1、2015 届湖南省长沙市雅礼中学高三 5 月一模英语试题本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读和书面表达。时量 120 分钟。满分150 分。PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30 marks)（略）PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE (45 marks)Section A (15 marks)Directions For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one an
2、swer that best completes the sentence.21. Accustomed to climbing trees, _.A. I had no difficulty reaching the top B. reaching the top was not hard to me at allC. the top was not difficult for me to reach D. to reach the top was not a problem22. Tobacco taxes prevent people from taking up the habit a
3、s teens, _ is when nearly all smokers are addicted.A. that B. it C. what D. which23. US forces will be out of the country by the time Obama _ office in 2017.A. leaves B. will leave C. will have left D. is going to leave24. The man , _ to have studied in US for 8 years, is coming to give us a lecture
4、 next Monday.A. saying B to say C. says D. said25. Do you know _they are getting on well with their study?A. whether B. how C. what D. when26. What about todays temperature?- Its the same as, if the weather report is exact as usual, _ of yesterday.A. one B. it C. that D. what27.-When did you decide
5、to be a doctor?-Lets see. I am twenty, and I _to be one since ten years ago.A. have wanted B. wanted C. had been wanting D. was wanting28. The violin will have to be carefully tuned before it _.A. can be played B. is being played C. should play D. plays29. _ that the pilot couldnt fly through it.A.
6、The storm was such severe B. So severe was the stormC. So was the severe storm D. Such was the storm severe30. Most environmental problems exist because adequate measures for preventing them _in the past.A. not being taken B. didnt take C. were not taken D. havent taken31. Just before they landed, t
7、he hostess suggested _ his passport ready.A. Jack to have B. Jack had C. Jack have D. Jack would have32. A study found that young men were more likely than young women _ depression given the same amount of media use.A. had developed B. developing C. to develop D. developed33. This is not a good plan
8、t for your garden _ its seeds are poisonous.A. while B. so that C. in case D. in that 34. Knowing how to think clearly and to speak correctly_ one confidence.A. give B. gives C. has given D. is given35. President Barack Obama announced plans for bringing Americas longest war to _ he called a respons
9、ible end.A. which B. what C. that D. whereSection B (18 marks)Directions For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Night after night, she came to tuck (将棉被盖好) me in, even long af
10、ter my childhood years. Following her longstanding 36 , shed lean down and push my long hair out of the way, then kiss my forehead.I dont remember when it first started 37 me-her hands pushing my hair that way. But it did annoy me, for they felt work-worn and 38 against my young skin. Finally, one n
11、ight, I shouted out at her, “Dont do that anymore-your hands are too rough!“ She didnt say anything in reply. But never again did my mother 39 out my day with that familiar expression of her love.Time after time; with the passing years, my thoughts returned to that night. By then I missed my mothers
12、 40 , missed her goodnight kiss on my forehead. Sometimes the incident 41 very close, sometimes far away. But always it lurked (潜伏), in the back of my mind.Well, the years have passed, and Im not a little girl anymore. Mom is in her mid-seventies, and those hands I once thought to be so rough are st
13、ill doing things for me and my 42 . Shes been our doctor, reaching into a medicine case for the treatment to 43 a young girls stomach or relieve the boys scraped (擦伤 ) knee. She cooks the best fried chicken in the world gets 44 out of blue jeans.Now, my own children am grown and gone. Mom no longer
14、has Dad, and on 45 occasions, I find myself drown next door to spend the night with her. So it was late on Thanksgiving Eve. As I slept in the bedroom of my youth, a familiar hand hesitantly 46 my face to brush the hair from my forehead. Then a kiss, ever so 47 , touched my brow.36. A. thought B. tr
15、ack C. advice D. custom37. A. annoying B. disappointing C. delighting D. interesting38. A. warm B. cold C. rough D. comfortable39. A. let B. close C. make D. work40. A. hands B. kiss C. face D. hair41. A. tasted B. sounded C. looked D. seemed42. A. husband B. family C. son D. daughter43. A. wash B.
