2014-2015學(xué)年河北省衡水市武邑中學(xué)高三（下）單元測(cè)試卷（3）
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第二部分 閱讀理解
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1．BEIJING-Seven prestigious universities in China announced Sunday that they would begin using the same independent exam -besides the national one -to test students hoping to gain entrance to them in 2011．
The seven are Peking University，Beihang University，Beijing Normal University，Nankai University，F(xiàn)udan University，Xiamen University and Hong Kong University．
Students who want to gain entrance to any of the seven universities will only have to sit one independent exam，according to the joint announcement．
"This will help lighten the students' load，otherwise they must take several exams for different universities，"said the announcement．
Passing the exam could result in more than one interview chance，giving the students more opportunities to choose their favorite universities．
China' s college entrance exam system is undergoing reform as universities aim to select students based on independent criteria rather than just using the results of the national exam．
In 2003，Peking University and another 21 universities were allowed to pilot （試用） the reform by using their own criteria to independently select five percent of their students．
Now nearly 80 universities across the country have the right to select talented students based on their own exams．
Education experts regard universities selecting students according to independent examinations as conducive （有助的） to better understanding where the students' talents lie．
Although this may be the case，it has also created problems as students may sit many different exams as they often apply for a number of universities．
To relieve students from such pressures，the national education outline （2010-2020）released in July this year encourages high-level universities to group together to use the same exams．
（1）If students want to be admitted to the seven prestigious universities，they can．
A．only pass the interview．
B．only take the national exam．
C．only take the independent exam．
D．either take the national exam or take the independent exam．
（2）What's the purpose of students sitting one independent exam to gain entrance to the seven universities？
A．It can reduce students' load to take several exams．
B．The universities will have the same standard to test students．
C．There will be less trouble marking students' test papers．
D．It can avoid fierce competition among these universities．
（3）If students pass the independent exam，they will．
A．take the national exam．
B．have one or more interview chances．
C．be admitted to one of the universities．
D．he trained to be adapted to universities life and studies．
（4）What is the advantage of universities selecting students according to independent examinations？
A．Students needn't take the national exam．
B．Students 'education cost can be lowered．
C．Students abilities and talents can be better found．
D．It can encourage middle schools to recommend more qualified students．組卷：0引用：1難度：0.6 -
2．Armed only with iPhones，the inventive rock band Atomic Tom has gone viral（廣為流傳） by way of the New York subway．The band has scored an Internet hit with the video to the song "Take Me Out．"
Singer Luke White says the production was a top-secret operation．
"We didn't tell anyone about this．It was completely top-secret from our family，from our friends，from our label，our management，everybody．So the first time that people saw this video was last Friday when we put it on YouTube，"explained White．
Since uploading the video to YouTube，band members have spent several days refreshing the page to watch the number of hits rise．
The video has also made its way around Twitter as many people have shared it with their friends．
"I mean，it still has' t quite hit．It' s just kind of blowing our minds right now that we're getting this：many people are fond of it，and they' re sharing it with their friends．We don' t know what it's like really to have something that's viral，so all of this is very new to us．" said Eric Espiritu，the lead guitarist of the band．
White explains how the video came together：
"We did our research with the applications（ 應(yīng)用程序） and found applications that worked out really well with the instruments and then we plugged them all into，plugged our phones into mini-battery powered amplifiers（擴(kuò)音器） that we put underneath our seats，and we did a lot of，you know，practices，in terms of figuring out what the balance of the sound and like who was overpowering，who was too loud or who was too soft．"
The idea for the video came from Espiritu's younger brother Benjamin．The younger Espiritu directed the video from his initial concept through the final edit and upload to the Internet．
"I' ve seen a lot of the music applications come out，and I' ve never actually had the chance to play with them，" says Ben Espiritu． "When I started hearing about how they sound and everything，I thought it might be unique to take it one step further and then create an entire band just performing solely（單曲） on the iPhones，and I thought it would be a pretty cool idea．"
Ben says the success of the band' s music video is a credit to the talent and ability of the musicians，but it's also a sign of the times．
