1、高考资源网（） 您身边的高考专家【由山东省2014高考仿真模拟冲刺卷（5）改编】 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。Lightning flashed through the darkness over Donald Lubecks bedroom skylightThe 80-year-old retired worker was shaken by a blast of thunderIt was 11 pmThe storm had moved directly over his two-story wood home in the rural town
2、 of Belchertown, MassachusettsThen he heard the smoke alarm beepingLubeck padded down the stairs barefoot and opened the door to the basement, and flames exploded out Lubeck fled back upstairs to call 119 from his bedroom ,but the phone didnt workLubeck realized he was trapped“I started panicking,”
3、he says His daughter and young granddaughters ,who lived with him ,were away for the nightNo one will even know Im home, he thoughtHis house was three miles off the main road and so well hidden by pines that Lubeck knew calling for help would be fruitlessUp a hill about a third of a mile away lived
4、Lubecks closest neighbors, Jeremie Wentworth and his wifeWentworth had been lying down, listening to the radio when it occurred to him that the sound was more like a smoke detectorHe jumped out of bed ,grabbed a cordless phone and a flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the noise He dialed
5、 119“Is anyone there?” he called out as he approached the houseWentworth knew that Lubeck lived in the house Then he heard ,“Help me! Im trapped!” coming from the balcony off Lubecks bedroom“I ran in and yelled, Don, where are you ?Then I had to run outside to catch my breath”After one more attempt
6、inside the house, he gave up and circled around backBut there was no way to get to him“I shined the flashlight into the woods next to an old shed and noticed a adder,” says WentworthHe dragged it over to the balcony and pulled Lubeck down just as the second floor of the house collapsedWentworth and
7、Lubeck dont run into each other regularly, but Lubeck now knows that if he ever needs help ,Wentworth will be thereLubeck still chokes up when he tells the story“I was alone,”he says“Then I heard the most beautiful sound in my lifeIt was Jeremie”1According to the text ,Lubeck Astayed calm in the fir
8、e Bcouldnt find a safe way outClived on the first floor Dcalled for help in the fire2How did Wentworth help Lubeck escape?AHe called 911 BHe went upstairs and took Lubeck outCHe put out the fire DHe used a ladder and pulled lubeck down3Which of the following factors was not mentioned in the text tha
9、t almost caused Lubecks life? AHe was living in his wood home alone that nightBThe storm was too heavy and the fire was too fierceCHe lived far from the main road and was surrounded by pinesDHe was too frightened to escape from the danger4What does the text mainly talk about?AA near neighbour is bet
10、ter than a distant cousinBA good way to get a narrow escapeCGod helps those who help themselvesDBlood is thicker than water5Cameron was a Asoftware programmer Ba chief scientistCquality controller Dhead of department【参考答案】1-5、BDDAD 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。America is growing older. Fifty years
11、ago, only 4 out of every 100 people in the United States were 65 or older. Today, 10 out of every 100 Americans are over 65. The aging of the population will affect American society in many ways education, medicine, and business. Quietly, the aging of America has made us a very different society one
12、 in which people have a quite different idea of what kind of behavior is suitable at various ages.A persons age no longer tells you anything about his/ her social position, marriage or health. Theres no longer a particular year in which one goes to school or goes to work or gets married or starts a
13、family. The social clock that kept us on time and told us when to go to school, get a job, or stop working isnt as strong as it used to be. It doesnt surprise us to hear of a 29-year-old university president or a 35-year-old grandmother, or a 70-year-old man who has become a father for the first tim
14、e. Public ideas are changing.Many people say, “I am much younger than my mother or my father was at my age.” No one says “Act your age” any more. Weve stopped looking with surprise at older people who act in youthful ways.1. It can be learned from the text that the aging of the population in America
15、 _.A. has made people feel younger B. has changed peoples social positionC. has changed peoples understanding of age D. has slowed down the countrys social development2. The underlined word “one” refers to _.A. a society B. America C. a place D. population3. “Act your age” means people should _.A. b
16、e active when they are old B. do the right thing at the right ageC. show respect to their parents young or old D. take more physical exercises suitable to their age4. If a 25-year-old man becomes general manager of a big firm, the writer of the text would most probably consider it _.A. normal B. won
17、derfulC. unbelievable D. unreasonable1. C 主旨题。根据第一、二段的最后一句及第三段可判断。2. A 细节题。one是a society的同位语且后面跟了一个定语从句，可以通过分析句子结构得出正确答案。3. B 细节题。全文最后一句话给出了提示。4. A 推理题。可仔细阅读第二段中倒数第二句话。阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项。There are various reasons why cancers appear to be on the increase. For one thing, though their suffer
18、ers are to be found in all age groups, cancers are particularly likely to attack persons in their middle and advanced years. Naturally, since people live longer these years, there are more cancer sufferers than before. Again, with better methods of diagnosis (诊断), doctors can more easily recognize c
19、ancerous growths that would formerly have passed unnoticed or that would have been wrongly diagnosed. It is also believed that certain habits and conditions of modem living, including heavy smoking and the pollution of the air, may leave people living in more cancer-causing conditions than before.We
