天津市和平区高三英语第三次质量调查(三模)试题(含解析)

天津市和平区2017届高三第三次质量调查（三模）
英语试题
第一卷选择题（共95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。

例：Stand over there _________ you’ll be able to see it better.
A. or
B. and
C. but
D. while
答案是B.
1. — I am so glad to find you at home. Can you do me a favor?
— Sure. _______?
A. Why not
B. What’s up
C. How come
D. How is it going
【答案】B
【解析】试题分析：句意：--我很高兴看到你回家了，你能帮我一个忙吗？--当然。

什么事？
A Why not 为什么不？同意 B. What’s up什么事？C. How come 怎么回事？D. How is it going最近怎么样？根据语境，故选B。

考点：考查情景交际的用法。

2. The foreigners here are greatly impressed by the face that _______ people from all walks of life are working hard for ________ new Tianjin.
A. /; a
B. /; the
C. a; a
D. the; the
【答案】A
【解析】句意：游客们对天津有深刻的印象：各行各业的人们正努力建设一个新江苏。

people from all walks of life 是固定短语，表示“各行各业的人们”，表泛指，故用零冠词。

Tian Jin被new修饰，且表示“一”的概念，故用不定冠词a。

3. Tom is so creative a person that he always has lots of _________ ideas in his mind, and sometimes we don’t even know what he is thinking about.
A. mean
B. novel
C. slim
D. instant
【答案】B
【解析】句意：汤姆是那样一个有创造力的人，以致他头脑中总司有很多新奇的想法；有时我们甚至布知道他在想什么。

novel新奇的；complex复杂的；messy大量的；absurd荒谬的。

4. As John Lennon once said, life is ________ happens to you while you are busy making other plans.
A. which
B. that
C. what
D. where...
【答案】C
【解析】试题分析：考查名词性从句用法。

本题主句是一个表语从句，表语从句中缺少主语，故用what来引导。

在名词性从句中，当从句缺少主语、宾语或表语时，一般用关系词what
来引导。

句意：正如约翰·列侬曾经说过，当我们正在为生活疲于奔波时,生活已离我们远去。

故C正确。

考点：考查名词性从句用法
【名师点睛】本题考查考生对名词性从句的掌握情况，定语从句作用相当于形容词，修饰主句中的一个名词或代词或整个句子，同位语从句是对前面的名词做进一步解释，说明该名词的具体内容的句子。

本题中说的那个“句子中宾语或主语用一个句子来代替就是该种从句”用一个句子来代替宾语或主语，那就属于主语从句或宾语性从句了。

所以做题时仔细分析题干，才能更好地做好题。

5. No matter how carefully you plan your finances, no one can _______ when the unexpected will happen.
A. prove
B. imply
C. demand
D. predict
【答案】D
【解析】动词prove证明，结果是…；imply涉及…；demand要求，命令；predict预测；预见；句意：无论你多么详细地计划你的经济，没有人能够预测那些无法预料的事情何时回发生。

根据but说明上下文之间是转折关系，虽然你做了详细的计划，但是意料之外的事情是无法预料的。

根据句意说明D正确。

6. ________ from J.K. Rowling’s book series of the same title, the “Harry Potter” movies are universally acknowledged as classics.
A. Adapting
B. Having adapted
C. Adapted
D. To be adapted
【答案】C
考点：考查非谓语动词。

7. After a long absence, I went back to college, _______ to pick up where I’d left off.
A. hoping
B. hope
C. to hope
D. hoped
【答案】A
【解析】考查非谓语动词，根据句子结构可知，该出为状语，他的逻辑主语是I，主动关系，因此选择hoping，
句意为，一长段缺席之后，我回到了大学，希望从我离开的地方学起。

8. Now the world’s attention ________ the stocking markets, as they have great influence on the world’s economy.
A. is fixing on
B. is being fixed on
C. has fixed on
D. had been fixed on
【答案】B
【解析】考察时态语态。

