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【江西省上饶市2014高考英语二模试题】Olympic medalist Dara Torres, the 41-year-old swimmer, is more than a feel-good story. Torres is as determined and driven in her daily life as she is in the pool. She is dedicated to pursuing her passions and following her dreams-something she hopes to instill （灌输）in her 2-year-old daughter and women and girls everywhere. After all, her dreams took her to Beijing.Upon her return after the Olympics, SUCCESS writer Don Yaeger, caught up with Torres, who shared her insights.What insights can you offer others （ non-athletes, too） about setting and staying on track to reach goals?Everyone has his highs and lows when doing things, but you have to remember what the end result is when you're having those tough times. I think about the end and about my feelings of success, and that keeps me going. I definitely set goals for myself and try not to get too distracted trying to reach them. And always remember to have fun !Any strategies or tips for overcoming mental obstacles to be your very best?Mental obstacles are tough. For my personally, if I was having mental obstacles, I would talk to my coach, who was the most important person to me during this comeback . It，s so important to have that person in your life, a trusted advisor. Communication is very important, and I' ve learned it's OK to turn to others if you're having a tough time. When I was younger, I would internalize （使.,内化）things. Not any more. It's a great relief to61.When saying ”62.A.C.B.D.InA.B.C.D.TorresTorresTorresTorresDara, sisisisismore than a feel-good story” good at telling stories a 41-year-oId swimmer feeling goodnot only a feel-good storyopinion, when one is having his63.64.65.be able to share.,the writer means thattough times, hemust turn to his coaches for helphad better communicate with friends through the Internet should think about the successful en ought to adjust his goalAccording to the passage, communication is very important inA.C.B.D.overcoming mental obstacleswinning others， support and aid building good relations with otherspreventing one，s imagination running awayWhich of the following words can best describe Torres?A. Negative B. Subjective C. Objective D. PositiveThe writer mainly wants to tell us.A. Don Yaeger' s most successful interviewB. Dara Torres pursues her passions in the pool and in lifeC. how athletes overcome mental obstacles in competitionsD. everyone has his highs and lows when doing things【参考答案】61-65 DCADB阅读理解Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full - blown. Quite the opposite, just as the cook has to undergo a particular training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purposeschool work, mattersof business, or purely social communication.You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.There are still some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe （文书） to do your business or social writing for you, for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letter writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves. We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to papers. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figures must be extremely large. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read, from first word to last, not just thrown into some “letters-to-be-read“ files or into a wastepaper basket. This is the reason we bend our efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.8. In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food because.A. bo.th are enjoyable B. both are hard to learnC. both are necessary to life D. both take a long time to prepare9. According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?A. Writing skills are less important than experience.B. A good writer should have his own way of writing.C. A good writer should learn to write all kinds of articles.D. The more efforts one makes, the more money one can earn.10. The author thinks that the most important reason for us to practice writing skills is.A. to earn our living B. to attract others to readC. to do daily reports easily D. to become good secretaries11. The purpose of the author in writing this passage is to.A. comment and blame B. introduce and describeC. explain and persuade D. interest and inform【参考答案】（C） A B B C阅读理解DI am a German by birth and descent. My name is Schmidt. But by education I am quite as much an Englishman as a 'Deutscher, and by affection much more the former. My life has been spent pretty equally between the two countries, and I flatter myself I speak both languages without any foreign accent.I count England, my headquarters now: it is “home" to me. But a few years ago I was resident in Germany, only going over to London now and then on business. I will not mention the town where I lived. It is unnecessary to do so, and in the peculiar experience I am about to relate I think real names of people and places are just as well, or better avoided.I was connected with a large and important firm of engineers. I had been bred up to the profession, and was credited with a certain amount of “talent” ; and I was considered一and, with all modesty, I think I deserved the opinionsteady and reliable, so that I had already attained a fair position in the house, and was looked upon as a “rising man” . But I was still young, and not quite so wise as I thought myself. I came close once to making a great mess of a certain affair. It is this story which I am going to tell.Our house went in largely for patents一rather too largely, some thought. But the head partner's son was a bit of a genius in his way, and his father was growing old, and let Herr Wilhelm - Moritz we will call the family namedo pretty much as he chose. And on the whole Herr Wilhelm did well. He was cautious, and he had the benefit of the still greater caution and, larger experience of Herr Gerhardt, the second partner in the firm.Patents and the laws which regulate them are strange things to have to do with. No one who has not had personal experience of the complications that arise could believe how far these spread and how involved they become. Great acuteness as well as caution is called for if you would guide your patent bark safely to port一and perhaps more than anything, a power of holding your tongue. I was no chatterbox, nor, when on a mission of importance, did I go about looking as if I were bursting with secrets, which is, in my opinion, almost as dangerous as revealing them. No one, to meet me on the journeys which it often fell to my lot to undertake, would have guessed that I had anything on my mind but an easy-going young fellow's natural interest in his surroundings, though many a time I have stayed awake through a whole night of railway travel if at all doubtful about my frellow-passengers, or not dared to go to sleep