2016年宁夏长庆高级中学高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语.docx

1、2016 年宁夏长庆高级中学高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语 第一部分 听力测试（共两节，满分 30 分） 略 第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分 40 分） 第一节 （共 15 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ A、 B、 C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 A A qualified doctor who rarely practiced but instead devoted his life to writing. He once said: Medicine is my lawful wife, and literatur

2、e is my lover. Russian writer Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, was a great playwright and one of the masters of the modern short story. When Chekhov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879, he started to publish hundreds of comic short stories to support his family. After he graduated, he wrote

3、 regularly for a local daily newspaper. As a writer he was extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less. Chekhovs medical and science experience can be seen through the indifference (冷漠 ) many of his characters show to tragic events. In 1892, he became a full time writer and publ

4、ished some of his most memorable stories. Chekhov often wrote about the sufferings of life in small town Russia. Tragic events control his characters who are filled with feelings of hopelessness and despair. It is often said that nothing happens in Chekhovs stories and plays. He made up for this wit

5、h his exciting technique for developing drama within his characters. Chekhovs work combined the calm attitude of a scientist and doctor with the sensitivity(敏感 ) of an artist. Some of Chekhovs works were translated into Chinese as early as the 1940s. One of his famous stories, The Man in a Shell, ab

6、out a school teachers extraordinarily orderly life, was selected as a text for Chinese senior students. 21. Which of the following is the right order of the events? a. became a doctor b. became a full time writer c. started to publish comic short stories d. wrote regularly for a local daily newspape

7、r. e. entered the Moscow University Medical School A. ecbad B. dabce C. ecadb D. aedcb 解析： 要求排列事件顺序。可用首尾定位法。第一个事件是 entered the Moscow University Medical School，最后一个事件是 became a full time writer，故答案 C 正确。 答案： C 22. Anton Pavlovich Chekhov _. A. as an illegal writer B. had a lawful lover C. used to be

8、 a lawyer D. was a competent doctor 解析： 根据 A qualified doctor who rarely practiced 可知，契诃夫是个合格的医生，可知答案选 D。 答案： D 23. In 1880, Chekhov _. A. studied medicine in Moscow University B. published his most memorable stories C. became a full-time writer D. practiced medicine in his hometown 解析： 根据 When Chek

9、hov entered the Moscow University Medical School in 1879 可知契诃夫 1879 年进入莫斯科大学学医，可以断定契诃夫 1880 年正在大学学医。故答案选 A。 答案： A 24. Which of the following adjectives cant be used to describe Chekhov? A. Sensitive. B. Warm-hearted. C. Quick-minded. D. Cool. 解析： 文中讲到了他的品质有： cool, sensitive (calm attitude of a scien

10、tist and doctor with the sensitivity of an artist) , quick-minded (extremely fast, often producing a short story in an hour or less)，但没有涉及到 warm-hearted这方面的品质。可知答案 B 正确。 答案： B B Read the advertisements carefully. Then answer the questions that follow. INTERESTED IN CHILDCARE? Qualified person or pre

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15、ion of a(n)_is a part-time job. A. florist B. artist C. preschool teacher D. dental nurse 解析： 根据最后一部分 2,3 行 The citys leading Florist Artist Studio needs another part-time member on their wedding team说明 Florist 是一种兼职工作，故 A 正确。 答案： A 26. Which of the following is the most important for the childcare

16、job? A. The ability to work well with other people. B. Childcare experience. C. The ability to start work in two weeks. D. Cooking skills. 解析： 根据第一则广告的 2,3 行 The candidate must be able to work as a co-operative team member 说明合作能力是最重要的，可知答案选 A。 答案： A 27. The office cleaners will be required to work a

17、bout _ hours a week. A. 15 B. 5 C. 10 D.20 解析： 根据 on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays Approximately five hours per shift说明一周工作 3 天，每天 5小时，那么攻 15 小时。故答案 A 正确。 答案： A C I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of languagethe way it can evoke(唤起 ) an emotion, a visual image,

18、a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them allall the Englishes I grew up with. Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to peopl

