江苏省泰州中学2020届高三第五次模拟考试英语试题 20页

江苏省泰州中学高三第五次模拟试卷 ‎ 英 语 2020.6.28‎ 注意：本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。两部分答案都做在答题卡上。总分为120分。考试时间120分钟。‎ 第I卷（选择题共85分）‎ 第一部分听力（共两节，满分20分）‎ 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后， 你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. What does the woman imply?‎ A. They should end the meeting now.‎ B. The issue should be dealt with now.‎ C. They can leave the issue until next week.‎ ‎2. Where will the speakers go?‎ A. Swimming pool. B. A glasses shop. C. A suit shop.‎ ‎3. What might the man do about the restaurant?‎ A. Write a good review.‎ B. Come back tomorrow.‎ C. Try another place next time.‎ ‎4. What are the speakers talking about?‎ A. What to take up as a hobby.‎ B. How to keep fit.‎ C. How to handle pressure.‎ ‎5. When is the birthday of the woman's daughter?‎ A. In March. B. In April. C. In May.‎ 第二节 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时 间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7两个小题。‎ ‎6. Where does the conversation take place?‎ A. At a train station. B. At Alice’s wedding. C. At Uncle John's house.‎ ‎7. What was the woman like when she was little according to the man?‎ A. Naughty. B. Smart. C. Quiet.‎ 听下面一段对话,回答第8和第9两个小题。‎ ‎8. What's the most probable relationship between the speakers?‎ A. Boss and secretary. B. Good friends. C. Husband and wife.‎ ‎9. How was Ms. Newton's work recently?‎ A. She did quite well. B. She fell behind a lot.‎ C. She got everything in order.‎ 听下面一段对话,回答第10至第12三个小题。‎ ‎10. Who is the woman probably?‎ A. A policewoman. B. A nurse. C. A telephone customer service staff.‎ ‎11. What does the woman say about her job?‎ A Dangerous. B. Interesting. C. Boring.‎ 12. What impressed the woman most? -.‎ A. Wanting the police and an ambulance. B. Asking for time.‎ C. Finding out how to get a phone fixed.‎ 听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16四个小题。‎ ‎13. Where is the woman going?‎ A. To a classroom. B. To the library. C. To the playground.‎ ‎14. What is the woman preparing for in her history class?‎ A. A presentation. B. A discussion. C. A paper.‎ ‎15. What does the woman say about the topic?‎ A. She hasn't started thinking about it.‎ B. The group members have different opinions.‎ C. It isn't specific enough yet.‎ ‎16. How does the woman feel at the moment?‎ A. Upset. B. Excited. C. Confident.‎ 听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20四个小题。‎ ‎17. How does the speaker feel about the models* clothes?‎ A. They're too simple. B. They're not very expensive.‎ C. They're not very comfortable.‎ ‎18. In what way does the fashion industry make money?‎ A. By selling products at high prices.‎ B. By helping you get rid of your shortcomings.‎ C. By creating a need for you.‎ ‎19. What's the reason for mentioning lipsticks?‎ A. To give advice to girls. B. To show the secret of the fashion. ‎ C. To show that fashions are impossible to explain,‎ ‎20. What does the speaker say about fashion in the end?‎ A. It can create more job opportunities for people.‎ B. It can help people succeed.‎ C. It's only a waste of time and money.‎ 第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分35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，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。‎ ‎21. This information allowed our soldiers to prepare mentally and the actions they would be required to take.‎ A. imitate B. appreciate C. anticipate D. equate ‎22. I truly believe that success should be defined health and happiness.‎ A. in view of B. in terms of C. in line with D. in sympathy with ‎23. The first Winter Olympic Games took place in 1924. It had a participation of only 293 athletes from 16 countries.‎ A. narrow B. shallow C. modest D. slight ‎24. Although I've called Edinburgh my home for the last nine years, I still feel a strong emotional to the place where I spent my childhood.‎ A. attachment B. admission C. discrimination D. approach ‎25. Mastering the art of presentation goes hand in hand with carefully packaging the content of what you want to .‎ A. polish up B. take in C. make out D. get across ‎26. Those charged mend their ways within given periods, and those failing to do so will be shut down.‎ A. shall B. may C. can D. could ‎27. the content of this letter can be confidential; security is an issue that you must address.