甘肃省兰化一中届高三英语下学期第二次模拟试题含答案 师生通用文档格式.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。A（湖北省黄冈市2018届高三上期末试卷）Some idiomatic phrases in English, often used in both spoken and written language, are very confusing! They dont even make sense when you first

2、 see them. However, using one of these phrases correctly when speaking or writing to an English speaker is very impressive and shows that you are comfortable with the language. Here are some wonderful and interesting British idioms. Use them wisely.When pigs fly!This expression is one of my favorite

3、s and I use it all the time. It is used primarily when speaking, meaning that something is extremely unlikely or impossible. For example, “I will forgive him when pigs fly!” “When do you think you will get a gym membership, Lucy?” “When pigs fly!”A penny for your thoughts?This question is used in a

4、situation where someone appears thoughtful or is very quiet seeming lost in thought. But remember that you dont actually have to pay them a penny if they do tell you what is going on! For example, “Youve been a bit quiet this evening, Pete. A penny for your thoughts?Its the bees kneesThe phrase date

5、s back to the 1920s, and refers to an extraordinary person, thing, idea, and so on. For example, “Try this chocolate. Its the bees knees.”To feel a bit under the weatherI use this expression in many different situations but most use it to refer to feeling ill, or unwell. You would not use this phras

6、e if you were feeling extremely unwell. It is only for those times when you are feeling a little ill or suffering from something slightly like a cold or a cough. However, this can also be used to refer to feeling emotionally low.21. What will you say if you think something is special?A. When pigs fl

7、y! B. A penny for your thoughts?C. Its the bees knees D. To feel a bit under the weather.22. Which of the following sentence can replace “A penny for your thoughts?A. What can I do for you? B. What are you thinking about?C. How are you feeling? D. How do you like it?23. Why does the author write the

8、 passage?A. To introduce some useful idioms. B. To show how to remember idioms.C. To tell people the importance of idioms. D. To arouse the interest in idioms.B（湖南省株洲市2018届高三一模）Im learning to drive in Switzerland. I think it will be a good idea to learn now because I have plenty of free time and am

9、earning a little money to pay for lessons. I never learnt when I lived in the UK, so luckily driving on the “wrong” side isnt a problem.However, there are a lot of rules to remember. When you see a road to your right and there are no white lines on the ground, the cars to your right have the right t

10、o go before your car and you have to stop for them. In practice, lots of people forget this and cars either wait for each other while both drivers try to remember what to do, or beep （鸣喇叭） at each other if both try to go at the same time!When you drive round a roundabout, you should check all your m

11、irrors. To remember how to do this, I often count them aloudone, two, threethen a second glance at your blind spot when youre in the roundabout. One friend came driving with me and after about an hour asked why on earth I was counting. He had passed his test so long ago, he couldnt remember ever hav

12、ing to check three mirrors!Driving still seems scary to me so I drive quite slowly. I also dont know the countryside roads very well and dont know whats coming up round the comer or over the next hill. I drive slowly so I feel safe, but my driving instructor tells me to speed up or cars will bump in

13、to me from behind or try to overtake somewhere dangerous. So driving slowly is just as dangerous as driving fast!Im not a very practical person so learning to drive has been a challenge. I don5t have a lot of confidence and find it quite demotivating to do something that doesnt come naturally to me.

14、 To make driving more fun and interesting, I learn in Swiss German, so my instructor gives me instructions in Swiss. This way Ive tricked myself into enjoying driving and hopefully will pass the test!24. What can be inferred from the first paragraph?A. It isn5t a proper time for the author to take d

15、riving lessons now.B. Driving on the “wrong side” doesnt influence the author.C. The author was too poor to pay for driving lessons in Switzerland.D. It is easy for the author to get confused about the driving rules in Switzerland.25. The author often counts “one, two, three” aloud when driving roun

16、d a roundabout to _.A. remind himself to check the mirrors B. speed upC. overtake somewhere dangerous D. make driving more interesting26. What does the underlined word “demotivating” in Paragraph 5 mean?A. Encouraging. B. Amazing.C. Exciting. D. Discouraging.27. What is the text mainly about?A. Driv

