2019版《3年高考2年模拟》高考英语二轮:模拟组合练(十四)
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模拟组合练(四)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2018吉林长春一模,B)Celeste Ng,a new writer,has gained recognition for her first novel,Everything I Never Told You.Ng’s parents came from Hong Kong in the1960s.Ng was born in America and grew up in Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania,and Shaker Heights,Ohio,in a family of scientists.Celeste went to Harvard University and earned an MFA from the University of Michigan,where she won the Hopwood Award.Although her novel is not about race,most of the characters are Asian.The main character is Lydia,a teenage girl,who is the favorite of three children born to a white mother and a Chinese-American father.The story is about Lydia’s disappearance,and the emotions the family goes through as the mystery unfolds.The whole family deals with sorrow,regret,and exposed secrets as they search for the lost girl.Though most of the characters in this story are Asian,Ng says she didn’t really want to include Asian characters.She was afraid people would think the story was about real people in her life.Because she grew up in America and doesn’t speak Chinese,she was actually surprised that she included Asian characters in the book.The book has taken off,especially on Amazon.Ng is still getting used to the attention, saying she is still amazed when people tell her they have read her book.With so many readers, it’s safe to say this is a book you should read.But if you’re looking for a simple mystery,this book might not be for you.Most readers warn that you should not read this book unless you’re prepared to cry.1.The novel Everything I Never Told You.A.focuses on a family with a missing childB.discusses the ways to get rid of regretsC.exposes the secret of the American worldD.talks about the life of teenagers in America2.Which of the following is TRUE according to Celeste Ng?A.She wanted to help Asian people.B.She was surprised she wrote about Asian characters.C.She was born in Hong Kong and grew up in America.D.She wanted people to know the characters were real people in her life.3.How do most readers probably find the book?A.It’s about race.B.It’s a sad story.C.It’s a simple mystery.D.It has a surprising ending.4.What is the text mainly about?A.Celeste Ng and her family.B.The awards Celeste Ng won.C.Celeste Ng’s learning experience.D.Celeste Ng and her well-known novel.B(2017山东济南一模,C)A European Union Program is letting blind people experience famous paintings for the first time.It uses three dimensional(3-D)printing to recreate famous paintings so they can be touched.One painting printed with the new technology is Gustav Klimt’s“The Kiss”. It is a popular attraction at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria. The painting shows a man and a woman standing in a field filled with flowers. They are wearing gold robes and have their arms around each other. The man leans down to kiss the woman.Klimt finished the painting in1908. Until now, people who had trouble seeing could not appreciate the artwork. But thanks to the reproduction they can touch the piece and feel the ridges and depressions. Andreas Reichinger started making3-D versions of artworks in2010.He said this reproduction was his most difficult project because the couple’s robes are so detailed.Dominika Raditsch is a blind museum visitor. She touched the reproduction. As she moved her hands around it she said, “Exactly, can you see these?There are so many details.”Raditschsaid she could imagine what the original painting looks like when she touched the reproduction.“It’s somehow round. You can feel it. It comes with it. And in many places it’s so smooth. And then I think to myself: it probably shines too!” Raditsch said.The Belvedere is not the only museum to have3-D versions of its artworks. Some of the pieces at the Prado, in Madrid, Spain have reproductions that can be touched. But the piece in Vienna has one special part: It is made with widely available3-D printing technology. That means one day, blind art fans anywhere in the world could download the source files and print the reproductions themselves.5.What is“The kiss”?A.A European Union project.B.A popular painting.C.A3-D technology.D.A famous museum.6.Why did Reichinger say the reproduction of“The kiss” was difficult to finish?A.The painting was reproduced detailedly.B.The original artwork was made in 1908.C.Blind art fans can’t download the source.D.The 3-D technology is not available.7.How did Raditsch feel when she first touched the reproduction?A.Awkward.B.Puzzled.C.Excited.D.Nervous.8.What is the best title for the text?A.A European Union Program for Museum VisitorsB.3-D Printing Lets the Blind Experience Famous PaintingsC.How to Reproduce the World-famous PaintingsD.A Special Museum for Art Fans in Vienna,AustriaⅡ.语法填空(2018四川四市第二次诊断)There’s no place in the world like Venice,Italy.Situated in the Adriatic Sea,the City of Water is made up of118tiny islands.However,it1(be)in danger of sinking now.Because2city was built on soft soil,it has been sinking under the pressure of its own weight.Scientists say that Venice sinks3a rate of nearly two inches every100years. Meanwhile,rising sea levels could make Venice go under even faster.The Earth’s temperature is slowly increasing,4is causing sea ice to melt and makes the world’s waters rise.Experts5(rush)to save Venice now because of its rich culture.Many famous artists and opera singers have come from Venice.Some of the world’s greatest6(paint)can be found on the city’s museum walls,explains Melissa Conn.7(keep)the city afloat,experts want to pump about40billion gallons of sea water beneath Venice.While scientists work to get their plan8(approve),people in Venice live their normal life.When the tide rolls in the locals have ways of keeping everyone dry.Caféowners move tables to9(high)ground,and hotels pass out high boots to guests.10 (fortune),dealing with the rising water does not make the natives discouraged.1. 2. 3. 4. 5.6.7.8.9.10.Ⅲ.短文改错(2018黑龙江哈六中二模)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。
2019届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题(考试时间:120分钟试卷满分:150分)第一部分听力部分(共两节,满分30分)第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5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 is almost ready to serve?A.The noodles.B.The salad.C.The bread.2.Which pair of shoes was comfortable?A.The second pair.B.The third pair.C.The first pair.3.What time should the woman start recording?A.At four o’clock.B.At six o’clock. C.At seven o’clock.4.What are the speakers comparing?A.A movie and a novel.B.Two movies.C.Two types of music.5.What are the speakers mainly discussing?A.Washing the woman’s dirty clothes.B.Folding clean clothes.C.Doing Ben’s laundry.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5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.Where is the woman right now?A.Inside the city.B.Outside the city.C.Near a faraway town.7.Why will the woman pay extra money?A.Because of the type of vehicle.B.Because of the weekend rate.C.Because of the traveling distance.听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。
B C高三 2019 届英语下学期第二次模拟试卷英 语本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。
第Ⅰ卷 1 至 12 页。
第Ⅱ卷 13 至 14 页。
考试结束,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
第Ⅰ卷注意事项:1. 答题前,考生在答题卡上务必用黑色签字笔将自己的姓名、准考证号填写清楚,并贴好条形码。
请认真核准条形码上的准考证号、姓名和科目。
2. 每小题选出答案后,用 2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号,在试题卷上作答无效。
第一部分 听力(共两节,满分 30 分)做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上答案转涂到 答题卡上。
