发布时间 : 星期三 文章宁夏银川一中2018届高三第三次模拟考试英语试卷(含答案)更新完毕开始阅读
22. What service does the Guided Ride mainly provide?. A. They help you to be familiar with London roads B. They check your cycle and equipment every week. C. They let users experience the busiest road in London. D. They ensure users ride safely in London Zones 1 & 2 23. Who is the text probably intended for ?. A. Bike riding lovers. B. Children and teenagers C. Travelers in London D. Parents loving cycling
B
I am astonished at the way God knows when to send a special gift of encouragement at just the right time! It might be in a dream, a lost letter, a memory, or something found that we’d forgotten about.
My grandmother was from a town in Michigan. And summer after summer I enjoyed staying with my grandparents as a young child. I was from the city and loved the small town where they lived. People knew everyone, their children, their pets, their ancestors.
Grandma was always using her hands for something exciting... she would make sandwiches and we’d have tea parties, plant flowers and carefully tend them. She loved knitting sweaters as well as making beautiful quilts for her grandchildren. I remember the small thimble (顶针) she would place on her finger while doing her needlework.
A few years ago, when Grandma left this earth for her new residence in Heaven, I bid farewell to my loving grandmother. How quickly our lives can change! We had just had tea together a couple of months earlier, on her 91st birthday. I missed her very much, but I noticed it mostly on my birthdays, because there was no card from Grandma. She’d never forgotten my birthday!
On one particular birthday when I was feeling a little low, something happened made me feel as if she was sharing that special day with me. I was arranging some colorful pillows that she had made, and suddenly I felt something inside one pillow; it was small and hard. I moved the object to a seam（缝）that I carefully opened, and, to my delight, out came a tiny silver thimble!
How happy I was to find something that had been a part of her! Not realizing it had fallen off her finger, I pictured her sewing it into that little pillow that I just happened to fluff（抖松）, to place on my bedspread（床罩）that day. I carefully laid the thimble alongside the others I’d collected over the years. What a precious memory of a very special lady who, somehow, I knew, was laughing in delight at sewing her thimble into my pillow. I heated the kettle and made some tea, using my best china, as Grandma always did, and then enjoyed my tea and Grandma’s thimble. What a wonderful birthday that was!
24. In the author’s memory, what would her grandmother do? A. She would make sandwiches and hamburgers for her family. B. She would wear a thimble for needlework every day. C. She would make beautiful quilts for money. D. She would look after the flowers in the garden.
25. What does the underlined word, “it”, in Paragraph 4, refer to? A. The modern world’s fast-changing life. B. The fact that the grandmother had passed away. C. The author’s missing her grandmother. D. The love the author got from her grandmother. 26. How did the author feel when she found the thimble? A. Surprised.
B. Regretful.
C. Guilty.
D. Lonely.
27. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage? A. Grandma’s Thimble B. Grandma’s Life Story
B. The Joy of Finding Something Lost C. The Importance of Putting Things Away
C
Sydney's Royal Botanic Gardens are to start a war on gray-headed flying foxes. These super bats have invaded one of Australia’s most famous public spaces. Officials have said the animals are destroying trees and have to move on.
These unwanted guests at Sydney’s Royal Botanic Gardens look like tiny foxes with wings. Officials have estimated there are about 11,000 of them living in the picturesque harbor-side park. After inspecting damage to dozens of trees they now believe there are twice as many as previously thought. Branches have been breaking under the weight of these furry invaders and their droppings have been poisoning plants.
Help may well be at hand, however, in the shape of the ordinary garbage bin. The gardens’ director Dr. Tim Entwistle hopes the unpleasant sounds of crashing bin lids will agitate the flying foxes and force them to move on. “The way to disturb them is to use noises, so we’ve used the loud noises made by rubbish bins in the past. You can also use speakers as long as you move the noise around, and what we’ll do is have a series of noises, at the beginning and end of the day. What we’ve found in the past is that the flying foxes leave the gardens and go somewhere else,” said Tim.
