0130【英语】2018届江苏省高考英语零模(摸底考试)试卷分类汇编---单项选择题

2018届江苏高三期末试卷分类汇编---任务型（常州）We've been hearing feedback from our customers about the way we handle performance for iPhones with older batteries and how we have communicated that process. We know that some of you feel Apple has let you down. We apologize. There's been a lot of misunderstanding about this issue, so we would like to clarify and let you know about some changes we're making.First and foremost, we have never—and would never—do anything to intentionally shorten the life of any Apple product, or degrade the user experience to drive customer upgrades. Our goal has always been to create products that our customers love, and making iPhones last as long as possible is an important part of that.All rechargeable batteries are consumable components that become less effective as their ability to hold a charge reduces. Time and the number of times a battery has been charged are not the only factors in this chemical aging process.Device use also affects the performance of a battery over its lifespan. For example, leaving or charging a battery in a hot environment can cause a battery to age faster.A chemically aged battery becomes less capable of delivering peak energy loads, especially in a low state of charge, which may lead to a device unexpectedly shutting itself down in some situations.It should go without saying that we think sudden, unexpected shutdowns are unacceptable. We don't want any of our users to lose a call, miss taking a picture or have any other part of their iPhone experience interrupted if we can avoid it.About a year ago in iOS 10.2.1, we delivered a software update that improves power management during peak workloads to avoid unexpected shutdowns on iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, iPhone 6s, iPhone 6s Plus, and iPhone SE. With the update, iOS dynamically manages the maximum performance of some system components when needed to prevent a shutdown. While these changes may go unnoticed, in some cases users may experience longer launch times for apps and other reductions in performance.Of course，when a chemically aged battery is replaced with a new one, iPhone performance returns to normal when operated in standard conditions.To address our customers' concerns, to recognize their loyalty and to regain the trust of anyone who may have doubted Apple's intentions, we've decided to take the following steps: Apple is reducing the price of an out-of-warranty iPhone battery replacement by $50—from $79 to $29—for anyone with an iPhone 6 or later whose battery needs to be replaced, starting in late January and available worldwide through December 2018.Early in 2018, we will issue an iOS software update with new features that give users more visibility into the health of their iPhone's battery, so they can see for themselves if its condition is affecting performance.At Apple, our customers' trust means everything to us. We will never stop working to earn and maintain it. We are able to do the work we love only because of your faith and support—and we will never forget that or take it for granted.（镇江）According to “Time Health”, researchers have found that those who scored highest in a m easure of “gratitude scores” were more likely to have less inflammation (炎症), which is often a cause that worsens the symptoms of heart failure. In a study conducted by Paul J. Mills, a professor of family medicine and public health at the University of California, San Diego, patients who kept journals in which they recorded the things for which they were grateful showed reductions in levels of inflammatory biomarkers and an increase in heart rate variability which is considered a measure of reduced cardiac (心脏病的) risk.Another advantage for those with thankful hearts is a better quality of sleep. When you lie down at night, does your mind hit replay, putting on all the worries and concerns you faced during the day? Still your anxiety by thanking God, one by one, for all the positive aspects of your day. Of course, this is not new advice and did not take a team of researchers to discover.Joseph Oatman Jr., the pastor (牧师) who wrote the hymn “Count Your Blessings,” discovered this miracle sleep-aid in 1897 when he was 41 years of age. The song became well-loved and Gipsy Smith, one of his contemporaries noted, “Men sing it, boys whistle it and women rock their babies to sleep to it.” It doesn’t seem likely that this familiar hymn will become trendy again today, but maybe we can teach it to our grandchildren. Certainly, we can use its message to remind ourselves of the benefits of recognizing and acknowledging our blessings.If your best friend had to choose a nickname for you based on your level of gratefulness would it be “Appreciative Amy/Al” or “Thankless Tonya/Tom”? Oh, you say you don’t have a best friend? That is too bad — and may be a sign that you come across as ungratefu l. In a 2014 study published in the journal Emotion, it was reported that researchers concluded that showing gratitude helps you make new friends. Conveying gratefulness to others is not only a way to nurture old relationships, but also a method to begin new ones.This is a no-brainer, but people who are generous with words and expressions ofthanksgiving have a healthier outlook (看法) on life than those who feel no need to say “thank you.” It is impossible to be both grateful and negative at the same time. If you feel yourself drifting toward a pessimistic point of view rather than an optimistic one, it may be time to make a list of your many blessings and express heartfelt thanks.Better health, more restful sleep, good friends and a bright outlook on life are good returns on an investment of taking time to be thankful.（南京盐城）Everything we do involves risk. In our professional lives, trying to avoid risk is itself a risk: work too cautiously, and we risk missing the chance to grow and shine, and our careers may suffer for it.We cannot avoid risk yet we often avoid thinking about it. That is a shame, because if we think strategically about risk, we can use it to increase our chances of coming through difficult situations with our goals intact. Rather than pretending risk doesn’t exist, why not learn to manage it to our own benefit?The first step: Acknowledge the risks your projects face. Start by writing a list of the things that can go wrong. That may sound gloomy, but it’s essential. Your list need to be very thorough, and probably never can be. But try to identify common risks-like the departure of a key colleague for a new job or the failure of a new technique upon which your project depends. The types of risks you identify will depend on the specifics of your work.Once you have a list of risks, evaluate each one in two scales:• Likelihood. Force yourself to honestly assess how likely each risk is.• Impact. Then think about how much damage could occur under each situation.Now it’s time to draft a second, more-detailed list. Go back through your initial list and consider how you might make each potential negative outcome less likely to occur, and also how you might minimize the damage to your project if one does happen. In project-management term, this step is known as risk mitigation. A mitigation is anything that makes a risk less likely to spoil your overall goal.Once you have drafted your list of mitigations, the final step is to go down that list and think about which ones are “worth it”. Look at all the information you’ve gathered about your risks and mitigations, and make a call about what it makes sense to do. You probably have more intuition in this area than you realize, because most of us instinctively do risk-mitigation calculations in the nonwork areas of our lives. For instance, every time you decide whether or not to buy a guarantee on a new electronic toy, you’re doing this calculation in your head.You have probably been intuitively doing some sort of risk analysis in your work life, too. Moving to a more explicit analysis (but one that is more qualitative than quantitative-unless you like to play with numbers) can encourage you to acknowledge when you’re making overly optimistic assumptions. And this gives you a better chance to make plans that will withstand the failure of at least a couple of those assumptions.Bringing your risk analysis out from the field of intuition can also help you overcome a tendency to overly ignore risk. It is easier to go ahead and take a big risk when you know that you have mitigations in place and a backup plan if things go wrong.Thinking about risk can be a big scary, but really, ignoring risk is the riskiest behavior of all.（苏北四市）Ownership used to be about as straightforward as writing a cheque. If you bought something, you owned it. If you broke it, you fixed it. If you no longer wanted it, you sold it or threw it away. Some firms found ways of squeezing out more profit in the after-sale services, using authorized repair shops, and strategies such as selling cheap printers and expensive ink, which, however, did not challenge the nature of ownership.In the digital age ownership has become more ambiguous. Since the arrival of smart phones, consumers are forced to accept that they do not control the software in their devices; they are only licensed to use it. But as more digital devices are springing up, who owns and who controls which objects is becoming a problem. Buyers should be aware that some of their most basic property rights are under threat.Needless to say, manufacturers seeking to restrict what owners do with increasingly complex technology have good reasons to protect their copyright, ensure that their machines do not malfunction (发生故障), maintain environmental standards and prevent hacking. Sometimes companies use their control over a pro duct’s software for the owners’ benefit. When Hurricane Irma hit Florida this month, Tesla, a start-up for electric vehicles, remotely upgraded the software controlling the batteries of some models to give owners more range to escape the storm.The more digital strings(数字串) are attached to goods, the more the balance of control tilts(倾斜) towards producers and away from owners. Already this has given rise to controversy (争议) over owners’ property rights. Items from smart phones to washing machines have beco me increasingly hard to fix, meaning that they are thrown away instead of being repaired. Privacy is also at risk. Users were alarmed when it came out that iRobot, a robotic vacuum cleaner, not only cleans the floor but creates a digital map of the home’s interior that can then be sold on to advertisers though the manufacturer says it has no intention of doing so.Such issues should remind people how desperately they ought to protect their property rights. In America this idea has already taken root in the “right to repair” movement. In France appliance-makers must tell buyers how long a device is likely to last—a sign of how repairable it is. Regulators should encourage competition by, for instance, insisting that independent repair shops have the same access to product information, spare parts and repair tools as manufacturer-owned ones.Ownership is not about to go away, but its meaning is changing. Devices, by and large, are sold on the basis that they empower (授权) people to do what they want. To the extent they are controlled by somebody else, that freedom is compromised.（苏州）Four Well-Being WorkoutsRelieving stress and anxiety might help you feel better—for a bit. Martin E.P. Seligman, a professor of psychology at the University of Pennsylvania, explored how well-being（幸福感）consists not merely of feeling happy, an emotion that can be momentary, but of experiencing a sense of contentment in the knowledge that your life is colorful and has meaning beyond your own pleasure. To cultivate（培育）it, he suggests these four exercises.Write down a story about a time when you were at your best. It doesn’t need to be a life-changing event but should have a clear beginning, middle and end. Reread it every day for a week, and each time ask yourself some questions. Writing down the answers “puts you in touch with what you’re good at,” Dr. Seligman explained. The next step is to consider how to use these strengths to your advant age, intentionally organizing and structuring your life around them. “A week later, a month later, six months later, people had on average lower rates of depression and higher life satisfaction,” Dr. Seligman said. “Possible mechanisms could be more positi ve emotions. People like you more, relationships go better, life goes better.”Set aside 10 minutes before you go to bed each night to write down three things that wentreally well that day. Next to each event answer the question, “Why did this good thing happen?”Instead of focusing on life’s lows, which can increase the likelihood of depression, the exercise “turns your attention to the good things in life, so it changes what you attend to,” Dr. Seligman said. “Consciousness is like your tongue: It rolls around in the mouth looking for a cavity（龋洞）, and when it finds it, you focus on it. Imagine if your tongue went looking for a beautiful, healthy tooth.” Polish it.Think of someone who has been especially kind to you but you have not properly thanked. Write a letter describing what he or she did and how it affected your life, and how you often remember the effort. Then arrange a meeting and read the letter aloud, in person. “It’s common that when people do the gratitude visit both people weep out of joy,” Dr. Seligman said. Why is the experience so powerful? “It puts you in better touch with other people, with your place in the world.”Responding constructively was inspired by the work of Shelly Gable, a social psychologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who has extensively studied marriages and other close relationships. The next time someone you care about shares good news, give what Dr. Gable calls an “active constructive response.” That is, instead of saying something passive, express re al excitement. Extend the discussion by, say, encouraging them to tell others or suggest a celebratory activity.So, the most effective long-term strategy for well-being is to actively cultivate well-being rather than only focus on how to relieve depression, anger and worry.（无锡）People tend to blame the external (外部的) force when bad things happen and give themselves credit when good things occur. For example, if you passed an exam, the self-serving would lead you to believe that it was because you studied hard. If you failed, on the other hand, you might believe it was because the teacher did not explain the subject correctly, the classroom was too warm or your roommate kept you up all night before the exam. Social psychologists describe this phenomenon as self-serving bias (自利性偏差).A number of factors have been shown to influence the self-serving bias. Generally, older adults make the internal attribution, that is, credit themselves with their success. Men are more likely to make the external attribution, meaning they tend to blame the outside force for their failure. Often when a person is sad, this kind of bias may be opposite: they will attribute positive results to the outside help or even luck, and blame themselves when bad things happen.Experts suggest that while this bias is quite widespread in the western culture including the U.S. and Canada, it tends to be much less frequent in the eastern culture including China and Japan. Why? Individualist cultures such as the U.S. place greater stress on the personal achievement and self-respect, so protecting the self from feelings of failure is more important. Collectivist cultures, on the other hand, are more likely to attribute the personal success to luck and failure to the lack of talent.However, there are some situations where the self-serving bias happens less often. Some research has found that people in close relationships, whether the romantic relationship or friendship, tend to be more modest. Your friends or your partner, in other words, would remind you when a bad situation might be partly because of your own doing.Although the bias can mean avoid the personal responsibility for one’s action, in many cases, it is a defense mechanism that protects a person’s self-respect. By attributing positive events to personal characteristics, people get an increase in confidence. By blaming the outside force for failure, people make themselves believe they don’t need to be responsible for the failure and thus protect their self-respect.Another advantage of this bias is that it leads people to persevere even in the face of difficult situations. An unemployed worker may feel more motivated to keep looking for work if he attributes his unemployment to a weak economy, for example, rather than some personal failure. An athlete might feel more motivated to perform well if he believes that his failure during a答案常州71.Apology 72.age 73.how 74.Consequence 75.from 76.Prevention 77.managing 78.occasionally(sometimes) 79.helping(enabling, allowing) 80. battery’s镇江：71. less 72. lower/reduce/decrease/lessen 73. anxious/worried/concerned 74. discovery 75. popularity 76. number 77. conclusion78. larger/new/wider 79. Ungrateful 80. ensure南京盐城：71. unavoidable/inevitable 72. strategic 73. potential/possible 74. allowance(s) 75. degree/extent 76. damaged/spoiled 77. deserve 78. Benefits/Advantages 79. Chances 80. face/stand苏北四市：71. challenged72. clear/definite/certain 73. threatened 74. issues 75. restrictions76. favour/favor /interest(s) 77. tends 78. light 79. taken 80. compromised/ damaged苏州：71. momentary/ temporary 72. relief 73. approaches/ solutions 74. whole/ complete 75. purpose 76. Spare/Allocate77. thanks/ gratitude 78. personally 79. pretend80. limiting/ restricting/ confining无锡：71.subjective72.influencing/affecting/impacting 73.age 74.mood/emotion(s)/feelings 75.cutural 76.protection/encouragement(s)/comfort(s) 77.responsibility 78.often/frequently 79.freeing 80. motivation。

