1、2017年广东省茂名市高三下学期第二次模拟试题英语 第二部分 阅读理解 A Rocky Mountain Summer Adventure Camps Bring Learning to Life! The Museum of Idaho Rocky Mountain Adventure Camps are available for students aged 614 Participants will have amazing outdoor experiences combined with adventure and fun Space is limited to 20particip
2、ants each session and registration is not complete until payment has been received by the Museum of Idaho Registration fee is non returnable Junior Adventure Camp Children aged 6 9 （ must have completed first grade） Well conduct experiments， go on field trips， and discover the fun and excitement of
3、science! This year， we will learn about colonial(殖民主义的 ) science to go along with our exhibit，Americas Revolution! Instructor： Chloe Doucette Dates： June 27 June 30 Time： 9： 00 a m noon Cost： 75 per child， 60 per child for MOI members， 50 each additional brother or sister Original Camp Children aged
4、 9 12 （ must have completed third grade） Original Camp is for children who are ready for an exciting full day outdoor camp Participants visit various habitats and ecosystems as we explore eastern Idaho Well go bird watching， hiking in the mountains， and lots more! Instructors： Alana Jensen， Jerry Pe
5、tty Dates： July 18 July 21 Time： 9： 00a m 4： 00p m（ 9： 00 6： 00on the last day） Cost： 150 per child， 125 per child for MOI members， 100 each additional brother or sister High Adventure Camp Youth aged 11 14 （ must have completed fifth grade） High Adventure Camp is for youth who are looking for an am
6、azing summer adventure!This outdoor camp is full of exciting physical challenges and involves participants in even more indepth activities than the Original Camp This year， students will study how rattlesnakes experience the outdoors! Instructors： Chloe Doucette， Mike Winston， Jerry Petty Dates： Aug
7、ust 8 August 11 Time： 9： 00a m 4： 00p m（ 9： 00 6： 00 on the last day） Cost： 150 per child， 125 per child for MOI members， 100 each additional brother or sister Participate in both Original AND High Adventure for only 200!Call 522 1400 ext.3002 to take advantage of this great offer If you have any qu
8、estions about the Museum of Idahos education programs， contact Chloe Doucette， Education Director at （ 208） 522 1400 ext.3002 21. If participants want to register successfully, they need to _. A. choose their favorite instructors B. make up a team of 20 participants C. be accompanied by family D. pa
9、y for the fee ahead of time 22. To make experiments， what will a 9 year old boy choose? A. Original Camp. B. Junior Adventure Camp. C. High Adventure Camp. D. Three of them. 23 How much will a child and his brother spend at least if they sign up for both Original and High Adventure Camp? A. 400. B.
10、450. C. 500. D. 550. 解析： 21.细节理解题 。 根据第一段第三句 registration（注册） is not complete until payment（付款） 可知如果参与者想要成功注册，他们需要提前支付费用；故选 D。 22.细节理解题 。 根据 Junior Adventure Camp对年龄的要求 “ Children aged 6 9” 和第二段第一句 “ conduct experiments（做实验） ” 可知一个 9岁的男孩会选择少年探险营；故选B。 23.细节理解题 。 根据最后一段 “ Participate in both Original
11、AND High Adventure for only $200!” 可知，同时参加这两个活动的最优惠价格是 200元 。 题干中提到有两个人都 sign up for（报名参加）这两项活动，故选项 A正确 。 答案： 21. D 22. B 23. A B My husband and I had been married nearly twenty two years when I acquired StevensJohnson syndrome， a disorder where my immune(免疫的 ) system responded to a virus by produci
12、ng painful blisters Although my long term evaluation was good, I, who had been so fiercely independent， rapidly became absolutely helpless My husband， Scott， stepped up to the plate， taking care of kids and cooking dinners He also became my personal caretaker， applying the medicine to all of my blis
13、ters because my hands couldnt do the job Needless to say， I had negative emotions， bouncing from embarrassment to shame caused by total reliance on someone other than myself I recovered from my illness， but I couldnt seem to recover from the thought that I loved my husband less than he loved me This
14、 seeming distinction in our love continued to annoy me for the year following my illness Then recently Scott and I went on a long bike ride Hes an experienced cyclist； Im quite the green hand At one point with a strong headwind and sharp pain building in my tired legs， I really thought I couldnt go
15、any further Seeing me struggle， Scott pulled in front of me and yelled over his shoulder， Stay close behind me As I followed his steps， I discovered that my legs quit burning and I was able to catch my breath My husband was pulling me along again I pray my husband will always be strong and healthy B
16、ut if he should ever become the struggling one， whether on a bike ride or with an illness， I trust Ill be ready to call out to him，Stay close behind me my turn to pull you along 24. The author felt helpless because _. A. She lost the previous independence B. She failed to get the medical treatment C
