江苏省泰州市2015届高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷

1、精选优质文档-倾情为你奉上泰州市2015届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分35分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，满分15分）请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。本试卷由飚记英语（微信公共号：biaojienglish)第一时间整理发布。加微信公共号关注，可第一时间接收手工扫描和文字转换的江苏各大市试卷，以及纯干货的各种解题策略和视频资源等。21. Under the Dome, _ 103-minute documentary released by Chai Jing, has pushed

2、_ public awareness about air pollution and encouraged people to join in efforts to make a difference.A. the; the.B. a; a.C. the; 不填.D. a; 不填22. _ can help but be fascinated by the world into which he is taken by the science fiction.A. Nobody.B. Anybody.C. Somebody.D. Everybody23. Its obvious that ge

3、tting these historic sites recognized by the world is helpful for preserving and repairing them, as it _ their extreme importance and value.A. associates.B symbolizes.C. stresses.D. abolishes24. As is often the case, teachers' _ with parents involve complaints about childrens misbehaviors and la

4、ziness in school.A. acquaintances.B. negotiations.C. conferences.D. consultations25. Johnson is said to be the first young teacher _ to professor in your university this year. Exactly. _ of his own competence is an important factor in his success.A. promoted; Convincing.B. to have been promoted; Con

5、vincingC. promoted; Convinced.D. to have been promoted; Being convinced26. How is your father feeling at present? He _ quite fine after the operation, but unluckily he is taking a turn for the worse today.A. feels.B. felt.C. has been feeling.D. had felt27. The wedding dress of the Princess is noble

6、and elegant. _ is the beauty of this style that it will be popular with young women.A. Such.B. It.C. What.D. That28. The region was served by a railway line, with station stops from three to five miles _ , so there was a natural limit to the spread of any particular community.A. ahead.B. away.C. apa

7、rt.D. aside29. How do you find the new cell phone?Oh, quite good. A new function has been developed on this new type _ it can show you vividly what is around the person you are talking to.A. how.B. which.C. what.D. that30. Mankind must first of all eat, drink, have shelter and clothing _ it can purs

8、ue politics, science, art and religion.A. until.B. unless.C. before.D. after31. We have no doubt that if the students9 interest in the subject is aroused, they will _ the challenge and commit more of their time and energy to their studies.A. face up to.B. keep pace with.C. put up with.D. live up to3

9、2. Fortunately enough, the old man was rushed to the hospital in time. Three minutes late, and he _.A. would die.B. was to die.C. should have died.D. would have died.33. Many college students are willing to work in Western China after graduation _, poor and backward as it is, more opportunities of e

10、mployment are available.A. where.B. when.C. that.D. which34. _ the previous approach to offering low-cost models for the market, Chinese car makers are focusing on displaying alternative energy-driven vehicles to meet environmental concerns.A. With regard to.B. On account of.C. In contrast to.D. In

11、response to s35. Shall we offer the new position to Jack?. _ .You are the boss.A. You bet.B. Its your call.C. No problem.D. It depends第二节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项， 并在答题纸上将该项涂黑。本试卷由飚记英语（微信公共号：biaojienglish)第一时间整理发布。加微信公共号关注，可第一时间接收手工扫描和文字转换的江苏各大市试卷，以及纯干货的各种解题策略和视频

12、资源等。A phone call reached me one cold winter day. I was 36 that my father was seriously ill. I had not seen my father since his divorce from my mom, and he had lived alone in a small trailer (拖车式活动房）in California, 500 miles away from me. The real 37 between us seemed much greater. I was in no hurry t

13、o change that, but 38 I promised to be there the next day.The whole drive down, 39 flashed through my mind. I remembered my father, the proud Marine (海军陆战队队员）. He snatched off the Christmas tree all the decorations the rest of us had put up and rehung them so there was 40 the same spacing between th

14、em. But we neednt 41 those military orders. I remembered clearly the battles he had with my mother. I remembered 42 to hear my father say just once, “I love you, Patty”, only to have him 43 at me, “You cant do anything right!”Standing outside his trailer, I tried to 44 my courage to face him one mor

15、e time. Slowly, I took a few steps inside, my hand and my whole body shaking, too 45 to believe my eyes. Sitting on the sofa, my father looked confused and frustrated. This wasnt the angry and 46 man I had known growing up. This man was 47 and seemed broken. Part of me felt sorry for him, but anothe

16、r part of me was thinking this was exactly the fate he 48 .“God, what am I supposed to do now?” I wondered. But as soon as the words 49 me, a sense of sorrow 50 me, and I knew that I had to take him to my home. It was the 51 part I struggled with. The days of looking after my father turned into week

17、s, then months. All the pain, the conflicted feelings Id been 52 over the years came rushing out. One night, I sat there, talking to God, begging him to help me let go of the ugly feelings I had toward my father. When I was finished, I felt an incredible peace, as if every 53 had been lifted from me

18、. 54 had cleaned all that from me and I felt free to start living the joyful life God wanted me to live.It has been eight years since father died. Now when I think of him, those are the moments I remember, which are, as I put on Dads headstone, Gods amazing 55 .36. A. remindedB. confirmedC. informed