第一节(共 5 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 7.5 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 、 、 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 does County Community College offer?A.It offers classes known as “English as a Second Language ”.B.It offers English conversation classes for English speakers.C.It can only help some VIPs.2.What does the woman imply?A. She also found the book difficult.B. She has learned a lot about names.C. She read a different book.3.What is the man ’s name? A. Gaques Cellinde. B. Jaques CellindA.C. Jaque Cillenda.4.How many persons can share a standard room? A. Two. B. Three. C. One.5.What is the passage mainly about?A. Tips for applying for online vacancies (空缺).B. How to write applicationforms.B CC. How to submit (提交) online application forms.第二节(共 15 小题;每小题 1.5 分,满分 22.5 分)听下面 5 段对话。
高考真题“重组”卷(二)第Ⅰ卷第一部分听力(略)(共两节,满分30分)第二部分阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。
A(2017北京,B)21.Why is TOKNOW a special magazine?A.It entertains young parents.B.It provides serious advertisements.C.It publishes popular science fictions.D.It combines fun with complex concepts.22.What does TOKNOW offer its readers?A.Online courses.B.Articles on new topics.C.Lectures on a balanced life.D.Reports on scientific discoveries.23.How much should you pay if you make a 12-month subscription to TOKNOW with gift pack from China?A.£55.B.£60.C.£65.D.£70.24.Subscribers of TOKNOW would get.A.free birthday presentsB.full refund within 28 daysC.membership of the TOKNOW clubD.chances to meet the experts in personB(2016四川,B)If you could have one superpower, what would it be?Dreaming about whether you would want to read minds, see through walls, or have superhuman strength may sound silly, but it actually gets to the heart of what really matters in your life.Every day in our work, we are inspired by the people we meet doing extraordinary things to improve the world.They have a different kind of superpower that all of us possess: the power to make a difference in the lives of others.We’re not saying that everyone nee ds to contribute their lives to the poor. Your lives are busy enough doing homework, playing sports, making friends, seeking after your dreams. But we do think that you can live a more powerful life when you devote some of your time and energy to something much larger than yourself. Find an issue you are interested in and learn more. Volunteer or, if you can, contribute a little money to a cause. Whatever you do, don’t be a bystander. Get involved. You may have the opportunity to make your biggest difference when you’re older. But why not start now?Our own experience working together on health, development, and energy the last twenty years has been one of the most rewarding parts of our lives. It has changed who we are and continues to fuel our optimism about how much the lives of the poorest people will improve in the years ahead.24.What does the underlined part in Paragraph 2 refer to?A.Your life style.B.Your life value.C.Your trouble in life.D.Your life experience.25.Why does the author say they are inspired every day?A.They possess different kinds of superpowers.B.They have got the power to change the world.C.Some people around them are making the world better.D.There are many powerful people in their life and work.26.What does the author stress in Paragraph 5?A.Learning more and contributing more to a cause.B.Rising above self and acting to help others.C.Working hard to get a bigger opportunity.D.Trying your best to help the poor.27.What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A.The author believes the lives of the poorest will get better.B.Much more progress will be made in the near future.C.The work on health is the most valuable experience.D.People’s efforts have been materially rewarded.C(2018课标全国Ⅰ,C)Languages have been coming and going for thousands of years, but in recent times there has been less coming and a lot more going. When the world was still populated by hunter-gatherers, small, tightly knit(联系)groups developed their own patterns of speech independent of each other. Some language experts believe that 10,000 years ago, when the world had just five to ten million people, they spoke perhaps 12,000 languages between them.Soon afterwards, many of those people started settling down to become farmers, and their languages too became more settled and fewer in number. In recent centuries, trade, industrialisation, the development of the nation-state and the spread of universal compulsory education, especially globalisation and better communications in the past few decades, all have caused many languages to disappear, and dominant languages such as English, Spanish and Chinese are increasingly taking over.At present, the world has about 6,800 languages. The distribution of these languages is hugely uneven. The general rule is that mild zones have relatively few languages, often spoken by many people, while hot, wet zones have lots, often spoken by small numbers. Europe has only around 200 languages;the Americas about 1,000;Africa 2,400;and Asia and the Pacific perhaps 3,200, of which Papua New Guinea alone accounts for well over 800. The median number(中位数) of speakers is a mere 6,000, which means that half the world’s languages are spoken by fewer people than that.Already well over 400 of the total of 6,800 languages are close to extinction(消亡), with only a few elderly speakers left. Pick, at random, Busuu in Cameroon(eight remaining speakers),Chiapaneco in Mexico(150), Lipan Apache in the United States(two or three) or Wadjigu in Australia(one, with a question-mark):none of these seems to have much chance of survival.28.What can we infer about languages in hunter-gatherer times?A.They developed very fast.B.They were large in number.C.They had similar patterns.D.They were closely connected.29.Which of the following best explains“dominant”underlined in paragraph 2?plex.B.Advanced.C.Powerful.D.Modern.30.How many languages are spoken by less than 6,000 people at present?A.About 6,800.B.About 3,400.C.About 2,400.D.About 1,200.31.What is the main idea of the text?A.New languages will be created.B.People’s lifestyles are reflected in languages.C.Human development results in fewer languages.D.Geography determines language evolution.D(2018课标全国Ⅰ,D)We may think we’re a culture that gets rid of our wor n technology at the first sight of something shiny and new, but a new study shows that we keep using our old devices(装置) well after they go out of style. That’s bad news for the environment—and our wallets—as these outdated devices consume much more energy than the newer ones that do the same things.To figure out how much power these devices are using, Callie Babbitt and her colleagues at the Rochester Institute of Technology in New York tracked the environmental costs for each product throughout its life—from when its minerals are mined to when we stop using the device. This method provided a readout for how home energy use has evolved since the early 1990s. Devices were grouped by generation. Desktop computers, basic mobile phones, and box-set TVs defined 1992. Digital cameras arrived on the scene in 1997. And MP3 players, smartphones, and LCD TVs entered homes in 2002, before tablets and e-readers showed up in 2007.As we accumulated more devices, however, we didn’t throw out our old ones. “Theliving-roo m television is replaced and gets planted in the kids’ room, and suddenly one day, you have a TV in every room of the house,”said one researcher. The