山东省泰安市2018届高三英语第二次模拟考试试卷

    These days，upcycling(升级改造)is popular with people.They 1 something unique from existing materials rather than buy more.My granny，Bobo has spent 92 years doing just that out of necessity.

    Wasting time and resources was 2 an option in the world she grew up in.With seven children to 3she lived a hard and economical life.Bobo has been upcycling 4 the day Great-Granny Annie put a needle in her hand and taught her how to give new 5 to every fabric(织物)in their farmhouse.

    Just like Bobo，my mother，Cindy6making her clothes.She7 her homecoming dress and bought the fabric with money she earned8 at the can factory.One generation passed on to the next the 9of creating something beautiful and useful by hand.

    Granny's and Mom's sewing skills meant that no matter the budget，Christmas，birthday，and wedding gifts were 10From a baby blanket to a bib(围嘴)，each treasure 11a special quality of personalization.In my home I am 12 by upcycling at its best.

    Thanks to Bobo's13 ways，the artistry of handwork lives on in four 14 of crafters.Granny Bobo lived it.Mom carried it on.I am picking it up by listening and 15Now my daughter，Greta，is also learning to use those 16.

    I sit and watch 17 as Bobo's hands weave needle and thread.In 92 years，her hands have known and 18 life，home and family.Age has brought the19 of some memories.But if you listen to her stories while she20you'll journey back to the old farm with her.

    Several Jobs That Will Be Automated By Artificial Intelligence(AI) And Robots

    Translator

    Image recognition software and voice recognition software are bringing some major advances to language translation．Applications like Google's Word Lens can translate words from signs and documents in real time and there ale a lot of translation apps that allow you to type in a word or phrase and will translate it for you．

    Some will even speak the phrase for you and raw word-to-word translation will be fully automated soon．

Fast food workers

    Automated ordering booths have already made their way into a few McDonald's restaurants around the world，and cooking positions could be removed next．The booths probably can't handle customer service problems well，so televideo systems could bring in an office employee to deal with complaints．

Field technician

    New advances in the Internet of Things could make this work obsolete ．

Low-cost sensors combined with high availability cellular／satellite communications and cloud technology are being started to automate and alarm these sites，and can be checked and maintained from a desktop or mobile device．

Sales representative

    But，e-commerce is changing how we make purchasing decisions，especially those where there isn't much differentiation among the major competitors．

    If you're selling a high-differentiation product and／or a high-price，low-volume product you have some job security，but if you're selling a high-volume，low-differentiation product，you better start polishing your resume，said Doug Camplejohn，CEO of Fliptop．“These kind of product sales are all moving online．”

    It was Groundhog Day．A winter storm had hit overnight too．I tried to open my backdoor only to find six inches of wet，heavy snow piled up against it．I knew I had quite a job of shoveling out ahead of me，so I reached over to grab my snow shovel．It looked a lot more ready to work than I did．I sighed and pulled on my boots，gloves，and heavy coat．

    The wind chill was below zero and cut into my face as I slowly shoveled off my deck．After that I stayed my way over to my daughter's house shoveling the path as I walked．It took a while to get her driveway clear and I knew I still had a lot to do．Next came the paths down the hill to my own cars covered in snow．I had grabbed the broom to sweep them off as well．I winced when the breeze blew the swept snow back into my face．Then I started to shovel out my driveways．My back was aching as I worked．I wished I could be building a snowman instead of shoveling．Winter sure had seemed a lot more fun when I was a boy．

    When I was done I examined my work．It didn't look half bad．I smiled and looked at the woods covered in white．They were such a special sight．I leaned on my shovel and took it all in．Then I started up the hill with the snow shovel in one hand and the broom in the other．Suddenly，an urge came over me and I dropped them both．I spread my arms，fed back into the blanket of white and happily moved my arms and legs to make an angel in the snow．

    As you go through the seasons of this life take joy in your work．Take joy in your life．Remember that the course of your days rests in your own hands．

    If you're a book lover，you have a pile of books on your bedside，or a bookshelf in your library with a“to read”sign on it．Yet you can't stop yourself from adding to the pile．This can lead to feelings of guilt over your new purchases．But I'm here to tell you to stop worrying．

What you have is an antilibrary ， and it's a very good thing．The term comes from writer Umberto Eco．He is the owner of a large personal library．He separates visitors into two groups：those who react with“Wow! What a library you have! How many of these books have you read?”and the others who get the point that a private library is not something to show off but a research tool．Read books are far less valuable than unread ones．Indeed，the more you know，the larger the rows of unread books．Let us call this collection an antilibrary．

If you think you already know everything about a subject，you're cutting yourself off from a stream of information at an artificial point．So a growing library of books you haven't read means you're consistently curious about the unknown．And that attitude is a great foundation for a lifelong love of 1earning．

