河南省八校高三英語第二次聯(lián)考試試題新人教版.doc

河南八校20142015學年上期第二次聯(lián)考高三英語試題（考試時間：120分鐘 試卷滿分：150分）第二部分 閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從所給題的四個選項中，選出最佳選項，用鉛筆把答題卡上對應題目的答案標號涂黑。a rio de janeiro, brazils second largest city, stretchesitself lazily along the coast of the atlantic ocean. it is abeautiful city. it has modern malls, theme parks andbeautiful beaches. a trip to rio will also give you aglimpse of the happy lifestyle of the cariocas - thepeople of rio - who are known for their big heartsand friendliness.downtown rio is the citys cultural and historical heart. it is also the perfect place for a walk. old buildings and churches stand next to stores and dance halls, and a walk through downtown rio is a history lesson and an adventure. the many tall office buildings remind visitors that rio is an important commercial city. the beach is never far away in rio. perhaps the most famousof all beaches, copacabana, is only a few bus stops fromdowntown. copacabana, also known as the princess of thesea, has just celebrated its one hundredth birthday and is morebeautiful than ever. the beach is clean and over ten miles long.visitors who get tired of the sand and the sun can cool off inone of the many cafs, shops and restaurants on copacabanasmain avenue. so what kind of fun can you have in rio? well, there is something for everyone here and fewvisitors leave rio feeling disappointed. the best time to visit is in june or july, when the southamerican winter cools the city, but the biggest tourism season comes around march, when the cariocas celebrate the sun with a four-day festival. the festival, known as carnival, is one of the worlds most famous and attracts visitors from all over the world.1. according to the text, which of the following young people will most likely go to rio de janeiro for a visit? a. sophia who likes skating b. craig who loves adventure on snow c. charles who wants to see a carnival d. rachael with a hobby for horse-riding2. the writers purpose in writing the passage is _. a. to attract b. to persuade c. to entertain d. to sell a service3. all of the following are introduced about rio de janeiro except_. a. location b. attractions c.scenery d. foodbdogs have an amazing sense of smell thanks to 300million smell receptors in their noses, compared to only five million in the human nose. medical dogs are trained by smelling samples of people already diagnosed with cancer and those of people without the disease so they can learn to tell the difference. dr claire guest began training her dog daisy to smell out the killer disease in urine(小便) and breath samples（樣品） when she was young. so far daisy has found cancer in 551 patients, of which 93 per cent were accurate. and she discovered dr guests breast cancer before it was diagnosed the first time she has discovered the disease actually growing in someones body, rather than by smelling a sample. dr guest, 50, chief executive of charity medical detection dogs, said: “she pushed against my body with her nose repeatedly i pushed her away, but she pushed against me again, clearly upset. she pushed me so hard that it hurt me. “her behaviour was totally out of character she was normally such a happy dog . i felt the tender area where shed pushed me, and over the next few days i discovered the tiniest lump(腫塊).“if it wasnt for daisy it would have gone hidden for much longer and could have been more serious,” dr guest added. “my own pet labrador saved my life.” animal rescue charity blue cross presented daisy with a medal for her achievements. she faced tough competition, including jj, a bomb detection dog who has saved soldiers lives in afghanistan.steve goody, the charitys deputy chief executive, said: “cancer affects the lives of thousands of people and daisy has made a huge contribution to the diagnosis and early treatment of cancers shes a very deserving medal recipient.” daisy is now helping to train a team of 12 dogs at medical detection dogs and is a senior consultant for the uks first ever trial using dogs to discover breast cancer.4. why was daisy awarded a medal? a. because she can help discover cancer early. b. because she can smell the urine and breath samples. c. because she has saved many peoples lives by barking. d. because she has saved many soldiers lives in afghanistan.5. which of the following words is closest in meaning to “recipient” in the last paragraph but one? a. contributor b. ancestor c. helper d. receiver 6. how did daisy discover dr guests cancer? a. by smelling the urine sample. b. by smelling the breath sample. c. by smelling the hidden cancer. d. by pushing dr guest hard.7. from the text we can infer that _. a. cancer is easy to cure. b. daisy and jj competed hardly for the medal. c. daisy is training other dogs to discover breast cancer. d. dogs special sense of discovering cancer is highly valued.c down went the drills (鉆井)! up went the hopes of darby and uncle! then something happened! the vein (礦脈) of gold ore (礦石) disappeared! the pot of gold was no longer there! they drilled on, desperately trying to pick up the vein again, but they found nothing. finally, they decided to quit. they sold the machinery to a man for a few hundred dollars, and took the train back home. that man asked a mining engineer to look at the mine and do a little calculating. the engineer said that the project had failed because the owners were not familiar with “fault lines (裂紋線)”. his calculations showed that the vein would be found just three feet from where the darbys had stopped drilling! that is exactly