甘肃省天水市一中高三下学期一模考试英语试题及答案

1、天水一中2015届高考第一次模拟考试试题 英 语命题：王亮亮 审核: 赵良璧 本试卷分第i卷(选择题)和第ii卷(非选择题)两部分。全卷共120分，考试时间为100分钟。第i卷（选择题）第一部分 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。 a did you know that many people today are getting extra work by taking translating jobs online? its true! and you can do it too

2、. many companies in the usa need translators now to translate simple documents online from chinese to english, such as emails, website content, movie subtitles and more.companies like real translator jobs are actively seeking translators from china to fill demand. there are more translation jobs tha

3、n people to complete them. this leaves a big opportunity for anyone to start doing this and earn extra money.do you have to speak perfect english? no! even basic knowledge of english is ok. this is really a job for anyone from china who wants to do it.we spoke to one student from beijing, harris, wh

4、o has been doing this for 2 years now and is earning between $150 and $225 every day. he completes about 3 to 4 jobs per day which takes him about 3 hours. its an incredible amount of money to earn on your spare time!it is great that we now live in the “information age” and opportunities like this a

5、re available to people in china to earn extra money working from home over the internet. its something that our parents generation could have never imagined. this type of work is surely to do great things for young people in china.if you would also like to do this, its easy to get started. just foll

6、ow these steps:1. sign up at real translator jobs (where chinese translators are needed now), or a similar service.2. review the job posting and complete the ones you like.3. get paid once per month by cheque, paypal or bank wire transfer.i hope you enjoyed this information and good luck earning ext

7、ra money online translating documents.1whats the best title of the passage?a. how to find a job on the internetb. how to earn extra moneyc. getting extra work by taking translating jobs onlined. how to find a friend on the internet2which of the following is not mentioned about the documents online t

8、ranslated?a. articles. b. emails. c. website content. d. movie subtitles.3if one company in the usa needs a translator, he or she _.a. should speak perfect englishb. can speak basic englishc. must come from china d. must come from beijing4which step is not followed if you get started the translating

9、 job online?a. signing up at real translator jobs.b. reviewing and completing the job posting.c. getting paid once per month by cheque.d. getting paid once a month in cash. bindia has a very vast history and heritage(遗产). the country has witnessed some of the most important events in the past and ev

10、ery event has an effect of its own on the culture, religion, lifestyle, and economy of the country. this is one of the leading reasons why tourists prefer india to travel and explore. historical tours in india provide everything that a traveler expects from his/her journey. these historical tours gi

11、ve an opportunity to study and explore indian history.historical tours of india generally consisted of four phases: ancient, medieval(中世纪的), modern india and contemporary（当代的）india. some of the historical travel packages are:forts and palacesthe rich cultural past of india is reflected in the countl

12、ess forts（堡垒）and palaces across the country. most of the forts were constructed as a defense device to keep the enemy away and palaces were made on the names of the kings and queens. some of the famous forts and palaces are: agra fort (agra), fatehpur sikri (agra), hawa mahal (jaipur), amber fort (j

13、aipur), city palace (jaipur), gwalior fort (gwalior), mysore palace (mysore), red fort (delhi), etc.india heritage toursthe main purpose of india heritage tours is to make indians as well as tourists familiar with the rich indian legacy(遗产). the heritage of the country is at least 5000 years. some o

14、f the heritage tours are: medieval heritage, rajput heritage, golden triangle, splendid gujarat, etc.south india historical toursthe southern india is known for its diversity and there are many places, whic(景区) in south india include goa, cochin, kerala, munnar, periyar, kottayam and the list goes o

15、n and on.5the main purpose of this passage is .a. to report some important events in the history of indiab. to introduce some tours that can explore the history of indiac. to help study the culture and history of indiad. to tell us how to explore the history of india6many tourists prefer to travel t

16、o and explore because .a. modern india has little to studyb. indian people have an interesting lifestylec. its culture is greatly influenced by its historyd. indias history is longer than that of any other country7most forts were built in order to .a. honor the kings b. act as a palace for queensc.