19、D. warned37. A. difficultyB. challengeC. painD. distance38. A. somehowB. thereforeC. otherwiseD. somewhat39. A. messagesB. memoriesC. thoughtsD. images40. A. exactlyB. vaguelyC. generallyD. roughly41. A. admitB. reciteC. masterD. observe42. A. attemptingB. longingC. promisingD. hesitating43. A. star

20、eB. aimC. laughD. yell44. A. strengthen.B. supportC. gatherD. distribute45. A. shockedB. puzzledC. worriedD. disappointed46. A. selfishB. sensitive.C. controllingD. fascinating47. A. fragileB. awkward.C. cautiousD. stubborn48. A. graspedB. deserved.C. determinedD. expected49. A. inspiredB. failed.C.

21、 escapedD. followed50. A. absorbed.B. defeated.C. ruinedD. overtook51. A. physical.B. emotionalC. religiousD. material52. A. keeping upB. looking backC. holding backD. picking up53. A. interferenceB. crimeC. disasterD. burden54. A. ForgivenessB. SadnessC. KindnessD. Awareness55. A. virtueB. graceC.

22、appreciationD. conscience第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。Each traveller may take one suitcase and one item of hand luggage. You may also check in 15kgs. of luggage not later than 30 minutes before departure, a8t no extra charge.If you would like to char

23、ter a train, or make reservations for over 25 passengers travelling together, call the Sales Department.OUR TIMETABLE IS GUARANTEEDIf the arrival of your train at your destination is delayed by more than 5 minutes according to the timetable, we will refund the full price of your ticket if the delay

24、is caused by our company56. If an elderly person with a valid card buys a standard-return ticket, he/she will receive at most a discount of _.A. 20%B. 25%C. 45%D. 50%57. Which of the following statement is TURE?A. Same day returns can be changed to another day for a charge of 10% of the ticket price

25、.B. You can get your ticket price refunded if are 2 minutes late for the train.C. Travelers should ensure they are ready to board the train with at least 2 minutes to spare.D. Extra money will be paid on checked luggage of 15 kgs an hour before departure.58. This passage is mainly written to_.A. pro

26、vide some information about train travelB. describe the policies of changes and refundsC. introduce the luggage allowance on the trainD. compare the discounts of different ticket typesBShe almost did not run. Christine Williams admits that now. She could barely put one foot after another following t

27、he wake(守灵) for her sister, who had died in an automobile accident. But she did run. With the cheers of friends and strangers reaching her heart, Williams set a C.W. Post record in Boston. Now she will run again, in the national Division II cross-country championships in Evansville, Ind. She wanted

28、to be sure she was doing the right thing by running. She was the middle of three sisters, between Kerry, who is 25, and Jennifer, who was 18.Just going through any motions was hard enough, but Christine Williams wanted to know if she should put on her uniform and her shoes and run through the woods

29、on an autumn afternoon, in the awful gaping time between her sisters wake and her funeral. “I kind of got upset beforehand.” Williams admitted. Not a chatterbox under normal conditions, she now holds herself the best way she can, the fewer words the better. She almost walked away from the start line

30、. But her friend Angela Toscano, who had flown up to Boston with her, directly from the wake, was standing near the line and talked her through it. “She said my sister would have wanted me to run.” Christine said. And that was enough to get her started.The accident happened just after midnight on No

31、v, 4. Four young women were driving in an unfamiliar area of Long Island in Eastport, N.Y., when one of them apparently ran a yield sign, and the car was hit by another vehicle. Heather Brownrigg and Jennifer Williams died, and their friends April Brown and Kaci Moran were treated at a hospital and

32、released.The crash made the papers. April Brown was charged with drunken driving and driving without a license.The wake began on Nov. 6. The next day Christine was to run with the Post cross-country team at the regional meet. Rich Degnan, the Post coach,"and Post officials offered a car service

33、 and tickets on the last flight-to Boston for Christine and Toscano. When they arrived at the hotel, the entire team was waiting up for her.Everybody knew about it at the regional meet. Degnan had to arrange for the flexibility of an alternate, just in case Christine could not go. Several times duri

34、ng the race, Christine felt she could not continue. But then she heard her friends and all those other people, those strangers from other colleges, calling her name. She thought about Jennifer. And she ran. She finished fourth in 22 minutes 58 seconds, breaking the Post record for the 6-kilometer di

35、stance by 15 seconds. And although the Post team didnt qualify for the nationals, Christine did.59. The efforts Christines Post team made for her include the following EXCEPT _.A. offering car service and flight tickets to BostonB. arranging for a substitute for her beforehandC. taking care of her f

36、ood and uniformsD. cheering for her during the race60. We can learn from the passage that _.A. Christines two sisters were killed in the accidentB. Christines athletic performance stood out in the raceC. Christine flew to Boston after her sisters funeralD. Christine broke the Post record in national

