2019届河北省高三英语考前冲刺模拟卷（8）

2019届河北省高三英语考前冲刺模拟卷（8）

1、SALISBURY

Summer School

2018 TRAVEL FORM

Please complete and return

Student’s Name:________ Cell number: ________ 

    Travel Plans: Please specify the means of traveling to and from the school.

    Students traveling with parents by car should plan to arrive on Sunday, July 1 and depart Salisbury School on Saturday, August 4, the next day after Progress Day. Please indicate:

    Students will be arriving and departing with parents.

    Students will he traveling by train or bus to/from the school.

    New York City — via Train :

    (Metro-North Railroad — Harlem Line: Wassaic Station & Grand Central Station)

    The Wassaic Station is the closest to the school — approximately 10 miles. Contact(联系)information: 845 -473 -8424 or http ://www. mta. info/mar.

    Bus Line from NYC:

    The Bonanza hus stop in Canaan, CT is approximately 5 miles from the school. Schedules can be accessed at http ••//wwuk bonanza-bus. transit-info. com.

    Local Taxi Services:

    Lakeville Taxi 860 -435 -8000 anc! 800 -657 -0670

    Airport Pickup, Saturday, June 30

    Please note:My child will travel to JFK Airport (New York City) where a Salisbury representative will pick students up.

    The shuttle(班车) will leave from JFK at 6 o’clock in the afternoon for the return to Salisbury. Please provide all flight information in the space below including the cell phone contact number for your child. We will provide the cell phone number of the representative later. This is the preferred arrival date for all students from home and abroad traveling through JFK, which can be guaranteed by taking the airplane.

Airline & Flight # : ________ NYC Arrival time: ________

    Please note:My child will depart on August 4 by shuttle through JFK.

    Depending on flight times, students may experience a long wait for their flight departures.

Airline & Flight # :________  Departure time: ________

1.What day is Progress Day?

A.Thursday.

B.Friday.

C.Saturday.

D.Sunday.

2.What should students keep in mind to take the shuttle on June 30?

A.Booking a bus ticket in advance.

B.Aniving before 6 pm.

C.Waiting for a long time in the aiiport.

D.Choosing a Salisbury representative.

3.Whom is this form mainly intended for?

A.The students’ parents.

B.Teachers of the school.

C.The driver of the shuttle.

D.Home and foreign students.

2、    Welcome to the Van Gogh Gallery for information about the life and work of Vincent van Gogh. As a post impressionist painter and one of the most famous artists of all time, Vincent van Gogh has become a model. From growing up in Holland and working as a pastor（牧师）, moving to France and creating an unbelievable collection of artwork, this site takes an in-depth look at Van Gogh's life , his work and the influence he has had on our culture.

     Van Gogh had many influences on his life including his family and friends, other artists such as Edgar Degas, and his health. To see how each of these affected his life please visit the Important Figures, Artistic Influences and Health sections. For information about how Van Gogh's art has influenced our society today, view the Impact on Art, Cultural References, or News section.

     If you are interested in adding more Van Gogh to your life, the Van Gogh Gallery has plenty to offer. Download Van Gogh images of some of his most famous paintings as wallpaper for your computer, shop for Van Gogh posters or prints, or check out some of the additional resources available including links to Van Gogh museums and shows. There are even lesson plans from multidiscipline areas for those interested in educating others about Van Gogh's art and life.

     Van Gogh has influenced generations of young artists worldwide since his time. Today we can see his influence in painting, in poetry and in video. We are happy to display new examples of art that were influenced by Van Gogh in our Van Gogh Community Art section.

Tragically, Van Gogh died not knowing the praise his art would receive. He will be forever known as one of the greatest artists of the modern era. Through this website, the Van Gogh Gallery aims to share his life and heritage with the world.

1.What’s the function of the Van Gogh Gallery?

A.To collect the artworks of Van Gogh.

B.To recall people’s memory of Van Gogh.

C.To collect experts’ opinions on Van Gogh.

D.To provide information about the artist’s life and work.

2.What information can you get at the Cultural References?

A.How he began his career as a pastor.

B.How those around Van Gogh affected his life.

C.How he influenced his family and his friends.

D.How Van Gogh has influenced today’s society.

3.What can we infer about Van Gogh from the passage?

A.His artworks weren’t well received during his lifetime.

B.He once worked as a model for painters to make a living.

C.His paintings were widely used as wallpapers for computers.

D.People widely appreciated his artworks during his lifetime.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

A.learn about Van Gogh’s life

B.welcome to the Van Gogh Gallery

C.Van Gogh’s information on younger artists.

D.Welcome to an unbelievable collection of artworks.

3、With smart technology increasingly influencing all aspects of our lives, it is only a matter of time before someone invents “smart” shoes—ones that can be made based on personal needs. Called “ShiftWear”, the sneakers are the brainchild of a team of businessmen, and engineers led by New York-based designer David Coel.

The adaptable shoes can be customized by using a smart phone app. Shoe owners will have the option of selecting a design from a variety of HD pattern by famous artists or creating one themselves. The company’s founders imagine a marketplace where artists can not only share but also sell their designs to others. Despite being electronic, the designs are clearly visible even in the brightest sunlight. What’s even cooler is that by switching on a backlight, users can even show off their designs in the dark!

