20照一模英语试题.docx

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20照一模英语试题

2015日照一模英语试题

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）

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DearMs．Smith，

ItiswithgreatinterestandenthusiasmthatIamapplyingfortheartseducationinternship（实习）advertisedinSunday’sNewYorkTimes．ThispositionisexactlywhatIamlookingforandanidealopportunityformetousemyknowledge，educationalbackground，andexperience．

MyartseducationatPrattInstitutehashelpedmedevelopafirmfoundationinthearts．ThecoursesIhavecompletedatPratt，alongwithmystudyabroadinParis，haspreparedmewellforapositioninartseducation．Ihavealwaysenjoyedapassionfortheartsbutmyundergraduate（本科）educationhastakenmyinteresttoawholenewlevel．InotonlyenjoydoingartbutIfindmyselfevenmoreenthusiasticwhenIhavetheopportunitytoteachwhatIhavelearned．

ForthepasttwosummersIhaveworkeddirectlywithchildrenatCityArts．Theseexperienceswereamazingsincemyresponsibilitiesincludedplanninganddirectingmajorprojectsthatwereplannedforthesummerprogramthatgoesoneachyearforlocalchildreninterestedinthearts．IwasgivenaconceptatthebeginningofeachsummerandIhadcompletecontrolofhowtheprojectsweretobecompleted．Thechildrenwerethecreativeforceandoftenweretheinspirationfortheartworkthatwaseventuallypresentedtothepublic．

IamveryexcitedaboutthesummeropportunitywiththeChildren’sMuseumoftheArtssinceIknowthatIcandefinitelymakeapositivecontributionwhiledoingwhatIlove，teachingarttochildren．Iwillcontactyouinoneweektodiscussmycandidacy（候选资格）andseeifyouhaveanyquestionsaboutmyeducationorexperience．Thankyouforyourtimeandconsideration．

Sincerely，

SamanthaR．Gray

21．WhatisGray’spurposeofwritingthisletter?

A．ToadvertiseforherselfinNewYorkTimes．

B．ToshowhergreatenthusiasmforCityArts．

C．Toobtainthechanceofteachingarttochildren．

D．Toprovehersuccessfuleducationalexperiences．

22．Paragraph2mainlytellsusthat_______________．

A．Graytriestofindchancetodevoteherrichartknowledgetochildren

B．GrayhasgottenherundergraduateeducationatcollegeinParis

C．GrayhadgivenuptheartcoursesatPrattInstituteandleftforParis

D．theeducationGrayhasreceivedmakesheroptimisticabouttheopportunity

23．Whichofthefollowingisn’tmentionedbyGrayinParagraph3？

A．Hermanagementability．B．Herfamilybackground．

C．Herloveforchildren．D．Herworkingexperience．

B

Coralreefs（珊瑚礁）arenotjustbeautifultolookat，butalsoveryuseful．Theyshelternearly25％ofoceanlifeandprovidefoodforbillionsofpeople．However,likemanyotherspecies，thisamazingecosystem（生态系统）isindangerofdyingout!

Therearetwomainreasonsforthedestruction—therisingcarbondioxidelevelscausedbyglobalvdarmingaswellashumaninfluenceslikebottomoperation．Whilenotmuchcanbedoneabouttheformer，thelosscausedbythelattercanbereduced．

Bottomoperationinvolvesdroppingnetstotheoceanbedandthendraggingthemupwhenfilledwithfish．Thisactiondamagedtheoceanfloor，causingthecoralbranchestoseparatefromthereefs．Whilethatisverydiscouraging，thegoodnewsisthatifthesebranchesarefoundquickly，theycanbesaved．Atpresent，thatworkisbeingperformedbyvolunteerdivers.Butthemethodhasonlylimitedsuccessbecausetheycannotstaylongunderwater,norreachdepthsofover200meterswheresomeofthedeep-seacoralgrows．

However，thisisnotthecaseforCoralbots—mtherobotsthatcanconstantlyseekoutbrokenbranches．Ateamof‘coralbots’，eachindividuallyworkingtosimpleruleslwillpiecetogether’damagedbitsofcoral,allowingthemtoregrow.Theyareprogrammedtobeabletodistinguishbetweenotherthingsandthecoral．Therobotsworktogetheringroups，similartobees．Ifonecoralbotisdamagedthentheotherswillstillbeabletocompletethetask．

DrLea-AnneHenrysaid：

“Theprojectofusingcoralbotsoffersusthepossibilitytorestore（修复）thefunctionofreefs．Itisinthefinalstageoftesting．Onceready,theresearchershopetobuildhundredsofthemandusethemeffectivelyinthewatersoffScotlandandthenhopefullyintheoceansacrosstheworld．”

24．Whichofthefollowingisacauseofthedangerthatcoralreefsarefacing?

A．Theappearanceofnewcreatures．

B．Theseriouslypollutedseawater．

C．Theactivitiesofvolunteerdivers．

D．Humanactivitieslikebottomoperation．

25．Comparedwithvolunteerdivers，coralbots______________．

A．canstaylongerunderwaterB．mustworkasbeesdo

C．candistinguishwhatiscoralD．canneverbedamaged

26．Whatdoestheunderlinedword“them”inthelastparagraphreferto?

