I.阅读理解

A [2015 •河南开封高三模拟]

In America, parents tend to encourage their children to develop their potential (潜能)to the fullest extent. Fathers and mothers frequently teach their children both ambition and the confidence necessary to work towards their goals. Ameri?can parents are always active in concentrating on what their kids can do, not what they can't. As a result, millions of American boys and girls grow up hoping to become actors and athletes, diplomats and doctors. Many of them even want to become president.

American parents often encourage their children to be?come involved in extra activities of all types at school, such as student government, sports and music. They believe that on?ly through taking part in these activities can their children be?come mature young adults.

As we all know, schoolwork is important. But parents should realize that the social skills their children learn from natural conversations with each other are as important as schoolwork and the skills they will need in the future work. What's more important in their work is that their children should have a sound knowledge of physics or the ability to communicate effectively.

As a rule, Chinese parents don't educate their children about the same kind of ambition and confidence as Americans do, nor do they encourage the same level of participation in extra activities. Children are typically advised to study hard and pass exams. They have to spend a lot of time in doing much schoolwork every day. It is a great waste of time to do so.

   Now more and more Chinese parents have recognized that they should pay attention to developing the potential of their children. I hope that leaders in Chinese educational circles should take some measures to develop the potential of their children. I am very confident about it.

1. From the passage, we know the American parents pay much more attention to______________ .

A.     the social skills than Chinese parents

B.     their children's studying hard and well

C.     what their children want but they can't

D.     extra activities than schoolwork

 2. According to the passage, Chinese parents .

 A.     know more than American parents to educate their children

B.     owning ambition and confidence is necessary and im?portant

C.     pay much more attention to their children's fine future

D.     don't encourage their children to participate in extra activities

3.From the passage, we can infer .

 A.     American children are brave and adventurous

B.     American children are more active in their studies

C.     Chinese children have the ability to communicate ef?fectively

D.     something should be done to develop the potential of the children in China

4.What's the writer's attitude towards Chinese education re?form?

A. Neutral.                               B. Indifferent.

C.  Positive.                            D. Negative.

【高考话题】人际关系【写作素材】

1.    团队合作是现代社会中的一项基本能力；

2.    它不仅可以节省时间、精力、资源，还有助于彼此间的理解；

3.    与志同道合的人合作，可以同甘共苦；与差异较大的人合作，从他们的优点和缺点中都可以获益良多。

提示：essential, not only ― but also (可使用倒装句),team up with, cooperate with, of the same belief

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It is three years now since I graduate from Jixing High School. Last Sunday, the class that I was on held a get-together, which took us a long time prepare. It was indeed not easy to get in touch with everybody and set a properly time for all of us. We all enjoyed a pre?cious day greatly, remember the time we spent togeth?er. It reminded us of the interesting stories and the peo?ple they were familiar with. It was a pity which some of us were not present as they had gone to abroad for further studies, but they called back or sent greeting card from different places.

Researchers are placing robotic dogs in the homes of lonely old people to determine whether they can im?prove the quality of life for humans. Alan Beck, an ex?pert in human-animal relationship, and Nancy Edwards, a professor of nursing, are leading the animal-assisted study concerning the influence of robotic dogs on old people's depression, physical activity, and life satisfac?tion. "No one will argue that an older person is better off being more active, challenged, or stimulated (刺激)，，，Edwards points out. " The problem is how we promote that, especially for those without friends or help. A robotic dog could be a solution.，，

In the study, the robot, called AIBO, is placed for six weeks in the houses of some old people who live alone. Before placing AIBO in the home, researchers will collect baseline data for six weeks. These old people will keep a diary to note their feelings and activities be?fore and after AIBO. Then, the researchers will review the data to determine if it has inspired any changes in the life of its owner.

