江苏省泰州中学2016届高三上学期摸底考试英语试题及答案

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21. Do you know how many _______ are going to be held in the coming Summer Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil?

A. incidents

B. accidents

C. events

D. sports

in

22. I’ve spent _______ most exciting day today, for _______ younger of my two sons has been

admitted into the university. A. a; a

B. a; the

C. the; a

D. the; /

23. The new financial policy of the United States has _______ a chain reaction in the international money markets.

A. set off

B. given off

C. put off

D. got off

24. I don’t agree this book is of poor quality ________, it is a book well worth reading.

A. Above all

B. To start with

C. As a consequence D. If anything

25. Luckily, ________ to be a goalkeeper walking by when the baby fell off.

A. it happened

B. there happened

C. there used

D. it had

26. It is really important for parents to reach a ________ between what they want and what their kids desire.

A. conclusion

B. communication

C. compromise

D. consensus

27. —How is your sister?

—She _________ quite good after the operation, but she is taking a turn for the worse today. A. felt

B. feels

C. had felt

D.has been feeling

zone

28. It is said that human error had led to the air crash __________ the pilots flew into a danger above sea.

A. how

B. where

C. unless

D. after

29. You ________ believe it that it motivates you and gives you a brand new confidence in yourself, but it does.

A. wouldn’t

B. mustn’t

C. shouldn’t

D. needn’t

30. To keep up their work, many people today must read letters, reports, trade publications, interoffice communications, to say __________ of newspaper and magazines.

A. everything

B. anything

C. nothing

D. little

31. It is convinced, though the government has not announced an official plan for a Mars mission,

________ a Chinese rover will soon appear on Mars. A. how

B. that

C. where

D. which

32. The spokesman said that that was a _________ negotiation because it solved a lot of problems between the two sides.

A. primitive

B. persuasive

C. protective

D. productive

to

33. In 1973, a book ________ that plants can feel emotions, prefer classical music, and can respond the unspoken thoughts of humans landed on the New York Times best-seller list.

A. having claimed

B. had claimed

C. claiming

D. claimed

34. —The scar is nice, but the price is a little bit high.

—________, but if you want good quality, you have to pay more. A No offence

B. No doubt

C. No wonder

D. No problem

35. The naughty child hid behind the door, _________ he could hear what we talked about clearly.

A. where 完形填空

B. from where

C. at which

D. from which

Digital technology has changed the way people access information. Since its 36 in the 80s, when people first experienced another way of life, technologies such as mobile phones and the Internet have become cheap and common. Some people see this as a window of opportunity to 37 effectively with such problems as 38 . They argue that the government should make mobile phone and the Internet 39 free of charge to anyone looking for a job. I 40 with this point of view.

In the first place, one of the most common 41 why jobless people can’t find employment is that the skills they have are not 42 or are out of date. More often than not,

they can’t keep pace with society in terms of the knowledge that they 43 .Instead of investing public funds in an expensive infrastructure 44 mobile phones for free to those out of work, the 45 should organize training programmes that people out of work could sign up for in order to 46 new skills. Another argument 47 the idea is the way the use of the Internet and mobile phones would be controlled. It would be technically very 48 to control how these technologies are used, for there has been no successful example to follow in the world. 49 , public funds could be used to provide subsidized(给予补助的) bus or subway tickets for the unemployed who, for example, need to travel for a job interview.

50 , it would be prohibitively expensive to maintain such a system and ensure that it worked properly. The government could invest public funds in training courses for the staff working in 51 centers to make them more 52 at helping the unemployed to find jobs. To sum up, I am 53 that public money should not be wasted on expensive technology, and can be better used to 54 the problem of unemployment by giving the unemployed free and better-quality 55 . 36. A. production 37. A. treat 38. A. crime 40. A. argue

B. introduction B. live

B. poverty B. affordable B. disagree B. accepted B. lose B. buying

C. exhibition C. deal

D. development D. work D. education D. useful D. compare D. reasons D. considered D. hear D. updating D. organization D. apply D. against D. necessary D. Still D. Secondly D. shopping

C. unemployment C. reliable C. discuss C. senses C. valued C. own C. team C. about

39. A. available

41. A. phenomena 42. A. needed 43. A. find

B. suggestions

44. A. distributing 45. A. company 46. A. acquire 47. A. with 48. A. wrong

C. making C. practice

B. government B. possess B. over

B. important B. Besides B. Moreover B. care

C., challenging C. Therefore C. Thus C. health

49. A. Instead 50. A. However 51. A. job

52. A. objective 53. A. doubtful 54. A. raise

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B. careful B. proud B. handle B. goods

C. convenient C. convinced C. debate C. life

D. efficient D. satisfied D. create D. training

55. A. technology

Chronic disorganization （慢性失序症）occurs when one is habitually disorganized over a long period, which means the person is constantly unsystematic in how he conducts life and business. One suffering from this problem may find relief in the fact that it isn’t actually a disease or even an “ official” disorder. It’s the continued lack of organization in one’s life.

