江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语 限时训练5
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语一轮复习 限时训练5
限时训练第一部分：完形填空A minister had been on a 1ong flight between church conferences. The first 1 of the approaching problems came when the sign on the airplane 2 on: Fasten Your Seat Belts. Then, after a while, a calm voice said, “We shall not be 3 the meal at this time 4 we are expecting a little turbulence(气流). Please be 5 your seat belt is fastened.”As the minister looked around the aircraft, it became 6 that many of the passengers were becoming frightened.And then the storm broke out. The cracks of thunder could be heard even 7 the roar of the engines. Lightning 8 the darkening skies. One moment the airplane was lifted on terrible 9 of air; the next, it 10 as if it were about to crash.The minister admitted that he 11 the discomfort and fear of those around him. He said, “I could see that nearly all the passengers were 12 . Some of them even began to 13 . The future seemed unpredictable and many were wondering if they would 14 it through the storm.”“The n, I suddenly saw a little girl to whom apparently the storm 15 nothing. She was reading a book and, 16 within her small world was calm and orderly.”“The plane was being struck by the terrible storm when it swung this way and that, as it rose and fell with frightening severity, and when all the adults were scared half to death, that child was completely calm and unafraid.” The minister could hardly believe his eyes.It was not surprising, 17 , that when the plane finally reached its destination and all the passengers were hurrying to get off the plane, the minister stayed behind to speak to the girl whom he had 18 for such a long time.Having 19 about the storm and the behavior of the plane, he asked why she had not been afraid. The sweet child replied, “Sir, my daddy is the 20 . He’s taking me home.”1. A. solution B. warning C. understanding D. part2. A. turned B. flashed C. showed D. went3. A. serving B. cooking C. preparing D. enjoying4. A. before B. while C. though D. as5. A. sure B. confident C. careful D. urgent6. A. obvious B. strange C. essential D. vague7. A. above B. below C. on D. under8. A. cheered up B. lit up C. held up D. made up9. A. waves B. tides C. conditions D. currents10. A. flew B. floated C. dropped D. landed11. A. survived B. infected C. ignored D. shared12. A. refreshed B. awakened C. alarmed D. rescued13. A. pray B. chat C. escape D. hide14. A. get B. make C. pass D. live15. A. conveyed B. mattered C. meant D. counted16. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything17. A. however B. even C. therefore D. otherwise18. A. admired B. waited C. searched D. watched19. A. hesitated B. commented C. predicted D. expressed20. A. pilot B. minister C. engineer D. passenger第二部分：阅读理解AIndian and Chinese companies have signed business deals worth $16 billion on the openingday of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s three-day official visit to India.Mr Wen, who last visited India five years ago, brings with him one of the largest teams of Chinese business leaders ever to visit India. The latest of a number of world leaders to visit India, Mr Wen is accompanied by some 400 Chinese business leaders.China is India’s largest trading partner--two-way trade volumes are set to hit $ 60 billion this year.Mr Wen is due to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday. Indian and Chinese companies signed some 50 deals in power, telecommunications, steel, wind energy, food and marine products worth $16 billion at the end of a business conference attended by Mr Wen in the capital, Delhi, on Wednesday evening.This overtakes the $10 billion of business agreements signed between Indian and American businessmen during the recent visit of US President Barack Obama to India.“There is enough space in the world for the devel opment of both China and India and there are enough areas for us to cooperate,” Mr Wen told the business conference.The Chinese delegation dwarfs(使相形见拙) the number of trade chiefs led in recent weeks to India by US President Barack Obama (215), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (more than 60) and British Prime Minister David Cameron (about 40).Later this week, Mr Wen will travel to India’s nuclear-armed neighboring rival(对手), Pakistan, for a two-day official visit.Though bilateral trade with China is booming, the relationship is not benefiting India as much as it might, say analysts.Delhi has been demanding greater access to Chinese medicine and IT markets as it seeks to level a large trade surplus(贸易顺差) in China’s favor of up to ￡25 billion.BEngineers at a major aerospace company were instructed Io test the effects of bird-strikes on the windshield(挡风玻璃) of airliners and military jets. To simulate(模拟D the effect of a goose colliding with an aircraft traveling at a high speed, the test engineers built a powerful gun, with which they fired dead chickens at the windshields. The simulations using the gun and the dead chickens worked extremely effectively, happily proving the suitability of the windshields, andseveral articles about the project appeared in the testing industry press.It so happened that another test laboratory in a different part of the world was involved in assessing bird-strikes--in this case on the windshields and the drivers’ cabs(驾驶室) of new high-speed trains. The train test engineers had read about the pioneering test developed by the aerospace team, and so they approached them to ask for specifications of the gun and the testing methods. The aerospace engineers gave them details, and the train engineers set about building their own simulation.The simulated bird-strike tests on the train windshields and cabs produced shocking results. The supposed high-speed train windshields offered little resistance to tile high-speed chickens; in fact every single windshield that was submitted for testing was struck to pieces, along with a number of train cabs and much of the test-lab itself.The frightened train engineers were concerned that the new high-speed trains required a safety technology that was beyond their experience, so they contacted the aerospace team for advice and suggestions, sending them an extensive report of the tests and failures.The brief reply came back from the aero-engineers: “You need to defrost (解冻) the chickens... “24. The underlined phrase “colliding with” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _________.A. hittingB. catchingC. throwingD. leaving25. How did the test engineers simulate the effect of a goose colliding with an aircraft?①defrosting the chickens ②building a powerful gun③putting the chickens into the gun ④firing dead chickens at the windshieldsA. ③②①④B. ②③①④C. ②①③④D. ③①②④26. The train engineers’ tests failed becauseA. the trains’ speed was to o highB. the train windshields were not hard enoughC. the testing methods were not suitable for the trainD. they didn’t defrost the chickens before firing them27. What can we learn from the aero-engineers’ brief reply?A. The train engineers were not clever enough.B. The aerospace team’s suggestions were not correct.C. The aero-engineers were playing tricks on the train engineers.D. The train engineers didn’t pay attention to ener gy detailCOur grand China tour will show you a different China!But you are required to present a US passport when entering China. For some importantA. International travel information.B. An introduction to a journey to China.C. The great changes happening in China.D. Matters needed to be dealt with before going to China.29. You can apply for a US passport by mail if you _________.A. have never had a US passport beforeB. got your most recent US passport 17 years agoC. were 17 when you received your previous passportD. changed your name after getting your passport last time30. Before submitting Form DS-11, you should __________.A. fill in all information on the formB. fill the form in either black or blue inkC. print the form on both sides of the paperD. connect the local agency by telephone first31. If you want to get the passport within half a month, you should _________.A. not pay a visit to Passport AgencyB. be an adult of more than 18 years oldC. offer to present your foreign visa to a Passport AgencyD. call the National Passport Information Center or visit a Passport AgencyDMuch of Canada’s forestry production goes towards making pulp(纸浆) and paper. According to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada supplies 34% of the world’s wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be preserved. Recently, a possible alternative way of producing paper has been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp.Hemp has been grown by many countries. It produces fiber which can be made into paper, fuel, oils, textiles, food, and rope. For centuries, it was essential to the economies of many countries because it was used to make the ropes and cables used on sailing ships; colonial expansion and the establishment of a world-wide trading network would not have been possible without hemp. Nowadays, ships’ cables are usually made from wire, but scientists are now suggesting that the growing of hemp should be revived(恢复) for the production.According to its supporters, four times as much paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees, and many environmentalists believe that the large-scale growing of hemp could reduce the pressure on Canada’s forests.However, there is a problem: hemp is illegal in many countries of the world. This plant, so useful for fiber, rope, oil, fuel and textiles, is a species related to the plant from which marijuana(大麻) is produced. In fact, marijuana cannot be produced from the hemp plant, since it contains almost no THC(the active ingredient in the drug).In recent years, a movement for legalization has been gathering strength. It is concerned only with the hemp plant used to produce fiber; this group wants to make it legal to grow the plant and sell the fiber for production.第三部分：任务型阅读请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语一轮复习 限时训练10
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学2014届高三英语一轮复习限时训练10第一部分：完形填空New genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive human-made climate warming in the coming century, contrary to previous findings that temperature increases would cause them to die out. A study, 36 in the latest edition of Ecology and Evolution, reveals the 37 age of some Amazonian tree species -- more than 8 million years -- and 38 shows that they have survived previous periods as warm as many of the global warming imagined periods 39 for the year 2100.The authors write that, having survived warm periods in the past, the trees will40 survive future warming, provided there are no other major environmental changes.41 extreme droughts and forest fires will impact Amazonia as temperatures 42 , the trees will stand the direct impact of higher temperatures. The authors 43 that as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions to minimize the risk of drought and fire, conservation policy should remain 44 on preventing deforestation（采伐森林）for agriculture and mining.The study disagrees with other recent researches which predicted tree species’ extinctions 45 relatively small increases in global average air temperatures. Study co-author Dr Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) said the 46 were good news for Amazon tree species, but warned that drought and over-exploitation of the forest remained major 47 to the Amazon’s future.Dr Lewis said: “The past cannot be compared directly with the future. while tree species seem likely to 48 higher air temperatures than today, the Amazon forestis being transformed for agriculture and 49 , and what remains is being degraded by logging, and increasingly split up by fields and roads.“Species will not move as freely in today’s Amazon as they did in previous warm periods, when there was no human 50 . Similarly, today’s climate change is extremely fast, making comparisons with slower changes in the past 51 .”“With a clearer 52 of the relative risks to the Amazon forest, we 53 that direct human impacts -- such as forest clearances for agriculture or mining -- should remain a key point of conservation policy. We also need more aggressive 54 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to make minimum the risk of drought and fire impacts and 55 the future of most Amazon tree species.”36. A. advertised B. described C. published D. presented37. A. frightening B. surprising C. exciting D.interesting38. A. still B. nevertheless C. however D. therefore39. A. assess B. confirm C. forecast D. promise40. A. particularly B. probably C. merely D. possibly41. A. Since B. Although C. When D. If42. A. rise B. change C. drop D. end43. A. consider B. decide C. guarantee D. recommend44. A. based B. built C. focused D. made45. A. in relation to B. in response to C. in reply to D. in reference to46. A. findings B. thoughts C. inventions D. writings47. A. threats B. disadvantages C. embarrassments D. instructions48. A. accept B. tolerate C. permit D. require49. A. farming B. planting C. catering D. mining50. A. power B. influence C. desire D. violence51. A. difficult B. clear C. easy D. important52. A. belief B. direction C. understanding D. suggestion53. A. doubt B. conclude C. calculate D. prefer54. A. thought B. guidance C. protection D. action55. A. secure B. advance C. sacrifice D. evaluate 第二部分：阅读理解AWe observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change for I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears (ancestors) prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.The world is very different now, for man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forbears fought are still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. We dare not forget today that we are the heirs（继承人）of that first revolution. Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe (enemy) alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty. This much we pledge (promise solemny) and more.In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility. I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotionwhich we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the Freedom of Man.Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.56. What should friends and foes know?A. That the United States is powerful.B. That a new generation of Americans are responsible for their government.C. That the United States is governed by liberals.D. The rights of man come from the hand of God.57. What is Kennedy’s promise to the world?A. To support liberty.B. To abolish all forms of human poverty.C. To visit each country at least once.D. To support and friend.BWhat's the one word of advice a well-meaning professional would give to a recent college graduate? China! India! Brazil! How about trade!When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit (赤字) in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doomsaying（末日说）. Imports, which increasedto $200.3 billion in the month, are subtracted in the calculation of gross domestic product. The larger the trade deficit, the smaller the GDP. Should such imbalances continue, pessimists say, they could contribute to slower growth. But there's another way of looking at the trade data. Over the past two years, the figures on imports and exports seem not to signal a double-dip recession –a renewed decline in the broad level of economic activity in the United States –but an economic expansion.The rising volume of trade – more goods and services shuttling in and out of the United States –is good news for many sectors. Companies engaged in shipping, trucking,rail freight, delivery, and logistics (物流) have all been reporting better than expected results. The rising numbers shows growing vitality in foreign markets –when we import more stuff, it puts more cash in the hands of people around the world, and U.S. exports are rising because more foreigners have the ability to buy the things we produce and market. The rising tide of trade is also good news for people who work in trade-sensitive businesses, especially those that produce commodities for which global demand sets the price – agricultural goods, mining, metals, oil.And while exports always seem to lag, U.S. companies are becoming more involved in the global economy with each passing month. General Motors sells as many cars in China as in America each month. While that may not do much for imports, it does help GM's balance sheet – and hence makes the jobs of U.S.-based executives more stable. One great challenge for the U.S. economy is slack domestic consumer demand. Americans are paying down debt, saving more, and spending more carefully. That's to be expected, given what we've been through. But there's a bigger challenge. Can U.S.-based businesses, large and small, figure out how to get a piece of growing global demand? Unless you want to pick up and move to India, or Brazil, or China, the best way to do that is through trade. It may seem obvious, but it's no longer enough simply to do business with our friends and neighbors here at home.Companies and individuals who don't have a strategy to export more, or to get more involved in foreign markets, or to play a role in global trade, are shutting themselves out of the lion's share of economic opportunity in our world.60. How do pessimists interpret the U.S. trade deficit in June?A. It reflects Americans' preference for imported goods.B. It signifies a change in American economic structure.C. It is the result of America's growing focus on domestic market.D. It could lead to slower growth of the national economy.61. What does the author say about the trade data of the past two years?A. It indicates that economic activities in the U.S. have increased.B. It shows that U.S. economy is slipping further into recession.C. It signals decreasing domestic demand for goods and services.D. It reflects the fluctuations in the international market.CA MENTORING (导师制) program is giving life changing opportunities to Banbury youth. Young Inspirations was founded two years ago to provide mentoring sessions forstudents and unemployed young adults aged 11 to 21.Alex Goldberg, the program's founder, said; "We set up Young Inspirations because we wanted to give young people experiences which will potentially be life changing and broaden their outlook."We try to create work experience opportunities that will really make a difference to our youth. For example, we've secured internships (实习) with world-famous firms such as Honda."At a time of funding cutbacks where schools are finding it more and more difficult to offer this kind of mentoring, it is extremely important that these opportunities are available both to help youth with their school work and grades and to give them opportunities which may help shape their futures. " Kieran Hepburn, 14, is one of a group of Banbury youth who has benefited from the program so far. In October the Banbury School pupil was accompanied by Young Inspirations staff to Paris where he was an observer at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) International Youth Forum (论坛).The event was held for young people from around the world, to seek their views on how the future of youth and education should look. Kieran joined several hundred observers mostly in their 20s and was the only UK school pupil to attend the event. Kieran thinks the trip was a life changing experience. " Before we left I didn't quite know what to make of it but when we got there we didn't stop, it was amazing," he said, " We went to three or four hours of debates each day and then did something cultural each afternoon. "The main theme of the forum was how youth can drive change in political and public life. It dealt with issues (问题) such as drug abuse, violence and unemployment. Kieran said: " It has really helped me to improve my confidence and social skills as well as my school grades and I was voted most improved pupil at school in August. "The Young Inspirations mentoring sessions take place each Friday in Banbury. For details visit .64. According to the passage, the forum focused on how youth can ____.A. build up their confidence at schoolB. find work experience opportunitiesC. improve their social skills for the futureD. play an active role in the change of society65. We can learn from the passage that _____.A. the visit to the United Kingdom was amazingB. Kieran has made great progress in many aspectsC. the youth have found a way to solve their problemsD. the mentoring sessions are held every day except Friday66. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Alex Goldberg, Founder of Young InspirationsB. Young People Find a World of OpportunityC. Kieran, Banbury School Pupil to ParisD. Debates Help Youth with Their GradesDIn 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I look what I could get — a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen -- teaching English.School started, but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country. Was this rural area really New Jersey? My students have a week off when hunting season began.I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms. I was a young woman from New York City, who thought that “Make hay while the sun shin es” just meant to have a good time.But, still, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class -- seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave ray students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seem reasonable. By the time ray boss, who was also ray taskmaster known to be the strictest, most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just pretended it all wasn’t happening, an d went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the room, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him. I wondered if he would let me finish out the day. I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.He was sitting in his chair, and he looked at me long and hard. I said nothing. All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher; I had been lying to myself, pretending that everything was fine.When he spoke, he said simply, without accusation, “You had nothing to say to them.”“You had nothing to say to them," he repeated. “No wonder they’re bored. Why not get to the meal of the literature and stop talking about symbolism. Talk with them, not at them. And more important, why do you ignore their bad behavior?” We talked. He named the problems and offered solutions. We role-played. He was the bad student, and I was the forceful, yet, warm, teacher.As the year progressed, we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations. He helped me identify my weaknesses and mystrengths. In short, he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson's words: “The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil.”Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school. Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year, the school is my home now.67. It can be inferred from the story that in 1974 ______.A. the writer became an optimistic personB. the writer was very happy about her new jobC. it was rather difficult to get a job in the USAD. it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey68. According to the passage, which of the following is most probably the writer’s problem as a new teacher?A. She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.B. She didn’t ask ex perienced teachers for advice.C. She took too much time off to eat and sleep.D. She didn’t like teaching English literature.69. The students behaved badly in the writer's classes because ______.A. they were eager to embarrass herB. she didn't really understand themC. they didn't regard her as a good teacherD. she didn’t have a good command of English70. The taskmaster’s attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be best described as ______.A. cruel but encouragingB. fierce but forgivingC. sincere and supportiveD. angry and aggressive第三部分：任务型阅读Born to WinEach human being is born as something unique, something that never existed before. Each person is born with what he needs to win at life. A normal person can see, hear, touch, taste, and think for himself. Each has his own unique potentials---his capabilities and limitations. Each can be an important, thinking, aware, and creatively productive person in his own right---a winner.The words "winner" and "loser" have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who defeats the other person by dominating and making him lose. Instead a winner is one who responds honestly by being trustworthy and responsive, both as an individual and as a member of a society. A loser is one who fails to respond honestly.A winner is not afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge. He can separate facts from opinion and doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. He listens to others, evaluates what they say, but comes to his own conclusions.A winner is flexible. He does not have to respond in known, rigid ways. He can change his plans when the situation calls for it. A winner has a love for life. He enjoys work, play, food, other people, and the world of nature. Without guilt he enjoys his own accomplishments. Without envy he enjoys the accomplishments of others.A winner cares about the world and its people. He is not separated from thegeneral problems of society. He tries to improve the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international difficulty, he does not see himself as helpless. He does what he can to make the world a better place.Although people are born to win, they are also born totally dependent on their environment. Winners successfully make the change from dependence to independence, losers do not. Somewhere along the line losers begin to avoid becoming independent. This usually begins in childhood. Poor nutrition, cruelty, unhappy relationships, disease, continuing disappointments, and inadequate physical care are among the many experiences that contribute to making people losers.A loser is held back by his low capacity to appropriately express himself through a full range of possible behavior. He may be unaware of other choices for his life if the path he chooses goes nowhere. He is afraid to try new things. He repeats not only his own mistakes and often repeats those of his family and culture.A loser has difficulty giving and receiving love. He does not enter into close, honest, direct relationships with others. Instead, he tries to manipulate them into living up to his expectations and channels his energies into living up to their expectations.71. __________ 72. __________ 73. ___________ 74. __________ 75. __________ 76. __________ 77. __________ 78. ___________ 79. __________ 80. __________。
泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语模拟试题(四)
泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语模拟试题（四）第一卷（三部分共115分）第一部分听力（共两节满分30分）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.How long did the man spend traveling to work?A. 15 minutes.B. 30 minutes.C. 45 minutes.2. Why was the man late?A. His car was out of petrol.B. He couldn’t mend his car.C. He had to go back to clean clothes.3. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?A. Friends.B. Boss and secretary.C. Teacher and student.4. Where does the man want to go?A. The police station.B. The city library.C. The supermarket.5. Which of the following can we know from the dialogue?A. The woman is going to have a trip this summer vacation.B. The woman is going to stay at home this summer vacation.C. The woman hasn’t decided how to spend the summer vacation.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。
泰兴第三高级中学高三开学初考试英语
泰兴市第三高级中学2010届高三开学初考试高三英语期初检测第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分）第一节洪5小题；每小题1分，满分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. What can we lear n from the con versati on?A. Betty Colli ns rings a bell.B. Betty Colli ns is well-k nown.C. The n ame of Betty Colli ns sounds familiar.2. How much money does the woma n say she has?A. 40 dollars.B. 45 dollars.C. 100 dollars.3. How did the woma n leave the office?A. At leisure （从容地）.B. Anxiously.C. In a hurry.4. What is the relati on ship betwee n the speakers?A. Boss and secretary.B. Father and daughter.C. Husba nd and wife.5. What does the woma n mean?A. She isn ' t feeling very well.B. She wants to ask for a sick leave.C. She wants her dad to take her to hospital. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下面5段对话。
每段对话后有几个小题，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。
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语 限时训练20
限时训练第一节单项填空1．—________ with us another hour, I suppose, and we will finish the task perfectly.—Will that do? OK, let's have a go.A．To stay B．Stay C．Staying D．Stayed2．English is a language that many young people around the world ________ not speak perfectly but at least ________ understand.A．may; can B．would; might C．will; must D．could; might3．We have made a few achievements in the education reform, but more things remain________．A．to be done B．to do C．doing D．to have done4．It was in the garden of his old house ______ he grew up ____ he dug up a pot of gold.A．that; that B．where; where C．that; where D．where; that5．What I tell you is that it may snow, but ________ I will go to town.A．somehow B．somewhat C．anyhow D．anywhere6．The old woman _____ her sons and daughters ________ and see her from time to time.A．suggested; to come B．hoped; to come C．desired; coming D．desired; to come 7．—I didn't go to work yesterday because my car broke down.—You ________ mine. I wasn't using it then.A．could have borrowed B．should borrowC．must have borrowed D．might borrow8．—You've finished what you ________ to and I think the teacher will praise you for it.—I think so.A．will expect B．will be expected C．expected D．were expected9．Expecting a whole day to relax, he ___whether to read the newspaper or watch his favorite TV.A．was thinking B．thinks C．had thought D．thought10．Look at the trouble we're in. If only we ________ our teacher's advice!A．took B．would take C．would have taken D．had taken11．Even if you had not been able to see her, you ________ us.A．told B．had told C．should tell D．should have told12．In _____ most cases, ___ smartest way to travel is to carry as little cash as possible.A．/; the; B．the; / C．/; / D．a; the第二节完形填空Recently, my husband and I had the opportunity to do something good for two complete strangers. This __16__ us feel so good that I felt I had to share our experience.We were traveling to Mexico for __17__ week with our family. __18__ I traveled a lot for work, we had enough frequent flier miles (累计飞行里程) and could upgrade (升级) our ticketsto __19__ class seats. We were sitting in the very first two seats in the first row of first class, __20__ the plane to depart (离开). I overheard one of the flight attendants (空乘) telling the others that there was a couple sitting in the __21__ of the plane who had just got married the previous day and were heading off on their __22__. They had booked their flight eight months in advance __23__， due to some schedule changes, they had not been able to get __24__ together. No one else on the plane was willing to move and the bride was in tears.I turned to my husband and told him what I __25__. We immediately __26__ and I called the flight attendant over to tell her that we would be happy to __27__ our seats for this couple. The flight attendant seemed shocked and __28__ and said, “Really? Are you sure？” We said, “Absolutely！”So we moved to the back of the __29__. I sat in a middle seat part way back and my __30__ sat in the window seat in the last row of the plane.The flight attendants were extremely thankful and __31__ good care of us even though we were no longer sitting in first class. We both made friends with the people __32__ around us and had a great flight. I had to go back to the front of the plane to retrieve (取回) a forgotten item at one point during the __33__. I saw that the newlyweds (新婚夫妇) were sitting very close together, __34__ enjoying champagne (香槟)．It didn't just make my day—it made my whole Thanksgiving __35__！16．A. forced B．made C．got D．persuaded17．A. Christmas B．New Year C．Thanksgiving D．Halloween18．A. Since B．When C．While D．If19．A .second B．last C．middle D．first20．A. watching B．waiting for C．listening to D．recognizing21．A .front B．beside C．back D．left22．A. honeymoon B．holiday C．vocation D．dream23．A .and B．or C．but D．therefore24．A .bags B．seats C．luggage D．wishes25．A. saw B．noticed C．found D．heard26．A. agreed B．answered C．replied D．moved27．A. give out B．give up C．give off D．give away28．A. glad B．interested C．tired D．amazed29．A. house B．car C．plane D．train30．A. friend B．husband C．son D．daughter31．A .cared B．thought C．took D．looked32．A. sitting B．standing C．walking D．talking33．A .time B．flight C．space D．schedule34．A. satisfactorily B．shamefully C．terribly D．happily35．A. day B．year C．week D．month第二部分阅读理解AThe sun is setting on a summer night. At the entrance to a deep, dark cave, a few bats fly out and begin swirling high up into the air. More and more of the small, furry creatures appear. Within a few minutes, a whole river of bats is pouring out of the cave, and they keep coming, millions and millions of them.Sound like a scary horror movie? Believe it or not, this scene takes place every night, all summer long, at Bracken Cave in Texas, where 20 million bats fly outside to feed on insects.“It is mag ical，” says Jim Kennedy of Bat Conservation International in Austin Texas. “It is one of the most majestic animal movements on the planet.”Every March or April, Mexican freetailed bats migrate up to 1，000 miles (1，609 kilometers) from their winter home in Mexico to this cave, where they raise their young. Soon after they arrive, each mother gives birth to one pup. As many as 500 baby bats live crammed into one square foot (30.48 cubic centimeters) of space, all those bodies create nice warm temperatures to keep them cozy and comfortable. If you've ever lost sight of your parents on a crowded playground, you may be wondering how mother bats recognize their children. They use their sense of smell to tell which pup is theirs when it is time for the babies to nurse.The cave, a quiet place in winter, is full with life all summer—and not just with bat residents. Bat waste soon covers the floor, providing food for tiny organisms(生物体) like bacteria and fungi(真菌). And then there are the bugs.When the adult bats leave the cave at night to feed, they are helping humans. They eat tons of insects in a single night, including many pests that eat farmers' crops. And they get rid of mosquitoes, too.36．In the first paragraph, the author ________．A．provides some information about bats B．describes the movement of batsC．advises the reader to watch bats D．stresses the danger of bats in summer37．Which of the following is TRUE about the bats?A．They are well protected by farmers. B．They smell better than other animals.C．They benefit from some tiny organisms. D．They travel from Mexico to America yearly.38．From the second paragraph, we can know Kennedy's opinion of the bats' flying in group is ________．A．mysterious B．frightful C．crazy D．enjoyableBIn Shanghai's Grand Theater, a fashionable, mainly young audience applauds enthusiastically as Guo Yong takes center stage. He holds a large bushy tree branch with leaves. Blowing on one of the leaves, he produces a sound like the singing of birds as he plays a traditional Buyi folk song. Some other musicians are also playing the traditional instruments from various ethnic groups in China.It's the first time such music has ever been performed in the Grand Theater. But all this is the efforts of Zhu Zheqin, a Cantoneseb orn singer, who has made it her mission to help preserve China's traditional ethnic music.In 2009, after being appointed a United Nations Development Program ambassador, Zhu traveled through some of China's remotest regions in an attempt to document the traditional music of various minority groups. In the course of the fourmonth trip, she recorded more than a thousand songs. But she noticed that many of the best musicians were old, and some of the music was at risk of dying out.“I was shocked by the beauty of what I heard—it was so good，” she says. “But it needed support. I hope to let people see the beauty of these things in the contemporary times.”So Zhu decided to introduce some of the musicians to a wider audience. By doing this, she hopes to rekindle(点燃) the interest of the younger generation. “Young people don't like this music much; they prefer pop music and love songs. They think these songs are something their grandma sings. This kind of repackaging gives young people a new door into their herita ge.”Zhu believes China needs to look again at its own roots. “China today is basically all Western art; in our conservatories (音乐学院) Western classical music is the top，” she says. “ForChina to really contribute to the world, we need to go on our own path. So what can represent China today？” The answer, she suggests, is to move from “made in China” to “created in China”．39．From the first paragraph, we learn that________．A．the audience are all young peopleB．Guo Yong is playing the Buyi folk musicC．Guo Yong is the only minority performer in ChinaD．tree branches make good musical instruments40．Which of the following is true of Zhu Zheqin?A．She teaches music in a conservatory.B．She is helping preserve Chinese ethnic music.C．She works as an official in the United Nations.D．She's created all the music for the Grand Theater.CChengdu, Sichuan—Her training as a ballet dancer has served Tian Yu well in her bid to be a top equestrian(骑手)．“I have learned how to balance myself，” said the 16yearold.A member of the national youth equestrian team, Tian won a bronze in the jumping challenge at a youth event of the International Federation for Equestrian Sports in South Korea in April.A month later, she won a gold in the jumping challenge at the International Equestrian Masters in the National Stadium in Beijing.Tian is conspicuous (引人注意的) at events because there are not many woman equestrian athletes in the country—many parents do not want their daughters, mostly only children, to get involved and the practice is not covered by any insurance.“To be an equestrian, a woman has to be strong, be patient and work harder than a male counterpart，” Tian said.Because of her studies at the Beijing National Day School, a staterun middle school, Tian can only practice about twice a week after school. During summer and winter vacations, she practices in the Jingcheng Horse Club in Beijing's Daxing District every day, even on biting cold winter days. Last winter, the skin on the back of her hands cracked and became infected because of the cold, but she did not stop training. Even during the Spring Festival she only took one day off. Training can be repetitious and bori ng, and each day Tian has to ride between four and six horses.She became interested in horses at the age of four when she visited a horse club in a Beijing suburb and with the help of a coach sat on a horse and rode. She started formal traini ng at age eight.Though she has ra rely fallen, her worst accident was when she tumbled(翻动) while practicingon a course in Hebei Province. Lying on the field, she lost consciousness for about 20 seconds and bloodied her right hand. When she came to, instead of crying she stood up without the help of her coach, Ji Yuping.“Unlike other girls, Tian is strongminded，” Ji said.Equestrian athletes in the country do not receive much education. But Tian insists she should attend college and major in literature or English.Despite frequent competitions, Tian has distinguished herself as a top student.The principal of her school allows Tian to finish her schoolwork and send it to teachers via the Internet when she is away for a competition.