句义为现在世界关注的焦点都在股票市场上,因为它们对世界经济已经了有很大的影响。

attention 与focus 之间为被动关系。

Now 提示用现在进行时。

9. Under good treatment, many patients are beginning to ________ and will soon recover.
A. turn up
B. catch up
C. pick up
D. show up
【答案】C...
【解析】本题考查动词短语辨析.pick up康复.pick out认出,挑出；turn up开大,出现；show up出现.catch up 赶上
10. Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled down has remained _______;
people are still looking for other possible solutions.
A. unchallenged
B. relevant
C. contradictory
D. controversial
【答案】D
【解析】试题分析：A未受到挑战的；不成问题的；未引起争论的；无异议的；B有关的，中肯的；相关联的；确切的；有重大意义的；D adj.矛盾的；反驳的；抗辩的；句义：这个地区的建筑物是否要被拆毁事关重大，人们仍然在寻找其他可能的解决方法。

根据句义说明本句的relevant表示有重大意义的。

故B正确。

考点：考察形容词词义辨析
11. — You could always put the decision off a little bit longer.
— __________ If I leave it much longer I might miss my chance.
A. That’s reasonable.
B. Isn’t it a good idea?
C. Do you think so?
D. I can’t agree more.
【答案】C
【解析】试题分析：句意：你可以将决定推迟的再迟一些。

--_______,如果我留的时间长一些，我就会失去机会。

根据后面的句子If I leave it much longer I might miss my chance.可判断，第二个人并不赞同第一个人的说法，因此反问“你这样认为吗”。

其他三项均表示赞同对方的说法或建议。

选C。

考点：考查交际用语
12. — I like your new shoes!
— Thanks. I had to try on almost a dozen pairs _________ I decided to get them.
A. as
B. when
C. after
D. before
【答案】D
【解析】介词辨析. A．当做 B．当……时候C．在……之后 D．在……之前。

根据题意，谢谢。

在我决定买它之前，我几乎试了十几双。

故选D。

13. He isn’t such a man ______ he used to be.
A. who
B. whom
C. that
D. as
【答案】D
【解析】考察定语从句。

意为他不再是过去那个样子了。

such……… as是固定用法,as引导定语从句时,可以作主语,宾语或表语.在本题中,as作表语.
名师点睛：
1. as引导限制性定语从句的主要结构有：the same…as；as…as；such…as；s o…as。

主句中出现the same, as, such, so修饰先行词，需选择as做关系代词在定语从句中做主语或宾语。

例，It’s the same person as we wanted to find yesterday .
2、as引导非限制性定语从句，指代整个主句内容，从句可置于句首，句中或句尾。

例：As everyone knows ,China is a beautiful country with a long history .
3、非限制性定语从句中的谓语为被动式时，常用as做主语。

例：be
said/known/announced/reported/mentioned/expected/discussed...
此题中as 引导限定性定语从句。

用于such。

as 结构中。

14. We’d better discuss everything ___________ before we work out the plan.
A. in detail
B. in general
C. on purpose
D. in time
【答案】A
【解析】考查副词短语辨析.句意：在我们制定计划之前,我们最好详细地讨论每件事.In detail详细地；in general通常,大体上；on purpose故意地；on time准时,按时.
15. — What happened to the young trees we planted last week?
—The trees __________ well, but I didn’t water them.
A. might grow
B. would have grown
C. needn’t have grown
D. would grow
【答案】B
【解析】本题考查虚拟语气。

would have done表示对过去已发生的事情的推测，表示“可能……”，意为如果我过去给它浇水的话，它可能已经长得很好了。

故最佳答案是B项。

名师点睛：
虚拟语气
在表示假想的虚假的、与事实相反的或难以实现的情况时用虚拟语气，
此题是与过去事实相反的虚拟，主句应该用would have done。

would have done 是对过去事情的虚拟，本可以做却没做，第二空根据后面使用了转折but 来看。

表示事实上没有浇水，是过去的事实，用一般过去式。

第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从16~35各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

