仿真模拟卷三满分：120分时间：100分钟成绩评定：______________ 第一部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项。
AThere is a common, usually round object that you can see every day and it appears in many expressions—buttons! Buttons, which are made of metal or plastic, are found on all sorts of clothing. They fasten or connect one piece of clothing to another to make sure your clothes don't fall off.To be cute as a button is an old saying, which means to be attractive or sweet, but in a small way. Babies are often described as cute as a button. Language experts don't know why. But they do say the expression dates from the late 1860s.Here is another expression associated with button: button－down. People often wear button －down shirts to the office. Button－down as an adjective means to be conservative. People described as button－down stay as close as possible to the normal way of dressing and behaving.When buttoning a button, you slip it into a buttonhole. A buttonhole traps the button. So, to buttonhole someone means you have trapped him in a spoken conversation.Now, let's say you find yourself buttonholed in a conversation at a party. Someone just keeps talking and talking and talking! Finally, you can't stand it any longer. You tell him to button it! This is a direct, but a little rude way of saying “Stop talking！”Button your lip is another equally rude way to stop a person who talks too much.Another kind of difficult person is someone who pushes__one's__buttons. To push one's buttons means to know how to get that person annoyed or upset. People who like to push other people's buttons usually do it for selfish reasons.1. What do you think of someone who wears a button－down shirt to the office?A. Crazy.B. Traditional.C. Funny.D. Fashionable.2. What will you probably say to get rid of a long and boring talk?A. Be cute as a button.B. Push your button.C. Button your lip.D. Be button－down.3. How does the fourth paragraph mainly develop?A. By giving examples.B. By making contrasts.C. By listing figures.D. By analyzing cause and effect.4. What does the underlined phrase in the last paragraph mean?A. Shouts loudly.B. Learns of one's secret.C. Argues with someone.D. Gets someone to lose his temper.【语篇解读】本文是一篇说明文。
主要讲述了与纽扣有关的习语在日常生活中的应用。
1. B细节理解题。
根据第三段第三句话中的Button－down as an adjective means to be conservative可知，穿着纽扣衫去上班，代表这个人很保守。
2. C细节理解题。
根据第四段第六句话中的you can't stand it any longer和本段最后一句话中的Button your lip is another equally rude way to stop a person who talks too much可知，当你不想听一个人说话时，可以对他说Button your lip 闭嘴。
3. A篇章结构题。
根据第四段第四句话中的let's say you find yourself buttonholed in a conversation at a party可知，本段主要是通过举例来说明当你不想听一个人说话时，可以怎样用button来表达。
4. D词义猜测题。
根据最后一段第二句话中的To push one's buttons means to know how to get that person annoyed or upset可知，触动一个人的按钮是指使人生气或心烦，故选D。
BIn the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about. It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood outside New York city.When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants. Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors.It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They had to move back to an apartment in New York City. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series o f short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand's series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.5. Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ________．A. want to be happyB. want to be as rich as their neighborsC. don't want others to know they are richD. want others to know or to think that they are rich6. It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________．A. live outside New York CityB. live with many neighborsC. live in New York CityD. live in apartments7. What's the author's attitude to keeping up with the Joneses?A. Positive.B. Negative.C. Supportive.D. Objective.【语篇解读】Keep up with the Joneses是一条美国成语，译为“赶上琼斯家”，意思是与邻居或同时代的人比阔气，在本文中作者讲述了这个典故的由来。