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

试题习题、尽在百度实战演练·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.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度()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 reduced仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度suffering 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 dowas 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.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度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 Chinesetourists 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 tothe 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 willnot 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,仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度and surely there is no __37__ done if the result is that we focus even more on dealing with climate change.Worrying of harm. exaggerations do plenty This __38__ is astonishingly wrong. Such__39__ we could do extremely about global warming means that we worry less about other things，which ) —on global warming's impact on malaria(疟疾so much more good. We focus, __40__，instead of helping the half a billion people __42__ will put more people at __41__ in 100 years—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 iscertain to be destroyed __45__ global warming, people wonder, why should we do anything? causes it unnecessary alarm that of exaggeration, I believe, is the The __46__ costold －－yearPost in The Washington mentioned nine—particularly among children. An article Alyssa, who cries about the possibility of mass animal __47__ from global warming.－year8－effective outlets for their __48__ The newspaper also reported that parents aremight be better off educating them and letting them olds' concern with dying polar bears. Theyknow that, __49__ to common belief, the global polar bear population has doubled over the past 000. __50__ the possible disappearing of summer Arctic ice, polar to about 22，century, half－bears will live on with us.D. interests C. terrifies )31. A. exhausts B. amazes (D. described C. denied B. determined ()32. A. dismissedD. expand B. flood C. reduce ()33. A. coverD. in case B. as if C. in that ()34. A. even thoughD. advocating C. estimating ()35. A. measuring B. provingD. entitled C. filled )36. A. faced B. identified (D. disadvantage C. benefit )37. A. good B. harm (D. dialogue B. argument C. story ()38. A. announcementD. whichC. where ()39. A. when B. whatD. in short C. on average )40. A. for example B. in addition (D. riskC. ease ()41. A. peace B. randomD. suffering()42. A. prohibiting B. escaping C. developing仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度()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 (brokentable)”．Golden Gate Bridge仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度The 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－stayedroad－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 bridgeitself.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, the 仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度Charles 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 Yorkso 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.仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度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 last仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度paragraph?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—thatcan 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 colleaguesthink they have found one—but it works only in women. They made their discovery, just reportedin 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 patients 仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度he 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 without仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度permission 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 proceededto 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 startedlaughing. 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 beforeI 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, andI 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 namesof the other students in the room on two sheets of paper, leaving a space between each name. ThenI 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 Ilisted 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 discussedthem 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 acall from my father. “The Eklunds called last night，”he began. “Really？”I said. “I haven't 仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度heard from them for several years. I wonder how Mark is.”Dad responded quietly. “Mark was killed in Vietnam，”Mark looked so handsome, somature. All I could think at that moment was, Mark, I would give all the masking tape in the worldif 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 hadobviously been taped, folded and refolded many times. I knew without looking that the paperswere 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, “Istill 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 wouldnever 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 embarrassed仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度C. 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'sexplanations.—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 toJim.69. —Have you heard the news that his father's ship crashed into a rock and was broken intwo?—Yeah. Luckily, nobody was injured with the help of the soldiers s________ on the nearbyisland.70. —One more girl was bitten by a dog this morning. Worse still, nobody knows who theowner 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)仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度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 theirdevotion 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 Iwould 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 lackof 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 itwhen we either blame ourselves for things that turned out badly, or long to undo a choice we madein 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 setof 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 thanmen do—not surprising, since women “value social relationships more than men”. In collectivist 仔细审题、认真作答．试题习题、尽在百度culture where many aspects of life are arranged, people feel less regret, since many choices were made for them. There was an even split between regrets about inaction (not doing something) and action (do something you wish you didn't). The research found that some regrets are more likelythan others to stay over time: people tend to hang on longer to the regret of inaction or the opportunities they have missed; meanwhile, regrets of action tend to be more recent.。

青霄有路终须到，金榜无名誓不还！2018年高考模拟试题分类汇编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（一）2018苏州高三期初调研卷第一节单项选择(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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

