天津市耀华中学2015届高三下学期第一次校模拟考试英语试卷

天津市耀华中学2015届高三第一次校模拟考试

英 语 笔 试

本试卷分第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分，共130分，考试时间100分钟，第Ⅰ卷1页至10页，第Ⅱ卷11页至12页。

答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考号填写在答题卡上，并在规定位置粘贴考试用条形码。答卷时，考生务必将答案涂写在答题卡上，答在试卷上的无效。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并收回。

祝各位考生考试顺利！

第Ⅰ卷

注意事项：

1.每小题选出答案后，用铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。

2.本卷共55小题，共95分

第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1. The study suggests that _____ secondhand smoke may be _____ terrible and under- recognized cause of heart attack deaths.
   1. a ; aB. the ; a
      C. / ; aD. / ; the
2. The Greens’ shop has been broken into three times in the last two years, _____ resulting in their great loss.
   1. eachB. everyC. anyD. either
3. —You don’t see the professor from Singapore quite often, do you?
   —No, we only meet _____.
   1. eventuallyB. consistently
      C. frequently D. occasionally
4. I’m very grateful to my high school teachers, without _____ help I wouldn’t be so excellent.
   1. whomB. themC. whoseD. which
5. _____ the culture gap and language differences, we still can understand each other through our body languages.
   1. RegardingB. Despite
      C. WithoutD. Considering
6. —Is there anyone in the classroom?
   —No, not only the students but also the teacher _____ to the playground to watch the opening ceremony of the Art Festival.
   1. goesB. goC. has goneD. have gone
7. —Since you have agreed to go with us, why aren’t you getting ready?
   —But I _____ that you’d have me start immediately.
   1. don’t realizeB. didn’t realize
      C. hadn’t realizedD. haven’t realized
8. —Do you know where David is? He is not in the office.
   —Well, he _____ have gone far — his coat’s still here.
   1. shouldn’tB. mustn’t
      C. can’tD. wouldn’t
9. As far as we are concerned, education is about learning and the more you learn, _____.
   1. the more for life are you equippedB. the more life for you are equipped
      C. the more life you are equipped forD. the more equipped for life you are
10. The science of computer, _____ rapid progress has been made in recent years, plays a very important role in our daily life.
    1. in whichB. from which
       C. with whichD. to which
11. —Believe me, all your efforts will _____ some day.
    —Thanks for your encouragement.
    1. pay backB. pay up
       C.pay offD. pay for
12. —Please tell Tom that he has won the first prize in the maths contest.
    —_____! He never did so well before.
    1. CongratulationsB. Of course I will
       C. That’s rightD. What a good surprise
13. Once ______ a difficult and even dangerous place _____, Vietnam is now a friendly destination that welcomes visitors from all over the world.
    1. considered; to be visitedB. considered; to visit
       C. considering; to be visitedD. considering; to visit
14. After climbing the hills in the natural park for hours, my legs _____ under me and I failed to keep pace with others．
    1. gave out B. gave up
       C. gave in D. gave away
15. The earthquake victims were given clothes and food, without which they _____ from cold and hunger.
    1. would suffer B. will suffer
       C. have suffered D. would have suffered
       第二节：完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
       阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从16～35各题所给出的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
       Every fast-food employee knows that the drive-through window is the worst position. The window sticks with constant ice; the roar of engines hurts your 16; your words are lost in the howling wind.
       On a 17 afternoon, everything changed.
       Every once in a while, the sub-zero temperatures seal a 18 windows shut. Drivers don’t exactly enjoy having to stand outside in the cold, 19 their orders into a speaker box, when they expect to drive through on their heated leather seats. In such cases, most customers tend to show their annoyance to the employees.
       This woman was 20.
       “I’ll get the next car’s 21 as well,” she said as she came up to the window to pay. She stood outside, 22 much snow on her hair. Though she was obviously freezing, her bright 23 lit up her face like a fire.
       “You can’t 24 their drinks,” I said, confused and tired.
       “No, but I’ll buy them,” she said. “Pay it forward and all that.”
       Completely puzzled, I charged her as 25, and when the next customer arrived at the window I explained what had just happened. I watched as his 26 changed — first angry to be out in the cold, then 27 at the random act of kindness, and finally, delighted by his 28.
       “I suppose I’ll pay for the next then,” he replied, nodding and waving at the impatient driver 29 him. He 30 over the cash and received his pre-paid hot drink.
       The trend continued. Customers arrived annoyed, only to leave 31 and pleased. Some were shocked to spend much more than they had expected, 32 others ended up receiving their order for less than half the price.
