广东省中山一中等七校联合体届高三冲刺模拟英语试题含答案.docx

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广东省中山一中等七校联合体届高三冲刺模拟英语试题含答案

广东省中山一中等七校联合体2019届高三冲刺模拟

英语试题

第二部分阅读理解（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A、B、C和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项

Herearesomeofthestrangestaviation（航空）ideasinrecenthistory.

Double-DeckerSeating

In2015,Airbusfiledapatentforadesignforadouble-deckercabinseatingarrangement.Passengerswouldsitontopoftheother,withupper-tierpassengersclimbingstepsorasmallladdertoreachtheirseats.Whilethedesigndoeshavesomeadvantages*theideaofclimbingaladderduringflightseemsunreliable.

SeparatedCabins

ThispatentwasawardedtoAirbus.Ratherthanwaitingforaflighttoarriveandbecleaned,passengerscouldsimplyboardareadycabin,whichwouldbemovedintotheplane'sbodyassoonasitwasready.Whentheplanereacheditsdestination,thecabinwouldbeseparatedagain.Differentcabinswithdifferentkindsofseatingorlevelsofcomfortcouldbeusedforflightsofdifferentlengthsordestinations.

WindowlessCockpits（驾驶舱}

Foridealdesign,airplanenosesshouldbelongandpointy.Butthere’sthewhole“pilotshavetofitinthecockpit”problem.Well,whatifthecockpitdidn’thavetogointhenoseoftheplane?

That'spartofthethinkingbehindthisAirbuspatentapplication*whichsuggestsreplacingtheplane'swindowwithadigitalviewingsurface.Withoutawindow,there’snoreasonthecockpitneedstogointhefrontoftheplane—itcouldgointhemiddleoftheplane,oreveninthetail.

NapStraps（睡眠吊带}

Airbusisnottheonlycompanyinthestrangepatentcontest.Boeing’sgotitsownpatent,NapStraps.Withthisinvention,passengerslookingforanapcanfindan“uprightsleepsystem”beneaththeirseat.Inaction,thewholethingissomewhatlikeatractiondeviceforsomeonewho'sbeeninaterribleaccident.

21.Whichshowsthedisadvantageofdouble-deckerseating?

A.Crowded.B.Expensive.C.Small.D.Unsafe.

22.Whywereseparatedcabinsdesigned?

A.Toimproveflightspeed.B.Tosavepassengers’time.

C.Toincreasecomfortlevel.D.Toensurepassengers'safety.

23.Whichdesignisintendedforpilots?

A.Double-DeckerSeating.B.SeparatedCabins.

C.WindowlessCockpits.D.NapStraps.

B

Inthenineteenthcentury,oneofAmerica’sgreatestwriters,WaltWhitman,helped

peoplelearntovaluepoetry.Whitmancreatedanewkindofpoetry.

WaltWhitmanwasbornineighteennineteeninNewYorkCity.Duringhislonglife,hewatchedAmericagrowfromayoungnationtothestrongestindustrialpowerintheworld.Asayoungman,Whitmanworkedasaschoolteacher,aprinterandanewspaperreporter.Hewasthirty-sixyearsoldwhenhepublishedhisfirstbookofpoetryineighteenfifty-five.HecalleditLeavesofGrass.Ithadonlytwelvepoems.Thepoemsarewritteninfreeverse.Thelinesdonotfollowanysetform.Somelinesareshort.Somearelong.Thewordsattheendofeachlinedonothaveasimilarsound.Theydonotrhyme.

OneofAmerica’sgreatestthinkersandwritersimmediatelyrecognizedtheimportanceofLeavesofGrass.RalphWaldoEmersonpraisedWhitman’swork.Butmostotherpoetsandwriterssaidnothingandevendenouncedit.MostreadersalsorejectedWhitman’spoems.Thenewformofhispoetrysurprisedmanypeople.EvenhisownbrothertoldWhitmanthatheshouldstopwritingpoetry.ButWhitmanhadmanythingstosay.Andhecontinuedtosaythem.ReadersbegantounderstandthatAmericahadagreatnewpoeticvoice.

WaltWhitman'spoemspraisetheUnitedStatesanditsdemocracy.ThepoetexpressedhisloveforAmericaanditspeopleinmanyways.ExpertstodaypraiseLeavesofGrassasamajorliterarywork.Ineighteenseventy-three,WaltWhitmansufferedastroke.HespentthelastyearsofhislifeinCamden,NewJersey.Whitmanwaspoorandweakduringthelastyearsofhislife.Hediedineighteenninety-two.SomecriticssayWaltWhitmanwasaspokesmanfordemocracy.Otherssayhewasnotaspokesmanforanything.Instead*theysimplycallhimagreatpoet.

24.WhatcanweknowaboutWhitman?

A.Hispoemshavethesamerhyme.

B.HeisthefirstgreatpoetintheUSA.

C.Hehelpedpeopletocreatenewpoems.

D.Hispoemsshowhisloveforhiscountry.

25.WhywasLeavesofGrassrefusedatfirst?

A.Thepoemsarequiteshort.

B.Theformofpoetryisspecial.

C.Whitmanwasn’tfamousthen.

D.Thereareonly12poemsinit.

26.Whatdoestheunderlinedword“denounced”inParagraph3mostprobablymean?

A.Accused.B.Downloaded.C.Published.D.Translated.

27.Whatcanbeasuitabletitleforthetext?

A.WaltWhitman—aGreatSoldier

B.WaltWhitman—anUnfortunatePoet

C.WaltWhitmanandLeavesofGrass

D.TheFirstandGreatestPoetinAmerica

C

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