太原市 2018高三年级模拟试题(二)

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.