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1、英语 2018年高三江苏省第三次模拟试题 英语考试时间：_分钟题型单选题填空题总分得分单选题 （本大题共30小题，每小题_分，共_分。） 第一节 单项填空（共 15 小题：每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）请认真阅读下面各题，从所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。They all sat together at table, laughing and_stories after many years separation.A. circulatingB. swappingC. spreadingD. plottingThe movie Coco wraps two_themes-
2、pursuing dreams, and how we remember loved ones- in a colorful, culturally specific package.A. contemporaryB. religiousC. historicalD. universal- Father always instructs me to do kind acts and bring more joy into the world around us.- Thats great. Small_can often create huge blessings.A. gesturesB.
3、impactsC. schemesD. conceptsIt is difficult for one to_the manners of another world when he doesnt know what they are.A. see toB. tend toC. amount toD. subscribe to- What about a self-drive trip to Tibet this winter vacation?- It sounds_marvellous, but I wont be available at that time.A. simplyB. eq
4、uallyC. firmlyD. merely_, you need to be failing more if you are expected to succeed in the end.A. Strange as might it seemB. As it might seem strangeC. As strange it might seemD. Strange as it might seem- When do you think I can access Blackberry App World on my computer?- Not until you_your device
5、 password correctly.A. enteredB. B. will enterC. have enteredD. will have enteredWhite snow_the small village after a big snowfall, tourists found themselves stepping into a fantastic fairyland.A. blanketingB. B. blanketedC. C. being blanketedD. D. to blanketThe best books are treasures of good word
6、s and golden thoughts,_, remembered and cherished, become our constant companions.A. thatB. whichC. whereD. whereDuring my first year abroad, I was so busy studying and meeting new people that I did not phone my parents as often as_.A. shouldB. wouldC. should haveD. would have-David has been_since h
7、e got the offer in this company.-He has to. You know, the boss is a fault-finder.A. facing the musicB. crying for the moonC. walking on eggshellD. waking a sleeping dogMen who stay fit can lower their risk of dying from a heart condition by 30% as compared with those who are_.A. out of orderB. out o
8、f placeC. out of shapeD. out of controlMost people have to get to a point where they dont have a choice_they will change something.A. sinceB. beforeC. whileD. onceOur hearth is_we make of itgive it attention and it improves; give it none and it weakens.A. whatB. whetherC. howD. who-Making a computer
9、 program is a Herculean task for me. Can you give me a hand?-Oh,_. Turn to Jackson, who is an expert in it.A. it counts for nothingB. its not the caseC. it doesnt hurt to askD. its all Greek to me第三部分 阅读理解（共 15 小题：每小题 2 分，满分 30 分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项。 AInspired by the USAs recent
10、 solar eclipse(日蚀)? These equally impressive events and activities will inspire your desire for a visit.Witness a desertsuperbloomOccasionally, the normally dry Mojave Desert, Sonoran Desert, and Chihuahuan Desert will burst into a carpet of yellow, purple, and pink flowers in spring. This is a surp
11、erbloom, and it happens if theres significant rainfall between September and November. Theres onewildflower bloom every 5.3 years on average, anda superbloom on average once every11.2 years.WHERE TO GO: Death Valley National Park, California, the USAWHEN TO GO: FebruaryMarch Watching rockets launchi
12、ngEvery launch is very impressive and exciting because you dont know what will happen until the last moment. You hear the fire and fury for several minutesseeing a launch in person is a billion times better than watching on TV. The current hot ticket, though, is going to watch a SpaceX reusable rock
13、et launch, then land back at Cape Canaveral.WHERE TO GO: Wallops Fights Facility, Virginia or Kennedy Space Center,Florida BEST TIME TO GO: Check or www.nasa.govEnjoy a never-ending lightning stormThink lighting never strikes twice? The odds are more generous over the mouth of the Catatumbo River a
14、t Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, which hosts lighting storms for up to 297 nights a year, thanks to its unique geographical location. “Watching the Catatumbo lightning is an experience you will get nowhere else,” says Jonas Piontek, a German photographer who has travelled there twice to capture the stor
15、ms. “You are basically isolated from everyone no network, no Internet, no real civilization around. Its just you and nature, and one of the best shows on Earth.”WHERE TO GO: Catatumbo Camp,Venezuela WHEN TO GO: OctoberNovemberwhat causes a superbloom to happen in the desert?A. Steady rainfall in a y
