[浙江]2014届浙江象山普通高中高三第二次模拟英语卷

I don't think the experiment is ___ failure, because it has provided us with ___valuable experience for our future tests.

—I am going to travel to America．Would you consider telling me about your experiences there?
—__．Let's discuss it over dinner．

The Sanlu Milk Powder event is a clear indication that food safety is a big problem; nobody can ___ all foods are secure to us, but we are sure that the situation is turning for the better．

At the beginning of a speech, it is very important to grab the audience's attention and make them interested in ____ you have to say．

Don't be discouraged．___things as they are and you will enjoy every day of your life．

You are saying that the plan will be carried out successfully, and it is ____ I disagree.

—How do you think I should receive the reporter?
—___ you feel about him, try to be polite.

In order to lose weight, the young lady prefers to ___ regularly rather than take expensive weight-losing pills．

The teacher wants his students to know more about modern science and tries hard to develop a（n） ___ about nature among his students．

With the rapid development of medical science, we ___ more new drugs used in the treatment of cancer．

—Have you heard that he was admitted into Beijing University?
—Is that true? And I'm glad that his efforts at last ___．

Thanks to our ___ schedule, we got our task accomplished ahead of time．

—Should I lock the lab before I go home?
—_    _．I'll check it myself later．

I'm afraid I'm not ___ to help with the show, for I am fully occupied with my own project

He is very popular among his students as he always tries to make them ____ in his lectures．

According to the newly-made traffic regulation, whoever drives through red light      be fined at least 200 dollars．

If you just spend your time___ gains and losses, maybe you'll get nothing in the end．

Seeing that the drowning child was struggling in the icy water, the soldier dived into the river without hesitation, ___ his own safety．

Since Tom ___downloaded a virus into his computer, he can not open the file now．

—The hall___ for international conferences is of great importance．
—I see, and we are sure to complete it on time．

In 1982, Steven Callahan was crossing the Atlantic alone in his sailboat when it struck something and sank．He got into a life boat, but his supplies were   21 ．His chances of surviving were small．  22   when three fishermen found him 76 days later, he was alive —much   23   than he was when he started, but alive．
His   24   of how he survived is fascinating．His cleverness —how he   25   to catch fish, how he evaporated（蒸发） sea water to   26   fresh water—is very interesting．
But the thing that   27   my eye was how he managed to keep himself going when all hope seemed lost, and there seemed no   28  in continuing the struggle．He was starved and 29   worn-out．Giving up would have seemed the only possible choice．
When people   30   these kinds of circumstances, they do something with their minds that gives them the courage to keep going．Many people in   31   desperate circumstances 32    in or go mad．Something the survivors do with their thoughts helps them find the courage to carry on   33   difficulties．
"I tell myself I can   34   it," wrote Callahan in his book．-Compared to what others have been through, I'm fortunate．I tell myself these things over and over,  35   up courage．．．"
I wrote that down after 1 read it．It   36   me as something important．And I've told myself the same thing when my own goals seemed   37   off or when my problems seemed too terrible．And every time I've said it, I have always come back to my   38   ．
The truth is, our circumstances are only bad   39   to something better．But others have been through the much worse, that is, in comparison with what others have been through, you're fortunate．Tell this to yourself over and over again, and it will help you   40   through the rough situations with a little more courage．

