2018屆南京三模英語試卷

1、2018.05.032018屆南京市高三三模英語試卷英 語本試卷分選擇題和非選擇題兩部分。滿分120分，考試用時(shí)120分鐘。第一部分聽力（略）第二部分英語知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分 35分）第一節(jié) 單項(xiàng)填空（共15小題：每題1分，滿分15分）21 . Sometimes it 'hard to accept the truth the lie sounds so much better.A. becauseB. unlessC. thoughD. until22 .Held inside for too long, regret affect the immune system.A. mu

2、stB. canC. shouldD. shall23 . Coming-of-age is a ceremony young people wear traditional costumes to mark the transitionfrom youth to adulthood.A. thatB. whatC.asD. where24 .We come from different cultures, and carry with different histories.A.itB. thatC.usD. them25 . The couch of thefootball teamto

3、resign to take responsibility for the failure, but it was rejected.A. offeredB. managedC. neededD. afforded26 .The suspect was released ,as the evidence wasand, to some extend, ambiguous.A. clearB. thinC. hardD. negative27 .-Can you put meabout the World Cup Football Match?-Sorry. I myself know noth

4、ing about it.A.in the airB. on the moveC.in the pictureD. on the post28. The selfie has inspired risk-taking behavior, the boundaries of safety, whether byhangingfrom a skyscraper or posing with live explosives.C. pushingD. having pushedA. pushedB. to push29. As more and more companies extend their

5、global, it is easy to understand why new opportunities birth in various locations.A. concernB. appealC. reachD. consensus30. Through the use of blogs, shy students who rarely during class discussions are given a voice.A. advanceB. focusC. compromiseD. contribute31. The agency will make travel arrang

6、ements for you. , you can organize your own transport.A. SimilarlyB. FurthermoreC. InsteadD. Alternatively32. We watched the harbour and then the coastline into the morning mist.A. turn awayB. fade awayC. wear awayD. break away33. The banker finds it difficult just as an ordinary human being at home

7、.A. to treatB. to be treatedC. to have treatedD. to have been treated34. They say at the end of your life, you regret the stuff you didn ' t do more than theuff that youA. doB. didC. had doneD. would do35. - Hey, can you lend me some money, buddy? I am hard up these days.-. The funds I bought ca

8、me down again yesterday and I donnow.t have a beanA. Forget itB. No worryC. No problemD. Forgive me第二節(jié)完型填空（共20題：每題1分，滿分20分）What brought McCoy that Baltimore alley was nothing to be proud of. McCoy was looking for a safe place to do 36 . He had been there for only a minute when something caught his e

9、yes: a brown leather Rioni handbag. Picking it up, he found it had been 37 of everything but an electricity bill.McCoy could 38 all too well. One of his 39 possessions, the sleeping bag, had recently been stolen. Remembering how angered he ' d been byh40 owrtne decided to return the purse.He beg

10、an right away, starting with the 41 on the bill. It was on the other side of the city. On the way, several people asked to buy the purse, but he 42 ," I ' m returning this to its owner.”After traveling much of the day and 43 approaching the address, he was stopped by a woman called Smith. S

11、he asked to buy the purse. 44, McCoy refused, saying he was searching for its owner."Eam the owner, " the woman said.At Smith '45 . McCoy told her his story. He' d beenon 超hangscaping business until 2012,when he was in a car accident that 46 him addicted to narcotics.Smith, 47 , th

12、is stranger had gone to such great strengths to return her bag, asked to do something to help. " I ' m a heroin addict, 48" M cCoy ' m probably going to let you down.”Undaunted, Smith gave him her phone number, saying,“If you want to go to rehab, csU9me.his lost sleeping bag with h

13、er own, then drove him back and left, thinking that would be the 50 of it. Two days later, she got a call.Smith realized that McCoy was 51 about getting better; he even gave her the name of a 28-day rehab facility in Florida. So she 52 her saving account and bought McCoy a plane ticket. While there,

14、 he would call her. "I heat his 53 over the phone. Every day he would call me, and it went from this scared, 54voice to a healthy, energetic voice. ”After 28 days there, McCoy is drug-free. His life is back 55. One crime victim wouldempathize with another ' s loss.36. A. drugsB. sportsC. bu

15、sinessD. study37. A. ridB. removedC. emptiedD. cheated44. A. ThenB. ActuallyC. ConstantlyD. Again45. A. urgingB. insultingC. approvingD. threatening46. A. keptB. leftC. foundD. saw47. A. amusedB. confusedC. amazedD. concerned48. A. insistedB. repeatedC. declaredD. warned49. A. sharedB. replacedC. ex

16、changedD. compared50. A. endB. startC. resultD. cause51. A. carefulB. casualC. seriousD. doubtful52. A. went intoB. dug intoC. looked intoD. checked into53. A. satisfactionB. expectationC. transformationD. determination54. A. calmB. anxiousC. pleasantD. desperate55. A. at willB. at riskC. on dutyD.

