河北省衡水中学2017届高三小二调考试英语试题及答案(4)

                        iPad vs textbooks
What if you could have your whole backpack at the touch of your fingertips? In the first month of the Apple iPads release, 25million were sold! People all over the world use iPads for all sorts of different things, but one of their finest qualities is the ability to be a textbook. ___36.____
To begin with, iPad are less expensive. Textbooks become outdated and schools have to buy new books, but with an iPad schools can update them for free. __37.___ Schools don’t have to spend $500 every year for iPads because they last a while and can be updated.
___38.__ Students usually have multiple classes, which results in multiple textbooks. Heavy backpacks filled with books can cause back problem. A solution to that is an iPad, which only weighs 1.33 pounds and can hold all of a student’s textbooks.
Thirdly, schools should get rid of their textbooks and get iPads because they have more capabilities. Some might think all of the apps are distracting, but the apps actually make iPads more efficient. 39.__     _ Textbooks cannot do those tasks, but iPads can easily do them with just a tap of the fingertip.
Lastly, iPads are a better choice for schools instead of textbooks because these devices allow students to access their learning anywhere at any time. __40.___ With iPads, they find it easier to get their homework done.
In conclusion, schools should get rid of their clumsy textbooks and switch to iPads. iPads have allowed this generation to have their entire backpack in the palm of their hands.
A. These tablets are perfect for busy students.
B. Secondly, iPads cost less and are more popular.
C. Therefore, they can use the saved money for other programs.
D. iPads have already replaced textbooks in over 600 American counties.
E. Moreover, in high school, textbooks have an average of 4.8 pounds each.
F. Schools have every reason to do away with their school books and switch to iPads.
G. iPads absorb the need to buy calculators, dictionaries, and other items that are found within the device.


第三部分 语言运用
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分,满分30分） 
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The  41  is that countries around the world have growing mountains of  42   because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.
    How did we _  43    a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to   44_ an object than to spend time and money to repair it. _  45 _ modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and _   46  _.
   Another cause is our   47   of disposable (一次性的) products. As   48    people, we are always looking for _  49    to save time and make our lives easier. Companies   50  thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.
    Our appetite for new products also   51    to the problem. We are   52  _ buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that _  53   is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we _  54  _  useful possessions to make room for new ones.
     All around the world, we can see the _  55  _ of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To   56    the amount of rubbish and to protect the _57__, more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. _  58  , this is not enough to solve our problem.
     Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions  59  throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about _  60  . Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.
41. A. key         B. reason   C. project D. problem
42. A. gifts        B. rubbish   C. debt D. products
43. A. face         B. become   C. observe D. change
44. A. hide        B. control   C. replace D. withdraw
45. A. Thanks to   B. As to   C. Except for  D. Regardless of
46. A. safe   B. funny    C. cheap      D. powerful
47. A. love   B. lack   C. prevention   D. division
48. A. sensitive  B. kind C. brave      D. busy
49. A. ways       B. places C. jobs          D. friends
50. A. donate     B. receive C. produce   D. preserve
51. A. adapts     B. returns   C. responds  D. contributes
52. A. tired of      B. addicted to  C. worried about      D. ashamed for    .
53. A. newer       B. stronger C. higher     D. larger
54. A. pick up    B. pay for   C. hold onto D. throw away
55. A. advantages     B. purposes       C. functions         D. consequences