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密封线_号学_名姓_级班_校学(这是边文，请据需要手工删加)2016届高三年级第二次模拟考试(二)英语第页(共8页)(这是边文，请据需要手工删加)2016届高三年级第二次模拟考试(二)英语本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分120分，考试用时120分钟。第一部分听力(共两节，满分20分)第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。() 1. Where are the speakers?A. At home.B. In a restaurant.C. In a hotel.() 2. What does the boy mean?A. Nancy has left the TV on.B. He forgot to turn off the TV.C. Nancy remembered turning off the TV.() 3. What does the woman advise the man to do?A. Go to the post office. B. Call the post office. C. Contact the mail carrier.() 4. Which word can best describe the man?A. Hardworking. B. Dishonest. C. Humorous.() 5. What can we learn from the conversation?A. The man is unhappy. B. The woman is very helpful. C. Mr. Barkley is disappointed.第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的做答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。() 6. Where are the womans children studying?A. At a school nearby. B. At a private school. C. At a public school.() 7. What can we learn about the woman?A. She is new here. B. She works in a school. C. She has lost her way.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。() 8. What can we learn about Pamela?A. She must be the mans pet.B. She must be the mans friend.C. She must be the mans daughter.() 9. What did the man use to be?A. A doctor. B. A boss. C. A professor.()10. What is the man going to do?A. To board a train. B. To get on an airplane. C. To catch the early bus.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。()11. What was the womans original plan?A. To study in a law school. B. To work as a lawyer abroad.C. To go abroad for further study.()12. Why did the woman change her mind?A. She found it was a trick to her. B. She found it unwise to go abroad.C. She thought it would cost her too much.()13. What do the speakers decide to do?A. Keep in touch. B. Have dinner today. C. Make a call tonight.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。()14. In what field does the woman want to work after graduation? A. Law. B. Medicine. C. Management.()15. What does the man think is the key to ones success?A. Interest. B. Ambitions. C. A backup plan.()16. What can we learn about the woman?A. She hasnt found a job up to now. B. She has no amabition and feels down.C. She will accept her fathers suggestion.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。()17. What is the first news headline about?A. Street violence. B. Personal safety. C. Students health.()18. Why did some parents gather at schools in Glasgow?A. To participate in school activities. B. To call for better primary education.C. To prevent the closedown of schools.()19. What are the litter pickers doing?A. Collecting private rubbish. B. Having a oneday break. C. Cleaning up after themselves.()20. Which teams will play in the European Cup Final?A. AC Milan and Barcelona. B. Barcelona and Liverpool. C. Liverpool and AC Milan.第二部分英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。()21. Different cultural features of ethnic groups are _ one another and work out a melody.A. in tune with B. in parallel with C. in contrast to D. in response to()22. _ an increase in foreign legal conflicts, China is expected to see the number continue to rise. A. To witness B. Being witnessed C. Witnessed D. Having witnessed()23. At the end of the historic area, Wilmington displayed its _ as a working port city: large warehouses and a few other dated office buildings.A. achievement B. reputation C. character D. standard()24. Do you think Im a good surfer?Of course! I _ you earlier. You made it look so easy, graceful even.A. am watching B. was watching C. have watched D. had watched()25. So far, only one man has _ a theory that seems to fit all the facts.A. come up with B. put up with C. lined up with D. caught up with()26. Your car should be ready next Tuesday.We were _ hoping youd be able to do it by this Friday.A. still B. rather C. always D. even()27. Many thought that after starring in the immensely popular drama, Nirvana in Fire, Hu Ge would _ and actively seek new roles.A. make a mountain out of a molehill B. have too many irons in the fireC. strike while the iron is hot D. put the cart before the horse()28. We work during the week, but weekends and evenings are usually _A. vacant B. casual C. empty D. clear()29. Passion is passion and it doesnt matter _ its directed. Exactly, it can be coins or sports or politics.A. why B. how C. whether D. where()30. Different tastes among tourists from outside the mainland _ the list of the countrys attractions.A. top B. shape C. lead D. show()31. It wasnt easy having my friends talk about their freshman years _ I wasnt a part of.A. whom B. when C. that D. what()32. The desk that _ clean so I could do homework was always surrounded with bowls of badmilk, old magazines and so on.A. may have been B. would have been C. must have been D. should have been()33. He _ whether to set aside the minor differences, then he did.A. debated B. predicted C. plotted D. calculated()34. How could I lie to her _ she lived for the truth, whether it was found in music or people?A. unless B. when C. while D. though()35. Mum, look at my shoes. I need a new pair._. I bought them for you only a week ago!A. You bet B. You said it C. You dont say D. You name it第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 Human growth is a process of experimentation, trial, and error eventually leading to wisdom. Each time you choose to trust yourself and take action, you can never quite be certain how the situation will _36_. Sometimes you are victorious, and sometimes you become disappointed. The _37_ experiments, however, are no less valuable than the experiments that finally prove successful; in fact, you _38_ learn more from your “failures” than you do from your _39_. If you have made what you think to be a mistake or failed to live up to your own _40_， you will most likely put up a barrier between your essence and the part of you that is the alleged (声称的) wrongdoer. However, viewing past actions as _41_ implies guilt and blame, and it is not possible to learn anything meaning while you are engaged in blaming. _42_， forgiveness is required when you are severely judging yourself. Forgiveness is the act of erasing an _43_ debt. There are four kinds of forgiveness. The first is beginner forgiveness for yourself. The second of forgiveness is beginner forgiveness for another. The third kind of forgiveness is _44_ forgiveness of yourself. This is for serious misbehaviors, the ones you carry with deep _45_. When you do something that violates your own values and principles, you create a gap between your standards and your actual _46_. In such a case, you need to work very hard at _47_ yourself for these deeds so that you can close this gap. This does not _48_ that you should rush to forgive yourself or shouldnt feel regret, _49_ taking pleasure in these feelings for a prolonged period of time is not healthy. The _50_ and perhaps most difficult one is the advanced forgiveness of another. At some time of our life, you may have been severely wronged or hurt by another person to such a degree that forgiveness seems _51_. However, harboring anger and revenge fantasies only keeps you _52_ in victimhood. Under such a circumstance, you should force yourself to see the bigger picture. By so doing, you will be able to _53_ the focus away from the anger and resentment. It is only through forgiveness that you can erase wrongdoing and _54_ the memory. When you can _55_ release the situation, you may come to see it as a necessary part of your growth.()36. A. turn out B. turn up C. break up D. break out()37. A. important B. engaged C. failed D. successful()38. A. obviously B. necessarily C. continuously D. usually()39. A. success B. failure C. fault D. benefit()40. A. ability B. expectations C. belief D. experiences()41. A. mistakes B. victories C. experiments D. fantasies()42. A. Still B. Therefore C. Instead D. However()43. A. absurd B. original C. emotional D. unusual()44. A. ordinary B. advanced C. alternative D. certain()45. A. wisdom B. mercy C. injury D. shame()46. A. thought B. approach C. behavior D. purpose()47. A. punishing B. forgiving C. blaming D. praising()48. A. mean B. prove C. reflect D. represent()49. A. and B. or C. but D. so()50. A. uncertain B. premier C. next D. last()51. A. essential B. valuable C. impossible D. unavoidable()52. A. trapped B. located C. lost D. occupied()53. A. drive B. drag C. put D. shift()54. A. keep B. refresh C. weaken D. clean()55. A. naturally B. finally C. definitely D. initially第三部分阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 A5 Secrets of Web Travel SitesBooking a trip on an online travel site is convenient, but comes with its own set of problems.1. They know whos on a Mac and whos on a PC and whos going to spend more.Last year, US travel research company Orbitz tracked peoples online activities to test out whether Mac users spend more on travel than PC users. On average, Mac users lay out US$2030 more per night on hotels and go for more stars, according to the Wall Street Journal. As a result, online travel sites show these users more expensive travel options first. To avoid inadvertently paying more, sort results by price.2. Their software doesnt always hook up to the hotels system.A guaranteed reservation is almost impossible to come