       Five vehicles passed, then ten, then twenty. No one refused to pay. Customers stood at my window 33 a fist-full of change to buy drinks for a complete stranger. Cars drove off, honking (鸣笛) and 34 their thanks.
       It only takes one customer, one person, to change the entire 35 of traffic. It only takes one moment, one smile, to warm up even the coldest of days.
       16. A. earsB. handsC. feetD. back
       17. A. warmB. sunnyC. freezingD. usual
       18. A. truck’sB. vehicle’sC. car’sD. lorry’s
       19. A. offeringB. throwingC. screamingD. cancelling
       20. A. politeB. angryC. popularD. different
       21. A. numberB. coffeeC. feeD. order
       22. A. coveringB. increasingC. gatheringD. falling
       23. A. eyesB. smileC. hairD. annoyance
       24. A. takeB. payC. buyD. give
       25. A. instructedB. requestedC. directedD. suggested
       26. A. gestureB. expressionC. figureD. feeling
       27. A. inspiredB. upsetC. surprisedD. disappointed
       28. A. luckB. chanceC. deedD. turn
       29. A. beyondB. beforeC. besideD. behind
       30. A. tookB. lookedC. handedD. thought
       31. A. shyB. calmC. anxiousD. regretful
       32. A. whileB. sinceC. asD. unless
       33. A. puttingB. emptyingC. layingD. holding
       34. A. explainingB. castingC. introducingD. sending
       35. A. jamB. rowC. flowD. line
       第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50分）
       阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
       A
       Grisly Gore Tour, Nottingham
       Nottingham’s City of Caves attraction is adding an extra fright factor to its actor-led tours of the city’s atmospheric underground network of sandstone caves. You’ll meet unpleasant smells and unusual feeling boxes—and maybe even a ghost or two—as well as the usual historic sights that include a well in the Middle Ages and tannery (制革厂) and the slums (贫民窟) of Drury Hill. There will also be free daily activities for children.
       ▪ cityofcaves.com, 0115 988 1955, until 28 October, 10:30 am~4 pm.adults £6. children£5.50,family £ 17.50, booking recommended
       Frightwater Valley Halloween Festival, Ripon, North Yorkshire
       If you’re looking for a more hair-raising experience, head for Frightwater Valley Theme Park near Ripon. The park’s thrill rides and roller coasters will take on a Halloween theme. They’ll also be magic shows and some rides will be operating in the dark and the promotional trailer is pretty scary too!
       ▪Advance booking recommended, lightwatervalley.co.uk, 31 October to 4 November, 10 am ~ 7 pm, online booking £16pp(Prepaid), standard day ticket £19 (under 1.3m in height) or £22 (over 1.3m in height)
       Meet the Owls and More, Muncaster Castle, Cumbria
       There’s plenty of Halloween activities for all the family to try. Meet Foppletwig the Genie Hunter and his baby dragon Ozric, enjoy creepy (毛骨悚然的) crafts and face painting, take part in the fancy dress competition or older children can brave the maze (迷宫). After dusk, the gardens will be transformed into a mile-long route of strange and frightening lights and sounds, and there’ll be evening ghost tours.
       ▪Advance booking recommended, and required for ghost tour. muncaster.co.uk, 01229 717614, 27 October to 3 November; general entry to castle, gardens, maze and owl centre, adults £13, children £7.50, under fives free;ghost tour (includes general entry), adults £19.50, children £9.50, under fives free, 15% off all prices if booked online
       The Ghost’s Touch, Pomegranate Theatre, Chesterfield
       Catch this heart-thumping new play by John Goodrum at the Pomegranate Theatre in Chesterfield on 1 November. Adapted from a short story by Wilkie Collins — the author of the Woman in White — it follows widower Stephen Rayburn’s meeting with a ghostly woman whose past with the dead threatens to spill out from beyond the grave.
       ▪Advance booking required. windingwhee.co.uk, 1 November, 7.30 pm, adults £14, children £8.50
       36. The similarity of the first three places lies in ______.
       1. the way of getting tickets
       2. the theme of the activities

C. the date of the activities

D. the costs of tickets

37. If you visit Frightwater Valley Theme Park near Ripon, ______.

1. you will see an ancient well
   B. enter at 9 am on November 1
   C. you will experience scary magic shows
   D. booking online will save you some money
   38. What Halloween activities you can’t enjoy in Muncaster Castle?
   A. watching evening ghost tours
   B. enjoying creepy crafts and face painting
   C. meeting with a ghostly woman
   D. taking part in the fancy dress competition
   39. If a couple with a child enter the Pomegranate Theatre, they should pay______.
   1. £14B. £22.50

C. £31D. £36.5

40. The passage is mainly aimed at______.

A. children B. tourists

C. historiansD. students

B

If your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery (芹菜), a small reward like a sticker for taking even a taste may help get them to eat previously disliked foods, a UK study said.

