湖北省重点高中高三上学期期中联考英语试题(含解析)

湖北省重点高中高三上学期期中联考
【试卷综评】本套试题难度适中，区分度较为理想，没有出现偏题和怪题。

试卷中能拉开分数层级的就是阅读理解。

而细节理解题是比较容易得分的题目，一般是试卷中较简单的题目。

本套试卷反应出很多学生在细节题上失分，主要因为他们看到一篇接着一篇的阅读，有畏惧心理，觉得要赶时间，因此匆匆读一遍，就选出自己认为正确的选项，觉得文章读懂了就懒得再回文中仔细排查与选项有关的信息，解决此类题目，认真细心和耐心是关键
考试时间：2014年 11月7日下午14:30-16:30 试卷满分：150分
注意事项：
1. 答卷前，先将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在试题卷和答题卡上，并将准考证号条形码粘贴在答题卡上的指定位置。

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4. 考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。

第一部分：听力(共两节，满分30分)
做题时,先将答案划在试卷上。

录音内容结束后,你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a library.
B. At home.
C. In a cinema.
2. What are the two speakers talking about?
A. Paying for tickets.
B. Repairing machines.
C. Changing notes.
3. Why does the woman refuse the man’s invitation?
A. Sh e doesn’t like going out with the man.
B. She will have dinner with Jack.
C. She has to prepare for a plane trip.
4. How long has the man been learning French?
A. For 5 years.
B. For four and a half years.
C. For more than five years.
5. What can we learn from this conversation?
A. The woman is wearing her friend’s dress.
B. The woman wore the dress yesterday.
C. The speakers are in the same class.
第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分)
听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，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。

6. What is the man’s feeling after his job interview?
A. Anxious.
B. Hopeful.
C. Desperate.
7. How many candidates were able to go to the second interview?
A. Four.
B. Twelve.
C. Sixteen
听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. What will the woman do if the telephone rings?
A. Answer the phone.
B. Call the man back in.
C. Go to the neighbor’s.
9. Where does the phone probably come from?
A. His friend.
B. His father.
C. His company. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.When did the woman leave school?
A. In 1994.
B. In 1995.
C. In 1996.
11.Why did the woman start running?
A. To keep fit.
B. To make money.
C. To become famous.
12.What does the woman plan to do next year?
A. Earn more money for a good school.
B. Visit Europe with her family.
C. Take part in the race in Europe.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What does the man want to be?
A. A pop singer.
B. A movie star.
C. A great musician.
14.How does the man feel about his future?
A. Uncertain.
B. Light-hearted.
C. Very confident.
15.When will the man go to find a manager?
A. After he moves to London.
B. After he takes his last exam.
C. After he knows his exam results.
16.What will the man probably do at first in London?
A. Do part-time jobs.
B. Publish his record.
C. Earn lots of money.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Why doesn’t the speaker want to go to the mountains this year?
A. Because it is not beautiful enough.
B. Because he went there last year.
C. Because it is a little cold this time and too far away.
18. What does the speaker like about the seashore?
A. Bathing in the sunshine.
B. Swimming in the sea.
C. Taking a walk on the sands.
19. How can the speaker probably go to the seashore?
A. On foot.
B. By car.
C. By bike.
20. What is the speaker probably talking about?
A. His plan for the holiday.
B. His friend’s hometown.
C. The weather in the mountains.
第二部分：词汇知识运用(共两节，满分30分)
第一节：多项选择 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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。

【题文】21. When the school bus arrived at the zoo, the bus door ______ open and all the children rushed out.
A. burst
B. destroyed
C. attacked
D. shocked 【答案】【知识点】A7 动词
【答案解析】A考查动词辨析。

