高考全真模拟题（二）3（在线收听）

第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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

　　Investigators were testing the effects of different colored walls on two groups of visitors to an exhibit of paintings. For the first group the room was painted white; for the second, dark brown. Movement of each group was followed by an electrical system under the carpet. The experiment revealed that those who entered the dark brown room walked more quickly, covered more area, and spend less time in the room than the people in the white environment. Dark brown stimulated more activity, but the activity ended sooner. Another experiment presented three groups of subjects with the same photographs, but each group was in a different kind of room—an "ugly" room like a messy storeroom, an average room, such as a nice office, and a tastefully designed living room with carpeting and drapes （帘子）. Results showed that the subjects in the beautiful room tended to give higher ratings to the faces than did those in the ugly room. Other studies suggest that students do better on tests taken in ugly room. Other studies suggest that students do better on tests taken in comfortable, attractive rooms than in ordinary-looking or ugly rooms.

　56. From the two experiments it may be possible to conclude that __________.

　　　A. students should take an exam in a comfortable and dark brown room

　　　B. different kinds of colors and rooms will stimulate more activity

　　　C. beautiful rooms and a white color wil1 cause people to give higher ratings to the face

　　　D. environment will have effects on the people's movement

　57. Compared with the people in the dark brown room，the people in the white room will _______.

　　　A. spend less time　　 B. become more active

　　　C. stay longer　　 D. influence students' marks

　58. Beautiful rooms will eventually ___________.

　　　 A. make people cover more area　　 B. encourage people to walk faster

　　　 C. make the subjects more beautiful　　　 D. influence students' marks

　59. In line 7, the work "subjects" means ______________.

　　　 A. courses to be studied　　 B. topics to be discussed

　　　 C. persons to be experimented with　　　D. students to be examined

B

　　My father woke me up early one summer morning when I was fourteen and announced: “Get up. You’re going with me to cut grass.”
　　The idea that my father actually thought I was big enough to help him in his business made me feel proud and excited. From sunup to sundown my father, my younger brother and I worked in the large yards in a rich part of Atlanta, Georgia. By the end of the day I was tired out, but I felt good. I had put in a hard day’s labor and had earned $6.
　　One day my father found some leaves I’d missed and pulled me aside. “Clear away these leaves,” he said firmly, “and don’t make me have to do it again,” The message was clear. Today I value the importance of doing a job right the first time. It will never fail to impress the person you are working for.
　　After two years my father told me and my brother that he felt we were old enough to do lawns (草坪) on our own. Every Saturday during our last two years of high school. We set out early in the morning with the same desire (愿望) and drive we had gained while working under our father.
　　Taking care of lawns was not exciting or high-paying, but that didn’t matter. It taught me that any job is a good job and that whatever I was paid was more than I had before.
　　A newspaper reporter once asked me how someone could possibly live on a forty-hour-a-week minimum (最低的) pay. “My father never worked just forty hours a week, and neither have I,” I replied. “If you’re only working forty hours, you probably don’t want to do any better than you’re doing.”
　　　In every job I’ve held from doing lawns to washing dishes, I have learned something that helped me in my next job. If you look hard enough, you can learn from any job you do.

　60.Why did the writer feel proud and excited when asked to cut grass?

　　　A. He was old enough to help his family.

　　　B. He became important to his father’s business.

　　　C. He was able to take care of large yards.

　　　D. He could earn $6that day.

　61.What does message in the third paragraph mean?

　　　A. Leaving leaves behind is not right.

　　　B. Giving no excuse for your mistakes.

　　　C. Doing a good job at the very beginning.

　　　D. Missing things can be found out.

　62.When the writer finished high school, he might be __________year old.

　　　A. 14

　　　B. 16

　　　C. 18

　　　D. 20

　63.When of the following is the most important thing that the writer has learned from his father?

　　　A. Watch clearly while doing a job.

　　　B. Set out early for physical work.

　　　C. Keep learning from any job you hold.

　　　D. Work over 40hours every week.

C

　　Every night for a year, Neil Simmons quietly went out of his house. He wanted to “talk” to an owl (猫头鹰) settling for the night at the end of his garden .He made owl cries like a real wild owl and was happy to hear the bird “hooting” back to him.
　　Last year Fred Cornes moved in next door. He heard and owl hooting and answered back. For 12 months the neighbors got into the back gardens of their homes, thinking they were talking with nature. Mr. Simmons kept a diary of all his talks with his bird friend. They would both be out again tonight if it weren’t for a chance talk between their wives.
　　Mr. Simmons said: “My wife Kim was telling Fred’s wife Wendy about my owl watching and described (描述) how I got the birds to boot back. She said, ‘That’s funny—that’s just what Fred has been doing.’ Then the penny dropped. I felt such a fool when I found out. The trouble is that owl calls aren’t exactly the same and it’s easy to make a mistake.”
　　Mr. Cornes said: “I’m really flattered (过奖). I didn’t know I sounded so real. I love nature and I couldn’t resist hooting at the owls. I was very excited when they hooted back. I’m sorry that I was fooling my neighbor who was fooling me.”

　64.After the talk between the wives, the two men would probably _________.

　　　A. stop observing owls

　　　B. not stay up hooting again

　　　C. not enter the back garden again

　　　D. make no mistakes about wild owl cries

　65. ‘Then the penny dropped.’ Most probably means ‘Then ___________.‘

　　　A. I understood

　　　B. Everybody knew about it

　　　C. I heard the noise

　　　D. No money was paid

　66.Mr.Simmons felt upset about the whole thing because _________.

