高考英语一轮复习第十八套 英语8 Units 12 A卷 精校Word版含答案Word格式.docx

1、4考试结束后，请将本试题卷和答题卡一并上交。第卷第一部分:听力（共两节,满分30分）略第二部分: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。ADo you know of anyone who uses the truth to deceive （欺骗） ? When someone tells you something that is true, but leaves out important information that should be included,

2、he can give you a false picture.For example , some might say, I just won a hundred dollars on the lottery （彩票） . It was great. Itook that dollar ticket back to the store and turned it in for one hundred dollars! This guys a winner, right?Maybe, maybe not. We then discover that he bought$200 worth of

3、tickets, and only one was a winner. Hes really a big loser!He didnt say anything that was false, but he left out important information on purpose. Thats called a half-truth. Half-truths are not technically lies, but they are just as dishonest.Some politicians often use this trick. Lets say that duri

4、ng Governor Smiths last term, her state lostone million jobs and gained three million jobs. Then she seeks another term. One of her opponents says, During Governor Smiths term, the state lost one million jobs! Thats true. However, anhonest statement wouldhave been , During Governor Smiths term , the

5、 state had a net gain of two million jobs. Advertisers will sometimes use half-truths. Its against the law to make false statements so they try to mislead you with the truth. An advertisement might say, Nine out of ten doctors advised their patients to take Yucky Pills to cure toothache. It fails to

6、 mention that they only asked ten doctors and nine of them work for the Yucky Company.This kind of deception happens too often. Its a sad fact of life: Lies are lies, and sometimes the truthcan lie as well.21. How much did the lottery winner lose?A. One hundred dollars. B. Two hundred dollars.C. Thr

7、ee hundred dollars. D. Four hundred dollars.22. We may infer that the author believes people should_.A. buy lottery tickets B. make use of half-truthsC. not take anything at face value D. not trust the Yucky Company23. What do the underlined words net gain in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Final increase. B. B

8、ig advantage.C. Large share. D. Total saving.24. What can we know from the example of the Yucky Pill advertisement?A. False statements are easy to see through.B. Half-truths are often used to mislead people.C. Doctors like to act in advertisement.D. Advertisements are based on facts.B When youre lyi

9、ng on the white sands of the Mexican Riviera, the stresses of the worldseem a million miles away. Hey, stop! This is no vacation-you have to finish something!Here lies the problem for the travel writer and critic Edie Jarolim I always loved traveling and always liked to eat, but it never occurred to

10、 me that I could make money doing bothof those things, Jarolim said. Now you can read her travel advice everywhere-in Arts and Antiques, in Brides, or in one of her there books, The Complete Idiots Travel Guide to Mexican Beach Resorts.Her job in travel writing began some eight years ago. After gett

11、ing a PhD in English in Canada, she took a Test Frommers travel guides, passed it, and got the job. After working at Frommers, Jarolim worked for a whileat Rough Guides in London, then Fodors, where she fell so in love with a description of the Southwest ofthe U.S. that she moved there.Now as a trav

12、el writer, she spends one-third of her year on the road. The rest of the time is spentcompleting her tasks and writing reviews of restaurants at home in Tucson, Arizona.As adventurous as the job sounds, the hard part is fact-checking all the information. Sure, its great towrite about a tourist attra

13、ction, but youd better get the local museum hours correct or you couldreally ruin someones vacation.25. Which country does Jarolim live in now?A. Mexico. B. The U.S. C. The U.K. D. Canada.26. What is most difficult for Jarolim?A. Working in different places to collect information.B. Checking all the

14、 facts to be written in the guides.C. Finishing her work as soon as possible.D. Passing a test to write travel guides.27. What do we know about Jarolim from the text?A. She is successful in her job.B. She finds her life full of stresses.C. She spends half of her time traveling.D. She is especially i

15、nterested in museums.28. What would be the best title for the text?A. Adventures in Travel WritingB. Working as a Food CriticC. Travel Guides on the MarketD. Vacationing for a LivingCI didnt hear them call my name, explained Shelley Hennig toActive Teens （AT）as she talked about that exciting moment on national television when she won the honor of Miss