阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A,B,C或D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
The multi-million pound new Library of Birmingham (LoB) will be the most visible sign of the way the city is accepting the digitalization (数字化) of everyday life.
Set to open in 2017, the ￡188m LoB is already beginning to take shape next to the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, with which it will share some equipment.
As digital media (媒介) is important toits idea, the project is already providing chances for some of the many small new local companies working at the new technologies.
Brian Gambles, the LoB project director, says it is about giving people the right tools for learning:“The aim is to mix the physical with the digital, providing 24-hour services which can be used through many different ways. It is important to enable us to reach more people, more effectively.”
The digital library will, he says, be as important as the physical one, allowing the distant use of the services, making sure that it is never closed to the public.
Even before the LoB is complete, the public has been able to go online to visit the Virtual (虚拟的) LoB, designed by Baden, the Birmingham virtual worlds specialists. Not only have the public been able to learn about the LoB, but the virtual one has also enabled those working on the LoB to understand the building and how it will work before it even opens.
Two other small Birmingham-based digital companies are also working on the LoB projects. Substrat, a digital design company, is developing what it calls an example of an “enlarged reality” project. It is about the use of an exciting smart phone, an important part of the LoB which is in the early stages of development. And The People’s Archive is an online library of historical figures of the city being built up by a digital content company in Cahoots, in which users will be encouraged to add to and comment on the material.
Gambles says: “Technology will enable us to make the library’s content and services open to citizens as never before.”
1. The underlined part “its idea” in Paragraph 3 refers to the idea of .
A. the equipmentB. the project
C. the digital media D. the physical library
2. While visiting the Virtual LoB, the public can .
A. get a general idea of the LoB
B. meet many world-famous experts
C. learn how to put up a library building
D. understand how the specialists work on the project
3. Which of the following is true of the LoB when it opens?
a. It offers better learning tools.
b. It reaches users in different ways.
c. It provides users with smart phones.
d. It allows users to enrich its material.
e. It gives non-stop physical and digital services.
A. a, b, d B. a, c, e C. b, c, d D. b, d, e
4. The text is most probably taken from .
A. a computer book B. a library guide
C. a project handbookD. a newspaper report
【参考答案】1-4 BAAD
阅读下列短文, 从给的四个选项 (A、B、C和D) 中, 选出最佳选项。
(2017·沈阳市二模，A)
The owner of a missing cat is asking for help. “My baby has been missing for over a month now, and I want him back so badly，” said Mrs. Brown, a 56yearold woman. Mrs. Brown lives by herself in a park near Clovis. She said that Clyde, her 7yearold cat, didn't come home for dinner more than a month ago. The next morning he didn't appear for breakfast, either. After Clyde missed an extraspecial lunch, she called the police. When the policeman asked her to describe Clyde, she told him that Clyde had beautiful green eyes, had all his teeth but was missing half of his left ear, and was seven years old and completely white.
?Is Clyde your child or your pet？” the officer asked. “Well, he's my cat.” Mrs. Brown replied. “Lady, you should report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS！” said the annoyed
policeman. “You can ask around your neighborhood or put up flyers.” Mrs. Brown figured that a
billboard would work a lot better than an 8?11 piece of paper on a telephone pole. There was an
empty billboard at the end of her street just off the highway, with a phone number on it.
She called that number, and they told her they could put up a picture of Clyde on the billboard for all to see. They told her it would cost only ￥3 000 a month. So she took most of the money out of her savings account and rented the billboard for a month.
The month has passed, but Clyde has not appeared.
Because she has almost no money in savings, Mrs. Brown called the local newspaper to see if anyone could help her rent the billboard for just one more month. She is waiting but, so far, no one has stepped forward.
文章大意：本文是一篇资讯报道。一个老太太的宠物猫丢失一个多月了，她就此请求大家给予帮助。
1．The underlined word “flyers” in the second paragraph probably means ________.
A．posters
B．pilots
C．billboards
D．newspapers
答案：A 词义猜测题。警察建议Mrs. Brown “put up flyers”，再根据文章第二段倒数第二句“Mrs. Brown figured that a billboard would work a lot better than an 8×11 piece of paper on a telephone pole.”可推知，flyer指的是“an 8×11 piece of paper on a telephone pole”，故答案A海报，符合文义。
2．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The police officer thought that Clyde was Mrs. Brown's child.
B．Mrs. Brown put up an 8×11 piece of paper on a telephone pole.
C．Clyde had kept Mrs. Brown company for seven years in total.
D．Someone rented the billboard for Mrs. Brown for one month.
答案：A 细节理解题。根据文章第二段第三句“‘Lady, you should report missing PERSONS, not missing CATS！’ said the annoyed policeman”可知，答案A符合文义。should此处表示惊讶。
3．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.
A．the billboard off the highway costs $ 3 000 a month
B．the neighbors helped Mrs. Brown to put up flyers
C．Mrs. Brown doesn't give up the hope of finding Clyde
D．Clyde only had half of his left ear but had all his teeth
答案：C 推理判断题。根据文章第一段第一句“The owner of a missing cat is asking for help.”和对文章最后两段的整体理解可以推断出，Mrs. Brown并没有放弃寻找宠物猫，故答案C符合文义。
4．What is probably the best title for the passage?