According to Coel, the sneakers will keep their charge “forever” if only images are displayed. Though they will need periodic recharging, active users have nothing to worry about. That’s because the shoes are equipped with special walk-n-charge technology that powers the shoes—with every step. Inactive users also have options of charging the sneakers without using wires.

The bottom part of the shoes is covered with Kevler fibers, a kind of strong material, reducing normal wear and tear. Even better? They are completely waterproof (not let water through) and can even be thrown into an ordinary laundry machine for a quick wash! The company predicts that the shoes will range the price from $150 to $1000 depending on the size of the E-panels where the designs are displayed.

This is not the first time that electronics and shoes have combined. Lithuania-based iShuh Technology has come up with a similar concept that connects e-reader panels to a smart phone app via the Bluetooth. Whether these smart shoes become as popular as our smart devices remains to be seen, though they surely are attractive.

1. What can we know about the smart shoes from the text?

A. The electronic designs can not be seen clearly at night.

B. The designers make sure every pair of sneakers are unique.

C. The bottom of the shoes can last longer due to special materials.

D. The shoes have to be washed by hand to protect the electronics.

2. What does Paragraph 3 mainly talk about?

A. How the sneakers are charged.

B. How the sneakers can work well.

C. What images the sneakers show.

D. What technology the sneakers carry.

3. The varied prices of the sneakers mainly depend on ________.

A. the length of the shoes

B. the size of their e-panels

C. the designers of the shoes

D. the materials of their bottoms

4. How does the author feel about the sneakers’ future market?

A. Negative. B. Anxious.

C. Uncertain. D. Confident.

4、    New research from the University of Miami is showing that languages with complex tones—like Mandarin—tend to occur more often in humid regions,while languages with simple tones —like Swedish—occur in dry regions.

    “English is a non-tonal language which originates in a relatively dry part of the world. It s in the top15 percent of the ‘driest’ languages. This fits with our assumption. It’s perfectly possible that the English language could adopt tones in areas that are now more humid,or as the climate changes," says Sean Roberts,who works on global differences in geophonetics. The research changes how language development is understood,with data drawn from over half the world's tongues. “Broadly, this suggests another non-conscious way in which humans have adapted to their very different and severe environments?'' says Caleb Everett, the lead researcher on the project. "Also, there may be some health benefits to certain sound patterns in certain climates, but more research is needed." Breathing in dry air may cause a speaker's voice box to be deprived of water, decreasing voice range.

    "There's an assumption several anthropologists(人类学家) have put forward that languages in warmer climates such as Kenya tend to have higher rates of mouth opening," says Everett.

    “Languages do gain and lose tone,and can do so quite quickly. Ancient dialects of Chinese had no tone, and Korean is currently undergoing ‘tonogcncsis’( gaining tones)," adds Roberts. At present, it's very difficult to say whether very early languages had tone or not.

    "One of the things we'll be researching next is whether languages gain or lose tone when entering or leaving dry climates," says Roberts. “This will involve reconstructing linguistic history using statistical methods, Effectively, this will also involve modelling climate change."

1.Which of the following happens more often in wet areas?

A.Mandarin.

B.Swedish.

C.English.

D.Korean.

2.What may probably be the opinion of Caleb Everett?

A.People should settle in wet climates.

B.Language development is hard to understand.

C.Humans have got on well with various environments.

D.Sound patterns are predictably involved with people's health.

3.How can we more successfully know language tones?

A.By living in places with dry climates.

B.By doing researches on language history.

C.By reproducing relative climate changes.

D.By learning languages in different environments.

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A.How climates relate to language tones.

B.Why language development is complex.

C.What humans should do to learn language tones.

D.Whether languages gain or lose tone in severe environments.

5、根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。其中有两项为多余选项。

Easy Ways to Keep Your Brain Sharp

    Everyone is forgetful, but as we age, we start to feel like our brains are slowing down a bit—and that can be a very annoying thing. ①        Read on for some tips worth trying.

    1. ②       People who regularly made plans and looked forward to upcoming events had a 50 percent reduced chance of Alzheimer’s disease(早老性痴呆症),according to a recent study. ③        Something as simple as setting a goal to have a weekly coffee date with a friend will do. There’s evidence that people who have a purpose in life or who are working on long or short-term goals appear to do better. In other words, keep your brain looking forward.

    2. Go for a walk

    Mildly raised glucose(葡萄糖) levels can harm the area of the brain that helps you form memories and physical activity can help get blood glucose down to normal levels. In fact, exercise produces chemicals that are good for your brain. ④          3. Learn something new.

    Take a Spanish class online, join a drawing club, or learn to play cards. A study found that mental stimulation(刺激) limits the weakening effects of aging on memory and the mind. But the best thing for your brain is when you learn something new and are physically active at the same time. ⑤        or go dancing with your friends.

