吉林省长春市高三新起点调研考试英语试卷

Everyone, please imagine, a big explosion breaks out as the plane takes us high in the sky. The plane is full of smoke and the engine sounds scary. Two minutes later, the engines are turned off. We are now sitting in a plane with no sound. And we can see: Life is over.
That really happened. In January 2009, I had a front-row seat on Flight 1549, the plane that crash-landed in the Hudson River in New York.
Now let me tell you the three things I learned when the silence came.
First, I thought about all the people I wanted to reach out to but didn’t. I thought about all the experiences I wanted to have but never did. I no longer wanted to put off anything in life. Second, I really regretted the time I wasted on things that did not matter. I decided to remove negative energy from my life. Third, I realized, wow, dying was not scary. But it was very sad just because I only wished I could have seen my kids grow up.
Fortunately, I was given the gift of a miracle of not dying that day. I was given another gift, with which I was to see into the future and come back and live differently.
About a month later, my wife and I were at a performance by my daughter, not much artistic talent. Yet, I’m crying. I realized that above all, the only goal in my life was to be a good father.
Audience, again, imagine the same thing happening on your plane. How would you change? What would you get done? And more than anything, are you being the best parent you can?
Thank you.
Which of the following can be the best title for the text?

When does the idea “Life is over” come into being?

What is the author’s final goal in life?

What type of writing is this text?

In 1975, George Carlin appeared on a popular TV show, Saturday Night Live, with his famous words about blue food. “Why is there no blue food? I can’t find blue food—I can’t find the flavor of blue! I mean yellow is lemon; orange is orange and red is cherry. Where is the blue food? ”
Well, Carlin pretty much has it right—there’s not no blue food, but there’s certainly not a lot of it. Fresh-picked blueberries are blue, though they become purple when they are turned into jam. The blue in blueberries—like the purple in grapes and the red in tomatoes—is found in nature. But it isn’t a hot color for food. People don’t seem to prefer blue food. Some diet programs even suggest that those determined to lose weight should make their food blue.
Eating, in part, begins with our eyes. Charles Spence—an experimental psychologist from Oxford University—points out that color can change our taste experience. Commonly, we consider red-colored foods up to 20% sweeter than they actually are; and green foods as being more sour. Spence suggests: human expectations may be influenced by our long history of watching - green fruits can become sweet as they grow up and turn red.
But what about blue? Except blueberries, much of the blue food we see these days is dyed blue artificially. Food producers argue that artificial color doesn’t do much harm to health. A lot of research shows that some physical problems of kids are related to food dyes—while other studies show no effects at all. Blue birthday cake or even blue-dyed chicken can be served on the dinner table. So what?
George Carlin’s words are placed at the beginning of the passage to _______.

. Which of the following statements of blue is true?

Eating sometimes begins with our eyes because _______.

The underlined words “is dyed” in Para. 4 are closest in meaning to “_______”.

C

 
Which of the following is true about the Jelly Belly Bean Company?

If a five-year-old boy and his parents visit Louisville Slugger Baseball Bat Museum, they have to pay _______.

The factory tour this summer involves _______.

Does handwriting matter? Not very much, according to many educators. However, scientists say it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important. New evidence suggests that the link between handwriting and educational development is deep.
Children not only learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand, but they are also better able to create ideas and remember information. In other words, it’s not only what we write that matters — but how.
A study led by Karin James, a psychologist at Indiana University, gave support to that view. A group of children, who had not learned to read and write, were offered a letter or a shape on a card and asked to copy it in one of three ways: draw the image on a page but with a dotted outline（虚线）, draw it on a piece of blank white paper, or type it on a computer. Then the researchers put the children in a brain scanner and showed them the image again.
It was found that when children had drawn a letter freehand without a dotted outline or a computer, the activity in three areas of the brain were increased. These three areas work actively in adults when they read and write. By contrast, children who chose the other two ways showed no such effect. Dr. James attributes the differences to the process of free handwriting: Not only must we first plan and take action in a way but we are also likely to produce a result that is variable. Those are not necessary when we have an outline.
It’s time for educators to change their mind and pay more attention to children’s handwriting.
What do scientists mean by saying “it is far too soon to declare handwriting is not important”?

What does “that view” in Para. 3 refer to?

Which is NOT the children’s task in the experiment?

According to the passage, the author obviously  _______  giving up handwriting.   

