that to be true is belief. How do we help them believe in their own power? The best way by far is simply to share examples of other young people who have made a difference. To turn the spotlight on such amazing young people, I founded a national award Gloria Barron Prize for Young Heroes, which is now in its tenth year, honoring 25 young people each year.
Here are a few of the winners from recent years:
Ryan, age 11, has worked tirelessly to raise money for clean drinking water to African villages. When he first heard about the plight of African children who died from impure water, Ryan was only six years old. In the next five years, he raised over $500,000—enough to build over 70 water wells.
Barbara, age 17, grew up on a farm in Texas. When she realized that local farmers were pouring their used motor oil into rivers and on the ground, causing pollution, she organized the creation of a recycling center for crude oil. Her project, called “Don’t Be Crude,” has grown to include 18 recycling centers in Texas.
There could be a long list of such examples, who have discovered that they can build on their own energy and ideals to do something truly great.
47. The author wrote the article most likely to . A. explain why more heroes are needed in the world B. show why celebrity has become confused with heroism
C. persuade media to report on more role models for young people D. urge young people to believe in their ability to make a difference 48. What does the underlined word “superficial” mean? A. Not known.
B. Without depth.
C. Undervalued. D. Unexpected.
49. What can we learn from Paragraph 3? A. Heroes affect many people. B. Everyone is a hero in some way. C. Heroes must believe in themselves. D. Most heroes focus on working with children.
50. How does the author prove that every young person has the potential to be a hero? A. By giving definition of a young hero. B. By comparing different ideas of a hero. C. By providing qualities of famous people. D. By exhibiting achievements of young heroes. 第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个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。
Do you like reading? Do you read for pleasure, or only if you have to, for school? Not so long ago, children and teenagers used to read a lot of comics(漫画), novels and books of short stories. Sometimes, if the story was really exciting, they were so keen to find out what happened to their favorite characters that they would read under the bedclothes at night with a flashlight.
51 Today’s teens also have access to the Internet and instead of reading books, as earlier generations did, spend time on social media, messaging and chatting to their friends. As a result, the ability to concentrate is being affected and young people have a shorter attention span(持续时间) than their parents and grandparents. At least that’s what many people believe, but recent research suggests something different.
In contrast to what a lot of older people think, teens don’t in fact just use new technologies to talk to their friends. 52 A World Book Day survey of teenage reading habits revealed over 40% read books on a computer, almost 20% on a mobile device(设备) and around 14% on a tablet, with around 10% reading on an e-reader.
Why should this be? Well, the British telecommunications supervisor Ofcom points out that children as young as six understand digital technology better than adults. 53 They even take it for granted. Teens today have never known a time without the Internet, so it is as natural to them to use Internet-enabled devices as it was to their parents to use books.
So, what are teenagers reading? 54 In fact, this is not the case. Today’s teens still like to read the classics as well as modern fiction and they have no
difficulty in reading them on a digital device.Adventure crime and spy stories are all popular, with some authors like John Grisham and Ian Rankin as popular among teens as adults. Among the classics Charles Dickens remains a favorite, along with Jules Verne and Alexandre Dumas.
The classics do not only include novels. 55 It isn’t only older comic-style books that are proving popular with teens these days either, but the modern-day comic, the graphic novel is gaining in popularity everywhere. So it seems there is no danger of teens losing the habit of reading any time soon! A. Reading can take place anywhere, anytime.
B. This variety of digital devices tends to discourage reading.
C. They may not be reading books, but that doesn’t mean they aren’t reading. D. However, that was at a time before television was available 24 hours a day. E. You might think the smaller surface would make it hard to read long books. F. They were born at a time when the Internet was already part of everyday life. G. Cartoon characters like Tintin and Asterix are as popular today as they were
in the past.
第三部分：书面表达（共两节，35分） 第一节（15分）
你的英国朋友Jim对中国传统节日感兴趣，正好上周你们班举行了一次端午节主题活动。请你给Jim写信向他介绍此次活动，内容包括：
1. 活动内容； 2. 活动意义； 3. 你的感受。
注意：1．词数不少于50；
2．开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数。
Dear Jim,
Yours, Li Hua
（请务必将作文写在答题卡指定区域内）
第二节（20分）
假设你是红星中学高三学生李华。请根据以下四幅图的先后顺序，写一篇英文周记，记录你邀请你班交换生Jim来家里做客的全过程。
注意：词数不少于60。
（请务必将作文写在答题卡指定区域内）
通州区2018年高三综合练习（二）参考答案
英语
第一部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分） 1．C 6．A 11．B
2．D 7．C 12．D
3．C 8．D 13．A
4．B 9．A 14．D
5．B 10．C 15．B
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分） 16. C 21．A 26．D 31．B
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分） 第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分） 36．C 41．B 46．B
37．D 42．D 47．D
38．A 43．C 48．B
39．A 44．A 49．A
40．C 45．C 50．D
17. B 22．C 27．C 32．D
18. D 23．D 28．A 33．B
19. A 24．A 29．C 34．A
20. B 25．B 30．D 35．C
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分） 51．D
第三部分：书面表达（共两节，35分） 第一节（15分） 一、评分原则：
1．本题总分为15分，按4个档次给分。
2．评分时，先根据文章的内容和语言质量初步确定其档次，然后以该档次的要求来衡量，确定或调整档次，最后给分。
3．评分时应考虑：内容是否完整，条理是否清楚，交际是否得体，语言是否准确。 4．拼写、标点符号或书写影响内容表达时，应视其影响程度予以考虑。英、美拼写及词
52．C
53．F
54．E
55．G