2015年高考仿真模拟卷(江苏卷二)英语

people out there who could benefit greatly from you sharing your talents. Ever notice how giving to others makes you feel so incredible (难以置信的) about yourself?

Forgive yourself. Guilt is a strange thing. All that guilt does is to keep us in the past reliving something we wish that we could change. But not going to happen, Pm afraid. Forgiveness is a choice. Forgive yourself, let bygones be bygones. Forgive yourself, apologize and move on. Do something just for you. Take time for yourself and just relax. Rest both your mind and your body. Refresh by sitting quietly, listening to soft gentle music or watching the wonders of nature from your own backyard or window. Whatever it is that could make you feel special and relaxed, just do it.

Love yourself. Take pride in all your unique glory.

56. If you pay enough attention to your strengths, you will be . A. increasingly confident about yourself B. naturally fond of doing the same thing C. successful in your family and career D. good at doing everything that you like 57. If you have a special talent, you'd better . A. take the advantage of it B. notice and improve it C. share it with people around D. show it off to your friends

58. The main purpose of the passage is . A. to convince people to share B. to introduce different lifestyles

C. to encourage people to be confident D. to guide people to love themselves

B

（2015?重庆一中高三一诊模拟）The African elephant, the largest land animal remaining on earth, is of great importance to African ecosystem(生态系统). Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent the builder of its environment. As a big plant-eater, it largely shapes

the forest-and-savanna(大草原)surroundings in which it lives, therefore setting the terms of existence for millions of other animals that live in its habitat(栖息地).

It is the elephant's great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and an important builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must have every day, it kills small trees and underbushes, and pulls branches off big trees. This results in numerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of the African savannas. In these open spaces are numerous plants in various stages of growth that attract a variety of other plant-eaters.

Take the rain forests for example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overhead shut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees and eating plants, elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In such situations, the forests become suitable for large hoofed plant-eaters to move around and for small plant-eaters to get their food as well.

What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species. If the elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areas of forest and savanna, greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem. 59. What is the passage mainly about? A. Disappearance of African elephants.

B. Forests and savannas as habitats for African elephants. C. The effect of African elephants' search for food. D. The eating habit of African elephants.

60. What does the underlined phrase “setting the terms” most probably mean? A. Fixing the time. B. Worsening the state. C. Improving the quality. D. Deciding the conditions. 61. What do we know about the open spaces in the passage? A. They result from the destruction of rain forests. B. They provide food mainly for African elephants. C. They are home to many endangered animals.

D. They are attractive to plant-eating animals of different kinds. 62. The passage is developed mainly by _____.

A. showing the effect and then explaining the causes B. pointing out similarities and differences C. describing the changes in space order D. giving examples

C

（2015·河南省商丘市高三第一次模拟）2014 saw that the Ebola virus reappeared in Guinea and soon spread into neighbouring Liberia and Sierra Leone, killing over 7,800 people by the new year of 2015. It leads to viral hemorrhagic fever, which is characterized by high fever and internal bleeding etc.

Ebola is named after the Ebola River, where it was first discovered in 1976. There are five different types of the Ebola virus, each named after where they first happened: Sudan, Ivory Coast, Reston, Bundibugyo, and Zaire. The deadliest of the five, Zaire, was responsible for the 2012 out- break, and is believed to be attacking Guinea.

Ebola is naturally found in fruit bats, which pass on the virus to other animals by biting or sucking on their blood. Humans who are suffering from the Ebola infection might have touched the bodily fluids of the infected animals. Once infected, a human becomes a carrier of the deadly virus.

Unfortunately, there are no disease - specific treatments for Ebola. Health - care workers only supply the infected people with physiological saline（生理盐水）to keep them in good condition. Ebola can kill 90% of those infected, especially in underdeveloped societies like those in Africa. Since there have been many cases of nurses catching the disease from patients, they are forced to wear strict protective clothes, and in some cases, not even allowed to get close to the infected. The fact that there is no cure for the Ebola virus is what makes the outbreak a challenging one to control.

What?s worse, since we live in an interconnected world, where the situation in one country can affect us all, the influences of Ebola are huge: damaging trade relations, affecting foreign visitors, and weakening entire countries. It is feared that the disease may spread throughout west African countries. For every country, a strong health system can decrease the risk of health attack and lessen the impact of Ebola.

63. What is the function of the first paragraph in the whole passage? A. To arouse the reader?s concern. B. To summarize the whole passage. C. To give a detailed description of Ebola. D. To introduce the theme of the whole passage. 64. What can we infer about the Ebola virus? A. It has caused a panic in many countries. B. It is the most dangerous virus in the world.

C. A strong health system is important to fight against Ebola. D. Anyone who was infected Ebola will die. 65. Paragraph 3 mainly tells us _________.

A. What the Ebola virus is B. How the Ebola virus spreads C. How the Ebola virus is treated D. How the Ebola virus affects the life 66. Which of the following is true?

A. There are no effective drugs to treat Ebola by far. B. Ebola is now very common in Guinea. C. Those with a fever must be infected by Ebola.

D. Females are easier to be infected by Ebola.

D

（2015?江苏省南通市第一次调研测试）If I asked you to sit down and remember a list of phone numbers or a series of facts, how would you go about it? There?s a fair chance that you?d be doing it wrong.

One of the interesting things about the mind is that even though we all have one, we all have one, we don’t have perfect insight(洞察力) into how to get the best from it. This is partly because of flaws(缺陷) in our ability to think about our own thinking. Studying this self-reflective thought process exposes human being? personal blind spots.

One area there these blind spots are particularly large is learning. We?re actually surprisingly bad at having insight into how we learn best.

Researchers Jeffrey Karpicke and Henry Roediger IIII made an experiment, where they asked