福建省漳州市八校高三第四次联考英语试卷

______ today, he would get there by Friday.

Our       new machines are much cheaper to run.

What        wonderful world it would be if all countries in the world could live      peace with one another.

This film is       boring; it is, in fact, rather exciting and fascinating.

–I was surprised to see wild flowers in Alaska.
--Many people think there is nothing      ice and snow.

You type almost anything, however unclear, into the space provided on Google and in a second it       __________ thousands of references.

The Nuclear Security Summit is an initiative of Mr. Obama,       considers nuclear terrorism to be one of the greatest threats to international security.

       his European tour with a speech in Bruges, Belgium, President Xi says China and the EU can become twin engines of growth.

Ever since Ming furniture went on exhibit in Beijing, there       large crowds at the World Art Museum every day.

–Oh, you said you’d tell me the latest news about the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370.
-- Sorry, I       with my work at hand. I        to that.

Chinese first lady Peng Liyuan’s ZTE（中兴） Nubia Z5 mini, is empowered with a 13-mega-pixel（百万像素） rare camera with such      as taking panorama images.

       “thanks” is polite when someone has done you a favour, but saying it too often is quite another thing.

More than one        the people heart and soul.

Off         without so much as a goodbye.

–I really thought I’d win first prize.
--Oh,…well,        , Tom.

I drove to a local supermarket the other day. My shopping list was      and my wallet was light. Still, I needed to get a week’s worth of groceries for my family. I parked my car, looked down at my list, and hoped I could        it all.
As I        the door, I saw a man with kind eyes and a gentle       . He said he was collecting for a local food bank that helped to      the hungry in my area. He handed me a second shopping list of things they could use and asked me to      if I could. I smiled back, took the         and walked into the store. I really wanted to help, but wasn’t sure if I could this time.
I walked through the store, picking up vegetables, soup, spaghetti, bread, milk, cereal, macaroni, bananas, and a dozen other things. I slowly        each item off my list until I was done. When I looked down at my full cart I       again if I even had enough to pay for it all. Then, as I put my own list back into my pocket, I saw the food      list under it. I smiled and decided to trust my heart.
With the food bank in mind, I went over and       two of the biggest boxes of rice the store had and put them in my cart. It took       six dollars out of my wallet to pay for them,        my heart felt six times larger when I did. And when everything was      , I had just enough to pay for it all.
It        so little to make our world a better place. A few dollars can help to fill a child’s        belly(肚子). A smile and hug can help to         a hurting heart. An encouraging word can inspire someone else to live and to love. A random         of kindness can change another’s day and life. It is up to us,        . If we can        a few dollars on rice , then we can share a love that will last forever.

A．short B．long C．frequent D．heavy

A．offer B．exchange C．afford D．accept

A．approached B．painted C．cleaned D．left

A．attitude B．manner C．smile D．anger

A．share B．train C．protect D．feed

A．help B．write C．advertise D．search

A．name B．project C．list D．budget

A．signed B．marked C．rid D．separated

A．wandered B．wondered C．fancied D．amazed

A．store B．cart C．nutrition D．bank

A．picked out B．lifted up C．picked up D．folded up

A．other B．others C．more D．another

A．so B．but C．and D．since

A．ordered B．totaled C．replaced D．packed

A．takes B．spends C．pays D．wastes

A．hungry B．adequate C．anxious D．full

A．cure B．treat C．heal D．recover

A．ability B．allowance C．appreciation D．act

A．although B．though C．yet D．still

A．save B．rescue C．accumulate D．reserve

Endless playing of songs like All I want for Christmas in shops during the festive season doesn’t just drive us mad —the songs also make us more careless with our money, research has warned.
While repeated performance of Jingle Bells may seem like an innocent attempt to raise customers’ spirits during the nightmare of Christmas shopping, the songs also have a more delicate impact.
“Background music, or “Muzak”, can be used by marketers to impose cultures ---such as the commercialization of Christmas--- onto consumers and influence their behaviour,” experts said.
Dr. Alan Bradshaw of Royal Holloway, University of London, said, “Festive jingles are force-fed to Christmas shoppers in a bid to change their mood, influence their sense of time and what sort of products they buy. In other words, this is an attempt to control your shopping habits in a way that you might hardly be aware of.”
“Often we are told that we have the freedom to choose where we want to shop, but during Christmas the use of music in this way is so common that our freedom to choose disappears.”
Dr. Bradshaw and Prof Morris Holbrook of Columbia University examined the phenomenon and found that retailers often “dumb down” the music played in shops to relax customers, meaning it is easier to control their behaviour.
It is thought that slowing down the rhythm of music in shops can trick customers into thinking less time has passed, and therefore spend more time examining the shelves, for example.
Some providers of background music have been known to promote their services by claiming they can boost profits by controlling the behaviour of customers.
“A common trick is to take a popular current song and record an instrumental version which can be slowed down or sped up at different time of the day to influence behaviour in different ways,” Dr. Bradshaw said.
Background music is often classed as “Muzak” in honor of the Seattle-based company which began producing its soft-sounding melodies in the 1930s.
According to Dr. Bradshaw, in what ways does Christmas music influence customers?
①their mood ②their income ③their sense of time ④ the sort of products they buy

Shopkeepers slow down the rhythm of music in shops to ___________.

