高考原创英语预测卷 03（福建卷）

Picatoo has launched ______ service which transforms Instagram photos into ______ temporary inkings that can be worn wherever you like on your body.

According to RocketNews24, more than a few others expressed hope that they too, could find a gem _________ they chomp down on the seafood snack, losing a tooth or two notwithstanding.

They can find whatever they need in the supermarket, ______ is always busy on Sundays.

We all think that the plan you come up with ____________ the work is very practical.

______ is important now for the Chinese economy is to adapt to the new normal.

—Why didn’t you finish the task?      —I didn’t think it is ________ the effort.

According to its website, each tattoo lasts around seven days, ________ it isn't scrubbed or picked at.

I was feeling left out in the new school ________Alice, an easygoing girl from Canada,  came to stay with me.

I felt surprised that anyone of his intelligence     such an easy test.

Two years ago, three scientists traveled to the Antarctica to explore a secret world hidden _________ the ice.

— Why do you look so worried?
— My MacBook Pro broke down and my paper ______ unfinished since.

China has_____ the initiatives to build the Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road.

After about one hour of the play between China and Korea, the ______ was 3-2 in our ______.

—Would you mind if I set out earlier tomorrow morning?— Well, I’d rather you _______.

—Thanks for your help, but can you do me one more favour, please?
—______ , Sir. What’s it then?

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的四个选项A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One day, while I was walking to work, I decided to bring some flowers that I had picked from my garden that morning. On the way, I       a stranger and presented the flowers to him with a smile card.       by the sense of joy I felt from giving flowers to       person, and may be       his day, I wanted to do it again.
When I got to my office, I had the       of anonymously (匿名) leaving flowers around the workplace. The impersonal (无人味)     of the building where I work makes me      . It just feels a little boring sometimes, though it’s a nice building with great light. I      lots of people might feel the same way, so why not put a little        there, and throw in an inspirational quote (引言) while I’m at it?   , who doesn't like flowers?
So, for the past month, I’ve been       flowers in a little cup on the sink in the bathroom. Each week, I        the flowers and the quote. It always feels        for me to read quotes like Henry David Thoreau’s “If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, he will meet with a        unexpected in common hours.”and Gandhi’s “The fragrance(香味) always        on the hand that gives the rose.” If anything, I figure, but it at least makes me       each time I visit the bathroom.
Then today, when I walked in, I noticed       flowers in the cup, and a quote that someone else had written! It      , “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” ------- Gandhi.
This little act       me that, at the end of the day, we’re all just people with hearts      the various roles and different hats we may wear in the workplace.
I did a little dance and am smiling wide for the rest of the day!