17、. Her marriage was in a terrible state D. She suffered from mental disorder 25. Which of the following best describes the authors husband according to Paragraph 2？ A. Impatient. B. Independent. C. Family centered. D. Career centered. 26. When going on the long bike ride， the authors husband _ A. fol
18、lowed her closely B. backed her up all the way C. gave in to her depression D. stopped to take care of her leg 27. What message does the author convey in the passage？ A. Strong will. B. Selfless love. C. Reliance on each other. D. Optimistic attitude to life. 解析： 24.推理判断题，根据第一段 Although my long term
19、 evaluation was good， I， who had been so fiercely independent， rapidly became absolutely helpless可知作者感到很无助是因为她失去了以前的独立性，故选 A。 25.推理判断题，根据第二段 My husband， Scott， stepped up to the plate， taking care of kids and cooking dinners可知作者的丈夫挺身而出来照顾孩子和做饭，由此可知他是一个以家庭为中心的人，故选 C。 26.细节理解题，根据第四段 My husband was pul
20、ling me along again可知在骑自行车的时候，作者的丈夫支持了她一路，故选 B。 27.主旨大意题，通读全文可知作者通过这篇文章向我们介绍了她与丈夫之间相互依赖的故事，故选 C。 答案： 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. C C Tudor Cobalas nearly crashed his car while driving and texting on his phone It was this near death experience that inspired him to turn the smartphone from a weapon of mass
21、distraction into a tool for safer driving Mr Cobalas developed Safe Drive， an app that rewards drivers for ignoring their phones while driving Once a driver drives too fast， the app launches aReleasebutton on the screen，effectively locking the phone Driving without checking the phone generates score
22、s that can be turned into shopping discounts in the Safe Drive Marketplace Its a simple idea that has attracted nearly 100， 000 users globally and 30 commercial partners Worldwide， about 1.25million people die each year as a result of road traffic accidents，according to the World Health Organization
23、 Smartphone distractionis blamed for an increasing number of accidents Drivers using a mobile phone are four times more likely to be involved in a crash Many parents also want to educate their children， young drivers That is why a growing number of technology businessmen are trying to handle the pro
24、blem Although smartphones are rightly blamed for an increase in distracted driving， we wanted to show that smartphones could be used to make drivers better， says Hari Balakrishnan， chief technology officer of Cambridge Mobile Telematics， a US company that has developed an app called Drive Well The a
25、pp measures all aspects of driving such as hard braking， abrupt acceleration， sharp cornering and speeding But it also monitors how often drivers are distracted by their phones and generates asafety scoreat the end of each trip The free app features competition leader boards that enable drivers to c
26、ompete with their friends， family and colleagues， as well as personalized safer driving tips Good safety scores can earn drivers discounts on car insurance，Mr Balakrishnan says Last year the company started a competition to find Bostons safest driver Nearly 5， 000 people have signed up， and 98 have
27、been awarded more than 3， 400 in prizes Data from 40， 000 Drive Well app users around the world present its effectiveness， says Mr Madden 28. What caused Tudor Cobalas to develop the app Safe Drive? A. Multi functions of this app. B. His desire to make a fortune. C. Many parentsworries about teenage
28、rsdriving safety. D. His own experience about being distracted by his smartphone. 29. What do Safe Drive and Drive Well have in common? A. They keep a specific record of hard braking. B. They fail to help decrease the number of traffic accidents. C. Their users get some scores in the driving process
29、. D. Their users get money as a reward directly. 30. Which of the following is closest to the meaning of the underlined word distracted in paragraph 4? A. Lacking concentration. B. Lacking confidence. C. Speedy. D. Dangerous. 31. What is the purpose of the passage? A. To present the harmful effects
30、of smartphones in the driving process. B. To introduce some useful apps that can guarantee our safety. C. To compare different types of apps concerning driving safety. D. To show us smartphones can make drivers safer in a way. 解析： 28.细节理解题 。 根据第一段第二句 “ It was this near death experience that inspired
31、（启发；使 有灵感） him to turn the smartphone from a weapon of mass distraction into a tool for safer driving” ，这句强调句里强调了 Tudor Cobalas开发 Safe Drive这个应用程 序的原因，故 D选项 “ His own experience about being distracted by his smartphone” 正确 。 A选项的“ Multi functions（多功能） ” ， B选项的 “ desire to make a fortune（发财致富的渴望） ” 和
32、 C选项的 “ parentsworries” 在文中均未提及，故排除 A， B和 C，所以答案选 D。 29.推理判断题 。 题干问的是 Safe Drive 和 Drive Well 应用程序的共同点，根据第二段Driving without checking the phone generates scores和第五段 generates a safety score可知 C选项正确根据第五段 The app measures all aspects of driving such as hard braking可知， A选项的 keep a specific record of har
