59. The main purpose of the text is to _____________.
A. show readers how hybrid cars work B. persuade readers to buy electric cars
C. give readers information about electric cars
D. prove that electric cars are superior to gasoline cars
60. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the future of electric cars?
A. Negative B. Positive C. Objective D. Doubtful
C
Coffee lovers and green tea enthusiasts, unite! A new study out of Japan shows that people who drink both beverages every day have a lower risk of stroke than those who drink just one or the other (or neither).
Researchers have been touting（宣称）the antioxidant（抗氧化剂）properties of green tea for years, and recent studies show that your daily coffee fix boosts more than just your energy levels. But putting the two drink together—not in the same cup, of course---my help you reap the health benefits of both.
Researchers looked at coffee and tea consumption habits of almost 82,369 Japanese adults over 13 years and found that people who had a cup of coffee every day were 20 percent less likely to have a stroke (compared to those who didn’t drink coffee at all). But that’s not to say that coffee is better for you than tea. In fact, the study noted that people who drank four or more cups of green tea a day were also about 20 likely to have a stroke. Since the two drinks help prevent strokes in different ways, drinking both can lower your risk of stroke more than just drinking one or the other, the study authors explained.
“This is the first large-scale study to examine the combined effects of both green tea and coffee on stroke risks,” the study lead author, Dr. Yoshihiro Kokubo of Japan’s National cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, said in a statement. “You may make a small but positive lifestyle change to help lower the risk of stroke by adding daily green tea to your diet”.
According to the National Stroke Association, a stroke occurs when a blood clot（血块）blocks an artery in the brain, or when a blood vessel breaks, causing an interruption of blood flow to the brain. Brain cells begin to die, damaging the brain and affecting the actions---usually speech, movement, and memory---controlled by the part of the brain where stoke has occurred.
“The regular action of drinking tea and coffee largely benefits cardiovascular（心血管的）health because it partly keeps blood clots from forming,” Kokubo explained.
Green tea can have an anti-inflammatory effect on the body. It also contains compounds known as catechins, which can help regulate blood pressure and improve blood flow, Kokubo told National Public Radio. And coffee has more to it than just caffeine---it also contains quinides, compounds that can help control blood sugar, which cuts your risk of stroke by reducing your risk of Type 2 diabetes. The researchers wrote that the “combination of higher green tea and coffee consumptions contributed to the reduced risk of stroke as an interaction effect for each other,” The Daily Mail reported.
Given that tea and coffee are consumed regularly in many countries, the results of the study could apply to people around the world, the researchers wrote. Americans may already be drinking enough coffee and tea to get the benefit: A typical cup of coffee or tea in Japan is jut 6 ounces, while a grand coffee at Starbucks is 16 ounces.
61. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A. If you like you may mix green tea and coffee together and drink it. B. Coffee is better than green tea in reducing the risk of having a stroke. C. Green tea and coffee are probably the best treatment for stroke.
D. Drinking tea and coffee regularly can do good to cardiovascular health. 62. Which of the following is the new finding of the recent research?
A. Tea and coffee function differently for people’s health.
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B. Americans drink more coffee and tea daily than Japanese.
C. Green tea contains antioxidant which is good for preventing strokes.
D. Coffee contains caffeine and catechins which can help control blood sugar.
63. The underlined word “boosts” in the second paragraph probably means_____________.
A. keeps B. changes C. improves D. influences 64. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Coffee and tea can help prevent a stroke. B. Coffee and tea can reduce Type 2 diabetes. C. Coffee and tea have a lot to do with a stroke. D. Coffee and tea keep blood clots from forming.
D
Thomas had achieved fame as a poet in the 1930s and had spent World War Two in London writing propaganda (宣传) films. But by 1946, after the end of the war, he needed a regular income to support his wife Caitlin, and children Llewelyn and Aeronwy. Luckily he had a new admirer in the form of Margaret Taylor, wife of noted historian and broadcaster A.J.P. Taylor. Introduced as an “entertaining guest” by a mutual friend, he had succeeded in charming Mrs Taylor, who put the family up in a summerhouse in their garden in the grounds of Magdalen College(牛津大学莫德林学院). ①
Thomas had a love-hate relationship with Oxford, according to his biographer Andrew Lycett. His poetry may have brought him respect and celebrity in literary circles, but in Oxford he felt at odds with his surroundings.\father, who had been a schoolmaster in Swansea, would have liked him to go to Oxford University,” Mr Lycett explains. “When he did actually get to Oxford he wasn’t actually at the university. It was a curious period. He was in this academic environment though he wasn’t a born academic himself. But he generally enjoyed himself because he got to know some of the professors there. He wasn’t popular among them, because they thought he was a bit of a wastrel(不务正业者), so he hung out in pubs and met students.”②
Thomas also took paid jobs at the BBC, regularly travelling to London and became something of a celebrity through appearing on panel shows.③
“He didn't really endear (使受垂青) himself to Professor Taylor,” Mr Lycett says.“He overstayed his welcome. The professor liked to have a barrel of beer in the house and Dylan would finish it off. He just took a dislike to him, partly because, reading between the lines, his wife rather fancied this young man.” Mark Davies. an Oxford historian, says Professor Taylor disliked the poet “intensely”. “He ended up being banished(驱逐) a safe distance away from his wife,” he adds.