"I talk to him all the time, and he responds to my voice," says a seventy-year-old lady. "When I'm watc?hing TV, he'll stay in my arms until he wants down. He has a mind of his own.,，

The AIBOs respond to certain orders. The re?searchers say they have some advantages over live dogs, especially for old people. Often the elderly are disabled and cannot care for an animal by walking it or playing with it. A robotic dog removes exercise and feeding con?cerns.

"At the beginning ， it was believed that no one would relate to the robotic dog because it was metal and not furry," Beck says. "But it's amazing how quickly we have given up that belief.，，

"Hopefully， down the road， these robotic pets could become a more valuable health helper. They will record their masters' blood pressure, oxygen levels, or heart rhythms. AIBOs may even 

one day have games that can help stimulate old people's minds.，，

5. The purpose of Beck and Edwards' study is to .

A.understand human-animal relationship

B.find the causes of old people's loneliness

C.make lonely old people's life better

D. promote the animal-assisted research

6.In the research, the old people are asked to   .

A.note the activities of AIBOs

B.keep AIBOs at home for 12 weeks

C. analyze the collected information

D. record their feelings and activities

7. What is the advantage of AIBO over live dogs?

A.It can watch TV with its owner.

B.It can help the disabled people.

C.It responds to all the human orders.

D.It is easier to keep at home.

8.The author seems to suggest that the future robotic

dogs may .

A. keep old people active

B. cure certain diseases

C. change people's beliefs

D.look more like real dogs

Way back in 1662,John Evelyn,a brilliant Englishman known for his detailed diaries, wrote about disastrous effects of coal-burning on the city of London. In it, he described an infernal scene of smog, air filled with "Columns and Clouds of Smoke", given out by small industries and residences that burned coal for fuel.

I found the description in the 2003 book When Smoke Ran like Water , by

epidemiologist(流行病学家) and environmental advocator (倡导者)Devra Davis. In it, Davis looks back at several historic pollution events and their disastrous effects on human health ― and at how these phenomena were often ignored or even active?ly covered up by people in charge at that time.

As Davis points out,John Evelyn was ahead of his time when writing about how London's polluted air af?fected the well-being of its residents. It wasn't until nearly 300 years later, after what became well-known as the Great Smog of 1952, that the government began to address the problem in a systematic way.

For four days, between December 5th and 9th, due to all the accidents of the weather pattern, the city was buried in a heavy fog. People were still burning coal for fuel,and low-grade coal at that time,because of wartime condition. A temperature inversion (转向)trapped the smoke from the city's fires, creating a black cloud in which people could barely find their way down the most familiar streets. Some tried to protect themselves, but most people simply went about their business.

But 1952's fog was far worse than any other in memory. In the same week of the previous year, 1852 people had died in London; in 1952, that number was 4,703. And the deaths didn't stop when the weather changed and the fog lifted. Davis and her colleagues an?alyzed data from the next several months and found that about 13,000 more people died between December and March than one would have predicted from historical av?erages. Many of them died of pneumonia(肺炎).The government,she writes, tried to blame a bad flu season. Her detailed analysis found that explanation simply did not pan out.

Davis writes that even today in this country, we still have not completely absorbed the lessons of similar events. The killer fog has lifted in London for sixty-years, and people are dying 

preventable deaths and suf?fering life, changing illnesses,simply because they must breathe the air of the cities where they live.

1. The passage is written to .

A.warn people of the danger from air pollution

B.introduce London's Great Smog of 1952

C.blame the government for the smog

D.explain the reasons for air pollution

2.The underlined word "infernal" in the first paragraph

probably means "   "•

A. imaginary   B. adventurous

C. unbelievable D. annoying

3.One of the reasons for the Great Smog of 1952 was

that . 

A.people burned wood for fuel

B.a forest fire created a black cloud over the city

C.the government ignored the smog

D.most people went about their business

4. How does the writer feel about the present air condi?tion in London?

A. Indifferent. B. Concerned.

C. Hopeless.   D. Panic.

II.完形填空[2015.天津市和平区高三二模]

   "Are you going shopping today?" my husband, Roy, asked when I answered the telephone. "I 9  to," I said. Thanksgiving was only a couple days away. My money was 10  and I knew I had to be creative in my shopping that day.

