湖北省随州市第二高级中学高三英语联考试卷含解析

湖北省随州市第二高级中学高三英语联考试卷含解析一、选择题1.Ｉdon’tthinkLindacouldhavedonesuchastupidthinglastnight，_________?A. doI B.didn’tshe C. didshe D.don’tI参考答案：C2.Although

everything

seems

to

have

been

taken

into

consideration,____

accident

canhappenwhen

the

astronauts

walk

in

_____

space．

A．不填；the

B．an；不填

C．the；the

D．an；the参考答案：B3.---DidyouremembertogiveMarythemoneyyouowedher?---Yes,Igaveittoher______Isawher.A.while

B.themoment

C.suddenly

D.once参考答案：B4.Hehadawonderfulchildhood,_____withhismothertoallcornersoftheworld.A.travel

B.totravel

C.travelled

D.travelling参考答案：D5.Whenexpressinghisopinionsinpublic,Jimisalways

,fearingthathemaymakemistakes.A．confused

B．curious

C．delighted

D．cautious参考答案：D6.—Whatamess!You’realwaysthrowingthingsabout.—Don’tbe____,Mum.Iwilltidyitupnow.A.hotunderthecollar

B.oncloudnineC.offthetopofyourhead

D.downinthedumps参考答案：A【详解】考查情景对话。句意：——真是一团糟!你总是乱扔东西。——别发火，妈妈。我现在就把它整理好。根据情境，母亲因为儿子乱扔东西而生气，A.hotunderthecollar发怒的；

B.oncloudnine非常高兴；C.offthetopofyourhead在你的头顶上；D.downinthedumps垂头丧气，故选A。7.—Mr.Bush,doyouplantoeducateyourtwodaughterstobeofficials?—Totellyouthetruth,Ihopetheycandowhatever

theirinterests.A.fits

B.matches

C.suits

D.needs参考答案：C略8.Peoplerealizethatthenewdevelopmentintechnologycanand_____marketingactivities.A.willhaveaffected

B.wasaffecting

C.didaffect

D.doesaffect参考答案：D9.

twohoursdailyhasmadeconsiderabledifferencetomyphysicalcondition.A．Towalk

B．Walking

C．Walked

D.Havingwalked参考答案：B10.

---Tomcan’tcomebecausehehurthislegwhileriding.---Oh,__________________.A.badchance

B.that’sashameC.that’sallright

D.takeiteasy参考答案：B11.Education,

parentsattachmuchimportance,isalwaysahottopic.A.that

B.which

C.withwhich

D.

towhich参考答案：D12.Weatherforecastisnotprovidinguswithallreliableinformation,becausepotentialchangesintheweatherarehardto_____, letalonepredict.A.estimate

B.calculate

C. emphasize

D.convert参考答案：A13.Einstein’sTheoryofRelativityisso________thatmostofuscannotunderstandit.A.controversial

B.abstract

C.appropriate

D.universal参考答案：B14.Areyoustillhere?Youwereherehalfanhourago.Who______for?

A.wereyouwaiting

B.didyouwait

C.areyouwaiting

D.doyouwait

参考答案：C15.—Iguessyouarefondofdriving．—Notreally．Idoit

becauseIhavetogettoworkeachday．A．generally

B．exactly

C．normally

D．simply参考答案：D16.---HowdoyoufindthelatesthitTaijiong?

---Well,unlikeotherpeople,Ifeelthestoryis_______touching_______amusing.

