江苏省如东中学高考英语自主练习24.doc

江苏省如东中学高三英语自主练习24一单选1. there are records about the diaoyu islands in _book published during the rule of yong le(1403-1424) in _ ming dynasty, more than 400 years before japan claimed the discovery of the diaoyu islands in1884.a. a; / b. the; / c. a; thed. the; a2. it is important to have your eyes examined regularly to check for any sign of eye disease that may not have any _ .a. symptomb. similarity c. sampled. shadow3. much to peoples surprise, the factory produced many famous cars, none of _shipped to foreign countries.a. them b. which c. itd. what4. i slept sound and awoke refreshed, and had no feelings except an appetite for_ my mother might prepare.a. no matter whichb. no matter what c. whateverd. whichever5youve switched the machine off. i told you not to, _?a. didnt i b. havent you c. will you d. did i6. i dont really work here; i _ until the new secretary arrives.a. just help out b. have just helped out c. am just helping out d. will just help out7. liu xiang earned the respect from the whole world as he hopped down the track to the finishing line, _ the last hurdle.a. kissed b. to kiss c. kissing d. having kissed8. if penicillin _ available, many people _ from sickness or even small wounds in the 20th century.a. had not been; would dieb. is not; would diec. had not been; would have died d. should not be; would have died9. the newly-elected president obama said that america would _ the challenges and overcome the problems in a spirit of co-operation.a. respond tob. relate toc. look into d. refer to10. _ you can affect the life of your child in an active way, you have been a success.a. even thoughb. unlessc. as long as d. as though11. no judgment _ about whether the man is guilty until the whole case has been investigated.a. will makeb. will be madec. has made d. has been made12. i always _the smell of those flowers with my childhood, which i treasure most. a. associate b. equip c. mix d. charge 13. i just bought a new laptop online.really? you _as well give your old one to a school in a faraway area.a. couldb. mightc. shouldd. would14. _ about wild plants that they decided to make a trip to madagascar for further research.a. so curious the couple wasb. how curious the couple werec. the couple was curious sod. so curious were the couple15. did you have a wonderful time at the ball last night? _! ive never had a more wonderful time all my life.a. you bet b. no problem c. dont mention itd. got it16tom has won the 100-meter race. _! he never won it before.a. congratulations b. what good news c. what a good surprise d. how exciting the race is17i used to quarrel a lot with my parents，but now we _ fine.aget over bstay up cget away fromdget along18the good thing about children is that they _ very easily to new environments.a. adapt b. appeal c. attach d. apply19do you mind if i close the window?_we should let in more fresh airayes, go ahead bof course notci would like to close it did appreciate it if you dont20to their delight, their newly-developed products were not _ for the demand as soon as they went on the market. a. qualified b. flexible c. available d. adequate 二阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。adont you just love ice skating every winter? i am sure that since winter is approaching, your skates are set to come out, just waiting to be used. impress your friends with your new trick on how to ice -skate backwards with the help of these tips. skating backwards on ice is a bit difficult but once you master the basic, there s nothing like it. follow the steps given below and you will be able to skate backwards in no time. stand straightthe first thing that you need to do is, stand straight. if you feel that you are falling backwards, then just put your chin up and slightly bend your knees. dont worry; this happens to all. confidence is what you needthe most important step while learning how to skate backwards, is having enough confidence in yourself and in what you are doing. how can you achieve this? by practice. just practice rolling backwards down a gentle slop every single day or just by pushing off from a wall or something of that sort. but before you do that, make sure that the place where you are practicing is free from any kind of debris （碎片） because otherwise, you could end up in the hospital due to some accident. while going backwards, just get used to the feeling of moving backwards. one of the important ice skating tips and techniques is that if you feel that you are losing your balance, then scissor your skates. keep practicing this till you are confident about it. maintain speedconfident now? great! now the next step is to maintain your speed. while rolling in a straight line with one skate, with the other try sculling , that is, keep pushing yourself backwards with an outwards stroke . now bring the skate which you were using to scull, and then again, repeat the same process. make sure that you put most of your weight on the skate which is moving straight and not the one with which you are sculling. now, try the same thing using the other foot. again keep doing this till you are confident enough. increase your speed nowonce you are confident that you can scull with either foot, the next thing that you have to do is increase your speed. try some of your own tricks now. scull with either foot or with both at the same time. scull and be awarewhile you keep one foot straight, keep sculling with the other. you can do that simultaneously with both feet. concentrate on what you are doing but dont get so involved that you dont see where you are going. if you are not watching your back, you might just bang against something or someone. 21. according to the text confidence comes from _ .a. constant exercise b. strict coaches c. high speed d. good techniques22. which is the right order of ice - skating backwards?a. increasing your speed. b .being able to scull with one foot. c. being about to stand straight. d. trying some different tricks. a. cadb b. cbda c. cbad d. acbd23. in the last paragraph the author mainly wants to express _ .a. one must be brave to learn to ice - skate backwards b. skating and keeping cautious are both important c. its difficult to concentrate when ice - skating backwardsd. it s a common thing to hit someone when ice - skating backwards24. the purpose of the text is _ . a. to offer some advice on ice - skating backwards b. to introduce the culture of ice-skating backwardsc. to explain advantages of ice - skating backwardsd. to compare different ways of ice - skating backwards bfeeling blue about world? “cheer up.” says science writer matt ridley”the world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature”ridley calls himself a rational optimistrational, because hes carefully weighed the evidence; optimistic, because that evidence shows human progress to be both unavoidable and goodand this is