2016年河南省许昌新乡平顶山三市高三英语第三次模拟考试

2016许昌新乡平顶山三市高三英语第三次模拟考试

第二部分 阅读理解

第一节（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 A

It is high time you should live a low-carbon life when travelling. But how? The following

offers you the answer.

Before you go

Turn off and unplug all of your non-essential electronic appliances. Experts say that 5-10 percent of the average family's electric bill is from electronic appliances that are plugged in 24 hours a day. Televisions, computers, coffeemakers, toasters and even lamps can suck up power. If you are gone for any extended period, consider turning down the temperature on your water heater since there is no sense in keeping that water hot if you are not going to be around to use it.

Choose a different way

If you have a little extras time to spare, driving or taking a train to your destination might be an option. And there are always the long-haul options like Mega bus. If you do have to take a plane, fly nonstop. If you want to have a lower carbon footprint, avoid private jets even if you can afford them.

At the hotel

Utilize every conservation program that the hotel offers. Reuse your towels and turn off your air conditioning or heat before you leave for the day. Bring your own soap, shampoo and moisturizer, or at least take whatever is left of the hotel-supplied notions home with you to finish using there. Skip the morning printed newspaper and read it on your Tablet PC, phone or computer.

Drinking

Carry a water bottle with you so that you don't have to buy plastic bottles. Travel to certain parts of the world and you will understand why. There's nothing more disturbing than seeing something mad e up of plastic bottles and bags. Halong Bay in Vietnam is a great example where this kind man-made pollution is clearly visible.

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21. What should you do at the hotel in order to live a low-carbon life? A. Use one towel once every day.

B. Keep your ipad, iphone or computer on C. Keepindoortemperature comfortable D. Bring the leftover soap for later use.

22. You should do all thing but ___ when and before travelling. A. Have adequate sleep and keep energetic. B. Lower down the temperature on your water heater.

C. Cut off the power off all non-essential electronic appliances. D. choose green vehicles even if you can afford more expensive ones.

23. The text IS most probably adapted from__

A. a website on green life a science report B. a guidebook on travelling abroad C. D. B

Myhusbandand Iused think we had all we had ever wanted.a beautiful house, three healthy children and one more on the way, two cars, a couple of four-wheelers for entertainment---and we loved it. Then, the market turned and my husband's job at a construction company was gone. The company was closing down for good.

We both started looking for jobs right away, but there weren't any to be found. With each passing day we were getting increasingly worried and we continued to work together in order to pull our family through.The more we pulled together, the closer we got. I felt feelings of admiration for my husband that I hadn't felt in years.

That's why it was so hard for me to watch him blame himself for our present situation. I continually asked him to stop, but he seemed to want to punish himself for not having a job.

Finally, one afternoon I pulled him aside and said, \each other. That's what's important. That makes you a rich man.\

\—you'll hate me,\ I smiled at him and put my hands on both sides of his face to make him look me in the eye. \the struggling together I had found that deep love for him that I had on the day we said \do\

I could see his shoulders and neck relaxed. He held me close and we were able to talk and plan and dream together in a way that we hadn't for quite some time. It was a turning point for us as a couple and a family.

We are still struggling for out better life, but I consider us well-off because we have something that money can't buy and no one can take away from us.

24: we can learn from the passage that_. A they both found good jobs at last.

B her husband was out of work for his not working hard. C both of them were worried about joblessness. D they didn't love each other after they got married

25. The underlined sentence in the second paragraph means that— A. Her husband worked harder for being closer . B. they became closer as they struggled together C. their house was closer to the company than before D. they were closer to another employment than before.

26: which of the following can best describe their present life?

A. Hard but warm B. Wealthy but annoying. C hard and disturbing. D. Comfortable and admiring.

27 The best title of the passage might be_

A Better life comes B. Hard time goes C. We have it all D. We lose it all C

Children's lives have changed greatly over the last 50 years．But do they have a happier childhood than you or I did?

It's difficult to look back on one's own childhood without some element of nostalgia（怀旧的）．I have four brothers and sisters, and my memories are all about being with them．Playing board games on the living room floor, or spending days in the street with the other neighborhood children, racing up and down on our bikes, or exploring the nearby woods．My parents scarcely appear in these memories, except as providers either of