实战演练·高三英语20套第页(共160页)江苏省普通高等学校招生考试高三模拟测试卷(一) 英语本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分.满分120分，考试时间120分钟.第Ⅰ卷(选择题共80分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分15分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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. In a cafeteria.B. In a restaurant.C. In a supermarket.()2. Why does Jack stop playing sports now?A. He is too busy.B. He has lost the interest.C. The training is too hard.()3. What does the woman mean?A. She is a visitor.B. She just moved in here.C. She knows the manager.()4. What are the speakers talking about?A. Buying DVDs.B. Borrowing DVDs.C. Sharing DVDs.()5. How does the woman find the tickets?A. They are hard to get.B. They are cheap.C. They are expensive.第二节(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)听下面4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.听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间.每段对话或独白读两遍.听第6段材料，回答第6、7题.()6. What will the boy do after lunch?A. Have some dessert.B. Clean up his toys.C. Try a new game.()7. Who might the woman be?A. Frankie's mother.B. Frankie's babysitter.C. Frankie's sister.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题.()8. What is Jane's problem?A. She can't have lunch with Dr. Pasteur tomorrow.B. She forgets the appointment with Dr. Pasteur.C. She can't meet Dr. Pasteur tomorrow morning at 9 a．m.()9. How long is the appointment postponed?A. Three hours and forty－five minutes.B. Four hours and fifteen minutes.C. Six hours.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题.()10. What did Mr. Tang major in the university?A. Chinese.B. Journalism.C. International operation.()11. What was Mr. Tang responsible for when he worked in a media company?A. Gathering the international news.B. Writing the current reports.C. Expanding the operation.()12. Why would Mr. Tang like to work in China?A. He can have a good chance to meet his parents.B. He can make good use of his operation ability.C. He can make good use of his Chinese and English.听第9段材料，回答第13至15题.()13. What can the iMaid do?A. Wash dishes.B. Dry the clothes.C. Clean up dirt from floors.()14. How long can the iMaid work after being charged?A. Three hours.B. Ten hours.C. Thirteen hours.()15. According to the talk, what is the best thing about the iMaid?A. The special gift worth $49.B. The price.C. The service contract.第二部分：英语基础知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.()16. — Tu Youyou and the other two scientists jointly won the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine for their work against parasitic diseases.—They deserve it. The consequences ________ improved human health and reducedsuffering are immeasurable.A. in honor ofB. in terms ofC. in defense ofD. in hopes of()17. A teacher's job is not to tell the students what to believe or value, but to ________ them to develop a worldview for themselves.A. urgeB. rankC. persuadeD. equip()18. So why not, he reasoned, ________ the boy a few minutes to explain the whole affair?A. to spareB. sparingC. spareD. spared()19. He ________ himself to a search by the guards before entering the government building.A. objectedB. submittedC. compromisedD. identified()20. — It is reported that Papiss Cisse and Jonny Evans were charged with spitting by the Football Association.—I think spitting is one of the most disgusting things that ________ happen in the game, but yet it is not the worst.A. mustB. shallC. shouldD. can()21. Our mothers sat us down to read and paint, ________ all we really wanted to do was to make a mess.A. sinceB. asC. unlessD. when()22. I needn't have been in such a hurry. The flight to Hong Kong ________ due to the typhoon.A. has cancelledB. was cancelledC. will be cancellingD. had cancelled()23. — A study suggests reducing energy demand in the future may ________ urban areas.—That's true. Cities need more energy than small towns or other rural areas.A. center onB. act onC. hang onD. catch on()24. Tech－free tourism refers to traveling without a mobile phone or similar devices, particularly to places ________ block or cannot access Internet and cellular signals.A. thatB. whereC. whenD. who()25. —Have you heard of Gong Xingfang, who is experienced in taking care of mothers and newborns in Shanghai?—Yes. It is reported that she can earn 14，000 yuan ($2，252) a month now and anyone who wants to hire her has to make an ________ half a year in advance.A. assessmentB. accommodationC. appointmentD. occupation()26. My brother hopes that he ________ computer science instead of history when he graduated from the university.A. studiesB. studiedC. had studiedD. has studied()27. A Chinese student's print－like handwriting caused controversy among British Internet users，________ both praise and questions about individuality.A. drewB. drawingC. to drawD. having drawn()28. British government is planning to run a pilot scheme that will allow Chinese tourists to get a two－year tourist visa for ￡85—these cost ￡324.A. currentlyB. apparentlyC. frequentlyD. similarly()29. Some experts hold the view that fundamental construction is ________ the key to the little island development lies.A. whichB. whatC. whereD. why()30. — His father always tells him to stop telling lies, which falls on deaf ears.—I think he will suffer the consequences. ________．A. You reap what you sowB. Justice has long armsC. Honesty is the best policyD. Lies have short legs第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.The continuous presentation of frightening stories about global warming in the popular media makes us unnecessarily frightened. Even worse, it __31__ our kids.Al Gore famously __32__ how a sea－level rise of 20 feet would almost completely __33__ Florida, New York, Holland, and Shanghai, __34__ the United Nations says that such a thing will not even happen, __35__ that sea levels will rise 20 times less than that.When __36__ with these exaggerations(夸大), some of us say that they are for a good cause,and surely there is no __37__ done if the result is that we focus even more on dealing with climate change.This __38__ is astonishingly wrong. Such exaggerations do plenty of harm. Worrying extremely about global warming means that we worry less about other things，__39__ we could do so much more good. We focus, __40__，on global warming's impact on malaria(疟疾) —which will put more people at __41__ in 100 years—instead of helping the half a billion people __42__ from malaria today with prevention and treatment policies that are much cheaper and dramatically more __43__ than carbon reduction would be.Exaggeration also wears out the public's __44__ to cope with global warming. If the planet is certain to be destroyed __45__ global warming, people wonder, why should we do anything?The __46__ cost of exaggeration, I believe, is the unnecessary alarm that it causes —particularly among children. An article in The Washington Post mentioned nine－year－old Alyssa, who cries about the possibility of mass animal __47__ from global warming.The newspaper also reported that parents are __48__ effective outlets for their 8－year－olds' concern with dying polar bears. They might be better off educating them and letting them know that, __49__ to common belief, the global polar bear population has doubled over the past half－century, to about 22，000. __50__ the possible disappearing of summer Arctic ice, polar bears will live on with us.()31. A. exhausts B. amazes C. terrifies D. interests()32. A. dismissed B. determined C. denied D. described()33. A. cover B. flood C. reduce D. expand()34. A. even though B. as if C. in that D. in case()35. A. measuring B. proving C. estimating D. advocating()36. A. faced B. identified C. filled D. entitled()37. A. good B. harm C. benefit D. disadvantage()38. A. announcement B. argument C. story D. dialogue()39. A. when B. what C. where D. which()40. A. for example B. in addition C. on average D. in short()41. A. peace B. random C. ease D. risk()42. A. prohibiting B. escaping C. developing D. suffering()43. A. effective B. accurate C. complex D. temporary()44. A. ability B. sense C. willingness D. preference()45. A. due to B. except for C. regardless of D. along with()46. A. smallest B. worst C. fewest D. least()47. A. ruling out B. running out C. dropping out D. dying out()48. A. turning out B. taking over C. searching for D. pulling through()49. A. sensitive B. contrary C. related D. accustomed()50. A. Except B. Besides C. Without D. Despite第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.ABelow are the four most famous bridges in the world.Ponte Vecchio BridgeThe Ponte Vecchio (literally “old bridge”) is a bridge built in the Middle Ages over the Arno River in Florence, Italy, the only Florentine bridge to survive World War Ⅱ. The bridge is unique for still having shops built along it, as was common in the days of the Medici. Butchers originally occupied souvenir sellers. It is said that the economic concept of bankruptcy originated here: when a merchant could not pay his debts, the table on which he sold his goods was physically broken by soldiers, and this practice was called “bancorotto (broken table)”．Golden Gate BridgeThe Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the strait between San Francisco and Marin County to the north. It is the masterwork of architect Joseph B. Strauss, whose statue graces the southern observation deck. The bridge took seven years to build, and was completed in 1937. The Golden Gate Bridge used to be the longest suspension bridge span in the world. And today it has become one of the most popular tourist attractions in San Francisco and California. Since its completion, the span length has been surpassed by eight other bridges. The famous red－orange color of the bridge was specifically chosen to make the bridge more easily visible through the thick frog that frequently covers the bridge.Millau BridgeStarted in 1998 and opened to traffic in 2005, the Millau Viaduct is a huge cable－stayed road－bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. It is the tallest highway bridge in the world, with the highest pylon's summit at 343 meters—slightly taller than the Eiffel Tower. The speed limit on the bridge was reduced from 130 km/h to 110 km/h because of traffic slowing down, due to tourists taking pictures of the bridge from the vehicles. Shortly after the bridge opened to traffic, passengers were stopping to admire the landscape and the bridge itself.Charles BridgeThe Charles Bridge is a famous stone Gothic bridge that crosses the Vltava River in Prague, Czech Republic. Its construction started in 1357 under the support of King Charles IV, and finished in the beginning of the 15th century. As the only means of crossing the river Vltava, theCharles Bridge was the most important connection between the Old Town and the area around Prague Castle. Connection made Prague important as a trade route between Eastern and Western Europe. Today it is one of the most visited sights in Prague with painters, owners of kiosks and other traders alongside numerous tourists crossing the bridge.()51. Of the four bridges, which one has the shortest history?A. Ponte Vecchio.B. Golden Gate Bridge.C. Millau Bridge.D. Charles Bridge.()52. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the Golden Gate Bridge?A. The span length ranks the 8th in the world.B. Its color enables travelers to see it easily on foggy days.C. It is the most popular tourist attraction in America.D. It took Joseph B. Strauss 7 years to design the bridge.()53. The Charles Bridge played an important role in Prague, Czech Republic because ________．A. it attracted many famous painters thereB. it was supported by Kin Charles IVC. it was the only stone Gothic bridge crossing the Vltava RiverD. it promoted the trade between Eastern and Western EuropeBTELECOMMUTERS fall into two camps. Some sit on the sofa watching daytime soaps, pausing occasionally to check their BlackBerrys. Most, however, do real work, undistracted by meetings and talkative colleagues.In the future more people will work from home. With office space in London and New York so costly, many firms save money by encouraging staff to work in their loose clothes. Instead of having to bury their noses in strangers' armpits on crowded trains, they can work via e－mail, Skype and virtual private networks.Yet, in a research published in MIT Sloan Management Review, Daniel Cable of the London Business School shows that telecommuters are less likely to be promoted. In one experiment subjects were asked to judge scenarios in which the only difference was whether the employee was at his office desk or at home. Managers rated those at the office to be more dependable and industrious, regardless of the quality of their work.Visibility creates the illusion of value. Being the last to leave the office impresses bosses, even if you are actually larking around(胡闹) on Facebook. Oddly, this holds true at firms that explicitly encourage staff to work from home. Many Californian tech firms asked employees not to come to the office too often; yet bosses unconsciously punished those who obeyed.Remote workers understand this. Many frequently sent their bosses with progress reports to prove they are on the job. A fifth of the workers in the study admitted to leaving an e－mail or voice mail early or late in the day. Still, many are not as smart as they think. Some choose a Monday or Friday to work at home. That, says Mr. Cable, makes others think they are eager to extend the weekend.A culture of presenteeism hurts working mothers most. Many women (and some men) work from home to allow themselves the flexibility to pick up kids from school. That need not mean they produce less; only that they do it at a time and a place of their own choosing. Some firms, such as Best Buy, an electronics retailer, recognize this and try hard to evaluate staff entirely on performance. But this is not easy. Intangibles such as teamworking skills matter, too. Mr. Cable thinks homeworking will lose its stigma(污名) only when most people do it. Or perhaps when the boss is telecommuting, too.()54. What is most likely the main cause of the increasing number of telecommuters?A. Increasing location rents.B. Annoying talkative colleagues.C. High－tech mobile phones.D. Attractive daytime soaps.()55. What does the example of many California tech firms prove?A. Working at home is impractical in tech firms.B. Employees' presence at office raises their value.C. Employees should judge when to obey.D. Bosses often don't keep their promises.()56. What do wise telecommuters do to prove they are on the job?A. They give timely accounts of their work progress to their bosses.B. They check their e－mails and voice mails every day.C. They discuss the work with their bosses.D. They spend some time working on weekends.()57. What is the biggest disadvantage of working at home according to the lastparagraph?A. The traditional working culture can be hurt.B. Mothers' work may be interrupted by their kids.C. Retailers can't get enough on－site employees.D. Employees may lack chances to develop certain skills.CAlzheimer's disease has no cure. There are, however, five drugs—known and approved—that can slow down the development of its symptoms. The earlier such drugs are administered, the better. Unfortunately, the disease is usually first noticed when people complain to their doctors of memory problems. That is normally too late for the drugs to do much good. A simple and reliable test for Alzheimer's that can be administered to everybody over the age of about 65, before memory－loss sets in, would therefore be useful.Theo Luider, of the Erasmus University Medical Centre in Rotterdam, and his colleagues think they have found one—but it works only in women. They made their discovery, just reported in the Journal of Proteome Research, by tapping into a long－term, continuing study that started in 1995 with 1，077 non－demented and otherwise healthy people aged between 60 and 90. At the beginning of the project, and subsequently during the periods 1997－99 and 2002－04, participants were brought in for a battery of neurological(神经学的) and cognitive(认知的) investigations, physical examinations, brain imaging and blood tests.During the first ten years of the study, 43 of the volunteers developed Alzheimer's diseases. When Dr. Luider compared blood samples from these people with samples from 43 of their fellow volunteers, matched for sex and age, who had remained Alzheimer's－free, he found something surprising. Levels of a substance called pregnancy zone protein had been unusually high, even before their symptoms appeared, in some of those who went on to develop Alzheimer's disease.Those “some”，it turned out, were all women. On average, levels of pregnancy zone protein in those women who went on to develop Alzheimer's were almost 60% higher than those of women who did not. In men, levels of the protein were the same for both.The reason for this curious result seems to be that the brain plaques(斑块) associated with Alzheimer's disease are themselves turning out pregnancy zone protein. Certainly, when Dr. Luider applied a chemical stain specific to that protein to the plaques of dead Alzheimer's patientshe found the protein present in them.Confusingly, though, it was there in the plaques of both sexes. Presumably, female cells (and therefore the plaques of female brains) make more of it than male cells do. But that remains to be proved. Whatever the reason, however, this result means that women, at least, may soon be able to tell whether and when they are at risk of Alzheimer's and thus do something about it before they start losing their minds.()58. What can we learn from the first paragraph?A. No medication can slow down the development of Alzheimer's symptoms.B. To detect Alzheimer's disease before memory loss appears is vital.C. Doctors had better handle Alzheimer's disease when people are 65 years old.D. People who always complain are most likely to have Alzheimer's disease.()59. The underlined word “one” in Paragraph 2 refers to ________．A. a simple and reliable test for Alizheimer'sB. a possible cure for Alzheimer'sC. an important discovery about Alzheimer'sD. an effective and legal drug for Alzheimer's()60. What does Dr. Luider's study tell us about the pregnancy zone protein?A. It won't go high until the symptoms of Alzheimer's appear.B. In men, levels of it remain stable for their lifetime.C. Women developing Alzheimer's usually have lower levels of it.D. The brain plaques connected with Alzheimer's produce it.()61. The passage is mainly about ________．A. patients of Alzheimer's disease and its drugsB. an introduction to the pregnancy zone proteinC. a new discovery concerning Alzheimer's diseaseD. the development stages of Alzheimer's diseaseDHe was in the first third－grade class I taught at Saint Mary's School in Morris, Minnesota. All 34 of my students were dear to me, but Mark Eklund was one in a million. Very neat in appearance, he had that happy－to－be－alive attitude that made even his occasional mischievousness delightful.Mark also talked continuously. I had to remind him again and again that talking withoutpermission was not acceptable. One morning my patience was growing thin when Mark talked once too often, and then I made a novice－teacher's mistake. I looked at Mark and said, “If you say one more word, I am going to tape your mouth shut！”It wasn't ten seconds later when Chuck blurted out, “Mark is talking again.”I hadn't asked any of the students to help me watch Mark, but since I had stated the punishment in front of the class, I had to act on it.I remember the scene as if it had occurred this morning. Without saying a word, I proceeded to Mark's desk, tore off two pieces of tape and made a big X with them over his mouth. I then returned to the front of the room.As I glanced at Mark to see how he was doing, he winked at me. That did it! I started laughing. The entire class cheered as I walked back to Mark's desk, removed the tape, and shrugged my shoulders. His first words were, “Thank you for correcting me, Sister.”At the end of the year I was asked to teach junior－high math. The years flew by, and before I knew it Mark was in my classroom again. He was more handsome than ever and just as polite.One Friday, things just didn't feel right. We had worked hard on a new concept all week, and I sensed that the students were growing discouraged with themselves—and edgy with one another.I had to change the mood of the class before it got out of hand. So I asked them to list the names of the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. Then I told them to think of the nicest thing they could say about each of their classmates and write it down. It took the remainder of the class period to finish the assignment.That Saturday, I wrote down the name of each student on a separate sheet of paper, and I listed what everyone else had said about that individual. On Monday I gave each student his or her list. Some of them ran two pages. Before long, the entire class was smiling. “Really？” I heard whispers. “I never knew that meant anything to anyone！”“I didn't know others liked me so much！”No one ever mentioned those papers in class again. I never knew if the students discussed them after class or with their parents, but it didn't matter. The exercise had accomplished its purpose. The students were happy with themselves and one another again.That group of students moved on. Several years later, after I returned from a vacation, I got a call from my father. “The Eklunds called last night，”he began. “Really？”I said. “I haven'theard from them for several years. I wonder how Mark is.”Dad responded quietly. “Mark was killed in Vietnam，”Mark looked so handsome, so mature. All I could think at that moment was, Mark, I would give all the masking tape in the world if only you could talk to me.After the funeral, most of Mark's former classmates headed to Chuck's farmhouse for lunch. Mark's parents were there, obviously waiting for me. “Helen, we want to show you something，”his father said, taking a wallet out of his pocket. “They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might recognize it.”Opening the billfold, he carefully removed two worn pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. I knew without looking that the papers were the ones on which I had listed all the good things each of Mark's classmates had said about him. “Thank you so much for doing that，”Mark's mother said. “As you can see, Mark treasured it.”Mark's classmates started to gather around us. Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, “I still have my list. It's in the top drawer of my desk at home.”Then Vicki, another classmate, reached into her pocket－book, took out her wallet and showed her worn and ragged list to the group. “I carry this with me at all times，”Vicki said without hesitation. “I think we all saved our lists.”That's when I finally sat down and cried. I cried for Mark and for all his friends who would never see him again.()62. We can conclude that when Sister Helen was a third－grade teacher, she ________．A. was usually hot－tempered and impatientB. liked all the students in the class but MarkC. wasn't always sure how to discipline her studentsD. had a high expectation of the students in her class()63. The underlined word “edgy” in Paragraph 7 means “________”．A. very disappointedB. easily annoyedC. fully honestD. greatly inspired()64. Upon reading their lists for the first time, Sister Helen's students were ________．A. surprised and proudB. nervous and embarrassedC. depressed and angryD. calm and content()65. Mark carried the notebook paper at all times because ________．A. it was a valuable gift from his dear Sister HelenB. it could ease his homesickness when in VietnamC. it was the recognition and appreciation from his classmatesD. he promised his classmates that he would treasure it第Ⅱ卷(非选择题共40分)第四部分：词汇检测(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)请认真阅读下列各小题，并根据上下文语境和所给首字母的提示，写出下列各句空格中的单词，注意保持语义和形式的一致.66. —Whatever b________ we are having on our shoulders, let them down for a moment, shall we?—All right. Let's enjoy the meal first.67. —I noticed the customer in red go away not altogether satisfied with Tom's explanations.—Definitely. She asked how the machine worked and Tom just gave a v________ description about its function, which could make her even more puzzled.68. — Alice, Granny is coming. Would you give your room a t________ cleaning?—With so much homework to do, I will just mop the floor, leaving the dirty windows to Jim.69. —Have you heard the news that his father's ship crashed into a rock and was broken in two?—Yeah. Luckily, nobody was injured with the help of the soldiers s________ on the nearby island.70. —One more girl was bitten by a dog this morning. Worse still, nobody knows who the owner is.—It's high time to campaign for c________ registration of dogs.第五部分：同义转换(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)请认真阅读下列各小题的两句句子，在空格处填上一个单词，使两句句子语义保持不变.(注意：不得使用第一句中的原词)71. — We will stick to our policy to promote relationships with the third－world countries.—It will be our ________ policy to promote relationships with the third－world countries.72. —Yan Fei, a director of Goodbye Mr. Loser thinks the success of the film lies in their devotion to telling a complete story.—Yan Fei, a director of Goodbye Mr. Loser ________ the success of the film to their devotion to telling a complete story.73. —Many Chinese students studying abroad have no choice but to wash dishes in the restaurants to support themselves.—In order to live on, many Chinese students studying abroad are reduced to ________ themselves out to wash dishes in the restaurants.74. —I was green with envy when I was informed that he would be promoted while I would not.—I was ________ when I was informed that he would be promoted while I would not.75. —Their system which relies entirely on departmental selection will surely cause lack of balance.—Their system which relies entirely on departmental selection is ________ to result in lack of balance.第六部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词.注意：每个空格只填1个单词.Regret is as common an emotion as love or fear, and it can be nearly as powerful. We feel it when we either blame ourselves for things that turned out badly, or long to undo a choice we made in the past. The effect regret has on our lives and how we deal with regret are equally important.In some cases, regret can be disastrous. In 1995, a British man who regularly played one set of lottery numbers forgot to renew his ticket during the week that his numbers came up. He was so filled with regret and self－blame that he committed suicide. While this is an extreme consequence of regret, it can have many other lesser effects on the mind and body that can still seriously affect our lives.According to recent research, women have more regrets about romantic relationships than men do—not surprising, since women “value social relationships more than men”. In collectivist。

2018届江苏省六市高三模拟考试试卷(十三)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。

满分120分，考试时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷(选择题共85分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 makes the girl study harder?A. To get a toy.B. To work as a model.C. To earn money for a car.()2. What does the man want to do?A. Stop to ask for directions.B. Drive to the tall building.C. Write down the correct address.()3. How much will the woman pay for the skirt?A. $30.B. $70.C. $100.()4. What is the woman worried about at first?A. The man's memory.B. The size of the house.C. The cleanliness of the hotel.()5. What does the woman think of the man's schedule?A. Too flexible.B. Too realistic.C. Too strict.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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。

