1、2015 届河南省郑州市高三下学期三月份模拟考试英语试卷 （解析版）第一卷（共三部分，115 分）第一部分：听力（略）第二部分：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）AIn April 2014, the worlds oldest known message in a bottle was discovered floating in the Baltic Sea. It had spent 101years lost in the ocean! The message was finally sent to the authors gr
2、anddaughter.A German fisherman named Konrad Fischer found the brown bottle near Kiel, Germany. He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net. Then he noticed something inside.The bottle in good condition contained a Danish postcard with two German stamp
3、s, dated May 17, 1913. Although dampness had made most of the writing illegible(字迹模糊的), the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin. It even contained two stamps to pay for postage.From the address, researchers found that the postcard was written by a
4、 man named Richard Platz, who was 20 years old when he wrote the message. While he was hiking on the Baltic coast with a nature appreciation group, he threw the bottle into the sea. Then the researcher began a research for any living relatives of his. Sure enough, they were able to find his 62-year-
5、old grandfather, Angela Erdmann, who still lives in Berlin.“It was almost unbelievable,“ Erdmann said upon being presented with her grandfathers bottle and message, as quoted in The Local. “That was a pretty moving moment. Tears rolled down my face.“Erdmann never knew her grandfather, who died in 19
6、46, but says that the discovery of the bottle has made her want to learn more about him.The bottle remained on display at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg until May 1. After that, the researchers examined the postcard and tried to figure out the meaning of the rest of the message.Previously
7、, the oldest message found in a bottle spent nearly 98 years at sea and was discovered in April 2012, according to Guinness World Records.【文章解读】本文是一篇新闻报道。本文是对最古老的瓶中信被发现这一事件的时间、地点、经过以及后续发展的描述。21. When Konrad picked up the bottle from the sea, _.A.he thought it would bring him good luck.B.he noticed t
8、he postcard inside immediately.C.he decided to uncover the secret of the bottle.D.he wanted to throw it back into the sea at first.【答案】D【命题立意】考查细节辨认题。【解析】根据第二段的 he nearly threw the bottle back into the water 可知，Konrad Fischer原本打算把瓶子扔掉。故选 D。22. Why did Richard Platz throw the bottle with the message
9、into the sea?A.He expected his grandfather could find the postcard.B.He wished the finder would send the postcard to his home.C.He believed his postcard would be kept secret at sea forever.D.He thought he could make friends with the finder of the bottle.【答案】B【命题立意】考查细节辨认题。【解析】根据文章第二段 He said he near
10、ly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net 可知当时他真想将该瓶子扔掉。23. What can be the best title for this passage?A.The finding of a floating bottle at the sea.B.A one-century-old letter to a grandfather.C.The worlds oldest message in a floating bottle.D.The oldest Danish p
11、ostcard in a floating bottle.【答案】C【命题立意】考查主旨大意题。【解析】通读全文可知文章主要叙述了漂流瓶中的信息，故选 C。BWhen I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India, where we lived. She worried particularly about the lack of jo
12、bs and cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism. Despite these concerns, I came to New Zealand in July 2009. I have found the place and the people very nice and supportive. Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job to supply my living expenses.Determined to
13、 do this on my own, I spent a whole day going from door to door for a job. However, I received little or no response(回应).One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask if there were any job opportunities(机会). The people there were very surprised and advised me not to continue my job search in that m
14、anner .As I was about to leave, a clerk in the building, who had been listening to what others had said, approached me and asked me to wait outside. Fifteen minutes later, he returned ,He asked me what my plans were and encouraged me to stay confident. Then he offered to take me to Royal Oak to sear
15、ch for a job. I was a little surprised, but had a good feeling about him,so I went along. Along the way ,I realized that I had run out of resumes(简历). Seeing this, the man stopped at his business partners office to make me fifteen extra copies. He also gave me tips on dressing and speaking and added
16、 that I should give him a call if I ever needed anything. I handed out my resume and went home feeling very satisfied. The following day, I received a call from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job. It seems that the world always gives back to you when you need it .And this time, it was a complete
17、 stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.【文章解读】本文是一篇传记故事。本文的主要内容是：“我” 不顾妈妈的顾虑，独自一人来到奥克兰学习，希望找到一份可以养活自己的工作，却屡遭失败。一位陌生人却给了“我”很大的帮助，最终让“我” 找到了一份满意的工作。24. What wasnt the authors mother worried about?A. People might look down on the author.B. The author couldnt speak the local language.C. The autho
