山东省潍坊市届高三第一次模拟考试英语Word版含答案.docx

1、山东省潍坊市届高三第一次模拟考试英语Word版含答案高三英语模拟试 题满分为 150 分。考试用时为 120 分钟。第I卷(共 100 分)注意事项： 1答第 I 卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目涂写在答题卡上。 2每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用 干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在试卷上。 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 Shake Shack is a new kind of resta

2、urant becoming more popular in the U.S. The restaurants are not“fast food” . They are known as“fast casual” . Observers say Americans want more choices and fresh food when choosing where and what to eat. This trend is one reason why the fast food restaurant McDonald s has struggled financially. In t

3、he last quarter of 2014, McDonald s net income dropped by about $300 million. The January earnings report brought more bad news. Worldwide sales dropped for the eighth month in a row and even more than expected. While McDonald s is struggling to get their customers back, Shake Shack, is doing well i

4、n making money. The New York-based burger chain had a very successful IPO, or initial public offering, of shares at the end of January. On its first day of trading, Shake Shack went from $21 a share to just under $46 a share. Being part of the “fast casual ”trend has helped Shake Shack. Other fast c

5、asual restaurants in the U.S. include Chipotle and Panera. Bonnie Riggs, a restaurant expert with NPD has studied Americans restaurant habits for almost 30 years. She says one reason why Americans like fast casual food is that it s new. It s creative, it s something different and people like to try

6、new things. Her study shows Americans made 61 billion visits to restaurants last year. Three out of four visits were to fast food restaurants, like McDonald s. Fast casual is still a small percentage of restaurant visits, but it has developed fast. Just as Ms. Riggs says,“It s growing by leaps and b

7、ounds, because they meet consumers needs. They know it s being prepared while they wait, it s fresh, quality food, good tasting food at what they say are reasonable and affordable prices.” Many Americans still like their fast food. They just are not going as often. They are finding other ways to hav

8、e a meal.1.What s the trouble with McDonalds?A. Its share goes down to $21. B. Shake Shack has taken its place.C. Its not popular with Americans. D. Its sales and income have dropped.2.We can learn from Bonnie Riggs that Americans _.A.like to try something new B. care only about the qualityC. dont l

9、ike fast food any more D. pay more restaurant visits to fast casual3.What does the underlined phrase“by leaps and bounds”in Para. 3 mean?A. Steadily. B. Rapidly. C. Slowly. D. Normally.4.Which of the following best describes fast casual?A. Fresh-made and tasty. B. High-quality and expensive.C. Farm-

10、to-table and traditional. D. Time-consuming and special. B For decades，the San Francisco Bay area has been the heart of the computer technology industryMany of the biggest technology companies have their headquarters in the area called Silicon ValleyBut the area has not always been associated with c

11、harity(慈善) Now，a new generation of entrepreneurs(企业家)appears to be changing Silicon ValleyOne example is Marc Benioff，a donor(捐赠者)，who has called on wealthy donors to give more to their communitiesHe also is the founder of Salesforcecom，a computer services company in San Francisco who has helped bui

12、ld a childrens hospital and given millions of dollars to non-profit organizations in the city Money from the technology industry has also started to change the face of charityBenjamin Soskis writes about the history and ideas behind charity in AmericaHis articles have appeared in The Atlantic magazi

13、ne and a number of major publicationsHe says，traditionally，donors have given after they spent much of their lives building up wealthUsually donors are in their 70sBut an increasing number of people appearing on the list of top donors are younger than 40 years of ageBenjamin Soskis says that is somet

14、hing new“Theres a whole new model thats appearing in which people give and accumulate at the same time” Some of the young donors on this years top 50 list have started to change in the way people see charityThat is especially the case in the San Francisco area，where giving money and making money app

15、ear to be coming together“I think its fair to say that charity is now a part of the Silicon Valley identity”25What is true of Marc Benioff?AHe joined a non-profit organization BHe advised donors to build hospitalsCHe made San Francisco a city of charity DHe set up the company of Salesforcecom26What

16、is special about the donors of Silicon Valley?AThey prefer to give rather than make money BThey give after accumulating a lot of wealthCThey are much younger than the usual donors DThey donate more money to their communities27Which of the following can be the best title for the text?AThe age of char

