高三英语下学期学业水平合格性考试模拟卷及参考答案03

这是一份高三英语下学期学业水平合格性考试模拟卷及参考答案03，共10页。
第一节 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A篇
One f my first memries as a child in the 1950s was a discussin I had with my brther in ur tiny bedrm in the family huse in Bethlehem，Pennsylvania．
We had heard in schl abut a planet called Plut．It was the farthest，cldest，and darkest thing a child culd imagine．We guessed hw lng it wuld take t die if we std n the surface f such a frzen place wearing nly the clthes we had n．We tried t figure ut hw much clder Plut was than Antarctica，r than the cldest day we had ever experienced in Pennsylvania．
Plut，which famusly was dwngraded frm a "majr planet "t a" dwarf planet"（矮星） in 2006，captured ur imaginatin because it was a mystery that culd cmplete ur picture f what it was like at the mst remte crners f ur slar system
Plut's underdg discvery stry is part f what makes it s attractive．Clyde Tmbaugh was a Kansas farm by wh built telescpes ut f spare aut parts，ld farm equipment and self﹣grund lenses．As an assistant at Lwell Observatry in Flagstaff，Arizna，Tmbaugh's task was t search millins f stars fr a mving pint f light，a planet that the bservatry's funder thught existed beynd the rbit f Neptune．On February 18，1930，Tmbaugh fund it．Plut was the first planet discvered by an American，and represented a mment f light in the midst f the Great Depressin's dark encrachment（入侵）．
Plut is much mre than smething that is nt a planet．It's a reminder that there are many wrlds ut there beynd ur wn and that the sky isn't the limit at all．We dn't knw what kinds f fantastic variatins n a theme nature is capable f making until we get there t lk．
1.Why did Plut becme famus in 2006 accrding t the passage？
A．Because it lst its majr planet status
B．Because it disappeared in the sky
C．Because it was discvered by an American
D．Because it was prved t be the cldest planet in the universe
2.What can be a suitable title fr the text？
A．An American Scientist：Clyde Tmbaugh
B．Plut was First Discvered by a By
C．Plut's Strange Rmance
D．The Days I Spent with My Brther in Pennsylvania
3.What can we learn frm the furth paragraph？
A．Clyde Tmbaugh discvered the darkness in the Great Depressin
B．Plut was the nly planet that was discvered by Clyde Tmbaugh
C．Clyde Tmbaugh's jb was t build telescpes fr Lwell Observatry
D．Clyde Tmbaugh's telescpes used fr searching stars were very simple
B篇
Mm nticed that smething was wrng when I started getting s thirsty．I'd have a lt t drink befre bed，which was unusual fr me．One time，I pened a big cntainer f apple juice and kept refilling my glass．Befre I knew it，I'd drunk the entire cntainer! My mm called my dctr．I then had a few bld tests，and the results were certain﹣I had diabetes（糖尿病），which meant that the amunt f sugar in my bld was very high．That can be dangerus，s I had t learn hw t cntrl my bld﹣sugar level．
My eating habits had t change in a big way．With diabetes，I can't eat a lt f sugar r carbhydrates （碳水化合物）．I have t figure ut exactly hw much sugar I plan t eat，and then I get an injectin f insulin （注射胰岛素） befre the meal t help my bdy prcess the fd．Als，I test my bld﹣sugar level ften．I'm always trying t keep my bld sugar at a healthy level．The level can drp when I exercise，but that desn't keep me ut f gym class r ff the basketball curt﹣I just keep sme juice bxes arund t bst my bld sugar if I need t．
It's a lt f wrk﹣and nt a lt f fun﹣t keep track f everything，but I've gtten used t my new habits．I was a little scared at first because I wasn't sure hw my life wuld change．Once I knew what I needed t d，thugh，it wasn't a big deal．My life is different nw frm what it was befre，but it has becme cmpletely regular t me．
4.What is the first paragraph mainly abut ?
A．wh fund the authr had diabetes
B．the authr's life befre having diabetes
C．hw the authr was fund t have diabetes
D．the authr's eating habits befre having diabetes
5.What did the authr d after knwing she had diabetes?
