13年北京英语一模D篇汇编

13年门头沟D―I’ve changed my mind. I wanted to have a camera, but now I want my daddy back.‖Lucien Lawrence’s letter to Father Christmas，written after his father had been killed outside his school gate, must have touched every heart. Lucien went on to say th at without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love leave us, we cannot see the stars for a while.But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father is there too, in your mind and in your heart. I find that my parents, long dead now, still appear in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them andI’m still surprised by their reactions(反应). I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself, that I couldn’t wait to send my parents the message. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all Mother said was ―I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!‖ I haven’ t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.It makes me pause(暂停) and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, one to give me pause. I said to myself silently, sometimes, in the dead of night. Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore(因此) plan to live for ever, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, I’m sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we should have a care for what they will remember and what they will trea sure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer deaths on our streets today.56. According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph .A. raises the subject of the textB. shows the write r’s pity on the kidC. acts as an introduction to the discussionD. makes us know the write r’s attitude57. In the second paragraph the writer mainly wants to explain to us .A. how much he misses his parents nowB. why his parents often appear in his dreamC. when Lucien will get over all his sadnessD. how proud he was when he succeeded in life58. What feeling did the write r’s mother express in her reply?A. Proud.B. Happy.C. Angry.D. Worried59. In the write r’s opinion, the value of a person's life is.A. to leave behind a good memory to the people he lovedB. to have a high s ense of duty to the whole societyC. to care what others will remember and treasureD. to share happiness and sadness with his family13年密云一模DSilence is unnatural to man. He begins life with a cry and ends it in stillness. In between he does all he can to make a noise in the world, and he fears silence more than anything else. Even his conversation is an attempt to prevent a fearful silence. If he is introduced to another person, and a number of pauses happen in the conversation, he regards himself as a failure, a worthless person, and is full of envy(嫉妒) of the emptiest headed chatterbox (喋喋不休的人). He knows that ninety-nine percent of human conversation means no more than the buzzing of a fly, but he wants to join in the buzz and to prove that he is a man and not a waxwork figure (蜡塑人像).The aim of conversation is not, for the most part, to communicate ideas; it is to keep up the buzzing sound. There are, it must be allowed, different qualities of buzz; there is even a buzz that is as angry as the continuous noise made by a mosquito (蚊子). But at a dinner party one would rather be a mosquito than a quiet person. Most buzzing, fortunately, is pleasant to the ear, and some of it is pleasant even to the mind. He would be a foolish man if he waited until he had a wise thought to take part in the buzzing with his neighbours.Those who hate to pick up the weather as a conversational opening seem to me not to know the reason why human beings wish to talk. Very few human beings join in a conversation in the hope of learning anything new. Some of them are content if they are merely allowed to go on making a noise into other peoples ears, though they have nothing to tell them except that they have seen two or three new plays or that they had food in a Swiss hotel. At the end of an evening during which they have said nothing meaningful for a long time, they just prove themselves to be successful conservationists.56. According to the passage, people make conversation to ______.A. exchange ideasB. prove their valueC. achieve success in lifeD. overcome their fear of silence57. What does the expression "the buzzing of a fly" in Paragraph 1 mean?A. Meaningless talks.B. A low whispering sound.C. The noise of an insect.D. The voice of a chatterbox.58. According to the passage, people usually talk to their neighbours ______.A. in the hope of getting on wellB. about whatever they want toC. about whatever they have preparedD. in the hope of learning something new59. What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?A. To persuade people to stop making noises.B. To encourage people to join in conversations.C. To explain why people keep talking.D. To discuss why people like talking about weather.13年大兴一模DMi Lan loves to buy clothes from Taobao. It saves time and sometimes you can find really cheap goods.After a recent online shopping, Mi took photos of some of her most satisfying goods and put them to a lifestyle forum(论坛) on . The 25-year-old hadn’t expected it would be the beginning of a nightmare.The returning message Mi received were unacceptable. ―You call this fashion? How old arey ou? 50?‖ read one message. Another accused(谴责) Mi o f advertising for these clothes: ―Get out of here with your ugly goods! Don’t waste people’s time!‖ Yet another message questioned Mi’s money situation, saying the clothes looked cheap but that even poor people should have a better fashion sense.