17、on track:二部分閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）請(qǐng)認(rèn)真閱讀下列短文，從短文后各題所給的A、B、C、D四個(gè)選項(xiàng)中，選出最隹選項(xiàng)， 并在答題紙上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。Your Costa Rica tour is fully guided from start toDay 8. Explore Manuct Antonio National Park.finish - and all-inclusive - with all hotels, allHike through the rainforest and along spectacularmeals, and all activi

18、ties.beach coves. Enjoy a thrilling aerial train adventure.Join the smart shoppers and experienced travelersDay 9. Return with wonderful memories, Hasta lawho rely on Caravan.vista! - CaravanYour Costa Rica Tour ItineraryDay 1. Your tour starts in San Jose, Costa Rica.Day 2. Explore Poas Volcano and

19、 view inside the active crater.Day 3. Visit to a wildlife rescue center.Day 4. Cruise on the Rio Frio into Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge. Enjoy a relaxing soak in volcanic hot springs.Day 5. Hike on the Hanging Bridges. Continue to Costa Rica ' s Pacific Coast.Day 6. Free time at your beach resort.

20、Day 7. Cruise on the Tarcoles River. Enjoy bird watching & crocodile spotting. Continue to your Manuel Antonio hotel, located at the National Park entrance.Choose Your Guided Touplus tax & feesGuatemala with Tikal10 days$1395Costa Rica9 days$1295Panama Canal Tour8 days$1295Nova Scotia, P.E.I

21、.10 days$1495Canadian Rockies9 days$1795Grand Canyon, Bryce, Zion 8 days $1495California Coast, Yosemite 8 days $1595 Mt. Rushmore, Yellowstone 8 days $1395New England, Fall colors 8 days $1395All Hotels Were Excellent! There is no way I would ' ve stayed in such superior and sophisticated hotel

22、s for the price I paid”-Client Salinas, CABrilliant, Affordable Pricing ”-Arthur Frommer, Travel Editor56. During the 9-day tour, tourists will have a chance to B. hike in the desertC. feed crocodiles and birdsD. camp in a national parkA. spend time in volcanic hot springsB. Reducing its original pr

23、ice.C. Presenting tourists' comments.D. Giving away free activities.57. Which promotion strategy does the tour agency employ?A. Revealing others Shortcomings.Humanity has begun wrestling with the dangers of global threats such as climate change. But few authorities are planning for catastrophic

24、solar storms-huge eruptions of mass and energy from the sun that destroy Earth's magnetic field. In a recent paper, two Harvard University scientists estimate the potential economic damage from such an event will increase in the future and could equal the current U.S. GDP-about $20 trillion-150y

25、ears from now.This kind of storm has happened before. The so-called Carrington Event in 1859, the most intense magnetic storm ever recorded on Earth, caused auroras （極光）in the atmosphere and even delivered electricshocks to telegraph operators. But a Carrington-scale storm today would cause far more

26、 harm because society now depends so heavily on electrical power grids, communications satellites and GPS.In an effort to quantify that threat, astrophysicists Abraham Loeb and Manasvi Lingam of the Harvard- Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics developed a mathematical model that assumes society '

27、;s vulnerability （脆弱性）to solar storms will grow with technological advances. Under this model, during the next 50 years the potential for economic damage will depend primarily on the rising odds of a strong solar storm over time. Beyond 50 years our vulnerability will increase dramatically with tech

28、nological progress until the latter levels off.Some scientists question the model s predictions. Estimating the economic impact is challenging now, let alone in over a century, ' says Edward Oughton, a research associate at the University of Cambridge'sCenter for Risk Studies. Yet he warns t

29、hat uncertainty should not stop us from practical preparations, such as making power grids stronger and improving early-warning systems.Loeb and Lingam think up a much wider strategy: a $100-billion magnetic deflector shield （ 導(dǎo)流板）, positioned between Earth and the sun. This idea seems pretty prepos

30、terous,“ however, given that solar particles arrive at Earth from all directions, says Daniel Baker, director of the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.A better understanding of space weather-the changing condition in Earth 's outer space environme

31、nt, including solar radiation and particles-could help find the best strategies for confronting a dangerous solar storm, says Stracey Worman, a senior analyst at consulting firm Abt Associates. This is a challenging butimportant question," Worman says, that we need more eyes on.”58. According t

32、o Edward Oughton, which of the following about solar storms is right?A. They will become much stronger in 150 years.B. Technology makes their potential damage grow.C. It's difficult to predict their possible economic damage.D. Space weather forecast can effectively help deal with them.59. The un

33、derlined word preposterous" in Paragraph 5 means.A. unreasonableB. practicalC. innovativeD. inflexible60. The author writes the passage mainly to.A. report the damage of solar stormsB. remind people to guard against solar stormsC. introduce the characteristics of solar stormsD. analyze the poss

34、ible cause of solar stormsCThere are plenty of good reasons for a young person to choose to go to university: intellectual growth, career opportunities, having fun. Around half of school-leavers in the rich world now do so, and the share is rising in poorer countries, too.Governments are keen on hig

35、her education, seeing it as a means to increase social mobility and economic growth. But they tend to overestimate the benefits and ignore the costs of expanding university education. Often, public money just feeds the arms race for qualifications.As more young people seek degrees, the returns both