Though it might seem obvious that a reward could encourage young children to eat their vegetables, the idea is actually controversial, researchers wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. That’s because some studies have shown that rewards can backfire and cause children to lose interest in foods they already liked, said Jane Wardle, a researcher at University College London who worked on the study. Verbal praise, such as “Brilliant! You’re a great vegetable taster”, did not work as well.

“We would recommend that parents consider using small non-food rewards, given daily for tasting tiny pieces of the food — smaller than half a little finger nail,” Wardle said in an email.

The study found that when parents gave their small children a sticker each time they took a “tiny taste” of a disliked vegetable, it gradually changed their attitudes. The children were also willing to eat more of the vegetables — either carrots, celery, cucumber, red pepper, cabbage or sugar snap peas — in laboratory taste tests, the study said.

Researchers randomly assigned 173 families to one of these groups. In one, parents used stickers to reward their children each time they took a tiny sample of a disliked vegetable. A second group of parents used verbal praise. The third group, where parents used no special vegetable-promoting methods, served as a “control”.

Parents in the reward groups offered their children a taste of the “target” vegetable every day for 12 days. Soon after, children in the sticker group were giving higher ratings to the vegetables — and were willing to eat more in the research lab, going from an average of 5 grams at the start to about 10 grams after the 12-day experience. The turnaround also seemed to last, with preschoolers in the sticker group still willing to eat more of the once-disliked vegetable three months later.

Why didn’t the verbal praise work? Wardle said the parents’ words may have seemed “insincere” to their children.

41. The purpose of writing the passage is ______.

A. to show the procedure of an experiment on children’s diet

B. to introduce a way of making children eat vegetables

C. to explain why children don’t like to eat vegetables

D. to present a proper way of verbal praise to parents

42. The underlined word “backfire” in Paragraph 2 probably means “______”.

A. shoot from behind the back B. make a fire in the backyard

C. produce an unexpected result D. achieve what was planned

43. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Most children are born to dislike vegetables like carrots or celery.

B. Rewarding isn’t always a good way to get children to eat vegetables.

C. Oral praise works quite well in encouraging children to eat vegetables.

D. Children in the sticker group will never lose interest in eating vegetables.

44. How did the researchers get their conclusion from the experiment?

A. By comparison. B. By asking questions.

C. By giving examples. D. By discussion.

45. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Children like rewards, not verbal praise.

B. Parents should give up verbal praise.

C. Children are very difficult to inspire.

D. Parents’ tone is important to their kids.

C

A letter of reply is sometimes a most treasured thing. Here is a story that tells about this common and natural human sentiment．

The busiest woman in Labrador during one bitter cold Christmas not very long ago, was an Australian nurse by the name of Kate Austen. But Nurse Austen was not too busy to acknowledge, with a long and friendly letter, every gift of food or clothing received for distribution to the natives in that cold and poor district of the north. Among the gifts was a box of knittings for children, knitted (编织) and sent by a woman in Toronto．

Nurse Austen was busy, exhausted and not feeling too well that winter. She could have written just ordinary routine notes of acknowledgement. But that was not her way. She sat down and wrote the woman in Toronto a real letter telling all about the village, and the names of the children who were wearing the knitted gloves and caps, and what they said when they got them, and how they looked when they wore them. She wanted the woman who had knitted and sent all those lovely knittings “to see how much happiness and warmth she had created.” Not long after, she received the following answer from Canada.

Dear Miss Austen:

Your letter made me happy. I did not expect such a full return. I am eighty years old, and I am blind. There is little I can do except knit, and that is why I knit so many caps and sweaters and scarves. Of course I cannot write this, so my daughter-in-law is doing it for me. She also sewed the seams (接缝) and made the buttonholes for the knitted things.

I know something of the work you are doing. At the age of nineteen I married a man who was going to China to be a missionary (传教士). For forty years, with an occasional year at home in America, we worked in China, and during that time our two sons and a daughter were born to us, of whom only one son survives. After forty years, my husband’s health began to fail. We returned to the States where he took charge of a settlement house in Brooklyn, New York. A surprising number of the problems we faced there were similar to the problems we had met in China. When my husband died, I came to Toronto to live with my son and daughter-in-law. They are very good to me, and I pride myself that I am little trouble to them, though it is hard for a blind old lady to be sure of anything.