37、 meet in Boston61.What is the crucial factor contributing to Christines success in the race?A. Diligent practice.B. Excellent coaching.C. Good relationships.D. Firm determination.CThe most complex object known to humanity is the human brain and not only is it complex, but it is one of the few natura

38、l phenomena that science has no consciousness of. To try to replicate (复制) something that is so poorly understood may therefore seem like pride. But you have to start somewhere, and International Business Machines (IBM) and the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), in Switzerland, propose

39、 to start by replicating “in silico”, one of the brains building blocks.In a partnership announced, the two organizations said they would be working together to build a simulation (模拟) of a structure known as a neo-cortical（新大脑皮质的）column on a type of IBM supercomputer that is currently used to study

40、 the molecular functioning of genes. If that works, they plan to use more powerful computers to link such simulated columns together into something that mimics（模仿) a brain.In a real brain, a neo-cortical column is a cylindrical（圆柱形的）element about a third of a millimeter in diameter and three millime

41、ters long. It is these columns, arranged side by side like the cells of a honeycomb, which make up the famous “grey matter” that has become shorthand for human intelligence. The Blue Gene/L supercomputer that will be used for the simulation consists of enough independent processors for each to be pr

42、ogrammed to mimic an individual nerve cell in a column.The EPFLs contribution to the Blue Brain Project will be to create a digital description of how the columns behave. The database from its Brain Mind Institute will provide the raw material for the simulation. Biologists and computer scientists w

43、ill then connect the artificial nerve cells up in a way that mimics nature. They will do so by assigning electrical properties（电能）to them, and telling them how to communicate with each other and how they should modify their connections with one another depending on their activity.That will be no mea

44、n feat. Even a single nerve cell is complicated, not least because each one has about 10,000 connections with others. And nerve cells come in great varietyrelying, for example, on different chemical transmitters to carry messages across those connections. Eventually, however, a digital representatio

45、n of an entire column Should occur.Assuming that the growth of computing power continues to follow Moores Law, the leader of IBMs side thinks it should be practical to mimic an entire human brain in silico this way in ten to fifteen years. Such an artificial brain would, of course, be a powerful res

46、earch tool. It would allow neurological experiments that currently take days in a “web lab” to be conducted in seconds. The researchers hope that their simulated brain will reveal the secrets of how certain psychiatric and neurological, disorders develop. But that is probably not the real reason for

47、 doing it. The most interesting question, surely, is whether such an artificial brain will be intelligent, or conscious, or both.62. In a real brain, a neo-cortical column _.A. looks like the cells of a honeycombB. is a simulation of a structureC. is the famous “grey matter”D. contains a large numbe

48、r of nerve cells63. What does the underlined sentence “That will be no mean feat” in Paragraph 5 indicate?A. It is rather difficult to connect the artificial nerve ceils up.B. The function of chemical transmitters is hard to understand.C. A digital representation of an entire column is time-consumin

49、g.D. A single nerve cell is complicated to identify across connections.64. The fundamental purpose of doing the research is probably _.A. to simulate an entire human brain in silicoB. to tell us how some certain disorders emergeC. to discover how the artificial brain would workD. to examine whether

50、Moores Law is still functioning65. What type of writing is this passage?A. A science fictionB. A research reportC. An official documentD. A computer advertisementDIn less than 60 years the people of my tribe have gone from being an independent nation, to cultural prisoners, to welfare recipients (享有

51、者) . Is it any wonder that there are so many problems facing indigenous (土著的) Australians today?When I was growing up in Kowanyama there were 15 people in my class, I am the only one who has gone to university. Im also the only girl in my class who did not have a child at 15. Of the boys in my class

52、, seven have been incarcerated, two for murder, five for robbery and rape. Only three of us are not alcoholics. Four of my classmates have committed suicide.Life as a young aborigine is not easy, in any setting. The story of my fellow students is a lesson in the magnitude of the problems that young

53、indigenous people in Cape York face.The two issues that are central to changing this story are education and health. There is a huge gap between what we get in communities and what other kids get in cities.One of the problems facing education in remote indigenous schools is that teachers tend to be

54、just out of training and stay for only a year or two. Not one teacher stayed for the whole of my nine years at schoolnot even the principals. This seeming lack of commitment makes you feel they dont care.We need to review the curriculum in these communities because it is pitched at a very low level.

55、 I have had to draw the conclusion that governments and educationalists see us as less than white people.Education should be uplifting, not serve to reinforce lack of self-esteem and the heart-wrenching low expectations that our race suffer from.We need a massive reassessment of,education policies a

56、nd an equally massive investment in education. We have spent so long listening to some white fellows telling us we are stupid, lazy no-hopers that the majority of my people actually believe it.The relationship between poor education and poor health is clear. People whose self-esteem and pride have b

57、een destroyed by a substandard education system and a social system that creates an addiction to passive welfare have little reason to live healthy lives. Our health is getting worse.The policies that determine the delivery of health services are deeply flawed by a bureaucracy (官僚作风) that does not want to hear our voices. Health services are often confined to the clinic.It is problems and challenges such as these that led me to stand in last Octobers ATSIC election. ATSITC is more than the board