   For a few seconds, Roy sat 11 on the other end of the line. The nervousness gradually increased under the wordlessness, which I couldn't wait to break through. "Why do you ask?" I whispered,     12 what he might say.

"Nancy, there's a family with six kids that will not have anything to 13 for Thanksgiving. The little one is only five years old. While you're at the store, could you 14 buy something for them?" My head began to spin when I was thinking about the fifty dollars I had 15 for our family's Thanksgiving dinner.

In the back of my mind I 16 the hungry guests who would be coming to our house for dinner. 1 put my head down on my desk, already feeling 17 There was no way possi?ble, 1 thought. But the compassion (怜悯)I heard in my husband's 18  struck a nerve inside me.

I replied, " 19 ， but only if God helps."

I finished my work and 20 all the way to the nearest grocery store. I entered the parking lot and noticed a big 21 in the grocery store window ： Turkeys―29 cents a pound. "Thank God！" I said to myself.

  I went inside, but when I read the sign my heart 22 . "Limit one." But I needed at least two so I decided to find the manager. I 23 the problem. He made an exception. To my 24 ， I had enough money. I was even able to purchase a package of cookies for the five-year-old child who had 25 my heart, even though I had never met her.

Later that afternoon, Roy and I made a special delivery to a home 26 with children of all ages. I will never forget the  27  on the six kids' faces.

By far, that was the greatest  28 of my life.

9. A. plan                                B. refuse
C. fail                                D. agree

10.A. private                             B. enough
C.  endless                         D. limited

11.  A. nervously                         B. silently
C.  friendly                          D. excitedly

12. A. arranging                          B. receiving
C.  fearing                           D. blaming

13.  A. eat                            B. do
C. pay                                D. say

14.  A. freely                           B. possibly
C.  gently                            D. regularly

15.  A. lent                           B. pulled
C.  hidden                          D. saved

16.  A. invited                         B. organized
C.  counted                         D. connected

17. A. affected                          B. defeated
C.  satisfied                         D. bored

18. A. voice                            B. face
C.   heart                            D. body

19.A. Bad                             B.Poor
C.  Sure                              D. Afraid

20.  A. angered                         B. worried
C.  wondered                         D. prayed

21.  A. flower                          B. sign
C.  book                             D. word

22. A. sank                             B. fell
C. ended                               D. held

23. A. explained                         B. promised
C.  required                         D. corrected

24. A. horror                            B. sadness
C.  credit                             D. surprise

25. . broken                             B. stolen

C.  operated                        D. supported

26. A. covered                          B. shaped
C. filled                              D. made

27. A. sorrow                           B. loneliness
C.  disappointment                D. smiles

28. A. year                             B. season
C.  Thanksgiving                   D. reward

B [2015.四川大竹中学高三模拟]

   Dyslexia is a learning disorder, and it interferes with the ability to recognize words, and for some readers to under?stand what they have read. Experts say dyslexia affects about five to ten per cent of the population of the United States. Researchers have long known that people with dyslexia write or read words and letters backwards in the wrong order.

   But a new study shows that people with dyslexia may have trouble redirecting their attention between senses, from seeing something to hearing something. The study suggests something that might help dyslexic people learn more quick?ly―play video games.

Vanessa Harrar of Britain's University of Oxford led the study. She reported the findings in the journal Current Biolo?gy, The study suggests that dyslexic people may have trouble moving quickly from what they read to what they hear.

In the study, Doctor Harrar tested 17 people with dys?lexia and 19 others without reading problems. The volunteers were asked to push a button as quickly as possible when they heard a sound, saw a light or experienced both together. Doc?tor Harrar compared the speed of their reactions. She found that people with dyslexia were 〗ust as fast as the others when they saw only a picture or heard only a sound. But the dys-lexics had a slower reaction time when they heard a sound and saw a picture at the same time. This may have an effect on how dyslexic children are taught how to read.

