1、2014届宁夏大学附属中学高三下学期第一次模拟英语试卷与答案（带解析） 其他 What is lifes greatest gift 【小题 1】 Choice is the ability to select one course of action from a set of alternatives to achieve a goal. What is so great about choice It transform us from dumb animals into artist. Each of us becomes another Michelangelo. Choice be
2、comes nothing other than the tool we use to sculpt(雕刻 ) our life. The tool doesnt come free, however, for the price of choice is responsibility. 【小题 2】 The reward is happiness. Life is not still. It is a flow. 【小 题 3】 We constantly need to monitor where we are on our journey. We need to ask question
3、s: Am I moving closer to my goals If not, what corrective measures can I take What action will I take now to readjust(再调整 ) myself to my goals Choice is power. Choice is at the heart of life. It is the creative power of life. 【小题 4】 And your life becomes more convenient or comfortable because of the
4、m. For example. you decide which stores to shop at and which gas station to go to. But the decisions that we make to sculpt our life are far mote important than deciding where to shop. The more we appreciate the difference between minor and major decisions, the greater the probability that we will e
5、xperience happiness and fulfillment. All chess lovers realize that it isnt necessary to win to enjoy the game. The pleasure is in the playing. Life is like a chess game. 【小题 5】 A It is free will or choice. B You have to make choices every day. C Make the best moves you can under the circumstances. D
6、 But when we accept and carry it out, we get a great return. E. Every choice we make leads us closer to or farther from our goals. F. Life is full of hard choices, and the bigger they are, the harder they get. G. Choose to carry out responsibilities not because you have to, but because you want to.
7、答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 E 【小题 4】 B 【小题 5】 C 试题分析：文章大意：每个人每天都要面临各种各样的选择。正确的选择究竟会给我们的人生带来些什么呢？ 【小题 1】本空前有问句，空后出现 choice这一关键词， A选项既回答上文问题又引出了下文 choice的概念，随后下文承接该话题继续展开。故选 A。 【小题 2】其一，该项中 carry out it中 it指代的是上句中的 responsibility；其二，虽然选择意味着责任，但是同时又会给我们带来巨大的回报，故选 D。 【小题 3】 E选项是对上文的 not still 和 a flow的
8、进一步解释。另外，其中 leads us与下文 monitor 相呼应，且 E选项中的 closer to or farther from our goals与下文的 Am I moving closer to my goal to readjust myself with my goals吻合。故选 E。 【小题 4】其一， “因为每天都在选择，而使生活变得更加舒适和方便 ”。其二， 该空的后文举例说明前文的观点，故该空具有概括意义。故选 B。 【小题 5】上文叙述 “生活 就像下棋 ”，下文 “要走出特定环境下最好的一步棋 ”，前后为顺接关系，故选 C。考点：考查信息匹配 Opportun
9、ities dont come often. They come every once in a while. Very often, they come quietly and go by without 【小题 1】 (notice). Therefore, it is advisable 【小题 2】 you should value and treat them with care. When an opportunity comes, it brings a promise but never realizes it【小题 3】 its own. If you want to ach
10、ieve something 【小题 4】 intend to fulfill one of your ambitions, you must work hard, make efforts and get prepared. 【小题 5】 , you will take no advantage of opportunities when they come to visit you. The difference between a man who succeeds and 【小题 6】 who does not lies only in the way each treats oppor
11、tunities. The successful person always makes adequate preparations to meet opportunities as they duly arrive. The 【小题 7】 (success) person, on【小题 8】 other hand, works little and just waits to see them pass by. 1n my opinion, there are plenty of opportunities for everyone in our society, but only thos
12、e who are prepared adequately and qualified 【小题 9】 (high) can make use of them to achieve 【小题 10】 purposes. 答案： 【小题 1】 being noticed 【小题 2】 that 【小题 3】 on 【小题 4】 or 【小题 5】 Otherwise 【小题 6】 one 【小题 7】 unsuccessful 【小题 8】 the 【小题 9】 highly 【小题 10】 their 试题分析：文章大意：俗话说： “机不可失，时不再来 ”。文章主要讲述了抓住机会的重要性。 【小题