16. The success of “one country, two systems” in practice has been universally ______, andthis policy continues to go strong.A. acknowledgedB. appreciatedC. accomplishedD. accompanied17. According to the local law, no one ______ enter the building site without permission.A. canB. mustC. shallD. dare18. By making it possible for cancer to be detected early in people with no symptoms througha simple blood test, we aim to greatly decrease cancer deaths by finding the disease at astage ______ it can be cured.A. whichB. whenC. whereD. what19. The auto factory ______ new profit records through technical innovation —10% growthrate in the last two years and hopefully 15% this year.A. setB. has setC. is settingD. has been setting20. The variety of food at the restaurant is limited, but every meal can serve at least twopeople and is under ¥10, so not only is it ______ but practical as well.A. adaptableB. adjustableC. adoptableD. affordable21. Take the medicine right away! ______ it yesterday, you would be quite all right now.A. Had you takenB. Would you takeC. Should you takeD. Were you to take22. One hundred and fifteen Chinese companies hit the newly released Fortune 500 list for 2017,______ an increase for the 14th straight year, domestic website reported on Thursday.A. to realizeB. realizedC. realizingD. havingrealized23. Why do you turn to me for help ______ you can easily work out the problem independently?A. untilB. whenC. afterD. unless24. Premier Li Keqiang officially ______ the plan to develop the Bay Area in his governmentwork report delivered at the start of the National People’s Congress session in March.A. laid outB. laid offC. laid downD. laid up25. ______ the efforts made by the police, a fantastic performance will be put on tomorrow.A. In place ofB. In search ofC. In charge ofD. In praise of26. The leaders of the BRICS countries Friday reached important ______ on building an openworld economy and improving global economic governance（管理）during their informal meeting on the sidelines of the G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany.A. considerationB. consensusC. commitmentD. confirmation27.—What about going abroad for further study?—Great, but I never expected ______ a chance for me before.A. there to beB. there beingC. it to beD. it being28. I had trouble telling Pedro he’d lost his job. I started ______ and talking about one doorclosing and another door opening.A. beating a dead horseB. adding fuel to the fireC. beating around the bushD. opening Pandora’s box29. Mary became ______ homesick and critical of the United States, so she fled from herhome in West Bloomfield to her hometown in Austria.A. completelyB. sincerelyC. approximatelyD. increasingly30. —Did you have butterflies in your stomach at the interview?—______. That was my first job interview.A. It dependsB. Not reallyC. You betD. I mean it 16-20 ACBDD 21-25 ACBAD 26-30 BACDC（二）2018届南京9月学情调研卷第一节单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）请认真阅读下面各题，从題中所给的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。

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。

江苏省普通高等学校招生考试高三模拟测试卷(十五) 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. Why is the man so hungry?A. He has been on a diet recently.B. He hasn't eaten anything today.C. He has only had a burger today.()2. What is the relationship between the speakers?A. Strangers.B. Business partners.C. Clerk and client.()3. What are the speakers doing?A. Listening to the radio.B. Watching TV.C. Watching a new movie.()4. Why won't the man go to college after graduation?A. His grades aren't good enough.B. He never wants to go to college.C. His father asked him to work first.()5. How much money will the man give the woman?A. Five dollars.B. Seven dollars.C. Eight dollars.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. Who is the boss?A. Mr. Cassell.B. Ms. Baker.C. Mr. Langley.()7. Why did the man apologize at the end?A. He misunderstood what he saw.B. He wouldn't be able to attend the birthday party.C. He put his kids' markers on the woman's desk.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题.()8. Why did the woman stay up late last night?A. To write her paper.B. To take exercise.C. To prepare for an exam.()9. What does the man probably mean at the end?A. The woman should work harder.B. The woman should leave him alone.C. The woman's study method is effective.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题.()10. Who is with the man right now?A. No one else.B. His wife.C. Another couple.()11. What will the woman bring the man first?A. Some wine.B. Some hot water.C. Some menus.()12. What might the man discuss with Ralph?A. What dishes to have.B. What wine to order.C. Where they should sit.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题.()13. Who took the woman to horse races when she was young?A. Her grandfather.B. Her father.C. Her dad's friends.()14. What does the woman say about riding a horse?A. She's never done it before.B. It's a great way to have fun.C. It's different from racing a horse.()15. How many races will there be today?A. More than ten.B. Less than five.C. It is unknown.()16. What will the speakers probably do next?A. Watch a horse race.B. Place money on a horse.C. Go down onto the track.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题.()17. When did Mr. Jones join the company?A. Five years ago.B. Thirty years ago.C. Forty years ago.()18. What was Mr. Jones first promoted to?A. Office manager.B. Head driver.C. Vice president of operations.()19. How did Mr. Jones get his degree?A. By paying the fee himself.B. By working part－time.C. By taking night classes.()20. Why does the woman give the speech?A. To welcome a new employee.B. To say goodbye to an old co－worker.C. To congratulate Mr. Jones on his promotion.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. Last fall, I went to the US as an exchange student. I'll never forget my homestay there ________ I became a real DIY enthusiast.A. whereB. whenC. thatD. which()22. To save trouble, you may as well ________ the product online before you place an order.A. predictB. polishC. promoteD. preview()23. — I think you'd better write him a letter immediately.—________？He'll come here the day after tomorrow.A. Why botherB. So whatC. Why notD. How come()24. Although the plan is not so perfect, they are strongly opposed ________ it.A. to not conductB. not to conductC. to not conductingD. not to conducting()25. Didn't it occur to you ________ we could have solved the problem in an easier way?A. thatB. whetherC. howD. why()26. I see no reason why they shouldn't go on playing for another four or five years________ they are fit enough.A. unlessB. so thatC. thoughD. providing that()27. Since Perry went abroad, his house has been neglected and weeds are ________ everywhere.A. winding upB. springing upC. lighting upD. rising up()28. Much as I would love ________ to the party yesterday, I didn't because I had to prepare for the interview.A. to goB. goingC. to have goneD. having gone()29. — It's said that Chris achieved high grades in the examination.—That's no surprise. He is ________，you know.A. a dark horseB. a green handC. a wet blanketD. an early bird()30. As the town ________ good restaurants, we just treated the foreign friends to some local food at home yesterday.A. didn't haveB. doesn't haveC. won't haveD. hadn't had()31. While reading, try to develop a more ________ attitude, instead of accepting everything at face value.A. realisticB. criticalC. ambiguousD. casual()32. The article in The Times gives us a real ________ into the causes of the present economic crisis.A. enquiryB. admissionC. insightD. division()33. Robert's new book about space exploration is fantastic. You simply ________ read it.A. mustB. canC. needD. may()34. — Dad, I am not playing the piano as well as before.—Take it easy. You are just ________．A. out of sightB. out of controlC. out of practiceD. out of place()35. — Tom, you look worried. Anything I can do for you?—I ________ if you could give me a three－day leave to look after my baby in hospital.A. had wonderedB. was wonderingC. would wonderD. have wondered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.My mum was young when she fell pregnant with me. After I was born it was decided that my father's relatives would __36__ me in Manchester. No one spoke about Mum. Eventually, I was shown letters from Mum, __37__ that she was a drug addict.All this was running through my head as I arrived in Glasgow on 27 December last year. My sister Leanne, from my mother's side, had __38__ me down on Facebook, and we had been __39__ for a while, but had met only once or twice. Leanne had been brought up by our mother's parents, and had some __40__ with Mum throughout her life. She was now living in Canada, but returning for Christmas and __41__ to see all the family together. A big party had been arranged to welcome her back, and everyone would be there, including our __42__．