B

Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks for family, health, and life in general. However, Black Friday has turned it into a business.

Traditionally, the true value of Thanksgiving lies at home not the shopping centers. However, Black Friday has nowadays allowed society to ignore this as individuals long for something that they do not need or even truly want. Shopping on Black Friday becomes a sign of a shift into a culture that values material wealth over spending time with loved ones. People are willing to force their way through the crowds in their desperate search for marked-down sweaters and necklaces.

In recent years, Thanksgiving has become a pre-Black Friday holiday for many families. They are devoted to mapping out shopping routes and making organized schedules for which stores to hit first. By drawing individuals out to shopping centers with "matchless savings", businesses encourage this behavior of ignoring Thanksgiving. Many families take their home-cooked meals while camping out at the door of shopping centers. With each new year, Thanksgiving is becoming victim to over-commercialization—switching from a meaningful time of thanks and family to a day dedicated to products and profit.

Black Friday has shown that with current common standards, people cannot even set aside a single day to appreciate what they already have without immediately buying more. Families have lost sight of what is truly important in life, and have found reasons in debating between a low cost HD television and an appreciation for what they already have. Remember, Thanksgiving should be a day in which people are grateful for all that they have.

61. The underlined word "this" in paragraph 2 probably refers to ______.

A. the sign of a shift     B. the material wealth

C. the shopping crowd    D. the true value of Thanksgiving

62. In recent years, what will many families do when thanksgiving comes?

A. Make full preparations for the Black Friday shopping.

B. Visit some newly-opened shopping centers in advance.

C. Find it difficult to choose a store for their first visit.

D. Go camping at the gate of shopping center for a good deal

63. In the last paragraph, the author mainly intends to tell us that we should ______.

A. set aside a single day to buy more

B. try to spend less to get low cost products

C. stay with our families as long as we can

D. appreciate what we've possessed with our families

64. What's the author’s attitude towards the present ways people celebrate Thanksgiving?

A. Annoyed.      B. Worried.   C. Supportive.  D. Unconcerned.

C

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A. attend full-time universities

B. work part time to further their education

C. improve their education at home to get better jobs

D. earn their degrees in different ways that suit them

66. Which of the following is NOT clearly mentioned in this advertisement?

A. The way how you will get your degree.

B. The exact tuition price.

C. The hot fields you will be preparing yourself for.

D. The length of time it will take you to get a degree.

67. What does the writer of this ad intend to say by naming General Electric, IBM, Ford, etc.?

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68.It seems to the writer that the greatest attraction for people to take their training is______

A. its convenience       B. the degree’s nationwide recognition

C. the economic benefit it will bring about  D. the hot fields it will help people to enter

69. How many ways are mentioned in the ad for people to get in touch with the Harcourt Learning Direct?

A. One    B. Two   C. Three   D. Four

D

Bernie was smart and wanted to be his own boss. When Bernie was 25 he took a wife. Bernie had saved some money and decided on a dry goods and grocery store combined.

Marie had a knack(诀窍)for arranging the merchandise (货物)to appeal to customers and Bernie didn’t mind the long hours. He was happy, and life was good. The business thrived until the great depression hit the entire country. No one had money to purchase pretty things or even food. In 1930, Marie had a heart attack and left Bernie alone.

Following Marie’s death, which Bernie felt was brought about from worrying about the store, He lost interest in everything. He had few customers and did not make them feel welcome, Bernie wandered about the store , dusting a bit and sweeping the floor. His inventory remained almost the same, as nothing much was sold .A deep depressing set in. He had lost Marie , his true love , and now his business seemed lost as well, Why did he want to live ?

A few houses down the street lived a family who had also fallen on hard times. They seldom had three meals a day. Julie , the youngest girl, was fourteen . Julie worried about Mr. Mears’ getting so thin. At meal time, she would take a portion of their meal to Bernie. She would stay and talk to him, dusting and cleaning .

After several months Bernie began to improve. He still had no customers to speak of, but from what he had left in the store , he would sack a few cans to take to Julie’s family.

In early spring, Julie saw her father planting a garden. This gave her an idea. She suggested Bernie making a garden in the big space beside the store, which they had once thought would become a parking lot , and sell the produce really cheap in the store. It would help the neighbors and also Bernie to have money for new merchandise. They would plant half the garden space now and half in three weeks giving them fresh produce for a long time .

Julie prayed hard as they placed the seeds in the ground. When the seeds sprouted, Julie looked anxiously at the rows and there were no empty spots. They all came up and produced the best crop of vegetables Bernie had ever seen. They soon became well-known in the community for having the best prices and finest produce in town . They also extended credit to their neighbors and accepted various items as trade for merchandise.

The two of them worked hard throughout the 1930s and made a very successful business. Julie earned a salary . As the economy picked up, so did sales at the store.