18、r wasnt familiar with the local customs.D. It might be difficult for the author to find a job.【答案】B【命题立意】考查细节辨认题。【解析】根据文章第一段的 She worried particularly about the lack of jobs and cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism 可知作者的母亲担心作者不熟悉当地的风俗习惯、找不到工作和被人看不起，排除 A、C、D。故选 C。25. After sta
19、ying in New Zealand for a short time, the author _.A.decided to go back to his own country.B.felt the local people were not very friendlyC.had to find a job to cover his living expensesD.wanted to get a job that needed practical skills【答案】C【命题立意】考查细节辨认题。【解析】根据文章的第二段 I realized the importance of gett
20、ing a job to supply my living expenses 可知选 C。26. When the author went into a building to look for a job, _.A.a clerk gave him encouragement and adviceB.he was confident that he would find a good oneC.he found many college students like him already thereD.a clerk recommended him to the company he wor
21、ked for【答案】A【命题立意】考查判断推理题。【解析】通读文章的最后两段，可知作者得到了一个店员的鼓励和帮助。故选 A。27. What is the story mainly about?A.How a stranger offered the author a job.B.How a stranger turned out to be a real blessing.C.How the author adapted himself to a new situation.D.How the author was helped to get a job for a stranger.【答
22、案】D【命题立意】考查主旨大意题。【解析】通读全文可知作者是得到了陌生人的帮助才找到工作的。故选 D。 CThe year of 2014 saw smart people always busy inventing useful things, which have hepled to make the world better, smarter and a little for fun. Now, lets take a look at some of the inventions.Super bananaAustralian biogeneticist(生物遗传学家) James Dal
23、e visited Uganda, a poor African country, in the early 2000s, where he found that 15-30 percent of children under 5 were at risk of going blind because they did not get enough Vitamin A. Dale also learned that people there love bananas. They eat three to 11 bananas a day. So he came up with the idea
24、 to plant bananas containing added nutrition in order to improve Ugandans health. With the help of Bill Gates foundation, Dale developed the “super banana”. He added a gene to the fruit, making it rich in Vitamin A.Coaching basketballBasketball is popular worldwide, partly because you only need a ho
25、op(篮筐) and a ball to play the game. But this simple game has experienced a technology makeover this year with the development of a smart-sensor basketball.The ball, called the 94Fifty Basketball, has nine sensors inside. They can tell you anything from how fast you are going to how accurate your sho
26、t angles are.With a Bluetooth chip inside, the basketball can connect to your smartphone and tell you in the voice of a coach to “snap your wrist (传旋转球)”, or“go faster”, depending on the data.The HovercraftThanks to the California-based company Hendo, flying past your friends on a floating board cou
27、ld soon become a reality.The Hovercraft has four small engines. These create a special magnetic field which produce enough force to lift the board off the ground.At the moment, the hoverboard(悬浮滑板) can only float an inch off the ground for 15 minutes and must fly over a metal material. Its expensive
28、 too, at $10,000 (61,810 yuan), but the company hopes that one day the technology could be used.Wireless electricityMost of us could not bear to live without wireless Internet. We use it every day for everything from our phones to our cars. But one company wants to go a step further, by combining wi
29、reless technology with electricity.Thats right, no more tangled (缠绕的) wires and no more having to sit and hold your cell phone near a power socket(插座) in the corner of the room. WiTricity, a US company, has invented technology that can power objects up to 2.4 meters away. It uses a special plug-in c
30、oil (线圈) that creates a magnetic field！【文章解读】本文是一篇新闻报道。主要介绍了 2014 年几项重大的发明。28. Which of the following statements would James Dale agree with?A. Children in Uganda should eat fewer bananas.B. Vitamin A is largely found in fruits like bananas.C. Super bananas are definitely a safe biological product.D
31、. peoples eating habits can be used to develop new food.【答案】D【命题立意】考查判断推理题。【解析】根据文章的 Super Banana 部分，可知 Jame Dale 是根据人们的饮食习惯而发明的新食品。故选 D。29. What is the biggest advantage of the 94Fifty Basketball?A. The sensors hidden inside can help players run faster in a game.B. It can help players to improve th
32、eir shooting and ball handling skills.C. It allows players to connect to their smartphones while playing basketball.D. The bluetooth chip inside allows its users to listen to music while playing basketball.【答案】B【命题立意】考查细节推理题。【解析】根据 Coaching basketball 部分的 They can tell you anything from how fast you
33、 are going to how accurate your shot angles are 可知这种产品能改进你的投球和持球能力。故选B。30. What can we learn about the Hovercraft from the text？A. It enables its users to float off the ground freely.B. It can work on many different kinds of surfaces.C. It still needs to improve its power and efficiency.D.It is an a
