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2016届湖北省黄冈市黄冈中学高三下学期阶段测试（一）英语试题 第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ANSE Summer School is suitable for those who are at, or are about to start university. It will begin accepting applications in January, 2013.Courses: Accounting and Finance; Economics; Management; Law; InternationalRelations; Government and Society.Dates: Session 1: 7 July25 July Session 2: 28 July15 AugustRate: Standard Rate: One session: $ 1,400; Both sessions: $ 2,400Reduced Student Rate: One session: $ 1,100; Both sessions: $ 1,875 The reduced student rate applies to ful-time students registered at a university or college anywhere in the world. Accommodation is not included, and fees range from $ 500 to $ 1000 for 20 nights.Applicant requirements: If you have studied in the USA, you do not need any additional English qualifications. Students from other countries will generally not be required to have a visa to study at Summer School. However, you will enter the USA as a “Student Visitor”. You are permitted to change courses before the start of the program and within the first three days of the session.Contact hours and teaching methods:Summer School courses are full-time and normally consist of 48 contact hours over the three-week period, taking the form of 36 hours of lectures and 12 hours of classes. Lectures, attended by all students, take place in either the morning or afternoon supplemented by small one-hour classes, of approximately 15 students.Assessment and examinations: Assessment for Summer School is based upon the results of either two written examinations, or a final written examination and assessment work. Everyone is required to take the examinations and no exception can be made for any reason.Summer School lecture series:Famous economistsTony Giddens and David Heldhave agreed to give lectures to Summer School participants in July, 2013. If you have any questions, please click here to see our Frequently Asked QuestionsContact US Page.21. From the passage, we can 1earn that .A. the program is specially designed for foreign studentsB. NSE Summer School is a university-level programC. students can change their courses whenever they want toD. a visa is required to study at the NSE Summer School22. The purpose of the advertisement is to . A. attract students to NSE Summer SchoolB. introduce famous economists to studentsC. help students to pass the final examsD. advertise for new staff for the university23. You will most probably find this passage . A. in a newspaper B. in a guidebookC. on a webpageD. in a magazine解析：考点：应用文难度系数：3【解题导语】本文主要是介绍一个培训学校的招生信息。21.答案：B 考点：推理判断。解析：根据Applicant requirements中的You are permitted to change courses before and within可知 C项不正确; 根据If you have studied in theUK可知这个项目不仅仅是针对外国学生举办的，故A不正确；根据will not be required to have a visa可知英国之外的学生在报名时不是必须带有签证，故D不正确。由文章的首句可知B正确，故选B。22.答案： A 考点：推断能力。解析：本段广告介绍了LSE Summer School 2013的课程、上课时间、费用、入学要求、考试等各个方面的内容，旨在吸引学生到这个学校去学习。故选A。23. 答案：C 考点：细节理解题。解析;根据文章末句If any questions, please click here to see our Frequently Asked Questions/ Contact US Page可知文章是来自网页上的内容。故选C。长难句解析：Lectures, attended by all students, take place in either the morning or afternoon supplemented by small one-hour classes, of approximately 15 students.注意句子中的attended by all students为后置定语。谓语是take place。BI had an experience once which taught me something about the ways people made a bad situation worse by blaming themselves. One January, I officiated (主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death. At the first home, the son of the deceased (已故) woman said, “If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. Its my fault that she died.” At the second home, the son said, “If only I had not insisted her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It is my fault.” When things dont turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. Any time there is a death, the survivors will feel guilty. Because the course of actiontheytook turned out bad, they believe that the opposite course, for example, keeping mother at home, would have turned out better. After all, how could it have turned out any worse? There seem to be elements involved