2014-2015學(xué)年河北省衡水市武邑中學(xué)高三（下）單元測(cè)試卷（41）

第二部分：閱讀理解（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié)（滿分30分）閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑．

• 1．Many people believe that all ice cubes are created equal，but they are not．At least that's what the folks at California's Glace Luxury Ice Company would like us to believe．The Davisbased company says that the ice cubes they make are healthier and last longer than the ones that we throw into our drinks on a daily basis．What's more，the company also says that their ice cubes do mot leave behind an aftertaste（余味）in drinks，like regular ones do．
     In order to create these unique ice cubes，Glace Luxury begins with water that has been rid of the hazardous impurities（雜質(zhì)）that the company says can lead to cancer and exist in regular ice．They then freeze it in large blocks．Once ready，the ice is carved into perfect cubes and each cube measures 2.5 inches across．Besides being healthier，these ice cubes apparently also take longer to melt．The company says that each ice cube can last up to 30 minutes．
     Of course，those ice cubes do not come cheap．Those that wish to have a taste of this "tasteless" frozen perfection will have to pay＄325 USD for a bag of 50 ice cubes．That comes to＄6.50 USD for a single cube of ice!
     The unique product is the brainchild of Robert Sequeira，a former business school lecturer who said that he wanted to establish a profitable business that could be easily scaled．Given that he can make as mush Glace Luxury ice as he needs for as little as＄0.12 USD per cube，he thinks that the idea certainly meets the standard．Now，if he can find that the few people can afford to buy this Glace Luxury ice，life would be great!
  
  （1）People at California's Glace Luxury Ice Company probably want consumers to believe that

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  A．ice cubes are healthy for people to use
  B．their ice cubes add tastes to drinks
  C．a(chǎn)ll ice cubes are created the same
  D．their ice cubes are different
  （2）What does the underlined word "hazardous" in paragraph 2 mean？

  
  A．Active
  B．Regular
  C．Dangerous
  D．Powerful
  （3）Compared with regular ice cubes，the ice cubes created by Glabe Luxury Ice Company

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  A．taste much better
  B．look much more beautiful
  C．have more different shapes
  D．a(chǎn)re healthier and melt more slowly
  （4）What does the author think of the ice cubes created by Glace Luxury Ice Company？

  
  A．They will be a big success
  B．They are too costly to make．
  C．They are just regular ice cubes．
  D．They are too expensive for consumers．
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• 2．Mr．Sankaram，a physics teacher，was known for his antics（滑稽動(dòng)作）in his classroom to make the dull lessons in physics lively and interesting．Mixing different chemical drugs in the lab to become new substances in chemistry makes students excited．While studying botany or zoology，students can visit a garden or zoo．But physics limits students to listening to the boring lectures which are hard to understand．For example，why an apple dropping from a tree travels downwards but not upwards．But Mr．Sankaram's classroom antics to cause students to listen to topics such as how sound travels in air or why light travels faster than sound made him stand out from the rest of the teachers．
     At that time，most students in our school attended the college to please their parents，and some parents were proud of their children for simply attending a college，no-matter whether they benefited or not．They didn't study hard．But a few students were diligent and they wanted to study pre-medical courses to gain admission into the medical school．The schooling of pre-medical courses was very expensive．The college was next to the medical school．The wall separating them was about four feet high．Few tried to jump over the wall to get free pre-medical courses．Doing this was at risk of injuries and the climbing was forbidden．
     The college where Mr．Sankaram taught was known for unruly and naughty students．The unruly students usually sat at the back of the classroom．When a student from the back of the classroom tried to disrupt the class，Mr．Sankaram would say， "Dare you go ahead to make noise？Can you jump over the four-foot wall to get into the medical school？" The student's face went red and he became silent．In the physics class．I sat in the first row to escape from the troublemakers at the back．One day during the class．Mr．Sankaram unexpectedly asked me， "Can you jump over the four-foot wall？" I shook my head and answered， "No，sir，I couldn't jump over a one-foot wall，let alone a four-foot wall．" Mr．Sankaram wasn't satisfied with my reply but waved his hand for me to sit down．He looked at me in the eyes hard and said， "If you can．Believe in yourself!"
     There were stories about Mr．Sankaram's past history．As a student at same college years ago，he went into much depression for some time when he couldn't get into the medical school．In fact he could have been admitted by the school by his ability of studying．Because his family couldn't afford his pre-medical courses and he didn't dare to climb the wall，he often walked back and forth along the four-foot wall talking to himself and sometimes cried over his failure．Whether this story was true or false it was passed on from year to year．So Mr．Sankaram had a nickname "four-foot．" It was true that he left his dream to his students and he began challenging the students' ability to jump over the four-foot wall to get into the medical school．
     As a student I failed at my attempt to get admission into the medical school．In fact not all students wanted to be a doctor．And years later I ended up as a chemistry teacher at the same college．I thank Mr．Sankaram for his encouragement to me，and I am determined to follow his example to make my class interesting．Mr．Sankaram passed away years ago．He will always be remembered for his wonderful teaching techniques such as dancing movements and his encouraging words．
  
