2014届高三英语能力训练(五).doc

高三英语能力训练（五）
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第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） Ks5u
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1.Attracting ______ senior citizens, Florida is ______ home to the largest population of elder Americans.
A. /; a B. the; the C. the; / D. /; /
2. The police soon reached ______ was once an old museum ______ the villagers used as a school.
A. what, where B. what, which C. where, which D. which, where
3. All the books that have been contributed by the neighborhood are reported in the local newspaper ______ to the
city public library the other day.
A. being sent B. to be sent C. having been sent D. to have been sent
4. The Somali robbers’ frequent attacks on the sea urged the Union Nations to ______ all nations to take
immediate action.
A. fight for B. apply for C. call at D. appeal to
5. There are moments in life ______ you miss someone ______ much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real.
A. that; so B. when; too C. when; so D. that; too
6. Living in ____ever increasingly fast-paced world, we are facing greater competition, so we must take _____ advantage of every opportunity to develop ourselves.
A. an; the B. an; / C. the; an D. the; /
7. At present automobile engineers are ______ the demand of buyers who want their cars to start and stop within a short distance.
A. corresponding to B. contributing to C. catering to D. submitting to
8.The fuller use you can make ___time, the greater contributions you will make _____ society.
A. in; to B. on; for C. of; to D. of; on
9. In many countries in the world, breakfast is a snack _____a meal, but the traditional English breakfast is a full meal.
A. rather than B. more than C. other than D. less than
10. ---Come on, please give me some ideas about the project.
---Sorry. With so much work _____my mind, I almost break down.
A. filled B. filling C. to fill D. being filled
11. An emergency meeting will be held tomorrow, at which the bill ____to pass.
A. is expected B. will be expected C. expects D. will expect
12. ---The taxi driver must have been driving too fast.
---I don’t think so. He crashed into the tree because he ______ not to hit a box that ______ off the truck ahead of him.
A. tried; had fallen B. was trying; fell C. had tried; fell D. was trying; had fallen
13. The suggestion _____at the meeting is that we ______ to pre-school education.
A. referred to; would pay attention B. referring to; paid attention
C. referred to; pay attention D. referring to; should pay attention
14. --- How was your recent trip to Sichuan?
--- I’ve never had ______ one before.
A. a pleasant B. a more pleasant C. a most pleasant D. the most pleasant
15. Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled down has remained ______; people are still looking for other possible solutions.
A. controversial B. relevant C. unchallenged D. contradictory
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist at a children's institution in England, an adolescent boy showed up in the waiting room. I went out there where he was 16 20090507
up and down restlessly.
Tim wore a black raincoat that was 17 all the way up to his neck. His face was pale, and he stared at his feet while wringing（扭）his hands nervously. He had 18 his father as a baby, and had lived with his mother and grandfather ever since. But the year before he turned 13, his grandfather and mother were killed in a car accident.
I looked at Tim. He was very 19 and depressed. He refused to talk to me. The first two times we 20 , Tim only sat hunched up（蜷缩）in the chair without saying a word. As he was about to leave after the second visit, I put my hand on his shoulder. He didn’t 21 back, but he didn't look at me, either.
“Come back next week, if you like,” I said. I 22 a bit. Then I said, “I know it hurts.”
He came, and I 23 we play chess. He nodded. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon-in _24 and without making any eye contact. It's not easy for me to 25 in chess, but I admit that I made sure Tim won once or twice.
Usually, he arrived earlier, took the chessboard and pieces and set them up before I even got a(n) 26 to sit down. It seemed as if he enjoyed my 27 . But why did he 28 look at me? “Perhaps he simply needs someone to share his 29 with,” I thought.
One afternoon, Tim took off his raincoat and put it on the back of the chair. While he was setting up the chess pieces, his face seemed more 30 and his motions more lively.
