内蒙古包钢五中高三下学期限时训练英语试题含答案.docx

内蒙古包钢五中高三下学期限时训练英语试题含答案.docx

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内蒙古包钢五中高三下学期限时训练英语试题含答案

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阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Simply,languageiswhatpeopleandanimalsusetocommunicatetheirthoughts,ideasandfeelings.Ofcourse,animalscommunicatewitheachotherdifferentlyfromhumans,andeachtypeofanimalcommunicatesdifferently.Forexample,abeeusesadancetotelltherestofthebeesinthehive（蜂窝）wherethereisfood,whilewhalescommunicatethroughtheuseofpleasant-soundingsounds.Onecouldsaythen,thatanimalsusedifferentlanguages.

Likeanimals,peoplealsousedifferentlanguages.Eachculturehasitsownwordsandsymbolsthatareusedbypeoplewithinthatculturetocommunicatewithothersinthesameculture.Forexample,apersonlivinginJapanwillusetheJapaneselanguagetocommunicatewithotherJapanese.Unlikeanimalsthough,someculturesusemorethanonelanguage.Peoplewithintheseculturesaresaidtobeeitherbilingual（双语的）ormultilingual（多语的）.OnesuchplaceisCanada.ItisverylikelythatapersonlivinginCanadamayspeakbothFrenchandEnglish.Likewise,apersonlivinginSwitzerlandmayspeakItalian,GermanandFrench.

Notonlydopeopleusedifferentlanguagestocommunicate,butlanguagesalsohavedifferentdialects.Adialectisadifferenceofalanguagewhichuseswordsandgrammarsomewhatdifferentlyfromthestandardformofthesamelanguage.Forexample,peoplewholiveinManchester,EnglandspeakadialectthatisalittledifferentfrompeoplewholiveinLondon,England;however,peopleinbothcitiesspeakEnglish.

Therearealsosomepeoplewhodon’tuseaspokenlanguageatall.Thesepeopleusetheirhandstocommunicate.Thistypeoflanguageiscalledsignlanguageandismostcommonlyusedbypeoplewhoaredeaf.

Nowthatweknowhowpeoplecommunicate,wearefacedwithaquestion.Arewepartofacertainculturebecauseofthelanguagewespeak,ordowespeakaparticularlanguagebecausewearepartofthatculture?

Toputitmoresimply,isaChinesepersonChinesebecausehespeaksChinese,ordoeshespeakChinesebecausehewasborninChina?

Whatpartdoeslanguageplayinthedefinition（定义）ofculture?

1.Theexamplesofbeesandwhalesareusedtoshow______.

A.animallanguagesaresimpletolearn

B.peoplecanunderstandanimallanguages

C.differentanimalsusedifferentlanguages

D.animalscommunicatewitheachother

2.Themainideaofthesecondparagraphisthat______.

A.peoplecommunicatewiththoseinthesameculture

B.therecanbedifferentlanguagesinthesameculture

C.aculturecanbeexpressedinseverallanguages

D.thesymbolofacultureisthelanguagespokenbyitspeople

3.Tojudgewhetherapersonspeaksadialect,youcandependon______.

A.whatwordsandgrammarheuses

B.whetherheusessignlanguage

C.wherehelives

D.whohecommunicateswith

4.Whatwouldbethebesttitleforthepassage?

A.Thecultureofdifferentcountries

B.Thelanguageindifferentcultures

C.Thedevelopmentoflanguage

D.Themeaningofthelanguage

B

TheCanada’sMostInterestingTownsContestisstartedbyReader’sDigestAssociation（Canada）andisopentoallCanadians.Allentries（参赛作品）mustbesubmittedbyDecember18,2012.

Entryrequirements

ParticipantsmustsubmitastoryinEnglishorinFrenchandonephotothattellwhytheirtownisthemostinterestingtowninCanada.Thestorymustnotbeover250wordsandthephotographmustnotbeover2MB.Thestoryisamustbutthephotoisoptional.Submissionwillrequireyourfullnameandthenameofthecityyouarerecommending.Youmustwriteclearlywhichofthefollowingcategoriesyouarecovering:

BestDestination;Greenest;Healthiest;BestCuisine;MostCommunitySpirit;MostArtistic.

Voting

Submissionswillbevotedbypeopleenteringthecontest.DuringtheVotingPeriodanyonemayvotefortheirfavoritesubmissionbyclickingthevotebuttononline.Eachpersonmayvoteforasmanysubmissionsastheywishinanygivenday.TheVotingPeriodbeginsonSeptember18,2012andendsonDecember18,2012.Youmayvoteforyourownsubmission.

Prizeandawards

AttheendoftheVotingPeriod,thetop20entrieswillbejudgedbyagroupofjudges.TheentrywiththehighestscorefromthejudgeswillbetheGrandPrizewinner,whowillreceivea$5,000.00cheque.AndthecityfeaturedintheGrandPrizewinner’sentrywillbeawardedaprizeaswell,a$5,000.00cheque.Theentrieswiththenextsevenhighestjudges’scoreswillbethesevenRunnersUp（亚军）eachdeservinga$1,000.00cheque.OnJanuary17,2013atourMontrealoffice,theprizeswillbeawardedtowinners.

5.TheCanada’sMostInterestingTownsContest____.

A.lastsonemonthB.isawritingcontest

C.includesmanycategoriesD.allowsanyonetotakepart

6.Itcanbelearnedthataparticipant____.