17、keep enemies away d. attract tourists8according to the passage, rajput heritage .a. is a famous fort in indiab. is one of the heritages in indiac. has a history of no more than 200 yearsd. lies in south india cwhen you dont have anything planned for the day or its rainy outside and your children are

18、 stuck in the house, why not sit around and tell them riddles（谜语）? telling riddles will make your family laugh and sometimes even scratch their heads, trying to figure out what the answer is.riddles have been a pastime for centuries. not only have riddles been something for passing the time, but the

19、y have also been used to pass on secret information during the second world war. even the ancient greeks used riddles. they would tell riddles at parties and whoever was the first to get them right would receive prize.most riddles use words that have double meanings or share the same sound like “hea

20、r” and “here”. so in order to get the riddle, you will have to do some creative thinking and think of all the possibilities of different words. the difficulty of figuring out the riddle is based on the riddle itself. the riddle has to provide you with enough clues to come to the right answer, but th

21、at doesnt mean that the clues have to be easy.if you are looking to tell riddles but dont know any, you can look online and you will find a large number of sites that will have hundreds of different riddles to choose from. if you would like to look somewhere else then you could look at your local bo

22、okstore, where you will be able to find many different books with thousands of riddles to choose from. you can even find websites and books that will tell you how to write your own riddles.after you have found some resources that have different riddles, you will need to read through them to find the

23、 right ones for you and your family: you will also need to make sure that your kids will have a chance to figure out the answers. so take your time and choose the fight family riddles to tell.9what is the authors main purpose in writing the text?a. to recommend an interesting family activity.b. to s

24、tress the importance of family activities.c. to encourage children to read more books.d. to introduce the history of riddles.10from the text we know that riddles _.a. do not have enough clues b. have a very long historyc. were used in world war one d. were first used in ancient rome11in paragraph 3,

25、 the author mainly _.a. discusses how riddles are created b. explains why fiddles are interesting c. tells people how to solve riddles d. shows the benefits of telling riddles12to collect riddles, the author suggests _.a. one way b. two ways c. three ways d. four ways dtwo recent studies have found

26、that punishment is not the best way to influence behavior.one showed that adults are much more cooperative if they work in a system based on rewards. researchers at harvard university in the united states and the stockholm school of economics in sweden did the study.they had about two hundred colleg

27、e students play a version of the game known as the prisoners dilemma. the game is based on the tension (紧张气氛) between the interests (利益) of an individual and a group. the students played in groups of four. each player could win points for the group, so they would all gain equally. but each player co

28、uld also reward or punish each of the other three players, at a cost to the punisher.harvard researcher david rand says the most successful behavior proved to be cooperation. the groups that rewarded it the most earned about twice as much in the game as the groups that rewarded it the least. and the

29、 more a group punished itself, the lower its earnings were. the group with the most punishment earned twenty-five percent less than the group with the least punishment. the study appeared last month in the journal science.the other study involved children. it was presented last month in california a

30、t a conference on violence and abuse. researchers used intelligence tests given to two groups. more than eight hundred children aged two to four the first time they were tested. more than seven hundred children aged five to nine.the two groups were retested four years later, and the study compared t

31、he results with the first test. both groups contained children whose parents used physical punishment and children whose parents did not. the study says the iqs-or intelligence quotients-of the younger children who were not spanked were five points higher than those who were. in the older group, the

32、 difference was almost three points.murray strauss from the university of new hampshire worked with mallie paschall from the pacific institute for research and evaluation. professor strauss has written extensively about physical punishment of children. he says the more they are spanked, the slower t

33、heir mental development. he also looked at average iqs in other nations and found them lower where spanking was more common.13which could be the best title of the passage?a. punishmentb. the best way to influence behavior.c. punishment or reward: which works better on behavior?d. two recent studies.

