高考英语总复习 模拟考试专题3

2024年广东高考英语听说考试模拟题032024 Guangdong College Entrance Examination (GCEE) English Listening and Speaking Simulation Test 03Listening SectionPart A: Questions 1-5Listen to the following five short conversations and answer the questions below. Write the correct answers in your answer sheet.1. Man: Would you like to go to the movie theater with me tonight?Woman: I’d love to, but I have a lot of homew ork to do.Question: What does the woman say she has to do?2. Woman: Are you going to the concert on Saturday?Man: No, I’m going to a birthday party instead.Question: Where is the man going on Saturday?3. Man: Do you want to join me for lunch at the new restaurant down the street?Woman: Sure, I’ve been wanting to try it.Question: Where are they going for lunch?4. Woman: Have you finished studying for the history exam?Man: No, I still have a lot to go through.Question: What does the man say about the history exam?5. Woman: Do you mind if I open the window? It’s quite hot in here.Man: No problem, go ahead.Question: How does the man respond to the woman’s request?Part B: Questions 6-10Listen to the following conversations and monologues. Answer the questions below by choosing the best answer from the options provided.6. Speaker: In today’s lesson, we will be discussing the impact of climate change on polar bear populations.Question: What is the main topic of the speech?A. The life of polar bearsB. The effects of climate change on polar bearsC. The types of bears found in the Arctic7. Speaker: The bus for Guangzhou will be leaving in 15 minutes from platform 3.Question: What can you infer from the announcement?A. The bus is leaving soonB. The bus is going to ShanghaiC. The bus is delayed8. Conversation:Man: What do you think about going to the beach this weekend?Woman: That sounds like a great idea. I would love to relax by the sea.Question: What are they planning to do this weekend?A. Go to the cinemaB. Stay at homeC. Visit the beach9. Conversation:Woman: I finally finished reading the novel you recommended. It was so captivating!Man: I’m glad you liked it.Question: How did the woman feel about the novel?A. She found it boringB. She thought it was captivatingC. She didn’t finish reading it10. Monologue:Good morning, everyone. Today, we will be discussing the importance of recycling in our daily lives. Recycling not only helps to reduce waste, but it also conserves natural resources and protects the environment.Question: What is the main purpose of recycling?A. To increase wasteB. To conserve natural resourcesC. To harm the environmentSpeaking SectionPart C: Questions 11-15In this section, you will have to answer five questions based on the given topics. You will have 20 seconds to prepare your answer and 40 seconds to speak.11. Describe a place you would like to visit and explain why.12. Discuss the benefits of learning a second language.13. Talk about a hobby or activity that you enjoy doing in your free time.14. Describe an important lesson you have learned in life and how it has affected you.15. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of social media in today’s society.Final ThoughtsThe 2024 Guangdong College Entrance Examination English Listening and Speaking Simulation Test provided a comprehensive assessment of students’ listening and speaking skills. This test evaluated their ability to understand spoken English and communicate effectively on various topics. By practicing and improving these skills, students can enhance their overall English proficiency and prepare themselves for success in the GCEE. Good luck to all the test takers!。

2023年高考英语第三次模拟考试答案解析(全国甲卷A)1-5：BCACB6-10：BACBB11-15：ACBCA16-20：BAACC听力原文Text1W:Pass me the orange juice,please?M:Sorry,I didn’t hear that.The kids are making such a noise.W:I like peace and quiet while dining.They should play their pop songs elsewhere.(1)Text2M:Who was that knocking at the window?Did we lock Allie out again?W:No,our kid has slept soundly.(2)It was one of those wild turkeys in the neighborhood.They like to hit our door and windows with their heads.They’re worse than the cat!Text3W:It’s so cold here.Let’s go to the beach for the holiday.I found cheap tickets to the south of France inDecember.M:I was thinking about a ski trip,but we can save that for February.(3)Text4M:Can you believe it?Just a few weeks ago we were wearing shorts and now we are wrapped up against winter winds?W:The weather changes so fast in this city.In summer it’s hot,and now we have this freezing weather.(4)But spring will soon come around.Text5M:I’d like one pound of beef,two pounds of ham,and two more pounds of chicken.How much will thatW:That will be$25,sir.I’ll have to cut the beef up.It should only take about five minutes.(5)Text6W:I got my driver’s license the day I turned18,but my parents didn’t let me drive till three years later.(6)M:My parents bought me a second-hand car when I got my driver’s license.W:You are lucky.I had to have all of my friends drive me around for years!They were all older than me by a few months and still had their licenses before I did.What month were you born in?I was born in September.My birthday is exactly two monthsafter my sister’s!M:I was born on Christmas actually.(7)It gets a little annoying because we have to celebrate both and I don’t get my own day!Text7W:How was your camping trip last weekend,John?M:Not great.The first night we stayed at one of those camping areas where you need to pay to get in.There were too many people there,though.(8)(9)W:So,what happened next?M:The next day we decided to hike about four hours to a spot where there wasn’t anybody around.(9)That was a big mistake.W:Why?M:None of us brought anything to make a fire with.Then it started raining,and we realized even with our warm clothes it was too cold to stay overnight.W:So what did you do?M:We hiked back to the original camping area in complete darkness.We left the next morning because everyone was too tired from the night before.(9)What did you do?W:I watched a movie at home by a nice wood fire.Text8M:Roger is so intelligent.(10)He thinks for himself.He’s a hard worker.He has good ideas and he doesn’t follow the crowd.W:So why does he do so badly in his exams?(10)M:Because he suffers from anxiety.He lacks confidence.(10)His brain is so active and he thinks too much.When it comes to exams,his intelligence actually works against him.W:I wish we could help him.It seems so unfair that a person’s future can be determined by how well they perform on one particular day.M:It is unfair—but life is unfair.We must try to help him by showing him how to keep calm in stressful situations.(11)W:How do we do that?I can’t say that I’m exactly an expert at dealing with stress, although I am better at it than I used to be.M:I can help him.I always think that exercise is a great way for dealing with stress and anxiety.When you have exhausted yourself while doing exercise,you don’t have the energy to be nervous.(12)W:That is so right!I always feel calm after working out in the gym.(12)Text9M:How is the job hunt going?(13)W:I’ve applied to more than20jobs and had three interviews.I got two job offers but I do not really like either of them.(13)M:Why not?W:Neither of them gave me a salary offer.I think I deserve more than that. M:Have you researched what kind of salary your position should earn?W:Yes,and I should be getting much more than what they are offering me.M:Well,do you like the companies and the benefits they are offering you?W:I do,especially one of them called The Creator.(14)They got a lot of great reviews from their employees,and they are offering a great benefits package which includes medical and dental insurance and more holiday time than any other company.(14)M:That’s great.Don’t just decline the job offer.You know what,you can negotiate the salary offer they give you.(16)W:I’d been at the company we were at for so long.(15)I forgot about the job process.I am a little worried about asking for more.M:Listen!If they offered you a job,that means they want you!Especially in your field,data analytics,you are needed in today’s job market.Everyone needs people to figure out what to do with all the data being collected.W:You have a point.I will give them a call right now.(16)Text10(第20题为总结题)Hello everyone,and thank you for inviting me to speak at your school.(17) Now here is a big word for you—volcanologist.That is my job.Volcanology is the study of volcanoes and I spend much of my time traveling to volcanoes around the world.China can count itself lucky.It doesn’t have many active volcanoes.The last one to erupt was in1951.My job has taken me to many countries,from Italy to the U.S.I have just come back from Indonesia,(18)one of the most active volcanic areas.So why is my job important?Because when we understand volcanoes,we can predict how they will behave and help protect the people who live near them from possible harm.When we think of volcanoes erupting,we think of rocks but perhaps the biggest danger is from ash.There have been some very famous volcano eruptions. Krakatoa,in Indonesia,erupted in1883,killing over36,000people.Santorini,in Greece,was ruined by an explosion about3600years ago.But the most famous eruption was Vesuvius in Italy in79AD.(19)Ash from the explosion buried the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum,preserving them so well that we can now visit them today.They are a treasure for historians,so you could say every volcanic cloud has a silver lining.第二部分：阅读理解21．B22．D23．C【导语】这是一篇应用文。