‎ A. Although B. Since C. Unless D. After ‎28. Mr. Smith gave her one of the pills that he for stomachache or something like that.‎ A. will have taken B. had been taken C. has taken D. had been taking ‎29.I always read newspapers backwards because the back pages are the sport is.‎ A. that B. where C. how D. what .‎ ‎30. She's always suggesting ways I can improve my cooking. I know she means well but this really ‎ annoys me.‎ A. that B. which C. how D. when ‎31. as a platform, the Belt and Road Initiative strengthens the ties between China and the rest of the world, as well as between various regions with China.‎ A. To serve B. Having served C. Served D. Serving ‎32. But for his determination to stick it out, he it as a top-ranked player in tennis.‎ A. shouldn't have made B. could make C. wouldn't have made D. wouldn't make ‎33. the opening ceremony of the first China International Import Expo in Shanghai was President Xi, where he announced new measures to further expand opening-up,‎ A. Attending B. Attended C. To attend D. Having attended ‎34. —I just feel ! How could I have made such a stupid mistaken in yesterday's competition?‎ ‎— h, come on― cheer up! It's not that bad.‎ A. off the top of my head B. down in the dumps C. hot under the collar D. on cloud nine ‎35. —I will hang out with friends this afternoon. May I do the homework tomorrow?‎ ‎— You have to finish it today.‎ A. What of it? B. You don't say C. What's up D. Not on your life!‎ 第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）‎ 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑。‎ Since the age of three, Hill had dreamed of becoming a dancer. "The only thing that I loved was dance," she told CBS News. That ambition nearly 36 in 2010. Hill, then a 17-year-old student in a small town, was in an accident that left her paralyzed from the 37 down. For most people, that would have 38 any hope of a dancing career. For Hill, it was the beginning. 39 being an obstacle, her wheelchair empowered her. "I wanted to 40 to my myself I was still 'normal'."‎ Hill danced in her wheelchair alongside her school dance team. "Half of my body was 41 from me," Hill told Today. "and it definitely took a lot of learning and 42 After graduation, Hill wanted to 43 her dance network to include women who had 44 various spinal cord injuries but shared her 45 . "It was such an amazing experience?”‎ Hoping to reach more people in a 46 city, Hill moved to Los Angeles in 2014 and formed the Rollettes. "I want to 47 the stereotype （模式化观念）of wheelchair users.", Dancing on wheels can be just as artful as the foot-based 48 . In dance competitions, they rocked their bodies to 49 , and struck poses in dynamic routines. They're having fun, and as the audiences' reactions 50 , the fun is infectious. Hill has 51 what many of us never will: her childhood dream. 52 the Rollettes have helped her find something else just as 53 . Every year she holds a dance camp for wheelchair users to help them find their 54 strength they've never seen before. In 2019, 173 participants who used to be restricted lonely attended her camp. For many, it was the first time they'd felt they 55 .‎ ‎36.A. initiated B. ended ‎ C. withdrew D. postponed ‎37.A. head ‎ B. knee C. waist ‎ D. ankle ‎38.A.dashed B. quit C. lost D. abandoned ‎39 A Regardless of B. Far from C. Out of D. Apart from ‎40..A.justify B. convince C. confirm D. prove ‎41.A.taken away B. cleared away C. worn away D. turned away ‎42.A.patience B. competence C. intelligence D. independence ‎43.A.accumulate B .attract C. boycott D. expand ‎44.A.multiplied B. submitted C. suffered D. possessed ‎45.A.virtue B. determination C. dimension D. identity ‎46.A.riper B. remoter C. larger D. busier ‎47,A.break off B. break up C. break in D. break down ‎48.A.practice B. variety C. performance D. access ‎49.A.music B. beats C. instructions D. directions ‎50.A.indicate B. express C. illustrate D. conclude ‎51.A.comprehended B. compensated C. adored D. attained ‎52.A.But B. Instead C. So D. Still ‎53.A.superior B. premier C. normal D. meaningful ‎54.A.main B. inner C. unique D. physical ‎55.A. scared B. matured C. belonged D. sustained 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，并在答题卡上将该 项涂黑。