2015年河南省鄭州市高三下學(xué)期三月份模擬考試英語(yǔ)試卷 （解析版）

1、2015屆河南省鄭州市高三下學(xué)期三月份模擬考試英語(yǔ)試卷 （解析版）第一卷（共三部分，115分）第一部分：聽(tīng)力（略）第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)：（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）A In April 2014, the worlds oldest known message in a bottle was discovered floating in the Baltic Sea. It had spent 101years lost in the ocean! The message was finally sent to the authors granddaught

2、er. A German fisherman named Konrad Fischer found the brown bottle near Kiel, Germany. He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net. Then he noticed something inside. The bottle in good condition contained a Danish postcard with two German stamps, date

3、d May 17, 1913. Although dampness had made most of the writing illegible(字跡模糊的), the readable part of the message asked whoever found it to return it to an address in Berlin. It even contained two stamps to pay for postage. From the address, researchers found that the postcard was written by a man n

4、amed Richard Platz, who was 20 years old when he wrote the message. While he was hiking on the Baltic coast with a nature appreciation group, he threw the bottle into the sea. Then the researcher began a research for any living relatives of his. Sure enough, they were able to find his 62-year-old gr

5、andfather, Angela Erdmann, who still lives in Berlin. "It was almost unbelievable," Erdmann said upon being presented with her grandfather's bottle and message, as quoted in The Local. "That was a pretty moving moment. Tears rolled down my face." Erdmann never knew her g

6、randfather, who died in 1946, but says that the discovery of the bottle has made her want to learn more about him. The bottle remained on display at the International Maritime Museum Hamburg until May 1. After that, the researchers examined the postcard and tried to figure out the meaning of the res

7、t of the message.Previously, the oldest message found in a bottle spent nearly 98 years at sea and was discovered in April 2012, according to Guinness World Records.【文章解讀】本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。本文是對(duì)最古老的瓶中信被發(fā)現(xiàn)這一事件的時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、經(jīng)過(guò)以及后續(xù)發(fā)展的描述。21. When Konrad picked up the bottle from the sea, _.A.he thought it would bring h

8、im good luck.B.he noticed the postcard inside immediately.C.he decided to uncover the secret of the bottle.D.he wanted to throw it back into the sea at first. 【答案】D【命題立意】考查細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)第二段的he nearly threw the bottle back into the water可知，Konrad Fischer原本打算把瓶子扔掉。故選D。22. Why did Richard Platz throw the

9、 bottle with the message into the sea?A.He expected his grandfather could find the postcard.B.He wished the finder would send the postcard to his home.C.He believed his postcard would be kept secret at sea forever.D.He thought he could make friends with the finder of the bottle.【答案】B【命題立意】考查細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題?！窘?/p>

10、析】根據(jù)文章第二段He said he nearly threw the bottle back into the water after pulling it out of a fishing net可知當(dāng)時(shí)他真想將該瓶子扔掉。23. What can be the best title for this passage?A.The finding of a floating bottle at the sea.B.A one-century-old letter to a grandfather.C.The worlds oldest message in a floating bottl

11、e.D.The oldest Danish postcard in a floating bottle.【答案】C【命題立意】考查主旨大意題?！窘馕觥客ㄗx全文可知文章主要敘述了漂流瓶中的信息，故選C。BWhen I began planning to move to Auckland to study, my mother was a little worried about the uncertainty of living in a place that was so different from India, where we lived. She worried particularl

12、y about the lack of jobs and cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism. Despite these concerns, I came to New Zealand in July 2009. I have found the place and the people very nice and supportive. Soon after I arrived, I realized the importance of getting a job to supply my living

13、expenses.Determined to do this on my own, I spent a whole day going from door to door for a job. However, I received little or no response(回應(yīng)).One afternoon, I walked into a building to ask if there were any job opportunities(機(jī)會(huì)). The people there were very surprised and advised me not to continue m

14、y job search in that manner .As I was about to leave, a clerk in the building, who had been listening to what others had said, approached me and asked me to wait outside. Fifteen minutes later, he returned ,He asked me what my plans were and encouraged me to stay confident. Then he offered to take m

15、e to Royal Oak to search for a job. I was a little surprised, but had a good feeling about him,so I went along. Along the way ,I realized that I had run out of resumes(簡(jiǎn)歷). Seeing this, the man stopped at his business partners office to make me fifteen extra copies. He also gave me tips on dressing