In a very short time my sister and I hatched a __43__. I'd meet my sister as she arrived at Manchester airport, then we'd drive up to Glasgow __44__. Keeping it a surprise gave us a rush. After about a four－hour drive, we were there. I'd __45__ calle d someone “Mum” before. But there she was.We embraced(拥抱) and were soon __46__. We could hardly get the words out fast enough. Seeing someone so alike looking back at me was the strangest but most __47__ experience. Though a lifetime may have __48__ us, this woman at a party in Glasgow was my mum. She __49__ at me for a second, before giving me a tight hug. All she could say was that she never thought we'd __50__ again.She'd been __51__ of drugs for five years. She told me how she now works for a charity that helps young people __52__ the same problems she had. We now talk regularly, and I feel __53__ she's my mother. That's something I couldn't have even __54__ when the door opened to her at that Christmas party. Life may be short, but it's always __55__ enough to reconcile(和好)．()36. A. teach B. control C. serve D. raise()37. A. foreseeing B. revealing C. arguing D. promising()38. A. knocked B. tracked C. rolled D. turned()39. A. negotiating B. complaining C. messaging D. searching()40. A. contact B. bargain C. fun D. trouble()41. A. reluctant B. afraid C. confident D. desperate()42. A. sister B. father C. mum D. grandparents()43. A. deal B. plan C. trick D. change()44. A. in advance B. in turn C. in secret D. in time()45. A. ever B. even C. always D. never()46. A. looking away B. chatting away C. turning up D. picking up()47. A. disturbing B. annoying C. comforting D. frightening()48. A. separated B. deserted C. ruined D. cheated()49. A. laughed B. yelled C. stared D. pointed()50. A. part B. suffer C. recover D. meet()51. A. clean B. aware C. short D. fond()52. A. discuss B. overcome C. explore D. stress()53. A. guilty B. embarrassed C. proud D. shocked()54. A. imagined B. ignored C. questioned D. recalled()55. A. tough B. happy C. simple D. long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.AHIGH－RISE APARTMENTS FOR RENT IN DOWNTOWN JACKSONVILLE'S SOUTHBANK COMMUNITYImagine coming home after work and feeling like you're on vacation at a 5－star resort! Welcome to The Strand Southbank in downtown Jacksonville—where luxury meets comfort. Renting a luxury apartment at The Strand Southbank is a wise lifestyle choice. After your long day, you deserve to feel like you're walking into a high－end luxury resort where you can truly relax. With activities geared towards life away from the office, our community comes alive when you come home. At The Strand Southbank, we foster(促进) resident friendships through frequent happy hours, book clubs and running groups. We free up your evenings by offering catered mealsand food trucks on site. You have better things to do, like sitting on your balcony and taking in the views of downtown Jacksonville's bridges lit up or smelling the salty air from the St. Johns River.COMMUNITY AMENITIES(生活福利设施)●Fully equipped fitness center with river views●Business center with high－speed Internet●Controlled access garage parking●Relaxing library with fireplace●Frequent resident events and community activitiesLOCATIONThe Strand Southbank apartments are ideally located in downtown Jacksonville near the entertaining Riverwalk and the sparkling St. John's River. Perfect for Jacksonville university students, these apartments are near popular Jacksonville schools including Jacksonville University, University of North Florida, and Florida Coastal School of Law. The Strand Southbank apartments are also conveniently near the Mayo Clinic.DIRECTIONSFrom Ⅰ—10 take exit 350B toward San Marco Blvd. Merge onto Gary St. Turn left at FL－5/S Main St./ US—1. Turn right at Gulf Life Dr./Riverplace Blvd. The Strand Southbank is on the left.From Ⅰ—95, exit on Union Street and travel east. Turn left onto Riverplace Boulevard. The Strand Southbank is just ahead on your right.()56. What might encourage people to rent an apartment at The Strand Southbank?A. The Strand Southbank is a 5－star holiday hotel.B. Residents there can enjoy beautiful night scenes.C. The Strand Southbank provides free Internet access.D. Residents there have better relationships than colleagues.()57. If you rent an apartment at The Strand Southbank, you ________．A. may have easy access to some basic medical careB. may choose to enter any Jacksonville school you likeC. are sure to spend a lot of time hanging around downtownD. are likely to have trouble finding your way back from Ⅰ—10BWhen you're a parent to a young child, you spend a lot of time talking about feelings: about having to share, about being disappointed because you may not have a cookie instead of broccoli(绿花椰菜), about the great injustice of a parent pressing the elevator button before the child has a chance to.And in a parenting culture that's increasingly concerned with centering children's needs above all else, mothers and fathers have become skillful at talking about their kids' feelings while masking their own. But new research suggests that parents who hide their negative emotions are doing their children, and themselves harm.A study published this month says that when parents put on a faux－happy(假开心) face for their kids, they do damage to their own sense of wellbeing and authenticity.“For the average parent the findings suggest when they attempt to hide their negative emotion expression and overexpress their positive emotions with their children, it actually comes at a cost: doing so may lead parents to feel worse themselves，”researcher Dr Emily Impett, says.It makes sense that parents often fall back on amping up(扩大) the positivity for the sake of their children—there are a lot of things in the world we want to protect our kids from. But children are often smarter than we expect and are quite in tune with what the people closest to them—their parents—are feeling.There was a time about a year or so ago, for example, when I received some bad news over the phone; I was home with my four－year－old and so I did my best to put on a brave face. She knew immediately something was wrong though, and was confused.When I finally let a few tears out and explained that Mom heard something sad about a friend, she was, of course, just fine. My daughter patted my shoulder, gave me a hug, and went back to playing. She felt better that she was able to help me, and the moment made a lot more sense to her emotionally than a smiling mom holding back sobs. I was glad that I could feel sad momentarily and not have to work hard to hide that.Relaying positive feelings to your children when you don't feel them is a move the researchers called high cost—that it may seem like the most beneficial to your child at the time but that pare nts should find other ways of communicating emotions that “allow them to feel true to themselves”．But this is also about children seeing the world in a more honest way. While we will want to protect our children from things that aren't age－appropriate or harmful, it's better to raise a generation of kids who understand that moms and dads are people too.()58. What is the typical behavior of parents when they bring up their children?A. Allowing their children chances to do things themselves.B. Expressing their dissatisfaction with their children.C. Hiding their true emotions from their children.D. Sharing their favorite food with their children.()59. If parents put on a faux－happy face, ________．A. their children will be protectedB. their children will be taken inC. they will feel happy as a resultD. they will undergo worse feelings()60. The author mentioned the example of her daughter to illustrate ________．A. children are not so clever as parents thinkB. children can often understand parents' true feelingsC. it's meaningful for parents to always look positiveD. it's necessary to expose children to harmful things()61. We can conclude from the passage that ________．