1、天水一中 2015 级高三第二学期第一次模拟考试英语试卷命题：李健 杨霄 审核：马婷考试时间：100 分钟 总分：120第 1 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）ASydney Trains is one of the most economical, reliable and convenient ways to travel throughout Sydney and its surrounds.Our network, the NSW Trains Intercity, covers suburban Sydney and e
2、xtends to the Hunter, Central Coast, Blue Mountains, Southern Highlands and South Coast regions.The network is made up of several color-coded lines. Trains from different lines can share the same platform, so check display screen and listen to announcements.Ticket prices are generally based on the d
3、istance traveled. You can visit transportnsw. Info for details.Getting to the City.In Sydney, if youre near a train station, youre on your way to the city. Every rail line leads directly or indirectly to the City Circle. Its the loop around the central business district of Sydney. Most City stations
4、 are underground so look out for the sign on street level.Automatic ticket gatesLarge stations have automatic gates for entry to, and exit from, the station. If you have an Opal card or a ticket which has a magnetic stripe you must use the automatic gates. You may use the wide gate for wheelchair, p
5、ram or luggage access. Station staff will assist you.Night Ride busesMost trains do not operate between midnight and 4:00 a.m. For your convenience a special Night Ride bus service is available between these hours on most Sydney suburban lines.Track workIn order for the tracks to the maintained, we
6、sometimes have to replace train with buses, particularly at weekends, Please check the track work section for the latest service alterations on your line.1To get more information about ticket pries, travelers had better_.A. go to the City Circle B. visit a websiteC. check display screen D. listen to
7、 announcements2What service is offered to travelers in need at most big stations?A. A free Opal card. B. Earlier entry to the station.C. Help from station workers. D. A ticket with a magnetic stripe.3Which is the best convenient time to travel by Sydney Trains?A. At midnight. B. On Sunday afternoon.
8、C. Between midnight and 4:00 a.m. D. At 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday.B“Ive always loved food,” says Cassie Dawson in the kitchen of her flat in London. “But Ive become bored with eating out. Ive had too many disappointing meals and paid too much money for them! At one point, fed up with my complaint, a fr
9、iend suggested I open my own restaurant. Impossible, I thought. But then I heard about supper clubs.”Supper clubs are a mixture of a restaurant and a dinner party you go to a strangers house and he/she cooks dinner for you. Like a restaurant, you pay for your food, but like a dinner party, you eat a
10、t the same table as other people. They are advertised through social-networking sites with a menu and little information about where the supper club is until just before the meal.“Its like running a secret restaurant for one night,” says Cassie. “The next morning, I set the tables and chairs aside.
11、I put the TV back and its my living room again.”Cassie opens her “restaurant” for people about once a month, and she really enjoys the evenings shes had so far. She uses fresh, local ingredients and a typical meal costs about the same as a takeaway much less than a restaurant meal. So how does she m
12、ake money out of it?“I dont,” says Cassie. “In fact, at first I was worried about losing money on my club. Im good at cooking but my maths is terrible! But I was surprised by how cheaply I could make a good meal. This isnt about money. Its about a different eating experience.”And what about inviting
13、 complete strangers into her house? Was Cassie ever nervous about that?“Not at all,” she says. “Almost everyone at the supper club is just interested in having a good meal with other interesting people.”4Why did Cassie decide to open her own restaurant finally?A. To earn a living. B. To satisfy her
14、friends needs.C. To make friends with strangers. D. To cook cheap and good meals for others.5What does the underlined word “They” in Paragraph 2 refer to?A. Dinner parties. B. Supper clubs. C. Fresh ingredients. D. Invitations to dinner.6We can know that Cassies restaurant _.A. serves meals for free
15、 B. only serves takeawaysC. is only open to her friends D. is only open in the evening7How does Cassie feel about her restaurant now?A. Worried. B. Content. C. Annoyed. D. Sensitive.CMany people believe that language belongs to human beings. However, cats have developed a language not for each other
16、, but for the human beings who have them as pets.When communicating with each other, cats “talk” with a system of signals. Their tails, rather than any kind of “speech”, act as an important way to express themselves. They also touch each other to express s their feelings. With other cats, they will
