江西省新余一中2019-2020学年高一3月零班网上摸底考试英语试题

江西省新余一中2019-2020学年高一3月零班网上摸底考试英语试题

新余市第一中学高一下学期零班摸底考试 英 语 试 卷 第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分)‎ 第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)‎ 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。‎ ‎1. When will the woman discuss her class project with the man?‎ A. During the man's class. B. After today's class C. Tomorrow.‎ ‎2. Where does this conversation most probably take place?‎ A. In a garden. B. In a kitchen. C. In a market.‎ ‎3. How does the woman's sister go to university ?‎ A. By bus. B. On foot. C. By subway.‎ ‎4. What was the weather like last Saturday ?‎ A. It was sunny. B. It was raining all day. C. It turned fine in the afternoon.‎ ‎5. What does the man mean ?‎ A. He knows what's wrong with the watch.‎ B. The woman needs to buy another new battery.‎ C. The clock shop can probably repair the woman's watch.‎ 第二节（共15小题）‎ 听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。‎ 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。‎ ‎6. What did the woman do last night?‎ A. She saw a film. B. She went shopping. C. She watched a football match.‎ ‎7. Why couldn't the man keep in touch with the woman last night?‎ A. The woman's mobile phone was stolen.‎ B. The woman's mobile phone was power off.‎ C. The man had something important to do.‎ 听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。‎ ‎8. What is the weather like these days?‎ A. Hot. B. Cold. C. Rainy.‎ ‎9. Where is the typhoon expected to come from?‎ A. The mainland. B. The western Pacific. C. The man's city.‎ ‎10. When is the typhoon likely to come to the speakers' city?‎ A. Tomorrow morning. B. Today. C. Tomorrow evening.‎ 听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。‎ ‎11. What's the relationship between the two speakers?‎ A. Doctor and patient. B. Teacher and student. C. Husband and wife.‎ ‎12. What do we learn about the man?‎ A. The man is badly ill. B. The man has caught a cold.‎ C. The man doesn't like his job very much.‎ ‎13. What did the woman do with the man's trouble?‎ A. She prepared some hot water for him. B. She told him to go to bed.‎ C. She telephoned the doctor immediately.‎ 听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。‎ ‎14. Where does the woman want to go?‎ A. To go to the park. B. To go to the English Language Institute.‎ C. To go to the King Street.‎ ‎15. Where are the speakers?‎ A. In the park. B. In a department store. C. At the station.‎ ‎16. Which road should she take when she comes to the end of the park?‎ A. The road on the left. B. The road on the right. C. The road leading to the park.‎ 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。‎ ‎17. When will the Burj Dubai be completed?‎ A. In 2010. B. In 2009. C. In 2008. ‎ ‎18. Where is the center of the tallest buildings at present?‎ A. In Europe and the Middle East. B. In North America and Asia.‎ C. In Asia and the Middle East.‎ ‎19. Why do people build so many tall buildings?‎ A. Tall buildings are wonderful to look at.‎ B. Tall building save more resources.‎ C. People like to live in tall buildings.‎ ‎20. What is the height of the Empire‎ State ‎Building?‎ A. About 400 meters. B. About 200 meters. C. About 300 meters.‎ 第二部分阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)‎ 第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)‎ 阅读下列短文,从每题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。‎ A ‎ Our Annual Cultural Events A Night in ‎Rio We are proud to bring the energy and enthusiasm of Brazilian Carnival to Charlotte with A Night in Rio‎! Get a taste of Carnival through dancing, live music, authentic food, drinks and marketplace. Put on your green and yellow, and join us for the unforgettable experience of Brazilian Carnival!‎ Date: Saturday, March 21, 2020‎ TICKETS AVAILABLE ONLY AT THE DOOR Location: Neighborhood Theatre, ‎Charlotte Time: 7 PM Ritmo & Sabor We are thrilled to bring the annual celebration Ritmo & Sabor Festival! Featuring dance performances and FREE dance lessons and delicious, authentic Latin cuisine, this festival will be a fantastic celebration for the entire family to enjoy! Food and beer will be available for purchase. Come out to enjoy a great summer evening of Ritmo & Sabor!‎ Date: Saturday July 4, 2020‎ Location: International & Cultural Center, ‎Charlotte Time: 5—11 PM FREE ADMISSION Las Américas Join us in the annual celebration LAS AMÉRICAS! We display our history and identity of Latin America through musical performances, story-telling and poetry. Enjoy yourself with local artists, shop your way through a market of arts and crafts and join in some of the finest Latin American cuisine.