where it was found. the man took millions of dollars in ore from the mine, because he knew enough to ask for expert advice before giving up. r. u. darby was struggling for years to pay back the money from his relatives and neighbors. he went into the business of selling life insurance. remembering that he lost a huge fortune because he stopped three feet from gold, darby profited from the experience in his chosen work, by the simple method of saying to himself: “i stopped three feet from gold, but i will never stop because men say no when i ask them to buy insurance.”v darby is part of a small group of fewer than 50 men who sell more than a million dollars in life insurance every year. his “stickability (堅持)” comes from the lesson he learned from his “quitability” in the gold mining business.8. darby and his uncle stopped digging for gold because _. a. they didnt have the machinery to dig for the ore b. they didnt have enough money to manage the mine c. they had tried to find the vein of gold again, but in vain d. they had already gotten lots of gold from the ore and made big profits9. what was a good quality of the man who worked on the mine after darby and his uncle? a. he knew the machinery well. b. he knew the importance of seeking expert advice. c. he had very strong stickability and never gave up. d. he was good at calculations and familiar with fault lines.10. what happened to darby in the end? a. he became a very successful businessman. b. he worked as an ordinary salesman selling life insurance. c. he lived an easy life with all the money he had earned from the gold. d. he struggled for the rest of his life to pay back the money he had borrowed.11. what is the main message that the author intends to convey with the story? a. one is never too old to start a new career. b. never give up and you will succeed eventually. c. it is important to have knowledge about everything. d. dont hesitate to ask for help when you are in need.d a group of university professors recently created a scanner they believe can predict the perfect job for anyone - simply by looking at their fingerprints. the group says that in the future, fingerprints could help tell a persons key personality. to use the scanner, people place their fingers upon the fingerprint reader and computer technology connected up to sensors(傳感器) reads back what sort of work would suit the individual. the device bases its results on a database of how fingerprint shapes correlate to job selection.this database was created using a variety of previous employment studies. local employers helped researchers from the citys kuban university of physical education and sport to test the technology. twenty one-year-old oscar galkin, a mathematics graduate, said: “i got the result from the scanner that i would be suited to a job in it - which is exactly what i want to do. i dont know if it is luck or if it can really read a persons ambitions and talents, but it worked for me.” and zara tokareva, aged 20, who feels uncomfortable at the sight of blood, said: “i want to be a house designer but the machine said i should be a nurse. so, no, i dont think it is as clever as is being made out.” though fingerprint identification has been widely used in crime discovering, it is still a science that has a lot of possibility of being used, say experts, from discovering drug abuse to personality analysis - exactly as hand readers have been saying to do for centuries. “the basic concept is that although everybodys fingerprints are completely unique, there are obvious characteristics that were common on the fingers of certain professionals working in certain jobs,” said researcher ravil yudin.“its not really a new idea because hand readers have been saying for hundreds of years that you can tell a persons future by reading their hand. we want to match that by looking at fingerprints and trying to predict what career path people would choose.”12from the text we know that one day the fingerprint scanner may _. a. read individuals mind b. tell peoples characters c. help collect job information d.match finger shapes to jobs13it can be inferred that the scanner _. a. has been used in job hunting b. is popular with young men c. helps companies a lot d. needs to be improved14what can we learn from what ravil yudin said? a. the technology of fingerprint identification can be used in many fields. b. telling ones future by reading his hands started a few years ago. c. certain peoples fingers actually have something in common. d. the fingerprint scanner is based on a new idea.15whats the main idea of the 7th paragraph? a. the history of fingerprint technology. b. the potential use of the new technology. c. different opinions about the fingerprint scanner d. the wide-spread use of fingerprint reading in the law field.第二節(jié) (共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。選項中有兩項為多余選項。some companies may try to increase employee bonus(福利)like free food or fun social events, but liz wiseman, the author ofmultipliers: how the best leaders make everyone smarter, suggests a less obvious way ofengaging employees: make them do something hard. 16 but managers need to know when an employee needs to be challenged. the following signs may help you determine when employees areready for a new challenge: everything they manage has run smoothly for a while. 17 they try to fix other problems at the office from different departments.and theyve become strangely negative. if you notice an employee who fits this description, its probably time to assign them a new challenge. 