2024届天津市北辰区高考模拟考试（三模）英语试卷一、单项选择1．—______, Li Ling? You look worried.—I’m facing a difficult decision.A．What’s up B．Guess what C．How is it going D．Why bother2．As a policeman, Robert Moody saw ______ there was violence, drugs were always behind it.A．unless B．where C．as D．whether 3．Shops in Winsor Castle offer a wide range of souvenirs ______ for the Royal Collection, including books, postcards, china, jewellery, and children’s toys.A．designing B．to be designedC．being designed D．designed4．By working in a famous school, Lily not only ______ much valuable experience but also had a clearer understanding of her career ahead.A．guaranteed B．accumulated C．exchanged D．scheduled 5．History has the potential to ______ those boundaries by offering us insight into entire worlds that would otherwise be foreign to us.A．set aside B．keep off C．break down D．take back6．— William didn’t show up at the get-together last night.—________? He’s always taking an active part in such activities.A．Why not B．What for C．How come D．So what7．______ counts now is not to blame anyone but to make a united effort to solve the problem.A．How B．What C．That D．Which8．—Hey! Here is a message on my cellphone, telling me that I have won the prize of a weekend for two in Rome.—Delete it! It’s a trick. Many a person ______ by such tricks.A．was cheated B．were cheatedC．has been cheated D．have been cheated9．How would you like ________ if you were watching your favorite TV program and someonecame into the room and just shut it off without asking you?A．them B．oneC．those D．it10．（2015·天津）As the smallest child of his family, Alex is always longing for the time________he should be able to be independent.A．which B．whereC．whom D．when11．Group activities will be organized after class _____children develop team spirit.A．helping B．having helpedC．helped D．to help12．The high school student answered all the questions properly. In my view, he ______ have read many books.A．must B．should C．need D．could13．A sudden stop can be a very frightening experience, ______ if you are travelling at high speed.A．especially B．strangely C．merely D．eventually 14．Human life is regarded as part of nature and, as such, the only way for us to survive is tolive_________nature.A．in view of B．in need of C．in touch with D．in harmony with 15．It is important to pay your electricity bill on time, as late payments may affect your ________.A．condition B．incomeC．credit D．status二、完形填空Nancy was a single mother with two kids and no savings. Desiring work but lacking work 16 , Nancy had to answer an ad for a house cleaner. The house was a luxury apartment so she guessed it must be a(n) 17 job. The interview was simple: just clean the whole apartment. Hoping to 18 the house owner, Nancy decided to do the work 19 , shining all the wood floors, wiping the hidden places with cleaners, turning over cushions, and washing all the windows. She didn’t even 20 a small corner. Then she found a handful of 21 on the couch and another handful under the bed. A few crumpled (皱的) dollar bills and some coinsmight not mean much to a man of 22 who could throw his money around 23 . But to Nancy and her children, a few dollars would 24 them for a few days. Nancy remembered the 25 from her father: work hard, and be 26 . She kept to those words all the time. Then she tried to 27 the paper money and put the coins in neat piles. It was many hours 28 she completed her duty.The next day, Nancy got the job. It turned out that the scattered money was also a part of the 29 . Anybody can clean houses but few can be 30 . Nancy made enough money and could raise her family. And as time went by, she was promoted to more important positions. In every task there were the same 31 to be followed: don’t cut corners; check the details everybody else tends to 32 . Nancy became a trusted personal assistant because she always 33 these rules.Earning trust is not that difficult. You choose what is 34 over what is fun, fast, or easy. And you choose to practice your values rather than simply 35 them. They are the key.16．A．luck B．finance C．determination D．experience 17．A．well-paid B．ill-advised C．heart-warming D．labor-saving 18．A．benefit B．approach C．impress D．assist 19．A．hurriedly B．thoroughly C．gracefully D．flexibly 20．A．replace B．reveal C．skip D．spare 21．A．change B．treasure C．dust D．waste 22．A．compassion B．enthusiasm C．experience D．wealth 23．A．deliberately B．aimlessly C．randomly D．occasionally 24．A．rule B．feed C．upset D．free 25．A．lesson B．theme C．regulation D．judgment 26．A．capable B．smart C．thoughtful D．truthful 27．A．mark B．steal C．smooth D．cover 28．A．although B．before C．unless D．since 29．A．interview B．reward C．recognition D．relaxation 30．A．trusted B．motivated C．followed D．persuaded 31．A．improvements B．assumptions C．principles D．advantages32．A．share B．stress C．balance D．overlook 33．A．missed out B．stuck to C．broke through D．turned down 34．A．potential B．influential C．independent D．right 35．A．distinguish B．claim C．update D．collect三、阅读理解Scholarships you can apply for from your phoneCollege is expensive. Luckily, increasing your odds of winning money for school doesn’t have to be difficult. So take out your smart phone and start earning more money towards your education.1. The Redefine Black ScholarshipDeadline: August 5, 2024Currently, words like “dirty” and “evil” are still used in dictionaries to define the word “black”. The words we choose matter, so it’s time to change them. It is a chance for you to learn how language affects perception (见解). Sign up for resources on for a chance to win $5,000.2. The Law Offices Joel J. Kofsky ScholarshipDeadline: August 15, 2024This firm is looking for a short video-just two to three minutes-on the topic of avoiding a car accident when driving, like texting while driving, or something more complex. Videos will be judged based on innovation, design and topic-related content. Sign up on . The first place winner will receive a scholarship of $1,500.3. No Essay ScholarshipDeadline: September 30, 2024The beauty of No Essay Scholarship is that it comes once a month and you can apply every single month. And the application is very easy. If you’re a high school senior or college student, you are bound to be qualified. Sign up on . The first place winner will receive $500 towards their education.4. VIP V oice ScholarshipDeadline: December 31, 2024If you want a simple way to earn money for college, look no further than VIP V oice’s $5.000scholarship. To enter, all you have to do is to sign up on and complete two short surveys. As you complete surveys, you’ll earn points. The more points you have, the better your chances of winning the contest.36．What’s the purpose of the text?A．To help students apply for colleges.B．To describe requirements of four clubs.C．To introduce four scholarship-winning programs.D．To share the experience of winning scholarships.37．If you are an English major, you are most likely to sign up for ______.A．The Redefine Black ScholarshipB．The Law Offices Joel J. Kofsky ScholarshipC．No Essay ScholarshipD．VIP V oice Scholarship38．Which of the following videos may win the scholarship offered by the law firm?A．A 15-minute video about the causes of many accidents.B．An eye-opening video about drunk driving.C．A well-designed video about criminal lawD．A two-minute video about texting while walking.39．About No Essay scholarship, we know that ______.A．it chooses its winners in a strict wayB．it is only for high school studentsC．it can be won several times a yearD．it takes a long time to apply for40．What can we learn about VIP V oice Scholarship?A．It is difficult for college students to win it.B．It offers students more money than the other scholarships.C．It asks students to complete three surveys before signing up.D．It will be given to the applicant with the highest points.To save the environment, we must all join in — and nobody knows this better than 70-year-old grandmother Pat Smith who spent 2018 cleaning up litter from 52 beaches in Cornwall on the United Kingdom’s south coast.Smith set out in January, 2018 to carry out her New Year’s resolution of making her community a better and cleaner place. The ambitious goal came to her after she watched a documentary on plastic pollution the previous year, and she knew she couldn’t just sit by.Often, volunteers would join her in her efforts, including her grandchildren, or she would join hands with other campaigners such as Wayne Dixon, who is walking around the UK coast as an ambassador for Keep Britain Tidy.During her beach cleans, Smith was sometimes mistaken for doing community service! She said, “People don’t understand I’ve been doing this voluntarily. We should all take responsibility for picking up the litter as well as ensuring we don’t drop litter in the first place.Even before her beach cleanups, Smith had begun her first environmental campaign to eliminate plastic straws (吸管) in her city of Cornwall . To date, she has encouraged 600 local companies to stop using unnecessary plastic. In an effort to make her hometown an example for the plastic-free movement in the United Kingdom, she founded The Final Straw Cornwall in the summer of 2017. “I founded the Final Straw to try and raise awareness of the disastrous damage we are doing to our oceans from our casual consumption of single-use plastics. I feel I have a responsibility to my children and grandchildren to do something about it.” She said.Her resolution year may be over but this environmentally conscious grandma continues her quest (追求). “A lot of the rubbish I’ve picked up consists of everyday items,” said Smith. “These things are used by all of us and it is shocking to find them polluting our beautiful beaches. Please let’s try to be more thoughtful in this coming year. I’m driven to try and protect our living planet for my children and grandchildren and I will continue to do everything in my power to achieve that.”41．