1、2017 年甘肃兰州市外国语学校高考实战模拟考试英语试题第 I 卷第一部分：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 和 D) 中，选出最佳选项。AMy mother grew up in a small coal mining town in southwest Iowa. My grand father once told me that she knew no stranger and considered everyone in that community her friend. Tha
2、t attitude continued wherever she lived for the rest of her life. As a young girl, I felt embarrassed and cringed (畏缩) every time my mother addressed strangers in the grocery store or on the city bus. She talked to everyone and offered a smile. What really sold me on Moms approach to life was her ex
3、perience on the senior bus, a story Ive repeated to others many times. The weeks I could not be there, she used this low-cost transportation to the grocery store. After her first trip, I asked her how it went. “Ha!” she said, “I got on that bus and what did I see? Thirteen little old ladies and one
4、old man, and not one word was spoken. I wondered how long it would be until the somberness (忧郁的氛围) on that bus would change. On my next visit Mom mentioned the girls on the bus and something one of them had told her. “Oh, are you talking with them now?”I asked. “Of course,” she said., “One day I cli
5、mbed up the steps of the bus and before looked for a seat, I gave them a big smile and I said, Isnt it a wonderful day? I noticed a few shy smiles.” Mom didnt give up. She greeted them all each time she got on the bus and before long, the whole group was laughing and talking to one another. The bus
6、became more than just transportation. Shes been gone for ten years but Ive carried on her recipe for life. I smile at people as I walk by and often begin a conversation in the checkout line. Silent, solemn (严肃的) people respond with smiles of their own and a bit of chatter. All it takes is for one pe
7、rson to initiate (发起) the smile or a greeting. It was me who had done the smiling first and all those people had responded. My mother didnt lecture but taught me by example. Shed given me a recipe for life. 1. How did the writers mother break the silence on the senior bus?A. By telling the passenger
8、s some jokes. B. By giving each one of the passengers a gift.C. By greeting and smiling at all the passengers. D. By asking the passengers some difficult questions. 2. What does the underlined phrase “sold me on” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Helped me find. B. Persuaded me to accept. C. Forced me
9、 to be against. D. Encouraged me to give up. 3. What can we infer from the passage?A. The writers mother liked going shopping. B. The writers mother used to be a good teacher.C. The writer didnt like her mother when she was young. D. The writer once doubted her mothers approach to life. 4. The write
10、r wrote this passage in order to .A. change the behavior and the thinking of its readers towards making friendsB. analyze why people dont like communicating with each other in public placesC. convince people that it is important to know how to communicate with strangersD. encourage people of break t
11、he barrier to communication and start conversations bravelyBBored with your life? Dreaming of something different?I always wonder what life would be like 400km above my head. Thats where the International Space Station orbits the Earth, with six astronauts living and working on board, for months at
12、a time. How do they sleep? They spend the night floating in a sleeping bag inside a small cubicle (小隔间) on the ceiling. American astronaut Sunita Williams explains, “Its like a little phone booth, but its pretty comfortable and it doesnt matter if I tum over and sleep upside down. I dont have any se
13、nsation (感觉) in my head that tells me Im upside down.” Brushing your teeth in a place where you cant have a tap or a sink can be a challenge. Can you imagine the mess that running water would make in zero gravity? Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield uses a straw to put a big blob (一滴 ) of water from a
14、 sealed bag onto an ordinary toothbrush and adds a little toothpaste which he has to swallow when hes done. Daily exercise is essential. The lack of gravity makes bones more fragile and muscles lose strengthso astronauts are encouraged to work out for at least two hours a day. The role of astronauts
15、 in the International Space Station is to act as lab technicians for scientists back on earth. So they spend their time maintaining their environment and performing and monitoring experiments in a confined space about the size of a Boeing 747. Almost every task is carefully planned by mission contro
16、lalthough most astronauts spend their first days losing things until they get used to sticking everything they use to the walls with Velcro, duct tape(强力胶带)or clips ( 夹子). One of their most valued perks (特别待遇) is the view from “the office,” dominated by that gigantic blue ball down there, sitting in
