新疆兵团第三师第一中学2014-2015学年第一学期高考模拟卷英语试卷（八）
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。
A
0n the Florida coast，the sun is setting like a huge。range ball an old man‘s walking down the beach carrying a basket. He stands on the dock(码头)and you notice he i§looking up into the sky and all of a sudden you see a mass of dancing dots·You soon recognize that they are seagulls．The man takes out his basket handfuls of shrimp(虾)and begins to throw them the seagulls come and land a11 around him Some land on his shoulders。Some land on his hat，and．they eat the shrimp．Long after the shrimp are gone his feathered friends linger.
One man m the scene was Ralph，a famous World War II pilot．His plane crashed in 1 942 and nobody thought he would be rescued．Perhaps you have read or heard how he and his eight passengers escaped death by climbing into two rafts(充气船)and staying there for thirty days．They fought the sun and sharks·But what nearly killed them was starvation．Their supplies of food went out within eight days and they didn’t have anything but some drinking water left．One day，Ralph tried to get some sleep with his hat over his eyes．With—in a few moments he felt something on his head．H e knew instantly it was a seagull which had landed on his raft．But he knew that they were hundreds of miles out to sea．Where did。this seagull come from?He was also certain that if he didn’t get that seagull he would die．Soon all the others on the two rafts noticed the seagull．No one spoke，no one moved．Ralph quickly caught the seagull and they ate the flesh of the bird．They used the intestines(肠)for fishing and survived．
Ralph never forgo that visitor who came from a foreign place .Every week,he came to the dock with a basket of shrimp and kept on saying“Thank you!"
21·What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A..The old man makes his living mainly by fishing．
B .The old man feels shocked at seeing the seagulls．
C．The seagulls have been very familiar with the old man
D．The seagulls are afraid to come
22·The underlined word‘‘1inger’’in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to“______”A.escape B．Remain C．Struggle D：survive
23·Which of the following Words can best describe Ralph’s feelings on seeing the seagull on the raft?
A.Surprised and annoyed．
B．Puzzled‘and excited．
C Disappointed and Worried
D．Anxious and frightened．
24·What can we know about Ralph from the passage?
A He spent a month alone on the sea after his plane crashed
B.He lived through most。f the days on the s叭y catching seagulls．
C. He enjoys feeding the seagulls on the dock with a foreign visit0L
D．He feeds the seagulls every week with a deep feeling of being grateful
B
2014 TFK poetry Contest(诗歌大赛)
Calling all poets!TIME For Kids has a challenge for you：Write a funny 'rhyming poem．It must be an original poem that does not copy another poet’s work．Enter it in the TIME For Kids Poetry Contest．As fewer and fewer children are interested in writing poetry of their own，TIME For Kids decides to organize and sponsor such a contest to change the situation．
Contest Ruies
1．How‘to enter：This contest begins12：01am on March 6，2014 and ends 1 1：59 pm on July 24，2014．To enter，mail the following information to1271 Avenue of the Americas，32nd Floor，New York，New York 10020：(a)an original and previously unpublished poem that is humorous and has a rhyme scheme；(b)Entrant’s first name only and a parent’s mail address．Limit one entry per person．By entering，Entrant promises that the entry(1)is original，(2)has not been published in any medium and(3)has not won an award．
2. Judging :all entries will be judged by poet Kenn Nesbitt，based on the following criteria：creativity and originality(50％)，’use of language and rhyme(25％)and appropriateness to the theme of the contest(25％)．The length of the entry will not be taken into consideration．
3．Prize：Our judge will select four semifinalists(半决赛选手)from which one grand-prize winner and three finalists will be chosen．The one grand-prize winner will receive an online class visit from Children’s Poet Kenn Nesbitt and a signed copy of his newest book of poetry，The Armpit of funny Poems for Kids，approximately value：$2 75．The three finalists will each get a signed copy of Nesbitt’S newest book of poetry，The Armpit of Doom：Funny Poems for Kids，and both their poems and that of the grand-prize winner will be published at time for kids. com.
