1、高三英语沭阳中学届高三英语能力训练二江苏省如东中学2015-2016学年度高三英语特色班能力提升训练二 一完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）（307words）In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be 1 with who you are. Theres always someone whos a bit 2 . The only solution is to reach 3 and measure against wh
2、at Warren Buffett calls your own inner yardstick. There is no more 4 measure for comparison than who you were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your 5 .Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. Either you see yourself as better than someone and you get 6 , or you see s
3、omeone else as better than you and you feel like all your hard work is for 7 . It is a fools game. Not one of us is exactly 8 . The only direct and honest comparison is 9 yourself. My opinion is that you are only 10 to compare yourself to someone else if their life 11 is the same as your own. Good l
4、uck finding that 12 . And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work and how dedicated you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if theres not, you can 13 someone is coming up fast
5、14 you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best 15 .Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to 16 you to the next level. If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who 17 if the guy next to you did 15? It doesnt make a bit of 18 . You are a mo
6、re 19 person today than you were yesterday. Your own 20 is all you need.1. A. patient B. strict C. content D. concerned2. A. stronger B. better C. lazier D. wiser3. A. inside B. out C. for D. up4. A. accurate B. useful C. careful D. powerful5. A. end B. best C. convenience D. side6. A. satisfied B.
7、busy C. inspired D. lazy7. A. nothing B. fun C. sure D. success8. A. equal B. unique C. alike D. common9. A. within B. by C. for D. of10. A. instructed B. allowed C. directed D. suggested11. A. situation B. position C. occasion D. accommodation12. A. game B. match C. friend D. enemy13. A. conclude B
8、. bet C. announce D. declare14. A. before B. beside C. below D. behind15. A. assistant B. competitor C. coach D. teacher16. A. contribute B. expose C. push D. devote17. A. cares B. says C. wonders D. asks18. A. effort B. sense C. difference D. change19. A. successful B. happy C. lucky D. fit20. A. b
9、enefit B. progress C. habit D. result二阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，共30 分）(共2430words) (黑色字为主旨大意题和推理判断题，请同学们运用所学技巧提高此类题的正确率) AFla. School Board Shooting Hero Writes BookPANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. (AP) A book that tells the story of security guard who shot a wounded man, who controlled a Florida school board with a
10、gun, has been released.“Salvaged Santa” was written by Mike Jones with co-authors David Angier and Greg Wilson.Angier says they wanted to tell the series of events that led Jones to be in the Bay County school board building on the afternoon of Dec. 14, 2010. Jones shot gunman Clay A. Duke in the le
11、g as he held a gun on the five-member panel(专门小组). Duke then fatally shot himself.Jones is the head of security for the school district. He also founded a charity called Salvage Santa.The Panama City News Herald reports that Jones has a series of book signings planned.Prince William, Kate Named as O
12、lympic AmbassadorsLONDON (AP) Royal officials say Prince William, his new wife Kate and brother Prince Harry will be official ambassadors to the 2012 London Olympic Games.St. Jamess Palace said Thursday that all three will play an active role in encouraging and inspiring the British public to come t
13、ogether and support the Olympic and Paralympic athletes.The royals join 27 British Olympians from previous games who were announced as 2012 ambassadors by the British Olympic Association earlier this year.In a message released by the palace, William says his entire family are looking forward to the
14、games.The London Olympics begin July 27 and end Aug. 12.Swap(交易)Deals Only Provide Temporary Relief-Banks KingLONDON (Reuters) Coordinated central bank action to provide cheaper dollar funding for starved European banks is a step forward but only provides temporary relief, Bank of England governor M
15、ervyn King said on Thursday.The central banks of the United States, euro zone, Japan, Canada, Britain and Switzerland announced measures on Wednesday to provide liquidity(资产流动性)to the financial system.“I think it has the benefit of demonstrating that central banks can and do work together this gener
16、alised network of swap agreements, I think is a step forward and will help,” King told a news conference.“But let me stress, this cannot be a solution to the crisis, all this can do, is to help temporarily relieve liquidity problems. But liquidity problems, often, reflect underlying solvency(根本还清债务)
