develop） computer programs that can grade student writing much more quickly than a person can. Writing tests can also cost (24) (little) to carry out by computer than paper-and-pencil. These computer systems ,known as e-readers, use artificial (人工的) intelligence to think in a way (25) teachers. For two years, both a computer and humans graded the student writing. Officials say there was almost no difference between the computer grades and (26)given by the human readers. The entrance test commonly (27)(use) by business schools, the GMAT, already uses e-readers. The GRE and TOEFL tests might start; officials are deciding. Systems (28)(use) to grade writing in college classes as well. The computers read a few hundred examples of student writing already graded by humans. Then the systems compare new writings against those already examined. Some teachers say machines can never do the job as well as people can. A computer can find spelling and grammar mistakes. But these teachers say it can never really understand (29) a writer is trying to say. Critics say a program cannot follow a thought or judge humor or understand a beautifully expressed idea. But inventors of the programs say computer grading guarantees that each piece of writing is graded in the same way. They also say the systems (30) (mean) to judge knowledge more than creativity. Section B Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word choose from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that is one word than you need. A.controlled B. unconsciously C. flowed D. yields E. typical F. accumulated G.peculiar H. properties I. pyramid J. distinct K. logical Botany, the study of plants, occupies a(an) 31.__________ position in the history of human knowledge. We don’t know what our Stone Age ancestors knew about plants, but from what we can observe of pre-industrial societies that still exist, a detailed learning of plants and their properties must extremely ancient. This is 32.__________ . Plants are the basis of the food 33.__________ for all living things, even for other plants. They have always been enormously important to the welfare of peoples, not only for food, but also for clothing, weapons, tools, eyes, medicines, shelter, and a great many other purposes. Tribes living today in the jungles of the Amazon recognized accurately hundreds of plants and know many 34.__________ of each. To them, botany, as such, has no name and is probably not even recognized as a special branch of knowledge at all. Unfortunately, the more industrialized we become the farther away we move from direct contact with plants, and the less 35.__________ our knowledge of botany grows. Yet everyone comes 36.__________ on an amazing amount of botanical knowledge, and few people will fail to recognize a rose, an apple, or an orchid. When our Neolithic ancestors, living in the Middle East about 10,000 years ago, discovered that certain grasses could be harvested and their seeds planted for richer 37.__________ the next season, the first great step in a new association of plants and humans was taken. Grains were discovered and from them 38.__________ the marvel of agriculture; cultivated crops. From then on, humans would increasingly take their living from the 39.__________ production of a few plants, rather than getting a little here and a little there from many varieties that grew wild and the 40.__________ knowledge of tens of thousands of years of experience and close relationship with plants in the wild would begin fade away.