When I became an amputee(被截肢者) at the age of 29, I was forced to rethink the idea of physical perfection. My life became ___16___as I changed from an acceptably attractive woman to an object of pity and ___17___ .
Too busy ___18___ physical pain and obvious limitation of movement. I was pot aware of this ___19___ at first. There were so many difficulties before me. But I was determined to manage my work and life as well as before, feeling inspired about the progress I had ___20___ .
___21___, as I made my first journey outside the hospital, society had already regarded me as a new status. Happy to be free of my ____22____ in the hospital. I rolled through the shopping mall as a ____23____ survivor, feeling like a war hero. Unfortunately, I got a rude___24___as I discovered that others did not view me in the way I had come to view myself.
All eyes were upon me, yet no one dared to make eye contact. Their efforts
to___25___my eyes forced me to realize they only saw my missing legs. Mothers
___26___ held their children closer as I passed. Elderly women patted me on the head saying “God Bless You!” with ___27___ in their eyes.
While I sat thinking about what had happened, a small girl came up to me. She stared with unembarrassed ___28___ at the empty trousers. Finding nothing there, she looked up at me with a ____29____ look, and childishly asked, “Lady, where did your legs go?”
I explained that my legs had been sick. S ince my legs hadn’t been strong and healthy like hers, the doctors had to ____30____ them. Leaning her head upwards, she asked, “Did they go to ‘Leg Heaven’?”
That incident made me think about how____31____children and adults react to the unknown. To a child, a new appearance is an interesting curiosity and a learning experience.___32___adults often observe the same thing with horror. I began to realize that I also had been guilty of the same unsuitable reactions before I knew what life was like for an amputee.
To fulfill the wholeness of my mind and spirit, I now smile warmly, make eye
____33____, and speak in a ___34___ manner. By using a positive approach, I attempt
to make society know the fact that having a not-so-perfect body doesn’t mean having
a ___35___ quality of life. We disabled people also enjoy a colorful life.
16. A. great B. old C. different D. active
17. A. comfort B. fear C. hatred D. happiness
18. A. crying for B. fighting for C. going well with D. dealing with
19. A. change B. mistake C. ability D. wish...
20. A. taken B. kept C. given D. made
21. A. Instead B. Moreover C. However D. Therefore
22. A. care B. limit C. support D. help
23. A. calm B. poor C. proud D. rich
24. A. response B. chance C. suggestion D. letter
25. A. turn B. hold C. catch D. avoid
26. A. softly B. protectively C. unwillingly D. pleasantly
27. A. pity B. anger C. excitement D. glory
28. A. determination B. curiosity C. enthusiasm D. satisfaction
29. A. tired B. sad C. scared D. puzzled
30. A. lose B. adjust C. remove D. stretch
31. A. differently B. positively C. strangely D. carefully
32. A. what B. while C. before D. after
33. A. difficulty B. experiment C. contract D. contact
34. A. confident B. strict C. businesslike D. serious
35. A. good B. high C. poor D. real
【答案】16. C 17. B 18. D 19. A 20. D 21. C 22. B 23. C 24.
A 25. D 26.
B 27. A 28. B 29. D 30.
C 31. A 32. B 33. D
34. A 35. C
【解析】“我”在29岁被截肢后，并没有因此沉沦，而是慢慢接受这一现实，以一种积极的
心态面对生活，同时通过一些正面的方法，启发社会，让大家了解残疾人也可以享有精彩的
人生。

