山西省临汾市高三高考考前适应性训练考试（三）英语试题及答案

1、 临汾市2014年高考考前适应性训练考试（三）英 语本试卷分第i卷（选择题）和第ii卷（非选择题）。满分150分；考试时间120分钟。考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第 i 卷注意事项：1. 答第i卷题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。2. 选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把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，再选涂其它答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。3. 听力部分满分30分，不计入总分，考试成绩录取时提供高校作参考。第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分，不计入总分）略第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 (共15小题；每小题3分，满分45分)

2、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，并在答题卡上讲该选项涂黑。a you must know what byd stands for? yes, build your dream. have you built your dream and spare no effort to achieve it? here is an inspiring story from eddie arcaro dreamed of becoming the worlds greatest jockey（赛马骑师）. but after watching him ride a ho

3、rse for five minutes, reality reflected a rough contradiction. he was awkward and clumsy, and in his early years in the saddle he couldnt do one thing right. in his first 100 races he never even came close to winning. still, he got right back on and trained again. even as a schoolboy, arcaro had set

4、 his own track in life. because he was only a little over five feet tall (1.5 meters) and weighed barely 80 pounds (36kg), the other students picked on him. so he skipped school, hanging out at the local race track where a trainer let him ride horses. his father reluctantly agreed to let him pursue

5、a career as a jockey. the trainer had told him so. “send him back to school,” he said. “hell never be a rider.” in spite of that, arcaro was determined not just to ride, but to become the worlds greatest jockey. but first someone would have to give him a chance. he finally got to ride in a real race

6、. before it was over, hed lost his whip and his cap and had almost fallen off the saddle. by the time he finished the race, the other horses were on their way to the stables（马厩）. hed come in dead last. nevertheless, arcaro went from track to track, looking for any opportunity to ride. finally, a tra

7、iner who pitied him took him in and gave him a chance. one hundred losses later, he was still giving him chances. he saw something in this unlucky jockey, something he couldnt define. there were many brushes with death and several broken bones. every time he would return to the saddle. then arcaro b

8、egan to win. in thirty years of riding, he won 4, 779 races, becoming the only jockey in history to win the kentucky derby five times. by the time he retired in 1962 he was a millionaire and a legend in his own lifetime.21. the underlined phrase “picked on” in the passage probably means _. a. paid a

9、ttention to b. made fun of c. offered help to d. took special care of 22. the trainer who believed in arcaro gave him chances because _. a. arcaro had shown great talents in horse racing b. he thought all that arcaro needed was a bit of luck c. he had sympathy for arcaro for his unfortunate experien

10、ces d. he was impressed by the way arcaro stuck to his dream23. the key message the author wants to convey through the passage is that _. a. a man of words and not of deeds is like a garden full of weeds b. you cant stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf c. winners in life set goals and follo

11、w through on them d. life consists not in holding good cards, but in playing well those you hold24. which of the following would be the most proper title for the passage? a. the man with the one track mind b. a star with many skills c. an inspiring website story d. inspiration is around usbthe bosto

12、n opera housein person: the boston opera house box office is open monday friday from 10 am pm. we provide a direct and customer-friendly service that allows our customers to choose their seats and purchase their tickets at face value without service charges or delivery fees. the savings and confiden

13、ce associated with an in-person purchase at our box office can make the trip very worthwhile. while youre in the neighborhood, check out our dining and parking choices when you attend your favorite shows. the boston ballet box office operates year-round at their 19 clarendon street headquarters（总部）i

14、n bostons south end. boston ballet sells tickets at the boston opera house box office during boston ballet performance weeks.online: tickets for all broadway in boston shows and other concerts and cultural presentations are sold online at . tickets for all boston ballet performances are sold online

15、at .by phone: tickets for all broadway in boston shows and other concerts and cultural presentations can be purchased by calling ticketmaster at 1. 800. 982. 2787. tickets for all boston ballet performances can be purchased by calling 617. 695. 6955.refund policy: no refunds or

16、exchanges.the boston opera house policies some shows may not be appropriate for children of all ages. please enquire at 617. 259. 3400. regardless of age, everyone must have a ticket. no “babies in arms” will be allowed. parents may be asked to remove restless children from the auditorium（演出大厅）. the

17、 parent and child will be able to wait in a comfortable lounge while the rest of the family enjoys the show. we appreciate your cooperation.tips for theatergoers leave yourself enough time for traffic. check the date and time of the performance on tickets purchased. if you arrive late to your perfor

18、mance you may have to wait to be seated at appropriate breaks in the performance. please arrive on time, no less than 15 minutes before curtain.25. you can buy tickets for performances at the boston opera house in all the following ways except _. a. at the box office b. by telephone c. through e-mai