What kind of music is now often adapted to influence customers in shops?

What is the best title of the passage?

Born in America in 1898, William was an extraordinary boy, gifted with an amazing IQ between 250 and 300. The genius went to a grammar school when he was only 6 years old and graduated just within 7 months. At the age of 11, he became the youngest student of the Harvard University. He graduated with high scores at the age of 16 and entered Harvard Law School at 18.
Gifted with an amazing IQ between 220 and 230, Terence Tao makes it to this list of the people with the highest IQ in the world. Born in Adelaide, Australia in 1975, this genius first displayed his incredible intelligence at a mere age of 2, when he managed to solve basic arithmetic questions on his own. At the age of 16, he graduated with both Master's and Bachelor's degrees at the Flinders University. He has been considered as ''Mr. Fix it " by Charles Fefferman, who is a professor of Mathematics at Princeton University, and many other mathematicians want to interest him in their problems.
This 31-year-old Japanese-American astrophysicist lands him third in this list. At the age of 12, Christopher Hirata already worked on college-level courses, around the time most of us were just in the 7^th grade. At the age of 13, this gifted kid became the youngest American to have ever won the gold medal in the International physics Olympiad.
At the age of 16, he was already working with NASA on its project to conquer planet Mars. After he was awarded the Ph.D. at Princeton University, he went back to California Institute of Technology.
The next person with very high IQ is Albert Einstein. With an IQ between 160 and 190, Albert Einstein is the genius behind the theory of relativity, which has had great impact on the world of science. He possessed such an amazing ability that after his death, researchers were eager to preserve and make research on his brain in search for clues to his exceptional brilliance, which to this day, has remained a mystery.
About William, which of the following is true?

How many people with remarkable IQ are mentioned in the passage?

Who once worked on the project to conquer planet Mars?

From the passage we can know that______.

Adult Basic Education (ABE) and GED Preparation
Task:
The Adult Basic Education Department serves a huge population of learners. Our task is to teach basic skills and help learners to get more knowledge to function effectively as a family member, citizen, worker, and lifelong learner in a changing world.
Description:
ABE is a non-credit program of self-improvement designed to improve basic skills for students who are of different educational level. Development of reading, writing, and math  skills are paid special attention to, as well as life skills, employability, and technology. Students without a high school diploma(文凭)also have the opportunity to prepare for the GED exams in the five subject areas writing, social studies, science, literature, and math.
Prerequisites (条件):
ABE classes are open to anyone 18 or over who desires to improve basic reading, writing, and math skills at the pre-college level. Students who are 16 or 17 must first obtain an official release( 证书) from high school before attending class.
To be accepted, students must attend an Educational Planning Session. During the Educational Planning Session students will be given an overview of the ABE programs as well as PCC policies, fees, etc. Students will also have their reading, writing, and math abilities assessed (评估) during the Educational Planning Session The results of their assessment will help the teachers develop individual programs of study for students to guide them toward their personal goals. Students needing special help must get in touch with the Office for Students with Disabilities (503-977-4341) at least two weeks before the session is held.
Courses:
  
The ABE Department serves an aim to___________.

A 17-year-old is not accepted to ABE classes only because he_____________.

What is the Educational Planning Session intended for?

Different courses are offered to different students according to ___________.

