1、 镇平一高中 20182019 高三期终考前模拟演练英语试题（考试时间：120 分钟 试卷满分：150 分）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 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。APacific Science Center GuideVisit Pacific Science Centers StoreDont forget to stop by Pacific Science Centers Store while you are here to pick up
2、 a wonderful science activity or souvenir to remember your visit. The store is located(位于) upstairs in Building 3 right next to the Laster Dome.Hungry? Our exhibits will feed your mind, but what about your body? Our caf offers a complete menu of lunch and snack options, in addition to seasonal speci
3、als. The caf is located upstairs in Building 1 and is open daily until one hour before Pacific Science Center closes.Rental InformationLockers are available to store any belongings during your visit. The lockers are located in Building 1 near the Information Desk and in Building 3. Pushchairs and wh
4、eelchairs are available to rent at the Information Desk and Denny Way entrance. ID required.Support Pacific Science CenterSince 1962 Pacific Science Center has been inspiring a passion(热情) for discovery and lifelong learning in science, math and technology. Today, Pacific Science Center serves more
5、than 1.3 million people a year and brings inquiry based science education to classrooms and community events all over Washington State. Its an amazing accomplishment and one we cannot achieve without generous support from individuals, corporations, and other social organizations. Visit pacificscienc
6、ecenter.org to find various ways you can support Pacific Science Center.1. Where are you buy a souvenir at Pacific Science Center?A. In Building 1. B. In Building 3.C. At the Laster Dome. D. At the Denny Way entrance.2. What does Pacific Science Center do for schools?A. Train Science teachers. B. Di
7、stribute science books.C. Inspire scientific research. D. Take science to the classroom.3. What is the purpose of the last part of the text?A. To encourage donations. B. To advertise coming events.C. To introduce special exhibits.D. To tell about the Centers history.BIt was an autumn morning shortly
8、 after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out of the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. “What are you doing out there？” I called to him.He looked up, smiling, “Im making you a surprise.” I thought it cou
9、ld be just about anything. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us. Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught up in the business of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.Until one gloomy day the next March when I glanced out of the window, I saw a dot
10、of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花) throughout the front lawnblue, yellow and my favorite pink, with little faces moving up and down in the cold wind. I remembered the things Dad secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of
11、winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?My fathers crocuses bloomed (开花) each spring for the next five seasons, always bringing the same assurance: Hard times are almost over. Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon.Then a spring came with only half th
12、e usual blooms and the next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses, so I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did. He died suddenly one October day. My family were in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith.On a spring afternoon four years later, I was driving back when I fel
13、t depressed. It was Dads birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusualmy family often talked about him, remembering how he lived up to his faith. Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. There on the muddy grass with small piles of me
14、lting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years ago, one that hadnt bloomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.Hold on, keep going, and light is coming soon. The pink croc
15、us bloomed for only a day, but it built my faith for a lifetime.4According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _.Ait kept bothering the author not knowing what the surprise wasBthe author was unpacking when her father was making the surpriseCit was not the first time that the authors father
16、 had made a surpriseDthe author knew what the surprise was because she knew her father5Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?AThe author usually felt depressed in the season of winter.BThe authors father planted the crocuses to lift her low spirits.CThe author often
17、thought about her father after he died.DThe crocuses bloomed each spring before her father died.6The authors father should be best described as _.Aa part-time worker who loved flowersBa kind-hearted man who lived with faithCa full-time gardener with skillful handsDan ordinary man with doubts in his