16. 当“我”在29岁做了截肢手术后，“我”被迫重新思考外在完美的概念。

“我”的人生变得不同(different)，因为“我”从一个还算迷人的女人变成了一个(令人)同情与恐惧(fear)的对象。

17. 参见上题解析。

Comfort 安慰 happiness 幸福hatred“憎恨，怨恨”，不符合语境。

18. 太忙于应付身体上的疼痛及明显的行动限制，起初“我”并没有意识到这样的改变(change)。

deal with“应付，处理”，符合语境。

19. 太忙于应付身体上的疼痛及明显的行动限制，起初“我”并没有意识到这样的改变(change)。

change符合语境。

第1个空后“changed”也是提示。

20. “我”下定决心要将工作和生活完成得和以前一样好，已经取得的进步让“我”感到振奋。

根据语境可知应用made ，make progress 取得进步。

21. 根据6空后面的内容可知，此处含有转折意味，故填However。

22. “我”很开心，自己可以不用被限制在医院里，“我”作为一个自豪的(proud)幸存者穿梭在购物中心，感觉像一个战争英雄。

limit表示“限制”，符合语境。

23. “我”作为一个自豪的(proud)幸存者穿梭在购物中心，感觉像一个战争英雄。

24. 不幸的是，“我”得到了无礼的回应，因为“我”发现别人并未以“我”看待自己的方式来看待“我”。

根据语境可知应用response“回应，反应”。

25. 他们极力躲避“我”的目光的行为使“我”意识到他们看到的仅仅是“我”失去的双腿。

avoid“躲避，避开”，符合语境。

26. 当“我”经过时，妈妈们保护性地把她们的小孩拉得更近了。

根据语境可知应用protectively“保护性地”。

27. 年长的妇人拍着“我”的头，眼神中带着怜悯(pity)说道：“愿上帝保佑你！”...
28. 她毫不尴尬，好奇地直盯着“我”的空裤管。

根据语境以及14空后面的“Lady，where did your legs go？”可知此处应用curiosity“好奇”。

29. 发现其中空空如也时，她抬起头看着“我”，脸上带着困惑的(puzzled)表情，天真地问：“女士，你的腿到哪儿去了？”
30. 因为“我”的腿不像她的那样健康、强壮，所以医生不得不将它们切除。

remove“移开，去掉”，符合语境。

31. 那件事情使“我”思考小孩和成年人对未知事物的反应是何等的不同。

differently“不同地”，符合语境。

32. 对小孩而言，一个新的外表是一件有趣新奇的东西，也是一段学习经历，而成年人却常
带着恐惧看待同样的事物。

While 表对比符合语境。

33. “我”现在要亲切地微笑，与人目光接触，还要自信地说话。

Eye contact 眼神接触
34. “我”现在要亲切地微笑，与人目光接触，还要自信地说话。

confident“自信的”，符合语境。

35. 通过一种正面的方法，“我”试图启发社会，让大家了解有一个不那么完美的身体并不意味着有一个低品质的生活。

poor“差的，低劣的”，符合语境。

第二部分阅读理解（共20小题：每小题2.5分，满分50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。

