河南省洛阳市孟津一高2014届高三高考仿真模拟英语试题.docVIP

2014年高考新课标高三英语仿真模拟试题 本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试结束后，将答题卡和答题卷一并交回。 第I卷 注意事项： 1、答第I卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。 2、选出每小题的答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案标号。不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。 一、听力（略） 二、阅读理解（共小题，每题2分，满分分） 第一节（共小题；每小题2分，满分分） 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。A Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast. Diagnosed with diabetes (糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself with insulin (胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that werent bad enough, he had no health insurance. After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided hed better find a way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar, and created , a free online community for diabetics and their loved ones—a place where over 1,100 people share personal stories, information, and resources.  Jason Swencki’s son, Kody, was diagnosed with diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online childrens forums (论坛) together most evenings. Kody gets so excited, writing to kids from all over, says Swencki, one of the sites volunteers. They know what hes going through, so he doesnt feel alone. Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.  These days, Thomass main focus is his charity（慈善机构）, Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people—225 to date—who cant afford a diabetics huge expenses. F has raised about $23,000—in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the Caribbean.  Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his full-time job waiting tables. Of the diabetes charities out there, most are putting mone