A．She stpped playing basketball in the gym．
B．She cntrlled her bld﹣sugar level strictly．
C．She stpped eating fd with natural sugar．
D．She tested her bld﹣sugar level befre every meal．
6.What des the underlined wrd "bst" in Paragraph 2 mean?
A．Increase． B．Cntrl． C．Absrb． D．Test．
7.What's the authr's attitude tward her having diabetes nw？
A．Wrried． B．Frightened． C．Pessimistic． D．Psitive．
C篇
D yu want t live anther 100 years r mre? Sme experts say that scientific advances will ne day enable humans t last tens f years beynd what is nw seen as the natural limit f the human life span．
“I think we are kncking at the dr f immrtality（永生），”said Michael Zey，a Mntclair State University business prfessr and authr f tw bks n the future．” I think by 2075 we will see it (第10题) and that’s a cnservative estimate（保守的估计）．”
At the cnference in San Francisc，Dnald Luria，a prfessr at New Jersey Medical Schl in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nan technlgy（纳米技术） make it likely that humans will live in the future beynd what has been pssible in the past．”There is a great push s that peple can live frm 120 t 180 years，”he said．”Sme have suggested that there is n limit and that peple culd live t 200 r 300 r 500 years．”
Hwever，many scientists wh specialize in aging are dubtful abut it and say the human bdy is just nt designed t last past abut 120 years．Even with healthier lifestyles and less diseases，they say failure f the brain and rgans will finally lead all humans t death．
Scientists als differ n what kind f life the super aged might live．”It remains t be seen if yu pass 120，yu knw；culd yu be healthy enugh t have gd quality f life？”said Lenard Pn，directr f the University f Gergia Gerntlgy Centre．”At present peple wh culd get t that pint are nt in gd health at all．”
8.By saying” we are kncking at the dr f immrtality”，what des Michael Zey mean?
A．they believe that there is n limit f living
B．they are sure t find the truth abut lng living
C．they have gt sme ideas abut living frever
D．they are able t make peple live past the present life span
9.What is Dnald Luria's attitude twards lng living ?
A．peple can live frm 120 t 180 years
B．it is still dubtful hw lng humans can live
C．the human bdy is designed t last past abut 120 years
D．it is pssible fr humans t live lnger in the future
10.What des the underlined wrd "it" Paragraph 2 refer t?
A．a great push
B．the idea f living beynd the present life span
C．the idea f living frm 200 t 300 years
D．the cnservative estimate
11.What wuld be the best title fr this text？
A．Living Lnger r Nt
B．Science，Technlgy and Lng Living
C．N Limit fr Human Life
D．Healthy Lifestyle and Lng Living
D篇
Mst peple will recgnize Bill Clintn, ex-president f the United States. Bill Clintn is a very ppular speech giver and regularly gives talks all ver the wrld, t many different audiences. He is s effective at giving talks because he has a special quality which we call “charisma (魅力)”.
Nwadays, psychlgists (心理学家) are becming very interested in charisma and want t describe its meaning in a better way. Peple ften misunderstand what charisma is and think f it as a kind f fame, but it is nt the same as fame. Charisma is a kind f magic and is relatively rare. A well-knwn American psychlgist thinks that charismatic peple are basically excellent cmmunicatrs. Hwever, they have ther qualities such as self-cnfidence, elquence (口才) and visin.
Charismatic persnalities are able t draw peple t them, and peple feel happy in their cmpany. There is a sense f “tgetherness” when a charismatic persn is with ther peple. A gd example f this ability, sme say, is the famus American, Oprah Winfrey. She is a highly-successful businesswman and is prbably best knwn as the presenter f a very ppular talk shw. Oprah is able t relate t audiences at her shws and they respnd well t her. Her charismatic persnality has made her ne f the richest wmen in the wrld. She wns several huses and publishes her wn magazines. Presently, she is presenting a new series f the Oprah Winfrey Shw. She als runs a bk club, which influences the natin’s reading habits and may be ne f the reasns why peple are reading mre these days in the USA.
