1、1 2017年福建省厦门第一中学高三高考考前模拟考试试题英语第卷（满分115分）第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。ABill Gates recently predicted that online learning will make place-based colleges lesssignificant, and five years from now, students will be able to find the best lectures in the worl
2、donline. I applaud Mr. Gates. But whats taking us so long?As early as 1997, MIT(麻省理工) decided to post videos of all university lectures online. forfree, for all people. But today, how many students have you met who mastered advancedmathematics or nuclear physics from an MIT online video? Unfortunate
3、ly, the answer is not many. The problem is the poor quality of online education websites and the experience they provide tostudents. Those who go to the MIT website and watch courses online are surely very smart people,but its not like playing a video game such as World of Warcraft. Only the most ar
4、dent students,those who are highly motivated, will devote themselves to studying these boring online videos.The real question is why we arent spending more to develop better online educationplatforms. Where is the Avatar of education? Think about this. The market for Hollywood filmsper year is worth
5、 around 30 billion USD. Education in the world is a trillion-dollar-a-year market,hundreds of times bigger than Hollywood movies. Yet the most expensive digital learning systemever built cost well under 100 million dollars.Bill Gates prediction is going to happen. There is no doubt about it. But it
6、will only happenwhen we create high level educational content and experiences that engage and excite more thanhas ever been possible in the real world. 1. What has Bill Gates forecast about online learning?A. It will concentrate on physics lecturesB. It will completely replace real universitiesC. It
7、 will help to make universities more successfulD. It will play an increasingly important role in education2. What does the underlined word “ardent” in Paragraph 3 mean?A. CreativeB. EnthusiasticC. Well-behavedD. Experienced3.According to the author, what is holding back the popularity of online lear
8、ning?A. The lack of lectures available online B. The high cost of access to the websitesC. The low standard of educational websitesD. The competition with online computer games4. Why does the author mention Hollywood?A. To show that Hollywood produces many successful moviesB. To prove that education
9、 is more profitable than entertainmentC. To argue that movie directors should produce educational content 2 D. To urge that more money be spent developing educational websites解析：1.细节理解题。根据第一段第一句可知，Bill Gates最近预测网络课程将会使place-based colleges没那么重要，学生会在网络上能够学到世界上最好的课程。故选D。2.词义猜测题。根据文章第三段中those who are hi
10、ghly motivated .这是ardent students的同位语，对ardent进行了进一步的解释，因此可以推断出是有强烈动机的孩子们会花时间去学习这些无聊的网络课程，故ardent的意思应为Enthusiastic（热衷的）。3.细节理解题。根据文章第三段第一句The problem is the poor quality of online educationwebsites and the experience they provide to students.可知，问题是网络课程的质量问题，所以对应选项中的the low standard，故选C。4.推理判断题。对应文章的第
11、四段，第一句话，The real question is why we are (真正的问题是我们为什么不花更多的钱去发展网络教育。)这是本段的主题句，后面提到Hollywood是为这一个主题服务的，因此选D。 答案：1. D 2. B 3. C 4. D BImagine that youre looking at your company-issued smartphone and you notice an e-mailfrom Linkedln:”These companies are looking for candidate like you!” You arent necessa
12、rilysearching for a job, but youre always open to opportunities, so out of curiosity, you click on thelink. A few minutes later your boss appears at your desk. “Weve noticed that youre spendingmore time on Linkedln lately, so I wanted to talk with you about your career and whether yourehappy here,”
13、she says. Uh-oh.Its an awkward scene. Attrition(损耗) has always been expensive for companies, but inmany industries the cost of losing good workers is rising, owing to tight labor markets. Thuscompanies are making greater efforts to predict which workers are at high risk of leaving so that managers c
14、an try to stop them. Methods range from electronic monitor to sophisticated analyses ofemployeessocial media lives.Some of this work may be a reason to let employees to quit. In general, people leave theirjobs because they dont like their boss, dont see opportunities for promotion or growth, or areo
15、ffered a higher pay; these reasons have held steady for years.New research conducted by CEB, a Washington-based technology company, looks not just atwhy workers quit but also at when. “Weve learned that what really affects people is their sense ofhow theyre doing compared with other people in their
16、peer group, or with where they thoughtthey would be at a certain point in life, says Brian Kropp, who heads CEBs HR practice. “Wevelearned to focus on moments that allow people to make these comparisons.”Technology also provides clues about which star employees might be eyeing the exit.Companies can
17、 tell whether employees using work computers or phones are spending time on (or even just opening e-mails from) career websites, and research shows that more firms are payingattention to these things. Large companies have also begun tracking badge swipes(浏览痕迹)-employees use of an ID to enter and exi