17、ing speed.B. Strict driving instructors.C. Anecdotes of my driving experience.D. Complicated driving rules in Switzerland.C（辽宁省沈阳市2018届高三一模）People who have red hair and people who are losing their hair could finally get their own emoji（表情符号）. The Emojipedia website has shown new emojis following dem

18、ands that they should be more diverse. If its ideas are approved, the new emojis could be added in 2018, alongside new characters that have grey, curly or Afro hair.“New styles focus on appearances that arent currently supported in the informal skin tone and hair color pairings（组合）used on many cellp

19、hones,” showed one page on the website. The page gave Jessica Chastain and Ed Sheeran as examples of people with red hair. Sinead OConnor and Samuel L Kackson were given as examples of people with no hair or a shaven head.The emojis could be released in 2018 if chosen by the Unicode Consortium which

20、 met in January, 2017 following a number of complaints about lack of diversity. “Non-naturally occurring features, such as blue hair and tattoos, are not included in this project,” the website added.At the end of 2016, Apple published its iOS 10.2 software update which included 72 new emojis such as

21、 firefighters, astronauts, rockstars and so on. But people who have red hair were notably absent, causing a global protest.A website in Scotland demanding ginger emojis got 20,000 signatures. The main issue is that there is one organization, known as Unicode Consortium, who controls emojis on iPhone

22、.In March, a new list of emojis was published by Emojipedia which might be released later this year. However, the emojis need to be approved by the Unicode Technical Committee before people can use them.In 2015, ginger emojis were published on the Google Play Store for Android. But up until now, the

23、 Unicode Consortium has not been willing to give in to ginger campaigners.28. Which of the following emojis could be included in 2018?A. Characters with black hair. B. Characters with white skin.C. Characters with shaven heads. D. Characters with smiling faces.29. Tattoos are rejected by the Unicode

24、 Consortium because _.A. there is no demand for them B. people dislike such emojisC. they are out of fashion D. they are not natural identity30. What is the Unicode Consortiums attitude to ginger emojis?A. Favorable. B. Ambiguous.C. Disapproving. D. Uncaring.31. What is the best title for the text?A

25、. New Emojis to BE Added in 2018B. Complaints about the Present EmojisC. Demands for New and Informal EmojisD. Global Protests against the Lack of DiversityD（陕西省安康市2018届高三第二次教学质量检测）Almost all researches in sleep explain that nightmares are a reaction to negative experiences that happen during waking

26、 hours. However, some of them believe that nightmares do have some real benefits. One 2017 study, for example, found that frequent nightmare sufferers rated themselves as more empathetic （共鸣的）. They also displayed more of a tendency to unconsciously mirror other people through things like yawning. P

27、eople who have constant nightmares also tend to think further outside the box on psychoanalysis tasks. Some other researches have found support for the idea that nightmares might be linked to creativity.People seeking cure for nightmares were not necessarily more fearful or anxious, but rather had a

28、 general sensitivity to all emotional experience. Sensitivity is the driving force behind intense dreams. Heightened sensitivity to threats or fear during the day results in had dreams and nightmares, whereas heightened passion or excitement may result in more intense positive dream. And both these

29、forms of dreams may feed back into waking life, perhaps increasing suffering after nightmares, or promoting social bonds and empathy after positive dreams.The effects go further still. This sensitivity overflows over into perceptions and thoughts: people who have a lot of nightmares experience a dre

30、amlike quality to their waking thoughts. And this kind of thinking seems to give them a creative edge. For instance, studies show that such people tend to have greater creative talent and artistic express. And people who often have nightmares also tend to have more positive dreams than the average p

31、erson.The evidence points towards the idea that, rather than disturbing normal activity, people who are unfortunate in having a lot of nightmares also have a dreaming life that is at least as creative, positive and vivid as it can be distressing and terrifying. Whats more, this imaginative richness is unlikely to be limited to sleep, but also is filled with waking thought and daydreams. Even after people wake up and shake off the nightmare, in other words, a mark of it stays behind, possessing them throughout the day.32. What do most sleep