“I like horse riding but won't make it my profession，” Tian said.43．Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?A．Tian achieved a gold medal at the International Equestrian Masters.B．Tian won a bronze in the jumping challenge in Beijing.C．Tian has been interested in horses since the age of four.D．A woman equestrian should be strong, patient and hardworking.44．What can we infer from the ninth paragraph?A．Tian was badly hurt. B．Tian lost consciousness.C．Tian is very strong and brave. D．Tian's c oach helped her.45．What can we learn from the thirteenth paragraph?A．Tian's headmaster and teachers all support her.B．Tian often hands in her homework by the Internet.C．Tian finishes her homework by the Internet.D．Tian can't finish her homework because of her competition.DAs a boy growing up in India，I had longed to travel abroad. I used to listen to the stories my father would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the 1970s，with great interest.My big moment finally came in the summer of 1998 when I was able to accompany my parents to Europe，where my father was to attend a meeting. We planned to travel to Belgium，Netherlands and West Germany.I have vivid memories even today of going to Mumbai airport at night all excited about finally going abroad. I had heard several great things about Lufthansa till then but now I finally got to experience them first hand，during the flight to Frankfurt. We flew business class and even today I can remember the excellent service by the Lufthansa crew. The flight was really smooth and thoroughly enjoyable，even for someone like me，who is otherwise scared of flying.After spending almost two weeks in Europe，we took the Lufthansa airport express from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt airport，for our return flight. What a journey that was! All along the Rhine (莱茵河)，it was simply an unforgettable experience. I was in a sombre mood on the flight back to Mumbai as it marked the end of a wonderful vacation，but the Lufthansa crew members were able to change it into a most enjoyable experience yet again，with the q uality of their service.Being the first airline to take me overseas，Lufthansa will always hold a special place in my heart. Even today，I continue to enjoy flights on Lufthansa and simply cannot dream of choosing any other airline. Flying，in general，for me，has always been an ordeal (terrible and painful experience). Flying on Lufthansa，however，is something I always have and always will look forward to.46．Which country does the author live in now?A．India. B．Canada. C．Belgium. D．Germany.47．What made the author so interested in traveling abroad?A．Growing up in India.B．Once staying in Canada.C．Once traveling to Canada with his father.D．His father's stories about his traveling experiences.48．Which of the following is TRUE about the author's trip to Europe in 1998?A．The author traveled with one of his parents. B．Both their going and return are by air.C．They traveled in spring that year .D．They stayed in Europe for nearly two months.49．It can be inferred from the passage that Lufthansa is ________．A．a city in India B．a city in Europe C．an airline company D．a travel agency 50．The underlined word “sombre” in the 4th paragraph probably means “________”．A．happy B．sad C．angry D．enjoyable第三部分任务型阅读How to Take a NapWhether you think you need daytime rest or not, picking up a nap habit—or continuing to make time for one—is a smart, healthy move. Consider the evidence: The Mayo Clinic says naps promote relaxation, reduce tiredness, better mood and recover alertness (机敏). A 2010 British study found that compared to getting more nighttime sleep or drinking more coffee, a midday nap was the best way to cope with the midafternoon slump (萎靡)．The Harvard Health Letter says that several studies have shown that people remember new information better when they take a nap shortly after learning it. And, unbelievably, a 2007 study of nearly 24，000 Greek adults in the Archives of Internal Medicine found that people who napped regularly had a 37 percent reduced risk of dying from heart disease compared to people who didn't nap.To get the most out of your rest, follow these tips.How long to sleep: Naps provide different benefits depending on how long they are, says . A 20minute nap will promote alertness and concentration; a 90minute nap which includes deeper stages of sleep, can strengthen creativity. The danger zone is when you're somewhere in between, because waking up in the middle of a sleep cycle can lead to sleep inertia(惯性). So stick to 20 or 90 minutes for maximum benefits. If you wake up from a nap feeling confused or more tired, it's likely that your timing was just off.What time to sleep: says that you experience a natural dip in body temperature (the same kind that makes you feel sleepy at night) between 1 p．m. and 3 p．m. A power nap at this time can promote alertness for several hours and, for most people, won't affect being able to fall asleep at night.How to get comfortable: says it takes about 50 percent longer to fall asleep sitting up than lying down. (That's why we sleep so poorly on planes and trains！) Pick a dark, cozy place that's not too warm or too chilly. recommends napping on the couch instead of in bed, so you won't snooze for too long.Surprisingly, the best place to sleep may be a hammock (吊床) if you have one. A Swiss study published last year found that people fell asleep faster and had deeper sleep when they napped in a hammock than in a bed. That same rocking motion that causes babies to sleep works wonders for grownups，too.Consider a “caffeine nap”： It sounds strange, but drinking coffee right before a nap may be the perfect aid for maximum alertness. Since caffeine takes 20 to 30 minutes to take fullTitle：How to Take a NapFinding It's good for you to form the 51.________of taking naps.Evidence ●52.________ to the Mayo Clinic, napsare of great benefit to people.●A 2010 British study found that therewas no 53.________ way to reduce the midafternoon slump than a midday nap.●Those who took 54.________ naps areless likely to die from heart disease thanthose who didn't.TipsHow much55.________to sleep ● A nap between 20 to 90 minutes issuitable for you.● If you feel confused or more tired，56.________are your timing was just off.What timeto sleep ● To take a nap between 1 p．m. and 3 p．m. can make you alert 57.________ affecting your nighttime sleep.How to getcomfortable ● You had better find a place where youcan 58.________ down.● It is suggested that you choose a darkand cozy place.●To our 59.________， the best place tonap may be a hammock.Consider a“caffeine nap”●Drinking coffee before a nap helps youto be more alert after 60.________ up,because caffeine begins to take fulleffect after 2030 minutes.限时训练20第一部分第一节1．B 考查祈使句。
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学2024年英语高三第一学期期末检测试题含解析
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学2024年英语高三第一学期期末检测试题注意事项1．考试结束后，请将本试卷和答题卡一并交回．2．答题前，请务必将自己的姓名、准考证号用0．5毫米黑色墨水的签字笔填写在试卷及答题卡的规定位置．3．请认真核对监考员在答题卡上所粘贴的条形码上的姓名、准考证号与本人是否相符．4．作答选择题，必须用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应选项的方框涂满、涂黑；如需改动，请用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案．作答非选择题，必须用05毫米黑色墨水的签字笔在答题卡上的指定位置作答，在其他位置作答一律无效．5．如需作图，须用2B铅笔绘、写清楚，线条、符号等须加黑、加粗．第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．Andy can go to the cinema together with us he has finished the task．A．unless B．as soon as C．until D．as long as2．---I don’t understand why Catherine stopped short _____ she ought to have continued.---It’s obvious that she lacked self-confidence.A．when B．whileC．if D．as3．Teaching as a career is to many people owing to the long holidays. A．popular B．familiarC．attractive D．fantastic4．Hopefully，the new method will be effective，helping students to get their career plans ________.A．at hand B．at willC．on trial D．on track5．The argument remains extremely heated it is necessary to frequently update teaching material.A．that B．which C．if D．whether6．During the period of recent terrorist activities, people _____ not to touch an unattended bag.A．had always been warned B．were always being warnedC．are always warning D．always warned7．The athletes, especially the winners, should remain modest ________ rapid progress they have made.A．whatever B．howeverC．how much D．no matter8．The Lushan Mountain, occupying an area of 302 square kilometers, possesses rich cultural and geological __________.A．attractions B．amusements C．entertainments D．presentations 9．Many writers are drawn to building a world, _____ readers are somewhat familiar with but also feel distant from our normal lives.A．it B．one C．that D．the one10．Lucy_ _writing her essay by 10:00 this morning. After that, she listened to music for a while.A．will finish B．finishesC．has finished D．had finished11．In the Name of People, a popular TV drama, shows a deep ________ on the fight against corruption.A．argument B．themeC．reflection D．impression12．.— I'm really angry at my naughty son. He never listens to me and often is against me.— ____, Ellen. Things will go out.A．It doesn't matter B．Take your timeC．Don't mention it D．Take it easy13．As one of the most popular artists in the US, not only_______ with her hit songs, but has inspired women with her devotion to charity.A．has Beyonce influenced pop culture B．influenced pop culture has Beyonce C．Beyonce has influenced pop culture D．influenced pop culture Beyonce has 14．Acceptance is not about liking a situation. It is about acknowledging all that has been lost and ________ to live with that loss.A．learning B．learnedC．to learn D．having learned15．—Shall we put off the experiment till next week?—______, I don’t think our teacher will be happy with it.A．Never mind B．Sure, go aheadC．Yes, better not D．I’d rather not16．________ your blog, I would have written back two days ago.A．If I read B．Should I readC．Had I read D．If I could have read17．The language in the company’s statement is highly ________, thus making its staff confused.A．ambiguous B．apparentC．appropriate D．aggressive18．—Betty was feeling pretty blue for a while, but she’s better now.—_______.A．Oh, that’s kind of you B．CongratulationsC．Oh, I’m glad to hear tha t D．It’s my pleasure19．More than a quarter of the energy in the United States goes to moving people and goods from one place to another.A．using B．used C．to use D．use20．— Nancy, what classes are you taking this term?— _____ I want to take two English courses, or maybe Spanish.A．What’s up? B．It’s none of your business. C．I’ve no idea. D．I’m not sure yet.第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语 限时训练10
限时训练第一部分：完形填空New genetic analysis has revealed that many Amazon tree species are likely to survive human-made climate warming in the coming century, contrary to previous findings that temperature increases would cause them to die out. A study, 36 in the latest edition of Ecology and Evolution, reveals the 37 age of some Amazonian tree species -- more than 8 million years -- and 38 shows that they have survived previous periods as warm as many of the global warming imagined periods 39 for the year 2100.The authors write that, having survived warm periods in the past, the trees will40 survive future warming, provided there are no other major environmental changes.41 extreme droughts and forest fires will impact Amazonia as temperatures 42 , the trees will stand the direct impact of higher temperatures. The authors 43 that as well as reducing greenhouse gas emissions to minimize the risk of drought and fire, conservation policy should remain 44 on preventing deforestation （采伐森林）for agriculture and mining.The study disagrees with other recent researches which predicted tree species’ extinctions 45 relatively small increases in global average air temperatures.Study co-author Dr Simon Lewis (UCL Geography) said the 46 were good newsfor Amazon tree species, but warned that drought and over-exploitation of the forest remained major 47 to the Amazon’s future.Dr Lewis said: “The past cannot be compared directly with the future. while tree species seem likely to 48 higher air temperatures than today, the Amazon forest is being transformed for agriculture and 49 , and what remains is being degraded by logging, and increasingly split up by fields and roads.“Species will not move as freely in today’s Amazon as they did in previous warm periods, when there was no human 50 . Similarly, today’s climate changeis extremely fast, making comparisons with slower changes in the past 51 .”“With a clearer 52 of the relative risks to the Amazon forest, we 53 that direct human impacts -- such as forest clearances for agriculture or mining-- should remain a key point of conservation policy. We also need more aggressive 54 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to make minimum the risk of drought and fire impacts and 55 the future of most Amazon tree species.”36. A. advertised B. described C. published D. presented37. A. frightening B. surprising C. exciting D.interesting38. A. still B. nevertheless C. however D.therefore39. A. assess B. confirm C. forecast D. promise40. A. particularly B. probably C. merely D. possibly41. A. Since B. Although C. When D. If42. A. rise B. change C. drop D. end43. A. consider B. decide C. guarantee D.recommend44. A. based B. built C. focused D. made45. A. in relation to B. in response to C. in reply to D. in reference to46. A. findings B. thoughts C. inventions D. writings47. A. threats B. disadvantages C. embarrassments D. instructions48. A. accept B. tolerate C. permit D. require49. A. farming B. planting C. catering D. mining50. A. power B. influence C. desire D. violence51. A. difficult B. clear C. easy D. important52. A. belief B. direction C. understanding D. suggestion53. A. doubt B. conclude C. calculate D. prefer54. A. thought B. guidance C. protection D. action55. A. secure B. advance C. sacrifice D. evaluate 第二部分：阅读理解AWe observe today not a victory of party but a celebration of freedom, symbolizing an end as well as a beginning, signifying renewal as well as change for I have sworn before you and Almighty God the same solemn oath our forbears (ancestors) prescribed nearly a century and three-quarters ago.The world is very different now, for man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty and all forms of human life. And yet the same revolutionary beliefs for which our forbears fought are still at issue around the globe, the belief that the rights of man come not from the generosity of the state but from the hand of God. We dare not forget today that we are the heirs（继承人）of that first revolution.Let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe (enemy) alike, that the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans born in this century, tempered by war, disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to disciplined by a hard and bitter peace, proud of our ancient heritage and unwilling to witness or permit the slow undoing of those human rights to which this nation has always been committed, and to which we are committed today at home and around the world.Let every nation know whether it wishes us well or ill that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe, to assure the survival and the success of liberty. This much we pledge (promise solemny) and more.In the long history of the world, only a few generations have been granted the role of defending freedom in its hour of maximum danger. I do not shrink from this responsibility. I welcome it. I do not believe that any of us would exchange places with any other people or any other generation. The energy, the faith, the devotion which we bring to this endeavor will light our country and all who serve it and the glow from that fire can truly light the world.And so, my fellow Americans ask not what your country can do for you; ask whatyou can do for your country. My fellow citizens of the world ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the Freedom of Man.Finally, whether you are citizens of America or citizens of the world, ask of us here the same high standards of strength and sacrifice which we ask of you. With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking His blessing and His help, but knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.56. What should friends and foes know?A. That the United States is powerful.B. That a new generation of Americans are responsible for their government.C. That the United States is governed by liberals.D. The rights of man come from the hand of God.57. What is Kennedy’s promise to the world?A. To support liberty.B. To abolish all forms of human poverty.C. To visit each country at least once.D. To support and friend.BWhat's the one word of advice a well-meaning professional would give to a recent college graduate? China! India! Brazil! How about trade!When the Commerce Department reported last week that the trade deficit (赤字) in June approached $50 billion, it set off a new round of economic doomsaying（末日说）. Imports, which increasedto $200.3 billion in the month, are subtracted in the calculation of gross domestic product. The larger the trade deficit, the smaller the GDP. Should such imbal ances continue, pessimists say, they coul d contribute to slower growth.But there's another way of looking at the trade data. Over the past two years, the figures on imports and exports seem not to signal a double-dip recession – a renewed decline in the broad level of economic activity in the United States –but an economic expansion.The rising volume of trade – more goods and services shuttling in and out of the United States – is good news for many sectors. Companies engaged in shipping, trucking, rail freight, delivery, and logistics (物流) have all been reporting better than expecte d results. The rising numbers shows growing vitality in foreign markets – when we import more stuff, it puts more cash in the hands of people around the world, and U.S. exports are rising because more foreigners have the ability to buy the things we produce and market. The rising tide of trade is also good news for people who work in trade-sensitive businesses, especially those that produce commodities for which global demand sets the price – agricultural goods, mining, metals, oil.And while exports always seem to lag, U.S. companies are becoming more involved in the global economy with each passing month. General Motors sells as many carsin China as in America each month. While that may not do much for imports, it does help GM's balance sheet – and hence makes the jobs o f U.S.-based executives more stable.One great challenge for the U.S. economy is slack domest ic consumer demand. Americans are paying down debt, saving more, and spending more carefully. That's to be expected, given what we've been through. But there's a bigger challenge. Can U.S.