by anywherebut the risk of your flight or hotel being overbooked increases with thirdparty providers. The middlemans software isnt immune to system errors, so always call the hotel or airline to make sure your booking was processed.3. Dont be fooled by packages: Often, theyre lowend items grouped together.Ever notice how travel sites recommend a hotel, a rental car, and tour package all in one click? These deals usually feature travel that no one wants, like flights with multiple layovers. Check the fine print.4. You could miss out on loyalty points.Thirdparty providers can get between you and frequent flyer miles or points. Many hotel loyalty programmes dont recognise external sites, others award only minimum points and exclude special offers, like double points on hotel stays.5. Once your trip is purchased, youre on your own.An online travel agency cant provide assistance the same way an agent can if a flight is cancelled or a room is substandard. Basically, when you arrive at the airport or hotel, youre just another client who booked at the lowest rate.()56. Which of the following is TRUE?A. Thirdparty providers can ensure your reservation.B. Mac users are likely to spend more money than PC users.C. An online travel agency functions the same as an agent.D. Packages usually provide travelers with satisfactory programmes.()57. Whats the purpose of the passage?A. To encourage readers to book a trip on an online travel site.B. To make an advertisement about several travel sites online.C. To convince readers not to book a trip on an online travel site.D. To warn readers of some problems with booking trips online.BWant to add some hours to your day? Ok, you probably cant change the fabric of time. But a new study suggests that the way you feel about your goal can change your concept of time and that some simple strategies could make you feel less rushed.In a series of experiments, Jordan Etkin, a professor of marketing at Duke, and her coauthors, Loannis Evangelidis and Jennifer Aaker, looked at what happens when people see their goals as conflicting with one another. In one, they asked some participants to list two of their goals that they felt were in conflict, and others simply to list two of their goals. Those who were forced to think about conflicting aims felt more time pressure than those who werent. In another experiment, the researchers gave participants a similar prompt regarding goal conflict, but this time measured their anxiety levels as well as their attitudes toward time. They found that participants who thought about conflicting goals had more anxiety than those who didnt, and that this, in turn, led to feelings of being short on time.“Stress and anxiety and time pressure are closely linked concepts，” D. Etkin explained. “When we feel more stress and anxiety in relation to our personal goals, that manifests(表现) as a sense of having less time.”Technological advances that allow people to do lots of things at once may increase the feeling of goal conflict, she said.“I think the easier it is for us to try to deal with a lot of these things at the same time，” she said, “the more opportunity there is for us to feel this conflict between our goals.”She isnt the first to suggest that actual busyness isnt the only thing that can make us feel busy. At the Atlantic, Derek Thompson wrote that “as a country, were working less than we did in the 1960s and 1980s.” He offered a number of possible reasons some Americans still feel so overworked, including “the fluidness(不固定性) of work and leisure.” As he put it: “The idea that work begins and ends at the office is wrong. On the one hand, flexibility is nice. On the other, mixing work and leisure together creates an alwayson expectation that makes it hard for whitecollar workers to escape the shadow of work responsibilities.” And Brigid Schulte writes in her 2014 book Overwhelmed: How to Work, Love, and Play When No One Has the Time that some researchers believe “time has no sharp edges. What often matters more than the activity were doing at a moment in time, they have found, is how we feel about it.Our_concept_of_time_is,_indeed,_our_reality.” Fortunately, Dr. Etkin and her team did find ways of making us feel better about timeor, at least, of reducing the negative influence of goal conflict. When participants performed a breathing exercise that reduced their anxiety, the impact of such conflict on their perception of time was less pronounced. Reframing anxiety as excitement (by reading the phrase “I am excited！” aloud several times) had a similar effect. Breathing and reframing may not solve everyones time problemsMs. Schulte writes that some Americans are indeed working more than they used