This banishment was in the picturesque village of South Leigh, nine miles out from the city, in a house set up for Thomas by Margaret, who continued to be his proud sponsor. However, it was here that his granddaughter Hannah Ellis believes Thomas found much of the inspiration for one of his most famous works, the radio drama Under Milk Wood. “South Leigh is hugely important because that was one of those villages where he met all the different characters and it helped him arouse his passion,” she says. “The play had been a seed from when he was about 20 and I think it was that village lifestyle and all the characters that helped. He liked sitting in the corner of the pub, watching all the drama going on. Also he had somewhere quiet to work and a home. For such a long time he hadn’t settled and it was a good period in his life.” ④
Mrs Taylor also helped him return to Wales when he was ready in 1949, buying him a boathouse with her own money. He lived there for the remainder of his life.
“People so often focus on the other periods of his life and they forget about Oxford,” adds Ms Ellis. “They see the romantic period of living in Laugharne at the boathouse, and the contrast of the chaotic times in New York.”
“There’s just something interesting about this little Welshman wandering around the streets of Oxford,” adds Mr Lycett. “The period isn’t discussed much. Somehow or other there was this intervening period that tends to get forgotten. People don't realize he was starting to think about Under Milk Wood so it wasn’t unproductive. His time in Oxford was an important period of his life.”
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Indeed Mr Davies believes Thomas's connection to Oxford would be better known if he had studied at the university. “Because he didn't and he was only here as a guest-of the college it has been brushed to one side,” he said. “There are some great historical characters who, because they’re not associated with the university, have been pushed sideways out of history.
A new tour, organized by Literature Wales, aims to make this clear, Its trail takes in the poet’s summerhouse, and the village that became hi$ .home; It means the city will finally take the time to remember and treasure one more person in its long line of literary giants.
65. Which of the following is TRUE about Thomas’ life in Oxford?
A. Most of his works were created there. B. He wasn’t popular among students there.
C. Professors didn’t think he was academic enough. D. Knowing professors there brought him respect.
66. What does the underlined sentence “He overstayed his welcome.” in Paragraph 4 mean?
A. He stayed much longer than he had planned to.
B. He behaved inappropriately so that he was no longer welcome. C. He decided to return to Wales because he was more popular there.
D. He was thinking about moving to South Leigh he had been dreaming of. 67. What inspired Thomas to write Under Milk Road?
A. Studying at Oxford B. Living in South Leigh C. Living with the Taylors D. Learning from historical characters. 68. What does the underlined word “this” in the last paragraph refer to?
A. His time in Oxford tends to get forgotten. B. He was only a guest when he was in Oxford.
C. There is something interesting about this little ma9n. D. His connection to Oxford should be remembered. 69. What did Mrs Taylor do for Thomas?
① She put him and his family up in Oxford. ② She helped him to publish his poetry.
③ She set up a house for him at South Leigh. ④ She introduced him to professors in Oxford. ⑤ She bought him a boathouse in Wales. A. ①②④ B.①③④ C. ①③⑤ D. ②③⑤
70. Where should However, after a year living with the Taylors, things turned sour. be put?
A. ① B. ② C. ③ D. ④
第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
请注意阅读下列短文，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，每个空格只填1个单词。
Age has its privileges in America, and one of the more important of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age-in some cases age---in some cases as low as 55---is automatically entitled to dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility(资格) is determined not by one's need but by the date on one's birth certificate. Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses---as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.
People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them; yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent(有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is
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acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous (同义的). Perhaps that once was true, but today elderly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than the rest of the population. To be sure, there is economic diversity within the elderly, and many older Americans are poor. But most of them aren’t.
