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太原市
2018
高三年级模拟试题(二)
第二部分阅读理解
第一节
A
Located in Los Angeles, University of
Southern California is in the heart of a leading
city.
Although
LA
ranks
highly
in
The
Economists
Safe
Cities
Index,
navigating
any
city
calls
for
certain safety
precautions(
预防措施
) along with
practicing common sense
。
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Mobile Safety
App Powered by LiveSafe
The
Mobile Safety App powered by LiveSafe, managed by
the USC Department of Public
Safety and
the USC Department of Emergency Planning, is a
free downloadable app that mobile
users
can use to initiate contact with emergency
responders around the campus. Features include:
immediate “push button” calls to DPS,
easy reporting for suspicious activity or crimes
in progress,
and location services to
notify friends of your route through campus.
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Blue Light Phone Locations
The University Park has multiple blue
light phones that are strategically placed
throughout
campus. Take note of where
the closest ones are on your route. They come in
handy in case you
lose your phone or in
an emergency These phones are directly connected
to USC's Department of
Public Safety's
24-hour communications center. Besides emergency
needs, it can also be used to
report
suspicious activity, request for an
escort(
护送
) if you feel
unsafe and to report a crime.
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Trojans Alert
Trojans Alert is an
emergency notification system that allows
university officials to contact
you
during an emergency by sending messages via text
message or email. When an emergency
occurs, authorized USC senders will
instantly notify you with real-time updates,
instructions on
where to go, what to do
(or what not to do), whom to contact and other
important information All
members of
the USC community, as well as parents and regular
visitors to campus, are strongly
encouraged to sign up for Trojans
Alert.
21. What do blue
light phones do for students?
A. Guide students through campus
B. Alert
students to crime activities
C. Light up the way if students feel
unsafe
D. Connect them with the
safety department.
22. How
does USC send out instructions during an emergency
A. With blue light phones
B. Via text message or email
C. Through mobile safe app
D. By calling
all USC members
23. What is the purpose
of the text?
A. To
encourage students to fight crime
B. To introduce
USC, s safety department
C.
To provide safety services for USC students
D: To inform
parents of safety risks on campus
B
Every
day
when
Glen
Oliver
orders
his
morning
coffee
at
the
drive-through
window
of
a
local cafe, he insists on paying for
the order of the person behind him. He also asks
the restaurant
workers to tell the
customer to have a great day, in case they are not
already having one.
Oliver
has never made a big deal out of his own generous
actions until a letter was published
by
a
news
website
in
November.
He
found
out
that
he
had
not
just
bought
someone
his
breakfast-he had saved a life.
According
to
the
website,
someone
had
written
a
letter
stating
that
on
July
18th,
he
was
planning on committing
suicide. The writer said that while he was at the
drive-through window,
he was planning
on going home, writing a note and ending his life.
When he went to pay for his
coffee
and
muffin,
however,
the
cashier
told
him
that
the
man
in
the
SUV
in
front
of
him
had
picked up
the tab and told him to have a great day.
“I wondered why someone
would buy coffee for a stranger for no reason,”
said the writer.
“Why me? Why today? If
I were a religious man, I would take this as a
si
gn. This random act of
kindness was directed at me on this day
for a purpose.”
When the
writer arrived home, he couldn't hold back his
tears and started to think about the
simple good deed that had affected him
so deeply.
for the day and do something
nice for someone. I ended up helping a neighbor
take groceries out
of her car and into
the house. The writer says that in the months
following that fateful event, he
does
at least one kind thing for others every day, To
the nice man in the SUV, thank you from the
bottom of my heart. Please know your
kind gesture has truly saved a life,
2017, I had the greatest day.”
24. What is Oliver’s act of
kindness every day?
A.
Buying others breakfast.
B. Greeting
restaurant workers.
C.
Publishing positive news.
D. Taking groceries for
neighbors.
25. What is
special about Oliver’s act of kindness on July 18,
2017?
A. It brought him
thank-you letters.
B.
It was reported on a news website.
C. It was the first time he'd paid for
others.
D. It stopped someone from killing
himself.
26. What does the
underlined phrase
A. Paid
the bill B. Parked the car
B. Parked the
car
C. Left a message D. Ordered a
drink
D. Ordered a
drink
27. How did the writer of the
letter feel after the event?
A. He felt guilty.
B. He felt
grateful.
C. He
felt confused.