19、l d. on the website26. what is one advantage of purchasing tickets in person? a. you dont need to pay extra fees b. you can get free parking and dining c. you are sure to get the best seats d. you can exchange tickets if you wish27. if you are attending a show at the opera house, _. a. you can take

20、your infant with you b. you dont have to buy a ticket for your child c. you are allowed to enter the auditorium immediately even if you are late d. you are advised to arrive 15 minutes before the performance beginscneil armstrong, the first man ever to set foot on the moon, is best remembered by his

21、 words “thats one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for the mankind”. once, in an interview with his son, he said it was difficult to watch a sci-fi movie with his dad, because armstrong would keep complaining about how unrealistic their vision of space were.in fact, even the oscar-winning grav

22、ity, described as “the most realistic space movie ever” by forbes, is not 100 percent faithful to reality. here is part of a former nasa astronaut garrett reismans movie review.on the whole, its a great movie. but the question that most people want me to answer is how realistic it was.in general, sc

23、i-fi movies are usually far-fetched. so its amazing how many things gravity gets right. the danger of space debris（残骸）is very real. there are currently more than 600,000 pieces of debris larger than 1 cm orbiting earth and they pose a great risk to spacecrafts. however, in the movie, astronauts can

24、see the debris coming and quickly seek shelter. in reality, debris can travel at 20 times the speed of sound, which means that if you can see it, its already too late to hide.another huge error was there was absolutely no reason for the male astronaut matt kowalski to sacrifice himself! he lets go o

25、f the hand of his female partner, ryan stone, and drifts away into space. in reality, kowalski wouldnt have flown away when stone let go of his hand. instead, he would have just stayed floating in that spot.in the movie, stone travels from the hubble telescope to the international space station and

26、then to the chinese space station tiangong, where she finds an escape vehicle to take her back to earth. but this is actually the biggest error in the movie. the hubble, the international space station and a chinese space station are not neighbors. getting from one to the other requires so much ener

27、gy that not even space shuttles had enough fuel to do it. in addition, space stations travel in different orbits, and they travel quickly. and it would be physically impossible to get from one to the other.there are other, more minor details that are just unrealistic. for example, stone doesnt wear

28、a cooling garment（降温服）under her spacesuit to protect herself from the heat in space. . . yes, i could go on and on about all the things gravity got wrong. but who cares? all of these inaccuracies were done to help advance the plot or to add drama to the films. this is entertainment, not a documentar

29、y.28. the purpose of the first paragraph is to _.a. introduce the famous american astronaut neil armstrongb. show that sci-fi movies are often considered unrealistic by astronautsc. introduce why gravity is the most realistic space movie everd. tell people not to believe everything they see in sci-f

30、i movies29. the underlined word “far-fetched” can best be replaced by “_”.a. unlikely to be true b. difficult to understandc. easy to mislead people d. unpopular with astronauts30. which of the following situations would agree with the laws of physics in space according to the passage?a. astronauts

31、collecting flying space debrisb. astronauts wearing only t-shirts under their spacesuitsc. astronauts staying afloat where they are after they part with a spaceshipd. astronauts performing a space walk from the hubble telescope to the international space station31. we can infer from the passage that

32、 _.a. garrett reisman doesnt think highly of the movie gravityb. directors of sci-fi movies usually dont care much about minor detailsc. the shooting of space documentaries and sci-fi movies involve totally different skillsd. garrett reisman believes that sci-fi movies dont need to be totally faithf

33、ul to realitydin 1958, jean berko gleason, an american psycholinguist, created an experiment called the wug test. it investigated how children learn to make plural forms of nouns in english like cats, dogs, and horses. the children were shown imaginary words in the singular and asked to change the w

34、ord into their plural forms. there are three ways of pronouncing the “s” that comes after plural nouns in english; it can be pronounced like /z/, /s/, or /iz/. the most common sound is the /z/ sound like in dogs, then the /s/ sound like in cats, then the /iz/ sound like horses.in the experiment, the

35、 child was presented with a picture of some kind of pretend creature. he or she was told that the creature was a “wug”. the experimenter said, “this is a wug.” another card was pulled out with another wug, and the experimenter said, “now there are two of them. these are two . . .?” children who unde

36、rstood the proper use of plural form for nouns ending with a “g” would say, “they are two wugs,” with a /z/ sound. very young children were often confused by this and said “two wug.” generally, children who were 4 years or older got the question right. the researchers also carried out several other