average number of electronic devices rose from four per household in 1992 to 13 in 2007. We’re not just ke eping these old devices—we continue to use them. According to the analysis of Babbitt’s team, old desktop monitors and box TVs with cathode ray tubes are the worst devices with their energy consumption and contribution to greenhouse gas emissions(排放) more than doubling during the 1992 to 2007 window.So what’s the solution(解决方案)?The team’s data only went up to 2007, but the researchers also explored what would happen if consumers replaced old products with new electronics that serve more than one function, such as a tablet for word processing and TV viewing. They found that more on-demand entertainment viewing on tablets instead of TVs and desktop computers could cut energy consumption by 44%.32.What does the author think of new devices?A.They are environment-friendly.B.They are no better than the old.C.They cost more to use at home.D.They go out of style quickly.33.Why did Babbitt’s team conduct the research?A.To reduce the cost of minerals.B.To test the life cycle of a product.C.To update consumers on new technology.D.To find out electricity consumption of the devices.34.Which of the following uses the least energy?A.The box-set TV.B.The tablet.C.The LCD TV.D.The desktop computer.35.What does the text suggest people do about old electronic devices?A.Stop using them.B.Take them apart.C.Upgrade them.D.Recycle them.第二节(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)(2017课标全国Ⅲ)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。
完形填空专练(夹叙夹议类)Cloze 1(2018课标全国Ⅰ)During my second year at the city college, I was told that the education department was offering a“free”course, called Thinking Chess, for three credits. I1the idea of taking the class because, after all, who doesn’t want to2 a few dollars?More than that, I’d always wanted to learn chess. And, even if I weren’t3enough about free credits, news about our4was appealing enough to me. He was an international grand master, which5I would be learning from one of the game’s6. I could hardly wait to7him.Maurice Ashley was kind and smart, a former graduate returning to teach, and this8was no game for him;he meant business. In his introduction, he made it9that our credits would be hard-earned. In order to10the class, among other criteria, we had to write a paper on how we plan to11what we would learn in class to our future professions and,12, to our lives. I managed to get an A in that13and learned life lessons that have served me well beyond the14.Ten years after my chess class with Ashley, I’m still putting to use what he15me:“The absolute most important16that you learn when you play chess is how to make good17. On every single move you have to18 a situation, process what your opponent(对手)is doing and19the best move from among all your options.”These words still ring true today in my 20as a journalist.1.A.put forward B.jumped at C.tried out D.turned down2.A.waste B.earn C.save D.pay3.A.excited B.worried C.moved D.tired4.A.title petitor C.textbook D.instructor5.A.urged B.demanded C.held D.meant6.A.fastest B.easiest C.best D.rarest7.A.interview B.meet C.challenge D.beat8.A.chance B.qualification C.honor D.job9.A.real B.perfect C.clear D.possible10.A.attend B.pass C.skip D.observe11.A.add B.expose C.apply pare12.A.eventually B.naturally C.directly D.normally13.A.game B.presentation C.course D.experiment14.A.criterion B.classroom C.department D.situation15.A.taught B.wrote C.questioned D.promised16.A.fact B.step C.manner D.skill17.A.grades B.decisions C.impressions ments18.A.analyze B.describe C.rebuild D.control19.A.announce B.signal C.block D.evaluate20.A.role B.desire C.concern D.behaviorCloze 2(2018浙江)We have all heard how time is more valuable than money, but is it1to have too much time?I2back in high school I spent most of my day at school since I also3 a team sport. By the time I got home, I only had a few hours to do my homework, and I had to do it4.When I got into college, things5. I suddenly found myself out of class before noon time. Because of all this6time, there was no sense of7to do my school work immediately. I was performing this action of waiting until it later became a8. Once that happened, I just kept9my studying further and further back in my day. Then I got to the point where I was 10really late at night to get my work done.One day I11 a former classmate of mine who was12 a lot of money running a sideline(副业). Since his regular job was13, I asked him why he just didn’t do his sideline full-time. He said without the job, he would14have too much time and would just do what I did back in15. He said that if he16the job, he would lose his17to work and succeed.So, try18your time with other work. This is why there is a19that if you want something done, ask a20person to do it.1.A.true B.fair C.strange D.possible2.A.remember B.admit C.understand D.expect3.A.watched B.loved C.coached D.played4.A.at last B.right away C.of course D.as usual5.A.happened B.repeated C.changed D.mattered6.A.extra B.difficult C.valuable D.limited7.A.duty B.achievement C.urgency D.direction8.A.burden B.relief C.risk D.habit9.A.pushing B.taking C.setting D.calling10.A.hanging out B.staying up C.jogging round D.showing off11.A.met B.helped C.treated D.hired12.A.raising B.wasting C.demanding D.making13.A.safe B.important C.boring D.rewarding14.A.luckily B.hardly C.hopefully D.simply15.A.childhood B.college C.town D.business16.A.quit B.found C.accepted D.kept17.A.heart B.chance C.drive D.way18.A.saving B.filling up C.giving up D.trading19.A.message B.story C.saying D.fact20.A.careful B.busy C.reliable D.kind答案全解全析Cloze 1[语篇解读]本文是一篇夹叙夹议的文章。
2019届高三第三次模拟考试卷英 语 (二)注意事项:1.答题前,先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上,并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.选择题的作答:每小题选出答案后,用2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
3.非选择题的作答:用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。
写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
4.考试结束后,请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。
第Ⅰ卷第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)(略) 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分)第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A 、B 、C 和D )中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
AFour Free Mobile Apps to Help You Learn English FasterHave you realized that you can put your smartphone to really good use for learning English? Here are 4 free mobile apps that will help you do just that.Hello EnglishIt covers all the aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, translation, grammar, spellings, spoken and reading skills. It uses interactive games to teach different English lessons and offers new audiobooks, latest news, and books. However, you should already understand basic English structures and alphabets, for the app can’t help you learn English from scratch(从零开始).DuolingoIf you want to learn English from scratch, then this is the app you are looking for. Duolingouses interactive games to help you learn English. For beginners, the app focuses on helping youlearn verbs, phrases and sentences.LingbeIf you are ready to practice your spoken skills in the real-world, you’ll need Lingbe. It’s a community-based app where people help each other and share their native languages. It connects you with real people on call who are native English speakers.HelloTalkHelloTalk is similar to Lingbe as it connects you with native speakers to help improve your language skills. However, it adds a few extra functions that might