1、2016 年 宁 夏 石 嘴 山 市 第 三 中 学 高 三 下 学 期 第 一 次 模 拟 考 试 试 题 英 语第 一 部 分 ： 听 力 (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 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 。AAGuide to the UniversityFoodThe TWU Cafeteria is open 7am to 8pm It
2、 serves snacks, drinks, ice cream bars andmeals You can pay with cash or your ID cards You can add meal money to your ID cards at theFront Desk Even if you do not buy your food in the cafeteria, you can use the tables to eat your lunch, to have meetings and to study.If you are on campus in the eveni
3、ng or late at night, you can buy snacks, fast food, and drinksin the Lower Caf located in the bottom level of the Gouglas Centre This area is often used forentertainment such as concerts, games or TV watching.RelaxationThe Globe, located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall, is available for relaxin
4、g, studying,cooking, and eating Monthly activities are held here for all international students Hours are 10am to 10 pm, closed on Sundays.HealthLocated on the top floor of Douglas Hall, the Wellness Centre is committed to physical,emotional and social health A doctor and nurse is available if you h
5、ave health questions or needimmediate medical help or personal advice The cost of this is included in your medicalinsurance Hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to noon and 1;00 to 4;30pm. Academic SupportAll students have access to the Writing Centre on the upper floor of Douglas Hall Here,qualified vol
6、unteers will work with you on written work, grammar, vocabulary, and otheracademic skills You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheet outside the door two 30 minute appointments per week maximum This service is free.TransportationThe TWU Express is a shuttle(班 车 ) service The shuttle tra
7、nsports students between campusand the shopping center, leaving from the Mattson Centre Operation hours are between 8am and3pm Saturdays only Round trip fare is $1.1 What can you do in the TWU Cafeteria?A. Do homework and watch TVB. Buy drinks and enjoy concertsC. have meals and meet with friends D.
8、Add money to your ID and play chess2 Where and when can you cook your own food?A. The McMillan Hall , Sunday.B. The Lower Caf, SundayC. The TWU Cafeteria, Friday D. The Globe, Friday3 The Guide tells us that the Wellness Centre _.A. is open six days a weekB. gives advice on mental healthC. trains st
9、udents in medical careD. offers services free of charge4 How can you seek help from the Writing Center?A. By filling in a sign-up formB. By applying onlineC. By calling the centerD. By going to the center directly解 析 ： 1 细 节 理 解 。 根 据 第 一 段 中 的 内 容 ， 可 知 在 TWU 的 餐 厅 里 既 可 以 吃 东 西 ， 也 可 以在 那 里 朋 友 见
10、面 聚 会 ， 故 C 选 项 的 意 思 与 之 相 符 ， 应 选 C。 2 细 节 理 解 。 根 据 第 三 段 中 的 The Globe， located in the bottom level of McMillan Hall， isavailable for relaxing， studying， cooking， and eating， 可 知 应 选 D。3 细 节 理 解 。 跟 文 章 第 四 段 的 the Wellness Centre is committed to physical， emotional and socialhealth， 可 知 道 Welln
11、ess Centre 在 精 神 健 康 方 面 也 是 会 给 予 学 生 们 的 帮 助 的 ， 故 选 B。4 细 节 理 解 。 根 据 倒 数 第 二 段 中 的 You can sign up for an appointment on the sign-up sheetoutside the door， 故 可 知 应 选 A。答 案 ： 1-4 CDBA BIreland， Japan， China scientists share the 2015 Nobel Prize for medicine William Campbell，Satoshi Omura and Tu Y
12、ouyou jointly won the prize for their work against diseases ， theaward-giving body said on MondayTu Youyou, a scientist at the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, has no postgraduate degree. She has never studied or done research abroad. She is neither a member ofthe Chinese Academy of Scienc
