2015高三限时训练5-9套

2015年高三英语限时训练6

一．单项填空

1. When Qixi is coming, there are ready reminders ________ about, in the form of big ads saying

―Sales on Chinese Valentine's Day!‖ in shops, hotels and restaurants. A. dotted B. dotting C. to be dotted D. to be dotting 2. I ________ much of a person who is not wiser today than they were yesterday. A. hadn‘t thought B. wasn‘t thinking C. haven‘t thought D. don't think

3. It‘s Mary‘s own fault if she feels ____ at the party—she makes no effort to be friendly to people.

A. cut out B. stood out C. made out D. left out 4. —What I cannot put up with is that students may even give me a back talk.

—Of course, it‘s not polite of them, but sometimes you should put things ________ and try to understand them.

A. upside down B. in place C. the other way round D. in order

5. A woman uses a hat to block out the sun while walking along a street ________ the temperature

hit a record high. A. that B. whose C. where D. which 6. —Boss, I‘m too tired, so I want to see the whole world. Please accept my resignation. —It seems that I have to accept it. I hope your idea________. A. takes wing B. makes sense C. hangs in there D. pushes me around 7. With the average temperature for January standing at -50C, ________ is no wonder the village is

the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world. A. there B. it C. as D. which 8. —I'm starving. Do we still have any pies left from the dinner yesterday? —Oh, Julia ________ her friends over in the afternoon and they ate them all. A. invited B. has invited C. had invited D. would invite 9. A tiger escaped on Saturday and killed a female keeper ________ dead by the zoo's director. A. before shot B. till shot C. before being shot D. till being shot

10. — How is everything going? —________ . I got promoted and bought a new car.

A. Can‘t complain B. Couldn‘t be better C. Sick of it D. Give me a break 二．完形填空

At noon today I said goodbye to New York forever, thus joining that growing group of people who, for one reason or another, have decided the city is no longer to our liking.

A lot of literature has been written on this 11 —the disappointed New Yorker—and I‘ve read much of it, but none of the cases seem to fit 12 my feelings about the city. I don‘t hate New York; there is really nothing there to hate and 13 very little to love. It is a city of indifference, and that‘s the problem. I found I could only 14 indifference in return. A few days ago in Central Park I saw a man leaning on a litter can drinking a carton of orange juice, and when he finished he tossed the container not in the can but on the 15 . I don‘t

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understand this, but there is a lot about New York I don‘t understand. 16 I don‘t understand why the city has no soul. Vienna almost suffocates the citizens with care, Paris manages to inspire 17 own with a sense of their fulfillment; but New York‘s key 18 is that it doesn‘t really care about anything. I recall, 19 , the New Year‘s Eve when, after a dinner party, a friend of mine went down to the street to get a taxicab and the cab turned too sharply 20 hit him. His wife and I took him in the cab to Lenox Hill Hospital, and while we were trying to get emergency 21 for him, the cabdriver was 22 at us for the fare. Such things may happen in other large cities, and undoubtedly 23 , but they reflect a lack of caring, a sickness in the 24 that I find difficult to forgive and impossible to 25 . And so I come to the bottom line. I don‘t want to live in a city where a woman 26 for a lost dog and receives dozens of telephone calls from a variety of people saying they are torturing the animal and will continue to do so 27 she pays large sums of money; or in a city where I am 28 I must always have a $10 in my wallet for a possible robber because without that I will surely be stabbed; or in a city where my mailman leaves a note in my box at Christmas 29 the size of the tip he expects. Above all, I want to get away from the indifference of New York. I want to care and it may sound 30 — be cared about. 11. A. field B. subject C. issue D. question 12. A. closely B. precisely C. perfectly D. naturally 13. A. certainly B. exactly C. hopefully D. totally 14. A. show B. offer C. give D. seek 15. A. chair B. ground C. table D. tree 16. A. Mainly B. Generally C. Relatively D. Luckily 17. A. his B. their C. its D. her 18. A. character B. taste C. habit D. mood 19. A. once B. too C. yet D. however 20. A. and B. to C. that D. but 21. A. doctors B. ambulances C. treatment D. medicine 22. A. gazing B. waving C. pointing D. screaming 23. A. have B. will C. do D. had 24. A. brain B. mind C. heart D. soul 25. A. overcome B. ignore C. underestimate D. forget 26. A. begs B. apologizes C. advertises D. shops 27. A. unless B. if C. since D. although 28. A. urged B. informed C. told D. threatened 29. A. informing B. suggesting C. writing D. explaining 30. A. disrespectful B. subjective C. impolite D. pointed 三．阅读理解

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Some of the old worries about artificial intelligence were closely linked to the question of

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whether computers could think. The first massive electronic computers, capable of rapid calculation and little or no creative activity, were soon dubbed(取绰号) ―electronic brains‖. A reaction to this terminology quickly followed, computers were called ―high speed idiots‖, an effort to protect human vanity(虚荣心) . But not everyone realized the implications of the high-speed idiot tag. It has not been pointed out enough that even the human idiot is one of the most intelligent life forms on earth. If the early computers were even that intelligent, it was already a remarkable state of affairs.