16、overcome C. calm D. affect44. A. brands B. stripes C. colors D. stains45. A. forgetful B. special C. good D. complex46. A. came out B. came across C. ran across D. ran out47. A. gently B. suddenly C. heavily D. deliberatelySection C Directions Complete the following passage by using ONE word that fi
17、ts the context.During my childhood many years ago，a hero was pictured in my mind as the strong and the powerful ，such as a superman, but 48 time goes by and my knowledge grows wider, the definition of a hero changes 49 a superman to Jesus Christ. In my opinion, a hero should have a modest characteri
18、stic， treat others with love and have the ability to change the world. Heroes are also ordinary men 50 they do extraordinary things for others out of the vast love 51 they have in heroes heart. When God created the world, God gave everyone a lovely heart for a chance to become a hero. 52 people need
19、 to do is to spare out the love to become heroes, but this world only has not so 53 heroes.Who doesnt like to give orders to other people? Who likes to be a servant treated like a dog? Everyone wants to get to a higher position. The employee wants to be a manager. The senator(参议员) wants to be the pr
20、esident. The higher status will have 54 stronger power. No one will refuse to own the driver seat. So a hero must have the ability to be in the rank(职位). The hero doesnt have to take the power，but to get to a higher rank is one way to get ability of changing the world. If the hero can not change the
21、 world，he is 55 a normal man with a modest characteristic and kind love. Besides, a hero should be ready to help others.PART THREE READING COMPREHENSIONDirections Read the following passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are 4 choices
22、 marked A, B, C and D. choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage. ACOOL INVENTIONSFor light sleepersMillions of people have trouble falling asleep each night, which is why Light Sleeper was created.Developed in the United Kingdom, Light Sleepers makers say it ca
23、n help a person fall asleep and also help a person fall back to sleep after waking up in the middle of the night.Light Sleeper works by projecting (投射) a light onto the ceiling while the person is lying down. The idea is to watch the light, because the light moving in a circle has a relaxing effect.
24、One of the advantages of the product is that it wont disturb other people in the room. The product can be easily moved and will switch itself off after 30 minutes to save power.Stop the snoring (打鼾)Heres a new product designed to slow down the frequency and level of your snoring. The Snore Stopper h
25、as a sensitive instrument that will detect when youre snoring. Once it does that, it will send a very mild electronic signal to your wrist. This consequently changes your sleeping position to stop you from snoring. The Snore Stopper; wont cause any damage to your body.Get your true colorsPhotoshop f
26、eatures a pen that will copy the color settings of what you are monitoring onscreen to use as a color in your program. Now an off-line product allows you to pick a color when not using the computer software.The Color Picker is a concept pen. After placing the pen against an object, the user just pre
27、sses the scan button. Color sensors (感应器) inside the pen send information to a box, which then mixes red, green and blue to produce the desired ink color.Keep it freshMore high technology products are showing up in the kitchen. A new Bagel dome (圆顶形物) advertises that it will keep your baked goods fr
28、esher for longer periods of time. The product, which is able to remove air, works for bread rolls, cakes and other perishables. To use it, you just push a button at the top.56. How can Light Sleeper help a person fall asleep?A. Its light makes people feel calm.B. It doesnt make any noise.C. It is fi
29、xed on the ceiling.D. Its light moves fast.57. What do we know about the Snore Stopper?A. It will cause slight damage to a persons body.B. It will wake a person up once he starts snoring.C. It can make sure a person doesnt snore all night.D. It can make a person snore less by changing his sleeping p
30、osition.58. The Color Picker will probably be used while youre .A. using the computerB. drawing picturesC. collecting informationD. designing a program59. The underlined word “perishables“ in the last paragraph refers to foods which .A. are easy to keepB. go bad easilyC. are rich in vitaminsD. keep
31、you thin60. It can be learned from the passage that .A. the Color Picker is convenient to useB. Light Sleeper was designed by an AmericanC. the Bagel dome mainly serves as decorationD. few people would like to try the Snore StopperBAmerican kids are taking more tests than ever before, and theyre str
32、essed out. Is help on the way? Just the sight of a test booklet makes some kids sweat. For others, it is a blank answer sheet. Then there are the dreaded words, “Take out your Number 2 pencil.“ All these fill 10-year-old Chelsea Logo with fear. “I start to tap my pencil on the desk,“ says the fifth
