甘肃省兰州市高三3月诊断考试英语试题及答案

1、注意事项：1本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分。答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、考号填写在答题纸相应的位置上。2本试卷满分120分，考试用时100分钟。3答题全部在答题纸上完成，试卷上答题无效。第i卷第一部分：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）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出最佳选项。abrownie and spotty were neighbor dogs who met every day to play together. these two loved each other and played toge

2、ther so often that they had worn a path through the grass of the field between their respective houses. one evening, brownies family noticed that brownie hadnt returned home. they went looking for him with no success and by the next week he was still missing. curiously, spotty showed up at brownies

3、house alone. barking, whining (哀叫) and generally pestering (纠缠) brownies human family. busy with their own lives, they just ignored the nervous little neighbor dog. continuously,ted, brownies owner, was disturbed by the angry, determined little dog. spotty followed ted about, barking insistently, th

4、en rushing toward a nearby empty lot and back, as if to say, “follow me! its urgent!” eventually, ted followed spotty to a deserted spot half a mile from the house. there ted found his beloved brownie alive, one of his hind legs crushed in a steel leghold trap. horrified, ted now wished hed taken sp

5、ottys earlier appeals seriously. then ted noticed something quite remarkable. spotty had done more than simply led brownies human owner to his trapped friend. in a circle around the injured dog, ted found an array of dog food and table scraps which were later identified as the remains of every meal

6、spotty had been fed that week! spotty had been visiting brownie regularly, in the hope of keeping his friend alive by sacrificing his own comfort. spotty had evidently stayed with brownie to protect him from hunger and other dangers, and keep his spirits up.brownies leg was treated by a veterinarian

7、 (兽医) and he recovered. for many years thereafter, the two families watched the faithful friends chasing each other down that well worn path between their houses. 1why did ted pay little attention to spotty at the very beginning?abecause ted was tired of listening to spotty barking.bbecause ted only

8、 cared about brownies safety.cbecause ted was not free at that moment.dbecause ted knew where brownie was.2when ted was led by spotty to brownie, he .awas curious to find out what had happened bhighly appreciated spottys help cwas worried about brownies healthdregretted not following spotty earlier3

9、not only did spotty help ted find brownie but also .ahe went to see his friend and played with him secretlybhe sent messages to some other persons in his community to save his friend che managed to lead a veterinarian to treat his frienddhe sent food to his friend, accompanied him and inspired him t

10、o cheer up 4what can we learn from the story?abarking dogs seldom bite.ba friend in need is a friend indeed.clove me, love my dog.devery dog has its day.b your kids learn a lot from their friendsthings you cant teach them, no matter how much you want to. probably the most important thing kids learn

11、is how to have peer relationships. as a parent, you cant do this, because you and your child arent equals. for example, when youre sitting on your family room floor and your very young child asks you to pass him the blocks, you probably hand them right over. if your child is sitting with a peer and

12、asks the same thing, though, he might not get what he wants. to succeed, your child will need to learn strategies for getting what he wants. for example, he might simply yank (猛拉) the toy out of his friends hand. if he does that, he may learn that its not the best way of getting what he wants becaus

13、e it leads to fighting and time-outs. the successful child will learn that he needs to negotiate a trade, to wait patiently, or to find something else equally fun to play with. friends also provide emotional support, something that is part of the foundation of healthy adulthood. you cant be with you

14、r child on the elementary school playground or at the high school dance. your childs friends will be the ones to stick up for her, to include her in games, and later, to tell her she looks great even if her lousy prom (糟糕的舞会) date wanders off instead of dancing with her. friends also help your child

15、ren learn. friends solve problems together, imitate each other, and pass on knowledge .some experts believe that the single biggest predictor of your childs success later in life is her ability to make friends. in fact, they claim its even more important than iq and grades.this doesnt mean that the

16、kids who are most popular in school do the best later on in life. what matters is not the number of friends a child has but rather the quality of the relationships.this is good news for those of us who hate to think that popularity really is the holy grail of childhood and adolescence. while its tru

17、e that popularity has many advantages, and that many popular kids really are nice peopleand not just the best dressed or best lookingits better to have a few good friends than to have the admiration of the masses. 5by giving the example in paragraph 3, the author wants to show that . akids can learn

18、 how to deal with the relationships when they stay with their peers bparents should spend more spare time playing with their kids ckids should learn how to be polite when they ask their parents for helpdparents can teach their kids how to be good members in the modern society in their daily life 6wh

19、at does the underlined phrase“stick up for” in the fifth paragraph mean?aenvy boppose csupport dignore7in the authors opinion, is more important than being popular for kids.agetting high gradesbhaving some real friendscdeveloping a good habitdknowing how to dress themselves up8which of the following