―I just wanted to share my online shopping experience,‖ said a deeply red-faced Mi, who deleted her photos from the website the next day. ―But now I’ve lost confidence in my image. None of my friends told me before that I dressed in bad taste. Why are people so unkind online?‖Why? We used to think that people are rude online because of hiding behind anonymous(匿名) situation, we feel like we can get away with anything. But since the rise of social networking sites, we are not as anonymous as we used to be.Still, rudeness goes everywhere. Sina’s Weibo, for example, requires users to register(注册) with their real name, yet people do not shy away from using dirty words whenever they disagree with each other. It is worse with some famous people and so-called ―public stars‖, some of who might even use personal attacks(攻击). Politeness and good manners do not get you noticed on weibos, but strangest and most impolite words will.Scientists and researchers have tried to find out why we do wrong things when using social websites. According to a Wall Street Journal article, recent research suggests that visiting social networking sites brings down our self-control.This is because most of us present a beautified image of ourselves on Facebook or Weibo. This good image and the encouragement we get from good words uplift our self-respect.But when we are too proud of ourselves, we might show poor self-control. It’s a bit like drinking: wine might make us feel good, but too much wine harms our minds and makes us lose our self-control. Many people forget that they’re speaking out loud when they communicate onl ine, especially when posting from a smart phone.56. What happened to Mi Lan?A. She got attacked on the Internet.B. Her photos were well-received on the Internet.C. She got her first experience in shopping on line.D. Her advertisement on the Internet was not successful.57. What does the word "nightmare" in paragraph 2 mean?A. An exciting experience.B. An unforgettable experience.C. A bad dream or something bad.D. A beautiful dream people have at night.58. What can we infer from the passage?A. Shopping on line has many benefits.B. Mi Lan is a girl fond of sharing with others.C. Many people often forget they’re speaking out aloud online.D. Some people are trying to get noticed by using rudeness.59. The writer wants to tell us that____.A. shopping online is getting more and more popularB. visiting social networking sites may lower our self-controlC. people are rude online because of hiding behind anonymousD. people always use dirty words whenever they disagree with each other13年房山一模( D)A lot people like reading, why? Words play magic. They can create pictures in our mind; they’re can help us express our feelings that we have been trying to hide, and like a key, words can open up locked hearts and free our souls that have been kept deep inside.When different people are reading the same passage, for example, about a scene(情景) which shows a palace at midnight, the words they read are the same, yet if they are asked to point out what the scene is like in their mind, each person will have the pictures drawn differently. How they draw their palace according to their nature appears to be view on how they can see things.Although human minds are different, I do believe that somehow(以某种方法) we have all come across mutual feelings. Stories that touch（触动）us, stressed that terrify us, stories that set us free---- we all have tasted the pain, the fear, the freedom because we all have feelings. I believe all of us have personalities within personalities, and by that I mean people who seem to be strong are not always that strong, they are easily hurt on the inside.Good writers, who can smartly use the right words in their writings, will easily break through the shell(壳) of one’s personality within. Great writers, who can use only words to move the personality within, will understand one’s weakness. Excellent writers, who can use the perfect words to aim at the personality within, will open up one’s heart---- even rewrite his or her life.I want to be an excellent writer because when I read, I feel like home. Home is where my books are. When I feel scared, I read, and it becomes my candles. When I feel sad, I read, it becomes my cover. When I feel lonely, I read, and it becomes my company.Home is where we leave the sadness, fear and stress behind, where we only allow happiness to stay. I want to be a writer who brings such feeling to everyone to bring them home with my words.Reading is all that I need. Whenever I read, I just feel the magic that words create, leaving everything behind.( )56. What does the underlined word ―mutual‖ in paragraph 3 mean?A. sharedB. strangeC. specialD. different( )57. The writer uses ―home‖ in paragraph 5 and 6 to show ______________.A. a place where we live happilyB. a place where we read freelyC. a sense of belongingD. a sense of relaxing( )58. Which of the following statement is TRUE according to the passage?A. Many words can help hide your feelings deep inside.B. Some writers can free your personalities from locked hearts.C. Most people will draw the same picture for the same passage.D. No places will keep the sadness, fear and stress away from people. ( )59. The best title for the passage is ____________.A. Creative MindsB. Excellent writersC. Touching storiesD. Wonderful Words13年怀柔一模DHeight is just one of the thousands of features your genes decide. In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent. If both your parents are tall, then most probably you will be tall, too, but if you have questions about how tall you’re going to be, ask your doctor if he or she can help you find it out.But genes don’t decide everything. For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential(潜力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.No doubt(怀疑) you’re wondering how fast you should grow. It depends. There’s no perfect or right answer. Generally speaking, kids grow about 2 inches (6 centimeters) a year between age 3 and the time when they start puberty.Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. Two centimeters here and 2 inches there are not nearly as important as the height you’re at now, how you’ve been growing up to this point, and what other changes your body may be going through.Don’t be scared if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time. Everyone has a growth spurt(高峰) during puberty. The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys. But it can be earlier or later—between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 f or boys.You’ll usually begin to notice that you’re growing faster about a year or so aft er your body starts to show the first changes of puberty.56. The underlined word ―puberty‖ means________.A. when your body starts changing and becoming more grown upB. when your body starts growingC. when your body grows slowlyD. when your body stops growing57. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Your height most probably depends on how high your parents are.B You may be scared sometimes when you grow too fast.C. Girls’ age for starting puberty is usually earlier than that for boys’.D. The time showing the first changes of puberty is never noticed.58. After reading this passage, we can explain _____________.A. how good it is to be a doctorB. how much sleep time we needC. why genes can’t decide everythingD. what healthy diet is59. This passage is mainly about ________________.A. how the genes work in your body.B. how you grow to a certain heightC. why you look like your parentsD.when is the time you grow fast13年石景山一模DAccording to an official report on youth violence（暴力）, ―The greatest danger to the lives of children is not disease or food shortage, but violence‖. W hy aren’t students taught to manage conflict（冲突）the way they are taught to solve math problems, drive cars, or stay physically fit?First of all, students need to realize that conflict is unavoidable. A report on violence among middle school students shows that most violence between students begin with small things. For example, a fight could start over the fact that one student eats a peanut butter sandwich each lunchtime. Laughter over the sandwich can then lead to a fight. The problem isn’t in the sandwich, but in the way students deal with the conflict.Once students realize that conflict is unavoidable, they can practice the golden rule of staying calm（平静的）. Once the student feels calmer, he or she should choose words that will calm the other person down as well. Rude words only make things worse. On the other hand, soft words can put out the fire before it is out of control.After both sides have calmed down, they can use another key way to help: listening. Listening allows the two sides to understand each other. One person should describe his or her side, and the other person should listen without getting in a word. Afterwards, the listener can ask some questions to make the speaker’s position clear. Then the two people should change roles.Finally, students need to consider what they are hearing. This doesn’t mean trying to work out what’s wrong with the other person. It means understanding what both sides are trying to deal with. For example, a shouting match over a peanut butter sandwich might happen because one person thinks the other person is unwilling to try new things. Students need to ask themselves questions such as these: How did this start? What do I really want? What am I afraid of? As the problem becomes clearer, the conflict often simply becomes smaller.There will always be conflict in schools, but that doesn’t mean there needs to be violence. Learning to resolve conflicts can help students deal with friends, teachers, parents and coworkers. In that way, conflict resolution（解决）is a basic life skill that should be taught in schools across the country.56. What is the passage mainly about?A. The lives of school children.B. The causes of fights in schools.C. How to explain youth violence.D. How to deal with school conflicts.57. What can we learn from Paragraph 2?A. A small conflict can lead to violence.B. Students seem to lose their temper easily.C. Violence is more likely to happen at lunchtime.D. The eating habit of a student often causes a fight.58. Why do students need to ask themselves the questions in Paragraph 5?A. To make clear what the real problem is.B. To find out who should take responsibility.C. To show more considerations for both sides.D. To work out how to stop the shouting match.59. What’s the writer’s purpose for writing this passage?A. To tell the latest studies on school violence.B. To teach students different skills for school life.C. To describe some problems in school education.D. To suggest teaching conflict management in schools.13年昌平一模DCould a grizzly bear be moving to a neighborhood near you? If you live in the US West, the answer may be yes. ―People and grizzlies are living closer together now,‖said Chris