山东省枣庄市高新区2017届高三英语4月阶段性自测试题一、阅读理解AHotel rooms come in a variety of styles and price ranges. Despite differences m decoration and price, one thing most hotels have in common is a set of rules. Failure to obey these rules can result in fees or fines to cover hotel room damages, removal from the hotel or possibly even arrest.SmokingSome hotels are completely non-smoking. Some hotels designate smoking and non-smoking rooms. If you smoke in a non-smoking room, you will likely be fined hundreds of dollars and possibly asked to leave.Number of GuestsMost regular hotel rooms are designed for two adults. If you have more than two people staying in the room, the hotel will likely charge an additional fee for each extra guest, though some hotels let children stay free. Do not put more than four adults in the room unless the hotels policy permits that many people. Or you might be fined or removed from the hotelHotel Reservations RequirementsMost hotels require a major credit card to reserve the room. You can pay cash at the end of your stay, but do not be surprised if there is a temporary charge on your card for a few days after your stay. Most hotels authorize a security deposit on your card to cover any possible damages to the room. Once the hotel confirms that the room is undamaged and that you do not break any hotel policies, your security deposit will be refunded. Breaking the LawYou cannot break the law in your hotel room, just as you cannot break the law in your own home or in public. Do not do drugs or commit any other criminal act in the hotel room. If you do, you will likely be arrested.NoiseMost hotels have a noise policy you must obey. If you are being too loud you will usuallyget a warning. If the noise continues and more complaints are issued, you will likely be kicked out of the hotel, regardless of what time it is.1．What is the main purpose of this passage?A. To advertise the hotel roomsB. To show some rules of hotel roomsC. To warn the customersD. To offer some tips of living in hotel rooms2．You will NOT be asked to leave the hotel, if you.A. make too much noise continuallyB. smoke without permissionC. have one extra guest to stayD. break the law3．Why is there a temporary charge on your card for a few days after your stay?A. Because the hotels may use the money to pay for possible damages caused by you.B. Because the hotels want to confirm whether you have money.C. Because the hotels need a major credit card to pay for the rent.D. Because the hotels need to authorize a security deposit.BThere is an island called Kitava, way out there in the Pacific Ocean, in the Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. It is one of the four main Trobriand Islands with a total population of 12,000 native residents. Rich with culture, surrounded on all sides by clear blue water and abundant rainforest, Kitava is as apealing as it is remote. But it has more to offer than good views.As Byrdie reports, Kitava is also home to a people whose diet and nutritional habits remain healthy, untouched by Western influence. A lifetime of not knowing the sweet, sweet sensation of the salt from a potato chip hitting the roof of your mouth has done more than just spare Kitavans from illnesses like diabetes and cardiovascular disease; it's also given them a lifetime of smooth, acne(痤疮) - free skin.In a study of l',200 subjects - including 300 teens and young adults - conducted by a team led by medical doctor and professor Steffan Lindeberg over 843 days, not one breakout was reported. They also found that genetics played little to no role in the results.In fact, the average Kitavan diet is fairly common. It' s simple, with no " miracle fruit" or " rare nut" to speak of, and Kitavans don' t even exercise much. That diet consistsmainly of yams( 山荮) , sweet potatoes, and taro (芋头) , local fruits (namely coconut) ,fish, and vegetables.But if you're already pulling out your suitcases and drafting a resignation letter to your boss, you might want to slow your step. For one thing, the closest airport is over 700 miles away from the island, so good luck getting there. And consider this: do you really want to move somewhere where you'll be the only person with acne until the diet kicks in?I don't think so.4．Which are the contributing factors of attracting visitors to the island?a. Rich culture .b. Clean white sandc. Thick rainforestd. Clear blue watere. Romote tribesA. abcB. acdC. bcdD. ade5．What accounts for the fact that the Kitavans own good skin?A. They don't like eating salt. .B. They enjoy varieties of rare fruits.C. They are sick of exercising.D. They follow simple but healthy diet.6．What is unlikely to be included in the Kitavans' diet? .A. TaroB. FishC. Potato chipsD. Coconut7．