33、d braking只符合应用程序 Drive Well，故排除选项 A；根据最后一段 present its effectiveness可知 B选项的 fail to help decrease（没能帮助减少） the number与原文不符，故排除 B；根据第二段 generates scores that can be turned into shopping discounts（折扣） 和第五段 Good safety scores can earn drivers discounts on car insurance可知 D选项的 get money as a reward direc
34、tly与原文不符，故排除 D，所以答案选 C。 30.词义猜测题 。 根据第三段 Smartphone distraction is blamed for（因 被责备） an increasing number of accidents Drivers using a mobile phone are four times more likely to be involved in a crash 可知， distraction指的是司机在开车时因为使用手机受到干扰题干里考查 smartphones are rightly blamed for an increase in distracte
35、d driving中的 distracted，可由distraction的意义推出 A选项 Lacking concentration（注意力不集中） 正确 B选项 Lacking confidence意为 缺乏信心 ， C选项 Speedy意为 迅速的 ， D选项 Dangerous意为 危险的，均不符合语境，故排除 B、 C和 D，答案选 A。 31.写作目的题 。 由全文内容可知，文章主要通过介绍和驾驶相关的应用程序显示出智能手机也能让驾驶员更加安全地驾驶，并在第一段的 a tool for safer driving和第四段的show that smartphones could be
36、 used to make drivers better有所体现，故选 D A选项的present the harmful effects（呈现不良影响） 与原文不符，故排除 A； B选项的 guarantee our safety（确保我们的安全） 在文中没有体现，故排除 B； C选项的 compare（对比） 在文中没有体现，故排除 C，所以答案选 D。 答案： 28. D 29. C 30. A 31. D D Scientists have found living organisms trapped in crystals(晶体 ) that could be 50， 000 yea
37、rs old The organisms were found in a hot， but beautiful cave system in Naica， Mexico These ancient life forms can be seen only with a microscope Penelope Boston， who leads the Astrobiology Institute at NASA， the space agency of the United States， says the ancient microbes were able to live by eating
38、 minerals such as iron She spoke about the discovery recently at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science If the findings are confirmed， they will show how microbes can survive in extreme conditions Forty different kinds of microbes and some viruses were found in the unde
39、rground area The genetic structures of these organisms are 10 percent different from those of their nearest relatives The caves in Naica are 800 kilometers deep They were once used for mining lead Before the miners began working in the caves， the area was separated from the surface and the outside w
40、orld Some of the caves are as big as the large religious centers built during Europes Middle Ages There are crystals covering the walls The caves are so hot that scientists must wear special clothing to keep cool The clothing keeps the crystals safe from human germs（病菌） or other damage Boston said t
41、he researchers could only work for about 20 minutes at a time before they had to go to a room that was 38 degrees Celsius to cool down NASA officials would not let Boston share her findings with scientific experts before last weeks announcement So scientists could not say much about the findings But
42、 Norine Noonan，a biologist with the University of South Florida， said she believed them Why are we surprised？Noonan asked As a biologist， I would say life on Earth is extremely tough and extremely colorful Boston is also studying microbes commonly found inside caves in other countries， such as Ukrai
43、ne and the United States These microbes appear to be impossible to kill Boston said they show how difficult life on Earth can be 32. The existence of the ancient microbes relies on _. A. surrounding insects B. diverse plants C. eating minerals D. absorbing air 33. What can we infer about the caves i
44、n Naica from the passage? A. The temperature in the caves is quite low. B. The caves have been explored since they were formed. C. The walls are covered by crystals. D. The environment in the caves is difficult to adapt to. 34. What is the biologist Norine Noonans attitude towards the findings? A. N
45、eutral. B. Positive. C. Doubtful. D. Indifferent. 35. Whats the main idea of the passage? A. Living organisms bring hope to scientific research. B. Scientists Discover 50， 000 year oldsuper lifein Mexico. C. Microbes show great power to survive in terrible conditions. D. Caves provide living environ
46、ment for living organisms. 解析： 32.细节理解题 。 根据第二段 the ancient microbes were able to live by eating minerals such as iron可知，古老的微生物的存在依赖于吃矿物质故选 C。 33.推理判断题 。 根据第四段 The caves are so hot that scientists must wear special clothing to keep cool 和 the researchers could only work for about 20 minutes at a tim
47、e可推知，洞穴内的环境很糟糕，不适合进入因此 D选项 The environment in the caves is difficult to adapt to（很难适应） 正确，故选 D选项 A中的 low与原文不符，故排除 A选项 B中的 have been explored since they were formed意为 自从成形以来已经被探索 与原文第四段的 Before the miners began working in the caves， the area was separated from（与 隔离） the surface and the outside world
48、不符，故排除 B选项 C中的 The walls are covered by crystals在原文第四段的 There are crystals covering the walls直接表现出来，不属于推断出来的，故排除 C故选 D。 34.观点态度题 。 根据倒数第二段 she believed them和她说的话 Why are we surprised？ 以及 life on Earth is extremely tough and extremely colorful可推知， Norine Noonan对这个发现的态度是正面肯定的，故 B选项 Positive（积极的） 正确选项 ANeutral意为 中立的 ，选项 CDoubtful意为 怀疑的 ，选项 DIndifferent意为 漠不关心的 ，均不符合文意，故排除 A， C和 D故选 B。 35.主旨大意题 。 根据第一段中心段和整篇文章的描述，文章第一段由 Scientists have found living organisms（生物体） trapped in crystals tha