-based businesses, large and small, figure out how to get a piece of growing global demand? Unless you want to pick up and move to India, or Brazil, or China, the best way to do that is through trade. It may seem obvious, but it's no longer enough simply to do business with our friends and neighbors here at home.Companies and individuals who don't have a strategy to export more, or to get more involved in foreign markets, or to play a role in global trade, are shutting themselves out of the lion's share of economic opportunity in our world.60. How do pessimists interpret the U.S. trade deficit in June?A. It reflects Americans' preference for imported goods.B. It signifies a change in American economic structure.C. It is the result of America's growing focus on domestic market.D. It could lead to slower growth of the national economy.61. What does the au thor say about the trade data of the past two years?A. It indicates that economic activities in the U.S. have increased.B. It shows that U.S. economy is slipping further into recession.C. It signals decreasing domestic demand for goods and services.D. It reflects the fluctuations in the international market.CA MENTORING (导师制) program is giving life changing opportunities to Banbury youth.Young Inspirations was founded two years ago to provide mentoring sessions for students and unemployed young adults aged 11 to 21.Alex Goldberg, the program's founder, said; "We set up Young Inspirations because we wanted to give young people experiences which will potentially be life changing and broaden their outlook."We try to create work experience opportunities that will really make a difference to our youth. For example, we've secured internships (实习) with world-famous firms such as Honda."At a time of funding cutbacks where schools are finding it more and more difficult to offer this kind of mentoring, it is extremely important that these opportunities are available both to help youth with their school wo rk and grades and to give them opportunities which may help shape their futures. " Kieran Hepburn, 14, is one of a group of Banbury youth who has benefited from the program so far. In October the Banbury School pupil was accompanied by Young Inspirations staff to Paris where he was an observer at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization's (UNESCO) International Youth Forum (论坛)The event was held for young people from around the world, to seek their views on how the future of youth and education should look. Kieran joined several hundred observers mostly in their 20s and was the only UK school pupil to attend the event. Kieran thinks the trip was a life changing experience. " Before we left I didn't quite know what to make of it but when we got there we didn't stop, it was amazing," he said, " We went to three or four hours of debates each day and then did something cultural each afternoon. "The main theme of the forum was how youth can drive change in political and public life. It dealt with issues (问题) such as drug abuse, violence and unemployment.Kieran said: " It has really helped me to improve my confidence and social skills as well as my school grades and I was voted most improved pupil at school in August. "The Young Inspirations mentoring sessions take place each Friday in Banbury. For details visit .64. According to the passage, the forum focused on how youth can ____.A. build up their confidence at schoolB. find work experience opportunitiesC. improve their social skills for the futureD. play an active role in the change of society65. We can learn from the passage that _____.A. the visit to the United Kingdom was amazingB. Kieran has made great progress in many aspectsC. the youth have found a way to solve their problemsD. the mentoring sessions are held every day except Friday66. What would be the best title for the passage?A. Alex Goldberg, Founder of Young InspirationsB. Young People Find a World of OpportunityC. Kieran, Banbury School Pupil to ParisD. Debates Help Youth with Their GradesDIn 1974, after filling out fifty applications, going through four interviews, and winning one offer, I look what I could get —a teaching job at what I considered a distant wild area: western New Jersey. My characteristic optimism was alive only when I reminded myself that I would be doing what I had wanted to do since I was fourteen -- teaching English.School started, but I felt more and more as if I were in a foreign country. Was this rural area really New Jersey? My students have a week off when hunting season began. I was told they were also frequently absent in late October to help their fathers make hay on the farms. I was a young woman from New York City, who thought that “Make hay while the sun shines” just meant to have a good time.But, still, I was teaching English. I worked hard, taking time off only to eat and sleep. And then there was my sixth-grade class -- seventeen boys and five girls who were only six years younger than me. I had a problem long before I knew it. I was struggling in my work as a young idealistic teacher. I wanted to make literature come alive and to promote a love of the written word. The students wanted to throw spitballs and whisper dirty words in the back of the room.In college I had been taught that a successful educator should ignore bad behavior. So I did, confident that, as the textbook had said, the bad behavior would disappear as I gave ray students positive attention. It sounds reasonable, but the text evidently ignored the fact that humans, particularly teenagers, rarely seem reasonable. By the time ray boss, who was also ray taskmaster known to be the strictest, most demanding, most quick to fire inexperienced teachers, came into the classroom to observe me, the students exhibited very little good behavior to praise.My boss sat in the back of the room. The boys in the class were making animal noises, hitting each other while the girls filed their nails or read magazines. I just p retended it all wasn’t happening, and went on lecturing and tried to ask some inspiring questions. My boss, sitting in the back of the room, seemed to be growing bigger and bigger. After twenty minutes he left, silently. Visions of unemployment marched before my eyes.I felt mildly victorious that I got through the rest of class without crying, but at my next free period I had to face him. I wondered if he would let me finish out the day. I walked to his office, took a deep breath, and opened the door.He was sitting in his chair, and he looked at me long and hard. I said nothing. All I could think of was that I was not an English teacher; I had been lying to myself, pretending that everything was fine.When he spoke, he said simply, without accusation, “You had nothing to say to them.”“You had nothing to say to them," he repeated. “No wonder they’re bored. Why not get to the meal of the literature and stop talking about symbolism. Talk with them, not at them. And more important, why do you ignore their bad behavior?” We talked. He named the problems and offered solutions. We role-played. He was the bad student, and I was the forceful, yet, warm, teacher.As the year progressed, we spent many hours discussing literature and ideas about human beings and their motivations. He helped me identify my weaknesses and my strengths. In short, he made a teacher of me by teaching me the reality of Emerson's words: “The secret to education lies in respecting the pupil.”Fifteen years later I still drive that same winding road to the same school. Thanks to the help I received that difficult first year, the school is m y home now.67. It can be inferred from the story that in 1974 ______.A. the writer became an optimistic perso nB. the writer was very happy about her new jobC. it was rather difficult to get a job in the USAD. it was easy to get a teaching job in New Jersey68. According to the passage, which of the following is most probably the writer’s problem as a new teacher?A. She had blind trust in what she learnt at college.B. She didn’t ask experienced teachers for advice.C. She took too much time off to eat and sleep.D. She didn’t like teaching English literature.69. The students behaved badly in the writer's classes because ______.A. they were eager to embarrass herB. she didn't really understand themC. they didn't regard her as a good teacherD. she didn’t have a good command of English70. The taskmaster’s attitude towards the writer after his observation of her class can be best described as ______.A. cruel but encouragingB. fierce but forgivingC. sincere and supportiveD. angry and aggressive第三部分：任务型阅读Born to WinEach human being is born as something unique, something that never existed before. Each person is born with what he needs to win at life. A normal person can see, hear, touch, taste, and think for himself. Each has his own unique potentials---his capabilities and limitations. Each can be an important, thinking, aware, and creatively productive person in his own right---a winner.The words "winner" and "loser" have many meanings. When we refer to a person as a winner, we do not mean one who defeats the other person by dominating and makinghim lose. Instead a winner is one who responds honestly by being trustworthy and responsive, both as an individual and as a member of a society. A loser is one who fails to respond honestly.A winner is not afraid to do his own thinking and to use his own knowledge. He can separate facts from opinion and doesn’t pretend to have all the answers. He listens to others, evaluates what they say, but comes to his own conclusions.A winner is flexib le. He does not have to respond in known, rigid ways. He can change his plans when the si tuation calls for it. A winner has a love for life. He enjoys work, play, food, other people, and the world of nature. Without guilt he enjoys his own accomplishments. Without envy he enjoys the accomplishments of others.A winner cares about the world and its people. He is not separated from the general problems of society. He tries to improve the quality of life. Even in the face of national and international difficulty, he does not see himself as helpless. He does what he can to make the world a better place.Although people are born to win, they are also born totally dependent on their environment. Winners successfully make the change from dependence to independence, losers do not. Somewhere along the line losers begin to avoid becoming independent. This usually begins in childhood. Poor nutrition, cruelty, unhappy relationships, disease, continuing disappointments, and inadequate physical care are among the many experiences that contribute to making people losers.A loser is held back by his low capacity to appropriately express himself through a full range of possible behavior. He may be unaware of other choices for his life if the path he chooses goes nowhere. He is afraid to try new things. He repeats not only his own mistakes and often repeats those of his family and culture.A loser has difficulty giving and receiving love. He does not enter into close, honest, direct relationships with others. Instead, he tries to manipulate them into living up to his expectations and channels his energies into living up to their expectations.71. __________ 72. __________ 73. ___________ 74. __________ 75. __________76. __________ 77. __________ 78. ___________ 79. __________ 80. __________Born to winEach human being is bornto be a winner. Each person has his own 71. _______ qualitiesto be a winner.Being a winner does not mean winning a 72. _______ over the others.An honest 73. _______ makes the differencebetween a winner and a loser.A winner tends to think 74. _______. A winner 75. _______ to situations easily. Everyone ’s accomplishment can bring him76.__________.A winner 77. _______ himself to improving thelife of all people.Each human being is bornto be a winner. Environments 78.__________ losers greatly dueto their unfortunate childhood.A loser 79. _______ the ability to find new ways and repeats mistakes.A loser is poor in 80. _______ love with others.Each human being is bornto be a winner.。
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江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学2014届高三英语一轮复习限时训练14第一节单项填空21. —What have you been busy with these days?—I ______ that the speech contest has been brought forward, so I ______ for it.A. was informed; have been preparingB. have informed; am preparingC. informed; have preparedD. was informed; prepared22. The course that Beijing University offers normally attracts 30 foreign students per year, _______ up to half will be from America.A. in whichB. for whomC. with whichD. of whom23. Cont rary to our ______, the Chinese Men’s Football Team lost to Iraq.A. possessionB. expectationC. identificationD. destination24. —I hear that you have won the lottery.—Not once in my life ______ until now.A. good luck turned upB. turned up good luckC. up turned good luckD. has good luck turned up25. I really can’t ______ with the noise that is going on outside. It is driving me crazy.A. come upB. put upC. push aheadD. get through26. Knowing office rules, whether ______ or not, is always of great importance, especially for young job seekers.A. writtenB. writingC. being writtenD. having been written27. When my parents were young, they had to ______ several miles every day to school since they had no money to buy a bike.A. occupyB. coverC. getD. make28. This year the company has produced as many cars as the year before last, but the total profits are four-fifths ______ they were then.A. thatB. whatC. whichD. when29. When we put the suggestion to him, he thought highly of it and was ______ about its immediate application.A. curiousB. contentC. cautiousD. enthusiastic30. The time he has devoted in the past ten years ________the disabled is now considered _______of great value.A. to help; beingB. help; to beC. to helping; to beD. helping; being31. All the government leaders and policemen in Thailand must see to ______ that every citizen should stay safe and sound in the terrible flood.A. allB. everythingC. itD. themselves32. —Bad news?—If you ______ know, Li Na got defeated again in the first round!A. canB. willC. shallD. must第二节：完形填空In 1982, I was a young marketing person in a company in Mumbai. I had a very senior colleague named Paul, who taught me how to 36 marketing effectively and how to deal with life 37 .It was one of those 38 days…management, sales calls, planning my travel schedule, booking hotels, arranging appointments and the 39 was endless. By the end of the day, I was not only exhausted but was getting 40 . It was at this time that Paul invited me to his house to have a rest.We made our way to Paul’s house. Although 41 after a day’s hard work, I was excited to chat with Paul and 42 his rich experience in marketing. As we entered his house 43 the main door, Paul started singing his favourite song, I have a dream. I was in no 44 to listen to his song. I only wanted to hear about how he handled 45 sales calls.As I leaned over Paul’s shoulder to tell him that, two young girls walked up to Paul and hugged him. They couldn’t walk steadily, and neither could they talk 46 , but their faces were full of 47 and they also sang a song: No mummy’s kisses only daddy’s smiles; nobody wants us, and daddy hugs us tonight.I was watching what was going on, totally 48 in the beautiful singing, when Paul tapped me on the shoulder and asked me to sit down. 49 to know, I asked Paul who these girls were. To my 50 , Paul told me they were his daughters and they were born as “ 51children” (mentally disabled). His wife died and he was both Mother and Father to them.I was moved to tears. In the office, no one knew what Paul was 52 in his personal life. He never looked for 53 from his friends and colleagues. On the contrary, he always helped us at the office. And being head of the Department, he always 54 us to move forward in life.Paul’s life has been a great 55 to me. If a man can smile through these troubles, nothing can prevent him from achieving success in work or life.36. A. do B. reduce C. learn D. handle37. A. calmly B. cheerfully C. hurriedly D. quickly38. A. busy B. happy C. pleasant D. worrying39. A. call B. event C. list D. order40. A. disappointed B. excited C. refreshed D. annoyed41. A. worried B. tired C. discouraged D. ashamed42. A. share B. celebrate C. collect D. improve43. A. for B. into C. through D. with44. A. condition B. mood C. patience D. situation45. A. grateful B. expensive C. unlucky D. troublesome46. A. properly B. freely C. actively D. slowly47. A. fear B. scars C. smiles D. tears48. A. caught B. lost C. stuck D. trapped49. A. Curious B. Keen C. Strange D. Stubborn50. A. disappointed B. joy C. relief D. surprise51. A. talented B. naughty C. special D. homeless52. A. coming across B. going through C. dealing with D. putting on53. A. sympathy B. opinions C. requirement D. friendship54. A. allowed B. trained C. forced D. encouraged55. A. confusion B. challenge C. inspiration D. impression第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AChildren’s Storybooks and Tales: This site is dedicated to Children’s Story Books and how to tell Children’s Stories. If you enjoy a child’s story or have kids of your own then please browse (浏览) this site to find some great stories and how to read them.The Cat in the Hat---Dr. SeussIn the first book featuring the character (The Cat in the Hat, 1957), the Cat brings chaos (混乱) to a household of two young children on one rainy day while their mother is out. Bringing with him two creatures appropriately named Thing One and Thing Two, the Cat performs all sorts of tricks to amuse the children, with mixed results. The Cat’s tricks are vainly opposed by the family pet, who is a conscious goldfish. The children (Sally and her older brother) finally prove good ones, capturing the Things and bringing the Cat under control. He cleans up the house on his way out, disappearing seconds before the mother comes back.The Famous Fire---Enid BlytonThe Famous Fire is Enid Blyton’s most popular and celebrated series of children’s books. The sequence (顺序) began life in 1942, when the first book, Fire on a Treasure Island was published and it has won great praise from both fans and critics. The series has gone on to become amongst the best-loved stories ever to have been written for children.Tom and Pippo in the Garden---Helen OxenburyIn 1988 Helen Oxenbury created a series of books featuring Tom, a naughty young boy, and his beloved stuffed monkey, Pippo. Ms. Oxenbury remarked that Tom was very much like her s on “when he was a little boy”. Like Tom, her son would often blame his misdeeds on his trusted buddy, the friendly family dog.The BFG---Roald DahlThe story is about an orphan girl named Sophie. One night when Sophie cannot sleep during the “witching hour” and sees a giant blowing something into bedroom windowsdown the street. The giant sees her, and although she tries to hide in the bed, he reaches through the window and carries her away to his home.56. It can be inferred from the The Cat in the Hat that ________.A. the goldfish likes to keep company with the catB. all tricks performed by the cat are not amusingC. Sally has to clean up the house before her mother comes backD. the cat finally takes control of the Things57. From the book Tom and Pippo in the Garden, we know ________.A. Pippo is a naughty dog causing trouble in the familyB. Tom likes to keep a pet dog at homeC. Ms. Oxenbury complained about her son’s dishonestyD. Pippo always gets the blame for everything that goes wrong58. According to the book The BFG, “the witching hour” may refer to a time ________.A. when magic things can happenB. when a girl can’t fall asleepC. when a person dreams a nightmareD. when a child can be taken away59. For whom is the passage most likely intended?A. Children.B. Parents.C. Teachers.D. Writers.BThere are four types of persons who go to work part-time. These include retirees who want a bit more income or socialization, parents who want to spend more time with their children, college and high school students and temporary agency workers who want more experience. Many people enjoy the advantages of working part-time, but benefits are rarely offered to part-time employees.Most people are hoping for health insurance and retirement benefits when taking a job. Traditionally, companies only offer benefits to employees who work 30 hours or more a week. This is only a 25% reduction in hours, so it doesn’t free up a lot of time for the employee who needs part-time hours. Even when a part-timer is offered health benefits, he is rarely offered paid time off and retirement benefits. Dental benefits are almost never offered to part-time employees.Many businesses hire part-time employees for the simple reason of saving money. If they work less than a certain number of hours, the employers don’t need to pay for benefits. There are companies, however, that are beginning to offer benefits to part-time employees. This includes benefits for health, paid time off and retirement plans. Some companies have begun to offer this in order to take in high quality, trained professionals who just want part-time hours. If a company wants a qualified employee, it will have to compete