中学联盟东营市届高三第一次模拟考试题英语.docx

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中学联盟东营市届高三第一次模拟考试题英语

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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

ShakeShackisanewkindofrestaurantbecomingmorepopularintheUS．Therestaurantsarenot“fastfood．”Theyareknownas“fastcasual．”

ObserverssayAmericanswantmorechoicesandfreshfoodwhenchoosingwhereandwhattoeat．ThistrendisonereasonwhythefastfoodrestaurantMcDonald’shasstruggledfinancially．Inthelastquarterof2014，McDonald’snetincomedroppedbyabout$300million．TheJanuaryearningsreportbroughtmorebadnews．Worldwidesalesdroppedfortheeighthmonthinarowandevenmorethanexpected．WhileMcDonald’sisstrugglingtogettheircustomersback，ShakeShack，isdoingwellinmakingmoney．TheNewYork-basedburgerchainhadaverysuccessfulIPO，orinitialpublicoffering，ofsharesattheendofJanuary．Onitsfirstdayoftrading，ShakeShackwentfrom$21asharetojustunder$46ashare．Beingpartofthe“fastcasual”trendhashelpedShakeShack．OtherfastcasualrestaurantsintheU．S．includeChipotleandPanera．

BonnieRiggs，arestaurantexpertwithNPDhasstudiedAmericans’restauranthabitsforalmost30years．ShesaysonereasonwhyAmericanslikefastcasualfoodisthatit’snew．Itiscreative，itissomethingdifferentandpeopleliketotrynewthings．HerstudyshowsAmericansmade61billionvisitstorestaurantslastyear．Threeoutoffourvisitsweretofastfoodrestaurants，likeMcDonald’s．Fastcasualisstillasmallpercentageofrestaurantvisits，butithasdevelopedfast．JustasMs．Riggssays，“It’sgrowingbyleapsandbounds，becausetheymeetconsumers’needs．Theyknowit'sbeingpreparedwhiletheywait，it’sfresh，qualityfood，goodtastingfoodatwhattheysayarereasonableandaffordableprices．”

ManyAmericansstillliketheirfastfood．Theyjustarenotgoingasoften．Theyarefindingotherwaystohaveameal．

21．WhatisthetroublewithMcDonald’s?

A．Itssharegoesdownto$21．

B．ShakeShackhastakenitsplace．

C．It’snotpopularwithAmericans．

D．Itssalesandincomehavedropped．

22．WecanlearnfromBonnieRiggsthatAmericans____________．

A．1iketotrysomethingnew

B．careonlyaboutthequality

C．don’tlikefastfoodanymore

D．paymorerestaurantvisitstofastcasual

23．Whatdoestheunderlinedphrase“byleapsandbounds”inParagraph3mean?

A．Steadily．B．Rapidly．C．Slowly．D．Normally．

24．Whichofthefollowingbestdescribesfastcasual?

A．Fresh-madeandtasty．B．High-qualityandexpensive．

C．Farm-to-tableandtraditional．D．Time-consumingandspecial．

B

Fordecades，theSanFranciscoBayareahasbeentheheartofthecomputertechnologyindustry．ManyofthebiggesttechnologycompanieshavetheirheadquartersintheareacalledSiliconValley．Buttheareahasnotalwaysbeenassociatedwithcharity（慈善）．

Now，anewgenerationofentrepreneurs（企业家）appearstobechangingSiliconValley．OneexampleisMarcBenioff，adonor（捐赠者），whohascalledonwealthydonorstogivemoretotheircommunities．HealsoisthefounderofSalesforce．com，acomputerservicescompanyinSanFranciscowhohashelpedbuildachildren’shospitalandgivenmillionsofdollarstonon-profitorganizationsinthecity．

Moneyfromthetechnologyindustryhasalsostartedtochangethefaceofcharity．BenjaminSoskiswritesaboutthehistoryandideasbehindcharityinAmerica．HisarticleshaveappearedinTheAtlanticmagazineandanumberofmajorpublications．Hesays，traditionally，donorshavegivenaftertheyspentmuchoftheirlivesbuildingupwealth．Usuallydonorsareintheir70s．Butanincreasingnumberofpeopleappearingonthelistoftopdonorsareyoungerthan40yearsofage．BenjaminSoskissaysthatissomethingnew．“There’sawholenewmodelthat’sappearinginwhichpeoplegiveandaccumulateatthesametime．”

Someoftheyoungdonorsonthisyear'stop50listhavestartedtochangeinthewaypeopleseecharity．ThatisespeciallythecaseintheSanFranciscoarea，wheregivingmoneyandmakingmoneyappeartobecomingtogether．“Ithinkit'sfairtosaythatcharityisnowapartoftheSiliconValleyidentity．”

25．WhatistrueofMarcBenioff?

A．Hejoinedanon-profitorganization．

B．Headviseddonorstobuildhospitals．

C．HemadeSanFranciscoacityofcharity．

D．HesetupthecompanyofSalesforce．com．

26．WhatisspecialaboutthedonorsofSiliconValley?

A．Theyprefertogiveratherthanmakemoney．

B．Theygiveafteraccumulatingalotofwealth．

C．Theyaremuchyoungerthantheusualdonors．

D．Theydonatemoremoneytotheircommunities．

27．Whichofthefollowingcanbethebesttitleforthetext?

A．TheageofcharityB．Thechangingfacesofcharity

C．InsearchofnewfacesD．Fromcomputerbasetocharitycentre

C

Canyouimagineaworldwithoutchocolate?

It'snotsomethingI'd1iketodo．soIwasrelievedtoreadthatthere’sauniversitywithaprogrammetosafeguardthefutureofchocolate!