A. burst爆发；B. destroyed 破坏；C. attacked 袭击；
D. shocked震惊；句意：当校车抵达动物园，汽车的门突然打开，孩子们冲了出去。

burst open猛然打开，故选A项。

【题文】22. . After his father died suddenly without finishing his research in a certain field, Xiao Jun determined to follow his _______ to complete it.
A. trial
B. track
C. remarks
D. trap
【答案】【知识点】A1 名词
【答案解析】B 考查名词辨析A. trial 审判；B. track 踪迹；C. remarks评论；D. trap 陷井；句意：当他父亲没有完成研究突然去世，小君决定沿着父亲的足迹完成它。

【题文】23. Instead of praising your kids for their intelligence, you should ____ your praise on the effort they put into succeeding at task, expert say.
A. allocate
B. concentrate
C. circulate
D. accumulate
【答案】【知识点】A7 动词
【答案解析】B考查动词。

A. allocate分配；B. concentrate集中；C. circulate使循环；
D. accumulate积累。

这里考查短语concentrate on专注于。

句意：专家说：不是赞扬你孩子的聪明，而你应该将你的赞扬集中在成功完成任务的努力上。

故B正确
【题文】24. The drug can't cure your disease at all. It can provide only _____ relief from pain.
A. temporary
B. contradictory
C. compulsory
D. permanent 【答案】【知识点】A4 形容词
【答案解析】A考查形容词辨析。

句意：有许多方法可以暂时缓解你的牙痛但不能治愈。

Temporary暂时的；临时的。

【题文】25. You should be _________ in the way you treat your children instead of
being changeable, or they would get confused about how you really want them to be.
A. frequent
B. responsible
C. flexible
D. consistent 【答案】【知识点】A4 形容词
【答案解析】D 考查形容词辨析 A. frequent 流利地；. Responsible负责的；C. flexible
复杂的； D. consistent连贯不断的；句意：你应该坚持自己的风格而不是经常变化否则
他们会对你所教的内容感到困惑。

根据句意选D项。

【题文】26. In order to survive, all life in the pond has to ______ the changing conditions in the environment.
A. attend to
B. appeal to
C. apply to
D. adapt to 【答案】【知识点】A8 动词短语
【答案解析】D 考查动词短语辨析。

A. attend to 处理；B. appeal to 吸引；C. apply to
致力于；D. adapt to适应；句意：为了生存，池塘里所有的生物不得不适应这里环境。

根
据句意选D项。

【题文】27. In order to rescue the miners caught in the flood quickly, the rescuers have got a busy _______.
A. settlement
B. identity
C. schedule
D. security
【答案】【知识点】A1 名词
【答案解析】C 考查名词辨析 A. settlement 定居；B. identity身份；C. schedule
时间表；D. security安全；句意：为了尽快地营救被困矿工，营救人员时间很紧张。

根据
句意选C项。

【题文】28. This journey is a great chance for you to broaden your horizon and will-
_____ how the earth is formed. We hope you won’t throw it away.
A. keep an eye on
B. take advantage of
C. throw light on
D.
keep track of
【答案】【知识点】A8 动词短语
【答案解析】C 考查动词短语辨析A. keep an eye on集中注意力于；B. take advantage of 利用；C. throw light on 阐明，有助于了解；D. keep track of记录；句意：这次旅行
对于开阔你的眼界是个很好的机会，有助于了解地球是如何形成的，我们希望你不要放弃这
个机会。

【题文】29. With the word “PM2.5”______ appearing in media reports, people pay
greater attention to it and seek health tips for smoggy days.
A. constantly
B. instantly
C. entirely
D. virtually
【答案】【知识点】A5 副词
【答案解析】A考查副词辨析Constantly不断地；instantly立即；rarely很少地；directly
直接地，句意：随着词汇““PM2．5"不断地出现在媒体的报告中，人们更加关注雾霾和寻
求在。

雾霾中保持健康的建议，故选A
【题文】30. Nowadays, many people walk to work ______ Copenhagen Conference calling
for living a low-carbon lifestyle to cope with global warming.
A. in relation to
B. In addition to
C. in opposition to
D. in response to
【答案】【知识点】A6介词短语
【答案解析】D考查固定词组，in relation to意思“与…有关”，in response to意思“对…
做出反应”，in opposition to意思“反对”，in addition to意思“除…之外”，句子意思“当今，许多人走着去上班对哥本哈根会议号召以低碳的生活方式来解决全球变暖做出反应”，故选D项。