A.mustsubmitaphotographB.canvoteforhisownsubmission

C.mustwritethestoryinEnglishD.canonlyvoteforonesubmission

7.Thetotalprizemoneyforthiscontestisworth____.

A.$6,000.00B.$11,000.00C.$12,000.00D.$17,000.00

C

Whenitcomestosuccessinbusinessandsuccessinlife,therearefewqualitiesasimportantasconfidence.

Peoplenaturallyhavedifferentlevelsofconfidence.Somehaveahigherlevelofconfidencethanothersdo,buteventhosewhoseconfidenceislackingcanlearntobuildtheirlevelofconfidenceandreachtheirmostimportantgoals.Increasingselfconfidenceisoneofthemostcommonreasonspeoplegiveforseekingthehelpofpsychologistsandotherprofessionals.

Oneofthemanyplaceswhereagreaterlevelofconfidenceisusefulisintheworkplace.Weallknowhowdifficultitcanbe,forinstance,toaskthebossforaraise.Thisprocesscanbeextremelydifficultforthosewholackconfidenceintheirownabilities.Afterall,ifyouareunsureaboutyourownabilities,howwillyoueverconvinceyourbossthatyoudeservemoremoneyfortheworkyoudo?

Evenifyouarenotaskingforthatbigraise,havingplentyofconfidenceinyourabilitiesisimportanttosuccess.Ifyouarecertainofyourabilities,chancesarethatthosearoundyou,whethertheyareyourcoworkers,yourcolleaguesoryoursuperiors,willseethatconfidence,andthatwillhelptoassurethemthatyouarethebestatwhatyoudo.

Beingthoughtofasthepersontogoto,andbeingseenasanexpertinyourchosenfield,isnaturallyveryimportanttosuccessonthejob.Ifyoucanmakeyourselfthepersonpeoplegotoforguidanceandadvice,youwillhelptoprotectyourselffromtheeverpresentdangerofdownsizing.Afterall,ifyouarearecognizedexpertattheoffice,youwillberegardedasanindispensablememberoftheteam.

Havingahighlevelofconfidence,afterall,doesnotmeanoverlookingtheplaceswhereyoucouldimprove.Knowingwhatyoudowellandwhereyouneedhelpwillhelpyouenjoyincreasedsuccessandconfidence.

8.Whatisthepassagemainlyabout?

A.Theinfluenceofconfidenceonone’slife.

B.Theimportanceofconfidencetosuccess.

C.Thedifferenceofpeople’sconfidence.

D.Thejudgmentonone’sconfidence.

9.Psychologistsandotherprofessionalscanofferhelptothose_____.

A.whothinktheirgoalsarehardtoreach

B.whoexpecttogiveguidancetoothers

C.whowanttoaskthebossforaraise

D.whodreamtoberecognizedexperts

10.WhatdoestheunderlinedwordindispensableinParagraph5probablymean?

A.importantB.attractiveC.outgoingD.energetic

11.Whatmessagedoestheauthorwanttoconveyinthelastparagraph?

A.Tooverlookone’sdisadvantages.

B.Tomakefulluseofone’sadvantages.

C.Tohavegreatconfidenceinone’sabilities.

D.Tomakeobjectiveevaluationsofone’sabilities.

D

ManyparentstryhardtoprotecttheirkidsfromTVandInternetadvertising.Buthowcanyouprotectachildfromalargefast-foodadpaintedonherschoollocker（衣物柜）?

Oratoyadonthesideofhisschoolbus?

Asschoolbudgetsgetsmaller,agrowingnumberofschoolsintheUSaresellingadvertisingspaceonlockersandbusesandingymsandcafeterias.Itisaneasywayforschoolstomakemoney.Andadsmayprovidereliefforparentsexhaustedbymakingcashdonationstosupportschools.

Whileparentscanalwaysturnoffthetelevisionorthecomputer,theycan’tkeepadvertisingoutofschools.Thisisn’tthefirsttimetheissuehascomeup.Forexample,anewsprogramforteenshasbeencriticizedforincludingadsinits12-minuteclassroombroadcasts.Andparents’groupssuccessfullyfoughtaplanbyacompanycalledBusRadiotoputmusicandadsintoschoolbuses.

Butnowthingsaredifferent.Justlastmonth,LosAngelesapprovedaplantoallowcompaniestoadvertiseinthedistrict’sschools.Officialssaytheplancouldprovideasmuchas$18millionfortheschools.

InSt.Francis,Minn.,schoolrecentlyagreedtocover10%to15%oftheirlockerswithads.EdwardSaxton,ateacherintheschool,says,“Sofar,parentsareacceptingthisasawaytobringinneededmoney.Themoneypaysforprogramslikearts,sports,andmusic.Parentsdon’tliketoseeprogramsgettingcut.NeitherdoI.Besides,schoolsarethinkingabouttheeffectsonkidsallthetime.”

However,SusanLinn,aneducationalexpert,says,“KidshavealreadyseenenoughadsonTV,inmagazinesandonproductstheyusedaily.Schoolisnoplaceforadvertisementsatall.”

Readers,whataboutyou?

Wouldyouratherhelprunyetanotherschoolfundraiser,orexposeyourchildtoadsonlockersandbuses?

Iskeepingadsoutofschoolsworthraisingtaxes,orincreasingyourowncashsupportforschoolsthroughdonations?

12.Schoolsallowadsintoschoolsto_____.

A.reduceparents’burdensB.solvetheirfinancialprobl