高考原创英语预测卷 03（新课标2卷）

For many centuries，countless scholars have asked the question：What is beauty? As designers update the latest fashions and artists create their masterpieces, what is considered beautiful changes at an alarming pace. Fifty years ago, the full-figured  American actress Marilyn Monroe was a symbol of the American aesthetic(美学的)value；today, many Hollywood actresses different in appearance from Marilyn’s have taken her place. However，aesthetic values not only differ from generation to generation，but do so along cultural lines as well. Often, what is considered hating one civilization is just the aesthetic appeal in another. Thus it is difficult to give an absolute definition(定义)of beauty.
As fundamental(基础的)physicists，my colleagues and I like to believe that we are involved in a search for a beauty that affects definition. The beauty that we search for is not what is set up through the work of people and subject to the tastes, but rather what has been laid down by nature Physics allows its students to look past outer appearances，into a deeper beauty. As a human being, I am attracted by the visual appeal of a wave crashing on the beach. As a physicist, however I am able to see the deeper beauty of the physical laws that govern such a phenomenon.
In truth，since Albert Einstein put forward the idea that there might be one main physical theory that governs the universe，aesthetics have become a driving force in modern physics. Einstein and other later physicists have discovered that：Nature, as its most fundamental level，is beautifully constructed. The extraordinary simplicity (朴素)of the laws that govern the universe is really breathtaking. As Einstein said, it would seem more likely that we should find ourselves living in a “chaotic (无秩序曲)world，in no way graspable（能理解的） through thinking”. Yet we are now closer than ever to a full understanding of the universe’s beautiful clockwork. As new discoveries and technologies allow us to examine the physical world on deeper and deeper levels，we find that the beauty itself becomes much deeper.
The reference to “Marilyn Monroe” in Paragraph 2 mainly serves to___________.

When appreciating a wave crashing on the beach，a physicist sees the beauty of_____.

Why are Albert Einstein’s words mentioned in Paragraph 3?

what does the passage mainly talk about ?___________.

B
What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills. If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained from it. If nothing else, you may have learned how to get to work on time, to follow instructions and to get on with older workers. You may have learned to give correct change in a shop, for example. Just as important, you may become interested in a particular industry or career you see from the inside in a part-time job.
Facing your weak points is also part of knowing yourself. You may be all thumbs when you handle tools; perhaps you are a poor speller or cannot add up a column of figures. It is better to face any weakness than to pretend they do not exist. Your school record, for instance, may not be too good, yet it is an important part of your background. You should not be apologetic about it but instead recognize that you will have a chance of a fresh start at work.
what can we infer from the first paragraph ? ________.

From the passage we can conclude that if a student’s school performance is not good, he will _____.

All the subjects may have direct value for job hunting except _________.

The passage mainly discusses ___________.

C
It was the end of my junior year, the weekend before prom (毕业舞会). I was riding with some friends, and a bottle was passed around the car. Everyone was taking swigs(一大口). When the bottle got to me, I thought:“What should I do?”I took a swig. It was the biggest mistake of my life. I had to drive home later that night.
I went back to my car, got in and drove off. At a stop sign I saw a policeman sitting in the parking lot across the street. His headlights were turned on, and I knew he was going to follow me. Then he flashed his lights at me. All I could think was: “Oh no, that swig!”
I pulled over and waited for him to come to my door. It felt like forever. “Can I see your license and registration, please, Miss?” I gave them to him. He took them and went back to his car for a while. When he returned, he asked if I had been drinking.
“No,” I said. He asked me to step out of my car.
“Walk heel to toe down the white line, please.” I passed the test. Next he had me stand on my left foot, lift my right foot and hold it for 30 seconds. I’m not the most coordinated (动作协调的) person and I can’t even walk and chew gum at the same time, so, needless to say, I didn’t pass. Then he asked me to take a breathalyzer test.
That was where I messed up. I told him I didn’t want to and didn’t understand why I had to. The officer asked me three more times, and I continued to refuse. He told me to turn around and place my hands behind my back. He arrested me right then and there.
The policeman drove me to a police station 20 minutes from my home. He called my parents and told them where I was.
I went to court two months after that, charged with refusing to obey an officer. I got a $700 (4,340 yuan) fine and 40 hours of community service. I’ll be on probation (缓刑) for a year, and I’ll have to take the driving test again. I lost my license for a whole year.
This was a huge learning experience for me. It opened my eyes to how easy it is to make a stupid decision. I want everyone reading this to know that it’s not right to drink and drive. It definitely isn’t worth losing your license over.
According to the first paragraph, we may know that the author __________.

Which of the following is TRUE according to the article?

What is the main purpose of the article?

D
Thousands of taxi drivers in Shenyang, Liaoning province, reportedly blocked streets with their vehicles on Sunday in protest against unlicensed vehicles using taxi-hiring apps(打车软件) and apps-based car rental companies providing passenger services, including high-end cars. Although the drivers also complained about the withdrawal of the fuel subsidy by the government, their main complaint was the loss of business because of the rising number of Internet-based car services companies.
On Wednesday, news reports came that Beijing transport authorities will take measures to stop the illegal “taxi business” of private cars through the newly rising Internet apps, following the footsteps of Shenyang and Nanjing.
It is not yet clear how the Shenyang city government will handle the issue and whether it will declare the services offered by market leaders such as Didi Dache, a taxi-hiring app provider backed by Tencent Holdings, and Kuaidi Dache illegal. But Shanghai transport regulators have set a rule, by banning Didi Zhuanche, or car services offered by Didi Dache in December.
Such regulations will cause a setback to the car-hiring companies and investors that are waiting to cash in on the potentially booming business. Just last month, Didi Dache got $700 million in funding from global investors, including Singapore state investment company Temasek Holdings, Russian investment company DST Global and Tencent. Besides, the market is uncertain that Kuaidi Dache is about to finalize its latest round of funding after getting $800 million from global investors.
Regulatory uncertainties, however, could cast a shadow on the future of the Internet-based car-hiring services, which have become popular in most of China’s big cities. To be fair, these companies’ business model is anything but bad. For example, Didi Zhuanche works side by side with established car rental companies to provide high-end car service mainly for businesspeople through the Internet and mobile phone apps.
Every link in this business model chain has legal companies and services. Hence, it is hard to define it as illegal and ban it.
Why did taxi drivers in Shenyang block the streets with their vehicles?