to. She cites the work of the sociologists Michael Hout and Caroline Hanley, who have “found that working parents combined put in 13 more hours a week on the job in 2000 than they did in 1970. Thats 676 hours of additionally paid work a year for a family. And thats on top all the unpaid hours spent caring for children and keeping the house together.” Sometimes, we may feel short on time because we actually are. However, Dr. Etkin believes her findings suggest we may “have the ability to influence our experience of time more than we think we do.” “Were all going to have times in our lives when our goals seem to be in more conflict than others，” she said. But with techniques like the ones her team tested, “we really can help ourselves feel like we have more time.”()58. What makes people feel rushed today?A. Goal conflict. B. High pressure.C. Too much expectation. D. Lack of exercise.()59. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?A. Most people are having less work to do nowadays.B. People under a lot of stress have a better sense of time.C. Technological advances allow people to feel less stressed.D. The flexibility of work increases whitecollar workers pressure.()60. The underlined sentence “Our concept of time is, indeed, our reality.” means _A. we should make full use of time B. we value time more than the way we liveC. we can feel better about time if we want to D. we dont have the time to enjoy life in realityC “Over the years the unthinkable has become thinkable and today we sense we are close to being able to alter human heredity(遗传)” These were the words of David Baltimore of the California Institute of Technology, on December 1st, when he opened a threeday meeting in Washington to discuss the morality and use of human gene editing. Dr Baltimore is an old hand at these sorts of discussions, for he was also a participant in the Asilomar conference, in 1975, which brought scientists together to discuss a safe way of using the thennew technology of recombinant DNA, and whose recommendations influenced a generation of biotechnology researchers. Four decades on, the need for a similar sort of chinwag has arisen. The International Summit on Human Gene Editing has been held by the national scientific academies of three countriesAmerica, Britain and China. They are particularly concerned about whether gene editing should be used to make heritable changes to the human germ line, something Dr Baltimore described as a deep and troubling question. Like those of Asilomar, the conclusions of this meeting will not be binding. But the hope is that, again like Asilomar, a mixture of common sense and peer pressure will create a world in which scientists are trusted to regulate themselves, rather than having politicians and civil servants do it for them. The meeting is being held against a backdrop of rapid scientific advance. Since 2012 research into a new, easytouse editing tool called CRISPRCas9 has blossomed. This technique involves a piece of RNA (a chemical messenger, which can be used to recognise a target section of DNA) and an enzyme(酶) called a nuclease that can snip unwanted genes out and paste new ones in. Public interest was aroused in April, when Chinese scientists announced they had edited genes in nonviable(无活力的) human embryos, and again in November when British researchers said they had successfully treated a oneyearold girl who had leukaemia(白血病), using geneedited Tcells. Tcells are part of the immune system that attack, among other things, tumour cells. The researchers altered Tcells from a healthy donor to encourage them to recognise and kill the patients cancer, to make them immune to her leukaemia drug, and to ensure they did not attack her healthy cells. In another recent development, a firm called Edit as Medicine, which is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has said it hopes, in 2017, to start human clinical trials of CRISPRCas9 as a treatment for a rare genetic form of blindness known as Leber congenital amaurosis(伯氏先天性黑蒙). Though other companies are already testing geneediting therapies, these employ older, clunkier forms of the technology that seem likely to have less commercial potential. Moreover, researchers at the Broad Institute, also in Cambridge, said this week that they had made changes to CRISPRCas9 which greatly reduce the rate of editing errorsone of the main obstacles to the techniques medical use. On the subject of germline editing, Eric Lander, the Broads head, told the meeting it would be useful only in rare cases and said it might be a good idea to “exercise caution” before making permanent changes to the gene pool. The need for
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