A．full B．rich C．few D．enough

A．And B．Yet C．Still D．Thus

A．thinner B．stronger C．worse D．healthier

A．attitude B．assumption C．instruction D．account

A．assisted B．tended C．managed D．intended

A．make B．absorb C．select D．replace

A．attacked B．caught C．froze D．cheated

A．operation B．taste C．message D．point

A．firmly B．completely C．hardly D．generally

A．deal B．defend C．survive D．observe

A．similarly B．differently C．gradually D．commonly

A．pull B．take C．break D．give

A．for the lack of B．in the face of C．in exchange for D．as a result of

A．handle B．carry C．follow D．inspect

A．rolling B．using C．building D．making

A．defeated B．recommended C．introduced D．struck

A．far B．long C．ever D．even

A．feelings B．senses C．ideas D．influences

A．related B．measured C．contributed D．compared

A．see B．cut C．get D．think

Bum rate is the speed at which a startup business consumes money. My rate would be $ 50,000 a month when my new media company started. So, I began looking around for individuals who would be my first investors. “Angel money” it was called. But when I reviewed my list of acquaintances to find those who might be able to help, I found the number got small.
　　With no other choices, I began meeting with the venture-capital companies. But I was warned they took a huge share of your company for the money they put in. And if you struggled, they could drop you cold.
　　As I was searching for “angel money”, I started to build a team who trusted me even though I didn't have money for paychecks yet.
　　Bill Becker was an expert in computer programming and image processing at a very famous Media Lab at M. I.T. With his arrival, my company suddenly had a major technology “guy” in-house.
　　Katherine Henderson, a filmmaker and a former real-estate dealer, joined us as our director of market research. Steve White came on as operating officer. He had worked for the developer of a home-finance software, Quicken. We grabbed him.
　　We had some really good people, but we still didn't have enough money. One night, my neighbor, Louise Johnson, came for a visit. She and I were only nodding acquaintances, but her boys and ours were constant companions. She ran a very good business at the time.
　　Louise was brilliant and missed nothing. She had been watching my progress closely. She knew I was dying for money and I had prospects but could offer no guarantees of success.
　　She told me that her attorney had talked to mine and the terms had been agreed upon. She handed me an envelope. Inside was a check for $ 500,000.
　　I almost fell down. I heard her voice as if from heaven.
　　“I have confidence in your plan,” she said. “You' 11 do well. You're going to work hard for it, but it' s satisfying when you build your own company.”
　　Who would have thought I'd find an angel so close to home? There were no words sufficient for the moment. We just said good night. She left and I just stood there, completely humbled and completely committed.
For a newly-established business, bum rate refers to___________.

By "Angel money", the author refers to__________.

To get help from a venture-capital company, you may have to__________.
put up with unfair terms　        　B. change your business line
C. enlarge your business scope     　　D. let them operate your business
The author easily built a team for his company because__________.

Louise decided to lend money to the author because__________.

The economic growth that many nations in Asia and increasingly Africa have experienced over the past couple of decades has transformed hundreds of millions of lives – almost entirely for the better. But there’s a byproduct to that growth, one that’s evident – or sometimes less than evident – in the smoggy, smelly skies above cities like Beijing, New Delhi and Jakarta. Thanks to new cars and power plants, air pollution is bad and getting worse in much of the world, and it’s taking a major toll (伤亡人数，代价) on global health.
How big? According to a new analysis published in the Lancet, more than 3.2 million people suffered deaths from air pollution in 2010, the largest number on record. That’s up from 800,000 in 2000. And it’s a regional problem: 65% of those deaths occurred in Asia, where the air is choked by diesel soot (内燃发动机烟雾) from cars and trucks, as well as the song from power plants and the dust from endless urban construction. In East Asia and China, 1.2 million people died, as well as another 712,000 in South Asia, including India. For the first time ever, air pollution is on the world’s top – 10 list of killers, and it’s moving up the ranks faster than any other factor.
So how can air pollution be so damaging? It is the very finest soot – so small that it roots deep within the lungs and then enters the bloodstream – that contributes to most of the public – health toll of air pollution including death. Diesel soot, which can also cause cancer, is a major problem because it is concentrated in cities along transportation zones affecting overpopulated areas. It is thought to contribute to half the deaths from air pollution in urban centers. Fro example, 1 in 6 people in the U.S. live near a diesel – pollution hot spot like a rail yard, port terminal or freeway.
We also know that air pollution may be linked to other non – deadly diseases. Fortunately in the U.S. and other developed nations, urban air is for the most part cleaner than it was 30 or 40 years ago, thanks to regulations and new technologies like the catalytic converters (催化式排气净化器) that reduce automobile emissions. Govemments are also pushing to make air cleaner – see the White House’s move last week to further tighten soot standards. It’s not perfect, but we’ve had much more success dealing with air pollution than climate change.
Will developing nations like India eventually catch up? Hopefully – though the problem may get worse before it gets better. The good news is that it doesn’t take a major technological advance to improve urban air. Switching from diesel fuel to unleaded (无铅燃油) helps, as do newer and cleaner cars which are less likely to send out pollutants. Power plants – even ones that burn mineral fuels like coal – can be fitted with pollution – control equipment that, at a price, will greatly reduce smog and other pollutants.
But the best solutions may involve urban design. In the Guardian, John Vidal notes that Delhi now has 200 cars per 1,000 people, far more than much richer Asian cities like Hong Kong and Singapore. Developing cities will almost certainly see an increase in car ownership as residents become wealthier – and that doesn’t have to mean deadly air pollution. Higher incomes should also lead to tougher environmental regulations, which is exactly what happened in the West. We can only hope it happens before the death toll from bad air gets even higher.
What tends to give rise to the highest death toll according to the passage?