with other companies. People who may only want to work part-time may be forced to take a full-time job to get the benefits. Companies who offer benefits to part-timers have an advantage by offering more choices to their employees in terms of hours.Conducting an Internet search is probably the quickest way to find companies that provide benefits for part-time employees. Many large corporations like Starbucks, Barnes & Noble and Whole Foods offer benefits to part-time employees among other things. Look for companies that offer a team approach to their employees. Employees are givenchoices and part of decision-making in the business. Businesses that allow employee input are more likely to offer benefits to part-timers.60. People prefer to work part-time mainly because they __________.A. don’t want to spend more time on workB. have so many household and social affairsC. hope to have more money, time and experienceD. only expect to make more friends61. From the second paragraph we can learn that part-timers _______.A. can enjoy as many benefits as full-timersB. prefer retirement benefits to health insuranceC. often retire without enjoying any benefitD. often enjoy fewer benefits than full-timersCIf you are looking for an animal to take the title of “most violent fish in the sea”, then the tiger puffer (河豚) fish would have to be a strong contestant. Not only is it deadly poisonous --- though that doesn’t stop people trying to eat it --- but it is also able to scare off enemies by inflating itself to become much larger than normal, when it is young it even chews on its own brothers and sisters.Tiger puffer fish attach their eggs to rocks near the bottom of the sea, often at the mouths of bays. Then the larvae (幼鱼) move to the entries of rivers and lakes once they have grown a little. Then, having put on a lot of weight, they head out to sea. There’s no innocent childhood for the puffer fish, as Shin Oikawa of Kyushu University in Japan and his colleagues found out when they put the larvae of tiger puffer fish in the lab and monitored them for two months. They found that the larvae went through three steps in which their metabolic(新陈代谢) rates increased dramatically when they reached body weights of 0.002g, 0.01g, and 0.1g. When a larva went through one of these steps, its behaviour also changed. For instance, once a larva had passed the first level it would have grown its first tooth and could start attacking larvae that had not yet reached that stage. Similarly, any larva that had reached the 0.01g or 0.1g levels would start attacking lighter larvae.The researchers noted that the baby fish had a “relatively small mouth”, so rather than swallowing their brothers and sisters whole, they would bite pieces out of them. Despite this limitation, the fish caused plenty of deaths --- up to 12 per cent of the deaths that happened in the lab each day.Those fish that grew fast enough to be able to chew on their fellows had an advantage.The extra food accelerated their growth and development. Tiger puffer fish are likely to be faster and swifter, so they can deal better with enemies.As the name suggests, puffer fish can inflate to make themselves seem much larger than they really are, thus scaring off enemies. They do this by filling their stomachs, which are extremely elastic(弹性的), with water. If that’s not enough of a threat, the tiger puffer fish --- like most of the other puffer fish in the family --- carries a deadly toxin(毒素). Eat one puffer fish and the poison will paralyse (瘫痪) your muscles, including the muscles responsible for breathing, so death is usually caused by a lack of oxygen. Famously, the fish is a delicacy in Japan, where highly qualified chefs produce dishes that contain the safe level of the poison. Interestingly, the puffer fish does not go to the trouble of producing the poison itself. Instead, it hosts bacteria (细菌) that produce the stuff. It obtains these bacteria from its diet, so the youngest adult fish are not poisonous.64. All of the following statements account for the violence of puffer fish except that_____.A. they are very difficult to catchB. they can become larger to threaten enemies awayC. they kill their younger companions as they grow upD. they are deadly poisonous65. We can learn from the second paragraph that puffer fish _____.A. can only grow to a weight of 0.1gB. do not change their behavior as they grow upC. like to find a safe place to hatch the next generationD. begin to grow teeth when they reach the third level66. Where does the poison in the puffer fish’s body come from?A. Its inner organs.B. The air it breathes in.C. The diet it eats.D. The bacteria around it.67. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Puffer fish can only produce poison when they face danger.B. People like eating puffer fish even though they are poisonous.C. The larvae are more aggressive than adult puffer fish.D. Young puffer fish taste better than adult puffer fish.第四部分：任务型阅读Children who grow up with self-control and the understanding of others’ needs will be happy and successful adults in the future, according to Dr. Cleen Kelly Mast, an expert on children’s health. The key to raising a successful child comes from realizing what true happiness is.For a person to be truly happy, he or she should learn to form the habits of self- discipline and generosity. Parents must help their children reach this point by e mphasizing the development of virtue and the advantage of forming good habits. “We have wonderful support systems through our schools,” Dr. Mast said, “but they are just support systems. The school cannot make up for what is lacking at home.” According to Dr. Mast, family life is well suited to educate children in virtuous living and the development of what she calls a “fine-tune” conscience, which bringshappy feelings.So how can busy parents help children fine-tune their conscience? Dr. Mast suggested parents stop blaming and criticizing their children and teach them the skills of self-discipline through concrete actions.However, a good example from parents is not enough. Children must become engaged in their own development. Parents can help children achieve that by making them realize that they are responsible for their actions, and they can stop protecting their children from painful experiences as well. Good discipline is not just making children resign themselves to parents’ requests. “Parents must encourage them with more than ‘Because I said so’,” said Dr. Mast. Besides, orderliness and organization is quite important for children to achieve self-discipline.Parents need to work on developing their children’s habits of generosity and kindness to ot hers. “Help your child and yourself think about kind thoughts of others, while pushing out negative thoughts,” said Dr. Mast. She also suggested parents find their children’s nature by analyzing the way they react to situations or to others. And it is also considered helpful to have them develop the habit of reviewing the day nightly, with a focus on correcting their own particular faults.But life is not all work and no play. All have the right to enjoy life. As parents, it is your duty to help your children form good habits and let them have fun whilewhich leads to (80). ________ the success of the childrenin the future.限时训练1 4。
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江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学2014届高三英语一轮复习限时训练8第一部分：完形填空My wife and I were walking through the parking lot at the supermarket the other day. We noticed a huge truck 1 about a foot into the next parking space. There was plenty of roomin its own space, 2 the driver had chosen to park very poorly and made sure that 3 could use the space next to his.My first 4 was “Why do people act like such idiots (白痴)?”“What a 5 that people have to do things like that,” my wife said.I stopped and looked around at the rest of the parking lot. There were at least five hundred6 and 99% of them were parked well. Their drivers had shown the7 necessary to park ina way that still 8 other people to park.“Think about it,” I said. “Only one 9 parks poorly a nd we start using ‘people’ to describe the driver.” The 10 of the matter is that we forget about the thousands of people who 11 themselves when we see one person doing something ‘rude’?I’ve been 12 for many years, and the percentage of good drivers is always 13than the percentage of poor drivers. “People” don’t necessarily drive poorly, but individuals do.My wife and I almost didn’t 14 the many cars that were parked well because the car that was parked poorly caught our 15 . It is true that we’re far less 16 to see the positive side of things if we keep 17 on the negative. Once we fall into this trap, how many of the wonderful things in the world will we 18 ?Our lives are ours to live, and the 19 we see our world is up to us. Remember: the rude person truly is a(n) 20 , and not really worth the time or effort we spend thinking about him or her.1. A. hung B. repaired C. parked D. prevented2. A. when B. but C. because D. so3. A. somebody B. anybody C. all D. nobody4. A. conclusion B. request C. response D. sight5. A. shame B. mistake C. wonder D. pity6. A. drivers B. rooms C. people D. cars7. A. politeness B. satisfaction C. cleverness D. respect8. A. refused B. warned C. asked D. allowed9. A. group B. individual C. part D. kind10. A. result B. truth C. reason D. purpose11. A. behave B. believe C. perform D. enjoy12. A. driving B. traveling C. teaching D. thinking13. A. fewer B. larger C. more D. smaller14. A. notice B. watch C. discover D. admire15. A. care B. worry C. breath D. attention16. A. willing B. likely C. anxious D. eager17. A. focusing B. relying C. putting D. carrying18. A. destroy B. value C. miss D. desire19. A. attitude B. way C. model D. method20. A. problem B. question C. exception D. example第二部分：阅读理解AThe world’s biggest technology company Apple has reported full year results, showing net profit for the year to 25 September at $25.9bn (£16.5bn), up 85% from the previous year.Even that was not enough to satisfy Wall Street, with the shares falling nearly 5% in after-hours trading.There was some disappointment among customers with the fourth quarter of the year, when no major new products were released.It is the first set of results since the death of co-founder Steve Jobs.In the fourth quarter of the year, Apple sold 17.1 million iPhones, which was a 21% increase on the same period last year, and 11.1 million iPads, which was a 166% increase, with the sales of the iPod video being better than the expectations in general.But analysts had been expecting iPhone sales of 20 million in the quarter.Apple said sales were hurt in September by customers waiting for the new product, the iPhone 4S, which was released on 14 October.It sold four million of the new models in the first three days after launch.“The numbers came in weak. They need to set records every time they report to keep up the momentum,” said Colin Gillis, analyst at BGC Partners.Apple sold 4.9 million Mac computers in the quarter — up 27% over the same period last year. “The numbers are actually quite good. The reason why the stock is off —I think some of the analysts got carried away,” said Shaw Wu, a nalyst at Sterne Agee.21. According to the passage, the newest product that have been released by Apple Company up to now is the .A. iPhoneB. iPadsC. iPhone 4SD. iPod videoBHow old is “old”?How old is “old”? The answer has changed over the years. Two hundred years ago, you were old at 35. That was the average life span(寿命) then. At the turn of last century, as medical knowledge advanced, the average life span increased to 45. In 1950, 70-year-olds were finally old. Today, a healthy 75-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.So, how old is old? The answer is one you’ve heard many times, from all sorts of people. “You are as old (or young) as you feel.” The calendar simply tells you how many years you have lived. Your b ody tells you how well you’ve lived.“Youth”, wrote a writer, “is not a time of life – it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old by living a number of years; people grow old by deserting their ideals.”Old is a point of view. Alice Brophy, when she was with New York commission for the Aging, said, “It annoys me when people say, ‘Gee, you look young for your age.’ What does that mean? Is there some model that you’re supposed to look a certain way at 65 and 75 and 85? You know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80.There are many myths(无事实根据的观点) about aging. These myths misled people on the basis of age. Here are some of the more common myths and the facts.Myth: Most older people are in poor health.Fact: Not so. There are neither biological nor physiological reasons to connect poor health with growing older. Older people are more likely to be affected with illness and physical disabilities than you are, but old age itself is not a disease. It is possible to remain physically fit throughout your life. Myth: When you get old, you become senile(衰老).Facts: Older minds can be as bright as young minds. Senility is a sign of disease; it is not part of the normal aging process. In a 1985 study of men ages 20, 40, 60, and 80 years, no evidence was found to indicate that aging was associated with an unavoidable decline in intellectual performance, in generally healthy people.Myth: Older people are rigid, unable to change.Fact: Older people are as flexible as young and middle-aged people. Despite the great stress they deal with – death of loved ones or job, financial, and family problems – they deal with them rather well. Older people give up smoking and break other bad habits just as successfully as younger people.24.What is the average life span in 1900?A. 45B. 35C. 70D. 7525. This article is mainly about .A. the average life spanB. how people view agingC. old people’s lifeD. myths of older peopleCHundreds of camps are seeking staff. Check out the following camps!Camp Matoaka:Camp Matoaka is a private one, a seven-week summer camp for girls, located on the beautiful East Pond Lake in Smithfield, Maine. Campers range in ages from 7—15 and come from across theUnited States. A majority of our campers as well as many staff return each summer to a place they call “home”.Contact Information: Phone: 207-362-2500 Email: Jason@Jobs: Job 1: Tennis Trainer；Job 2: Landsports Counselor(顾问); Job 3: Wakeboarding TrainerCamp TakajoCamp Takajo is located in the Sebago Lakes region of southern Maine in the town of Naples. The camp grounds are surrounded with towering pines. The surrounding countryside is featured by beautiful lakes and green forests. Camp Takajo is an eight-week summer camp for boys.Contact Information: Phone: 800-250-8252 Email: takajostaff@Jobs: Job 1: Lifeguard Job 2: Swimming Trainer Job 3: Baseball TrainerCamp LaurelLocated in Maine’s Central Lakes Region, Camp Laurel has 150 acres of well-preserved woodlands with its 2,000 feet of natural shoreline and a beautiful sandy beach. It is a summer camp offering children a seven-week camp. Each year, Camp Laurel welcomes 240 boys and 240 girls from all over the United States. The campers range in age from 7 to 15. The return rate for campers is excellent. Many campers follow older brothers and sisters to camp.Contact Information: Phone: 207-685-445 Email: staff@Jobs: Job 1: Head of Baseball Job 2: Driving Staff Job 3: Head of DanceTripp Lake CampTripp Lake Camp is located in Portland, Maine. We are a traditional seven-week local summer camp for girls aged 8 to 16. There are approximately 330 girls. Tripp Lake employs 135 counselors to work directly with campers. If you love children, the outdoors and are warm a nd caring we’d welcome an application from you.Contact Information: Phone: 207-998-4347 Email: nancy@ Jobs: Job 1: Water Skiing Trainer Job 2: Swim Trainer Job 3: Tennis Trainer28. What is the purpose of the passage?A. To offer some job opportunities.B. To introduce several famous camps.C. To instruct people how to choose camps.D. To encourage children to have a camp experience.29. If Mr John would like his son to attend an all-boy camp for two months, he should phone .A. 207-998-4347B. 800-250-8252C. 207-362-2500D. 207-685-494530. If Mary, a dance teacher, is looking for a part-time job during the summer holiday, which address would you recommend her to send her application to?A. takajostaff@ SB. Jason@C. staff@D. nancy@31. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Camp Takajo is a seven-week winter camp.B. Camp Matoaka welcomes girls from across the world.C. Applicants for positions at Tripp Lake Camp must be female.D. Campers at Camp Laurel can enjoy themselves playing on a sandy beach.DScientists have made sure that most of the overweight people who try to lose weight by cutting calories or exercising will return to their former size．Fewer than 10 percent of the 12 million British people who go on a diet each year succeed in losing significant amounts of weight and most of those who do put on all weight again within a year．The study of 25，000 people provides further evi dence of the popularity of ‘yo-yo dieting’ where people on a diet get into a cycle of losing weight and regaining it．The scientists，from the Medical Research Council’s National Survey of Health and Development，have concluded it is better to avoid getting fat at the beginning．They followed 5,362 men and women from their birth in 1946 and 20，000 from birth in 1958，measuring their weight and blood pressure and judging their lifestyles．The researchers found both groups began gaining weight in the 1980s and have steadily increased in size ever since．Dr Rebecca Hardy，the council’s programme leader on body size，said：“Once people become overweight，they continue upwards．They hardly ever go back down．They may lose some weight but very few get back to normal. The best policy is to prevent people becoming overweight．For men weight goes up steadily through life. For women it starts slowly and accelerates in the mid-thirties．”But the study’s findings do not mean dieting is pointless，as eating less and taking more exercise can increase fitness and lower blood pressure．In 2009，a quarter of adults and 14 percent of children were obese(过度肥胖的)，according to the Department of Health’s latest Health Survey for England．It has been predicted that 60 percent of us will be obese by 2050，leading to even more cases of diabetes，heart disease and cancer．Experts said we are programmed to put on weight rather than lose it．Dieting can make this tendency worse as decreasing calorie intake causes the body to go into starvation mode and reduce the amount of energy it naturally expends，making it even harder to lose weight．32．According to Dr Rebecca Hardy，which of the following is TRUE?A. It is easier for men to lose weight than women．`B. Once people lose weight，they never put on weight again．C. Never to become fat is the best way of keeping a good shape．D. The fact that fat people keep their weight upwards is unusual．33．The author says “the study’s findings do not mean dieting is pointless” because ．A. the study lacks believable factsB. obese people are confident in losing weightC. dieting can never make a few people lose weightD. dieting and sports help to keep people free from some diseases34．From the last paragraph，we can learn that .A. decreasing calorie intake makes it even harder to lose weightB. the idea that people lose weight with mechanisms is practicalC. being overweight is a lasting problem through the human historyD. by 2050 more and more people will have got unfit because of losing weight35．Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?A. Which is better: cutting calories or exercising?B. Fat people can’t really keep the weight off.C. A new study on people’s health.D. How to go on a healthy diet.第三部分任务型阅读请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学2025届高三第三次测评英语试卷含解析
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学2025届高三第三次测评英语试卷考生须知：1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。