What I most want to say, my dear, is this. For sixty years I have been making up missionary packages of such clothing or food or medicine or books as I could collect. In various parts of the world and to various parts of the world I have sent them. Sometimes I have received a printed note of acknowledgement from the headquarters depot (仓库) or mission board, sometimes nothing. Occasionally I have been informed that my contribution was planned for Syria or Armenia or the upper Yangtze. But never before in all that time have l had a personal letter picturing the village and telling me who is wearing the clothing and what they said. I did not suppose that ever in my lifetime I should receive a letter like that.

May God bless you!

Sincerely yours,

46. The underlined word “sentiment” (in Paragraph 1) most probably means “______”?

A. view point

B. gentle feeling

C. way of thinking

D. expression of attitude

47. The underlined sentence “But that was not her way” (in Paragraph 3) implies that ______.

A. she was too occupied to write a note of acknowledgement

B. she was not busy, exhausted or feeling too well that time

C. she would not just write an ordinary letter of appreciation

D. she wrote a letter describing the village and the children

48. For decades, Ms. Laura has been to ______ and sent contributions to people all over the world.

A. Toronto and New York only

B. the upper Yangtze area alone

C. Syria and Armenia once

D. many places of the world

49. Which of the following is TRUE about Ms Laura’s family life?

A. The couple now lives happily with their son’s family in Canada.

B. The couple worked in China at the invitation of the government.

C. The couple continued to serve the needy people back in America.

D. The couple travelled between China and America frequently.

50. Laura was so happy when she received the letter from Miss Austen because ______.

A. she had never received a letter like that

B. the letter was not supposed to reach her

C. the letter was from an Australian nurse

D. she was already eighty years old and blind

D

People have wondered for a long time how their personalities and behaviors are formed. It’s not easy to explain why one person is intelligent and another is not, or why one is cooperative and another is competitive.

Social scientists are, of course, extremely interested in these types of question. They want to explain why we possess certain characteristics and exhibit certain behaviors. There are no clear answers yet, but two distinct schools of thought on the matter have developed. As one might expect, the two approaches are very different from each other, and there is a great deal of debate between proponents of each theory. The argument is often conveniently referred to as nature vs. nurture.

Those who support the “nature” side of the conflict believe that our personalities and behavior patterns are largely determined by biological and genetic factors. That our environment has little, if anything, to do with our abilities, characteristics and behavior is central to this theory. Taken to an extreme, this theory maintains that our behavior is predetermined to such a great degree that we are almost completely governed by our instincts (本能).

Proponents of the “nurture” theory, or, as they are often called, behaviorists, claim that our environment is more important than our biologically based instincts in determining how we will act. Behaviorists see humans as beings whose behavior is almost completely shaped by their surroundings. Their view of the human being is quite mechanistic; they maintain that, like machines, humans respond to environmental stimuli (something that helps sb./sth. to develop better and more quickly) as the basis of their behavior.

The social and political connections of these two theories are significant. In the United States, for example, blacks often score below whites on standardized intelligent test. This leads some “nature” proponents to conclude that blacks are genetically worse than whites. Behaviorists, in contrast, say that the differences in scores are due to the fact that blacks are often robbed of many of the educational and other environmental advantages that whites enjoy, and that, as a result, they do not develop the same responses that whites do.

Neither of these theories can yet fully explain human behavior. In fact, it is quite likely that the key to our behavior lies somewhere between these two extremes. That the argument will continue for a long time is certain.

51. The author is mainly concerned about solving the problem ______.

A. why our personalities and behaviors differ

B. what makes different stages of intelligence

C. how social scientists form different theories

D. what causes the “nature/ nurture” argument

52. The underlined word “proponents” can best be replaced by ______.

A. approaches B. advocates

C. principles D. characters

53. Which of the following statements may be supported by the “nature” school?

A. We are born with certain personalities and behaviors.

B. Environment has nothing to do with our personalities.

C. Abilities and characteristics are showed by behaviors.

D. Only extreme behaviors are determined by instincts.

54. What can we learn about the behaviorists?

A. They believe human beings are mechanical.

B. They compare our behaviors to the machines.

C. They suggest that we react to the environment as the machines do.

D. They agree that the mechanistic theory can be applied on us as well.

55. The “nature” theorists believe that the black’s low scores ______.

A. are the result of the educational disadvantages

B. are a display of the blacks’ poor intelligence

C. have nothing to do with their true intelligence

D. have nothing to do with factors other than heredity (遗传)

天津市耀华中学2015届高三第一次校模拟考试

英 语 笔 试

第II卷

注意事项：

1.用黑色墨水的钢笔或签字笔将答案写在答题卡上。

2.本卷共6小题，共35分。

第三部分：写作

第一节：阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读短文，并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