A wman wh had extrardinary charisma was the film star, Marilyn Mnre. A beautiful wman and a talented (有天赋的) actress, she was always the centre f attentin wherever she went.
Unlike fame, charisma desn’t disappear ver time. Even nw, mre than fifty years after her death, when yung peple see Mnre in her films, her charisma seems as fresh and pwerful as ever.
12. Why Bill Clintn is gd at giving talks ?
A. he was nce president f the USA
B. he has a quality called charisma
C. he has many fans that supprt him
D. he is well-knwn all ver the wrld
13. Accrding t the text, charismatic peple _____.
A. can easily attract and interest peple
B. are all effective speech makers
C. are all cnfident and successful
D. ften try t create a calm atmsphere
14. What d we knw abut Oprah Winfrey?
A. She writes bks t influence Americans’ reading habits.
B. She ften gives talks t American yung peple.
C. She is mst famus as a magazine publisher.
D. She has a happy relatinship with her audiences.
15.What des the authr want t shw by mentining the ppularity f Marilyn Mnre ?
A. Mnre is an extrardinarily talented actress
B. charisma desn’t becme weaker ver time
C. fame is as imprtant as charisma
D. famus peple always have charisma
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。
Chsing the right jb is prbably ne f the mst imprtant decisins we have t make in life，and it is frequently ne f the hardest decisins we have t make．One imprtant questin that yu might ask yurself is："Hw d I get a gd jb？" 16 ．
There are peple wh can answer an insignificant advertisement in the lcal paper and land the best jb in the wrld；thers write t all srts f places all ver the cuntry，and never seem t get a reply at all．Still thers believe that the in persn，dr﹣t﹣dr apprach is by far the best way t get a jb； and then there are thse wh，thrugh n active decisin f their wn，just seem t be in the right place at the right time17 ．He used t spend a lt f his free time dwn by the sea watching the tall ships，but never thinking that he might ne day sail ne f them．His father was a farmer，and being a sailr culd never be anything fr the by but an idle dream．One day，n his usual wandering，he heard the captain f the ship cmplaining that he culd nt sail because ne member f his crew was sick．Withut stpping t think，the lad（少年）ffered t take his place．18 .
19 ．If the lad had gne hme t pnder（考虑）his decisin fr a week，he may have missed his chance．It is ne thing t be ffered an pprtunity；it is anther thing t take it and use it well．
Smetimes we hear stries abut peple wh break all the rules and still seem t land plum jbs（美差）．When yu g fr a jb interview r fill ut an applicatin，yu are expected t say nice things abut the cmpany t which yu are applying．20 ．And within a year this persn had becme general manger f the cmpany．
A. This stry als shws the imprtance f seizing an pprtunity when it presents itself．
B. Peple find jbs in a number f ways．
C. it's almst impssible t find a gd jb by answering advertisement in newspapers
D. Take fr example the yung man wh wanted t be a sailr．
E. But there was ne persn wh landed an excellent jb by telling the interviewer all the cmpany's faults．
F. He spent the rest f his life happily sailing the ships he had always lved．
G. It is very imprtant t seize an pprtunity when it presents itself．
第二部分 语言知识运用 (共两节，满分35分)
第一节 (共15小题，每小题1分，共15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。
Last year，I was assigned t wrk at an ffice near my mther's huse 21 ，I stayed with her fr a mnth．During that time，I helped her ut with the husewrk and cntributed t the 22 ．
After a week，I started 23 the grceries were running ut pretty quickly. 24 ，I began bserving my mther's daily rutine fr tw weeks．T my 25 ，I fund she wuld pack a paper bag full f canned gds and 26 every mrning at abut nine．She tk the fd t the slums（贫民窟）and distributed it t street 27 ．