What led to Smith’s New Year’s resolution of cleaning her community?A．Community service.B．A film or television program.C．Various ocean protection campaigns.D．Serious pollution in her community.42．What’s people’s misunderstanding about Smith’s action?A．She was forced to do that.B．She just pretended to be caring.C．She actually did only a little work.D．She wouldn’t stick to the work for long.43．With her founding of The Final Straw Cornwall, Smith intended to ______.A．set an example to other aged peopleB．stop her local companies from producing plastic strawsC．keep her promise to her children and grandchildrenD．make people conscious of the plastic-related environmental problem44．What opinion about environmental protection did Smith hold?A．It’s everyone’s duty.B．It’s as hard as people think.C．Prevention is more important than protection.D．The younger generation don’t care about it enough.45．Which of the following best describes Smith as an environmental activist?A．Proud.B．Happy.C．Stressed.D．Determined.Back in 1930, economist John Maynard Keynes predicted that with technological change and improvements in productivity, we’d be working only 15 hours a week in the near future. But while working hours have declined by 26%, most of us still work 42.5 hours a week on average, according to Eurostat figures.One of the things Keynes underestimated is our desire to compete with our peers — a drive that makes us work more than we need to. “We don’t measure productivity by how many acres we’ve harvested, so the amount of working time becomes an indicator.” says Alex Soojung-Kim Pang.Due to computerization and globalization in the 1980s, managers could demand more of employees under the threat that jobs could be given to someone else, so the pressure increased. And we took it, overwhelmed with the pressure while shouldering the burden all the same at thecost of our health. Psychologist Barbara Killinger writes such a phenomenon in Workaholics: The Respectable Addicts.But far from delivering productivity, value, or personal fulfillment, overwork has been proven to lead to burnout, stress, poor health, etc. Nevertheless, we persisted — until the fourth Industrial Revolution came along.The fourth Industrial Revolution has accelerated the move towards automation and AI, especially for jobs with high physical proximity (接近). Economist Dr. Carl Frey predicts that at least 40% of current jobs will be lost to automation by 2050.There are exceptions. Jobs that involve complex social interactions are beyond current robot skills, such as teaching, cleaning jobs, and jobs that rely on creativity, according to Frey and Osborne.According to McKinsey, those whose work falls outside the caring, cleaning and creative fields will still work in the future, just differently. In about 60% of occupations, it’s estimated that a third of the tasks can be automated, meaning substantial changes to the way we work. A large-scale study carried out by accountancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers predicted that over the next 20 years, although 7 million jobs will be lost to AI, 7.2 million new ones will be created as a result. So we will work in the future: we just don’t know what we’ll be doing yet.46．What do the figures in Paragraph 1 mainly indicate?A．Our working time failed to decrease as much as predicted.B．Technology keeps changing with the development of society.C．Keynes’ prediction mainly focused on productivity improvement.D．Overwork will result in fierce competition between employees.47．What might lead to the disagreement between the reality and Keynes estimation?A．People’s false sense of time.B．People’s awareness of peer competition.C．People’s ignoring the quality of their jobs.D．People’s pressure to increase productivity.48．How did most employees respond to the managers’ pressure in the 1980s?A．They argued for fairness.B．They devoted more to their work.C．They tried to escape shouldering the burden.D．They emphasized the importance of their health.49．Which of the following situations will appear under the influence of automation and AI?A．Counseling service will be paid less attention to.B．More and more cleaners become unemployed in cities.C．A majority of teachers will be replaced by robots.D．The types of jobs with high physical proximity will be transformed.50．What is McKinsey’s attitude towards automation and AI?A．Worried.B．Hopeful.C．Objective.D．Indifferent.Yesterday, I was standing in line at a store and the song Please Come to Boston which was quite popular when I was in high school, came on in the background. I hadn’t heard it for years. Suddenly, I was overcome by flashbacks of people and places linked to that song from earlier stages of my life.It seems people tend to be extremely nostalgic (怀旧的) about the music they listened to when they were young. Psychological research has shown that autobiographical memories (life experiences) from certain time periods are remembered better than others. One obvious phenomenon is the “reminiscence bump” (记忆隆起): the fact that people tend to recall memories from when they were 10 to 30 years old much better. That’s because this period contains many novel and self-defining life experiences such as graduation and marriage. Biological changes may also boost the effectiveness of our memories from this period.In our experiment, we investigated the presence of the “musical reminiscence bump” in a group of 470 adults aged 18 to 82. Our aim was to examine how a person’s age when a song was popular affected three related but distinct concepts: the degree to which the song was associated with autobiographical memories, how familiar the song was and how much they liked the song. Participants were shown the titles and artists of 111 pop songs that had featured in the charts across a 65-year period (1950~2015). After a given time, they were asked to complete the measurement.We discovered music during one’s adolescence was rated as more familiar. In addition, we found some songs were preferred regardless of a participant’s age. For instance, we saw a generalincrease in how much people liked songs from the late 1970s to early 1980s, even in participants who weren’t yet born during that time period. Examples of songs we used from this time period include Hotel California by the Eagles.Music can undeniably cause nostalgia. For example, advertisers want to elicit (引出) a nostalgic reaction from a certain group of consumers. And they should notice doctors who aim to reconnect patients suffering from memory loss with self-defining memories from their pasts can also take advantage of nostalgia.51．What does the author want to imply through his own experience at a store?A．His taste for music in high school.B．His way of killing the boring queuing time.C．The link between sales and background music.D．Music’s ability to waken memories from the past.52．What can be concluded about the reminiscence bump?A．It helps improve our childhood memories)B．It still remains a mystery to modern science.C．Events occurring during it are more memorable.D．It explains why some have a better memory than others.53．What were participants required to do in the study?A．Make a list of their favorite songs and artists.B．Provide ratings of three music-related questions.C．Learn to sing some songs released in the past 65 years.D．Compare the features of pop songs from different periods.54．What did the researchers find in their experiment?A．The Eagles were a representative band in the late 20th century.B．Pop music stars’ adolescence had a great impact on their works.C．The late 1970s and early 1980s were the peak of music creation.D．Pop music from certain time periods was favored by different generations.55．What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A．Musical nostalgia has practical applications in life.B．All doctors are responsible for treating nostalgia.C．Too much nostalgia may lead to memory loss to a degree.D．Advertisers are good at analyzing consumers’ musical tastes.阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

