河北省平山县高考英语一轮练习81

1、 ）河北省平山县2015高考英语一轮练习（8 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。、C、D阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B 社会生活类usual, hours! for 24 As a typical English summers dayit rained July 27th, 2010 was I rushed home from work at midday to check on the house. Nothing was amiss. By the time I left work at 5pm, however, the road into our village was flooded.

2、 Our house had never been flooded but, as I opened the front door, a wave of water greeted me. Thank God the kids werent with me, because the house was 5 feet deep in water. We lost everything downstairs. At first we tried to push on through. We didnt want to move the children out of home, so we cam

3、ped upstairs. We put a sheet of plastic across the floor to protect us from the damp. But after three months, we felt very sick, so we moved to a wooden house in a park. The house was small, but at first we were all just delighted to be in a new place. Unfortunately, things took longer than expected

4、 and we were there for 10 months. The life there was inconvenient. What surprised me most was how much I missed being part of a community (社区). We had lived in a friendly village with good neighbours, and Id never thought how much Id miss that. Although our situation was very hard, its difficult to

5、feel too sorry for yourself when you look at whats happening elsewhere. I watched a news report about floods in Northern India and thought, “We didnt have a straw hut (茅草房) that was swept away, and our house is still standing. Were lucky.” We moved back home in August. With December coming, theres s

6、till reconstruction work to be done, so its difficult to prepare for Christmas. But I cant waitIm going to throw a party for our friends in the village to say thanks for their support. This year, I wont need any giftsliving away from home for months has made me realize how little we actually need or

7、 miss all our possessions. Although we are replacing things, theres really no rushwe have our home back, and thats the main thing. - 1 - . 1. The underlined word “amiss” in the first paragraph means D. difficult C. right A. wrong B. missing 2. Why does the author say that they were lucky in the thir

8、d paragraph? A. Because they were able to move to a new place. B. Because many other places were flooded. C. Because their straw hut was not swept away. D. Because some others suffered even more. . 3. It can be inferred from the text that the author A. was sick of staying upstairs B. cared much abou

9、t her children C. could not stand living in a wooden house D. did not deal well with her family affairs during the flood 4. What does the author mainly want to express by telling herstory? A. She valued human feelings more than before. B. She realized she almost didnt need possessions. C. She found

10、Christmas gifts no longer badly needed. D. She thought her own home was the most important. 【参考答案】4. ADBA - 2 - 【山东省日照市2014高考英语一模试卷】 Clenching your fist could be enough to help you get a grip on your memory Research suggests that balling up the right hand and squeezing it tightly actually makes it e

11、asier to memorize listsit is the left hand ， Later, when it is time to get back the informationIt is thought the movements activate brain regions key that should be clenched to the storing and recall of memories The American researchers suggest those who are short of a pen and paper should try the t

12、rick when attempting to remember a shopping list or phone number In the study,volunteers were given a rubber ball and asked to squeeze it as hard as possible before trying to memorize a list of 72 wordsof minutes later,ahead of recollecting as They squeezed the ball again a couple many of the words

13、as possibleand The first group of the volunteers used their right hand on both occasions，The third group clenched their right fist ahead of the second group their leftfifth The did the oppositerecall left ahead of and the fourth memorizing and their group held the ball but did not squeeze itthe reme

14、mbered their left，their right hand，followed by with Those who squeezed most words，timeshand both a fist with their right next The best were the volunteers who made their led with leftall squeeze at did better than those who while those who didnt It is thought that the movement of clenching the right

15、 fist activates a brain while squeezing the left hand awakens ，region that is involved in storing memories an area that is key to getting back informationThe findings suggest that simple body Lead researcher Dr Ruth Propper said： improve memoryfunctionsthe by temporarily changing way the brain Call

16、movementss purpose to write the passaWhats the writerge? 46 ATo make known the result of the experiment - 3 - BTo tell people memory depends mostly on their hands CTo show the function of bodymovements in memory DTo state that good memory benefils from labor 47If you want to recall something in your

17、 memory，you should clench_ Ayour fight hand Byour left hand Cboth of your hands Dyour left hand first，and then right 48The underlined word“trick”in the fourth paragraph is the closest in meaning to“_” Amethod Bgame Ccheat Dexperiment 49Which group in the experiment remembered the fewest words? ATIle

18、 first group BThe second group CThe fourth group DThe fifth group 50Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? AMemory experiments on body movements BWhat is a good memory? CGood memory lies in actions DClenching hands improves the memory 【参考答案】46-50 CBACD 【语篇导读】如何有效地培养自己的记忆能力？请看作