17、 the darkness of space. Wow! Absolutely breathtaking!5. When they sleep upside down, the astronauts will not get dizzy because .A. they dont feel itB. they sleep in the daytimeC. they sleep in special sleeping bagsD. they are trained to adapt to the conditions of weightlessness6. Why may astronauts
18、lose things?A. Because they always forget where they put their things. B. Because in zero gravity, everything that is not stuck down floats. C. Because they are so busy that they dont have enough time to put their things away. D. Because in a space station, there isnt enough place for astronauts to
19、store their things. 7. What becomes weak if astronauts dont exercise?A, Their teeth and bones. B. Their brains and bones. C. Their teeth and muscles. D. Their bones and muscles. 8. What is the best title for the text?A. The Problems We Met in SpaceB. How to Become an AstronautC. Living and Working i
20、n SpaceD. The International Space StationCToday, in many places, like restaurants and hotels, people use Wechat or other kinds of payment to pay for their bills. So some scholars say that the wallet is heading for extinction. It will die off with the generation who read printed newspapers. The kind
21、of shopping where you hand over notes and count out change in return now happens only in small retail (零售) counters, like buying a bar of chocolate or a pint of milk from a comer shop. At the shops where you spend any real money, that money is increasingly abstract. At the most famous retail store V
22、ictoria Beckham on Dover Street, you dont have to stand at any kind of cash register when you decide to pay. The staff (员 工) are equipped with iPads to take your payment while you relax on a sofa. Wherever you go, you can get an excellent service, if you have the money. But across society, the abstr
23、action of the idea of cash makes me uneasy. Maybe Im just old-fashioned. But earning money isnt quick or easy for most of us. Isnt it a bit weird (怪异的)that spending it should happen in half a blink of an eye?But Ill leave the economics to the experts. What bothers me about the death of the wallet is
24、 the change it reflects in our physical environment. The opposite of a wallet is a smartphone or an iPad. When we pay for anything, instead of digging through pieces of paper and peering into comers in a wallet, what we need to do is to move our fingers left and right. Show your wallet, if you still
25、 have one. It may not be here much longer. 9. According to the text, customers can pay their bills in big modem stores. A. secretlyB. separatelyC. electronicallyD. mentally10. What makes the writer feel uncomfortable nowadays?A. Saving money is out of date. B. Spending money is so fast and easy. C.
26、Earning money is getting more difficult. D. The pleasure of spending money is fading. 11. The writer implies that . A. he likes the nature of his walletB. he is against technological progressC. he feels insecure about the changes of the modern worldD. he wants to return to the old traditions of the
27、old societyDIn many developed countries, people who have high degrees begin to work longer than those who dont. About 65% of American men aged 62-74 with a professional degree are in the workforce(劳动人口)，compared with 32% of men who only finish high school. This gap is part of a deepening divide betw
28、een the well-educated wealthy and the unskilled poor. Rapid technological advance has raised the incomes of the highly skilled while squeezing those of the unskilled. The consequences, for individuals and society, are profound. The world is facing an astonishing rise in the number of old people, and
29、 they will live longer than ever before. Over the next 20 years the global population of those aged 65 or more will almost double, from 600 million to 1.1billion. The experience of the 20th century, when greater longevity (长寿) translated into more years in retirement rather than more years at work,
30、has persuaded many observers that this shift (变化) will lead to slower economic growth, while the swelling (膨胀的)ranks of pensioners will create government budget problems. Policy is partly responsible. Many European governments have abandoned policies that used to encourage people to retire early. Ev
31、en the better-off must work longer to have a comfortable retirement. But the changing nature of work also plays a big role. Pay has risen sharply for the highly educated, and those people continue to reap (获得 ) rich rewards into old age because these days the educated elderly are more productive tha
32、n the preceding (先前的) generation. Technological change may well reinforce (强化) that shift: the sills that complement (补充 ) computers, from management knowhow to creativity, do not necessarily decline with age. 12, What is the common phenomenon in the workforce in rich countries?A. Younger people are
33、 replacing the elderly. B. Well-educated people tend to work longer. C. People with no college degree cannot find any job. D. Unemployment rates are decreasing year after year. 13. In view of the experience of the 20th century, many observers predict that . A. economic growth will slow downB. govern
