甘肃省天水市一中届高三下学期一模考试英语试题.docx

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甘肃省天水市一中届高三下学期一模考试英语试题

甘肃省天水市一中2015届高三下学期一模考试英语试题

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。

全卷共120分，考试时间为100分钟。

第I卷（选择题）

第一部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中,选出最佳选项。

A

Didyouknowthatmanypeopletodayaregettingextraworkbytakingtranslatingjobsonline?

It’strue!

Andyoucandoittoo.ManycompaniesintheUSAneedtranslatorsnowtotranslatesimpledocumentsonlinefromChinesetoEnglish,suchasemails,websitecontent,moviesubtitlesandmore.

CompanieslikeRealTranslatorJobsareactivelyseekingtranslatorsfromChinatofilldemand.Therearemoretranslationjobsthanpeopletocompletethem.Thisleavesabigopportunityforanyonetostartdoingthisandearnextramoney.

DoyouhavetospeakperfectEnglish?

No!

EvenbasicknowledgeofEnglishisOK.ThisisreallyajobforanyonefromChinawhowantstodoit.

WespoketoonestudentfromBeijing,Harris,whohasbeendoingthisfor2yearsnowandisearningbetween$150and$225everyday.Hecompletesabout3to4jobsperdaywhichtakeshimabout3hours.It’sanincredibleamountofmoneytoearnonyoursparetime!

Itisgreatthatwenowliveinthe“InformationAge”andopportunitieslikethisareavailabletopeopleinChinatoearnextramoneyworkingfromhomeovertheInternet.It’ssomethingthatourparent’sgenerationcouldhaveneverimagined.ThistypeofworkissurelytodogreatthingsforyoungpeopleinChina.

Ifyouwouldalsoliketodothis,it’seasytogetstarted.Justfollowthesesteps:

1.SignupatRealTranslatorJobs（whereChinesetranslatorsareneedednow）,orasimilarservice.

2.Reviewthejobpostingandcompletetheonesyoulike.

3.Getpaidoncepermonthbycheque,PayPalorbankwiretransfer.

Ihopeyouenjoyedthisinformationandgoodluckearningextramoneyonlinetranslatingdocuments.

1．What’sthebesttitleofthepassage?

A.HowtofindajobontheInternet

B.Howtoearnextramoney

C.Gettingextraworkbytakingtranslatingjobsonline

D.HowtofindafriendontheInternet

2．Whichofthefollowingisnotmentionedaboutthedocumentsonlinetranslated?

A.Articles.B.Emails.

C.Websitecontent.D.Moviesubtitles.

3．IfonecompanyintheUSAneedsatranslator,heorshe______.

A.shouldspeakperfectEnglish

B.canspeakbasicEnglish

C.mustcomefromChina

D.mustcomefromBeijing

4．Whichstepisnotfollowedifyougetstartedthetranslatingjobonline?

A.SigningupatRealTranslatorJobs.

B.Reviewingandcompletingthejobposting.

C.Gettingpaidoncepermonthbycheque.

D.Gettingpaidonceamonthincash.

B

Indiahasaveryvasthistoryandheritage（遗产）.Thecountryhaswitnessedsomeofthemostimportanteventsinthepastandeveryeventhasaneffectofitsownontheculture,religion,lifestyle,andeconomyofthecountry.ThisisoneoftheleadingreasonswhytouristspreferIndiatotravelandexplore.HistoricaltoursinIndiaprovideeverythingthatatravelerexpectsfromhis/herjourney.ThesehistoricaltoursgiveanopportunitytostudyandexploreIndianhistory.

HistoricaltoursofIndiagenerallyconsistedoffourphases:

ancient,medieval（中世纪的）,modernIndiaandcontemporary（当代的）India.Someofthehistoricaltravelpackagesare:

FortsandPalaces

TherichculturalpastofIndiaisreflectedinthecountlessforts（堡垒）andpalacesacrossthecountry.Mostofthefortswereconstructedasadefensedevicetokeeptheenemyawayandpalacesweremadeonthenamesofthekingsandqueens.Someofthefamousfortsandpalacesare:

AgraFort（Agra）,FatehpurSikri（Agra）,HawaMahal（Jaipur）,AmberFort（Jaipur）,CityPalace（Jaipur）,GwaliorFort（Gwalior）,MysorePalace（Mysore）,RedFort（Delhi）,etc.

IndiaHeritageTours

ThemainpurposeofIndiaHeritagetoursistomakeIndiansaswellastouristsfamiliarwiththerichIndianlegacy（遗产）.Theheritageofthecountryisatleast5000years.Someoftheheritagetoursare:

medievalheritage,Rajputheritage,GoldenTriangle,splendidGujarat,etc.

SouthIndiaHistoricalTours

TheSouthernIndiaisknownforitsdiversityandtherearemanyplaces,whic（景区）inSouthIndiaincludeGoa,Cochin,Kerala,Munnar,Periyar,Kottayamandthelistgoesonandon.

5．Themainpurposeofthispassageis.

A.toreportsomeimportanteventsinthehistoryofIndia

B.tointroducesometoursthatcanexplorethehistoryofIndia

C.tohelpstudythecultureandhistoryofIndia

D.totellushowtoexplorethehistoryofIndia

6．Manytouristsprefertotraveltoandexplorebecause.

A.modernIndiahaslittletostudy

B.Indianpeoplehaveaninterestinglifestyle

C.itscultureisgreatlyinfluencedbyitshistory

D.India’shistoryislongerthanthatofanyothercountry

7．Mostfortswerebuiltinorderto.

