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山东淄博六中11-12学年高三模拟考试英语试题(3)
第一节语法和词汇(共15小题；每小题1分，满分l5分)
21. What China can learn from 2008 financial storm has become hot topic among us.
A. the, 不填 B. the, a C. 不填, the D.不填, a 22. --Why' on earth didn't you answer the door? --I'm sorry, but the phone too.
A. is ringing B. was ringing C. rang D. was about to ring 23. His inexperience__ into account, Jeffery shouldn't be charged with such a heavy task.
A. taking B. being taken C. to take D. taken
24. Those goods are for export, though a few of them may be sold on the home market.
A. accurately B. eventually C. essentially D. merely 25. --I'm sorry, but smoking is not allowed in this section on the train. --Oh, I that, and I won't again.
A. don't know B. didn't know C. won't D. haven't known 26. Now many companies across the globe are __ their employees because of the serious financial crisis.
A. laying off B. paying off C. laying out D. setting aside 27. Obama, the first black president in American history, __ presidency on January 20th, 2009.
A. set up B. held up C. took up D. picked up 28.--What does the sign over there read?
--No person __ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette in this area.
A. will B. shall C. may D. must 29. --You see, I'm poor in maths, you are not good at English, and... --That's we should help each other.
A. when B. where C. how D. what 30. --Will $ 200 the cost of the damage of your car? -- I'm afraid not. I need at least $100 more.
A. do B. include C. afford D. cover 31. --I'm afraid I can't get on well in tomorrow's interview.
-- You've prepared for it for quite a few days and surely you will make it.
A. Good luck B. Cheer up C. Don't mention it D. Never mind 32. I spent seemed to be a short period of time learning maths, but I did get somewhere.
A. which B. that C. it D. what 33. Snowing hard outside,
A. doesn't it B. isn't it C. does it D. is it
34. A good teacher always leaves his students enough time to think and voice their
opinions in class, sometimes he may not complete his teaching task.
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A. even if B. in case C. as long as D. as if
35. The of surfing the Internet is how you can tell whether the information is true or not.
A. ability B. competition C. challenge D. knowledge 第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分．满分20分)，
I lost my sight when I was 4 years old in an accident. Now I'm 32 .
It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love 36 so much, as I do now, if I hadn't been 37 . I don't mean that I would prefer to go with no sight. I simply mean that the 38 of it made me 39 more what I had left. Life, I believe, 40 a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more 41 a person is able to make these adjustments, the more 42 his life becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I had to 43 in myself, or else I would have collapsed(崩溃). When I say belief in myself, I am not talking about simply the kind of 44 that helps me down an unfamiliar staircase alone. But I 45 something bigger than that an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, 46 person. It took me years to discover and 47 this assurance. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was 48 \this,\in my head. By 49 the ball I could hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to 50 a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball At Philadelphia School for the Blind I invented a successful 51 of baseball We call it Ground Ball.
All my life I have set ahead of me a series of 52 and then tried to reach them, one at a time. But I had to be aware of my 53 . It was no good to try for something that I knew at the start was out of 54 because that only invited the bitterness of 55 . I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress. 36. A. darkness B. life C. freedom D. nature 37. A. cured B. deaf C. blind D. brave 38. A. remaining B. use C. recovery D. loss 39. A. appreciate B. challenge C. suffer D. use 40. A. asks B. causes C. lacks D. directs 41. A. abruptly B. simply C. cautiously D. readily 42. A. rich B. meaningful C. complex D. helpful 43. A. believe B. give C. take D. turn
44. A. independence B. confidence C. diligence D. weakness 45. A. mean B. have C. produce D. hide
46. A. disabled B. reasonable C. fearless D. positive 47. A. strengthen B. prove C. remove D. present 48. A. scolded B. cheated C. benefited D. hurt 49, A. taking B. rolling C. hitting D. passing 50. A. shoot B. describe C. imagine D. achieve
51. A. occupation B. variation C. competition D. qualification 52. A. goals B. games C. balls D. examples
53. A. intelligence B. virtues C. advantages D. limitations 54. A. breath B. reach C. power D. sight
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55. A. failure B. sickness C. ignorance D. success 第三部分 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
A
Despite the fact that businesses believe celebrities(著名人士) have a lot of pull with regard to the buying trends of consumers, researchers have discovered that this does not seem to be the case. British and Swiss researchers conducted a study showing that advertisements featuring endorsements(认可)by celebrities like David Beckham and Scarlett Johansson are not as effective as those by ordinary people. The difference is that regular people prefer to purchase goods that are bought by other regular people.
In s sample of 298 university students, researchers presented a magazine advertisement for a digital camera that included an endorsement by an imaginary student saying the camera was \and his \choice.\The same advertisement was shown to other students, but with a difference：the camera was endorsed by a famous person in Germany. The researchers also measured how important it was for consumers that the purchased products make a good impression on others.
