高三英语第二次模拟考试5月试题

“讲忠诚、严纪律、立政德”三者相互贯通、相互联系。忠诚是共产党人的底色，纪律是不能触碰的底线，政德是必须修炼的素养。永葆底色、不碰底线山西省太原市2017届高三英语第二次模拟考试（5月）试题I. 听力(共两节，满分30分)第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项1. What does the man want the woman to do?A. Talk with her professor.B. Return some books.C. Cancel classes.2. When does the man want to fly to New York?A. On April 3rd. B. On April 7th.C. On April 10th.3. What is Thai Garden? A. A restaurant. B. A garden C. A hotel.4. What did the woman buy for her mother? A. A book on cooking. B. A book on travelling C. A book on art history.5. What does the woman mean? A. She wants to relax in the evening. B. She is too tired to entertain tonight. C. She likes to watch the news.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6和第7题。6. What are the speakers mainly talking about?A. A new library. B. A part-time job.C. A weekend plan.7. When will the man go to the library? A. On Saturday mornings. B. On Saturday afternoons. C. On Sunday mornings.请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8. How does the woman feel? A. Anxious. B. Surprised. C. Unhappy.9. Who did the man say he would visit this weekend? A. His cousin. B. His uncle. C. His grandfather.10. What does the man hate doing? A. Seeing movies. B. Going shopping. C. Telling lies.请听第8段材料，回答第11和第12题。11. What will the speakers do? A. Go to a fashion show. B. Have a long walk. C. Have a rest.12. What is the man probably doing? A. Making a request. B. Asking for help. C. Giving advice.请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Why does the woman like collecting stamps? A. She learns a lot from stamps. B. Lots of people have the same hobby. C. Pictures in stamps are beautiful.14. What doe the man like to take photos of? A. Natural scenery. B. Special objects C. His family.15. How does the man support his hobby? A. By holding photo exhibitions. B. By asking for money from his parents. C. By winning prizes in competitions.16. What does the man like best about his hobby? A. It helps him to be independent. B. It brings back nice memories. C. It brings some honours to him. 请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. How many people will perform in the show Pagagnini? A. Two. B. Three. C. Four.18. Where did the speaker see Pagagnini last year? A. In Spain. B. In Mexico. C. In Norway.19. What do we know about Rhythm of the Dance? A. Its very popular. B. It started out in 1994. C. It is from Canada.20. Which show will be put on at the Regent theatre? A. ID. B. Rain. C. Riverdance.II. 阅读理解（共两小节，第一节15小题，每小题3分，满分45分）AHermit Road TourTime: 3 hoursDistance：5.5 miles one day ride 98% downhillOur most popular tour takes you along part of the historic Hermit Road route. The road, originally built by early pioneers and then improved by Santa Fe Railroad, winds along the Canyons rim(边) for 7 miles and is closed to public vehicle traffic. It boasts the best scenic bike ride and the safest for families wanting to explore the rim by bike. After boarding our vehicle together with your bikes, we begin riding at Hopi Point which offers one of the most sweeping views of the canyon available on the South Rim.From there the tour proceeds westward for 5.6 miles of low riding, stopping at amazing lookouts along the way to take in the sights and hear interesting information about the natural and human history of the area. The tour ends at Hermit Rest where you can take your picture with the historic bell at the entrance to the 1914 Mary Jane Colter building designed and preserved to provide shelter, food and curios(古玩) for tourists. From Hermits rest, our vehicle will return you and your bikes to our location at the Visitor Center. This is a fantastic tour for everyone including families with children!Two-person minimum on tours: Please note that we have a two-person minimum requirement to run a tour. In the unlikely event that you are the only person booked on a tour, well do our best to reschedule you on a different bike tour on the same day or give you a full refund.Pricing: $58 adult $45 child under 16What the tour includes: Rental bicycle Rental helmet 3 hours of enjoying Grand Canyon geology, archeology, biology, natural history, and recent human historySchedule: Tour departs twice daily: 10 am & 3 pm21. According to the text, Hermit Road_.A. is 5 miles long along the Canyons rim B. was built by the Santa Fe RailroadC. forbids public vehicle traffic D. ends at Hopi Point22. What do we know about the 1914 Mary Jane Colter building?A. It was built by Mary Jane Colter. B. It sells tickets for the road tour.C. Its located at Hopi Point. D. It is intended for tourists.23. Which of the following is TRUE about the Hermit Road Tour?A. The tour starts once a day. B. Tourists can get a free helmet.C. One person alone can run a tour. D. Tourists can learn more about the Grand Canyon.BWhen the evening is coming, my dear son and I are preparing for the tape time. “Shoes on,” I remind 9-year-old Sam. “Snakes are always waiting for the chance to kiss you. But with our feet stepped into my car, we are safe.” We take blankets and cups of milk and head out to the shelter that serves as our garage. This has become our bedtime habit. I press “play.” A motherly voice fills the car. My mother and my aunt send us books on tape obtained from secondhand shops or rescued from the back of a drawer. Maybe no one in England plays cassettes anymore, but I still love them. Sam rests on his seat. Hes sitting in the front seat. I am listening to the cassette. But I am also thinking. In a months time, my boy will be 10. Next year, he will be 11. And so it will go on, until he leaves me and his father and his sister to live out his own stories.Will he think back