1、 甘肃省 天水市秦安县第二 中学 2015 届高三级 最后一摸 英 语 试题 I II 1 I 2 2B , , , I 40 ( 15 2 40 ) (A B C D) , A The adolescent girl from Tennessee was standing on the stage of a drama summer camp in New York But She was not the leggy attractive Hollywood type In fact she described herself as stupid This girl was Reese Wi
2、therspoon who had wanted to be a country singer and admired and respected Dolly Patton very much That day at the end of the camp her coaches told her to forget about singing They suggested she think about another career She took their words to heart After all But back at home in Nashville her mother
3、 a funny happy optimistic woman depressed Her father a physician encouraged her to achieve in schoo1 So she worked hard at everything and was accepted at Stanford University And at 19 she got a part in a low-budget movie called Freeway, which prepared for her role in the movie Pleasantville But her
4、big break came with Legally Blonde charming play to your strengths business And then came the offer that took her back to her Nashville playing the wife of a country star Johnny Cash a singing role All of a sudden the old fears learned on that summer stage were back She was so nervous on the stage S
5、he spent 6 months taking singing lessons again She learned to play the Autoharp And the hard work built up her confidence Last March Reese Witherspoon walked up on another stage the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood and accepted the Oscar as Best Actress for her heartbreaking heartwarming singing role as J
6、une Carter Cash in Walk the Line 1 Why was Reese Witherspoon sad that day? A The experts advised her to give up singing B Dolly Parton told her to leave the stage C The coaches described her as foolish D The professionals considered her ignorant 2 How did Reese succeed in playing the singing role? A
7、 She did her best to make herself leggy and attractive : B She tried hard to forget about that summer stage C She practised Autoharp lessons for more than 6 months D She regained her confidence through hard work 3 What can we learn fro A Two heads are better than one B When in Rome do as the Romans
8、do C Where there is a will there is a way D Hope for the best and prepare for the worst B individual considers beautiful may not be beautiful to another. When we talk about beauty in people, we often refer to their physical attractiveness. Of course, a beautiful or handsome face is pleasant to look
9、at. But to me, beauty is not only something that pleases the eyes, but also pleases the other senses and the mind. I think true beauty makes you see beyond the lovely sight. It will give you insight or realization of something interesting beyond just the outward appearance. faces. In one of my previ
10、ous classes, there were two beautiful girls, Sue and Lin. Both had almost perfect faces and slend er figures. But Lin was used to getting her way. She felt that her looks could help her get anything she wanted, especially among the boys. Sue, on the other hand, treated her beauty in a matter-of-fact
11、 way and she was nice to everyone. She was also a member of the debating team. Her personality was mostly accepted by others and it made her a more outstanding beauty than Lin. Inner beauty is another kind of beauty that attracts people greatly. People who have this kind of beauty have attained ( )
12、inner peace. They care about their fellow-men, and try to right the injustices in this world. Two well-known personalities who exemplify ( ) this are Nelson Mandela and Mother Theresa. Mandela is willing to sacrifice his life and freedom to obtain equal right for the blacks in South world a better p
13、lace. 5. When we talk about beauty in people, we often only refer to _. B. something beyond the lovely sight C. their attractive appearance D. the other senses 6. According to the passage, why did the author think Sue was more beautiful than Lin? A. Because Sue had perfect face. B. Because Sue was h
14、ighly thought of by others. C. Because Sue had slender figure. D. Because Lin treated her beauty in a matter-of-fact way. A. Beauty is a perfect face. B. Beauty is something that pleases the eyes. C. Beauty is an attractive personality behind the pretty faces. D. Inner C Everywhere I look outside my
15、 home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, w alking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality. People have been influenced to become technology addicted. word most commonly used by people to describe their relations
16、hip to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol. The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our qual
17、ity of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern. I see people trapped in a pathological ( ) relationship with time-sucking technology, wh
18、ere they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money. What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is th
19、e vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and pers
20、onal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. time to discover that it does not work for technology. To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic A. advantage B. attraction C. adaption
21、D. attempt 9. From the passage, technology companies aim to _. A. attract people to buy their products B. provide the latest information D. deal with cultural diseases 10. It can be inferred from this passage that people _. A. consider too much technology wonderful B. have realized the harm of high-
22、tech devices C. can regain freedom without high-tech devices D. may enjoy life better without overused technology -tech devices? A. Neutral. B. Skeptical. C. Disapproving. D. Sympathetic D How long has 3- movie house watching Bwana Devil in 3-D. But 3-D technology made its first appearance on the sc
23、ene in 1838 with the first stereoscope( ) . And the first actual 3-D movie was a 1903 film called Le Ariveedun Train. Although it has such a long history, the technology has still remained based on one simple principle-to make 3-D effects you must find a way to project two slightly different picture
24、s to each eye. Modern 3-D technology works by rapidly flickering( ) two versions of the movie and projecting them onto each eye. The brain does the rest of the work, combining the two pictures together into one and giving the show, the appearance of depth, the third dimension. system? Unfortunately,
25、 long-term studies on new flicker digital 3-D available. We do not know if regu lar or daily 3-D viewing over years affects the developing visual system, although older 3-D methods basically do the same thing and are not considered harmful. The question of possible harm in m odern 3-D use in TV is r
26、eally based on two facts: the amount of time children will now be watching 3-D TV each day and the sensitivity some children show in reaction to 3-D viewing. It is difficult to make actual lab studies of longer term 3-D viewing in children because of the possible harm of the experiment. Researchers
27、will have to wait until 3-D TV technology is already in the marketplace for a number of years, then check heavy 3-D TV watchers and compare them with non-watchers. With a 3-D television techno logy in the home, we will soon be able to answer the question of whether or not longer and more frequent pe
28、riods of 3-D exposure cause more changes in the visual system. We may find that the bigger problem is the introduction of a new technology that leads to even more time spent on TV rather than playing outdoors. 12. According to the text, 3-D technology _ A. was refused by people when it first appeare
29、d. B. will soon change the way we watch TV. C. does no good to our visual system. D. has a history of nearly 200 years. 13. Paragraph 2 is mainly about_. A. how 3-D technology works. B. why 3-D movies are popular C. the history of 3-D technology. D. the influence of 3-D technology. in paragraph 4? A
30、. To wait and see B. To carry out lab studies : C. To stop making 3-D movies D. To improve 3-D technology A. ask children not to watch 3-D movies B. discuss if 3-D viewing is harmful to children. C. introduce the advantages of 3-D technology. D. predict the development of 3-D technology. :Z|xx| 5 2
31、10 How to Love Your Parents Even if you think that your parents are mean-spirited at times loving your parents is a normal and fulfilling part of life You love them for the fact that they created you raised you and are in part, a source of who you are Here are some ways to love your parents 16 Remem
32、ber that they brought you into this world Without your parents you might still wander at an unknown corner in an unknown world Respect them more and cherish these moments You can use these moments to learn from them , preparing parents Act calmly cool off, write down your feelings or talk to a frien
33、d 17 Obey their requests It will make your attitude better and earn you more respect from them It may seem like you are going through hell( However you cold raining,snowing,or too hot.Understand that parents are human beings and make mistakes 18 Since you can forgive your friends why not forgive your parents? Keep company with them Do things with your parents like watching TV or go somewhere with them 19 listen to their old stories and learn from them You will