【题文】第二节：完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C、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。

My class and I visited Chris Care Center in Phoenix, Arizona to comfort the old people who needed a little cheering up during the holiday season.
The first two 31 there were for persons requiring help in taking care of themselves. We sang 32 for them. They loved our sweet songs and the flowers that we left with them.
As we were 33 on the third floor for old people with Alzheimer (老年痴呆症), most of them 34 off at the walls or floor. However, one lady 35 my eye. She was sitting by the door, in a wheelchair, singing songs to herself. They weren’t the songs that we were singing; at least they didn’t 36 like that. As we got 37 with each festive song, she did as well. The louder we got, the louder she sang.
38 she was singing, she was also 39 out to us with her hands and body. I knew that
I should have gone over to her, but I thought that my 40 were to my students. People who worked at the care center could 41 to her, I thought. Just when I stopped feeling 42 about not giving her the attention she needed, one of my students, Justin, showed me what the holiday season is really about.
Justin also 43 the same lady. The difference between us is that he 44 on her needs, but I didn’t. During the last song, “Silent Night,” Justin walked over to her and held her hand. He looked this aged lady in her 45 and with his actions said, “You are important, and I will take my 46 to let you know that.”
This tired, elderly lady stopped singing and held his hand. Then she touched his cheek with the other hand. Tears began to fall down her face. No 47 can completely describe that touching moment.
It 48 a boy to teach me, a man, about kindness and lov e. Justin’s example of a complete, selfless attitude toward another was a 49 that I will never forget. He was the teacher that day, and I consider myself 50 to have witnessed his lesson.
31. A. rooms B. building C. floors D. groups
32. A. bravely B. beautifully C. madly D. shyly
33. A. dancing B. meeting C. gathering D. singing
34. A. stared B. shut C. paid D. glared
35. A. looked B. escaped C. caught D. hurt
36. A.appear B. sound C. hear D. feel
37. A. higher B. nearer C. faster D. louder
38. A. As B. Because C. Since D. Though
39. A. moving B. reaching C. coming D. spreading
40. A. basis B. abilities C. feelings D. responsibilities
41. A. attend B. object C. speak D. compare
42. A. afraid B. artificial C. guilty D. swift
43. A. feared B. avoided C. helped D. noticed
44. A. called B. acted C. insisted D. kept
45. A. tears B. hands C. eyes D. face
46. A. cheek B. flower C. character D. time
47. A. words B. poems C. expressions D. songs
48. A. caused B. wasted C. took D. made
49. A. message B. lesson C. activity D. class
50. A. lucky B. fancy C. secure D. clever
【答案】【知识点】B2 夹叙夹议文
【文章综述】本文讲述了作者和他的学生到敬老院帮助老人，他的学生Justin给他上了一课，要真正地采取行动去帮助他人而不是浮于表面。

【答案解析】
31.C考查名词辨析A. rooms房间；B. building建筑物；C. floors楼层；D. groups一群；the first two floors 前两层楼，下一段有 the third floor 做暗示，故选C
32.B 考查副词辨析A. bravely勇敢地；B. beautifully 漂亮地；C. madly发疯地；
D. shyly害羞地；beautifully和下句sweet形成呼应,指我们给他们唱了一些好听的歌曲，故选B项。

33.D考查动词辨析A. dancing跳舞；B. meeting遇见；C. gathering聚集；D. singing 唱歌；此题属于后暗示，后文提到一位老太太唱的歌不是我们正在唱的，故选D.
34.A考查动词辨析A. stared盯着； B. shut 关闭；C. paid 支付；D. glared生气地盯着；stare off 盯着,从宾语wall or floors可知，故选A项。

35.C考查动词辨析A. looked看；B. escaped逃避；C. caught抓住；D. hurt伤害；catch my eyes 吸引了我的目光，故选C项。

