1、2016 年辽宁省沈阳市东北育才学校高三上学期第一次模拟考试英语 第 I 卷 第一部分：听力（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。 A Hello. Im Jan from Mrs. Lakes class. My class wants to work together to help the public. We think we have found a great way to do this. Last month we did
2、a class project on the highways near our town. We learned about the Adopt-a-Highway Program. This program brings people together to pick up litter along the roads. We think it would be a great idea for all students in our school to join the program and adopt a highway. Adopting a highway is not like
3、 adopting a pet. When a highway is adopted, only part of the highway is cared for by a group of people. The group agrees to work every week to keep its part of the highway clean. Each group gets its own sign that has the name of the group printed on it. The sign is put up at the side of the road. Th
4、is sign lets drivers know who is keeping that area of the road clean. The Adopt-a-Highway Program is a great way for people to help their environment look nicer. Also, the government does not have to send out as many road workers. This saves money. Finally, people may try harder to keep roads clean
5、if they see people, especially teenagers like us, cleaning them up. We will need helpers to care for our adopted highway. If you want to feel great and keep our roads clean， please come with your parents to the meeting next week. We will meet in Mrs. Lake room on Wednesday at 6:00 P.M. At the meetin
6、g, we will talk about which roads are the dirtiest as a result of peoples unkind acts. Then we ll try to pick an area to adopt and clean. I look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Remember to keep our roads clean! 21. What is the Adopt-a-Highway Program about? A. Giving names to the highways. B.
7、Drawing pictures of highways. C. Picking up litter along the roads. D. Putting up signs near the roads. 解析： 细节理解题。根据 This program brings people together to pick up litter along the roads.，可知保养公路的项目就是在公路上捡一些垃圾。故选 C。 答案： C 22. What should the students do first if they want to join the program? A. Pick
8、 a spot to care for. B. Call Mrs. Lake next week. C. Write a letter to their parents. D. Go to a meeting on Wednesday. 解析： 细节推理题。 If you want to feel great and keep our roads clean， please come with your parents to the meeting next week，可知如果学生想要参加这个项目，就必须参加星期三举办的会议。故选 D。 答案： D 23. What is the purpos
9、e of this speech? A. To encourage students to join the program. B. To introduce the traffic system. C. To show drivers how to drive safely. D. To tell a story about adopting a pet. 解析： 主旨大意题。 I look forward to seeing you at the meeting. Remember to keep our roads clean，揭示这篇文章的大意就是为了呼吁人们参与到保养公路的项目中来。
10、故选 A。 答案： A 24. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. Adopt-a-Pet B. Adopt-a-Highway C. Ways to Protect the Environment D. Volunteers on Roads 解析： 主旨大意题。整篇演讲都在涉及保养公路，故选 B。 答案： B B Everywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving
11、, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol. The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend
12、 more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern. I see people tra
13、pped in a pathological（病态的） relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat u
14、p time and money. What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so
15、 much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclaiming(声明 ) the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.” But its time to disc
16、over that it does not work for technology. Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.” To break the grand digital connection, people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without todays overused technology. 25. The underl