20、 can be the best title for the passage?ahowtobridgethegenerationgapbwhat it takes to be a good friendcwhy friends are importantdhow to be popular in schoolcthree-dimensional printers are fast becoming everyday devices in the united states. three-d printers are used to make everything from automobile

21、 parts to bone replacements for human patients. american research scientists are now working on creating replacements for living tissue.researchers at the medical university of south carolina have been working on creating and manufacturing living tissue since 2003this process is called biofabricatio

22、n (生物制造) . it requires special printing equipment and a special kind of ink.traditional printers require ink to produce an image or design on a piece of paper. for their three-d printer, the south carolina researchers prepare complex nutritious solutions they call bio-inks. bio-inks are made of prot

23、eins and glucose (葡萄糖) , which normally provides energy for most cells of the body. the researchers also add living cells taken from the animal that will receive the new, printed tissue. the bio-inks are then added to a device that researchers call the palmetto bio-printer.sarah grace dennis is one

24、of the researchers at the medical university of south carolina. she says new technology, like the palmetto bio-printer, is a great help to the biofabrication process.the bio-inks are placed in three dispensers (分配器) , containers, inside the printer. lasers control both the position of the printing s

25、urface and the places where the bio-ink is released.michael yost is a leader of the research team. he says the printing process is fully automated machine-operated. he says that the palmetto bio-printer makes it possible to create complex tissue types.the researchers say bio-printing is still experi

26、mental. but they hope in a few years they may be able to print tissue to replace damaged human organs.but there are still some problems which need to be solved. some scientists worry about how to get blood to the replacement tissue. the flow of blood is important to keep the printed tissue alive.mic

27、hael yost hopes that more people will believe in the benefits of biofabrication. “tissue biofabrication is a reality, and it is a reality now, and if you come here and you get to see it. you will get to see it. you cant touch it, but you will see it and think this is real. and this is really human.”

28、9what can we know about the bio-inks?athey are the necessities of bio-printing.bthey only contain proteins and glucose.cthey can be placed in the traditional printers.dthey are available in our local drugstores. 10which of the following is one of the concerns with biofabrication?aresearchers cant fi

29、nd enough living cells of animals to make the bio-inks.bthe price of the bio-printer is too high and most people cant afford it.cscientists have some difficulty in getting the blood to the replacement tissue. dpeople are worried about the safety of the biofabrication process.11according to michael y

30、ost, we can infer that .athe palmetto bio-printer can work without powerbthe palmetto bio-printer has been used to treat the patientscthe palmetto bio-printer can only be found in the united statesdthe palmetto bio-printer will have a bright future in medical use12the passage mainly tells us about .

31、athe three-d printer and its working principlesbthe bio-inks and their use in bio-printingcthe spread use of the bio-printer in the usadthe growing demand for biofabricationdbeijing, (xinhua) chinas capital city launched its first underground library, “m subway library” on jan. 12，2015. the theme of

32、 its first activity is “our characters”. citizens riding the special train on subway line 4 now can read e-books provided by the national library by scanning the qr code in the carriage. “m subway library” is a public welfare program initiated by the beijing mtr and the national library to provide q

33、ualified book resources to the public through the platform of public transportation. the library will organize different themed activities regularly and recommend a dozen free books to the public each year in the long term.xining, (xinhua) a bullet train made its maiden trip from xining city to lanz

34、hou city in northwest china on dec. 26, 2014, marking the start of the full operations of the lanxin high-speed railway. the lanxin high-speed railway links urumqi in the xinjiang uygur autonomous region with xining, capital of qinghai province, and lanzhou, capital of gansu province, slashing the t

35、otal travel time from more than 23 hours to 11 hours and 50 minutes. the 1,776-kilometer high-speed rail line, with a designed speed of 250 kilometers per hour, is chinas first high-speed railway built in a high-altitude region.ningbo, (xinhua) ningbo subway line 1 started running special trains wit

36、h 3d paintings featuring the citys culture starting on dec. 20, 2014through the paintings, the city in east chinas zhejiang province seeks to share its culture and attract more outside visitors. the paintings focus on four themes: rice cake, fishing festival, books and buddhism.13the purpose of laun

37、ching “m subway library” is to .aearn more money by making advertisements in the carriagebattract more tourists to come to beijing to take the subwaycmake the idea of “green travel” go deep into peoples minddoffer the passengers an additional reading platform 14which of the following statements is c

38、orrect according to the news? athe lanxin high-speed railway covers gansu, xinjiang and tibet.bit is chinas first high-speed railway.cit has a length of 1,776 kilometers.dit will take you 11 hours and 50 minutes to travel from xining to urumqi.15what can you enjoy when you ride the special train on