36.B 考查动词辨析A.appear 出现；B. sound 听起来；C. hear 听；D. feel感到；sound听起来像..意为：至少听起来不像是我们正在唱的,故选B
37. D考查形容词辨析；A. higher高；B. nearer附近的；C. faster 快的；D. louder 大声地；该词属于后暗示，当我们大声唱欢快的歌曲时，她也会如此。

我们声音越大，她的声音也会随之变大，故选D项。

38.A考查连词辨析A. As 随着，当。

时候；B. Because因为； C. Since自从；D. Though 虽然；当我们在唱歌的时候，as引导时间状语从句，故选A项。

39.B考查动词辨析A. moving移动；B. reaching到达；C. coming来；D. spreading传播；reach out伸出，当我们唱歌的时候，她也会和我们一起伸出手，故选B项。

40.D 考查名词辨析A. basis 基础；B. abilities能力；C. feelings感觉；D.
responsibilities责任；我认为我的责任是教会我的学生，故选D项。

41.A 考查动词辨析A. attend参加；B. object 反对； C. speak说；D. compare 比较；attend to sb.照顾，伺候，故选A项。

42.C 考查形容词辨析A. afraid害怕；B. artificial人工的；C. guilty内疚的；D. swift 快的；guilty惭愧，意为：当我刚刚停止因为没有给她应有的关注而产生的羞愧感时，我其中一个学生告诉我这个假期的真正含义，故选C项。

43.D 考查动词辨析A. feared 害怕；B. avoided 避免；C. helped帮助；D. noticed 注意；notice 我的学生也关注到这个老太太，故选D项。

44.B 考查动词辨析A. called 打电话；B. acted 行动；C. insisted坚持；D. kept保持；act on 对...付诸实施，故选B项。

45.C 考查名词辨析A. tears眼泪；B. hands手；C. eyes 眼睛；D. face脸；in one's eyes 看着某人的眼睛，故选C项。

46. D考查名词辨析A. cheek脸；B. flower花；C. character 性格；D. time时间；take my time 花费时间，故选D项。

47.A 考查名词辨析A. words 单词；B. poems诗；C. expressions 表达； D. songs歌曲；没有任何语言可以表达当时令人感动的场面，故选A项。

48.C考查动词辨析A. caused导致；B. wasted 浪费；C. took 带走；D. made使；It took a boy to teach me,a man about kindnes and love.一个男孩教会我一个成年人关于爱和善良，故选C项。

49.B 考查名词辨析A. message信息；B. lesson 课； C. activity活动；D. class 班级；lesson 人生教训，我的学生教会我一个永远不会忘记的教训，故选B项。

50.A考查形容词辨析A. lucky幸运的；B. fancy奇特的；C. secure安全的；D. clever 聪明的；我能够亲眼目睹这个人生课程是非常幸运的，故选A项。

第三部分:阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

【题文】A
Banks view online banking as a powerful “value-added” tool to attract and keep new customers while helping to eliminate costly paper handling or teller（出
纳员）interactions in an increasingly competitive banking environment.
Today, most large national banks, many local banks and credit unions offer some form of online banking, variously known as PC banking, home banking, electronic banking or Internet banking. Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that haven’t yet offered online banking, as well as from “virtual”（虚拟）banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.
The challenge for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it. Most of the large banks can now offer fully safe , fully functional（功能的）online banking for free or for a small cost. As more banks succeed online and more customers use their sites, fully functional online banking will likely become as commonplace as automated teller machines (ATM).
Online banking has a lot of advantages. Unlike your corner bank, online banking si tes never close; they’re at hand 24 hours a day, seven days a week and they’re a mouse click away. If you’re out of state or even out of the country when a money problem appears, you can log on instantly to your online bank and take care of business. Online bank sites generally carry out and confirm deals at or quicker than ATM processing speeds. Many online banking sites now offer fashionable tools to help you manage all of your valuable items more effectively.
51. The underlined word “eliminate” in the fi rst paragraph probably means “”.
A. keep
B. remove
C. raise
D. improve
52. What is the challenge for the online banking industry according to the text?
A. To make online banking attractive.
B. To open new services all over the world.
C. To offer online banking for free.
D. To take care of business 24 hours a day.
53. From the text we can conclude that _______.
A. “brick-to-click” banks are in fact another kind of physical banks
B. the function of a “brick-to-click” bank is as common as that of an ATM
C. a “brick-to-mortar” bank is no better than a virtual one
D. customers can deal with their banking by a mouse click
54. What would be the best title for this text?
A. Banking of Various Forms
B. Improvement of Banking Industry
C. Development of Online Banking
D. Functions of the “Brick-to-Click” Bank
【答案】【知识点】C7 社会生活类
【文章综述】本文介绍网上银行这一强大的增值工具，用它来吸引和维护新的客户。

