江苏省宜兴市高三下学期第一次模拟考试英语试卷及答案

1、2016届宜兴市高考英语第一次模拟卷一、听力（略）二、单项选择（共小题；每小题分，满分分）21. _ application of transgenic technology should be restricted on all food production and the government should take _ “scientific attitude” toward genetically modified food.a. the ; a b. an; the c. the; the d. an; a 22. marquez, one of the worlds greate

2、st writers, died on april 17, 2014 and his dealth sparked both worldwide mourning and a _ of his lifes achievements.a. conservation b. reservation c. preservation d. celebration23. -haventitoldyouthatyoushouldbehomeearlier? -yes,buti_homeearlierthaniusuallydo.a. wascomingb. havecomec. camed. hadcome

3、24. _ to a lot of new ideas when studying in college, mary always does something that others cant understand to realize her dream.a. exposing b. exposed c. being exposed d. having exposed25. i admire my english teacher. i can remember very few occasions _ she stopped working because of illness or ti

4、redness. a. when b. where c. which d. that26. -excuse me, but i want to use your computer to type a report.- you _ have my computer unless you take good care of it. a. neednt b. mustnt c. shouldnt d. shant27. - im going to san francisco for a couple of days.-. i wish i could get away for a while.a.

5、it doesnt matter b. you are too lucky!c. i really envy you d. i cant agree more28. during the reconstruction of the city, many modern tall buildings went up _ old shabby houses were torn down.a. which b. in what c. in which d. where29. -would it bother you if i turned up the radio? -_. the baby is s

6、leeping. a. of course, you would. b. im afraid so c. i suppose not d. it doesnt matter30. guangzhou evergrande made history by winning the afc champions league title for china in 2013, which was the first time a chinese club _ the competition.a. had won b. has won c. won d. was winning31. - the ligh

7、t is so weak that i cant _ the words in the article. - maybe your eyesight is failing. a. leave out b. make out c. read out d. figure out32. although he is quite wealthy, he is actually _ is known as “tuhao” poorly educated, he likes to show off and lacks sympathy. a. what b. who c. that d. which33.

8、 _ the fierce competition in finding a good job in big cities, many fresh graduates are trying their fortune in medium-sized ones. a. regardless ofb. apart from c. thanks to d. due to34. to be frank with you, i think its not wise of you to buy these goods at such a high price. they are old fashioned

9、 and will not _ much on the market. a. sell b. purchase c. fetch d. deserve 35. -he should have been warned of the danger.- _ , but he wouldnt listen to me.a. so he had b. so had hec. so was he d. so he was三、完形填空（共小题；每小题分，满分分）if youre going to do something, my dad used to say, do it right.mostly he

10、said that after my halfhearted 36 to weed the vegetable garden. for some reason, he knew that there were white roots still 37 deep in the ground without looking around the garden. so i would be in the 38 again the next day with a spade dig deep and 39 the roots of our garden. as i tried to focus my

11、attention on digging, dads words kept 40 in my mind: “do it right.”i saw a perfect example of what dad was talking about last week when one of the teams in the company was 41. all of us were sad to see them go. they were good friends and 42 , and we worried about them. and 43 , at such times you alw

12、ays wonder: am i next?but as we watched them during the week they were given to 44 , many of us noticed that they werent handling this in quite the way we expected them to. 45 none of them found another job, there was also no 46 or sadness in their departure. i didnt hear a negative word. i didnt se

13、e any tears or 47 facesat least, not from them. instead, i saw grace.“its 48 ,” one of my colleagues whispered. “i went over there to offer comfort and support to them, and they 49 comforting me.”ancient greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their 50 . i dont know if

14、 my departing friends 51 their ending as a “swan song” or not, but the calm, quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and 52 us.lee, a man who has seen and 53 lots of layoffs during almost 40 upanddown, onagainoffagain years with the company, 54 nicely for all of us.“now, t

15、hats doing it right, ” he said.somewhere, i just know dad was smiling his 55 . and more profoundly, i understand the philosophylife is just a journey, whose quality is maily determined by your mood not the destination. 36. a. judgements b. efforts c. reqirements d. requests37. a. stuck b. grown c. b

16、uried d. planted38. a. house b. school c.garden d. company39. a. look forward to b. come up withc. fit in with d. get down to40. a.echoing b.ringing c.shouting d. yelling41. a.turned down b. laid off c. cut down d. given up42. a.competitors b. colleagues c. directors d.consultants43. a. frankly b. n

17、aturally c. equally d. generally44. a. hurry up b.turn up c. pack up d. come up45. a. since b. when c. unless d. while46. a. puzzle b. bitterness c. anger d. delight47. a.unfortunate b. unhappy c. uncertain d. unsatisfied48. a. upsetting b. exciting c. disappointing d. amazing49. a.objected to b. in