The “byproduct” (Paragraph 1) most probably refers to     .

The basic reason why so many people die from air pollution is that       .

According to the passage, the writer actually wants to convince the readers that        .

By describing urban design as “the best solution” in the last paragraph, the writer means that        .

McDonald's is the world single biggest food provider with annual sales of around $12.4bn. And the company's symbol Ronald McDonald is now （or so the company claims） the world's most recognized person after Santa Claus.
The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in San Bernardino, California, in 1948 by brothers Mac and Richard “Dick” McDonald. Mac ran the restaurant side; Dick was the marketing genius. He had already invented the drive-in laundry and had been the first person to use neon lights in advertising. Now he spotted the gap in the post-war, baby-boom market for cheap, family-orientated restaurants with simple menus, standardized food and efficient service.
After a slow start, business began to boom. By 1954, the brothers were joined by another entrepreneur, a kitchen equipment salesman called Ray A Kroc who owned the franchise to the Multimixer, milk shake maker used throughout the McDonald's chain. A year later, Kroc had bought the McDonald brothers' chain of 25 franchises for the equivalent of around $70m（￡44m）. Dick remained with the company until the Seventies, when he and Kroc fell out over Kroc's claim that the chain was his creation.
Today, an almost Stalinist cult of personality surrounds Kroc （who died in 1984） at McDonald's, while the brothers who gave the company its name have all but been written out of its history. But though Kroc did not found McDonald's, he was certainly responsible for the empire-building philosophy which led to its world domination. He ushered in such essential contributions to international cuisine as the Big Mac （1968） and the Egg McMuffin （1973）; and helped launch Ronald McDonald —— “in any language he means fun” —— on to television in 1963.
Every three hours, a new McDonald's franchise opens somewhere in the world; it can be found in more than 100 countries including India （vegetarian-only to avoid offending the non-beef-eating populace） and Israel （non kosher, despite fierce local objection）. McDonald's chain embodied the thrusting, can-do spirit of Fifties America with staff mottoes such as “If you've got time to lean, you've got time to clean.”
McDonald's was founded _____.

What do we know about McDonald's brothers?

Which is not Kroc's contribution to McDonald's ?

Which statement is true according to the passage?

