第九组
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Ⅰ.阅读理解
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(2017·广州普通高中毕业班综合测试)
Inside the Rain Room
The Rain Room has arrived and local art lovers are taking notice. Is it worth the wait? Yes, I assure you it is. Once inside, visitors find a long, dark room with a high ceiling. A single bright light shines through heavy rain falling around visitors. The mist. The damp air. The noise. It feels like a mighty storm pouring down, but the storm is inside, and visitors aren’t getting wet. Instead, visitors wander in awe，admiring the rain and the artists who created it.
The Rain Room was created to highlight the connection between humans, nature and technology. With a tracking system that senses movement and stops the rain wherever visitors move, it does just that. Light and sound produce an experience that feels both natural and foreign. The exhibit is moving on to Atlanta next month. I urge you to visit before then. It’s time to experience the Rain Room for yourself!
Welcome to the Rain Room
•The Rain Room features falling water. Please be aware you may get slightly wet. However, visitors wearing raincoats will be turned away.
•This exhibit features advanced technology. To ensure its effectiveness, please avoid wearing dark or reflective clothing.
•Visitors are welcome to take photographs of the exhibit.
•Children must be accompanied by an adult.
•For the convenience of all guests, visits are limited to 10 minutes.
1．What’s the purpose of the text?
A．To attract visitors to a new art exhibit.
B．To explain how an exhibit has been created.
C．To describe the technology used in the exhibit.
D．To promote the artists taking part in an exhibit.
2．What’s the function of the exhibit’s tracking system?
A．To keep visitors from getting wet.
B．To protect the exhibit from water damage.
C．To time how long visitors are in the room.
D．To count the number of visitors in the room.
3．What must you do when visiting the Rain Room?
A．Wear a raincoat.
B．Wear dark clothing.
C．Leave your camera outside.
D．Pass through within 10 minutes.
B
(2017·兰州高考诊断考试)
Most episodes of absentmindedness—forgetting where you left something or wondering why you just entered a room—are caused by a simple lack of attention, says Schacter.“You’re supposed to remember something, but you haven’t encoded it deeply.”
Encoding，Schacter explains，is a special way of paying attention to an event that has a major impact on recalling it later. Failure to encode properly can create an annoying situation. If you put your mobile phone in a pocket, for example, and don’t pay attention to what you did because you’re involved in a conversation, you’ll probably forget that the phone is in the jacket now hanging in your wardrobe(衣柜). “Your memory itself isn’t failing you, ” says Schacter. “Rather, you didn’t give your memory system the information it needed. ”
Lack of interest can also lead to absentmindedness. “A man who recites sports statistics from 30 years ago, ”says Zelinski, “may not remember to drop a letter in the mailbox.” Women have slightly better memory than men, possibly because they are more interested in what’s happening around them, and memory relies on just that.
Visual cues(提示) can help prevent absentmindedness, says Schacter. “But be sure the cue is clear and available, ”he cautions. If you want to remember to take a medication with lunch, put the pill bottle on the kitchen table—don’t leave it in the medicine chest and write yourself a note that you keep in a pocket.
Another common episode of absentmindedness: walking into a room and wondering
why you’re there. Most likely, you were thinking about something else. “Everyone does this from time to time, ” says Zelinski. The best thing to do is to return to where you were before entering the room, and you’ll likely remember.
4．What does the underlined word “episodes” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?
A．Experiences. B．Experiments.
C．Expressions. D．Feelings.
5．According to the passage, women have better memory than men probably because________．
A．they have a wider range of interests
B．they always put things where they were
C．they pay more attention to their environment
D．they prefer to write notes to tell themselves what they should do
6．What can help prevent absentmindedness according to Schacter?
A．Writing notes.
B．Taking some medicine.
C．Putting something in sight.
D．Returning to where you were.
7．What is the best title for the text?
A．A Way of Recalling
B．The Importance of Encoding
C．Cures for Absentmindedness
D．Causes and Coping Strategies of Absentmindedness
Ⅱ.完形填空
(2017·太原二模)
Life in the Slow Lane
I always seemed to be rushing through my life. I’d__1__my seat belt and slam(猛踩)the accelerator to get where I wanted to go. Or, at the mall, I’d__2__the stores like a runner in the hundredmeter dash. There just weren’t enough hours in the day and I was afraid I might__3__something if I didn’t hurry up.
And then one day, as fate would have it, I ran out of__4__. As my car coasted off the road, I looked at my watch and hit the steering wheel__5__. I had a meeting in fifteen minutes and I hadn’t even finished__6__for it.
But as I got out of my car, a(n)__7__thing happened. I looked out towards the east, and the__8__was just beginning to shine over the horizon. There was a low
misty__9__hanging over the river, and some ducks were cutting thick, smooth trails(痕迹)across the otherwise glasslike surface of the water. A few sailboats__10__at anchor, their mirror images extending out before them.
I was shocked. This__11__scene had been going on right outside my car every morning and I had never__12__time appreciating it. I had been rushing around in such a__13__that I had been missing everything!