A．A Nearby Billboard
B．Clyde and Mrs. Brown
C．A Missing Cat
D．Persons or Cats
答案：C 标题概括题。根据文章第一段第一句“The owner of a missing cat is asking for help.”的开篇点题和对全文的整体理解可知，本文主要讲的是一个老太太寻找一只丢失的猫的相关信息，故答案C符合文义。
【天津市蓟县邦均中学2017高考英语模拟试题】
写作（满分25分）请结合下列图画，用英语写一篇120—150词左右的短文，内容包括：（1）图画所体现的变化；（2）你的感受。
参考词汇：改革开放the reform and opening – up
【参考范文】写作
One possible version:
It is 30 years since China carried out the reform and opening up. Great changes have taken place and each part of China can give a clear sign of the rapid development and advance in today’s China.
Take people’s communication for example. In the past, our grandpas had to ask someone who could write for help when they wanted to contact their relatives or friends. As for our fathers, they kept in touch with each other by writing letters by themselves. With the development of science and technology, we can communicate with each other anytime and anywhere by mobile phone.
As a new generation, we are so lucky living in the new century. We’re proud of our country and its achievements. So we should cherish the happiness of today’s life. Meanwhile, we should put more effort and make more contributions to our beloved motherland. We believe she will become stronger and stronger.
【深圳市2017高考英语综合能力测试题（10）】
基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
请根据提示内容，写一篇短文，介绍下面的内容。
[写作内容]
请根据以下信息，写一份有关“英语角”的活动通知。
活动时间与地点 本周五下午四点
学校礼堂
参加人员 全校所有学生和英语教师
活动内容 1．邀请五名哥伦比亚大学学生参加，其中Lucy将发表演讲——美国生活方式及美国教育；
2．我校学生表演自编自导节目，包括英文歌曲演唱和英语戏剧表演；
3．中美学生自由讨论感兴趣话题， 如：语言学习和各自不同的学校
生活等。
注意事项 提前了解美国文化，为自由讨论做准备
2. 务必准时参加
[写作要求]
1．只能使用五个句子表达全部内容；
2．英语通知的格式已给出。
Notice
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English Club
Tuesday, May 13th, 2017
【参考范文】基础写作 (One possible version)
Notice
There will be an English Corner activity in the school hall at 4:00 this Friday afternoon and all our students and English teachers are required to attend it. For this English Corner activity, we have invited five American students from Columbia University, among whom Lucy will give us a speech on the American lifestyle and education in America. Meanwhile, some of our students will give wonderful performances composed and directed by themselves, including English songs and plays. Moreover, we will hold a free discussion, in which Chinese and American students can talk about what they are interested in, such as language learning and their own lives in different schools.
Please prepare yourself to make notes about American culture in advance for the free discussion and be sure to arrive on time.
English Club
Tuesday, May 13th, 2017
【深圳市2017高考英语综合能力测试题（10）】
读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Last year, researchers in Taiwan found that playing outdoors reduces progression of short-sightedness of school children. Around the same time, Global Times published a report, explaining that staring at the screen of an iPad closely tightens the muscles of the eyes and will lead children to suffer from headaches. If the muscles remain tightened for a long time, they will change the shape of the eyeballs, which will lend to short-sightedness.
Hu Li, an eye doctor at Guang7hou No. 3 Hospital, said that in recent weeks, 70~0% of his patients were children and the biggest cause of their eyesight problems was iPads and smart phones. Hu said he was working overtime all summer and he was not alone. Eye doctors at Sun Yat-sen University Hospital said they were seeing over 300 children a day.
In 2017, the National Bureau of Statistics revealed that China has the second highest rate of short-sightedness in the world. Up to 61% of primary school students are short-sighted, 68% of middle- school students are short-sighted, and 90% of university students are short-sighted: the paper reports.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括本文内容；
2．以约120个词就“学生近视严重”这一话题发表自己的看法，并包括如下要点：
(1)分析学生近视的原因；
(2)简述你或他人一次因近视而产生不便的经历；
(3)对于保护视力，你的建议是什么。
【写作要求】
1．作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。
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【参考范文】读写任务 (One possible version)
The cause of short-sightedness is explained with two examples of doctors’ findings and figures from the National Bureau of Statistics. They showed that short-sighted students are increasing due to the use of iPads and smart phones.
Why are short-sighted students increasing? That’s because many students often spend too much time surfing the Internet: playing games and watching videos. On the other hand, most of them usually overwork their eyes since they have to do a lot of reading and endless homework every day.
In my junior high school, I was short- sighted and for some time I couldn’t see the words on the blackboard clearly, so I couldn’t follow the teacher in class. Naturally, I fell behind and had to spend most of my spare time catching up with my classmates.
In order to keep good eyesight, firstly we shouldn’t overwork our eyes. Secondly, we’d better stop to rest after we do some reading for an hour or so. Lastly, we should make it a rule to do eye exercises every day.