Smith, at Montana’s Fish, Wildlife, and Parks department.The grizzly bear is one of the largest meat-eating land animals in North America. In the early 1800s, scientists think that as many as 50,000 grizzly bears lived in the American West. Settlers moved across the US and built cities, towns and roads in places where bears lived. Many bears were hunted and killed. Today only 1,200 to 1,400 grizzly bears remain in the western US.In and around Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming and Montana, grizzlies have been making a comeback because of people’s efforts to protect them. As a result, some bears are moving to areas where people live. People are also moving into grizzly country. ―People who move into grizzly country have to learn how to live with their new, furry neighbors,‖ Smith said.People can take steps to try to live with grizzlies peacefully. ―If someone leaves their barbecue grill(烤架) out overnight or spills bird food in the summer or leaves their pet food or garbage where a bear can get it, the bear will learn to come to their house for food,‖ said Chuck Schwartz of the Interagency Grizzly Bear Study Team. Grizzlies that learn to eat people’s food can become dangerous, and they often have to be killed or moved. It is also important not to surprise a grizzly. If you are hiking in grizzly country, Schwartz recommends that you go with other people and make noise so that bears can hear you coming and get out of the way.You may not want to invite grizzly bears to your next neighborhood party, but with a little effort, scientists think, grizzlies and people can be peaceful companions in the coming future.56.The best title for this text would probably be _________.A. Learn to Live TogetherB. The Owners of the EarthC. Enemies and FriendsD. Depending on Each Other57. In the second paragraph, the author mainly wants to tell us that ___________.A. the early settlers might be attacked by grizzly bearsB. grizzly bears are one of the most dangerous animalsC. grizzlies have become fewer and fewer because of human activitiesD. people didn’t realize the importance of environment in the past58. According to the text, which of the following might be encouraged?A. Hiking in grizzly country.B. Moving into grizzly country.C. Never leaving their pet food for grizzly bear.D. Inviting grizzly bears to neighborhood parties.59. Which part can the text be found in a newspaper?A. Wildlife.B. Animals.C. Countryside.D. Environment.13年通州一模DI love my Blackberry mobile phone –it’s my little connection to the larger world that can go anywhere with me. I also love my computer, as it holds all of my writing and thoughts. However, I know there are times when I need to move away from these things and truly communicate with others.I teach a course called History Matters in college. My goals for the class include a deep discussion of historical subjects and ideas. Because I want students to fully study the material and discuss with each other in the classroom, I have a rule –no computers, iPads, phones, etc. When students were told my rule, some of them were not happy.Most students think my reasons for this rule include negative experiences in the past when students made wrong use of tec hnology. There’s a bit of truth to that. I’ve seldom had students make wrong use of technology in my classes; however, I have been e-mailed by students while they were in other teachers’ classrooms.Some students think that I am anti-technology. There’s no truth in that at all. As I noted above, I love technology and try to keep up with it.The real reason why I ask students to leave technology at the door is I think there are very few places in which we can have deep conversations. Interruptions (中断) by technology often break students’thoughts and make them depend too much on outside information for ideas. I want students to dig deep in themselves for ideas. I want them to push each other to think differently and to make connections between the course material and the class discussion.I have been teaching my history class in this way for many years and the evaluations (评价) show student satisfaction with the environment that I create. Students realize with deep conversation and difficult tasks, they learn at a deeper level – a level that helps them keep the course material beyond the classroom.I am not saying that I won’t ever change my mind about technology use in my history class, but until I hear a really good reason for the change, I will continue my plan. A few hours of technology-free dialogue is just too sweet to give up.56. The writer’s rule for his History Matters class is ____.A. discussing historical ideas deeplyB. studying and discussing the materialsC. leaving technology out of the classroomD. making right use of technology in class57. The word ―negative‖ in Paragraph 3 means ____.A. similarB. unforgettableC. specialD. unpleasant58. What can we infer from the passage?A. Students make right use of technology in other teachers’ class es.B. The classroom is one of the good places to have deep conversations.C. The writer encourages students to agree with others after discussion.D. Students are unhappy with the writer’s way of teaching history.59. The writer wants to tell us that ____.A. technology has different influences in different classes in collegeB. technology makes it difficult to have true communication in classC. history classes can help students to develop their deep thinkingD. it is time for him to give up his teaching method in history