【答案解析】
51.B 词义猜测。

结合前后文，银行认为网上银行是一种强大的增值工具，可以用它来吸引和维护新的客户，同时也可以帮助to eliminate costly paper handling or 此处costly 是昂贵的，代价高的，由此可以eliminate是去除的意思，故选B项。

52.A 段落主旨。

第三段句首是本段的中心句The challenge for the banking industry has been to design this new service channel in such a way that its customers will readily learn to use and trust it.银行业面对的挑战是让客户学习使用和信任这种新的服务，第三段后面的内容都是对中心句进行解释和说明，故选A项。

53.D 细节理解题。

根据第二段提到Online banks are sometimes referred to as “brick-to-click” banks, both to tell them from “brick-to-mortar” banks that haven’t yet offered online banking, as well as from “virtual”（虚拟）banks that have no physical branches or tellers whatsoever.可知网上银行有时被称作brick-to-click银行，不同于没有网上银行的业务brick-to-mortar，网上银行是虚拟银行，故选D项。

54.C 主旨标题。

本文都是围绕网上银行展开的，故选C项。

【题文】B
People have been painting pictures for at least 30,000 years. The earliest pictures were painted by people who hunted animals. They used to paint pictures of the animals they wanted to catch and kill. Pictures of this kind have been found on the walls of caves in France and Spain. No one knows why they were painted there.
Perhaps the painter thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals. Or perhaps human beings have always wanted to tell stories in pictures. About 5,000 years ago the Egyptians and other people in the Near East began to use pictures as a kind of writing. They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.
The Egyptians used to record information and to tell stories by putting picture-writing and pictures together. When an important person died, scenes and stories from his life were painted and carved on the walls of the place where he was buried. Some of these pictures are like modern comic-strip (连环漫画) stories. It has been said that Egypt is the home of the comic strip. But, for the Egyptians, pictures still had magic power. So they did not try to make their way of writing simple. The ordinary people could not understand it.
By the year 1,000 BC, people who lived in the area around the Mediterranean Sea had developed a simpler system of writing. The signs they used were very easy to write, and there were fewer of them than in the Egyptian system. This was because each sign, or letter, represented only one sound in their language. The Greeks developed this system and formed the letter of the Greek alphabet. The Romans copied the idea, and Roman alphabet is now used all over the world.
These days, we can write down a story, or record information, without using pictures. But we still need pictures of all kinds: drawings, photographs, signs and diagrams. We find them everywhere: in books and newspapers, in the street, and on the walls of the places where we live and work. Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting. 55. Ancient people in France and Spain painted pictures on walls of caves probably because ______.
A. they loved animals
B. they enjoyed seeing pictures
C. they preferred painting pictures to telling stories
D. they thought pictures helpful
56. From this passage we know that ______.
A. the Egyptian signs made a particular alphabet come into being
B. the Roman alphabet was developed from Egyptian alphabet
C. Egypt is well-known for their comic-strip stories
D. people in other parts of the world copied their writing system from the Egyptians
57. In the last paragraph, the author thinks that pictures ______.
A. should be made comprehensible
B. are of much use in our life
C. should be made interesting
D. are disappearing from our life
58.The possible title of this article may be ______.
A. Pictures and Writing
B. The Best Way of Writing
C. Home of the Comic-Strip Stories
D. The Earliest Language in the World 【答案】【知识点】C6 历史地理类
【文章综述】文章介绍人类绘画的历史。