to the times when he sat in the dark in a car in Africa, listening to tales of Wales in World War II, the finest lady detective of Botswana, or a country he has visited, and tell me he finds them “very interesting”? Will he think, when he is grown-up, the poor mum always makes the ancient tape player which is out of date work?I like to believe that he will recall those wonderful moments. By then, perhaps, my child will realize a deep love of sharing and understanding by listening to the old tape play. I hope Sam will think that these evenings we spend in the car are a story themselves. It is his own first chapter. In time my boy will ease off the hand brake and roll out into the world. Until then, Ill keep pressing “play”.24. What habit did the writer and her son develop?A. To play outside in the evening. B. To listen to tapes in a car. C. To drive in the evening.D. To read books together at night.25. In Paragraph 4, the two questions can prove that _.A. playing with children is fun for parentsB. listening to stories is a good way to enjoy lifeC. children need to ask questions in readingD. listening experiences will be part of Sams life26. The last paragraph implies that the writer _.A. will build up Sams memory of his childhoodB. will ask Sam to play all by himselfC. wont give up playing until Sam grows upD. will keep the player playing all the time27. The best title for the passage may be “_”.A. A story of a tape playerB. A childhood full of love and storyC. Deep love for the tape playerD. The future life of our childrenCWhen it comes to the Internet, people talk about the password (密码) most. Actually, its been under fire for a long time. Research has shown that passwords are not a very good way to protect sensitive information.People would use some random characters, numbers and symbols. Furthermore, a unique password would be used for every site or application the user uses. Unfortunately, the longer and more complex passwords become, the more people are likely to forget them. Therefore, they use the same password for every service or application. These are all big no-noes and essentially defeat the purpose of a password.Google is trying to kill off passwords on Android devices by introducing the Trust API, which does what simple passwords cannot and gives developers a framework for securing their application using a number of security systems and metrics (衡量标准) on the device. A Trust Score will be generated based on the metrics the device gathers and will allow or refuse access to applications based on whether or not your Trust Score is high enough. The Trust Score will be generated based on a number of metrics including your device location, face scanning, fingerprints, and the things like your typing speed or the way you speak. Taken one at a time, these metrics are not secure. But taken together, these metrics will help recognize the real “you”.The good news is that Google has already been testing this on real world data. Google has proven the Trust API works. Next Google will run tests with some banks to see if the Trust API meets their needs before rolling out the system on Android phones later. It may take another year for apps and popular sites to start using the Trust API.This is a pretty exciting change. Passwords have been around for a long time. Although the security of systems has been improved, the usability of systems hasnt been proved much. Google appears to have the best of them. Maybe that never-ending conflict between security and convenience will be able to take a break once the Trust system comes out.28. What is implied in the underlined sentence in Para. 2?A. Users make mistakes in using passwords.B. Users should know the purpose of passwords.C. Users have learnt to say no to their passwords.D. Users misunderstand the meaning of passwords.29. How is the key part of the Trust API generated?A. By taking one metric at a time.B. By combining various metrics.C. By developing security systems.D. By analyzing complex passwords.30. What can we know about the Trust system from the text?A. It needs to be improved in future.B. It hasnt been proven to be effective.C. It will be used on Android devices first.D. It is secure and convenient for the users.31. What would be the best title for the text?A. How does Google develop the Trust API?B. Will the Trust API meet the users needs?C. Will passwords soon be a thing of the past?D. How do passwords protect personal information?DThe Diary of Anne Frank was first published in the United States 60 years ago. The classic account has long been an international bestseller. Many know the story. Few realize how difficult it was for the story to be published, and how even more difficult it was to get the book adapted for the stage. Several collections across the Harry Ransom Center help to tell this story. After his liberation from Auschwitz in 1945, Annes father Otto Frank discovered he was the sole survivor of the family. He was given his daughters diaries by a family friend who had helped hide the Franks. Frank edited the diaries himself, and had them published in Dutch by Contact Publishing of Amsterdam in 1947. In the years after, Frank struggled to find an American publisher. After the manuscript was offered to several publishers, it eventually made its way to Alfred Knopf, Inc. in July of 1950. But the reviewer found the manuscript to be “childish” and “very dull reading”: “Despite the unusual circumstances of the two years it covers, this diary is a dreary record of typical family quarrel and adolescent emotions. It is not in any way a literary achievement.” Later, the American rights to the Diary of Anne Frank were picked up by Doubleday, but