山西省运城市空港新区17届高三英语模拟考试试题五.docx

1、山西省运城市空港新区17届高三英语模拟考试试题五山西省运城市空港新区2017届高三英语模拟考试试题（五）第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 (共15小题; 每小题3分，满分45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。ALanguage learners think they understand a topic. Yet when asked to use what they learned, they are not able to remember the information. Not being able to r

2、etrieve(恢复) new ideas could happen on a test or even in a conversation. The basic problem is this: learners did not learn something as well as they thought they did.Learning takes effort. It takes effort because the learning process changes the brain. One way it changes the brain is by creating conn

3、ections. These connections are called dendrites(树突) which are important for retrieval. The method to grow dendrite connections is to test yourself. A paper in the Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition says, when students test themselves as part of studying, they learn what they do not

4、know. When students know what they do not understand, they can pay attention to improving their weaknesses.Learners should test themselves by thinking about what they have learned. The benefits of such practice are not just about improving the ability to remember information but also about building

5、confidence in the skills one has developed. When you test yourself, you will see how much progress you have made. This progress will satisfy and encourage you to do more in the future.But what can you do?1. Make flashcards A simple way to test vocabulary is to create flashcards with clues on one sid

6、e and the answer on the back. Nowadays, many online services allow students to create digital flashcards. The next time you are studying English, try to test yourself in this way. 2. Ask yourself questions Another way is to ask yourself questions at the end of the day, at the end of a study session,

7、 or at other times, such as, “What did I learn today? How does it work?”The important point is this: effective learning takes time, effort and practice. Do not just assume that you can read something once or twice and fully understand it. After all, Olympic athletes cannot learn how to swim or run j

8、ust from reading a book. They have to practice swimming or running every day for years. They often compete in races to test their skills. 21. Why cant language learners recall what they learned? A. Because they didnt make any effort. B. Because they didnt learn so well at all. C. Because their brain

9、s didnt change at all. D. Because they formed good dendrites already. 22. What method can you used to test yourself when you study vocabulary? A. Make flashcards. B. Ask yourself questions. C. Create connections. D. Improve retrieval. 23. How should learners test themselves? A. By improving their we

10、aknesses. B. By building confidence they have developed. C. By growing dendrite connections. D. By considering what they have learned. 24. Why does the author mention Olympic athletes in the last paragraph? A. To show that it is hard to be on Olympic athlete. B. To introduce a way of learning Englis

11、h. C. To tell readers learning needs to practice a lot. D. To tell readers how to test themselves. BYellowstone is host to many different species of plants. However, the park is most special because of what lies underneath it. It sits on top of an ancient super volcano, known as The Yellowstone Cald

12、era. The caldera is 48 by 72 kilometers. And it remains an active volcano. It is believed that the last time the volcano exploded was one half million years ago. The area has had three major eruptions in the last three million years. Experts say it may erupt again in another 1,000 to 10,000 years. B

13、ut each year, there are thousands of earthquakes at Yellowstone. Most are too small to be felt by people visiting the park. Yellowstone is filled with the beauty of many thermal or hot water springs. Of all the geothermal places in the world, half are in Yellowstone. In places of geothermal activity

14、, hot water and gases are trapped under the earths crust. In places like Yellowstone, they rush to the surface in the form of hot water and steam to form geysers(简歇喷泉).There are more geysers and hot springs in Yellowstone than anywhere else on Earth. The most famous geyser is Old Faithful. It erupts

15、 about every hour or an hour and a half. The eruption can last from one and a half minutes up to 5 minutes. The amount of hot water it expels in that time can be as much as 31,000 liters or more. In addition to its beauty and wonder, Yellowstone is an animal shelter. It is home to the largest group

16、of wild animals in the United States. As you travel through the park, you can sometimes see them in their natural habitat and hear their calls to mate and defend themselves. 25. What is it that makes Yellowstone the most special park? A. Many different species of plants. B. Thousands of earthquakes

