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1、高三考前冲刺卷（三）英语试题I.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共 15小题；每小题2 分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1 15各题所给的A、B、C 和 D 项中，选出最佳选项。I am an eleven-year-old primary school boy and all of my teachers complained about myunreadable handwriting.So I started taking my laptop to school and using it instead of paper,books and _ 1.

2、At first I thought I was in heaven.Writing essays had become so _ 2 _.Copyingnotes took seconds.I dont have to worry about spelling mistakes and whether I have _ 3 tocarry my textbooks.I was always organized,as I could not leave my books at home anymore asthey were _ 4 in my machine,so you would thi

3、nk that it was beneficial as a learnin g tool.Unfortunately,soon I completely_ 5all my ability to write,which is very limiting when still atschool.My spelling became worse as I no longer had to think about it _ 6_ the computers autocorrector.However,this wasnt what _ 7_ me the most.lt was the fact t

4、hat I was no longerlearning what I used to in class.The simple act of writing something down was a way of learningfor me,and a laptop could never _ 8_ that.Exams started to become _ 9_ as I no longer knewall the words and phrases,because I _ 1 0 _ wasnt learning it just by typing it down.Also eachle

5、sson was at least five minutes shorter because of the time needed to _ 11 at the beginning ofthe class and pack away at the end of lessons.Finding and learning notes in your computer is alsoless effective.Furthermore,a computer does not have the same _ 12_ of use as paper,as paperdoesnt have to be f

6、ully _ 13_.Finally I couldnt focus on my class knowing I had the wholeInternet at my fingertips.So during lessons I would often search the Internet and have _ 14.As you can see,the _ 15 are far more than the benefits.Therefore I stopped taking my computerto lessons.Now I perform better at school.1.2

7、.3.4.5.6.7.8.9.10.H.12.13.14.15.A.bagsA.seriousA.decidedA.savedA.enjoyedB articlesB.funnyB forgottenB.takenC.B.droppedC.C.c.dictionaries D.penseasy D.unusualdreamed D.learnedmadeD.preparedC.A.regardless of B.due toA.botheredB.puzzled C.A.mix B.changeC.ignored D.lostC.in spite of D.in case ofshockedr

8、eplaceA.more interesting B.stronger C.A.simply B.carelessly C.finallyD.interestedD.avoidmore regular D.harderD.slowlyA.get across B.start up C.A.importance B.convenienceA.searched B.analyzed C.A.fun B.luck C.successA.excitements B.negatives C.give out D.round upC.difference D.guidancecharged D.occup

9、iedD.advantagedangers D.terms第二节 语法填空（共 10小题；每小题1.5分，满 分 15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。Valentines Day is the time of the year when couples show their love for each other by sendingcards,flowers and chocolates.Its origins are 16.(clear)and hidden in the river oftime.Nobod

10、y knows exactly 17.St.Valentine was,although some historians suggest hewas 18.Roman killed in the third century AD by a Roman Emperor.lt is said that thefirst 19.(record)Valentines card was sent by the imprisoned Duke of Orleans in1 4 1 5.2 0.is believed that he tried to find comfort from his impris

11、onment by writing lovepoems to his wife.Now,Valentines Day 21.(celebrate)in many countries around the world.However,thetraditions often differ from place to place.In Japan,for example,it is normal 22.thewoman to send chocolates to the man,23.in South Korea April 14th is known as“BlackDay“and is when

12、 the unfortunate men who received nothing on Valentines Day gather to eatnoodles and show sympathy for each other.Technological 24.(develop)have also played their part 25.keepingValentines Day relevant in the 21st century.Valentines e-cards have been very popular in recentyears.n.阅读(共两节，满分50分)第一节 阅读

13、理解(共20小题；每小题2 分，满分40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。AShould e-cigarettes(electronic cigarettes)be a new choice for the smokers trying to get rid of thehabit?Reactions from Americans are mixed.More than half of the people questioned in a surveythink e-cigarettes should be controlled by the US

14、Food and Drug Administration,but 47 percentbelieve the e-cigarettes should be available to the smokers who want to quit.“In the hunt for a safer cigarette,e-cigarettes are becoming a popular choice among those eithertrying to quit or looking to replace standard tobacco smoke with an alternative that

15、 manufacturersclaim to be safer,“Zogby International,which conducted the survey,said in a statement.About half of the 4,611 adults who took part in the survey had heard about e-cigarettes,which arebattery-powered,or rechargeable cigarettes that vaporize a liquid nicotine solution.They do notproduce