2018届江苏省高考英语零模（摸底考试）试卷分类汇编--------完形填空题（一）2018苏州高三期初调研卷第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Whenever Michael Carl, the fashion market director at Vanity Fair, goes out to dinner with friends, he plays something called the “phone stack” game: Everyone 31 their phones in the middle of the table; whoever looks at their device before the check arrives 32 the tab（账单）.Brandon Holley, the former editor of Lucky magazine, had trouble 33 her mobile phone when she got home from work. So about six months ago, she 34 putting her phone into a milk tin the moment she walked in. It remains there until after dinner. And Mare Jacobs, the fashion designer, didn’t 35 to sleep close to a beeping gadget. So he 36 digital devices from his bedroom — a house rule he 37 with audiences during a recent screening of Disconnect, a film that shows how technology has alienated（使疏远）people from one another.As smart phones 38 to make their way into our lives, and wearable devices like Google Glass39 to destroy our personal space even further, overtaxed users are carving out their own device-free zones. Whether it’s a physical 40 (no ipads at the dinner table) or a conceptual one (turn off devices by 11 p.m.), users say these disconnecting 41 are improving their relationships.“Disconnecting is a luxury that we all 42 ,” said Lesley M. M. Blume, a New York writer who keeps her phone away from the dinner table at home. “The expectation that we must alw ays be 43 to employers, colleagues and family creates a real problem in trying to 44 private time. But that private time is more important than ever.”A popular method for disconnecting is to choose a box for your cellphone, like the milk tin that Ms. Holley uses. “45 my phone is buzzing or lighting up, it’s still a distraction, so it 46 in the box.” said Ms. Holley. Others choose new 47 . “No screens after 11 p.m.” said Ari. Melber, a TV host. “Now evenings are more 48 and I am sleep ing better.” he added.Sleep is a big factor, which is why some 49 to leave their phones out of their bedrooms. “I don’t want to sleep next to something full of photos and emails.”said Peter Som, a fashion designer, who keeps his phone plugged in in the living room overnight. “It 50 is a head-clearer and distinguishes daytime and sleep time.”31. A. piles B. allocates C. arranges D. places32. A. picks up B. pays off C. picks on D. pays back33. A. examining B. ignoring C. missing D. finding34. A. stopped B. forgot C. began D. suggested35. A. hate B. want C. expect D. refuse36. A. banned B. lost C. collected D. adjusted37. A. talked B. agreed C. provided D. shared38. A. intend B. choose C. continue D. happen39. A. defend B. threaten C. improve D. occupy40. A. barrier B. suffering C. issue D. drawback41. A. techniques B. performances C. manners D. achievements42. A. learn B. consider C. accept D. need43. A. dependable B. available C. convenient D. appealing44. A. figure out B. save up C. set aside D. take up45. A. Unless B. If C. Until D. Although46. A. goes B. fills C. buries D. lays47. A. games B. orders C. steps D. rules48. A. flexible B. urgent C. relaxing D. upsetting49. A. admit B. prefer C. refuse D. permit50. A. definitely B. rarely C. finally D. originally 31-35 DABCB 36-40 ADCBA 41-45 ADBCB 46-50 ADCBA（二）2018届南京9月学情调研卷第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。

江苏省普通高等学校招生考试高三模拟测试卷(九) 英语本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分.满分120分，考试时间120分钟.第Ⅰ卷(选择题共85分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 will the speakers do next?A. Eat some bread.B. Go out to eat.C. Make some soup.()2. Where are the speakers?A. In a store.B. On the bus.C. In a bank.()3. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Husband and wife.B. Teacher and student.C. Brother and sister.()4. What does the man think of the actor's performance?A. Great.B. Just so－so.C. Terrible.()5. What seems to be the man's opinion?A. Mary will be a good teacher.B. Mary can express her ideas clearly.C. The students won't understand Mary very well.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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.听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间.每段对话或独白读两遍.听第6段材料，回答第6、7题.()6. What does the woman look like in the photo?A. Relaxed.B. Young.C. Happy.()7. What's true about the woman's mother?A. She had suffered from skin cancer.B. She went to the beach every year.C. She likes swimming in the sea most.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题.()8. Why does the woman need to leave early?A. To meet a friend.B. To have a job interview.C. To talk to Prof. Sogard about her paper.()9. What is the woman most interested in right now?A. Getting more experience.B. Earning more money.C. Helping others.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题.()10. Where are the speakers?A. At a travel agency.B. On a plane.C. In the airport.()11. What annoys the woman most about air travel?A. Waiting in line to get through security.B. Not being told the reason for a delay.C. Having to wait for a delayed plane.()12. What does the woman think about getting free meals from the airlines?A. She thinks it's unnecessary.B. She doesn't think they will do it.C. She thinks it's part of traveling by air.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题.()13. What season is it now?A. Spring.B. Summer.C. Fall.()14. Where should the man go if he wants to go hiking?A. Germany.B. Switzerland.C. Spain.()15. Why doesn't the man want to go to Greece?A. He can't understand the language.B. He dislikes ocean voyages.C. He isn't used to the food there.()16. What do we know about the man's nephew?A. He is a student now.B. He has been to France before.C. He teaches French at school.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题.()17. When does the sports center close in the evening?A. 7：00.B. 8：00.C. 9：00.()18. Which place is open all day?A. The basketball courts.B. The tennis courts.C. The shop.()19. For how long is the swimming pool open in the morning?A. Two hours.B. Three hours.C. Seven hours.()20. What will the listeners do next?A. Buy some books.B. Follow the speaker.C. Have some snacks.第二部分：英语基础知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.()21. — The Spring Festival is drawing near. I am considering traveling in a small town, especially ________ with an ocean view.—I agree with you; I would appreciate it if you could take me there.A. itB. oneC. thatD. this()22. While David sometimes has trouble getting along with his parents and even argues with them, their parents love him ________．A. not so muchB. not so littleC. no moreD. no less()23. The two－story building has turned into a tea－house, among ________ previous owners were many well－known actors and actresses.A. whoseB. whichC. whatD. whom()24. The police have already investigated some witnesses and the ________ is that it was just an accident, even among the families.A. conscienceB. criterionC. consensusD. contract()25. Watching football games on TV at home is one thing, going to watch them ________ live is quite another.A. performB. performingC. to performD. being performed()26. Many Chinese use WeChat for both one－on－one and group communication ________ international phone calls when traveling overseas.A. in preference toB. in process ofC. in reference withD. in search of()27. — The Chinese men's basketball team won the champion in the final of the Asianchampionship in Changsha on Oct. 3rd, 2015.—Fantastic! It is the 16th time in history that China ________ the honorable award.A. gotB. had gotC. have gotD. has got()28. — What shall we do to make the movie star's visit more successful?—Not much. It is just the hotel to put her up in ________ she is really particular about.A. whereB. whatC. whichD. that()29. — Poor and backward area ________ Western China is, many college students are willing to work there after graduation.—I can't agree more. More chances of employment are available.A. sinceB. asC. althoughD. while()30. Among the biggest problems facing those remote mountainous villages ________ the lack of experienced teachers.A. isB. areC. is thereD. are there()31. The educational expert's speech ________ a new round of consultation from parents about children's domestic education.A. put offB. left offC. let offD. kicked off()32. New version of Paris climate agreement ________，the whole world has seen a promising future of lower planet－warming greenhouse gas emissions.A. releasingB. releasedC. has releasedD. has been released()33. I wouldn't pursue my writing career now if I ________ myself as weak in writing when I was young.A. definedB. should defineC. would defineD. had defined()34. Fine violins by skilled old Italians can ________ hundreds of thousands of dollars, and prices still keep rising.A. withdrawB. fetchC. depositD. charge()35. — If you don't improve your performance, they'll fire you.—I know. ________．A. I can see the handwriting on the wallB. I'm as cool as a cucumberC. It's a confidential sourceD. It's hard to please all第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.She has a personality of bravery and liveliness, which wins hearts within minutes —and 9－year－old Gracie Miller is the symbol of grace after a tragic pit bull attack.“I may have lost my face, but I haven't lost my __36__，”she said, calming her mom down in the __37__ room, 15 minutes after the accident, two days before Thanksgiving.That day, Gracie was visiting her grandfather, Ray Kaighn. While they were hanging out in the __38__，somehow, Atticus, a five－year－old pit bull owned by a visiting family member, took a flying __39__ at Gracie, teeth __40__ into Gracie's face before its owner ran down to __41__ him.Kaighn said he had been __42__ to have the dog in his home, but agreed because Atticus was well－mannered and patient with children —__43__ suddenly he wasn't.When Gracie came rolling into the emergency room, her attending doctor said, “She was just so __44__. Her parents were really upset and she was __45__ them and telling them it would be OK... __46__ amazingly, the wounds to her face __47__ missed her eye and her ear.”Her teacher Kristine Lowder has been visiting her to tutor her. Lowder said the news of the dog attack left her __48__ for days. “She is so lively, a happy－go－lucky kind of girl who was the __49__ of grace in our class.”Gracie has __50__ many people in a similar way. And Gracie's mom said her girl has never missed a beat since she came home. She will return to gymnastics soon.Gracie was never a bit worried about __51__ to the basement where she had been so bitterly __52__—and she was upset when she learned Atticus would be __53__ as a result.“I don't want him to die, I just don't want to see him again，”she told her family.In life, many people are easy to feel frustrated by meeting a bit of __54__. From Gracie, we can conclude __55__ and optimism surely contribute to our happy welfare.()36. A. consciousness B. memory C. enthusiasm D. personality()37. A. sleeping B. consulting C. emergency D. examination()38. A. basement B. backyard C. wing D. park()39. A. move B. jump C. action D. scratch()40. A. rubbed B. bitten C. sunk D. plugged()41. A. scold B. contain C. frighten D. curse()42. A. disgusted B. determined C. instant D. hesitant()43. A. when B. before C. after D. until()44. A. brave B. talkative C. kind D. scared()45. A. pleasing B. comforting C. relieving D. securing()46. A. Or B. Yet C. And D. But()47. A. closely B. simply C. narrowly D. partly()48. A. broken up B. torn up C. mixed up D. pushed up()49. A. signal B. sculpture C. sign D. symbol()50. A. touched B. encouraged C. educated D. conducted()51. A. running down B. falling down C. jumping down D. flying down()52. A. beaten B. defeated C. hit D. attacked()53. A. put down B. put away C. put off D. put out()54. A. wound B. shortcoming C. setback D. disadvantage()55. A. sympathy B. positivity C. mercy D. glory第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项. AIMPORTANT SAFETY NOTES*Do not use a cell phone near the unit, which may result in operational failure.*Changes or modifications not approved by Omron Healthcare will declare the user warranty()56. Your measure reading might be inaccurate, if________．a. you have just finished your mealb. you have just cycled home from workc. your child is using the cell phone in the next roomd. your wife has just finished measuring her blood pressuree. you have just been scolded by your boss because of the delayed work A. abc B. abe C. bce D. cde()57. Which of the following monitors is under warranty?A. The monitor that was bought six years ago.B. The monitor that goes wrong due to false use.C. The monitor whose purchase proof is missing.D. The monitor whose system broke down when first used.BAlthough the Samoan(萨摩亚) Natives have long claimed to be the indigenous(本土的) people of their islands, holding firm to the belief that Samoans were birthed by special creation in Samoa, it has been theorized by many linguists, based on linguistic commonalities as well as archaeological findings, that migrants from Southeast Asia arrived in the Samoan Islands approximately 3500 years ago, settling in what has come to be known as “Polynesia“further to the east.Early contact with Europeans was established in the 18th century. Christianity was formally introduced with the arrival of missionaries(传教士) in August 1830. During the early 20th century the Samoan Islands were divided by Germany, Great Britain and the USA. Tutuila and Aunu'u islands were claimed by the USA. The western islands became German Samoa. In 1914, New Zealand forces captured the islands from Germany, thus becoming Western Samoa. Western Samoa regained its independence on January 1, 1962.Samoans are notable in rugby. Despite its small population, the island of American Samoa produces disproportionately a large number of world－class American football players. Samoan Mosi Tatupu was a member of NFL team(全国橄榄球联盟) the New England Patriots. Samoan Troy Polamalu was a member of the NFL team the Pittsburgh Steelers until he retired after the 2014 football season.Traditional Samoan tattoo(纹身) proves the strong ties many Samoans feel for their culture. Samoans have practiced the art of tattooing for over 2，000 years. To this day, a man's tattoo widely covers from mid－back, down the sides, to the knees. A woman's tattoo is not quite aswide or heavy. The geometric patterns are based on ancient designs, and often indicate rank and status.Here is the process of tattooing. The tattoo master dips his cutting tools into black ink made from burnt shells, and then punctures designs into the skin. The cutting tool consists of a short piece of bamboo or light wood with a piece of tortoiseshell bound at right angles at one end. A little bone comb is bound to the lower broad end of the tortoiseshell. The larger the comb, the greater the area on the skin is covered with fewer strokes. The process takes days, and is sometimes partially accomplished over longer periods, with recovery in between.()58. From Paragraph 2 we can learn that ________．A. Missionaries firstly introduced Christianity into Samoa in August of 1830B. Tutuila and Aunu'u islands have ever been claimed by Great Britain in 1920C. Eastern and western Samoa regained its independence in January of 1962D. Samoa has a history of being occupied by at least four developed countries()59. The author introduced the sport item “rugby” in Samoa with a tone of ________．A. dignityB. doubtC. respectD. sadness()60. When talking about their culture, Samoan natives most probably agree that ________．A. a woman's tattoo is quite heavy and not wideB. a man's tattoo covers from mid－chest to kneesC. Tattoo－receiving recovers slowly but necessarilyD. Tattoo patterns always indicate rank and genderCNEW cars that can control and brake themselves risk quieting people in the driver's seat into a false sense of security —and even to sleep.That was one surprising finding when researchers put Stanford University students in a simulated(模拟的) self－driving car to study how they reacted when their robo－chauffer needed help. The experiment was one in a growing number that assesses how cars can safely hand control back to a person when their self－driving software is at a loss.With some models already able to stay in their lane or keep a safe distance from other traffic, and automakers pushing for more automation, the car－to－driver handoff is a big open question.The elimination(消除) of distracted driving is a major selling point for the technology. But in the Stanford experiment, reading or watching a movie helped keep participants awake. The Stanford research suggests engaging people with media could help, while some automakers are marketing vehicles with limited self－driving features that will slow the car if they detect a person has stopped paying attention to the road. Though research is ongoing, it appears that people need at least 5 seconds to take over.Meanwhile, traditional automakers are advancing with the technology. Mercedes and Toyota sell cars that can hit the brakes and stay in their lane. By adding new features each year, they might produce a truly self－driving car in about a decade. One potential risk of this gradualist approach became clear this fall, when Tesla Mo tors had to explain that its “auto pilot” feature did not mean drivers could stop paying attention. Starting late next year, the Cadillac CTS will get a Super Cruise system, which will allow semi－autonomous highway driving. If the driver's eyes are off the road, and they don't respond to repeated urging, the car slows.“We are in no way selling this as a technology where the driver can check out，”General Motors spokesman Dan Flores said, “You can relax, glance away, but you still have to be aware because you know the technology's not safe.”One riddle automakers must solve: How to get owners to trust the technology so they'll use it — but not trust it so much that they'll fall into a false sense of security. Trust was on the mind of researchers who in August published an extensive report on self－driving cars. “Although this trust is essential for widespread adoption, participants were also observed prioritizing non－driving activities over the operation of the vehicle，”the authors wrote. Another wide－open question: How to alert the person in the driver's seat of the need to take over. It appears that the car should appeal to several senses. Visual warnings alone may not be enough.()61. In the experiment, one disadvantage of the self－driving car is that in the drivers' seats people ________．A. have a sense of security because of new technologyB. can't react immediately when they need helpC. are often distracted while driving the carD. like to read and watch a movie to keep awake()62. What does the underlined word “handoff” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. changeB. controlC. pullD. push()63. From the passage, we can conclude that ________．A. the automakers are proud of the new cars for their technologyB. there are problems to solve in getting owners to trust the technologyC. automakers have already marketed cars with limited self－driving technologyD. traditional automakers rather than present ones are advancing with the technology()64. The author's purpose of writing the passage is to ________．A. remind the readers of risks in the self－driving carB. advertise and market the new self－driving carC. get more participants to experiment in the self－driving carD. introduce the advanced technology in the self－driving carDGone with the Wind is a novel written by Margaret Mitchell, first published in 1936. It was popular with American readers from the onset and was the top American fiction bestseller in the year it was published and in 1937 on the row. As of 2014, a Harris poll found it to be the second favorite book of American readers, just behind the Bible. More than 30 million copies have been printed worldwide. The sales of Margaret Mitchell's novel in the summer of 1936, at the virtually unprecedented price of three dollars, reached about one million by the end of December. Because it was released in the era of the Great Depression and Mitchell worried the high $3.00 price would ruin its chance for success. Actually the book was a bestseller by the time reviews began to appear in national magazines.Herschel Brickell, a critic for the New York Evening Post, praised Mitchell for the way she “tosses out the window all the thousands of technical tricks our novelists have been playing with for the past twenty years”．One criticism by literary scholar Patricia Yaeger, leveled at Gone with the Wind, is for its portrayal of African Americans in the 19th century South. Former_field_hands during the early days of Reconstruction are described behaving “as creatures of small intelligence might naturally be expected to do. Like monkeys or small children turned loose among treasured objects whose value is beyond their comprehension, they ran wild—either from wrong pleasure in destruction or simply because of their ignorance.”In Gone with the Wind Mitchell is blind to racial oppressionand “the inseparability of race and gender”that defines the southern belle character of Scarlett, according to Patricia Yaeger.Yet there are complexities in the way that Mitchell dealt with racial issues. Scarlett was asked by a Yankee woman for advice on who to appoint as a nurse for her children; Scarlett suggested a “darky”，much to the disgust of the Yankee woman who was seeking an Irish maid, a “Bridget”. African Americans and Irish Americans are treated “in precisely the same way”in Gone with the Wind, writes David O'Connell in his 1996 book, The Irish Roots of Margaret Mitchell's Gone with the Wind. Ethnic slurs(种族蔑称) on the Irish and Irish stereotypes spread in every part of the novel, O'Connell claims, and Scarlett is not an exception to the insults. And apparently in the novel, the Irish American O'Haras were slaveholders whereas African Americans were held as slaves.Speaking on the subject of whether Gone with the Wind should be taught in schools, James Loewen, author of Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong，says the novel should be taught in schools. Students should be told that Gone with the Wind presents the wrong view of slavery, Loewen states. Besides, the main complaint was that the racial slur “nigger”appears repeatedly in the novel. In the same complaint were several other books: The Nigger of the “Narcissus”，Uncle Tom's Cabin, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Another criticism of the novel is that it promotes plantation values. Mitchell biographer Marianne Walker, author of Margaret Mitchell & John Marsh: The Love Story Behind Gone with the Wind, is of the opinion that those who believe Gone with the Wind promotes plantation values have not read the book. Walker states it is the popular 1939 film that “promotes a false notion of the Old South”. She goes on to add that Mitchell had no involvement in the production of the film. Perhaps the most enduring legacy(遗产) of Gone with the Wind is that people worldwide would incorrectly think it was the true story of the Old South and how it was changed by the American Civil War and Reconstruction. The film version of the novel “amplified this effect”. Scholars of the period have written in recent years about the negative effects the novel has had on race relations.()65. When Gone with the Wind was published, ________．A. it became the top bestseller all of the timeB. reading was more popular than anything else thenC. the price of the book was too high for people thenD. American people were suffering financial problems()66. In Paragraph 3, the underlined part “Former field hands”refers to ________．A. peasants in the early timeB. African－American peopleC. creatures of small intelligenceD. people in Reconstruction()67. David O'Connell's view is different from Patricia Yaeger's in ________．A. Mitchell's Ethnic slurs in the novelB. Mitchell's description of slave laborersC. Mitchell's attitude towards the Irish peopleD. Mitchell's ways of dealing with racial problems()68. According to Paragraph 5, which of the following statements is TRUE?A. James Loewen sings high praise for American history textbooks.B. Uncle Tom's Cabin also shows some racial discrimination.C. The repeated appearance of the racial slur “n igger” is only a trick.D. Gone with the Wind should be taught because it shows slavery is wrong.()69. What can we infer as to the film Gone with the Wind?A. It has nothing to do with the novel.B. It promotes a false concept of plantation.C. It reflects the true story of the Old South.D. It is not so faithful to the novel.()70. Among the four persons, who doesn't give positive comments on Gone with the Wind?A. Herschel Brickell.B. David O'Connell.C. Patricia Yaeger.D. Marianne Walker.第Ⅱ卷(非选择题共35分)第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词.注意：每个空格只填1个单词.Is E－Mail Dead?With the rise of rapid－fire messaging, the digital letter seems to be crawling toward the fate of snail mail. If your in－box is currently reporting unread messages in the hundreds or thousands,you might have a hard time believing the news: e－mail is on the decline. The total volume of e－mail has dropped about 10 percent since 2010.The word “e－mail” itself tells you about its origins: it was modeled on written letters. To this day, a lot of e－mail begins with a salutat ion. Maybe it's “Hey” instead of “Dear Casey”，but it's there. And because there was so much overhead involved with sending a letter—folding, enveloping, addressing, stamping, mailing—few bothered to send only a few words. The effort seemed to justify a longer message. Once viewed as the death of the personal human touch, e－mail has now taken over the letter's place as a form of new communication—both business and personal. But is its day in the digital sun coming to a close?Today's instant electronic memos—such as texting and Facebook and Twitter messages—are more direct, more concentrated, more efficient. They get rid of the salutation; we already know the “to” and “from”. Many corporations are moving to messaging networks for exactly that reason: more signal, less noise. And less time.This trend is further evidence that store－and－forward systems such as e－mail and voicemail are outdated. Instead of my leaving you a lengthy message that you pick up later, I can now send you an easily consumed message that you can read—and respond to—on the go.The decline of e－mail corresponds neatly to the dawn of the mobile era.Does this mean e－mail is on its way to the dustbin of digital history? Was it just a transitional technology—from postal mail to the new, rapid－fire communication channels?Not necessarily. E－mail still has certain advantages. Whereas tweets and texts feel transient—you read them, then they're gone, into an endless string—e－mail still feels like something you have, that you can file, search and return to later. It's easy to imagine that it will continue to feel more appropriate for formal communications: agreements, important news, longer explanations.So in a word, no, e－mail won't go away completely. Remember, we've been through a transition like this not so long ago: when e－mail was on the rise, people said that postal mail was dead. That's not how it works. Postal mail found its place, and so will e－mail. Technology rarely replaces an institution completely; it just adds new avenues.Is E－Mail Dead？The origins of e－mailCurrentsituations第五部分：书面表达(满分25分)阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的短文.【写作内容】1. 用约30个单词概述上述图文信息的主要内容.2. 列举1至2个中外文化差异的事例.3. 谈谈我们该如何正确对待文化差异的问题(不少于两点).【写作要求】 1. 写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句.2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称.3. 不必写标题.【评分标准】内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当.听力1~5 BACAC 6~10 ACBAC11~15 BBABC 16~20 ACBAB单项填空21.B 解析：考查代词.one代替名词a small town.第一句句意：我在考虑到一个小镇去旅游，尤其想到一个能看到海景的小镇.22.D 解析：考查形容词比较级.句意：尽管David有时候与父母相处不好，甚至有时候他还会和他们争吵，但是他的父母对他的爱没有减少.no less意为“不少；较多”，符合句意.23.A 解析：考查定语从句.whose引导定语从句，且whose作定语，修饰owners.因此选A.句意：那个两层楼已经变成茶馆了，它以前的主人中有很多是著名的演员.24.C 解析：考查名词.A项意为“良心；良知”；B项意为“标准”；C项意为“共识”；D 项意为“合同”.句意：经常调查了一些证人，最后得到一个共识，即那是一次事故.根据句意可知C项正确.25.D 解析：考查非谓语动词.根据句意可知，perform与其逻辑主语them之间为动宾关系，要选被动意义的选项，而本题四个选项中只有D项为被动意义，其他三项皆为主动意义，故选 D.句意：在家的电视上看足球比赛是一回事，看现场直播又是另外一回事.being performed为现在分词的被动式，作宾语补足语.26.A 解析：考查介词短语.A项意为“优先于”；B C项意为“参照”；D项意为“搜查；寻找”.根据题意可知选A.句意：人们到国外旅行时，优先使用微信交流而不用国际长途电话.27.D 解析：考查动词时态.在“It's time that...”这个句式中，从句的谓语动词要用现在完成时；由此可以排除A、B两项；这句话的主语China为单数名词，故选D项排除C项.28.D 解析：考查强调句.这是一个强调句，被强调部分是句子宾语the hotel.29.B 解析：考查倒装句.这是一个倒装句：让步状语从句中，表语“poor and backward are”被提到了前面，构成了倒装句.正常语序是：Although Western China is poor andbackward area, many college....30.A 解析：考查倒装句.根据语法规则，表示方位的介词短语置于句首时，要用全部倒装句，而本题中的介词短语Among the biggest problems facing those remote mountainous villages正是表示方位的，所以要用全部倒装，且主语为单数名词the lack，故选A项.31.D 解析：考查动词短语.A项意为“推迟”；B项意为“停止（做）某事，戒掉；戒除”；C项意为“让……下车（下船）”；D项意为“（使）开始”.根据句意可知，D项正确.句意：教育专家的话开始（揭开）了新的一轮从父母那里咨询有关家庭教育问题的（热潮）.32.B 解析：考查非谓语动词.分析句式结构可知，由于缺少连词，因此不能选择谓语动词，由此可以排除C、D两项；另外，release与agreement之间为动宾关系，故要用过去分词，即B项正确.这是一个独立主格结构.33.D 解析：考查虚拟语气.句意：如果年轻时候相信自己不善于写作，我现在就不可能从事自己的写作事业了.根据句意可知，这是一个错综条件句，即主句是表示现在，从句表示过去发生的事情.故D项正确.34.B 解析：考查动词.fetch在这里表示“售得”，符合语境，即表示意大利有经验的乐师制作的小提琴可以售得很多钱.35.A 解析：考查交际用语.A项意为“看到不祥之兆”；B项意为“我非常冷静”；C项意为“可靠的信息来源”；D项意为“很难取悦于所有人”.根据语境可知，A项正确，句意：——如果你不改进自己的工作，你会被解雇的.——我知道，因为我能看到不祥之兆.完形填空【文章大意】这是一篇记叙文.文章讲述了一个很坚强的孩子的故事.这个孩子和他爷爷在地下室玩耍时，被一条狗咬伤了，而且伤得很严重.但是她在医院里却去安慰她很紧张的父母.告诉他们马上一切都会好起来的.作者用这个故事告诉读者，身处逆境、遇到挫折时必须要保持积极乐观的态度.36.D 解析：考查名词.personality意为“个性；人格”，符合题意.句意：我可能会丢了（正常的）脸（根据下文可知，他脸被毁容了），但是我不能失去人格.37.C 解析：考查名词.根据后半句中的“accident”以及下文介绍他受伤的经过可知，C 项正确，即在急诊室里.38.A 解析：考查名词.根据下文51小题后面的“basement”可知，选A项.句意：他们当时在地下室闲逛.39.B 解析：考查名词.take a flying move at即一条狗飞快地冲向Gracie.40.C 解析：考查非谓语动词.sunk是sink的过去分词，意为“陷入”，符合语境，即牙齿咬进了Gracie的脸上的肉里.Teeth sunk into Gracie's face为独立主格结构.41.B 解析：考查动词.contain在这里意为“遏制；控制”，符合语境.句意：即狗的主人过来控制住了它.42.D 解析：考查形容词.A项意为“厌恶的”；B项意为“坚定的；毅然的”；C项意为“立即的；即食的”；D项意为“犹豫的”.根据后半句“but agreed because Atticus was well mannered and patient with children”可知，D项正确，即开始时Kaighn对收容那条狗在他家是表示犹豫的，但是后来发现那条狗脾气很好.43.D 解析：考查连词.与破折号前面句子连起来便是“Atticus was well mannered and patient with children until suddenly he wasn't.”句意：这条狗一直表现很好，对待孩子也很有耐心，直到（until）咬人这件事发生之前都是这样.44.A 解析：考查形容词.根据上下文内容可知，那个孩子虽然被咬得很严重，但是她却很勇敢，反而安慰她父母不要担心.因此选A.brave(勇敢)45.B 解析：考查动词.根据上下文内容可知，孩子看到父母很焦虑的样子，她去安慰他们不要担心，一切都会好起来的.故选fort(安慰).46.D 解析：考查连词.由“the wounds to her face 47 missed her eye and herear.”可推知，前后句子为转折关系，故选D.47.C 解析：考查副词.narrowly意为“勉强地”，与后面的missed连起来“narrowlymissed”意为“勉强错过”，即伤口刚刚好错过眼睛，没把眼睛咬伤.48.B 解析：考查动词短语.B项意为“极度悲伤”，符合语境，即孩子的老师听到这个孩子被咬伤的消息后，难过了几天.A项意为“崩溃”；C项意为“混合”；D项意为“推上去；提高”.49.D 解析：考查名词.老师说的话的大意是，这是一个随遇而安、善良的女孩，她是班级涵养的象征（symbol）.故D项正确.A项意为“信号”；B项意为“雕塑”；C项意为“迹象”.50.A 解析：考查动词.Touch在这里的意思是“触动；打动”，符合语境.句意：她的坚强不仅触动了老师，同样触动了很多其他人.。

