甘肃省天水市兰州市届高三下学期一模考试英语试题 Word版含答案Word文件下载.docx

1、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。ATyler was born infected with HIV and his mother was also infected.From the very beginning of his life,he was dependent on medications （药物） to enable him to survive.When he was five,he had a tube surgically（外科手术上） inserted in a vein（静脉）in his chest.This tube was co

2、nnected to a pump,which he carried in a small backpack on his back.Medications were connected to this pump and were continuously supplied through this tube to his bloodstream. At times,he also needed supplemented oxygen to support his breathing.Tyler wasnt willing to give up one single moment of his

3、 childhood to this deadly disease.It was not unusual to find him playing and racing around his backyard,wearing his backpack and dragging his tank of oxygen behind him in his little wagon（小推车）.All of us who knew Tyler were amazed at his pure joy in being alive and the energy it gave him.Tylers mom o

4、ften made jokes on him by telling him that he moved so fast she needed to dress him in red. That way,when she peered through the window to check on him playing in the yard,she could quickly spot him.This terrible disease eventually wore him down.He grew quite ill and,unfortunately,so did his HIV-inf

5、ected mother.When it became clear that he wasnt going to survive,Tylers mom talked to him about death.She comforted him by telling Tyler that she was dying too,and that she would be with him soon in heaven.A few days before his death,Tyler beckoned（召唤） me over to his hospital bed and whispered,I mig

6、ht die soon. Im not scared.When I die,please dress me in red.Mom promised shes coming to heaven,too.Ill be playing when she gets there,and I want to make sure she can find me.1.Why did Tyler wear a backpack on his back when he was young? A.Because his mother gave it to him as a gift. B.Because he ha

7、d no right to choose but to wear it. C.Because he wanted to be different from the other kids. D.Because there was a pump in it,which could help with his disease.2.Tyler asked the writer to dress him in red when he died in order to . A.show red is his favorite color. B.see the writer again in the hos

8、pital. C.make his mother recognize him easily. D.persuade his mother to keep her promise.3.Whats Tylers attitude towards death? A.Excited. B.Fearful. C.Doubtful. D.Optimistic.4.What does the writer want to tell us by writing this passage? A.Even a child can teach us a lot. B.Patients should be treat

9、ed with respect. C.People should have great courage to face the problems. D.We should try our best to help those who are infected with HIV.BWe can achieve knowledge either actively or passively.We achieve it actively by direct experience,by testing and proving an idea,or by reasoning.We achieve know

10、ledge passively by being told by someone else.Most of the learning that takes place in the classroom and the kind that happens when we watch TV or read newspapers or magazines is passive.Conditioned as we are to passive learning,its not surprising that we depend on it in our everyday communication w

11、ith friends and coworkers.Unfortunately,passive learning has a serious problem.It makes us tend to accept what we are told even when it is little more than hearsay（传闻）and rumor.Did you ever play the game Rumor? It begins when one person writes down a message but doesnt show it to anyone.Then the per

12、son whispers it,word for word,to another person.That person,in turn,whispers it to still another, and so on,through all the people playing the game.The last person writes down the message word for word as he or she hears it.Then the two written statements are compared.Typically,the original message

13、has changed.Thats what happens in daily life.The simple fact that people repeat a story in their own words changes the story. Then,too,most people listen imperfectly.And many enjoy adding their own creative touch to a story,trying to improve on it,stamping it with their own personal style.Yet those

14、who hear it think they know.This process is also found among scholars and authors: A statement of opinion by one writer may be restated as fact by another,who may in turn be quoted by yet another; and this process may continue,unless it occurs to someone to question the facts on which the original w

15、riter based his opinion or to challenge the interpretation he placed upon those facts.5.According to the passage,active learning may occur in . A.reading scientific journals B.listening to the teacher in class C.doing a chemical experiment D.watching news programmes on TV6.What does the underlined w

16、ord “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A.classroom B.newspapers C.active learning D.passive learning7.The game Rumor is mentioned in Paragraph 4 in order to tell readers that . A.playing games can make people more active B.people tend to like telling lies when playing games C.a message may be changed when being p