A
8:30 P.M.
Outlook
Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up date with all that’s new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic, from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The director with his new film, the designer with the latest fashion, and the musician with the popular song are part of the new Outlook. The program is introduced by Fran Levine.
9:00 P.M.
Discovery
When a 10-year-old boy gets a first class degree in mathematics or a 8-year-old plays chess like a future grade master, they are considered as geniuses. Where does the quality of genius come from? Is it all in the gene or can any child be turned into a genius? And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future, what should they do? In this 30-minute film, Barry Johnson, the professor at School of Medicine, New York University will help you discover the answer.
10:00 P.M.
Science/Health
Is it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs? The answer is “yes”, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other medical centers. After a study of 800 persons with high blood pressure, the found that after 6 months, those
devoted to weight loss —exercise and eating a low-salt, low-fat food --- lost about 13 pounds and became fitter. Plus, 35% of them dropped into the “normal” category. This week, Dr. Alan Duckworth will tell you how these people reduce their blood pressure to level similar to what’s achieved with Hypertension drugs.
36. The main purpose of writing these three texts is ________.
A. to invite people to see films
B. to invite people to topic discussions
C. to attract more students to attend lectures
D. to attract more people to watch TV programs
37. From Outlook, you can get a great deal of information about __________.
A. story tellers
B. famous stars
C. film companies
D. music fans
38. Who will be most probably interested in Discovery?
A. Parents who want to send their children to a school of medicine....
B. Children who are good at mathematics.
C. Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein.
D. Children who are interested in playing chess.
39. In Science/Health, “Johns Hopkins” is ______.
A. a famous university
B. a medical center
C. a well-known doctor
D. a drug company
40. According to the third text, which of the following has almost the same effect as Hypertension drugs?
A. Exercise plus a healthy diet.
B. Loss of thirteen pounds in weight.
C. Six months of exercise without drugs.
D. Low-salt and low-fat food.
【答案】36. D 37. B 38. C 39. B 40. A
【解析】试题分析：本文为一篇介绍电视节目的文章，目的在于吸引更多的观众来收看电视节目。

36. D 此题属于主旨概括题。

通读全文，可以看出这是一篇介绍节目的说明文。

A、B、C显然不对。

37. B此题属于细节理解题。

答案在第一段中“...There will be reports of the stars oft
he moment，the stars of the future and the stars of t he past. ”B正确。

38. C此题属于细节理解题。

从文中所列举一些少年天才的事例及“Where does the quality of genius come from?...And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future. What should they do? In this 30-minute film，Barry Johnson...will help you discover the answ er. ”可知，正确选项为C。

39. B此题属于细节文字理解题。

从下文的“...and three other medical centers”（三家另外的医疗中心）可知，答案是B。

40. A答案在“Science/Health”一段中，“After a study of 800 persons with high blood pressure，they found that after 6 months，those devoted to weight-loss exercise and eating a low-salt，low-fat food—lost about 13 pounds and became fitter. ”显然，A是正确答案。

考点：本文为一篇介绍电视节目的文章。

点评：这篇阅读文章非常简单，可以通过问题，去原文中寻找有用信息，然后选出答案。

对于把握文章主旨，分析全文结构都是至关重要的。

B
Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to warrant(保证；授权)time in front of the television have been invented in the UK.
The shoes --- named Square Eyes --- contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter(传话器)passes the information to a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the day’s efforts.
The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London, UK. “We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out,” she says. “And I wanted to deal with that with my design.”
Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be carned through more steps.
Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals exactly one minute of TV time.
Existing pedometers（计步器）normally clip（夹在）onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy t eenagers to cheat. “It is possible, but it would be a lot of effort,” she says. “That was one of my main design considerations.”
41. According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to ________.
A. keep a record of the steps of the wearer
B. deal with overweight among teenagers
C. enable children to resist the temptation of TV
D. prevent children from being tricked by TV programs...
42. Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?
A. They regulate a child’s evening TV viewing time.
B. They de termine a child’s daily pocket money.
C. They have raised the hot issue of overweight.
D. They contain information of the receiver.
43. What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion?
A. The exact number of steps to be taken.
B. The accurate number of hours spent on TV.
C. The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.
D. The way of changing steps into TV watching time.
44. Compared with other similar products, the new design ________.
A. sends teenagers’ health data to the receiver
B. records the sudden movement of the wearer
C. records the sudden movement of the wearer
D. makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat
45. Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A. Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time
B. Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise
C. Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise
D. Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight
【答案】41. B 42. A 43. C 44. D 45. A
【解析】试题分析：本文主要介绍了一款智能运动鞋，通过利用孩子们每天走步数来决定看电视的时间，起到控制体重的作用。

41. 推断题。

根据第三段"We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out," she says. "And I wanted to tackle that with my design."可以推断这个设计是为了解决孩子超重的问题。

42. 细节理解题。

根据第四段 Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.说明这种鞋子利用走路的步数来控制孩子看电视的时间。