16、ear.B. Occasionally rainfall in winter.C. Heavy rainfall in spring.D. Abnormal rainfall in autumn. AInspired by the USAs recent solar eclipse(日蚀)? These equally impressive events and activities will inspire your desire for a visit.Witness a desertsuperbloomOccasionally, the normally dry Mojave Deser
17、t, Sonoran Desert, and Chihuahuan Desert will burst into a carpet of yellow, purple, and pink flowers in spring. This is a surperbloom, and it happens if theres significant rainfall between September and November. Theres onewildflower bloom every 5.3 years on average, anda superbloom on average once
18、 every11.2 years.WHERE TO GO: Death Valley National Park, California, the USAWHEN TO GO: FebruaryMarch Watching rockets launchingEvery launch is very impressive and exciting because you dont know what will happen until the last moment. You hear the fire and fury for several minutesseeing a launch in
19、 person is a billion times better than watching on TV. The current hot ticket, though, is going to watch a SpaceX reusable rocket launch, then land back at Cape Canaveral.WHERE TO GO: Wallops Fights Facility, Virginia or Kennedy Space Center,Florida BEST TIME TO GO: Check or www.nasa.govEnjoy a nev
20、er-ending lightning stormThink lighting never strikes twice? The odds are more generous over the mouth of the Catatumbo River at Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, which hosts lighting storms for up to 297 nights a year, thanks to its unique geographical location. “Watching the Catatumbo lightning is an exp
21、erience you will get nowhere else,” says Jonas Piontek, a German photographer who has travelled there twice to capture the storms. “You are basically isolated from everyone no network, no Internet, no real civilization around. Its just you and nature, and one of the best shows on Earth.”WHERE TO GO:
22、 Catatumbo Camp,Venezuela WHEN TO GO: OctoberNovemberIf you want to escape from reality, you can go to_.A. Mojave DesertB. Wallops Flight FaacilitiesC. Catatumbo CampD. Death Valley National Park BIf every public interaction were filmed, would the world be a better place? Common sense suggests it wo
23、uld, and to some extent, we already live in such a world, with closed-circuit television cameras everywhere and smart phones in every pocket.However, the routine filming of everyday life is about to go to the next level. A number of countries are rolling out body cams for police officers and other p
24、ublic-facing agencies such as school.Private citizens are getting in on the act too: cyclists increasingly wear headcams as an insurance against aggressive drivers. As camera technology gets smaller and cheaper, it isnt hard to foresee a future where were all filming everything all the time, in ever
25、y direction. Would that be a good thing?The available evidence suggests that it discourages behavior such as police brutality. Another upside is that it would be harder to get away with crimes or to escape blame for accidents. But a world on camera could have subtle negative effects. The flood of da
26、ta we pour into the hands of Google, Facebook and others has already proved a mixed blessing. Those companies would no doubt be willing to upload and store our body-cam data for free,probably with the assistance of machine learning algorithms(算法)-but at what cost to privacy and freedom of choice? Bo
27、dy-cam data could also create a legal mine field. Disputes over the validity and interpretation of police footage(执法镜头)have already surfaced.Eventually, events not caught on camera could be treated as if they didnt happen, like a tree falling in the forest. Alternatively, footage could be faked or d
28、octored to escape blame or incriminate others.Of course, theres always the argument that if youre not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear. But most people have done something embarrassing, or even illegal, that they regret and would prefer hadnt been caught on film. People already inspect
29、 their social media feeds-or avoid doing anything inadequate in public-for fear of damaging their reputation. Would widespread application of body cams have a further frightening effect on our freedom? The always-on-camera world could even threaten some of the natures that make us human. We are natu
30、ral gossips and backbiters, and while those might not be desirable behavior, they oil the wheels of our social interactions. Once people assume they are being filmed, they are likely to shut up. We are nowhere near that point yet where everyone will feel they need one as an insurance policy, but we
31、should think hard about whether wereally want to say lights, body cam, action.What is the benefit of filming to average people?A. Promoting the widespread use of smart phones in public.B. Fighting crimes or bad behavior by providing solid evidence.C. Guaranteeing cyclists and pedestrians more safety
