漯河市高级中学2015届高三一模考试英语试题

本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。

第 一 卷

注意事项∶

1. 答第一卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。

2. 每小题选出答案后,用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。

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)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

My 16-year-old son, Anton, had gone to the local swimming hole. Most of the kids swim there, and there are plenty of rocks for them to use as safe harbors, so I had no fears for his safety．

Still, the firefighter’s first words “You need to come up here to the Stillwater River” made me catch my breath, and his follow-up words gave me relief: “Your son is OK.”

When I got to the river, I immediately saw the fire truck, ambulance and Anton, wrapped with a towel across his shoulders, sitting quietly on a low platform of the fire engine.

I hurried over to him. “You OK?” I asked.

“Yeah,” was all he said. My eyes begged for an explanation, but I didn’t get it from my son, who tends to play his cards close to his chest.

The story was this: A woman was being swept under water. Hearing the cries, Anton and his friend Tyler, without hesitation, swam out to her, and brought her safely to shore.

In an age in which the word “hero” is broadcast with abandon and seemingly applied to anyone who makes it through the day, I realized the real thing in my son. The teens are stubborn and self-centered, but that didn’t mean they have no desire to do good.

Still shocked by my son’s daring, I drove him home. Along the way, I tried to dig out some more information from him - but he had precious little to say. The only words he said were,

“What’s for supper?”

I spent some time alone that evening, thinking about the tragedy that might have been. The next morning, when Anton got up, I half expected him to tell me the story. But all he did was toast some bread, pull himself together, and head for the door to start a new day.

1. Why did the mother allow her son to swim there?

A. He is the best swimmer of their city. B. The water of the river is too shallow.

C. There are many lifeguards to offer help. D. The rocks can be of help if there’s danger.

2. The underlined part “who tends to play his cards close to his vest” probably means____.

A. Anton is a boy fond of swimming with other kids

B. Anton is unwilling to tell others what he thinks

C. Anton always has a desire to help others

D. Anton likes playing cards.

3. In the mother’s eyes, what her son did was ______.

A. dangerous but interesting B. stupid and shameful

C. unexpected and courageous D. awful and mean

B

As many as 4 out of every 1,000 infants born today have permanent hearing loss. When parents learn that their child has hearing loss, they are faced with many difficult decisions. These decisions can include choosing therapies and schools, as well as finding financial help for hearing aids or cochlear implants (人工耳蜗).

Help Me Hear Foundation is a public charity that gives the gift of hearing to deaf children from families existing on very low incomes around the world.

Help Me Hear Foundation believes that a child’s first years of development are critical. Being able to hear is vital to human, and Help Me Hear Foundation seeks to provide a positive lasting impression on society through its programs.

Recipients of Help Me Hear Foundation’s benefits receive state-of-the-art hearing devices that otherwise would cost thousands of dollars per child over the course of their lifetime. The Foundation raises money through donations for hearing aids and cochlear implants, which saves recipients and their families on average over $50,000 on related expenses.

The Foundation tries to be a transparent charity, and wants to be a catalyst(催化剂) for allowing deaf and hearing-impaired children to develop in a typical fashion alongside their peers.

Needy families can obtain information on specific services, and find out about deafness education by visiting the Help Me Hear Foundation’s website. The website offers helpful information on how hearing aids work, and how hearing aids ease many of the learning and language challenges that hearing-impaired children deal with on a daily basis.

7. The author writes the text mainly to _____.

A. tell how to avoid permanent hearing loss

B. explain how hard a life deaf children live

C. call on people to donate to the Foundation

D. inform readers of Help Me Hear Foundation

C

London taxis, with their friendly drivers who actually know where they are going, are ranked best in the world, according to an annual taxi poll(调查).

The survey by travel website hotels.com found London taxis, despite being the most expensive, on the top list for the third years in a row, scoring a total of 59 percent in votes by travelers.