从猎人的画到埃及人开始用图画当作书写。

还有希腊人发展了这种符号系统并形成了希腊字母。

罗马人的字母应用到世界各地。

现今，我们还是有许多地方需要图画，比如：绘画、照片、标记和图表。

【答案解析】
55.D细节题。

由第一段的句子：Perhaps the painters thought that their pictures would help them to catch these animals可知绘画在岩壁上是因为这些画被认为是捕捉动物的时候是有用的。

56.A细节题。

从第二段的句子：They drew simple pictures or signs to represent things and ideas, and also to represent the sounds of their language. The signs these people used became a kind of alphabet.可知埃及的符号后来变成了一种特殊的字母。

选A 57.B细节题。

从短文的最后一句Pictures help us to understand and remember things more easily, and they can make a story much more interesting.我们可以得出结论：作者认为现在绘画还是很有用的，答案为B
58.A 主旨标题。

文章介绍人类绘画的历史。

从猎人的画到埃及人开始用图画当作书写。

还有希腊人发展了这种符号系统并形成了希腊字母。

罗马人的字母应用到世界各地。

现今，我们还是有许多地方需要图画，比如：绘画、照片、标记和图表，故选A项。

【题文】C
Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices,
while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.
People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.
The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.
I see people trapped in a pathological (病态的) relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.
What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” But it’s time to discover that it does not work for technology.
Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To brea k the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology.
59. The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.
A. advantage
B. attraction
C. adaption
D.
attempt
60. From the passage, technology companies aim to ______.
A. attract people to buy their products
B. provide the latest information
C. improve people’s quality of life
D. deal with cultural diseases
61. It can be inferred from this passage that people ______.
A. consider too much technology wonderful
B. have realized the harm of high-tech devices
C. can regain freedom without high-tech devices
D. may enjoy life better without overused technology
62. What’s the author’s attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices?
A. Neutral.
B. Skeptical.
C. Disapproving.
D. Sympathetic.
【答案】【知识点】C7 社会生活类
【文章综述】文中讲述人们过度使用科技的弊端，反对大众对科技的过度依赖。

【答案解析】
59.B猜测词意题。

根据第二段提到One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol 一个研究表明，人们不能抵抗现代媒体的吸引，所以选B项。

60.A细节理解题。

根据第三段提到People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. 可知科技公司的目的是让人们来买他的产品，故选A项
61.D细节推断题。

根据最后一段提到To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today’s overused technology.可推断出人们如果不过度的依赖科技，可以更好地享受生活，故选D项。

62.C推断题。

根据倒数第二段提到 When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology.作者对于高科技的过度依赖持反对的态度，故选C项。