A．Coralbots．B．Brokenbranches．

C．workingbees．D．Bitsofcoral．

27．Wecaninferfromthepassagethat_______________．

A．bottomoperationhasaffectedmostunderwatercreatures

B．brokenbranchesofcoralcanregrowifsavedintime

C．hundredsofthecoralbotshaveworkedwellintheoceans

D．withthecoralbotsalldamagedcoralreefscanberestored

C

FilmdirectorJamesCameronfirstbecameinterestedinseaexplorationwhenhewasalittleboy．Hislovefortheoceangrewafterhemadethe1989underseaadventurefilmTheAbyssandthe1997blockbusterTitanic，oneofthemostsuccessfulmoviesofalltime．Followingthatbigsuccess，JamesCamerondecidedtoputhisfilmcareeronholdtobecomeanexplorer．

In2012，JamesCameronmadeajourneytothedeepestspotintheMarianaTrench，knownasChallengerDeep．Andnowthegreatjourneyhasbeenmadeintoadocumentaryfilm，namedJamesCameron’sDeep-seaChallenger3D．

InJamesCameron’sfantasyfilms，suchasAvatarandTheAbyss，theunexploredareasaredecoratedincolorsandfullofdanger．ButonhisdiveintoChallengerDeep，therealityprovedfardifferent:

white,desertedanddull．

“IfeltlikeIhadgonetoanotherplanet,”CameronsaidafterreturningfromthecoldanddarkplaceintheWesternPacificOcean，nearly7milesbelowthesurface．“IreallyhaveasenseofbeingseparatedandrealizehowtinyIamdowninthisbig,blackandunexploredplace．”

Cameroncaptured（获取）themoon-likelandscapeofthedeepseaanddocumentedtheseacreaturesheobservedintheocean．

JamesCameron’sDeep—seaChallenger3DtellsthestoryofCameron’sjourney．Itisafilmaboutdeternlination，dangerandtheocean’Sgreatestdepths．ThemovieshowsauniqueinsightintoCameron’sworldwhenhemakeshisdreamrealityandmakeshistorybybecomingthefirstpersontotravelalonetothedeepestpointontheplanet．

It’sanexcitingfilmandinspiringreminderthatourbeautilhlplanetstillhasalottoexplore．

28．WhendidJamesCameronbecomeinterestedintheocean?

A．Whenhewasinhischildhood．

B．AfterhisfilmsTheAbyssandTitanic．

C．AfterheachievedgreatSuccessinmovies．

D．Whenhebegantoexplorethedeepseaalone．

29．Whatistheunexploredoceanlike?

A．Colorfulanddangerous．B．Boringanddeserted．

C．Whiteandattractive．D．Smailanddull．

30．WhatcanweknowaboutJamesCameron’sDeep-seaChallenger3D?

A．Itisafilmabouttheexplorationofoceancreatures．

B．ItisastoryaboutCameron’sfilm-makingdream．

C．Itaimstoattractmorepeopletoexplorethedeepsea．

D．IttellsusaboutJames’journeyintoChallengerDeep．

31．Whatisthebesttitleforthispassage?

A．Thegreatdreamofafilmdirector

B．Afilmdirectorexploringdeepsea

C．JamesCameronandhisdocumentaryfilm

D．Thefirstpersontomakefilmsaboutthedeepsea

D

Ifyou’resecretlyworriedaboutyoursmartphoneaddiction,thenthenewNoPhonemightbejustthethingyouneed．Itlooksandfeelsexactlylikeasmartphone，butitdoesnothing．It'sjustapieceofplasticthatyoucancarryaroundinyourhandtofoolyourself．

DutchdesignerlngmarLarsencameupwiththeideaasajokealongwithhistwofriends．Totheirgreatsurprise，theideareceivedalotofattentiononlineandpeoplefromallovertheworldstanedplacingrequestsforNoPhonesoftheirown．Sothat’swhenthethreefriendsdecidedtoturntocollectenoughfundformassproduction．

NoPhoneiscurrentlyaprototype（模型）thatwillcostonly$12onceithitsthemarket．Itis5.5incheshigh，2.6incheswideand0.29inchesthick,bringingitquiteclosetothelatestsmartphenesonthemarket．Itisdescribedas“batteryfree”，“noupgradesnecessary”，“shatterproof（抗震）”，“waterproof'’and“analternativetoconstanthand-to-phonecontactthatallowsyoutostayconnectedwiththerealworld”．

“Phoneaddictioniseverywhere．”thedesignersinsist．“It’sruiningyourdates．It’sdistractingyouatconcerts．It’sblockingsidewalks．Now，thereisarealsolution．Withathin．

1ightandcompletelywirelessdesign，theNoPhoneactsasasubstitutetoanysmartmobiledevice，enablingyoutoalwayshaveaphonetoholdwithoutgivinguppotentialengagementwithyourdirectenvironment．”

Ifyou’reinterestedinNoPhone，butconcernedaboutnotbeingabletotakeselfies（自拍）anymore．Don’tfeelupset．Themakersdohaveanupgradeatnoextracharge—themirrorsticker．Thatway，theysay，youcanenjoy‘real-time’selfieswithyourfriendswhenthey’restandingrightbehindyou．

32．WhatcanNoPhonedoforpeopleaccordingtothetext?

A．Itisactuallyanewkindofrealsmartphone．

B．Itcanhelpusstayawayfromtherealworld．

C．Ithelpsgetridofpeople’ssmartphoneaddiction．

D．It’sjustapieceofplasticandcandonothing．

33．WhatisParagraph3mainlyabout?

A．ThesizeofNophone．B．TheinventorsofNophone．

C．ThematerialofNophone．D．AbriefdescriptionofNophone．

34．Whatcanwelearnfromthepassage?

A．NoPhonehasreceivedunexpectedattention．

B．NoPhonecancompletelyreplacesmartphones．

C．ThedesignershavemadelotsofmoneyfromNophone．

D．NoPhoneisabletotakes