河北省保定市2016届高三上学期摸底考试试题及答案

1. 详细信息

      Knowing how much her own children loved presents at Christmas, Ann Sutton

  always tried to seek help for one or two poor families. With a social worker mother, the

  Sutton children. had inherited(继承)her commitment to service, and knew never to take

  their good fortune at Christmas for granted. This year, Kinzie, her seven-year-old

  daughter was thrilled that Santa Claus would make a special visit to a 22-year-old

  mother named Ashley who worked in a factory raising her 12-month-old son by herself.

      The phone rang on Sunday. A representative from a local organization was calling

  to say that the aid Ann had requested for Ashley had fallen through. No Santa Claus,

  no presents, nothing.

       Ann saw the cheer fade away from her children's faces at the news.  Without a

    word, Kinzie ran into her bedroom.  She returned,  her face set with determination.

    Opening up her piggy bank, she put all the coins onto the table:  $3.30.  Everything

    she had.

       “Mom," she told Ann, “I know it's not much. But maybe this will buy a present

    for the baby.”  

       At a breakfast meeting the next day, Ann told her coworkers about her daughter

    story. To her surprise,  staff members began to open their purses. and empty  their

    pockets to help Kinzie .

        On Christmas Eve, Ann drove through the pouring rain to the small trailer where

    the Ashley’s lived.  Then she began to unload the gifts from the car, handing them to

    Ashley one by one.

       Ashley was very moved. Reflecting on a little girl's generosity, Ashley says she'll

    one day be able to do something similar for someone else in need.  "Kinzie could have

    used that money for herself, but she gave it away," Ashley says. "She's the  type of kid

    I'd like my son to  grow up to be."

   21. According to the text, Ann Sutton              .

       A. only cares about poor children

       B. has possessed a good fortune

       C. is warm-hearted and ready to help others

       D. is a single mother with a  12-month-old boy

                              '.

  22. When hearing the aid had fallen through,, Kinzie             

       A. was not sad but cheerfu1

       B. put all her coins away immediately

       C. told her mother to ask the coworkers for help

       D. decided to buy a present for the baby with all her allowance

  23. From the text we can learn that               .

      A. Ann would act as Santa Claus to hand out the Christmas presents

      B. the Sutton children always got lots of presents at Christmas

      C. Kinzie's generosity influenced others and they clici something similar

      D. Ashley was moved and promised to return the money

  24. What does the text mainly talk about?

      A. How a warm-hearted mother shows her love to a poor family.

      B. How a mother and her young daughter helped a poor family.

      C. Many people make contributions to those in need.  '

     D. What happened to a poor family on Christmas Eve.

2. 详细信息

                           Giving  Back 

                               Fair Way

       The Westborough High School golf team had taken the official photos with the

 state prize, The other teams, disappointed,  were on the bus heading home.  And then

 Westborough instructor Greg Rota noticed something wrong on one of the score cards.

 A 9 had been recorded as a 7. They were not the state prize winner; Wobum High had

won. "None one have known, said Wobum's instructor, Bob Doran. For Rota, it

wasn’t a difficult decision: "The prize wasn’t ours  to take:? 

                              Coin Stars

     "College students  are  lazy.  but they also wan t  to help," says University of

 Pennsyivania graduate. Dan Hork.  So she made it easy, placing cups in rooms where

  students could leave their spare coins, and handing out cups to first-year students to

  keep in their rooms. Her "Change for Change" effort has collected$40,000 for

  charities, which were decided upon by students .

                            Never Forgotten

      A school in Massachusetts received a $ 9. 5  million. check from Jacques LeBermuth.

   But it took officials several days of digging to discover his connection. to the school,

   Records showed the LeBermuth came from Belgium and studied in the school in the

  1920s. When his family fell on hard times, he was offered free room and board.