4．Eligibility(参赛资格)：Open to legal citizens of the 50 United States and the District of Columbia who are primary school students and are 8 to 1 3years old at time of entry．
5．Winner's list：For names of the winner and finalists，visit time for https://www.doczj.com/doc/d66525252.html, (after August t，2014，available for a period of 10 days)．
25．The purpose of the contest is to______
A.encourage children to learn from other poets
B.,help children realize the dream of poetry writing
C. encourage children encourage Children’s interest in poetry writing
D.encourage children to read
D. encourage children to read more original poems
26．Which of the following characteristics of a poem is valued most in judging?
A.Being creative and original
B.,Using a proper number of words．
C. Using proper language and rhyme．
D.Being appropriate to the contest
2 7．What can be known about the finalists of the contest?
A.They will get a great deal of money．
B.,Their poems can be read at time for kids．com．
C They will receive an online class visit from Nesbitt
D：Their poems will appear in Nesbitt’s newest book of poetry．
28．According to the contest rules，_______.
A.poems can be sent to the organizers by e-mail
B.all children have the right to take part in the contest
C．the number of poems to enter the contest is not limited
D.the result of the contest will be unknown before August，20 14
C
The host country is getting ready to welcome thousands of visitors．Brazil is welcoming visitors，but it is also risky if you wander down the wrong path．During the World Cup it will also be very，very expensive．
Geographically，Brazil is a very diverse country．Due to its large size and pan-equatorial location，Brazil experiences6 forms of climatic conditions．While coastal regions such as Rio de Janeiro famous, for their tropical weather, sunny weather the southern region of Rio Grande do Sul experiences snowfall．
The 1 2 host cities for the World Cup are spread across all these regions，which can make travel difficult．Porto Alegre and Manaus，for instance，lie more than 2，700 miles apart!Thus，it is important to establish a，base in one of the cities，and choose which matches you really want to watch，and which you can do without．
Fans and journalists who don’t already have a Brazilian visa need to get a spectator or Press visa．Visas for people attending the World Cup are issued free of charge．Citizens of most South American countries and the EU are exempt(免除)from visas for a 90—day stay．US citizens need to apply for a Spectator visa to attend the games，‘or a tourist visa if you intend to extend the trip beyond the World Cup
Brazil is regarded as the home of football，summed up by the famous phrase“the English invented it，the Brazilians perfected it”．It has a proud history in the．FIFA World Cup，having won more medals、than any other nations．To many，the 20 1 4 World Cup being awarded to Brazil is a spiritual homecoming of sorts，the biggest event in the game being played where it is most adored．29．What does Paragraph 2 mainly talk about?
A..Brazil’s various weather conditions．
B.．Brazil’s good location for holding the World Cup．
C .Brazil’s experience in holding the World Cupj
D：Brazil’s diverse attractions for you tO experience
3 0．What makes it hard for you tO watch the World Cup fully?
A．You have difficulty in finding a helpful guide．
B . It’s difficult to buy a ticket to watch the events．
C．You have to establish a base in one of the cities．
D.Its events are carried out
in many different places．
3 1．What message is conveyed in the last paragraph?
A.Brazil takes pride in its football games．
B.,Only England can compete with Brail．
C．The Brazilians set up a spiritual symbol for the world．
D.There are more fans in Brail than any other nation．
D.
Improving heating，especially in a loud environment，is just like any other skill—it takes practice．
Research shows that musicians--despite often working in conditions that can produce hearing loss are better able to pick out speech from surrounding noise as they grow old compared to non-musicians．And a new study of auditory(听觉的)training with a commercially available brain
training program suggests that most people who are hard of hearing can develop the same skills．In a report published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences，scientists showed that people trained for 40 hours over 8 weeks with Posit Science’s“Brain Fitness”were able to pick out 41％more words from background noise compared to those who watched educational DVDs and were quizzed on their contents after the same amount of time．
The research included 6 7 older adults between 5 5 and 70，with an aver—age age of 63．The auditory training can3_e in the form of computerized hearing tasks that made the participants ready to hear better by requiting them to identify various speech．sounds and distinguish between similar sounding syllables(音节)，for example，as well as repeating back words and remembering stones．
Both those who received the training and those who watched the DVDs were tested on short term memory，brain processing speed and the ability to hear speech in noisy settings．All of the participants showed improvement in these three measures，but for the first time，the scientists also documented that the sharper hearing Was accompanied by earlier signaling in the brain-stern．As the authors write in their paper，the training sped up the brain’s ability to respond to it bringing it to more“youthful’’levels．
32．We can learn from Paragraph 2 that________.