interest you. You can view the information about users to find a match that interests you. Additionally, you can also send text and audio messages, and even do video calls with other people.If you are a beginner, start from Duolingo and then use Hello English to take full command over the language. For fluent spoken English learners, you can try out Lingbe or HelloTalk.21. What should you already understand to use Hello English?A. Good reading and writing skills.B. Basic listening and speaking tips.C. Different English lessons and books.D. English letters and basic structures.22. Which app is the best choice for an English beginner at first? A. Hello English. B. Duolingo. C. Lingbe. D. HelloTalk.23. What can you do on Lingbe? A. Read the latest news. B. Enjoy the interactive games. C. Practice your spoken English. D. Talk with native speakers in the flesh.BWhen a driver slams on the brakes to avoid hitting a pedestrian crossing the road illegally, she is making a moral decision that shifts risk from the pedestrian to the people in the car. Self-driving cars might soon have to make such ethical(道德的) judgments on their own — but settling on a universal moral code for the vehicles could be a tough task, suggests a survey.此卷只装订不密封 班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号The largest ever survey of machine ethics, called the Moral Machine, laid out 13 possible situations in which someone’s death was unavoidable. Respondents were asked to choose who to spare in situations tha t involved a mix of variables: young or old, rich or poor, more people or fewer. Within 18 months, the online quiz had recorded 40 million decisions made by people from 233 countries and territories.When the researchers analysed these answers, they found that the nations could be divided into three groups. One contains North America and several European nations where Christianity has been the dominant(占支配地位的) religion; another includes countries such as Japan, Indonesia and Pakistan, with strong Confucian or Islamic traditions. A third group consists of countries in Central and South America, such as Colombia and Brazil. The first group showed a stronger preference for sacrificing older lives to save younger ones than did the second group, for example.The researchers also identified relationships between social and economic factors in a country. They found that people from relatively wealthy countries with strong institutions, such as Finland and Japan, more often chose to hit people who stepped into traffic illegally than did respondents in nations with weaker institutions, such as Nigeria or Pakistan.People rarely face such moral dilemmas, and some cities question whether the possible situations posed in the online quiz are relevant to the ethical and practical questions surrounding driverless cars. But the researchers argue that the findings reveal cultural differences that governments and makers of self-driving cars must take into account if they want the vehicles to gain public acceptance.At least Barbara Wege, who heads a group working on autonomous-vehicle ethics at Audi in Ingolstadt, Germany, says such studies are valuable. Wege argues that self-driving cars would cause fewer accidents, proportionally, than human drivers do each year —but that people might focus more on events involving robots.Surveys such as the Moral Machine can help to begin public discussions about these unavoidable accidents that might develop trust. “We need to come up with a social consensus,” she says, “about which risks we are willing to take.”24.Why is it difficult to set universal moral rules for programming self-driving cars?A.Social values always change with the times.B.Moral choices vary between different cultures.C.Drivers have a preference for sacrificing the weak.D.Car makers are faced with decisions of life or death.25.The researchers conducted the study by _____.ing a massive online quiz worldwideB.c-o/mparing different cultures and customsC.dividing the respondents into three groupsD.performing a series of controlled experiments26.According to the study, in which country are drivers more likely to hit a pedestrian crossing the road illegally?A.Nigeria.B.Colombia.C.Finland.D.Indonesia.27.Barbara Wege would probably agree that _____.A.Self-driving cars will greatly improve the traffic environmentB.Accidents caused by self-driving cars might receive more attentionC.Problems involving self-driving cars might shake the public trust in societyD.Car makers needn’t take the risk of solving self-driving car ethical dilemmasCSixty-four-year-old Pierre Deom has spent his entire life close to the woods and fields that he loves. Twice a year, his magazine, La Hulotte, focuses on an animal or plant native to the French countryside.The 100th edition was published in November. The magazine counts more than 150,000 subscribers in many countries, and is doing very well financially. Deom says it all began in January 1972, when he was teaching science in a one-room schoolhouse here. “It upset me how the forests and swamps were beginning to be ruined. The word ‘ecology’(生态学) didn’t really exist yet. Some friends and I wanted to call attention to the issue. So we said, let’s educate the kids. They’re ready to hear our message.” So he took a step in to the unknown, planning to publish his nature journal.Deom does all the research and writing and the illustrations(插图) of the magazine by hand. He combines science and humor in his writing and drawing to describe the daily life and sufferings of his creatures. Animals you might overlook or consider dull are magically and vividly brought to life in La Hulotte. “I try to write about animals and plants that are easy to find because I want kids to put on boots, take a magnifying glass, go to the woods and field s to observe and be amazed by what they find,” Deom says.And it seems to work. Biologist Jerome Fournier began subscribing to La Hulotte when he was just eight years old. “For me it was the first contact with nature when I was a child. And maybe it’s th e beginning for my life of scientist. I think so.”What’s amazing is its approach. The magazine has realistic drawings and also a little cast of cartoon creatures who comment on things and give a different views. You can read it as an adult or a child; it can be understood on two different levels. So scientists, regular people and children all get something out of it. “It’sextraordinary.” Fournier says, who works at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, where he says La Hulotte has a crazy following.28. W hat does the underlined word “subscribers” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Readers.B. Editors.C. Sellers.D. Collectors.29. What’s the purpose of creating the magazine?A. To make a lot of money.B. To finish the task of teaching.C. To enlarge the areas of forests.D. To promote people’s awareness of ecology.30. Which words can best describe the magazine La Hulotte?A. Scientific and interesting.B. Magical and dull.C. Vivid and unreal.D. Hard to understand.31. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The magazine is a cartoon one.B. Adults find the magazine too easy.C. Many scientists are the fans of the magazine.D. The magazine is not fit for regular people to read.DGold is one of the rarest materials on Earth and has always been considered a valuable and precious resource. It’s very likely that someone in your family owns something made of gold, especially since China is one of the world’s biggest buyers of gold jewellery. It’s even in our smartphones — they contain parts made from this expensive material.But where does this beautiful metal actually come from? The answer: outer space.This August, Chinese scientists became the first in the world to witness gravitational waves(引力波) caused by the collision of neutron(中子) stars, reported Xinhua News Agency.The sight was witnessed at China’s Kunlun Antarctic Station at the South Pole, and Insight, China’s first X-ray astronomical satellite, also contributed to the discovery.Although collisions of black holes have been recorded before, this was the first time that two neutron stars were known to have collided. It’s believed that such collisions lead to huge explosions of energy, and even to the creation of precious metals such as gold and silver.“The collision of neutron s tars is like a very large gold factory in the universe,” Jin Zhiping, a researcher at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told Xinhua.According to an article published by space.c-o/m, scientists have long believed gold and other materials are created in this way, but it wasn’t until the recent collision that their theory was confirmed.“The origin of the really heaviest chemical elements in the universe had confused the scientific community for quite a long time,” Hans Thomas Janka, a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, said in a news release. “Now, we have the first observational proof for neutron star mergers(合并) as sources.”Indeed, the recently observed collision is thought to have produced an amount of gold that would weigh 10 times more than Earth, according to New Scientist.Don’t expect to be showered in gold any time soon, however. The collision actually took place 130 million years ago, taking all that time for the event’s light to reach Earth.But at least if you want to see a piece of space up close, all you have to do is to look at the ring on your mom’s finger — or the smartphone in your pocket.32.What’s the author’s purpose of writing the first two paragraphs?A.To emphasize the rareness of gold.B.To list some uses of gold in daily life.C.To explain the reasons for the popularity of gold.D.To interest readers about the source of gold.33.What would the collision of neutron stars lead to according to Xinhua?A.The creation of black holes.B.The death of the stars.C.The disappearance of gravitational waves.D.The creation of gold.34.What’s the text mainly about?A.China’s Kunlun Antarctic Station does research into gold.B.Collisions between two neutron stars result in gold.C.Collisions contribute to the discovery.D.Gold is considered a valuable and precious resource.35.What can we learn from the article?A.The amount of gold produced by the collision was very small.B.The collision was the largest reported in history.C.China played a big role in the new discovery.D.The collision took place 130 years ago.第二节(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两项为多余选项。
2019届高三第三次模拟考试卷英 语 (二) 注意事项: 1.答题前,先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上,并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。
2.选择题的作答:每小题选出答案后,用2B 铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑,写在试题卷、草稿纸和答题卡上的非答题区域均无效。
3.非选择题的作答:用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。
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第Ⅰ卷 第一部分 听力(共两节,满分30分)(略) 第二部分 阅读理解(共两节,满分40分) 第一节(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分) 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A 、B 、C 和D )中选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A Four Free Mobile Apps to Help You Learn English Faster Have you realized that you can put your smartphone to really good use for learning English? Here are 4 free mobile apps that will help you do just that. Hello English It covers all the aspects of language learning, including vocabulary, translation, grammar, spellings, spoken and reading skills. It uses interactive games to teach different English lessons and offers new audiobooks, latest news, and books. However, you should already understand basic English structures and alphabets, for the app can’t help you learn English from scratch(从零开始). Duolingo If you want to learn English from scratch, then this is the app you are looking for. Duolingo uses interactive games to help you learn English. For beginners, the app focuses on helping you learn verbs,班级 姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号phrases and sentences.LingbeIf you are ready to practice your spoken skills in the real-world, you’ll need Lingbe. It’s a community-based app where people help each other and share their native languages. It connects you with real people on call who are native English speakers.HelloTalkHelloTalk is similar to Lingbe as it connects you with native speakers to help improve your language skills. However, it adds a few extra functions that might interest you. You can view the information about users to find a match that interests you. Additionally, you can also send text and audio messages, and even do video calls with other people.If you are a beginner, start from Duolingo and then use Hello English to take full command over the language. For fluent spoken English learners, you can try out Lingbe or HelloTalk.21. What should you already understand to use Hello English?A. Good reading and writing skills.B. Basic listening and speaking tips.C. Different English lessons and books.D. English letters and basic structures.22. Which app is the best choice for an English beginner at first?A. Hello English.B. Duolingo.C. Lingbe.D. HelloTalk.23. What can you do on Lingbe?A. Read the latest news.B. Enjoy the interactive games.C. Practice your spoken English.D. Talk with native speakers in the flesh.BWhen a driver slams on the brakes to avoid hitting a pedestrian crossing the road illegally, she is making a moral decision that shifts risk from the pedestrian to the people in the car. Self-driving cars might soon have to makesuch ethical(道德的) judgments on their own — but settling on a universal moral code for the vehicles could be a tough task, suggests a survey.The largest ever survey of machine ethics, called the Moral Machine, laid out 13 possible situations in which someone’s death was unavoidable. Respondents were asked to choose who to spare in situations tha t involved a mix of variables: young or old, rich or poor, more people or fewer. Within 18 months, the online quiz had recorded 40 million decisions made by people from 233 countries and territories.When the researchers analysed these answers, they found that the nations could be divided into three groups. One contains North America and several European nations where Christianity has been the dominant(占支配地位的) religion; another includes countries such as Japan, Indonesia and Pakistan, with strong Confucian or Islamic traditions. A third group consists of countries in Central and South America, such as Colombia and Brazil. The first group showed a stronger preference for sacrificing older lives to save younger ones than did the second group, for example.The researchers also identified relationships between social and economic factors in a country. They found that people from relatively wealthy countries with strong institutions, such as Finland and Japan, more often chose to hit people who stepped into traffic illegally than did respondents in nations with weaker institutions, such as Nigeria or Pakistan.People rarely face such moral dilemmas, and some cities question whether the possible situations posed in the online quiz are relevant to the ethical and practical questions