   LeBermuth became a trader, owned shares of AT&T and lived off the earnings until he

   died , at age 89

   25. What did Greg Rota probably do in the end?

      A. Returned the prize to the organizer,

      B. Apologized to Wobum High School.

      C. Took photos of the state prize.

      D. Had a meeting with Doran

  26. Greg Rota's decision shows that he was                  .

       A. polite            B. honest           C. careful              D. friendly

  27. The underlined word "Change" in the second paragraph means    ,          .

      A.  Idea      B.  Decision    C.  Cups       D. Coins

  28. Jacques LeBermuth gave the money to the school because    '       .

      A. the school asked for it

      B. he had no need for that much money

      C. the school had helped him in the past

      D. he wanted to be remembered by the students

3. 详细信息

   We all know what a brain is.  A doctor will tell you that the brain is the organ of

the body in the head. It controls our body's functions, movements, emotions and

thoughts. But a brain can mean so much more.

     A brain can also simply be a smart person,  If a person is called brainy, she is smart

and intelligent.  If a family has many children but one of them is super smart, you could say, "She's the brains in the family. " And if you are the brains behind something you

.are responsible for developing or organizing something.  For example, Bill Gates is the

brains behind Microsoft

     Brain trust is a group of experts who give advice.  Word experts say the phrase

"brain trust" became popular when Franklin D. Roosevelt first ran for president in

 1932,  Several professors gave him advice on social and political issues facing the U. S.

    These professors were called his "brain trust. "

    These ways we use the word "brain" all make sense. But other ways we use the

word are not so easy to understand.  For example, to understand the next brain

expression, you first need to know the word“drain." As a verb to drain means to,

remove something by letting it flow away. So a brain drain may sound like a disease

where the brain flows out the ears.  But, brain drain is when a country's most educated

people leave their countries to live in another.  The brains are,sort of,draining out of the

country.

       However,if people are responsible for a great idea,you could say they brainstormed

it. Here,brainstorm is not an act of weather.  It is a process of thinking creatively about

a complex topic. For example,  business leaders may use brainstorming to create new

products, and government leaders may brainstorm to solve problems.

      If people are brainwashed, it does not mean their brains are nice and clean.  To

brainwash means to make someone accept new beliefs by using repeated pressure in a

forceful or tricky way. Keep in mind that brainwash is never used in a positive way.

29. According to the text, if you're the CEO of  Bai Du you can be called

   A. the brains behind Bai Du

   B. Bai Du's brain trust

   C. the brain drain of Bai Du

   D. the organ of Bai Du

30. Why did Roosevelt successfully win the election?

   A. Because he was smart at giving advice.

    B. Because word experts were popular.

   C. Because he got his brain trust.

   D. Because he was the brains behind America.

31. Which of the following expression is always used in a negative way?

   A. Brain trust      B. Brain  drain        C. Brainstorm           D. Brainwash

4. 详细信息

       Mars( 火星) appears to be flowing with small streams of salty water, at least in the

 summer,  scientists reported Monday.  "It suggests that. it would be possible for there to

 be life today on Mars," NASA's science mission chief, John Grunsfeld, said at a news

conference on September 28, 2015.

      The streams are about 12 to 15 feet wide and 300 feet or more long, scientists said.

 "What we're dealing with is wet soil. thin layers of wet soil, not standing water," said

Aifred McEwen of the University of Arizona at Tueson ! the principal scientist for the

Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter's high-resolution imaging experiment.

      Because liquid water is essential to life, the findings could have major implications

for the possibility of Martian life. The researchers said further exploration is needed to

 determine whether microscopic life exists on the planet.

     The presence of liquid water could also make life easier for astronauts visiting or

living on Mars. Water could be used for drinking and for creating oxygen and rocket

 fuel.  NASA's goal is to send humans there in the 2030s.

     The evidence of flowing water consists largely of dark, narrow streaks(条痕) on

the surface that tend to appear and grow during the warmest Martian months and fade

the rest of the year.

     Mars is extremely cold even in summer, and the streaks are in places where the

temperature is as low as minus 10 degrees Fahrenheit.  But salt can lower the freezing

 point of water and melt ice.