江苏省普通高等学校招生考试高三模拟测试卷(十三) 英语本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分.满分120分，考试时间120分钟.第Ⅰ卷(选择题共85分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 are the speakers?A. At home.B. In a restaurant.C. In a hotel.()2. What does the boy mean?A. Nancy has left the TV on.B. He forgot to turn off the TV.C. Nancy remembered turning off the TV.()3. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Go to the post office.B. Call the post office.C. Contact the mail carrier.()4. Which word can best describe the man?A. Hardworking.B. Dishonest.C. Humorous.()5. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man is unhappy.B. The woman is very helpful.C. Mr. Barkley is disappointed.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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三个项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置.听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间.每段对话或独白读两遍.听第6段材料，回答第6、7题.()6. Where are the woman's children studying?A. At a school nearby.B. At a private school.C. At a public school.()7. What can we learn about the woman?A. She is new here.B. She works in a school.C. She has lost her way.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题.()8. What can we learn about Pamela?A. She must be the man's pet.B. She must be the man's friend.C. She must be the man's daughter.()9. What did the man use to be?A. A doctor.B. A boss.C. A professor.()10. What is the man going to do?A. To board a train.B. To get on an airplane.C. To catch the early bus.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题.()11. What was the woman's original plan?A. To study in a law school.B. To work as a lawyer abroad.C. To go abroad for further study.()12. Why did the woman change her mind?A. She found it was a trick to her.B. She found it unwise to go abroad.C. She thought it would cost her too much.()13. What do the speakers decide to do?A. Keep in touch.B. Have dinner today.C. Make a call tonight.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题.()14. In what field does the woman want to work after graduation?A. Law.B. Medicine.C. Management.()15. What does the man think is the key to one's success?A. Interest.B. Ambitions.C. A backup plan.()16. What can we learn about the woman?A. She hasn't found a job up to now.B. She has no ambition and feels down.C. She will accept her father's suggestion.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题.()17. What is the first news headline about?A. Street violence.B. Personal safety.C. Student's health.()18. Why did some parents gather at schools in Glasgow?A. To participate in school activities.B. To call for better primary education.C. To prevent the close－down of schools.()19. What are the litter pickers doing?A. Collecting private rubbish.B. Having a one－day break.C. Cleaning up after themselves.()20. Which teams will play in the European Cup Final?A. AC Milan and Barcelona.B. Barcelona and Liverpool.C. Liverpool and AC Milan.第二部分：英语基础知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.()21. Different cultural features of ethnic groups are ________ one another and work out a melody.A. in tune withB. in parallel withC. in contrast toD. in response to()22. ________ an increase in foreign legal conflicts, China is expected to see the number continue to rise.A. To witnessB. Being witnessedC. WitnessedD. Having witnessed()23. At the end of the historic area, Wilmington displayed its ________ as a working port city: large ware－houses and a few other dated office buildings.A. achievementB. reputationC. characterD. standard()24. — Do you think I'm a good surfer?—Of course! I ________ you earlier. You made it look so easy, graceful even.A. am watchingB. was watchingC. have watchedD. had watched()25. So far, only one man has ________ a theory that seems to fit all the facts.A. come up withB. put up withC. lined up withD. caught up with()26. — Your car should be ready next Tuesday.—We were ________ hoping you'd be able to do it by this Friday.A. stillB. ratherC. alwaysD. even()27. Many thought that after starring in the immensely popular drama, Nirvana in Fire, Hu Ge would ________ and actively seek new roles.A. make a mountain out of a molehillB. have too many irons in the fireC. strike while the iron is hotD. put the cart before the horse()28. We work during the week, but weekends and evenings are usually ________．A. vacantB. casualC. emptyD. clear()29. Passion is passion and it doesn't matter ________ it's directed. Exactly, it can be coins or sports or politics.A. whyB. howC. whetherD. where()30. Different tastes among tourists from outside the mainland ________ the list of the country's attractions.A. topB. shapeC. leadD. show()31. It wasn't easy having my friends talk about their freshman years ________ I wasn't a part of.A. whomB. whenC. thatD. what()32. The desk that ________ clean so I could do homework was always surrounded with bowls of bad milk, old magazines and so on.A. may have beenB. would have beenC. must have beenD. should have been()33. He ________ whether to set aside the minor differences, then he did.A. debatedB. predictedC. plottedD. calculated()34. How could I lie to her ________ she lived for the truth, whether it was found in music or people?A. unlessB. whenC. whileD. though()35. — Mum, look at my shoes. I need a new pair.—________. I bought them for you only a week ago!A. You betB. You said itC. You don't sayD. You name it第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error eventually leading to wisdom. Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certain how the situation will __36__．Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes you become disappointed. The __37__ experiments, however, are no less valuable than the experiments that finally prove successful; in fact, you __38__ learn more from your “failures”than you do from your __39__. If you have made what you think to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own __40__，you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged(声称的) wrong －doer.However, viewing past actions as __41__ implies guilt and blame, and it is not possible to learn anything meaning while you are engaged in blaming. __42__，forgiveness is required when you are severely judging yourself. Forgiveness is the act of erasing an __43__ debt. There are four kinds of forgiveness.The first is beginner forgiveness for yourself.The second of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for another.The third kind of forgiveness is __44__ forgiveness of yourself. This is for serious misbehaviors, the ones you carry with deep __45__. When you do something that violates your own values and principles, you create a gap between your standards and your actual __46__．In such a case, you need to work very hard at __47__ yourself for these deeds so that you can close this gap. This does not __48__ that you should rush to forgive yourself or shouldn't feel regret, __49__ taking pleasure in these feelings for a prolonged period of time is not healthy.The __50__ and perhaps most difficult one is the advanced forgiveness of another.At some time of our life, you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person to such a degree that forgiveness seems __51__．However, harboring anger and revenge fantasies only keeps you __52__ in victimhood. Under such a circumstance, you should force yourself to see the bigger picture. By so doing, you will be able to __53__ the focus away from the anger and resentment.It is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and __54__ the memory. When you can __55__ release the situation, you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth.()36. A. turn out B. turn up C. break up D. break out()37. A. important B. engaged C. failed D. successful()38. A. obviously B. necessarily C. continuously D. usually()39. A. success B. failure C. fault D. benefit()40. A. ability B. expectations C. belief D. experiences()41. A. mistakes B. victories C. experiments D. fantasies()42. A. Still B. Therefore C. Instead D. However()43. A. absurd B. original C. emotional D. unusual()44. A. ordinary B. advanced C. alternative D. certain()45. A. wisdom B. mercy C. injury D. shame()46. A. thought B. approach C. behavior D. purpose()47. A. punishing B. forgiving C. blaming D. praising()48. A. mean B. prove C. reflect D. represent()49. A. and B. or C. but D. so()50. A. uncertain B. premier C. next D. last()51. A. essential B. valuable C. impossible D. unavoidable()52. A. trapped B. located C. lost D. occupied()53. A. drive B. drag C. put D. shift()54. A. keep B. refresh C. weaken D. clean()55. A. naturally B. finally C. definitely D. initially第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.A5 Secrets of Web Travel SitesBooking a trip on an online travel site is convenient, but comes with its own set of problems.1. They know who's on a Mac and who's on a PC and who's going to spend more.Last year, US travel research company Orbitz tracked people's online activities to test out whether Mac users spend more on travel than PC users. On average, Mac users lay out US$20—30 more per night on hotels and go for more stars, according to the Wall Street Journal. As a result, online travel sites show these users more expensive travel options first. To avoid inadvertently paying more, sort results by price.2. Their software doesn't always hook up to the hotel's system.A guaranteed reservation is almost impossible to come by anywhere—but the risk of your flight or hotel being overbooked increases with third－party providers. The middle－man's software isn't immune to system errors, so always call the hotel or airline to make sure your booking was processed.3. Don't be fooled by packages: Often, they're low－end items grouped together.Ever notice how travel sites recommend a hotel, a rental car, and tour package all in one click? These deals usually feature travel that no one wants, like flights with multiple layovers. Check the fine print.4. You could miss out on loyalty points.Third－party providers can get between you and frequent flyer miles or points. Many hotel loyalty programmes don't recognise external sites, others award only minimum points and exclude special offers, like double points on hotel stays.5. Once your trip is purchased, you're on your own.An online travel agency can't provide assistance the same way an agent can if a flight is cancelled or a room is substandard. Basically, when you arrive at the airport or hotel, you're just another client who booked at the lowest rate.()56. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Third－party providers can ensure your reservation.B. Mac users are likely to spend more money than PC users.C. An online travel agency functions the same as an agent.D. Packages usually provide travelers with satisfactory programmes.()57. What's the purpose of the passage?A. To encourage readers to book a trip on an online travel site.B. To make an advertisement about several travel sites online.C. To convince readers not to book a trip on an online travel site.D. To warn readers of some problems with booking trips online.BWant to add some hours to your day? OK, you probably can't change the fabric of time. But a new study suggests that the way you feel about your goal can change your concept of time and that some simple strategies could make you feel less rushed.In a series of experiments, Jordan Etkin, a professor of marketing at Duke, and her co－authors, Loannis Evangelidis and Jennifer Aaker, looked at what happens when people see their goals as conflicting with one another. In one, they asked some participants to list two of their goals that they felt were in conflict, and others simply to list two of their goals. Those who were forced to think about conflicting aims felt more time pressure than those who weren't. In another experiment, the researchers gave participants a similar prompt regarding goal conflict, but this time measured their anxiety levels as well as their attitudes toward time. They found that participants who thought about conflicting goals had more anxiety than those who didn't, and that this, in turn, led to feelings of being short on time.“Stress and anxiety and time pressure are closely linked concepts，”D. Etkin explained. “When we feel more stress and anxiety in relation to our personal goals, that manifests(表现) as a sense of having less time.”Technological advances that allow people to do lots of things at once may increase the feeling of goal conflict, she said.“I think the easier it is for us to try to deal with a lot of these things at the same time，”she said, “the more opportunity there is for us to feel this conflict between our goals.”She isn't the first to suggest that actual busyness isn't the only thing that can make us feel busy. At the Atlantic, Derek Th ompson wrote that “as a country, we're working less than we did in the 1960s and 1980s”. He offered a number of possible reasons some Americans still feel so overworked, including “the fluidness(不固定性) of work and leisure”. As he put it：“The idea that work begins and ends at the office is wrong. On the one hand, flexibility is nice. On the other, mixing work and leisure together creates an always－on expectation that makes it hard for white－collar workers to escape the shadow of work responsibilities.”And Brigid Schulte writes in her 2014 book Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and PlayWhen No One Has the Time that some researchers believe “time has no sharp edges. What often matters more than the activity we're doing at a moment in time, they have found, is how we feel about it. Our_concept_of_time_is,_indeed,_our_reality.”Fortunately, Dr. Etkin and her team did find ways of making us feel better about time—or, at least, of reducing the negative influence of goal conflict. When participants performed a breathing exercise that reduced their anxiety, the impact of such conflict on their perception of time was less pronounced. Reframing anxiety as excitement (by reading the phrase “I am excited！” aloud several times) had a similar effect.Breathing and reframing may not solve everyone's time problems—Ms. Schulte writes that some Americans are indeed working more than they used to. She cites the work of the sociologists Michael Hout and Caroline Hanley, who have “found that working parents combined put in 13 more hours a week on the job in 2000 than they did in 1970. That's 676 hours of additionally paid work a year for a family. And that's on top of all the unpaid hours spent caring for children and keep ing the house together.” Sometimes, we may feel short on time because we actually are. However, Dr. Etkin believes her findings suggest we may “have the ability to influence our experience of time more than we think we do”．“We're all going to have times in our lives when our goals seem to be in more conflict than others，”she said. But with techniques like the ones her team tested, “we really can help ourselves feel like we have more time.”()58. What makes people feel rushed today?A. Goal conflict.B. High pressure.C. Too much expectation.D. Lack of exercise.()59. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Most people are having less work to do nowadays.B. People under a lot of stress have a better sense of time.C. Technological advances allow people to feel less stressed.D. The flexibility of work increases white－collar workers' pressure.()60. The underlined sentence “Our concept of time is, indeed, our reality.”means ________．A. we should make full use of timeB. we value time more than the way we liveC. we can feel better about time if we want toD. we don't have the time to enjoy life in realityC“Over the years the unthinkable has become thinkable and today we sense we are close to being able to alter human heredity(遗传)．” These were the words of David Baltimore of the California Institute of Technology, on December 1st, when he opened a three－day meeting in Washington to discuss the morality and use of human gene editing. Dr Baltimore is an old hand at these sorts of discussions, for he was also a participant in the Asilomar conference, in 1975, which brought scientists together to discuss a safe way of using the then－new technology of recombinant DNA, and whose recommendations influenced a generation of biotechnology researchers.Four decades on, the need for a similar sort of chin－wag has arisen. The International Summit on Human Gene Editing has been held by the national scientific academies of three countries —America, Britain and China. They are particularly concerned about whether gene editing should be used to make heritable changes to the human germ line, something Dr Baltimore described as a deep and troubling question. Like those of Asilomar, the conclusions of this meeting will not be binding. But the hope is that, again like Asilomar, a mixture of common sense and peer pressure will create a world in which scientists are trusted to regulate themselves, rather than having politicians and civil servants do it for them. The meeting is being held against a backdrop of rapid scientific advance. Since 2012 research into a new, easy－to－use editing tool called CRISPR－Cas9 has blossomed. This technique involves a piece of RNA (a chemical messenger, which can be used to recognise a target section of DNA) and an enzyme(酶) called a nuclease that can snip unwanted genes out and paste new ones in.Public interest was aroused in April, when Chinese scientists announced they had edited genes in non－viable(无活力的) human embryos, and again in November when British researchers said they had successfully treated a one－year－old girl who had leukaemia(白血病), using gene－edited T－cells. T－cells are part of the immune system that attack, among other things, tumour cells. The researchers altered T－cells from a healthy donor to encourage them to recognise and kill the patient's cancer, to make them immune to her leukaemia drug, and to ensurethey did not attack her healthy cells.In another recent development, a firm called Edit as Medicine, which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has said it hopes, in 2017, to start human clinical trials of CRISPR－Cas9 as a treatment for a rare genetic form of blindness known as Leber congenital amaurosis(伯氏先天性黑蒙). Though other companies are already testing gene－editing therapies, these employ older, clunkier forms of the technology that seem likely to have less commercial potential. Moreover, researchers at the Broad Institute, also in Cambridge, said this week that they had made changes to CRISPR－Cas9 which greatly reduce the rate of editing errors — one of the main obstacles to the technique's medical use.On the subject of germ－line editing, Eric Lander, the Broad's head, told the meeting it would be useful only in rare cases and said it might be a good idea to “exercise caution” before making permanent changes to the gene pool. The need for caution is advice that might also be heeded by those pursuing work in animals other than people, and in plants —subjects not being covered by the summit.()61. Which of the following is TRUE about CRISPR－Cas9?A. It has fewer side effects.B. It can modify human gene.C. It can protect immune system.D. It has less commercial potential.()62. The underlined word “chin－wag”in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by ________．A. discussionB. negotiationC. argumentD. comparison()63. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Dr. Baltimore started his research on modifying gene in 1975.B. Scientists' opinions about the use of gene editing are consistent.C. CRISPR－Cas9 has been applied to cure Leber congenital amaurosis.D. More research should be made before the technology comes into wide use.()64. This passage is most probably a ________．A. science fictionB. scientific reportC. conference summaryD. commercial advertisementDBefore the law sits a gatekeeper. To this gatekeeper comes a man from the country who asksto gain entry into the law. But the gatekeeper says that he cannot grant him entry at the moment. The man thinks about it and then asks if he will be allowed to come in sometime later on. “It is possible，”says the gatekeeper, “but not now.”①The gate to the law stands open, as always, and the gatekeeper walks to the side, so the man bends over in order to see through the gate into the inside. When the gatekeeper notices that, he laughs and says: “If_it_tempts_you_so_much,_try_going_inside_in_spite_of_my_prohibition._But_take_note._I_a m_powerful._And_I_am_only_the_most_lowly_gatekeeper._But_from_room_to_room_stand_gat ekeepers,_each_more_powerful_than_the_other._I_cannot_endure_even_one_glimpse_of_the_thi rd.”The man from the country has not expected such difficulties: the law should always be accessible for everyone, he thinks, but as he now looks more closely at the gatekeeper in his fur coat, at his large pointed nose and his long, thin, black Tartar's beard, he decides that it would be better to wait until he gets permission to go inside. The gatekeeper gives him a stool and allows him to sit down at the side in front of the gate. There he sits for days and years. He makes many attempts to be let in, and he wears the gatekeeper out with his requests. The gatekeeper often interrogates him briefly, questioning him about his homeland and many other things, but they are indifferent questions, the kind great men put, and at the end he always tells him once more that he cannot let him inside yet. The man, who has equipped himself with many things for his journey, spends everything, no matter how valuable, to win over the gatekeeper. The latter takes it all but, as he does so, says, “I am taking this only so that you do not think you have failed to do anything.”②During the many years the man observes the gatekeeper almost continuously. He forgets the other gatekeepers, and this first one seems to him the only barrier for entry into the law. He curses the unlucky circumstance, in the first years thoughtlessly and out loud; later, as he grows old, he only mumbles to himself. He becomes childish and, since in the long years studying the gatekeeper he has also come to know the fleas(跳蚤) in his fur collar, he even asks the fleas to help him persuade the gatekeeper. Finally his eyesight grows weak, and he does not know whether things are really darker around him or whether his eyes are merely deceiving him. But he recognizes now in the darkness a ray of light which breaks out of the gateway to the law. Now he no longer has much time to live.Before his death he gathers in his head all his experiences of the entire time up into one question which he has not yet put to the gatekeeper. He waves to him, since he can no longer lift up his stiffening body. The gatekeeper has to bend way down to him, for the great difference has changed things considerably to the disadvantage of the man. ③“You are insatiable(不知足的)．”“Everyone strives after the law，”says the man, “so how is it that in these many years no one except me has requested entry？” The gatekeeper sees that the man is already dying and, in order to reach his diminishing sense of hearing, he shouts at him, “Here no one else can gain entry, since this entrance was assigned only to you. I'm going now to close it.”④()65. Which can best describe the man from the country?A. Brave but innocent.B. Loyal but ridiculous.C. Tolerant but stubborn.D. Trustworthy but childish.()66. What is the implied meaning of the underlined sentences?A. Anyone who breaks the law will get severe punishment.B. It's next to impossible for people to gain entry into the law.C. The gatekeepers are powerful enough to defend the law.D. All the gatekeepers take full responsibility for obeying the law.()67. The sentence “What do you still want to know now？” asks the gatekeeper. can be put in ________．A. ①B. ②C. ③D. ④()68. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The gatekeeper is actually the symbol of responsibility.B. All efforts made by the man from the country are in vain.C. The man from the country finally gains access into the law.D. A close relationship is formed between the gatekeeper and the man.()69. Why is the man from the country eager to have access to the law continuously?A. Because he is anxious to explore the nature of law.B. Because no one can gain entry into the law except him.C. Because the gatekeeper promises him entry into the law.D. Because he knows how to take advantage of the gatekeeper.()70. What may be the title of the novel?A. Before the LawB. Above the LawC. A Countryman's LifeD. A Gatekeeper's Duty第Ⅱ卷(非选择题共35分)第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词.注意：每个空格只填1个单词.Family structure is the core of any culture. A major function of the family is to socialize new members of a culture. As children are raised in a family setting, they learn to become members of the family as well as members of the larger culture. The family provides the model for all other relationships in society. Through the observations and modeling of the behavior of other family members, children learn about the family and society including the values of the culture. Family structure and their inherent relationships and obligations are a major source of cultural difference.The family is the center of most traditional Asians' lives. Many people worry about their families' welfare, reputation, and honor. Asian families are often extended, including several generations related by blood or marriage living in the same home. An Asian person's misdeeds are not blamed just on the individual but also on the family—including the dead ancestors.Traditional Chinese, among many other Asians, respect their elders and feel a deep sense of duty toward them. Children repay their parents' sacrifices by being successful and supporting them in old age. This is accepted as a natural part of life in China. In contrast, taking care of aged parents is often viewed as tremendous burden in the United States, where aging and family support are not honored highly.The Vietnamese family consists of people currently alive as well as the spirits of the dead and of the as－yet unborn. Any decisions or actions are done from family considerations, not individual desires. People's behavior is judged on whether it brings shame or pride to the family. Vietnamese children are trained to rely on their families, to honor elderly people, and to fear foreigners. Many Vietnamese think that their actions in this life will influence their status in the next life.Fathers in traditional Japanese families are typically strict and distant. Japanese college students in one study said they would tell their fathers just about as much as they would tell a total stranger. The emotional and communication barrier between children and fathers in Japan appears。

