江苏省泰兴市第三高级中学高三英语 限时训练8.doc

限时训练第一部分：完形填空my wife and i were walking through the parking lot at the supermarket the other day. we noticed a huge truck 1 about a foot into the next parking space. there was plenty of room in its own space, 2 the driver had chosen to park very poorly and made sure that 3 could use the space next to his.my first 4 was “why do people act like such idiots (白痴)?”“what a 5 that people have to do things like that,” my wife said.i stopped and looked around at the rest of the parking lot. there were at least five hundred 6 and 99% of them were parked well. their drivers had shown the 7 necessary to park in a way that still 8 other people to park.“think about it,” i said. “only one 9 parks poorly and we start using people to describe the driver.” the 10 of the matter is that we forget about the thousands of people who 11 themselves when we see one person doing something rude?ive been 12 for many years, and the percentage of good drivers is always 13 than the percentage of poor drivers. “people” dont necessarily drive poorly, but individuals do.my wife and i almost didnt 14 the many cars that were parked well because the car that was parked poorly caught our 15 . it is true that were far less 16 to see the positive side of things if we keep 17 on the negative. once we fall into this trap, how many of the wonderful things in the world will we 18 ?our lives are ours to live, and the 19 we see our world is up to us. remember: the rude person truly is a(n) 20 , and not really worth the time or effort we spend thinking about him or her.1. a. hungb. repaired c. parked d. prevented2. a. when b. but c. because d. so3. a. somebody b. anybody c. all d. nobody4. a. conclusion b. request c. response d. sight5. a. shame b. mistake c. wonder d. pity6. a. drivers b. rooms c. people d. cars7. a. politeness b. satisfaction c. cleverness d. respect8. a. refused b. warnedc. asked d. allowed9. a. group b. individualc. part d. kind10. a. result b. truth c. reasond. purpose11. a. behave b. believe c. perform d. enjoy12. a. driving b. traveling c. teaching d. thinking13. a. fewer b. larger c. more d. smaller14. a. notice b. watch c. discover d. admire15. a. care b. worry c. breath d. attention16. a. willing b. likely c. anxious d. eager17. a. focusing b. relyingc. putting d. carrying18. a. destroy b. value c. missd. desire19. a. attitude b. way c. model d. method20. a. problem b. questionc. exception d. example 第二部分：阅读理解athe worlds biggest technology company apple has reported full year results, showing net profit for the year to 25 september at $25.9bn (16.5bn), up 85% from the previous year.even that was not enough to satisfy wall street, with the shares falling nearly 5% in after-hours trading.there was some disappointment among customers with the fourth quarter of the year, when no major new products were released.it is the first set of results since the death of co-founder steve jobs.in the fourth quarter of the year, apple sold 17.1 million iphones, which was a 21% increase on the same period last year, and 11.1 million ipads, which was a 166% increase, with the sales of the ipod video being better than the expectations in general.but analysts had been expecting iphone sales of 20 million in the quarter.apple said sales were hurt in september by customers waiting for the new product, the iphone 4s, which was released on 14 october.it sold four million of the new models in the first three days after launch.“the numbers came in weak. they need to set records every time they report to keep up the momentum,” said colin gillis, analyst at bgc partners.apple sold 4.9 million mac computers in the quarter up 27% over the same period last year. “the numbers are actually quite good. the reason why the stock is off i think some of the analysts got carried away,” said shaw wu, analyst at sterne agee.21. according to the passage, the newest product that have been released by apple company up to now is the . a. iphoneb. ipadsc. iphone 4sd. ipod videobhow old is “old”? how old is “old”? the answer has changed over the years. two hundred years ago, you were old at 35. that was the average life span(寿命) then. at the turn of last century, as medical knowledge advanced, the average life span increased to 45. in 1950, 70-year-olds were finally old. today, a healthy 75-year-old is looking forward to many more active years.so, how old is old? the answer is one youve heard many times, from all sorts of people. “you are as old (or young) as you feel.” the calendar simply tells you how many years you have lived. your body tells you how well youve lived.“youth”, wrote a writer, “is not a time of life it is a state of mind. nobody grows old by living a number of years; people grow old by deserting their ideals.”old is a point of view. alice brophy, when she was with new york commission for the aging, said, “it annoys me when people say, gee, you look young for your age. what does that mean? is there some model that youre supposed to look a certain way at 65 and 75 and 85? you know you can die old at 30 and live young at 80.there are many myths(无事实根据的观点) about aging. these myths misled people on the basis of age. here are some of the more common myths and the facts.myth: most older people are in poor health.fact: not so. there are neither biological nor physiological reasons to connect poor health with growing older. older people are more likely to be affected with illness and physical disabilities than you are, but old age itself is not a disease. it is possible to remain physically fit throughout your life.myth: when you get old, you become senile(衰老).facts: older minds can be as bright as young minds. senility is a sign of disease; it is not part of the normal aging process. in a 1985 study of men ages 20, 40, 60, and 80 years, no evidence was found to indicate that aging was associated with an unavoidable decline in intellectual performance, in generally healthy people. myth: older people are rigid, unable to change. fact: older people are as flexible as young and middle-aged people. despite the great stress they deal with death of loved ones or job, financial, and family problems they deal with them rather well. older people give up smoking and break other bad habits just as successfully as younger people. 