届高三英语一轮复习限时训练2.docx

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届高三英语一轮复习限时训练2

第一部分：

完形填空

WozandIstartedAppleinmyparentsgaragewhenIwas20.Weworkedhard,andin10yearsApplehad___36____fromjustthetwoofusina___37____intoa$2billioncompanywithover4000employees.Wehadjust___38___ourfinestcreation-theMacintosh-ayearearlier,andIhadjustturned30.AndthenIgotfired.Howcanyougetfiredfromacompanyyou___39___?

Well,asApplegrewwe___40___someonewhoIthoughtwasverytalentedto___41___thecompanywithme,andforthefirstyearorsothingswentwell.Butthenourvisionsofthefuturebegantodiverge（分歧）and___42___wehadafallingout.Whenwedid,ourBoardofDirectors___43___withhim.Soat30Iwasout.Andverypubliclyout.___44___hadbeenthefocusofmyentireadultlifewasgone,anditwasdevastating（毁灭性的）.

Ireallydidn’tknowwhattodoforafewmonths.ImetwithDavidPackardandBobNoyceandtriedto___45___forscrewingupsobadly.Iwasaverypublicfailure,andIeventhoughtaboutrunningawayfromthevalley.Butsomethingslowlybeganto___46___onme-IstilllovedwhatIdid.TheturnofeventsatApplehadnotchangedthatonebit.Ihadbeen___47___,butIwasstillinlove.AndsoIdecidedtostartover.

Ididn’tseeitthen,butit___48___thatgettingfiredfromApplewasthebestthingthatcouldhaveeverhappenedtome.Theheavinessofbeingsuccessfulwasreplacedbythe___49___ofbeinga___50____again,lesssureabouteverything.Itfreedmeto___51___oneofthemostcreativeperiodsofmylife.

I’mprettysure__52___ofthiswouldhavehappenedifIhadn’tbeenfiredfromApple.Itwas___53___tastingmedicine,butIguessthepatientneededit.Don’tlose___54___.I’mconvincedthattheonlythingthatkeptmegoingwasthatIlovedwhatIdid.Ifyouhaven’tfoundityet,keeplooking.Don’t___55___.Aswithallmattersoftheheart,you’llknowwhenyoufindit.And,likeanygreatrelationship,itjustgetsbetterandbetterastheyearsrollon.Sokeeplookinguntilyoufindit.

－BySteveJobs,CEOofAppleComputer

1.A.grownB.begunC.removedD.kept

2.A.bedroomB.farmC.garageD.kitchen

3.A.announcedB.declaredC.releasedD.coped

4.A.managedB.startedC.installedD.entitled

5.A.providedB.sortedC.promotedD.hired

6.A.runB.involveC.openD.engage

7.A.instantlyB.constantlyC.eventuallyD.frequently

8.A.riskedB.supportedC.pleasedD.sided

9.A.WhichB.WhatC.WhicheverD.Whatever

10.A.apologizeB.revealC.headD.stand

11.A.implyB.putC.impressD.dawn

12.A.resistedB.rejectedC.solvedD.interrupted

13.A.madeoutB.comeoutC.turnedoutD.triedout

14.A.darknessB.lightnessC.carelessnessD.business

15.A.waiterB.pioneerC.beginnerD.visitor

16.A.enterB.relieveC.previewD.expect

17.A.somethingB.noneC.everythingD.anything

18.A.carefulB.acceptableC.hopefulD.awful

19.A.courageB.patienceC.imaginationD.faith

20.A.settleB.recallC.claimD.deny

第二部分：

阅读理解

A

Intellectualproperty（IP）isaproductofthemindthathascommercialvalue.Theconceptdatesbackto1623,whenthefirstpatentlawtoprotectIPrightswaspassed.IPrightsprotectanartistfromhavinghis/hercreativeideascopiedbyanother.Forexample,ifsomebodygeneratedanideaforanovel,thatideaisprotectedbyIPrights.Ifsomeoneelsewishestorepresenttheideaordevelopitfurther,he/shemustconsulttheoriginalartists,whowillnormallyberewardedfinanciallyforitsuse.Backinthe17thcentury,IPrightswereprimarilycarriedouttoprotectnewlydevelopedmanufacturingprocessesagainststealing,buttodayintellectualpropertyrightsarealsoenjoyedbythosewhocreatemusic,artandliterature.

Inrecentyears,IPrightshavebeenthefocusofagreatdealofdiscussionbecauseofatechnologywhichlookssettoweakenthemaltogether:

theInternet.Manyyearsago,ifyouwantedarecodingofasong,youwouldhavetopurchaseitfromamusicstore;ifanovel,fromabookstore.Inthosedays,IPrightswereeasilyprotectedsinceitwasverydifficulttoobtainintellectualpropertywithoutpayingforit.However,alotofIP,includingsongs,films,booksandartwork,canbedownloadedtodayfreeofchargeusingtheinternet.Thispracticehasnowtakentheworldbystorm,dramaticallyaffectingthewayinwhichweviewIPrights.

23.Accordingtoparagraph2,whathas“takentheworldbystorm”?

A.Intellectualpropertyrights.B.Freedownloading.

C.TheInternet.D.Thelargenumberofsongs,filmsandbooks.

24.Apossibletitleforthispassagecouldbe_______.