D. He felt saddened.
C
Mirroring China's Past: Emperors and
Their Bronzes
Chinese
bronzes(
青铜
)of the second and
first millennia BC are some of the most
distinctive
achievements in the history
of art. These
vessels(
容器
)were made to
carry sacrificial offerings, to
use in
burial or to honor noble families in public
ceremonies. When they were found by emperors
centuries later, these spiritually
significant objects were seen as signs of heavenly
messages about
a
ruler
or
a dynasty
and
became
prized
items
in
royal
collections.
This exhibition
–
the
first
to
explore
these
ancient
objects
throughout
Chinese
history
-
presents
a
rare
opportunity
to
experience a large number of these
works together in the United States.
Unlike Greek and Roman bronze
sculptures of human and animal forms, most objects
from
Bronze
Age
China
(about
2000-221
BC)
were
vessels
for
ceremonial
use.
Beginning
with
the
Song
dynasty(960-1279),
emperors
unearthed
these
symbolic
works
and
began
collecting
them,
considering
them
to
be
evidence
of
their
own
authority
as
rulers.
In
addition
to
impressive
collections, the
royal fascination with bronzes led to the creation
of numerous reproductions and
the
comprehensive cataloguing of palace holdings.
These catalogues are works of art themselves,
featuring beautiful drawings and
detailed descriptions of each object.
From
the
12th
century
onward,
scholars
and
artists
also
engaged
in
collecting
and
understanding ancient bronzes. Unlike
emperors, scholars regarded bronzes as material
evidence
of
their
efforts
to
recover
and
reconstruct
the
past,
and
they
occasionally
exchanged
them
as
tokens(
象征
)of
friendship.
Today
ancient
bronzes
still
occupy
a
primary
position
in
Chinese
culture - as historical objects and as
signifiers of an important cultural heritage that
inspires new
generations, as seen in
the works of contemporary artists on view in this
presentation.
Mirroring
China's
Past
brings
together
approximately
180
works
from
the
Art
Institute
of
Chicago’s strong holding
s
and from the Palace Museum in Beijing, the
Shanghai Museum, and
important museums
and private collections in the United States. By
providing viewers with a new
understanding of ancient bronzes and
their significance through time, the exhibition
demonstrates
China’s fascinating
history and its developing present.
28. In what way are Chinese bronzes
different from Greek and Roman ones?
A. They fascinated the royal family.
B.
They took animal or human forms.
C. They served ceremonial purposes.
D. They were
important cultural heritage.
29. What does the author think of
catalogues of bronzes?
A.
Unreal B. Creative C. Artistic D. Necessary
30. What can we infer about
the exhibition according to the text?
A. It is held in China.
B.
It is arranged by time.
C.
It is organized by scholars.
D. It includes modern artworks.
31. What does the
underlined word
A. Viewers
B. Collections
C. Museums
D. Art dealers
D
I was in the middle of
coding a web page when my wife emailed me these
questions: Ever
wonder what it would be
like to have the face, the brains, the personality
and the body? What it
would be like to
have everyone stop when you walk in a room? What
it would be like to be able to
get
anything or anyone you want? I stopped for a
moment and thought about it because my wife
wouldn't email me this unless something
had driven her to do so. I emailed her back with
what I
thought was a pretty good
answer. Here is what I wrote her back.
Yes, I had thought many times about
what it would be like to be one of the beautiful
people
To be able to take your breath
away when I walked into a room, or to be the life
of the party and
have everyone fawning
(
奉承
) over me as I wore only
the finest clothes and sported the perfect
body? But then I always came back to
the realization that a lifestyle like that is so
fragile. As you
get older, your body
changes; as you get older, the money changes. Your
body never looks the
same, the clothes
become more and more expensive to maintain. And
once you have crossed the
line,
suddenly you are out. The next fresh face comes in
and you are quickly forgotten.
All through growing up I was never an
attractive person. I was overweight and picked
on.
But that didn’t stop me
from being a
- nice person-a good,
clean, funny and helpful person. I was
the person who you came to when you
needed a friend after a breakup. I was the one you
came to
when
you
needed
a
joke
to
brighten
up
your
day.
And
in
the
long
run,
I
will
be
the
one
you
remember, not the new
face, or the fresh style.
In closing, I would like to say that
we, as a people, have developed into looking for
things
that are bigger and better
instead of what will last. I don’t know about you,
but I
will remember
the
friend who helped me when I was down, more than
the hot girl. I just saw walking down the
street.
I wish I
could teach the world some more jokes.
32. How did the author react to his
wife's questions?
A. He
took them seriously.
B. He went on
coding the page.
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