1、- 1 -甘肃省部分普通高中 2015 届高三英语新课标卷学业目标诊断试题（一）本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，满分 120 分，考试时间 100 分钟。注意事项：1答第 I 卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。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，再选涂其它答案标号。不能答在试卷上。第 I 卷（选择题，共 85 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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 、D）中，选出最佳选项并在答题卡上
2、将该项涂黑。 AThe following story took place long ago in Israel. One day when government officials were rebuilding an office, they found a mouse hole in a corner and used smoke to force the mice inside the hole to come out. A while later they indeed saw mice running out, one after another.Then, everyone t
3、hought that all the mice had escaped. But just as they were just about to start to clean up, they saw two mice squeezing out at the exit of the hole. After some endeavor, the mice finally got out. The strange thing was that after they came out of the hole, they did not run away immediately. Instead,
4、 one chased after the other near the exit of the hole. It seemed that one was trying to bite the tail of the other.Everyone was puzzled, so they stepped closer to take a look. They realized that one of the mice was blind and could not see anything, and the other one was trying to allow the blind mou
5、se to bite on his tail so he could pull the blind one with him to escape.After witnessing what happened, everyone was speechless and lost in thought. During meal time, the group of people sat down in a circle and started to chat about what happened to the two mice.One serious Rome official said: “I
6、think the relationship between those two mice was that of emperor and minister.” The others thought for a while and said: “That was why!” Thus the Rome official showed his arrogance .A smart Israeli said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was husband and wife.” Again the others though
7、t for a while, and all felt it made sense; so they expressed agreement. Therefore, the Israelis countenance (脸色,面色)showed self-satisfaction.A Chinese, who was accustomed to the firm tradition of loyalty to parents, said: “I think the relationship between those two mice was that of mother and son.” O
8、nce again the others thought for a while, and felt this was more reasonable. So they expressed agreement yet another time. Therefore, the face of the Chinese showed professional modesty.At that moment, one pure-minded Samaritan(撒玛利亚人) who was squatted (蹲)on the ground resting his chin in his hands,
9、bewilderedly (为难地 )looked at other people, and asked: “Why did those two mice have to have a certain relationship?”Suddenly, the atmosphere froze. Then the group looked back at the Samaritan and remained speechless. The Rome official, the Israeli and the Chinese who had spoken earlier all lowered th
10、eir heads in shame, and did not dare to respond.In fact, the true love is not established on benefit, friendship and loyalty or blood relationship. Instead, it is based on no relationship.1. Which of the following is the correct order to describe the story according to the passage?a. Mice came out o
11、ne after another forced by smoke.b. Government officials found a mouse hole in an office.c. Two more mice came out of the hole.d. One mouse tried to bite the tail of the other one near the exit of the hole.e. Government officials were about to clean up.A.b-a-e-c-d B.b-a-c-d-e C.c-b-a-e-d D.c-a-d-b-e
12、2. Why didnt the two mice escape immediately?A. They didnt know about the danger.B. One was trying to bite the tail of the other.C. They couldnt find the right direction to run away.D. One was trying to help the other to escape together.3. What does the sentence “That was why!” mean in Para.5?A. “Th
13、at was just the reason why you think the two mice were emperor and minister?”B. “That was just the reason why the two mice ran after each other?”C. “That was just the reason why one mouse helped the other to escape from the hole!”D. “That was just the reason why we should believe your words?”4. Why
14、did they lower their heads in shame according to the passage?A. They did not dare to answer.B. They failed to analyze the relationship between the mice.C. They regretted driving a poor blind mouse away.D. They did not express themselves much better.- 2 -BYou may not pay much attention to your daily
15、elevator ride. Many of us use a lift several times during the day without really thinking about it. But Lee Gray, PhD, of the University of North Carolina, US, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. He is known as the “Elevator Guy”.“The lift becomes this inter
16、esting social space where etiquette (礼仪 ) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” Gray told the BBC. “They (elevators) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”We walk in and usually turn around to face the door. If someone else comes in, we may have to move. And here, according to Gray, lift use