What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Think twice before moving to Kitava.B. Don’t hesitate to quit your job and move there.C. One can reach Kitava by plane without difficulty.D. Anyone will own acne - free skin on stepping on Kitava.CDriving could soon be a far more pleasant experience thanks to a personal in-car robot being developed by researchers.The robot,which is called "Affective Intelligent Driving Agent (AIDA)" will be able to tell you the best route home based on traffic reports,remind you to pick up petrol and suggest places you may like to visit.The robot is intended to be placed on the indication plate in the car and is being developed at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in co-operation with Volkswagen.AIDA communicates with the driver through an expressive robot screen and will evenappear sympathetic if you're having a bad day.Cynthia Breazeal,director of MIT's Personal Robots Group,said: "We are developing AIDA to read the driver's mood from f acial expressions and other clues and respond in a proper way."AIDA works by analyzing the driver's moving patterns,keeping track of common routes and destinations.The creators say the robot should be able to work out home and work locations within a week of driving.Soon afterwards, the system will direct the driver to his favorite supermarket,suggesting a route that avoids crowded roads.AIDA might recommend a petrol stop on the way if the fuel tank is nearly empty.The robot will also analyze real-time information about traffic jams,the weather report,commercial activities,tourist attractions,and residential areas."In developing AIDA,we asked ourselves how we could design a system that would offer the same kind of guidance as an informed and friendly companion.""AIDA can also give you response on your driving,helping you drive more efficiently and ensure safer driving behavior," Assaf Biderman from SENSEable City Lab added.8．What is AIDA in this passage?A. A personal driver.B. A traffic controller.C. A traffic indicator.D. A smart car robot.9．What's the most impressive about AIDA according to the passage?A. It can stay away from traffic jams.B. It can replace the driver to drive the car.C. It can interact with the driver.D. It can help the driver find the way.10．From the last paragraph we can know that.A. it's possible to drive a car without any petrolB. AIDA can help us to become better driversC. people can save a lot of energy by driving a carD. it's much safer to drive with someone else11．What would be the best title for the passage?A. An Intelligent Device for DriversB. A New Model of VolkswagenC. The Cooperation of Two Car MakersD. Traffic Management in Big CitiesDOne of the strangest features of motherhood is that the vast majority of mothers prefer to cradle their babies in the left arm. Why should this be? The obvious explanation is that the majority of mothers are right handed and they wish to keep their right handed and they wish to keep their right hand free. Unfortunately, this explanation cannot apply, because left-handed mothers also favor their left arm for holding their babies. The precise figures arc 83 percent for right-handed mothers and 73 percent for left-handed mothers.The most likely explanation is that the mother's heart is on the left side and, by holding the baby in her left arm, she is unconsciously bringing her baby closer to the sound of the heart-beat. This is the sound the baby heard when it was inside the mother’s womb and which is therefore an association with peace, comfort and security.Tests were carried out in nurseries where some babies were played the recorded sound of a human heart beat, and, sure enough, went to sleep twice as quickly as the others. We also know that the sound of mother's heart is quite audible inside the womb and that the unborn baby has a well-developed hearing.It is interesting that fathers show less of this left-side bias (偏爱) than mothers, suggesting that the human female is better programmed than her partner for carrying a baby. Alternatively，she may unconsciously adjust her holding behavior to make baby fell more secure. Some new observations on our closest animals’ relatives, the chimpanzees and gorillas, have revealed that they too show a strong bias for holding their babies on the left side. The precise figures were 84 percent for chimpanzees and 82 percent for gorillas, remarkably close to the human percentages.Recently a possible additional value in cradling babies on the left side has been suggested. It has been pointed out that, because, the two sides of the brain are concerned with different aspects of behavior, it is possible that the mother, in cradling the baby to her left, is showing the baby her “best side”. It is claimed that the emotions are expressed more strongly on the left side of the human face and that she therefore gives the baby a better chance to read her emotional mood changes as it gazes up at her. Furthermore,the mother’s left eye and ear are more tuned into emotional changes in her baby than her right eye and ea r would be. So in addition to the baby’s seeing the more expressive parts of its mother, there is further advantage that the mother is herself more sensitive to the left-held baby. This may sound far-fetched, but just possibly, it could provide a slight extra benefit for those mothers displaying the strange one-sided bias when cradling their infants.How does a bias occur? Do the mothers have an instinctive preference for it, or do they learn it by trial and error, unconsciously adjusting the position of the babies until the babies are calmer? The surprising answer is that it seems to be the baby not the mother who controls the bias. Observation of new born infants when they were only a few hours old revealed that they come into the world with a pre-programmed tendency to turn their head to the right. If the new born baby is gently held in a dead central position and then released, it naturally swings to the right far more often than to the left. This happens i n nearly 70 percent of babies. This may be only a part of explanation, because the holding bias is 80 percent not 70 percent, but it adds a further intriguing chapter to the story. 