江西省新余市第四中学2016届高三上学期第三次周练英语试题 Word版含答案.doc

2016届高三周练英语试卷第二部分阅读理解（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。

AIn 1901, H.G. Wells, an English writer, wrote a book describing a trip to the moon. When the explorers landed on the moon, they discovered that the moon was full of underground cities. They expressed their surprise to the "moon people" they met. In turn, the "moon people" expressed their surprise. "Why," they asked, "are you traveling to outer space when you don' t even use your inner space?"H.G. Wells could only imagine travel to the moon. In 1969, human beings really did land on the moon. People today know that there are no underground cities on the moon. However, the question that the "moon people" asked is still an interesting one. A growing number of scientists are seriously thinking about it.Underground systems are already in place. Many cities have underground car parks. In some cities, such as Tokyo, Seoul and Montreal, there are large underground shopping areas. The "Channel", a tunnel (隧道) connecting England and France, is now complete. But what about underground cities? Japan' s Taisei Corporation is designing a network of underground systems, called "Alice Cities." The designers imagine using surface space for public parks and using underground space for flats, offices, shopping, and so on. A solar dome (太阳能穹顶) would cover the whole city.Supporters of underground development say that building down rather than building up is a good way to use the earth' s space. The surface, they say, can be used for farms, parks, gardens, and wilderness. H.G. Wells' "moon people" would agree. Would you?21. The explorers in H. G. Wells' story were surprised to find that the "moon people"________.A. knew so much about the earthB. understood their languageC. lived in so many underground citiesD. were ahead of them in space technology22. What does the underlined word "it" (paragraph 2) refer to?A. Using the earth's inner space.B. Discovering the moon' s inner space.C. Meeting the "moon people" again.D. Traveling to outer space.23. What sort of underground systems are already here with us?A. Offices, shopping areas, power stations.B. Tunnels, gardens, offices.C. Gardens, car parks, power stations.D. Tunnels, car parks, shopping areas.24. What would be the best title for the text?A. Alice Cities - cities of the futureB. Building down, not upC. Enjoy living undergroundD. Space travel with H. G. WellsBSometimes it is difficult to talk to taxi drivers. They must give all their attention to the road as they work out the shortest way to the place where you are going. However, passengers from Wangfujing were in surprise when they took a taxi. The driver just would not stop talking ―in English.Organized by the Cultural and Education Section of the British Embassy, “Dare to Speak” examines if Chinese people will speak English in “real-life” situations.Matthew Knowles, an acting student from South Carolina at Beijing Film Academy, acted the part as the “driver”. He collected six passengers on Saturday morning, most of whom were female white-collar workers.“Of course they were surprised at first, wondering why I‟m driving a taxi, and wondering whether this is a real taxi, but then most of them were pretty willing to speak,” he said. Knowles said he was also surprised by his “passengers”. “Apart from my first …passenger‟, who could speak very little English, all the rest spoke English very well, and it was fun to communicate wi th them,” he said, adding that some “passengers” were quite talkative.The “foreign taxi driver” project was just one of the “Dare to Speak” activities, which have been going on since the end of October. Other projects included a foreign store owner near a high school in Beijing, a cook in a Shanghai university canteen. They were testing the willingness of Chinese people, especially students and white-collar workers, to speak to foreigners in English.Rong Xin, senior manager of IELTS (雅思) with the British Embassy, said they hoped to let IELTS takers in China know that communication is the most important goal of IELTS.