13、 1】考查非谓语动词。介词 without后及 v-ing形式，注意用被动形式。 【小题 2】考查名词性从句。句中 that引导主语从句， It为形式主语。 【小题 3】考查介词。这里为固定的短语搭配： on ones own独自地。 【小题 4】考查连词。这里用连词 or，表示 “或者 ”。 【小题 5】考查副词。这里前后句含有转折之意，故用副词 otherwise。 【小题 6】考查代词。这里 one代指 a man。 【小题 7】考查形容词。前后句句意可知，这里是指 “不成功的 ”。 【小题 8】考查代词。这里考查固定短语搭配： on the other hand另一方面。 【小题 9】
14、考查副词。这里修饰动词，故用副词修饰。 【小题 10】考查代词。注意主语 为 those，故用代词 their。 考点：考查学生对词汇及语法掌握。 完型填空 The secret of success is what you say not what you think. Several years ago, I started representing a new service in the . I started out like a wildfire and within a few days I had reached stardom(明星的地位 ) within the compa
15、ny. About a year into it. I started to work with a young lady who always said the most and defeating things Id ever heard in my life. , I found myself repeating the very same defeatism(失败情绪 ), which my sales dropping and my shining stardom fading away, and I couldnt understand . At first, I myself t
16、o say negative things about , and then after some , the tables turned and I began to those things about myself. Before long, I had 51 myself into being a failure. Did it happen No, it snuck(偷偷跑来 ) its way into my life; little by little. Im sure youre what I did to get out of that hole that I dug for
17、 myself. I started to talk myself back into being ; I printed lists of things to say about myself, most of which was the exact of what I felt about myself at the time. In order to achieve anything in life, you have to believe that you can achieve it; in order to believe that you can achieve you have
18、 to think its possible; in order to think its possible you have to tell yourself it is. Yes, it will take time for you to get to a place where you finally believe you can accomplish what you set out to achieve, but the first person you have to is yourself. I dare you to write positive things down ab
19、out yourself and start saying them to yourself every morning, at lunch and just before you go to bed for the next 30 days and see for yourself the that it can make. You have nothing to except the negative and that wouldnt be such a bad thing. 【小题1】 A career B school C marketplace D hospital A just B
20、 even C alone D yet A positive B active C reliable D negative A Simply B Eventually C Actually D Hopefully A resulted from B resulted in C prevented D protected A why B how C which D when A advised B allowed C forbade D forced A anyone B everyone C someone D others A dislike B pride C disappointment
21、s D pleasure A think B speak C say D find A told B looked C 1eft D talked A unfortunately B overnight C carefully D slowly A wondering B noticing C remembering D reflecting A successful B honest C hardworking D special A passive B rude C positive D silly A thought B aware C same D opposite A only B
22、first C very D 1ast A catch B arrange C remind D convince A advance B step C difference D change A lose B prepare C take D keep 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B 【小题 5】 B 【小题 6】 A 【小题 7】 B 【小题 8】 D 【小题 9】 C 【小题 10】 C 【小题 11】 D 【小题 12】 B 【小题 13】 A 【小题 14】 A 【小题 15】 C 【小题 16】 D 【小题 17】 B 【小题 18】
23、 D 【小题 19】 C 【小题 20】 A 试题分析：文章大意：文章作者以自身做市场销售的经历告诉我们一个道理：只有积极的面对自己，做事情才能够成功。 【小题 1】考查上下文连串。 A. career职业； B. school学校； C. marketplace市场； D. hospital医院。根据后句 which my sales dropping and my shining stardom fading away可知作者是一名新的市场销售代表。故选 C。 【小题 2】考查副词。 A. just刚刚； B. even甚至； C. alone独自； D. yet然后。句意是：我开始像野火
24、一样，刚刚几天之内就在公司到达明星地位。故选 A。 【小题 3】考查形容词。 A. positive积极的； B. active活跃的； C. reliable可靠的；D. negative消极的。句意是：我开始和一个年轻的女士一起工作，她总是说一些我生活中曾经听说过的最消极和失败的事情。故选 D。 【小题 4】考查副词。 A. simply 简单地； B.eventually 最终； C. actually 事实上；D. hopefully 抱有希望地。句意是：最终，我发现自己重复着相同的失败的情绪。故选 B。 【小题 5】考查动词及短语辨析。 A. resulted from由于； B.
