高考模拟山西省祁县届高三月考英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

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高考模拟山西省祁县届高三月考英语试题Word版含答案

2016年山西省祁县中学校高三月考

英语

第一部分：

阅读理解（共20小题；每小题3分，满分60分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题3分，满分45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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

When12-year-oldTaylorSmithwroteaspeciallettertoherselflastspring,tobereadin10years’time,shedidn’tknowitwouldbeopenedbeforeevenayearhadpassed—andthatitwouldn’tbehereyesreadingthewords.

“Shehadtoldmethatshehadwrittenalettertoherself,andthatshewasexcitedthatshewasgoingtoopenitwhenshewasolder,”saidTaylor’smother,MaryEllenSmith.

Instead,itwasopenedbyTaylor’sparentsaftershediedlastspring.TheypostedthelettertoFacebook,hopingitwouldinspireothers.

Ithas.“We’vegottenlettersfromlotsofparentswhohavesaidithasencouragedthemtolovetheirkidsandloveeachother,”saidMaryEllenSmith.

Intheletter,Taylorcongratulatedherselfongraduatingfromhighschoolandasked,“Areyouincollege?

”

Shealsowantedtoknowifshehadbeenonaplaneyetandiftheshow“DoctorWho”wasstillontheair.

Tayloralsohadsomewordsforherfuturekids.AfterconsideringtheideaofsellingheriPadandgettinganiPadminiinstead,shetoldherfutureselftomentiontoherkidsthat“We’reolderthanthetablet.”SheincludedadrawingofaniPadforthemtosee.

Taylordiedsuddenlyofpneumonia（肺炎）,leavingbehindbothherparentsandanolderbrother.

“Ijustwantpeopletoknowjustwhatanawesome,awesomepersonshewas,”herfather,TimSmithsaid.

Hermothersaid,“Ican’tbringherback,butI’msogratefulpeoplehavebeeninspiredbyherstory.”

Taylor’sfatherreadtheclosinggwordsofherletter,whichsaid,“It’sbeenyearssinceIwrotethis.Stuffhashappened,goodandbad.That’sjusthowlifeworks,andyouhavetogowithit.”

1.TaylorSmithdecidedtoopenherletterwhenshewas________.

A.18yearsoldB.20yearsoldC.22yearsoldD.24yearsold

2.WhydidTaylor’sparentspostherlettertofacebook?

A.ToshowTaylorSmith’sdeeploveforherparents.

B.Toencourageparentsandkidstoloveeachother.

C.Tomakethemselveswell-knownandmakemoney.

D.ToproveTaylorSmithwasgoodatwriting.

3.WecanlearnfromthepassagethatTaylorSmith________.

A.wasacollegestudent

B.hadnevergotaniPad

C.hadnevertakenaplane

D.wantedtojoin“DoctorWho”.

4.WhatisthemessageconveyedattheendofTaylorSmith’sletter?

A.Weshoulddevelopthehabitofkeepingadiary.

B.Weshouldaccepteverythingthathappensinlife.

C.Weshouldstopbadthingsfromhappening.

D.Weshouldshowourloveforourparentsintime.

B

ArtBeatinJanuary2016

Beijing

Youthchoirtoperform

TheyouthchoirofChinaNationalSymphonyOrchestrawillsoonperformclassicsincludingtheMexicanfolksong,TheGoldenNightingale,andtheBlueDanube,adaptedfromawaltzbyJohannStraussII.PianistsZhaoLinandWangTianyangwilljoinintheshow.

7:

30pm,Jan23.ForbiddenCityConcertHall,insideZhongshanPark,westofTian'anmenSquare,Xichengdistrict.010-6559-8285.

Orchestrarecitals

TheChinaNationalCenterforthePerformingArtsOrchestraledbyconductorLyuJiawillgivetworecitals,featuringworksincludingBeethoven'sCoriolanusOvertureandMozart'sSymphoniesNo40&No41Jupiter.CellistWangJianwilljoinintheperformances,playingSchumann'sCelloConcertoinAminor,Op129andSaint-Saens'CelloConcertoNo1inAminor,Op33.

7:

30pm,Jan15;2:

30pm,Jan16.ChinaNationalCenterforthePerformingArts,No2WestChang'anAvenue,XichengDistrict.010-6655-0000.

BalletfromParis

ParisOperaBalletwillpresenttwogalaperformancesinthecity.Besideshighlightsofclassicalballet,suchasSwanLakeandManon,theprogramwillalsoincludemodernpiecesfromthecompany'srepertoire.TheleadingetoilesareLudmilaPaglieroandKarlPaquette.

7:

15pm,Jan15-16.ShanghaiOrientalArtCenter,425DingxiangRoad,Pudongdistrict.021-6854-1234.

Ensembleofswans

ShanghaiBalletwillpresenttwoperformancesofSwanLake.TheproductionchoreographedbyBritishartistDerekDeanehasjustcompletedatourin26citiesoftheNetherlands.Thespectacularproductionfeaturesanensembleof48dancers.

7:

15pm,Jan22-23.ShanghaiGrandTheater,300RenminAvenue,Huangpudistrict.400-106-8686.

5.Ifyouonlysparesometimeintheafternoon,youcanenjoy________.

A.Beethoven'sCoriolanusOverture

B.ClassicalballetManon

C.TheGoldenNightingale

D.ClassicalballetSwanLake

6.Accordingtothetext,weknowthatLudmilaPaglieroandKarlPaquetteare________.

A.PianistsB.balletperformersC.cellistsD.violinists

7.Ifyouareinterestedinballetperformances,whichofthefollowingplacescanyougo

toenjoyyourself?