A．picked out B．came across C．called up D．pointed at

A．Struck B．Informed C．Surprised D．Honored

A．another B．other C．others D．the other

A．calming B．determining C．reflecting D．brightening

A．belief B．way C．idea D．aim

A．surrounding B．atmosphere C．design D．people

A．uncomfortable B．impolite C．impatient D．unforgettable

A．concluded B．confirmed C．considered D．believed

A．mystery B．smile C．beauty D．courage

A．All in all B．First of all C．Above all D．After all

A．growing B．watering C．putting D．picking

A．count B．check C．clean D．change

A．refreshing B．interesting C．satisfying D．puzzling

A．prize B．truth C．success D．shock

A．holds B．attaches C．remains D．focuses

A．strong B．happy C．surprised D．shocked

A．good B．new C．small D．special

A．told B．replied C．wrote D．said

A．introduces B．warns C．suggests D．reminds

A．regardless of B．because of C．in spite of D．despite of

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。
A
There are no signs of little green men on Mars. But new discoveries offer a bit more hope that some form of life existed there in the past --- and perhaps is still there in the present. Methane gas(甲烷) and water have been found on the Red Plane. The presence of both suggests at least the possibility of life.
According to a new report in the journal, Science, the Mars rover, Curiosity, has detected spikes of methane in the Martian atmosphere. This gas is also found in the Earth’s atmosphere, and comes from animal and plant life, as well as from the environment itself. If there’s methane in Mar’s atmosphere, where is it coming from? Scientists aren’t sure. But it marks a big change. In September 2013, Curiosity found almost no traces of methane in the Martian air. Just weeks later, however, the rover picked up a whiff of(一点点) the gas.
The scientists don’t know whether the methane spikes are caused by some form of biological matter or by the geology of the planet. Christopher Chyba, a professor of astrophysics and international affairs at Princeton, says it’s best not to be too hopeful about biology on the Red Planet. “Hopes for biology on Mars have had a way of disappearing once Martian chemistry has been better understood,” he says. “But figuring out what’s responsible for the methane is clearly a key astrobiological objective --- whatever the answer turns out to be.”
The discovery of water on Mars is nothing new. For decades, scientists have had evidence that it flowed across the surface of the planet billions of years ago. But according to another new report in Science, while the surface water on Mars seems to be long gone, there’s a lot more of it left than most of people realize.
This report is also based on findings from Curiosity. Paul Mahaffy, of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland, led the study. He says there is enough water on Mars “to cover the surface to a depth of about 165 feet.”
It is not easy to reach this water. Most of it is locked up in ice at the planet’s poles.
Why do scientists think there might be life on Mars?

What is the attitude of professor Christopher Chyba towards life on Mars?

The water on Mars _______________.

In which column of a website can we read this text?

B
Today, the bicycle is the primary method of transportation for the human race. About 1.6 billion bicycles are in use around the world --- in big cities, along remote country lanes, and in the smallest villages ---and hundreds of millions of bikes are produced every year to meet the continuing demand for cheap wheeled transport.
Yet the bicycle is hardly a new vision of how humans move around. Historians speculate(猜测) about Leonardo da Vinci’s 1940s drawings and a 1580s stained glass window in England that appear to describe a two-wheeler. The first widely recognized two-wheeler in actual use, however, was the pedal-less Celerifere, a toy of the French upper class in the 1970s. The more famous Draisienne followed that toy in 1816, still without pedals. The front wheel could be steered, and this two-wheeler was eventually mass-produced in Europe, particularly in England. Ernest Michaux added cranks(曲轴) to the two-wheeler in 1855, which started a revolution in human transportation --- the Velocipede.
By 1870, complicated metal Velocipede were in production in Europe and the United States. Over time, they gave way to the “Ordinary” or high-wheeler. The Ordinary was the beginning of the heyday(全盛期) of bicycling. It was speedy and capable of long trips on poor roads, so it was soon in widespread use. At that time a skilled person might earn 25 cents an hour in wages, but a good Ordinary sold for $75 to $125, making it more expensive than building a house. Nevertheless, they sold at a furious pace.
Ordinaries had a big problem, however. When the front wheel came up against any obstacle that it could not roll over, the bike simply threw the rider headfirst onto the ground. Called a “header”, this characteristic problem inspired the “safety bicycle” in the 1980s. With two wheels of equal size, plus a roller chain(齿轮) transmission, the safety bicycle was with a slight adaptation, they attracted thousands of women to cycling. Many historians point to the safety bicycle as the beginning of women’s rights.
In England, in 1909, the Raleigh bicycle, equipped with a 3-speed hub, started to be produced. In the 1930s, British-built “lightweight” bicycles, suitable for the packed earth of country roads, were being imported into the United States. The early 1980s saw the creation of the “Freestyle” or trick bicycle. And in the late 1990s, the road bike and the mountain bike proved to be the dominant machines of the decade.
Today, the bicycle continues to be the most energy and cost-efficient transportation device in the world.
What is the main idea of the first paragraph?

We can learn from the second paragraph that____________.

What does the underlined word “furious” in the third paragraph mean?

How has the author developed the text?