34、14the underlined word “spanked” probably means_.a. won b. punished c. tested d. praised15according to the passage, the researchers may agree the best way to influence behavior is_.a. rewarding good behaviorb. correcting bad behaviorc. punishing badly-behaved childrend. praising well-behaved children

35、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。选项中有两项为多余选项。what makes one person more intelligent than another? what makes one person a genius, like the brilliant albert einstein, and another person a fool? are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you

36、 live? 16 we know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. in some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. 17 mental exercise is particularly important for young children. many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give the

37、m problems to think about. 18 if, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent. 19 according to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more

38、likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. so it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as “that was a very clever thing you did.” or “ 20 ”a. a healthy body contributes to ones intelligence.b. parents should also be careful about what they say to youn

39、g children.c. what people want to express is like this.d. the children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent.e. it needs exercise.f. you are such a smart child.g. these are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分3

40、0分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a, b, c和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。when we read books we seem to enter a new world. this new world can be similar to the one we are living in, or it can be very 21 . some stories are told 22 they were true. real people who live in a 23 world do real things; in other words

41、, the stories are about people just like us doing what we do. other stories, such as the harry potter books, are not 24 . they are characters and creatures that are very different from us and do things that would be 25 for us.but there is more to books and writing than this. if we think about it, ev

42、en realistic writing is only 26 . how can we tell the difference between what is real and what is not real? for example, when we read about harry potter ,we 27 seem to learn something about the real world. and when harry studies magic at hogwarts, he also learns more about his real life than 28 . re

43、ading, like writing, is an action. it is a way of 29 . when we read or write something ,we do much more than simple look at words on a page. we use our 30 _which is realand our imaginationwhich is real in a different way - to make the words come to life in our minds.both realism and fantasy(幻想) 31 t

44、he imagination and the “magic” of reading and writing to make us think. when we read 32 realistic, we have to imagine that the people we are reading about are just like us, even though we 33 that we are real and they are 34 . it sounds 35 ,but it works. when we read, we fill in missing information a

45、nd 36 about the causes and effects of what a character does. we help the writer by 37 that what we read is like real life. in a way, we are writing the book, too.most of us probably dont think about what is going on in our 38 when we are reading. we pick up a book and lose 39 in a good story, eager

46、to find out what will happen next. knowing how we feel 40 we read can help us become better readers, and it will help us discover more about the real magic of books.21a. possible22a. that23a. usual24a. realistic25a. difficult26a. thinkable27a. do28a. lessons29a. working30a. knowledge31a. make32a. a

47、newspaper33a. find34a. too35a. dangerous36a. talk37a. telling38a. mind39a. heart40a. whatb. easyb. whatb. normalb. reasonableb. impossibleb. designedb. makeb. dreamsb .thinkingb. skillb. getb. somethingb. learnb. notb. seriousb. learnb. pretendingb. lifeb. timeb. howc. newc. whetherc. certainc. mora

48、lc. importantc. imaginedc. havec. experiencec. livingc. wordsc. usec. everythingc. knowc. allc. strangec. readc. promisingc. worldc. moneyc. whend. differentd. as ifd. commond. instructived. necessaryd. plannedd. ared. magicd. understandingd. grammard. haved. a storyd. hoped. sod. terribled. thinkd.

49、 guessingd. societyd. ourselvesd. why第ii卷（非选择题）第二节 语法填空（共10小题：每小题1.5分，满分15分）a boy quarreled with his parents and ran away from home. he had a hard life 41_ any contact with his family for years. later he wanted to go home 42_ he was afraid that his parents might not welcome him.finally he decided to

50、 write a letter to his father 43_(express) his desire to return home and begging his pardon. in his letter he asked his father to tie a white ribbon on the tree near his house by the side of the railway lines if he was ready to welcome him 44 _home. if he did not see the ribbon on the tree, he would

51、 think that his family did not welcome him and then he would leave home forever.he boarded the train and waited very 45 _ (nervous) as the train was about to pass by his home. to his great surprise, the tree 46 _ (decorate) with hundreds of white ribbons, 47_ danced in the wind. his family did not w

52、ant him to miss 48 _ sight of the ribbon and the welcome signal, so 49 _ covered the whole tree with ribbons to show their whole-hearted 50 _ (happy) and willingness to welcome him back.第三部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除

53、或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号()，并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线(_)，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。theres an old man in our village calling old joe who said to be 110 years old. this cant be proved though he doesnt have a birth certificate. all his personal papers were destroy

54、during the world war ii. i dont know if he really is so old, and it doesnt matter. he certainly looks very old. of course, he is often asked question by people who want to be told the secret of long life. old joe always answered them like this, “if you are offered a cigarette, never accept it; if you are annoyed by someone, never lose his temper; and if you are asked foolishly quest