18 givethem more difficult and more complex duties, but dont ask them to change too much. you should expand on the work theyre already doing.invite them to work on something they are unfamiliar with, something outside their regular ability. let them learn as they go and become more comfortable with the new project and master new skills. 19 wiseman gives the example of asking a scientist to switch from biology to oncology（腫瘤學）. the key is to make sure youre not driving your employees too hard. but if you can strike the right balance, they are bound to be more satisfied with their job. although its important for your employees to stop and celebrate success or just catch their breath, they might also be ready for the next challenge sooner than you think, wiseman writes. 20 . challenging work is not. a. have them apply their ability to a new problem. b. pay raises, bonuses(獎金), and promotions are limited. c. when they meet a problem they quickly find a solution. d. one of the toughest jobs of managers and executives is to figure out how to engage their employees. e. the survey also discovered that people were often ready for a new challenge sooner than you might think. f. once you recognize that need, wiseman suggests three different ideas for how to make the employee feel challenged. g. he believes that employees not only want their skills to be used at work, but they want to be challenged to expand those skills.第三部分：英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)：完形填空（共40小題；每小題1.5分，滿分60分）閱讀下面短文， 從短文后各題所給的四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，用鉛筆把答題卡上對應題目的答案標號涂黑。 1 although in 1947 we were still very new to the atomic age, we knew about mushroom clouds. a huge crack (裂縫) spread across the library wall upstairs, sending teachers and students 21 down the hall.had a new world war started? pale-faced, our young science teacher 22 organized us to go to the beach side of the school grounds in little groups, where we watched the spreading 23 darken the bright spring sky. rumors (謠言) flew every which way, although two hours would pass before we got the full 24 . one rumor we heard was that the texas city monsanto chemical factory had 25 ; children whose parents worked there began to 26 . i 27 -that was where my 28 was working that day. the school bell rang and we were dismissed to find our way 29 . id walked a quarter of the three-mile trip to my home when a car horn startled (驚嚇) me to attention. my uncle barney 30 alongside me in his old ford. the instant i 31 him, i knew my father was 32 . otherwise, papa would have come for me himself. as if in slow motion (動作) from a great distance, uncle barney 33 for me to get in. numb(木然的) with 34 i crawled into the back seat. i 35 took notice of the man sitting there, and didnt 36 him until he reached for me. when papa put his strong arms around me, i couldnt help 37 .many of my fellow students 38 their parents in the explosion. tragedy would one day come to our 39 , as it inevitably(不可避免的) comes to all, but on the day texas city blew up, it miraculously (奇跡般地) passed us by. because he lost his keys on that april morning, as he explained, my father 40 for another 32 years we were to have a second lifetime forever.21a.walkingb.rollingc.screamingd.jumping22a.quicklyb.calmlyc.anxiouslyd.fortunately23a.waterb.cloudc.fogd.dirt24a.pictureb.reportc.descriptiond.story25a.come upb.blown upc.been put upd.flown up26a.suspectb.whisperc.weepd.wonder27a.thoughtb.frozec.rememberedd.learned28a.motherb.fatherc.uncled.teacher29a.homeb.downtownc.abroadd.away30a.pulled upb.drove upc.walked upd.lit up31a.heardb.sawc.metd.found32a.fineb.alivec.goned.wounded33a.askedb.beggedc.orderedd.signed34a.heartbreakb.surprisec.reliefd.excitement35a.immediatelyb.neverc.hardlyd.always36a.greetb.knowc.recognized.see37a.laughingb.shoutingc.cryingd.calling38a.missedb.visitedc.metd.lost39a.friendsb.relativesc.societyd.family40a.workedb.livedc.foughtd.continued2 i was nervous about making dumplings for the first time. since arriving in beijing, i have eaten lots of delicious jiaozi, and became 41 with this chinese dish. i was interested in its 42 place in chinese culture, 43 in chinese new year. what if my dumplings didnt meet these high standards? 44 , i had a good teacher. my friend william grew up in china and had learned to make dumplings from his grandmother. we had another 45 . we bought ready-made dough (餃子皮) from a local market. i thought that trying to make dough would be too difficult, so we 46 . we were making dumplings for a group of 47 . some of my friends are vegetarian (as am i), so our filling 48 be fish or meat. we brought tofu, beans, scallions and cabbage. we steamed the beans before chopping 49 into tiny cubes (小塊). then we stirred in a 50 of soy sauce, sesame oil, vinegar and chili to make it more 51 . next was my favorite part the wrapping. william 52 me how to make a “cup” out of the dumpling wrapper in my hand. i then spooned some mixture into the “cup” and 53 the edges together to make the half-moon dumpling 54 . my first few tries didnt 55 too well, the dumplings wouldnt stand up! 56 i soon learned how. our hard work 57 because the dumplings tasted great. i thought they were even better than the ones id eaten in restaurants, but im 58 biased (有偏見). now i cant 59 to make jiaozi again. perhaps next time ill try to make my own 60 !41. a. careful b. fascinated c. concerned d. bored42. a. important b. practical c. different d. strange43. a. actually b. generally c. eventually d. especially44. a. gradually b. luckily c. particularly d. natural