甘肃省兰州市届高三下学期实战考试英语试题 Word版含答案.docx

1、甘肃省兰州市届高三下学期实战考试英语试题 Word版含答案甘肃省兰州市2015届高三实战考试英 语 试 题注意事项：1本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题纸相应的位置上。2本试卷满分120分，考试用时100分钟。3答题全部在答题纸上完成，试卷上答题无效。第I卷第一部分：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，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A As a substitute teacher, my daily routine involves driving

2、to a new school almost every day so Im usually unable to anticipate（预料）the days events, good or bad! On one particular day,1 was teaching in a very difficult classroom1 was managing behavior all morning and by lunch time, I knew I needed coffee to even consider surviving the afternoonSo on my lunch

3、break, I drove to a nearby plaza to get a cup of coffeeUpon returning to the car I realized l had locked my keys and my phone inside! I had about 15 minutes to get back to the school which was a good 4 or 5-minute drive awayI contemplated（思考）rushing back, but it being winter, I thought a nasty fall

4、on ice would only make the situation much worse So I ran into a McDonalds which was in the same plaza and asked the man at the counter who happened to be the manager to please call me a cabI briefly explained my situation to him, and I could tell by the look in his eyes, that he empathizedHe hurried

5、 to the back to use the phone while I paced in the restaurantI had less than 10 minutes to get back to my school at this point The manager returned only to tell me that the cab company had put him on hold and then the line got disconnected, and that he was now on hold again, but had not yet been abl

6、e to request the cab yet My expression, I assume, began to resemble some combination of hopelessness and fear Without a thought, he grabbed his coat and offered to drive me to the school Without hesitation, I followed him into his car and made it back into my classroom with 2 minutes to spare before

7、 the bell! calm behavior and kind nature made Upon arriving at the school, l thanked this man endlesslyHis calm behavior and kind nature made me think he was probably a wonderful manager to work for, and also a wonderful human being to have on this earthThis experience makes me realize that out of e

8、very seemingly hopeless situation, there is the opportunity for acts of kindness to transpire（发生）which can have an unimaginable impact（影响） on those who receive them.1. why did the author want to get a cup of coffee? ABecause he was very thirsty at that time BBecause he was only interested in drinkin

9、g coffee CBecause he had to refresh himself for the classes in the afternoon. DBecause he wanted to do something special to pass the whole afternoon2. The author _ so he gave up the idea of going back to school on foot when he found his keys and phone were locked inside the car Awas too tired to wal

10、k further Bwas afraid of falling down on ice Casked the manager to call him a cab Ddecided to take a school bus3The author has probably stayed in the McDonalds for about A15 minutes B8-9 minutes C4-5 minutes D2 minutes4What kind of person is the manager? AKind-hearted BFaithful CGentle DDependableBA

11、lmost everybody in America will spend a part of his or her life behind a shopping cartThey will, in a lifetime, push the chrome-plated contraptions many milesBut few will know - or even think to ask - who it was that invented themSylvan NGoldman invented the shopping cart in 1937At that time he was

12、in the supermarket businessEvery day he would see shoppers lugging groceries around in baskets they had to carryOne day Goldman suddenly had the idea of putting baskets on wheelsThe wheeled baskets would make shopping much easier for his customers, and would help to attract more businessOn June 4, 1

13、937, Goldmans first carts were ready for use in his marketHe was terribly excited on the morning of that day as customers began arrivingHe couldnt wait to see them using his inventionBut Goldman was disappointedMost shoppers gave the carts a long look, but hardly anybody would give them a tryAfter a

14、 while, Goldman decided to ask customers why they werent using his cartsDont you think this arm is strong enough to carry a shopping basket? one shopper repliedBut Goldman wasnt beaten yetHe knew his carts would be a great success if only he could persuade people to give them a tryTo this end, Goldm

15、an hired a group of people to push carts around his market and pretend they were shopping! Seeing thisthe real customers gradually began copying the phony （假冒的） customersAs Goldman had hoped, the carts were soon attracting larger and larger numbers to his marketBut not only did more people come - th