　　　A. all his efforts seemed to be meaningless

　　　B. his wife let out his secret by chance

　　　C. garden owls hooted so differently

　　　D. Fred had been doing the same

　67.The text suggests that _______.

　　　A. Neil seldom heard natural owl calls

　　　B. The owl never hooted back to Neil

　　　C. Fred was always good at pleasing owls

　　　D. owl watching is no longer interesting to Fred

D

　　Cancer is among the top killer diseases in our society today and scientists have found out that stress（紧张）helps to bring it on. It is worthwhile to consider, therefore, what are the causes of stress in our life, and whether we can do anything about them.
　　Are we under-employed, or overburdened with too many responsibilities? Do we have a right balance of work and leisure（闲暇） in our lives? Are our relationships with family, friends or fellow workers all they should be?
　　All these things can be a cause of stress, and it is best to face them honestly, and to bring our frustrations（失意）into the open. People who have a good row and then forget it are doing their health more good than those who bottle up their feelings.
　　If our self-examination has brought any causes of stress to light, let us consider what we can do about them. It is possible to change jobs. We can make more leisure and fill it more happily, if we will accept a different living standard. We can improve our personal relationships by a different attitude. It is we who allow other people to make ourselves unhappy. Often the little things that disturb us are not worth an hour’s anger. The teaching in the Bible “Let not the sun go down upon your wrath（愤怒）” is good advice from the health point of view as well as the religious.

　68. Which of the following statements is true?

　　　A. Freedom from responsibilities helps relieve（减轻） stress.

　　　B. Stress is the direct cause of cancer.

　　　C. The causes of stress are worthy of serious study.

　　　D. Cancer is the number one killer in our society today.

　69. According to the passage, which of the following types of people is more likely to suffer from stress?

　　　A. People who have cancer.

　　　B. People who like to quarrel with others.

　　　C. People whose living standard is low.

　　　D. People who have more responsibilities than they can handle.

　70. Judging from the context, the word “row” in the paragraph most probably means ___.

　　　A. a noisy quarrel.

　　　B. A very loud noise.

　　　C. A neat line of things side by side.

　　　D. A journey in a boat.

　71. Which of the following is not mentioned as a way to reduce our stress?

　　　A. Changing our jobs.

　　　B. Changing our attitude about little things that make us unhappy.

　　　C. Speaking out about our frustrations.

　　　D. Reading the Bible.

E

　　Many people are frightened by spiders（蜘蛛）. They are especially afraid of large, hairy ones. The largest and most frightening of all spiders is the bird-eating spider, which lives in the hot, thick rain forests of northern South America.
　　Bird-eating spiders are a type of tarantula （狼蛛）. They are very hairy. Some of these giant spiders can spread eighteen centimeters (seven inches) with their legs. Tarantulas are not, as most people think, poisonous（有毒的）spiders. They can bite, and the bite is painful, but it will not kill a grown-up. The poisonous bite of a black widow（寡妇） spider is far more dangerous.
　　Bird-eating spiders often hide in holes and under rocks during the day, but at night they creep out and hunt for insects. As you might guess from their name, they also catch birds and eat them.
　　They have another unusual ability. They can walk up windowpanes（窗玻璃）because of sticky, silky hairs on their feet that cling to glass.

　72. This spider lives where the climate is ____.

　　　A. wet and hot B. cool and dry

　　　C. hot and dry D. cool and wet

　73. Compared with the bite of a black widow spider, the bite of a tarantula is ____.

　　　A. more dangerous B. less dangerous

　　　C. just as dangerous D. None of the above

　74. According to the story, bird-eating spiders _____.

　　　A. can catch birds and eat them B. can walk up windowpanes

　　　C. can give a person a painful bite D. All of the above

　75. Implied（暗指） but not stated:

　　　A. The bird-eating spider is unable to climb well.

　　　B. The bird-eating spider likes to stay in trees.

　　　C. The bird-eating spider can be found in many parts of the world.

　　　D. One can hardly see a bird-eating spider during the day.

第四部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

　　此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾（
√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正：

　　此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

　　此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

　　此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

　　注意：原行没有错的不要改。

　　When a rabbit sees something dangerous, it runs away. It’s tail　　　　　　　76.________

moves up and down as it runs. The other rabbits see this tail　　　　　　　　　　 77.________

moving up and down. They know that there is dangerous, and they　　　　　　　　　 78.________

run, either. Many other animals use this kind of language. When　　　　　　　　　 79._________

a bee has found some food, it go back to its home. It　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 80._________

can not tell other bees where the food is with speaking to them,　　　　　　　　　81.________

but it does a little dances in the air. This tells the bees at home where the food is. 82.____

Some animals say things by make sounds. A dog barks,　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　83._______

for instance, while a stranger comes near. A cat purrs（叫）　　　　　　　　　　　84.________

when pleased. Some birds make several difference　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　85.________

sounds, each with its own meaning.

第二节 书面表达（满分25分）

　　写一篇短文，题目是Do “ Lucky Numbers” Really Bring Good Luck?，词数100左右，要求包含下面的内
容：

　　1、有些人认为某些数字会带来好运。

　　2、我认为数字与运气无关。

　　注意：信的开头已经写好

Do “ Lucky Numbers” Really Bring Good Luck?

　　My friend Mary was born on June 13, 1986. She is always dissatisfied with her birthday because 13 is a bad number. _____________________________________________________________________________

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