24.what is the average life span in 1900?a. 45 b. 35 c. 70 d. 7525. this article is mainly about . a. the average life span b. how people view agingc. old peoples life d. myths of older peoplechundreds of camps are seeking staff. check out the following camps!camp matoaka:camp matoaka is a private one, a seven-week summer camp for girls, located on the beautiful east pond lake in smithfield, maine. campers range in ages from 715 and come from across the united states. a majority of our campers as well as many staff return each summer to a place they call “home”.contact information: phone: 207-362-2500 email: jjobs: job 1: tennis trainer； job 2: landsports counselor(顾问); job 3: wakeboarding trainercamp takajocamp takajo is located in the sebago lakes region of southern maine in the town of naples. the camp grounds are surrounded with towering pines. the surrounding countryside is featured by beautiful lakes and green forests. camp takajo is an eight-week summer camp for boys. contact information: phone: 800-250-8252 email: jobs: job 1: lifeguard job 2: swimming trainer job 3: baseball trainercamp laurellocated in maines central lakes region, camp laurel has 150 acres of well-preserved woodlands with its 2,000 feet of natural shoreline and a beautiful sandy beach. it is a summer camp offering children a seven-week camp. each year, camp laurel welcomes 240 boys and 240 girls from all over the united states. the campers range in age from 7 to 15. the return rate for campers is excellent. many campers follow older brothers and sisters to camp. contact information: phone: 207-685-445 email: jobs: job 1: head of baseballjob 2: driving staffjob 3: head of dancetripp lake camptripp lake camp is located in portland, maine. we are a traditional seven-week local summer camp for girls aged 8 to 16. there are approximately 330 girls. tripp lake employs 135 counselors to work directly with campers. if you love children, the outdoors and are warm and caring wed welcome an application from you.contact information: phone: 207-998-4347 email: jobs: job 1: water skiing trainer job 2: swim trainer job 3: tennis trainer28. what is the purpose of the passage?a. to offer some job opportunities.b. to introduce several famous camps.c. to instruct people how to choose camps.d. to encourage children to have a camp experience.29. if mr john would like his son to attend an all-boy camp for two months, he should phone .a. 207-998-4347 b. 800-250-8252 c. 207-362-2500 d. 207-685-494530. if mary, a dance teacher, is looking for a part-time job during the summer holiday, which address would you recommend her to send her application to?a. sb. jc. d. 31. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. camp takajo is a seven-week winter camp. b. camp matoaka welcomes girls from across the world.c. applicants for positions at tripp lake camp must be female.d. campers at camp laurel can enjoy themselves playing on a sandy beach. dscientists have made sure that most of the overweight people who try to lose weight by cutting calories or exercising will return to their former sizefewer than 10 percent of the 12 million british people who go on a diet each year succeed in losing significant amounts of weight and most of those who do put on all weight again within a yearthe study of 25，000 people provides further evidence of the popularity of yo-yo dieting where people on a diet get into a cycle of losing weight and regaining itthe scientists，from the medical research councils national survey of health and development，have concluded it is better to avoid getting fat at the beginningthey followed 5,362 men and women from their birth in 1946 and 20，000 from birth in 1958，measuring their weight and blood pressure and judging their lifestylesthe researchers found both groups began gaining weight in the 1980s and have steadily increased in size ever sincedr rebecca hardy，the councils programme leader on body size，said：“once people become overweight，they continue upwardsthey hardly ever go back downthey may lose some weight but very few get back to normal. the best policy is to prevent people becoming overweightfor men weight goes up steadily through life. for women it starts slowly and accelerates in the mid-thirties”but the studys findings do not mean dieting is pointless，as eating less and taking more exercise can increase fitness and lower blood pressurein 2009，a quarter of adults and 14 percent of children were obese(过度肥胖的)，according to the department of healths latest health survey for englandit has been predicted that 60 percent of us will be obese by 2050，leading to even more cases of diabetes，heart disease and cancerexperts said we are programmed to put on weight rather than lose itdieting can make this tendency worse as decreasing calorie intake causes the body to go into starvation mode and reduce the amount of energy it naturally expends，making it even harder to lose weight32according to dr rebecca hardy，which of the following is true?a. it is easier for men to lose weight than womenb. once people lose weight，they never put on weight againc. never to become fat is the best way of keeping a good shaped. the fact that fat people keep their weight upwards is unusual33the author says “the studys findings do not mean dieting is pointless” because a. the study lacks believable factsb. obese people are confident in losing weightc. dieting can never make a few people lose weightd. dieting and sports help to keep people free from some diseases34from the last paragraph，we can learn that .a. decreasing calorie intake makes it even harder to lose weightb. the idea that people lose weight with mechanisms is practicalc. being overweight is a lasting problem through the human historyd. by 2050 more and more people will have got unfit because of losing weight35which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?a. which is better: cutting calories or exercising? b. fat people cant really keep the weight off.c. a new study on peoples health.d. how to go on a healthy diet.第三部分 任务型阅读请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。cheating is common in various kinds of exams in college. students dont feel ashamed to cheat in exams. they know that if caught cheating in an exam, the punishment will not be serious. this leads to frequent cheating in exams.at the university of nevada, after students had photographed test questions with their cellphone cameras, transmitted them to classmates outside the exam room and got the answers back in text messages, the university fixed a new monitoring system in classrooms.with their electronic tools, students these days find it easier to cheat. so college officials find themselves in a new game of cat and mouse, trying to gain an advantage over would-be cheats this exam season with a range of strategiescutting off internet access from laptops, or demanding the banning of cellphones before tests.mr. smith said technology had made cheating easier, but added that plagiarism(剽窃，抄袭) in writing papers was probably a bigger problem because students can easily lift other peoples writings off the internet.still, some students said they thought cheating today was more a product of an attitude, not the tool at hand. pressure to succeed sometimes makes people do things that they shouldnt do. students today feel more pressure to do well in order to graduate from school and find a job.whatever the reasons for cheating are, college o