A. protecting children from age－inappropriate things is importantB. it makes sense for children to know their parents' negative feelingsC. children will admire their parents more because of being protectedD. separation from negative feelings helps children see the world honestlyCThe defeat of Lee Sedol, the world's strongest Go(围棋) player, by a Google artificial intelligence (AI) program, looks like another milestone towards a world where computers can do almost anything a human can. It is not. There are uncountable things that only a human can do, and that no computer seems close to. The problem is that the purely human things are not economically useful to anyone. The things that computers can be taught to do are by contrast economically fantastic. But even the most powerful programs are not human, just as a shovel(铲车). They have no feelings. What they have is power, but this power is growing at a rate that should frighten us all.It might be less frightening if computers were truly intelligent, but even the most powerful networks are less human than monstrous Martians(火星人). Their power will be used to make money for the firms that finance their development, and then for others quick and clever enough to take advantage of the new world. It is far more likely that they will increase inequality and still further remove the middle classes as we move towards an hourglass(以金钱来衡量的) society in which everyone is either very rich or very poor and likely indebted.One of the ill effects of the spread of more intelligent computer networks is, at the same time, the spread of what might be called artificial_stupidity. If AI is employed largely to replace unskilled labour, it is most productive when labour is kept unskilled or redefined that way. So much of the work in service industries is now simplified until it might be automated(自动化). And robots will never need pensions. AI is slowly reducing skilled work, like some forms of medical diagnosis(诊断), at the same time, as older doctors complain that the traditional human skills of diagnosis are falling out of medical training. The belief that everything worthwhile can be measured and then managed is far more damaging to humanity than the threat of artificial intelligence on its own.But no victory in complicated Go games can bring us closer to truly human－like computers.()62. By mentioning the defeat of Lee Sedol, the author intends to tell us that ________．A. computers can completely replace humans in everythingB. humans are of no practical economic values to the societyC. the power of computers is growing at a frightening rateD. AI programs can not compare with humans economically()63. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that the power of computers will ________．A. improve the quality of human lifeB. promote equality at work placesC. make contributions to human developmentD. widen the gap between the rich and the poor()64. What does the underlined part “artificial stupidity” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. Unskilled workers become stupid.B. AI discourages skilled work.C. Computers don't need pensions.D. AI is ruining medical training.()65. What is the author's attitude towards the future of artificial intelligence?A. Optimistic.B. Supportive.C. Sceptical.D. Cautious.DThey don't quite know how to cope with all the dam trouble they've got down in Hampden, Maine. And according to town manager Leslie Stanley, it doesn't look as if things will improve any in the immediate future. “We've got a real annoying problem on our hands，”he says.The annoyance began in late May. About three miles outside of town a group of beavers(河狸) built a dam near the mouth of a culvert(涵洞) that carries a stream under Canaan Road. Some 50 feet of roadway and several hundred feet of land on each side of the culvert were flooded. Stanley sent a road crew out to level the dam. The beavers rebuilt it. The crew tore it apart again. In fact, they tore it apart for ten mornings—and for ten straight nights the beavers rebuilt it.On the eleventh day, the foreman tossed(扔) the problem back to the town manager. He, in turn, tossed it on to the local game warden(狩猎监督官). The warden, absorbed in beaver knowledge, moved quietly and carefully out one night and placed a petrol－soaked bag over the dam.(Any beaver expert will tell you the creatures just can't tolerate petrol smell) In the morning the bag was found artistically woven(编织) into the dam.The warden set out three steel traps that night. In the morning one was empty. The other two had been stolen by the beavers and used to strengthen the dam. The warden, cursing the state law against hunting beavers with firearms, got his traps back and set them out again and again. And every night the beavers stole them.Town manager Stanley enlisted additional troops. He telephoned his police chief. Those beavers were breaking a state law against blocking up a natural watercourse. “Why aren't you out there to uphold the law？”Stanley asked. “You're the police chief. So remove them. Arrest them. Do something.”Three mornings later, the police chief proudly announced the end of the dam. At 2：00 A．M., he said, he and a licensed dynamiter(炸药使用者) had blown it to small pieces. Stanley said he'd believe it when he saw it.They drove out to the culvert and found a new dam already half－built. They also found the highway choked with mud and remains thrown up by the dynamite.Stanley said maybe they should call in the Army Corps of Engineers. But the police chief's faith in explosives was unshaken. He launched an all－out campaign, but the beavers alwaysmanaged to have the holes plugged by the time the fire department appeared on the scene for its morning mop－up.In time, the beaver s tired of this nonsense and moved their dam “inside” the culvert—where it couldn't be blown up without destroying the road too.Stanley and his general staff held a council of war and agreed that fresh strategy was called for. Then they came up with an inspired idea. If we remove every branch of the dam by hand, we'll force the beavers to go in search of new building material to replace what we've taken. Then we can place box traps along their runways and seized them.The plan was completely approved. Moreover it worked. On July 30, town manager Stanley was able to announce that the beaver group had been trapped and removed to a remote wilderness area. And there was great joy in Hampden—until the middle of October, that is, when a group of young beavers was spotted swimming in the same waters from which its elders had recently been taken away.But to make a long story short, the strategy that worked with the older beavers worked with the young ones too.()66. What was the annoying problem for the authorities in Hampden, Maine?A. They failed to destroy the dam repeatedly built by the beavers.B. They didn't know who to send to deal with the dam trouble.C. The beavers were building dams in every corner of the town.D. The political situation in the town was becoming much worse.()67. What did the local game warden do?A. He made steel traps to strengthen the dam.B. He set out to hunt the beavers with firearms.C. He learned a lot about the construction of the dam.D. He used petrol－soaked bags to drive the beavers away.()68. Which is the correct order of the following events?①The land on both sides of the culvert was flooded.② The local leaders worked out a strategy.③ The game warden set out steel traps.④ The beavers rebuilt their dam inside the culvert.⑤ The police chief used explosives to destroy the dam.A. ①③②⑤④B. ①③⑤④②C. ②①④③⑤D. ②①⑤③④()69. The underlined word “uphold” in Paragraph 6 probably means ________．A. reviseB. resistC. violateD. defend()70. What can we learn about the beavers from the passage?A. The beavers seem to be stubborn about building dams.B. The beavers are allowed to be killed when causing trouble.C. The beavers can't adapt themselves to living in wilderness.D. The beavers finally returned to the culvert with their young.