惠州市届高三第三次调研考试英语试题及答案.docx

1、惠州市届高三第三次调研考试英语试题及答案惠州市2016届高三第三次调研考试英 语 2016.1 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分120分（最终成绩按总分135分进行折算），考试用时120分钟。注意事项： 1. 本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。 2. 答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名，准考证号填写在答题卡相应的位置。 3. 全部答案应在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。 4. 考试结束后，将答题卡交回。第I卷第一部分 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

2、黑。A In New York City public schools, 176 different languages are spoken among the more than 1 million students. For 160,000 children, English is not their first language. New Yorks Department of Education makes learning better for these students by providing dual-language programs, in which students

3、 are taught in two languages, English and another one, like Russian or Chinese. Math, social studies, science and all other regular courses are taught in both languages. And they learn about the culture of the other country. Milady Baez, Deputy Chancellor of English Language Learners and Student Sup

4、port, says these dual-language programs will help children succeed in the future. The jobs of the future require that our students know more than one language. They are going to be traveling abroad; they are going to be communicating with people from all over the world. This will open doors for them

5、. Middle-schoolers might not have jobs on their minds yet. For Kequing Jaing, she likes keeping up her first language, Mandarin.It makes me feel that I am home because I can speak in Chinese, learn in Chinese, while learning in English. So it makes me feel better and makes me understand more about t

6、he task Im learning. Anastasia Hudikova came to the United States when she was 2 years old. She says the Russian-English program keeps her connected to her heritage and her parents happy.Theyre really happy about the program. They are really happy that I can preserve my culture and my language, and

7、that I can speak it fluently in school. The New York schools also offer dual-language programs in seven other languages: Arabic, French, Haitian Creole, Hebrew, Korean, Polish and Spanish. There are plans to add even more languages in the future.While these dual-language programs are popular, some o

8、rganizations in the U.S. say teaching English comes first. U.S. Studies show that children who learn English early will be more successful later. 1. Dual-language programs in New York aim to _. A. help the students learn better B. rid the students of homesickness C. attract more international studen

9、ts D.prevent the students forgetting their culture2. Who may not quite agree with dual-language programs? A. Milady Baez B. Kequing Jaing C. Anastasia Hudikovas parents D. some organizations in the U.S3. The author writes the passage in order to_. A. encourage us to learn more languages B. introduce

10、 dual-language programs in New York schools C. advertise the dual-language programs D. inspire more students to study in New York BWriting one or two articles a day is a fair goal for a human writer. By contrast, the Wordsmith platform can produce up to 2,000 articles a second! Wordsmith is one exam

11、ple of natural language-generation software, often referred to as a robot journalist. To be fair, the software doesnt start from the beginning, like a human writer might. Instead, the software takes a set of structured data and transforms it into readable text.Natural language-generation software, s

12、uch as Wordsmith and Quill, does its work by identifying trends and highlights in sets of data. The software then searches its own dictionary for the words to express its findings.Why keep human writers around Although this type of software writes faster than any human, it requires sets of structure

13、d data to work. Thats why its especially useful for writing earnings reports and other types of “dry” writing. Humans, on the other hand, are good at turning their unstructured thoughts directly into prose. The reports produced by Wordsmith and Quill read naturally, and they can match the tone of hu

14、man writers. But for now, the robot journalists probably wont steal many jobs or win any Pulitzer Prizes!（普利策奖）Current applications of natural language-generation softwareFinancial reports: The software is commonly used by banks or traders to analyze large amounts of financial data and then produce

15、reports in plain English. Health and fitness: The software can turn data gathered from wearable devices or fitness trackers into personalized reports. The writing tone can even be adjusted to sound more encouraging!Sports reporting: The software is often used to turn real baseball, basketball and fo

16、otball statistics into exciting stories. 4. What does natural Language-generation software refer to? A. The Wordsmith platform. B. A robot journalist. C. A special dictionary. D. Articles written by computer.5. Natural language-generation software can_. A. discover the worlds focuses through the Int