18、sisted on c. ended up d. kept on50. a. death b. birth c. arrival d. party51. a.view b.think c. choose d. describe52. a.discouraged b. warned c. inspired d. amused53. a.celebrated b.witnessed c. resisted d. survived54. a.made up b. summed up c. picked up d.speeded up55. a. approval b. enjoyment c. ad

19、miration d. appreciation第四部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）abeijing, april 20 (xinhua net)the second season of a wildly popular documentary series produced by cctv has returned to the airwaves. its called “a bite of china” and began airing on friday. when its first season was broadcast in may 2012, it beca

20、me a hit by striking a chord with viewers, with a topic near and dear to peoples hearts: food. so what gourmet foods will the show be covering this time? its all about chinese food culture, and its made by the countrys best directors, three of whom have won international documentary awards. but for

21、them, taking “a bite of china” is a grueling project. deng jie, director of second season of “a bite of china”, said, “every minute of the video you see is edited out of 150 minutes of footage. and its not only that. our chief director often gave us dozens of suggestions for revisions. it was tortur

22、e.” but its this torture that has made this seasons breakthroughs possible.chen xiaoqing, chief director of second season of “a bite of china”, said, “there were children from single parent families, and students applying to art academies. this time we look at these people from the angle of food. fo

23、od is our starting point, but not our finishing line. our goal is to bring more understanding about chinese people, through food.”a bite of china first hit the air in may 2012 on cctvs mandarin channel. “we have some appetite-boosting shots of food-making, but how to create dishes is only one aspect

24、 of food culture,” chen xiaoqing said, “our program tries to bring something new by presenting more cultural elements related to dishes, such as eating habits and morality of eating.”soon after the series hit the airwaves, chinas micro blogging site weibo began stirring with excitement. many praised

25、 the series, saying how the show made them salivate or had them longing for the foods of their childhood.one user wrote: “the tastes of home, memories of childhood, joys of work and vision of life, i was moved by each simple story.this season includes eight episodes and will cover the stories of mor

26、e than 150 people, and over 300 types of food. 56. the underlined word “grueling” in paragraph 2 probably means _. a. challenging and tiringb. unexpected but delightful c. appealing and mouth-wateringd. boring but meaningful57. according to the passage, what makes for the success of “a bite of china

27、”? a. its made by the countrys best directors, three of whom have won international documentary awards. b. its a topic near and dear to peoples hearts. c. it brings something new by presenting more cultural elements related to dishes d. its the staffs torture that has made this seasons breakthroughs

28、 possible.b stephen hawking, who spent his career decoding the universe and even experienced weightlessness, is urging the continuation of space exploration for humanitys sake. the 71-year-old hawking said he did not think humans would survive another 1,000 years “without escaping beyond our fragile

29、 planet.”the british cosmologist(宇宙学家) made the remarks tuesday before an audience of doctors, nurses and employees at cedars-sinai medical center, where he toured a stem cell laboratory thats focused on trying to slow the progression of lou gehrigs disease.hawking was diagnosed with the neurologica

30、l disorder 50 years ago while a student at cambridge university. he recalled how he became depressed and initially didnt see a point in finishing his doctorate. but he continued to delve into his studies.“if you understand how the universe operates, you control it in a way,” he said.famous for his w

31、ork on black holes and the origins of the cosmos, hawking is famous for bringing esoteric physics concepts to the masses through his best-selling books.hawking has survived longer than most people with lou gehrigs disease, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. als attacks nerve cells in the b

32、rain and spinal cord that control the muscles. people gradually have more and more trouble breathing and moving as muscles weaken and waste away. theres no cure and no way to reverse(倒转) the diseases progression. few people with als live longer than a decade.hawking receives around-the-clock care, c

33、an only communicate by twitching his cheek, and relies on a computer mounted to his wheelchair to convey his thoughts in a distinctive robotic monotone.despite his diagnosis, hawking has remained active. in 2007, he floated like an astronaut on an aircraft that creates weightlessness by making parab

34、olic(抛物线) dives.“however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do.” he said. 58. he made the remark that humans will not survive another 1,000 years _. a. to highlight the earth is not sustainable to live on b. to make his theory on cosmology widely accepted c. to show the earth

35、 is becoming more and more fragile d. to persuade humans to further space exploration59. patients with lou gehrigs disease _. a. can recover a little bit if they are treated early b. will be unable to walk or speak to others c. are likely to die within ten years generally d. are mostly assisted by e

36、specially-designed robots60. according to the author, hawkings achievements in science lie in _. a. his interest in physicsb. his research on the universe c. his creation of black holesd. his strong will against disease61. hawking believes that if they want to survive, human beings must _. a. study

