届高三信心考试英语试题及答案.docx

1、届高三信心考试英语试题及答案2015届高三信心考试英语试题 本试卷分为第I卷(选择题)和第II卷(非选择题)两部分，满分120分，考试用时100分钟。注意事项： 1. 答卷前，考生务必在答题卡上相应的位置准确填写自己的姓名、准考证号，并将条形码粘贴在指定位置。 2选择题选出答案后，用2B铅笔将答题卡上对应题目的答案标号按要求涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。非选择题用签字笔直接答在答题卡上对应的答题区域内。第卷第一部分 阅读理解 （共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）第1节 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。（共15

2、小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AWhen I was a kid，I used to spend hours listening to Adam Carolla and Dr.Drew Pinsky on their Sunday night radio show Loveline.I listened so often that I began to use one of their wellknown phrases“good times”in my daily conversations.Scientists have a name for this phenomenon：behavio

3、r mimicryYouve probably experienced this before：after spending enough time with another person，you might become familiar with his or her behavior or speech habits.You might even start to develop your friends habits without realizing it.There is a large body of literature about this sort of phenomeno

4、n，and it regularly happens for everything from body postures to accents to drink patterns.For example，one study found that young adults were more likely to drink their drinks directly after their samesex drinking partners，than to drink at their own paces.And the effect isnt only limited to facetofac

5、e activities of real life .Another study found that the same “youdrinkthenIdrink” pattern held even when watching a movie! In other words，people were more likely to take a drink of their drinks in a theater after watching the actors on the screen enjoy a drink.As for most experiments，these results r

6、aise a lot of questions.The finding that behavior mimicry may at least partly account for eating behavior is still important,and has real effects on health.The researchers explain that “as long as people dont fully recognize such important influences on intake，it will be difficult to make healthy fo

7、od choices and keep a healthy diet，especially when people are exposed to the eating behavior of others”1The author takes his own example of using“good times” to _Aexpress his love for the show Bprove the popularity of the show Cdraw the readers attention Dintroduce the topic of the passage2The under

8、lined word “mimicry” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_”AcopyingBAdjusting Crecognition Dobservation3Which of the following is NOT an example of behavior mimicry? AA boy eats his popcorn after watching the actor eats.BA boy buys a Nike shirt when he finds his classmate has one.CA girl unconsciously si

9、ts straight just as others do.DA girl takes on the London accent after a months stay.4It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.Abehavioral mimicry is beneficial to our healthBbehavioral mimicry decides our eating behaviorCthere are doubts on the research resultsDthere are people always expo

10、sed to bad eating habitsB What will people die of 100 years from now? If you think that is a simple question，you have not been paying attention to the revolution that is taking place in bio-technology (生物技术). With the help of new medicine，the human body will last a very long time. Death will come ma

11、inly from accidents，murder and war. Todays leading killers, such as heart disease, cancer, and aging itself，will become distant memories.In discussion of technological changes, the Internet gets most of attention these days. But the change in medicine can be the real technological event of our times

12、. How long can humans live? Human brains were known to decide the final death. Cells are the basic units of all living things，and until recently，scientists were sure that the life of cells could not go much beyond 120 years because the basic materials of cells, such as those of brain cells, would no

13、t last forever. But the upper limits will be broken by new medicine. Sometime between 2050 and 2100，medicine will have advanced to the point at which every 10 years or so，people will be able to take medicine to repair their organs. The medicine, made up of the basic building materials of life，will b

14、uild new brain cells，heart cells and so on, in much the same way our bodies make new skin cells to take the place of old ones.It is exciting to imagine that the advance in technology may be changing the most basic condition of human existence, but many technical problems still must be cleared up on

15、the way to this wonderful future. 5According to the passage，human death is now mainly caused by _. Adiseases and aging Baccidents and war Caccidents and aging Dheart disease and war6In the authors opinion，todays most important advance in technology lies in _. Abrain cells Bthe Internet C medicine Dh

16、uman organs7Humans may live longer in the future because _.Aheart disease will be far away from us Bhuman organs can be repaired by new medicineChuman brains can decide the final death Dthe basic materials of cells will last foreverCBesides calling 911，here is what to do in some lifethreatening emer