A.honorthekingsB.actasapalaceforqueens

C.keepenemiesawayD.attracttourists

8．Accordingtothepassage,Rajputheritage.

A.isafamousfortinIndia

B.isoneoftheheritagesinIndia

C.hasahistoryofnomorethan200years

D.liesinSouthIndia

C

Whenyoudon’thaveanythingplannedforthedayorit’srainyoutsideandyourchildrenarestuckinthehouse,whynotsitaroundandtellthemriddles（谜语）?

Tellingriddleswillmakeyourfamilylaughandsometimesevenscratchtheirheads,tryingtofigureoutwhattheansweris.

Riddleshavebeenapastimeforcenturies.Notonlyhaveriddlesbeensomethingforpassingthetime,buttheyhavealsobeenusedtopassonsecretinformationduringtheSecondWorldWar.EventheancientGreeksusedriddles.Theywouldtellriddlesatpartiesandwhoeverwasthefirsttogetthemrightwouldreceiveprize.

Mostriddlesusewordsthathavedoublemeaningsorsharethesamesoundlike“hear”and“here”.Soinordertogettheriddle,youwillhavetodosomecreativethinkingandthinkofallthepossibilitiesofdifferentwords.Thedifficultyoffiguringouttheriddleisbasedontheriddleitself.Theriddlehastoprovideyouwithenoughcluestocometotherightanswer,butthatdoesn’tmeanthattheclueshavetobeeasy.

Ifyouarelookingtotellriddlesbutdon’tknowany,youcanlookonlineandyouwillfindalargenumberofsitesthatwillhavehundredsofdifferentriddlestochoosefrom.Ifyouwouldliketolooksomewhereelsethenyoucouldlookatyourlocalbookstore,whereyouwillbeabletofindmanydifferentbookswiththousandsofriddlestochoosefrom.Youcanevenfindwebsitesandbooksthatwilltellyouhowtowriteyourownriddles.

Afteryouhavefoundsomeresourcesthathavedifferentriddles,youwillneedtoreadthroughthemtofindtherightonesforyouandyourfamily:

Youwillalsoneedtomakesurethatyourkidswillhaveachancetofigureouttheanswers.Sotakeyourtimeandchoosethefightfamilyriddlestotell.

9．Whatistheauthor’smainpurposeinwritingthetext?

A.Torecommendaninterestingfamilyactivity.

B.Tostresstheimportanceoffamilyactivities.

C.Toencouragechildrentoreadmorebooks.

D.Tointroducethehistoryofriddles.

10．Fromthetextweknowthatriddles_______.

A.donothaveenoughcluesB.haveaverylonghistory

C.wereusedinWorldWarOneD.werefirstusedinancientRome

11．InParagraph3,theauthormainly________.

A.discusseshowriddlesarecreated

B.explainswhyfiddlesareinteresting

C.tellspeoplehowtosolveriddles

D.showsthebenefitsoftellingriddles

12．Tocollectriddles,theauthorsuggests________.

A.onewayB.twowaysC.threewaysD.fourways

D

Tworecentstudieshavefoundthatpunishmentisnotthebestwaytoinfluencebehavior.

Oneshowedthatadultsaremuchmorecooperativeiftheyworkinasystembasedonrewards.ResearchersatHarvardUniversityintheUnitedStatesandtheStockholmSchoolofEconomicsinSwedendidthestudy.

TheyhadabouttwohundredcollegestudentsplayaversionofthegameknownasthePrisoner’sDilemma.Thegameisbasedonthetension（紧张气氛）betweentheinterests（利益）ofanindividualandagroup.Thestudentsplayedingroupsoffour.Eachplayercouldwinpointsforthegroup,sotheywouldallgainequally.Buteachplayercouldalsorewardorpunisheachoftheotherthreeplayers,atacosttothepunisher.

HarvardresearcherDavidRandsaysthemostsuccessfulbehaviorprovedtobecooperation.Thegroupsthatrewardeditthemostearnedabouttwiceasmuchinthegameasthegroupsthatrewardedittheleast.Andthemoreagrouppunisheditself,theloweritsearningswere.Thegroupwiththemostpunishmentearnedtwenty-fivepercentlessthanthegroupwiththeleastpunishment.ThestudyappearedlastmonthinthejournalScience.

Theotherstudyinvolvedchildren.ItwaspresentedlastmonthinCaliforniaataconferenceonviolenceandabuse.Researchersusedintelligencetestsgiventotwogroups.Morethaneighthundredchildrenagedtwotofourthefirsttimetheyweretested.Morethansevenhundredchildrenagedfivetonine.

Thetwogroupswereretestedfouryearslater,andthestudycomparedtheresultswiththefirsttest.Bothgroupscontainedchildrenwhoseparentsusedphysicalpunishmentandchildrenwhoseparentsdidnot.ThestudysaystheIQs--orintelligencequotients--oftheyoungerchildrenwhowerenotspankedwerefivepointshigherthanthosewhowere.Intheoldergroup,thedifferencewasalmostthreepoints.

MurrayStraussfromtheUniversityofNewHampshireworkedwithMalliePaschallfromthePacificInstituteforResearchandEvaluation.ProfessorStrausshaswrittenextensivelyaboutphysicalpunishmentofchildren.Hesaysthemoretheyarespanked,theslowertheirmentaldevelopment.HealsolookedataverageIQsinothernationsandfoundthemlowerwherespankingwasmorecommon.

13．Whichcouldbeth