surrounding driverless cars. But the researchers argue that the findings reveal cultural differences that governments and makers of self-driving cars must take into account if they want the vehicles to gain public acceptance.At least Barbara Wege, who heads a group working on autonomous-vehicle ethics at Audi in Ingolstadt, Germany, says such studies are valuable. Wege argues that self-driving cars would cause fewer accidents, proportionally, than human drivers do each year — but that people might focus more on events involving robots.Surveys such as the Moral Machine can help to begin public discussions about these unavoidable accidents that might develop trust. “We need to come up with a social consensus,” she says, “about which risks we are willing to take.”24.Why is it difficult to set universal moral rules for programming self-driving cars?A.Social values always change with the times.B.Moral choices vary between different cultures.C.Drivers have a preference for sacrificing the weak.D.Car makers are faced with decisions of life or death.25.The researchers conducted the study by _____.ing a massive online quiz worldwideparing different cultures and customsC.dividing the respondents into three groupsD.performing a series of controlled experiments26.According to the study, in which country are drivers more likely to hit a pedestrian crossing the road illegally?A.Nigeria.B.Colombia.C.Finland.D.Indonesia.27.Barbara Wege would probably agree that _____.A.Self-driving cars will greatly improve the traffic environmentB.Accidents caused by self-driving cars might receive more attentionC.Problems involving self-driving cars might shake the public trust in societyD.Car makers needn’t take the risk of solving self-driving car ethical dilemmasCSixty-four-year-old Pierre Deom has spent his entire life close to the woods and fields that he loves. Twice a year, his magazine, La Hulotte, focuses on an animal or plant native to the French countryside.The 100th edition was published in November. The magazine counts more than 150,000 subscribers in many countries, and is doing very well financially. Deom says it all began in January 1972, when he was teaching science in a one-room schoolhouse here. “It upset me h ow the forests and swamps were beginning to be ruined. The word ‘ecology’(生态学) didn’t really exist yet. Some friends and I wanted to call attention to the issue. So we said, let’s educate the kids. They’re ready to hear our message.” So he took a step into the unknown, planning to publish his nature journal.Deom does all the research and writing and the illustrations(插图) of the magazine by hand. He combines science and humor in his writing and drawing to describe the daily life and sufferings of his creatures. Animals you might overlook or consider dull are magically and vividly brought to life in La Hulotte. “I try to write about animals and plants that are easy to find because I want kids to put on boots, take a magnifying glass, go to the woods and field s to observe and be amazed by what they find,” Deom says.And it seems to work. Biologist Jerome Fournier began subscribing to La Hulotte when he was just eight years old. “For me it was the first contact with nature when I was a child. And maybe it’s the beginning for my life of scientist. I think so.”What’s amazing is its approach. The magazine has realistic drawings and also a little cast of cartoon creatures who comment on things and give a different views. You can read it as an adult or a child; it can be understood on two different levels. So scientists, regular people and children all get something out of it. “It’s extraordinary.” Fournier says, who works at the Museum of Natural History in Paris, where he says La Hulotte has a crazy following.28. W hat does the underlined word “subscribers” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?A. Readers.B. Editors.C. Sellers.D. Collectors.29. What’s the purpose of creating the magazine?A. To make a lot of money.B. To finish the task of teaching.C. To enlarge the areas of forests.D. To promote people’s awareness of ecology.30. Which words can best describe the magazine La Hulotte?A. Scientific and interesting.B. Magical and dull.C. Vivid and unreal.D. Hard to understand.31. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The magazine is a cartoon one.B. Adults find the magazine too easy.C. Many scientists are the fans of the magazine.D. The magazine is not fit for regular people to read.DGold is one of the rarest materials on Earth and has always been considered a valuable and precious resource. It’s very likely that someone in your family owns something made of gold, especially since China is one of the world’s biggest buyers of gold jewellery. It’s even in our smartphones —they contain parts made from this expensive material.But where does this beautiful metal actually come from? The answer: outer space.This August, Chinese scientists became the first in the world to witness gravitational waves(引力波)caused by the collision of neutron(中子) stars, reported Xinhua News Agency.The sight was witnessed at China’s Kunlun Antarctic Station at the South Pole, and Insight, China’s first X-ray astronomical satellite, also contributed to the discovery.Although collisions of black holes have been recorded before, this was the first time that two neutron stars were known to have collided. It’s believed that such collisions lead to huge explosions of energy, and even to the creation of precious metals such as gold and silver.“The collision of neutron stars is like a very large gold factory in the universe,” Jin Zhiping, a researcher at the Purple Mountain Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, told Xinhua.According to an article published by , scientists have long believed gold and other materials are created in this way, but it wasn’t until the recent collision that their theory was confirmed.“The origin of the really heaviest chemical elements in the universe had confused the scientific community for quite a long time,” Hans Thomas Janka, a senior scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in Germany, said in a news release. “Now, we have the first observational proof for neutron star mergers(合并) as sources.”Indeed, the recently observed collision is thought to have produced an amount of gold that would weigh 10 times more than Earth, according to New Scientist.Don’t expect to be showered in gold any time soon, however. The collision actually took place 130 million years ago, taking all that time for the event’s light to reach Earth.But at least if you want to see a piece of space up close, all you have to do is to look at the ring on your mom’s finger — or the smartphone in your pocket.32.What’s the author’s purpose of writing the first two paragraphs?A.To emphasize the rareness of gold.B.To list some uses of gold in daily life.C.To explain the reasons for the popularity of gold.D.To interest readers about the source of gold.33.What would the collision of neutron stars lead to according to Xinhua?A.The creation of black holes.B.The death of the stars.C.The disappearance of gravitational waves.D.The creation of gold.34.What’s the text mainly about?A.China’s Kunlun Antarctic Station does research into gold.B.Collisions between two neutron stars result in gold.C.Collisions contribute to the discovery.D.Gold is considered a valuable and precious resource.。
2019届高三英语二模试题有答案本试卷由四个部分组成。
其中,第一、二部分和第三部分的第一节为选择题。
第三部分的第二节和第四部分为非选择题,共12页。
试卷满分150分,考试时间120分钟。
考试结束后,将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。