in a hotel without ,a ready-loaded gun by my pillow. For now and then - though not through me - our secrets did ooze out. And if, as has happened, they were secrets connected with Government orders or contracts, there was, or but for the exertion of the greatest energy and tact on the part of my superiors, there would have been, to put it plainly, the devil to pay.12. The writer preferred to be called .A. a GermanB. an EnglishmanC. both a German and an EnglishmanD. neither a German nor an Englishman13. Which of the following words cannot be used to describe the writer?A. TalentedB. Modest C. ReliableD. Wise14. The head of the company where the writer works is .A. SchmidtB. Moritz C. Wilhelm' s fatherD. Gerhardt15. The writer often stayed awake on the train or kept a ready-loaded gun in the hotel, because .A. some people sometimes let out the secrets of his companyB. the writer occasionally didn' t keep the secrets of his companyC. patents and the laws are strange things to have to do withD. the secrets were connected with Government orders or contracts【参考答案】（D） BDCA阅读理解DBatteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems. While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much larger and heavier than the devices themselves. University of Missouri（MU） researchers are developing a nuclear energy source that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy density” , said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at MU. "The radioisotope （放射性同位素）battery can provide power density that is much higher than chemical batteries. ”Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny, intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems （M/NEMS）. Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said they are safe.“People hear the word 'nuclear' and think of something very dangerous, “ he said, uHowever, nuclear power sources have already been safely powering a variety .of devices, such as pace-makers, space satellites and underwater systems. ”His new idea is not only in the battery, s size, but also in its semiconductor（半 导体）Kwon' s battery uses a liquid semiconductor rather than a solid semiconductor.“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the latt ice structure of the solid semiconductor, “ Kwon said, ".By using a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that problem. ”Together with J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the battery' s power, shrink its size and try with various other materials. Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the thickness of human hair. 16. Which of the following is true of Jae Kwon?A. He teaches chemistry at MU.B. He developed a chemical battery.C. He is working on a nuclear energy source. D. He made a breakthrough in computer engineering.17. Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4.A. to show chemical batteries are widely applied. B. to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used.C. to describe a nuc1ear-powered system.D. to introduce various energysources.18. Liquid semiconductor is used to .A. get rid of the radioactive wasteB. test the power of nuclearbatteries.C. decrease the size of nuclear batteriesD. reduce the damage to latticestructure.19. According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery .A. uses a solid semiconductorB. will soon replacethe present ones.C. could be extremely thinD. has passed thefinal test.20. The text is most probably a .A. science news reportB. book reviewC. newspaper adD. science fiction story【参考答案】1620、CBDCA阅读理解(2)When most people think of tropical islands, lined with white sandy beaches and bright blue seas, it is often the Caribbean or South Pacific that comes to mind. But for Chinese tourists who want a taste of paradise on Earth there is a new place to consider. Mauritius, an island lying off the southeast of Africa in the Indian Ocean, has just been added to China' s list of tourist destinations. Rich in history, natural beauty and culture, the island has been a popular destination for the world' s tourists for many years.On December 15 a total of eight African countries were added to the list. The others are Tunisia, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Kenya, Zimbabwe, Zambia and the Seychelles.The island has passed through the controlling hands of a number of European powers, including Dutch, French and British. In 1968, Mauritius won its independence.At present, over half the population of Mauritius is Hindu and another fifth is Muslim. Both groups are descendants(Jp W) from workers brought to the island from India by the British. Some Chinese were also brought over to work. There are also descendants of African slaves and Franco-Mauritians, the original settlers of the island.One of the best things about the island is the food. There is a mouth-watering mix of European, Chinese and Indian flavours and seafood is very popular. A typical Mauritian dinner might have Indian chicken curry, Chinese pork, British roast beefand French-style vegetables. Boiled rice is served with just about everything. All that is washed down with a plentiful supply of local beer and rum(朗姆酒).The pleasant tropical climate and scenery provide the perfect setting to enjoy everything. The sea is full of colorful life that lives around the coral reef. This makes Mauritius a wonderful place for swimming and diving. The large number of interesting fish means it is also an exciting place for those who like to go fishing, (from www. nmetl68. com)5.A.B.C.D.6.A.C.7.A.B.C.D.8.A.C.5.Which of the following can' t be used to describe Mauritius?Tropical island, white sandy beach and bright blue sea.Beautiful scenery, rich history and culture.Most of the people in Mauritius are black.Delicious food mixed with eastern and western flavours.Which group of the following topics is not discussed in the text?Food and history.Location and sports.Which of the following is true?Mauritius has Mauritius has Mauritius has The main foodsomething similar a history of lessB. Scenery and population.D. Natural resources and agriculture.to the Caribbean or South Pacific, than 40 years.been a popular destination for Chinese tourists for many years, in Mauritius is local beer and rum.The underlined word “This” in Pleasant tropical climate The sea with colorful lifeC事实细节题。第五段“over halfthe last paragraph refers to.B. Beautiful sceneryD. The coral reefthe population of Mauritius is Hindu” 的意义:毛里求斯现在一半的人口为印度人。根据我们中学生应该具备的常识，印度人不属于黑色人 种，由此推断可知6. D事实归纳题。通读全文，短文中没有涉及“自然资源和农业”。其他几项都能找到。7. A推测题。短文第一段的意义是：一提起以白色的沙滩和迷人的大海而著称的热带群岛， 人们大多会想起加勒比海或是南太平洋上的岛屿。而现在，中国游客又多了另外一个天堂般 的好去处一一毛里求斯。由此衬托出毛里求斯与加勒比海或南太平洋上的岛屿有相类似的风 光。毛里求斯1968年赢得独立，独立不到40年，但不能说她有不到40年的历史，可排除B 项。第二段提到毛里求斯日前对中国公民开放旅游，可排除C项。倒数第二段“Boiled rice is served with just about everything. All that is washed down with a plentiful supply of local beer and