16、and speaking and added that I should give him a call if I ever needed anything. I handed out my resume and went home feeling very satisfied. The following day, I received a call from a store in Royal Oak offering me a job. It seems that the world always gives back to you when you need it .And this t

17、ime, it was a complete stranger who turned out to be a real blessing.【文章解讀】本文是一篇傳記故事。本文的主要內(nèi)容是：“我”不顧媽媽的顧慮，獨(dú)自一人來(lái)到奧克蘭學(xué)習(xí)，希望找到一份可以養(yǎng)活自己的工作，卻屢遭失敗。一位陌生人卻給了“我”很大的幫助，最終讓“我”找到了一份滿意的工作。24. What wasnt the authors mother worried about? A. People might look down on the author. B. The author couldnt speak the local

18、 language. C. The author wasnt familiar with the local customs. D. It might be difficult for the author to find a job.【答案】B【命題立意】考查細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)文章第一段的She worried particularly about the lack of jobs and cultural differences and the chance that I would face racism可知作者的母親擔(dān)心作者不熟悉當(dāng)?shù)氐娘L(fēng)俗習(xí)慣、找不到工作和被人看不起，排除A、C

19、、D。故選C。25. After staying in New Zealand for a short time, the author _. A.decided to go back to his own country. B.felt the local people were not very friendly C.had to find a job to cover his living expenses D.wanted to get a job that needed practical skills【答案】C【命題立意】考查細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)文章的第二段I realized

20、 the importance of getting a job to supply my living expenses可知選C。26. When the author went into a building to look for a job, _. A.a clerk gave him encouragement and advice B.he was confident that he would find a good one C.he found many college students like him already there D.a clerk recommended

21、him to the company he worked for【答案】A【命題立意】考查判斷推理題?！窘馕觥客ㄗx文章的最后兩段，可知作者得到了一個(gè)店員的鼓勵(lì)和幫助。故選A。27. What is the story mainly about? A.How a stranger offered the author a job. B.How a stranger turned out to be a real blessing. C.How the author adapted himself to a new situation. D.How the author was helped to

22、 get a job for a stranger.【答案】D【命題立意】考查主旨大意題?！窘馕觥客ㄗx全文可知作者是得到了陌生人的幫助才找到工作的。故選D。 C The year of 2014 saw smart people always busy inventing useful things, which have hepled to make the world better, smarter and a little for fun. Now, lets take a look at some of the inventions. Super bananaAustralian bi

23、ogeneticist(生物遺傳學(xué)家) James Dale visited Uganda, a poor African country, in the early 2000s, where he found that 15-30 percent of children under 5 were at risk of going blind because they did not get enough Vitamin A. Dale also learned that people there love bananas. They eat three to 11 bananas a day

24、. So he came up with the idea to plant bananas containing added nutrition in order to improve Ugandans health. With the help of Bill Gates foundation, Dale developed the “super banana”. He added a gene to the fruit, making it rich in Vitamin A.Coaching basketball Basketball is popular worldwide, par

25、tly because you only need a hoop(籃筐) and a ball to play the game. But this simple game has experienced a technology makeover this year with the development of a smart-sensor basketball. The ball, called the 94Fifty Basketball, has nine sensors inside. They can tell you anything from how fast you are

26、 going to how accurate your shot angles are. With a Bluetooth chip inside, the basketball can connect to your smartphone and tell you in the voice of a coach to “snap your wrist (傳旋轉(zhuǎn)球)”, or“go faster”, depending on the data. The Hovercraft Thanks to the California-based company Hendo, flying past yo

27、ur friends on a floating board could soon become a reality. The Hovercraft has four small engines. These create a special magnetic field which produce enough force to lift the board off the ground. At the moment, the hoverboard(懸浮滑板) can only float an inch off the ground for 15 minutes and must fly

28、over a metal material. Its expensive too, at $10,000 (61,810 yuan), but the company hopes that one day the technology could be used. Wireless electricity Most of us could not bear to live without wireless Internet. We use it every day for everything from our phones to our cars. But one company wants

29、 to go a step further, by combining wireless technology with electricity.Thats right, no more tangled (纏繞的) wires and no more having to sit and hold your cell phone near a power socket(插座) in the corner of the room. WiTricity, a US company, has invented technology that can power objects up to 2.4 me

30、ters away. It uses a special plug-in coil (線圈) that creates a magnetic field！【文章解讀】本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道。主要介紹了2014年幾項(xiàng)重大的發(fā)明。28. Which of the following statements would James Dale agree with? A. Children in Uganda should eat fewer bananas. B. Vitamin A is largely found in fruits like bananas. C. Super bananas are