17、rs unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. He told the BBC what he had observed.He explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want its your own little box.If there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from e
18、ach other to create distance.When a third person enters, you will unconsciously form a triangle. And when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. A fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.New entrants to the lift will need to size up the situ
19、ation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. Once in, for most people the rule is simple look down, or look at your phone.Why are we so awkward in lifts?“You dont have enough space,” Professor Babette Renneberg, a clinical psychologist at the Free University of Berlin, told the BBC. “Usu
20、ally when we meet other people we have about an arms length of distance between us. And thats not possible in most elevators.”In such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “The easiest way to do this is to avoid eye con
21、tact,” she said.5.The main purpose of the article is to _.A. remind us to enjoy ourselves in the elevatorB. tell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquetteC. share an interesting but awkward elevator rideD. analyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator6. According to Gray, when people ent
22、er an elevator, they usually _.A. turn around and greet one another B. look around or examine their phoneC. make eye contact with those in the elevatorD. try to keep a distance from other people7. Which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elev
23、ator?A. Door B. Door C. Door D. DoorThe point in the chart refers to one person.8. The underlined phrase “size up” in Paragraph 7 is closest in meaning to _.A. judge B. ignore C. put up with D. make the best ofCOnce I invited a group of friends round to my house, telling them that I was going to rec
24、ord their speech. I said I was interested in their regional accents, and that it would take only a few minutes. Thus, on one evening, three people turned up at my house and were shown into my front room. When they saw the room they were a bit alarmed, for it was laid out as a studio. In front of eac
25、h easy chair there was a microphone at head height, with wires leading to a tape-recorder in the middle of the floor. I explained that all I wanted was for them to count from one to twenty. Then we could relax and have a drink.I turned on the tape-recorder and each in turn seriously counted from one
26、 to twenty in their best accent. When it was over, I turned the tape-recorder off and brought round the drinks, and for the rest of the evening there was general cheerful conversationinterrupted only by the fact that I had to take a telephone call in another room, which unfortunately lasted some tim
27、e.Or at least that was how it would appear. For, of course, the microphones were not connected to the tape-recorder in the middle of the room at all but to another one, which was turning happily away in the kitchen. The participants, having seen the visible tape-recorder turned off, paid no more att
28、ention to the microphones which stayed in front of their chairs, only a few inches from their mouths, thus giving excellent sound quality. And my lengthy absence meant that I was able to obtain as natural a piece of conversation as it would be possible to find.I should add, perhaps, that I did tell
29、my friends what had happened to them, after the event was over, and gave them the choice of destroying the tape. None of them wanted tothough for some years afterwards it always seemed to be my round when it came to the buying of drinks. Linguistic research can be a very expensive business.9. The wr
30、iter asked his friends to count from one to twenty because _. A. he wanted to record the numbers for his research B. he wanted to find out whether the tape recorder was workingC. he wanted to make his friends relax before real recording startedD. he wanted his friends to think that was all he wanted
31、 to record10. The writer went into another room to _.- 3 -A. get a natural recording of his friends conversation B. stay away from too much drinking with his friendsC. bring a telephone into the front roomD. answer a long distance phone call 11. The writer turned off the tape-recorder because _.A. h
32、e had to answer a phone call B. he wanted his friends to enjoy some drinksC. he thought the tape-recorder might bother his friendsD. he wanted to make his friends believe he had finished the recordingDIt was fifteen past nine as Marie hurried into the office building where she was going to workHer b
33、us had inched along through heavy morning traffic, making her a few minutes late for her very first jobShe decided to start out half an hour earlier the next dayOnce inside the building, she had to stand at the elevators and wait several minutes before she could get on one going to the sixth floorWh