18、t the building or the parking garage-to identify patternsthat suggest a worker may be interviewing for a job.5. From the first paragraph, we can infer Linkedln is _.A. an e-mailB. a job from the InternetC. a professional social network 3 D. a world-famous company6. Whats the main idea of the second
19、paragraph?A. The cost of losing good workers is risingB. Companies are stricter with workers than beforeC. Measures have been taken to find the potential workers who want to quitD. Finding new jobs has been a trend for most workers7. According to the research by CEB, which of the following might be
20、the most probablereason for workers to quit their jobs?A. They dont like their bossesB. Workers are always doing comparisonsC. Not seeing opportunities for promotionD. To find a higher-paid job 解析：5.考查细节理解题。文章第一段的首句和第二句句意：想像你正在看.邮件，“outof curiosity, you click on the link（所以出于好奇，你点击链接）”。可知是一个a profes
21、sionalsocial network。故选C项。6.主旨大意题。本段句意：在公司员工损代价昂贵，于是公司正在作出更大的努力来预测哪些工人面临着高离职风险，就可以设法阻止他们。运用的方法从电子监控到员工社交媒体生活的分析。从中可知C项符合。7.推理判断题。本段中“what really affects people is their sense of how theyre doingcompared with other people in their peer group, or with where they thought they would be at acertain point
22、 in life,”我们已经了解到，真正影响人们的是他们感觉他们是与同等团体的其他人相比他们是如何做的，或者与他们的某一时间段相比。故选B项。答案：5. C 6. C 7. B CA European Union program is letting blind people experience famous paintings for the firsttime. It uses three dimensional(3-D) printing to re-create famous paintings so they can be touched.One painting printed
23、with the new technology is Gustav Klimts “The Kiss.” It is a popularattraction at the Belvedere Museum in Vienna, Austria. The painting shows a man and a womanstanding in a field filled with flowers. They are wearing gold robes and have their arms aroundeach other. The man leans down to kiss the wom
24、an.Klimt finished the painting in 1908. Until now, people who had trouble seeing could notappreciate the artwork. But thanks to the reproduction they can touch the piece and feel the ridgesand depressions. Andreas Reichinger started making 3-D versions of artwork in 2010. He said thisreproduction wa
25、s his most difficult project because the couples robes are so detailed.Dominika Raditsch is a blind museum visitor. She touched the reproduction. As she moved her hands around it she said, ”Exactly, can you see these? There are so many details.“ Raditschsaid she can imagine what the original paintin
26、g looks like when she touches the reproduction. “Itssomehow round. You can feel it. You can feel it. It comes with it. And in many places its sosmooth.And then I think to myself: it probably shines too!” Raditsch said.The Belvedere is not the only museum to have 3-D versions of its artwork. Some of
27、thepieces at the Prado, in Madrid, Spain, have reproductions that can be touched. But the piece inVienna has one special part: It is made with widely available 3-D printing technology. That meansone day, blind art fans anywhere in the world could download the source files and print the 4 reproductio
28、ns themselves.8. What is ”The kiss”?A.AEuropean Union projectB.Apopular paintingC.A3-D technologyD.Afamous museum9. Why did Reichinger say this reproduction was difficult to finish?A. The painting was reproduced detailedlyB. The original artwork was made in 1908C. Blind art fans cant download the so
29、urceD. The 3-D technology is not available10. How did Raditsch feel when she first touched the reproduction? A.AwkwardB. PuzzledC. ExcitedD. Nervous11. What is the best title for the text?A.AEuropean Union Program for Museum VisitorsB. 3-D Printing Lets Blind Experience Famous PaintingC. How to Repr
30、oduce the World-famous PaintingsD.ASpecial Museum forArt Fans in Vienna,Austria解析：8.细节理解题。根据第二段第一句“One painting printed with the new technology isGustav Klimts “The Kiss.”其中一幅使用了新技术的名画是古斯塔夫克里9.细节理解题。第三段最后一句“He said this reproduction was his most difficult project because the couples robes are so det
31、ailed.”句意：它是最难的一件作品，是因为那对恋人的长袍细节很多。由此可知A是正确的。10.推理判断题。由本文中第四段中Raditsch说话中使用了问句和感叹句。从她的语气可推判出是激动的（excited）。故选C项。11.主旨大意题。第一段是本篇文章的主题段：欧盟的一个项目首次让盲人感受到了世界名画，这个项目叫作“让盲人和视障人士走进博物馆”。该项目使用了3D打印技术重现名画，让它们可以被触摸到。由此可知B项符合。答案：8. B 9.A 10. C 11. B DChina Merchants Bank Co Ltd has teamed up with ride-hailing maj
32、or Didi Kuaidi to provideautomobile financing and expand its reach in Chinas booming mobile payment industry. The two have inked a comprehensive partnership, which includes a strategic investment bythe former in the latter. Under the partnership, CMB will become the first bricks-and-mortar bankthat
33、can offer in-app credit card payments to Didi users. At present, users of Didi can only choosethird-party payment solutions like WeChat Payment andAlipay to pay cab fares.Zhao Ju, vice-president of CMB, said the cooperation with Didi was an important step in itsmobile Internet finance strategy. “CMB