36、to them and to governments are lower. Employers demand degrees for jobs that never required them in the past and have not become more demanding since. In a desperate attempt to stand out, students are studying even longer, and delaying work, to obtain master s' degrees.Spending on universities i

37、s usually justified by the “ graduatpremium ” - the increase in earnings that graduates enjoy over non-graduates. These individual gains, the thinking goes, add up to an economic increase for society as a whole. But the graduate premium is a flawed unit of calculating. Part of the usefulness of a de

38、gree is that it gives a graduate jobseeker an advantage at the expense of non-graduates. It is also a signal to employers of general qualities, such as intelligence and diligence, that someone already has in order to get into a university. Some professions require qualifications. But a degree is not

39、 always the best measure of the skills and knowledge needed for a job. With degrees so common, recruiters are using them as a simple way to evaluate applicants. Non-graduates are thus increasingly locked out of nice work.In any case, the premium counts only the winners and not the losers. Across the

40、 rich world, a third of university students never graduate. It is the weakest students who are drawn in as higher education expands and who are most likely to drop out. They pay fees and sacrifice earnings to study, but see little increase in their future incomes. When dropouts are included, the exp

41、ected financial return to starting a degree for the weakest students shrinks to almost nothing. Many school-leavers are being misled about the probable valueof university.Governments need to offer the young a wider range of options after school. They should start by rethinking their own hiring pract

42、ices. Most insist on degrees for public-sector jobs that used to be done by non-graduates, including nursing, primary-school teaching and many civil-service posts. Instead they should seek other ways for non-graduates to prove they have the right skills and to get more on-the-job training.School-lea

43、vers should be given a wider variety of ways to gain job skills and to demonstrate their employability in the private sector. If school qualifications were made more strict, employers would be more likely to trust them as signals of ability, and less insistent on degrees. Universities should grant c

44、redits to dropouts for the parts of courses they have completed. They could also open their exams to anyone who wants to take them, and award degrees to those who succeed.Such measures would be more efficient at developing the skills that increase productivity and should save public money. To promot

45、e social mobility, governments would do better to direct funds to early-school education and to helping students who would benefit from university but cannot afford it. Young people, both rich and poor, are ill-served by the arms race in academic qualifications, in which each must study longer becau

46、se that is what all the rest are doing. It is time to disarm.61. How does the author consider higher education?A. It ' s a good way to raise students status. socialB. It definitely benefits the development of economy.C. It will amply reward individuals and governments.D. It 'a waste of money

47、 for some students and taxpayers.62. What does the underlined word "them" in paragraph tS'TeferA. Degrees.B. Returns.C. Employers.D. Jobs63. What is the authors ' preferred solutionstoutheA. To decrease university drop-out rates.B. To improve the teaching qualities of universities.

48、C. To open more public-sector jobs to non-graduates.D. To provide school-leavers with proper job training.64. What is the best title for the passage?A. Measures to boost social mobilityB. Time to end the academic arms raceC. Difficulty in solving unemploymentD. Necessity of changing hiring practices

49、Recently, I was made keenly aware of the different Englishes I do use. I was giving a talk to many people, the same talk I had already given to half a dozen other groups. The nature of the talk was about my writing, my life, and my book, The Joy Luck Club. The talk was going along well enough until

50、I rememberedone major difference that made the whole talk sound wrong. My mother was in the room. And it was perhaps the first time she had heard me give a lengthy speech, using the kind of English I have never used with her. I was saying things like,“the intersection of memory upon imagsnsp)o!iech

51、filled with al the formsof standard English that I had learned in school, the forms of English I did not use at home with my mother.aYou should know that my mother ' expressive command of English doesn ' sthow how much she actually understands. She reads the Forbes report and listens to Wall

52、 Street Week all kinds of things I can ' t begin to understand, Yet some of my friends tell me they understand none of what my mother says, as if she were speaking pure Chinese. But to me, my mother ' s English is perfectlyclear, perfectly natural. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direc

53、t, full of observation and imagery. That was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed things, made sense of the world.Lately, I ' ve been giving more thought to the kind of Enghisny mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as“ broken " English. But I w

54、ince when I say that. It has always bothered me thatI can think of no way to describe it other than“ broken ” , as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed,heard other terms used,a limited English ” , for example. But they seem to indicate that everything is limited,including people ' s percept

55、ions of the limited English speaker.And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her.When I was fif

56、teen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. One time I was forced to call her stockbroker in New York and say in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan ” . And my mother was standing in the back whispering loudly,“ why he doncheck, already tw

57、o weeks late. So mad he lie to me, losing me money” . And then I said in perfect Englishand gave him warnings. The following week there we were in front this astonished stockbroker, and I was sitting there red-faced and quiet, and my mother, the real Mrs.Tan, was shouting at his boss in her broken E

58、nglish.I think my mother ' English almost had an effect on limiting my possibilities in life as well. Sociologists and linguists probably will tell you that a person ;developing language skills are more influenced by peers. But I do think that the language spoken in the family, especially in immigrant families plays a large role in shaping the language of the child. I also had teachers who were trying to steering me away from writing and into math and science.Fortunately, I happen to be rebellious in nature and enjoy the challenge of