‎ A Beneath the joy of music lies the often mysterious field of music theory. But what if you could learn to understand the often intimidating （使人望而生畏的）language of key signatures, pitch （音高），‎ mode （音乐的调式）,melody and more? What if you could recognize these components at work while listening to your favorite music? What if you could "speak" the language of music?‎ In Understanding the Fundamentals of Music, award winning composer and professor Greenberg offers you a spirited introduction to this magnificent language, avoiding what for many of us has long been the principal roadblock: the need to read music. With these 16 fascinating lectures, discover what parts of musical speech sound like, rather than what they look like on paper. You'll quickly find yourself listening to music with new levels of understanding and appreciation whether at a concert, at home or in your car.‎ Offer expires （到期）06/22/18‎ THEGREATCOURSES.COM/8CSM ‎1-800-832-2412 ‎ SAVE UPTO $185‎ DVD $254.95 NOW $69.95‎ Video Download $214.95 NOW $49.95‎ CD $179.95 NOW $49.95‎ Audio Download $129.95 NOW $29.95‎ ‎（+ $10 Shipping & Processing （DVD & CD only） and Lifetime Satisfaction Guarantee）‎ For over 25 years, The Great Courses has brought the world' S foremost educators to millions who want to go deeper into the subjects that matter most. No exams. No homework. Download or stream to your laptop or PC, or use our free apps for iPad, iPhone, Android, Kindle Fire, or Roku.‎ ‎56. Anyone ordering a CD of Understanding the Fundamentals of Music will .‎ A. obtain a paper version for free B. be offered the highest discount C. be required to pay for transportation costs D. get other musicians instruction besides Robert Greenberg's .‎ ‎57. What's special about The Great Courses?‎ A. Its academic tests are optional. ‎ B. It focuses on readers' speaking skills.‎ C. It is recommended by many a musician.‎ D. It is readily accessible to its subscribers.‎ B ‎"We must learn not to take traditional morals （道德）too seriously." So said the biologist J. B. s. Haldane in a 1923 talk on science and the future. Haldane forecasted that scientific progress would destroy every belief and value. The future would be bright only "if mankind can adjust its morality to its powers". Haldane had a point: our powers have led to challenges that have never existed before, Climate change is a threat unlike any we have ever seen. Our machines might become smarter than us. Genetic engineering（基因工程）could change humanity forever.‎ In the face of such challenges, our evolved moral sense often proves not enough. Part of the problem is scale （规模）.The anthropologist Robin Dunbar says we can keep no more than about 150 meaningful relationships at once. But today, all 7 billion of us are connected—if not in meaningful relationships, not in meaningless ones, either. “Society" is now too big a concept for our brains to analyze.‎ One result is conflicting demands that are hard to solve. The bad situation of our fellow humans makes us use every possible way to deal with climate change. But that could hurt our own way of life. And then there's the urge to just forget all that pressure and get on a plane to somewhere sunny. Given this cognitive（认知的）overload, our original emotional responses tend to win out. We do what feels right. But such responses don't necessarily produce the best results. So how can we make sure we do what really is right?‎ It's a hard nut, but never fear: moral philosophers are on the case. Some, such as those based at the Centre for Effective Altruism in Oxford, UK, aim to maximize the good we can do by quantifying the results of our actions. Many of their suggestions have raised eyebrows: that it may be better to become a generous banker than work for a charity, for example.‎ Others suggest modifying our moral brains directly, through drugs. The difficulties with this idea are obvious: who decides what makes improvement? Given the practical difficulties of large-scale morality hacking （入侵），we should perhaps stick to education. We are not simply prisoners of our emotions: we can reason our way to workable solutions. Science alone will not get us there. So no, we shouldn't take traditional morality too seriously where it fails to address modem problems.‎ ‎58. J. B. S. Haldane forecasted that scientific development would .