‎ Date: August 8, 2020‎ Location: Midwood International & Culture Center, ‎Charlotte Time: 2—7 PM Admission is FREE.‎ Latin American Festival Festival Latinoamericano returns for its 28th year, with musical artists and dance performances, a diverse authentic selection of Latin American food, visual artists, and a street festival environment with activities for the whole family.‎ Location: Symphony Park at South Park Mall, ‎Charlotte Date: Saturday Sept. 26 (1-8pm)‎ Admission: $10; Children aged 8 & under are free.‎ ‎21. What does Ritmo & Sabor mainly provide?‎ A. Music and visual art. B. Food and beer.‎ C. Dance and poetry. D. Dance and food.‎ ‎22. What can you do at Las Américas?‎ A. Buy some local crafts as souvenirs. B. Enjoy typical Latin American beer.‎ C. Dance in green and yellow clothes. D. Watch local dancers’ performances.‎ ‎23. Which event requires a ticket for a seven-year-old child?‎ A. Las Américas. B. A Night in Rio.‎ C. Ritmo & Sabor. D. Latin American Festival.‎ B I used to be an average student in Bohunt‎ ‎High school until I took Dr. Whitworth’s class. He was such a life-changer to me that I left that class determined never to underachieve again. He not only taught me to perform better and achieve more success than expected, he, more importantly, taught me to think. He convinced me, as much by example as words that it was my moral obligation to do so and to serve others.‎ Neither of us could know how our relationship would evolve over the years. When I came back to Bohunt to teach English, I worked for Dr. Whitworth, the department chair. My discussion with him was like graduate seminars in adolescent development, classroom management and school leadership.‎ After several years, I was named department chair, and our relationship shifted again. I thought that it might be awkward chairing the department, since all of my former English teachers were still there, but Dr. Whitworth supported me throughout. As the former chair, he knew when to give me advice about curriculum, texts and personnel, and when to let me chart my own course.‎ In 1997, I needed his opinion about leaving Bohunt to become principal at another school. If he had asked me to stay at Bohunt, I might have. Instead, he encouraged me to seize the opportunity.‎ Five years ago, I became the principal of Bohunt. Once again, Dr. Whitworth was there for me, letting me know that I could count on him. I have learned from him that great teachers have an inexhaustible (用不完的) wealth of lessons to teach.‎ ‎24. The underlined word in Paragraph 1 could be best replaced by ________.‎ A. underperform B. underestimate C. undertake D. understand ‎25. What did the author mean by “our relationship shifted again”?‎ A. They became teacher and student again.‎ B. They chaired the department together.‎ C. They were colleagues and Dr. Whitworth worked for him.‎ D. They were colleagues and he worked for Dr. Whitworth.‎ ‎26. The story is mainly carried out ________.‎ A. in time order B. in space order C. by giving examples D. by comparison ‎27. Where does this passage possibly come from?‎ A. A speech. B. An autobiography. C. A newspaper. D. A poster.‎ C Pigeons in London have a bad reputation. Some people call them flying rats. And many blame them for causing pollution with their droppings. But now the birds are being used to fight another kind of pollution in this city of 8.5 million.‎ ‎“The problem for air pollution is that it’s been largely ignored as an issue for a long time,” says Andrea Lee, who works for the London-based environmental organization Client Earth. “People don’t realize how bad it is, and how it actually affects their health.” London’s poor air quality is linked to nearly 10,000 early deaths a year. Lee says, citing(引用)a report released by the city manager last year. If people were better informed about the pollution they’ re breathing, she says, they could pressure the government to do something about it.‎ Nearby, on a windy hill in London’s Regent’s Park, an experiment is underway that could help—the first week of flights by the Pigeon Air Patrol. It all began when Pierre Duquesnoy, the director for DigitasLBi, a marketing firm, won a London Design Festival contest last year to show how a world problem could be solved using Twitter. Duquesnoy, from France, chose the problem of air pollution.‎ ‎“Basically, I realized how important the problem was,” he says. “But also I realized that most of the people around me didn’t know anything about it.” Duquesnoy says he wants to better measure pollution, while at the same time making the results accessible to the public through Twitter.