19、e as broken English. But I feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than broken, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. Ive heard other terms used, limited English, for example. But they seem j

20、ust as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions(认识 )of the limited English speaker. I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers limited English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality o

21、f what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understa

22、nd her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I wont get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as broken, and what I imagine

23、 to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal(内在的 ) language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure. I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show: her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of he

24、r thoughts. 28. By saying Language is the tool of my trade, the author means that _. A. she is a writer by profession B. she is fascinated by languages C. she works as a translator D. she uses English in foreign trade 解析： 此句中 the tool of my trade 中的 trade 指的是职业。由本文第一句可知 我 是一名作家；此句又说语言是 我 的职业工具，故此句指的

25、自然是 我 的职业为作家 。可知 A 选项正确。 答案： A 29. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3? A. Americans do not understand broken English. B. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. C. The author mother had positive influence on her. D. The authors mother was not respected sometimes. 解析：

26、由文中倒数第二段中 because she expressed them imperfectly， her thoughts were imperfect一句可知选 C，作者一度以为自己妈妈所说的英语是不完美的。可知答案选 D。 答案： D 30. The author gradually realizes her mothers English is _. A. well structured B. rich in meaning C. in the old style D. easy to translate 解析： 由最后一段可知，我写小说时开始运用她与我说话时所用的英语。我尽力地保留她

27、语言的精髓，但未运用她所使用的英语或汉语的结构。我想领悟语言能力测试中所不能反映但我妈妈语言中所包含的意思。可知答案 B 正确。 答案： B 31. What is the passage mainly about? A. The authors misunderstanding of limited English. B. The limitation of the authors perception of her mother. C. The changes of the authors attitude to her mothers English. D. The authors ex

28、periences of using broken English. 解析： 本文以时间为线索，讲述了作者对妈妈所使用的语言的不同态度，故答案 C 正确。 答案： C D Throughout the history of the arts, the nature of creativity has remained constant to artists. No matter what objects they select, artists are to bring forth new forces and forms that cause change-to find poetry wh

29、ere no one has ever seen or experienced it before. Landscape (风景 ) is another unchanging element of art. It can be found from ancient times through the17th-century Dutch painters to the 19th-century romanticists and impressionists. In the 1970s Alfred Leslie, one of the new American realists, contin

30、ued this practice. Leslie sought out the same place where ThomasCole, a romanticist, had produced paintings of the same scene a century and a half before. Unlike Cole who insists on a feeling of loneliness and the idea of finding peace in nature, Leslie paints what he actually sees. In his paintings

31、, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background. He also takes advantage of the latest developments of color photography to help both the eye and the memory when he improves his painting back in his workroom. Besides, all art begs the ag

32、e-old question: What is real? Each generation of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another. The impressionists saw reality in brief emotional effects, the realists in everyday subjects and in forest scenes, and the Cro-Magnon cave people in their naturalistic drawings o

33、f the animals in the ancient forests. To sum up, understanding reality is a necessary struggle for artists of all periods. Over thousands of years the function of the arts has remained relatively constant. Past or present, Eastern or Western, the arts are a basic part of our immediate experience. Ma

34、ny and different are the faces ofart, and together they express the basic need and hope of human beings. 32. The underlined word poetry most probably means _ . A. an object for artistic creation B. an unusual quality C. a collection of poems D. a natural scene 解析： 从第一段 to find poetry where no one ha

35、s ever seen or experienced it before可知艺术家力图创造一种从来没人看到或者经历过的意境。既然是没有人看到过或者经历过 ,那么应该是一种不平常的东西。可知 B 选项正确。 答案： B 33. Leslies paintings are extraordinary because _. A. they draw attention to common things in life B. they look like works by 19th-century painters C. they are close in style to works in anci

36、ent times D. they depend heavily on color photography 解析： 根据第二段 In his paintings, there is no particular change in emotion, and he includes ordinary things like the highway in the background 可以推断出 Leslie 的画表现的都是平时常见的事物。可知答案选 A。 答案： A 34. What is the authors opinion of artistic reality? A. It does no