25、resulted in导致； C. prevented阻止； D. protected保护。句意是：这就导致了我的销售下降。故选 B。 【小题 6】考查疑问代词。 A. why为什么； B. how怎么； C. which哪一个； D. when什么时候。句意：我不能够知道是为什么。故选 A。 【小题 7】考查动词。 A. advised建议； B. allowed允许； C. forbade禁止； D. forced被迫。起初，我允许自己说些消极的事情。故选 B。 【小题 8】考查代词。 A. anyone任何人； B. everyone每个人； C. someone某人；D. others
26、 其他人。句意是：关于其他人，我 允许自己说些消极的事情。故选 D。 【小题 9】考查动词。 A. dislike不喜欢； B. pride自豪； C. disappointments失望；D. pleasure使高兴。句意是：然后令一些人很失望。故选 C。 【小题 10】考查动词。 A. think认为； B. speak发言； C. say 说； D. find发现。句意：我开始说那些关于我的事情。故选 C。 【小题 11】考查动词。 A. told告诉； B. looked看； C. 1eft离开； D. talked交谈。不久之后，我开始说服自己作为一个失败者。故选 D。 【小题 12
27、】考查副词。 A. unfortunately不幸地； B. overnight在夜里，突然； C. carefully仔细地； D. slowly慢慢地。句意是：它是突然发生的吗？不，它是偷偷跑进我的生活的。故选 B。 【小题 13】考查动词。 A. wondering想知道； B. noticing注意； C. remembering记得； D. reflecting 反映。句意是：我肯定你想知道我是怎么走出我所挖的洞的，故选 A。 【小题 14】考查形容词。 A. successful成功的； B. honest诚 实的； C. hardworking勤奋的； D. special专门的
28、。我开始说服自己回到成功。故选 A。 【小题 15】考查形容词。 A. passive消极的； B. rude粗鲁的； C. positive积极的；D. silly傻的。句意是：我打印了一串写着我自己积极的事情。故选 C。 【小题 16】考查动词及形容词。 A. thought想； B. aware意识到； C. same 相同的； D. opposite相反的。大多数是我那时候确确相反的。故选 D。 【小题 17】考查副词。 A. only仅仅； B. first第 一； C. very非常； D. 1ast最后。你不得不第一次相信你能够获得。故选 B。 【小题 18】考查动词。 A. c
29、atch抓住； B. arrange安排； C. remind提醒； D. convince信服。句意是：但是第一个你不得不相信的人。故选 D。 【小题 19】 考查名词。 A. advance前进； B. step步伐； C. difference区别； D. change改变。看看你自己它所能产生的差别。故选 C。 【小题 20】考查动词。 A. lose失去； B. prepare准备； C. take带走； D. keep保存。句意是：除了消极你没有什么可失去。故选 A。 考点：考查议论文 阅读理解 Fear may be felt in the heart as well as in
30、 the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear. Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting(收缩 ) and pumping blood around their
31、 bodies, compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed. Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain responds to a fearful event, depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation. Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and
32、Sussex Medical School said: “Our Study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart.” The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. Dr
33、 Garfinkel said, “The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed. Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we dont see一 and guide whether we see fear.” To further understand this relationship, the scientists also used a brain scan
34、ner(扫描仪 ) to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a persons feeling of fear. “We have found an important mechanism by which the heart and brain speak to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear,” Dr Garfinkel said. “We hope that by increasing our understanding about how f
35、ear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety disorders, and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder.” 【小题 1】 What is the finding of the study A Ones heart affects how he feels fear. B Fear is a result o
36、f ones relaxed heartbeat. C Fear has something to do with ones health. D Ones fast heartbeats are likely to cause fear. 【小题 2】 The study was carried out by analyzing . A volunteers heartbeats when they saw terrible pictures B the time volunteers saw fearful pictures and their health conditions C vol
37、unteers reactions to horrible pictures and data from their brain scans D different pictures shown to volunteers and their heartbrain communication 【小题 3】 Which of the following is closest in meaning to “mechanism” in Paragraph 6 A Order. B System. C Machine. D Treatment. 【小题 4】 This study may contri
38、bute to . A treating anxiety and stress better. B explaining the cycle of fear and anxiety C finding the key to the heart-brain communication D understanding different fears in our hearts and heads 答案： 【小题 1】 A 【小题 2】 C 【小题 3】 B 【小题 4】 A 试题分析：文章大意：本文属于科普文，介绍了心脏与恐惧的关系。通过两次试验，研究者发现这两者之间的关系，同时借助这一发现，研究
39、者希望能够减轻或者治疗恐惧和压力所带来的诸多 问题。 【小题 1】根据文章第一段第一句 Fear may be felt in the heart as well as in the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.可以得出本题答案： A。 C选项表述与本文无关， D选项表述不正确。 【小题 2】根据文章第四段第一句 The study tested 20 healthy vo
40、lunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces.以及第五段第一句 To further understand this relationship, the scientists also used a brain scanner(扫描仪 ) to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a persons feeling of fear.可以得出本题答案： C。 【小题 3】从后面的句子： by which t
41、he heart and brain speak to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear,可知大脑和心脏对话来改变我们的感觉和减少恐惧，这是一个系统，选 B。 【小题 4】主旨题：根据文章最后一段 We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for an
42、xiety disorders, and also for those for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder.可以得出这个研究可以导致更好的治疗焦虑和压力。本题答案：是 A。 考点：考查科普类短文阅读 NSE Summer School is suitable for those who are at, or are about to start university. It will begin accepting applications in January, 2013. Courses: Accounti
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