agitation大庆实验中学2017年英语 高考得分训练(四)试题

A

I

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ve learned several foreign languages as an adult and was able to learn French to fluent conversation

in 17 days.

In 2005 I stayed with a French friend in a French village. No one in the village spoke English and my

friend refused to speak English as well.

I set up a routine where I did the same things every day.

In the morning, I practiced writing vocabulary for 2 hours. I believe writing things out is the best way

to memorize things.

While writing, I would listen to French learning MP3s. It

’

s really helpful to hear other students make

mistakes that you can learn from, just like a regular classroom environment.

I had lunch with my French friends every day. As they refused to slow down when speaking to me in

French, it was to learn or to starve!

In the afternoon, I read

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

in French. Reading the children

’

s books

you read as a child is a great way to learn new languages. Firstly, the language used is simple and secondly,

knowing the story helps you to guess the meaning of new words and avoid using a dictionary.

I spent an hour writing basic essays about things that always get asked like

“

Where are you from?

”

“

What do you do?

”

, which I had my French friend check for errors. By learning ready-made answers, you

practice what you learned and build up your confidence.

Another good tip is to learn the filler words, which people say between sentences but have no real

meaning, allowing you to buy time in conversation.

After 17 days I went to Paris, where I met a girl in a coffee shop. When I told her I had been learning

French for 17 days, she insisted that I had lived in France for at least a year.

1. The writer may come from ______.

A. France

B. Germany

C. China

D. the USA

2. Which of the following is NOT what the writer does in learning French?

A. She wrote new French words one by one, again and again every morning.

B. She would listen to a French teaching class by MP3 while she was writing.

C. She had supper with her friends everyday, practice talking with them.

D. She wrote answers to some usual questions to build up her confidence.

3. What is the purpose of the writer to write this essay?

A. To tell people that she was a very good language learner.

B. To share with people some methods of learning a language.

C. To keep a record of her experience of learning a language.

D. To tell people that it was not easy to learn a new language.

B

John Sand was one of the most influential teachers I have ever met. During high school, he taught me

more than any other teacher had been able to.

He developed unusual methods of teaching. He did not give us homework on the first day and have it

due the next; instead, he gave us a homework schedule for the term and left it up to us to remember to do

it. By doing so, he prepared us for life after high school, where it would be up to us to make our own work

schedule.

Mr. Sand was a family man. He made use of whatever time we had left in class to show us his latest

vacation videos or his children

’

s sports videos. It was nice to see a man who balanced his family and his

career so nicely in a world where a broken home is the average home.

Mr.

Sand

always

encouraged

us

to

get

out

of

our

little

close- minded

society

of

Wethersfield

and

explore the cultures of the world. He would tell us stories of his travels across Europe and his adventures

around the US. Many

teachers just forced the idea of college and ignored our need to reach outside of

what we know.

Many people may not ever have a teacher like Mr. Sand. I feel sorry for them. Mr. Sand taught me

things that went beyond the curriculum(

课程

) and let me know how powerful a teacher

’

s influence could

be.

4. How did Mr. Sand deal with students

’

homework?

A. He always avoided giving it.

B. He punished those failing to finish it.

C. He wanted students to be responsible for it.

D. He spent enough time every day checking it.

5. What do we know about Mr. Hand from Paragraph 3?

A. He only had one child.

B. He didn

’

t have a great love for life.

C. He liked doing sports after work.

D. He valued his job as well as his family.

6. Mr. Hand shared his tours around Europe with his students to _______.

A. lead them to know more

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- 1 -

页

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7

页）

B. encourage them to become brave

C. inspire them to care for others

D. show them how to spend their free time

7. What would be the best title for the text?

A. Teachers I like best

B. An outstanding teacher

C. Teaching, a great career

D. How to be a caring teacher

C

When a dog loses a leg, the animal eventually figures out the best way to get around on three legs. In

a short time, the dog learns to deal with its physical disability. Now, scientists have developed robots that

behave in much the same way.