18、life7What can be the best title for the passage?ACrocuses My Source of FaithBCrocuses Fathers SurpriseCA Pink Crocus My MemoryDCrocuses in BlossomMy FavoriteCFive years after a deadly earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, recovery remains years away.More than 16,000 people died in the disaster and more
19、than 470,000 were removed from their homes, says the Japanese Red Cross Society. Over 2,500 people are still missing and predicted dead. After pressure from survivors, the Japanese Coast Guard began underwater searches for the missing.In Fukushima, more than 100,000 families still cannot return home
20、, says the Red Cross Society. This is because of radioactive pollution from the damaged Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant.In Japan, the disaster is known as “3-1-1” , marking the date five years ago.It was really three disasters rolled into one.“It started with an earthquake devastating (毁灭) in itself, th
21、en the tsunami, and then the radiation from the nuclear plant,” said Shioko Goto, a Japan expert at the Wilson Center in Washington, D.CGoto said the disaster showed the world, “Japanese resilience (快速恢复的能力) and Japanese unity.”But it also showed shortcomings. Among the most notable, the long time i
22、t took to stabilize the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant after it was flooded from the tsunami, Goto said. That process took eight months. Another, Japans dependence on nuclear power, she said. The disaster forced Japan to close all of its nuclear power plants, leaving parts of the country with
23、out electricity.Goto offered up one major difference from the last major Japanese disaster, the 1995 Kobe Earthquake. In 2011, social media was everywhere, she said. Social media offered up plenty of “unfounded rumors and fear-mongering (制造恐慌),” Goto said.But it also kept pressure on Japanese author
24、ities to do more. Chikara Yoshida lost his only son, a 43-year-old volunteer fireman, on March 11, 2011. He and his daughter posted a petition (请愿书) on Facebook to restart underwater searches. It drew over 28,000 signatures, according to the Associated Press.The Japanese Coast Guard announced that i
25、t would resume searches this week.There have also been complaints that reconstruction efforts in hard-hit northern Japanese communities have been too slow. This week, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the government will respond.8. The number of the people who died in the disaster is _.A. more
26、 than 18,500 B. over 16,000 C. over 470,000 D. more than 2,5009. What are the three disasters rolling into one?A. Nuclear power, tsunami and earthquake.B. Flood, earthquake and tsunami.C. Flood, tsunami and nuclear power. D. Earthquake, tsunami and nuclear radiation.10. Which of the following statem
27、ents is true?A. In Fukushima, more than 10,000 families still cannot return home.B. The disaster forced Japan to close most of its nuclear power plants.C. Japanese authorities were forced to do more after the disaster.D. Chikara Yoshida and his daughter posted a petition on the Associated Press.11.
28、What can be inferred from the last paragraph?A. the government cant afford such a large sum of money in reconstruction efforts.B. People complained reconstruction efforts in hard-hit northern Japanese communities have been too slow.C. People in hard-hit northern communities have had a happy life sin
29、ce the disaster.D. The government may take measures to promote reconstruction.DAs our cell phones get smarter，smaller and faster，and enable users to connect at high speeds to the Internet, an obvious question arises: is the mobile handset into the next computer? In one sense, it already has. Todays
30、most complicated mobile phones have the processing power of a mid-1990s PC while using 100 times less electricity. And more and more of todays mobile phones have computer-like features，allowing their owners to send e-mails，browse(浏览)the Web and even take photos；84 million mobile Phones with digital
31、cameras were shipped last year We ask the question whether mobile phones will ever overshadow or replace the PC, and the issue suddenly becomes questionable.PC supporters say mobile phones are too small and connect too slowly to the Internet to become effective at tasks now performed on the large sc
32、reens and keyboards of todays computer. Fans of the mobile phones respond: just waitComing techniques will solve the limitation of the mobile phone . “One day，two or three billion people will have cell phones,and they are not going to have PCs,” says one inventor of the smart phone and the chief tec
33、hnology officer of an important smart phone company. “The mobile phone will become their digital life ” The inventors a newest product,the shiny，slim pocket-size cell phone，has a tiny keyboard，a built-in digital camera and narrow openings for added memory. The smart phone market makes up only five p