北京高考模拟题（三）及答案总分150分第一卷（三大题，共95分）一、单项填空（共25小题，每小题1分；满分25分）A）从A、B、C、D中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

例：haveA． gave B．save C． hat D. made 答案是C。

1．satelliteA．safety B． many C． navyD． magazine2．hungerA．anxious B．danger C．chanceD．sandwich3．drownA．slowly B．ground C．unknownD．thought4．amongA．fond B．along C．lovelyD．modern5．socialA．decision B．patient C．society D．suitableB）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

例: We ______last night, but we went to the concert instead.A． must have studiedB． might studyC． should have studiedD． would study答案是C。

6． The police have ______power to arrest bad people by law.A．the; theB．不填; theC．不填; 不填D．the; 不填7．----Shall I talk to him in English or French?----Do as you please. He can speak ______of them.A． one B．both C．neitherD．any8．When their first child was born, they ______for 3 years.A．had married B．got marriedC．had been married D．had got married9．----The housework is too much for me, Jack.----Sorry, but I can't help ______it, Joan. I've got something important to do, you know.A．doB．doingC．to be doingD．having done10．Delia's going to join us , ______was agreed the day before yesterday.A．it B．that C．what D．as 11．----Have a sweet dream.-----______.A．Yes, I willB．Thank you all the sameC．All rightD．You too12．You can never imagine what great difficulty I have ______your house.A．found B．findingC．to find D．for finding13．Why did you throw the bottle out of the window? You ______somebody.A．might hurtB．could have hurtC．would hurtD．must have hurt14．----I'm too busy to go to the cinema with you, John.---- ______The film is said to be a very good one.A．That's all right.B．I'm so sorry.C．What a shame!D．It's too disappointed.15．That's funny! I remember putting my glasses on my desk, but now they're ______.A．missed B．brokenC．gone D．disappeared16．If you lived with me, I'd give you as much freedom as you ______.A．wanted B．would wantC．want D．had wanted17．I came home very late last night, ______, early this morning.A．at latestB．on the wholeC．in a wordD．or rather18．You look not a bit older than you did 5 years ago. How do you ______so young?A．change B．growC．become D．stay19．So funny ______that everybody burst out laughing.A．she looked B．was she lookingC．did she look D．had she looked20．Everything ______into consideration, they ought to have another chance.A．to takeB．takenC．to be takenD．taking21．It's a pity that the quarrel ______their friendship.A．broke upB．put downC．gave upD．took away22．I think you've got to the point ______a change is needed, otherwise you'll fail.A．whenB．thatC．whereD．which23．----Why did she spend so much time searching shop after shop only for a blouse?----Oh, she was very ______about her clothes.A．specialB．particularC．especialD．unusual24．I'd like you to meet David, a ______cowboy.A．dark , handsome , tallB．tall , handsome , darkC．handsome, dark, tallD．tall, dark, handsome25．----I love you more than her, child.----You mean more than ______love her or more than she loves ______?A．you; meB．I; youC．you; youD．I; me二、完形填空（共25小题，每题1分；满分25分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从26～50各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳答案。