in our readiness to feel guilty. The first lies in our belief that the world makes sensethere is a reason for everything that happens. The second is the thought that we are the cause of what happens, especially the bad things that happen. The roots of this feeling may lie in our childhood. A baby comes to think that the world exists to meet his needs, and that he makes everything happen in it. He wakes up in the morning and calls the rest of the world to its tasks. He cries, and someone comes to attend to him. When he is hungry, people feed him, and when he is wet, people change him. Very often, we do not completely abandon that childish thought that our wishes cause things to happen.24. What is true about the two deceased elderly women?A. They died from accidents.B. They both died of old age.C. They died due to lack of care by family members.D. They werent accustomed to the change in life.25. People feel guilty for the death of their loved ones because .A. they cannot find a better way to express their sorrowB. they dont know that natural course of eventsC. they believe that it is their faultD. they dont know things often turn out in the opposite direction26. The underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 probably refers to .A. the things B. the stories C. the opposites D. the survivors27. What is the main idea of this passage?A. Two sons blamed themselves for their mothers death.B. Things dont always go well as we expect.C. Two factors account for guilty sense.D. Babys wishes lead everything to happen.解析：考点：记叙文难度系数：4【解题导语】本文介绍了人们经常把一些不好的事情发生的原因归结在自己身上，并分析这样的想法的两个原因：第一个是这个世界的每一件事情的发生都是有道理的；第二就是童年的经历让我们认为自己就是一切事情发生的根源。24. 答案 B 考点：推理判断题。解析：根据第一段2, 3行One January, I officiated(主持) at two funerals for two elderly women. Both died a natural death.可知这两位老人都是自然死亡的，也就是说她们都是年纪很大了以后自然去世的。故B正确。25. 答案 C考点： 细节题。解析：根据第一段最后3行If only I had sent my mother to Florida and gotten her out of this cold and snow, she would be alive today. Its my fault that she died.”和“If only I had not insisted her going to Florida, she would be alive today. That long airplane ride was more than she could take. It is my fault.”可知这两位儿子都认为母亲的去世是因为自己的过失导致的。故C正确。26. 答案：D 考点：词义猜测题。解析：根据上文可以推断 “they”指代 “thesurvivors” 故D正确。27. 答案：C 考点：主旨大意题。解析: 本文介绍了人们经常把一些不好的事情发生的原因归结在自己身上，并分析这样的想法的两个原因：第一个是这个世界的每一件事情的发生都是有道理的；第二就是童年的经历让我们认为自己就是一切事情发生的根源。故C正确。长难句解析：When things dont turn out as we would like them to, we tend to assume that had we done things differently, the story would have had a happier ending. As引导方式状语，had we done things differently是倒桩句，相当于if we had done things differently。CThe Republic of Vanuatu is an island nation located in the South Pacific Ocean. It was one of the poorest nations in the region. Within the last five years, however, it has become a hot spot for adventure travelers. In 2006 it was voted the happiest place on Earth. The reason is not that Vanuatu are the richest but that Vanuatu has white-sand islands, clear waters, the worlds most accessible live volcano, great diving and food that grows faster than it can be picked. With a population of about 221,000, Vanuatu has 113 languages, which is a result of 3,000 years of immigration from many Pacific countries. There are three official languages: English, French, and Bislama. Bislama developed from South Pacific English, a simplified language that traders and other foreigners used it to communicate with speakers of the many local languages. Most of the islands are mountainous and of volcanic origin. There are several active volcanoes in Vanuatu, including Yasur on the island of Tanna, one of the worlds most accessible volcanoes. If youve ever fancied getting close to a volcano, heres your chance.Vanuatu Posts Underwater Post Office has quickly become one of the busiest post offices for postcards in the world! Visitors from around the world want to experience the worlds first under- water post office. The Post Office is only 50 meters offshore and at just three meters below the surface, very appealing to the young and young at heart. Since opening in 2003, the underwater post office has received about 100,000 visitors. They have posted one of the waterproof（防水的）postcards available in