2015级高三英语第二次模拟考试试卷
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一、阅读理解 (共15题；每小题2分，满分30分)
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What’s on in Beijing?
Discover the best things to do in Beijing with our weely introduction of art and ehibitions, music, performances and trending activities around town. To recommend an upcoming event or activity, please contact li-ping(@chinadaily.cn. Jersey Boys Jersey Boys is a Broadway musical that dramaties the rise and fall of Franie Valli and the 1960s roc ‘n’ roll group Four Seasons.
According to Selladoor Worldwide, the group’s Beijing tour will see a brand-new production of the musical. Since its 2005 premiere（首映） in New Yor, the musical has won 57 major awards worldwide.
230 pm to 730 pm, Jan. 5 to Jan. 13. Tianqiao Performing Arts Center, 9 Tianqiao Nandajie, icheng District. 400 - 635 - 3355.
Ticet 199 - 1 299 yuan($ 30 - $ 200)
London Philharmonic Orchestra set to thrill Beijing The London Philharmonic Orchestra will give two performances in Beijing on Jan. 5 and 6.
Under Russian conductor Vasily Petreno, the orchestra will perform pieces by H. Berlio’s and P. I. Tchaiovsy’s.
730 pm, Jan. 5-6. Concert Hall, National Center for the Performing Arts, 2 West Chang’an Avenue, icheng District. 010 - 6655 - 0000. Ticet 380 - 1 680 yuan
Wors of Chinese master woodcarver A solo ehibition of Chinese woodcarving master Lu Guangheng is underway at the National Museum. The ehibition is a showcase of traditional woodcarving techniques unique to the city of Dongyang, East China’s hejiang Province.
9 am - 5 pm (closed on Mondays), through Jan. 21. National Museum of China, 16 East Chang’an Avenue, Dongcheng District. 010 - 6511 - 6188. Ticet Free
Large-scale (大型的) immersive show The large-scale show Memory 5D +, directed by Ulan uerong, is ongoing in Beijing from Jan. 4 to 7. The show follows the emotional entanglement (纠结) between blac and white spirits, representing yin and yang, and the flora girl.
730 pm, Jan. 5; 230 pm/730 pm, Jan. 6; 730 pm, Jan. 7. Beijing Ehibition Theater, 135 ihimenwai Dajie (Street), icheng District. Ticet 180 - 1 080 yuan
1．What does the writer tell us about Jersey Boys? A. It is a successful musical play. C. It is a Broadway musical group.
B. It will be on for 8 days.
D. The ticet of the play is the cheapest.
2．What can be epected to show up in National Museum of China? A. Jersey Boys.
B. London Philharmonic Orchestra. D. Wors of Chinese master woodcarver.
C. Large-scale immersive show.
3．What’s the purpose of this passage? A. To catch people’s eyeballs.
B. To show the best things in Beijing.
C. To give information about events in Beijing. D. To persuade people to participate in some activities.
B
Smoers may ignore the health warnings by telling themselves their habit maes them loo cool. After all, se symbols James Dean and Humphrey Bogart were rarely seen without a cigarette. However, the latest evidence shows that smoing actually maes you less attractive to the opposite se. Wrinles from smoing a cigarette may be to blame for people judging non-smoers to be better-looing.
This was the result of a study asing more than 500 people to pic the most attractive of twins where one smoed and the other did not. Men found female non-smoers the most attractive in two-thirds of cases, while
women chose non-smoing men as the most attractive 68 percent of the time.
Professor Ian Penton-Voa, a co-author of the study from Bristol University, said, “People assume that smoing causes damage to the sin and appearance, but this is a really neat way of looing at it because these twins are genetically identical, so we can control for genetic factors involved in ageing. Appearance seems to be important to people, especially young people, so we could use these sorts of findings as a basis for future interventions to stop people smoing.”
Smoing can speed up the normal ageing, even after only a decade. Nicotine causes narrowing of the blood vessels in the outermost layers of the sin, while the chemicals in tobacco smoe damage collagen and elastin, fibres which give the sin its elasticity (弹性).
The wrinles this causes are added to by facial epressions made when smoing such as pursing the lips when inhaling (吸气) or squinting to eep smoe out of your eyes. 4．Why does the author mention James Dean and Humphrey Bogart? A. To persuade smoers to give up smoing. B. To compare them with non-smoers.