【题文】D
Researchers at the University of Kansas say that people can accurately judge 90 percent of a stranger's personality simply by looking at the person's shoes. “Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers,” the authors wrote in the new study published in the Journal of Research in Personality. “Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal clues (线索) with symbolic messages. People tend to pay attention to the sh oes they and others wear.”
Medical Daily notes that the number of detailed personality traits (特质) detected in the study include a person's general age, income, political tendency, and other personality traits, including someone's emotional stability. Lead researcher Omri Gillath said the judgments were based on the style, cost, color and condition of someone's shoes. In the study, 63 University of Kansas students looked at pictures showing 208 different pairs of shoes worn by the study's participants. Participants in the study were photographed in their most commonly worn shoes, and then filled out a personality questionnaire.
So, what do your shoes say about your personality? Some of the results were expected: People with higher incomes most commonly wore expensive shoes, and flashier footwear was typically worn by outgoing people. However, some of the more specific results are interesting. For example, “practical and functional” shoes were generally worn by more “friendly” people, while ankle boots were more closely connected with “aggressive” personalities. The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities.
And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take exceptional care of them, you may s uffer from “attachment anxiety,” spending too much time worrying about what other people think of your appearance. There was even a political calculation in the mix with wearing “shabbier and less expensive” shoes.
The researchers noted that some people will choose shoe styles to mask their actual personality traits, but researchers pointed out that volunteers were also likely to be unaware that their footwear choices were revealing deep insights into their personalities.
63. By looking at a person’s shoes, it’s possible for people to_____.
A. know the wearer thoroughly and accurately
B. form an opinion about the wearer’s character
C. have exact cues about the wearer’s social status
D. judge the wearer’s educational background
64. What can we know about the passage?
A. Wealthy people tend to choose shiny shoes.
B. Calm people prefer shoes with uncomfortable appearance.
C. Friendly people are likely to wear ankle boots.
D. Outgoing people always wear shoes with practical functions.
65. Taking exceptional care of new shoes shows that _____.
A. the owners care much about others’ opinions on their appearance
B. the owners are in a relaxed state
C. the owners are particular about their appearance
D. the owners have too many shoes to choose from
66. What is the best title of the passage?
A. How To Choose Suitable Shoes
B. How To Judge People’s Personality Traits
C. People Are What They Wear
D. Shoes Reflect People’s Personalities 【答案】【知识点】C8 科普知识类
【文章综述】一项新的研究表明根据一个人的鞋子可以判断一个人，甚至是陌生人的性格，准确率能达到90%。

研究人员指出有些研究结果是在意料之内的，而有些结果是出乎人们意料的。

比如穿实用性鞋子的人一般具有令人愉快的性格，而穿及踝短靴的人却往往具有攻击性的性格
【答案解析】
63.B推理题。

根据文章1,2段"Shoes convey a thin but useful slice of information about their wearers,"和Shoes serve a practical purpose, and also serve as nonverbal cues with symbolic messages．说明人穿的鞋子能够反应出他的性格特征，故B正确。

64.B 推断题。

根据倒数第三段提到The strangest of all may be that those who wore “uncomfortable looking” shoes tend to have “calm” personalities令人感到奇怪
的是那些穿着看起来很不舒服的鞋子的人却有平静的性格，故选B项。

65.A 推断题。

根据倒数第二段提到And if you have several pairs of new shoes or take exceptional care of them, you may suffer from “attachment anxiety,” spending too much time worrying about what other people think of your appearance.如果你十分关注你的新鞋子，说明你很担心别人对你的评论，故选A项。

66.D主旨大意题。

本文是关于个人所穿的孩子能够反应出你的性格等个人信息。

故选项中B 项符合文章大意，故D项。

【题文】E
“Eat local.” It’s one way to reduce human effect on the planet. Eating local means to try to buy and consume foods that are grown in places close to home. However, most of the food sold at supermarkets is not locally grown or produced. Trucks and planes deliver these foods from hundreds or thousands of miles away. During the transportation, greenhouse gases are produced, causing global warming. So the shorter the distance your foods must travel, the less the harm is done to the environment.
But how do you get local food if you live in a large city, hundreds of miles away from farms？Environmental health scientist Dickson Despommier and his students came up with the idea of a “vertical(垂直的) farm”.
A vertical farm is a glass-walled structure that could be built as tall as a skyscraper. Since the garden is built upwards, rather than outwards, it requires much less space than an ordinary farm. The world is quickly running out of room for ordinary farming. Vertical farms could be a key to this situation. Despommier imagines a 30-story building with a greenhouse on every floor. The walls of the building would be clear, to allow crops to get as much sunlight as possible. Depending on a city’s water resources, Despommier thinks hydroponic(水培) farming is another method for the vertical farm which needs no soil to grow plants.
Despommier says the hydroponic greenhouses would use a system that would use a city’s waste water and fill it with nutrition to make the crops grow. If this method works, it would provide food to a city and save millions of tons of water.
The idea of a vertical farm has attracted the attention of government officials。