13、es nor the Chinese Academy of Engineering. However, the81-year-old pharmacologist has become the first scientist on the Chinese mainland to win a LaskerAward, the medical prize of theAlbert and Mary Lasker Foundation.The Lasker Awards have existed since 1945. Tu was presented the 2011 Lasker Clinica
14、lMedical Research Award on September 23. She discovered a drug called artemisinin . The drug isnow widely used against malaria .Tu and her colleagues joined a government project to find a new malaria drug in the late1960s during the cultural revolution (1966-76). They made 380 herbal extracts from 2
15、00potential recipes. The recipes came from traditional Chinese medical books. The team then testedthem on malaria-infected mice. Finally Tu became interested in an extract of the plant qinghao,or sweet wormwood .According to an ancient Chinese medicine book, qinghao was once used to treat malaria. H
16、owever, the extract they made in the lab didnt work well. Maybe, thought Tu, the effectiveingredient in qinghao was destroyed by high temperatures. Therefore, Tu tried to make the extractwith an ether which has a much lower boiling point than water.In 1971, after more than 190 failures, Tu finally g
17、ot an extract that was 100 percent effectiveagainst the malaria parasites .The extract was called qinghaosu, later renamed artemisinin. According to a statement on the Lasker Foundation website, during the past four decades,Tus drug has saved millions of lives. It is especially important for childre
18、n in the poorest and leastdeveloped parts of the world. However, not many people knew of the scientist until she won theLaskerAward this month.Lasker Awards are known as Americas Nobels for the reason that in the last two decades,28 Lasker Prize winners have gone on to receive the Nobel Prize, and 8
19、0 since 1945, according toXinhua NewsAgency. The discovery of artemisinin is a gift to mankind from traditional Chinese medicine, Tusaid when she received the a-ward. Continuous exploration and development of traditionalmedicine will, without doubt, bring more medicines to the world.5. What can we i
20、nfer from the second paragraph?A. It is unnecessary to study abroad as a scientific researcher.B. Chinese medicine used not to be recognized in Western countries. C. Tu achieved great things although she didnt have an impressive background.D. Tu is the first female scientist to win a LaskerAward.6.
21、In the process of discovering artemisinin, Tu _.A. began with a private projectB. succeeded during the first experimentsC. faced many different opinionsD. made extracts in a creative way7. Why is artemisinin especially important for children from poor countries?A. It is a very cheap medicine and eas
22、y for them to get hold of.B. They believe in the effect of Chinese medicine.C. There are no other cures for malaria.D. It has the fewest side effects for children.8.According to the article, the Lasker Awards _. A. are more influential than Nobel Prizes in the medical fieldB. are awarded to those wh
23、o have made great medical achievementsC. are awarded to moreAmericans than people from any other countryD. are usually awarded to scientists who are not famous in their field解 析 ： 5 推 理 判 断 。 根 据 第 二 段 中 内 容 ， 可 知 道 屠 呦 呦 既 没 有 硕 士 学 历 ， 也 没 有 到 国 外 学习 研 究 过 。 更 不 是 中 学 科 学 院 和 中 国 工 程 学 院 的 人 员 ， 可
24、 推 断 她 没 有 很 好 的 背 景 ， 故 选 C。6 推 理 判 断 。 根 据 第 四 段 中 的 The team then tested them on malaria-infected mice， 可 知 在 上实 际 的 六 七 十 年 代 ， 屠 呦 呦 和 他 们 的 研 究 人 员 就 已 经 率 先 开 始 用 白 老 鼠 做 实 验 了 ， 可 知 他 们当 时 的 实 验 方 法 是 创 新 的 。 故 选 D。7 推 理 判 断 。 根 据 文 章 第 七 段 中 的 It is especially important for children in the
25、poorest and leastdeveloped parts of the world， 可 推 断 由 于 发 展 中 国 家 和 其 它 贫 穷 落 后 的 地 区 的 人 们 没 有 钱 ，因 此 屠 呦 呦 研 究 出 来 的 这 种 青 蒿 素 是 一 种 比 较 便 宜 的 药 物 ， 这 些 地 区 的 人 们 都 能 买 得 起 ， 故选 A。 8 细 节 理 解 。 根 据 文 章 第 二 段 中 的 the 81-year-old pharmacologist has become the first scientiston the Chinese mainland t