17、use their voices only to express pain. Unbelievable, all of that changes when a human walks into the room. Cats use many different kinds of vocal (声音的 ) expressions when they communicate with a person. Since these vocal expressions are not used to communicate with other cats, it seems that cats deve
18、loped this “language” to communicate with their human owners.This fact is shown more clearly when watching rooms that have only one cat and those with several cats. An only cat is usually very vocal, since the only creature(动物)around with whom the cat can communicate is its owner. Cats with other ca
19、ts, though, are much quieter. If they want to have a conversation, they only need go to other cats and communicate in their natural way.Since cats learned to meow(喵喵叫)for the only purpose of communicating with human owners should take the time to learn what their different meows mean. If an owner kn
20、ows, to name just a few examples, which meow means the cat is hungry, which means the cat wants to be petted, and which means the cat wants to have a little “conversation”, the relationship between cat and owner will be closer.8If a cat among other cats finds part of its body hurts, it may express i
21、ts pain with its_.A. tailB. eyesC. voiceD. head9When a human enters a room full of cats, they_.A. begin to use vocal expressionsB. use their tails to show loveC. stop making any noise anD. stop communicating with each other10What are cat owners advised to do?A. Encourage cats to talk with each other
22、.B. Communicate more with cats.C. Learn to meow in different ways.D. Teach cats to understand human language.11What is the text mainly about?A. Communication among catsB. pets different expressions.C. Advice on keeping petsD. The language of cats.DHow much weight a baby gains during its first month
23、could determine its IQ, as a new research suggests. The study found that children who gain more weight, and whose heads grow quickly during the first month of life, tend to have a higher IQ when they start school.Researchers at the University of Adelaide, in Australia studied 13,800 children who wer
24、e born at full-term. They found that those who put on 40% of their birth weight in the first four weeks had an IQ 1.5 points higher than those who only put on 15% of their birth weight. Those who experienced the biggest growth in head circumference (头围) also had the highest IQs by the age of six.“He
25、ad circumference is an indicator of brain volume, so a greater increase in head circumference in a newly-born baby suggests more rapid brain growth,” says the led author of the study, Dr. Lisa Smithers.She added, “Overall, newly-born children who grew faster in the first four weeks had higher IQ sco
26、res later in life. Those children who gained the most weight scored especially high on verbal (言语) IQ at age 6. This may be because the neural (神经的) structures for verbal IQ develop earlier in life, which means the rapid weight gain during the first month could be having a direct cognitive benefit f
27、or the children.”Previous studies have shown the association between early postnatal (产后的) diet and IQ, but this is the first study of its kind to focus on the IQ benefits of rapid weight gain in the first month of life. Dr. Smithers says the study further highlights the need for successful feeding
28、of newly-born babies. “We know that many mothers have difficulty establishing breastfeeding in the first week of their babies life,” Dr. Smithers said.“The findings of our study suggest that if babies are having feeding problems, there needs to be early intervention (干预) in the management of that fe
29、eding.”12The study mainly shows that _.A. head circumference is certainly connected to IQ.B. babies heads grow quickly during the first month.C. full-term babies tend to be cleverer than premature babies. (早产儿)D. the more weight newly-born babies gain, the higher IQ they are likely to have.13How did
30、 the researchers get their conclusion from the study?A. By asking questions.B. By making comparison.C. By having a discussion.D. By referring to documents.14According to Dr. Lisa Smithers, we can learn that _.A. a kids verbal IQ scores reach its highest at age six.B. this study helps parents find fe
31、eding problems.C. quick weight gain benefits newly born babies on verbal IQ.D. this study reminds parents of the need for breastfeeding.15The study differs from previous ones that _.A. it associates early postnatal diet with IQ.B. it pays attention to the IQ of newly-born babies.C. it emphasizes the
32、 significance of successful feeding.D. it first focuses on the relation between IQ and weight gain in the first month of life.第二节 阅读七选五（共 5 小题，每小题 2 分，满分 10 分）Many people find it hard to lose weight and have to go starvation. Now, Id like to offer some tricks to help lose weight.Put out a large vege
33、table plate. Eating water-rich foods such as tomatoes during meals reduces calorie consumption. Other water-rich foods include soups and salads. 16 Because the body processes hunger and thirst through different systems, it simply doesnt register a sense of fullness with water (or tea, coffee or juic
