江苏省南通、扬州、泰州2016届高三第三次模拟考试英语试题2016届南通、扬州、泰州高三第三次模拟考试第二部分：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。

()21. — I sometimes call my son abroad, but it's expensive.—Why do you waste money ________ you could easily use Wechat or QQ?A. whileB. unlessC. untilD. when()22. Alice went fishing in the company of her father early in the morning and she ________ life lessons along the way.A. was learningB. has learnedC. is learningD. had learned()23. Education is to change traditionally－minded individuals, typically those who are not prepared to ________，and to encourage critical thinking.A. compensateB. accumulateC. investigateD. innovate()24. I found my computer functioning much better, ________ a new operating system.A. to installB. installingC. having installedD. installed()25. —I hope you'll make good efforts while I'm away.—Be assured! You'll be amazed at what ________ accomplished when you get back.A. will have beenB. has beenC. wasD. would be()26. Echo is always complaining about her job as a cashier, but frankly it's ________ to have a job in these difficult days.A. anythingB. everythingC. somethingD. nothing()27. —Jack has been out of consciousness since the accident. Will he come to himself, doctor?— It's going to be tough but we anticipate that he will ________．A. put throughB. pull throughC. put overD. pull over()28. She would be much healthier now ________ with that much pressure from work when young.A. had she not burdened herselfB. were she notburdenedC. should she not burden herselfD. were she not to be burdened()29. There has been positive reaction to the proposal of helping the disabled, the impact ________ will be lasting especially for younger ones.A. on whichB. on whomC. of whichD. of whom()30. What is expected of the 90's generation, who tend to spend most of their income every month, is ________ they should form a sense of saving.A. whenB. whetherC. thatD. how()31. It is widely accepted that the stock market usually reflects a country's economic ________．A. functionB. cooperationC. performanceD. dependence()32. People's awareness of obeying the law is ________ to the guarantee of food safety.A. sensitiveB. superiorC. loyalD. crucial()33. His way of addressing one hard problem last Friday ________ lead to the rise of another.A. would ratherB. may wellC. shallD. needmake you lose some leaves but the deeper your roots the stronger you stand.Faced with __53__ you might bend but don't break. No matter how hard the wind blows don't let life __54__ you into an uncomfortable position. Your __55__ lies in your roots.()36. A. crushed B. abused C. broken D. removed()37. A. height B. thickness C. flexibility D. outline()38. A. answered for B. depended on C. catered for D. touched on()39. A. held B. tied C. pulled D. raised()40. A. achieve B. reach C. establish D. maintain()41. A. current B. final C. original D. comfortable()42. A. explore B. avoid C. chase D. survive()43. A. counts B. differs C. concerns D. reveals()44. A. fixed B. transferred C. escaped D.caught()45. A. strange B. obvious C. possible D. reasonable()46. A. surroundings B. resources C. probablity D. stability()47. A. beating B. stand C. chance D. turning()48. A. However B. Therefore C. Nevertheless D. Besides()49. A. misbehaving B. struggling C. withdrawing D. misunderstanding()50. A. security B. deadline C. money D. community()51. A. surprises B. choices C. storms D. changes()52. A. smile B. bend C. hesitate D. advance()53. A. opportunities B. challenges C. tasks D. differences()54. A. trick B. argue C. force D. admit()55. A. courage B. ambition C. value D. strength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。

AMount Cook National Park is home of the highest mountains and the longest glaciers. It is alpine(高山) in the purest sense—with skyscraping peaks, glaciers and permanent snow fields, all set under a star－studded sky.Key HighlightsAlthough it includes 23 peaks over 3，000 metres high, this park is very accessible. State Highway 80 leads to Mt Cook Village which is situated beside scenic Lake Pukaki and provides a comfortable base for alpine activities. Far from city lights, the stargazing here is magnificent—Aoraki Mount Cook National Park forms the majority of New Zealand's only International Dark Sky Reserve.Mountaineers regard the area to be the best climbing region, while less skilled adventurers findplenty of satisfaction with the mountain walks that lead to alpine tarns, herb fields and spectacular glacier views. Encounters(遇到) with cheeky kea (mountain parrots) are part of the fun.Key ActivitiesMountain walksThere are 10 short walks beginning near the village. All tracks are formed and well marked. The Red Tarns Track, Kea Point and the Hooker Valley Track each take around two hours return. For more experienced alpine hikers, there are three mountain pass routes—over the Mueller, Copland and Ball passes.Glacier viewing and skiingHelicopters and ski－planes provide access to the park's fabulous glaciers. The Tasman Glacier is an excellent choice for intermediate skiers, while the Murchison, Darwin and Bonney glaciers promise excitement for advanced skiers. From October until May, you can explore the Tasman Glacier's terminal lake by boat.MountaineeringClimbing Mount Cook remains the ultimatechallenge, but there are many other peaks to tempt experienced climbers. Tasman, Malte Brun, Elie de Beaumont, Sefton and La Perouse are local favourites.Key Tips·Climbers don't require permits, but are requested to complete a trip intentions form.·Local guides are available for climbing, walking and glacier skiing.·Winter climbing is an extreme sport—only recommended for well－prepared, experienced mountaineers.·The weather can change very suddenly—be prepared for heavy rainfall, snow and/or high winds.·The park has an airport serving domestic commercial flights and scenic flight operators.