“We hope that more and more IELTS takers in China can realize the importance of communicating in English in real life, instead of just getti ng high test scores,” she said.25. Why did Matthew Knowles drive a taxi?A. He enjoyed chatting with people in English.B. He played the role of a taxi driver in a film.C. He took part in the project “Dare to speak”D. He wanted to improve his Chinese while driving.26. The Chinese may meet and talk to _______ in “Dare to speak” projects.A. a white-collar workerB. a high school studentC. a restaurant managerD. a foreign store owner27. The purpose of the pro ject “Dare to Speak” is to _______ .A. draw Chinese people‟s attention to IELTSB. remind language learners of the goal of learningC. attract more foreigners to start business in ChinaD. give more chances for English learners in ChinaCThe Diet Zone: A Dangerous PlaceDiet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recogni ze the word “diet” in food labels.On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don‟t have to work toget results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm that comes from using them.28. From Paragraph 1, we learn that ________.A. diet products are misleading peopleB. people are fed up with diet productsC. people have difficulty in choosing diet productsD. diet products fail to bring out people‟s potential29. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _____.A. hesitate before they enjoy diet foodsB. watch their weight rather than their dietC. pay attention to their own eating habitsD. try out a variety of diet foods30. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” means ..A. it costs a lot to lose weightB. diet products bring no painC. losing weight is effortlessD. diet products are free from calories31. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______.A. are over-consumedB. provide too much energyC. are short of chemicalsD. lack basic nutrientsDOn the day after Thanskgiving in the US, or Black Friday, lots of stores offer special discounts to mark the beginning of holiday shopping season. In China, a similar day falls on Nov.11 when millions of Chinese shoppers go to and , two e-commerce websites operated by Alibaba.The 11.11 Shopping Festival, as the event is now called, is also known in China as Singles Day. The shopping festival first started in 2009 and Alibaba said it chose the date because it was easy to remember. Last year, Tmall and Taobao together produced 19.1 billion in sales on that day, according to Alibaba. This year‟s shopping festival kicked off with an even stronger start—sales hit 100 million yuan 55 seconds after midnight and reached 35 billion at the end of the day.The shopping spree(狂欢) drew the attention of China‟s leaders, as Premier Li Keqiang recently praised Alibaba‟s founder, Jack Ma, for creating a day for consumption. China is trying to lead the country‟s economy to a slower, more sustainable（可持续的）growth model based on domestic (国内的) consumption instead of investment and exports. Online shopping is no doubt a growth point that will release spending potential. China had 564 million regular Internet users by the end of last year. It has surpassed the US to become the world‟s largest e-commerce market, with its online sales over 1 trillion US dollars (6 trillion yuan) by 2020.“The real-time nature of online consumption attracts millions of people to spend money and enjoy life. E-commerce opens a new channel for China to encourage domestic demand,” Liu Yin, vice-president of the China International Electronic Commerce Center said. More importantly, it promotes employment and the logistics (物流) industry with its sales model of “online purchasing plus express delivery”, he added. Convenience, choice and low prices have increased online shopping, but there are still some problems with the one-day shopping spree.Some online shops, driven by the huge profits, took this opportunity to play price tricks. They raised prices to twice those of the originals in the early October and then offered discounts on Nov 11. Many consumers, driven by the advantage they could take, just went along for the ride. “They spend lots of time online to check what to buy and are happy to get what they don‟t really need at a lower price,” wrote Jia Ge, an Internet analyst, on his Sina weibo.32. In the US, a holiday shopping season refers to _________.A. a spree in a holiday like ThanksgivingB. one of the four seasons in a year like springC. a shopping spree when stores offer special discountsD. a holiday when people can relax themselves by shopping33. In this year‟s 11.11 Shopping Festival, Tmall and Tao bao produced ______in all.A. 19.1 billion yuanB. 100 million yuanC. 35.1 billion yuanD. 35 billion yuan34. What Liu Yin said is mainly about _______.A. the advantages of e-commerceB. the advantages of express deliveryC. the development of online shoppingD. the development of logistic industry35. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.A. most online shops played price tricks on consumers to make huge profitsB. driven by the huge profits, many consumers bought what they didn‟t really needC. some prices of the goods were raised at first and sold at the original price on Nov. 11D. many consumers were cheated by the online shops and bought unnecessary goods第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分。