"It really comes down to seeing something different，seeing something unique，and I think that that' s always，in any type of art form，what will speak to people，and I think it does reflect the times that we live in，taking a smart phone and then being able to turn it into an instrument，not only just an instrument，but making it sound really good．"
（1）Who first saw the video of the song "Take Me Out"？
A．Their friends
B．The people on line
C．Their family
D．Their management
（2）What is the band members' attitude towards the sudden fame？
A．They are thrilled．
B．They are quite used to it．
C．They are kind of confused．
D．They are so excited as to tell everyone they know．
（3）How did the video come into being？
A．The band copied from it other musicians．
B．It had already existed in the iPhones before they bought them．
C．The band created it with the help of the applications in the iPhones．
D．The band made full use of the traditional instruments to make the song．
（4）What is the significance of the success of the band' s music video？
A．It has introduced us several talented musicians．
B．It has made the musicians into millionaires．
C．It teaches the young a big lesson．
D．It reflects the talent and ability of the musicians and the times that we live in．組卷：0引用：1難度：0.6 -
3．In one of the strongest indications of the power of the mind to influence the body，a growing collection of evidence finds that people who are depressed have a greatly higher risk of developing heart disease．
In a study of almost 3，000 men and 5，000 women，depressed men were 70 percent more likely to develop coronary （心臟的） heart disease than those who weren't depressed．While depressed women were just 12 percent more likely to develop heart disease，those who were severely depressed were 78 percent more likely．In fact，a 1998 study found that women who are depressed have a risk of dying from heart disease equal to that of women who smoke or who have high blood pressure．
The link works the other way around，too：While about 1 in 20 American adults experience major depression in a given year，that number jumps to about one in three among those who have survived a heart attack．
The more severe the depression，the more dangerous it is to your health．But some studies suggest that even mild depression，including feelings of hopelessness experienced over many years，may damage the heart．Other studies suggest depression may affect how well heart disease medications work．
Researchers are n' t sure what the connection between depression and heart disease is，but theories exist．One is that people who are depressed tend not to take very good care of themselves．They' re more likely to eat high-fat，high-calorie "comfort" foods，less likely to exercise，and more likely to smoke．But beyond lifestyle，there is probably also a physiological link between depression and heart disease．Recent studies found that people with severe depression tended to have a lack of heart-healthy 0-3 fatty acids．People who are depressed also often have high levels of stress hormones （荷爾蒙）．These keep the body primed for fight or flight，raising blood pressure and causing the heart to beat faster，all of which put additional stress on coronary arteries （動(dòng)脈） and prevent the body' s natural healing mechanisms from working properly．
A whole branch of medicine is devoted to the complex links between mental health，the nervous system，the hormone system and so on．This science is gradually sorting out how the mind-body connection affects us，or defenses against heart disease．
Generally，an estimated 10 percent of American adults experience some form of depression every year．Although available treatments can ease symptoms （癥狀） in more than 80 percent of people treated，less than half of those with depression get the help they need．
（1）Which of the following can be the best title of the passage？
A．Depression-Heart Disease Risk Factor．
B．Heart Disease-Health Killer．
C．Depression-Mental Health Enemy．
D．Heart Disease-Depression Factor．
（2）Which statement is NOT true according to the passage？
A．With high blood pressure，depression is another potential risk to women's health．
B．Depression，which is mild，can possibly cause damage to your health．
C．Most people who experience depression get treated as they should be．
D．Depression may have some influence on the function of heart disease medication．
（3）According to the passage，the possible connections between heart disease and depression are the following EXCEPT．
A．depressed ones tend to eat high-fat and high-calories foods，which leads to physical damage to heart
B．severe heart disease may cause people to feel hopeless and depressed
C．depression may result in the lack of some kind of acids，which probably affects the working of people' s heart
D．people with depression often have a high level of stress hormones，maybe，which will put extra pressure on one's heart組卷：0引用：1難度：0.6 -
4．Yi So-yeon，an engineer from Seoul，returned to Earth on Saturday after 11 days aboard the International Space Station （ISS），along with Russian cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and US astronaut Peggy Whitson．
A technical problem turned a routine （常規(guī)） return to Earth into a sharper than usual descent （下降） that tested the group members' stamina and courage．They landed in the Kazakh steppes（大草原） about 420km （260 miles） wide of their target．
"During the descent there was some kind of fire outside the Soyuz capsule because we were going through the atmosphere，" Yi said．