12．How does the author develop Paragraph 1?A. By giving an example as a hook.B. By giving a general statement and narrowin g it down.C. By asking a question and showing an answer.D. By explaining the importance of understanding a phenomenon.13．The underlined word “audible” in Paragraph 3 means ________.A. softB. clearC. weakD. distant14．What’s the main idea of Paragraph 5?A. The left side of the human face expresses emotions more strongly than the right.B. A mother’s left eye and ear are more sensitive to the emotional changes in her baby.C. A baby may be more able to “read” its mother’s emotions than was pr eviously believed.D. Holding her baby in the left arm may improve a mother’s emotional communication with it.15．What is the author’s tone when he discusses why most mothers cradle their babies inthe left arm?A. Cautious.B. Disapproving.C. Subjective.D. Favorable.二、完形填空When our second child was born, the doctor pointed out that her feet were turned inward. “Left uncorrected, it would be a ______,” he told us.We ____ to do anything we could do help our baby.______she was growing I had to take her back to the doctor every two weeks to have each foot recast. _______the casting was finished and it was time for corrective_______.Jim and I watched with hope and concern as she______to walk. Those first, awkward steps made us so_______. By the time she entered preschool, her steps appeared quite_______ . Encouraged by her progress, we looked for something else to help strengthen her______body.As it turned out, she loved the_____ ! When she tuned six, we helped her join in skating lessons and soon she was skating______a swan. She kept working hard at every new _______, and her efforts_____. At fifteen, she competed in both pairs-skating and the ladies’ singles at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Australia, wining both______!I thought back to the early years of______for Kristi---the years of fear for us as her parents, and the same years of frustration for her as a child two _____wanted to walk. During those years, we didn’t expect gold medals and a good professional career________her. We admired Kristi herself, ____ her strength and efforts, and how far she had come on two tiny feet that had______been bound in heavy casts. In our eyes, Kristi had always walked with the______of a true champion.16．A. surprise B. problem C. gift D. success17．A. forgot B. promised C. stopped D. refused18．A. So B. If C. Because D. But19．A. Suddenly B. Immediately C. Especially D. Finally20．A. shoes B. books C. bags D. hats21．A. failed B. pretended C. struggled D. disliked22．A. lucky B. upset C. proud D. helpless23．A. hard B. special C. interested D. normal24．A. weak B. strong C. new D. big25．A. water B. ice C. fire D. air26．A. for B. with C. on D. like27．A. project B. side C. text D. movement28．A. got off B. paid off C. put off D. showed off29．A. events B. accidents C. debts D. stories30．A. opinion B. reward C. challenge D. hope31．A. merely B. almost C. easily D. seldom32．A. in need of B. in spite of C. ahead of D. instead of33．A. doubting B. respecting C. limiting D. controlling34．A. once B. st ill C. never D. seldom35．A. interest B. shadow C. task D. beauty三、七选五You want to help the environment. You want to teach your children to protect the earth. You can do both easily by making family activities environmentally-friendly. Planning activities around the natural world can be fun, and educational for all members of the family.Make recycling a part of everyday chores (家务活儿）.Even the youngest children can help with recycling chores. For instance, a preschooler can help an adult or older child sort recyclables. You can use the opportunity to teach the difference between glass, plastic, pape r, and other materials.36．37．Many age-appropriate choices exist for environmentally-related school clubs. For example, an explorers club that l earns about a new rainforest or desert each week works for preschool or kindergarten. Primary and middle school classes may enjoy a gardening or recycled craft(手工工艺) projects club.Plan green vacation activities.Include your green activities in your weekend vacations.38．The family can volunteer together, and then enjoy a picnic afterward. You can also take your children to a natural science museum nearby. While there, discuss environment and conservation with them. Plant a garden together.Work together and grow organic(有机的)produce.39．The website. Kids Gardening, provides getting started guidance and suggestions for parents to help their children get into gardening and other associated activities.Craft with recyclables.Teach children arts and crafts using recyclables. Children can turn toilet paper rolls, paper plates, glass bottles and many other recyclables into useful household things like pencil holders or desk organizers.40．A. Help start a green club at your children's schoolB. Arrange your beach trip on the beach clean-up day.C. It’s also a good opportunity to teach c olors and counting.D. Use these five activities as starting points for a greener family life.E. You’ll protect the earth, beautify your garden and cut your grocery bill.F. Use bits of nature, like small stone or dry leaves for decorative projects.G. Clubs promote friendships based on common interests and encourage fun learning.四、语法填空阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