20、 all look forward to the day when a simple medical test can find cancer while it is still small. Researchers around the world are working on such a test. Most of their work deals with the examination of the blood.Researchers in Boston have found something in the blood of cancer patients that does no
21、t appear in healthy persons. The test showed which persons had cancer and which did not. It was correct more than 90 percent of the time.The researchers believe the test may be able to show cancer very clearly in its development. Cancers discovered early usually can be treated successfully.The test
22、examines very small bits of fat in the blood called lipids (脂质). Cancers seem to change lipids although doctors do not know why. The test showed differences between the lipids of the persons with cancer and the lipids of those without cancer.The researchers say the new test could be a step to develo
23、p a simple way to check patients for cancer before the disease shows on an X-ray.1. Who will fail cancer from the study of the researchers?A. The young. B. The middle age and the older.C. The man. D. The woman.2. The underlined words such a test refer to_.A. the test that shows which persons have ca
24、ncer and which dont .B. the test that may be able to show cancer very early in its development,.C. a simple medical test that cannot find cancer when it is -smallD. a new test that could be a step to develop a difficult way3. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?A. Canc
25、ers have much to do with something in patients blood.B. People living in better conditions are most likely to be attacked by cancer.C.X-raying is the best way to determined whether a person has cancer or not.D. Cancers have nothing to do with a persons habits and living conditions.4. What would be t
26、he best title for the passage?A. A simple way to cancer B. Cancers can be curedC. How to find cancer D. Early discovery of cancer1. B 细节题。从第一段中的cancers are particularly likely to attack persons in their middle and advanced years可以知道癌症尤其容易在中年人和老年人的身体上发生。2. B 词义题。第二段中的a simple medical test can find ca
27、ncer while it is still small；test与后面的such a test指的是同样的一种方法，所以这里的test指的是上句的“用最简单的方法诊断早期的癌症”。3. A 细节题。第三段中提到了cancer病人血液中的有些东西在健康人中没有，并且百分之九十以上的情况是这样的。B项与D项的意思与文章第一段中的certain habits and conditions of modern living including heavy smoking and pollution of the air may leave people living in more cancer-c
28、ausing conditions不符；C项内容与文章最后一段的意思不符。4. D 主旨题。文章在开头就交代了写作的目的，有各种不同的理由说明了为什么癌症似乎在上升，而从后面的几段我们知道科学家们正在研究一种新的早期诊断cancer的方法。【陕西省咸阳市2014高考英语模拟试题】 情景对话(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。Sherry: Hey, Bab. 6 _ Im going to Quebec next summer. Id also like to do som
29、e sightseeing.Bob: 7 Sherry. But do you mean the province of Quebec or Quebec City?Sherry: I mean the province.Bob: 8 Sherry: Well, 9 My French is okay, but not that good. I know most people there speak French, but can also use English.Bob: Well, but youll hear French most of the time and all the st
30、reet signs are in French. So youd better practice your French before you go.Sherry: 10 What about Quebec City?Bob: Its a beautiful city, very old. Youll love it there.Sherry: Fantastic! I cant wait to go. A . I appreciate your help. B. Thats nice. C . What about going to Quebec? D. Do you think I ca
31、n manage it in English? E. Good advice. F .Guess what? G .Oh, I have got it.【参考答案】610 FBGDE信息匹配。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。选项中有两项为多余选项。(2014大连模拟)Recently a group of second-graders visited our school library to work on a“holidays around the world”project. The children created pictures showing holi
32、day customs and then created voice recordings explaining what they drew. 1Now imagine taking things one step further and creating Podcasts(播客)in a classroom setting. The term Podcast refers to an audio recording, linked to the Web, that can be downloaded to a personal MP3 player. The word is created
33、 from broadcast and from iPodthe wildly popular MP3 player from Apple. Using audio(音响)with students isnt new, of course. Teachers have used audiobooks at listening centers and recorded student voice on tape or CD for many years. 2Podcasts, however, can reach a much wider audience in a time frame out
34、side the school days. Booktalking, an old way of getting kids excited about books, gets a tech assistance with Podcasting. Students can do some booktalking themselves; book review Podcasts seem to be another natural way for students to share what they know, providing an alternative to the book repor
35、t. 3Teachers made audio Podcasts, including visuals or video clips(视频片段)for any content area instruction and review. Some teachers have begun to record themselves teaching important concepts; this creates an account of information online for kids to access when theyre stuck on a homework assignment.
36、 4Imagine being a classroom teacher in September who can actually hear how his or her students were reading in June the school year before. You dont need an iPod to make a Podcast. 5While an MP3 player is a popular and useful gadget, your audience doesnt need MP3 players to listen, either. Your stud
37、ents and their families can use the computer to play back what youve recorded. A. Audio and video files can also function as assessment tools. B. It is clearly showed in the incident that student-created voice recordings are effective. C. Podcasting is of vital importance to the classroom setting. D. Podcasting is used for various excellent reasons. E. You can make a Podcast if you have a computer, a microphone, and some free software. F. Podcasting needs a variety of devices. G. Voice and music have been seen as the original media for teaching. 答案: 15. BGDAE。- 7 - 版权所有高考资源网