C. To tell us many people are influenced by them. D. To show understanding and comfort smoers. 5．What can we learn from Para. 2 and Para. 3? A. 500 twins were surveyed for the study.
B. Probably young people pay more attention to their appearance. C. Female non-smoers are more attractive than male ones. D. Professor Ian Penton-Voa is the leading author of the study. 6．What is Professor Ian Penton-Voa’s altitude to smoing? A. Disapproving. B. Favorable. 7．What can be inferred from the tet? A. Smoers loo cooler than non-smoers. C. Smoers loo younger than non-smoers.
B. Smoing may speed up sin’s ageing.
D. Smoing should be banned right away. C
Nandaumar and Sudha were thrilled to learn that they were having children. Unfortunately, Sudha
C. Unconcerned. D. Cautious.
developed diabetes while pregnant and her daughters were born two months premature. They need ventilator (呼吸机) support for the net 4-6 wees to breathe. The family is poor and does not have the money to meet the unepected epenses and need help to eep the babies alive. Nandaumar, a carpenter by profession, fell sic after marriage and has not recovered fully. He is not mentally stable and tends to tal in a stream. He also finds it hard to hold down a job. Nandaumar’s mother Dheivanai has been the stabilising presence for the family. She ept things together and made sure that they had enough to eat.
“Sudha has been through a lot of sorrow over not having children. The previous child was still born, so we were very happy that this pregnancy was going well,” said Dheivanai. Dheivanai hoped that the children would bring joy to their household and tae care of her son even after she was gone. She started saving up money for her grandchildren.
The cost of eeping the children alive is Rs 4 lahs per child because they each need ICU (Intensive Care Unit) support for the net 4-6 months of their lives. The small savings of the family are already over and they are faced with a very painful situation trying to save two newborns with no money.
Nandaumar is mentally unwell and Sudha is still recovering from childbirth. So it falls to his mother to arrange for the babies’ well-being. “After my son became sic, me and my daughter-in-law have taen care of things. During her pregnancy. I have cared for her lie she’s my own daughter. I feel pained that I don’t have the money to save the babies,” she says.
Before childbirth, Sudha and Dheivanai wored together and earned Rs 5,000 per month. Sometimes, Nandaumar pics up odd jobs and earns a bit more. The family has no savings and they need help to save their two innocent babies.
8．What caused “the unepected epenses”（Paragraph 1)? A. Nandaumar’s mental problems. C. Dheivanai’s living.
B. The babies’ medical care.
D. Sudha’s diabetes.
9．Why did Dheivanai feel happy about the birth of the children? A. The children were born healthy.
B. It was the first time for Sudha to be pregnant. C. The government would provide welfare services.
D. The children would loo after their father in the future.
10．Where does the money for the well-being of the babies come from at present? A. The father. B. The mother.
C. The grandmother. D. The government.
11．What is the above writing most probably for?
A. Raising donation. B. Sharing news. C. Giving instruction. D. Providing amusement.
D
“You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family.” That line comes from American writer Harper Lee’s boo To ill a Mocingbird. Now compare her words to another famous epression “Blood is thicer than water”.
However, if forced to choose which is more important, American researchers now say friendship is more important than family. Their new study suggests that friends may be more important than family members, especially as we age.
The study comes from researchers at Michigan State University. They found the importance of friendship on health and happiness grows as people get older.
William Chopi is an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State and was one of the lead researchers in this study. He says, “Friendship becomes even more important as we age. eeping a few really good friends around can mae a world of difference for our health and well-being.” Chopi notes that we need to thin of friendship as an investment in our future happiness.
The Michigan State researchers considered information from two separate surveys. In the first group, both family and friendships influenced overall health and happiness. However, in the second, researchers said that friendships “became a stronger predictor of health and happiness” as people get older. Also in the second group, unhealthy friendships led to increased chronic conditions. But with supportive friends, Chopi noted, participants reported being happier.
One reason is that people can eep the friendships that mae them feel good and move on from the ones that don’t. Family, on the other hand, will always be with you. They can be helpful and enjoyable, but can also cause troubles.
This may be good news for people who don’t have strong ties with family members. Not all of us are born into the families we need. But we all have the ability to choose friends that we need.
甘肃省天水市第一中学2018届高三第二次模拟考试 英语