17、gencies when no one is around to help.Lost in the wildernessFirst，youve got to acknowledge youre in trouble. Stay where you can be seen clearly and remember to rest. Keeping a sense of humor helps tooit reduces stress and helps creative thinking. In a wide open area，make a colorful cross out of rock

18、s to show your present position.ChokingAim to hit the top of the chair against your stomach，in the soft part below the bony upsidedown V of the ribs (肋骨)Make a sudden push against the chair. If you still cant breathe after six tries，call 911，even if you cant talk. Write the word choking somewhere ne

19、arby，and leave the line open until help arrives.Severe bleedingUse your hand or clean cotton，or paper towels，or a scarf，or any cloth you can find，and push down on the wound until the bleeding stops. But if you put a band around your leg tightly，youre going to close the vessels (血管) to the entire leg

20、.In this way，you could lose your foot.Bear attackIf you surprise a bear，dont run away. That invites an attack. Instead，stand up and back away slowly，without looking the bear in the eyes. If it does charge (猛冲) at you，stick out your chest，raise your arms，and spread your legs. Shout at the bear，to fri

21、ghten it. If its going to attack，lie facedown，with your hands held firmly behind your neck. Play dead until youre sure the bear is gone.8When you see a colorful cross made of rocks in the wilderness，you know_.Asomeone is bleeding B.someone is chokingCsomeone is lost D.someone is attacked by a bear9I

22、f you are still choking after six tries，you should_.Akeep a sense of humor Bcall 911 and leave the line openCuse your hand or clean cotton Dlie down with your hands behind your neck10Dont tie around your bleeding leg tightly，or you could _.Astop bleeding B. cause breathlessnessCreduce stress D. lose

23、 your foot11The passage is mainly teaching us how to_.Asurvive the emergencies B.avoid a bear attackCdeal with a choke Dfind our wayD Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock in London. The name was given in honor of Sir Benjamin Hall，who was in charge of the work when the bell was bu

24、ilt in 1856. It didnt strike until 3 years later.The clock has become a landmark of the United Kingdom and London, particularly in the visual media (可视媒体). When a television or filmmaker wishes to quickly show a nonUK audience a certain location in Britain，a popular way to do so is to show an image

25、of the Clock Tower.The Clock Tower is a focus of New Year celebrations in the United Kingdom, with radio and TV stations tuning to its chimes (钟声) to welcome the start of the year.Londoners who live a proper distance from the Clock Tower and Big Ben can, by means of listening to the chimes both live

26、 and on the radio or television, hear the bell strike thirteen times on New Years Eve. This is possible because the speed of sound is a lot slower than the speed of radio waves.Big Ben has appeared in many films. In the 1978 version of The ThirtyNine Steps, the hero attempted to halt the clocks prog

27、ress to prevent a linked bomb blowing up by hanging from the minute hand of its western face. It was also used in the filming of Shanghai Knights starring Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, and was described as being partially destroyed in the 2012 film Doctor Who. An animated version (卡通版) of the clock w

28、as also used as the setting in the Walt Disney film The Great Mouse Detective，and was shown being destroyed by a UFO in the film Mars Attacks! 12Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?AThe radio and TV make a mistake about the clocks chimes.BThe clock strikes 13 times to welcome the

29、 New Year.CBenjamin was responsible for the work when the bell was built.D The nickname of the clock was given by Benjamin.13The second paragraph mainly wants to show us that Big Ben is _.Aa most popular scene for filmmakers Bpopular place to have pictures takenCa mustsee sight for tourists to Londo

30、n D a symbol of UK and London14. What would be the best title of the text? A. The origin and development of Big Ben B. Sir Benjamin Hall - the founder of Big Ben C. Big Ben - significance in popular culture D. Big Ben and New Years celebrations15In which of the following movies was the clock destroy

31、ed?AThe ThirtyNine Steps and Shanghai Knights. B Mars Attacks and Doctor Who.C Shanghai Knights and Doctor Who. DThe Great Mouse Detective and Doctor Who.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。The First Americans Long ago there was a time when Asia and North Americ

32、a were connected by a land bridgeThe first settlers in North America crossed this land bridge from what is now Siberia to AlaskaThe people who made this initial crossing were probably following the animals they used for food Eventually, the oceans rose and the land bridge between the continents disappearedThe settlers