2018届江苏高三期末试卷分类汇编---完型（常州）Last year, I heard about the Himalayas and the melting of the ice because of climate change. I decided to do a __36__ swim underneath Mt. Everest, the highest mountain on this earth.When we got up to the small lake underneath the summit of Mt. Everest, I prepared myself in __37__ ways, for this swim would be so difficult. I put on my iPod, listened to some music, got myself as __38__ as possible and then I __39__ myself into that water. I swam as __40__ as I could for the first hundred meters. Afterwards I __41__ the huge problem on my hands. My fingers were __42__ the size of sausages because—you know, we're made partially of water—when water freezes it __43__. I then could barely breathe, began to __44__ and even threw up in the water. It all happened so quickly. I don't know why, but I went __45__. Luckily, the water was quite shallow, and I was able to push myself __46__ the bottom of the lake. I've heard it said that drowning is the most __47__ death you can have. I have never, ever heard such nonsense.In our camp, I __48__ about what had gone wrong there on Mt. Everest with my crew. My team just gave it to me __49__. “Lewis, you need to have a complete __50__ if you want to __51__ it. Every single thing you've learned in the past 23 years of swimming, you must __52__. And also the every single thing you learned when you were __53__ in the British army, about speed and aggression. This is the time to swim with real __54__.”I can't tell how good and __55__ I felt when I swam to the other side two days later. But I learned a very, very important lesson there on Mt. Everest: just because something worked in the past so well, it doesn't mean it's going to work in the future.()36. A. passionate B. symbolic C. creative D. remarkable()37. A. different B. simple C. common D. usual()38. A. aggressive B. optimistic C. protective D. energetic()39. A. put B. threw C. walked D. tried()40. A. carefully B. quickly C. slowly D. deeply()41. A. realized B. touched C. solved D. caused()42. A. hardly B. exactly C. mostly D. likely()43. A. freezes B. swells C. expands D. squeezes()44. A. choke B. weep C. swallow D. drink()45. A. underwater B. floating C. ahead D. slower()46. A. towards B. at C. off D. from()47. A. regretful B. helpful C. merciful D. peaceful()48. A. debated B. complained C. worried D. talked()49. A. fast B. straight C. direct D. forward()50. A. learning B. shift C. preparation D. understanding()51. A. use B. take C. make D. keep()52. A. remember B. insist C. exploit D. forget()53. A. swimming B. serving C. training D. fighting()54. A. respect B. intelligence C. imagination D. ambition()55. A. hopeful B. skillful C. painful D. thankful(镇江）A Letter from EarthDear Homo Sapiens,As you mark off another “Earth Day” in your calendars, 36 that for at least 24 hours I remained in your thoughts, I wanted to remind you that I am sick. I‟m frightened that 37 I can‟t soon receive the appropriate medicine and care I need, my illness will become terminal 38 all cures.So, I am asking for your help!Geologists (地质学家) 39 that I have been in 40 for 4.5 billion years. Current estimates show that I have given a home to approximately 8.7 million different 41 . Currently over 7.4 billion of my inhabitants (居民) are one species 42 , you, or Homo Sapiens to be more precise. In millennia gone by, we lived in 43 with one another. Your ancestors would take only what they needed from me and in return nurture and protect my fragile environment.Like a proud parent, I have watched in wonder as you 44 in abilities and intellect. You have travelled to outer space, developed medical cures for the most troublesome illnesses, built great cities and 45 technology…But at what cost?Did I do something to 46 you? Was there a point in our mutual (相互的) history where you 47 that we were no longer equals? Am I only now a commodity to you? Why would you pollute my rivers and oceans? Why would you 48 poisonous smokes into our environment, causing me to 49 ? Surely you would not do this intentionally; it would make no 50 .I don‟t wish to believe that you have become increasingly 51 . I would like to think that you have 52 lost your way, 53 other species have before you. I have faith that like a 54 teenager, you just need the opportunity to return home and visit for a while. Many of you have begun to recycle the waste you consume and look at 55 methods of renewable energy.If you are not one of these people yet, then I would encourage you to be mindful of me.Your friend, alwaysEarth36. A. worried B. content C. shocked D. anxious37. A. when B. though C. if D. unless38. A. within B. against C. under D. beyond39. A. count B. warn C. decide D. estimate40. A. existence B. place C. condition D. danger41. A. organizations B. friends C. species D. pioneers42. A. in particular B. by accident C. in control D. at present43. A. agreement B. harmony C. comparison D. line44. A. evolved B. believed C. decreased D. withdrew45. A. understood B. analyzed C. abandoned D. mastered46. A. displease B. satisfy C. explore D. improve47. A. promised B. decided C. complained D. remembered48. A. reason B. deliver C. pump D. persuade49. A. break up B. heat up C. come up D. wrap up50. A. difference B. profit C. sense D. progress51. A. greedy B. disappointed C. respectable D. envious52. A. permanently B. logically C. temporarily D. surprisingly53. A. because B. as C. but D. for54. A. confident B. troublesome C. mistaken D. shy55. A. changeable B. valid C. productive D. alternative（南京盐城）When Katherine and her daughter drove p ast Katherine‟s beloved old home, she would say, “I‟d like to have that house back” On her 90th birthday, that wish came true.All Katherine wanted for her 90th birthday was to 36 her childhood home. Her daughter, Emily wasn‟t so 37 on the idea. And, as the old saying goes, you can 38 really go home again. However, the mom and daughter often drove from their 39 town to cruise past Katherine‟s beloved old home.One day, as Emily visited her local craft store, inspiration 40 her: Her mother could have her house back---in replica (复制品) 41 . Emily connected with Ray Meyers, a local retired dentist with a 42 for woodworking. Ray took precise measurements and 43 details with the help of the current homeowners.The replica home and the amazing story behind it deserved a special 44 . Emily arranged a surprise party at which the replica and Katherine would be 45 . But keeping Katherine in the 46 was a painful task.“Ray would ask me questions about the house,” Emily says of the planning 47 . “I couldn‟t remember everything 48 the last time I was inside was when I was a teenager. I would 49 Mother and start a conversation where I would say, …Oh, by the way, do you remember…‟ and ask her something about the house. She wo uld give details from her memory about the 50 and the color. She would tell me 51 what something looked like or where it was in the house.”On the very day, Emily went to 52 Katherine to her house. “When we went inside, I was just 53 .” Katherine says. “There was a house load of people singing …Happy Birthday‟ to me.” Emily presented Katherine with the carefully 54 replica home.“I just couldn‟t believe it,” Katherine says. “I have 55 memories of that house. I have had several family dinners where we eat around it. I now turn on the tiny lights within it. It‟s sopretty.” For Katherine, it turned out that it is possible to go home again.36. A. access B. decorate C. build D. own37. A. keen B. soft C. dependent D. hard38. A. generally B. sometimes C. frequently D. never39. A. primary B. temporary C. current D. permanent40. A. overcame B. struck C. failed D. amazed41. A. appearance B. pattern C. outline D. form42. A. basis B. preference C. talent D. hunger43. A. composed B. compiled C. committed D. compared44. A. mention B. analysis C. research D. inspection45. A. congratulated B. appreciated C. exhibited D. honored46. A. back B. shadows C. clouds D. dark47. A. expectation B. process C. advance D. destination48. A. because B. till C. as if D. so that49. A. visit with B. stick with C. deal with D. hold with50. A. management B. equipment C. arrangement D. measurement51. A. briefly B. partly C. thoroughly D. vaguely52. A. fetch B. join C. welcome D. receive53. A. embarrassed B. shocked C. inspired D. confused54. A. sorted B. wrapped C. folded D. restored55. A. recent B. distant C. fond D. selective（苏北四市）My mother has always been involved in early-childhood education. She often set the scene for children to 36 the joy of physical activity, getting them excited and 37 to learn.Mum was so proud of me after I 38 the triathlon at the 2000 Olympics, but before the dust 39 , she grabbed me, saying: “Now this is your 40 . Use it.” She wasn‟t speaking from an economic point of view but talking about the 41 of my being a role model, encouraging kids to 42 their dreams.Since the Olympics, I have 43 more than 100 schools. I talk to the kids about “living a life less 44 ,” a concept passed on to me by my parents—the idea of 45 being average. I tell them that what you believe, you will 46 .As I was a kid, my mother came to every 47 —not to pressure me but to 48 me. One of my favorite sports-related memories was when I was 49 in the Canadian TriathlonChampionships. As I ran by a big truck, I saw my mother 50 on top of one of its huge wheels, cheering for me. I find it sad when people say their parents have never seen them 51 .When I was at the University, I completed only one semester and then decided to 52so I could race professionally full-time. Mum was the first person I called. It was a 53 moment. I wasn‟t sure how she would react.“Mum, I have this opportunity, and I think I‟m going to take it. What do you think?”She was as 54 as ever. It turned out to be a good 55 . Supporting your children, trusting their decisions, giving well-thought-out advice—those are definitely important qualities.36. A. experience B. evaluate C. express D. expect37. A. afraid B. ready C. relaxed D. reluctant38. A. won B. chose C. played D. watched39. A. rose B. settled C. flew D. appeared40. A. luck B. time C. crossroad D. opportunity41. A. demand B. happiness C. courage D. importance42. A. display B. follow C. appreciate D. abandon43. A. served B. attended C. visited D. started44. A. energetic B. colorful C. miserable D. ordinary45. A. never B. always C. seldom D. usually46. A. neglect B. achieve C. suspect D. assume47. A. practice B. school C. game D. kindergarten48. A. support B. reward C. instruct D. comfort49. A. surfing B. jumping C. jogging D. running50. A. sitting B. speaking C. standing D. performing51. A. compete B. succeed C. separate D. compromise52. A. drop in B. drop off C. drop out D. drop back53. A. magic B. nervous C. critical D. serious54. A. attractive B. talkative C. imaginative D. supportive55. A. consideration B. intention C. suggestion D. decision（苏州）Dear doctors,As I begin to tell my friends and family about the seven days you treated my wife, Laura Levis, they 36 me at about the 15th name that I recall. The 37 includes the doctors, nurses, social workers, and even cleaning staff members who 38 her.“How do you 39 any of their names?” they ask.“How could I not?” I respond.Every single one of you treated Laura with such professionalism and kindness as she lay 40 . When she needed shots, you 41 that it was going to hurt a little, whether or not she could hear. You spread a blanket not only when her body temperature needed 42 but also when the room was just a little cold and you thought she‟d sleep more 43 that way.Then there was how you 44 me. How would I have found the 45 to make it through that week without you?How many times did you 46 me to see whether I needed anything, or to see whether Ineeded a better 47 of a medical procedure or just someone to talk to? How many times did you hug me and comfort me 48 I fell to pieces? How many times did you deliver bad news with comforting words and 49 in your eyes?On the final day, all I wanted was to be alone with her, so I asked the nurses if they could give us one hour without a single 50 , and they 51 , closing the curtains and the doors and shutting off the lights.I lay down softly beside her. She looked so beautiful, and I kissed her and laid my 52 on her chest, feeling it rise and fall with each 53 , her heartbeat in my ear. It was our last54 moment as a husband and a wife, and it was more natural and pure and comforting than anything I‟d ever felt.I will remember that last hour together for the rest of my life. It was a 55 beyond gifts. Really, I have all of you to thank for it.With my gratitude and love,Peter DeMarco36. A. help B. stop C. neglect D. bother37. A. answer B. entry C. item D. list38. A. worried about B. checked up C. cared for D. came across39. A. remember B. identify C. find D. confirm40. A. uncertain B. unlucky C. uncomfortable D. unconscious41. A. apologized B. insisted C. declared D. displayed42. A. decreasing B. monitoring C. regulating D. observing43. A. gently B. freely C. deeply D. comfortably44. A. treated B. persuaded C. showed D. trusted45. A. opportunity B. strength C. solution D. motivation46. A. check on B. look after C. count on D. seek after47. A. excuse B. cause C. explanation D. instruction48. A. where B. though C. until D. when49. A. hopelessness B. sadness C. calmness D. nervousness50. A. recognition B. interruption C. restriction D. description51. A. smiled B. wept C. sighed D. nodded52. A. eyes B. hand C. head D. body53. A. choke B. touch C. breath D. tremble54. A. bitter B. desperate C. cheerful D. sweet55. A. life B. gift C. memory D. fate（无锡）Usually it is the children, not the parents, who are unwilling to spend their evenings practicing spelling and learning times tables. But a Canadian couple have just won a legal 36 to free their children from homework after successfully arguing that there is no clear 37 that it improves academic performance.Shelli and Tom Milley, two lawyers from Calgary, Alberta, 38 their highly unusual case after years of 39 to make their three children do school work out of the classroom. After a long war with their eldest son, Jay, now 18, over his homework, they decided to do things 40with their youngest two, Spencer, 11, and Brittany, 10. And being lawyers, they decided to make it 41 .It took two years to 42 the Milleys‟ Differentiate Homework Plan, which ensures their youngest two children will never have to do homework again at their 43 school. The two-page plan, 44 by the children, parents and teachers, stipulates (约定) that “homework will not be used as a form of 45 for the children”.46 , the pupils promise to get their work done in class, to come to school 47 , and to revise for tests. They must also read daily and practice their musical instruments at home.“It was a 48 homework battle every night,” Shelli told Canada‟s Globe and Mail newspaper. “It‟s hard to get a weeping child to 49 math problems. They are tired. They shouldn‟t be working a second 50 .” She then wondered, “Why did we let our family 51 through that stress? If we don‟t want it all, we shouldn‟t have to 52 it.”Two years ago, Shelli began 53 studies on homework, most of which suggest that, particularly for younger grades, there is no clear 54 between work at home and school performance. Working with the staff at St Brigid Elementary Junior High School, she formed a homework committee. When no firm changes resulted from the committee, the couple began negotiating the legal document that 55 the matter.“We think it‟s a parent‟s right to choose what‟s in our children‟s best interests,” said Shelli. “But we‟re grateful the school did the right thing.”36. A. conflict B. competition C. battle D. attack37. A. evidence B. source C. resource D. clue38. A. tried B. researched C. solved D. launched39. A. commanding B. demanding C. deciding D. struggling40. A. differently B. separately C. similarly D. independently41. A. social B. official C. logical D. natural42. A. debate B. claim C. negotiate D. argue43. A, former B. latter C. current D. normal44. A. planned B. signed C. designed D. released45. A. calculation B. inspiration C. education D. evaluation46. A. In return B. On the whole C. For instance D. In general47. A. prepared B. interested C. encouraged D. experienced48. A. permanent B. instant C. constant D. temporary49. A. write down B. take in C. give up D. put away50. A. round B. time C. piece D. shift51. A. break B. go C. walk D. see52. A. get B. buy C. have D. bring53. A. collecting B. documenting C. appreciating D. learning54. A. mark B. link C. difference D. progress55. A. divided B. commented C. praised D. decided答案常州：BDABB ABCAA CDDBB CDBAD镇江：36-40 BCDDA 41-45 CABAD 46-50 ABCBC 51-55 ACBBD南京盐城：36-40 DADCB 41-45 DCBAD 46-50 DBAAC 51-55 CABBC苏北四市：36—40 ABABD 41—45 DBCDA 46—50 BCADC 51—55 ACBDD苏州：36—40 BDCAD 41—45 ACDAB 46—50 ACDBB 51—55 DCCDB 无锡：36-40 BDCAD 41-45 ACDAB 46-50 ACDBB 51-55 DCCDB。