70. What’s the best title of this passage ?

A. Mears’ Family Store                     B. A Neighbor of Mears’

C. The Deep Depression                    D. Vegetables in Garden

71. According to Bernie , Marie’s death is mainly because of ________。

A. the heart attack B. the position of the shop  C. the hard work  D. the worry about the store

72. What does the underlined word “thrive” in Paragraph 2 mean ?

A. boom      B. decline           C. develop        D. downfall

73. How did Bernie’s business begin to improve ?

A. With the help of Julie’s family    B. By selling the cheap fresh produce and food

C. By means of planting vegetables and fruits   D. By providing customers with different services.

74. From Paragraph 7 we can learn Julie and Bernie __________.

A. lent money to their neighbors.         B. exchanged goods with their neighbors

C. sold the best vegetables in the city   D. refused to give credit to their neighbors

75. We can infer from the passage that sales at the store has been _______ throughout the 1930s.

A. decreasing  B. increasing      C. changing        D. reducing

第II卷(非选择题  满分35分)

第四部分  写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节   阅读表达 (共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到相应的位置上(请注意问题后的词数要求)。

[1]If you can’t find your keys , ask a woman. It’s reported that females are better than males at multitasking, particularly if those tasks include searching for lost items, for example , the car keys.

[2]Researchers carried out two experiments, in which men and women have to juggle(同时做)several tasks. Examples of this include working in a busy office or cooking several dishes at once for a meal. In the first battle of the sexes , the volunteers played a computer game that required rapid changes of attention. Both sexes slowed down , but the women slowed less. This suggests that they found multitasking easier.

[3]In the second experiment , volunteers were given 8 minutes to complete a set of sums , search for restaurants on a map and work out the route they would take to search for a set of keys lost in a field. The two sexes did well on all the tasks, but the key hunt — in which the searches planned by the women were judged to be clearly superior. When it is the only thing to be done, both sexes are equally good at it. It showed that men’s ability to plan a search for lost keys breaks down, when put under the pressure of multitasking. The results suggest that women are better at multitasking than men.

[4] Women’s advantage at doing tasks has its roots in evolution. In the Stone Age , men could probably go out and hunt for food , while the women stayed at home and multi-tasked. They were always looking out for their children , as well as doing other things , like gathering fruits and doing mending and making stone tools. Men probably have somewhat more of a one-track mind.

76. What does the text mainly talk about ? (no more than 6 words )

77. How many experiments did researchers do ? (no more than 2 words )

78. In the first battle of the sexes , what did the volunteers do ? (no more than 12 words )

79. When searching for lost keys is their only task , how do both sexes perform ? (no more than 5 words )

80. What work did men mainly do in the Stone Age ? (no more than 8 words )

第二节 书面表达(共25分)

2014年4月23日是第十九个“世界读书日”，假定你和你的同学们去市图书馆做了一天的志愿者。请你将出现在某些读者身上的不良现象写信反映给某英文报纸，呼吁大家爱护书籍，崇尚知识。要点如下：

1、看完书后随意摆放;        2、聊天、打电话;

3、吃东西，乱扔垃圾;        4、乱涂乱画，撕毁书页。

注意：

1、词数120左右;

2、可适当添加细节，以使行文连贯;

Dear editor,

Yours respectfully,

Li Hua

高三英语试卷参考答案

第一部分：听力理解 (共两节。满分30分)

1—5 ACBCB 6—10 BABCA  11—15 ABCAA 16—20 ACCAB

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节。满分45分)

第一节：单项填空 (共15小题;每小题1分：满分15分)

21—25 AABDB   26—30DCBAB 31—35DABDC

第二节：完形填空 (共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分)

36—40 ABDAC       41—45 CADDC

46—50 CABCA      51—55 BCDBA

第三部分：阅读理解。 (共20小题;每小题2分，满分40分)

56—60 DCCAD   61—64 DCBAB     65—69CBACD   70—75 ADADBB

第四部分  写作(共两节，满分35分)

第一节   阅读表达 (共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分)

76. Females/ women are better at multitasking .

77. Two

78. They played a computer game that required rapid changes of attention.

79. They perform equally well.

80. They went out to hunt for food.

第二节 书面表达(共25分)

Dear editor,

On World Reading Day, we went to the local library to serve as volunteers. I’d like to tell you something about the bad behaviors of some readers.

First, some readers don’t put the books where they were after reading. Also other people talk loudly or even make phone calls in the library, which greatly disturbs other readers. There are also people who eat and drink while reading, leaving rubbish on the table though there are dustbins nearby. What’s worse, notes are found in some books, making it hard for others to read. Some pages are gone, probably torn away by readers who find them useful.

I hope all the people coming to the library behave themselves while enjoying reading, creating a better reading environment for all the book lovers.

Yours respectfully,

Li Hua

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