34、ercent of overall mobile phone sales today，but the figure has been doubling each yearIn the United States, its the business crowd thats primarily buying these handsets.“What makes the smart phone so much better than the computer is that its always with you,always up and always ready， ”says one of th
35、em，who works in an 80-member law firm，which recently started giving its lawyers smart phones instead of laptops.12. whats the authors attitude toward whether the mobile phone can be turned into the next computer to some extent ?A. Indifferent B. Disapproving C. Supportive D. Negative13. PC supporter
36、s believe that _in the future A. Computers will work more effectively at tasks B. Computers will perform better with large screens and keyboards C .Mobile phones are too small to be compared with computers D. Mobile phones will not replace the computer14. Fans of the mobile phones think _in the futu
37、reA. They have no choice but to wait to see what happensB. The limitations of the mobile phone will be solved by new techniques. C. Two or three billion people will have cell phonesD. The mobile phone will become their digital life15. In the third paragraph, “but the figure has been doubling each ye
38、ar, ” the word figure refers to_A. The inventors newest product，the shiny，slim pocketsize cell phoneB. Two or three billion people who are not going to have PCsC. 84 million mobile Phones with digital cameras D. The five percent of the total mobile phones market share第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）根据短文内
39、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。Its said that people travel to see the world. 16 You walk down different streets, hear different accents, and see different views. All of this is a great way to absorb a new location and learn as much as you can.But theres another reason why people travel to exper
40、ience something new. 17 So what kind of person are you? To tell the truth, you II learn about yourself no matter where you go.If youre a bookworm: Anyone studying English literature will love being on the soil of where such rich literary tradition was born. 18 Maybe youll run into one of your favori
41、te characters during the trip.If youre a Disney princess fan: Head over to Prague and you II find the setting of every fairy tale youve ever dreamed of. Pragues study abroad programs are in English and are flexible.If youre an history lover. 19 Sure, thats a lot of places. But Ive never felt quite a
42、s absorbed in the ancient world as walking around Athens and Rome.If youre an adventure seeker. Consider going to Australia. 20 .If you re indecisive: Just choose them all and take a Semester at Sea. Youll have your classes on a ship as it sails around the world, making stops at 15 cities in 11 coun
43、tries.A. And we hope to learn about ourselves in this newness.B. Visiting a new place will change the way of living.C. There are countryside tours connected to novels.D Just a day- long trip is an adventure in itself.E. Go somewhere where history comes alive.F. And you do see the world when travelin
44、g.G. History always makes men wise.第三部分 语言知识运用(共三节，满分 75 分)第一节 完形填空(共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分)阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C 和 D 四个选项中，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。While high school does not generally encourage students to explore new aspects of life, college sets the stage for that exploration. I myself wen
45、t through this 21 process and found something that has changed my 22 at college for the better: I discovered ASL-American Sign Language(美式手语).I never felt an urge to 23 any sign language before. My entire family is hearing, and so are all my friends. The 24 language were enough in all my interaction
46、s(交往).Little did I know that I would discover my 25 for ASL.The 26 began during my first week at college. I watched as the ASL Club 27 their translation of a song. Both the hand movements and the very 28 of communicating without speaking 29 me. What I saw was completely unlike anything I had experie
47、nced in the 30 .This newness just left me 31 more.After that, feeling the need to 32 further, I decided to drop in on one of ASL clubs meetings. I only learned how to 33 the alphabet that day. Yet instead of being discouraged by my 34 progress, I was excited. I then made it a point to 35 those meeti
48、ngs and learn all I could.The following term, I 36 an ASL class. The professor was deaf and any talking was 37 . I soon realized that the silence was not unpleasant. 38 , if there had been any talking, it would have 39 us to learn less. Now, I appreciate the silence and the 40 way of communication i
49、t opens.21. A. searching B. planning C. natural D. formal22. A. progress B. experience C. major D. opinion23. A. choose B. read C. learn D. create24. A. official B. foreign C. body D. spoken25. A. love B. concern C. goal D. request26. A. meeting B. trip C. story D. task27. A. recorded B. performed C. recited D. discussed28. A. idea B.