31、 definitely a safe biological product. D. peoples eating habits can be used to develop new food.【答案】D【命題立意】考查判斷推理題。【解析】根據(jù)文章的Super Banana部分，可知Jame Dale是根據(jù)人們的飲食習(xí)慣而發(fā)明的新食品。故選D。29. What is the biggest advantage of the 94Fifty Basketball?A. The sensors hidden inside can help players run faster in a game.B

32、. It can help players to improve their shooting and ball handling skills.C. It allows players to connect to their smartphones while playing basketball.D. The bluetooth chip inside allows its users to listen to music while playing basketball.【答案】B【命題立意】考查細(xì)節(jié)推理題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)Coaching basketball部分的They can tel

33、l you anything from how fast you are going to how accurate your shot angles are可知這種產(chǎn)品能改進(jìn)你的投球和持球能力。故選B。30. What can we learn about the Hovercraft from the text？A. It enables its users to float off the ground freely.B. It can work on many different kinds of surfaces.C. It still needs to improve its po

34、wer and efficiency.D.It is an affordable means of transport for a family.【答案】C【命題立意】考查細(xì)節(jié)推理題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)The Hovercraft部分的At the moment, the hoverboard(懸浮滑板) can only float an inch off the ground for 15 minutes and must fly over a metal material. Its expensive too, at $10,000 (61,810 yuan)可知該產(chǎn)品還需要改進(jìn)它的動(dòng)力和效率

35、。故選C。31. What do the hovercraft and wireless electricity have in common according to the text?.A. They create magnetic fields to produce power.B. They apply technologies to many things in life.C. They apply technologies which can produce electricity.D. They use wireless technology to improve their p

36、roducts.【答案】A【命題立意】考查主旨大意題?！窘馕觥客ㄗx文章中的這兩部分可知它們都有magnetic field，故判斷選A。D "Beauty is only skin deep." This expression means that beauty is only a temporary surface quality. And some beauty products can cause lasting damage that goes far below the surface of the skin. In the United States, many

37、 people use sunlight and non-natural light to darken their skin. Health experts advise against what is called "tanning" because of its links to skin cancer. In the African country of Senegal(塞內(nèi)加爾), some women take health risks trying to do just the opposite. An average beauty supply shop i

38、n Dakar has many kinds of skin-lightening creams and soaps.The World Health Organization says that 25 percent of Senegalese women use skin-lightening products on a usual basis. These products can contain chemicals such as mercury(汞), hydroquinone(對(duì)苯二酚) , etc. These are dangerous ingredients that can

39、 cause cancer and possibly other physical damage to the skin. They can actually burn the eyes and skin. Shop worker Adama Diagne advises her visitors to avoid the stronger products that promise fast results. She uses a cream that is made from carrots and not the strong chemical, hydroquinone. She sa

40、ys that it is a personal choice and that no one pressures her. Some women want to be black every day, but for her, she likes to be a shade of brown. Women in Senegal say they lighten their skin for the same reason that women all over the world make changes to their appearance. They say they want to

41、look beautiful, to find a husband, or to stand out in a crowd or simply to look great for a special event.This thinking troubles Senegalese filmmaker Khardiata Pouye Sall. So, she made "This Color That Bothers Me," a film about the subject of skin lightening. She said,"I used the most

42、 shocking images so that women would see the dangers. It is hard to understand why a woman says that dark skin is not beautiful. It is in their heads. They want to please a man, to be loved. Or they want to please society, to succeed."Ms. Sall says that the government needs to better control th

43、e marketing and sale of skin lightening products. But she adds that education is the best way to persuade people against using them.【文章解讀】本文是一篇新聞報(bào)道，介紹了不同國(guó)家的女士們進(jìn)行的各種形式的美容，但這些美容都引發(fā)了健康問(wèn)題，讓人擔(dān)憂。32. The underlined parts “the opposite” in Paragraph 2 means some Senegalese women _.A.use sunlight to darken t

44、heir skin B.try creams to prevent skin cancer.C.use products to lighten their skin D.take health risks to become beautiful【答案】C【命題立意】考查細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)前文的many people use sunlight and non-natural light to darken their skin可知與之相反應(yīng)是darken。故選C。33. According to Adama Diagne, women shouldnt believe _.A.beauty