A.ForbiddenCityConcertHallandChinaNationalCenter

B.ForbiddenCityConcertHallShanghaiGrandTheater

C.ShanghaiOrientalArtCenterandShanghaiGrandTheater

D.ChinaNationalCenterandShanghaiOrientalArtCenter

C

BlackHistoryMonthisalsoknownastheAfrican-AmericanHistoryMonth.ItiscelebratedallovertheUnitedStatesofAmericaandCanadainthemonthofFebruary,whileintheUnitedKingdomitiscelebratedinOctober.EachandeveryschoolanduniversityconductsvariousactivitiestomakethegenerationawareoftheimportancethatAfrican-Americanhistoryholdsinthenation.Theelectronicmediaisfilledwiththemesinrelevancetotheoccasion,andmanyactivitiesarecarriedoutacrossthecountrytorememberthecontributionmadebyAfrican-Americancitizensinthedevelopmentofthisnation.

BlackHistoryMonthwasfirststartedbyafamousAfrican-AmericanhistorianDr.CarterG.Woodsonintheyear1926.FebruarywaschosenasthemonthtocelebratetheAfrican-AmericanhistorybecauseitwasthebirthmonthoftwoofthemosthighlyvaluedpeopleamongAfrican-Americans.ThesewerePresidentAbrahamLincoln,whofreedtheslaves,andFrederickDouglass,whowasalsothefirstvicepresidentialnominee（被任命者）amongAfrican-Americans.Initially,BlackHistoryMonthwasknownasthe“NegroHistoryWeek”.ThiswasDr.Woodson’sattempttoencourageawarenessamongcitizensaboutthecontributionofAfrican-Americanstowardsthebuildingofthenation.Itwasonlyintheearly1970’sthatthename“NegroHistoryWeek”changedto“BlackHistoryMonth”.Andlater,intheyear1976,theentiremonthofFebruarywasdeclaredtobetheNationalAfrican-AmericanHistoryMonth,ortheBlackHistoryMonth.

Everyyear,NationalAfrican-AmericanHistoryMonthiscelebratedbymanyactivitieswithvariousideasandthemesfortheyoungergeneration.In2013,BlackHistoryMonthcelebratesthe50thanniversaryoftheMarchonWashingtonatwhichMartinLutherKing,Jr.gavehisfamousspeech“Ihaveadream”.Italsomarksthe150thanniversaryoftheEmancipationProclamation（解放黑奴宣言）.ThethemeforBlackHistoryMonthin2014is“CivilRightsinAmerica”rememberingtheimportantmilestonesbyAfrican-Americansandothersinthebattleforcivilrightsandequaltreatmentunderthelaw.

8.WhatisthepurposeofBlackHistoryMonthinAmerica?

A.TorememberAfrican-Americans’contributiontoAmerica.

B.TorememberthehistoryofAfrican-AmericansinAmerica.

C.ToencourageAfrican-Americanchildrentostudyhard.

D.ToincreaseAfrican-Americanchildren’sconfidence.

9.FebruarywaschosenasBlackHistoryMonthbecause________.

A.Dr.CarterG.WoodsonlikedFebruary.

B.slaverywasofficiallyendedinFebruary.

C.African-AmericanscontributedalotinFebruary.

D.twogreatAmericanleaderswasborninFebruary.

10.Howisthesecondparagraphdeveloped?

A.Bygivingexamples.B.Byfollowingtimeorder.

C.Bymakingcomparisons.D.Bymakingclassifications.

11.WhatdoesBlackHistoryMonthin2014celebrateinAmerica?

A.The50thanniversaryoftheMarchofWashington.

B.MartinLutherKing，Jr’sspeech“Ihaveadream”.

C.The150thanniversaryoftheEmancipationProclamation.

D.Importantpeopleandoccasioninthebattleforcivilrights.

D

Parentsoftenassumethattimespentwiththeirkidswillgraduallydecreaseinadolescence.Butanewstudysuggeststhatwhileteenstrytoavoidspendingalotoftimetogetherwiththeirparents,privateparent-childmeetingsmayactuallyincreaseintheirearlyadolescentyears.Andthatmayraiseateenager’sself-esteem（自尊）ansocialconfidence,especiallyifitistimespentwithDad,theresearchersadded.

Theresearcherscreatedalong-termstudyinwhichtheyinvitedfamiliesin16schooldistrictsincentralPennsylvaniatoparticipate.Ineachfamily,ateenager,ayoungersibling,theirmotherandtheirfatherwereinterviewedathomeandthenaskedabouttheiractivitiesandself-worthfivetimesoveraperiodofsevenyears.

Thestudyauthorsweresurprisedtodiscoverthatwhenfathersspentmoretimealonewiththeirteenagers,thekidsreportedtheyfeltbetteraboutthemselves.Somethingaboutthefather’sroleinthefamilyseemedtoimproveself-esteemamongtheteenagersinthestudy,saidstudyauthorSusanMcHale,aprofessorofhumandevelopmentatPennsylvaniaStateUniversity.

“TimespentwithDadofteninvolvesjoking,teasingandotherplayfulinteractions.Fathers,ascomparedtomothers,weremoreinvolvedinleisureactivitiesandhadmorefriend-likeinteractionswiththeirchildren,whichiscrucialforyouthsocialdevelopment,”thestudyshowed.

ButMartaFlaum,apsychologistinChappaqua,NewYork,said,“Howthesefindingsreflecttherealworldisarealquestion.ThesampleinthestudyissosmallandsounrepresentativeofmorefamiliesinthecountrytodaythatI’mnotsurehowmuchwecangeneralizingfromit.Inmycommunity,inWestchesterCounty,Idon’tseepar