海淀区高三年级第二学期期中练第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）21. She calls back whenever someone ______ her a message.A. leftB. leavesC. had leftD. will leave22. The purpose of the article is to draw public attention ______ the problem.A. toB. onC. inD. for23. ______ the task in time, we had to work late into the night.A. FinishedB. FinishingC. To finishD. Having finished24. I know little about the accident because not much ______ about it up to now.A. has saidB. has been saidC. had saidD. had been said25. She ______ have attended that meeting, for she was doing paperwork in the office then.A. shouldn‟tB. mustn‟tC. wouldn‟tD. couldn‟t26. We‟re advised not to leave the water ______ after using it.A. runB. runningC. to runD. having run27. Mr. Smith couldn‟t open the door because his naughty boy ______ it from the inside.A. would lockB. was lockingC. has lockedD. had locked28. —Jeff, what‟s up? You are not yourself today.— Oh, mom. I really wish I ______ the chance but I failed.A. had gotB. would getC. will getD. got29. This kind of cell phone is very common and I also have ______.A. oneB. itC. thatD. another30. The paintings ______ from the National Gallery last week have been found.A. stealingB. to stealC. stolenD. to be stolen31. You cannot take back your words ______ they are out of your mouth.A. beforeB. whetherC. onceD. while32. The App WeChat provides a networking platform ______ communication is faster and easier.A. whichB. whereC. whenD. why33. —Did you sleep well last night?— No, the loud noise from the street ______ me awake for hours.A. had keptB. is keepingC. has keptD. kept34. — Have you told your parents about your decision?— Not yet. I can hardly imagine ______ they will react.A. whatB. thatC. howD. when35. I think the biggest problem in banning smoking is ______ people can buy cigarettes easily.A. thatB. whetherC. whereD. how第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）The Little AngelSally jum ped up the moment she saw the surgeon come out of the operating room. She asked, “How is my little boy?”The surgeon said, “I‟m __36__. We did all we could, but your boy didn‟t __37__ it.”Sally __38__into the chair. The surgeon asked, “Would you like so me time with your son before he was transported to the __39__?” Sally nodded. While saying goodbye, she ran her fingers __40__ through his thick curly hair. “Would you like a lock of his hair?” the surgeon asked. Sally nodded yes. The surgeon cut a few hai rs, and handed them to Sally. The mother said, “It was Jimmy‟s idea to __41__ his body to the university for study. He said it might __42__ somebody else. “I said no at first, __43__ Jimmy said, …Mom, I won‟t be using it after I die. Maybe it will help som e other little boy spend one more day with his Mom.”“My Jimmy had a heart of __44__, always thinking of someone else, always wanting to help others if he could.” she went on.Sally walked out of the hospital. She put the bag with Jimmy‟s __45__ on the sea t beside her in the car. The drive home was __46__. It was even harder to enter the __47__ house. She carried Jimmy‟s belongings, and the lock of his hair to her son‟s room. She started placing the model cars and other personal things back in his room __48__ where he had always kept them. She lay down across his bed and, hugging his pillow, __49__ herself to sleep.It was around midnight when Sally __50__. Lying beside her on the bed was a letter. The letter said,“Dear Mom,I know you‟re going to __51__ m e, and me too. I will always love you, Mom, even more __52__ each passing day. Someday we will see each other again. Until then, if you want to __53__a little boy so you won‟t be so lonely, that‟s OK with me. He can have my room and old toys to play with.Don‟t be sad thinking about me. I don‟t hurt any more. The cancer is all __54__. I don‟t have to stand that __55__any more. The angels in Heaven are so tender. They say I‟m a Special Angel! I love you, Mom.”36. A. worried B. sorry C. happy D. grateful37. A. make B. pass C. win D. like38. A. knocked B. looked C. sank D. got39. A. house B. church C. hospital D. university40. A. anxiously B. lovingly C. patiently D. angrily41. A. donate B. move C. show D. lend42. A. affect B. help C. protect D. impress43. A. for B. and C. so D. but44. A. gold B. stone C. wisdom D. bravery45. A. toys B. clothes C. belongings D. letters46. A. long B. smooth C. difficult D. dangerous47. A. empty B. familiar C. big D. old48. A. roughly B. exactly C. especially D. possibly49. A. put B. sent C. cried D. buried50. A. wrote B. spoke C. slept D. awoke51. A. understand B. forgive C. leave D. miss52. A. with B. around C. on D. in53. A. save B. host C. visit D. adopt54. A. lost B. gone C. cured D. spotted55. A. depression B. sadness C. pain D. stress第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）CEverywhere I look outside my home I see people busy on their high-tech devices, while driving, walking, shopping, even sitting in toilets. When connected electronically, they are away from physical reality.People have been influenced to become technology addicted. One survey reported that “addicted” was the word most commonly used by people to describe their relationship to iPad and similar devices. One study found that people had a harder time resisting the allure of social media than they did for sleep, cigarettes and alcohol.The main goal of technology companies is to get people to spend more money and time on their products, not to actually improve our quality of life. They have successfully created a cultural disease. Consumers willingly give up their freedom, money and time to catch up on the latest information, to keep pace with their peers or to appear modern.I see people trapped in a pathological（病态的）relationship with time-sucking technology, where they serve technology more than technology serves them. I call this technology servitude. I am referring to a loss of personal freedom and independence because of uncontrolled consumption of many kinds of devices that eat up time and money.What is a healthy use of technology devices? That is the vital question. Who is really in charge of my life? That is what people need to ask themselves if we are to have any chance of breaking up false beliefs about their use of technology. When we can live happily without using so much technology for a day or a week, then we can regain control and personal freedom, become the master of technology and discover what there is to enjoy in life free of technology. Mae West is famous for proclai ming the