TheUniversityofReading，inEngland，hasjustopenedanewclearinghouseforalltheworld’snewcocoavarieties．Theymustbequarantined（隔离检疫）beforetheycanbegrown．Why?

Cocoaproductionhitarecordhighof4．4milliontonslastyearbutabout30％ofthepreciouscropisregularlylosttopestsanddiseases．Nowwedon’twantthat，dowe?

Demandforchocolatehasbeenincreasingfasterthantheworldsupplyofcocoaandresearchersthinkthatnewvarietiesarekeytosolvingthisproblem．

TheUniversityofReadinghasbeenprotectingthequalityofthenewcropssince1985，afterittookoverthetaskfromtheRoyalBotanicalGardensinKew，London．Andithasimproveditsfacilities．Theleaderoftheinstitution’scocoaproject，ProfessorPaulHadley，says，“Oneofthemainissuesconcerningcocoaimprovementisthesupplyofreliablyclean，healthy，interestingcocoamaterial．”

Thecocoacentrehasacollectionof400plantvarietiesandtheirgreenhouseusesalotofenergytokeepthemintropicalconditions．Afteruptotwoyearsinquarantine，cleanandsafeseedsaresenttosome20countries，includingseveralinWestAfrica．That’swhere75％ofthecocoausedforchocolateworldwidecomesfrom．Thecropisextremelyimportantforthelocaleconomy：

itemploysabouttwomillionpeople.

ProfessorHadleysaysheworkswithasmallteamofskilledtechnicianswholookafterthecollection．Andmoreofusseemtocountonthemnow．

Thescientistsays，“thereissomeconcernwithintheindustrythatdemandisincreasingconstantly，particularlyincountrieslikeChina，wherethestandardoflivingisincreasingandpeoplearegettingatastefordifferentchocolates．”

28．Whatisthetextmainlyabout?

A．Safeguardingcocoaseeds．B．Plantingcocoaworldwide．

C．Keepingcocoaingreenhouse．D．Findingthenewmarketforcocoa．

29．Theinstitution’scocoaprojectisto_______．

A．havecocoaskinremovedB．offermorejobstopeople

C．ensurethequalityofcocoaD．supplycocoafortwomillionpeople

30．Whatdoesthelastparagraphtellus?

A．Thetasteofchocolatesischanging．

B．Demandforcocoaisincreasingfast．

C．Peopleareconcernedaboutcocoavarieties．

D．Chinesehavealonghistoryofeatingchocolates．

31．What’sthepurposeofthetext?

A．Toeducate．B．Toadvertise．C．Towarn．D．Toinform．

D

Thepoaching，orillegalkilling，ofrhinos（犀牛）inSouthAfricaisgrowingworseeachyear．Thegovernmentrecentlyreportedthatarecordnumberofrhinoswerepoachedin2014，ayearwhichhadmorerhinokillingsinSouthAfricathaneverbefore．

TheWorldWildlifeFund，orWWF，saysabout20，000rhinosliveinSouthAfrica．Thatismorethan80percentoftherhinosintheworld．EdnaMolewa，SouthAfrica’senvironmentalissuesminister，says，“During2014，wearesadtosaythis，1，215rhinoswerekilled．Thisisariseinthenumberofpoachedrhinosfrom1004in2013andindeedveryworrying．”

Theanimalsarehuntedfortheirhorns（犀牛角）．ManypeopleinAsiabelievethehornhascuringpower，whichdrivespoachers，atallcosts，madformorehorns．Butthereisnoscientificevidenceforthisbelief．Thehornismadeofkeratin．Thatisthesamethingashumanhair，fingernailsandtoenails．

Ms．Mo1ewasaid386suspectedpoacherswerearrestedlastyear，anincreasefromtheyearbefore．Butrhinoprotectionworkerssaypoachersoftengounpunishedafterarrest．SouthAfrica’slegalsystemisineffective．Ms．MolewasaidmoreneedstobedoneandSouthAfricaistakingstrongmeasurestoprotectrhinos．Theeffortsincludemovingsomeoftheanimalstosecretplacesinneighboringcountries．“Nowapproximately100rhinoshavebeenmovedtoneighboringstatesintheSADCregionduring2014and200morerhinoswillbemovedthisyear”Molewasaid．

JoShaw，therhinoprogrammanagerattheWWF，said，“we’retalkingaboutalossofahundredrhinosamonth．Ormorethanthreeaday．Wereallyneedtoseeeffectiveactionnotjustatanationallevelbutinternationally．”Shesaysofficialsshouldfindthecriminalgroupsresponsibleforthepoachingandpunishthem．GovernmentofficialsaretomeetinBotswanainMarchattheInter-governmentalConferenceonIllegalWildlifeTrade．

32．Whatdoweknowaboutrhinos?

A．HalfoftherhinosliveinSouthAfrica．

B．Lessthan1，000rhinoswerekilledin2013．

C．Thekillingreachedthehighestpointin2014．

D．Thereareonly20，000rhinosleftintheworld．

33．Whatisthemainreasonforpeopletohuntrhinos?

A．Togetmorekeratin．

B．Toprotectthefarmland．

C．Tousethemfordecoration．

D．Tomakemoneyfromhorns．

34．JoShawthinksthat_________．

A．manycriminalgroupsarewellorganized

B．newlawsareneededtopunishthekillers

C．rhinoprotectionneedsinternationalcooperation

D．conferencesaboutprotectingrhinosaretobeheldeveryyear

35．Whatcanweinferfromthetext?

A．Rhinoprotectionhasalongwaytogo．

B．Noonewouldliketobuyhornsinthe