‎ ‎“So”, he wondered, “how could we go across the city quickly collecting as much data as possible?” Drones were his first thought. But it’s illegal to fly them over London. “But pigeons can fly above London, right?” he says. “They live—actually, they are Londoners as well. So, yeah, I thought about using pigeons equipped with mobile apps. And we can use not just street pigeons, but racing pigeons, because they fly pretty quickly and pretty low.”‎ So it might be time for Londoners to have more respect for their pigeons. The birds may just be helping to improve the quality of the city’s air.‎ ‎28．What can we infer about London’s air quality from Paragraph 2?‎ A．Londoners are very satisfied with it.‎ B．The government is trying to improve it.‎ C．Londoners should pay more attention to it.‎ D．The government has done a lot to improve it.‎ ‎29．Duquesnoy attended the London Design Festival to _________.‎ A．entertain Londoners. B．solve a world problem.‎ C．design a product for sale. D．protect animals like pigeons.‎ ‎30．Why did Duquesnoy give up using drones to fly across London?‎ A．Because they are too expensive. B．Because they fly too quickly.‎ C．Because they are forbidden. D．Because they fly too high.‎ ‎31．Which can be the best title for the text?‎ A．Clean air in London. B．London’s dirty secret.‎ C．Causes of air pollution in London. D．London’s new pollution fighter.‎ D According to a new study， teens focus on rewards and have a hard time learning to avoid punishment or consider the consequences of alternative actions.‎ University‎ College London researchers compared how teens and adults learn to make choices based on the available information. They tracked the way in which 18 volunteers aged 12-17 and 20 volunteers aged 18-32 completed tasks in which they had to choose between abstract symbols.‎ Each symbol was consistently associated with a fixed chance of a reward, punishment, or no outcome. As the trial progressed ， participants learned which symbols were likely to lead to each outcome and adjusted their choices accordingly. Teens and adults were equally good at learning to choose symbols associated with reward， but teens were less good at avoiding symbols associated with punishment. Adults also performed significantly better when they were told what would have happened if they had chosen the other symbol after each choice， while teens did not appear to take this information into account.‎ ‎“From this experimental lab study we can draw conclusions about learning during the teen years. We find that teens and adults learn in different ways， something that might be relevant to education," said lead author Dr. Stefano Palminteri. " Unlike adults, teens are not so good at learning to adjust their choices to avoid punishment. This suggests that incentive systems based on reward rather than punishment may be more effective for this age group. Additionally, we found that teens did not learn from being shown what would have happened if they made alternative choices."‎ To interpret the results, the researchers developed computational models of learning and ran simulations （模拟）applying them to the results of the study. The first was a simple model, one that learned from rewards, and the second model added to this by also learning from the option that was not chosen. The third model was the most complete and took the full context into account, with equal weight given to punishment avoidance and reward seeking. For example, obtaining no outcome rather than losing a point is weighted equally to gaining a point rather than having no outcome.‎ Comparing the experimental data to the models, the team found that teens" behavior followed the simple reward-based model while adults" behavior matched the complete, contextual model. “Our study suggests that teens are more receptive to rewards than they are to punishments of equal value, ” said senior author Dr. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore. “As a result, it may be useful for parents and teachers to frame things in more positive terms.”‎ ‎32. It can be learned from the study that .‎ A. adults made choices faster than teens B. adults understood rewards better than teens C. teens reacted better to reward than punishment D. teens were aware of the outcome of each choice ‎33. What do we know about the three computational models?‎ A. They reflected people’s strong desire for punishment avoidance.‎ B. They gave circumstances different degrees of consideration.‎ C. They paid equal attention to reward and punishment.