16、smoke but a water vapor without smell.Sold mostly on the Internet,e-cigarettes were firstmade in China.Last year the World Health Organization(WHO)warned against using e-cigarettes,saying therewas no evidence to prove they were safe or helped smokers break the habit.The WHO said peoplewho smoke e-ci

17、garettes breathe in a fine fog of nicotine into the lungs.Nearly a third of people questioned in the survey think that e-cigarettes should be allowed inplaces where smoking is forbidden,because they dont produce smoke,but 46 percentdisagree.Men who were aware of the availability of e-cigarettes were

18、 more likely than women tosay they should be a choice available to smokers who want to quit.Young people,aged 1829,and singles were the groups most open to trying e-cigarettes.Smoking is the single largest causeof preventable death worldwide,according to the WHO.26.What can we leam from Paragraph 1?

19、A.American smokers ought to try e-cigarettes.B.Americans have different opinions about e-cigarettes.C.Every kind of cigarettes should be forbidden in America.D.Most of the Americans dont like e-cigarettes.27.According to Zogby International,e-c i g a r e t t e s.A.are much safer than common cigarett

20、esB.are popular among people who want to quit smokingC.will take the place of traditional cigarettesD.are produced in a safer way by manufacturers28 What do we know about e-cigarettes from the passage?A.Most Americans are familiar with them.B.They are a good choice as there is no nicotine.C.They pro

21、duce a water vapor that cant be seen.D.Most people buy them on the Internet.29.Whafs the attitude of the WHO towards e-cigarettes?A.Negative.B.Supportive.C.Doubtful.D.Indifferent.30.What can we conclude from the last paragraph?A.People can smoke e-cigarettes in places where smoking is forbidden.B.Mo

22、st women agree that e-cigarettes should be available to smokers.C.Young adults and singles are the main groups who agree to try e-cigarettes.D.The problem of smoking is becoming worse around the world.BA woman and her elderly uncle were waiting for a bus at a corner in downtown Chi cago.Busescame by

23、,not the one they wanted.The woman finally half-entered one of the buses and asked thedriver if the bus she wanted stopped at that corner.The driver looked at her but made no answer,so she repeated the question.To her surprise,he thenclosed the door,by her arm,and drove off.The woman,her arm stuck i

24、n the door,ran alongside the bus,shouting.Passengers said the driverstopped after almost a block only because they，too,were shouting.When the driver finally did stop and open the door,the woman jumped on the bus to get his busnumber.Then he took off again and went another couple of blocks before oth

25、er shoutingpassengers persuaded him to stop and let the woman off.After the drivers bosses at a tax-supported governmental company（CIA）heard of the incident,they looked into it and set his punishment：a five-day suspension（停职）without pay.That struckme as rather light.But Bill Baxa,the companys pubic-

26、relations man,said,Thats a pretty serious punishment.,Five days off work is a serious punishment for dragging a woman alongside a bus by her arm?Baxa said,“Any time you take money away from someone,it is a terrible punishment.The drivermakes$14 an hour.Multiply that by 40 and you can see what he los

27、t.”Yes,that comes to$560,a good sum.But we know that people in the private company are fired forfar less minor mistakes.If the people who run the bus company think that the loss of a weeks payis more than enough,I offer them a sporting（公正的）suggestion：Give me a bus.Then have theirwives stick their ar

28、ms in the doorway of the bus,and ril slam the door shut,start the bus quicklyand take them for a fast one-block run.And ril pay$560 to anyone who is bold enough to tryit.Any takers?Mr.Baxa?Anyone?I didnt think so.31.The nurse half-entered one of the buses b e c a u s e.A.the bus they wanted didnt st

29、op thereB.she wanted the driver to stop the busC.she wanted to get some information from the driverD.she and her uncle couldnt wait any longer at the corner32.How many blocks was the woman away from the comer where she waited when the bus driverfinally let her off?A.Almost one block.B Almost two blo

30、cks.C.Probably three blocks.D.Probably five or six blocks.33.Why did the author offer a sporting suggestion?A.Because the CT A paid little attention to the incident.B.Because he bus driver had not been fired.C.Because he wanted to threaten the CTA people.D.Because he thought the punishment was a lig

31、ht one.34.From this passage we may infer that.A.many people in the private sector are fired for minor mistakes every dayB.people in the private sector usually get more serious punishment than those in the publicsectorC.people in the private sector get much higher pay than those in the public sectorD

32、.people in the private sector are better trained than those in the public sector35.Which of the following is NOT true?A.The company is a bus company supported by the government.B.The writer and Mr.Baxa disagreed with each other on the bus companys decision.C.The driver finally stopped the bus under

33、the pressure of the passengers.D.The writer asked the bus company to give him a bus if his suggestion was refused.CTechnology has been an encouragement of historical change.lt acted as such a force in Englandbeginning in the eighteenth century,a nd across the entire Western World in the nineteenth.R

34、apidadvances were made in the use of scientific findings in the manufacture（制造）of goods,which haschanged ideas about work.One of the first changes was that other forms of energy have taken theplace of human power.Along with this came the increased use of machines to manufactureproducts in less time.