"At first I was afraid，but the two other guys looked okay，so I tried to look okay too．"
Yi smiled and joked her way through a 10-minute news briefing at Star City，the wooded Sovietera cosmonaut training centre on the edge of Moscow．However，Malenchenko and Whitson looked tired and thin after nearly six months in space．Their answers were short and Whitson needed support to balance when she walked．The 29-year-old Yi has become famous in South Korea since the take-off but she brushed this aside and said she has had little contact with friends or family since returning．
"In fact，they are the heroes right now，" Yi said，referring to Malenchenko and Whitson． "I'm just a beginner and a little ashamed to say that I am a hero．" She did，though，relate a more light-hearted incident on the ISS．
"I sang 'Fly Me to the Moon" Yi said about the 1950s pop song． "It's my favorite song from university although at that time I didn't know I would be an astronaut．"
The capsule's so-called "ballistic" re-entering made the group members face twice the usual pull from the centre of the earth．The flames Yi described may have been caused by friction （摩擦） heating the capsule as it fell through the atmosphere．
Whitson told reporters that Saturday's ballistic landing，was irregular but not an emergency．
"The Soyuz has been through its history very reliable and there has obviously been some issue in the last couple of descents which went ballistic，but I'm sure the engineers will determine what the problems are and get them fixed，" she said．
In October，a Soyuz capsule carrying Malaysia's first space tourist touched down about 200 km （125 miles） off course in a similar ballistic landing caused by a technical problem．
The Soyuz is the world's longest-serving manned space capsule．An early version of the craft，the Vostok，carried the first person into space in 1961．
Whitson，48，has become the American with the longest amount of time in space with 377 days．
（1）What's the main idea of the passage？
A．Flight in space is very dangerous
B．Not everybody can go into space
C．Fearful landing tests the Korean astronaut
D．Yi didn't know she would be an astronaut when she was young
（2）The reason why Yi Suo-yeon felt afraid at first was that．
A．a(chǎn) fire was caused by the friction
B．she had no such experience before
C．she was not brave enough
D．the other two didn't help her
（3）From the passage，we can learn that．
A．Yi So-yeon，a space tourist came from South Korea
B．Whitson became energetic when they landed on earth
C．the two other guys were not afraid during the descent
D．the Soyuz，an unmanned space capsule，had a long history
（4）The underlined phrase in this passage means．
A．out of work
B．out of control
C．in the wrong direction
D．in danger組卷：0引用：1難度：0.5
二、閱讀新題型
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5．Ancient Rome was one of the world's most powerful empires more than 2，000 years ago．The Romans' ideas about roads，laws，government and buildings still influence us today．Italy is shaped like a boot．
The Colosseum （角斗場(chǎng)）in Rome was built during the time of the Roman Empire，in the first century A．D．（1）．It is a popular tourist attraction today．
Italy is well-known for its designers，who create cars，handbags，clothes，shoes and other items that are in demand for their style and fine workmanship．
Today，the economy of Italy is stronger than in the past．（2）．Today，manufacturing and tourism are the main sources of income．There are some big companies，but Italy has many smaller companies，too．（3）．The southern part does not offer as many manufacturing jobs，so it is not as prosperous．
Italy is a member of the European Union，a group of countries that join together for better trade．The currency，or money，they use is called the"euro"．
Food and eating good meals are important to Italians．（4）．Popular foods include pasta，risotto，minestrone and pizza．McDonald's is also popular there．
Many families still eat their main meal in the middle of the day．（5）．Families spend a lot of time together．
A．The family is very important to the Italian way of life．
B．The country used to depend on agriculture．
C．Mountains cover about three-fourths of the country．
D．It could seat about 50，000 people，who went to see fights between animals and people．
E．While there are some supermarkets，many people shop at small，neighborhood markets．
F．Italy has several islands off the coast．
G．The northern part of the country is the main manufacturing center．組卷：48引用：6難度：0.7
第三部分 第一節(jié)：?jiǎn)卧~拼寫(xiě)：（共10題；每小題1分，滿分10分，每小題1分）
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15．In allocating housing，
（偏好）is given to those who have young children．組卷：0引用：1難度：0.4
第二節(jié). 短文改錯(cuò) （滿分10分）
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16．Many parents let their children to watch TV only during certain hours．Television shows like books or movies．A child can learn bad things from one of them and good things from others．Some shows help children to understand the news of Washington and other parts in the world．Some programs show people and place from other countries or other times in history．With television a child does not have to go to the zoo see animals．She can enjoy a baseball game at home．Some programs even teach children how to cook or how to use tools．Television brings about many places and events （事件）into the living room of our homes．
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