‎ D. They shaped the behavior of people at different ages.‎ ‎34. The underlined word “receptive" in the last paragraph probably means .‎ A. accustomed B. opposed C. sympathetic D. responsive ‎35. According to the writer, which of the following statements works best for teens?‎ A. “If you insist on doing things in this way， you will lose ten points. "‎ B. “If we had talked about this earlier， you wouldn’t have made the mistake. "‎ C. “ If you hand in your assignment ahead of time， you will get an extra bonus."‎ D. “If you want to approach a problem differently ， you can talk to your parents. "‎ 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人空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。‎ There are many things we remember from our childhood — the games we played, the music we listened to... but what about earning pocket money? This was our first ever wage for completing tasks such as tidying our bedroom or sorting the laundry. Our reward was a handful of coins that we safely stored. 36 ‎ There was a time when cash was the main currency for financial transactions (交易). These days, though, using credit cards, or making cashless payments, are the most convenient ways of paying. 37 Research has found that 84% of British parents currently give notes and coins to their children—usually 7 pounds a week as an allowance.‎ But banks predict that by 2028 only one in ten transactions will be with cash, and that it’s something today’s children will have to deal with. One issue is that children may not understand the value of cash because they never see it. 38 They either should find a new way to hand out pocket money, or needn’t bother to pay it at all.‎ Still, solutions are available. Giving children lessons at school about finance is important. 39 The trick is to go and get some coins so that children have the opportunity to interact with them. Besides, bank accounts for older children can be opened to give them cash cards to use. Whatever method a parent chooses to adopt, their children will get some idea of the value of pocket money. 40 ‎ A. Parents face a dilemma too. ‎ B. This, in turn, makes the buying much easier.‎ C. They have completely taken the place of cash.‎ D. So how do parents hand out pocket money at present?‎ E. But parents need to teach their kids that money doesn’t grow on trees!‎ F. But now, it seems that parents’ attitude to handing out cash is changing.‎ G. And parents are advised to get children started with money as young as possible.‎ 第三部分语言知识运用(共两节，满分45分)‎ 第一节(共20小题；每小题 1.5分，满分30分)‎ 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。‎ After 20 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to 41 . She said, “I love you, but I know this other woman loves you too.”‎ The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow (寡妇) for 19 years, but my busy life had made it impossible to visit her 42 . That night I called to 43 her out for dinner.‎ ‎“What’s wrong? are you well?” she asked. My mother is the type of woman who suspects that a late night 44 is a sign of bad news.‎ ‎“I thought that it would be pleasant to spend some time with you,” I 45 .‎ She thought about it for a moment, and 46 . During the dinner, we had an agreeable conversation — 47 extraordinary but recent events of each other’s life.‎ Before we 48 , she said, “I’ll go out with you again, 49 only if you let me invite you.”‎ A few days 50 , my mother died of a heart attack. It 51 me so suddenly that I didn’t have a chance to do anything for her. A few days after the funeral, I received an envelope with a receipt (收据) from the same place where mother and I had 52 . An attached note 53 :‎ ‎“I paid this bill 54 . I wasn’t sure that I could be there; but nevertheless, I paid for two 55 —one for you and the other for your 56 . You will never know what that night meant for me. I 57 you, son.”‎ At that moment, I 58 the importance of saying in time: “I LOVE YOU”. Give your family the 59 they deserve, because sometimes things cannot be 60 till “some other time”.‎ ‎41. A. home B. talk C. movie D. dinner ‎42. A. directly B. frequently C. rarely D. exactly ‎43. A. bring B. take C. force D. invite ‎44. A. visit B. meal C. ring D. date ‎45. A. argued B. whispered C. committed D. responded ‎46. A. agreed B. refused C. promised D. nodded ‎47. A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything ‎48. A. met B. parted C. left D. divided ‎49. A. but B. and C. so D. or ‎50. A. before B. earlier C. ago D. later ‎51. A. broke B. occurred C. happened D. struck ‎52. A. sat B. waited C. gathered D. dined ‎53. A. saw B. read C. showed D. wrote ‎54. A. in advance B. on purpose C. by accident D. with patience ‎55. A. tables B. dishes C. seats D. chances ‎56. A. mother B. family C. wife D. child ‎57. A. miss B. admire C. love D. hug ‎58. A. sensed B. accepted C. checked D. pursued ‎59. A. time B. money C. comfort D. calls ‎60. A. ensured B. delayed C. forgotten D. forgiven 第二节(共 10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)‎ 阅读下面短文，在空白处填人1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。