People in several American states may be surprised to see cars on city streets without a driver. Experimental driverless vehicles now are legal in Florida, Nevada and California. They are pointing the way to a future that is not far down the road. The high-tech company Google has a number of self-driving cars, which had covered 480,000 kilometers by August. Volvo is among the companies doing road tests and says it plans to sell driverless cars by 2020.
In September, California Governor Jerry Brown signed an act to allow autonomous vehicles on the roads of his state.  " Today we're looking at science fiction becoming tomorrow's reality-the driverless car. " The technology for these cars includes cameras, radar and motion sensors. The systems have been improved through competitions sponsored by the U. S. government agency DARPA. Engineer Richard Mason of the Rand Corporation helped design driverless vehicles for DARPA challenge races.
Cars have become much more fuel-efficient, and new electronic features are' making Hondas safer,  said Angie Nucci of Honda America.  " A camera on the passenger-side mirror actually engaged on your guiding screen so you can safely change lanes. " Other safety features include warning systems on the front and the sides of the cars.  These systems help drivers ,  but don't replace them. Curator Leslie Kendall of the Petersen Automotive Museum said autonomous cars will make the high ways safer．
"By taking out drivers, you also remove most risks of an accident," Kendall said. He said consumers, however, may be unwilling to lose control. "It may take them time to come to realize that the technology is indeed reliable, but it will have to prove itself first. "
Mason said the technology already works and the biggest challenge now is getting down the cost for driverless vehicles from hundreds of thousands of dollars to something more affordable. He said this will happen as the technology is improved.
What can we learn from Paragraph l?
A. Driverless vehicles are now legal in the whole USA.
B. Volvo will be the first to sell driverless cars.
C. Driverless cars are pointing us' a faraway future.
D. Google's self-driving cars have covered a long distance.
We learn that Governor of California Jerry Brown_________.

What is the role of the systems mentioned in Paragraph 3?

According to Richard Mason, what is the biggest challenge for driverless cars?

For generations here in the deepest South, there had been a great taboo（禁忌）: publicly crossing the color line for love. Less than 45 years ago, marriage between blacks and whites was illegal, and it has been forbidden for much of the time since.
So when a great job about an hour’s drive north of the Gulf Coast attracted him, Jeffrey Norwood, a black college basketball coach, had reservations. He was in a serious relationship with a woman who was white and Asian.
“You’re thinking about a life in South Mississippi?” his father said in a skeptical voice, recalling days when a black man could face mortal（致命的） danger just being seen with a woman of another race, regardless of intentions. "Are you sure?"
But on visits to Hattiesburg, the younger Mr. Norwood said he liked what he saw: growing diversity. So he moved, married, and, with his wife, had a baby girl, who was counted on the last census（人口普查） as black, white and Asian. Taylor Rae Norwood, three, is one of thousands of mixed-race children who have made this state home to one of the nation's most rapidly expanding multiracial populations, up 70 percent between 2000 and 2010, according to new data from the Census Bureau.
In the first comprehensive accounting of multiracial Americans since statistics were first collected about them in 2000, reporting from the 2010 census, made public in recent days, shows that the nation’s mixed-race population is growing far more quickly than many researchers had estimated, particularly in the South and parts of the Midwest. That conclusion is based on the bureau’s analysis of 42 states; the data from the remaining eight states will be released soon.
In North Carolina, the mixed-race population doubled. In Georgia, it grew by more than 80 percent, and by nearly as much in Kentucky and Tennessee. In Indiana, Iowa and South Dakota, the multiracial population increased by about 70percent.
Census officials estimated the national multiracial growth rate was about 35 percent since2000 according to the known result, when seven million people ----- 2.4 percent of the population chose more than one race.
If a black man married a white woman 50years ago, the worst result was that _____.

The underlined word “serious” in Paragraph 2 can be replaced by “____”.

What can we infer from Paragraph 4?

Which of the following states had the fastest growth rate of mixed-race population?

阅读下列短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示，2）首字母提示，3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确，拼写正确。
For 25 years Terry Comm. was a policeman, but for the last 17 years he has been    （行走）up and down five miles of beach every day, looking for things that might be u  to someone. Terry’s a beachcomber（海滩拾荒者）.
Nearly everything in his cottage has come    the sea – chairs, tables, even tins of food. “I even found a box of beer just before Christmas. That was nice,” he remembers. He finds lots of bottles with messages in them,    （主要地）from children. They all get a r   if there’s an address in the bottle. Shoes? “If you find one, you’ll find the     the next week,” he says.
But does he really m   a living? “Half a living,” he smiles. “Anyway I have my police pension. But I don’t actually need money. My life is rich in    （多样性）.” Terry is happy. “You have to find a way to live a simple life.”
“Some people say I’m mad,” says Terry. “   there are much more who’d like to do    I do. Look at me. I’ve got everything I could possibly want.”

前不久，中央电视台“焦点访谈”栏目曾就“中国式过马路”现象进行了不少采访和评论。请用英语写一篇100-120 词的短文，结合自己的所见所闻或亲身经历描述“行人闯红灯”(pedestrians run the red light)引发的若干问题，并就此提出一些解决措施。 注意;短文的开头已给出(不计词数)。
Not long ago, CCTV “Focus Talk” carried out many interviews and made some relevant comments on the phenomena---“Crossing roads in the Chinese style”._________________________________________________
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