17、 problems and in this case they do.”21. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. Duke was shot to death by Jones. B. “Salvage Santa” was written by three authors. C. Jones shot Duke while attending the board meeting. D. A series of books written by Jones have been released.22. What do we know f
18、rom the second piece of news? A. Prince William will compete in the 2012 London Olympic Games. B. William, Kate and Harry are the only three ambassadors to the 2012 Olympics. C. The ambassadors to the 2012 Olympics were announced by the British royal palace. D. William, Kate and Harry will have a po
19、sitive effect on the organizing of the 2012 Olympics.23. According to the passage, how many Olympic ambassadors have been announced? A. 3 B. 27 C. 29 D. 3024. According to King, coordinated central bank providing cheaper dollar funding for starved European banks _. A. can be a solution to the crisis
20、 B. is to help relieve liquidity problems permanently C. has the benefit of saving current financial systemD. can only be a temporary step to relieve liquidity problemsB Grasshoppers are having to change their song one of the iconic sounds of summer to make themselves heard above the noise of road t
21、raffic, ecologists have discovered. The study, published in the British Ecological Societys journal Functional Ecology, is the first to show that human-made noise affects natural insect populations. Animals use sound to communicate for many reasons, including marking out territory, warning of predat
22、ors and finding mates, and although previous research shows birds, whales and even frogs change their calls in noisy environments, the impact of human-made noise on insects has been neglected until now. Ulrike Lampe and colleagues from the University of Bielefeld in Germany caught 188 male bow-winge
23、d grasshoppers, half from quiet locations and half from beside busy roads. The grasshoppers use their song to attract mates. The team then studied the differences in the two groups songs in the laboratory. To encourage them to sing they exposed the males to a female grasshopper, and then recorded th
24、eir courtship songs. Analysis of almost 1,000 recordings revealed grasshoppers living beside noisy roads produced different songs to those living in quieter locations. According to Lampe: Bow-winged grasshoppers produce songs that include low and high frequency components. We found that grasshoppers
25、 from noisy habitats increase the volume of the lower-frequency part of their song, which makes sense since road noise can mask signals in this part of the frequency spectrum(频谱). The teams findings are important because traffic noise could be upsetting the grasshoppers mating system(交配系统). Increase
26、d noise levels could affect grasshopper courtship in several ways. It could prevent females from hearing male courtship songs properly, prevent females from recognising males of their own species, or impair females ability to estimate how attractive a male is from his song, Lampe explains. Having di
27、scovered that human-made noise affects insect communication, the researchers now want to learn more about how the mechanism works, and whether the grasshoppers adapt to noise during their development as larvae（幼虫）, or whether males from noisy habitats produce different songs due to genetic differenc
28、es. The bow-winged grasshopper is a common species in Central Europe. Adults occur mainly between July and September, preferring dry grasslands. Around 1.5 cm long, they vary in colour from green and browns to red and purple. The males song consists of 2 second-long phrases that increase in amplitud
29、e (振幅) towards the end. The beginning of a phrase is characterised by slower ticking sounds that increase in speed and amplitude, leading to a buzzing sound towards the end of the phrase. A courtship(求爱) song usually includes 2 phrases.25. The author wrote the article to _. A. introduce how grasshop
30、pers make noises to attract mates. B. raise the awareness of protecting bow-winged grasshoppers. C. inform us of a recent discovery of ecological research. D. warn us that human-made noise has changed ecological system.26. Which of the following could be the main idea of the passage? A. Bow-winged g
31、rasshoppers use their songs to communicate. B. Grasshoppers change their songs to adapt to the noisy environment. C. Grasshoppers songs include both low and high frequency components. D. Bow-winged grasshoppers are a common species in Central Europe.27. What does the underlined word “impair” in the fourth paragraph mean? A. repair B. develop C. weaken D. improve28. Which of the following statements is true according the passage? A. Road noise can cover the lower-frequency part of their song. B. Animals make sounds only for the purpose of f