A.rather;than B.other;than C.better;than

D.more;than参考答案：D二、完型填空17.HowIwishwe

spendthecomingsummerholidaytogether！A.will

B.can

C.must

D.would参考答案：D三、阅读理解18.PEOPLEmayusetheexpression“birdbrain”inEnglishtotalkaboutsomeonewhoisstupid,butcrowsprovethatthisisunfair.Nowithasbeendiscoveredthatcrowsmayunderstandanalogies（类推法）.Totestthisabilityinanimals,scientistsdo“relationalmatching-to-sample(RMTS)”tests.IfapairwasAA,forexample,thenpickingBBtomatchitwouldbecorrect.AninternationalteamledbyEdwardWassermanintheUSfirsttrainedtwocrowstomatchthingsbycolor1,shape,andnumberinwhatiscalled“identitymatching-to-sample(IMTS)”,thenmovedontoRMTS.FortheIMTStest,thebirdswereputinacagewithaplastictraythathadthreecardsandtwocupsinit.Thecardinthemiddlewasthesamplecard.Thecupsoneithersidewerecoveredwiththeothertwocards.Onewasthesameasthesample,whiletheotherwasn’t.Thecupwiththecardthatmatchedthesamplecardcontainedtwowormstoeat.Inthesecondpartoftheexperiment,thebirdsweretestedwithrelationalmatchingpairs.Acardwithtwosame-sizedcircles,forexample,meanttheyshouldpickthetestcardwithtwosame-sizedsquaresandnottwodifferent-sizedcircles.Thebirdsdidwellinthemoredifficulttestandpickedthecorrectcardmorethanthreequartersofthetime.WassermanwassurprisedthatcrowswereabletosolvetheproblemwithoutanytraininginRMTS.Hesaidinanewsrelease:“Honestly,ifitwasonlybyforcethatthecrowsshowedthislearning,thenitwouldhavebeenanimpressiveresult.Butthiswasspontaneous.”Soperhapsit’stimetostopsaying”birdbrain”permanently.28.Whydoestheauthormentiontheexpression“birdbrain”intheopeningparagraph?A.Togetthereaderinterestedintheoriginsoftheexpression.B.Tourgepeopletostopsayingthatbirdsarestupid.C.TointroducethetopicofEdwardWassermanandhisexperiment.D.Tointroducerecentfindingsaboutcrow’sintelligence.29.WhichofthefollowingisTUREaboutthetestsonthecrows?A.ThebirdsdidbetterinRMTSthaninIMTS.B.ThebirdswerefirstmadetodoRMTS,thenIMTS.C.ThebirdspickedalmostallthecorrectcardsinRMTSD.IntheIMTStest,thebirdsneededtoidentifythesamplecardtogetrewards.30.Theunderlinedword“spontaneous”isclosestinmeaning______.A.natural B.creative C.typical D.brilliant31.Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?A.Crowsshowcleverness.B.Crowsmayunderstandanalogies.C.CrowsdidwellinRMTS.D.Apesandmonkeysareclevererthancrows.参考答案：DDAA19.Nooneknowsforsurewhenadvertisingfirststarted.Itispossiblethatitgrewoutofthediscoverythatsomepeopledidcertainkindsofworkbetterthanothersdidthem.Thatledtotheconceptofspecialization,whichmeansthatpeoplewouldspecialize,orfocusondoingonespecificjob.Let’stakeamanwe’llcallMr.Fielder,forexample.Hedideverythingconnectedwithfarming.Heplantedseeds,tendedthefields,andharvestedandsoldhiscrops.Atthesametime,hedidmanyotherjobsonthefarm.However,hedidn’tmakethebricksforhishouse,cuthistreesintoboards,maketheplows(犁),oranyofotherhundredsofthingsafarmneeds.Instead,hegotthemfrompeoplewhospecializedindoingeachofthosethings.SupposetherewasanothermanweshallcallMr.Plowright.Usingwhatheknewaboutfarmingandworkingwithiron,Mr.Plowrightinventedaplowthatmadefarmingeasier.Mr.Plowrightdidnotreallylikefarminghimselfandwantedtospecializeinmakingreallygoodplows.Perhaps,hethought,otherfarmerswilltradewhattheygrowforoneofmyplows.HowdidMr.Plowrightletpeopleknowwhathewasdoing?Why,headvertised,ofcourse.Firstheopenedashopandthenheputupasignoutsidetheshoptoattractcustomers.Thatsignmayhavebeennomorethanaplowcarvedintoapieceofwoodandasimplearrowpointingtotheshopdoor.ItwasprobablyalltheinformationpeopleneededtofindMr.Plowrightandhisreallygoodplows.Manyhistoriansbelievethatthefirstoutdoorsignswereusedaboutfivethousandyearsago.Evenbeforemostpeoplecouldread,theyunderstoodsuchsigns.Shopkeeperswouldcarveintostone,clay,orwoodsymbolsfortheproductstheyhadforsale.Amedium,inadvertisingtalk,isthewayyoucommunicateyourmessage.Youmightsaythatthefirstmediumusedinadvertisingwassignswithsymbols.Thesecondmediumwasaudio,orsound,althoughthattermisnotusedexactlyinthewayweuseittoday.Originally,justthehumanvoiceandmaybesomekindofsimpleinstrument,suchasabell,wereusedtogetpeople’sattention.Acrier,inthehistoricalsense,isnotsomeonewhoweepseasily.Itissomeone,probablyaman,withavoiceloudenoughtobeheardovertheothernoisesofacity.InancientEgypt,shopkeepersmighthiresuchapersontospreadthenewsabouttheirproducts.Oftenthisearliestformofadvertisinginvolvedanewlyarrivedshiploadedwithgoods.Perhapsthecrierdescribedthegoods,explainedwheretheycamefrom,andpraisedtheirquality.Hisjobwas,inotherwords,nottoodifferentfromaTVorradiocommercialintoday’sworld.4.Whatprobablyledtothestartofadvertisement?A.Thediscoveryofiron.

B.Thespecializationoflabor.C.Theappearanceofnewjobs.

D.Thedevelopmentoffarmingtechniques.5.Toadvertisehisplows,Mr.Plowright__________.A.praisedhisplowsinpublic

B.placedasignoutsidetheshopC.hunganarrowpointingtotheshop

D.showedhisproductstothecustomers6.ThewritermakesupthetwostoriesofMr.FielderandMr.Plowrightinorderto__________.A.explaintheoriginofadvertising

B.predictthefutureofadvertisingC.exposeproblemsinadvertising

D.providesuggestionsforadvertising7.InancientEgypt,acrierwasprobablysomeonewho__________.A.ownedaship

B.hadtheloudestvoiceC.ranashopsellinggoodstofarmers

D.functionedliketoday’sTVorradiocommercial8.Thelasttwoparagraphsaremainlyabout__________.A.thehistoryofadvertising

B.thebenefitsofadvertisingC.theearlyformsofadvertising

D.thebasicdesignofadvertising参考答案：4.B

5.B

6.A

7.D

8.C这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了广告的起源发展史。【4题详解】细节理解题。答案定位在第一段No