‎ A. lead to the corruption of public morals B. present a challenge to traditional morals C. bring disasters and fears to human beings D. affect human beings powers of adjustment ‎59. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that .‎ A . collective wisdom is a good solution to modem challenges B. Robin Dunbar thinks it is hard to build up meaningful relationships C. our evolved moral sense is too limited to solve the problems of modem society D. the large scale of social connections makes our relationships less meaningful ‎60. What is implied in the last paragraph?‎ A. Most people put the blame for modem problems on science.‎ B. Science can help with the modification of our moral brains.‎ C. The combination of reason and humanity can make more effective morality.‎ D Human beings have a long way to go before they can overcome modem problems."‎ C Somewhere in the highlands of Afghanistan, a hungry fox pounces （猛扑）on a tasty-looking leopard gecko （豹纹 壁虎）.But the lizard has a get — out — of — jail — free card: a separable tail. The dropped part waves in an energetic but uncontrolled way around long enough to distract the fox, allowing the gecko itself to run off and hide.‎ Leopard geckos are one of a few lizard species that possess this ability, known as autotomy （自切）.The technique is effective, but the tail can account for about a quarter of the lizard's body mass. So how do these animals adapt to losing so much of it that quickly?‎ When geckos lose their tail, they "take this more sprawled posture （四肢伸开的姿势）"and walk with their limbs spread out farther from their body, says Chapman University biologist Kevin Jagnandan. Most researchers initially assumed this posture was a response to a suddenly shifted center of mass. But when Jagnandan observed leopard geckos with a tail in his laboratory, he realized that they wag it as they walk, suggesting that these movements may be key to the lizards' movements.‎ To test this assumption, Jagnandan and his team assessed the postures of 10 geckos walking in various conditions: with their tail intact （完整的）；with their tail restricted by a small section of glued-on fishing rod （whose mass can be neglected）; and with their tail self-amputated. These comparisons allowed the researchers to distinguish the effects of lost mass from those of lost tail-wagging on the geckos*‎ ‎ movements.‎ The lizards with an immobilized tail adopted ways similar to those with no tail, the researchers reported in a study published in Scientific Reports. This result suggests the sprawling walk they adopt after losing their tail is not compensating for the missing mass but rather for the lack of tail-wagging. Jagnandan thinks tail movements help the lizards keep balance and stability as they walk. He suspects that the tails of mammals living in trees, such as cats and monkeys, serve a similar purpose.‎ Bill Ryerson, a biologist at Saint Anselm College, who was not involved in the study, was surprised by the findings. "We thought we had settled it ——it seemed pretty open-and-shut" that mass was the main factor, he says. The new study challenges this earlier idea in a "beautifully simple" way, Ryerson adds.‎ Jagnandan hopes that understanding how animals react to missing body parts could ultimately help engineers design robots that can move more efficiently as heavy loads — or even entire limbs --- are added and removed.‎ 61. From the first two paragraphs we can learn that .‎ A. the fox likes to play with the gecko's tail ‎ B. the fox falls for the trick of the gecko C. moving without a tail is much tougher for the gecko D. the gecko becomes inactive when losing its tail ‎62. Most researchers once thought geckos adopted the sprawled posture because .‎ A. the posture was key to their movements B. their center of mass had changed C. the posture was their unique survival skill D. they imitated other mammals' behavior ‎63. What can we know about the findings of the study?‎ A. They are in accordance with the expectation of Bill Ryerson.‎ B. They were obtained after researchers compared three geckos' movements.‎ C. They solved several mysteries concerning other mammals.‎ D. They can be applied to the field of artificial intelligence.‎ ‎64. What does the passage mainly talk about?‎ A. Why leopard geckos prefer a habitat in the highlands.‎ B. How leopard geckos play hide and seek games.‎ C. How leopard geckos adapt to losing their tails.