19、者对握拳与记忆力的关系。 46. C 该文属于新闻体裁，主要还是说明身体的运动对于记忆的作用。文章结尾提到这一点。 47. B 单纯为了记起某事，就文中所述，应该先攥紧左手。 48. A trick的原意有“诡计、恶作剧”等义，在这里应该是作为一种“方法、技巧”来采用的。这一点提示我 们记忆词汇一定不可过于机械和短视。 49. C 记忆效果最差的反而不是一点动作也没有的第五组，而是第四组，因为他们做反了（opposite），导致效果最差。 50. D 文章的核心内容就是握手对记忆的作用，因此D项是最直接的表述。 【山东省烟台市2014高考英语3月模拟试题】E Microsoft has a p

20、roblem：It desperately wants the remaining Windows XP users - 4 - to upgrade to a newer version of the operating system but a good many of them still accounts still Windows XP from NetMarket show that havent startedThe latest numbers of all desktops in use even though Microsoft is due to end support

21、5for around 29force plans to ZDNet reports that Microsoft for the l3-Year-old platform on April 8thremaining XP users to start next week by sending them notices reminding them again that it will end XP support within a monthMicrosoft may have a tough time convincing uterworld reports， However, as Co

22、mp ，some Windows XP users to upgrade because its trying to sell them on Windows 8the newest operating system that has angered many longtime PC users by removing the )a special 界面traditional Start menu and by adding the interface(when month expressed anger last world writes that many Windows users fe

23、atureComputer Microsoft asked them to help switch as many people as they could from Windows XP to discount for Windows use Microsoft hasnt offered any sort ofWindows 8 partly beca XP users making the switchbecause switching from XP to ， This is particularly tiresome, these users saidem require a sof

24、tware upgrade but will instead likely force thWindows 8 wont just Some systemnew machines capable(能够)of running Microsofts new operating to buy users were also annoyed that Microsoft only mentioned Windows 8 and not Windows 7 as upgrade possibilitiesMicrosoft ends support for Windows XP next month i

25、t looks like when In the end，Hackers there will still be a large part of the desktop PC world using the platformWindows when all their best new malware(恶意软件)for the day who have been saving up XP support ends are about to have a field day61What problem does Microsoft have now? AWindows XP is out of

26、date and needs improvement BWindows 8 runs worse than Windows XP CNo people like to upgrade their operating system DLots of users refuse to switch from XP to Windows 8 62How will Microsoft remind users ofthe stop of XP support? ABy sending them notices - 5 - BBy sending them daily emails CBy adding

27、the interface a special feature DBy removing the traditional Start menu 63Which is probably one of the reasons why users dislike Window 8? AMicrosoft hasnt offered any discount for it BThey like Window 7 more than Window 8 CMicrosoft refuses to offer them a new machine DIts impossible for them to us

28、e the new operating system 64What does the underlined phrase “have a field day” probably mean in the last paragraph? AShow up without warning BMake rapid progress CMake full use of the opportunity DCome to an end completely 65What can be inferred from the text? AWindows XP will completely be out of

29、use in a month BWindows XP will still be in use for a period of time CWindows 8 will have a longer history than Windows XP DWindows 7 will easily be attacked by Hackers 【参考答案】6165 DAACB 较难题目特训：科普知识类 - 6 - ), and say they could be 火星Scientists have found what look like caves on Mars( protecting life

30、from the planets terrible environment.The first caves discovered beyond the Earth appear as seven mysterious black dots football as a . Each as large back the pictures sent by NASAs Mars Odyssey orbiteron field, they may be openings into natural caves below the Martian surface. “If there is life on

31、Mars, there is a good chance youd find it in caves,” said hers who noticed the features while working on a US Jut Wynne, one of the researc Geological Survey Mars Cave Detection Program. described yesterday of Australia, with a geologist the Mars Society Jonathan Clarke, the discovery as exciting. )

32、 showed one hole to be One photo taken at night by an infrared imager(红外线成像器unusually warm,suggesting hot air trapped during the day is flowing out. “I said:Wow, thats a cave. ” Dr. Clarke said excitedly. “People have been looking for these for a long time;now we have found them.”bitterly the escapi

33、ng hunt for life from to perfect would such He agreed caves be places ),dry surface. cold,radiation-soaked(充满辐射的“Tiny drops of water could collect inside,” he said. “If there are gases coming out, they could provide energy for a whole range of bacteria. A cave is also a protection from radiation; the surface of Mars is exposed to high levels of space - 7 - radiation. The caves probably formed when tube-shaped lava flows(管状岩浆流) spread across the planet