Rounding out the top five were Tokyo with a total score of 26 percent, Berlin with 17 percent, and Bangkok famed for its tuk-tuks scoring 14 percent. Madrid’s taxis were ranked sixth in the poll, followed by Copenhagen and Dublin with 11 percent and Frankfurt and Paris with 10 percent. Taxis in Sydney fell short of the top 10, scoring badly in the areas of value for money, availability and knowledge of the area.

The survey for hotels.com, part of the Expedia group, was conducted among over 1,900 travelers between May 11-28 this year.

8. What does the underlined word “rigorous” in the third paragraph mean?

A. official B. lawful C. strict D. important

9. What are the top five in this annual taxi poll?

A. London- Tokyo- Berlin- Bangkok-New York

B. London- New York - Tokyo- Berlin- Bangkok

C. London- New York - Tokyo- Rome- Bangkok

D. London- New York - Dublin- Berlin- Bangkok

10. Rome’s taxi drivers lack _______.

A. driving skills B. good manners

C. the sense of cleanliness D. knowledge of the area

11. What can we probably learn from the article?

A. The taxis of Sydney are the most expensive in the world.

B. The taxis of London are best famous for the quality of the cars.

C. The score of New York’s taxis this year is lower that of last year.

D. The global big cities’ taxis service is scored by a travel website every year.

D

The rising level of noise in urban areas may be preventing some species of songbirds from setting up homes in developed areas, a study has concluded. Canadian researchers found that noisy surroundings masked the lower frequencies of bird songs, affecting the way some species communicated. Unable to hear all elements of a song, females tended to regard singing males as ill-suited mates(配偶). “We sometimes find areas within cities that have what seem like suitable habitats, yet we get less diversity (of songbirds). So we wanted to investigate whether there was link between bird diversity and noise levels or not,” said co-author Darren Proppe at Calvin College, US. In order to do this, the team surveyed species at 113 sites in natural areas within the city of Edmonton. What they found was that the number of species at each location tended to be lower when noise levels were higher. The study also focused on seven species that did inhabit the areas to see if their abundance was affected as urban noise increased. The species that were selected met a number of criteria, including relative commonness across the study area and forest or forest-edge dwelling (住处).“What we found is that three of the species did have lower abundances in locations that were noisier,” Proppe explained. “This could be down to the fact that those lower frequencies could be overlapped (叠盖住) by the dominant frequencies of road noise, resulting in a masking of communication between birds.” Birdsongs and how female birds accept them are critical when they select male birds as mates. Proppe suggested that females may consider songs abnormal if they cannot hear their lower frequencies and, over a period of time, this could have a potential impact on the population of the species. If adults are not pairing and mating then the number of offspring could decrease as a result.12. What does the underlined word “masked” mean in Paragraph 2? A. Hid. B. Destroyed. C. Influenced. D. Made bigger.13. Which of the following is TRUE according to the article? A. The seven species the researchers focused on were chosen casually. B. Noise affects female songbirds’ decisions about whom they choose as mates. C. The species in noisy places have lower abundances because their health suffers.

D. Noise levels never change the way that songbirds communicate with each other in

Edmonton.

14. Which of the following is the best title for the article? A. Darren Proppe and his new findings. B. How female birds select male birds. C. Why developing areas have fewer birds. D. Higher noise level, lower songbird population.15. Which best describes Darren Proppe’s tone in the last paragraph? A. Critical. B. Hesitant. C. Worried. D. Optimistic.

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。

Although problems are a part of our lives, it certainly doesn’t mean that we let them rule our lives forever. One day or the other, you’ll have to stand up and say – problem, I don’t want you in my life.

16 Problems with friends, parents, girlfriends, husbands, and children – the list goes on. Apart from these, the inner conflicts within us work, too. These keep adding to our problems. Problems come in different shapes and colors and feelings.

But good news is that all problems can be dealt with. Now read on to know how to solve your problems.

Talk, it really helps. What most of us think is that our problem can be understood only by us and that no talking is going to help. 17 Talking helps you move on and let go.

Write your problems. 18 When you write down your problems, you are setting free all the tension from your system. You can try throwing away the paper on which you wrote your problems. By doing this, imagine yo