Vanuatu; these cards are collected regularly by one of Vanuatu Posts four trained divers. The underwater branch is manned daily for usually about an hour, longer with demand.28. Vanuatu was voted the happiest place on Earth because .A. its the poorest nation in the regionB. its Vanuatu that is the richestC. its a favorite place for adventurersD. its blessed with abundant nature29. Which of the following is true about Vanuatu?A. Bislama developed from local Pacific French.B. Yasur is one of the live volcanoes in Vanuatu.C. Vanuatu has more than 113 official languages.D. Underwater Post Office has opened for 5 years.30. Which of the following would be the most proper title for the text? A. Working at the underwater branch.B. Great diving in amazing Vanuatu.C. A hot spot for adventure travelers.D. The busiest post office on Earth.31. What is most likely to be discussed in the paragraph that follows?A. Various languages. B. Underwater diving.C. Food in Vanuatu. D. History of Vanuatu.解析：考点：说明文难度系数：4【解题导语】文章主要介绍了现在非常热门的旅游胜地瓦努阿图的自然景观、旅游特色、语言及风土人情等。28.答案： D 考点：细节理解题。解析:根据In 2006 it was voted the happiest place on Earth. The reason is not that Vanuatu are the richest but that Vanuatu has white-sand islands, clear waters, the worlds most accessible live volcano, great diving and food that grows faster than it can be picked可知选D。29.答案：B 考点：细节理解题。解析：根据There are several active volcanoes in Vanuatu, including Yasur on the island of Tanna, one of the worlds most accessible volcanoes可知选B。30. 答案：C 考点：主旨大意题。解析：根据全文内容以及Within the last five years, however, it has become a hot spot for adventure travelers.可知这篇文章主要讲了冒险旅行者最喜欢去的地方，故选C。31. 答案：C 考点：推理判断题。解析：这道题目问接下来的自然段最可能写什么，A、B和D前面文章已经讲过了，结合文中的第一段最后一句可知答案为C。长难复杂句：The reason is not that Vanuatu are the richest but that Vanuatu has white-sand islands, clear waters, the worlds most accessible live volcano, great diving and food that grows faster than it can be picked.句子中有一个notbut表示不是而是。DModern inventions have speeded up peoples lives amazingly. Motor-cars cover a hundred miles in little more than an hour, aircraft cross the world inside a day, while computers operate at lightning speed. Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending. Every year motor-cars are produced which go even faster and each new computer boasts(吹嘘)of saving precious seconds in handling tasks.All this saves time, but at a price. When we lose or gain half a day in speeding across the world in an airplane, our bodies tell us so. We get the uncomfortable feeling known as jet-lag; our bodies feel that they have been left behind in another time zone. Again, spending too long at computers results in painful wrists and fingersMobile phones also have their dangers, according to some scientists; too much use may transmit harmful radiation into our brains, a consequence we do not like to think about.However, what do we do with the time we have saved? Certainly not relax, or so it seems. We are so accustomed to constant activity that we find it difficult to sit and do nothing, or even just one thing at a timePerhapsthe daysare long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world.There was a time when some peoples lives were devoted simply to the cultivation of the land or the care of cattle. No multi-tasking there; their lives went on at a much gentler pace, and in a familiar patternThere is much that we might envy about a way of life like this. Yet before we do so, we must think of the hard tasks our ancestors faced: they farmed with bare hands, often lived close to hunger, and had to fashion tools from wood and stoneModern machinery has freed people from that primitive existence.32. The new products become more and more time-saving because .A. time is limited B. our love of speed seems never-ending C. the prices are increasingly high D. the manufacturers boast a lot33. What does “the days” in Paragraph 3 refer to?A. Simple life in the past. B. Imaginary life. C. Times of inventions. D. Time for constant activity.34. What is the authors attitude towards the modern technology?A. Objective.B. Critical.C. Optimistic.D. Negative.35. What does the passage mainly discuss?A. Machinery and human beings. B. The present and past times. C. Imaginations and inventions. D. Modern technology and its influence.