17、ined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means _. A. advantage B. attraction C. adaption D. attempt 解析：细节理解题。根据 People have been influenced to become technology addicted 中的addicted 可以推断出 allure 的意思就是吸引。故选 B。 答案： B 26. From the passage, technology companies aim to_. A. attract people to buy their p
18、roducts B. provide the latest information C. improve peoples quality of life D. deal with cultural diseases 解析：细节理解题。根据 The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life.可知，技术公司的主要目的就是为了使消费者购买他们的产品，故选 A。
19、 答案： A 27. It can be inferred from this passage that people_. A. consider too much technology wonderful B. have realized the harm of high-tech devices C. can regain freedom without high-tech devices D. may enjoy life better without overused technology 解析： 推断理解题。 To break the grand digital connection
20、, people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without todays overused technology，根据这句可以推断出人们如果没有过度使用技术将会过的更好的生活，故选 D。 答案： D 28. Whats the authors attitude towards the overusing of high-tech devices? A. Neutral. B. Sceptical. C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic. 解析： 判断推理题。根据 I see people tr
21、apped in a pathological（病态的） relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat
22、up time and money.，可以推断出作者对于技术过度使用的态度是不赞同的， A 中立的， B怀疑的， D同情的。 故选 C。 答案： C C Elizabeth Mitchells new “Libertys Torch” is the fascinating story of how the Statue of Liberty came to be. The Statue of Libertys rough history is explored in “Libertys Torch”. Frederic Auguste Bartholdi is an all-but-forgo
23、tten figure in American history. He was, however, responsible for one of the most enduring symbols of the United States: the Statue of Liberty. A Frenchman from Alsace, he designed and built the Statue of Liberty which stood on Bedloes Island in New York Harbor. How this statue came to be is the fas
24、cinating subject of Elizabeth Michells new book “Libertys Torch”. The power of Mitchells narrative is convincing(令人信服的 ). We recognize the Statue of Liberty now as a symbol of hope and opportunity for a nation of immigrants. At the time, though, people could not see that nor did they even imagine th
25、at. Instead, the construction of the statue was born of one mans desire to set up a great monument. For this reason, perhaps, “Libertys Torch” relies on Bartholdi as the connecting thread. Bartholdi went to Egypt to make photographic copies of the main monuments. On the boat, Bartholdi met and began
26、 a lifelong relationship with Ferdinand de Lesseps, the man who would build the Suez Canal. Maybe it was this friendship, or maybe it was seeing Egypts huge monuments, but finally the trip inspired Bartholdis dream to create the largest statue ever built. Failure to bring this to completion in Egypt
27、, followed by his exile (流放 ) from Paris, led Bartholdi to sail to America. By explaining the Statue of Libertys hard history and showing Bartholdis brave spirit, Mitchell has done a great service. 29. It can be inferred from the text that_. A. American people have never forgotten Frederic August Ba
28、rtholdi B. the Statue of Liberty wasnt originally regarded as a symbol of hope C. Bartholdi finished the Suez Canal D. Bartholdi was a famous architect from Egypt. 解析： 推断理解题。根据 We recognize the Statue of Liberty now as a symbol of hope and opportunity for a nation of immigrants. At the time, though,
29、 people could not see that nor did they even imagine that. Instead, the construction of the statue was born of one mans desire to set up a great monument，可以推断出自由女神并不也是一开始就是希望的象征，故选 B。 答案： B 30. What was the main reason for Bartholdi to build the Statue of Liberty? A. To finish his education in the a
30、rts. B. To mark his friendship with Ferdinand. C. To create something better than Egyptian monuments. D. To achieve his dream to create the largest statue. 解析： 细节推理题。 Instead, the construction of the statue was born of one mans desire to set up a great monument可知建立自由女神的主要原因是为了实现自己的梦想，故选 D。 答案： D 31.