()56. Which is one of the characteristics of Mount Cook National Park?A. It is so－called alpine and hard to reach.B. It provides star－shining night skies for visitors.C. It attracts less skilled visitors to all alpine activities.D. It appeals to adventurers mainly for findingcheeky kea.()57. If you are a visitor to the park, you should ________．A. properly evaluate your own experience and skillB. get your permit prepared before you start to climbC. hire local guides to help you to train for climbingD. choose Darwin glacier to ski on as an intermediate skierBA report released this month found that grouping children by ability is on the rise again—teaching students in groups of similar ability has improved achievement for fast and slow learners alike—and who wouldn't want bright kids to be able to move ahead, or strugglers to get the help they need?But for most kids, labels(标签) applied early in life tend to stick, even if they are wrong.Sorting school children by ability has long been controversial. In some countries, especially in Asia, school－wide tracking(分流) remains normal. Childrenare tested and placed in different schools that direct them toward professional or vocational careers. Movement between the tracks is rare.School－wide tracking decreased in U．S. schools in the 1960s and 1970s. It never died out, though. Sorting students into separate tracks for math at about junior high school age continues to be common, and other forms of tracking persist as well.Unlike tracking, which means sorting students into separate classrooms, ability grouping happens within classrooms. When done according to the latest research, it has proven to promote achievement.Ability grouping is changeable and temporary. Within classrooms, students might be divided into different learning groups dealing with materials of different levels. Any students who master concepts can move upward between groups, and the student groups might look different from subject to subject and unit to unit. For instance, a student who stands out in language arts might be at an average or slower level in math. A student who flies through multiplication tables might need extra help with fractions. Students who lag inreading can be pulled out of the classroom in small groups for practice with a tutor until their reading improves.Research shows ability grouping within classes has more positive benefits than tracking. However, that must be weighed against the challenges involved. In many regular classrooms, the differences between student ability levels are very big. That presents challenges for teachers and low－performing students to constantly compare themselves with students who seem to fly through school with ease.The rigid ability groups and tracking of the past are still with us in many schools. Likely, labels are applied with more caution than in the bad old days when some teachers gave reading groups not－so－secret code names like “Bluebirds” “Robins” “Crows” and “Buzzards”. But kids still know.()58. Why is grouping children by ability becoming popular again?A. Because most teachers do not like slower learners.B. Because grouping children should be done earlyin life.C. Because it is academically beneficial to different learners.D. Because fast learners can move ahead without teachers' help.()59. By saying “Movement between the tracks is rare.”in Paragraph 3, the writer really means________．A. tracking children is normal in AsiaB. school－wide tracking has decreased in USC. professional and vocational careers are unrelatedD. sorted students can hardly change schools()60. The examples in Paragraph 6 are used mainly to illustrate ________．A. a good language learner promises to be good at mathsB. a student might join different groups for different coursesC. ability grouping benefits gifted students more than slow onesD. ability grouping presents no challenge for those slow students()61. What might be the challenge in regular classrooms for teachers?A. Students' different levels.B. Students' low performance.C. Constant self－comparison.D. Application of not－so－secret code.CMicrosoft just finished a three－month experiment operating an underwater data center. A server rack(服务器支架) with the power of about 300 PCs was placed into a water－tight(防水) steel container and lowered into the ocean off the coast of central California.The unusual experiment was launched because current data centers are unpleasantly inefficient. They're built where energy and land are cheap (not close to where people actually live). And they waste so much energy cooling their massive computers. The ocean can solve those problems. The cold ocean floor sufficiently cools the computing components inside the pod. And since most people live near the ocean, placing datacenters under water could potentially increase the speed at which customers could access the information stored in Microsoft's cloud.The experiment was so successful that Microsoft operated the underwater data center for 75 days longer than it had planned to. The next step is to get a larger pod, with about four times the computing power, under the ocean for testing. Unlike the first experiment, the next pod will also be equipped with turbines, which will transform the ocean's currents into electricity. It's not clear when, if ever, underwater data centers will become a possible product. “Our first experiment was like dipping our pinkie toe in the water, and now we're going for the big toe，” said Lee, corporate vice president of Microsoft Research.Microsoft is still analyzing the environmental impacts of the study. Data centers are both hot and loud, which could have damaging effects on ocean life. Microsoft found that the noise its underwater data center produced was drowned out by nearby shrimp and crabs. The data centers are also built from recyclable materials, and Microsoft believes that the total carbonfootprint of underwater data centers will be “dramatically lower” than current land－based centers.Given the growth in the cloud, industry analysts believe that most of the world's data centers have yet to be built. But building a data center takes at least two years—an eternity in the fast－developing tech industry. As a result, Microsoft builds its data centers with the future in mind, installing far more computing power and space than it currently needs.Lee believes that going under water can shift the building of data centers from construction projects to manufacturing jobs. “What if we could mass－produce these pods on an assembly line？” he thought. “We could deliver a data center, from conception to operation, in 90 days. That's dramatically different than what's happening today.”