So don't feel guilt over your unread books．Those books will be there for you when you do want them，and as you build your library of read and unread books，you can start using it as you would use a bigger library．Certain books may become references more than read-throughs．Or you may find that a book you bought five years ago has special relevance today．Letting the role of books evolve in your life is a healthy sign of curiosity．That's good for you and good for the world around you．

    Open work spaces definitely have their benefits，but they come with the drawback of offering employees little to no control over visual distractions(干扰)．With so many people around and so much going on，some of us can easily get disturbed by this information overload and lose focus in what's really important．That's where the Focus Cap comes into play．

    “As we are still cavemen or mammals kept in an unnatural environment，I believe that only by reclaiming(收回)the normal，stress-free human state through simple tools and techniques can we finally release our actual creative potential and create our meaningful work for a brighter future，”says German designer Hannes Greblin，inventor of the Focus Cap．

    After looking at other products designed at minimizing visual distractions，Greblin decided that most of them were either too expensive or too uncomfortable to become mainstream，so he decided to go with something much simpler —a simple cap with a retractable visor(可伸缩的帽沿)．

    Greblin's Focus Cap is really straightforward．You just wear it like a regular cap'with the sides of the visor retracted，and just collapse the sides whenever you need to focus on what's ahead of you．Whether you're trying to focus on a task in an open work office．Trying to study at university，or practicing yoga in a park and trying to ignore stares from strangers，the Focus Cap can help．

    To be honest，this whole project sounds like a joke，but the Focus Cap does have its own website where people interested in this unusual accessory can actually sign up for updates on when it will go on sale．Greblin claims it will cost 30 euros($37)plus shipping．

    Recently．I've been following a simple rule that is helping me crush procrastination(拖延症)and making it easier for me to stick to good habits at the same time There are two parts to the 2-Minute Rule…

    Part 1—If it takes less than two minutes，then do it now．

 For example，washing your dishes immediately after your meal，tossing the laundry in the washing machine，taking out the garbage，sending that email，and so on．

    If a task takes less than two minutes to complete，then follow the rule and do it right now．

    Part 2—When you start a new habit，it should take less than two minutes to do．

    Can all of your goals be accomplished in less than two minutes? Obviously not．But，every goal can be started in 2 minutes or less

    It might sound like this strategy is too basic for grand life goals，but I beg to differ．The 2-Minute Rule works for big goals as well as small goals because of the inertia(惯性)of life I love the 2-Minute Rule because it embraces the idea that all sorts of good things happen once you get started．

    The most important part of any new habit is getting started—not just the first time，but each time．It's not about performance，it's about consistently taking action．

    I can't guarantee whether or not the 2-Minute Rule will work for you Anyone can spare the next 120 seconds．Use this time to get one thing done．Go．

A．I call this little strategy the“2-Minute Rule”．

B．And that's the purpose behind this little rule．

C．Here's what you need to know to stop procrastinating．

D．Once you start doing something，it's easier to continue doing it．

E．But，I can guarantee that it will never work if you never try it．

F．The goal is to make it easier for you to get started on the things you should be doing．

G．It's surprising how many things we put off that we could get done in two minutes or less．

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，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仅限一词；

2）只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。

    Last week，my friends invited me go camping to see the sunrise．I felt so exciting and asked for my parents'permission．Luckily，he agreed．We got to the mountain top that we would stay for a whole night．We were singing together while one of my friends were playing the guitar．The next morning，we wake up at about five o'clock．We could not wait to see the sun to come up．After a while，we saw the red color light up the sky gradual．It was so amazing scenery．The beauty in nature impressed me at that moment．

    China has once again proved its (able)to change the world with the“new four great inventions”：high-speed railways，electronic payments，shared bicycles and online shopping．

    They're related to China's high-tech innovation(创新) has improved the quality of people's lives，according to a survey (make)by the Belt and Road Research Institute of Beijing Foreign Studies University．

    “My wallet is no longer in use．I can buy and eat whatever I want simply with a fingertip on my phone，”said university student，adding that“even pancake sellers are using mobile payment．

    The bikes (them)are not new，but the operating model of bike-sharing base)on satellite navigation system，mobile payment，big data and other high technologies．

    China has entered a new innovative era，thanks to the large amounts of capital China has invested in (encourage)innovation，said Bernhard Schwartlander，WHO Representative in China．

     is increasingly clear that China is innovating and no longer copying Western ideas．This is (especial)true in mobile，where China is leading in many ways such as…social messaging app WeChat，she said．This is partly because China skipped over the PC era and went directly to mobile．China has the  (large)mobile use in the world．

    ⒈理想中的职业；

    ⒉选择的理由；

    ⒊为此所要做的准备。

注意：

    ⒈词数100左右；

⒉可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。