A musicians can ignore all the noise
B.．musicians have the best hearing ability
C.auditory training can partly help improve the hearing ability
D．auditory training can help all people，especially the musicians
33·What does“Brain Fitness"refer to?
A.It’s a kind of noisy setting．
B.．It’s a kind of auditory trainings．
C. It’s an educational DVD．
D.It’s a name of a journal
34．How was the auditory training carried out7
A.By asking the．participants to recite similar sounds．
B.．By comparing them with those who watched educational DVDs．
C·By identifying various sounds and sounding syllables．
D．By telling stories and distinguishing different syllables．
35·We can learn from the passage that______．
A. young participants performed better than old ones
B the training made old people feel they are still young’
C. watching DVDs does no good to people’s intelligence
．D．those who were trained responded to the speech more quickly
第二节(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。选项
中有两项为多余选项．
People have been making and flying kites for about 2，000 years．No one knows for sure who invented the kite．Some historians believe that the ancient Chinese may have started kite flying 2,000 years ago．36 .There‘s even a special Kites Day on which children and adults fly kites．Simple kites are made by crossing two sticks and covering them with paper or cloth．Then you attach a string at the end．More expensive kites have frames made of fiber glass or plastic．The
name comes from a graceful bird called Kite．
Kites are made．in many different sizes，co1ors and shapes．37 It flies because air flows over and under the kite's wing．The pressure hewing helps the kite lift into the air.
38 Early scientists sent kites into air to measure temperature at different heights．In 1752，Benjamin Franklin used a kite to prove that lightning was a form of electricity．He attached a metal key to the string of a kite．When lightning hit the kite，electricity passed down the string and Franklin got an electric shock． 3 9
Kites were also used to develop airplanes．The Wright Brothers experimented with kites before they flew the first airplane．In the past kites were used to take pictures in wars．In World War I the Germans developed a large kite that could transport people to a submarine(潜艇)．40 Today most people fly kites as a hobby．Kite festivals are organized in many cities in all parts of the world．
A.It is still a popular hobby in China．
B.Kites have also been used in experiments．
C. Many families fly fish kites on Children’s Day．
D．A flat kite is the oldest and simplest type of kite．
E. Kites of various shapes are decorated in different colors．
F. It was a very dangerous experiment that you shouldn’t copy．
G.Kites were also used to carry radio signals over long distances．
第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可
以填人空白处的最佳选项．
Last month 1 went to visit my 9 2-year-old grandmother．Before leaving，a friend of mine encouraged me t。ask her to tell me some of her life stories．I thought this was a 41father’s childhood．42，mother was 43idea．1 wanted to learn from her about my what happened while I listened to my grand·I began to see her as a different person．She 44 be—fore my eyes from the elderly woman，who had．a．1most always been waited upon(my aunt took this 45over from my grandfather after he passed away nineteen years ago)，into a young mother with her first
46 ，whose husband was away 47in the Second World War．
I have read a large number of life stories and many interviews in which individuals novels，and listened to many interview in which individual told their own war-time 48．Yet none of these experiences came close to the emotions(情感)I 4 9 when I pictured my own grandmother as a young mother giving birth to her first child while my grandfather was far away．It brought to life the horrible 5 1 that was true for so many at that time：neither。f my grandparents if my grandfather would ever meet their baby girl．5 2 grandfather survived the war．When he returned he was 53 to his daughter．Upon telling the story，my grandmother cried as she remembered 54 her husband their daughter for the first time．She recalled(回忆)，“Rose