37、t have a long-lasting standard B.It will not be found in future works of art. C. It is expressed in a fixed artistic form. D. It is lacking in modern works of art. 解析： 根据第三段 Each generations of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another 可以推断出每一代艺术家对于现实的理解和表现都是不同的 ,也就是没有一

38、个永恒的标准。可知答案 A 正确。 答案： A 35. Which of the following is the main topic of the passage? A. History of the arts. B. Use of modern technology in the arts. C. Basic questions of the arts. D. New developments in the arts. 解析： 通读全文可知，本文通过对于不同时期艺术家的比较 ,作者分析了艺术的一个共同问题 :什么是真实 ,结论是虽然不同时期和地域艺术的表现形式不同 ,但都反映了当时人的生

39、存状态。 故答案 C 正确。 答案： C 第二节 七选五补全短文 (共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分 ) （请将答案写到 II 卷规定的位置上，否则不给分！） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 I was ten when I first sat with my grandmother behind the cashier（收银台） in her general store. 36_I quickly learned the importance of treating customers politely and saying t

40、hank you. At first I was paid in candy. 37 I worked every day after school, and during the summer and on weekends and holidays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. My father helped me set up a bank account. 38 By the time I was 12, my grandmother thought I had done such a good job that she promoted me to selling c

41、osmetics（化妆品） I developed the ability to look customers directly in the eye. Even though I was just a kid, women would ask me such things as What color do you think I should wear? I took a real interest in their questions and was able to translate what they wanted into makeup（化妆） ideas. 39 The job t

42、aught me a valuable lesson: to be a successful salesperson, you didnt need to be a rocket scientistyou needed to be a great listener. 40 Expect they are no longer women purchasing cosmetics from me; instead, they are kids who tell me which toys they would like to see designed and developed. A. Watch

43、ing my money grow was more rewarding than anything I could have bought. B. Soon I found myself looking more beautiful than ever before. C. Today I still carry that lesson with me: I listen to customers. D. My grandmas trust taught me how to handle responsibility E. I ended my selling a record amount

44、 of cosmetics. F. Before long, she let me sit there by myself. G. Later I received 50 cents an hour. 1 解析： 考查上下文的理解判断能力。从上下文语境可以判断此空应该是关于作者在店里帮助祖母的内容，而F 选项中的 Before long, she let me sit there by myself恰好起到承接上下文的作用，故 B 选项正确。 答案： B 2 解析： 考查上下文的理解判断能力。前句 At first I was paid in candy是讲作者起初得到的报酬，而 G 选项内容

45、是关于后来报酬的形式，由此可以推测 A 选项正确。句意：开始我只是得到一些糖果，后来她给我每小时50 美分。 答案： G 3 解析： 根据第三段 Each generations of artists has shown their understanding of reality in one form or another 可以推断出每一代艺术家对于现实的理解和表现都是不同的 ,也就是没有一个永恒的标准。可知答案 A 正确。 答案： A 4 解析： 考查上下文的理解判断能力。 本段讲述祖母因作者的出色表现而让她帮助销售化妆品，而 E 选项内容恰好是讲述她的销售成果，与语境相吻合，所以选 E

46、。 答案： E 5 解析： 考查上下文的理解判断能力。从上文 The job taught me a valuable lesson。 you needed to be a great listener可以推断 C 选项符合语境，讲作者从自身的经历中所获得感悟。故 C 选项正确。 答案： C 第三部分 英语知识运用（共二节，满分 45 分） 第一节 完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（ A, B, C 和 D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（注意：请将答案转涂到机读卡上相应小题标号处！机读卡上的

47、3640 小题处空出，不要填涂！） The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community. As a result, all students must 41 sixty hours of service learning, 42 they will not receive a diploma. Service learning is academic learning that also helps the community. 43 of service learning include

48、cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student. 44 a service experience, students must keep a journal（日志） and then write a 45 about what they have learned. Supporters claim that there are many 46 of service learning. Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think 47 their own interests and bec