class13年顺义一模DWhy do people drink too much, eat too much, smoke cigarettes or take drugs? What’s to blame for all the bad behavior? Most people would say that, while these self-destructive（自我毁灭性的）acts can have many root causes, they all have one obvious thing in common: they are all examples of failures of self-control, lacking the will power to resist them.According to a recent study, however, if you really think about it, something about that simple answer doesn’t quite make sense. In fact, it turns out that sometimes it’s having will power that really gets you into trouble.Think back to the time you took your very first sip（啜饮）of beer. Disgusting, wasn’t it? When my father gave me my first taste of beer as a teenager, I wondered why anyone would voluntarily drink it. And smoking? No one enjoys their first cigarette – it tastes awful. So even though smoking, and drinking alcohol or coffee, can become temptation（诱惑）you need will power to resist, they never, ever start out that way.Just getting past those first horrible experiences actually requires a lot of self-control. Ironically（讽刺的是）, only those who can control themselves well, rather than give in to them, can ever come to someday develop a ―taste‖ for Budweiser beer, Marlboro cigarettes, or dark-roasted Starbucks coffee. We do it for social acceptance. We force ourselves to consume alcohol, cigarettes, coffee and even illegal drugs, in order to seem experienced, grown-up, and cool.These bad habits aren’t self-control failures –far from it. They are voluntary choices, and they are in fact self-control successes. Self-control is simply a tool to be put to some use, helpful or harmful. To live happy and productive lives, we need to develop not only our self-control, but also the wisdom to make good decisions about when and where to apply it.56. What do most people think causes bad behavior?A. Being forced by others.B. Not having enough will power.C. Enjoying their first experience.D. Following the examples of their friends.57. The author mentions his experience in the third paragraph to prove ______.A. will power helps develop bad habits sometimesB. drinking beer is harmful to the health of teenagersC. self-control should be developed when one is youngD. everyone can be challenged by different temptations58. In the last paragraph, the author stresses（强调）that ______.A. without self-control, no one can succeedB. bad habits don’t always lead to bad resultsC. applying self-control correctly is importantD. people can develop wisdom from bad behavior59. What would be the best title for the passage?A. My First Sip of BeerB. Do You Have Will PowerC. Will Power Benefits UsD. Dark Side of Self-control13年丰台一模DTony Buzan’s grades were going down at university. Disappointed with his low marks, hewent to the library to find a book on how to use his brain. He was directed to the medical section.Confused, he said to the librarian, ―I don’t want to take my brain out, I just want to learn how to use it.‖ Her reply was simple: ―There’s no book on that.‖―I thought to myself,‖ says Buzan, ―if I buy a little radio, I get an instruction manual (说明书). If I buy a microwave, I get an instruction manual. But for the most important machine in the world, noinstruction manual?‖Fifty years later, Buzan has become the world’s leading speaker on the brain and learning. In the late 1960s, he invented the mind map, a visual representation of thought processes.This kind of thinking has become a popular tool for planning, organizing, problem solving, and communicating across the world. He has since authored and co-authored over 100 books that have appeared in more than 30 languages.―I think in most cases, people use less than 1 percent of their brains,‖ he says.But how do you expand this 1 percent? How do you become the best student you can be?According to Buzan, the answer is simple. You take a section of whatever it is that you are trying to learn, he says, and you read it for its essence (精髓、要素). Then you make a mind map of all the important details. For a truly effective mind map, you start with a colored image in the center of your page. Draw the first image that comes to mind on the topic you are mind mapping. Branch off from your central image and create one of your main ideas. From your main branches draw some sub-branches and from those sub-branches you can draw even more branches. He emphasizes that you should use plenty of images and colors as these help with memory recall and encourage creativity.By using this visual format (形式), according to Buzan, your mind will begin to make associations that will help you remember more information for longer periods of time.Buzan believes that traditional note-taking methods, such as lists and summaries, do not stimulate the brain’s recall capacity or ability in the same way. Because of this, students will often find themselves locked away in their rooms for hours, trying hard to memorize separate details. Buzan believes that for a more effective and lasting way of studying, you must first understand how your brain works.―Everyone is born smart,‖ he says. ―You just have to learn how to learn.‖56.What is the main purpose of the first two paragraphs?A. To show that Tony Buzan was worried about his study.B. To invite us to think about the importance of manuals.C. To prove that the mind map is a useful tool for the brain.D. To show why Tony Buzan studies the brain and learning.57.What does the word ―stimulate”mean in the passage?A. Excite.B. Improve.C. Encourage.D. Affect.。