2016届江苏省苏州市高三年级第一次模拟考试英语试卷

stay.

2. Complete the application for a tourist visa, Form DS-160.

This is an online form available through the U．S. Department of State. 3. Print the DS-160 confirmation page.

After successfully completing the application, the applicant will receive a confirmation with a 10-digit barcode. Take a printout of this page. This page is required to schedule a visa interview.

4. Upload a digital photograph.

The DS-160 application requires the applicant to upload a digital photograph that meets the following requirements：

The digital photograph must be a square

Minimum dimensions must be 600 pixels by 600 pixels Maximum dimensions must be 1200 pixels by 1200 pixels Image must be in color

Image must be in the JPEG format

File size of the image must be less than or equal to 240 kilobytes 5. Pay the application fee for the B-2 tourist visa.

The fee can be paid electronically as a bank transfer or in cash at designated(指定的) bank branches.

6. Make an appointment for the visa interview.

After paying the application fee, the applicant will have to schedule two appointments as part of the tourist visa process：

The first appointment is at the Offsite Facilitation Center (OFC) to provide biometrics information, which includes fingerprinting and photograph.

The second appointment is with the consulate or embassy for a personal visa interview. 7. Complete the visa fingerprinting at an OFC.

This appointment should be scheduled at least a day or two before the interview at the consulate. As part of this appointment, the applicant's digital photograph and fingerprints will be taken.

8. Attend the visa interview at the designated U．S. consulate or embassy on the day and time the appointment.

The applicant brings the following to the visa interview： Passport (and old passports if any) Passport-style photograph

The DS-160 confirmation page Visa application fee receipts Interview appointment letter Supporting documents 9. Receive a B-2 visa and travel to the U．S.

If the interview goes well, the consular officer will approve the visa application and give the applicant a B-2 visa.

( )56. The passage mainly focuses on ________．

A. how to apply for a U．S. tourist visa B. strict process of passport application.

C. making preparations for visa documents D. the U．S. tourist advertisement of applying for visa.

( )57. What are applicants required to do when applying for B-2 visa?

A. Complete the visa fingerprinting after the interview.

B. Pay the application fee only through bank transfer electronically. C. Print out Form DS-160.

D. Attend a personal visa interview.

B

First, I want to tell you how proud we are. Getting into Columbia is a real testament of what a great well-rounded student you are. Your academic, artistic, and social skills have truly blossomed(展现) in the last few years. You should be as proud of yourself as we are.

College will be the most important years in your life. It is in college that you will truly discover what learning is about. You often question “what good is this course”. I encourage you to be inquisitive, but I also want to tell you: “Education is what you have left after all that is taught is forgotten.” What I mean by that is the material taught isn't as important as you gaining the ability to learn a new subject, and the ability to analyze a new problem. That is really what learning in college is about—this will be the period where you go from teacher-taught to

master-inspired, after which you must become self-learner.

Do not fall into the trap of dogma(教条). There is no single simple answer to any question. Remember during your high school debate class, I always asked you to take on the side that you don't believe in? I did that for a reason—things rarely “black and white”， and there are always many ways to look at a problem. You will become a better problem solver if you recognized that. This is called “critical thinking”， and it is the most important thinking skill you need for your life. This also means you need to become tolerant and supportive of others. I will always remember when I went to my Ph.D. advisor and proposed a new thesis topic, he said “I don't agree with you, but I'll support you.” “________________________________________________________________________”．

Follow your passion in college. Take courses you think you will enjoy. Don't be trapped in what others think or say. Steve Jobs says when you are in college, your passion will create many dots, and later in your life you will connect them. Enjoy picking your dots, and be assured one day you will find your calling, and connect a beautiful curve through the dots.

Most importantly, make friends and be happy. College friends are often the best in life, because during college you are closer to them physically than to your family. Also, going through independence and adulthood is a natural bonding experience.

Bonne chance, my angel and princess. May Columbia become the happiest four years in your life.

( )58. What can be inferred from the passage? A. It's a parent's letter intended for a college student.

B. Parents are proud but worried about unpredictable future of children. C. Learning skills are the top priority in Columbia.

D. Though uneducated, the writer offers practical college guidance.

( )59. Which of the following is the most appropriate to fill in the blank at the end of the 3rd paragraph?

A. So do take each subject seriously, and even if what you learn isn't critical for your life, the skills of learning will be something you cherish forever.

B. After the years, I have learned this isn't just flexibility, but encouragement of critical

thinking.

C. When I faced the greatest challenge in my life, you gave me a big hug.

D. Your Columbia degree will take you far even if you don't graduate with honors. ( )60. By mentioning Steve Jobs, the author intends to tell us that ________． A. your dream of connecting dots to form a beautiful curve will be realized. B. following your own heart in college may guarantee opportunities of success. C. Steve Jobs is a typical example to illustrate that freedom and enjoyment count. D. Steve Jobs owes his success to his critical thinking.