A. Focus on the future.

B. This can be especially harmful to the aged.

C. It should be something like learning gardening.

D. So take a few minutes each day to do some reading.

E. But don’t worry if your schedule isn’t filled with life-changing events.

F. Luckily, research shows there is a lot you can do to avoid those moments.

G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.

6、I listen with interest how people discuss with each other. Mostly they     1    . They get caught in negative(消极的）stuff，talk about it     2    ，and try to make others agree with them in their misery. And they pay no attention to the most     3     thing.

Happiness is a feeling. We should     4     how to create such a feeling. Can you learn how to be     5     on purpose?

We are so used to our negative mindset that we don’t even     6     it anymore.And so our mind，used to negativity，looks at the world through the eyes of     7     Even if an event occurs as happy and positive, we cannot find the emotion of pure     8    ，because we always think of negative things.

This     9     happened to me. It was in my twenties that I first     10     my own negative self-talk. Once, in a bus,              looking at the sunny ‘skies，I noticed              the     11     and found myself thinking that rain was coming，and the     12     day should turn grey and miserable soon.

Many people around me was     13     the same， and we saw nothing     14     in it. We simply did not know how to be happy.

This was the moment when my     15     to positive thinking started. I cannot     16     bad stuff from happening, but I have built tools in my mind to     17     these events.

Happiness is a string of short moments, and in each of those moments we have the     18     to choose our own response to them. We can learn to think on purpose. And with purposeful     19     we learn to create wanted emotions, which will help us find     20     in our life, and even happiness.

7、阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Senior citizens are the first to come to our mind when you think of hearing loss,  but in a recent report,  hearing professionals worry teenagers will soon outnumber aging adults ___1___ it comes to living with hearing loss.

The rise in popularity of personal audio devices from iPods to smart phones has had dangerous effect on the ears of those who use them most,  teenagers! A research ___2___ (conduct) by the World Health Organization finds that nearly 50% of teens ___3___ (fall) into the habit of exposing themselves to unsafe levels of sound so far.

A sound is considered unsafe when it goes beyond 85 decibels (分贝). At that level, it takes just 8 hours of listening over your lifetime to cause damage. The louder the sound is, the ___4___ (little) time it takes to cause damage. Because hearing loss is ___5___ (typical) considered a health problem for the elderly, it is difficult to convince already stubborn teenagers that they really are doing damage ___6___ their ears.

Young adults ___7___ have been exposed to loud noise over a period of time may have some hearing loss symptoms. Their ___8___ (able) to learn is compromised, and they may have difficulty developing social skills.

In an effort to help teens better protect their hearing, we suggest ___9___ (set) volume limits on personal audio devices. ___10___ is also good to limit the amount of time exposed to noise and to take listening breaks to give the ears a rest.

8、假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及二个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意:

1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;

2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    In the countryside there are some children dropped out of school. The reasons of this are different. Some families are very poor to afford the education of their children. Some parents think useless for girls to attend school, so that their daughters lost the chance. Some children are unwilling to attend school for lack of interests in their studies. In my opinion, every child should have the chance to receive an education, whether boys and girls. Besides,the government should take effect measures to guarantee children's right of education because we will play important roles in developing our country in the future.

9、假如你是李明，担任你们校园的宣传部长。目睹周边环境的恶化，请你以宣传部长的身份号召班里的同学行动起来，为环境保护做出自己的努力，并征集环保志愿者，于周末在校园内进行环境保护宣传活动。

号召内容：

1.节约生活用水，循环使用；

2.不乱扔垃圾，学会垃圾分类；

3.乘坐公共交通工具，减少私人车辆出行。

要求：

1.短文应包含主要提示信息，可适当发挥；

2.词数100左右。

Dear classmates,

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________Yours sincerely，

University Students’ Union

G. In other words, when you take care of your body, you take care of your brain.

答案

1答案：1.B; 2.B; 3.A

2答案：DDAB

3答案：1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C

4答案：1.A; 2.D; 3.C; 4.A

5答案： F; A; E; G; C

6答案：1-5:BACDC 6-10:BDAAC 11-15:DBBDD 16-20:ACBDA

7答案：1. when 2. conducted 3. have fallen 4. less 5. typically 6. to 7. who/that 8. ability 9. setting 10. It

8答案：    In the countryside there are some children  out of school. The reasons  this are different. Some families are  poor to afford the education of their children. Some parents think  useless for girls to attend school, so that their daughters  the chance. Some children are unwilling to attend school for lack of  in their studies. In my opinion, every child should have the chance to receive an education, whether boys  girls. Besides,the government should take  measures to guarantee children's right of education because  will play important roles in developing our country in the future.

9答案：

Dear classmates,

Seeing our surrounding environment being polluted increasingly，I think it is really time to call on everybody to take actions.

First of all, saving our daily used water and recycling it is a good idea to help our environment. Then, as for the trash，we should not throw it away casually. Instead, try to learn to clarify it reasonably. What’s more，too much private cars will contribute to the air pollution，so we can choose to use public transportation more often.

In order to make more people realize the importance of protecting our environment, we need some volunteers to join in the activities held in our school at this weekend. If you’re available，join us! Let’s work together to protect our environment!

Yours sincerely，

University Students’ Union