45、 is just a personal choice B.a cream from carrots is healthierC.it is beautiful to be black every day D.a product can make you beautiful quickly【答案】D【命題立意】考查細(xì)節(jié)辨認(rèn)題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)第四段的第一句話Shop worker Adama Diagne advises her visitors to avoid the stronger products that promise fast results可知選D。34. We can infer

46、 that women in Senegal_.A.attract attention with shocking images B.dont consider dark skin to be beautifulC.find it hard to understand the true beauty D.put beauty in their first place in their heads.【答案】B【命題立意】考查判斷推理題。【解析】通讀第二段可推斷塞內(nèi)加爾的女士們不認(rèn)為黑色是美麗的。故選B。35. What is Salls attitude towards skin-lighten

47、ing products?A.Unsupportive B.Casual C.Reasonable D.Positive【答案】A【命題立意】考查判斷推理題?！窘馕觥緼.Unsupportive不支持的；B.Casual隨便的；C.Reasonable合情合理的；D.Positive積極的。通讀最后一段，可推斷Sall不支持將皮膚變亮的產(chǎn)品的。故選A。第二節(jié)（共5小題；每小題2分，滿分10分） Are you new to experiencing relationships? Well, let me give you advice on how to have a healthy rela

48、tionship with your partner.   (1)Be an honest person with them. Do not hide things from them, do not lie. Don't be afraid to say things that isn't very flattering about yourself. Getting them to trust you is the most important element in any relationship. If there's no trust, t

49、here's nothing there. 36     (2) Make sure you give them respect. Now respect isn't just simply treating her or him nicely. 37 You have to learn to adjust to their liking. Basically, learn to study your partners moods, wants, and needs.Don ' t just think about yoursel

50、f ,think about what your partner needs out of it as well.  (3)  Make sure you are encouraging to your partner. Always be willing to help them and give them honesty and positivity at the same time. Make them feel you are someone they can really count on and build a future with. 38 (4)

51、Make sure you have a good sense of humor with them. Laughter is the key to happiness. Laugh a lot with them ,joke with them. Laughter may seem silly ,but it' s the secret to a lot in life. It will keep the sparks alive. 39 A. Make sure the communication is good. This usually goes along with trus

52、t, but always communicate how you feel, even if it ' s something that upsets you. 50 If they did something that made you unhappy, tell them about it in a respectful manner. It's important to communicate this to them, not keep it bottled up. A. There' s a lot more to it.B. Show them your

53、personality.C. Instead of screaming, talk to them.D. Laughter keeps the relationship strong and lasting.E. So please be honest and they'll learn to open up to you.F. Dont start to neglect them and make them feel unwanted.G. Your partner has to be able to count on you when needed.【文章解讀】本文為說(shuō)明文，主要介

54、紹了當(dāng)遇到汽車掉入水中時(shí)，人們應(yīng)該如何應(yīng)對(duì)。36.【答案】E【命題立意】考查辨別信息題。【解析】空格前后的honest，trust相對(duì)應(yīng)，open up開(kāi)誠(chéng)布公。故選E。37. 【答案】A【命題立意】考查辨別信息題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)空后的你還要學(xué)會(huì)，了解同伴的想法等，應(yīng)是有許多重要的事情。故選A。38.【答案】G 【命題立意】考查辨別信息題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)空前的count on，encourage與G中的count on對(duì)應(yīng)，可知選G。39. 【答案】D【命題立意】考查辨別信息題?！窘馕觥扛鶕?jù)本段前面2句Make sure you have a good sense of humor with th

55、em. Laughter is the key to happiness.可知保持幽默感很重要，因?yàn)殚_(kāi)心是幸福的關(guān)鍵。作者在本段中告訴我們要通過(guò)笑讓我們的之間的更持久。故選D。40. 【答案】 C【命題立意】考查辨別信息題?！窘馕觥颗c前文的upset和下文的unhappy，communicate相對(duì)應(yīng)，故選C。第三部分 英語(yǔ)知識(shí)運(yùn)用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié) 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。 I used to abandon myself to despai

56、r. Last year my mother 41 from a stroke(中風(fēng)) and had had an operation on her brain. I felt my whole world turn upside down and I had no 42 what I could do to help her to relieve her 43 . Tears welled up in my eyes whenever I was alone. Last month I 44 a precious watch, which was an 18-year-old birthday gift from my father. I could not fall asleep for a couple of nights because I felt 45 about the loss. There have been many 46 like these in my life.I could never figure out how to deal with such tough things 47 I read “If You Have a Lemon. Make a Lemonade”by American writer