选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。
2．请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。
3．保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。
第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．—The new machines have arrived and are being tested in the workshop.—I’m glad we _____ them in the years ahead.A．will be operating B．have been operatingC．would be operating D．had been operating2．－Could you possilby take to the railway station tomorrow?A．No way B．Never mind C．Not at all D．No problem3．The film Mei Lanfang, Li Ming plays the starring role,has again drawn the world’s attention to our traditional Chinese art.A．what B．that C．which D．where4．Please ________ your ashes before it fails on the carpet.A．cut off B．knock offC．get off D．drop off5．You are supposed to leave your child ________ his homework alone.A．do B．to doC．being done D．done6．— Don't put the waste on the ground, young man.— Oh, I'm sorry. I ______ the dustbin there.A．hadn't seen B．haven’t seenC．didn't see D．wasn't seeing7．I refuse to accept the blame for something ________ was someone else's fault.A．who B．thatC．as D．what8．——Your argument is .I will not let you pass.--Are you kidding?A．sound B．rationalC．liberal D．plain9．he newly-discovered star was named _____ a Chinese astronomer ________his contributions to astronomy. A．for; in favor of B．after; in honor ofC．by; in memory of D．as; in praise of10．It’s impossible for all the people to get jobs because ______of them is not fit for them.A．every one B．allC．not all D．none11．A fireworks display was organized ________ the Queen’s birthday.A．to mark B．markedC．having marked D．being marked12．In my opinion,_____ sho uldn’t be any doubt that China will become one of the most powerful countries in the near future．A．this B．that C．it D．there13．—Could you check my list to see I have forgotten anything?—No problem.A．whether B．whichC．that D．what14．—“Do you mind if I look at your notes?”—“Of course not. _______.”A．No problem B．Be my guest C．With pleasure D．Not at all15．______ to nuclear radiation, even for a short time, may influence genes in human bodies.A．Having exposed B．Being exposedC．To expose D．Exposed16．Mr. Wilson is a man of patience and kindness, and his good temper never ______ him.A．fails B．disappointsC．controls D．worries17．By the side of the teaching building of our school _____, which was completed in 2009.A．there standing the library B．does the library standC．the library stands D．stands the library18．This restaurant has become popular for its wide ______ of foods that suit all tastes and pockets.A．production B．offerC．range D．division19．I t hink you’ve got to the point a change is needed , otherwise you’ll fail .A．when B．which C．where D．there20．—I heard they went skiing in the mountains last winter.—It true because there was little snow there.A．may be not B．won’t be C．couldn’t b e D．mustn’t be第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。
江苏省泰兴市三中2024学年高三下学期开学摸底联考英语试题试卷含解析
江苏省泰兴市三中2024学年高三下学期开学摸底联考英语试题试卷考生须知：1．全卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，全部在答题纸上作答。
选择题必须用2B铅笔填涂；非选择题的答案必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔写在“答题纸”相应位置上。
2．请用黑色字迹的钢笔或答字笔在“答题纸”上先填写姓名和准考证号。
3．保持卡面清洁，不要折叠，不要弄破、弄皱，在草稿纸、试题卷上答题无效。
第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．Experience is a hard teacher because she ________ the test first, the lesson afterwards.A．gives B．has given C．was giving D．would give2．Kimberly ______ an article, so don’t disturb her.A．would write B．writes C．wrote D．is writing3．Mary nearly missed the flight doing too much shopping.A．in need of B．on top ofC．in front of D．as a result of4．After the argument Colin ran away and______since.A．Isn’t heard of B．wasn’t heard ofC．hasn’t been heard of D．hadn’t been heard of5．In order to make my composition clearer and smoother, my teacher asked me to _________ the unnecessary words and sentences.A．leave alone B．leave behindC．leave off D．leave out6．The earthquake in Japan, measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale, was so violent _______ cause a series of explosions of the nuclear reactors in several power stations.A．to B．that C．as to D．as that7．If the new safety system _______ to use, the accident would never have happened.A．had been put B．were put C．should be put D．would be put8．The Japanese suffering from the worst natural disasters .A．are; ever since B．are; of all timeC．is; ever since D．is; of all time9．I’d never wondered before whether or not he was kid-friendly. With one glance, I quickly that he probably wasn’t. A．agreed B．reportedC．explained D．decided10．After nine years working to protect Siberian tigers, Yang Jun _____ his efforts recognized at the annual award ceremony in Beijing where he was named a "wildlife protector".A．had B．had hadC．has had D．has11．—All the containers have been unloaded! Can it have been done by Frank?—Impossible! He ________ his car last night.A．has fixed B．had fixed C．would fix D．was fixing12．“It might have saved me a lot of money”, Mr. Chen sighed, “________ timely from the stock market this July”. A．did I withdraw B．should I withdrawC．have I withdrawn D．had I withdrawn13．For some time the discussion went with no one saying word. Alice finally broke.Silence.A．a; the B．the;a C．a; 不填D．the; 不填14．“ ________ I went through ups and downs in life，” Gordon said, “I never found the importance of beingselfdisciplined as well as the significance of life.”A．If B．SinceC．Until D．Unless15．This is the first time that your parents have been abroad, ______?A．haven’t they B．hasn’t it C．aren’t they D．isn’t it16．---Mum, can you tell me why some parents send their children to study abroad at a very young age?---__________, darling. I have never thought about it.A．Y ou have got me there B．Take your timeC．Y ou bet D．Don’t be silly17．More wild tigers have been seen in the forest around this area, ____ there used to be very few.A．when B．where C．what D．which18．It is difficult for any of us to eat better, exercise more, and sleep enough,______ we know we should.A．because B．even ifC．unless D．before19．Hawking believes the earth is unlikely to be the only planet _____ life has developed gradually.A．that B．whyC．where D．whose20．Chinese President Hu Jintao called for an immediate cease-fire in Libya _____ an even worse humanitarian crisis in the country at the BRICS Summit in Hainan Province.A．to prevent B．to have prevented C．preventing D．having prevented第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。
2025届江苏省泰兴市三中高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷含解析
2025届江苏省泰兴市三中高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷注意事项1．考生要认真填写考场号和座位序号。
2．试题所有答案必须填涂或书写在答题卡上，在试卷上作答无效。
第一部分必须用2B 铅笔作答；第二部分必须用黑色字迹的签字笔作答。
3．考试结束后，考生须将试卷和答题卡放在桌面上，待监考员收回。
第一部分（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）1．He insisted what he did _______ right and that anyone who broke laws ________．A．was ; be punished B．be ; was punishedC．was; was punished D．be ; be punished2．People crowd into ________ cherry trees are blooming, appreciating the fresh spring sight.A．what B．whenC．which D．where3．—Good morning. May I help you?—No, thank you. I’m j ust looking around.—________A．It’s up to you.B．How are you feeling today?C．Thanks for coming to see me. D．Take your time then.4．The affairs of each country should be by its own people.A．elected B．settledC．developed D．contained5．—It’s too complex, I think．—________. So we’d better make it easier for students to get involved．A．That’s ridiculous B．That’s the pointC．That’s settled D．That’s all right6．I think her opinion _________, because she is an experienced teacher.A．number B．calculatesC．figures D．counts7．—What about your self-drive trip yesterday?—Tiring! The road was being widened, and we ________ a rough ride.A．had B．haveC．would have D．have had8．He was admitted to Harvard University, ________ was just what his parents expected.A．who B．whichC．what D．where9．The news was a terrible blow to her, but she ______the shock soon．A．got out B．got over C．got off D．got through10．It was a difficult job for him. He had tried everything but it made little ________.A．use B．goodC．difference D．result11．They are smiling. There ______ much trouble solving the problem.A．couldn’t be B．mustn’t beC．can’t have been D．mustn’t have been12．—Did you watch the basketball match yesterday?—Yes，I did.You know，my brother ________ in the match.A．is playing B．was playingC．has played D．had played13．Our country has launched a campaign to ban smoking in public places, which with some heavy smokers. A．concerns B．was concernedC．concerned D．is concerned14．Taking targeted measures to help people lift themselves out of poverty, _____has been predicted, is fruitful. A．what B．whichC．as D．that15．A quick review of successes and failures at the end of year will help ________ you year ahead.A．sharpen B．switchC．stretch D．shape16．Mary nearly missed the flight doing too much shopping.A．in need of B．on top ofC．in front of D．as a result of17．Although Jane agrees with me on most points, there was one on which she was unwilling to ______.A．give out B．give inC．give away D．give off18．China's Beidou Navigation Satellite System has started providing global services, ________ to become complete around 2020.A．being scheduled B．scheduled C．to schedule D．scheduling19．．When he goes out, he often wears sunglasses _______nobody can recognize him．A．so that B．now that C．in case D．as though20．— What do you want to do next? We have half an hour until the basketball game.— _____. Whatever you want to do is fine with me.A. It’s up to you B．Glad to hear thatC．Y ou can’t miss it D．It just depends第二部分阅读理解（满分40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。
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语一轮复习 书面表达专项训练5
要求：1、词数：150 左右； 2、可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3、开头已经给出，不计入总词数。 As middle school students, we have all taken examinations of different types and ___ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语一轮复习 限时训练7
限时训练第一部分完形填空For most people, graduation is an exciting day, but my graduation day was not.I remember that weekend two years ago. Family and friends had flown in from across the country to 1 the celebration. But just like everyone else in my class, I had watched the 2 turn from bad to worse in my senior year. Almost all of us graduates had degrees, but very uncertain 3 . The weeks ahead weren’t 4 . I knew my small university town couldn’t offer me any opportunities, 5 I packed up my car and drove to Southern California to find work. But what I thought would take a 6 dragged into two, and then four, and 100 job applications later, I found myself in the exact same 7 as I was before.You know that feeling when you wake up in 8 ? That feeling became a constant in my life. Days felt like weeks, weeks like months, and those many months felt like everlasting 9 . And the most annoying part was no matter how much I tried, I just couldn’t seem to make any 10 .So what did I do to keep my good sense? I decided to 11 . Something about putting words on a page made everything seem a little clearer —a little brighter. Something about writing gave me 12 . And if you want something badly enough, sometimes a little hope is all you 13 !I put my 14 into a children’s book. Beyond the River was the story of an unlikely hero, a little fish, who 15 to give up his dream.And then one day, without any sort of writing degree or contacts in the writing world — just a lot of hard work and determination — I was offered a 16 contract (合同) for my first book! After that, things slowly began to fall into 17 . I was offered a second book deal. Then, a few months later, I got an interview with the Walt Disney Company and was 18 shortly after.Don’t give up. Even if things look 19 now, don’t give up. If you work hard, things will always get better. Often times our dreams lie in wait just a little further upstream ... all we need is the 20 to push beyond the river.1. A. attend B. hold C. prepare D. enjoy2. A. environment B. economy C. opportunity D. climate3. A. choice B. danger C. desire D. future4. A. quiet B. busy C. easy D. long5. A. so B. but C. for D. or6. A. day B. week C. month D. year7. A. town B. direction C. situation D. habit8. A. surprise B. fear C. delight D. peace9. A. glory B. complaint C. love D. pain10. A. appointment B. progress C. commitment D. decision11. A. read B. think C. write D. paint12. A. hope B. wisdom C. pleasure D. inspiration13. A. lack B. find C. bury D. need14. A. disapproval B. disagreement C. dissatisfaction D. disadvantage15. A. refused B. managed C. failed D. decided16. A. writing B. translating C. publishing D. reviewing17. A. ruin B. place C. pieces D. despair18. A. rewarded B. paid C. fired D. hired19. A. different B. unimportant C. strange D. tough20. A. courage B. chance C. time D. dream第二部分阅读理解AMillions of British people have ditched the traditional ‘thank you’ and replaced it with the less formal ‘cheers’, according to a survey.Although the average person will say ‘thank you’ nearly 5,000 times a year, one in three are more likely to throw in a ‘cheers’ or ‘ta’ where it’s needed, rather than risk sounding old fashioned.One in 20 now say ‘nice one’ instead, while younger generations are more likely to offer a ‘cool’ than a ‘thank you’.‘Merci’, ‘fab’ and even ‘gracias’ were also listed as common phrases to use, as was ‘much appreciated’.One in twenty who took part in the survey of 2,000 people by the Food Network UK for Thank You Day, whi ch is marked on November 24, 2011, said a formal ‘thank you’ was now not often needed in everyday conversation. More than one in ten adults said they regularly won’t say thank you if they are in a bad mood.Most people declared that saying thank you was something drilled into them by their parents. A huge 70 percent of those questioned will say thank you to a person’s face without even meaning it, while a fifth avoid saying it when they know they should — on at least two occasions every day.It seems our friends and family get the brunt (压力) of our bad manners with half admitting they’re not good at thanking those closest to them —many justifying (为……辩解) the lack of thanks because their family ‘already know I’m grateful’.When spoken words won’t do, it fall s to a nice text to do the job for most people.A third will still send a handwritten thank-you note —but 45 percent admit it’s been more than six months since they bothered to send one.A quarter of British people say thank you with food, with 23 percent cooking a meal to show their appreciation to someone. Another 15 percent bake a cake.It follows that 85 percent of people will be annoyed at not getting the gratitude (感激) they feel they should receive.24. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?A. Most people express their gratitude to others by buying food for them.B. About fifty percent of people try not to say thank you when they should.C. Most people may feel natural when they fail to receive others’ gratitude.D. Many people think it unnecessary to say thanks to their family members.BTwo talented Sheffield High School pupils have just found out they’ve been shortlisted in the top five of their categories in the new national Ambition AXA Awards.Natalie Chan-Lam (Year 12) and Clare Rees-Zimmerman (Year 11) are both in the running to win a prize that will help them to achieve their ambition. The new national Ambition AXA Awards have been created to recognize excellence in 11—18 year olds. The national awards programme covers five categories: The Arts, Sport, Science, Enterprise and Community. Natalie is up for the Ambition AXA Award for Sport while Clare has earned her top five place in the Ambition Award for the Arts. The Ambition AXA Award for Sport aims to find the young person who thinks they may one day win an Olympic medal. Natalie is a Badminton International who has a long string of singles and double National titles behind her from U11 National Singles Champion (冠军) right through the ages to the latest U17 UK Schools Games, as well as a run of titles won with the England Badminton team over the last few years. Through her achievements in badminton and through her promotion of the sport in school and at club level, Natalie has inspired many other students to take up the sport and badminton is now a major sport at Sheffield High School. Amazingly, she still makes time to play for and coach school teams, encouraging and assisting others to have the opportunity to reach their own level of personal excellence. Natalie’s ambition is to be selected for the Olympics in 2016.The Ambition Award for the Arts is awarded to a young person who dreams of reaching the top in their field. Clare is a remarkable musician who has already, at the age of fifteen, achieved the highest marks ever seen at SHS for grade 8 violin and viola. Clare’s music teacher Val Linnemann says of Cl are, “To me, one of the most outstanding things about Clare is her total willingness to listen and ask intelligent questions. She is patient and good-natured and willing to help with other players.” If she were to receive an Ambition Award, Clare has plans to use this money to enhance (增加) opportunities for others through workshops.If they get enough votes, they’ll make the top three in the country and be one step further towards the top awards. To vote for them, click on this link.25. The Ambition AXA Awards are meant for ________.A. anyone who is the best in one of the five categoriesB. those who are likely to be future stars in certain fieldsC. some pupils who have won great success in certain fieldsD. children who have ambitions in all the five categories26. We can conclude from the passage that Natalie and Clare are both girls with ________.A. belief, patience and confidenceB. courage, curiosity and enthusiasmC. caution, sympathy and experienceD. ability, kindness and achievements27. The main purpose of the passage is ________.A. to introduce the Ambition AXA AwardsB. to tell us what the two girls have doneC. to persuade us to vote for the two girlsD. to inspire more people to win the awardsCThe Importance of Setting Speech GoalsA speech is a wonderful opportunity to inform, persuade or entertain. The best speeches often take on a combination of all three of these components. However, before you can go about the writing of a great speech, it is important to set goals. Goals keep you, your speech and your audiencefocused.What a goal isIn the context of a speech, a goal is the purpose of the speech, and what it hopes to accomplish. For example, the goal of a eulogy (颂歌) might be to celebrate the life of a loved one. The goal of a speech at a political gathering would be to inform the crowd about the political position of a candidate and persuade them to vote and campaign for the candidate in question.Why a goal is importantWithout a goal, a speech is without direction. The goal informs the structure and content of the speech. For example, if a speech’s goal is to convince people that smoking is bad for them, the speech will be structured with persuasive arguments to back up the goal. A speech with a goal of informing the audience will keep the information fair and factual.A goal is incredibly important to the speech’s ability to connect with an audience. If the speaker is unaware of the goal of the speech, the audience will likely be unaware as well. This severely reduces the effectiveness of the message.Aside from informing the audience of the content and structure, a speech’s goal drives the speaker to greater heights. If a speaker is asked to speak on a specific subject, but never establishes the goal, they won’t know where to start in the research, organizing and writing of the speech.