注意事项:1.答题前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。
2.答选择题时,每小题选出答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。
如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。
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3.答非选择题时,将答案写在答题卡上。
写在本试卷上无效。
第一部分听力(共两节,满分30分)做题时,先将答案标在试卷上。
录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题乍上。
优题速享第一节(共5小题;每小题1.5分,满分7.5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凑下一小题。
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1.Why does the man need the girls help?A.The clothes are not dry.B.He is busy with the game.C.The dry clothes will get wet in the rain.2.What does the man ask the woman to do?A.Lend him some money.B.Buy him a calculator.C.Help him with some numbers.3.What are the speakers doing?A.Hiding somewhere.B.Chasing someone.C.Making a snowman.4.When will the speakers reach their destination?A.At 8:45.B.At 11:30.C.At 12:30.5.Where are the speakers probably?A.At a restaurant.B.At home.C.At a hospital.第二节(共15小题;每小题1.5分,满分22.5分)优题速享听下面5段对话或独白。
模拟组合练(一)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2018山西高三一模,A)British MuseumLocated in Great Russell Street, London WC1B 3DG, the British Museum houses a vast collection of world art and artifacts and is free to all visitors. The British Museum’s remarkable collection spans over two million years of human history and culture, and it has more than 7 million objects, so it would probably take a week to see everything.Over 6 million visitors every year experience the collection, including world-famous objects such as the Rosetta Stone and Egyptian mummies.Admission and opening timesFree, open daily 10:00 to 17:30.Open until 20:30 on Fridays, except Good Friday.Closed on 24, 25 and 26 December and 1 January.Large luggage, suitcases and cabin baggageFor everyone’s safety, all bags, packages and personal items may be searched before entry. Wheeled cases and large items of luggage are not allowed in the British Museum for safety and security reasons. Storage for lug gage is available at major rail stations, including Euston, King’s Cross and Charing Cross.MembershipMembership allows you to discover 2 million years of human history with free unlimited entry to special exhibitions, an exclusive discount offer on magazine subscription and many more benefits.Individual membership:£74Under 26 membership:£54Young friends(aged 8—15):£25ShopsThe museum has four shops where you can buy books, souvenirs, and family gifts.1.When can you visit the British Museum?A.At 9:00 on Friday.B.At 12:00 on Monday.C.On Christmas Day.D.On Good Friday.2.Where can visitors store their large luggage?A.At major train stations.B.At some crossings.C.In the hall of the Museum.D.At the entrance to the Museum.3.If two friends aged 14 and 18 apply for membership of the Museum, how much should they pay?A.£25.B.£79.C.£50.D.£148.B(2017辽宁锦州一模)Now it seems that technology could be changing our homes. A project conducted by Johann Siau, has built on the university’s InterHome proje ct, to create a home that supervises weak or elderly people living at home.“We’ve developed a wristband(手环) type device(装置),” said Johann Siau, “which monitors the condition of an elderly person. It collects data of a person, to see if the person has fallen or is away from where he/she is supposed to be. It connects an elderly person with an assisted living type device with the InterHome. The assisted living project is part of the development of a smart house. The house stores the usage patterns of the person living there and can use as little energy as possible. The project introduces the assisted-living idea to care for the elderly. It’s very important that these technologies are there to help and support rather than replacing any of the existing services.”The InterHome is not just a type or a vehicle for research; it’s a study tool to help students from different scientific backgrounds learn about and develop technology. The InterHome combines the latest broadband technology, mobile data and communication. Researchers and students make sure all the technology works together. Students get experience by developing newhardware and software themselves. It requires a variety of skills from electronic engineers, computer students, design students and so on. “The present plan we’re working on is a smart home project in Watford with some commercial companies,” said Johann Siau. “We are looking at how a smart home can provide extra valuable services.”4.The main purpose of this article is to .A.describe a new project to develop a smart home for the elderlyB.describe a new platform for students to develop new technologyC.show how future buildings will change elderly people’s way of lifeD.introduce a new kind of technology to help people enjoy a better life5.The underlined word “supervises” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to .A.liftsB.overseesC.supportsforts6.According to the article, the InterHome project .A.calls for students to care for old peopleB.does all the work the existing services doC.develops houses that mainly aim to save energyD.provides better care and services for the elderly7.What can we learn about the InterHome project from the article?A.It is a collection of many existing technologies.B.It is just a platform to help students to do research work.C.It is a smart home project developed by different companies.D.It allows students to put into use and try out what they have learned.Ⅱ.完形填空(2018安徽安庆一中高三三模)During the Nov. 11 shopping event, many people tend to buy more than they need because of sales and promotion or just a plain urge. But what normally1the shopping spree (疯狂购物) is not 2but regret. That’s because many people just buy things to fill the 3in their hearts, but accumulating things actually 4the burden in their minds.The concept of Danshari may provide a(n)5to the problem. Danshari is based on three Chinese characters, duan she li,6refusal, disposal (清除) and separation. It promotes the idea of getting rid of 7things and separating oneself from the drive to own 8 possessions. There are two basic rules that 9whether you should keep something—the relationship between you and the item under 10as well as the timing. So before you 11 your payment password for something, ask yourself two questions: Do I 12it now? Does it suit me?Danshari encourages you not only to13yourself things, but to give up the unreasonable desire associated with owning them. Nowadays, people need to learn to 14their daily lives. Buy only the necessities and 15items, regularly 16things you don’t need any more, then you’ll get freedom in your heart.However, it doesn’t mean that you should17your desire and live a less interesting life. Instead, you should 18yourself rather than material goods. Through 19what to buy and what to get rid of, you can see a deeper reflection of yourself,20learning to make wise decisions about more important things.1.A.prevents B.follows C.starts D.promotes2.A.expectation B.wealth C.satisfaction D.relief3.A.emptiness B.need C.silence D.space4.A.measures B.covers C.relieves D.indicates5.A.limit B.alternative C.solution D.introduction6.A.meaning B.abolishing C.violating D.predicting7.A.updated B.temporary ed D.unnecessary8.A.private B.material C.valuable D.popular9.A.prove B.permit C.decide D.affect10.A.guarantee B.consideration C.control D.discussion11.A.change B.create C.provide D.enter12.A.need B.try C.want D.match13.A.deny B.prepare C.spare D.serve14.A.fix B.risk C.enrich D.simplify15.A.special B.cheap C.suitable D.optional16.A.discoverB.recycleC.updateD.abandon 17.A.fuel B.identifyC.killD.balance 18.A.reflect on B.focus onC.give upD.cheer up 19.A.choosing B.avoidingparingD.mentioning 20.A.ratherB.otherwiseC.thereforeD.still 词汇 阅读理解A 1.located adj.坐落在,位于 2.remarkable adj.显著的,异常的阅读理解B 1.monitor vt.监控 2.build on 在……的基础上发展完形填空 1.tend v. 趋向;走向;往往会 2.accumulate v.积累;逐渐增长句型 阅读理解A The museum has four shops where you can buy books,souvenirs, and family gifts.(where 引导定语从句)这家博物馆有四家商店,在那里你能够购买书籍、纪念品和给家人的礼物。
