甘肃省天水市秦安县第二中学2015届高三级第四次模拟考试

英语试题

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。试卷分值120分，考试时间100分钟。考试结束后，只将答题卡交回。

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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。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑．

A

A new research of 8,000 young people in the Journal of Health and Social Behavior shows that although love can make adults live healthily and happily, it is a bad thing for young people. Puppy love (早恋) may bring stress for young people and can lead to depression . The study shows that girls become more depressed than boys, and younger girls are the worst of all.

The possible reason for the connection between love and higher risk of depression for girls is “loss of self”. According to the study, even though boys would say “lose themselves in a romantic relationship”, this “loss of self” is much more likely to lead to depression when it happens to girls. Young girls who have romantic relationships usually like hiding their feelings and opinions. They won’t tell that to their parents.

Dr Marian Kaufman, an expert on young people problems, says 15% to 20% young people will have depression during their growing. Trying romance often causes the depression. She advises kids not to jump into romance too early. During growing up, it is important for young people to build strong friendships and a strong sense of self. She also suggests the parents should encourage their kids to keep close to their friends, attend more interesting school activities and spend enough time with family.

Parents should watch for signs of depression—eating or mood changes —and if they see signs from their daughters or sons, they need to give help. The good news is that the connection between romance and depression seems to become weak with age. Love will always make us feel young, but only maturity gives us a chance to avoid its bad side effects.

1. Which of the following is more likely to have depression?

A. Young people who have a strong sense of selfishness.

B. Young boys whose parents watch for their behavior.

C. Young girls who always hide their feelings and opinions.

D. Careless parents whose children are deep in love.

2. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Lacking love can lead young people to grow up more quickly.

B. The older a woman is，the less likely she seems to lose herself in romance.

C. Early love makes young people keep close to their friends and parents.

D. Parents should help their children to be aware of the signs of depression.

3. What’s the author’s attitude towards puppy love?

A. Confused. B. Disinterested.

C. Scared. D. Disapproving.

4. What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. Parents should forbid their children’s love.

B. Puppy love may bring young people depression.

C. Romance is a two - edged sword for adults.

D. Romance is good for young people.

B

Have you ever been afraid to talk back when you were treated unfairly? Have you ever bought something just because the salesman talked you into it? Are you afraid to ask a boy(girl)for a date?

Many people are afraid to assert themselves(insist upon their own rights). Dr Robert Alberti, author of Stand Up, Speak out, and Talk Back , thinks it’s because their self-esteem is low. “Our whole system of our society makes people doubt themselves,” says Alberti. “There’s always a ‘superior’ around—a parent, a teacher, a boss—who knows better”.

But Alberti and other scientists are doing something to help people to assert themselves, they offer “assertiveness training” courses (AT). In the AT courses people learn that they have a right to be themselves. They learn to speak out and feel good about doing so. They learn to be aggressive without hurting other people.

In one way, learning to speak out is to overcome fear. A group taking an AT course will help the timid person to lose his fear. But AT uses an even stronger motive—the need to share. The timid person speaks out in the group because he wants to tell how he feels. AT says you can get to feel good about yourself. And once you do, you can learn to speak out.

5. The author asks some questions in the first paragraph in order to _____.

A. find out the answers B. make a survey C. introduce the topic D. ask for some advice

6. In the passage, the writer talks about the problem that ______.

A. some people are too easy-going

B. some people are too timid

C. some people dare not stick up for their own rights

D. there are too many superiors around us

7. The effect of the system of our society on people is often to ______.

A. make them distrust their own judgment

B. make things more favorable for them

C. keep them from speaking out as much as their superiors do

D. help them to learn to speak up for their rights

C

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8. What do we know about Apple Seeds?

A. The soft cover enables it to be read and kept long.

B. It can be purchased as an award for your children.

C. It offers the biggest discount among all the magazines.

D. The magazine is going to surprise you for many years.

9. Tom wants to beautify his house, so he may choose ______.

A. Apple Seeds B. Better Life C. Humor Times D. News China

10. What kind of people may buy News China?

A. People who have an interest in personal lifestyle of the Chinese.

B. People who have a strong sense of humor and love to laugh.

C. People who want to enlarge the knowledge of their kids.

D. People who are interested in China’s politics, business and culture.

11. Which magazine may best help relieve your work stress?

A. Apple Seeds B. Better Life C. Humor Times D. News China

D

Ordinary World by the late Chinese author Lu Yao has been adapted into a TV series. The novel was first published nearly three decades ago, and a previous attempt to bring the story to the small screen in 1989 failed.

The 56-episode series has been aired on four channels since last month. It reportedly cost its makers 120 million yuan ($19.2 million) and took seven years to complete.

In 1991, Lu's most famous work earned him the Mao Dun Literature Prize, one of China's most prestigious(有声望的) literary awards. In the next 20 years, almost 5 million copies of the novel were sold.

Ordinary World took Lu six years to write, and he is said to have extensively researched Chinese newspapers printed from 1975 to 1985, making his book reflect the realities of the time and also add as much historical context as possible.

From the perspective of two brothers' struggles, the novel mostly shows the lives of people in rural China from the mid-1970s to the 1980s.

The book also draws from the author's own experiences of rural life in his native northwestern Shanxi province, where he once was a poor farmer's son. But he couldn't enjoy fame for long. He passed away at age 43, leaving his family to deal with an unpaid debt of more than 10,000 yuan.

That his marital(婚姻的) life might have been in crisis too, was reportedly revealed later, when his brother told the media that the author had signed a draft agreement for divorce with his wife three months before his death, but the couple failed to make it legal owing to Lu's poor health.

The TV series, however, still proves that Lu remains one of China's favorite storytellers. A recent survey shows the book as the "third-most borrowed book from college libraries", media report. As many as 31,000 short reviews connected to the novel are posted on Baidu Tieba, a popular Chinese online forum.

In China, as most well-received TV shows these days revolve around themes such as urban romance and war, investors are slow to put in their money on productions that depict farmers and factory workers.

"The era was tough and poverty-stricken, but the people never stopped pursuing their dreams," the 33-year-old actor says of the setting in Lu's novel.

12. Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

A. Ordinary world was first published nearly 30 years ago.

B. Almost 5 million copies of Ordinary World were sold after it earned him the Mao Dun Literature Prize.

C. Ordinary World mostly shows the lives of people in urban China from the mid-1970s to the 1980s.

D. Ordinary World is set in the author’s own experiences of rural life in his native northwestern ShanXi province。

13. What does the underlined word “depict” mean in paragraph 9?

A. describe B. tell C. say D. explain

14. From the passage we can infer that ______.

A. The author died at a young age.

B. The author’s poverty made