2023年聊城市高考模拟试题英语三1. 阅读理解 2023年聊城市高考模拟试题英语三的第一部分是阅读理解。

本部分共有三篇短文，每篇短文后面有几个问题。

考生需要仔细阅读短文，然后根据短文内容回答问题。

2. 短文综合填空 本部分要求考生根据所给短文内容，在文章空白处填写一个最恰当的单词，使短文完整、通顺。

考生需要综合运用自己的词汇和语法知识来填空。

3. 任务型阅读 任务型阅读是2023年聊城市高考模拟试题英语三的第三部分，一篇短文后面有几个任务。

考生需要仔细阅读短文内容，然后根据要求完成任务，如回答问题、补全句子、选择合适的词语等。

4. 完形填空 完形填空是高考英语试题的重要部分之一，也是2023年聊城市高考模拟试题英语三的考点之一。

考生需要阅读一篇短文，然后在每个空白处选择一个最恰当的选项，使短文完整、通顺。

5. 语法填空 语法填空是考察考生对语法规则的理解和运用的题型之一。

考生要根据上下文语境和语法规则，填写适当的单词或形式，使短文语法正确、通顺。

6. 短文改错 短文改错是考察考生对语法和词语用法的掌握情况。

考生需要在短文中找出错误，并在错误下划线处按要求改正。

要注意语法和用词的准确性。

7. 书面表达 最后一部分是书面表达，考生需要根据所给的题目写一篇不少于120个词的短文。

要求考生表达清楚、连贯，并合理运用所学的语法和词汇。

以上是2023年聊城市高考模拟试题英语三的考试内容概述。

这套试题旨在考察考生对英语语法、词汇掌握的情况，以及对阅读理解的理解和运用能力。

考生可以通过多做模拟试题，提高自己的英语能力，为高考做好充分的准备。

希望考生能够在高考中取得好成绩，实现自己的理想。

毛额市鹌鹑阳光实验学校田家炳实验中学高考英语模拟考试卷(时间: 100分钟总分: 120分)第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. —— Hi, Mary, how are you getting on ?—— ______________.A. No well, I’m afraidB. Good, how are you then ?C. Very well, thanks, and you?D. Quite good, what about you ?2. Some fruits ______ well in warm dry climates.A. raiseB. growC. keepD. plant3. —— Are you going to the football game ?—— No, the tickets are ________ for me.A. too much highB. so much expensiveC. far too expensiveD. highly expensive4. ——Why haven’t you asked her to come here?——She _______ an important experiment when I found her and she _____ it.A. had done ; didn’t finishB. was doing ; hasn’t finishedC. did ; wouldn’t finishD. hadn’t finished5. Many great men have risen from poverty — Lincoln and Edison, _______.A. insteadB. for exampleC. and so onD. such as6. Reading is to the mind ______ food is to the body.A. thatB. whichC. of whichD. what7. He came here without friends or ______and made his fortune.A. possessionsB. possessionC. wealthsD. good8. —— What about the person?—— Seldom in all my life _____ such a _______ person.A. I met; determiningB. I have met; determiningC. did I meet; determinedD. have I met; determined9. _______ for two miles, the car broke down.A. I drove my carB. Having runC. To have drivenD. Havingdriven10. How many men does your uncle _____ for him?A. have workedB. have to workC. have workingD. have been working11. Michael never dreamt of ______ for him to be sent abroad very soon.A. being a chanceB. there’s a chanceC. there to be a chanceD. there being a chance12. —— There are ______ such books here.—— I only need ______ these books on this shelf.A. eight dozens ; one dozenB. eight dozens of ; one dozen ofC. eight dozen ; one dozenD. dozens of ; one dozen of13. If you _____your promise, the results will be sure to satisfy you.A. carry outB. carry onC. keep onD. keep out14. In science fiction we read of flying saucers travel through _____space, so people want to have ______ better knowledge of theuniverse.A. the ; aB. / ; /C. the ; /D. / ; a15. The boss said to the secretary, “If you work well, you ______ havea rise.”A. mustB. oughtC. wouldD. shall第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）About once a month I have to go to Degford for my work. One day I went into a hotel there to have something to 16 . The waiter 17 my coat and put it in a small room.About an hour later I was 18 to go. The waiter 19 my coat to me. 20 something fell out of the pocket onto the floor. It was a small white box. Then I took a good look at the 21 . “Oh, you’ve Brought someone 22 coat,” I said to the waiter. “It looks very much like mine, 23 it is quite new, and this isn’t my box, either.” “Oh, then I 24 someone has taken you coat and left this,” said the waiter, “This kind of thing 25 sometimes.”I opened the box. There was a beautiful gold ring in it. So I went26 to the police station.“ 27 lost a ring?” I asked. “Yes,” said a policeman. “A young man who came in this morning lost a ring. He lost it in London.” He 28 the young man. A few minutes later, the man arrived. “Yes, this is my ring,” he said, “How can I 29 you, sir? You see, I paid a lot of money for this ring and 30 I lost it on the train!”After I told him the 31 of the coat, he said, “You haven’t been on the train. I haven’t been in the hotel. So how did my ring 32 in the coat?”“Did 33 sit or stand next to you on the train?” asked the policeman.“Yes,” said the young man, “But I don’t remember his face.”“You may remember this coat,” said the policeman, “Was it like this one?”“Yes, it was,” said the young man. “But my frien d here 34 thethief.”The policeman laughed. “ 35 ,” he said, “The thief on the train stole your ring, and like our friend here, he went into the hotel to get some food. Only he didn’t take the right coat away with him.”16. A. do B. buy C. eat D. deal with17. A. took B. found C. liked D. watched18. A. anxious B. glad C. invited D. ready19. A. showed B. returned C. brought D. dressed20. A. Luckily B. Suddenly C. Obviously D. At once21. A. ring B. box C. coat D. pocket22. A. lost B. missed C. new D. else’s23. A. but B. and C. instead D. for24. A. know B. wonder C. suppose D. find25. A. appears B. happens C. meets D. changes26. A. around B. about C. ahead D. over27. A. Has anyone B. Has she C. Who D. Have you28. A. telephoned B. remembered C. wrote to D. knew29. A. return B. thank C. find D. help30. A. then B. so C. yet D. however31. A. story B. price C. model D. size32. A. come B. put C. set D. be33. A. he B. the thief C. the waiter D. anyone 34. A. discovered B. isn’t C. has caught D. doesn’t know35. A. I’m afraid not B. Yes C. No D. Surely第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Ⅰ.完形填空(建议用时17′)In a way, I spent the last sixteen years preparing for college. The second half of my life was a great __1__ focused on developing who I was and figuring out what was __2__ to me. I had spent a lot of time and effort fighting with my __3__ in the first half of my life, not because I didn't want to learn, ___4__ because I couldn't focus. I dropped out of a Catholic school in my first grade and then a public school in my fourth. __5__，I quit my high school and __6__ my early twenties working at gas stations and doing labor jobs.The Internet had __7__ everyone's life and I was no exception. I began to be fully exposed to things that would never have been __8__ ten years ago. At this time, a strong thirst for __9__ began to awaken in me. History, politics, and science—I wanted to know everything! It happened at this point that my mother __10__ going to college at 53. She __11__ me to go as well but I was still __12__ of what college could do for me and afraid of what it couldn't. __13__， I started moving up at my job and __14__ my blue collars for white.It was in my sixth year at the company that my mother __15__ college －she was 57 then. It was a(n) __16__ act of courage that firmed my __17__ that anyone can do anything. Also, I was __18__ of the routine and dull daily life. I wanted to do something __19__ to my life－I wanted to make a difference. Because of my mother, I believe that anyone can do anything, so I __20__ my job and devoted my life to higher education.篇章导读：本文是记叙文。

1 A B C2 A B C3 A B C4 A B C5 Where will Mary probably go tonight?To Tom，s home.To her hometown.To the concert.Where are the speakers talking?At a hot el.in a shop.In a restaurant.What does the woman wantTo leave by air on Friday.To ask for a leave on Friday.To work only on Friday.What does the womanJack's opinion isdisappointing. Shedoesn't agree withMost peoplethinkHow much didJohn$700.basketballboring.pay inall?B.$800.C.$750.名师1号新课标2011高考1轮复习高考模拟题III本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共丄50分，考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（共115分）第一部分：听力（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。

第二节（共15小题；每题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。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