C
My mom has eyes in the back of her head. She also taught me from an early age to be suspicious of strange men, especially when they give you presents. One day, a “nice man” bearing flowers managed to steal 20 euros from her purse, while she was holding it in her hands. “He said he was collecting for a church charity so I pulled out a euro,” she explains, “He said ‘no, no, that’s too much’ and offered to look in my purse to find a smaller coin. He must have slid out that 20 euro note at the same time. I did not even notice until an hour later. I felt so stupid.”
According to neuroscientists, the key requirement for a successful pickpocket is not having nifty (熟练的) fingers, it’s having a working knowledge of the loopholes (漏洞) in our brain. The most important of these loopholes is the fact that our brains are not set up to multi-task. Most of the time that is a good thing — it allows us to filter (过滤) out all but the most important features of the world around us. But a good trickster can use it to against you. This kind of trick involves capturing all of somebody’s attention with other movements. Street pickpockets often use this effect to their advantage by manufacturing a situation that can not help but overload your attention system. Other strategies are more psychological. Pickpockets tend to hang out a “beware of pickpockets” sign, because the first thing people do when they read it is check they still have their valuables, helpfully giving away where they are. And in my mom’s case, the thief’s best trick was not coming across like a pickpocket. “He was a very nice guy and very confident. Not someone that would cause you to suspect,” she says. Apollo Robbins, a stage pickpocket, said smart move, like moving your hand in an arc motion rather than a straight line, is another popular strategy employed by tricksters.
At last, it should be pointed out that most thefts are opportunistic. The skill level of most thieves is far less than you think. But they are opportunistic enough to keep up with new technology.
What does the underlined word “it” in paragraph 2 refer to?

How did the pickpockets manage to cheat the mother ?

In the author’s opinion, _________.

What will the author probably talk about next?

D
Children whose mothers were exposed to higher levels of phthalates(酞酸盐), common chemicals in consumer products, in late pregnancy tend to score lower than other kids on intelligence tests at age seven, according to a new study.
Some soaps, nail polish, hairspray, shower curtains, raincoats, car interiors and dryer sheets contain phthalates, which are used as so-called plasticizers, or softening agents.
At present, the Food and Drug Administration does not have evidence that phthalates as used in cosmetics pose a safety risk, but six types of phthalates are currently banned from children’s toys.
Researchers followed 328 New York women in low-income communities from pregnancy until the child was seven years old. When the children were seven, they completed an intelligence test measuring four areas of mental functioning. The mothers’ levels of two of the phthalates - DnBP and DiBP - during pregnancy were associated with childhood intelligence: As phthalate levels went up, child IQ tended to go down.
“With observational studies, there is always the chance that the results may be in part explained by an unmeasured factor that we haven’t yet considered,” said Stephanie Engel, associate professor of epidemiology（流行病）from the University of North Carolina.
“I would characterize this study as thorough and high quality, and the results concerning,” said Engel, who was not involved in the work. “But there needs to be more research in this area before firm conclusions can be drawn.”
“Nevertheless, It is clear that there needs to be a serious discussion in the scientific and policy communities about whether the evidence is strong enough yet to warrant widespread policy changes, not just on the basis of this study, but also including a range of childhood health outcomes that have already been reported in the literature,” Engel said.
“Although there are no regulations on phthalate exposure during pregnancy, it would be wise for expectant mothers to avoid microwaving food in plastic, avoid scented products, and as much as possible store foods in glass instead of plastic,” she said.
According to the passage, the new study is about ___________________________.

Which of the following statements is TRUE?

What can you learn from the last but one paragraph?

This passage has probably been taken from _________.