I asked arund and 28 my mum was ppular in the area．The kids lked up t her as if she were their wn mther．Then it hit me﹣why didn't she want t tell me abut what she'd been ding？Was she 29 that I wuld stp buying the grceries if I knew the truth？
When she gt hme，I tld her abut my discvery and 30 she culd react，I gave her a big hug and tld her she didn't need t keep it a 31 frm me．She tld me that 32 f the children lived with an ld lady in a makeshift hme while thers 33 n the streets．Fr years，my mum had been helping ut by 34 whatever fd she culd 35 ．I was s mved by hw selfless she was．She used what was meant fr her t help thers in need．And I was s prud f her．
I cntinue t buy grceries fr my mum．But nw，I always add an extra bag fr her ther children．
21 A．Hwever B．Mrever C．Therefre D．Otherwise
22 A．cans B．grceries C．gds D．bags
23 A．ignre B．understand C．cmplain D．ntice
24 A．Cnfused B．Embarrassed C．Mved D．Annyed
25 A．delight B．relief C．surprise D．regret
26 A．wrk ut B．head ut C．clean up D．get up
27 A．children B．strangers C．passersby D．artists
28 A．made sure B．let ut C．pinted ut D．fund ut
29 A．angry B．hpeless C．wrried D．frightened
30 A．nce B．befre C．until D．after
31 A．secret B．surprise C．gift D．reminder
32 A．few B．all C．any D．sme
33 A．lay B．ate C．slept D．played
34 A．giving B．cllecting C．receiving D．selling
35 A．Lend B．spare C．affrd D. bring
第二节（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下列选项，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括弧内单词的正确形式，并讲答案转写到答题卡上。
Keeping a diary in English is ne f the 36________（effect）ways t imprve ur English writing ability．37_______（cmpare） with ther frms f writing，it is shrter and takes 38______（little） time．It can help us t develp the habit f thinking in English．39______we persist in this practice，gradually we'll learn hw t express urselves in English．In keeping a diary in English，we certainly run up against many 40_______（difficulty）．In the first place，41______ften happens that we have truble finding apprpriate wrds and phrases t give expressin t ur mind．Secndly，there are many idimatic ways f saying things in Chinese．And it is extremely hard fr us t put them int English prperly．
As far as I 42_______（cncern），my 43______（suggest）is that we shuld always have a ntebk and a Chinese﹣English dictinary within easy reach．Whenever smething beats us，we can first put it dwn in ur ntebk and then cnsult ur dictinary．We can als turn t ur English teacher fr help，if necessary．In shrt，I believe that it is 44______great use t keep a diary in English fr 45______develpment f ur writing skills．
第三部分 书面表达（满分25分）
如今微信（WeChat）走进了人们的生活，为大家带来了诸多便利．但有些人也随之成了"微信控"（WeChatahlic），完全沉迷进去．请你就此话题写一篇文章．你的文章需要包括：
1. 对此现象的描述；
2. 微信流行的原因；
3. 微信给我们生活带来的不良影响．
注意：
词数100﹣120左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
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湖北省普通高中学业水平合格性考试模拟卷（三）答案
1-3 ACD； 4-7 CBAD； 8-11 CDBA ；12-15 ACCC； 16-20 BDFAE；
21-35 CBDAC； BADCB ；ADCAB；
36．effective ；37．Cmpared；38．less；39．If；40．difficulties ；
41．it；42．am cncerned；43．suggestin；44．f；45．the；
【范文背诵】
Nwadays，Wechat is becming increasingly ppular．Many peple express themselves，exchange ideas and deliver infrmatin n it．There are a number f reasns fr Wechat t be knwn．T begin with，Wechat is a relative cheap way f cmmunicatin，which cuts dwn a great deal f the cst f making a phne call. Next，Wechat is t the taste f the majrity f peple．Its attractive cntent and varius functins are widely lved．Furthermre，cnvenience als accunts fr its ppularity．Daily infrmatin and news are available everywhere and at any time．Hwever，prblems exist meanwhile．Firstly，ur persnal infrmatin culd be revealed when we use Wechat．As a result，we can be in truble． Mrever，it may be less t cmmunicate with thers face t face．T make matters wrse，relatinship amng peple culd be indifferent． Last but nt the least，ur attentin might nt be drawn t much n study．
Persnally speaking，there is n dubt that this phenmenn will be imprved as time ges by if we knw hw t arrange ur study and rest prperly．