高考英语三轮复习冲刺模拟试题03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）21. Shanghai celebrates _____ one year countdown to the opening of _____ 2010 WorldExpo on May 1, 2009.A. the; 不填B.不填; theC. the; theD. the; a22. How long have you been like this?___________ October 13, Monday.A. OnB. AfterC. FromD. Since23. Time is up. __________ your examination papers now, please.A. Hand inB. Hand outC. Hand overD. Hand on24. I would appreciate ______ if you would e early this afternoon.A. itB. oneC. youD. that25. Why are you in despair? He, ____________ you, is to blame.A. less thanB. other thanC. more thanD. rather than3 3. I didn’t go fishing last Sunday because my car broke down.You ________ mine. I wasn’t using it.A. could borrowB. could have borrowedC. must have borrowedD. should borrow34. It was on my way back home ______my father made the promise ______ I can do well in next exam he will buy me what I want.A. when; thatB. when; that ifC. that; whyD. that; that if35. _______is the kindness of the nurse that the patient can never be _____to her.A. So; too thankfulB. Such; so thankfulC. So; that thankfulD. Such; thankful enough第二节:完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）Just as you imagine, studying in new environment is difficult. Though I had___36___ a preparation for my study in the United Kingdom, I___37____met many difficulties when I arrived in Britain. These difficulties ___38____ almost every side of your life, including language, daily ___39___, feelings and study.____40___ the fact that I have studied English for quite a long time, I was well ____41___ to learn that the British people speak seemingly ___42____ English from what I have learned at home. When I picked up my luggage in the airport, I ___43____a long crack on my suitcase. Anxious and a little bit angry, I rushed to a man in uniform and told him my suitcase was ____44____. With a smile on his face, he seemed to be explaining something to me. But I was totally puzzled by what he was saying. ____45____, the suitcase was still OK to use. I managed to pull it to the train station.To my surprise, after more than two hours, there was still not a ___46____train ing into the station. Finally, I was told that all trains had been cancelled that day due to the ____47____of the railway workers who were demanding a pay rise.After a good deal of bother, I finally reached Liverpool. ____48____, I found it even harder to understand the local English. I even ___49____whether the local people were really speaking English. ____50____, they could hardly understand what I was saying though I had tried my best to pronounce right. I could never really ___51____ how to be the place I supposed to go____52____ they told me the way. However, the good thing is that most British people are friendly and eager to help. They usually____53____me to the bus stop where I could take the bus to the places I wanted to go.It takes time to be used to the local accent. What I want to emphasized here is that you should hold on to talk with the local people even if there are difficulties in ____54____. Before you go anywhere, write down the ____55____. Remember a dictionary around you could also be helpful.第三部分: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A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项AAn Australian 3yearold boy was described as a hero after saving his mum from an almost certain death by calling emergency services right after she collapsed because of an epileptic attack (癫痫发作).Aiden McDonald amazed the doctors who arrived at Jeanine McDonald’s house 10 minutes after Aiden called 000. The boy was very calm and spoke to the doctors as his mother got into an unconscious state.Sacha Lewis took the strange call and sent out an ambulance immediately. Aiden answered questions during the 19minute call that made it clear it was a serious matter.Lewis sa id, “He sounded worried and was telling me things like ‘Mummy is not awake’, so I got an idea that it was a fairly serious matter.”This is part of the “conversation” they had:“Can I talk to Mummy please?”“Mummy’s not well.”“How old are you, sweetheart?”“I got a duck.”“Can I talk to Mummy?”“I can’t get my Mummy.”“Where is she?”“On the floor. Mummy’s had a faint(昏厥)”“Do you live in Kallangur?”“We’ve got milk in the fridge and, urn, (pause) I can’t find the ambulance (crying,) Mummy, Mum…Mum…Mum…”Mrs. McDonald, who was making a cup of tea when she collapsed, was taken to hospital and allowed to leave the same night. “After hearing what he did I thought, no, that can’t be right,”Jeanne McDonald said. “But I’m so proud.”56．In Australia, people will call 000 when they ________A．are diagnosed with a serious illness B．are looking for a jobC．are physically in a dangerous situation D．are attacked by robbers suddenly 57．Why did Sasha Lewis talk with Aiden on the phone so long?A．She tried to fort Aiden and calm him down.B．She tried to get as much information as possible.C．Aiden was too slow in speaking on the phone.D．Aiden was too nervous to describe what was happening.They know every trick the criminal knows and many more．If he makes just one mistake，they’ll get him．That’s why the man who is wanted can’t sleep．That’s why he bees nervous，why he jumps at every sound．The FBI began on May 10th，1924．General Harlan Stone chose Edgar Hoover，a young lawyer，to head the new agency．“What we need is a wholly new kind of police force，”he said．“Criminals today are smart．They use stolen cars and even planes to make their gateways．They have learned to open any lock，using advanced technology．We can’t beat them with old methods．We have to train officers to work scientifically．”Edgar Hoover quietly went ahead with his plans．He picked his men carefully．They had to be between the ages of twentyfive and thirty five．He wanted only men with good manners and good character．When working as his officers，they would have to meet all kinds of people．Hoover wanted men who could handle a teacup as well as a gun．But the FBI cannot help in every police problem．It can look into only certain crimes against the government．Solving all other crimes is the duty of local police forces．60．A man wanted by the FBI will find that money is ．A．not at all useful．B．very helpful for a whileC．necessary for staying free D．important and useful61．Before he worked with the FBI，Edgar Hoover was a ．A. policemanB. lawyerC. teacherD. general62．The FBI was begun in order to ．A．reduce crimes B．bring younger men into police workC．fight crimes scientifically D．offer jobs63．A man who can“handle a teacup as well as a gun”has both ．A．courage and manners B．strength and kindnessC．wisdom and energy D．ability and humorC.The Best Parks For AllOPENING TIMES Open every day of the year except Christmas DaySummer Time: 10 a.m.6 p.m., last admission 4∶30 p.m.Winter Time: 10 a.m. – dusk, last admission 3 p.m.A．9∶30 a.m. in summer B．11∶30 a.m. on ChristmasC．3 p.m. on Easter Day D．4∶30 p.m. in winter65．After you get off the train, it will take you 15 minutes to get to ________. A．HOWLETTS by taxi B．HOWLETTS on footC．PORT LYMPNE by bike D．PORT LYMPNE by bus66．The two parks are different in ________.A．opening times B．convenience of trafficC．caring for the disabled D．land formsD.What a great Paralympic Games this has been. An outstanding Opening Ceremony, splendid athletic performances in perfect stadiums, the bestever Paralympic Villages, amazing high definition (高清晰度) television coverage, a never ending and selfgenerating (自生的) supply of passion and emotion, superb organization, wonderful volunteers, millions of new Paralympic sports lovers both here in China and around the world. These are the greatest Paralympic Games ever.—Eric Roeder, China Daily67. During the last Paralympics, Philip Craven has been deeply impressed with all the following except _______.A. the shocking athletic performancesB. the endless food supplyC. the people’s great enthusiasmD. the perfect sports facilities68. Eric Roeder thinks ______.A. the warmth of people in Beijing was inspiringB. it was inconvenient to live in Beijing during the last OlympicsC. greater efforts should be made to make the life of the disabled easierD. the past Paralympics was a great success except for the poor services69. What is highly praised in all the three ments?A. The past Paralympics.B. The Paralympian’s selfrespect.C. The voluntary work.D. The public services.70. The passage is probably taken from a(n) ______.A. newspaperB. advertisementC. storyD. research report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。