34、en she finally reached the office marked “Smith Enterprises“, she knocked at the door nervously and waitedThere was no replyShe tapped on the door again, but still there was no answerFrom inside the next office, she could hear the sound of voices, so she opened the door and went inAlthough she was s
35、ure it was the same office she had been in two weeks before when she had the interview with Mr. Smith, it looked quite different nowIn fact, it hardly looked like an office at allThe employees were just standing around chatting and smokingIn the front of the room, somebody must have just told a good
36、 joke, she thought, because there was a loud burst of laughter as she came inFor a moment she had thought they were laughing at herThen one of the men looked at his watch, clapped his hands and said something to the othersQuickly they all went to their desks and, in a matter of seconds, everyone was
37、 hard at workNo one paid any attention to MarieFinally she went up to the man who was sitting at the desk nearest to the door and explained that this was her first day in the officeHardly looking up from his work, he told her to have a seat and wait for Mr. Smith, who would arrive at any momentthen
38、Marie realized that the days work in the office began just before Mr. Smith arrivedLater she found out that he lived in Connecticut and came into Manhattan on the same train every morning, arriving in the office at 9:35, so that his staff knew exactly when to start working12Marie could hardly recogn
39、ize the office she went into as_.Ashe had been there only once BMr. Smith was not in the officeCnobody was doing any work Dthe office seemed different13The people in the office suddenly started working because_Atheir morning break was ended Bthe boss was about to arriveCthey saw a stranger in the of
40、fice Dno one wanted to talk to Marie14We can infer from the text that the employees of the enterprise_Awere cold to newcomersBwere always punctual for workClacked devotion to the companyDwould start their work by listening to a joke15The best title for this text would be_.APunctual Like A Clock BA C
41、old WelcomeCAn Unpunctual Manager DBetter Late Than Never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。16 Scientists and experts have proved the uniqueness of finger-prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody know
42、s why this is the case.The ridge（隆起）structure on a persons fingers does not change with growth and is not affected by surface injuries. Burns, cuts and other damage to the outer part of the skin will be replaced in time by a new one, which bears a reproduction of the original pattern. 17 Some crimin
43、als make use of this fact to remove their own finger-prints but this is a dangerous and rare step to take.Finger-prints can be made very easily with printers ink. They can be recorded easily. 18 Because of the simplicity and economy of this system, finger-prints have often been used as a method of s
44、olving criminal case. A suspected man may deny a charge but this may be in vain. 19 . When a suspect leaves finger-prints behind at the scene of a crime, they are difficult to detect with the naked eye. 20 Some of the marks found are incomplete but identification is possible if a print of a quarter
45、of an inch square can be obtained.A. Special techniques are used to “develop” them.B. A fingerprint is an impression of the ridge structure.C. It is only when the inner skin is injured that the arrangement will be destroyed.D. With special methods, identification can be achieved successfully within
46、a short time.E. Some criminals may leave their fingerprints at the scene of a crime.F. His finger-prints can prove who he is even if his appearance has been changed by age or accident.G. Every human being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable.第二部分 英
47、语知识运用 (共两节，满分 45 分)- 4 -第一节 完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 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。Once there was a girl called Arachne who was very proud of her skill at weaving. Many people came to see her 21 her threads in red, blue, green or yellow that made her 22 pictures g
48、low with life. “The goddess Athene 23 have given you such a gift,” they said. But Arachne tossed her head. “No,” she replied 24 “Ive taught myself everything I know. ” 25 those words, the goddess Athene decided to teach her a lesson. First she 26 herself as an old woman and 27 Arachnes door. When sh
49、e opened it, the goddess warned her, “You shouldnt compare yourself with the great Athene. You should be more 28 .” At that Arachne grew very angry. “ Let her come here and have a 29 with me. Then well see whos better at weaving! ” 30 Athene threw off her disguise and the contest began.All day the two contestants wove bright 31 into marvellous pictures. Arac