___________________________________If you have been charged with (被委以) delivering a speech, establishing a goal can seem difficult at first. There are several things to take into consideration. First, think about who you will be speaking to. The demographic (人口统计) of your audience will likely determine whether you will be able to persuade them, or whether they will be able to sit through. Second, think about the topic itself. If the topic is something controversial, it may worth your while to consider an informative approach to present both sides of the issue. Finally, consider your resources. A speech with an informative or persuasive goal usually requires a great deal of research, and sometimes takes more time to write.28. According to the passage, what three components does the best speech combine?A. Informing, delivering and entertaining.B. Informing, persuading and entertaining.C. Informing, writing and delivering.D. Informing, writing and persuading.DKepler 22b, a planet more like Earth than any yet discovered, has been identified as a potentialfuture home for mankind.Kepler 22b contains both land and water and has temperatures which average around 22℃. It also contains the right atmosphere to potentially support life.It is, however, 600 light years from Earth. The planet, where a year lasts 290 days, was first spotted two years ago.However, NASA scientists using the agency’s Kepler space telescope h ave now concluded that it offers the best hope yet for future human habitation outside the Solar System.One of the key standards for a planet to be habitable is that it remains roughly the right distance from its main star to be neither too cold nor too hot.This range of ideal temperatures is known to scientists as the “Goldilocks” zone, as the temperature is “just right” for life.Bill Borucki, Kepler principal investigator at NASA Ames Research Centre, said: “We have now got good planet confirmation with Kepler 22b. We are certain that it is in the habitable zone and if it has a surface it ought to have a nice temperature.”There are now three planets outside the system, known as exoplanets, which experts believe could potentially be colonised (建殖民地) by future generations.In May, French astronomers identified Gliese 581d, which is far closer at around 20 light years away. It is about six times the mass (质量) of Earth and is one of a family of at least six planets.In August, a team from Switzerland reported that another planet called HD 85512b and 36 light years away seemed to be habitable.The planet is in the constellation of Vela, measuring around 3.6 times the Earth’s mass.According to an online catalogue that indexes bodies outside our solar system, a total of 47 exoplanets and exomoons are potential habitable candidates but not enough research has been done to be sure.32. Whether a planet is suitable for mankind to live on doesn’t depend on ________.A. whether there are proper temperaturesB. whether it is close enough to EarthC. whether there is atmosphere around itD. whether there is land and water on it33. In what way is Kepler 22b like Earth?A. Its mass.B. Its size.C. Its conditions.D. Its shape.34. It can be learnt from the passage that ________.A. Kepler 22b is closer to Earth than Gliese 581dB. Kepler 22b is most likely to be habitable of allC. Kepler 22b’s year lasts longer than the earth’sD. Kepler 22b’s mass is greater than HD 85512b’s35. We can infer from the passage that ________.A. the farther a planet is away from the earth, the more likely it is to be habitableB. the longer a year of a planet lasts, the farther it is away from the Solar SystemC. the smaller mass a planet has than the earth, the less possibly there is water on itD. the more potential habitable exoplanets are found, the more research we should do第三部分任务型阅读请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语一轮复习 限时训练4
限时训练第一部分：完形填空Blind from birth, I have never had the opportunity to see myself and have been completely dependent on the image I create in the eyes of others.There are those who 1 that since I can’t see, I obviously also cannot 2 . Very often people will talk with me at the top of their lungs. Conversely to this, people will also often 3 , assuming that since my eyes don’t work, my ears don’t either. For example, when I go to the airport and ask the ticket agent for 4 to the plane, he or she will always pick up the phone and call a ground hostess in a very low voice. "Hi, Jane, wave got a 76 here." I have concluded that the word " 5 " is not used because they are unwilling to inform me of my condition of which I may not have been previously 6 .On the other hand, others know that of course I can hear, but believe that I can’t talk. Once I became ill and was hospitalized. Immediately after I was 7 , I was wheeled down to the X-ray room. Just at the door sat an elderly woman(judging from her voice) asked the orderly(护工) who had been wheeling me:" What is your name?" “What’s your name?” the orderly 8 to me. "Harold Krents", I replied. "Harold Krents", he repeated. "When was he born?" "When were you born?"…This continued for about five minutes before I finally interrupted, "Look, this is absolutely 9 . OK, I can’t see, but it’s go to become pretty 10 to both of you that I don’t need an interpreter(翻译)." “He says he doesn’t need an interpreter," the orderly reported to the woman.The 11 misconception of all is the view that because I cant see, I can’t12 . I was turned down by over forty law firms, 13 my qualifications includeda cum laude degree from Harvard Law School. The 14 to find jobs, the continuous15 of being told that it was impossible for a blind person to 16 law, the rejection letter, not based on my lack of 17 but rather on my disability, will always remain one of the most upsetting experiences of my life.18 , the Department of Labor issued laws that demand equal 19 opportunities for the disabled. The business community’s response has been 20 . The attitude towards the disabled is beginning to change.1．A．A assume B．observe C．approve D．propose2．A．hear B．talk C．feel D．care3．A．shout B．laugh C．whisper D．cry4．A．welcome B．permission C．advice D．assistance5．A．passenger B．blind C．trouble D．situation6．A．afraid B．aware C．curious D．desperate7．A．invited B．released C．included D．admitted8．A．asked B．responded C．repeated D．exchanged9．A．cheerful B．ridiculous C．charming D．disgusting10．A．clear B．easy C．confusing D．doubtful11．A．earliest B．slightest C．latest D．toughest12．A．think B．study C．work D．understand13．A．as if B．even though C．now that D．in case14．A．attempt B．opportunity C．mistake D．success15．A．disappointment B．relief C．envy D．effort16．A．disobey B．challenge C．practice D．make17．A．confidence B．luck C．ability D．ambition18．A．Regretfully B．Deliberately C．Exactly D．Fortunately19．A．medication B．employment C．learning D．traveling20．A．enthusiastic B．passive C．negative D．uncertain第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）ADiscouraged by reading bad news daily and with his marriage failing, Canadian Neil Pasricha decided to try to focus on the positive and come up with 1,000 simple, free, awesome things, posting one each day on a blog.Pasricha said his blog aimed to highlight life's simple pleasures, which were often taken for granted, such as finding forgotten money in a pocket, or fixing a TV set with a heavy blow.Little did he realize his blog would strike a nerve and attract 40,000 people a day to join his discussions on how to enjoy the last triangle of a potato crisp, or the pleasure of laughing so hard that you cry.Pasricha, aged 30, was amazed to win two Webby awards, known as "the Oscars of the Internet," something positive at a time when his marriage broke up and one of his closest friends committed suicide."I turned the worst year of my life into my best year by focusing on the positive. " Pasricha told Reuters in a telephone interview. "Every day I try to find something that is happy, free and universal to share, like the smell of a bakery or when a cashier opens up a new line at a store. "Pasricha said when he began his blog in June 2008 he thought he might have trouble coming up with 1,000 simple, happy moments in life but now he is more than halfway through and ideas keep flooding in, from himself and from followers of his blog."These moments can start a huge conversation. Most of our life is really about hitting green lights on the way home from, or waking up before your alarm goes off and realizing you have more time in bed. But it is those small moments we forget about."Despite the success of his blog, Pasricha does not want to change his daily life. “I travel regularly for an hour a day to work in the suburb. I like work because I like the people in my office. I’m not a writer and I don’t know how to use punctuations correctly. I just like observing the world and putting it down,” he said.23．According to the passage, Pasricha .A．gets ideas for 1,000 simple, free, happy things with troubleB．gets ideas for 1,000 simple, free, happy things on his ownC．is on his way to collecting 1,000 simple, free, happy thingsD．has finished collecting 1,000 simple, free, happy things24．Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?A．Hard life for a Canadian bloggerB．Busy life for a Canadian bloggerC．Great awards for a Canadian bloggerD．Great success for a Canadian bloggerBChannel Islands tourist guideFriendly communities, a rough coastline and gentle, untouched scenery make the islands ideal for anyone who wants to ‘get outthere’ and explore on foot or by bike.England tourist guideEngland is the largest country in Britain, and home to the largest city in Europe, 600 miles of beautiful coastline, and a populationalmost three times that of Australia.Isle of Man tourist guideA country rich in natural history, beautiful scenery andfirst-class historical sites with attractions for all age groups andinterests.London tourist guideLondon needs little introduction. This lively, multi-cultural capital is a world leading destination city．London is full of history,heritage and culture, yet one of the most fast-moving,cosmopolitan(世界性的) cities on the planet．Northern Ireland tourist guideExciting cities with shopping, nightlife and festivals, outdoor activities, wonderful food and untouched peaceful and private placeswhere you can relax．Scotland tourist guideScotland is everything you imagine – whisky, golf and wealth of castles and historic sites. The Highlands area is one of the last wildernesses in Europe. Wales tourist guideWales is different from other parts of Britain and just 2 hours from Heathrow Airport. With 400 castles, yet only one official motorway, you have to take things at a gentle pace.25．What is special about England?A．It is the largest country in Europe．B．It enjoys a beautiful coastline of 600 miles．C．It is one of the last wildernesses in Europe．D．It has a large population similar to Australia．26．If you want to visit castles, you are supposed to go to _______．A．Channel Islands and Isle of Man B．Isle of Man and LondonC．Northern Ireland and Wales D．Wales and Scotland27．The passage can be classified as .A．an advertisement B．a geography article C．a report D．a diaryCCities need to put efforts to deal with pollution and clear the air.Chinese cities will need to put efforts to clear up the sky when a new department to improve regional air quality is set up by 2015, according to the latest plan released by the State Council．Besides the existing pollution control program for S02, regional emission caps （区域排放上限） for other certain chemicals will be established in the three key air polluting areas—rhe Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region．Coal-consumption caps will also be tried out in some areas, according to the plan．The plan is aimed at dealing with regional air pollution—such as acid rain and smog—which have become increasingly obvious in China in recent years and caused a severe threat to people's health, Zhang Lijun, vice-minister of environmental protection, said in an interview on Monday.The air quality in a city affects the regions nearby because pollutants （污染物）can travel through the atmosphere, said Chai Fahe, vice-director of Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences．“So efforts to reduce air pollution in a single city, targeting a certain pollutant will not oe enough," Chai said．Zhang said the country's major industrial districts—the Yangtze River Delta, Pearl River Delta and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region—have recorded more than 100 misty days annually in recent years．These three regions, home to at least 200 million people, occupy only 6．3 percent of the country's area but consume 40 percent of the country's coal and produce half of its steel, according to official figures．Studies also show that the visibility （能见度） in eastern regions of China has dropped by 7 to 15 km compared to that in the early 1960s, as a result of air pollution．Liaoning province, the Shandong Peninsula, Wuhan in Hubei province and its surrounding area, the Changsha-Zhuzhou-Xiangtan region in Hunan province, the Chengdu-Chongqing region, and the western coast of the Taiwan Straits are also listed as areas to carry out such regional air pollution control programs, according to the plan．The new plan also requires an improved air quality system, which will measure the pollution levels．"The current system, which only measures some major pollutants, cannot reflect the true picture．" said Chai．28．It will not be enough to reduce air pollution in a single city because ______.A．air pollution has been becoming more and more serious in recent yearsB．air pollution like acid rain and smog is threatening people's healthC．air pollutants in a city can travel in the sky and affect nearby areas D．air pollutants stay in fixed places over the cities29．Suppose the visibility in eastern regions of China was 130 km in the early 1960s, the visibility there nowadays is .A．123 to 115 km B．137 to 145 kmC．123 to 145 km D．115 to 137 kmDPete took his seat this day on his usual bench in Union Square．Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years Pete had taken this same seat exactly at one o'clock, and each time the same pleasant thing had happened．But this time Pete had come here more from habit than from hunger．Certainly today Pete was not hungry．Two rich old ladies gave him a Thanksgiving dinner of everything he could eat．Pete sat on the bench now, hardly able to move．The buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst．The November breeze and the first light fall of snow felt cool and pleasant to his face．He happened to look to the left and there in the distance he saw the old Gentleman coming toward him．He wanted to get up and run, but he was so full of food he stayed right there．Every Thanksgiving Day for nine years, the Old Gentleman had come there, found Pete on this same bench, and then taken him to a restaurant and bought him a Thanksgiving dinner．It was a kind of traditionwhich the Old Gentleman, who had no family and lived alone, had tried to continue．"How do you do' "said the Old Gentleman．" Glad to see that the changes of another year have permitted you to move in health through this beautiful world．"Each time the Old Gentleman had said exactly this same thin? It was part of the tradition．Pete, too, began to feel as though he himself was now a part of the tradition, and he therefore did not have the courage to tell the old man that he had already eaten．This dinner seemed to mean so much to the Old Gentleman."Thank you, sir, " said Pete at last. “I’ll go with you gladly. I’m very hungry, sir.” Together the Old Gentleman and Pete walked south to the same restaurant where each year Pete had his Thanksgiving dinner. The Old Gentleman seemed pleased and happy. When the waiter brought dish after dish of food to Pete, the Old Gentleman sat quietly and smiled．Under the circumstances, Pete had to eat．It was part of the tradition, and so he ate like a hero, although when he entered the restaurant even the smell of food almost made him sick．At last Pete leaned back with the battle won．" Thank you, sir, " he said, with some effort, " for a fine dinner．"They parted as they did each year at the door, the Old Gentlemen going south, Pete north．Around the corner, Pete stopped for a moment, felt a terrible pain in his stomach, and then fell to the sidewalk unconscious．A little time later an ambulance came．In the hospital they discovered that he had had an attack of indigestion （消化不良）.An hour later, another ambulance brought the Old Gentleman to the same hospital．At first they thought it was also indigestion but later one of the nurses said, "That nice old gentleman over there—you wouldn't think that it was a case of hunger．" 32．Where did Pete and the Old Gentleman meet every Thanksgiving Day?A．In the restaurant．B．In Union Square．C．At the Old Gentleman's house．D．At the hospital．33．Which of the following sentences in the passage doesn't show Pete was full?A．Pete sat on the bench now, hardly able to move．B．The buttons on his ragged shirt and coat were about to burst．C．Glad to see that the changes of another year have permitted you to move in health through this beautiful world．D．When he entered the restaurant even the smell of food almost made him sick．34．The underlined sentence "I'm very hungry, sir．" in Paragraph 5 implies that .A．Pete didn't have the heart to refuse the offerB．Pete was so greedy that he wanted to have another dinnerC．Pete was suffering from hungerD．Pete enjoyed having the Thanksgiving dinner for free35．Which of the following words can best describe the Old Gentleman?A．Self-centered. B．Modest. C．Stubborn．D．Generous第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语一轮复习 限时训练1