Someone may become addicted to collecting a certain thing yet never organize the collection as it grows out of control. This can especially be a problem for those with a lot of time and money at hand, yet the problem can be serious for any type of person in a wide variety of situation.

One’s personal attitude can often be a big part of why the chronic disorganization exists. Once the attitude of acceptance about being a “slob” is in someone’s head, it’s hard to remove. If someone tells himself that he is a slob, he will likely live up to that self-image created by him or by those around him.

One first receives true awareness of the disorder of chronic disorganization when it starts to negatively affect relationships with friends and family members. Everybody becomes affected by this situation, especially those sharing living places with the one involved.

The National Study Group for Chronic Disorganization (HSGCD) recommends that one get help through a professional organizer. The study found that all of the subjects in the study had problems with making decisions. There were varied reasons given for this problem of decision-making. Among them were fears and prioritizing issues. Research is ongoing for the link between problems in decision-making and chronic disorganization.

Chronic disorganization often begins with situational disorganization, something most people experience at some point. Someone who has lost someone significant to him may start to be troubled by disorganization after a divorce. Someone who experienced changes in life and in his career may intend to let things like organization and order fall by the wayside. However, one doesn’t instantly have chronic disorganization.

“ If you’re going through hell, keep going.” That’s an old saying that’s true about one’s struggles with chronic disorganization. Every person has the power to change within himself. It’s a matter of staying organized, one day at a time. Those who have left chronic disorganization in the past have often done so by promising to stay organized simply for that single day.

（71）____________ It means that the person has a(n) （72）__________ of being disorganized in life and business over a long period. ·One example is that an addict (73 ) ___________ to organize the collection. Recognizing the problem · The (74) ___________ of chronic disorganization is partly affected by one’s personal attitude. ·One doesn’t realize the disorder of chronic disorganization until it has (75) ____________ effects on the relationships with friends and family members. All subjects in the study suffer from the problem of poor The (76) ____________ decision-making, which is (77) _____________ with chronic of the study disorganization. Warning (78)________________ Losing someone significant, (79) _____________ a divorce or changes in one’s life and career. When in struggle with chronic disorganization, every person has the (80)______________ to change, at least one single day at a time. Good news

书面表达

阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

What can you do when you are unhappy? If you want to let out your anger or pressure by breaking things, you just do. Now a school in Nanjing has built a “stress wall” to help students who feel unhappy due to heavy schoolwork or for other reasons.

The leader of the school said the idea of a stress wall started when footprints were found on some newly painted walls and some school windows were broken.

“These things happen because some students feel lots of pressure from their studies or because they don’t get along well with other students. When under stress, the body gets ready to either run or fight and becomes very nervous. Hitting the wall can help relax the body and take away stress,” he said.

“Tests and homework make me sad,” said a junior girl, “I can’t wait to hit the wall. It will help me a lot with my problems.” However, another girl student who wouldn’t give her name said,” The wall won’t help because it can’t talk,” and she added,” I need to talk to someone when I’m sad.”

【写作内容】

1. 以约30个词概括这段短文内容；

2. 以约120个词就“Should the stress wall be bulit”主题发表你的看法，包括以下要点： （1）学生的压力来源；

（2）是否该建此墙并说明理由； （3）提供一些其他有效的减压方法。 【写作要求】

1. 可以参照阅读材料但不得直接引用原文的句子； 2. 作文中不得出现真实的姓名和学校名称。 【评分标准】

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

参：

21-25 CBADB

26-30 CADAC 31-35 BDCAB

35-40 BCCAB 41-45 DACAB 46-50 ADCAB 51-55 ADCBD

71 Definition / Meaning 72 habit 73 fails 74 existence 75 negative / bad

76 finding(s) / discovery

77 linked / connected / associated 78 signs

79 experiencing 80 power 参考范文

The passage conveys to us that to help students with stress, a school built a “stress wall” for students to relax, towards which students hold different opinions.

Nowadays, students are under great pressure, mainly coming from their school work as well as peer relationship.

As far as I am concerned, building a stress wall is not appropriate. For one thing, even if students punch the wall heavily, the true stress in the bottom of their hearts can not be let out. For another, this may lead to the results of solving a problem with violence of fixing a bad temper, which has bad effects on their health growth.

In order to decrease our stress, here are my suggestions. To begin with, we can design more outdoor activities for students to get rid of the stress. What’s more, it is strongly suggested that we can take part in some sports events, which can surely help students out of stress and improve their health at the same time. All in all, only when we let out the stress properly can we live a happy school life.