26、o win a Lasker Award， the medical prize of the Albert and Mary LaskerFoundation， 可 知 Lasker Award 是 一 项 专 门 颁 发 给 在 医 学 方 面 有 突 出 成 就 的 人 的 奖 项 。 应 选B。答 案 ： 5-8 CDAB CWith brown curly hair and a pair of glasses, 19-year-old Nicholas Allegra from New Yorkstate, US, looks like a real-life Harry Potter
27、. However, rather than waving a wand, Nicholas is awizard at jailbreaking . This is probably why he ended up with an internship at Apple, a jobmany of his fellow Brown University students dream of.Jailbreaking is the process of removing the limitations set by Apple on devices with the iOSoperating s
28、ystem. These devices include the iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad. It allows users to gainfull access to the operating system and download additional materials that are unavailablethrough the official Apple App Store. However, it is estimated that Apple loses $100 million(640million yuan) from jailbreak
29、ing each year.Nicholas, with a famous nickname Comex, is the teenage hacker behind the jail-breaking site JailbreakMe. com. The site tells users how to unlock their iPhones using softwarethat is not approved by Apple. The jailbreaking software he made has been downloaded millions of times by users a
30、round the world.Then Forbes magazine suggested in an article that Apples security team might need him as anew intern. It seems that they do. Little more than a day after Steve jobs stepped down as CEO,Apple welcomed Nicholas Allegra. Nicholas wrote on his Twitter on August 26 that Its beenreally, re
31、ally fun, but its also been a while and Ive been getting bored. So, the week after next Iwill be starting an internship withApple.Apple is not the only company embracing the skills of hackers. Facebook recently hirediPhone jailbreaker George Geohot Hotz as a full-time employee.However, there are sti
32、ll hot debates about whether employing hackers is a wise solution. Theword hacker has always had a double meaning. In the press, hacker means someone whobreaks into computers. They steal from peoples bank accounts, download sensitive informationand attack legal websites. Among computer lovers, it me
33、ans a cool programmer who can make acomputer do whatever he wants. Hiring a hacker does have its advantages. A talented hacker is probably quite capable offinding problems and suggesting corrections. On the other hand, because of a hackers formerbehavior, many people doubt their morals .Can the comp
34、any trust them with its valuable assets ?And can someone who is so used to working alone in the dark fit into a new role within acompany?One thing is for sure- Comex isnt the first member of the hacker community to land the job ofhis dreams. Its likely that he wont be the last.9. What did NicolasAll
35、egra do before working for Apple?A. He was a wizard.B. He designed software forApple.C. He ran anApple app store.D. He set up JailbreakMe. com.10.According to the article, jailbreaking _. A. enables iPhone users to access more functions on their phonesB. doesnt cause much financial loss to AppleC. d
36、estroys the operating system ofApple productsD. helps promote Apple products around the world 11. The underlined word embracing in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning toA. praisingB. PreventingC. acceptingD. protesting12. Some people think it unwise to hire hackers because they _.A. are likely to quit
37、 their job very quicklyB. are not reliable and adaptable enoughC. lack professional problem solving skillsD. are used to working at night rather than in the daytime解 析 ： 9 细 节 理 解 。 根 据 文 章 的 第 三 段 中 的 Nicholas， with a famous nickname Comex， isthe teenage hacker behind the jail-breaking site Jailbre