模拟组合练(十四)Ⅰ.阅读理解A(2018湖南衡阳二模,B)“Rosie the Riveter(铆工)” is the name of a fictional character who came to symbolize the millions of real women who filled America’s factories during World War Ⅱ.After the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor in December 1941, the male workforce was called to fill the ranks of the U.S. military. The U.S. government conducted extensive campaigns to encourage women to join the workforce.Saturday Evening Post’s cover artist, Norman Rockwell, is generally credited with creating one of the popular “Rosie the Riveter” images used to encou rage women to become wartime workers. Rockwell’s image features a strong woman taking her lunch break with a rivet gun on her lap. Her lunch box reads “Rosie”. Rockwell’s “Rosie”poster appeared on the cover of the May 29th, 1943 edition of the Post, which was then one of the nation’s most popular magazines. In addition to Rockwell’s “Rosie”, however, another image was to become the more commonly known “Rosie the Riveter” image.In 1942, J. Howard Miller was hired by the Westinghouse Company to create a series of posters to motivate female employees. One of these posters became the famous “We Can Do It!” image—an image that in later years would also become known by many as “Rosie the Riveter”. The poster used exclusively within Westinghouse factories was only displayed for two weeks in February, 1943. It was only in 1982—some 40 years later—that this image began to be associated with “Rosie the Riveter”.Both images,—Rockwell’s and Miller’s—were used to help motivate the World War Ⅱworkforce, but in Miller’s case, perhaps only at Westinghouse factories. And in later years, up to the present time, both of the images have become iconic(偶像的)symbols of women’s right struggles and are occasionally adapted for other causes and political campaigns as well.1.According to the passage, what problem was the USA faced with after the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor?A.Shortage of food.B.Economic crises.C.Population boom.ck of workforce.2.Which of the following posters was created by Norman Rockwell?3.What does the underlined word “exclusively”mean?A.Quite.B.Only.C.Perhaps.D.Often.pared with Miller’s image, Rockwell’s.A.is more meaningful at the present timeB.was more practical in recruiting soldiersC.was more popular during the wartimeD.was more realistic in describing womenB(2017山东泰安一模)According to a report by the United Nations,54 percent of the world’s population lives in urban areas and it predicts that by 2050,this figure will have increased to around 70 percent. But as more and more people migrate from the countryside to the city to get better opportunities, they can end up with nowhere to live.This is true in places such as Rio de Janeiro, where migrants can’t rent or buy a home, and they end up building their own communities and houses on unoccupied land. These are called shanty towns—poor communities where the houses are built out of cheap materials—and often don’t have any electricity or water supply.These are, of course, not the megacities(大城市)of the future we want to see. Some serious urban planning is needed to make our cities of the future good, safe and modern places to live in. This involves improving the infrastructure(基础设施),the housing conditions and also the opportunities for education and employment.Something urban planners are looking at now is the creation of “smart cities”.According to John Rossant, founder and chairman of the non-profit organization New Cities Foundation, technology is the way forward. He thinks that it’s generally accepted that “cloud computing,ubiquitous internet, robust 5G networks etc, will transform our cities.”He says technology is really “a game changer”, in urbanization. It would collect large amounts of data about how a city is performing and may improve how a city functions.This may sound like a utopian(乌托邦的)view. For now, some big cities around the world are trying out more low-tech schemes and make themselves desirable places to live and work in.Building shared-ownership housing and improving public transport are some ways. And encouraging cycling and building bike lanes can keep the population healthy and cut down on smog.What would make your city a better place to live in?5.What’s the text mainly about?A.The city of the future.B.The increase of the population.C.Rural construction.D.The function of smart cities.6.Why does the author mention Rio de Janeiro in Paragraph 2?A.To show the growth of the world population.B.To show the problems in urbanization.C.To show poor living conditions of the city.D.To show financial trouble of the city.7.What plays an important role in the creation of smart cities?A.Technology.B.Urban planning.C.The infrastructure.D.Opportunities for education.8.What can we know from the last paragraph?A.High-tech plans can be easily realized.B.Public transport is well developed in cities.C.Shared-ownership houses make no sense.D.Ways of low-tech are available at present.Ⅱ.完形填空(2018云南楚雄元谋一中高三一模)I zipped past my father carrying lots of dirty clothes. Seconds later, I zipped past him again. Minutes later, I was1wrapping Allyson’s birthday gifts while ordering a2for her coming party. As soon as I finished the3, I glanced up and met Dad’s disapproving look.“You are too4and stressed, honey,”he said, sitting in a chair, watching The Price Is Right.“You need to5and enjoy life a little more.”He was6. And at that moment, I realized I had been totally7Dad in order to finish all of the8on my to-do list. All Dad wanted me to do was sit down and spend some time with him.9I did. I knew thepresent-wrapping could10, and the cake could be ordered later. I sat down and watched The Price Is Right with Dad. It was his11. We laughed and talked. I’m so12that I didn’t miss that special last time with my dad13that to-do list. Daddy14 a few months later, but his words of wisdom remain with me.When I am writing non-stop, trying to15 a book soon or attempting to clean the entire house at once, I’ll remember Dad’s16.Actually, the17will always be, but special time with people you18can slip away quickly. So watch a show with your parents. Play a game with your kids. Take a long romantic walk with your19. Each of them20 a lot to you and they are more important than other things.1.A.politely B.proudly C.calmly D.quickly2.A.cake B.book C.meal D.hotel3.A.journey B.call C.report D.game4.A.excited B.disappointed C.strange D.busye over B.slow down C.give up D.break out6.A.clever B.upset C.right D.puzzled7.A.refusing B.annoying C.observing D.ignoring8.A.purposes B.promises C.roles D.tasks9.A.But B.So C.Yet D.Or10.A.wait B.work C.exist D.continue11.A.chance B.rule C.favorite D.choice12.A.glad B.patient C.sad D.curious13.A.as for B.instead of C.except for D.because of14.A.came back B.showed up C.dropped by D.passed away15.A.finish B.find C.keep D.paint16.A.experiences B.words C.programs D.thoughts17.A.lists B.plans C.habits D.points18.A.believe B.love C.respect D.honor19.A.customer B.teacher C.partner D.neighbor20.A.affords B.explains C.means D.talks答案全解全析Ⅰ.阅读理解A[语篇解读]本文为记叙文,介绍了二战期间两幅海报的由来。