33、grader from Toluca Lake Elementary, near Los Angeles, California. “Then I feel the butterflies in my stomach.“Chelsea is not alone. In a recent survey by Kids Health.org, more than 70% of kids aged 9 to 13 said they worry about tests. Its no wonder. Across the United States, public schools give more
34、 than 250 million standardized tests each year.Why do kids have to take so many tests? The No Child Left Behind (NCLB) law requires that students in grades 3 through 8 be tested each year. The laws goal is for all students to be at grade level by 2014. Students must pass the tests and meet other req
35、uirements or their schools may be shut down.The U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan wants to change NCLB. But that doesnt mean he favors getting rid of tests. Duncan believes tests should be used mainly to evaluate kids strengths and weaknesses. Tests, Duncan says, should not be used to punish k
36、ids or their schools for failure. “The goal is to focus on great teaching and learning,“ Duncan said.Under NCLB, each state sets its own standards for students to meet. The result, Duncan says, is that states are making the tests easier. To fix this problem, 48 states are now working together to cre
37、ate common standards. “I want to set a high bar for kids, “ Duncan says, “so theyll be in great shape to achieve their dreams.“Like them or not, tests are here to stay. So how can you handle test nerves? Schools are teaching students to relax through. deep breathing. and stretching (伸展运动) . In Oakla
38、nd, California, Principal Zarina Ahmad of Piedmont Avenue Elementary leads her students in a cheer to get them excited about learning.“Kids are under high pressure,“ says Ahmad. “There has to be time for kids to be kids. Still, we need tests to help us assess what students have yet to learn.“61. The
39、 underlined part “the butterflies in my stomach“ can be replaced by .A. guilty B. nervous C. exciting D. proud62. According to the passage, the NCLB law .A. is focusing on teaching methods in schoolsB. is requiring schools to make the tests more difficultC. is trying to make schools be responsible f
40、or studentsD. aims to evaluate kids strengths and weaknesses by means of tests63. We can learn from the passage that Arne Duncan .A. is strongly against testsB. suggests closing some schoolsC. is concerned about students developmentD. suggests each state set its own standard64. We can learn from the
41、 last two paragraphs that .A. its possible to get rid of testsB. schools have no good way to deal with students stressC. tests help assess what students have to learnD. schools are aware of students stress caused by tests65. What would be the best title of the passage?A. Why kids are more stressed t
42、han before?B. Kids tips for test successC. How to deal with test stressD. Put kids to the standardized testCScientists are fond of running the evolutionary clock backward, using DNA analysis and the fossil record to figure out when our ancestors stood straight and split off from the rest of the prim
43、ate evolutionary tree. But the clock is running forward as well. So where are humans headed? Heres a thoughtless assessment of possible paths, ranging from similar humans to alien-looking hybrids bred for interstellar (星际的) travel.Different populations of a species have to be separated from each oth
44、er in order for those populations to diverge into separate species. Populations are increasingly in contact with each other， leading to greater gene-mixing. Its believable that separate species would appear. Evolution is still at work and the trend may well be accelerating. Cultural diversity is fad
45、ing as human society becomes more interconnected globally.The radical king of evolution moves much more quickly than biological evolution. High-tech improvements are ranging from Supermen, to camera-equipped flying drones（遥控飞机）, to pills that keep soldiers going without sleep or food for days. To da
46、te, genetic medicine has focused on therapies that work on only one person at a time. The effects of those therapies arent carried on to future generations. Tinkering with the germline could conceivably produce a superhuman species in a single generation-but could also conceivably create a race of m
47、onsters.Today the rapid pace of cybernetic(计算机控制论的) change has led to worry that artificial intelligence may outpace humans natural smarts. In some fields, artificial intelligence has already bested human. Were already making machines that can be assimilated (同化) including artificial limbs, mechanic
48、al hearts, and artificial retinas (视网膜).If humans survive long enough, theres one sure way to grow new branches on our evolutionary family tree by spreading out to other planets. If humans established a permanent settlement on other planets, the radically different living conditions would change the evolutionary equation (方程式) What will be inconceivable millions of years from now? Two intelligent species, h