解析：考点：议论文难度系数：4【解题导语】现代科技的快捷给人们带来的方便同时也带了危害。32. 答案 B 考点：细节理解题。解析：由第一段中Indeed, this love of speed seems never-ending.可知是人们对速度的狂热追求使产品更加省时。故选A。33.答案 A 考点：推测指代意义。解析：由第三段Perhapsthe daysare long gone when we might listen quietly to a story on the radio, letting imagination take us into another world可知the days指过去的简单生活。故选A。34. 答案A 考点：推测作者态度题。解析：全文第一段提到了现代科技的快捷，第四段提到了科技对人类的解放；而第二，三段介绍了现代科技会给人类带来健康损害，会让人们闲不下来，所以作者客观地阐述了现代科技的利弊，故选A项。35. 答案 D 考点：主旨大意题。解析：:全文主要介绍了现代科技的利弊及人类生活的影响，故选D。第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10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。As children, we grow up thinking that our parents are heroes and perfect, but as time goes on we come to realize that they are just as human as we are. However, a change in your knowledge of your father doesnt have to be the end of your strong connection to him. 36 You thought that you knew exactly who your father was. Now that something has changed that，you feel shocked and lost. Whatever has caused this change in your knowledge has caused your father to never be the same in your life. 37 Handle the anger. When the shock of this change of view wears off, you may slide into anger. Feeling angry at this point is natural but it is important that you deal with it appropriately and constructively. You dont want to damage your other relationships, for example. Take some time to look in the mirror. This is a time for self-reflection. Has your father really changed? If so, why are his changes so hard for you to accept compared to those of other people in your life? 38 Communicate. When you have a firm handle on your emotions, you need to communicate with your father. You need to speak to him about how you are dealing with this big change. 39 He may not even be aware of the change, because to himself he is simply human. Discuss things honestly. Rebuild. The relationship between your father and you as a child is gone. 40 Accept that it is gone and start building a different relationship with him. If you give it a chance, your new relationship will be truer, deeper and more loving than the one you had before.A. Does it make sense to hold on to your childish belief that he is perfect?B. Acknowledge the shock.C. Most importantly, you need listen to him.D. Speak to a third party to get a different point of view of him.E. The longer you hold on to it, the harder it will be to build something new.F. Ignoring or hiding from your pain isnt going to help anything.G. A father is the first male relationship we have in our lives and so is part of who we are.解析：考点：议论文难度系数：336答案 B 解析：根据下文的小标题和本段内容可知36题处应是一个短小的祈使句，故答案选B。37. 答案 F 解析:根据上句的Whatever has caused this change in your knowledge has caused your father to never be the same in your life.及标题Acknowledge the shock.可知答案为F。38. 答案 A 解析:根据标题和上文两个问句及A项含义可知A也是反思内容。故答案为A。39. 答案 C 解析： 根据上文中的两个need 及C项的含义与上文确为递进关系，可知答案为C。40.答案 E 解析：根据标题rebuild和空后中的build可知答案为E.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节， 满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共20 小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A, B, C, 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。 Even as I write this story, I am still smiling. The past few weeks have been rather 41 , but when a large number of Smile Cards arrived in my 42 the other day, having traveled all the way from the United States to my home in the Netherlands, I knew things were about to 43 . I plotted where to leave the cards as I went to bed that night: the train, benches at the station, at work, libraries, mailboxes, the gymthe possibilities were 44 .I woke up, went to work, and afterwards, I went 45 to the shop to buy some candy bars, planning to leave them as anonymous (匿名的) 46 for people on the train. 47 , my train home was extremely crowded, which made my plan difficult. An elderly man must have seen me searching for a place to 48 a Smile Card, because he asked me 49 I was looking for something.Right then I 50 that my first Smile Card would not be anonymous. With a big smile and cheeks 51 with excitement, I told him that I 52 what I was looking for, 53 him the candy bar and Smile Card I