We can find robots everywhere. Robots build cars, play chess and can clean your house. They may

someday drive your car, too. Two robots, named Spirit and Opportunity, were sent to Mars on a mission to

explore the red planet. Jeff Clune is a computer scientist from the University of Wyoming. He says robots

also

help

people

in

natural

disasters.

Robots

are

used

in

search

and

rescue

operations

following

an

earthquake. They may someday also be used to examine the wreckage(

残骸

) of a nuclear accident, like

the one in Fukushima, Japan. Mr. Clune says robots can be sent to a lot of places said to be unsafe.

“

The

problem is that all of those types of situations and environment are extremely unpredictable. And it is very

likely that robots and humans in those situations become damaged.

”

He and other scientists are developing

technology so that robots will continue operating after the first sign of injury. They want the machines to

have the ability to make changes and continue performing until they can be repaired.

Mr. Clune and researchers in France have added one more operation to the skill set of robots working

under difficult conditions. They say they programmed a robot, one with six legs, and a robotic arm to learn

how to deal with injury. Their findings were reported in the journal

“

Nature

”

. Mr. Clune said that once the

robots become damaged, they use their intuition(

直觉

) and knowledge of how their body works to find a

way to deal with the damage. He says the robots are also programmed with child-like curiosity. In other

words, they are always asking questions and looking for answers. The whole process takes about a minute

for the robots to find a way to overcome damage.

8. At the beginning of the passage, the writer mentions dogs to ______.

A. introduce the topic in a more attractive way

B. provide examples of how animals deal with unexpected injury

C. prove how scientists get inspiration from dogs to develop technology

D. show the relationship between dogs and robots

9. According to the passage, nowadays robots CANNOT ______.

A. help people in search and rescue operations following an earthquake

B. be sent on a mission to explore on the Mars

C. examine the wreckage of a nuclear accident

D. build cars or clean the house

10. Why are Mr. Clune and other scientists devoted to developing the technology?

A. They expect to enable robots to continue working despite injury under difficult conditions.

B. They want to succeed in programming robot with childlike curiosity.

C. They are determined to design a more powerful robot for Mars exploration.

D. They intend to make robots which can be sent to a lot of places said to be unsafe.

11. Now scientists have developed robots that, once damaged, can ______.

A. continue performing in spite of the damage

B. rely on their functions to figure out a way to handle the damage

C. spend about an hour finding a way to overcome damage

D. maintain their childlike curiosity and keep asking people around for solutions

D

Visiting Joshua Tree National Park, California

Joshua

Tree

National

Park

is

nearly

800,000

acres

large

and

surrounds

parts

of

the

Mojave

and

Colorado Deserts in South-central California. Although barren at first glance, the park is full of wildlife

and

provides

a

variety

of

entertainment

activities

from

hiking

to

climbing.

Within

a

three-hour

drive,

Joshua Tree National Park takes at least a full day to visit.

Things to do

?

Hiking opportunities within the park include several choices, from 12 self-guided nature routines to

all-day back-country hikes.

?

Joshua Tree NP has nine camping grounds, and back-country camping is also allowed.

?

Rock climbing is a popular

activity in the park, which

has 10 mountains greater than5,000 feet in

height.

When to visit

Joshua Tree

NP

is

open

365

days

a

year,

although

the best

time

to

visit

is

October

through April,

when temperature is milder. The peak season is when the wild flowers bloom, and the summer months are

the least crowded.

What to bring

In addition to your camera and telescope, be sure to carry lots of water. Park and guiding maps can be

picked up at any of the three visitor centers.

Fees

?

Parking fees: You can buy a seven-day vehicle permit (

周票

) for $$ 15, a single entry permit for $$ 5,

or Joshua Tree National Park annual pass for $$ 60.

?

Camping fees: They vary by camping ground

12.

The underlined word

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barren