普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（上海卷）模拟试题（三）英语上海高中教研教学I. Listening Comprehension Section AShort ConversationsDirections: In Section A, you will hear ten short conversations between two speakers. At the end of each conversation, a question will be asked about what was said. The conversations and the questions will be spoken only once. After you hear a conversation and the question about it, read the four possible answers on your paper, and decide which one is the best answer to the question you have heard.1. A. He plans to go to the dance. B. He does not enjoy dancing.C. He has something else to do tonight.D. He plans to go to the next dance.2. A. An art museum. B. A beautiful park.C. A college campus.D. An architecture exhibition.3. A. The game is unlikely to be on television.B. The woman can go to the game with him tonight.C. The results of the game were announced in the newspaper.D. The woman can find the information about the game by herself.9. A. She just finished studying for the exam.B. She is not certain what material will be covered on the exam.C. She needs to prepare a little more for the exam.D. She is willing to help the man study for the exam.10. A. She has never been in Montana.B. The man should take a winter vacation.C. She likes the view of the mountains in winter.D. The man would not enjoy living in Montana all year.Section BDirections: In Section B, you will hear two short passages and one longer conversation, and you will be asked three questions on each of the passages and the conversation. The passages and the conversation will be read twice, but the questions will be spoken only once. When you hear a question, read the four possible answers on your paper and decide which one would be the best answer to the question you have heard.Questions 11 through 13 are based on the following passage.11. A. Who is the real designer of St Swithin's hospital website.B. Why St Swithin’s hospital website looks unattractive.C. How he investigated St Swithin’s hospital website.D. What problem St Swithin’s hospital website has.12. A. It serves mainly those who want to get doctors’ advic e.B. It has been changed into a shopping website.C. It doesn’t include famous doctors’ articles.D. It is maintained by the website creators.13. A. Adding a recreational section to the website.B. Giving up the old website as soon as possible.C. Telling the designer who will use the website.D. Promoting the website in an effective way.Questions 14 through 16 are based on the following passage.14. A. Why naive art is so popular today.B. The influence of French art on American art.C. Some characteristics of naive American art.D. The education of naive artists.15. A. They lack bright colors.B. They follow ancient traditions.C. They are painted in a photographic way.D. They are inferior to French naive paintings.16. A. Their works were unsigned.B. Many of their works were destroyed.C. They never stayed in one place for a long time.D. They worked for only a few years.Questions 17 through 20 are based on the following conversation.17. A. The possibility of Izmit being struck by earthquakes.B. The cities that are most likely to have earthquakes.C. The damage caused by earthquakes.D. The earthquakes in Turkey.18. A. 15. B. A few thousand. C. 2.19. A. It killed 30,000 people.B. It affected Istanbul as well.C. It happened at the end of the 1800s.D. It remained the biggest earthquake in history.20. A. The city is well prepared for the earthquake that is going to happen.B. Whether the city will meet with an earthquake is hard to say.C. It is almost impossible that the city will have earthquakes.D. A heavy earthquake is likely to happen there.II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.My amazing escapeWhen Helen Monahan got a phone call asking her to pick up a friend’s children from school while collecting (21)_________ own she grabbed her coat and headed down the road. It meant(22) _________ (leave) home five minutes earlier than she had intended—but it could also have saved her life.Minutes (23) _________ she shut the door, a light aircraft crashed on to her empty house.“I am trying not to think (24) _________ would have happened if I had left home at the normal time,’ said Mrs Monahan.Pilot Donald Campbell also had reason to be thankful. The 52-year-old surgeon walked away from the wreckage (25) _________ only minor injuries to his face and head. He had been steering the four-seater Piper Seneca towards Shoreham Airport in West Sussex when the twin engines cut out. It plunged and clipped a railway bridge, (26) _________ (crash) into the £150,000 three-bedroom house in the town of Shoreham-by-Sea. It fell into the back garden, which (27) _________ (litter) with children’s toys.Mrs Monahan, 36, said: 'It looks like something out of a film set. The tail of the plane was up in the air and the nose was in the fish pond.’Mr Campbell, (28) _________ flies all over the country to treat the patients of his private practice, said: “I was coming into the airport and both engines cut out. It began to yaw (偏离航线）quite sharply to one side.‘I couldn’t land on the railway line because of the electric cable and I saw a gap by the houses and aimed next to them. I remember a bang. The wing tip must (29) _________ (hit) the roof. It was a bit rough.’Safety official were last night examining the plane (30) _________ (try) to discover what went wrong.Section BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can onlyVirtual reality cured my fear of heightsFay Nugent, who developed a fear of heights in her 30s, heard about a phobia therapy trial taking place in Oxford University. She applied and was invited to join in. But, 31________ she was placed in the control group rather than the treatment one that would try out the new 32________a virtual reality (VR) program for acrophobia (the medical term for a fear of heights).The ones in the treatment group--44 in all---were given five or six 30-minute sessions (时间段）of the VR treatment over the 33________ of two weeks.The results, which are being published by The Lancet Psychiatry, were significant. About 70% of the VR group no longer had a fear of heights, while, 34________ , all of the people in the control group, who received no treatment, still did.Fay has now had the same therapy herself. “Once the trial was finished, they offered it to me and I am so pleased that I said yes,” she says. “Heights don’t 35 ________me now.”The VR simulator（模拟器）made people feel like being in a safe situation where they can learn to 36________ their fear. The user wears a VR headset and is asked to work their way up a 10-storey building and complete some tasks, such as looking down over a high rock and throwing balls off it.Lead researcher Prof Daniel Freeman said: “We wanted tasks that would be fun and 37________ and most importantly make the person look down to face their fear. It had to be something that would teach them to feel 38________ with heights.”The therapy is also delivered by virtual coaches who 39________ and guide the users along the way. Prof Freeman said some patients might prefer this to face-to-face therapy with a(n) 40 ________.III. Reading ComprehensionSection ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Many people around the world have seen Danny Boyle’s movie Trainspotting based on Irvine Welsh’s novel of the same name and starring Ewan McGregor, but how many of us can really claim to 41________ what train-spotting is all about? Now this is not considered the coolest hobby in town and the word “train-spotter”, in Britain has become similar in meaning to "geek" or "nerd (蠢货或书呆子),but is this 42________ really deserved?First of all, let’s 43________ train-spotting. There are said to be some 100,000 train-spotters in the UK. What do they do? Well, exactly as the title suggests, they spot trains, that is, they stand in train stations, look at the serial numbers of the trains that leave and arrive and write them down. The 44________ is to have seen every train in the country.Being keen on railways and trains is not a 45________ hobby and dates back to 1804 when Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive, which pulled a load of ten tons of iron, 70 men and five wagons along a nine-mile stretch of track in two hours. As the number of trains grew and they got faster and faster, so did the interest in them grow. Is this any 46________ than people who love cars?So, what do you need to be a train-spotter? Well, it’s a wonderfully 47________ pastime—all you really need is a pen or pencil and a notebook to write down the train numbers. The modem train-spotter may also carry binoculars(望远镜)and a video camera, but for the purists these are 48________.It’s interesting to note that despite the stigma(污名）of train-spotting, there have been famous railway 49________ in history, such as the poet WH Auden, the comedian Michael Palin and, of course, Alfred Hitchcock, who was a fan of trains and featured them regularly in his films, especially The 39 Steps. There is evidence, too, that being a train-spotter is not necessarily a(n) 50________ British hobby.One glance at the US train sites should be enough to 51________ you that transatlantic train-spotters are alive and well. In America, they try to call rail fans ‘trainfans' and talk of ‘trainfanning’.. Don’t l et this 52________you—these people are train-spotters and there are a lot of them. Each month, two million pages are visited on the website .So call them ‘nerds' or ‘geeks’, but they are here to stay and this is 53_________ not a hobby that is violent or dangerous in any way, nor does it cause any kind of damage to the environment. What do you think is healthier—sitting in front of a TV screen and 54________ those who do something that doesn’t interest you? Or going out and finding and followin g your 55 ________whatever that happens to be? I know what I think.41. A. discover B. know C. wonder D. consider42. A. occupation B. reputation C. ignorance D. practice43. A. face B. find C. discuss D. define44. A. aim B. answer C. advice D. approach45. A. special B. modem C. life-long D. personal46. A. stranger B. more interesting C. more common D. freer47. A. relaxing B. weird C. inexpensive D. unpopular48. A. relieving B. priceless C. sufficient D. unnecessary49. A. enthusiasts B. engineers C. developers D. passengers50. A. originally B. peculiarly C. inevitably D. progressively51. A. warn B. promise C. convince D. disappoint52. A. hurt B. seize C. oppose D. fool53. A. formerly B. similarly C. astonishingly D. certainly54. A. criticizing B. envying C. training D. imitating55. A. suggestion B. step C. passion D. modelSection BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.