C

The newspaper must provide for the reader the facts, pure, unprejudiced, objectively selected facts. But in these days of complex news it must provide more; it must supply interpretation, the meaning of the facts. This is the most important assignment facing American journalists—to make clear to the reader the problems of the day, to make international news understandable as community news, to recognize that there is no longer any such thing as “local” news, because any event in the international area has a local reaction in the financial market, political circles, in terms, indeed, of our very way of life.

There is in journalism a widespread view that when you start an interpretation, you are entering dangerous waters, the rushing tides of opinion. This is nonsense.

The opponents of interpretation insist that the writer and the editor shall limit himself to the “facts”. This insistence raises two questions. What are the facts? And: Are the bare facts enough?

As for the first question, consider how a so-called “factual” story comes about. The reporter collects, say, fifty facts; out of these fifty, his space being necessarily restricted, he selects the ten which he considers most important. This is Judgment Number One. Then he or his editor decides which of these ten facts shall hold the lead of the piece. This is Judgment Number Two. Then the night editor determines whether the article shall be presented on page one, where it has a large influence, or on page twenty-four, where it has little. Judgment Number Three.

Thus in the presentation of a so-called “factual” or “objective” story, at least three judgments are involved. And they are judgments not at all unlike those involved in interpretation, in which reporter and editor, calling upon their research resources, their general background, and their “news neutralism(中立)”， arrive at a conclusion as to the significance of the news.

The two areas of judgment, presentation of the news and its interpretation, are both objective rather than subjective processes—as objective, that is, as any human being can be. If an editor is determined to give a prejudiced view of the news, he can do it in other ways and more effectively than by interpretation. He can do it by the selection of those facts that support his particular viewpoint. Or he can do it by the place he gives a story—promoting it to page one or dragging it to page thirty.

( )61. According to Paragraphs 1-2, which of the following statements is true?

A. The most important task of reporters is to provide facts for the readers. B. If a reporter makes clear the facts he writes, he will get into trouble.

C. In order to make current events clear to the readers, reporters and editors must select facts objectively.

D. For reporters, interpretation of facts is no less important than presentation of the facts. ( )62. Which of the following can best express the author's attitude toward objectiveness?

A. He does not think there exists any objectiveness in news writing or reporting. B. To make clear the news is a way to be objective for the readers. C. Objectiveness is controlled by editors rather than writers.

D. Properly choosing facts prepares a solid ground for objectiveness. ( )63. Where a story is presented in a newspaper shows ________． A. the story's factual matter B. the editor's prejudice

C. the reporter's background D. the story's impact on the readers ( )64. The purpose of the last paragraph is to ________．

A. show us the author's judgment B. show us where to place a story

C. show us the author's viewpoint on objectiveness D. show us how to be neutral

D

After much thought, I came up with a brilliant plan. I worked out a way for Rich to meet my mother and win her over. In fact, I arranged it so my mother would want to cook a meal especially for him.

Rich was not only not Chinese and he was a few years younger than I was. And unfortunately, he looked much younger with his curly red hair, smooth pale skin, and the splash of orange freckles(雀斑) across his nose. He was a bit on the short side, compactly built. In his dark business suits, he looked nice but easily forgettable, which was why I didn't notice him the first year we worked together at the firm. But my mother noticed everything.

“So what do you think of Rich？” I finally asked, holding my breath.

She tossed the eggplant in the hot oil, angry hissing sound. “So many spots on his face，” she said.

“They are freckles. Freckles are good luck.” I said a bit too heatedly in trying to raise my voice above the noise of the kitchen.

“Oh？” She said innocently. “Yes, the more spots the better.”

She considered this a moment and then smiled and spoke in Chinese: “When you were young, you got the chicken pox. So many spots, you had to stay home for ten days. So lucky, you thought.”

I couldn't save Rich in the kitchen. And I couldn't save him later at the dinner table.

When I offered Rich a fork, he insisted on using the slippery ivory chopsticks. Halfway between his plate and his open mouth, a large chunk of red-cooked eggplant fell on his brand new white shirt.

And then he helped himself to big portions of the shrimp and snow peas, not realizing he should have taken only a polite spoonful.

He declined the new greens, the tender and expensive leaves of bean plants. He_thought_he_was_being_polite_by_refusing_seconds,_when_he_should_have_followed_my_father's_example,_who_made_a_big_show_of_taking_small_portions_of_seconds,_thirds_and_even_fourths,_always_saying_he_couldn't_resist_another_bite_and_then_groaning_he_was_so_full_he_thought_he_would_burst. But the worst was when Rich criticized my mother's cooking and he didn't even know what he had done. As is the Chinese cook's custom, my mother always made modest remarks about her own cooking. That night she chose to direct it toward her famous steamed pork and preserved vegetable dish, which she always served with special pride.