Some months later, I sat staring at Tim’s head, 31 he was bent over the chessboard. I was thinking about how little we knew about the healing (治疗) process. 32 , he looked up at me. “It's your 33 ,” he said.
After that day, Tim started talking.
Maybe I gave Tim something, but I learned a lot from him. He showed me how one---without any words---can 34 out to another person. All it 35 is a hug, a shoulder to cry on, a friendly touch, a sympathetic nature---and an ear that listens.
16. A. walking B. jumping C. sitting D. jogging
17. A. put B. buttoned C. wrapped D. tied
18. A. hated B. found C. missed D. lost
19. A. sad B. mad C. calm D. tough
20. A. talked B. tried C. gathered D. met
21. A. call B. come C. draw D. get
22. A. suspected B. hesitated C. worried D. doubted
23. A. insisted B. demanded C. required D. suggested
24. A. satisfaction B. patience C. silence D. excitement
25. A. cheat B. move C. play D. win
26. A. promise B. invitation C. order D. chance
27. A. attendance B. technique C. company D. instruction
28. A. sometimes B. never C. often D. ever
29. A. pain B. secret C. ideas D. interests
30. A. serious B. lovely C. alive D. pale
31. A. since B. until C. before D. while
32. A. Suddenly B. Nervously C. Strangely D. Fortunately
33. A. time B. turn C. fault D. way
34. A. figure B. leave C. bring D. reach
35. A. works B. gives C. takes D. makes
第三节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
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Ideas about polite behavior are different from one culture to another. Some societies, such as America and Australia, for example, are mobile and very open. People here change jobs and move houses quite often. As a result, they have a lot of relationships that often last only a short time, and they need to get to know people quickly. So it’s normal to have friendly conversations with people that they have just met, and you can talk about things that other cultures would regard as personal.
On the other hand, there are more crowded and less mobile societies where long–term relationships are more important. A Malaysian or Mexican business person, for example, will want to get to know you very well before he or she feels happy to start business. But when you do get to know each other, the relationship becomes much deeper than it would in a mobile society.
To Americans, both Europeans and Asians seem cool and formal at first. On the other hand, as a passenger from a less mobile society puts it, it’s no fun spending several hours next to a stranger who wants to tell you all about his or her life and asks you all sorts of questions that you don’t want to answer.
Cross-cultural differences aren’t just a problem for travelers, but also for the flights that carry them. All flights want to provide the best service, but ideas about good service are different from place to place. This can be seen most clearly in the way that problems are dealt with.
Some societies have “universalist” cultures. These societies strongly respect rules, and they treat every person and situation in basically the same way. “Particularist” societies, on the other hand, also have rules, but they are less important than the society’s unwritten ideas about what is right or wrong for a particular situation or a particular person. So the normal rules are changed to fit the needs of the situation or the importance of the person.
This difference can cause problems. A traveler from a particularist society, India, is checking in for a flight in Germany, a country which has a universalist culture. The Indian traveler has too much luggage, but he explains that he has been away from home for a long time and the suitcases are full of presents for his family. He expects that the check–in official will understand his problem and will change the rules for him. The check–in official explains that if he was allowed to have too much luggage, it wouldn’t be fair to the other passengers. But the traveler thinks this is unfair, because the other passengers don’t have his problem.
36. Often moving from one place to another makes people like Americans and Australians ______.
A. like traveling better　 B. easy to communicate with　
C. difficult to make real friends D. have a long–term relationship with their neighbors
37. People like Malaysians prefer to associate with those ______.
A. who will tell them everything of their own B. who want to do business with them
C. they know quite well D. who are good at talking
38. Which of the following is true about “particularist societies”?
A. There is no rule for people to obey.
B. People obey the society’s rules completely.
C. No one obeys the society’s rules though they have.
D. The society’s rules can be changed with different persons or situations.
39. The writer of the passage thinks that the Indian and the German have different ideas about rules because of different ______.
