1、高考领航届高三英语二轮复习 仿真模拟练4仿真模拟练(四)第一部分听力(略)第二部分阅读理解第一节AJan Fields，our web editor，has always loved two thingswriting and teaching，so shes done both throughout her professional career.After graduating from college with a BA in Journalism，she quickly found that writing for newspapers didnt fulfill her dreams
2、.So she switched to magazines and soon began teaching magazine writing.Still，something didnt feel quite right.She wanted more challenges and creativity. In the 1980s，Jan answered a call to rewrite a years childrens church lessons.She quickly found that writing stories and activities for children off
3、ered all she desired.She dove in and has never looked back.Her work has appeared in Ladybug，Shining Star and many others. As Jan continued building credit in childrens magazines，educational magazines，and parenting magazines，she looked for opportunities to pass along what she had learned to other wri
4、ters.Soon，teaching small community college classes wasnt enoughshe wanted to help other writers to find success in creating material for children. In 2001，she discovered the Institute of Childrens Literature and shes been happily instructing students here ever since.To best meet her studentsneeds，sh
5、es constantly searching out new information.As a web editor，Jan looks after the needs of all the visitors to this site.She moderates the Scheduled Events discussion groups and the Writers Retreat forum，writes for the Writers Support Room，and edits the Writers Support Room and Writing Tips articles.
6、Jan is always open to suggestions for new ways to meet the needs of the writing communities.Feel free to email her.Shes eager to hear from you.21Jan Fields finds _is what she really wants most.Awriting for newspapersBteaching magazine writingCwriting stories and activities for childrenDteaching smal
7、l community college classes22Jan Fields gave up her first two jobs mainly because _.Ashe was badly paid as a journalistBshe was not good at writing at collegeCthe jobs didnt seem challenging or creativeDshe likes teaching better than writing23It can be inferred that the Institute of Childrens Litera
8、ture is _.Awhere Jan Fields graduatedBwhere writing material is on saleCwhere Jan Fields cooperates with other writersDwhere children are taught writing by Jan Fields【语篇解读】本文是篇人物传记，网络编辑Jan Fields喜欢挑战，给孩子们写了很多故事。21解析：选C。根据第二段中的“She quickly found that writing stories and activities for children offere
9、d all she desired”可知，她真正想做的是给孩子们写故事和活动，故选C项。22解析：选C。根据第一段的最后一句“She wanted more challenges and creativity”可推知，她放弃前两份工作是因为她觉得这两份工作没有挑战性和创造性，故选C项。23解析：选D。根据第四段第一句中的“shes been happily instructing students here ever since”可知，她在Institute of Childrens Literature教孩子们写作，故选D项。B Christmas in the United States
10、is traditionally a time of giftgiving and family gatherings.But small towns across the country have their own traditions. Middleburg，a small town in the state of Virginia，is known for its horses.For more than 50 years，Middleburg has organized a yearly Christmas parade(游行)Men and women ride horses th
11、rough the woods and fields.They follow hunting dogs as they search for a wild fox.But first，these hunters ride in the yearly parade，wearing their bright red hunting clothes and hats. John Hale，a citizen of Middleburg says many city people visit his town.“We have a lot of people from an urban area th
12、at come to visit，but it incorporates a lot of the old traditions.” The nighttime hayride is one such tradition.Small groups gather under the moonlight on an open wagon filled with hay.The passengers sing as farm horses pull the wagon slowly across the fields. There are some newer traditions，too.Trey
13、 Matheu works at the nearby Salamander Resort.He says a visit to Middleburg is a chance to slow down for a day.He says Middleburg can be a calming，peaceful place without tension. “Middleburg is an opportunity to take a step back，to take a deep breath，and understand that even though life is moving on
14、 at a very fast pace，theres really an opportunity where youre allowed to step off for a little bit.” Parade organizers say more than 13,000 people attend even in below freezing weather.But if you ask，you will hear many different reasons why people come to watch the parade： “I come here because Im fr
15、om a small town.I like how everybody comes together.” “I live right down that street，right there.And thats my dog.” Middleburg looks its best at Christmastime.That may be why so many people return each year.24Which of the following can be the best title for the text?AMiddleburgs Christmas paradeBA s
16、mall town known for horsesCChristmas traditions in MiddleburgDNewer traditions at Christmastime25At Christmas，people in Middleburg usually _.Avisit friends and familiesBfeed farm horses with hayChunt for dogs in the woodsDride in the yearly parade26According to Trey Matheu，why do people visit Middle