E
Before we start a voyage, we usually try to find out more or less definitely where we are bound and how we are supposed to get there.
I happen to have the “Concise Oxford dictionary” on my desk and that will do as well as any other. The word I am looking for appears at the bottom of Page 344. edition 1912.
“Geography: the science of the earth's surface, form, physical features, natural and political divisions, climate, productions and population.”
I could not possibly hope to do better, but I still stress some of the aspects of the case at the expenses of others,  because I intend to place man in the centre of the stage. This book of mine will not merely discuss the surface of the earth and its physical features, together with its political and natural boundaries. I would rather call it a study of man in search of food and shelter and leisure for himself and for his family and an attempt to his background or has reshaped his physical surroundings in order to be comfortable and well nourished and happy with his limited strength.
Among the two million human beings in the world, there is of course the widest possible range for all sorts of experiments of an economic and social and cultural nature. It seems that those experiments deserve our attention before anything else. For a mountain is after all merely a mountain until it has been seen by human eyes and has been walked on by human feet and until its slopes and valleys have been occupied and fought over and planted by a dozen generation of hungry settlers.
The Atlantic Ocean was just as wide and deep and as wet and salty before the beginning of the 13th century as after, but it took the human touch to make it what it is today—a bridge between the New World and the Old, the highway for the commerce between East and West.
For thousands of years the endless Russian plains lay ready to offer their abundant harvest to whoever should take the trouble to sow the first grain. But the aspect of that country today would he a very different one if the hand of a German or a Frank, rather than that of a Slav, had guided the iron-pointed stick that plowed the first furrows (犁沟).
The island of Nippon would shake and quake just as continually, whether they happened to be settled by Japanese or by the Tasmanian race, but in the latter case they would hardly be able to feed 60,000,000 people.
Generally speaking, I have paid more attention to the purely “human” side of geography than to the commercial problems which are so important in a day and age devoted to mass production.
In the first four paragraphs, the author wants to share with the readers ______.

Which of the following will the author NOT consider to be on experiment according to Paragraph 5?

The author mentioned the Russian plains and the island of Nippon to show that _____.

How is the passage organized?

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填人一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确，并将该词完整地写在答题卡中相应的横线上。
The latest Chinese "god song" (an Internet term to describe pop songs that spread virally(病毒性地) through Internet) is still stirring fierce d______ between those who view it as a milestone for Chinese pop music going global and those who regard it as bad for China's image.
Last week, Little Apple, written and____(表演) by the Chopsticks Brothers, won the AMA International Song Award and the duo performed the song at the 2014 American Music Awards in Los Angeles. Another Chinese pop ______, Zhang Jie, won the International Artist Award.
But while fans of these singers are thinking h______ of the awards and the performance by the Chopsticks Brothers at the AMA celebration as significant, there are others who are less excited. They have questioned the ______(价值) of the awards and what effect it will have on Chinese culture's "going abroad", claiming it may leave foreign audiences with ap______ impression of Chinese pop music, and even Chinese culture.
The Little Apple phenomenon, both home and______, can be more easily understood and judged if we look at it from a business perspective rather than a cultural perspective. The professional promoters behind the duo have developed a clear_____(策略) to promote the duo and their work, not just this particular song. Little Apple was originally released to promote the duo's film Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon.
From the very beginning a viral marketing strategy was used top______  the song, which immediately went viral on the Internet due to its repetitive rhythm, easy-to-remember lyrics, simple and funny dance and, most importantly, grassroots nature. The video ______(积累) more than 1 billion hits on China's major video website.
Although the song was generally dismissed by music professionals who criticized it as musical "junk food", Little Apple's popularity nationally paved the way for promoting the duo internationally.

最近，你班就高考后的暑假打算展开了一次讨论。有的想打工挣钱以便继续到大学学习；有的打算学习一门技术去挣钱养家；有的想和同学一起去旅游。你想在家陪家人呆2周放松身心，然后去自己喜欢的上海去看看，以便选择一个喜欢的大学在那里继续学习。这个暑假对大多数同学而言就意味着新生活的开始。
要求：1. 开头已给出，不计入总词数。
2.文中不能出现考生的具体信息;
3. 词数: 120个左右。
We’re going to finish our middle school in June after the important College Entrance Examination.Recently, our class has a heat discussion on what to do in this real summer holiday.