17、there. C. The hot water there. D. The super volcano caldera. 26. Its unlikely for people to see _ in Yellowstone. A. the eruption of the Yellowstone Caldera B. the eruption of Old Faithful C. wild animals D. different kinds of plants 27. What can be the best title for the text? A. Travel Guide of Ye

18、llowstone B. The Earthquakes of Yellowstone C. Yellowstone, a Natural and Miraculous Park D. Plants and Animals in Yellowstone 28. Where is the text probably taken from? A. A science fiction. B. A geography journal. C. An education report. D. A book review. CWhenChinese Womens Volleyball teamtook on

19、 Serbia for the Olympic title, 70 percent of Chinese families watched live broadcast on TV, easily beating the audience rating for Lunar New Year Gala.Pushed to the fourth place in group, China met the powerful and two-time Olympic champions Brazil who had unlimited support from their home fans in t

20、he quarterfinals.When almost no one believed they could win, the Chinese team came restored from to beat the host 3-2 before they avenged their group loss on the Netherlands in the semifinals.Among all the Chinese sports teams, the womens volleyball remain the most special one, whose victories had f

21、ueled Chinese confidence in the 1980s and still represents the best things that sports can offer to the Chinese: perseverance, courage and unity.They endured extremely hard training and displayed “never say die” spirit to becoming world champions, which made the Chinese believe the country could be

22、as strong in the world one day as the volleyball players are in sports.After over 30 years of reform and opening up nowadays, China believes the “womens volleyball spirit” is never outdated.“My mom cried when I told her about Lang Pings teams victory in Rio. She recalled her young days and said Lang

23、 was a great player. Now she is a great coach,” wrote an internet user.“My father leapt in the air when China won. He told me with tears in his eyes that great spirit has been with the Chinese volleyball team for years,” wrote an Internet user.29. What can we learn from the passage?A. Chinese famili

24、es love sports more than literary programs. B. Many people didnt expect Chinese Womens Volleyball team could win. C. The Brazil sports fans did give the biggest support to the Chinese players. D. Chinese Womens Volleyball team beat the Netherlands in the quarterfinals.30. Which of the following can

25、replace the underlined word “fueled” in the 4th paragraph?A. strengthened B. weakened C. fulfilled D. limited31. What does the writer want to show by quoting an Internet users words in the last paragraph?A. The father is a volleyball fan.B. The father is an emotional person.C. Chinese Womens Volleyb

26、all team is the greatest in the world.D. The great spirit of Chinese Womens Volleyball team inspires Chinese people .DMy family and I lived across the street from South way Park since I was four years old. Then just last year they city put a chain link fence around the park and started bulldozing (用

27、推土机推平) the trees and grass to make way for a new apartment complex. When I saw the fence and bulldozers, I asked myself, “Why dont they just leave it alone?”Looking back, I think what sentenced the part to oblivion (别遗忘) was the drought (旱灾) we had about four years ago. Up until then, South way Park

28、 was a nice green park with plenty of trees and a public swimming pool. My friends and I roller skated on the sidewalks, climbed the tress, and swam in the pool all the years I was growing up. The park was almost like my own yard. Then the summer I was fifteen the drought came and things changed.The

29、re had been almost no rain at all that year. The city stopped watering the park grass. Within a few weeks I found myself living across the street from a huge brown desert. Leaves fell off the park trees, and pretty soon the trees started dying, too. Next, the park swimming pool was closed. The city

30、cut down on the work force that kept the park, and pretty soon it just got too ugly and dirty to enjoy anymore.As the drought lasted into the fall, the park got worse every month. The rubbish piled up or blew across the brown grass. Soon the only people in the park were beggars and other people down

31、 on their luck. People said drugs were being sold or traded there now. The park had gotten scary, and my mother told us kids not to go there anymore.The drought finally ended and things seemed to get back to normal, that is, everything but the park. It had gotten into such bad shape that the city ju

32、st let it stay that way. Then about six months ago I heard that the city was going to “redevelop” certain worn-out areas of the city. It turned out that the city had planned to get rid of the park, sell the land and let someone build rows of apartment buildings on it.The chain-link fencing and the bulldozers did their work. Now we live across the street from six rows of apartment buildings. Each of them is three units h