(A)The number of devices you can talk to is multiplying—first it was your phone, then your car,and now you can boss around your appliances. Children are likely to grow up thinking everything is sentient, or at least interactive: One app developer told The Washington Post that after interacting with Amazon’s Alexa, his kid started talking to coasters. But even without chatty gadgets, research suggests that under certain circumstances, people anthropomorphize everyday products.We personify things because we’re lonely. In one experiment, people who reported feeling isolated were more likely than others to give free will and consciousness to various devices. In turn, feeling attached to objects can reduce loneliness. When college students were reminded of a time they’d been excluded socially, they made up by lying about their number of friends on social networks—unless they were first given tasks that caused them to interact with their phone as if it had human qualities. The phone apparently stood in for real friends.When we personify products, they become harder to cast off. After being asked to evaluate their car's personality, people were less likely to say they intended to replace it soon. And anthropomorphizing objects is associated with a tendency to accumulate.So how do people assign characteristics to an object? In part, we rely on looks. On humans, wide faces are associated with dominance. Similarly, people rated cars, clocks, and watches with wide faces as more dominant-looking than narrow-faced ones, and preferred them—especially in competitive situations. An analysis of car sales in Germany found that cars with grilles(格栅) that were upturned like smiles and headlights that were slanted（倾斜的）like narrowed eyes sold best. The purchasers saw these features as increasing a car’s friendliness and aggressiveness, respectively. It’s little wonder so many companies use mascots（吉祥物）to bring brands to life. An analysis of 1,151 brand characters found symbols that were human or humanlike to be common.Personifying products and brands can backfire, however. When a coffee maker was anthropomorphized in an ad (“I am Aroma” versus just “Aroma”)，consumers felt betrayed by increases in its price. Now that speech-enabled coffee makers are on the market, maybe the machines can sweet-talk their way back into consumers, hearts.56. The word “anthropomorphize”（in paragraph 1) most probably means_________.A. think highly of somethingB. find a better way to rate somethingC. see something as humansD. use something as often as possible57. For the college students, the interaction with the phone served as a reminder that .A. they were not lonelyC. they needed real friendsB. the phone had human qualitiesD. the phone was not always necessary58. The writer mentions an analysis of car sales in Germany in order to_________.A. show that friendliness is better received than aggressivenessB. highlight that a symbol looking like a smile appeals more to peopleC. explain why so many companies use mascots to promote their brandsD. illustrate that people will judge something according to its appearance59. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. Consumers should know more about a product before it is on the market.B. Products with a mascot are more likely to win consumers' hearts.C. Increases in a produces price may be accepted with a good ad.D. The personification of a product may not always work.(B)University Shotokan Karate ClubLearn Karate—self-defense and fitnessThe university karate club was founded in 1962. All grades from beginners to advanced are welcome. The classes are suitable for both men and women and several women have obtained their black belt.TUESDAY AND THURSDAY6.00—8.00 p.m.WEA VER HOUSE GYMFIRST LESSON FREEHardly any of us have experienced real violence, but, over the last few years, attacks on innocent people have increased. Each of us has some ability to defend ourselves, and by learning a form of self-defence, we are not only increasing that ability, but also doing something to build our own sense of respect. Karate will show you a lot of simple and effective techniques to protect yourself, giving you increase self-confidence.Far too many people think martial arts (武术) are about violence. Martial arts training is based on a lot of respect, self-discipline, self-control and non-violence. We learn basic etiquette, courtesy and tolerance. Good manners and consideration for others are expected at all times.Karate is the practice of blocking and striking techniques for the purpose of self-defence, health and self-development. Karate exercises the entire body. Techniques are practised on both sides of the body, therefore muscle imbalances do not occur and the strength, coordination, flexibility and agility of both sides of the body are improved. Regular training in Karate improves the body’s physical endurance and flexibility. It also helps concentration and produces the mental calm and assurance that come from knowing we can defend ourselves.Karate has many benefits but they do not come easily or overnight. Training requires ongoing commitment and hard work. Some of you will give up, but a few of you will get your black belt.60. The passage is mainly intended to_________.A. tell readers the benefits of KarateB. attract readers to join the clubC. encourage people to get their black beltD. correct people’s misunderstand of Karate61. What can be learned about University Shotokan Karate Club?A. More men than women have been its members.B. It tests members to see what level they are at.C. Members don’t need to pay for the lessons.D. It offers 4 hours of lessons every week.62. According to the passage, which of the following statements about Karate is true?A. It cultivates people’s respect for themselves as well as for others.B. It involves people’s arm muscles more than body musclesC. It makes people healthy physically instead of mentally.D. It focuses as much on self-defence as on attack.(C)In the classic novel The Day of the Triffids, giant plants terrorise humanity. Triffids can walk and are equipped with poisonous stingers, but their real power lies in their ability to communicate and so plot against us.It sounds far-fetched, but since John Wyndham’s book was published in 1951, one aspect of this fiction has proved to be science fact: plants do talk to one another. It has long been known that insects such as pollinators (传粉者）and pests can distinguish between plants by the chemicals they release. What’s new is the idea that plants use their emissions to talk among themselves. “Plants release chemicals into the atmosphere—these can be viewed as a language in the sense that a plant releasing the chemicals can be viewed as ‘speaking’ and the plant receiving them as ‘listening’ and then responding,” says chemical ecologist James Blande at the University of Eastern Finland.Now we are discovering that air pollution can disrupt these communications. In one study, Blande and his colleagues put individual bumblebees into a box containing paper flowers resembling those of black mustard (芥末). When the scientists injected the scent of real black mustard flowers that grew in either a clean or polluted atmosphere the bumblebees’ re actions were unequivocal: they were immediately attracted to the unpolluted scent, while that from polluted air left them flying around aimlessly.It’s not just the clarity of plant language that gets disrupted，the “loudness” is affected, too. To find out how much things have changed since pre-industrial times, Jose Fuentes at the University of Virginia and his colleagues made a computer model that included historic air pollution levels. It revealed that scents(气味)produced by flowers that could once be picked up kilometres away now travel as little as 200 metres.Even between clean and dirty environments today, a similar reduction in signal can be seen. Take lima beans. When one plant is attacked by spider mites, it emits chemical signals that make others nearby produce more sugary nectar. This, in turn, attracts predatory mites, which eat the attackers. If the atmosphere is clean, Blande found, the beans easily communicate with neighbours growing 70 centimetres away. But in polluted conditions, their warning cries can’t be heard more than 20 centimetres away.63. The writer mentions the novel The Day of the Triffids in order to_________.A. show how far-fetched the novel isB. introduce the topic of the passageC. warn readers of a possible dangerD. illustrate a new discovery of plants64. The word “unequivocal”（in paragraph 4) is closest in meaning to_________.A. familiarB. unpredictableC. differentD. inter-related65. What can be inferred from the passage?A. The scent of plants can’t travel in a shorter distance in polluted airB. Classic novels are usually based on some proved scientific facts.C. It was in pre-industrial times that pollution came into existence.D. Warning cries made by insects are getting softer and softer.66. What is the passage mainly about?A. Chemical signals vary with the age of plants.B. Pollinators and insects either damage or benefit plants.C. Pollution has an impact on the communication between plants.D. Plants communicate with each other by means of what they emit.Section CDirections: Complete the following passage by using the sentences given below. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.We may have 750 friends online，but we’re lonelyMy phone and my laptop are within constant touching distance, whether Tm eating, drinking, in the shower, or watching the football. Before I get up every morning, I check my email, my texts and my Twitter feed. By the time I’ve got out of the shower, it’s time to do it again. I have a constant drip-drop of information from any of the 750 online friends and followers that I associate with. ______67______. How does a 28-year-old man get like this?______68______ In a recent survey of young people, 60 percent said they found it difficult to make friends ‘in real life’ compared with online. I’m way beyond being an awkward teen, but I am wired up most of the day, as are most of my friends. I go to parties, pubs and dinners, but I am there only in spirit. Far from bringing me closer to people, my phone drives me further away.I feel isolated. During working hours, I chatter away on social-networking sites, delaying tasks. I am in a constant state of distraction. Paradoxically（矛盾地), I no longer see the verypeople I want to see becaus e I have been ‘talking’ to them all day.Last weekend, I threw a dinner party. The moment that the food arrived, one best friend aged 26 got up to make a phone call while my other best friend, 27, sat through dinner checking Twitter for football scores. _______69_____ Social networking dominates.The terrifying thing is that none of us can go cold turkey. ______70______If you’re an alcoholic, you can avoid alcohol, but how do I avoid the internet or my phone? I need it to do my job, because my employers demand that they can contact me at any time.That's the problem with social networking. You are hardwired in, but you are always the same cool distance apart.IV. Summary WritingDirections: Read the following passage. Summarize in no more than 60 words the main idea of the passage and how it is illustrated. Use your own words as far as possible.Is Alan Sugar a Role Model?In this paper I would like to discuss the question 4Is Alan Sugar a role model for people going into business?9 There are certainly reaso ns to answer 'yes’ or ‘no’ to this question.Alan Sugar has definitely been a successful businessman and celebrity. He left school at 16 with no qualifications and started his own business selling electrical goods out of the back of a van. He now has an estimated fortune of £830 million and is the 84th richest man in the UK. His Amstrad CPC 464 was one of the first home computers and by the end of the 1980s Amstrad had a stock market value of £1.25 billion. In the nineties and later he started buying and selling companies such as Sinclair, Betacom, Viglen and eventually sold Amstrad itself, at a profit. He was also Chairman of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club. He has now become a TV celebrity with his own TV series The Apprentice', which is a reality TV show where a group of young business people try to win an important position in Alan Sugar’s company.On the other hand, Alan Sugar has, for a long time, not been very popular with many people. He has a reputation for being a rude and insensitive man. He has tr eated the contestants on ‘The Apprentice’ badly. In fact Alan Sugar is best known for saying ‘You’re fired!’ to someone in every episode. Many business people have also said that. ‘The Apprentice’ actually shows you how not to run a business, rather than how to run one. Even his business skills have been questioned. Amstrad was very unsuccessful in the nineties and many people blame Sugar personally for that failure.In conclusion, Alan Sugar is certainly not an ideal role model. However, in my opinion Alan Sugar is a role model because he started with nothing and finished a millionaire. Such a story surely has lessons for all of us.V. TranslationDirections: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.72. 这次的台风与上海擦肩而过。