     The source(源头) of the water is a mystery. Scientists noted it could be melting

 ice.  It could be an underground aquifer, which is rock or sand that can hold water.  It is

 possibly water vapor from the thin Martian atmosphere, Or it may be a combination

 Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars exploration program, said the only

 definitive way for now to determine whether there's life on Mars is to collect rocks and

 soil for analysis on Earth - something a U. S. lander  set for lift-off in 2020 will do.

32.What would be the best title for the text? '

    A Streams of Water Spotted on Mars

    B. Astronauts will  Land on Mars

   C. NASA's Mars Exploration Program

   D. A Breakthrough in the Exploration of Mars

33. According to John Grunsfeld, there seems to be               on Mars.

   A. salty water

   B. standing water

   C. rocket fuel         

D. human beings

34.Scientists are uncertain about the                of the water on Mars.

  A. state

  B. source                                                                                 

  C. temperature

  D. taste

35. What matters to the existence of liquid water on Mars?

    A. The distance from the sun.

    B. The favorable climate.

    C. The gravity of the earth

    DThe salt in it

5. 详细信息

    Winter begins in the north on December 22nd.People and animals have been doing

 what they always do to prepare for the colder months, Sqzeirrels,  for example,  have

 been busy gathering nuts from trees.    3 6  

    They examined differences between red squirrels and gray squirrels in the American

 state of Indiana.  The scientists wanted to know how these differences could affect the

 growth of black walnut(黑胡桃)trees.37    The black walnut tree is also a central

 part of some hardwood forests.

      Rob Swihart of Purdue University did the study with Jake Goheen,  a former

  Purdue student nowat the University of New Mexico.  The two researchers estimate

  that several times as many walnuts grow when gathered by gray squirrels as compared

  to red squirrels.Gray squirrels and red squirrels do not store nuts and seeds in the same

  way.  Gray squirrels bury nuts one at a time in a number of places.    38    So some nuts

  remain in the ground.  Conditions are right for them to develop and grow the following

  spring.  Red squirrels, however, store large groups of nuts above ground.

       3 9    But Professor Swihart says their numbers began to decrease as more forests

  were cut for agriculture.  Red squirrels began to spread through the state during the past

  century. The researchers say red squirrels are native to forests that stay green all year,

  unlike walnut trees.  They say the cleaning of forest land for agriculture has helped red

  squirrels invade(涌入)Indiana.    40  

    A. Gray squirrels are native to Indiana.

    B. But they seldom remember where they buried every nut.

    C. Red squirrels bury nuts in a different way.

    D. The black walnut is the nut of choice for both kinds of squirrels.

    E. Jake Goheen calls them a sign of an environmental problem more than a cause.

    F. Scientists are  worried  that they will drive away the gray squirrels.

    G. Well, scientists have been  busy gathering information about what the squirrels

       do with the food they collect.

6. 详细信息

    The easy way out isn't always the easiest.  I learned that lesson when I decided to

    treat Doug, my husband of one month, to a special meal.  I    41    to make homemade

    bread.  Knowing the bread would take time, I    42    it as soon as Doug left for work.

    As l was not    4 3    in cooking, I thought if a dozen was good, two dozen would

    be better, so I    44  .everything. As Doug loved oranges, I also opened a can of orange

    and    45    it all into the bowl.  Soon there was a sticky dough(面团)covered with

    46    yellowish marks.  Realizing I was  47    I put the dough in the rubbish bin

    outside so 1 wouldn't have to    48    Doug laughing at my work.  I went on preparing

   the rest of the    49    ,and when Doug got home, we sat down to Cornish chicken with

    rice.  He tried to enjoy the meal but seemed    50  .  Twice he got up and went outside,

    saying he heard a    51 

  

       The third time he left, I went to the window to see what he was doing. I saw Doug

    standing about three feet from the    52    ,holding the lid up with a stick and looking

    53  .When I came out of the house, he dropped the stick and explained that there

    was something  54    in our rubbish bin.  Picking up the stick again, he held the lid up.

    enough for me to see.  I felt    55    .But I stepped. closer and looked harder. Without

    56  it was my work.  The hot  57  had caused the dough to double in size and the

    fermenting yeast(酵母})made the surface.  58    and sigh as though it were breathing.