17、ernet B. write well enough to win Pulitzer Prizes C. produce articles in a tone similar to humans D. write such beautiful prose as human writers6. We can learn from the passage that natural Language-generation software _. A. has taken the place of human writers currently B. is only able to turn stru

18、ctured data into dry reports C. is widely used in all the fields D. works properly only with the help of sets of structured data7. Nowadays Natural language-generation software is seldom used by_. A. schools B. banks C. hospitals D. newspapers C In 1959, when Jean Harper was in the third grade, her

19、teacher gave the class an assignment to write a report on what they wanted to be when they grew up. She poured her heart into her report and expressed her dream of becoming an airline pilot. Her paper came back with an F on it. The teacher told her it was a fairy tale. Jean was heartbroken and asham

20、ed. As the years went by, Jean was beaten down by the discouragement and negativity she encountered whenever she talked about her dream. Girls cant become airline pilots; never have, never will. Youre crazy. Thats impossible. Finally Jean gave up. In her senior year of high school, her English teach

21、er was a Mrs. Dorothy Slaton, a demanding teacher with high standards. One day Mrs. Slaton asked this question: If you had unlimited finances, unlimited access to the finest schools, unlimited talents and abilities, what would you do? Jean felt a rush of the old enthusiasm, and with excitement she w

22、rote down the very old dream. The next thing that Mrs. Slaton said changed the course of Jeans life. The teacher leaned forward over her desk and said, I have a little secret for you. You do have unlimited abilities and talents. When you leave school, if you dont go for your dreams, no one will do i

23、t for you. You can have what you want if you want it enough. The hurt and fear of years of discouragement disappeared all of a sudden. Jean felt thrilled and told her about her dream of becoming a pilot. Mrs. Slaton slapped the desk top. Then do it! she said. So Jean did. It didnt happen overnight.

24、In her l0 years of hard work, even facing varieties of laugh, frustration and opposition, she never gave up her dream. Instead, she went on doing everything her third-grade teacher said was fairy-tale.Eventually, Jean Harper became a Boeing 737 captain for the United Airline Company.8. Jeans third-g

25、rade teacher thought her dream to be _. A. great B. impossible C. challenging D. reasonable9. Mrs. Slaton may hold the view that _. A. only some of her students have great potential B. her students are good enough to be admitted to the best schoolsC. belief contributes to realizing a dreamD. Jean wa

26、s to have her dream realized10. According to the passage, we can infer that_. A. Jeans dream was always in her deep heart B. Jean owed her success to all her teachersC. most people around Jean approved of her dreamD. Jean achieved her dream with ease11. Which is the best title of the passage? A. A R

27、espectable Teacher B. How to Realize a Dream C. Hard Work Pays off D. Reach for the Sky DDo you suffer from cybersickness？The rise of mobile phones has been blamed for a number of social ills, but your smart phone may also be making you physically sick as well. Scientists have identified a condition

28、 called “cybersickness”, which they say is the digital version of motion sickness. The phenomenon, which affects up to 80 percent of the population who own smart phones or tablets, leads to feelings of sickness and unsteadiness. It is caused by seeing fast motion on a screen, which covers anything f

29、rom a car chase in a film to scrolling through web pages on your phone. The more realistic the visual content appears to you, the higher your chances of getting cybersickness are . The condition was identified in a piece in the New York Times in which British and US experts said that it needed solvi

30、ng. Motion sickness leaves sufferers feeling ill because they feel movement in your muscles and your inner ear but do not see it. The mismatch in digital sickness is the oppositeyou see movement on the screen but do not feel it. The effect is the same and the symptoms include a headache, wanting to

31、throw up, confusion and the need to sit down. Often cybersickness shows itself in a subtle way and sufferers put it down to stress or eyestrain.Steven Rauch, a professor of otolaryngology（耳鼻喉科学） at Harvard Medical School, said: “Your sense of balance is different from other senses in that it has lot

32、s of inputs. When those inputs dont agree, thats when you feel dizziness and sickness. ”Some studies that have been carried out into cybersickness found that women are more susceptible than men, the New York Times reported. Those who have Type A personalitiesmeaning they are confident and determinedare more likely to suffer from cybersickness as well. Among those who have reported experiencing