cried in his arms because to her，he was a 55．
This was the most interesting story that my grandmother told，because 56 me greatly．It forced me to 57 the realities of war during the 20th century，within the context of my own family．No matter how 58 stories you’ve read about life for women during the War，hearing about the experience from your own family is quite 5 9．It made me again，that life stories and oral histories have the 60 to interest individuals in history in the most unusual ways．
41．A.curious B.,puzzling C．Great D-familiar
42．A.However B,Besides C．Therefore D．Instead
43．A.uncomfortable B.,unsuitable C．Unfinished D．unexpected
44．A.ranged B.,transformed C .excited D．passed
45．A.role B., lesson C．Opportunity D．invitation
46．A.award B.,degree C．Child D．challenge
47．A.exploring B serving C .recovering D．challenge
48．A.concerns B. Duties C·regrets D.trembling
49．A.felt B.．Imagined C decided D．stories
50．A failure B．Dream C reality D．future
51．A.admitted B.．Knew C．Explained D．agreed
52．A.Surprisingly B.,Interestingly C．Hopefully D．Thankfully
53．A.introduced B.,compared C．Devoted D．related
54．A.mentioning B.,returning C．Handing D．promising
55．A.soldier B.,stranger C．Friend D．father
56．A.amused B.．encouraged C．reminded D．affected
5 7．A.depend on B think about C．1ook after D．take up
58．A.funny B.,complex C．Many D．strange
59．A.different B.．Absurd C..worthwhile D．natural
60 A meaning B.courage C, right D.power
第Ⅱ卷
第三部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第二节(共10小题；每小题1．5分，满分1 5分)
阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单
词的正确形式。
Rose:Hi，Fred!Where have you been?
Fred:I've been to the library arid．6 1(borrow)some books about George Bernard Shaw．What’s wrong?
Rose：I 62(think)you’d been to the post office．Did you notice the money I left on your desk? Fred：Yes，I did．But I didn’t know what it was。63．
Rose：Didn’t you see the note I left you with the money?
Fred：Note?What note?I didn’t see any note．
Rose：Really?I left the money with a note 64(say)1 wanted you to go to the post office and get some envelopes and stamps for me. I also put the ink bottle on them in case 65 might not draw your 66．
Fred:I see now. 7 don’t you go and get them yourself?The post office is only about 30 minutes’walk from here．We often walk there after supper．
Rose：Of course I know how far it is from schoo1．I 68 go there myself because I’m very busy doing some chemistry experiments in the lab．What’s more，I have to make 69 (prepare)for my English exam．You know I failed the last one．If I fail this time，70 hard time will be waiting for me．第四部分：写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：短文改错(共lo d、题；每小题1分，满分10分)
Although I have never celebrated my own birthday in my life，I still remembered my mother ‘s birthday very clearly．Now my mother is already in her seventy．Since my father passed away
because of lung cancer，he has felt much lonelier than ago．
As a matter of the fact，there are few people she can talk with in the city，but she seldom goes out．Instead，she just stays at home most of the time watching TV or does housework．Last week，when her birthday was coming，I reminded my little son remember that．He became very happily as soon as he heard the news，because I always buy a birthday cake and prepare many delicious dishes in that special day．
第二节：书面表达(满分25分)
近日，一则“福建老爸带1 3岁的儿子请假20天征服南极"的新闻引发热议。假定你是李华，你所在的班级也就此事进行了激烈的讨论。请你给校英文报编辑写一封信，介绍你们班的讨论情况，并发表你的观点。
内容主要包括：
1．反对者认为：耽误学业；
2．支持者认为：增长阅历比分数更重要；
3．你的观点：……
注意：1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头和结束语已为你写好，不计人总词数。
Dear editor，
Recently our class held a heated discussion on the news that a father in Fujian asked for a 20-day leave from school for his 1 3-year old son and took him on a trip to the South Pole．___________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ .
Best regards，
Li Hua
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