34、ffordable means of transport for a family.【答案】C【命题立意】考查细节推理题。【解析】根据 The Hovercraft 部分的 At the moment, the hoverboard(悬浮滑板) can only float an inch off the ground for 15 minutes and must fly over a metal material. Its expensive too, at $10,000 (61,810 yuan)可知该产品还需要改进它的动力和效率。故选 C。31. What do the hoverc
35、raft and wireless electricity have in common according to the text?.A. They create magnetic fields to produce power.B. They apply technologies to many things in life.C. They apply technologies which can produce electricity.D. They use wireless technology to improve their products.【答案】A【命题立意】考查主旨大意题。
36、【解析】通读文章中的这两部分可知它们都有 magnetic field，故判断选 A。D“Beauty is only skin deep.“ This expression means that beauty is only a temporary surface quality. And some beauty products can cause lasting damage that goes far below the surface of the skin.In the United States, many people use sunlight and non-natural
37、light to darken their skin. Health experts advise against what is called “tanning“ because of its links to skin cancer. In the African country of Senegal(塞内加尔 ), some women take health risks trying to do just the opposite. An average beauty supply shop in Dakar has many kinds of skin-lightening crea
38、ms and soaps.The World Health Organization says that 25 percent of Senegalese women use skin-lightening products on a usual basis. These products can contain chemicals such as mercury(汞), hydroquinone(对苯二酚) , etc. These are dangerous ingredients that can cause cancer and possibly other physical dama
39、ge to the skin. They can actually burn the eyes and skin.Shop worker Adama Diagne advises her visitors to avoid the stronger products that promise fast results. She uses a cream that is made from carrots and not the strong chemical, hydroquinone. She says that it is a personal choice and that no one
40、 pressures her. Some women want to be black every day, but for her, she likes to be a shade of brown.Women in Senegal say they lighten their skin for the same reason that women all over the world make changes to their appearance. They say they want to look beautiful, to find a husband, or to stand o
41、ut in a crowd or simply to look great for a special event.This thinking troubles Senegalese filmmaker Khardiata Pouye Sall. So, she made “This Color That Bothers Me,“ a film about the subject of skin lightening. She said,“I used the most shocking images so that women would see the dangers. It is har
42、d to understand why a woman says that dark skin is not beautiful. It is in their heads. They want to please a man, to be loved. Or they want to please society, to succeed.“Ms. Sall says that the government needs to better control the marketing and sale of skin lightening products. But she adds that
43、education is the best way to persuade people against using them.【文章解读】本文是一篇新闻报道，介绍了不同国家的女士们进行的各种形式的美容，但这些美容都引发了健康问题，让人担忧。32. The underlined parts “the opposite” in Paragraph 2 means some Senegalese women _.A.use sunlight to darken their skin B.try creams to prevent skin cancer.C.use products to ligh
44、ten their skin D.take health risks to become beautiful【答案】C【命题立意】考查细节辨认题。【解析】根据前文的 many people use sunlight and non-natural light to darken their skin 可知与之相反应是 darken。故选 C。33. According to Adama Diagne, women shouldnt believe _.A.beauty is just a personal choice B.a cream from carrots is healthierC.
45、it is beautiful to be black every day D.a product can make you beautiful quickly【答案】D【命题立意】考查细节辨认题。【解析】根据第四段的第一句话 Shop worker Adama Diagne advises her visitors to avoid the stronger products that promise fast results 可知选 D。34. We can infer that women in Senegal_.A.attract attention with shocking ima
46、ges B.dont consider dark skin to be beautifulC.find it hard to understand the true beauty D.put beauty in their first place in their heads.【答案】B【命题立意】考查判断推理题。【解析】通读第二段可推断塞内加尔的女士们不认为黑色是美丽的。故选 B。35. What is Salls attitude towards skin-lightening products?A.Unsupportive B.Casual C.Reasonable D.Positive
47、【答案】A【命题立意】考查判断推理题。【解析】A.Unsupportive 不支持的； B.Casual 随便的；C.Reasonable 合情合理的；D.Positive积极的。通读最后一段，可推断 Sall 不支持将皮肤变亮的产品的。故选 A。第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）Are you new to experiencing relationships? Well, let me give you advice on how to have a healthy relationship with your partner.(1)Be an honest perso
48、n with them. Do not hide things from them, do not lie. Dont be afraid to say things that isnt very flattering about yourself. Getting them to trust you is the most important element in any relationship. If theres no trust, theres nothing there. 36 (2) Make sure you give them respect. Now respect isn
49、t just simply treating her or him nicely. 37 You have to learn to adjust to their liking. Basically, learn to study your partners moods, wants, and needs.Don t just think about yourself ,think about what your partner needs out of it as well.(3) Make sure you are encouraging to your partner. Always be willing to help them and give them honesty and positivity at the same ti