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.Deep reading, as opposed to superficial (shallow) reading we do on the Web, is an endangered practice, one we ought to take steps to preserve as we would a historic building or a significant work of art.Recent research has illustrated that deep reading, characterized as a unique experience different in kind from the mere understanding of words, is slow, immersive(沉浸的), rich in sensory detail and emotional and moral complexity. Although deep reading does not, strictly speaking, require a conventional book, the limits of the printed page are uniquely helpful to the deep reading experience. A book's lack of hyperlinks(超链接), for example, frees the reader from making decisions—should I click on this link or not—allowing her to remain fully absorbed in the story.That immersion is supported by the way the brain handles language rich in detail, indirect reference and figures of speech: by creating a mental representation that draws on the same brain regions that would be active if the scene were unfolding in real life. The emotional situations and moral dilemmas that are the material of literature are also vigorous(有活力的) exercise for the brain, driving us inside the heads of fictional characters and even, studies suggest, increasing our real－life capacity(能力) for recognition.None of this is likely to happen when we're browsing through a website. Although we call the activity by the same name, the deep reading of books and the information－driven reading we do on the Web are very different, both in the experience they produce and in the capacity theydevelop. A growing body of evidence suggests that online reading may be less satisfying, even for the “digital natives”to whom it is so familiar. Researchers reported that 39% of children and teens read daily using electronic devices, but only 28% read printed materials every day. Those who only read onscreen were three times less likely to say they enjoy reading very much and tell which book they like best. The study also found that young people who read daily only onscreen were nearly twice less likely to be above－average readers than those who read daily in print or both in print and onscreen.All in all, the disappearance of deep reading would harm the intellectual and emotional development of generations growing up online, as well as the preservation of a critical part of our culture: the novels, poems and other kinds of literature that can be appreciated only by readers whose brains have been trained to understand them.第五部分：书面表达(满分25分)请根据你对以下图画的理解，以Deeds Should Match Words为题，用英语写一篇作文.你的作文应包括以下内容：1. 简要描述该图的内容.2. 概述你对该图中言行不一的现象的理解.3. 举例说明该图对你的启示.注意：1. 可参照图画适当发挥.2. 作文词数150左右.3. 作文中不得提及有关考生个人身份的任何信息，如校名、人名等.Deeds Should Match Words（十五）1~5 AABCB 6~10 CAACB11~15 CBBCA 16~20 ABACB单项填空21.B 解析：考查定语从句.when引导定语从句，在定语从句中充当时间状语，修饰先行词homestay，这个词意为“（在国外的访问者）在当地居民家居住的时期”，指的是时间.故B项符合句意.22.D 解析：考查动词.A项意为“预测”；B项意为“提高；润色”；C项意为“提拔；促销”；D项意为“预览”.根据题干中的“before you place an order”可知，D项符合句意，即为了省去麻烦，你最好在下订单之前先在网上预览一下产品.23.A 解析：考查交际用语.A项意为“何必麻烦”；B项意为“那又怎么样”；C项意为“为什么不”；D项意为“怎么回事”.根据后面句子“He'll come here the day after tomorrow”可知，A24.C 解析：考查非谓语动词.be opposed to这个短语中的to为介词，其后的非谓语动词宾语要用动名词，由此可排除A、B两项；动名词的否定式为not doing，故C项正确. 25.A 解析：考查名词性从句的连接词.It occurs to sb. that...为固定句型，意为“某人突然想到……”，故A项正确.句意：你没有想到我们本可以以更容易的方式解决问题吗？26.D 解析：考查连词.D项意为“假如”，符合句意.句意：假如他们身体足够好的话，我不知道为什么他们不能继续再打几年球.其它几项不合语境——A项意为“除非”；B项意为“以便”；C项意为“尽管”.27.B 解析：考查动词短语.A项意为“上紧发条”；B项意为“大量涌现”；C项意为“照亮”；D项意为“上升；起义”.根据句意可知，B项符合句意，即由于长年无人居住，那栋房子里面杂草丛生.28.C 解析：考查非谓语动词.would love to后面要接动词不定式，由此可以排除B、D两项；to do表示将来要发生的动作，与句意不符，排除A项.因此选C.29.D 解析：考查固定习语.A项意为“黑马”；B项意为“新手”；C项意为“令人扫兴的人或事”；D项意为“勤奋的人”.根据题干中第一句话“It's said that Chris achieved high grades in the examination”可知，他考试中取得了很好的成绩，他一定是一个勤奋的人.故选D.30.B 解析：考查动词时态.根据题干句意可知，这句话说的是一个客观存在的情况，即这个城市没有好的餐馆.因此用一般现在时，即B项正确.31.B 解析：考查形容词.A项意为“现实的”；B项意为“批判性的”；C项意为“模棱两可的”；D项意为“随便的；”.后半句话的大意是，不要无条件接受阅读材料中的一切.由此可知B项正确，即我们阅读时要采取批判性的态度.32.C 解析：考查名词.insight into意为“深刻理解；洞察”，符合句意，即时代杂志上的文章让我们深刻理解目前经济危机的起因.A项意为“调查”；B项意为“同意；允许进入；录取；录用”；D项意为“分割”.33.A 解析：考查情态动词.句意：罗伯特的这本关于太空探险的书非常精彩.你一定要读一下.根据句意可知A项正确.34.C 解析：考查副词短语.A项意为“看不到；在视线之外”；B项意为“失控”；C项意为“久不练习；荒疏”；D项意为“不在恰当的位置”.根据题干中的第一句话可知，C项符合题意.即钢琴弹不好了是因为疏于练习的缘故.35.B 解析：考查动词时态.根据题意可知，答话者是说自己刚才那一刻在想是不是可以请三天假.因此用过去进行时，即B项正确.完形填空【文章大意】由于母亲吸毒，作者从小便和自己的姐姐分别放在亲戚家里养大，而且与自己的母亲一直没有接触.直到有一年姐姐在Facebook上遇到自己，他们找到了母亲，组织了家庭聚会.从此便一直和母亲保持联系.事实上，他们的母亲已经五年都不吸毒了，并且在为青少年解毒做出一份贡献，作者因此而为自己的母亲感到自豪.36.D 解析：D项在这里意为“养活；养大”，符合题意，即被亲戚养大.37.B 解析：A项意为“预见”；B项意为“揭露；显示”；C项意为“争辩”；D项意为“承诺”.这句话的大意是，直到看到妈妈的信，“我”才知道妈妈是一个吸毒的人.这里的reveal 是指这封信“揭示了”这个事实，即B项正确.38.B 解析：track down意为“追踪；找到”，符合语境，句意：“我”的姐姐在Facebook 上找到了（联系上了）“我”.knock down意为“撞倒；击倒”；roll down意为“滚下”；turn down意为“拒绝”.39.C 解析：A项意为“谈判；商议”；B项意为“抱怨”；C项意为“通信”；D项意为“搜查”.句意：“我们”在Facebook上遇到后，相互保持通信了一段时间.根据语境可知C项正确.40.A 解析：A项意为“联系”，符合语境，意思是“我”的姐姐一直与妈妈有联系.41.D 解析：A项意为“不愿意的”；B项意为“害怕的”；C项意为“有信心的”；D项意为“绝望的；急切的；不顾一切的”.根据上下文语境可知D项正确，即姐姐急切地想和家人团聚.42.C 解析：根据上下文语境可知，C项正确，即全家人都在，包括吸毒的妈妈也在.43.B 解析：hatch a plan意为“秘密策划一个计划”，根据后面的“I'd meet my sister as she arrived at Manchester airport, then we'd drive up to Glasgow...”可知，这是“我”和姐姐的一个计划.因此B项正确.44.C 解析：根据后面的“keeping it a surprise”可知，为了给大家一个惊喜，所以“我”和姐姐偷偷地赶往妈妈所在的地方.由此可知C项符合语境.A项意为“提前”；B项意为“反过来”；D项意为“及时地”.45.D 解析：根据上文内容可知，这句话的意思是，在这次见到妈妈之前，“我”从未喊过谁“妈妈”.因此D正确.46.B 解析：A项意为“扭头看别处；转移目光”；B项意为“不停地聊天”；C项意为“调大音量；出现”；D项意为“捡起；接收信号；低价买来；习得”.根据上文内容可知，作者和姐姐一起去见她们的妈妈，母女三人见面当然应该是聊起天来，即B项正确.47.C 解析：根据前面的“strangest but”可知，只有C项符合语境，即这是最奇怪但是却最令人感到安慰的经历.A项意为“令人不安的”；B项意为“令人恼火的”；D项意为“令人害怕的”.48.A 解析：上文提到，作者和姐姐都没有和他们生活在一起，而是被分开来了.因此A项符合语境.49.C 解析：这里描述的是和母亲刚见面时，母亲感到很意外和惊喜，所以盯着“我”一会才紧紧地抱着“我”.因此C项正确.50.D 解析：meet意为“见面”，符合语境.这句话的意思是：妈妈能说的一句话就是，她没有想到我们还可以再次见面.。

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。

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.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。

江苏省普通高等学校招生考试高三模拟测试卷(十八) 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 will the woman go?A. A store.B. The school.C. The stadium.()2. Why is the man excited?A. He bought new clothes.B. He gets a store discount.C. The woman invited him to shop.()3. What does the woman suggest the man do?A. Do some tests.B. Take exercise.C. Visit her at weekends.()4. What did the man do before the phone call?A. He looked up a number.B. He asked his sister for a number.C. He did an online search.()5. How much did the woman pay for the shoes?A. $475.B. $522.5.C. $550.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 do?A. She's a writer.B. She's a policewoman.C. She's a reporter.()7. What can we learn about the man's latest book?A. It's a science fiction novel.B. It's the author's first best－seller.C. It's based on a true story.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题.()8. How much sunlight does the plant need?A. A lot.B. Just a little.C. None at all.()9. What does the woman think of the plant?A. It's very expensive.B. It's too difficult to keep alive.C. It's beautiful and perfect. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题.()10. What does the man plan to do?A. Move out of the city.B. Find a new job.C. Buy a house in the city.()11. What annoys the man about their location?A. The neighbors.B. The noise.C. The air pollution.()12. How does the woman feel about moving?A. She is eager to move.B. She prefers to move to another city.C. She doesn't really want to move.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题.()13. What music of Madonna makes the man want to dance?A. Holiday.B. The 80s music.C. New music.()14. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Make new memories.B. Teach her something different.C. Learn from her mistakes.()15. What does the woman think about school?A. Studying is complicated.B. It's fun to do well.C. Getting good grades is important.()16. What does the man mean in the end?A. He will forget the past.B. The woman is right.C. He will give up history.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题.()17. What is TaskRabbit?A. A service company.B. An old company with new ideas.C. A successful magazine that offers many services.()18. What could a TaskRabbit worker do?A. Find you a job to do.B. Lend you money for rent.C. Help you move your furniture.()19. Who founded the company TaskRabbit?A. Leah Busque.B. Sally.C. Neighbours.()20. What inspired the founder of TaskRabbit?A. Making millions of dollars.B. Finding ways to help the elderly.C. Connecting neighbors to help each other.第二部分：英语知识运用(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. — I sometimes call my son abroad, but it's expensive.