1、阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。The traditional tent cities at festivals such as Glastonbury may never be the same again. In a victory of green business that is certain to appeal to environmentally-aware music-lovers, a design student is to receive financial support to produceeco-friendly tents
2、made of cardboard that can be recycled after the bands and the crowds have gone home.Major festivals such as Glastonbury throw away some 10,000 abandoned tents at the end of events each year. For his final year project at the University of the West of England, James Dunlop came up with a material th
3、at can be recycled. And to cope with the British summer, the cardboard has been made waterproof.Taking inspiration from a Japanese architect, who has used cardboard to make big buildings including churches, Mr Dunlop used cardboard material for his tents, which he called Myhabs.The design won an awa
4、rd at the annual New Designers Exhibition after Mr Dunlop graduated from his product design degree and he decided to try to turn it into a business.To raise money for the idea, he toured the Citys private companies which fund new businesses and found a supporter in the finance group Mint. He introdu
5、ced his idea to four of Mints directors and won their support. Mint has committed around500,000 to MyHab and taken a share of 30 per cent in Mr Dunlops business. The first Myhabs should be tested at festivals this summer, before being marketed fully next year.Mr Dunlop said that the design, which ac
6、commodates two people, could have other uses, such as for disaster relief and housing for the London Olympics. For music events, the cardboard houses will be ordered online and put up at the sites by the Myhab team before the festival-goers arrive and removed by the company afterwards. They can be p
7、ersonalized and the company will offer reductions on the expense if people agree to sell exterior(外部的) advertising space.The biggest festivals attract tens of thousands of participants, with Glastonbury having some 150,000 each year. Altogether there are around 100 annual music festivals where peopl
8、e camp in the UK. The events are becoming increasingly environmentally conscious.1. “Eco-friendly tents” in paragraph 1 refer to tents.A. economically desirable B. favorable to the environmentC. for holding music performances D. designed for disaster relief2. Mr Dunlop established his business.A. in
9、dependently with an interest-free loan from MintB. with the approval of the Citys administrationC. in partnership with a finance groupD. with the help of a Japanese architect3. It is implied in the passage that.A. the weather in the UK is changeable in summerB. most performances at British festivals
10、 are given in the open airC. the cardboard tents produced by Mr Dunlop can be user-tailoredD. cardboard tents can be easily put up and removed by users4. The passage is mainly concerned with.A. an attempt at developing recyclable tentsB. some efforts at making full use of cardboardsC. an unusual suc
11、cess of a graduation projectD. the effects of using cardboard tents on music festivals【参考答案】1-4 BCCA阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。(2013四川，D)Home to me means a sense of familiarity and nostalgia (怀旧 ). Its fun to come home. It looks the same. It smells the same. Youll realize whats changed is y
12、ou. Home is where we can remember pain, love, and some other experiences: We parted here; My parents met here; I won three championships here. If I close my eyes, I can still have a clear picture in mind of my first home. I walk in the door and see a brown sofa surrounding a low glasstop wooden tabl
13、e. To the right of the living room is my first bedroom. Its empty, but its where my earliest memories are.There is the dining room table where I celebrated birthdays, and where I cried on Halloweenwhen I didnt want to wear the skirt my mother made for me. I always liked standing on that table becaus
14、e it made me feel tall and strong. If I sit at the table, I can see my favorite room in the house, my parents room. It is simple: a brown wooden dresser lines the right side of the wall next to a television and a couple of photos of my grandparents on each side. Their bed is my safe zone. I can jump
15、 on it anytimewalking up my parents if I am scared or if I have an important announcement that cannot wait until the morning.Im lucky because I know my first home still exists. It exists in my mind and heart, on a physical property (住宅 ) on West 64th street on the western edge of Los Angeles. It is
16、proof I lived, I grew, and I learned.Sometimes when I feel lost, I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home. I know its where Ill find my family, my dogs, and my belongings. I purposely leave the window open at night because I know Ill be blamed by Mom. But I dont mind, because I want to hear her sa
17、y my name, which reminds me Im home.文章大意：家是让人感觉到和平、安宁、安全、祥和的地方，是能够让人的心灵完全放松的地方。9Why does the author call her parents bed her “safe zone” (Paragraph 3)?AIt is her favorite place to play.BHer needs can be satisfied there. CHer grandparents photos are lined on each side.DHer parents always play togethe
18、r with her there.答案：B细节理解题，由第三段I can jump on it anytime.until the morning可知，在她父母的床上，她可以随心所欲，需要可以得到满足。10What can be learned from the passage?AThe old furniture is still in authors first bedroom. BThe author can still visit her first physical home in Los Angeles. CThe authors favorite room in her firs
19、t home is the dining room.DMany people of the authors age can still find their first physical homes.答案：B推理判断题，由文章第四段可知，作者位于洛杉矶的家还在，它曾经是作者生活、成长和学习的地方，她仍然可以前往拜访。11Sometimes when she feels lost, the author will _.Aopen the window at night Blie down in bed to have a dreamCtry to bring back a sense of ho