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。
While it is impossible to live completely free of stress, it is possible to prevent stress as well as reduce its effect when it can’t be avoided.       
Try physical activity.
       Running, walking, playing tennis, and working in your garden are just some of the activities you might try.
Make time for yourself.
Schedule time for both work and entertainment. Don’t forget, play can be just as important to your overall well-being as work.        Go window-shopping or work on a hobby. Allow yourself at least a half hour each day to do something you enjoy.
Take care of yourself.
       If you easily get angry and can’t sleep well enough, or if you are not eating properly, it will be more likely that you will fall into stressful situations. If stress repeatedly keeps you from sleeping, you should consult a doctor.
      
Stress can result from disorganization and a feeling that “there’s so much to do, and not enough time”. Trying to take care of everything at once can be too much for you and as a result, you may not achieve anything. Instead, make a list of everything you have to do, then do one thing at a time, checking off each task as it is completed. Set out to do the most important task first.

E. When you are nervous, angry or upset, try releasing the pressure through exercise or physical activity.
F. You could smile to yourself in front of a mirror every day.
G. Make a list of things to do.

I guess you can say I’m not healthy. I throw up almost everything I        , and I have no idea what is going on with my body in the         of doing it. I’m 17 years old, and I have been suffering from this         for about 6 months. That doesn’t seem like a        time, but those 6 months feel like 6 years.
I was never         or even close to it. I’ve always been short and in shape, but it       me every time to see a really pretty girl because I         think, “Why can’t I         like that?” Also, the town I live in is full of drugs,        , and drinking , and I’ve fallen into all of those. I’m tired of the        that I have been living. My parents are         in me and practically think I’m a failure. I’m always worried if my trousers are going to         me the next day. And on top of that, I’m         friends because they think I’ve changed.
Bulimia（暴食症）is a black hole that,        you have entered, it is extremely hard to get out. And if you do get out, you are so        .
I hope that someday I can say I’ve         from this terrible thing, because all I want to do is to live my life and not to have to         my weight all the time.
At the point I’m going, I might end up in the       , and that is what frightens me most. All I can do is to try and get the        I need. However, I know the best help comes from my heart and the actual need within me to        this illness.

A．remember B．see C．read D．eat

A．experiment B．purpose C．process D．plan

A．accident B．illness C．loss D．punishment

A．free B．meaningful C．bad D．long

A．fat B．rude C．sick D．wrong

A．shocks B．kills C．excites D．encourages

A．always B．sometimes C．also D．even

A．feel B．look C．sound D．taste

A．parties B．matches C．lessons D．lectures

A．dream B．belief C．life D．food

A．pleased B．honest C．interested D．disappointed

A．carry B．support C．fit D．attack

A．blaming B．losing C．visiting D．making

A．once B．although C．unless D．because

A．friendly B．lovely C．busy D．lucky

A．suffered B．returned C．recovered D．separated

A．add to B．worry about C．talk about D．depend on

A．hospital B．school C．house D．station

A．education B．space C．help D．money

A．catch B．spread C．forget D．stop

Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet. For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For      , it is a useful way to release their pressure. And all these make it more and more popular with high school students.        many parents and teachers hold a different view. They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy,       should be used to study.
In my view, I am greatly in favor        this activity. Today the Internet is playing       important and essential role in our life. Therefore as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this       (value) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more, opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such        writing, designing, being skillful at computer and so on. Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result, we improve ourselves while       (organize) our micro blogs.
In fact, micro blog        (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it       matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.

假设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处错误，每句中最多有两处错误。错误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（∧）, 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仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Mr. Zhang is sixty years old and had retired. He taught our biology when we were in Grade One. He taught very good. He tried his best to make his classes lively. He usually made good preparations for the lessons and was strict in us. Each time when we made mistakes in ourhomework, he would ask us to correct it. I was poor in biology. He often helps me with my study
patiently. With his help I made great progresses. He was very kind to his students. As experienced teacher, he was respected or loved by all the students.

在此次高三模拟考试前，你们班就试题该易还是该难进行了一次调查。请结合下表内容，用英语写一篇短文，介绍有关调查情况并发表你的看法。

 
注意：1. 词数120左右，开头已为你写好（不计入总词数）；
2. 可适当增加细节，使行文连贯。
Recently we have made an investigation on whether the test paper for Senior Three students should be difficult or not.
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