The gray-headed flying fox is Australia’s largest bat. It flies around at night using its eyes and a powerful sense of smell to search for fruit and flowers. Officials at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney have said they’re optimistic the unwelcome colony can be uprooted. If and when the bats do move to other parts of the city they will of course then become someone else’s problem.
28. According to the passage, Why do people want to get rid of the flying foxes ?
A. Because the garden are important public places B. Because they are polluting the city
C. Because many garbage bins have been damaged by them D. Because they’re threatening the survival of trees and other plants 29. In order to get rid of the flying foxes, what are people doing?
A. They are shooting them B. They are using rubbish containers C. They are shaking the trees hard D. They are cutting some trees down
30. Which of the following can replace the underlined “agitate” in Paragraph 3?
A. excite
B.kill
C.disturb
D. discourage
31. What does the writer imply from the last paragraph? A. The bats will still stay in the gardens. B. Some area will have to deal with the bats. C. The grey-headed flying fox often eat trees D. The damage caused by the bats is serious
D
The year 2114 will be an eventful one for art. In May of that year in Berlin, the philosopher-artist Jonathon Keats’ “century cameras” – cameras with a 100-year-long exposure (曝光）time – will be brought back from hiding places around the city to have their results developed and exhibited. Six months after that, the Future Library in Oslo, Norway, will open its doors for the first time, presenting 100 books printed on the wood of trees planted in the distant past of 2014.
As Katie Paterson, the creator of the Future Library, puts it: “Future Library is an artwork for future generations.” These projects, more than a century in the making, are part of a new wave of “slow art” intended to push viewers and participants to think beyond their own lifetimes. They aim to challenge today’s short-term thinking and the brief attention spans of modern consumers, forcing people into considering works more deliberately. In their way, too, they are fighting against modern culture – not just regarding money, but also the way in which artistic worth is measured by attention.
In a similar fashion, every April on Slow Art Day, visitors are encouraged to stare at five works of art for 10 minutes at a time – a tough task for the average museum visitor, who typically spends less than 30 seconds on each piece of art.
Like the Future Library, the century cameras are very much a project for cities, since it’s in cities that time runs fastest and the pace of life is fastest. “Since I started living in a city, I’ve somehow been quite disconnected,” Anne Beate Hovind, the Future Library project manager, who described
how working on the library drew her back to the pace of life she knew when she was growing up on a farm in her youth, told The Atlantic magazine.
32. According to the first paragraph, what will NOT happen in 2114 ? A. A camera which was produced 100 years ago will be exhibited. B. The Future Library will be open to the public for the first time. C. Photos with a 100-year exposure time will be developed and exhibited. D. Books printed on the wood of trees planted in 2014 will be displayed. 33. What can we learn about today’s people’s attitude toward works of art? A. They consider works deliberately. B. They spend little time on works. C. They spend much money on works. D. They stare at works for 10 minutes at a time.
34. What is the purpose of the wave of slow art?. A. To advocate creating works of art slowly. B .To protect works of art from being damaged. C. To promote works of art for modern culture.
D. To encourage people to pay more attention to works of art. 35. How would Anne Beate Hovind feel about the city life?
A. It’s discouraging B. It’s dull C. It’s developed. D. It’s busy 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。
The running of the bulls is a nine-day traditional Spanish festival in honor of Saint Fermin in Pamplona.Every year,at midday on July 6th ,the Mayor of Pamplona shoots a rocket. _____36_____ The participants are usually dressed in white and wear red neckchiefs and belts. They open champagne mostly used for sprinkling（撒）other people.
_____37_____ It starts every day at eight in the morning and the runners run, sometimes wildly, sometimes less. As a sign that the run has begun they shoot the first rocket. Then they shoot the second one when the bulls are out in the streets. Six bulls which are trying to attack the participants from behind run down the 900-meter-long street to the bullring(斗牛场) with a lot of spectators. _____38_____ All of the six bulls are going to be killed at the bullfight in the stadium.
The bullfight in the stadium begins at half past six in the afternoon. First, there comes the first bull. There is also a person called “picador”. _____39_____ That makes the bull very wild and it starts to run all over the stadium. Later when the bull is tired, there comes another person----a “matador” who kills it with an arrow. _____40_____ At the end of the celebration, another rocket is