Doubleday delayed publication. The editors of Commentary magazine learned of the Diary and wrote to Doubleday requesting permission to publish excerpts of the manuscript. According to Commentary, Doubleday initially refused, stating that they had hoped to syndicate (联合出版) the story “in a magazine that pays top prices.” When they failed to find a magazine, Doubleday returned to Commentary. Thus, the first time The Diary appeared in print in the United States was in the May and June 1952 issues of Commentary. The response was enthusiastic, and Doubleday moved forward with publishing the full manuscript.After this overwhelming success, Otto Frank looked for several adapters for a stage adaptation. Among them was Lillian Hellman who declined the opportunity. “I think it is a great historical work which will probably live forever, but I couldnt be more wrong as the adapter. If I did this it would run one night because it would be deeply depressing. You need someone with a lighter touch.” Hellman finally recommended Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, who would go on to write the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama. The play opened on Broadway on October 5, 1957, and ran for over 700 performances. 32. Why was The Diary refused to be published by Alfred Knopf, Inc.?A. Because The Diary gives a description of two unusual years.B. Because Anne Frank was too young to be recognised.C. Because the publisher didnt see much value in The Diary.D. Because Annes father found another publisher.33. Which word is closest in meaning to the underlined word “excerpts”?A. parts B. abstracts C. quotes D. themes34. Which of the following is true according to the passage?A. Lillian Hellman wrote an adaptation of The Diary.B. Anne and her father were saved in the end.C. The Diary has been a very popular for a long time.D. The Diary experienced a cold shoulder when first put on Broadway.35. What is the main idea of the passage?A. What The Diary of Anne Frank was about.B. How The Diary of Anne Frank first made it to the US.C. Why The Diary of Anne Frank was popular in the US.D. When and why The Diary of Anne Frank was published.第二节：七选五（共5小题，每题3分，满分15分）Imagine being the only person in the Forbidden City. _36_. Youd be able to look at the ancient treasures without worrying about other visitors pushing you for a better view.Well, in two years time youll be able to have such an experience, just like the former emperors used to. _37_.Thanks to new technology, a virtual tour of the Forbidden City will be available online. The project-jointly driven by the Palace Museum and computer company IBM-aims to help teenagers around the world become more interested in Chinese culture._38_. The virtual tour will provide images from all over the 780,000-square-metre palace. “The Palace Museum is a big book; there are always places you havent read about,” said Hu Chui from the museum. _39_. But the virtual platform breaks the boundaries of time and space, meaning visitors can see whatever they want.“The interaction and games content in the virtual tour will attract more young people to understand and love our cultural heritage,” added Hu.In the virtual tour, historical figures will actually talk to visitors and answer their questions. _40_. “The online environment, presented in both Chinese and English, enables visitors to experience the culture and stories of the museum,” said James Yeh, an IBM official.A. The stories behind the buildings and treasures will also be told.B. All the people over the world enjoy touring in the Forbidden City.C. The project will offer an interactive, three-dimensional view of the palace.D. The Forbidden City will be built again in 100 years.E. There are many rooms closed for protection.F. The only difference is that your Forbidden City fun will be online.G. You could stay there all day without swarms of people crowding around.完型填空。（每小题2分，共40分）Although I love my life, it hasnt been a lot of fun as Ive been ill for 28 years. Music has always been a great love of mine and, in my 20s, when my _41_ was more manageable, I _42_ ten years as a professional singer in restaurant, playing and singing folk songs. _43_ , that was years ago and times have changed. 44_ I live with my mother on a country farm.Two years ago, I decided that I would need to love some kind of extra work to _45_ my disability pension （残疾抚恤金）. _46_ I needed to sleep in afternoons, I was limited in my _47_ . I decided that I would consider _48_ to singing in restaurants.My family are all musicians, so I was _49_ when I went into our local music store. I explained that I wanted to sing again but using recorded karaoke music. I knew that discs were very expensive and I really didnt have a lot of _50_ to get started. And _51_ you find only three to four songs out of ten on a disc that you can _52_ use. When I told the owner of the shop about my _53_, he gave me a long, thoughtful _54_.“This means a lot to you, doesnt it? he said. “Come with me.”He led me _55_ the crowded shop and to a bench with a large professional karaoke box on it. He placed his large hand _56_ on his treasure and said. “I have 800 karaoke songs in here. You can take your _57_ and Ill record them for you .That should get you started.”I _58_. Thanking him, I made a time with him to listen to all the songs and choose _59_ that I could sing. I have come full circle with his help.His _60_ still warms my heart and makes me do just that bit extra, which I have the chance.41. A. lonelinessB. sadnessC. tirednessD. sickness42. A. setB. enjoyedC. keptD. shared43. A. GladlyB. Eventually C. UnfortunatelyD. Surprisingly44. A. NowB. ThenC. Some time D. Meanwhile45. A. ad