Doctor Harrar feels like playing video games could help dyslexic people shift from seeing to hearing more quickly. She adds that images in video games force the eyes to move and focus quickly. " Video game types of things pop out of here and there, they move your eyes around the screen quite quick?ly in response to things quite quickly, and the more you play a video game the faster you get that kind of thing. So, the vide-o game is really training the attention system to move quick?ly," said Harrar. When children learn the alphabet, they usually see the letter first and then hear the sound ， or they see and hear the letter at the same time. The study shows that dyslexics might learn more quickly if they hear the sound of a letter or word first before seeing it.

5.According to Doctor Harrar's study, the dyslexic people
have difficulty in__________ .

 A.     recognizing words

B.     reading words backwards

C.     writing letters in order

D.     shifting from seeing to hearing

6. Which factor affects the way dyslexic children are taught to read?

A.     They react more slowly to a single picture or sound.

B.     They react as fast as others to a single picture or sound.

C.     It takes them longer to react to sounds and pictures together.

D.     It is difficult for them to understand before seeing the word.

7.How does the author suggest dyslexics are taught based on the research finding?

 A.     By putting hearing previous to seeing.

B.     By training the attention on games.

C.     By seeing first and then hearing later.

D.     By moving the eyes around the screen.

8. What can be the best title of the passage?

 A.     Video games might help dyslexics

B.     Dyslexia affects attention between senses

C.     Video games can train the attention system

D.     Dyslexics might learn better through sound

I.阅读理解

A [2015 •山东淄博实验中学高三4月教学诊断]

    Few of us haven't read Cinderella ， the story of a young woman living in poverty who meets the prince of her dreams. Some might not want to admit it, but there is a

hidden Cin?derella in everyone's heart―we all wish  we could achieve rec?ognition or success after a period of obscurity(默默无闻).

   Mary Santiago has that secret dream, too. Her story is featured in Another Cinderella Story ， a film set in a US high school.

Mary is shy but loves to dance. Compared with other girls, she is invisible. However, her world changes complete?ly when a famous teenager pop singer, Joey Parker, appears.

Joey has everything the rest of the boys in her class don't have―kind, handsome and desirable. Mary and Joey's paths cross at a ball. They meet and fall in love with each other. But when Mary has to rush back home, she leaves behind her MP3 player, which becomes the only clue Joey has to find the girl of his dreams. Of course, there is a wicked stepmother, who turns out to be Dominique Blatt and she takes in Mary-after her dancer mother dies. Dominique treats Mary like a maid and does everything she can to make sure Mary doesn't get into the top dance school. Her two daughters are equally determined to stop Joey falling for Mary, even if that means embarrassing her.

The story, though it mostly follows Cinderella, does add a few modern-day twists to the classic fairy tale. Refresh?ingly, the film, unlike many high school films, does not focus on looks, although the actors are all beautiful. There is also a lot less materialism in Another Cinderella Story than in many similar movies.

The movie takes the Cinderella fairy tale as its jump?ing-off point," writes movie critic Amber Wilkinson. "Yet the focus is firmly on following your dreams."

1. The first paragraph is mainly to .

 A.     inform us of the importance to marry a prince

B.     remind us why Cinderella is popular all the years

C.     build interest and lead us to Mary's secret dream

D.     tell us how interesting the fairy tale Cinderella is

2. What can we infer from the passage?

 A.    Joey is just like other boys in Mary's class.

B.     The MP3 player helps Joey in finding Mary.

C.     Not many people have a dream to be realized.

D.    Mary's mother influences her a lot in singing.

3. What does the movie critic Amber Wilkinson mean by his words about Another Cinderella Story ？

A. The movie is exactly another copy of the Cinderella fairy tale.

B.     The movie is as good as the story Cinderella.

C.     The movie and Cinderella both focus on following your dreams.

D.     The movie is based on the story Cinderella while a lit?tle different from it.

4.  The passage is mainly about .

A.     an introduction to Mary Santiago

B.     a review about a film

C.     an essay about dreams

D.     an advertisement of Cinderella

The historic centre of Vienna has been added to UNESCO's World Cultural Heritage list. Thus, St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Imperial Palace and many oth?er historic buildings are now recognized as being among the 700 outstanding cultural and natural monuments of mankind―others include the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur, the historic centre of Rome, the Kremlin with the Red Square, the Chinese Wall, the Taj Mahal and the Grand Canyon.

