[解析版]江苏省南通、扬州、淮安、泰州四市2015届高三第三次调研英语试题

以下；against the rules违反规则。大家都知道是违反规则的。故选D。 51. A. guilty B. blank C. silent D. worried 【答案】C

【考查方向】考查形容词的用法。

【解析】本空考查形容词基本含义的辨析。guilty有罪的；blank空白的；silent沉默的；worried担忧的。面对他们自己的“违纪”，大家都是默默的，故选C。 52. A. approach B. touch C. break D. cross 【答案】D

【考查方向】考查动词的用法。

【解析】本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。Approach靠近；touch触动；break打断；cross横穿。cross the finish line穿过终点线。故选D。 53. A. join B. hate C. quit D. pick 【答案】C

【考查方向】考查动词的用法。

【解析】本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。join加入；hate讨厌；quit放弃；pick捡起。根据下文女儿的回答“No”判断是不会放弃这个队伍。故选C。 54. A. help B. strength C. confidence D. challenge 【答案】A

【考查方向】考查名词的用法。

【解析】本空考查名词基本含义的辨析。help帮助；strength实力，优势；confidence信心；challenge挑战。根据前文的get better判断他只是需要帮助。故选A。 55. A. award B. love C. teach D. support 【答案】B

【考查方向】考查动词的用法。

【解析】本空考查动词基本含义的辨析。award奖赏；love爱；teach教；support支持。根据前文这个作者女儿叙述的感人故事，作者发出自己的感想，“那就是我为什么爱中学孩子的原因”。故选B。

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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Mr. Peabody & Sherman This CGI feature inspired by the classic 1960s cartoon retains (保留) the surface but not the soul of the original. It’s possible that some children may find things to like about the movie. The animated feature has even more than the recommended daily allowance of scatological humor and B.O. jokes for the average 8-year-old. Anyone much older than that is in for a big disappointment. Child’s Pose In the movie world, most national new waves don’t last long. An exception is the Romanian renaissance, which has featured first-class movies now for more than a decade. The latest is “Child’s Pose”, an improper title for a marvelous movie. It’s surprising that the Romanian film, starring Luminita Gheorghiu, missed the cut for an Oscar nomination (提名). Winter’s Tale Fairy tales are not only for children and “Winter’s Tale”, the film adaptation of a best-selling book, aims to attract even middle-aged adults into believing in the magic of everlasting love and the power of miracles. This is a movie that is many things—a great work of hubris (傲慢), a misguided attempt at filmmaking, unbelievably boring—and yet it is nothing. 300: Rise of an Empire One of the challenges of sequels (续集) is that they often wind up being too little, too late; following up 2006’s “300” some years after the fact, “300: Rise of an Empire” actually offers too much, too late. Within the first minutes of the film, as Leana Headey’s Queen Gorgo 【文章解读】该文章主要介绍了四部影片的主要内容和人物和评价等。 gives explanation in a clipped voice, we get to see cruel killings. 56. What can we infer from the above about the movies mentioned? A. Mr. Peabody & Sherman reflects the feature of the novel completely. B. Child’s Pose is worse than other Romanian films made in the past decade.

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C. Winter’s Tale is not considered by the writer as interesting as its original. D. 300: Rise of an Empire succeeds in avoiding common drawbacks of sequels. 【答案】C

【考查方向】考查细节辨认题。

【解析】根据Mr. Peabody & Sherman部分的内容排除A；根据文章Child’s Pose 部分排除B；根据300：Rise of an Empire部分排除D；根据Winter’s Tale部分的 It’s nothing判断C是正确的。

57. The above writing is probably carried in the column “______”. A. What’s on B. Brief review

C. New movies D. Recommended movies 【答案】B

【考查方向】考查细主旨大意题。

【解析】What’s on在上演什么；brief review简短影评；new movies新电影；recommended movies推荐的电影。根据每部影片的介绍，应是来自影评。故选B。

B

Creativity is generally characterised by the ability to observe the world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to produce solutions. Creativity involves two processes: thinking, then producing. If you have ideas, but don’t act on them, you are imaginative but not creative.

Some people say creativity has nothing to do with innovation—that innovation is a discipline, implying that creativity is not. In fact, creativity is also a discipline, and a crucial part of the innovation equation. There is no innovation without creativity.

A study on creativity shows 8 in 10 people feel that unlocking creativity is critical to

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economic growth and nearly two-thirds of people feel creativity is valuable to society, yet a striking minority – only 1 in 4 people – believe they are living up to their own creative potential.

Another study reveals that we are naturally creative and as we grow up we learn to be uncreative.

Creativity is a skill that can be developed and a process that can be managed. Creativity begins with a basis of knowledge, learning a discipline, and mastering a way of thinking. You learn to be creative by experimenting, exploring, questioning assumptions, using imagination and synthesing (综合) information. Learning to be creative is similar to learning a sport. It requires practice to develop the right muscles.

Beliefs that only special, talented people are creative weaken our confidence in our creative abilities. The concept that geniuses (天才) such as Shakespeare, Picasso and Mozart were “gifted” is a myth (神话). Researchers examined outstanding performances in the arts, mathematics and sports, to find out if “the widespread belief that to reach high levels of ability a person must possess a born potential called talent.” Few showed early signs of promise prior to parental encouragement. No one reached high levels of achievement in their field without devoting thousands of hours of serious training. Mozart trained for 16 years before he produced an acknowledged master work. Moreover many high performers achieve levels of excellence today that match the abilities of a Mozart, or a Gold Medallist from the turn of the century. 【答案】B

【考查方向】考查细主旨大意题。

【解析】What’s on在上演什么；brief review简短影评；new movies新电影；recommended movies推荐的电影。根据每部影片的介绍，应是来自影评。故选B。 58. Real creative people must be good at ______. A. relating various things to each other B. using their heads whenever possible C. looking at things from different angles

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