I was quietly, __14__， patiently watching as the sun painted a brand new day when a coworker finally__15__my car and stopped for me. I had somehow been transformed. Life went from a fast break dance into a slow waltz. I began taking long, slow walks__16__my yard and neighborhood, noticing for the first time all the neighbors, mysteries and wonders__17__were right there for me to see all the time. Not only were there sights that I had been missing, but I began to hear entire__18__all around me：birds singing, wind blowing and leaves rustling.
__19__one gives close attention to anything, even a blade of grass，it becomes a mysterious, beautiful and indescribably magnificent__20__in itself.
1.A.harden B．loosen
C．tighten D．widen
2．A.race through B．pass by
C．come across D．look into
3．A. waste B．miss
C．meet D．cost
4．A.money B．water
C．time D．gas
5．A.delightfully B．in depression
C．bravely D．in astonishment
6．A.waiting B．calling
C．caring D．preparing
7．A.confusing B．amusing
C．amazing D．embarrassing
8．A.star B．light
C．moon D．sun
9．A.ice B．wind
C．smoke D．fog
10．A.sat B．went
C．seated D．reached
11．A.disastrous B．accidental
C．glorious D．necessary
12．A.brought B．spent
C．taught D．founded
13．A.hurry B．case
C．position D．mess
14．A.regretfully B．joyfully
C．obviously D．carelessly
15．A.memorized B．borrowed
C．recognized D．opened
16．A. around B．with
C．for D．from
17．A.which B．that
C．who D．what
18．A.symphonies B．fantasies
C．noises D．cultures
19．A.Until B．Although
C．The moment D．The present
20．A.space B．village
C．city D．world
第九组
Ⅰ.阅读理解
【解题导语】 本文是一篇广告类说明文，主要介绍了艺术展览项目“雨屋”的技术原理、声光效果、参观注意事项等。
1．A 解析：写作意图题。根据第一段的第一句“The Rain Room has arrived and local art lovers are taking notice.”和第三部分的标题“Welcome to the Rain Room”可知，“雨屋”展览项目已经到了当地，欢迎观众前去参观；据此可以判断，本文旨在吸引观众参观“雨屋”艺术展，故A项正确。
2．A 解析：细节理解题。根据第二段的第二句，并结合第一段中的“and visitors aren’t getting wet”可知，跟踪系统能感知到参观者的移动，在此系统的帮助下，参观者不会被雨淋湿，故A项正确。
3．D 解析：细节理解题。根据本文最后一句可知，参观者参加展览仅限于十分钟，
故D项正确。
4－7.ACCD
Ⅱ.完形填空
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【解题导语】 本文主要讲述了作者在一次因车无油而下车欣赏到身边的美景的经历后开始学着享受慢生活的故事。
1．C 解析：根据下文的“my seat belt”和“slam(猛踩)the accelerator”可推知，作者系紧安全带。tighten“(使)变紧”。
2．A 解析：根据“like a runner in the hundredmeter dash”可推知，作者是在快速移动，与上文的“rushing through my life”呼应。
3．B 解析：根据语境可知，作者赶时间是害怕错过什么，与下文的“I had been rushing around in such a that I had been missing everything！”呼应。miss“错过，思念”。
4．D 解析：根据下文的“As my car coasted off the road”可推知，作者的车当时没有油了。
5．B 解析：结合下文的“I had a meeting in fifteen minutes and I hadn’t even finished for it.”可推知，作者当时很沮丧，空处与“hit the steering wheel”呼应。
6．D 解析：因为作者还没有做完准备工作，而车又没有油了，这让作者很沮丧。
7．C 解析：根据下文的“I was shocked. This scene had been going on right outside my car every morning and I had never time appreciating it.”可推知，作者下车后，发现了令他惊喜的事情。
8．D 解析：根据下文的“shine over the horizon”可推知，此处表示太阳刚刚升起。下文的“as the sun”也是提示。
9．D 解析：根据空前的“misty”可知，此处表示早上轻雾弥漫在河上的场景。
10．A 解析：结合语境可知，此处表示“停靠”，故选A。
11．C 解析：根据下文的“appreciating”可推知，作者为迷人的景致感到震撼。glorious“壮丽的，吸引人的”。
12．B 解析：spend time (in) doing sth.为固定用法，意为“花时间做某事”，符合语境，故选B。
13．A 解析：此处与“had been rushing”呼应，表示作者一直生活匆忙。in a hurry“匆忙”。
14．B 解析：根据上文的“appreciating”可推知，作者满心欢喜地欣赏着早上的景致。
15．C 解析：根据“finally”和上文提到的轻雾可推知，
作者的同事最终认出了作者的车。recognize“认出”。
16．A 解析：根据语境可推知，作者开始了一种慢生活，到院子和周围的街区转转。
17．B 解析：that在此引导定语从句，在从句中作主语。定语从句先行词为all the neighbors, mysteries and wonders，既有人又有物，故用that引导。
18．A 解析：根据下文的“birds singing, wind blowing and leaves rustling”可推知，周围所有的声响组合到一起成了交响乐。symphony“交响乐”。
19．C 解析：the moment意为“一……就……”，引导时间状语从句，符合语境。
20．D 解析：根据文中的“anything”可推知，此处表示这一切组成一个美妙的世界。
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