One consequence of speculation(推测) about the possibility of computer thought was that we were forced to examine with new care the idea of thought in general. It soon became clear that we were not sure what we meant by such terms as thought and thinking. We tend to assume that human beings think, some more than others, though we often call people thoughtless or unthinking. Dreams cause a problem, partly because they usually happen outside our control. They are obviously some type of mental experience, but are they a type of thinking? And the question of nonhuman life forms adds further problems. Many of us would maintain that some of the higher animals-dogs, cats, apes, and so on - are capable of at least basic thought, but what about fish and insects? If thinking is demonstrated by evident electrical activity in the brain, then many species are capable of thought. Once we have formulated clear ideas on what thought is in biological creatures, it will be easier to discuss the question of thought in artifacts(人工制品). And what is true of thought is also true of the many other mental processes. One of the immense benefits of a research is that we are being forced to scrutinize(仔细研究), with new rigor, the working of the human mind.

It is already clear that machines have superior mental abilities to many life forms. No fern(蕨类) or oak tree can play chess as well as even the simplest digital computer, nor can frogs weld(焊) car bodies as well as robots. It seems that, viewed in terms of intellect, the computer should be set well above plants and most animals. Only the higher animals can compete with computers with regard to intellect and even then with diminishing success.

31. Why was ―Electronic brains‖ changed to ―high speed idiots‖? A. People felt threatened.

B. People wanted to show their superiority in a superficial way.

C. People thought that even human idiots are cleverer than computers. D. People didn‘t realize the implications of the high-speed idiot tag. 32. What was one result of speculating whether computers could think? A. We had to figure out how human brain works.

B. We had to reconsider what thought mean in general. C. We had to get mental processes under control.

D. We had to determine if thinking can be demonstrated.

33. What does the author want to illustrate by mentioning the fern and the oak tree? A. Digital computers are the most intelligent in the world. B. Human beings are the most intelligent in the world. C. Lower animals are unable to think like human beings.

D. Some creatures are inferior to computers in mental abilities.

B

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For several days I saw little of Mr. Rochester. In the morning he seemed much occupied with business, and in the afternoon gentlemen from the neighborhood called and sometimes stayed to dine with him. When his foot was well enough, he rode out a great deal.

During this time, all my knowledge of him was limited to occasional meetings about the house, when he would sometimes pass me coldly, and sometimes bow and smile. His changes of manner did not offend me, because I saw that I had nothing to do with the cause of them.

One evening, several days later, I was invited to talk to Mr. Rochester after dinner. As I was looking at him, he suddenly turned, and asked me, ―Do you think I‘m handsome, Miss Eyre?‖

The answer somehow slipped from my tongue before I realized it: ―No, sir.‖

―Ah, you really are unusual! You are a quiet, serious little person, but you can be almost rude.‖ ―Sir, I‘m sorry. I should have said that beauty doesn‘t matter, or something like that.‖

―No, you shouldn‘t! I see, you criticize my appearance, and then you stab me in the back! You have honesty and feeling. There are not many girls like you. But perhaps I go too fast. Perhaps you have awful faults to counterbalance your few good points.‖

I thought to myself that he might have too. He seemed to read my mind, and said quickly, ―Yes, you‘re right. I have plenty of faults. I went the wrong way when I was twenty-one, and have never found the right path again. I might have been very different. I might have been as good as you, and perhaps wiser. I am not a bad man, take my word for it, but I have done wrong. It wasn‘t my character, but circumstances that were at fault. Why do I tell you all this? Because you‘re the sort of person people tell their problems and secrets to, because you‘re sympathetic and give them hope.‖

―Don‘t be afraid of me, Miss Eyre.‖ He continued. ―You don‘t relax or laugh very much, perhaps because of the effect Lowood school has had on you. But in time you will be more natural with me, and laugh, and speak freely. You‘re like a bird in cage. When you get out of the cage, you‘ll fly very high. Good night.‖

34. At the beginning Miss Eyre‘s impressions about Mr. Rochester were all EXCEPT ________. A. moody B. busy C. accessible D. sociable

35. By saying ―you stab me in the back‖, Mr. Rochester meant ________ A. Jane was not being honest. B. Jane had an evil intention.

C. Jane‘s criticism about his appearance hurt him deeply. D. Jane added something that hurt him deeper.

36. In Mr. Rochester‘s eyes, Miss Eyre was ________. A. irritable and indifferent B. sympathetic and special C. hopeful but rude D. direct and optimistic

37. From what Mr. Rochester told Miss Eyre, we can conclude that he wanted to ________. A. share his troubles with her

B. prove that appearance doesn‘t matter C. leave a deep impression on her

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