34、e).Downsize your dinner plates. The less food put in front of you, the less food youll eat. So instead of using standard dinner plates, serve your main course on salad plates.17 Instead of large glasses and coffee mugs, return to the old days of cups and even smaller coffee cups.Serve your dinner re
35、staurant-style (with food already on the plates) rather than family-style (where the food is served in bowls on the table).18 Theres no reaching for seconds.19 Youre more likely to eat more-and eat more high-fat, high calorie foodswhen you eat out than when you eat at home.Eat slowly and calmly.20 V
36、ary your eating with stories of the interesting things that happened during your day. Your brain is behind your stomach by about 20 minutes when it comes to fullness signals. If you eat slowly enough, your brain will catch up and tell you that you no longer need food. Serving separate courses will a
37、lso slow you downA. The same goes for liquids.B. Eat 90 percent of your meals at home.C. When your plate is empty, youre finished.D. Put your fork or spoon down between every bite.E. Be sure to choose a high-fiber, low-sugar variety of food.F. You wont get the same benefits by just drinking water, t
38、houghG. You should eat equal amounts of vegetables and grains at dinner.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节 完形填空（共 20 题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 30 分）When I was in my twenties, I travelled alone through the UK. In order to _21_ locations that the public transportation couldnt get to, I bought a(n) _22_ car, drove it ar
39、ound for three months and sold it before I returned to Australia. The car cost most of my money, so I lived mainly on _23_during that trip, it being cheap and filling. In Ireland, my _24_ was stolen, and it was impossible to get another. So for the rest of the trip I _25_out in my car, being too poo
40、r to afford bed and breakfast.One morning, I _26_ in my old Skoda under a twisted tree on a remote lane in the Irish countryside, with no more than a _27_ house in sight. I had a terrible desire for a _28_ cup of tea and some hot water to make porridge with _29_ I would not have to eat the cold left
41、overs from the previous day.My thermos (暖瓶) had gone cold overnight so I knocked on the door of the house. A woman opened it. Hot water? She _30_ let me get away with just that! I was invited indoors, seated at the breakfast table with the _31_ and given a delicious breakfast, as much as I could eat
42、. I was _32_ to eat something more than porridge! I _33_ being friends with the whole family.That was only one of many acts of _34_ strangers showed me when I was traveling alone in foreign regions. One London businessman rushing to work, seeing me _35_, offered to pull my ridiculously heavy suitcas
43、e _36_ several flights of stairs in the underground. After hed done so, with a smile and a wave, he _37_ into the crowd.Kindness gets _38_. The other day, I was able to point out a rare parking spot to a young man who had been driving around the railway car park, looking _39_ desperate. His grateful
44、 smile was all the _40_ I needed as I dashed off to catch my train.21A.search B. reach C. choose D. arrive22A.modern B. intelligentC. ancient D. special23A.porridge B. bread C. rice D. vegetable24A.car B. mobile C. luggage D. wallet25A.camped B. worked C. watched D. looked26A.appeared B. slept C. aw
45、oke D. explored27A.deserted B. single C. simple D. shabby28A.typical B. clean C. necessary D. steaming29A.now that B. even if C. so that D. in case30A.wouldnt B. shouldnt C. neednt D. couldnt31A.couple B. family C. woman D. adult32A.amazed B. frustrated C. ashamed D. delighted33A.endedup B. gave up
46、C. kept up D. turned up34A.sadness B. kindness C. happiness D. forgiveness35A.working B. travelling C. strugglingD. crying36A.around B. forward C. away D. up37A.faded away B. threw away C. put away D. stand away38A.turned downB. handed out C. passed on D. started with39A.immediatelyB. increasinglyC.
47、 constantlyD. directly40A.award B. memory C. intention D. reward第二节（共 10 小题，每小题 1.5 分，满分 15 分）“Be careful, doctor. I can stand anything 41 pain.” When returning from the hospital, I thought about what my previous patient said. Arent we all like that? Well do anything 42 (avoid) pain.We look for weig
48、ht loss programmes 43 dont require us to count calories or give up our favorite foods, and exercise programmes that wont make us sweat toe much or feel 44 (tire). We avoid the strict teachers and the tough classes in school 45we dont want to deal with the difficult tasks.When it comes right down to
49、it, we dont like the hard work 46 (require) to accomplish the goals we truly want in our lives. Why cant we 47(nature) take the path that we know is best for us? Our earthly nature is to avoid the pain of diet, exercise, difficult classes, and hard work.Only if we change our nature, can we choose the tough, troublesome, and trying pathway.