江苏省普通高等学校招生考试高三模拟测试卷(十) 英语本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分.满分120分，考试时间120分钟.第Ⅰ卷(选择题共85分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 will the man do?A. Go to the office.B. See his boss off.C. Stay at home.()2. What does the woman mean?A. The man should buy a typewriter.B. The man can have her typewriter.C. She wants to borrow a typewriter.()3. What was the weather like yesterday?A. Cloudy.B. Rainy.C. Sunny.()4. Why does Mary ignore the man according to the woman speaker?A. She isn't fond of him.B. She is still angry with him.C. She is having trouble with work.()5. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. At the airport.B. In the cafeteria.C. At the hotel.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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.听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间.每段对话或独白读两遍.听第6段材料，回答第6至8题.()6. Where are the two speakers?A. In a store.B. In a bakery.C. On a farm.()7. What has the woman bought in the end?A. Bananas and oranges.B. Oranges and mooncakes.C. Bananas and mooncakes.()8. How much change should the man give the woman?A. 3 yuan.B. 7 yuan.C. 10 yuan.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题.()9. What makes the woman look terrible?A. The busy preparation for the test.B. The less time for her part－time job.C. The bad result of the examination.()10. What is the man trying to persuade the woman to do?A. To take the examination tomorrow.B. To give up the idea of dropping out.C. To quit the present part－time job.()11. Why does the woman have to do the part－time job?A. Because her mother is out of work now.B. Because her father is between jobs now.C. Because she wants to gain work experience.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题.()12. What job is the woman applying for?A. Pilot.B. Air hostess.C. Nurse.()13. Which is unnecessary for the job?A. A little English.B. Good health.C. Flying experience.()14. Where is the woman working?A. In a travel agency.B. In a hospital.C. On a plane.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题.()15. Why does the woman choose to run in the gym?A. It is cold outside.B. She has a cold.C. She needs guidance.()16. What does the man like doing?A. Buying gym clothes.B. Drinking beer.C. Taking a lift.()17. How does the woman feel about the man's lifting weights?A. Surprised.B. Ashamed.C. Relieved.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题.()18. What is the speaker mainly talking about?A. House rules for lazy kids.B. Ways of making kids creative.C. Kids' health and intellectual development.()19. What should parents encourage their kids to do?A. Read more books.B. Keep the house tidy.C. Take a short break.()20. Why does the speaker suggest limiting the amount of TV and video games?A. To make kids finish their homework ahead of time.B. To keep kids away from the violent programming.C. To make kids participate in more active activities.第二部分：英语基础知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.()21. Frankly speaking, I always regard you as my best friend, ________ I place entire trust.A. whoB. thatC. on whomD. in whom()22. — Why do you think the music is used?—To ________ the plot, not simply to keep the toes tapping.A. loseB. discoverC. forwardD. construct()23. A worldwide ________ to healthier diets is one of many actions that need to be taken to avoid dangerous climate change.A. shiftB. admissionC. witnessD. response()24. It is said that the project will cost $580 million, half coming from investors, the rest ________．A. to borrowB. to be borrowedC. borrowingD. being borrowed()25. — I'm sorry, Dad. I guess the job is not for me.—All right. ________A. Suit yourself.B. Help yourself.C. Bless you!D. See you!()26. After investigation, the police found out one clue ________ voices were heard calling for help from some very distant place that day.A. whereB. whenC. thatD. whose()27. When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow ________ the best in ourselves.A. bring outB. take outC. put onD. turn on()28. —You need to be fully ________ to the danger of leaving your belongings unattended while traveling alone.—Thanks for reminding me!A. devotedB. allergicC. exposedD. awake()29. Traditional exercises like sit－ups, press－ups and pull－ups are great for strengthening the body, ________ you do them properly.A. sinceB. unlessC. providingD. considering()30. Beijing has set the city's population ________ at 23 million by 2020 due to water scarcity and big city diseases such as traffic jam.A. budgetB. ceilingC. explosionD. standard()31. ________ good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.A. In the event ofB. In the case ofC. On account ofD. On top of()32. James ________ so far behind in the race that he knew he had little chance of winning.A. fellB. fallsC. has fallenD. was falling()33. I ________ that the experience I was heading for was anything but boring, had I read the brochure carefully.A. realizedB. had realizedC. would realizeD. would have realized()34. He really wanted a bigger pay raise but decided to ________ what they offered.A. stand forB. allow forC. answer forD. settle for()35. — Since we've got the manager's approval, why don't we start?—All right, let's ________．A. cry for the moonB. hang in thereC. get the ball rollingD. call a spade a spade第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.I was going through my son Matthew's backpack when I saw an envelope in the bottom of it. Immediately, I knew it was a “thank you”card from one of his __36__. Totally not necessary since my Christmas gifts to them are my way of saying, “Thank you”. I __37__ I read it quickly. And then I stopped.I __38__ the card and read it again. One word caught my attention. “I love working with our Matthew.”One word. Our. That one word __39__ the meaning of the sentence for me. If she had written “I love working with Matthew”，I would know that she loves working with my son.__40__ by adding that one word, “our”，it meant “I love working with this boy who __41__ here, is accepted here and we all take responsibility in caring for.”I __42__ knew this of course, see a blog I wrote previously, but it's always good to be __43__. In that blog post I mentioned ten reasons why his __44__ is the right place for him. Since that blog we have had his IEP (Individualized Education Program) meeting, where I was __45__ of that feeling again. In that meeting, someone __46__ “Everyone loves Matthew. We all love Matthew.”And it was genuine and __47__. As we went around the room and the staff __48__ us on information about Matthew, it was apparent it went way beyond sharing what he is doing __49__ and behaviorally. Each person had a unique little __50__ to tell about Matthew. Stories that show that they really know who Matthew is and that they __51__ him.In fact just today I had written a note in his communication book that it was __52__ Matthew to see new snow and not be able to play in it. Later in the day I got an e－mail and a picture of Matthew __53__ with snow in a big container inside the school.As I was reflecting on this, I realized that as a family we are really lucky __54__ school isn't the only place where they think of him as “our Matthew”. It __55__ to other parts of our lives as well—our friends, our family, our neighborhood, and our church.()36. A. classmates B. friends C. teachers D. doctors()37. A. realize B. admit C. imagine D. predict()38. A. opened up B. tore up C. put away D. gave away()39. A. simplified B. changed C. determined D. created()40. A. Or B. And C. So D. But()41. A. stays B. lives C. belongs D. remains()42. A. already B. also C. even D. still()43. A. reached B. accepted C. adored D. reminded()44. A. school B. book C. home D. room()45. A. informed B. assured C. suspected D. cured()46. A. commented B. insisted C. guaranteed D. recalled()47. A. formal B. casual C. sincere D. severe()48. A. advised B. judged C. updated D. congratulated()49. A. accurately B. academically C. steadily D. securely()50. A. secret B. lie C. joke D. story()51. A. get B. greet C. envy D. embarrass()52. A. calming B. inducing C. killing D. inspiring()53. A. meeting B. playing C. fighting D. dealing()54. A. until B. unless C. though D. because()55. A. flies B. extends C. applies D. switches第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项.AIt might sound unbelievable that two kids under the age of ten would choose to hang out at a hotel instead of going to Disney World, just minutes away, but that's exactly what happened when we visited the new Four Seasons Resort Orlando at Walt Disney World Resort last month. What kind of a hotel makes kids forget about Disney World?Check In: As I was signing the necessary paperwork at the front desk, my kids were taken away by Wayne, the receptionist, to a large interactive map of the resort in the entrance hall. Wayne used the touch screen to show the kids the entire resort and talked about all of the fun things to do, like the kid's club, the waterslides, and the game room. I've never seen so much attention paid to the kids at check－in — such a cool touch.The Room: Not only were there kid－sized robes in the room, there were play things, NatGeo Kids magazines, chocolate lollypops, and milk chilling in the refrigerator. Plus, the room was designed from a family perspective. The sinks and shower settings were easily reachable, and the king bed and very comfortable sofa pull－out could easily fit a family of four, if not five. Wehad plenty of room.The Pools: There's a large shallow infinity pool. There's a meandering lazy river. There's a water park. There's an area for pool volleyball and basketball. And there are two very fun waterslides. We spent many hours roaming among them all, and just hanging out in a private teepee－shaped cabana next to the waterslides. So fun!No Surcharges: There's no resort fee. If you want to use one of the cool cabanas around the pools, it's included. For the kids club, you can use it as much or as little as you want to and the Hideout game room has a lot of activities, like pinball, at no cost. We took advantage of pretty much everything around the hotel except for the spa, and our final bill only showed our room charges, taxes, and meals. And if my kids were still under five, their meals would have been free.()56. The passage is written by the author mainly to ________．A. advertise a hotel at Walt Disney World ResortB. introduce the good service Walt Disney providesC. recall the experience that they once had in a hotelD. share information about a hotel near Disney World()57. Customers don't need to pay for ________ when they stay in the hotel.A. cool cabanasB. roomsC. the spaD. taxes()58. What can we learn from the passage?A. The hotel isn't an ideal choice for a family of more than four.B. The two kids of the author should have been over five years old.C. The author spent hours playing pool volleyball and basketball.D. The receptionist showed children around Disney World Resort.BMore than 100 million people in Nigeria are not connected to the Internet. There are only a few networks that offer service and it is costly and undependable. Now, a new project provides a resource for offline viewing at no cost.A non－profit organization called The WiderNet Project has developed the offline eGranary Digital Library. The service puts millions of digital documents, multimedia work and websites onto a server. The information is then available to students, medical workers, and researchers at no cost, whether there is Internet or not.Users can access informative websites that eGranary updates every day such as Wikipedia, Khan Academy, Project Gutenberg, MIT OpenCourseWare, and MIT BLOSSOMS (which is Math and Science video lessons for high school students). Other resources on the service include university and medical publications, computer software, and educational games.Ahmadu Bello University, the largest university in Nigeria and the second largest in Africa, uses eGranary's digital educational resources. Kasa Mathias, head of the school's database department, says students can access tens of thousands of educational materials without much problem.“We give them background information on the available databases that they can use for their research work, their assignments, especially projects, and sometimes we will carry them through sensitizing(激活) on new databases that are available for them.”Ibitoye Idowu, a first－year student of archeology, says easy access to university reading material, documents and journals has greatly helped his studying process, and that in some cases, he understands the digital materials better than class lectures.Students now have great reading material, but only when there is electric power. It often fails. Student Ibitoye Idowu says those moments are difficult.Muhammed Mu'azu who leads the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department says the university has spent a large amount of money on access to information, which is available for 40，000 students and teachers.“With or without Internet access students and staff have most of these educational database and university has also invested a lot in Internet access so even for online materials they are readily available for staff and students anywhere you are in the university campus.”There are fears that students may waste time on social media networks like Facebook and Twitter instead of spending it on school work. Professor Mu'azu says the university needs to be careful about placing restrictions on usage. But he says it will investigate what a user is accessing if a large amount of bandwidth is used.Muhammed Mu'azu compares the speed of the offline service to access over the Internet. The eGranary server can download hundreds of pages in less than 15 minutes. In the past, a 10－page document would take hours to download.WiderNet says it aims to expand to thousands more education and health centers around theworld.()59. The eGranary Digital Library is mainly intended for ________．A. poor people in NigeriaB. Ahmadu Bello UniversityC. teachers and staff of a universityD. people who can't access the Internet()60. The underlined word “them” in Paragraph 5 probably refers to ________．A. educational materialsB. available databasesC. assignments and projectsD. university students()61. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Offline eGranary Digital Library is available to over 100 million people in Nigeria now.B. A university needs to pay for the service of eGranary Digital Library to offer it to students.C. The power supply becomes the main challenge students face when using offline project.D. Education and health centers in the world will all use eGranary's digital educational resources.CScientists have known for decades that having measles(麻疹) suppresses kids' immune systems for several weeks or months, leaving them ill－equipped to fight off pneumonia, bronchitis and other infections.Now a team of researchers has suggested that the measles virus may also leave a longer－lasting sort of “immune－amnesia” that makes it harder for people to stave_off other illnesses for two years or more.That re－emphasizes the importance of vaccination(疫苗), said biologist Michael Mina, lead author of a paper that was published in the journal Science.“There may be a long－lasting impact that you can't undo if your child gets measles，”he said. “I hope this study can impress upon people the danger measles poses.”The researchers used what Mina called “an unconventional approach”to search for the long －lasting immune system effects. Previous work in monkeys suggested that monkeys with the disease lost white blood cells their bodies had trained to fight off other illnesses, leaving them more likely to be infected.To test if a similar thing may occur in humans, the group mined historical data to find out the relationship between measles incidence(发病率) and deaths from other infectious diseases.They turned to data from England and Wales —developed nations where disease levels are generally low, allowing a less－confused view of measles' effects. Studying measles incidence and deaths from infectious disease both before and after the introduction of the measles vaccine in the U．K. in the 1960s, Mina and the team saw a sort of shadow effect, where deaths from a variety of non－measles infectious diseases closely tracked measles incidence. The more measles in a population, the more deaths from other illnesses in the 28－month period that followed.“Really it didn't matter what age group, what decade or what country，”said Mina. “They all showed consistent results... what we're suggesting happens over the long term is that your immune system works fine, but it has forgotten what it previously learned.”Some researchers who were not involved in the work questioned whether the reductions in deaths as measles cases declined may have had more to do with improving nutrition and smaller family size than with prolonged immune suppression.Others thought the paper's opinion of years－long suppression was seemingly reasonable but said they could not comment on the mathematical models the group used.To know for certain what was behind the effect the group saw, Mina agreed, scientists would need to look at immune cells and observe their behavior. He said he would like to push the work in a more traditional direction: back into the laboratory.()62. Why did Mina call their research method “an unconventional approach”？A. Their research was based on the historical data.B. Their research compared monkeys with humans.C. They only paid attention to developed nations.D. They discovered a sort of shadow effect.()63. According to Mina, what is the significance of their research?A. They warned people that measles can result in other infectious diseases.B. They carried out the research on measles in an unconventional approach.C. They showed how dangerous measles is and the importance of vaccination.D. They found out the disease levels are generally low in developed nations.()64. The u nderlined phrase “stave off” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________．A. keep awayB. survive fromC. search forD. turn down()65. Which of the following may be the best title of the passage?A. Measles Has Been the Origin of Other Diseases and DeathsB. New Research Conducted Into Measles Has Been Widely QuestionedC. Study Points to Years－Long Immune System Misfortunes From MeaslesD. Damage Caused by Measles to the Immune System Could Last Several WeeksDSvetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich, born on 31 May 1948, is a Belarusian investigative journalist and non－fiction prose writer, writing in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time”. She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.Alexievich grew up in Belarus. After finishing school she worked as a reporter in several local newspapers before graduating from Belarusian State University and becoming a journalist for the literary magazine Neman in Minsk.She went on to a career in journalism and writing narratives from interviews with witnesses to the most dramatic events in the country, such as World War Ⅱ，the Soviet－Afghan War, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the Chernobyl disaster. After political persecution(迫害) by the Lukashenko administration, she left Belarus in 2000. The International Cities of Refuge Network offered her shelter and during the following decade she lived in Paris, Gothenburg and Berlin. In 2011, Alexievich moved back to Minsk.According to Russian writer and critic Dmitry Bykov, her books owe much to the ideas of Belarusian writer Ales Adamovich, who felt that the best way to describe the horrors of the 20th century was not by creating fiction but through recording the evidence of witnesses. Belarusian poet Uladzimir Nyaklyayew called Adamovich “her literary godfather”. He also named the documentary novel I'm from the Burned Village by Ales Adamovich, Janka Bryl and Uladzimir Kalesnik, about the villages burned by the Nazi troops during the occupation of Belarus, as the main single book that has influenced Alexievich's attitude to literature. Alexievich admitted the influence of Adamovich and added, among others, Belarusian writer Vasil Bykaǔas another source of impact on her. Her most notable works in English translation include a collection of first －hand accounts from the war in Afghanistan(Zinky Boys: Soviet V oices from a Forgotten War) and a highly praised oral history of the Chernobyl disaster (V oices from Chernobyl)．Alexievich describes the theme of her works this way: If you look back at the whole of our history, both Soviet and post－Soviet, it is a huge common grave and a blood bath. An eternal dialogue of the executioners and the victims. The accursed Russian questions: what is to be done and who is to blame. The revolution, the gulags, the Second World War, the Soviet－Afghan war hidden from the people, the downfall of the great empire, the downfall of the giant socialist land, the land－utopia, and now a challenge of cosmic dimensions —Chernobyl. This is a challenge for all the living things on earth. Such is our history. And this is the theme of my books, this is my path, my circles of hell, from man to man.Her first book, War's Unwomanly Face, came out in 1985. It was repeatedly reprinted and sold more than two million copies. The book was finished in 1983 and published (in short edition) in Oktyabr, a Soviet monthly literary magazine, in February 1984. In 1985, the book was published by several publishers, and the number of printed copies reached 2，000，000 in the next five years. This novel is made up of monologues(独白) of women in the war speaking about the aspects of World War Ⅱ that had never been related before. Another book, The Last Witnesses: the Book of Unchildlike Stories, describes personal memories of children during war time. The war seen through women's and children's eyes revealed a new world of feelings. In 1993, she published Enchanted with Death, a book about attempted and completed suicides due to the downfall of the Soviet Union. Many people felt inseparable from the Communist ideology and unable to accept the new order surely and the newly interpreted history.Her books were not published by Belarusian state－owned publishing houses after 1993, while private publishers in Belarus have only published two of her books: V oices from Chernobyl in 1999 and Second－hand Time in 2013, both translated into Belarusian. As a result, Alexievich has been better known in the rest of world than in Belarus.()66. According to the passage, Alexievich was able to win the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature mainly because ________．A. she is superior to other writers in literatureB. she is the greatest journalist all over the worldC. she witnessed the most dramatic events in BelarusD. her works reflected the suffering and courage in her time()67. Who played a significant role in Alexievich's literary world?A. Ales Adamovich and Vasil Bykaǔ.B. Dmitry Bykov and Ales Adamovich.C. Uladzimir Kalesnik and Janka Bryl.D. Vasil Bykaǔ and Uladzimir Nyaklyayew.()68. Which of the following is TRUE about Alexievich's first book?A. It was not until 5 years later that the book was well received.B. It is written from the viewpoint of women and children involved in the war.C. It was first published by Belarusian state－owned publishing houses in 1984.D. It reveals something unknown about World War Ⅱto the public.()69. What can we know from the theme of Alexievich's works?A. She discusses who is to blame for the wars in her works.B. She takes a practical view of the future for her motherland.C. Her works show sorrow and sympathy for war victims and her country.D. Her works merely focused on the disasters the Belarusian experienced.()70. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Some people were dependent on the Soviet Union with affection.B. Women and children are the main characters of Alexievich's works.C. Voices from Chernobyl published in 1999 was written in Belarusian.D. Alexievich has been highly respected by the Lukashenko administration.第Ⅱ卷(非选择题共35分)第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词.注意：每个空格只填1个单词.Glad to Be GreyThe recession(经济衰退) of 2008—09 was remarkable in rich countries for its intensity, the subsequent recovery for its weakness. The labour market has also broken the rules, as new research from the OECD, shows in its annual Employment Outlook.Young people always suffer in recessions. Employers stop hiring them; and they often get rid of new employees because they are easier to sack. But in previous periods, such as the recessions of the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, older workers were also dismissed. This time is different. During the financial crisis in 2008, and since, they have done better than other age groups.The researchers focus on movements in “non－employment”as a share of the total population in three age groups between the final quarters of 2007 and 2012. This measure has the advantage of including not just unemployment, where people are looking for work, but also inactivity, where people are not seeking jobs. Whereas the average non－employment rate in the OECD has risen by four percentage points among young people and by one－and－a－half points among 25－to 54－year－olds, it has fallen by two points among the 55－64 age group.Why have older employees done so well? In some southern European countries they benefit from job protection not afforded to younger workers, but that did not really help them in past recessions. What has changed, says Stefano Scarpetta, head of the OECD's employment directorate, is that firms now bear the full costs of getting rid of older staff. In the past early－retirement schemes provided by governments (in the mistaken belief that these would help young people) made it cheaper to push grey－haired workers out of the door. These have largely stopped.Job losses among older workers have also been balanced by falls in inactivity, reflecting employment pressure that were already apparent before the crisis. Older workers are healthier than they used to be and work is less physically demanding. They are also more attractive to employers than former generations.Today's 55－to 64－year－olds are the advance group of the post－war baby－boomers who benefited from better education than their predecessors. Older workers now have a stronger motivation to stay in employment because of the impact of the crisis on wealth.Many will argue that older workers have done better at the expense of the young. That view is wrongheaded. First, it is a mistaken belief that a job gained for one person is a job lost for another; there is no fixed “lump of labour”. And second, as the report shows; young and old people are by and large not substitutes in the workplace. They do different types of work in different types of occupation: younger people are attracted to IT firms, for example, whereas older folk tend to be employed in more traditional industries. There are plenty of things that should be done to help the young jobless, but shunting older workers out of the workplace is not one of them.。