17、burg?ATo relax themselves.BTo enjoy the fresh air.CTo escape competition.DTo challenge themselves.27What do we know about the small town Middleburg?AIt makes a large profit from tourism.BIt attracts many people each year.CIt is a good place for family gatherings.DIt doesnt respect Christmas traditio
18、ns.【语篇解读】本文介绍了弗吉尼亚州的一个小镇Middleburg的圣诞传统。24解析：选C。本文主要介绍了弗吉尼亚州的一个小镇Middleburg的圣诞传统，C项最具概括性。25解析：选D。根据第二段中的“For more than 50 years，Middleburg has organized a yearly Christmas parade(游行)Men and women ride horses through the woods and fields”可知，在圣诞节，Middleburg的人们会在一年一度的游行中骑马。26解析：选A。根据第四、五段可知，Trey Matheu
19、认为游览Middleburg会让人感到放松、平静，可以暂时逃离快节奏的生活，因此选择A。27解析：选B。根据倒数第四段中的“Parade organizers say more than 13,000 people attend even in below freezing weather”可知，这个小镇每年吸引很多人游览。CLondon has become a cyclefriendly zone after the launch of a new bike hire scheme.It has been designed to encourage more people to cycle
20、 in and around central London. So how does it work? First you have to sign up for the scheme to be sent a key.The key will unlock one of the bikes，which are kept at docking stations in and around central London.You have to pay an access fee for the key and then you pay as you go for the length of ti
21、me you use the bike. Transport for London，which runs the scheme，is hoping to have 6,000 bikes and 400 docking stations in place by the end of the year.The new hire system is hoping to ease congestion(拥挤) in London and is expected to create up to 40,000 extra cycle trips a day into the city centre.Lo
22、ndon Mayor Boris Johnston launched the scheme and said London had been “filled with thousands of gleaming machines that will transform the look and feel of our streets and become as commonplace on our roads as black cabs and red buses”However，there have been a few problems since the scheme was launc
23、hed last Friday.On the first day some people found they couldnt dock their bikes properly and that their usage of the bikes had not been registered.Transport for London did admit they had been expecting a few “teething problems” and said they wouldnt charge for the first day as a “gesture of goodwil
24、l”Some other people have criticized the lack of docking stations and locks for the bikes as well as the price it costs to hire the bicycles. Despite the comments，the greenthinking London Mayor still seems very positive about things，saying，“My campaign for the capital to become the greatest big cycli
25、ng city in the world has taken a big pedalpowered push forwards.”28London Mayor Boris Johnston launched the new bike hire scheme in order to _.Areduce the air pollution of the cityBdeal with the citys traffic problemsCincrease employment opportunitiesDencourage the citizens to take exercise29If you
26、want to hire a bike，in which order will you do?apay for the key to a bikebsign up as a member to get a keyccycle in and around central Londondpay according to the time you use the bikeAbacd BbdcaCdcba Ddbca30All the following are the problems of the scheme EXCEPT _.Athe high cost to hire a bikeBdock
27、ing the bikes properlyCnot registering their usage of the bikesDnot charging for the first day of the scheme31From the passage，we can infer that _.Athe cycling revolution is not successfulBall the citizens in London support the schemeCthe London Mayor is confident of the schemeDthe scheme will be ca
28、ncelled because of the problems【语篇解读】本文为新闻报道。题材为出行交通方式。伦敦在市长的倡议下实施了一项新的自行车出租方案，这一方案旨在鼓励人们骑自行车以缓解伦敦的交通拥挤状况。28解析：选B。事实细节题。根据第三段第二句可知这个方案旨在缓解伦敦的交通拥挤状况。29解析：选A。事实细节题。根据第二段可知要想租自行车首先需注册为会员以便获得钥匙，然后支付自行车钥匙的使用费，接下来你可以在伦敦市区及附近使用自行车，最后根据你使用自行车的时间付费。30解析：选D。事实细节题。根据第四段中的“couldnt dock their bikes properly”，“th
29、eir usage of the bikes had not been registered”及最后一句可排除A、B、C三项。31解析：选C。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段可知伦敦市长对这个方案充满信心。DEcigarettes look hightech，so its easy to believe that theyre safe to smoke.Unfortunately，theyre not：Ecigarettes are just another way of putting nicotine into your body. Electronic cigarettes are smo
30、king devices often designed to look and feel like regular cigarettes.They are filled with a liquid that contains nicotine，flavorings，and other chemicals.A heating device in the ecigarette changes the liquid into a vapor (烟雾) the person breathes in. Because ecigarettes dont burn tobacco，people dont b
31、reathe in the same amount of carbon monoxide as they would with a regular cigarette.But anyone using an ecigarettes still gets an amount of nicotine and other chemicals. Electronic cigarettes started out being marketed to smokers as a way to help them quit.Now ecigarettes have been mainstreamed.Scie
32、ntists expect to see more information coming out about ecigarettes and their health effects. Ecigarettes dont fill the lungs with harmful smoke，but that doesnt make them a healthy alternative to regular cigarettes.When you use an ecigarette，youre still putting nicotinewhich is absorbed through your lungsinto yo