‎ D. What role tails play in leopard geckos' life.‎ D For most of recorded history, the struggle to eat has been the main focus of human activity, and all but a handful of people were either farmers or farm workers. Starvation was ever-present threat. Even the best years rarely yielded much of a surplus to carry over as an insurance against leaner times. In the worst situation, none but the powerful could be sure of a full stomach.‎ Now most people in rich countries never have to worry about where the next meal is coming from. In 1900 two in every five American workers laboured on a farm: now one in 5Q does. Even in poor places such as India, where famine still struck until the mid-20th century, the assumption that everyone will have something to eat is increasingly built into the rhythm of life. .‎ That assumption, though, leads to complacency（自满情结）.Famine has ended in much of the world, but it still stalks parts of Africa一Ethiopia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe, to name three countries, depend on handouts of food. And millions of people still suffer from malnutrition. According to the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation（FAO）, some 2 billion of the world's 7.3 billion people do not have enough to eat. Moreover, by 2050, the total population is projected to grow to almost 10 billion. Add this to the rising demand for meat, fish, milk and eggs, which is born of prosperity and which requires extra fodder to satisfy, and 70% more food will be needed in 2050 than was produced in 2009, the year the FAO did the calculation. That is a tall order. But it is not impossible.‎ Since the time of Thomas Malthus, an economist writing a little over 200 years ago, people have worried that population growth would outstrip（超过）food supply. So far, it has not. But neo-Malthusians spot worrying signs. One is that in some places the productivity of staples（主食）such as rice and wheat has reached a plateau（停滞期）.Neither new strains nor fancy agrochemicals are raising yields. Nor is there much unfarmed land left that is suitable to be brought under the plough. Neo-Malthusians also suggest that, if global temperatures continue to rise, some places will become unfarmable -particularly poor, tropical regions.‎ These are reasonable, concerns. But they can be overcome by two things: the application and spread of technology, and the implementation of sensible government policies.‎ Agricultural technology is changing fast. Much of this change is brought about by rich-world farmers and by rich fanners in middle-income places like Brazil. Techniques developed in the West 一 especially genome-based breeding that can create crops with special properties almost to order 一 are being adapted to make tropical crops. Such smart breeding, in alliance with new, precise techniques of genetic modification, should break through the yield plateaus. It can also produce crops with properties such as drought and heat-resistance that will. reduce the effects of global warming. Drought-resistant maize created in this way is already on the market.‎ The developing world applies as little to existing farming techniques as it does to the latest advances in genetic modification. Yield plateaus are a phenomenon only of the most intensively farmed parts of the world. Extending to the smallholders and subsistence farmers of Africa and Asia the best of today's agricultural practices, in such simple matters as how much fertilizer to apply and when, would get humanity quite a long way towards a 70% increase in output.‎ Indeed, government policy on reducing waste more generally would make a huge difference. The FAO says that about a third of food is lost during or after harvest. In rich countries a lot of food is thrown away by consumers. In poor ones it does not reach consumers in the first place. Bad harvesting practices, poor storage and slow transport mean that food is damaged, spoiled or lost to pests. Changing that, which is mostly a question of building things like better, pest-proof grain silos and monitoring their contents properly, would take a big bite out of the 70% increase.