XX市2018年学业质量阳光指标调研卷高三英语2018.1本卷分第Ⅰ卷〔选择题和第Ⅱ卷〔非选择题两部分。

满分120分,调研时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷〔选择题共85分第一部分：听力理解〔共两节,满分20分做题时,先将答案标在调研卷上。

录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将调研卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节〔共5小题；每小题1分,满分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. In a library.B. In a bank.C. In a street.2. What are the speakers likely to do tomorrow night?A. Watch a game.B. Finish a report.C. Pick up some food.3. What time is it when the conversation takes place?A. About 6:30.B. About 7:30.C. About 8:00.4. What is the man going to do?A. Attend the birthday party.B. Order a pizza and play some games.C. Hang out with Jenny.5. What does the man think of the movie?A. Terrible.B. Amazing.C. Amusing.第二节〔共15小题；每小题1分,满分15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,并标在调研卷的相应位置。

苏州市2018年学业质量阳光指标调研卷高三英语2018。

1本卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

满分120分，调研时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共85分)第一部分：听力理解(共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案标在调研卷上.录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将调研卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题;每小题1分，满分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. In a library。

B。

In a bank. C. In a street.2。

What are the speakers likely to do tomorrow night？A. Watch a game。

B。

Finish a report。

C。

Pick up some food.3。

What time is it when the conversation takes place？A。

About 6：30。

B。

About 7：30。

C。

About 8：00.4. What is the man going to do？A。

Attend the birthday party。

B。

Order a pizza and play some games。

C。

Hang out with Jenny。

5。

What does the man think of the movie？A. Terrible. B。

Amazing. C。

Amusing。

第二节（共15小题;每小题1分，满分15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，并标在调研卷的相应位置。

2018 届江苏高三英语一模分类汇编--- 单选(南通）21.Heavy debts have left the firm faced with an economic in the financial crisis.A.switchB. scratchC. squeezeD. status22.Feng Chu, reported the National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology in2017，is a post-90s PHD candidate.A.winningB. to have wonC. to winD. having won23.—I haven’t met Mr. Smith these days.—Oh, I forgot to tell you. He from his post in our college.A.resignedB. has resignedC. had resignedD. would resign24.The concepts in philosophy Jack read have somewhat affected how he his daily life.A.shrinks fromB. pulls throughC. compensates forD. goes about25.The doctor is in a dilemma he should tell the patient the truth.A.thatB. whetherC. whereD. how26.A series of policies has been adopted so far benefits the poverty-stricken people will enjoy.A.whichB. thatC.whoseD. as27.I n his New Year Speech, President Xi that happiness is achieved through hard work.A.underlinedB. undidC. undertookD. updated28.The autocompany succeeded in developing a new type of new energy vehicle, countless failures.A.experiencingB. to experienceC. to have experiencedD. having experienced29.Any offender shall be brought back and brought to justice he/ she may flee abroad.A.in caseB. even ifC. now thatD. if only30.These figures should be , for even a minor error can cost us millions of dollars.A.preciseB. flexibleC. optionalD. approximate31.—Why are you upset, Maria?—My father didn’t even buy me a Christmas present!What a !A.JudasB. SamaritanC. JonahD. Scrooge32.I suspect Emily was lying when she described the incident, for I know her well.A.whetherB. thatC. whatD. how33.—I thought tomorrow was the deadline for my confirmation.— Never mind! Call me later and tell me what you then.A. would thinkB. had thoughtC. thinkD. thought34.It was only when he broke down and was sent to hospital for treatment fully aware ofthe value of health.A.did he becomeB. that he becameC. had he becomeD. that he had become35.—John was criticized again by the boss this morning.—. He’s always causing trouble.A.No wonderB. No wayC. No problemD. No doubt（扬州）（苏锡常镇）答案南通：21-25 CBBDB 26-30 CADBA 31-35 DBCBA 扬州：21—25 CABDA 26—30 CDCCB 31—35 CADBB 苏锡常镇：21-25 DDCBA 26-30 ABCCB 31-35 DACCA。