37、experiments to create plural forms ending with the /s/ sound and with the /iz/ sound and found that children usually learned these rules later in their lives because they are not as common as the /z/ sound plurals.the wug test also included questions that explored a childs understanding of the prope

38、r use of verbs and the suing of the possessive, such as “this is robs bike.” possessives are parts of grammar that show ownership. also, the children were prompted to use the “-er” suffix （后缀）of a noun to demonstrate a persons job, such as someone who drives is a “driver”. again, the children were g

39、iven a nonsense word, this time “zib”. the researcher asked the child, “a man who zibs is a . . .?” some young children replied “zibber”, but many young children replied “zibman”.the wug test demonstrated that even very young children have established grammatical systems that allow them to make plur

40、als, possessive, and other forms of words that they have never heard before. this test was the first of its kind to prove that children learn their language akills naturally without needing to be taught grammar rules.32. the author introduces jean berko gleason as a psycholinguist in order to _.a. e

41、xplain why she used imaginary words for the experimentb. show that she was interested in how the mind learns languagec. suggest that she studied the language of the mentally illd. state that she illustrated the pictures used in the experiment33. the underlined word “pretend” is closest in meaning to

42、 _.a. artificial b. domestic c. incorrect d. living34. according to the passage, which of the following statements is true about the wug test?a. it was an experiment to show that children must be taught the rules of languageb. it investigated whether children could use english verbs to show ownershi

43、pc. it examined how children learned complex language rules ( like forming plurals )d. it proved that children acquire /z/-sound possessives before /s/-sound ones35. the passage probably comes from _.a. a book review b. an official documentaryc. a biography of jean berko gleason d. a language learni

44、ng journal第二节 （共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。every year in late april, students at renmin university of china become the subjects of admiration and jealousy of their peers on other campuses in beijing. why? 36 it has been a unique tradition of renmin universit

45、y for a decade.having fun is just one dimension of the spring break. field trips, voluntary work, and social projects are all on students to-do lists. experts say the spring break is not just for students to enjoy a few days off, but for them to gain new experiences beyond the campus walls.push them

46、 outthe traditional chinese belief of the exploration of knowledge and truth emphasizes “reading 10, 000 books and travelling 10, 000 miles”. 37 but while chinese universities have the tradition of spring outings, whats the benefit of making spring break an institution?qin jianguo, from shenzhen uni

47、versity, thinks the idea of the spring break in some universities in china comes from the intention of pushing students out of the ivory tower to experience more diversity in their lives. he said, “take traveling for example. a week traveling is a very different experience to a one-or two-day outing

48、. when put out in an unfamiliar context, students are expected to acquire the spirit of teamwork and compromise. 38 ”diverse approachesmany countries have similar vacations in the middle of the semester for students to do things out of their own interest. taking japan as an example, instead of party

49、ing like their us counterparts, many japanese students choose to work as interns or engage in study-related projects. 39 pan yingzhao, 22, majoring in finance at renmin university of china, participated in a social project on the theme of “the chinese dream”. she and her teammates interviewed people

50、 on the street to see how they understood “the chinese dream”. “through this activity, i learned how to communicate with strangers appropriately,” pan said. 40 apart from renmin university, only a few other universities, have a spring break for their students. the concept in china is still far from

51、the culture and norms built around it in the us.wei xiang, a professor specializing in holiday economics at beijing international studies university, said that the spring break is a good experiment for universities to make study schedules smoother in order to give students more options to arrange th

52、eir own leisure and study activities.a. not a legendb. not a trend yetc. as for chinese students, many tend to do volunteer workd. they have to learn survival and communication skills as welle. it does indicate the importance of experience as much as theoryf. because they get a week off in the middl

53、e of term, the so-called spring breakg. to sum up, a spring break helps students expand their horizons and improve ability第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。if you want your life to stand for peace and kindness, its helpful to d

54、o some kind, peaceful things. one of my favorite ways to do this is by 41 my own helping rituals（习惯）. these little acts of kindness are opportunities to be of service and reminders of how good it feels to be kind and 42 .we live in a rural area of the san francisco bay area. most of what we see is t

55、he 43 of nature. one of the 44 to the beauty is the litter that some people throw out of their windows 45 they are driving on the rural roads. one of the few 46 to living out the boondocks（偏远地区）is that public 47 , such as litter collection, are less 48 than those closer to the city.a helping ritual

56、that i practice 49 with my two children is picking up litter in our surrounding areas. weve become 50 accustomed to doing this that my daughters will often say to me in 51 voices, “theres some litter, daddy, 52 the car!” and if we have enough time, we will often 53 and pick it up. it seems strange, but we actually 54 it. we pick up litter in parks, on sidewalks, practically anywhere. once i