38、akMe com ， 可 知 Nicholas 就 是JailbreakMe Com 这 个 网 站 的 创 始 人 。 应 选 D。 10 细 节 理 解 。 根 据 第 二 段 的 It allows users to gain full access to the operating system anddownload additional materials that are unavailable through the official Apple App Store， 可 知jailbreaking 是 让 苹 果 手 机 的 用 户 能 下 载 使 用 一 些 不 是 由 苹
39、 果 公 司 研 发 的 功 能 。 故 应 选 A。11 词 意 猜 测 。 根 据 对 上 下 文 的 理 解 ， 可 知 划 线 词 组 的 意 思 就 是 “ 允 许 ， 接 受 ， 接 纳 ” ， 故选 C。12 细 节 理 解 。 根 据 文 章 第 七 段 中 的 On the other hand， because of a hackers former behavior，many people doubt their morals Can the company trust them with its valuable assets ? And cansomeone who
40、is so used to working alone in the dark fit into a new role within a company?， 可 知人 们 担 心 雇 佣 这 类 人 的 时 候 会 有 他 们 的 诚 信 以 及 适 应 两 方 面 的 问 题 ， 因 此 可 知 该 题 的 答 案 为B。答 案 ： 9-12 DACB D When it comes to cultural heritage protection, the Grand Canal of China is probably theworlds greatest project of its k
41、ind. The big inland waterway system in the north-eastern andcentral eastern plains passes through eight of the countrys present-day provinces.The Canal runs from Beijing in the north to Zhejiang Province in the south. Constructed insections from the 5th century BC onwards, it was designed as a means
42、 of communication in the7th century AD. The Canal is the worlds greatest civil engineering project before the IndustrialRevolution.The Grand Canal reached a peak in the 13th century, providing an inland navigation(航 行 )network consisting of more than 2,000 kilometers of artificial waterways, linking
43、 five of the mostimportant river basins in China, including the Yellow River and the Yangtze. It entered a bid as aUNESCO(联 合 国 教 科 文 组 织 ) cultural heritage site in 2008.The Grand Canal cultural square is located in Beijings Tongzhou district. Ever since the Yuandynasty 800 years ago, the Tongzhou
44、section of the Grand Canal has been the life blood of Beijing. Grain and building materials were all transported to meet the endless demands of the big cities.Even today, the Grand Canal plays a major role in the lives of its citizens.I grew up near the Grand Canal. In the past the waterway was a lo
45、t narrower, but now itsnice and wide and bridges are built over it. I think if the bid for world heritage status succeeds, itwill greatly make Tongzhou more famous in the world, especially with Tongzhou aiming to be a sub-center of the capital Beijing, a citizen said.The result of the bid is set to
46、be released next week, and no doubt it will certainly make itinto the history books if the Canal is listed as a world heritage site.13 It can be concluded from the passage that _ .A. The bids result of the Canal will be announced soonB. the Canal is the UNESCOs newest world heritage siteC. the Canal
47、 is to connect Tongzhou with Zhejiang ProvinceD. the Canal will be a bid for a UNESCO cultural heritage site14 The Grand Canal was in the most glorious time _ .A. when it was aimed as a means of communicationB. when it crossed the Yellow River and the YangtzeC. when it was born about six hundred yea
48、rs laterD. when it was designed as an artificial waterway 15 What can we infer by reading the passage?A. Tongzhou used to be the capital of the Yuan dynasty.B. Most citizens living in Tongzhou depend on the Canal.C. Tongzhou will benefit if the Canal is made a heritage site.D. Some citizens think th
49、e Canal not to be a cultural heritage item.解 析 ： 13 细 节 理 解 。 根 据 最 后 一 段 的 第 一 句 The result of the bid is set to be released next week，可 知 大 运 河 申 请 世 界 遗 产 的 结 果 将 在 下 周 就 公 布 了 ， 故 应 选 A。14 细 节 理 解 。 根 据 第 二 段 所 讲 的 内 容 ， 可 知 大 运 河 建 于 公 元 前 5 世 纪 ， 在 公 元 七 世 纪 成 为了 重 要 的 交 通 枢 纽 ， 并 且 从 第 二 段 的 最 后 一 句 “ The Canal is the world s greatest civilengineering project before the Industrial Revolution” ， 可 知 应 选 C。15 推 理 判 断 。 根 据 第 第 五 段 中 一 名 市 民 所 说 的 话 “ I think if the bid for world heritage statussucceeds， it will greatly make Tongzhou mo