‎ The neo-Malthusians may throw up their hands in despair, but consider this: despite all the apparent obstacles, from yield plateaus to climate change, in the six years following the FAO analysis cereal production rose by 11%. If growth like that continues it should not only be possible to feed the 10 billion, but to feed them well.‎ 65. According to Paragraphs 1 and 2, we can know that most people in the modem world .‎ A. usually take food for granted .‎ B. are successfully getting rid of farming ‎ C. tend to deal with lean years skillfully D. enjoy equal rights to get good food ‎66. What does the underlined sentence, in Paragraph 3 probably mean?‎ A . Feeding a population of almost 10 billion can be expensive.‎ B. A precise calculation of the food growth rate is hard to make.‎ C. Increasing the output of food by 70% in given years is very difficult.‎ D. There is no parallel to the rising demand for high-quality food in history.‎ ‎67. According to the passage, neo-Malthusians .‎ A. have disproved Thomas Malthus' argument ‎ B. have contributed to the increased output of crops ‎ C. have found that population growth will exceed food supply D. have claimed that climate change may influence food production ‎68. What can we infer from the example of the develop world in Paragraph 7?‎ A. Technology is of little use if it is not adopted.‎ B. Yield plateaus are common to see all over the world.‎ C. The developing world has got used to existing farming techniques. ‎ D. More advanced agricultural practices should be introduced to the developing world.‎ ‎69. The underlined part "take a big bite out of" in the last but one paragraph is closest In meaning to “ "‎ A. make a big profit of.‎ B. take full advantage of C. indicate the influence of.‎ D. reduce a significant amount of ‎70. What does the author think of the future of le world's food supply?‎ A. It is worrying. B. It is promising.‎ C. It is controversial. D. It is uncertain.‎ 第II卷（非选择题，共三大题，35分）‎ 第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）‎ 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。‎ 注意；每个空格只填1个单词.请将答案写在答题纸上相应题号的横线上。‎ The future belongs to the flexible mind. This is the argument behind best-selling author Leonard Miodinow's new book, Elastic（灵活的），which examines the ever-increasing changes we find ourselves ‎ living through, and the ways of thinking best suited to them. ‎ Do we need to develop a flexible mind?‎ Times we live in demand a flexible style of thinking. In politics, we now have to cope with more scandals in a single year than we used to encounter in a lifetime. Meanwhile, the speed and processing power of computers makes it difficult for us to navigate a landscape in which, the number of websites has been doubling every two to three years, and the way we use and access them is subject to frequent "disastrous changes". More importantly, social attitudes are changing just as fast. ‎ Logical thought is an analysis that can be described by an algorithm （算术）of the kind that computers follow. Elastic thought cannot. Logical thought is solved to help us face the everyday challenges of life while elastic thought helps us succeed when circumstances change. Elastic thought is where our new ideas come from. Logical thought can determine how to drive from our home to the grocery store most efficiently, but it's elastic thought that gave us the automobile.‎ What makes it hard to think "flexibly"?‎ Flexible thinking comes naturally to all humans, but one way it may be blocked is through another power exercised by our brain, the ability to tune out "crazy” ideas. A single information processor depends on an algorithm to solve a problem. The human brain, instead, acts as a set of interacting and competing systems. They use our knowledge and expectations of the world to assess ideas. That approach is well suited to a stable environment. But it can be less productive when circumstances change.‎ How can we learn to be more flexible in our own thinking?‎ One of the abilities most important to flexible thinking is the power to relax our mind and let our guard down. If we are constantly alerted, our ideas may have a narrow range, and tend to be conventional.‎ One can also cultivate flexible thinking by adjusting one's external conditions. Studies show that sitting in a darkened room, or closing our eyes, can widen our perspective. Low ceilings, narrow corridors, and windowless offices have the opposite effect. Being able to think without any kind of time pressure is also important when striving for novel ideas. Just as important, interruptions are deadly. A short phone call, e-mail or even a text message can redirect your attention and thoughts.