Vienna's historic centre, in its unity, is considered one of the most beautiful city landmarks in Europe. Three eras left their mark on the former residence of the Habsburgs ： the Middle Ages with Gothic St. Stephen's Cathedral whose spire points towards heaven, one of Vienna's landmarks; the Baroque whose most important achievement is the Imperial Palace with its sumptuous cupolas (奢华的圆顶)；the Ring Boulevard era of the late nineteenth century, when such splendid buildings as the Vienna State Opera and the Museum of Fine Arts were built to replace the former city walls.

The imperial flair of the centre of Vienna is en?hanced (加强)by numerous churches, mansions and parks, as well as by rich art collections gathered by wealthy rulers. And the centuries-old musical tradition ranges from the Court Chapel of the Imperial Palace to Mozart's immortal (不朽的)music and the waltzes of Johann Strauss. Also inseperably linked to the centre of the city are the delights of Viennese cuisine, the gemiitlichkeit of Viennese coffeehouses and nostalgic shopping at former purveyors (伙食承办商)to the im?perial court.

5.  Which of the following is not mentioned as cultural and natural monuments of mankind?

A.The Taj Mahal.

B.The Pyramid Fields.

C.The Kremlin with the Red Square.

D.The Court Chapel.

6.The second paragraph is developed mainly by .

A.following the order of place

B.providing examples

C.making comparisons

D.analyzing causes

7.What do the underlined words "imperial flair" in the last paragraph mean?

A. Culture atmosphere.     B.   Art style.

C.  Royal style.  D.  Royal palace.

8.What is the passage mainly about?

A.The universal value of the world heritage in Vi?enna.

B.Vienna's becoming one of the cultural and natu?ral monuments of mankind.

C.The introduction of the historic centre of Vienna.

D.The special culture atmosphere of the historic centre of Vienna.

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

Everyone knows that the Frenchmen are romantic. the Italians are fashionable and the Germans are seri?ous. Are these just stereotypes or is there really such a thing as national character? ―9_

At least one group of people are certain that it can. A recent survey of the top 500 entrepreneurs(企业家)in the UK found that 70% felt that their efforts were not appreciated by the British public. Britain is hostile(敌意的)to success, they said. It has a culture of jealousy(嫉妒). 10 Jealousy is sometimes known as the "green-eyed monster" and the UK is its home.

Scientists at Warwich University in the UK re?cently tested this idea. They gathered a group of people together and gave each an imaginary amount of money.

11 Those given a little were given the chance to de?stroy the large amount of money given to others―but at the cost of losing their own. Two thirds of the people tested agreed to do this.

12 . But there is also opposite evidence. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Develop?ment recently reported that the UK is now the world's fourth largest economy. People in the UK also work longer hours than anyone else in Europe. So the British people are not lazy, either.

Perhaps it is the entrepreneurs who are the prob?lem. They set out to do things in their way. They work long hours. By their own efforts they become million?aires. 13 . It hardly seems worth following their ex?amples. If they were more friendly* people would like them more. And more people want to be like them.

A. This test seems to prove that the entrepreneurs were right to complain.

B. The one who owns the most money in the end is the winner.

C. As a result, the survey said, entrepreneurs were "unloved, unwanted and misunderstood".

D. And if there is， can it affect how a nation succeed or fail?

E. Some were given a little, others a great deal.

F. But instead of being happy they complain that no?body loves them. ,

G. It is not true that British people are born jealous of others' success.