　　A.IPRightsandOurAttitudes　B.WaystoProtectYourIPRights

　　C.ThePresentandtheFutureofIPrights　D.AHistoryofIPRights

　　B

Departmentstoressellready-to-wearclothing,whichisalsocalledready-madeclothing.Suchclothingismadeinfixedsizes.Thosepeoplewhofindthatready-madeclothingfitsthemwellcansavemoneybybuyingit.Mostoften,peopledonotfitexactlyintoaproducer’ssize.Theirclothingmustbealteredtomakeitfitbetter.However,mostalterationsarenotveryexpensive.Thesmallcostofmostalterationsmeansthatready-madeclothingcanmeettheneedsofmostcustomers.

Thosewhocanafforditoftengetsomeonetodesignandmaketheirclothing.Suchclothingiscalledcustom-made.Thepersonwhomakesitmeasuresthecustomer,andthensewsitsothatitfitsperfectly.Alterationsarenotneeded.Custom-madeclothingislargelysewnbyhand,hasbetterquality,bettermaterial,andisofthestyleyouhavechosen.Ofcourse,itcostsmuchmorethanready-to-wearclothing.Youneedtopaythedifferenceforthespecialfittingandbetterskillthatyouarereceiving.Thisoftenmeansthatyouspenddoubleormorethanyouwouldforaready-madegarment.

Custom-madeclothingisnotalwaysthatmuchbetterthanready-madeclothing.Itcostsmorepartlybecauseonlyonegarmenthasbeenmade,justforyou.Companiesthatproduceready-madeproductsmakethousandsofgarmentsatatime.Thismeanstheycanbuylargequantitiesofmaterial.Workerscuteachsizebythehundreds.Companiesworkoutwaystomakethegarmentsquicklybymachineandpayworkersaccordingtotheirskill.Thustheycansellthefinishedproductsatalowpricewhilestillmakingmoney.MostoftheclothingsoldintheUnitedStatesismadeinthisway.Customersgainfromthelowerpriceswhicharemadepossiblebymassproduction.Itmayormaynotgivethemhighquality.

25.Accordingtothepassage,peoplewhobuyready-madeclothing______.

　　A.wishtomakealternationsB.willspendlessmoney

　　C.wanttomakeitbetterD.canfitintothesizes

26.Wecanlearnfromthepassagethatcustom-madeclothingis_______.

　　A.speciallymade　　B.fashionablydesigned

　　C.chosenbyfewpeople　　D.madewithdifficulties

27.Whichofthefollowingistrueaboutready-madeclothing?

　　A.Itisofpoorquality.　　B.Itsuitsallpeople.

　　C.Itislabor-savingtomakeit.　　D.Ittakesmoretimetomakeit

28.Thepurposeofthewriteris_______.

　　A.toexplainwhycustom-madeclothingcostsmore

　　B.toshowtheadvantagesofmassproduction

　　C.totellreadershowtomakemoneyfromready-madeclothing

　　D.toprovideinformationaboutdifferentkindsofclothing

C

Theflag,themostcommonsymbolofanationinthemodernworld,isalsooneofthemostancient.Withaclearsymbolicmeaning,theflaginthetraditionalformisstillusedtodaytomarkbuildings,shipsandothervehiclesrelatedtoacountry.

Thenationalflagasweknowittodayisinnowayaprimitiveartifact.Itis,rather,theproductofthousandsofyears’development.Historiansbelievethatithadtwomajorancestors,ofwhichtheearlierservedtoshowwinddirection.

Earlyhumanbeingsusedveryfragilehousesandboats.Oftenstrongwindswouldtearroofsfromhousesorcausehighwavesthatendangeredtravelers.People’sfoodsuppliesweresimilarlyvulnerable.Evenaftertheyhadlearnedhowtoplantgrains,theystillneededhelpfromnaturetoensuregoodharvests.Thereforetheyfearedanddependedonthepowerofthewind,whichcouldbringwarmthfromonedirectionandcoldfromanother.

Usingasimplepieceofclothtiedtothetopofaposttotellthedirectionofthewindwasmoredependablethanearliermethods,suchaswatchingtherisingofsmokefromafire.Theconnectionoftheflagwithheavenlypowerwasthereforereasonable.Earlyhumansocietiesbegantofixlongpiecesofclothtothetopsoftotems（图腾）beforecarryingthemintobattle.Theybelievedthatthepowerofthewindwouldbeaddedtothegoodwishesofthegodsandancestorsrepresentedbythetotemsthemselves.

Theseflagsdevelopedveryslowlyintomodernflags.Thefirstknownflagofanationorarulerwasunmarked:

ThekingofChinaaround1,000B.C.wasknowntohaveawhiteflagcarriedaheadofhim.ThispracticemighthavebeenlearnedfromEgyptiansevenfurtherinthepast,butitwasfromChinathatitspreadovertraderoutesthroughIndia,thenacrossArablands,andfinallytoEurope,whereitmetupwiththeotherancestorofthenationalflag.

29.Theunderlinedword“vulnerable”inparagraph3means_______.

　　A.easytodamage　　B.likelytobeprotected

　　C.impossibletomakesureof　　D.difficulttofind

30.Theearliestflagswereconnectedwithheavenlypowerbecausethey_______.

　　A.couldtellwinddirection　　B.couldbringgoodlucktofighters

　　C.werebelievedtostandfornaturalforcesD.werehandeddownbytheancestors

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