43. 推断题。

根据第五段“Health experts suggest that a child take 12 000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television.”可以推断出健康专家给出了每天合适的运动量和看电视时间。

44. 推断题，根据最后一段 Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. "可知得知其他类似的产品可以通过晃动来作弊，但她设计的鞋子使懒惰的青少年很难作弊45. 主旨大意题。

本文主要介绍了一款智能运动鞋，通过利用孩子们每天走步数来决定看电视的时间，起到控制体重的作用。

名师点睛：本文是一篇科普性说明文。

科普说明文是以介绍科学技术、普及科学知识为目的的说明文体，主要通过对有关事物的介绍或事理的阐释，让读者获得知识、信息，对说明对象有所了解，并获得某些方面的启示题材涉及范围较广。

做这类题时，要通读全文，弄明白短文讲的是什么，理解文中的具体信息和概念，结合上下文句子，理解文意。

然后，抓住原文重点词，结合语法和词义，进行归纳，演绎，推理。

注意首段和各段第一句话，将其含义连接成一个整体；不要一看首段有问题相关问题就忙于选择答案。

C
I went online to check if my pay was in my bank account. To my amazement, I
discovered that not only had I been paid, a company I’d never worked for had also paid me! I knew I’d have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account, so I tried to get the money back to the right person. It is easier said than done....
The bank couldn’t help as it wasn’t a bank problem. The human-resource department as the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn’t have enough details. I rang the bank again. Thankfully I had sympathetic call operator who gave me a name, so I again rang the company “Daniel” worked for.
I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel. I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsucce4ssful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error. He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank, but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves.
We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me. Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his. I never had any intention of keeping Daniel’s pay, but bur red tape（繁琐手续）made it difficult to do the right thing. It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and
a large company couldn’t do --- admit a mistake has occurred and fix it.
46. What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?
A. He didn’t know what too do with it.
B. He felt lucky to get it.
C. He thought of keeping it for himself.
D. He wanted to return it to the right place.
47. The underlined phrase “beside myself” in paragraph I probably means ______.
A. very fortunate
B. very angry
C. really thankful
D. at ease
48. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Daniel had been repaid when he called the author.
B. The author was to blame as he didn’t have enough details.
C. Neither the bank nor the company admitted their fault.
D. Daniel had the same name as the author’s.
49. How was the problem solved in the end?
A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.
B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.
C. The author gave the money back to the company.
D. The call operator offered to solve their problem.
50. From the passage we can infer that _______.
A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape
B. the company gave the wrong account to the bank
C. Daniel didn’t know the error before he contacted the author
D. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules
【答案】46. D 47. B 48. C 49. A 50. D
【解析】这是一篇记述文。

作者的账户里收到一笔钱，作者想办法最终把这笔钱还给了正确的人。

46. 观点态度题。

根据第一段中的句子“so I tried to get the money back to the right person”因此我试图把钱还给正确的人。

故选D。

47. 词义猜测题。

根据下文“if my own salary was not in my account”如果我自己的钱不在我的账户内，可知此处指的是我知道我会很生气。

故选B。

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48. 细节理解题。

根据文章第三段I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called, explaining he’d tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error.可知，银行和公司都感觉到不是他们的错。

49. 细节理解题。

根据最后一段中的句子“We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me.”以及本段下文描述可知最终这两人自己解决了这个问题。