—Why do you waste money ________ you could easily use Wechat or QQ?A. whileB. unlessC. untilD. when()22. Alice went fishing in the company of her father early in the morning and she ________ life lessons along the way.A. was learningB. has learnedC. is learningD. had learned()23. Education is to change traditionally－minded individuals, typically those who are not prepared to ________，and to encourage critical thinking.A. compensateB. accumulateC. investigateD. innovate()24. I found my computer functioning much better, ________ a new operating system.A. to installB. installingC. having installedD. installed()25. — I hope you'll make good efforts while I'm away.—Be assured! You'll be amazed at what ________ accomplished when you get back.A. will have beenB. has beenC. wasD. would be()26. Echo is always complaining about her job as a cashier, but frankly it's ________ tohave a job in these difficult days.A. anythingB. everythingC. somethingD. nothing()27. — Jack has been out of consciousness since the accident. Will he come to himself, doctor?—It's going to be tough but we anticipate that he will ________．A. put throughB. pull throughC. put overD. pull over()28. She would be much healthier now ________ with that much pressure from work when young.A. had she not burdened herselfB. were she not burdenedC. should she not burden herselfD. were she not to be burdened()29. There has been positive reaction to the proposal of helping the disabled, the impact ________ will be lasting especially for younger ones.A. on whichB. on whomC. of whichD. of whom()30. What is expected of the 90's generation, who tend to spend most of their income every month, is ________ they should form a sense of saving.A. whenB. whetherC. thatD. how()31. It is widely accepted that the stock market usually reflects a country's economic ________．A. functionB. cooperationC. performanceD. dependence()32. People's awareness of obeying the law is ________ to the guarantee of food safety.A. sensitiveB. superiorC. loyalD. crucial()33. His way of addressing one hard problem last Friday ________ lead to the rise of another.A. would ratherB. may wellC. shallD. need()34. — It is really boring to practise playing the piano every day.—Come on, dear! The rewards you get are ________ the effort you put in.A. in proportion toB. in addition toC. in contrast toD. in regard to()35. — What luck! I failed in the driving test again.—________？Did you make the same mistake?A. What ifB. How comeC. Why notD. So what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.Just the other day, a fierce storm hit our community. I looked out the window and witnessed a tree being __36__ by the fierce winds. The branches bent, and swayed(摇摆) back and forth, thanks to their __37__ to avoid breaking. The leaves desperately stuck to the branches because their life __38__ the tree. The powerful trunk that __39__ the tree upright bent slightly backwards from the force in a battle to __40__ its position.After the storm had passed, the tree gracefully returned to its __41__ position standing tall amongst the chaos. It managed to __42__ the storm. It didn't look the same as leaves had shed from its branches and the soil had loosened a bit, but what __43__ is that the tree won the fight for its life.For a long time I couldn't understand why this tree __44__ my attention the way it did. As time passed, it became __45__ that it wasn't just about the tree but about the roots, which, although unseen, dig deep into the soil providing __46__ and nutrition. The roots allow the tree to be able to take a __47__ because they are there to support them.I couldn't but ask myself how deep the roots are in my life. __48__，the next time you catch your kids __49__，when the job is driving you crazy, when you are underpaid and the __50__ is tight, and when the storms of life are raging, go back to your roots. Life is full of __51__. They will make you sway, make you __52__，make you lose some leaves but the deeper your roots the stronger you stand.Faced with __53__ you might bend but don't break. No matter how hard the wind blows don't let life __54__ you into an uncomfortable position. Your __55__ lies in your roots.()36. A. crushed B. abused C. broken D. removed()37. A. height B. thickness C. flexibility D. outline()38. A. answered for B. depended on C. catered for D. touched on()39. A. held B. tied C. pulled D. raised()40. A. achieve B. reach C. establish D. maintain()41. A. current B. final C. original D. comfortable()42. A. explore B. avoid C. chase D. survive()43. A. counts B. differs C. concerns D. reveals()44. A. fixed B. transferred C. escaped D. caught()45. A. strange B. obvious C. possible D. reasonable()46. A. surroundings B. resources C. probablity D. stability()47. A. beating B. stand C. chance D. turning()48. A. However B. Therefore C. Nevertheless D. Besides()49. A. misbehaving B. struggling C. withdrawing D. misunderstanding()50. A. security B. deadline C. money D. community()51. A. surprises B. choices C. storms D. changes()52. A. smile B. bend C. hesitate D. advance()53. A. opportunities B. challenges C. tasks D. differences()54. A. trick B. argue C. force D. admit()55. A. courage B. ambition C. value D. strength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.AMount Cook National Park is home of the highest mountains and the longest glaciers. It is alpine(高山) in the purest sense—with skyscraping peaks, glaciers and permanent snow fields, all set under a star－studded sky.Key HighlightsAlthough it includes 23 peaks over 3，000 metres high, this park is very accessible. State Highway 80 leads to Mt Cook Village which is situated beside scenic Lake Pukaki and provides a comfortable base for alpine activities. Far from city lights, the stargazing here is magnificent—Aoraki Mount Cook National Park forms the majority of New Zealand's only International Dark Sky Reserve.Mountaineers regard the area to be the best climbing region, while less skilled adventurers find plenty of satisfaction with the mountain walks that lead to alpine tarns, herb fields and spectacular glacier views. Encounters(遇到) with cheeky kea (mountain parrots) are part of the fun.Key ActivitiesMountain walksThere are 10 short walks beginning near the village. All tracks are formed and well marked. The Red Tarns Track, Kea Point and the Hooker Valley Track each take around two hours return. For more experienced alpine hikers, there are three mountain pass routes—over the Mueller, Copland and Ball passes.Glacier viewing and skiingHelicopters and ski－planes provide access to the park's fabulous glaciers. The Tasman Glacier is an excellent choice for intermediate skiers, while the Murchison, Darwin and Bonney glaciers promise excitement for advanced skiers. From October until May, you can explore the Tasman Glacier's terminal lake by boat.MountaineeringClimbing Mount Cook remains the ultimate challenge, but there are many other peaks to tempt experienced climbers. Tasman, Malte Brun, Elie de Beaumont, Sefton and La Perouse are local favourites.Key Tips·Climbers don't require permits, but are requested to complete a trip intentions form.·Local guides are available for climbing, walking and glacier skiing.·Winter climbing is an extreme sport—only recommended for well－prepared, experienced mountaineers.·The weather can change very suddenly—be prepared for heavy rainfall, snow and/or high winds.·The park has an airport serving domestic commercial flights and scenic flight operators.()56. Which is one of the characteristics of Mount Cook National Park?A. It is so－called alpine and hard to reach.B. It provides star－shining night skies for visitors.C. It attracts less skilled visitors to all alpine activities.D. It appeals to adventurers mainly for finding cheeky kea.()57. If you are a visitor to the park, you should ________．