The author’s attitude to banning internet car-hiring service is______.

Which of the following statements is false according to the passage?

we can learn from the passage that ____ _.

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。
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  If you find a public speaking course that looks as though it's going to give you lots of dos and don't walk away! Your brain is so full of what you're going to be talking about.    . As far as we're concerned, there are basically no hard and fast rules about public speaking. Your audience can be your friends.
You are a special person not a clone.Most importantly, good public speaking training should treat you as a special one, with your own personal habits.    . Your training course should help you bring out your personality, not try to turn you into someone you're not.

E. Whatever the presentation, public speaking is tough
F .The one thing you don't want is for them to fall asleep
G.Sotryingtoforceawholesetofrulesintoitwilljustmakethingsworse

阅读下面的短文，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A good friend of mine passed away in June. John had cancer. Before you offer        , you should know that he didn’t want to be mourned(哀悼). It’s been a hard request to follow, but he felt he had lived a         life. As the cancer progressed, we fell into a(n)        of exchanging semi-regular emails. We generally      talking about his illness until the very end,            we talked about everything else: from baseball to snowstorms, to my garden and his art. We talked as if nothing would          . I’d mention a beach trip and John would tell me about surfing there when he was younger. I’d talk about some press(新闻)          that I would be attending and he’d tell me about the time he went to a party         by JPMorgan’s descendants(后代). In this way, John gave me a(n)        view of my world; it became layered with his stories.
One of our favorite things to do was         email the other if we happened to find an interesting movie on television. The other night, I        a very good movie, and without thinking about it I          for my laptop to send him an email, and then I        he wasn’t there to receive it. I put my laptop down with a small        of uneasiness --- and found something else to watch.
It’s hard not to have a digital presence today. While John wasn’t an active social media          ,he did have at least two email addresses, a LinkedIn account, and a website where he shared his art. Now that he’s        , these thing still exist, though unattended. I’m sure his work email has been closed, but I have no idea if anyone is         his other email address, or has the intention of contacting LinkedIn, or has         to his website. I’m sure at some        the registration will come to an end and his site will be closed, but until then, John has a(n)         online.

A．sympathy B．assistance C．money D．information

A．poor B．special C．full D．common

A．trap B．pattern C．arrangement D．experience

A．avoided B．allowed C．hated D．hesitated

A．and B．since C．so D．but

A．exist B．change C．stop D．continue

A．misunderstanding B．performance C．event D．problem

A．hosted B．included C．participated D．cooperated

A．wiser B．richer C．clearer D．easier

A．frequently B．immediately C．directly D．properly

A．made up B．thought of C．came across D．brought in

A．handed B．paid C．made D．reached

A．realized B．reminded C．analyzed D．checked

A．thought B．sense C．piece D．matter

A．communicator B．supporter C．participant D．researcher

A．finished B．departed C．gone D．disappeared

A．collecting B．monitoring C．looking D．treating

A．approach B．route C．method D．access

A．point B．length C．situation D．level

A．home B．place C．address D．friend

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
A 24-year-old Long Island man was charged early Thursday morning after crashing his carand killing his girlfriend while driving over the speed limit. Kevin Daly         (sentence) to nearly three years in prison after losing control of       partner Alice Hicks’ car on a country road          80mph. She was a passenger in the Mini-cooper and was thrown from the car        he crashed into another vehicle          (move) in the opposite direction. Daly, 24, denied causing        (die) by dangerous driving and was found guilty by a jury (陪审团) at Taunton Crown Court. The court heard that neither Daly       Miss Hicks, 22, was wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision that happened on November 17, 2011. NBC New York reports Kevin Daly, was driving on County Road 83, when the road was blocked by a truck that was waiting         (turn) right. Witnesses described          Day had little or no chance of stopping behind the still traffic and he turned to avoid the van         hit a Mazda on the other side of the road..

第一节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两赴，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（八），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1．每处错误及其修改均限一词。
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
In the summer holiday, we traveled to Qingdao and paid visit to my uncle there. It’s a long and bored journey. But the moment I arrived, I fall in love with the city. It’s such beautiful a city that I can hardly find any word to describe it.The streets are cleaning and the sky is blue. If you walk along the coast, you can feel the wind to blowing on your face. The sea is vast and sometimes you can find a boat or a ship. You may also do some fishing as far as it is permitted. Moreover, I think the driver there drive too fast in the street. You can never be too carefully when crossing the street.

假设你是高二学生李明，最近你们年级要举行一次英语演讲比赛，主题为：what’s the best way to travel?”。请你根据下列提示写一篇演讲稿，谈谈自己的看法。
要点提示：
1. 火车旅行安全、舒服、环保、经济实惠，适合家庭旅行乘坐
2. 火车不会让人有时差反应，乘客可以自由走动，也可以更好地欣赏沿途景色
注意：
1. 恰当增加细节，以使行文流畅；
2. 词数120左右
3. 作文中不能提及真实的学校及本人姓名