what hes set out to prove from a unique point of view in his most recent bookthe rational optimisthe views mankind as grand enterprise that on the whole, has done little but progress for 100,000 yearshe backs his finding with hard facts gathered through years of researchheres how he explains his views1) shopping fuels inventionit is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in london aloneeven allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, better ears, and of course, more pounds and dollars than any who lived before usthis will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. the more we specialize and exchange, the better off well be2）brilliant advancesone reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer-lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs -food, clothing, fuel and shelter- have grown a lot cheapertake one examplein 1800 a candle providing one hours light cost six hours workin the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes work to pay forin 1950 it was eight secondstoday its half second3）lets not kill ourselves for climate changemitigating climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate change itselfa child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossil-fuel electricity is forbidden by well - meaning members of green political movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate changeif climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes real pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nose - bleed by putting a tourniquet around our necks25what is the theme of ridleys most recent book?a. weakness of human nature b. concern about climate changecimportance of practical thinking d. optimism about human progress26how does ridley look at shopping? a. it encourages the creation of thingsb. it results in shortage of goods c. it demands more fossil fuelsd. it causes a poverty problem27the candle and lamp example is used to show that a. oil lamps give off more light than candles b. shortening working time brings about a happier life c. advanced technology helps to produce better candles d. increased production rate leads to lower cost of goodscwhat can be found in the two recent studies?one showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewardsresearchers at harvard university in the united states and the stockholm school of economics in sweden did the study, which appeared last month in the journal sciencethey had about two hundred college students play a version of the game known as the prisoners dilemmathe game is based on the tension between the interests of an individual and a groupthe students played in groups of foureach player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equallybut each player could also reward or punish each of the other three players, at a cost to the punisherharvard researcher david rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation the groups that rewarded most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded leastand the more a group punished itself, the lower its earningsthe group with the most punishment earned twenty-five percent less than the group with the least punishmentthe other study referred to children, which was presented last month in california at a conference on violence and abuseresearchers used intelligence tests given to two groupsmore than eight hundred children were ages two to four the first time they were testedmore than seven hundred children were ages five to ninethe two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared the results with the first testboth groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did notthe study says the iqs or intelligence quotientsof the younger children who were not spanked were five points higher than those who werein the older group, the difference was almost three pointsmurray strauss from the university of new hampshire worked with mallie paschall from the pacific institute for research and evaluationprofessor strauss has written extensively about physical punishment of childrenhe says the more they are spanked, the slower their mental developmenthe also looked at average iqs in other nations and found them lower where spanking was more common28we can learn from the passage that _athe first study began last month at harvard university in americabthe prisoners dilemma is a game that can teach you how to be cooperativecthe study on the iqs of children was carried out by professor murray straussdprofessor mallie has done lots of researches on family violence29what study method was adopted in the two recent studies according to the passage?aobservation bquestionnairecconclusion dexperiment30the underlined word spanked in the third paragraph refers to _ascolded constantly bpunished physicallycpraised frequendy drewarded mentally31which of the following charts is true according to the passage?dif california were not already so famous for sillicon valley and hollywood, it might be wellknown for the groups of watertechnology firms in its san diego county. the reverseosmosis (ro) spiral module, the technique that supports turning seawater and waste-water into drinkable stuff, began in san diego in 1964. today dozens of firms in the area supply many of the worlds approximately 13,000 ro plants in places from the persian gulf and israel to australia and china.southern california itself, however, has not so far been a big user of its own technology. this is surprising, given that the whole american south-west faces a water problem. but now as the climate gets warmer and the population increases, there is more agreement that the existing infrastructure, consisting of vast pipes that carry water from the sacramento delta in the north and the colorado river in the east, will not be enough. in places such as san diego, which has inadequate and salty groundwater and currently imports 90% or its water, the answers must be greater conservation, reusing as much water as possible, and getting most of the rest from the sea.the first part, conservation, has been widely accepted by the public. san diego today uses less water with a larger population than it did in 1989, the year water consumption peaked. the second part, water recycling has been a hard sell, because of an unpleasant factor. americans still use the term “toilettotap” for recycling, even though properly treated waste-water is nowadays completely clean. singapore made its programme acceptable in part by renaming it as newater.this is where desalination comes in, which means taking the salt out of salt water. a firm called poseidon resources is now close to building the biggest desalination plant in america behind a power station by the beach in carlsbad. the power plant sucks in 304m gallons of seawater a day for cooling, so poseidon plans to change 104m gallons a day by using the ro spiral module.lot