‎ As a more general exercise to nurture our mental flexibility we can try to pay special attention to one of our strongly held beliefs, take it seriously and recall times in the past that we were wrong about something, our intellectual interactions may also be helpful.‎ Deep (71) into Flexible Thinking Passage outline Supporting details ‎(72) to possess a flexible mind ‎•Political change along with technological and social changes in our times (73) for flexible thinking.‎ ‎•Flexible thinking and logical thinking are playing different roles in our daily lives. The latter helps make what we analyze accurate while the former enables us to be (74) .‎ ‎(75) to thinking flexibly ‎• (76) information processors, our brain can either ignore new ideas or kill them (77) on our experience and expectations.‎ Ways to cultivate flexible thinking ‎• It is better to let our mind off guard occasionally so as to avoid (78) our ideas to conventional ones.‎ ‎• Adjusting external surroundings (79) and thinking without time pressure and distractions is also important.‎ ‎• (80) on one of our strongly held beliefs and having some doubt about it may be of help.‎ 第五部分:书面表达(满分25分) 请阅读下面文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。 请认真阅读所给有关象牙禁令的图片及文字，并按照要求用英语写一篇150词左右的文章。‎ The University of Cambridge confirmed on Monday that it had been using scores from China's national college entrance examination, or gaokao, as part of its admission criteria for Chinese students for several years.‎ It says in Weibo post, however, that it does not admit students only based on their test scores.‎ The University statement came after some Chinese media reported over the weekend that the university would start to admit Chinese students that ranked in the top 0.1 percent in the gaokao in their province, indicating that it would try to compete for talent with top universities in China.‎ The news immediately became one of the most viewed topics on social media, being read by 280 million users on Sina Weibo.‎ The gaokao is increasingly accepted by universities in Australia, the United States, Canada and Europe. The University of New Hampshire became the first US state university to accept the gaokao in its entrance criteria last year. The test is also recognized by 30 universities in Australia and 30 in Canada, as well as colleges in Italy, France and Spain.‎ ‎［写作内容］‎ ‎1.用约30个单词概述上述信息的主要内容；‎ ‎2.谈谈剑桥大学接受中国高考成绩对你的启示，用2-3个理由或论据支撑你的看法。‎ ‎ ［写作要求］‎ ‎1.写作过程中不能直接引用原文语句；2.作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；‎ ‎3.不必写标题。‎ ‎〔评分标准］‎ 内容完整，语言规范，语篇连贯，词数适当。‎ ‎. .‎ ‎. .‎ ‎. .‎ ‎. .‎ 江苏省泰州中学高三第五次模拟考试 英语试卷参考答案 一、听力部分 ‎1—5 BACCA 6—10 BCABC 11—15BABAC 16—20ACCBA 二、 单项选择 ‎21-25 CBCAD 26-30 ABDBA 31-35 DCABD 三、 完形填空 ‎36-40 BCABD 41-45 AADCB 46-50 CDBBA 51-55 DADBC 四、 阅读理解 ‎56-57 CD 58-60 BCC 61-64 BBDC 65-70 ACDADB 五、 任务型阅读 ‎71 Insight(s) 72 Necessity 73 calls 74 innovative/creative 75 Barriers/Obstacles ‎ ‎76 Unlike 77 based/depending/relying 78 limiting/restricting 79 matters/counts ‎ ‎ 80 Focusing/ Concentrating 六、 书面表达 The University of Cambridge announced that it had been accepting China's gaokao scores when admitting students for several years. Actually, more and more universities in Western countries have begun to accept the gaokao.‎ From where I stand, the gaokao's gaining more international acceptance conveys the messages that China is becoming much stronger and more influential on the world stage. First of all, China has created numerous economic miracles since its reform and opening up. It's known to all that China is the world's second largest economy and its GDP has been increasing rapidly in the past 40 years. Secondly, China has made great achievements in science and technology. Let's take " four new great inventions " for example. High-speed railways, electronic payments, shared bicycles and online shopping have completely changed the world. Last but not the least, China's soft power has been improved. As a country with a history of 5000 years, China has been spreading its culture throughout the world. More and more foreign countries begin to show interest in, and respect for China.‎