20、meDgo to Los Angeles to visit her mom答案：C细节理解题，由文章第五段I lie down and shut my eyes, and I go home.and my belongings可知，此时，作者会躺下寻找一种家的感觉。12What is the authors purpose of writing this passage?ATo express how much she is attached to her home.BTo declare how much she loves her first house.CTo describe the
21、state of her family.DTo look back on her childhood.答案：A推理判断题，从全文作者对于家的陈述可知，从儿时到现在她一直依恋于家。阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。(2013四川，E)Fear may be felt in the heart as well as in the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feel
22、ing fear.Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting (收缩) and pumping blood around their bodies, compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed. Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able t
23、o influence how the brain responds to a fearful event, depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.Sarah Garfinkel at the Brighton and Sussex Medical School said: “Our study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different dependi
24、ng on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart.”The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reaction to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. Dr Garfikel said, “The study showed that fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed. Thu
25、s our hearts can also affect what we see and what we dont seeand guide whether we see fear.”To further understand this relationship, the scientists also used a brain scanner (扫描仪 ) to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a persons feeling of fear. “We have found an important mecha
26、nism by which the heart and brain speak to each other to change our feeling and reduce fear，” Dr Garfinkel said. “We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is dealt with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety disorders, a
27、nd also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder.”文章大意：一项研究表明，人的心脏能够对人感知恐惧的反应产生影响。13What is the finding of the study? AOnes heart affects how he feels fear. BFear is a result of ones relaxed heartbeat. CFear has something to do with ones health. DOnes fast heartbeats are likely to
28、 cause fear. 答案：A细节理解题，由第一段可知，研究发现心脏跳动的周期与人感觉害怕的可能性之间存在联系。14The study was carried out by analyzing _.Avolunteers heartbeats when they saw terrible picturesBthe time volunteers saw fearful pictures and their health conditionsCvolunteers reactions to horrible pictures and data from their brain scansDd
29、ifferent pictures shown to volunteers and their heartbrain communication答案：C细节理解题，由第四段第一句话可知，本次研究是通过向20名志愿者展示令人恐惧的图片来测验他们的反应来进行的。15Which of the following is closest in meaning to “mechanism” in Paragraph 6?AOrder. BSystem. CMachine. DTreatment. 答案：B词义猜测题，由第六段可以得知，心脏和大脑能够“对话”来改变情感、减少恐惧，所依赖的当然应该是身体中的某
30、个系统。16This study may contribute to _.Atreating anxiety and stress betterBexplaining the cycle of fear and anxiety Cfinding the key to the heartbrain communicationDunderstanding different fears in our hearts and heads答案：A细节理解题，由文章最后一段可知，本项研究对研发解决焦虑症和由于压力大而产生的紊乱治疗方法会有帮助。【2014高考英语吉林省白山市第一中学二模】书面表达（满分25
31、分） 高三年级是高中生活的最后一年，在这一年中，学生们要面临着沉重的升学压力。因此，很多学生下课后也坐在教室里用功，但学习效率和成绩并不理想。由此你想告诉他们：适当的休息很有必要。现在就请你以“A Ten - minute Break”为主题，按下列要点写一篇短文，让这些同学从中有所启发。短文的要点如下： 1十分钟的课间休息很有必要。 2要注意适当的休息方式。 3你是怎样利用这十分钟的。 注意：开头已经给出，不计入总词数；字数120字左右。A Ten - minute Break As a Senior Three student, time seems much limited. _【201
32、4高考英语河北省衡水中学一调考试】书面表达(满分25分)假如你是李华，你的外国笔友Mark 想了解你校的近况。正好你校正在开展“提倡节约、反对浪费”的活动。 请根据下文的提示给Mark写一封电子邮件。节约用纸，废纸回收；节约用水，珍惜水源；节约用电，按时熄灯；节约用餐，不乱花钱。注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯； 3. 开头和结尾已经写好，不计入总数；4.参考词汇：launch vt. 开展； thrift n. 节俭。Dear Mark,Im very glad you are so interested in our school. _ Yours, Li
33、 Hua【参考范文】书面表达:Dear Mark,Im very glad you are so interested in our school.Recently our school is launching an activity to call for thrift and go against wasting. Every student is required to save paper, water, electricity and food. All waste paper must be collected and sold to help the poor students
34、. Water must be made full use of and now you cannot find any tap that is left running without students around. And each student should get into a great habit of turning off the light on time. Whats more, all of us are called on not to use our pocket money to buy some things unnecessary and some stud
35、ents even use their saved money to help the students in need. Yours, Li Hua【2014高考英语哈尔滨市第三中学一模】 书面表达（满分25分）下列图表反映的是某高中2010年与2013年学生健康状况调查的部分数据，请你用英语为某报写一份报告，反映你校三年间学生健康状况的变化情况，分析其中原因，并提出一些改进措施。注意事项：1. 报告必须包括图表中所有内容，但不要逐条罗列； 2. 词数120词左右。题目和开头第一句已给出，不计入总词数。HealthA recent survey shows that the health o
36、f the students in our school has been going from bad to worse in the past three years. _ _ _ 【参考范文】HealthA recent survey shows that the health of the students in our school has been going from bad to worse in the past three years. The number of short-sighted students has increased from 77% in 2010 t
37、o 93.5% in 2013, while that of overweight students from 38% to 57.2%. Nearly 15% more students dont have enough sleep because of more homework. Besides, over 21% more students become mentally unhealthy.It seems to me that the reasons for this lie in heavier burden of study and more homework, thus ma
38、king students unable to spare any time to take exercise or have enough sleep.To improve students health, we call for less homework. Only in this way can students get plenty of sleep and be more healthy. Proper diets and exercise should also be paid attention to so that they wont easily put on weight. With their heavy burdens removed, students can then keep in normal mental health.