()62. What is the advantage of an underwater data center?A. It can be lowered to the ocean floor easily.B. It can cool computing components automatically.C. It can be built close to the place where people live.D. It can make information easily accessible to people.()63. We can infer that the underwater data centers ________．A. cause little harm to the ocean lifeB. are more environmentally friendlyC. change the course of ocean currentsD. are easy to build in large quantities()64. The underlined word “eternity” in Paragraph 5 means “________”．A. an extremely long timeB. an extended periodC. a seemingly short timeD. a fruitful period()65. The passage tries to inform readers that ________．A. an experiment was made in operating a data centerB. Microsoft will mass－produce pods on an assemble lineC. Microsoft succeeded in putting a data center underwaterD. underwater data centers are more efficient than land－based onesDMy father's family is not a musical family. They are a family of words. My brother has my father's dark hair, his love of a good argument. I take after my mother. From her I inherited a curious nature, a sense of adventure, bright red hair. I did not, contrary to her hopes, inherit a talent for the piano. That fact was established beyond doubt after unsuccessful attempts to draw music from me.The piano lessons began when I was four. My mother was convinced that I would be a child Mozart. She found the ideal teacher—Madame Oblenka, a strict Russian woman, whose pursed lips were enough to frighten a wild horse into submission. Madame Oblenka, who expected a little Mozart, was not very delighted to find a little girl banging her fists(拳头) on the keys.I tried to please her. “Feel the music，” she urged. I “felt” it and winced(退避) my ears—for what is more unpleasant than a series of wrong notes played continuously? She “felt” my music, too, which is why she always left with an angrier expression than when she came.Once, when I was ten, I managed to record one of my own rehearsals(练习). In order to escape my practice sessions, I would close myself behind the door of the piano room, put on the tape recording, and read until the tape had finished. That method worked for a week, until my mother began to wonder why I always missed the same B－sharp. She knocked on the door, and, receiving no answer, came in to check on me and found that I had fallen asleep while the tape of my performance played on and on.I was twelve when my parents finally acknowledged that my hidden talent was not about to emerge(显现) any time soon. My mother, refusing to admit defeat, told me to pick another instrument. “Choose anything you want, Honey，” she said, assuming that freedom of choice would inspire devotion. I thought long and hard and chose the drums. My parents, sensitive to noise, would be less than overjoyed by a daily bombardment of playing. I imagined my father in his study, cotton wads in his ears.I worked my way through several other instruments before my mother hit on another idea. Maybe I wasn't meant to be an instrumentalist. Realizing that dramamight be more suited to my talents, Mom took me to a drama teacher. However, he put me backstage, painting scenery. Once I recovered from my sense of injury, I realized the wisdom of his choice. I loved the active, practical backstage world, and I discovered that I had a knack for constructing and painting. I loved the challenge of taking our scanty(贫乏的) supplies and using them to make something beautiful. Imagining a scene and then seeing it emerge before me—this, to me, was close to magic.I'm a sculptor now, and every day I experience afresh the joy of being fully absorbed in the act of artistic creation. It's a wonderful, blissful(乐而忘忧) feeling. I realize that my parents, in their misguided attempts to interest me in music, were trying to give me this feeling. And now I feel grateful. Perhaps they went about it in the wrong way, but their hearts were in the right place.()66. Madame Oblenka always felt angry because ________．A. the author was too young to play the piano wellB. the author often pointed out the wrong notes ofherC. the author kept banging on the keys unconsciouslyD. the author's performance was far from satisfactory()67. Which of the following best reveals the author's attitude towards piano practice?A. She tried to make the piano teacher pleased.B. She recorded her performance for improvement.C. She played the recording instead of practising.D. She repeated the same mistake in practising.()68. Why did the author choose the drums as a musical instrument?A.She was eager to free herself from piano lessons.B.B. She was reluctant to play an instrument.C. She was confident of handling them.D. She was fond of beating drums.()69. The author's mother can be best described as ________．A. devoted and stubbornB. encouraging and independentC. helpful and considerateD. hardworkingand generous()70. We can learn from the passage ________．A. parents should encourage their children to create artB. the ordinary backstage work can help one succeedC. you can only get better at something if you practiceD. art should be treated as a joy rather than a burden第Ⅱ卷(非选择题共35分)第四部分：任务型阅读(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)请认真阅读下面短文，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。