39、subway line 1 in ningbo?achinese classical music. b3d paintings about ningbos culture.ctraditional chinese paintings.d3d films which were shot in ningbo.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。one of the best ways to change your looks and improve your health is to lose excessiv

40、e weight. there are plenty of tips, hints and various techniques to help you cope with the problem. say good-bye to sugar 16 . sugar is added to most products to make them more addictive. people like the sweet taste and get used to eating pretty soon. do not use sugar at all or minimize its amount w

41、hile cooking. enjoys fruits and vegetables eating fruits and veggies is absolutely necessary when you are on a diet and need minerals, vitamins and other nutrients to stay energetic and alert. 17 because we tend to snack on fast food instead. in order not to get bored with vegetables and fruits, be

42、creative and invent something new, such as colorful salads or smoothies. get enough sleep it has been scientifically proved that people who do not get enough sleep eat more. 18 . it is stressful for the whole organism to stay up late at night. go to bed before midnight. avoid snacking on fatty and s

43、ugary foods before bedtime. stop drinking caffeinated drinks a few hours before you go to bed so that you could fall asleep easier. reduce the amount of meat you consume eating less meat is good for a variety of reasons. 19 . one of the most expected recommendations you might hear from a specialist

44、is that you should reduce the amount of consumed meat if your goal is weight loss. 20 being physically active is good for you and not boring at all. it does not require any special skills or equipment. practice sports for entertainment. only then will you be able to fully enjoy it and keep on exerci

45、sing further. athey need calories to stay alertbwe need to burn excessive calories to keep healthycnowadays it is close to impossible to find foods that would not contain sugardpeople used to be healthier many years ago only because they could not afford meateexercise for funfexercise regularlygmost

46、 of us would avoid fruits and vegetables第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节： 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。we often see hitchhikers（搭便车的人）, standing by the side of the road, thumb sticking out, waiting for a lift. but it is getting 21 nowadays. what killed hitchhiking

47、? 22 is often mentioned as a reason. movies about murderous hitchhikers and real-life crime 23 many drivers off picking up hitchhikers. 24 no single women picked me up on my journey to manchester 25 reflects the safety fear: 26 , strangely dressed man is seen as dangerous.but the reason may be 27 co

48、mplex: hitchhiking happens where people dont have cars and transport services are 28 . plenty of people 29 hitchhike in poland and romania. perhaps the rising level of car ownership in the uk means the few people lift hitchhiking are usually considered strange. why cant they 30 cars? why cant they t

49、ake the coach or the train?three-quarters of the uk population have 31 a car; many of the 32 will be quite old. the potential hitchhiking population is therefore small. 33 my trip proves its still possible to hitchhike. the people who picked me up were very interesting lawyer, retired surgeon, tank

50、commander, carpenter, man who live in an isolated farmhouse and a couple 34 in the mountains. my conclusion is that only really interesting people are mad enough to pick up fat blokes(家伙) in red, spotted scarves. most just wanted to do someone a good turn; a few said they were so surprised to see a

51、hitchhiker that they couldnt help 35 .the future of hitchhiking most 36 lies with car-sharing organized over the internet, via sites such as hitchhikers. org. but for now, you can still stick your thumb out (actually, i didnt do much of that, 37 just to hold up my destination sign) and peoplewonderf

52、ul, caring, sharing, unafraid peoplewill stop.in the uk, with its cheap 38 and reasonable rail service, i dont think ill make a habit of it. but having enjoyed it so much, im ready now to do a big trip 39 europe and beyond. in the 1970s a female friend of my wifes hitchhiked to india. how wonderful

53、it would be to have another go, 40 afghanistan might be a challenge. i wish id got that tank commanders mobile number.21avaluable bhardly crare dlittle22afear bsafety callowancedexpense23ahas putbhad been put chas been putdhave put24awhatbwhich cwhether dthat25ano more bno need cno reason dno doubt2

54、6aa short ba clumsy ca small da large27amost bmore cvery dmuch28apoor bheavy cbusy dconvenient29aseldom balways cstill dnever30aaffordboffer caffect doffend 31aeffect tobeffect on caccess indaccess to32aremain brest cpedestrians dcitizens33awhilebwhen cyet dthough34aliving up blived downcwas living

55、updwas living down35astopping bbut stop cstop dstopped36alikely bcertainly cpositively dactively37apretending bpreparing cpreferring ddefending38avehicles bcoaches ccars dhelicopters39aacross bthrough cfor dover 40aas bthough cbecause dwhen第卷第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） 阅读下面材料，在空白处

56、填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。there is much discussion about the necessity of daily homework for students. some say homework is necessary since only practice 41 (make) perfect, while others disagree. in my opinion, daily homework is necessary for students. however, this might be misleading that one may believe all forms of homework 42 necessar