wisdom that “too much of a good thing is wonderful.”But it‟s time to discover that it does not work for technology.Richard Fernandez, an executive coach at Google acknowledged that “we can be swept away by our technologies.”To break the grand digital connection people must consider how life long ago could be fantastic without today‟s overused technology.63. The underlined word “allure” in Paragraph 2 probably means ______.A. advantageB. attractionC. a daptionD. attempt64. From the passage, technology companies aim to ______.A. attract people to buy their productsB. provide the latest informationC. improve people‟s quality of lifeD. deal with cultural diseases65. It can be inferred from this passage that people ______.A. consider too much technology wonderfulB. have realized the harm of high-tech devicesC. can regain freedom without high-tech devicesD. may enjoy life better without overused technology66. What‟s the author‟s attitu de towards the overusing of high-tech devices?A. Neutral.B. Sceptical.C. Disapproving.D. Sympathetic.DDid you see American figure skater, Jeremy Abbott, crash to the ice during the short program at the Sochi Olympics, rolling into the wall, clutching his side in pain. Ten seconds later, he got up and continued his skate—despite the pain, embarrassment and fear. All I could think was: this kid‟s got courage. In business we have a word for it—resilience, the ability to gain strengths and confidence from overcoming unpleasant events.However, opposite examples appeared in Sochi Olympics as well. For them, failure is someone else‟s fault, because they do not accept personal responsibility. Therefore, they have to pay a high price for this attitude. After years of studying failure, I have learned one thing: modesty and open-mindedness in the face of mistakes is the single best thing you can do to improve results.Everyone fails, but not everyone recovers from failure. The key is to learn from it rather than get beaten by it.The good news is that each of us has the potential to live a resilient life on and off the job. It may be difficult, but that just makes it all the more powerful and important. If you believe the above paragraph t o be true, then you‟re probably more resilient than you think you are. It takes confidence to be resilient but that too much confidence is a killer is so true of leadership. For example, Ron Johnson, the ill-fated CEO of JC Penney, was so stubborn that he completely missed all sorts of signals from employees and customers and instead listened to all those who agreed with him, which failed his strategy. Bouncing back from failure requires that you recognize something has gone wrong, and you were the one who made it happen.The challenge of resilience is not just about our work. When parents help their kids deal with every challenging situation, they are doing an unhelpful action to their children. Parents want to protect their kids from failure, but doing so takes away the opportunity from them to practice not just a life skill but an essential work skill. When self-esteem becomes more important than results, we are accidently training young people to become less adaptable, not more.Resilience is not just about getting up off the floor, but also being ready for whatever comes next, even when you don‟t know what it is. Failures and setbacks are no longer unusual events, but regular features of a dynamic, competitive and highly demanding work environment. Getting up to finish your skate is no longer optional.67. The example of Jeremy Abbott shows that one should ______.A. recover from failureB. stick to his own viewpointC. take others‟ opinions to heartD. challenge difficulties bravely68. According to the author, what can best build up resilience?A. Being positive and powerful.B. Being competitive and helpful.C. Being modest and open-minded.D. Being confident and responsible.69. Which of the following examples shows us resilience?A. A teacher offers students timely help and care.B. A determined athlete practices skating hard every day.C. A confident leader persuades his staff to follow his plan.D. A student has got a low grade but continues to work hard.70. Which might be the best title for the passage?A. An Example of Resilience: Ron JohnsonB. Resilience: A Lesson from SochiC. Optional Challenges of ResilienceD. Resilience in Family Education第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）There is distinction between reading for information and reading for understanding. ____71_____The first sense is the one in which we read newspapers, magazines, or anything else. ____72_____ Such materials may increase our store of information, but they cannot improve our understanding. And clearly we don‟t have any difficulty in gaining the new information, for our understanding was equal to them before we started. Otherwise, we would have felt the shock of puzzlement.The second sense is the one in which we read something that at first we do not completely understand. Here the thing to be read is at the first sight better or higher than the reader. The writer is communicating something that can increase the reader‟s understanding. _____73_____ Otherwise one person could never learn from another. Here “learning” means understanding more, not remembering more information.What are the conditions in this kind of reading? First, there is inequality in understanding. _____74_____ Besides, his book must convey something he possesses and his potential readers lack. Second, the reader must be able to overcome this inequality in some degree. And he should always try to reach the same level of understanding with the writer. If the equality is approached, success of communication is achieved._____75_____ It is the least demanding and requires the least amount of effort. Everyone who knows how to read can read for entertainment if he wants to. In fact, any book that can be read for understanding or information can probably be read for entertainment as well.A. The writer should have a better communicating skill.B. Such communication between unequals must be possible.C. We can get access to the content of those materials easily.D. The writer must be “superior” to the reader in understanding.E. Thus, we can employ the word “reading” in two distinct senses.F. Reading for entertainment is capable of increasing our understanding for information.G. Besides gaining information and understanding, there‟s another goal of reading—entertainment.第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）第一节（15分）你们班同学打算周六去爬香山。