It is impossible to determine the impact of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to revenue. But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly of younger Americans Moreover, they are a direct irritant(刺激物) in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict between the generations.
Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involve a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employment is another sore point. Supported by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job---thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers.
Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a formidable economic privilege to a group with millions of members who don’t need them.
It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myth that older people can’t take care of themselves and need special treatment; and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups. Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against---discrimination by age.
Outline Introduction Details Age determines whether an American can be given a discount, which is a common (71)_____________ in American business life today. Since the senior citizens are often treated as people who are in (72)____________, they are given such priority. Origin of senior citizen discount (73) ____________ situation The Situation has changed a lot where the majority of the elderly are not poor at all. Younger Americans were at a/an (74)______________ directly or indirectly due to ? the discounts given to the elderly, thus leading to conflicts between generations. The number of older Americans (75) _____________to work rather than retire is on the increase, which means (76) ____________ opportunities for young workers. It is no longer a kind of charity because millions of senior citizens don't need the priority (77) now. Conclusion ? It's unwise to offer discount priority to the elderly. It will mislead people to think they are unable to (78)______________ to themselves. People may think that they are ungrateful and they’re hurting the (79)________________ of other age groups. Actually senior citizen discounts, to some extent, (80) _______________ against their age.
第五部分 书面表达（满分25分）
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不久前，美国某电视台主持人Jennifer Livingston 在节目中对她收到的一份电子邮件做出了公开回应，请阅读该电子邮件及该主持人公开回应中的部分内容，完成写作任务。
【写作内容】
1. 用约30个单词概括Jennifer的立场；
（1）发表你的观点，内容包括：你赞成或反对Jennifer的做法； （2）用2-3个理由或论据支撑你的观点。 3. 谈谈你从中得到的启示。 【写作要求】
1. 词数150左右。 开头部分已经写好，不计入词数。 2. 阐述观点或论据时，不能直接引用原文语句。 3. 作文中不得提及考生所在学校和本人姓名。
Jennifer Livingston, a morning anchor with WKBT-TV in La Crosse. Wis., is used to getting feedback from viewers. But when a male viewer wrote her a letter blaming her for being overweight, she took action. In an on-air editorial address Tuesday morning, ________________________ 10
2016届南京市高三英语三模试卷
参考答案
2016.
第一部分 听力理解（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分） 1-5 BCABC 6-10 BCCAB 11-15 CBCBC 16-20 ABACC 第二部分 英语知识运用（共35小题；每小题1分，满分35分） 21-25 ACADB 26-30 ADBCC 31-35 ACBCA 36-40 DBACA 41-45 BADDB 46-50 CACDA 51-55 BACDA 第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 56-57 DA 58-60 DCB 61-64 DACA 65-70 CBBDCC 第四部分 任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 71. practice 72. need/poverty 73. Present/Current 74. disadvantage 75. preferring 76. fewer 77. economically 78. attend/tend 79. interest(s)/benefit(s) 80. discriminate
第五部分 书面表达（满分25分） 81. One possible version
… Jennifer argued that judging others arbitrarily was not appropriate. What she advised adults to do was to set good examples to the children. Besides, she advocated that a person’s self-worth should not be influenced by bullies.
I hold the view that Jennifer did the right thing. Public figure as she is, she has the right to choose the way of life. What matters for a hostess of a TV program is to work conscientiously and creatively to meet the demands of the audience rather than focus on her image. What’s more, Jennifer is very brave and clever at dealing with an unexpected problem, which sets a good example for viewers. Faced with bullies, they will know how to react and protect themselves in a proper way. In my opinion, we should think twice before taking action to avoid hurting others. When we put ourselves in others’ shoes, we can have a better understanding of others, which will make a difference to our society. (163)
… Jennifer argued that judging others arbitrarily was not appropriate. What she advised adults to do was to set good examples to the children. Besides, she advocated that a person’s self-worth should not be influenced by bullies.
I think what Jennifer did would definitely disappoint the viewers. As a public figure, she should pay attention to her image, because people, especially the young, will follow her example. Thinking being obese is OK, they will probably get into the bad habit of eating more and exercising less. And also, the person who complained to her using an email is just trying to remind Jennifer to improve her image. It’s not a polite way for Jennifer to show the email in her program, which will hurt the viewer.
In my opinion, we should think twice before taking action to avoid hurting others. When we put ourselves in others’ shoes, we can have a better understanding of others, which will make a difference to our society. (162)
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