故选A。

50. 推理判断题。

阅读短文可知丹尼尔的钱汇入了别人的账户，但是通过正规的途径很难收回自己的钱。

由此可见一些大公司通常有很麻烦的正式规定。

故选B。

D
There exist cruel wars, fighting and sadness in the world today, so it’s not
only necessary, but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us go through difficult times in out lives. Putting a smile on someone’s face when you know they are feeling depressed, as the saying goes, makes me feel good and warms my heart.
How would you feel if you could not joke around with wife, husband, child,
co-worker, neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store? I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh, even if I don’t know the person I’m joking around with. My Grandma always found humor in everything she did, even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine. This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is a common manner to speak to others that are around you.
I kn ow of a few people that don’t have a funny bone in their bodies, as they say. Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their faces. They don’t get the joke that makes others laugh. I am, busting a gut while they just sit there, looking at me as if I were from outer space. How can people not get a really funny joke?
Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control. Without humor, we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems, or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy. There is too much sadness and bring a little light into our lives.
Therefore, I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together.
51. According to the passage, humor is necessary and essential because ______.
A. it can pick up people’s spirit
B. it can help people get on well with others
C. it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world
D. it makes people more confident
52. The author answers the questioning the second paragraph with _______.
A. facts and descriptions
B. evidence and argument
C. examples and conclusion
D. stories and persuasion
53. The underlined phrase “busting a gut” in the third paragraph can replaced by ________.
A. keeping silent
B. speaking loud
C. laughing hard
D. explaining carefully
54. In writing the passage, the author mainly intends to ________.
A. talk about his own understanding of humor
B. encourage people to be humorous in daily life
C. introduce a practical way to get through daily life
D. convince people of the power of being optimistic about life
55. What is the author’s attitude towards the present world?
A. Indifferent
B. Positive
C. Satisfied
D. Critical...
【答案】51. A 52. C 53. C 54. B 55. D
【解析】试题分析:本文是一篇说明文，说明了在今天的世界存在着残酷的战争、战斗和悲伤，我们不仅仅需要、而且很必要有幽默感帮助我们克服困难时期
51. 细节题，由第四段第一句话Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control.可以知道答案，故选A。

52. 推理题，由第二段How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife, husband, child, co-worker neighbor, close friend, or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store?和This not only relieves stress in any situation, but also is a common manner to speak to others that are around you可以推出答案，所以选C。

53. 推理题，由第三段第三行They don’t get the joke that makes others laugh.可以推出答案，所以选C
54. 细节题，由最后一段最后一句I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together可以知道答案，所以选B
55. 推理题，由最后一段第三行There is too much sadness in this present world.可以推出答案，所以选D
考点：本篇是一篇说明文
点评：做细节题的关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。

推断题测试考生在阅读基础上的逻辑推理能力，要求考生根据文章所述事件的逻辑关系，对未说明的趋势或结局作出合理的推断；或根据作者所阐述的观点理论，对文章未涉及的现象、事例给以解释。

考生首先要仔细阅读短文，完整了解信息，准确把握作者观点。

第二卷非选择题（共35分）
第三部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节阅读表达（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读短文，按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

There is a woman name Tao Porchon-Lynch. She was born in India in 1918. So, if you do the math, she’s 99. And at the age of 99, she has been recognized as the oldest yoga teacher in the world. She has been teaching yoga in a gym in her hometown, full-time, since 1967.
But that’s not all she’s done. She has also been a model, actress and dancer. She became a model after she graduated from high school. She acted in more than ten fields. She won a l ot of medals as a dancer in many competitions. She once said, “If you try your best and never give up, nothing is impossible.” And she is a firm believer in positive thinking. She dreams the impossible dreams, and she is also well known as a thinker.
Tao Porchon-Lynch is not the person who talks the talk; she is the person who walks the walk. When she makes up her mind to do something, she takes action to do it without delay. At the age of 85, she learned how to dance and even won several dance competitions. She offers this piece of advice to others, “Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Don’t delay. Tomorrow never comes.”
So, what about retirement? At 98, she is well past the age when many people make retirement plans. Retiring, it turns out, is not Tao’s style. “A little girl, who is only 6 years old and is now learning yoga with me, once asked me, ‘Dear granny, what are you going to do when you retire?’” Tao Porchon-Lynch told the little girl that she had no plans to retire but instead would continue to teach yoga and dance。