I have only once been in trouble with the law．The whole process of being arrested and taken to court was a rather unpleasant experience at the time, but it makes a good story now． What makes it rather disturbing was the arbitrary（随意的）circumstances both of my arrest and my subsequent （随后的） fate in court．
It happened in February about twelve years ago．I had left school a couple of months before that and was not due to go to university until the following October．I was still living at home at the time．
One morning I was in Richmond, a suburb of London near where I lived．I was looking for a temporary job so that I could save up some money to go traveling．As it was a fine day and I was in no hurry, I was taking my time, looking in shop windows, strolling in the park, and sometimes just stopping and looking around me．It must have been this obvious aimlessness that led to my downfall．
It was about half past eleven when it happened．I was just walking out of the local library, having unsuccessfully sought employment there, when I saw a man walking across the road with the obvious intention of talking to me．I thought he was going to ask me the time．Instead, he said he was a police officer and he was arresting me．At first I thought it was some kind of joke
But then another policeman appeared, this time in uniform, and I was left in no doubt．
'But what for?" I asked
‘Wandering with intent to commit an arrestable offence,' he said．
‘What offence?' I asked
'Theft,' he said
'Theft of what?'I asked
'Milk bottles,' he said, and with a perfectly straight face too!
'Oh,' I said．
It turned out there had been a lot of petty thefts in the area, particularly that of stealing milk bottles from doorsteps．
Then I made my big mistake．At the time I was nineteen, had long untidy hair, and regarded myself as pan of the sixties' 'youth counterculture'．As a result, I wanted to appear cool and unconcerned with the incident, so I said, 'How long have you been following me?  in the most casual and conversational tone I could manage．I thus appeared to them to be quite familiar with this sort of situation, and it confirmed them in their belief that I was a thoroughly disreputable （品行不端的） character．
A few minutes later a police car arrived．
'Get in the back,' they said．'Put your hands on the back of the front seat and don't move them．'
They got in on either side of me．It wasn't funny any more．
At the police station they questioned me for several hours．I continued to try to look worldly and familiar with the situation．When they asked me what I had been doing, I told them I'd been looking for a job．'Aha,' I could see them thinking, 'unemployed'．
Eventually, I was officially charged and told to report to Richmond Magistrates' Court the following Monday．Then they let me go．
I wanted to conduct my own defense in court, but as soon as my father found out what had happened, he hired a very good solicitor （律师）．We went along that Monday armed with all kinds of witnesses, including my English teacher from school as a character witness．But he was never called on to give evidence．My 'trial' didn't get that far．The magistrate （法官） dismissed the case after fifteen minutes．1 was free．The poor police had never stood a chance．The solicitor even succeeded in getting costs awarded against the police．
And so I do not have a criminal record．But what was most shocking at the time was the things my release from the charge so clearly depended on．I had the 'right' accent, respectable middle-class parents in court, reliable witnesses, and I could obviously afford a very good solicitor．Given the obscure nature of the charge．I feel sure that if I had come from a different background, and had really been unemployed, there is every chance that I would have been found guilty．While asking for costs to be awarded, my solicitor's case quite obviously revolved （回转） around the fact that I had a 'brilliant academic record'．
Meanwhile, just outside the courtroom, one of the policemen who had arrested me was gloomily complaining to my mother that another youngster had been turned against the police． 'You could have been a bit more helpful when we arrested you,' he said to me reproachfully （责备地）．
What did he mean? Probably that I should have looked outraged （暴怒）and said something like, 'Look here, do you know who you're talking to? I am a highly successful student with a brilliant academic record．How dare you arrest me!' Then they, probably, would have apologized perhaps even taken off their caps, and let me on my way．
Judging from the first paragraph, the writer's attitude towards his story is _______．

The first man who came up to him was ______．

The court never asked the author's English teacher to give evidence because _______．

The author believes that he would most probably have been declared guilty if _______．

In the opinion of one of the policeman who had arrested the author, the whole thing might not have occurred if ______．

We can see from the passage that the author ______．

Patience is of great importance in our daily life. Once I waited a bus to come at a stop. 30 minutes past, but no bus came. Both upset and annoyed, I decided to walk on feet. But no sooner had I left when the bus arrived. I thought if I had waited for one more minute, I would have caught it. If I chose to take a next bus, I would have to wait for other 30 minutes. Only then do I realized my problem. Being impatient will possible waste all the effort that we have put it in. now whenever I am close to lose my patience, I’ll think of this experience.

象山某高中举办了一次“看电影”的活动。其中，高三（1）班的李华同学对电影《Tiny Times》里的一句话：“We are still efforts in the depths of despair（绝望）, and this effort be little stars in universe（宇宙）”十分有感觉。请仔细体味这句话，并结合自己的具体事例，根据下列要求写一篇100—120词的读后感。
写作要求：1、针对摘录句来谈谈你的理解。
2、以李华的身份，简述自己的亲身经历。（要符合这句话的意思）
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Last week, our school held a movie activity. The movie ，named Tiny Times， made me impressed, especially a word in the movie let me unforgettable：“We are still efforts in the depths of despair, and this effort be little stars in universe.”