南京市2014届高三考前冲刺训练英语

A. Because of their adaptability, kayaks can be useful for other outdoor activities such as diving, fishing, and search and rescue during floods.

B. Unlike boats operated by motor and fuel, kayaks pose little or no harm to the fish swimming beneath.

C. Contrary to what people may assume, there are a number of unique styles of kayaking based on the type and speed of water involved.

D. Sea kayaking is a potentially hazardous pursuit, partly because of the nature of the environment in which we operate. 59. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. The environmental impacts of kayaking—is it dangerous? B. The most popular water sports—kayaking C. Advantages and disadvantages of kayaking

D. How to keep kayaking a safe and enjoyable activity?

60. Which word or expression is closest in meaning to “biodegradable”?

A. Recycled. B. Environmentally harmless. C. Poisonous. D. Sustainable.

B

A classic joke goes like this: A nurse rushes into an exam room and says, “Doctor, doctor, there’s an invisible man in the waiting room.” The doctor says, “Tell him I can’t see him.”

Pretty simple, right?

Here’s how I tell it: “A nurse—her name is Joyce—feels a presence in the waiting room. She looks around but sees nothing. She jumps up from her desk, carefully replaces her chair, and runs down the lavender-hued hallway to the doctor’s office. She knocks on the door. No response. He’s not there. Where can he be? She continues down the hall, admiring a lithograph of an 18th-century Mississippi paddleboat along the way.” By this time, my audience has left, but I soldier on. “She bursts into the exam room and says, ‘Doctor, doctor!’ The doctor, I should mention, is a urologist with a degree from Ohio State, which is where my nephew …”

You get the idea. I’m an embellisher. I can’t leave a simple gag alone.

I’m not the only joke-challenged member of the family. My sister’s worse than I am. Her problem: She can’t remember them. “‘A nurse rushes into an exam room and says?’Uh, let me start all over again. ‘A nurse rushes into a waiting?’No, it’s not the waiting room. She just came from the waiting room. Let me start all over again. ‘A doctor rushes into…’ No, wait…”

My uncle’s different. He’s guilty of taking a perfectly fine joke and selling it as the second coming of Oscar Wilde,“Okay, this is a good one. Ready? No, really, ready? Okay, fasten your seat belts. Ready?‘A nurse?’Got it? A nurse? Okay, ready?‘A nurse rushes into an exam room and says, “Doctor, doctor, there’s an invisible man in the waiting room.”’ Now, this is where it gets funny. Ready?”

No one is ever ready, so they leave before he gets to the punch line.

My father’s on Wall Street, so he hears all the jokes before they hit the Web. And he lets you know he knows them all by telling you all of them. He also knows that most people don’t like jokes. So he slips them in under the radar: “I was chatting with Ben Bernanke the other day. You know Ben, don’t you? The Fed chief? Anyway, we were reviewing the Fed’s policy on long-term interest rates, and he told me it had evolved into its current iteration only after a nurse rushed into an exam room and said, ‘Doctor, doctor, there’s…’ Hey, where are you going?”

My brother Mark understands that the secret to good joke telling is to know your audience.

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When he entertained my grandmother’s bridge club one evening, he made it a point to adapt the joke to them: “A beautiful blonde nurse rushes into a consulting room?” No one in my family has ever finished this joke.

But as bad as it is not to be able to tell a joke, there’s something worse: not being able to listen to one. Take my cousin Mitch for example.

“Why couldn’t the doctor see him?” he asked. “Because he’s invisible,” I said.

“Now, I didn’t get that. I thought the doctor couldn’t see him because he was with a patient.”

“Well, yeah, okay, but the fact that the guy was invisible?” “Could the nurse see him?”

“No. She’s the one who said he was invisible?” “How’d she know he was there?” “Because he?”

“When you say he was invisible, does that mean his clothes were invisible too?” Here’s where I tried to walk away.

“Because if his clothes weren’t invisible,” Mitch said, stepping between me and the exit, “then the doctor could see him, right?” “Yeah, but ?”

“At least his clothes.” “I guess?”

“Unless he was naked.” “Okay, he was naked!”

“Why would he go to his doctor naked?”

Next time you see my family and someone is telling a joke, do yourself a favor: Make yourself invisible.

61. Which of the following is true according to this article?

A. No one in the writer’s family is good at telling jokes. B. Mark is the best at telling jokes in his family.

C. Mitch is very sensitive to all kinds of jokes. D. A typically classic joke should cover all the details.

62. What is inappropriate about Mark’s adaptation of the joke?

A. He knows the audience very well. B. He shouldn’t have entertained a bridge club.

C. He shouldn’t have begun the story with a beautiful blond nurse. D. He shouldn’t have told old people jokes.

63. Mitch stepped between me and the exit because __________.

A. he wanted to go out with me B. he wanted to block my way out

C. he was trying to repay the situation in the consulting room D. he wanted to show that the doctor could see the patient 64. Which is the best title of the passage?

A. Learn to Amuse Others B. Where to Find a Doctor C. How to Ruin a Classic Joke D. A Story about a Funny Family

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四．书面表达

每年的3月21日是“世界睡眠日”。记者当天走访市区各大医院了解到，睡眠障碍如今正逐渐呈现年轻化趋势，“爱犯困、觉少、易醒、多梦”的睡眠现状，给年轻人平添不少烦恼。据悉，78%的年轻人睡前喜欢使用电子设备如手机、音乐播放器、平板电脑等。玩电子设备已日益成为年轻人的“睡眠杀手”。 英国有句俗话，“Early to bed, and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.”这是千真万确的。

请根据以上报道，结合生活实际，以“早睡早起有利健康”为主题写一篇短文。 注意：

1. 词数150词左右；

2. 语言流畅，语法正确；观点明确，有自己见解。

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一．单项填空

21. There is no power like ________ power of confidence; and there is no one as competitive as ________ person who trusts his own abilities. A. the; a B. a; the C. /; a D. the; /

22. Before you sign the insurance contract, you must take a careful look at the numerous conditions ________ the company attaches to it. A. what B. as C. where D. that

23. China‘s top family planning authority issued a notice simplifying the procedure of applying for birth permits, ________ for the migrate parents-to-be. A. particularly B. remarkably C. eventually D. adequately 24. — When I got home last night, I realized I‘d lost my key. It was so cold! — Oh no, that ________ have been awful! What did you do in the end? A. could B. would C. must D. should

25. I bought a radio, but it never worked properly. I won‘t buy the same one again. Once bitten, twice ________. A. reliable B. fearless C. shy D. wise 26. I‘m really not interested in politics. I know ________ to nothing about it. A. close B. near C. nearly D. next

27. So astonished was the Prime Minister at the street bombing that he ________ the Cabinet’s immediate action. A. made for B. accounted for C. called for D. prepared for

28. We want to point out that something that isn‘t real can still ________ people to give a greater effort while exercising than if they have to do it by themselves. A. propose B. promise C. motivate D. allow

29. A new study surprised researchers, ________ that for adolescent girls, romantic relationship problems can have serious, negative effects on their mental health. A. only to find B. found C. having found D. finding

30. Last Sunday, Adam and his friends hadn’t walked far along the river ________ he heard the ice crack and the cries for help. A. until B. than C. before D. when

31. It’s generally believed that the popular South Korean drama Man From the Stars is ________ in creative storylines as in pretty faces and fashion. A. such a successful example B. so successful an example C. as a successful example D. as successful an example

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