A. interests B. habits and customs C. cultures D. ways of life
B
When you’re surfing the Internet on your laptop from your dorm or home, do you know your personal details are being gathered secretly? And would you be surprised to know the information may be sold cheaply to advertisers and marketers?
According to an investigation by The Wall Street Journal, all it takes is a tiny file in a computer—a single code consisting of a long series of numbers and letters—to record the computer user’s age, gender, location, favorite movies and hobbies.
The newspaper reports that Lotame Solutions Inc., a New York company, uses sophisticated（高科技）software called a “beacon” to capture what people are typing on a website.
Lotame packages that data into profiles（个人资料）about individuals, only without their names, and sells the profiles to companies seeking customers. Batches of such data may be sold for a few dollars.
The Wall Street Journal survey discovered that spying on Internet users is one of the fastest-growing businesses on the World Wide Web.
The “cookie” --- a tiny text file put on your PC by websites or marketing firms which might be used to remember your preferences for one site, or to track you across many sites is already old news. There are new and more complex tools such as “beacons” which scan in real time what people are doing on a webpage. These beacons instantly assess the Internet user’s location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions.
Millions of Internet users around the world also face unprecedented（空前的）threats. Private, sensitive, personal and business information is being gathered and sold without their knowledge.
Companies insist the information they gather is anonymous and the data is used harmlessly. But the technology has grown so powerful that even some of the biggest websites in the US don’t know that they were installing intrusive（侵入的）files on visitors’ computers. These include MSN.com and Y.
Next time you visit a webpage and find an ad banner advertising something you’ve been planning to buy, don’t be amazed that your computer can read your mind.
40. The purpose of the passage is to .
A. introduce a tiny file in a computer---a single code
B. show how your individual information was let out when you surf the Internet
C. show how to protect your privacy
D. introduce a sophisticated software called a “beacon”
41. All of the following statements are Wrong except .
A. Lotame sells the profiles about individuals to companies seeking customers with their age, gender, location, hobbies and names
B. spying on Internet users is the fastest-growing businesses on the World Wide Web
C. some of the biggest websites in the US know they were installing intrusive files on visitors’ computers
D. a tiny file in a computer---a single code consisting of a long series of numbers and letters can record users’
information
42. It can be inferred that .
A. because the data is used harmlessly, Internet users around the world will not face threats
B. when a person surf the Internet, his personal details may be let out without his knowledge
C. your computer can really read your mind
D.MSN.com and Y. use software to capture what people are typing on a website
43. According to the passage, “beacon” .
A. is a tiny text file put on your PC by websites
B. is a soft ware that can package that data into profiles about individuals
C. can assess the Internet user’s location, income, shopping interests and even medical conditions
D. is not more complex than the “cookie”
C
Imagine you’re at a party full of strangers. You’re nervous. Who are these people? How do you start a conversation? Fortunately, you’ve got a thing that sends out energy at tiny chips in everyone’s name tag（标签）. The chips send back name, job, hobbies, and the time available for meeting---whatever. Making new friends becomes simple.
This hasn’t quite happened in real life. But the world is already experiencing a revolution using RFID technology. An RFID tag with a tiny chip can be fixed in a product, under your pet’s skin, even under your own skin. Passive RFID tags have no energy source-batteries because they do not need it. The energy comes from the reader, a scanning device, that sends out energy (for example, radio waves) that starts up the tag immediately.
Such a tag carries information specific to that object, and the data can be updated. Already, RFID technology is used for recognizing each car or truck on the road and it might appear in your passport. Doctors can put a tiny chip under the skin that will help locate and obtain a patient’s medical records. At a nightclub in Paris or in New York the same chip gets you into the VIP (very important person) section and pays for the bill with the wave of an arm.
Take a step back: 10 or 12 years ago, you would have heard about the coming age of computing. One example always seemed to surface: Your refrigerator would know when you needed to buy more milk. The concept was that computer chips could be put everywhere and send information in a smart network that