16、ose ho came bough, more. With larger easier-to-handle baskets, customers unconsciously bought a greater num eof items than before.Todys shopping carts are five times larger than Goldmans original modelPerhaps reason America today spend more than five times as much money on food each year as they did

17、 before 1937 - before the coming of the shopping cart5 What does the underlined words chrome-plated contraptions in the first paragraph refer to ? ABaskets BPrivate cars CSuitcases DShopping carts6What was the purpose of Goldmans invention? AIt was to prove him to be a good inventor BIt was to reduc

18、e the burden of his employees work CIt was to make shopping easier and attract more business DIt was to help the disabled make shopping easily in his market7Goldman hired a group of people to push carts around his market in order to Aattract people to buy things in his market Bencourage people to us

19、e his shopping carts Cmake his market different from the others Dkeep the groceries from being stolen8What can we infer from the last paragraph? AGoldman will become very famous because of his invention BGoldmans invention will be regarded as the greatest one in the world C. Supermarket business has

20、 benefited a lot from Goldmans invention D There will be nothing that can replace Goldmans inventionCSmartphones really are addictive and the more you use one, the worse it getsa new study has revealedPsychology lecturer, Dr Zaheer Hussain, who conducted the research, found that the more you use a s

21、martphone, the higher your risk of becoming addictedHe explained that higher scores of narcissism - denned as excessive （过度的） interest or admiration of oneself and ones physical appearance - is the most common and obvious sign of the addiction An obsession（痴迷） with taking selfies and posting them on

22、 social media is one key indication.The study found that 13 percent of 256 participants were addictsThe average age of those who took part in the online survey was 29As a result, the researchers say they believe it should be made compulsory that anyone selling smartphones should warn customers of th

23、eir potentially addictive propertiesDr Hussain said: The study informs us about smartphone overuse and the impact on psychological well-beingWe now use smartphones on a daily basis and for various tasks so being aware of the psychological effects is very importantThere are various smartphone apps su

24、ch as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Candy Crush, as well as Skype and email that make smartphone use psychologically more attractive and can lead to addictionThe study also revealed the average user spent 3,6 hours per day on the device, and when the participants were asked if they used their pho

25、ne in banned areas35 percent answered yesSocial networking sites were the most popular used apps - 87 percen- followed by instantmessaging apps - 52 percent - and then news apps - 51 percent.Relationships were also noted in the researcb as, despite 46.8 percent of participants speaking positively of

26、 improved social relations. nearly a quarter admitted their smartphones create communication issues within real life. Professor James Elander, Head of the Centre for Psychological Research at the University of Derby, said: This study is a very timely one with much potential impact, and the findings

27、show that users should be more aware of how they are using their smartphones and of the potential risks of excessive use.9. What does the underlined word narcissism in the second paragraph mean? A. Self-esteem. B. Self-love. C. Self-respect. D. Self-trust10. Whats the attitude of Professor James Ela

28、nder towards the research according to the last paragraph? A. Positive. B. Negative C. Neutral D. Ambiguous1l. What can we learn from this passage? A. People are easy to be addicted to smartphones and cant live a normal life. B. Smartphone manufacturers should be responsible for the smartphone addic

29、tion C. Smartphone addiction has become a reality and people should take it seriously. D. Smartphones shouldnt be used to download and use smartphone apps. DWhere should an adventurous tourist go? After youve done sightseeing in London, shopping in New York tasted the local food in Paris, and danced

30、 to your hearts content at the Brazilian carnival, where else can you go? What exotic（异国的） tourist destination awaits you?Well, Antarctica sounds like the holiday of a lifetime! Its considered the last great wildemess on Earth. Just a few scientists in research stations share the icy landscape with

31、penguins and other animals which can cope with the low temperatures.Tourism began in Antarctica in the 1950s and its still small scale. About 37,000 tourists are expected there this season, but many wont even leave the boat.The BBCs Juliet Rix visited the frozen continent and asked herself if she sh

32、ould be there at all, causing potential problems to such a sensitive environment. Her tour guide admitted that all visitors leave a footprint and they all go to the same places, the accessible coastline, which is also where the penguins and seals go to breed.But some people believe that if carefully controlled, tourism can be good for Antarctica. It has no native populati