31、What type of writing is the passage? A. A travel guide. B. A book review C. An announcement D. An architecture report. 解析： 主旨大意题。整篇文章都在介绍自由女神的象征以及作者对它的看法，由此可以推断出这篇文章是摘自书评，故选 B。 答案： B D Whats on Your Pets Mind? In 1977, Irene Pepperberg of Harvard University began studying what was on another creatur
32、es mind by talking to it. Her first experiments began with Alex. Alex was a one-year-old African grey parrot and Irene taught him to produce the sounds of the English language. “I thought if he learned to communicate, I could ask him questions about how he sees the world.” At the time, most scientis
33、ts didnt believe animals had any thoughts. They thought animals were more like robots but didnt have the ability to think or feel. Of course, if you own a pet, you probably disagree. But it is the job of a scientist to prove this and nowadays more scientists accept that animals can think for themsel
34、ves. “Thats why I started my studies with Alex,” Irene said, “Some people actually called me crazy for trying this.” Nowadays, we have more and more evidence that animals have all sorts of mental abilities. Sheep can recognize faces. Chimpanzees (黑猩猩 ) use a variety of tools and even use weapons to
35、hunt. And Alex, the parrot became a very good talker. Thirty years after, the Alex studies began. Irene was still giving him English lessons until his recent death. For example, if Alex was hungry, he could say “want grape”. Alex could count to six and was learning the sounds for seven and eight. “H
36、e has to hear the words over and over before he can correctly say them.” Irene said, after pronouncing “seven” for Alex a few times in a row. Alex could also tell the difference between colors, shapes, sizes, and materials (e.g.wood and metal). Before he finally died, Alex managed to say “seven”. An
37、other famous pet that proved some animals have greater mental skills was a dog called Rico. He appeared on a German TV game show in 2011. Rico knew the names of 200 different toys and easily learned the names of new ones. When Rico became famous, many other dog owners wanted to show how clever their
38、 pets were. Another dog called Betsy could understand 300 words. One theory for dogs ability to learn a language is that they have been close companions to humans for many centuries and so their ability to understand us is constantly evolving (进化 ). While animals cant do what humans do yet, some sci
39、entists believe that examples like Alex and Rico prove that evolution develops intelligence, as well as physical appearance. 32. Irene wanted to find out_. A. what a parrot thinks B. why a parrot can speak C. how parrots make sounds D. if parrots speak English 解析： 细节理解题。根据 In 1977, Irene Pepperberg
40、of Harvard University began studying what was on another creatures mind by talking to it. Her first experiments began with Alex. Alex was a one-year-old African grey parrot and Irene taught him to produce the sounds of the English language，可知 Irene 主要是想发现鹦鹉在想什么，故选 A。 答案： A 33. Alex learnt new words
41、by_. A. singing them B. reading them C. writing them D. rehearing them 解析： 细节推理题。 He has to hear the words over and over before he can correctly say them.，可以推断出鹦鹉是通过反复的听来学习新单词的。故选 D。 答案： D 34. The two dogs mentioned in the article could_. A. understand some words B. recognize strange voices C. copy
42、human gestures D. tell different colors 解析： 细节理解题。 Rico knew the names of 200 different toys and easily learned the names of new ones. When Rico became famous, many other dog owners wanted to show how clever their pets were. Another dog called Betsy could understand 300 words.，可知例子中的两只狗可以理解一些单词，故选 A
43、。 答案： A 35. The article concludes that_. A. our pets understand what we say B. dogs may speak to humans one day C. humans are related to chimpanzees D. mental ability can evolve in animals 解析： 理解推断题。根据 While animals cant do what humans do yet, some scientists believe that examples like Alex and Rico
44、 prove that evolution develops intelligence, as well as physical appearance.可知思考能力也可以由动物进化而来。故选 D。 答案： D 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 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。 If you are in a crowd, the first and most important thing is to make yourself familiar with your surroundings and mentally
45、notice alternate exits. 36 Make yourself aware of the type of ground you are standing on, and know that in a crowd of moving people wet or uneven ground can be slippery or hazardous, causing you to fall. 37 When in danger, a few seconds can make all the difference, giving you the possibility of taki
46、ng advantage of escaping route. Always stay closer to the escape route. If you find yourself in the middle of a moving crowd, do not fight against the pressure, do not stand still or sit down, because you could easily get trampled. 38 Take advantage of any space that may open up to move sideways to
47、the crowd movement where the flow is weaker. Keep your hands up by your chest, like a boxerit gives you movement and protects your chest. 39 If you cannot get up because you are injured, get someone to pull you back up. If you have kids, lift them up. If you fall and cannot get up, keep moving by cr
48、awling in the same direction of the crowd, or if that is not possible, then cover your head with your arms and curl up into fetal position. 40 A. No matter where you are, make sure you always know how to get out. B. If you fall, get up quickly. C. Do not lie on your stomach or back, as this dangerously exposes your lungs. D. The worst is to be pushed by the crowd against an immovable object E. There is always space between people. F. Be aware of the general atmosphere of the event, as panic situations can often be expected. G. I