A. properly evaluate your own experience and skillB. get your permit prepared before you start to climbC. hire local guides to help you to train for climbingD. choose Darwin glacier to ski on as an intermediate skierBA report released this month found that grouping children by ability is on the rise again—teaching students in groups of similar ability has improved achievement for fast and slow learners alike—and who wouldn't want bright kids to be able to move ahead, or strugglers to get the help they need?But for most kids, labels(标签) applied early in life tend to stick, even if they are wrong.Sorting school children by ability has long been controversial. In some countries, especially in Asia, school－wide tracking(分流) remains normal. Children are tested and placed in different schools that direct them toward professional or vocational careers. Movement between the tracks is rare.School－wide tracking decreased in U．S. schools in the 1960s and 1970s. It never died out, though. Sorting students into separate tracks for math at about junior high school age continues to be common, and other forms of tracking persist as well.Unlike tracking, which means sorting students into separate classrooms, ability grouping happens within classrooms. When done according to the latest research, it has proven to promote achievement.Ability grouping is changeable and temporary. Within classrooms, students might be divided into different learning groups dealing with materials of different levels. Any students who master concepts can move upward between groups, and the student groups might look different from subject to subject and unit to unit. For instance, a student who stands out in language arts might be at an average or slower level in math. A student who flies through multiplication tables might need extra help with fractions. Students who lag in reading can be pulled out of the classroom in small groups for practice with a tutor until their reading improves.Research shows ability grouping within classes has more positive benefits than tracking. However, that must be weighed against the challenges involved. In many regular classrooms, the differences between student ability levels are very big. That presents challenges for teachers and low－performing students to constantly compare themselves with students who seem to flythrough school with ease.The rigid ability groups and tracking of the past are still with us in many schools. Likely, labels are applied with more caution than in the bad old days when some teachers gave reading groups not－so－secret code names like “Bluebirds” “Robins” “Crows” and “Buzzards”. But kids still know.()58. Why is grouping children by ability becoming popular again?A. Because most teachers do not like slower learners.B. Because grouping children should be done early in life.C. Because it is academically beneficial to different learners.D. Because fast learners can move ahead without teachers' help.()59. By saying “Movement between the tracks is rare.”in Paragraph 3, the writer really means ________．A. tracking children is normal in AsiaB. school－wide tracking has decreased in USC. professional and vocational careers are unrelatedD. sorted students can hardly change schools()60. The examples in Paragraph 6 are used mainly to illustrate ________．A. a good language learner promises to be good at mathsB. a student might join different groups for different coursesC. ability grouping benefits gifted students more than slow onesD. ability grouping presents no challenge for those slow students()61. What might be the challenge in regular classrooms for teachers?A. Students' different levels.B. Students' low performance.C. Constant self－comparison.D. Application of not－so－secret code.CMicrosoft just finished a three－month experiment operating an underwater data center. A server rack(服务器支架) with the power of about 300 PCs was placed into a water－tight(防水) steel container and lowered into the ocean off the coast of central California.The unusual experiment was launched because current data centers are unpleasantly inefficient. They're built where energy and land are cheap (not close to where people actually live).And they waste so much energy cooling their massive computers. The ocean can solve those problems. The cold ocean floor sufficiently cools the computing components inside the pod. And since most people live near the ocean, placing data centers under water could potentially increase the speed at which customers could access the information stored in Microsoft's cloud.The experiment was so successful that Microsoft operated the underwater data center for 75 days longer than it had planned to. The next step is to get a larger pod, with about four times the computing power, under the ocean for testing. Unlike the first experiment, the next pod will also be equipped with turbines, which will transform the ocean's currents into electricity. It's not clear when, if ever, underwater data centers will become a possible product. “Our first experiment was like dipping our pinkie toe in the water, and now we're going for the big toe，”said Lee, corporate vice president of Microsoft Research.Microsoft is still analyzing the environmental impacts of the study. Data centers are both hot and loud, which could have damaging effects on ocean life. Microsoft found that the noise its underwater data center produced was drowned out by nearby shrimp and crabs. The data centers are also built from recyclable materials, and Microsoft believes that the total carbon footprint of underwater data centers will be “dramatically lower”than current land－based centers.Given the growth in the cloud, industry analysts believe that most of the world's data centers have yet to be built. But building a data center takes at least two years—an eternity in the fast－developing tech industry. As a result, Microsoft builds its data centers with the future in mind, installing far more computing power and space than it currently needs.Lee believes that going under water can shift the building of data centers from construction projects to manufacturing jobs. “What if we could mass－produce these pods on an assembly line？”he thought. “We could deliver a data center, from conception to operation, in 90 days. That's dramatically different than what's happening today.”()62. What is the advantage of an underwater data center?A. It can be lowered to the ocean floor easily.B. It can cool computing components automatically.C. It can be built close to the place where people live.D. It can make information easily accessible to people.()63. We can infer that the underwater data centers ________．A. cause little harm to the ocean lifeB. are more environmentally friendlyC. change the course of ocean currentsD. are easy to build in large quantities()64. The underlined word “eternity” in Paragraph 5 means “________”．A. an extremely long timeB. an extended periodC. a seemingly short timeD. a fruitful period()65. The passage tries to inform readers that ________．A. an experiment was made in operating a data centerB. Microsoft will mass－produce pods on an assemble lineC. Microsoft succeeded in putting a data center underwaterD. underwater data centers are more efficient than land－based onesDMy father's family is not a musical family. They are a family of words. My brother has my father's dark hair, his love of a good argument. I take after my mother. From her I inherited a curious nature, a sense of adventure, bright red hair. I did not, contrary to her hopes, inherit a talent for the piano. That fact was established beyond doubt after unsuccessful attempts to draw music from me.The piano lessons began when I was four. My mother was convinced that I would be a child Mozart. She found the ideal teacher—Madame Oblenka, a strict Russian woman, whose pursed lips were enough to frighten a wild horse into submission. Madame Oblenka, who expected a little Mozart, was not very delighted to find a little girl banging her fists(拳头) on the keys.I tried to please her. “Feel the music，”she urged. I “felt” it and winced(退避) my ears—for what is more unpleasant than a series of wrong no tes played continuously? She “felt” my music, too, which is why she always left with an angrier expression than when she came.Once, when I was ten, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals(练习). In order to escape my practice sessions, I would close myself behind the door of the piano room, put on the tape recording, and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until mymother began to wonder why I always