河北省石家庄市20xx届高三下学期模拟联考英语试题

河北省石家庄市20xx届高三下学期模拟联考英语试题内容摘要：

What at first seemed like the work of a clever stayathome car thief, however, may in fact be the work of an even lazier and more inventive criminal mind – one that avoids not only collecting money but going out to steal the car in the first place. Police officer Chen says that the criminal probably has pulled a double trick: he gets money for things he cannot possibly return. Instead of stealing cars, he lets someone else do it and then waits for the carowner to place an ad in the newspaper asking for help. The theory is supported by the fact that, so far, none of the stolen cars have been returned. Also, the amount of money demanded – under 3,000 Taiwanese dollars – seems too little for a car worth many times more. Demands for pigeondelivered money stopped as soon as the press reported the story. And even if they start again, Chen holds little hope of catching the criminal. “We have more important things to do,” he said. 31. After the car owner received a phone call, he______. A. went to a certain pigeon and put some money in the bag it carried B. gave the money to the thief and bad his car back in a park C. sent some money to the thief by mail D. told the press about it 32. The “lazier and more inventive” criminal refers to _____. A. the car thief who stays at home B. one of those who put the ads in the paper C. one of the policemen in Changwa D. the owner of the pigeons 33. The writer ,mentions the fact that “none of the stolen cars have been returned” to show ________. A. how easily people get fooled by criminals B. what Chen thinks might be correct C. the thief is extremely clever D. the money paid is too little 34. The underlined word “they” in the last paragraph refers to _____. A. criminals B. pigeons C. the stolen cars D. demands for money 35. We may infer that the criminal knows how to reach the car owners because______. A. he reads the ads in the newspaper B. he lives in the same neighborhood C. he has seen the car owners in the park D. he has trained the pigeons to follow them 第二节（共 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 选项中有两项为多余选项。 How to Improve Speed Reading Skills Speed reading is one of many skills that can improve your reading prehension and shorten your study time. _36_. Look at groups of words,not single words. , if you can get into the habit of reading groups or chunks of words at one time, then you can read much faster. Start by trying to look at a group of three or four words at once, then work up to looking at an entire line of words. Focus on words that give the sentence meaning, such as the nouns and verbs and pay less attention to the filler words, such as “A, the, and, etc.” Scan for keywords. Scanning is a highly effective way of extracting answers from a text without really reading it. If you know exactly what you are looking fora name, a date, a statistic, or a specific wordyou can find it quickly by skipping over large chunks of the text. To scan, first visualize the word, number, or phrase you would like to find 38 . The information you are looking for should pop out at you. 39 . You can train yourself to read faster by timing yourself as you go. Start by getting your base time. Set a timer for fifteen minutes, and speed read as you normally do. 40 . Do not count the words, just the pages or paragraphs. Record your figures: for instance, you might write “15min/ pages.” A. Then, run your eyes rapidly over the text. B. Race the clock C. Check your prehension. D. If you read a text one word at a time, then this will slow your reading speed way down. E. Here are some Speed Reading Techniques. F. One of the reasons you read slowly is that you have to pause sometimes to understand what a passage is saying. G. When the timer goes off, check to see how far you have got.。