34、s mobile payment is going to enter a new chapter byleveraging Didi Kuaidis vast user base,” he said.According to a report by China Internet Network Information Center earlier this month, Didi 5 holds 87.2 percent of Chinas private car hailing market. The company said it has received 1.43billion car-
35、hailing requests on its platforms in 2015, which means 1.43 billion payments weremade via smartphones.CMB is expected to use Didi to reach the core users of Chinas mobile payment market. JeanLiu, president of Didi, said many of the expats prefer payment by credit card rather than Alipay orWeChat. “T
36、he new partnership will help improve service quality and customer loyalty,” she said.The investment makes CMB part of Didis existing investors, including Tencent Holdings Ltd,Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and China Investment Corporation. Both of the companies declined toreveal the actual amount of the
37、investment.Liu, who showed up on Tuesday for the first time in public after her treatment for breastcancer, said the cooperation with CMB is for the long run and “the capital investment is only partof it”. Under the partnership, CMB and Didi will cooperate on a wide range of initiatives onfinancial
38、services and online-to-offline cooperation. Apart from the in-app credit card payments,the two companies are going to launch joint credit cards in late February and automobile financingservices for Didis car owners. CMBs branches across China are expected to help Didi recruitmore drivers.“There is a
39、 lot of room for imagination in our partnership,” Li said, adding in future peoplemay use their CMB credit card reward points to pay for the ride on Didi.Li Chao, an analyst with iResearch Consulting Group, said the partnership may notsignificantly boost CMBs mobile payment business. “Didi has educa
40、ted the market for three yearsand its customers have formed the habit of paying by WeChat or Alipay. So I think CMB can onlyturn a very smart proportion of Didi users into its payment customer,” he said. “But the moveshows that Chinas traditional banking industry is finally thinking out of the box a
41、nd looking for outside partners in Internet finance competition,” he said.Statistics from Big-Data Research showed that more than 90 percent of China 9.3 trillionyuan ($1.41 trillion) worth of third party mobile payment market is donated by Alibaba andTencent.12. Which of the following is not the pu
42、rpose of CMBs cooperation with Didi .A. CMB is expected to use Didi to reach the core users of Chinas mobile payment marketB. Through the cooperation with Didi, CMB will help improve service quality and customerloyaltyC. CMB will launch joint credit cards with Didi to expand its serviceD. CMB will t
43、urn a very large proportion of Didi users into its payment customer13. What can be inferred from the passage?A. CMBs mobile payment is going to enter a new chapter B. Chinas traditional banking industry is facing fierce Internet finance competitionC. CMB and Didi will have a online-to-offline cooper
44、ationD. The majority of Didi users will pay by CMB in-app credit card14. Whats Li Chaoattitude towards the partnership between CMB and Didi?A. cautiousB. positiveC. indifferentD. disapproving 6 15. The main idea of this passage is that _.A. CMB develops partnership with Didi KuaidiB. CMB is looking
45、for outside partners in Internet finance competitionC. Didi Kuaidi is going to enter a new chapterD.Alibaba and Tencent dominate the mobile payment market解析：12.细节理解题。第四段中CMB is expected to use Didi to reach the core users ofChinas mobile payment market.可知A项是对的。“The new partnership will help improves
46、ervice quality and customer loyalty,”可推知B项及第六段中“Apart from the in-app credit cardpayments, the two companies are going to launch joint credit cards in late February andautomobile financing services for Didis car owners.”可推出C。只有D项是错的，故选D项。13.推理判断题。根据倒数第二段Li Chao的话中“its customers have formed the habit
47、 ofpaying by WeChat or Alipay.”以及But the move shows that Chinas traditional banking industry is finally thinking out of the box and looking for outside partners in Internet finance competition.可知传统的银行业务正在面临来自移动支付的巨大的挑战。故选B。14.推理判断题。第七段“There is a lot of room for imagination in our partnership”我们的合作关
48、系还有很大的想象空间可知态度是积极的（positive）。故选B项。15.主旨大意题。这是一篇新闻文体类文章。文章主要介绍的就是CMB与Didi建立的合作关系。故选A。答案：12. D 13. B 14.A 15.A第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The struggle begins in high school, sometimes earlier. Deadlines, and lots of them, start to pile up. At college, the pressure som
49、etimes leads to last-minute rush and unsatisfactory work. Atwork, failing to meet deadlines can easily get you fired. 16 . Here are a few best practices.Assign deadlines to what matters.If the task isnt of high importance, dont set a speci6c deadline. In this way, you are able tokeep it on your radar for a while without feeling pressured. 17 . This will provide justenough pressure to ensure you get it done.18 .Set a personal deadline for yourself a day or two before the actual deadline. 19 . Ifyoure working with a group of people, add in even more time to account for p