missed the same B－sharp. She knocked on the door, and, receiving no answer, came in to check on me and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.I was twelve when my parents finally acknowledged that my hidden talent was not about to emerge(显现) any time soon. My mother, refusing to admit defeat, told me to pick another instrument. “Choose anything you want, Honey，”she said, assuming that freedom of choice would inspire devotion. I thought long and hard and chose the drums. My parents, sensitive to noise, would be less than overjoyed by a daily bombardment of playing. I imagined my father in his study, cotton wads in his ears.I worked my way through several other instruments before my mother hit on another idea. Maybe I wasn't meant to be an instrumentalist. Realizing that drama might be more suited to my talents, Mom took me to a drama teacher. However, he put me backstage, painting scenery. Once I recovered from my sense of injury, I realized the wisdom of his choice. I loved the active, practical backstage world, and I discovered that I had a knack for constructing and painting. I loved the challenge of taking our scanty(贫乏的) supplies and using them to make something beautiful. Imagining a scene and then seeing it emerge before me—this, to me, was close to magic.I'm a sculptor now, and every day I experience afresh the joy of being fully absorbed in the act of artistic creation. It's a wonderful, blissful(乐而忘忧) feeling. I realize that my parents, in their misguided attempts to interest me in music, were trying to give me this feeling. And now I feel grateful. Perhaps they went about it in the wrong way, but their hearts were in the right place.()66. Madame Oblenka always felt angry because ________．A. the author was too young to play the piano wellB. the author often pointed out the wrong notes of herC. the author kept banging on the keys unconsciouslyD. the author's performance was far from satisfactory()67. Which of the following best reveals the author's attitude towards piano practice?A. She tried to make the piano teacher pleased.B. She recorded her performance for improvement.C. She played the recording instead of practising.D. She repeated the same mistake in practising.()68. Why did the author choose the drums as a musical instrument?A. She was eager to free herself from piano lessons.B. She was reluctant to play an instrument.C. She was confident of handling them.D. She was fond of beating drums.()69. The author's mother can be best described as ________．A. devoted and stubbornB. encouraging and independentC. helpful and considerateD. hardworking and generous()70. We can learn from the passage ________．A. parents should encourage their children to create artB. the ordinary backstage work can help one succeedC. you can only get better at something if you practiceD. art should be treated as a joy rather than a burden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.Social Networking and Its EffectSocial networking has become an unquestionable part of our everyday lives. Those who have a life on the Internet do not always realize that they are losing their connections with the real world. Nowadays, a reputation online is more important. Some are even finding a way to make a living online. Social media seems to have quite the impact, especially on teenagers.Years ago, before social networking existed, friends would go out and have a good time, and popularity in high school would be something of importance to a lot of people. Today, popularity means having a lot of followers on Twitter or Tumblr. Tumblr has its own way of creating “celebrities”. Users are considered “Tumblr famous” if they have a high number of followers. Websites make us think that greatness is achieved just because thousands of strangers are familiar with your face. Popularity is not about having a lot of friends anymore; it is just about being known for absolutely nothing.Social networking has its positives, considering it allows us to connect with friends andfamily in a matter of seconds. Although this is extremely useful, it is also destroying our ability to make real life conversations. People are attacked over the Internet, but do not say a word to each other in person. Social media is preventing us from standing up for ourselves the way we should be. Facebook limits our conversations that we have with people, which is why it is always better to strike up a conversation in person instead of through a computer screen. Social networking destroys the true meaning of human interaction.Teens are finding new ways to make a living out of advertisements that they post on their social networking pages. Social networks allow them to make money without even getting up off the couch. Being out in the real world and working creates ways to communicate and is a crucial part of life, but that will be destroyed if young teens think it is okay to just make money through social media. Social networking makes things easier, but that does not always mean that it makes things better.Social networking affects young lives and causes teens to grow up differently from how their older relatives have. They rely on their blogs and pages to communicate with people, keep up with the latest trends and enjoy their separate little world. Social media has ruined how life should be: fun, adventurous and exciting. Instead, it has turned most teenagers into anti－social couch potatoes. There needs to be a break from social networking so young people can once again live a real life in the real world.Title: Social Networking and Its Effect第五部分：书面表达(满分25分)请阅读下面文字及图表，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章.【写作内容】1. 用约30个字单词概述上述文字及图表的主要内容.2. 结合上述信息，简要分析可能导致青少年图书阅读量下降的原因.3. 结合自身实际，就如何提高青少年的图书阅读量提几点建议(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. 不必写标准.【评分标准】内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当.________(这是边文，请据需要手工删加)（十八）1~5 ABBAA 6~10 CCBCA11~15 BCAAC 16~20 BACAC单项填空21.D 解析：考查连词.When在这里意为“既然”，符合题意.句意：既然你可以用微信或者QQ22.A 解析：考查动词时态.根据句意可知，这里表示Alice陪父亲钓鱼的一路上，学到了生活的功课.即指当时走在路上时“正在发生的事情”，因此用过去进行时，即A项正确.23.D 解析：考查动词辨析.A项意为“补偿”；B项意为“积累”；C项意为“调查”；D 项意为“革新”.根据句意可知，D项正确，而题干中的“change traditionally minded”是对本题答案的直接提示，即教育是要改变那些有着传统思想、不想革新的人.24.C 解析：考查非谓语动词.根据题意可知，install的动作发生在found的动作之前，而且I与install为主谓关系，因此用现在分词的完成式，即C项正确.25.A 解析：考查动词的时态.根据句意可知，accomplish的动作是在将来的某个时间将要发生的，所以用将来完成时.句意：当你回来时，你将会惊讶于我们的成就.因此选A. 26.C 解析：考查不定代词.句意：Echo总是抱怨自己收银员的工作，但是说实话，在现在如此困难的情况下，有一份工作就不错了.something在这里相当于“a thing that one should feel happy about”的意思.27.B 解析：考查动词短语.A项意为“接通电话”；B项意为“渡过难关；恢复健康”；C 项“推迟；驶过”；D项“把……开到路边”.B项的pull through在这里指“渡过难关”，即情况很糟糕，但是我们都期望他将会渡过难关.28.A 解析：考查虚拟语气.这是一个错综条件句，主句指现在的情况，从句指过去的情况，要用“had+过去分词”的形式，而且当从句省略if时，要将had提前.因此选A.29.C 解析：考查定语从句.of which引导非限制性定语从句，修饰前面一句话的内容.of which代指the impact of...，即指人们对这件事的积极反应对年轻的一代有着深远的影响.30.C 解析：考查名词性从句.that引导表语从句，由于表语从句不缺少成分，而且句意完整，所以用that作连接词符合句意.31.C 解析：考查名词.economic performance为固定搭配，意为“经济表现；经济实绩”，符合句意，即股票市场通常反映一个国家的经济表现.只有C项正确.32.D 解析：考查形容词辨析.A项意为“敏感的”；B项意为“上级的”；C项“忠诚的；忠实的”；D项意为“重要的；至关重要的”.句意：人们守法的意识对于食品安全的保证至关重要.33.B 解析：考查情态动词.B项意为“很可能”，符合句意.句意：他上周五解决的一个难题的方法很可能会引发另一个难题.34.A 解析：考查介词短语.A项意为“与……成比例；与……相称”；B项“除……之外”；C项“与……形成对比”；D项“关于”.根据答语中的rewards和后面the efforts可知，A 项正确，即你得到的报酬和付出是成比例的.35.B 解析：考查情景会话.A项意为“如果……会怎么样？”；B项意为“怎么回事啊”；C项意为“为什么不？”；D项意为“那有怎么样？”.根据答语中的问句“Did you make the。

江苏省普通高等学校招生考试高三模拟测试卷英语本试卷分第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 does the conversation most probably take place?A. At a bank.B. On campus.C. In a library.( )2. What can we learn about the man?A. He is asking for an advertisement.B. He is applying for a temporary job.C. He is having trouble with the Internet.( )3. What does the man say about their work?A. He suggests giving a lecture.B. He suggests taking on more tasks.C. He suggests doing a combined presentation.( )4. How does the woman probably feel?A. Anxious.B. Relieved.C. Satisfied.( )5. What does the woman think of Michael O'Brien?A. He worked hard 20 years ago.B. He is excited as always.C. He is still very popular among the fans.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。

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。