限时训练第一部分完形填空I grew up one of ten children on a farm in Wyoming. After my dad’s service in World War II, he was36 again to fight during the Korean War, and when he returned home, he couldn’t drink 37 to numb (麻痹) his terrible memories. He struggled to 38 for his growing family.On our occasional trips to town, I 39 out boxfuls of books from the library. When I openeda book, I could 40 myself in unknown places —where children weren’t hungry and were in41 of little.When I wasn’t daydreaming, my 42 was the life I shared with my brothers and sisters. At night I hid under the covers 43 to silence the sounds of life in an alcoholic home. Classmates asked 44 we didn’t have electricity or a telephone. I suppose my explanations were 45 more than lies, but the stories I told improved 46 every book I read. Starting at a very young age, my siblings (兄弟姐妹) and I sometimes got jobs to earn money — to put more food on the family table. We 47 ne wspapers, babysat, and cleaned other people’s houses.Mom grew vegetables, raised chickens, and baked bread, so we seldom went hungry, even when supper was only a pot of beans. 48 my real hunger wasn’t for food — it was a hunger for a better life. It was a hunger for knowledge about the world 49 our simple existence. It was a hunger to prove Dad 50 when he told us we would never amount to anything.Hunger motivated my brothers and sisters to achieve much 51 than our parents expected 52 us. We devoured (如饥似渴地吸取) the offerings of the public schools because we realized that 53 would be our steppingstone into a brighter future.Now I’m 54 of the accomplishments of my siblings: an art professor; a well-known doctor; plus business owners. And me, I’m the keeper of the family stores. I’ll never know if we would have so many accumulated successes if we had not known 55 as children. But this I do know: I believe it can be a good thing.1. A. drafted B. dismissed C. invited D. involved2. A. well B. plenty C. enough D. heavily3. A. search B. provide C. hope D. leave4. A. brought B. checked C. gave D. carried5. A. remind B. help C. devote D. find6. A. memory B. favor C. possession D. need7. A. reality B. fantasy C. satisfaction D. affection8. A. refusing B. pretending C. attempting D. preparing9. A. whether B. how C. when D. why10. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything11. A. as B. with C. for D. at12. A. sent B. delivered C. published D. released13. A. But B. And C. Then D. Otherwise14. A. above B. around C. within D. beyond15. A. right B. mean C. wrong D. nice16. A. more B. further C. greater D. better17. A. in B. for C. of D. on18. A. ambition B. dream C. enthusiasm D. education19. A. fond B. proud C. aware D. confident20. A. hunger B. suffering C. desperation D. poverty第二部分阅读理解AThe city of X is internationally known for sports, catering for the needs of both professional and amateur sportspeople as well as those that seek to maintain an active lifestyle. The city promotes well-being by offering its citizens lots of opportunities for sports, both indoors and outdoors throughout the year.Sports clubs in X organize activities in a wide arrangement of sports. The most popular are ice hockey and football, and the list covers well over one hundred other sports.X’s large green areas including the Central Park and the sea offer ample opportunities for physical activity: walking, running, jogging, hiking, bicycling, roller skating, swimming, boating and fishing. The city claims 50,000 amateur fishermen, more than any other capital city in Europe.The city organizes a number of community sports activities and maintains a variety and lots of sports facilities. These facilities include more than 200 km of tracks for walking, jogging and running, close to 200 km of ski tracks in winter, some 30 indoor sports halls, some 10 indoor ice rinks and 80 outdoor ice rinks, 14 indoor swimming halls and 2 outdoor pools in summer, close to 30 beaches, and 12,000 boat berths (泊位).Ice Park is a downtown winter-time skating rink on Railway Square, complete with skate rental (出租) and a heated café.The local people are active bicyclists especially in summer. X’s bicycle path network covers 1,000 kilometers inside the city limits. The city promotes bicycling with many services, including a Journey Planner for Cycling.One of the unusual sports here is ice swimming, and X even hosts ice swimming world championships. The city maintains some 15 ice swimming sites throughout the city.Campers find a convenient site inside the city: Rastila Camping is one of the most popular camping sites in this country, located by the seaside and accessible by underground. The Nuuksio National Park offers camping in wilderness just half an hour from the city by car.The city of X’s sports function is managed by the Sports Departm ent. The department provides and maintains sports facilities and organizes activities. The department also rents facilities for sports, conference rooms and saunas.BThe White House dropped a report putting together some federal data. None of the information isexactly new, but a number of graphs in the report offer a clear and convincing illustration (阐述) of the status of women today. For instance, more young women are going to college than young men for the first time in US history. But, women are much more likely to go into lower-paying fields than men when they graduate, therefore lasting the long-standing wage gap. And women, especially minority women, are still more likely to live in poverty than men. Check out three of the graphsSenior Obama White House adviser Valerie Jarrett said on a conference call with reporters that the president will use the data as a “tool” to inform policy plans, though she would not name any specific new moves the administration is considering.“You really have to look at the whole story of a woman’s life,” Jarrett said. “This r eport gives us a framework to do that.”24. The reason why American women delay having their first child, as is shown in Graph I, may be that ________.A. they get married at a later ageB. they don’t want to have childrenC. more of them are going to collegeD. more of them are working outside25. From Graph II, we can know that in the USA ________.A. women can receive the same education as menB. in the 1970s, only 10% of women got a bachelor’s degree or higherC. men are paying more attention to university education than womenD. more women have finished university education than men since the late 1990s26. Which conclusion can we draw from Graph III?A. Women with the same education level as men don’t earn as much.B. The more education one has received, the more pay he or she can get.C. Women under 25 years old usually don’t go out to work.D. The longer one has worked, the more pay he or she can get.27. Which of the following can best serve as the title of the report?A. The State of American WomenB. The Education American Women ReceiveC. American Men and WomenD. Competition between Men and WomenCPhysics is a different world now. Will there ever be another Einstein?Scientists say a new Einstein will appear, but it may take a long time. After all, more than 200 years separated Einstein from his nearest rival (堪与相比者), Isaac Newton.Many physicists say the next Einstein hasn’t been born yet. That is because the long difficult search for a theory that would account for all the forces of nature has pushed current mathematics to its limits.New math must be created before the problem can be solved.But researchers say there are many other factors working against another Einstein appearing anytime soon.For one thing, physics is a much different field today. In Einstein’s day, there were a few thousand physicists worldwide, and fewer theoreticians.Education is different, too. One important aspect of Einstein’s training that is overlooked is the philosophy he read as a teenager. It taught him how to think abstractly about space and time.And he was an accomplished musician. The interplay between music and math is well known. Einstein would crazily play his violin as a way to think through a complex physics problem. Today, universities have produced millions of physicists. There aren’t many jobs in science for them, so they go to Wall Street and Silicon Valley to apply their analytical skills to more practical and rewarding efforts. Those who stay in science don’t work alone.It’s very difficult to imagine an independent person like Einstein ever tolerating this.28. Ac cording to the passage, the most important reason for Einstein’s success is that ________.A. he was a good musicianB. he learnt philosophy as a teenagerC. he was born 200 years later than NewtonD. he was a great mathematician29. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT the reason why a new Einstein has not been born yet?A. The limits of current mathematics.B. The development of physics.C. Different education systems.D. The lack of analytical skills.30. Which of the following does the author probably agree with?A. Einstein rather than Newton made great contributions to the world.B. Working independently is one of the contributing factors of Einstein’s success.C. Physics graduates can easily get science jobs today.D. Music has nothing to do with science.DMy room faces the sun in the morning and on clear summer mornings it wakes me bright and fresh, no matter what time I stayed up till; I’ll get up and make breakfast.This morning I wake up suddenly, like the alarm clock in my head has given me a little electric shock; it isn’t sunny outside. I pull back the curtains and the sky is dark grey.Hearing my brother is getting up, I go downstairs to make him a cup of tea. He’s down in the kitchen about five minutes later, wearing his work clothes, eyes mostly closed against the morning. “Morning.” I say.“Uh huh.”I leave him to work out what he is going to eat and go back to my room, and get back beneath the quilt.This morning I want to think a while. Today is Dad’s birthday; Mom won’t mention it. My brother might, just to cause a row, so I’ll keep him sweet when he comes in from work. Every year on my dad’s birthday I draw a picture of him; each year he looks a bit different. I’m an artist. It’s not that I draw a straighter line or a truer circle, as they try to teach us to do at school. I just get the message across more clearly than other people. More truthfully. I know it.I read a lot of books too, mainly about artists, and I try to paint like them. When my dad comes back I’ll be able to say “this is you when I was twelve and I was in love with Monet” or “this is you on your thirty-eighth birthday, when I was fourteen, and you’d been gone five years, and I wanted to paint like Dante Gabriel Rossetti.” And he’ll look at each painting and know that I love him and never forget him.On Saturday mornings he’d take me to town and I’d drag him around the art shops. On my sixth birthday he bought me a box of 99 crayons. On my eighth birthday he bought me an easel (画架), a real one, not a kiddie’s. On my ninth birthday he bought me oils. Some mornings I’d wake up and there’d be a book on my pillow about Picasso, or Chagall.“Draw me,” he’d say.“Aw, Dad, I can’t.”I know I should go to school; I’m not one of those kids who are scared to go. But, it’s my dad’s birthday and I think I must spend it with him.So I spend some time thinking about his hair, which I think is probably no more grey than it was last year; I know hair doesn’t age at the same speed every year, bu t I make his hair longer this year. And in my mind’s eye I give him an extra few pounds too. But I keep the smile fixed in my head, like it is when he’s happy.It’s head and shoulders, so I’ll put him in a T-shirt that shows his neck and throat and how strong he is and how brightly his eyes shine and how his eyebrows are dead level straight and still black.I try to think of how much I want to show and how much I want to tell.Then I pick up a charcoal stick and do it. I pick up a chalk to add a suggestion of colour to his eyes, then another chalk for his mouth.And there he is.Dad.There you are.31. The author wakes up suddenly this morning because ________.A. it is a dark grey morningB. it is time for her to make breakfastC. it is her father’s birthdayD. she doesn’t want to go to school32. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The author’s father left home when she was twelve.B. The author has drawn more than five pictures of her father.C. The author’s mother won’t hear a word about her father.D. The author’s brother is a worker.第三部分任务型阅读请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。
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限时训练第一部分：完形填空A minister had been on a 1ong flight between church conferences. The first 1 of the approaching problems came when the sign on the airplane 2 on: Fasten Your Seat Belts. Then, after a while, a calm voice said, “We shall not be 3 the meal at this time 4 we are expecting a little turbulence(气流). Please be 5 your seat belt is fastened.”As the minister looked around the aircraft, it became 6 that many of the passengers were becoming frightened.And then the storm broke out. The cracks of thunder could be heard even 7 the roar of the engines. Lightning 8 the darkening skies. One moment the airplane was lifted on terrible 9 of air; the next, it 10 as if it were about to crash.The minister admitted that he 11 the discomfort and fear of those around him. He said, “I could see that nearly all the passengers were 12 . Some of them even began to 13 . The future seemed unpredictable and many were wondering if they would 14 it through the storm.”“Th en, I suddenly saw a little girl to whom apparently the storm 15 nothing. She was reading a book and, 16 within her small world was calm and orderly.”“The plane was being struck by the terrible storm when it swung this way and that, as it rose and fell with frightening severity, and when all the adults were scared half to death, that child was completely calm and unafraid.” The minister could hardly believe his eyes.It was not surprising, 17 , that when the plane finally reached its destination and all the passengers were hurrying to get off the plane, the minister stayed behind to speak to the girl whom he had 18 for such a long time.Having 19 about the storm and the behavior of the plane, he asked why she had not been afraid. The sweet child replied, “Sir, my daddy is the 20 . He’s taking me home.”1. A. solution B. warning C. understanding D. part2. A. turned B. flashed C. showed D. went3. A. serving B. cooking C. preparing D. enjoying4. A. before B. while C. though D. as5. A. sure B. confident C. careful D. urgent6. A. obvious B. strange C. essential D. vague7. A. above B. below C. on D. under8. A. cheered up B. lit up C. held up D. made up9. A. waves B. tides C. conditions D. currents10. A. flew B. floated C. dropped D. landed11. A. survived B. infected C. ignored D. shared12. A. refreshed B. awakened C. alarmed D. rescued13. A. pray B. chat C. escape D. hide14. A. get B. make C. pass D. live15. A. conveyed B. mattered C. meant D. counted16. A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything17. A. however B. even C. therefore D. otherwise18. A. admired B. waited C. searched D. watched19. A. hesitated B. commented C. predicted D. expressed20. A. pilot B. minister C. engineer D. passenger第二部分：阅读理解AIndian and Chinese companies have signed business deals worth $16 billion on theopening day of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao’s three-day official visit to India.Mr Wen, who last visited India five years ago, brings with him one of the largest teams of Chinese business leaders ever to visit India. The latest of a number of world leaders to visit India, Mr Wen is accompanied by some 400 Chinese business leaders.China is India’s largest trading partner--two-way trade volumes are set to hit $ 60 billion this year.Mr Wen is due to meet Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday. Indian and Chinese companies signed some 50 deals in power, telecommunications, steel, wind energy, food and marine products worth $16 billion at the end of a business conference attended by Mr Wen in the capital, Delhi, on Wednesday evening.This overtakes the $10 billion of business agreements signed between Indian and American businessmen during the recent visit of US President Barack Obama to India.“There is enough space in the world for the deve lopment of both China and India and there are enough areas for us to cooperate,” Mr Wen told the business conference.The Chinese delegation dwarfs(使相形见拙) the number of trade chiefs led in recent weeks to India by US President Barack Obama (215), French President Nicolas Sarkozy (more than 60) and British Prime Minister David Cameron (about 40).Later this week, Mr Wen will travel to India’s nuclear-armed neighboring rival(对手), Pakistan, for a two-day official visit.Though bilateral trade with China is booming, the relationship is not benefiting India as much as it might, say analysts.Delhi has been demanding greater access to Chinese medicine and IT markets as it seeks to level a large trade surplus(贸易顺差) in China’s favor of up to ￡25 billion.BEngineers at a major aerospace company were instructed Io test the effects of bird-strikes on the windshield(挡风玻璃) of airliners and military jets. To simulate(模拟D the effect of a goose colliding with an aircraft traveling at a high speed, the test engineers built a powerful gun, with which they fired dead chickens at the windshields. The simulations using the gun and the dead chickens worked extremely effectively, happily proving the suitability of the windshields, and several articles about the project appeared in the testing industry press.It so happened that another test laboratory in a different part of the world was involved in assessing bird-strikes--in this case on the windshields and the drivers’ cabs(驾驶室) of new high-speed trains. The train test engineers had read about the pioneering test developed by the aerospace team, and so they approached them to ask for specifications of the gun and the testing methods. The aerospace engineers gave them details, and the train engineers set about building their own simulation.The simulated bird-strike tests on the train windshields and cabs produced shocking results. The supposed high-speed train windshields offered little resistance to tile high-speed chickens; in fact every single windshield that was submitted for testing was struck to pieces, along with a number of train cabs and much of the test-lab itself.The frightened train engineers were concerned that the new high-speed trains required a safetytechnology that was beyond their experience, so they contacted the aerospace team for advice and suggestions, sending them an extensive report of the tests and failures.The brief reply came back from the aero-engineers: “You need to defrost (解冻) the chickens... “24. The underlined phrase “colliding with” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _________.A. hittingB. catchingC. throwingD. leaving25. How did the test engineers simulate the effect of a goose colliding with an aircraft?①defrosting the chickens ②building a powerful gun③putting the chickens into the gun ④firing dead chickens at the windshieldsA. ③②①④B. ②③①④C. ②①③④D. ③①②④26. The train engineers’ tests failed becauseA. the trains’ speed was to o highB. the train windshields were not hard enoughC. the testing methods were not suitable for the trainD. they didn’t defrost the chickens before firing them27. What can we learn from the aero-engineers’ brief reply?A. The train engineers were not clever enough.B. The aerospace team’s suggestions were not correct.C. The aero-engineers were playing tricks on the train engineers.D. The train engineers didn’t pay attention to ener gy detailCOur grand China tour will show you a different China!But you are required to present a US passport when entering China. For some importantA. International travel information.B. An introduction to a journey to China.C. The great changes happening in China.D. Matters needed to be dealt with before going to China.29. You can apply for a US passport by mail if you _________.A. have never had a US passport beforeB. got your most recent US passport 17 years agoC. were 17 when you received your previous passportD. changed your name after getting your passport last time30. Before submitting Form DS-11, you should __________.A. fill in all information on the formB. fill the form in either black or blue inkC. print the form on both sides of the paperD. connect the local agency by telephone first31. If you want to get the passport within half a month, you should _________.A. not pay a visit to Passport AgencyB. be an adult of more than 18 years oldC. offer to present your foreign visa to a Passport AgencyD. call the National Passport Information Center or visit a Passport AgencyDMuch of Canada’s forestry production goes towards making pulp(纸浆) and paper. According to the Canadian Pulp and Paper Association, Canada supplies 34% of the world’s wood pulp and 49% of its newsprint paper. If these paper products could be produced in some other way, Canadian forests could be preserved. Recently, a possible alternative way of producing paper has been suggested by agriculturalists and environmentalists: a plant called hemp.Hemp has been grown by many countries. It produces fiber which can be made into paper, fuel, oils, textiles, food, and rope. For centuries, it was essential to the economies of many countries because it was used to make the ropes and cables used on sailing ships; colonial expansion and the establishment of a world-wide trading network would not have been possible without hemp. Nowadays, ships’ cables are usually made from wire, but scientists are now suggesting that the growing of hemp should be revived(恢复) for the production.According to its supporters, four times as much paper can be produced from land using hemp rather than trees, and many environmentalists believe that the large-scale growing of hemp could reduce the pressure on Canada’s forests.However, there is a problem: hemp is illegal in many countries of the world. This plant, so useful for fiber, rope, oil, fuel and textiles, is a species related to the plant from which marijuana(大麻) is produced. In fact, marijuana cannot be produced from the hemp plant, since it contains almost no THC(the active ingredient in the drug).In recent years, a movement for legalization has been gathering strength. It is concerned only with the hemp plant used to produce fiber; this group wants to make it legal to grow the plant and sell the fiber for production.第三部分：任务型阅读请认真阅读下列短文, 并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。