32、 on roads.D. Encouraging better performance of the police and teaching staff. BIf every public interaction were filmed, would the world be a better place? Common sense suggests it would, and to some extent, we already live in such a world, with closed-circuit television cameras everywhere and smart
33、phones in every pocket.However, the routine filming of everyday life is about to go to the next level. A number of countries are rolling out body cams for police officers and other public-facing agencies such as school.Private citizens are getting in on the act too: cyclists increasingly wear headca
34、ms as an insurance against aggressive drivers. As camera technology gets smaller and cheaper, it isnt hard to foresee a future where were all filming everything all the time, in every direction. Would that be a good thing?The available evidence suggests that it discourages behavior such as police br
35、utality. Another upside is that it would be harder to get away with crimes or to escape blame for accidents. But a world on camera could have subtle negative effects. The flood of data we pour into the hands of Google, Facebook and others has already proved a mixed blessing. Those companies would no
36、 doubt be willing to upload and store our body-cam data for free,probably with the assistance of machine learning algorithms(算法)-but at what cost to privacy and freedom of choice? Body-cam data could also create a legal mine field. Disputes over the validity and interpretation of police footage(执法镜头
37、)have already surfaced.Eventually, events not caught on camera could be treated as if they didnt happen, like a tree falling in the forest. Alternatively, footage could be faked or doctored to escape blame or incriminate others.Of course, theres always the argument that if youre not doing anything w
38、rong, you have nothing to fear. But most people have done something embarrassing, or even illegal, that they regret and would prefer hadnt been caught on film. People already inspect their social media feeds-or avoid doing anything inadequate in public-for fear of damaging their reputation. Would wi
39、despread application of body cams have a further frightening effect on our freedom? The always-on-camera world could even threaten some of the natures that make us human. We are natural gossips and backbiters, and while those might not be desirable behavior, they oil the wheels of our social interac
40、tions. Once people assume they are being filmed, they are likely to shut up. We are nowhere near that point yet where everyone will feel they need one as an insurance policy, but we should think hard about whether wereally want to say lights, body cam, action.In the authors view, the data flooding i
41、nto tech giants is fairly_.A. comfortingB. puzzlingC. worryingD. satisfying BIf every public interaction were filmed, would the world be a better place? Common sense suggests it would, and to some extent, we already live in such a world, with closed-circuit television cameras everywhere and smart ph
42、ones in every pocket.However, the routine filming of everyday life is about to go to the next level. A number of countries are rolling out body cams for police officers and other public-facing agencies such as school.Private citizens are getting in on the act too: cyclists increasingly wear headcams
43、 as an insurance against aggressive drivers. As camera technology gets smaller and cheaper, it isnt hard to foresee a future where were all filming everything all the time, in every direction. Would that be a good thing?The available evidence suggests that it discourages behavior such as police brut
44、ality. Another upside is that it would be harder to get away with crimes or to escape blame for accidents. But a world on camera could have subtle negative effects. The flood of data we pour into the hands of Google, Facebook and others has already proved a mixed blessing. Those companies would no d
45、oubt be willing to upload and store our body-cam data for free,probably with the assistance of machine learning algorithms(算法)-but at what cost to privacy and freedom of choice? Body-cam data could also create a legal mine field. Disputes over the validity and interpretation of police footage(执法镜头)h
46、ave already surfaced.Eventually, events not caught on camera could be treated as if they didnt happen, like a tree falling in the forest. Alternatively, footage could be faked or doctored to escape blame or incriminate others.Of course, theres always the argument that if youre not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to fear. But most people have d