34、ment budgets will decreaseC. more people will try to receive higher educationD. there will be more competition in the job market14. According to the text, what is ;the result of policy changes in European countries?A. Unskilled workers may choose to retire early. B. More and more people have to go a
35、broad to hunt for jobs. C. People may be able to use computers to do more complicated work. D. Even wealthy people must work longer to live comfortably in retirement. 15. The underlined word “knowhow” in the last paragraph probably refers to . A. a completely different environmentB. practical knowle
36、dge and technical skillsC. a better understanding of policy changesD. the courage to face difficulties and dangers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。Tips to Manage StressYou cant rid stress from your life completely, but you can reduce it. Know that it takes some ef
37、forts because you may have to make changes in your attitude and lifestyle. Reducing stress requires that you know how you react to stress. If you know, you can change your behavior. 16 See the glass as half full instead of half empty. Also, develop a strategy for handling stressful situations. This
38、way, you wont be caught off guard(措手不及). Here are the help tip: 17 When your body is healthy, it can stand up to stress. Keep you body healthy and strong with nutritious foods. A low-at diet helps slow the progress of some stress-related diseases. Avoid caffeine (咖啡因), nicotin (尼古丁) and alcohol. Lau
39、gh18 .When you laugh or just smile, the blood which flows to the brain is increased. It is due to the releases of endorphins (内啡肽) which results in a drop in the level of stress hormones (荷尔蒙). Be socialWhen you feel stress your instincts (本能) ell you to isolate yourself when you withdraw, you allow
40、 yourself to concentrate more on the problem, which makes your stress level greater. 19. Be around with young children, who can help make you forget yourself and your worries. Know your stress personalityDo you know how to react to stress? Do you yell and kick the furniture? Or do you retreat into s
41、tony silence? 20 . Make note of any stressor, the time, the place, how you feel, and what you do as a result. By knowing your own personality, you can learn to respond to stress before you reach the crisis mode.A. Call friendsB. Support your co-workersC. Add good nutrition and exerciseD. Keep a stre
42、ss diary for two weeksE. Participate as actively as possibleF. Try to be more optimistic and confidentG. It may be one of the healthiest ways to reduce stress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 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。When Marco Polo travelled to
43、Hangzhou, China 700 hundred years ago, never had he thought hed be 21 a job of social media ambassador in the 21st century in China.On May 20, one lucky foreigner would be 22 to become the modem-day Marco Polo, get a 23 15-day trip to the scenic city of Hangzhou in China, and 24 $55, 000 in the next
44、 year for working part-time to 25 the city to the global audience. Five finalists from Australia, Romania, U. S. , Switzerland and France were in the final race. They came from a pool of 700 26 from around the world, 27 screened by the Hangzhou Tourism Commission on their familiarity 28 China, socia
45、l media presence and adventurous spirit. 29 about 100 mils southwest of Shanghai, Hangzhou is home to 9 million population and among Chinas 30 cities as 31 by per-capita (人均) GDP. 32 Hangzhou is known for its charming West Lake, a UNESCO world heritage site with traditional Chinese stories and tales
46、 and the Grand Canal, which travels from Hangzhou to Beijing and was e key route of transportation in ancient China. The citys 33 climate and charming environment 34 97 million tourists last year, 35 to 6.5% of the citys GDP.The lucky 36 would start an all-expense-paid(全程免费 )trip to Hangzhou, which,
47、 37 visits to tourist sites and tasting of delicious food, would 38 include a four-day ride along the Grand Canal and three evenings spent at a local residents home. After that, the modern Marco Polo was free to live his/her own life as long as he met certain promotion targets, such as earning 10,00
48、0 fans on Facebook and 1,000 on Twitter, or tweeting 15 posts a month about Hangzhou.“It is in fact a part-time job. 39 you work that out efficiently is your problem,” Liam Bates, perhaps the strongest competitor because of his fluent Chinese, said. “We will see how hard it is to 40 these numbers.”2
49、1. A. creating B. finding C. getting D. taking22. A. commanded B. requested C. selected D. transported23. A. cheap B. free C. difficult D. single24. A. rewarded B. charged C. fined D. taxed25. A. invite B. pass C. promote D. take26. A. amateurs B. applicants C. tourists D. volunteers27. A. carefully B. occasionally C. roughly D. randomly28. A. in B. to C. from D. with29. A. Appeared B. Formed C. Located D. Founded30. A.