试题习题、尽在百度江苏省普通高等学校招生考试高三模拟测试卷(十三)英语本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分.满分120分，考试时间120分钟.第Ⅰ卷(选择题共85分)第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分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 are the speakers?A. At home.B. In a restaurant.C. In a hotel.()2. What does the boy mean?A. Nancy has left the TV on.B. He forgot to turn off the TV.C. Nancy remembered turning off the TV.()3. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Go to the post office.B. Call the post office.C. Contact the mail carrier.()4. Which word can best describe the man?A. Hardworking.B. Dishonest.C. Humorous.()5. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man is unhappy.B. The woman is very helpful.C. Mr. Barkley is disappointed.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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三个项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置.听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间.每段对话或独白读两遍.听第6段材料，回答第6、7题.()6. Where are the woman's children studying?A. At a school nearby.B. At a private school.C. At a public school.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度()7. What can we learn about the woman?A. She is new here.B. She works in a school.C. She has lost her way.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题.()8. What can we learn about Pamela?A. She must be the man's pet.B. She must be the man's friend.C. She must be the man's daughter.()9. What did the man use to be?A. A doctor.B. A boss.C. A professor.()10. What is the man going to do?A. To board a train.B. To get on an airplane.C. To catch the early bus.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题.()11. What was the woman's original plan?A. To study in a law school.B. To work as a lawyer abroad.C. To go abroad for further study.()12. Why did the woman change her mind?A. She found it was a trick to her.B. She found it unwise to go abroad.C. She thought it would cost her too much.()13. What do the speakers decide to do?A. Keep in touch.B. Have dinner today.C. Make a call tonight.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题.()14. In what field does the woman want to work after graduation?A. Law.B. Medicine.C. Management.()15. What does the man think is the key to one's success?A. Interest.B. Ambitions.C. A backup plan.()16. What can we learn about the woman?A. She hasn't found a job up to now.B. She has no ambition and feels down.C. She will accept her father's suggestion.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题.()17. What is the first news headline about?A. Street violence.B. Personal safety.C. Student's health.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度()18. Why did some parents gather at schools in Glasgow?A. To participate in school activities.B. To call for better primary education.C. To prevent the close－down of schools.()19. What are the litter pickers doing?A. Collecting private rubbish.B. Having a one－day break.C. Cleaning up after themselves.()20. Which teams will play in the European Cup Final?A. AC Milan and Barcelona.B. Barcelona and Liverpool.C. Liverpool and AC Milan.第二部分：英语基础知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项. ()21. Different cultural features of ethnic groups are ________ one another and work out a melody.A. in tune withB. in parallel withC. in contrast toD. in response to()22. ________ an increase in foreign legal conflicts, China is expected to see the number continue to rise.A. To witnessB. Being witnessedC. WitnessedD. Having witnessed()23. At the end of the historic area, Wilmington displayed its ________ as a working port city: large ware－houses and a few other dated office buildings.A. achievementB. reputationC. characterD. standard()24. —Do you think I'm a good surfer?—Of course! I ________ you earlier. You made it look so easy, graceful even.A. am watchingB. was watchingC. have watchedD. had watched()25. So far, only one man has ________ a theory that seems to fit all the facts.A. come up withB. put up withC. lined up withD. caught up with()26. —Your car should be ready next Tuesday.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度—We were ________ hoping you'd be able to do it by this Friday.A. stillB. ratherC. alwaysD. even()27. Many thought that after starring in the immensely popular drama, Nirvana in Fire, Hu Ge would ________ and actively seek new roles.A. make a mountain out of a molehillB. have too many irons in the fireC. strike while the iron is hotD. put the cart before the horse()28. We work during the week, but weekends and evenings are usually ________．A. vacant B. casual C. empty D. clear()29. Passion is passion and it doesn't matter ________ it's directed. Exactly, it can be coins or sports or politics.A. whyB. howC. whetherD. where()30. Different tastes among tourists from outside the mainland ________ the list of the country's attractions.A. topB. shapeC. leadD. show()31. It wasn't easy having my friends talk about their freshman years ________ I wasn't a part of.A. whomB. whenC. thatD. what()32. The desk that ________ clean so I could do homework was always surrounded with bowls of bad milk, old magazines and so on.A. may have beenB. would have beenC. must have beenD. should have been()33. He ________ whether to set aside the minor differences, then he did.A. debatedB. predictedC. plottedD. calculated()34. How could I lie to her ________ she lived for the truth, whether it was found in music or people?A. unlessB. whenC. whileD. though()35. —Mum, look at my shoes. I need a new pair.—________. I bought them for you only a week ago!A. You betB. You said itC. You don't sayD. You name it第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项. Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error eventually leading to wisdom. Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certain how the situation will __36__．Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes you become disappointed. The __37__ experiments, however, are no less valuable than the experiments that finally prove successful; in fact, you __38__ learn more from your “failures”than you do from your __39__. If you havemade what you think to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own __40__，you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged(声称的) wrong－doer.However, viewing past actions as __41__ implies guilt and blame, and it is not possible tolearn anything meaning while you are engaged in blaming. __42__，forgiveness is required when you are severely judging yourself. Forgiveness is the act of erasing an __43__ debt. There are four kinds of forgiveness.The first is beginner forgiveness for yourself.The second of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for another.The third kind of forgiveness is __44__ forgiveness of yourself. This is for serious misbehaviors, the ones you carry with deep __45__. When you do something that violates your own values and principles, you create a gap between your standards and your actual __46__．In such a case, you need to work very hard at __47__ yourself for these deeds so that you can close this gap. This does not __48__ that you should rush to forgive yourself or shouldn't feel regret, __49__ taking pleasure in these feelings for a prolonged period of time is not healthy.The __50__ and perhaps most difficult one is the advanced forgiveness of another.At some time of our life, you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person tosuch a degree that forgiveness seems __51__．However, harboring anger and revenge fantasies only keeps you __52__ in victimhood.Under such a circumstance, you should force yourself to see the bigger picture. By so doing, you will be able to __53__ the focus away from the anger and resentment.It is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and __54__ the memory. Whenyou can __55__ release the situation, you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度()36. A. turn out B. turn up C. break up D. break out()37. A. important B. engaged C. failed D. successful()38. A. obviously B. necessarily C. continuously D. usually()39. A. success B. failure C. fault D. benefit()40. A. ability B. expectations C. belief D. experiences()41. A. mistakes B. victories C. experiments D. fantasies()42. A. Still B. Therefore C. Instead D. However()43. A. absurd B. original C. emotional D. unusual()44. A. ordinary B. advanced C. alternative D. certain()45. A. wisdom B. mercy C. injury D. shame()46. A. thought B. approach C. behavior D. purpose()47. A. punishing B. forgiving C. blaming D. praising()48. A. mean B. prove C. reflect D. represent()49. A. and B. or C. but D. so()50. A. uncertain B. premier C. next D. last()51. A. essential B. valuable C. impossible D. unavoidable()52. A. trapped B. located C. lost D. occupied()53. A. drive B. drag C. put D. shift()54. A. keep B. refresh C. weaken D. clean()55. A. naturally B. finally C. definitely D. initially第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项. A5 Secrets of Web Travel SitesBooking a trip on an online travel site is convenient, but comes with its own set of problems.1. They know who's on a Mac and who's on a PC and who's going to spend more.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度Last year, US travel research company Orbitz tracked people's online activities to test outwhether Mac users spend more on travel than PC users. On average, Mac users lay out US$20—30 more per night on hotels and go for more stars, according to the Wall Street Journal. As a result, online travel sites show these users more expensive travel options first. To avoid inadvertently paying more, sort results by price.2. Their software doesn't always hook up to the hotel's system.A guaranteed reservation is almost impossible to come by anywhere—but the risk of yourflight or hotel being overbooked increases with third－party providers. The middle－man's software isn't immune to system errors, so always call the hotel or airline to make sure your booking was processed.3. Don't be fooled by packages: Often, they're low－end items grouped together.Ever notice how travel sites recommend a hotel, a rental car, and tour package all in one click? These deals usually feature travel that no one wants, like flights with multiple layovers. Check the fine print.4. You could miss out on loyalty points.Third－party providers can get between you and frequent flyer miles or points. Many hotel loyalty programmes don't recognise external sites, others award only minimum points and exclude special offers, like double points on hotel stays.5. Once your trip is purchased, you're on your own.An online travel agency can't provide assistance the same way an agent can if a flight is cancelled or a room is substandard. Basically, when you arrive at the airport or hotel, you're just another client who booked at the lowest rate.()56. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Third－party providers can ensure your reservation.B. Mac users are likely to spend more money than PC users.C. An online travel agency functions the same as an agent.D. Packages usually provide travelers with satisfactory programmes.()57. What's the purpose of the passage?A. To encourage readers to book a trip on an online travel site.B. To make an advertisement about several travel sites online.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度C. To convince readers not to book a trip on an online travel site.D. To warn readers of some problems with booking trips online.BWant to add some hours to your day? OK, you probably can't change the fabric of time. But anew study suggests that the way you feel about your goal can change your concept of time and that some simple strategies could make you feel less rushed.In a series of experiments, Jordan Etkin, a professor of marketing at Duke, and her co－authors, Loannis Evangelidis and Jennifer Aaker, looked at what happens when people see theirgoals as conflicting with one another. In one, they asked some participants to list two of their goals that they felt were in conflict, and others simply to list two of their goals. Those who were forced to think about conflicting aims felt more time pressure than those who weren't. In anotherexperiment, the researchers gave participants a similar prompt regarding goal conflict, but this time measured their anxiety levels as well as their attitudes toward time. They found that participants who thought about conflicting goals had more anxiety than those who didn't, and that this, in turn, led to feelings of being short on time.“Stress and anxiety and time pressure are closely linked concepts，” D. Etkin explained. “When we feel more stress and anxiety in relation to our personal goals, that manifests(表现) asa sense of having less time.”Technological advances that allow people to do lots of things at once may increase thefeeling of goal conflict, she said.“I think the easier it is for us to try to deal with a lot of these things at the same time，”she said, “the more opportunity there is for us to feel this conflict between our goals.”She isn't the first to suggest that actual busyness isn't the only thing that can make us feelbusy. At the Atlantic, Derek Thompson wrote that “as a country, we're working less than we did in the 1960s and 1980s”. He offered a number of possible reasons some Americans still feel so overworked, including “the fluidness(不固定性) of work and leisure”. As he put it：“The idea that work begins and ends at the office is wrong. On the one hand, flexibility isnice. On the other, mixing work and leisure together creates an always－on expectation that makes it hard for white－collar workers to escape the shadow of work responsibilities.”And Brigid Schulte writes in her 2014 book Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度When No One Has the Time that some researchers believe “time has no sharp edges. What often matters more than the activity we're doing at a moment in time, they have found, is how we feel about it. Our_concept_of_time_is,_indeed,_our_reality.”Fortunately, Dr. Etkin and her team did find ways of making us feel better about time—or, at least, of reducing the negative influence of goal conflict. When participants performed a breathing exercise that reduced their anxiety, the impact of such conflict on their perception of time was less pronounced. Reframing anxiety as excitement (by reading the phrase “I am excited！”aloud several times) had a similar effect.Breathing and reframing may not solve everyone's time problems—Ms. Schulte writes thatsome Americans are indeed working more than they used to. She cites the work of the sociologists Michael Hout and Caroline Hanley, who have “found that working parents combined put in 13 more hours a week on the job in 2000 than they did in 1970. That's 676 hours of additionally paid work a year for a family. And that's on top of all the unpaid hours spent caring for children and keeping the house together.”Sometimes, we may feel short on time because we actually are. However, Dr. Etkin believes her findings suggest we may “have the ability to influence our experience of time more than we think we do”．“We're all going to have times in our lives when our goals seem to be in more conflict than others，”she said. But with techniques like the ones her team tested, “we really can help ourselves feel like we have more time.”()58. What makes people feel rushed today?A. Goal conflict.B. High pressure.C. Too much expectation.D. Lack of exercise.()59. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Most people are having less work to do nowadays.B. People under a lot of stress have a better sense of time.C. Technological advances allow people to feel less stressed.D. The flexibility of work increases white－collar workers' pressure.()60. The underlined sentence “Our concept of time is, indeed, our reality.”means________．A. we should make full use of time仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度B. we value time more than the way we liveC. we can feel better about time if we want toD. we don't have the time to enjoy life in realityC“Over the years the unthinkable has become thinkable and today we sense we are close to being able to alter human heredity(遗传)．”These were the words of David Baltimore of the California Institute of Technology, on December 1st, when he opened a three－day meeting in Washington to discuss the morality and use of human gene editing. Dr Baltimore is an old hand at these sorts of discussions, for he was also a participant in the Asilomar conference, in 1975, which brought scientists together to discuss a safe way of using the then－new technology of recombinant DNA, and whose recommendations influenced a generation of biotechnology researchers.Four decades on, the need for a similar sort of chin－wag has arisen. The InternationalSummit on Human Gene Editing has been held by the national scientific academies of three countries —America, Britain and China. They are particularly concerned about whether gene editing should be used to make heritable changes to the human germ line, something Dr Baltimore described as a deep and troubling question. Like those of Asilomar, the conclusions of this meeting will not be binding. But the hope is that, again like Asilomar, a mixture of common sense and peer pressure will create a world in which scientists are trusted to regulate themselves, rather than having politicians and civil servants do it for them. The meeting is being held against a backdrop of rapid scientific advance. Since 2012 research into a new, easy－to－use editing tool called CRISPR－Cas9 has blossomed. This technique involves a piece of RNA (a chemical messenger, which can be used to recognise a target section of DNA) and an enzyme(酶) called a nuclease that can snip unwanted genes out and paste new ones in.Public interest was aroused in April, when Chinese scientists announced they had editedgenes in non－viable(无活力的) human embryos, and again in November when British researchers said they had successfully treated a one－year－old girl who had leukaemia(白血病), using gene－edited T－cells. T－cells are part of the immune system that attack, among other things, tumour cells. The researchers altered T－cells from a healthy donor to encourage them to recognise and kill the patient's cancer, to make them immune to her leukaemia drug, and to ensure仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度they did not attack her healthy cells.In another recent development, a firm called Edit as Medicine, which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has said it hopes, in 2017, to start human clinical trials of CRISPR－Cas9 as a treatment for a rare genetic form of blindness known as Leber congenital amaurosis(伯氏先天性黑蒙). Though other companies are already testing gene－editing therapies, these employ older,clunkier forms of the technology that seem likely to have less commercial potential. Moreover, researchers at the Broad Institute, also in Cambridge, said this week that they had made changes to CRISPR－Cas9 which greatly reduce the rate of editing errors —one of the main obstacles to the technique's medical use.On the subject of germ－line editing, Eric Lander, the Broad's head, told the meeting itwould be useful only in rare cases and said it might be a good idea to “exercise caution”before making permanent changes to the gene pool. The need for caution is advice that might also be heeded by those pursuing work in animals other than people, and in plants —subjects not being covered by the summit.()61. Which of the following is TRUE about CRISPR－Cas9?A. It has fewer side effects.B. It can modify human gene.C. It can protect immune system.D. It has less commercial potential.()62. The underlined word “chin－wag”in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by________．A. discussionB. negotiationC. argumentD. comparison()63. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Dr. Baltimore started his research on modifying gene in 1975.B. Scientists' opinions about the use of gene editing are consistent.C. CRISPR－Cas9 has been applied to cure Leber congenital amaurosis.D. More research should be made before the technology comes into wide use.()64. This passage is most probably a ________．A. science fictionB. scientific reportC. conference summaryD. commercial advertisementDBefore the law sits a gatekeeper. To this gatekeeper comes a man from the country who asks仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度to gain entry into the law. But the gatekeeper says that he cannot grant him entry at the moment.The man thinks about it and then asks if he will be allowed to come in sometime later on. “It is possible，”says the gatekeeper, “but not now.”①The gate to the law stands open, as always, and the gatekeeper walks to the side, so the man bends over in order to see through the gate intotheinside.Whenthegatekeepernoticesthat,helaughsandsays:“If_it_tempts_you_so_much,_try_going_inside_in_spite_of_my_prohibition._But_take_note._I_a m_powerful._And_I_am_only_the_most_lowly_gatekeeper._But_from_room_to_room_stand_gat ekeepers,_each_more_powerful_than_the_other._I_cannot_endure_even_one_glimpse_of_the_third.”The man from the country has not expected such difficulties: the law should always be accessible for everyone, he thinks, but as he now looks more closely at the gatekeeper in his fur coat, at his large pointed nose and his long, thin, black Tartar's beard, he decides that it would be better to wait until he gets permission to go inside. The gatekeeper gives him a stool and allows him to sit down at the side in front of the gate. There he sits for days and years. He makes many attempts to be let in, and he wears the gatekeeper out with his requests. The gatekeeper often interrogates him briefly, questioning him about his homeland and many other things, but they are indifferent questions, the kind great men put, and at the end he always tells him once more that he cannot let him inside yet. The man, who has equipped himself with many things for his journey, spends everything, no matter how valuable, to win over the gatekeeper. The latter takes it all but, as he does so, says, “I am taking this only so that you do not think you have failed to do anything.”②During the many years the man observes the gatekeeper almost continuously. He forgets the other gatekeepers, and this first one seems to him the only barrier for entry into the law. He curses the unlucky circumstance, in the first years thoughtlessly and out loud; later, as he grows old, he only mumbles to himself. He becomes childish and, since in the long years studying the gatekeeper he has also come to know the fleas(跳蚤) in his fur collar, he even asks the fleas to help him persuade the gatekeeper. Finally his eyesight grows weak, and he does not know whether things are really darker around him or whether his eyes are merely deceiving him. But he recognizes now in the darkness a ray of light which breaks out of the gateway to the law. Now he no longer has much time to live.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度Before his death he gathers in his head all his experiences of the entire time up into onequestion which he has not yet put to the gatekeeper. He waves to him, since he can no longer liftup his stiffening body. The gatekeeper has to bend way down to him, for the great difference has changed things considerably to the disadvantage of the man. ③“You are insatiable(不知足的)．”“Everyone strives after the law，”says the man, “so how is it that in these many yearsno one except me has requested entry？”The gatekeeper sees that the man is already dying and,in order to reach his diminishing sense of hearing, he shouts at him, “Here no one else can gain entry, since this entrance was assigned only to you. I'm going now to close it.”④()65. Which can best describe the man from the country?A. Brave but innocent.B. Loyal but ridiculous.C. Tolerant but stubborn.D. Trustworthy but childish.()66. What is the implied meaning of the underlined sentences?A. Anyone who breaks the law will get severe punishment.B. It's next to impossible for people to gain entry into the law.C. The gatekeepers are powerful enough to defend the law.D. All the gatekeepers take full responsibility for obeying the law.()67. The sentence “What do you still want to know now？”asks the gatekeeper. canbe put in ________．A. ①B. ②C. ③D. ④()68. Which of the following is TRUE?A. The gatekeeper is actually the symbol of responsibility.B. All efforts made by the man from the country are in vain.C. The man from the country finally gains access into the law.D. A close relationship is formed between the gatekeeper and the man.()69. Why is the man from the country eager to have access to the law continuously?A. Because he is anxious to explore the nature of law.B. Because no one can gain entry into the law except him.C. Because the gatekeeper promises him entry into the law.D. Because he knows how to take advantage of the gatekeeper.()70. What may be the title of the novel?仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度A. Before the LawB. Above the LawC. A Countryman's LifeD. A Gatekeeper's Duty第Ⅱ卷(非选择题共35分)第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词.注意：每个空格只填1个单词.Family structure is the core of any culture. A major function of the family is to socialize new members of a culture. As children are raised in a family setting, they learn to become members ofthe family as well as members of the larger culture. The family provides the model for all other relationships in society. Through the observations and modeling of the behavior of other family members, children learn about the family and society including the values of the culture. Familystructure and their inherent relationships and obligations are a major source of cultural difference. The family is the center of most traditional Asians' lives. Many people worry about their families' welfare, reputation, and honor. Asian families are often extended, including several generations related by blood or marriage living in the same home. An Asian person's misdeeds are not blamed just on the individual but also on the family—including the dead ancestors. Traditional Chinese, among many other Asians, respect their elders and feel a deep sense ofduty toward them. Children repay their parents' sacrifices by being successful and supporting them in old age. This is accepted as a natural part of life in China. In contrast, taking care of aged parents is often viewed as tremendous burden in the United States, where aging and family support are not honored highly.The Vietnamese family consists of people currently alive as well as the spirits of the dead andof the as－yet unborn. Any decisions or actions are done from family considerations, not individual desires. People's behavior is judged on whether it brings shame or pride to the family. Vietnamese children are trained to rely on their families, to honor elderly people, and to fear foreigners. Many Vietnamese think that their actions in this life will influence their status in the next life.Fathers in traditional Japanese families are typically strict and distant. Japanese college students in one study said they would tell their fathers just about as much as they would tell a total stranger. The emotional and communication barrier between children and fathers in Japan appears 仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度very strong after children have reached a certain age.Although there has been much talk about “family values”in the United States, the family is not a usual frame of reference for decisions in U．S. mainstream culture. Family connections are not so important to most people. Dropping the names of wealthy or famous people the family knows is done in the United States, but it is not viewed positively. More important is a person's own individual “track record”of personal achievement.Thus, many cultural differences exist in family structures and values. In some cultures, thefamily is the center of life and the main frame of reference for decisions. In other cultures, the individuals, not the family, is primary. In some cultures, the family's reputation and honor depend on each person's actions; in other cultures, individuals can act without permanently affecting the family life. Some cultures value old people, while other cultures look down on them.—Adapted from R. L. Oxford & R. C. Scarcella, “A Few Family Structures and Values Around the Globe”。

2 0 1 8届常州高三年级期末考试(一模)英语试卷(解析版)第一卷 ( 选择题，共 85 分)第一部分听力 (共两节，满分20 分 )第一节 (共 5小题；每题l 分，满分 5分 )() 1. What does the man think of the actress?A. She looks good.B. She works hard.C. She isn't attractive.() 2. Why can't the speakers exercise next week?A. Because they'll go out to work.B. Because they'll fix some pipes.C. Because one pipe goes wrong.() 3. What is the man going to do this weekend?A. See Jim off.B. Make a wish.C. Host a party.() 4. How will the man pay the woman?A. 10 dollars an hour.B. 12 dollars an hour.C. 15 dollars an hour.() 5. What are the speakers doing?A. Listening to a lecture.B. Listening to music.C. Having a discussion.第二节 (共 15小题；每题 1 分，满分15 分 )听第 6 段资料，回答第6、 7题。

() 6. What can we know about the computer?A. It can only be used in a fixed place.B. It can only be ordered over the phone.C. It comes with a fourteen-day free trial.() 7. What can buyers get if they pay by credit card?A. A bigger discount.B. A faster delivery.C. A lower risk.听第7 段资料，回答第8、 9题。

苏州市2018年学业质量阳光指标调研卷高三英语2018。

1本卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题)和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。

满分120分，调研时间120分钟。

第Ⅰ卷（选择题共85分）第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案标在调研卷上。

录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将调研卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上.第一节(共5小题;每小题1分，满分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. In a library.B。

In a bank。

C。

In a street.2. What are the speakers likely to do tomorrow night?A。

Watch a game.B. Finish a report.C。

Pick up some food.3。

What time is it when the conversation takes place?A. About 6：30。

B。

About 7:30。

C。

About 8:00。

4. What is the man going to do？A. Attend the birthday party。

B. Order a pizza and play some games.C。

Hang out with Jenny.5。

What does the man think of the movie？A. Terrible。

B. Amazing。

C. Amusing。

第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15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，并标在调研卷的相应位置。