    I could see why Doug was shaken.  I had to admit what the“    59    "was and why it

    was there.  I don't know who was more 60    by the whole thing---Doug or me.

   41. A. chose    B. managed    C. had    D. remembered 

   42. A. looked for    B. got ready for    C. started on        D. worried about 

   43. A. weak    B. interested    C. successful    D. experienced 

   44. A. used       B. collected    C doubled  _    D. tried 

   45.A. poured    B. watered    C. dipped    D. threw  

   46.A.pleasant    B. ugly      C. big         D. light    

   47. A. defeated        B. injured    C. dropped..  ,..  D. lost.

   48.A.feel    B. keep    C. face..    D. stop  

   49.A. bread    B. orange'       Crice  D. meal

   50.A.disappointed    B. disturbed.    C. frightened.   D. ashamed

   51. A. voice    B. cry    C. shout    D. noise

   52.A.window    B. house    C. rubbish bin    D. door

   53. A. around    B. upward    C. inside    D. out

   54. A. alive    B. important    C. new    D. different

   55. A. happy    B. cold    '    C. angry   D. inspired

   56. A. hesitation    B. doubt    C. delay    D. exception

   57. A. pot    B. floor  '    C. earth    D. sun

   58. A. burn    B. walk    C. shake    D. work

   59. A. art    B. work    C. trouble maker    D .living thing

    60. A. embarrassed    B. nervous    C. regretful    D. awkward

7. 详细信息

        In the Tibetan language, "Guozhuang dance" means singing and dancing in a circle..

    It is very popular in Tibet and places like Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu    61    Tibetans

    live,

         In the dance, men and women of an equal number form a circle hand in hand with 

    one. person    62  (act) as the leading dancer.  The whole song begins with slow part.

    and gradually  63    (turn) fast. Men always take the first lines of lyrics(抒情歌),

    64  women reply.  The dance involves repeated    65    (music)dialogues between 

    male and female dancers.    .

          Guozhuang dance is rich  in content and flexible in steps. It changes with the  66

  (develop)of Tibetan life and work,  There are dances concerning daily work    67

  crop gathering, wool twisting, cattle feeding and wine making etc;  And  also there are 

  dances presenting,    68 Tibetan customs and marriage traditions.  ,

       Guozhuang dance is a joyous dance. Whenever there are festivals or happy events,

  people of all ages will  69  (happy) join the dance.

      Guozhuang  dance  70   (catalogue)in the first set of the National Intangible

  Cultural Heritage(非物质文化遗产)since 2006

8. 详细信息

    假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文

中共有1 0处错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

    增加:在缺词处加一个漏词符号(),并在其下面写出该加的词。

    删除:把多余的词用斜线(\)划掉。

    修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

    注意:1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。

2.只允许修改10,多者(从第11处起)不计分。

Mrs. White was in hurry to visit her grandson because she missed her very much.

          

It was nearly three months when she last saw her grandson. When she was walking by a

                     

playground, a football fly in her direction. She was already in her seventy. Should she

                

kick the ball back and should she just go past leave it where it was? Finally she gave it a

      

kick with greatly effort and the ball went straight on into the goal. What amazing it was! She

  

helped them win the game.

9. 详细信息

    假设你叫李华,你的英国朋友Chris打算在校园网上成立一个中文读书俱乐部,他来

  信向你寻求帮助和建议。请你根据以下提示回信。

    L在网络上发布相关信息;

    2.在校园张贴海报;

    3.定期组织读书活动,交流读书心得.

    注意:1.词数不少于l00左右;

          2.可适当增加细节,以使行文连贯;

        3.开头和结尾已给出,不计入总词数。

      Dear Chri s

                                                                           

                                                                        

 

                                                              Yours ,

 Li Hua .