2014-2015学年河北省衡水市武邑中学高三（下）单元测试卷（30）

第一部分 阅读理解 （共两节）第一节 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑．

• 1．Close your eyes for a minute and imagine what life would be like if you had a hundred dollars less．Also imagine what it would be like spending the rest of your life with your eyes closed．Imagine having to read this page，not with your eyes but with your finger-tips．
     With existing medical knowledge and skills，two-thirds of the world's 42 million blind should not have to suffer．Unfortunately，rich countries posses most of this knowledge，while developing countries do not．
     ORBIS is an international non-profit organization which operates the world's only flying teaching eye hospital．ORBIS intends to help fight blindness worldwide．Inside a DC-8 aircraft，there is a fully-equipped teaching hospital with television studio and classroom．Doctors are taught the latest techniques of bringing sight back to people there．Project ORBIS also aims at promoting peaceful cooperation among countries．
     ORBIS tries to help developing countries by providing training during three-week medical programs．ORBIS has taught sight-saving techniques to over 35，000 doctors and nurses，who continue to cure tens of thousands of blind people every year．ORBIS has conducted 17 plane programs is China so far．For the seven to ten million blind in China ORBIS is planning to do more for them．At the moment an ORBIS is working on a long-term plan to develop a training center and to provide eye care services to Shanxi Province．ORBIS needs your help to continue their work and free people from blindness．
     For just US38，you can help one person see；for 380 you can bring sight to 10 people；1，300 helps teach a doctor new skills；and for 13，000 you can provide a training programme for a group of doctors who can make thousands of blind people see again．Your money can open their eyes to the world．Please help ORBIS improve the quality of life for so many people less fortunate than ourselves．
  
  （1）ORRIS aims to help the blind by

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  A．teaching medical students
  B．training doctors and nurses
  C．running flying hospitals globally
  D．setting up non-profit organization
  （2）What does the author try to do in the last paragraph？

  
  A．Appeal for donations
  B．Make an advertisement
  C．Promote training programs
  D．Show sympathy for the blind
  （3）What can be the best title for the passage？

  
  A．ORRIS in China
  B．Fighting Blindness
  C．ORRIS Flying Hospital
  D．Sight-seeing Techniques
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• 2．Everyone looks forward to progress，whether in one's personal life or in the general society．Progress indicates a person's ability to change the way he is living at the moment．Progress must lead to a better life and a better way of doing things．All these，however，remain true only in so far as people want to accept technology and move forward by finding new and more efficient ways of doing things．
     However，at the back of the minds of many people，especially those who miss the "good old days"， efficiency comes with a price．When communication becomes efficient，people are able to contact one another no matter where they are and at whatever time they wish to．The click of a button allows people miles apart to talk or to see each other without even leaving their homes．With the communication gadgets，such as mobile phones and iPads，people often do not take the effect to visit one another personally．A personal visit carries with it the additional feature of having to be in the person's presence for as long as the visit lasts．We cannot unnecessarily excuse ourselves or turn the other person off．
     With efficiency also comes mass production．Such is the nature of factories and the success of industrialization today．Factories have improved efficiency．Unskillful tasks are left to machines and products are better made and produced with greater accuracy than any human hand could ever have done．However，with the improvements in efficiency also comes the loss of the personal touch when making these products．For example，many handcrafts（手工艺品） are now produced in a factory．Although this means that supply is better able to increase demand，now that the supply is quick and efficient，the demand might fall because mass production lowers the quality of the handicraft and it is difficult to find unique designs on each item．
     Nevertheless，we must not commit the mistake of analyzing progress only from one point of view．In fact，progress has allowed tradition to keep up．It is only with progress and the invention of new technology that many old products can be brought back to their old state．New technology is required for old products to stay old．
     It is people's attitude towards progress that causes the type of influence that technology has on society．Technology is flexible．There is no fixed way of making use of it．Everything depends on people's attitude．The worst effects of progress will fall on those who are unable to rethink their attitudes and views of society．When we accept progress and adapt it to suit our needs，a new "past" is created．
  
  （1）According to Paragraph 1，progress can benefit people when they are willing to

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  A．live a better life
  B．look for better methods
  C．change ways of living
  D．accept technology and advance steadily
  （2）The underlined word "gadgets" is closest in meaning to

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  A．tools
  B．messages
  C．barriers
  D．skills
  （3）The author explains "efficiency comes with a price" by

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  A．describing a process
  B．using examples
  C．following time order
  D．making classification
  （4）Compared with home-made handicrafts，machine made products

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  A．lack great accuracy
  B．lack the personal touch
  C．are of high value
  D．are quite welcome
  （5）What can be learned about technology from Paragraph 4？

  
  A．It can destroy old traditions．
  B．It can lead to social progress．
  C．It can be used to correct mistakes．
  D．It can be used to preserve old products．
  （6）What can be concluded from the last paragraph？

  
  A．Progress can suit the needs of daily life．
  B．People review the past with great regret．
  C．Technology should be introduced in a fixed way．
  D．People's attitude decides the use of technology．
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第三部分 写作（共两节）第一节 短文改错（满分10分）

• 7．I hard remember my grandmother．She used to hold me on her knees and sing old songs．I was only four when she past away．She is just distant memory for me now．
      I remember my grandfather very well．He was tall，with broad shoulder and a beard that turned from black toward gray over the years．He had a deep voice，which set him apart from the others in our small town，he was strong and powerful．In fact，he even scared my classmates away during they came over to play or do homework with him．However，he was the gentlest man I have never known．
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第二节 书面表达（满分20分）

• 8．为了帮助中学生健康成长，某中学英文报开辟了"HEART-TO-HEART"专栏．假设你是该栏目的编辑Jamie，收到一封署名为Worried的求助信．信中该同学向你诉说了自己的困扰：近日容易发脾气，使正常的学习和生活受到了影响．请用英文给该同学写一封回信．
  内容要点如下：
  1．表示理解并给予安慰；
  2．提出建议并说明理由．
  注意：
  1．词数100左右；
  2．信中不能出现与本人相关的信息；
  3．信的开头与结尾已为你拟好，不计入总词数．
  参考词汇：temper n．脾气，情绪
  Hi Worried，
      I'm sorry to know that you're having such a hard time at the moment．________
  Yours，
  Jamie
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