  （1）Which subject was boring in the author's opinion？

  
  A．Botany
  B．Physics
  C．Chemistry
  D．zoology
  （2）Most of the author's schoolmates went to college to

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  A．make their parents happy
  B．learn a skill of making a living
  C．study abroad after graduation
  D．find a good job after graduation
  （3）Why wasn't Mr．Sankaram satisfied with the author's reply？

  
  A．He didn't think the author was diligent．
  B．He thought the author lacked confidence．
  C．The author didn't know what he meant
  D．The author was shy while answering it．
  （4）Mr．Sankaram's failing to get into the medical school

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  A．resulted in getting his nickname "four-foot"
  B．caused him to be forever depressed and to cry every day
  C．made him work hard to let his students realize his dream
  D．made him complain the life was unfair and he was not lucky
  （5）We can infer from this passage that the author

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  A．wanted to become a doctor very much in fact
  B．regretted that he didn't respect Mr．Sankaram
  C．was born in a rich family and once a good student
  D．is a good teacher in the college where he once studied
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• 3．The Knowledge Society According to American economist Peter Drucker，every few hundred years in Western history a sharp transformation takes place in which society rearranges itself．One such period happened between 1455 and 1517，beginning with the invention of the printing press，and included the Renaissance，the European discovery of America，a reawakening of science，and the Protestant Reformation．All these events had significant effects on the development of Western society．The next period lasted from the American Revolution and the Perfection of the steam engine in 1776 until Napoleon's defeat at Waterloo in 1815．During this time，the Industrial Revolution took place，public schools systems were established on a large scale，the first modern university was founded in Berlin in 1809，and both capitalism and communism emerged as economic and political ideologies．Again，society had been altered．Drucker suggested that another such transformation is taking place today．He claims it began around 1960 with the introduction of computers and the emergence of the first nonwestern country-Japan-to be a global economic power．The period is predicted to end sometime around 2010 or 2020，when what Drucker calls the "post-capitalist" era will have produced the knowledge society．The major characteristic of this new society will be the use of knowledge as an economic resource．That is，knowledge，not labor，will be the basis of wealth．The leading social group will be "knowledge workers" who know how to make specialized knowledge productive and innovative in a free-market system．Drucker warns that this situation may create class conflict，as knowledge workers accrue much higher status and income than service workers．Recognizing that these two groups of workers are not social classes in the traditional sense，he nonetheless feels that people who provide various types of services-food，finance ，leisure，and the like-must not be socially and economically disadvantaged．Otherwise，the old conflict outlined by Marx between capitalists and workers will be transformed into one between the two new dominant groups：those who create and work with knowledge and those who provide various services to them．
  
  （1）Those are the events which happened between 1455 and 1517 EXCEPT

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  A．the Industrial Revolution
  B．the invention of the printing press．
  C．the European discovery of America．
  D．a(chǎn) reawakening of science and the Protestant Reformation．
  （2）What is the major characteristic of the new society today ？

  
  A．Labor will be the basis of wealth．
  B．Class conflict will appear．
  C．Knowledge will be used as an economic resource．
  D．People who provide various types of services must be socially and economically disadvantaged．
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第四部分：寫作（共兩節(jié)）第一節(jié)：短文改錯(cuò) （滿分10分）

• 8．In the end of the last class， a boy stood up and asked the teacher， "Sir， what is the real meaning of life？" We couldn't help bursting out laughter for this seemed to be so a silly question at that moment． But the teacher made us to calm down in a formal voice． He said， "All right， I will tell you something about that．" Then he took out a small mirror from one of his pockets and held them towards the window． The sun was shining brightly outside and there was a tiny but light spot on the back wall． He then moved the piece of mirror to make it reflect the sunshine to the boy and to every curious face in the whole classroom． We all suddenly felt very warmth and energetic and the whole classroom were lit up． The teacher said， "Most of us are great enough like the sun to give off brightness and warmth to the world． But we can be a ordinary mirror． That is to say， we can reflect the sunshine to the very corner where the sun never shines． And that is exactly that the real meaning of life is．"
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第二節(jié)：書面表達(dá)（滿分25分）

• 9．假設(shè)你是李華，打算高考完（7月份） 去倫敦旅游一周，現(xiàn)在你就此事發(fā)email給倫敦的朋友Bob．主要內(nèi)容包括：1．詢問當(dāng)?shù)氐奶鞖馇闆r及你需要帶的東西；2．詢問當(dāng)?shù)氐木包c(diǎn)及收費(fèi)情況；
  3．請(qǐng)Bob幫你在旅館預(yù)定一個(gè)房間（對(duì)房間價(jià)格、設(shè)施的要求由考生自定）；
  4．詢問Bob關(guān)于當(dāng)?shù)氐姆ㄒ?guī)以防出錯(cuò)．
  注意：1．詞數(shù)120左右；2．信的開頭和結(jié)尾已為你寫好，不計(jì)入句子總數(shù)．
  3．可適當(dāng)發(fā)揮，以使行文連貫．
  Dear Bob，
      How are you getting on recently？
      I will have a seven days trip to London this summer， and I'm writing to you for some information of London as well as your advice and help．
      I'm looking forward to your reply!
  Yours，
  Li Hua
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