37、the universe without stopb. protect the environment of the earth c. realize the way the universe worksd. escape possible future disasterscmar 8, 2014, a traditional international womens day, turned out to be distressing. every one throughout the world felt deeply grieved at the news that mh370 becam

38、e missing with 227 passengers on board, including 153 from the chinese mainland and one from taiwan. the disappearance of the malaysia airlines 777 plane brings back memories of air france flight 447, which went missing over the atlantic ocean in june 2009.the airbus a330 took off from rio de janeir

39、o and was bound for paris when it crashed, killing all 228 people on board.when the air france operations coordination centre alerted the french bureau of enquiry and analysis for civil aviation safety (bea) that it had lost contact with the plane, a search began immediately, using air, naval, and u

40、nderwater operations, including autonomous underwater vehicles. the first bits of debris(碎片) were found on the ocean surface on june 6, five days after the crash. most of the wreckage(残骸) was located in april, nearly two years later. the “black boxes” the cockpit(驾驶员座舱) voice recorder and flight dat

41、a recorder were found a month after that. only then could investigators form a complete picture of what brought down the plane.the problem was that the jet crashed, the bea final report says, “in a region with rough landform and whose ocean bed presents great variation in depth over short distances

42、of between 700 metres and 4,300 metres.” in other words, _. most of the wreckage was eventually found 6.5 nautical miles from the last known position, on a plain 3,900 meters below the surface.so far, no wreckage from the malaysia plane has been found, though a vietnamese air force aircraft located

43、two large oil slicks that may be from the missing plane. the aerial search will continue once the sun has risen. fortunately, the gulf of thailand is just 250 feet deep at its deepest point, according to airline analyst robert w. mann, jr., so the search might be much shorter than the air france one

44、.investigators finally determined that the air france flight went down after the pilots reacted improperly after ice crystals blocked air speed sensors. they ultimately stalled the plane, causing the crash.theres no reason to think that the same thing happened here, because we have no information ab

45、out what happened to the malaysia jet, and officials say there were no reports of bad weather along the route. a crucial step in figuring that out will be finding the wreckage and the black boxes. the search will still continue.62. according to the text, the following about air france flight 447 is

46、true except that _.a. it went missing on childrens day, 2009b. most of the wreckage was found in april, 2011c. the “black boxes” were found in may, 2011d. it took longer to search for the air france flight 447 that the mh37063. which of the following sentence can help complete the blank in para.4? a

47、. it was an extremely risky area for plane b. it was a remarkably difficult area to search. c. it was a rather difficult area for help to reach d. it was a absolutely scary area for pilots64. what is the purpose of this passage?a. to keep us informed of the latest news about mh370b. to compare air f

48、rance flight 447 with mh370c. to remind us of the air craft of air france flight 447d. to appeal to us to look into the truth of the disappearance of mh370 dwinter is near at hand. on his bench in madison square, soapy moved uneasily. a dead leaf fell in soapys lap. soapys mind became aware that the

49、 time had come for him to resolve himself into a singular committee of ways and means to provide against the coming rigour(严寒). the winter ambitions of soapy were not of the highest. for years the hospitable blackwells prison had been his winter quarters. on the previous night three newspapers, dist

50、ributed beneath his coat, about his ankles and over his lap, had failed to fight the cold as he slept on his bench in the ancient square. so the island appeared large and timely in soapys mind. determined to go to the island, soapy immediately set about accomplishing his desire. there were many easy

51、 ways of doing this. the pleasantest was to dine luxuriously at some expensive restaurant, and then after declaring to be penniless, be handed over quietly to a policeman. a helpful judge would do the rest.soapy left his bench and wandered out of the square. up broadway he turned, and stopped at a g

52、littering caf. but the head waiters eye fell upon his ragged trousers and shoes. strong and ready hands turned him about and conveyed him in silence and haste to the sidewalk.at a corner of sixth avenue electric lights, soapy took a cobble-stone and dashed it through the glass. people came running r

53、ound the corner, a policeman in the lead. soapy stood still, with his hands in his pockets, waiting to be taken away. but the policemans mind refused to accept soapy even as a clue.on the opposite side of the street was a small restaurant. at a table soapy sat and consumed beefsteak, flap-jacks, and

54、 pie. and then to the waiter he betrayed the fact that the minutest coin and himself were strangers.“now, get busy and call a cop,” said soapy. to his disappointment, neatly upon his left ear on the hard pavement, two waiters pitched soapy. he struggled to his feet and beat the dust from his clothes. arrest seemed but a rosy dream. the island seemed very far away.five blocks soapy travelled before his courage permitted him to run after capture again. a young woman of a modest and pleasing dress was standing before a show window gazing with shining interest at its display, and two yar