When something goes wrong, it can be very satisfying to say, “Well, it’s so-and-so’s fault.” or “I know I’m late, but it’s not my fault; the car broke down.” It is probably not your fault, but once you form the habit of blaming somebody or something else for a bad situation, you are a loser. You have no power and could do nothing that helps change the situation.

However, you can have great power over what happens to you if you stop focusing on whom to blame and start focusing on how to improve the situation. This is the winner’s key to success.

Winners are great at overcoming problems. For example, if you were late because your car broke down, maybe you need to have your car examined more regularly. Or, you might start to carry along with you the useful phone numbers, so you could call for help when in need.

Actually, cases of this kind are common occurrence. If your colleague causes you problems on the job for lack of responsibility or ability, find ways of dealing with his irresponsibility or inability rather than simply blame the person. Ask to work with a different person, or don’t rely on this person. You should accept that the person is not reliable and find creative ways to work successfully regardless of how your colleague fails to do his job well.

This is what being a winner is all about — creatively using your skills and talents so that you are successful no matter what happens. Winners don’t have fewer problems in their lives; they have just as many difficult situations to face as anybody else. They are just better at seeing those problems as challenges and opportunities to develop their own talents. So, stop focusing on “whose fault it is.” Once you are confident about your power over bad situations, problems are just stepping stones for success.

56. What is the winner’s key to success according to the passage? (no more than 15 words)

57. How will a person end up if he always blames somebody else for a bad situation? (no more than 15 words)

58. What do problems really mean to a winner? (no more than 5 words)

59. What does the phrase “stepping stones” mean in the passage? (no more than 5 words)

60. Suppose you have difficulty communicating with your parents, how will you deal with this problem? (no more than 35 words)

第二节：书面表达（满分25分）

61.假定你是李津。中国青年志愿者网（China Youth Volunteers/ CYV）计划在6月30日前向全国各大院校及社会各界招募一千名志愿者，进行急救知识普及活动并与世界各地急救员和培训者交流。你想申请成为其中一员。请用英语写一封自我推荐信。要点如下：

1．个人情况：18岁；男；出身医学世家。

2．个人优势：掌握基本急救知识，获得急救认证；有救援经验，身体素质好。

3．参加此项活动的目的，如：帮助有需要的人……

注意：

（1）请勿提及与考生相关的真实信息。

（2）可适当加入细节，使内容充实，行文连贯。

（3）词数不少于100；开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。

（4）参考词汇：急救 first aid ；认证certification

Dear Sir/ Madam,

My name is Li Jin, a boy at the age of 18. _________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

___________________________▲请勿在此处答题________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your earliest reply.

Yours truly,

Li Jin

英语笔试参考答案

第I卷

第一、二部分（Key 1 to 55）

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第II卷

第三部分

第一节

56. Focusing on how to improve the situation instead of whom to blame.

Or: Winners focus on how to improve the situation instead of whom to blame.

57. He has no power and can do nothing that helps change the situation.

58. Challenges and opportunities for self-development.

Or: Challenges and opportunities to develop themselves/ their talents.

59. Means of / Approaches to/ Ways to achieve progress (advancement).

Or: Means/ Approaches to achieving success/ some goal.

/ Means helping people make progress.

/ Means assisting progress towards some goal.

60. (Apossibleversion) I will find a better/ positive way to handle it rather than simply blame them. I will talk with them and understand them in their place and together work out a solution and improve our relationship.

第二节 61. One possible version:

Dear Sir/Madam,

My name is LiJin,aboyatthe age of 18. I am honored to write to yon and promote myself as a volunteer of CYV to get across the common sense of first aid.

I believe I am qualified. Firstly, I have a good knowledge of first aid because my parents are both doctors. They have taught me a lot about giving first aid and I have already received the First Aid Certification. What’s more, I have accumulated abundant experience in saving lives and attending to the wounded, which guarantees me to be of help in tough situations. Last but not least, I am in good condition with great energy due to the constant exercises and body building.

On the whole, I am prepared to be a volunteer. I hope to get more people to learn and practice First Aid, and help out people in need and reward our society as much as I can.

I'm looking forward to your earliest reply.