贵州省届高三考前模拟英语试题含答案Word文档下载推荐.docx

1、每小题2分，满分30分） A After spending a year in Brazil on a student exchange program, her mother recalled, Marie Colvin returned home to find that her classmates had narrowed down their college choices. “Everyone else was already admitted to college,” her mother, Rosemarie Colvin, said from the family home.

2、 “So she took our car and drove up to Yale and said, You have to let me in. ”“Impressed-she was a National Merit （全国英才） finalist who had picked up Portuguese in Brazil-Yale did, admitting her to the class of 1978, where she started writing for the Yale Daily News and decided to be a journalist,” her

3、 mother said.On Wednesday, Marie Colvin, 56, an experienced journalist for The Sunday Times of London, was killed as Syrian forces shelled（炮击） the city of Homs. She was working in a temporary media center that was destroyed in the attack. “She was supposed to leave Syria on Wednesday”, Mrs. Colvin s

4、aid. “Her editor told me he called her yesterday and said it was getting too dangerous and they wanted to take her out. She said she was doing a story and she wanted to finish it.” Mrs. Colvin said it was pointless to try to prevent her daughter from going to conflict zones. “If you knew my daughter

5、,” she said, “it would have been such a waste of words. She was determined, she was enthusiastic about what she did, it was her life. There was no saying Dont do this. This is who she was, absolutely who she was and what she believed in: cover the story, not just have pictures of it, but bring it to

6、 life in the deepest way you could.” “So it was not a surprise when she took an interest in journalism,” her mother said. 1.From the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1, we can infer that _ .A. Yale was her last choice B. Marie Colvin was confident of herself C. Yale must keep its promise to Marie Co

7、lvin D. Marie Colvin was good at persuading2.Which of the following is the correct order to describe Marie Colvins life?a. She was doing a story in Syria and got killed. b. She was admitted to Yale University.c. She studied in Brazil as an excellent student.d. She was hired by The Sunday Times of Lo

8、ndon.e. She began to take an interest in journalism.A. decab B. bcdeaC. edcba D. cbeda 3. From the last paragraph, we can know that Mrs. Colvin _.A. dislikes the choice of her daughter. B. cares little about her daughter.C. knows her daughter very well. D. doesnt fully appreciate her daughter.4. Wha

9、t can be the best title of the text?A. Covering Stories in a Dangerous Conflict Area.B. Applying for Top Universities, a Successful Case.C. Choosing Lifelong Careers Based on Your Own Interest.D. Recalling Her Daughter, a Journalist Killed in Syria.BDeath rates for heart disease in Britain have drop

10、ped by more than 40 percent in a decade，UK scientists will report todayWide uptake of cholesterolbusting statin drugs（降胆固醇药），healthier lifestyles and better medical practices have seen a huge reduction in deaths caused by heart attacks，stroke and other cardiovascular（心血管的） problemsHowever，heart dise

11、ase remains Britains biggest killerThe new study，by experts at Oxford University，shows there has been a 44.4 percent drop in death rates among men in the UK and a 43.6 percent drop among women linked to heart problems in the ten years to 2021The team compared death rate associated with cardiovascula

12、r disease across EuropeThey found that Britain has one of the best records in Europe，with 342 deaths as a result of heart disease per 100，000 men in 2021，and 232 per 100，000 womenSome nations-including Ukraine，Macedonia and Moldovasee more than 1,000 heart deaths per 100，000 of the populationOverall

13、，heart disease causes 45 percent of all deaths across Europe，but only 27 percent in the UKThe study，led by Dr Nick Townsend，showed that cardiovascular disease is mainly a disease of old ageBut researchers said that across Europe it still causes more than 1.4 million deaths in those aged under 75 and

14、 nearly 700，000 deaths in under 65sDr Townsend said：“Cardiovascular disease results in 49 percent of deaths among women and 41 per cent among men”5From the text we can know_ Aheart disease no longer threatens the British Bthe heart death rate among British men is lower than among women Cthe old main

15、ly dies of stroke in Europe Dthe heart death rate in Ukraine is higher than in Britain6What does the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refer to? AStroke BCardiovascular diseaseCLung disease DHeart attacks7How does the author support his idea?ABy analyzing data BBy following processes CBy describing his own experiences DBy discussing research experiments8. Where is the text most likely to have been taken from?A. A speech B. A story C. A scientific study D. A personal diary CAn environmental