17、ity BThe changing faces of charityCIn search of new faces DFrom computer base to charity centreC Can you imagine a world without chocolate? Its not something Id 1ike to doso I was relieved to read that theres a university with a program me to safeguard the future of chocolate! The University of Read

18、ing，in England，has just opened a new clearing house for all the worlds new cocoa varietiesThey must be quarantined(隔离检疫)before they can be grownWhy? Cocoa production hit a record high of 44 million tons last year but about 30of the precious crop is regularly lost to pests and diseasesNow we dont wan

19、t that，do we? Demand for chocolate has been increasing faster than the world supply of cocoa and researchers think that new varieties are key to solving this problem The University of Reading has been protecting the quality of the new crops since 1985，after it took over the task from the Royal Botan

20、ical Gardens in Kew，LondonAnd it has improved its facilitiesThe leader of the institutions cocoa project，Professor Paul Hadley，says，“One of the main issues concerning cocoa improvement is the supply of reliably clean，healthy，interesting cocoa material” The cocoa centre has a collection of 400 plant

21、varieties and their greenhouse uses a lot of energy to keep them in tropical conditionsAfter up to two years in quarantine，clean and safe seeds are sent to some 20 countries，including several in West AfricaThats where 75of the cocoa used for chocolate worldwide comes fromThe crop is extremely import

22、ant for the local economy：it employs about two million people. Professor Hadley says he works with a small team of skilled technicians who look after the collectionAnd more of us seem to count on them now The scientist says，“there is some concern within the industry that demand is increasing constan

23、tly，particularly in countries like China,where the standard of living is increasing and people are getting a taste for different chocolates.”1.What is the text mainly about?ASafeguarding cocoa seeds BPlanting cocoa worldwideCKeeping cocoa in greenhouse DFinding the new market for cocoa2.The institut

24、ions cocoa project is to_Ahave cocoa skin removed Boffer more jobs to peopleCensure the quality of cocoa Dsupply cocoa for two million people3.What does the last paragraph tell us?AThe taste of chocolates is changing BDemand for cocoa is increasing fastCPeople are concerned about cocoa varieties DCh

25、inese have a long history of eating chocolates4.Whats the purpose of the text?ATo educate BTo advertise CTo warn DTo informD The poaching，or illegal killing，of rhinos(犀牛) in South Africa is growing worse each yearThe government recently reported that a record number of rhinos were poached in 2014，a

26、year which had more rhino killings in South Africa than ever before The World Wildlife Fund，or WWF，says about 20，000 rhinos live in South AfricaThat is more than 80 percent of the rhinos in the worldEdna Molewa，South Africas environmental issues minister，says，“During 2014，we are sad to say this，1，21

27、5 rhinos were killedThis is a rise in the number of poached rhinos from 1004 in 2013 and indeed very worrying” The animals are hunted for their horns(犀牛角)Many people in Asia believe the horn has curing power，which drives poachers，at all costs，mad for more hornsBut there is no scientific evidence for

28、 this beliefThe horn is made of keratinThat is the same thing as human hair, fingernails and toenails MsMo1ewa said 386 suspected poachers were arrested last year，an increase from the year beforeBut rhino protection workers say poachers often go unpunished after arrest.South Africas legal system is

29、ineffective. Ms.Molewa said more needs to be done and South Africa is taking strong measures to protect rhinosThe efforts include moving some of the animals to secret places in neighboring countries“Now approximately 100 rhinos have been moved to neighboring states in the SADC region during 2014 and

30、 200 more rhinos will be moved this year”Molewa said Jo Shaw，the rhino program manager at the WWF，said，“were talking about a loss of a hundred rhinos a month. Or more than three a day. We really need to see effective action not just at a national level but internationally. ”She says officials should

31、 find the criminal groups responsible for the poaching and punish them. Government officials are to meet in Botswana in March at the Inter-governmental Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade32What do we know about rhinos?AHalf of the rhinos live in South Africa BLess than 1，000 rhinos were killed in 2

32、013CThe killing reached the highest point in 2014 DThere are only 20，000 rhinos left in the world33What is the main reason for people to hunt rhinos?ATo get more keratin BTo protect the farmlandCTo use them for decoration DTo make money from horns34Jo Shaw thinks that_Amany criminal groups are well organized Bnew laws are needed to punish the killers