While the students said that both advertisements were beneficial, the one made by the student topped the celebrity one if students aimed to impress others with their purchases. More than half of the students, who admitted to purchasing products that would impress others, said they were influenced by the student advertisement. Only 20% said the celebrity one would affect their buying decision. For those who do not buy to impress, only 5% focused on the student advertisement.
Professor Brett Martin from the University of Bath's School of Management, explained that the findings can be used not only in Germany, but in other countries as well. \re-search questions whether celebrities are the best way to sell products,\said Mr. Martin.\can be effective but we found that many people were more convinced by an endorsement from an ordinary person. This is because many people, feel a need to keep up with the Jones\
56. The underlined word \
A. physical force B. influence C. value D. communication 57. According to the research, common consumers tend to buy fashionable products
endorsed by .
A. people who resemble them B. common people whom they know nothing about
C. a person who doesn't buy to impress others D. famous persons 58. Those who don't want to buy a product to impress others . A. are less interested in the celebrity advertisement
B. are actually influenced by neither of the advertisements
C. are mostly affected by the student advertisement D. pay less attention to the student advertisement 59. The passage mainly wants to tell us that . A. celebrity endorsements fail to have expected effect
B. companies spend too much money in advertising with celebrities
C. student's ads are more reliable than celebrity ones D. companies can't keep up with the buying trend
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B
After helping Barack Obama sweep to victory in the US election, the president-elects motto of \Friday declared character of the year by a monk at one of Japan's most respected temples.
Using a calligraphy brush to write the single character on a wooden platform as tourists looked on, Seihan Mori, chief monk at Kiyomizu temple in the ancient capital of Kyoto, declared \to be Japan's character of the year.
The event was hosted by a Kyoto-based group that promotes the use
of
\
The public sent in 111,200 nominations(提名) for the kanji of the year.
Of those, a majority 5.42 percent approved of \suggesting the Beijing Olympics, and \ \economic and societal changes, as they were impressed by Mr. Obama's message of change,\significance of \ The Japan Kanji Aptitude Testing Foundation(JKATF) has been conducting a poll(民意测试) on the year's kanii each year since 1995. Last year's top choice was 'Nise' (fake).
60. What is the best title of this passage.'? A. \won Japan's character of the year. B. \written on wooden platform.
C. \characters.
61. The aim of the event is to .
A. popularize standard Chinese B. promote the use of \ C. practice Chinese handwriting D. strengthen the relationship between China and Japan
62. From the first three nominated words we can see that . A. Japanese people showed great concern to events of the year B. the whole world experienced a hard time last year C. Japanese people know a lot of Chinese words
D. Japanese people love to follow the fashion of the world
63. It can be inferred from Obama's motto \ A. Obama tends to make quick changes in order to win the election
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B. Obama's policy of \C. Obama promises to make some changes of American law if elected president D. it's wise of Obama to choose the same word as nominated by Japanese 64. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. The chief monk at Kiyomizu temple decided the kanji of 2008. B. 3 kanjis are nominated for this year's poll. C. \
D. The kanji event has been hosted by JKATF for more than 10 years. C Teachers and textbooks beware -- your future could be under threat from a quickly developing and very smart technology. University of California researchers led by Jacob White hill recently programmed teaching robots to react to facial expression. Whitehill's achievement marked a major step forward in the way people could one day learn by establishing facial expression recognition in robot teachers.
The teaching robots or, Intelligent Tutoring Systems (ITS) are computer systems that provide personalized instruction and feedback to students without human intervention. The facial expression recognition allows a computer to react according to expressions a user makes.
He said that the system was an important development in improving learning systems.
\questions then I wait for a responses then I talk some more; then I wait for another response.' Facial expression recognition, I believe, will allow the feedback from student to teacher to happen while the robot teacher is talking,\ Experts agree the latest developments in ITS open new possibilities for how people could learn. University of Memphis researcher, Dr Andrew Olney, who recently received a US$ I. 3 million grant to develop an ITS, said the key to future learning will be enabling interactive(交互的), one-on-one instruction.
\方案),\said.
Although robot teachers of varying abilities have existed for more than 30 years, ITS developments such as Whitehill's and Olney's are pushing beliefs that robots could soon be as effective as-- if not more effective than human teachers.
\have no experience,\
So, what is the future for today’s teachers, classrooms, and textbooks? 65. The underlined word \ A. take care B. get ready C. take it easy D. have a look 66. The newly teaching robots are more advanced because they have
A. Jacob Whitehill as the designer B. a program reacting to facial expressions
C. a system to help people learn D. a set of instruments to recognize your voice
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