35、People also developed machines that could produce the same parts for aproduct：each nail was exactly like every other naih meaning that each nail could be changed forevery other nail.This means that goods could be mass production,although mass productionrequired breaking production down into smaller

36、and smaller tasks.Once this was done,workers no longer started on the product and laboured to complete it.Instead,they might work only one thousandth of it,other workers completing their own parts in certainorder.There is nothing strange about this manufacturing work by today9s standards.Highly skil

37、ledworkers were unable to compare with the new production techniques,as mass production allowedgoods of high standard to be produced in greater number than could ever be done by hand.But theskilled worker wasnt the only loser,the common workers lost too.Similar changes forced farmersaway.The increas

38、ed mechanization（机械化）of agriculture freed masses of workers fromploughing the land and harvesting its crops.They had little choice but to stream toward the rapidlydeveloping industrial centers.Increasingly,standards were set by machines.Workers no longerowned their own tools,their skill was no longe

39、r valued,and pride in their work was no longerpossible.Workers fed,looked after and repaired the machines that could work faster than humansat greatly reduced cost.36.In this passage,which of the following is NOT considered as a change caused by the use ofscientific findings in the production of goo

40、ds?A.Other forms of energy have taken the place of human power.B.The increased exploitation of workers in the 19th century.C.The increased use of machines to make products in less time.D.The use of machines producing parts of the same standard.37.The underlined word this in the first paragraph refer

41、s to.A.the use of scientific findingsB.the practice of producing the same parts for a productC.the human power being replaced by other forms of energyD.the technology becoming the encouragement of historical change38.The underlined word this”in the second paragraph refers to the change that.A.each n

42、ail could be taken the place of by every other nailB.each nail was exactly like every other nailC.producing tasks became smaller and smallerD.goods could be mass produced39.According to the writer,highly skilled wo r k e r s.A.completely disappeared with the coming of the factory systemB.were dismis

43、sed by the bossC.were unable to produce goods of high standardD.were unable to produce fine goods at that same speed as machines40.According to the passage,what did the farmers have to do with the coming of mechanizationof agriculture?A.Many of them had to leave their farmland for industrial centers

44、.B.They stuck to their farm work.C.They refused to use machines.D.They did their best to learn how to use the machines.D“If there is one thing Im sure about,it is that in a hundred years from now we will still be readingnewspapers.lt is not that newspapers are a necessity.Even now some people get mo

45、st of their newsfrom television or radio.Many buy a paper only on Saturdays or Sundays.But for most peoplereading a newspaper has become a habit passed down from generation to generation.,The nature of what is news may change.What basically makes news is what affects our livesthebig political storie

46、s,the coverage of the wars,earthquakes and other disasters,will continue muchthe same.I think there will be more coverage of scientific research,though.Its already happeningin areas that may directly affect our lives,like genetic engineering.In the future,I think there willbe more coverage of scient

47、ific explanations of why we feel as we doas we develop a betterunderstanding of how the brain operates and what our feelings really are.Its quite possible that in the next century newspapers will be transmitted electronically from FleetStreet and printed out in our own home.In fact,Im pretty sure th

48、at how it will happen in thefuture.You will probably be able to choose from a menu,making up your own newspaper bypicking out the things you want to readsports and international news,etc.I think people have got it wrong when they talk about competition among the different media.They actually feed_of

49、f each other.Some people once foresaw that television would kill off newspapers，but that hasnt happened.What is read on the printed page lasts longer than pictures on a screen orsound lost in the air.And as for the Internet,its never really pleasant to read something just on ascreen.41.What is the b

50、est title for the passage?A.The Best Way to Get NewsB.The Changes of MediaC.Make Your Own NewspaperD.The Future of Newspapers42.In the writers opinion,in the future,.A.more big political affairs,wars and disasters will make newsB.newspapers will not be printed in publishing houses any longerC.newspa