‎ Last year, my brother and I went to Miami for a vacation. Some of my friends who had been there before said 61 was a wonderful holiday destination. Before we went, we had planned for months. When the day came, we were ready.‎ ‎ After our plane landed, we went to the hotel. We had made our reservation six months 62 (early), but the man at the front desk said there had been a mistake. We 63 (tell) that our rooms hadn't been reserved for that week, 64 for the week after. I didn't understand 65 this would happen and my credit card had already been charged 66 the reservation. What's worse, the hotel had been fully booked. When we were wondering what to do, the manager came out. She was 67 (surprise) helpful. She apologized for the mistake and gave us a spare VIP room on 68 top floor. We had never stayed in such an amazing room, and we weren't charged extra.‎ The next day, my brother and I went to the beach 69 we watched some people play volleyball. We got a little 70 (sunburn), but the day had been so relaxing that we didn't mind.‎ 第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)‎ 第一节短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)‎ 假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。‎ 注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；‎ ‎2.只允许修改10处,多者(从第11处起)不计分。‎ Time is valuable but limit. There is a famous saying, “Time is life”, this shows the importance of time. When time had gone, it’ll never return. It’s a pity when many people make poor use of time. They spend their precious time oversleeping, drinking and hanging around. They don’t realize wasting time is equal with wasting their life. They always regret having made little achievement so far. However, we should form the habit of value time. Don’t put off what can be done today tomorrow. Laziness will not only bring us the failure, but also lead us to the road to poverty and even deaths.‎ 第二节书面表达(满分 25分)‎ 假如你是高一(1)班的班长李华。随着天气转热，你发现你们教室的空调不会运转，同学们纷纷抱怨。请你写信给学校总务处投诉此事，要求修理。注意：‎ ‎(1)词数100个左右； ‎ ‎(2)可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。‎ 新余市第一中学高一下学期英语试卷参考答案 听力：1-5CABCC 6-10.ABABC 11-15.CBABC 16-20.BCCB A 阅读：21-40 . DAB ACAB CBCD CBDC FDAGE 完型：41-60 DBDCD ABBAD DDBAC CCAAB 语法填空：61.it 62.earlier 63.were told 64.but 65.why/how 66.for 67.surprisingly 68.the 69.where 70.sunburnt/sunburned 改错： 1. limit→limited 2. this→which 3. had→has 3. had→has 4. when→that ‎ ‎5. with→to 6. However→Therefore 7. value→valuing ‎ ‎8. 在tomorrow前加till/until 9. 去掉failure前的the 10. deaths→death 作文：‎ Dear Sir,‎ I am Li Hua, a senor 1 student. Much to my regret, I have to write this letter on behalf of Class 1, to express our dissatisfaction with the air-conditioner in our classroom. ‎ When admitted to this school, I had thought I would enjoy an extremely comfortable school life. However, I am upset to find our school leaves much to be desired, especially the air-conditioner, being out of work. With the weather becoming burning hot, We do hope someone will come to repair it as soon as possible. ‎ We expect a prompt reply from you and necessary measures to be taken at once.‎ Sincerely yours,‎ Li Hua ‎ ‎ 听力材料：‎ ‎ (Text 1)‎ W: Excuse me, Professor Carson, but I was hoping to talk to you about my class project.‎ M: I have a class in a few minutes. Why don't you come and see me during office hours tomorrow?‎ ‎(Text 2)‎ W: These tomatoes are huge! You must have watered them a lot.‎ M: Yes, I did. They ought to be ripe enough to pick by next Friday when we have our picnic.‎ ‎(Text 3)‎ M: How does your sister go to university every day? Does she take a bus or underground or maybe the train?‎ W: Oh, she always walks—because she lives quite close.‎ ‎(Text 4)‎ M: How was the weather for your hiking trip last Saturday?‎ W: It rained a little in the morning, but got sunny in the afternoon.‎ M: Did you have a lot of fun?‎ W: Sure.‎ ‎(Text 5)‎ M: Lily, do you have the time?‎ W: Oh, my watch stopped again. And I just got a new battery.‎ M: Why don't you take it to the clock shop? They can check it for you, and the price is pretty reasonable.‎ ‎(Text 6)‎ W: Why didn't you come to the cinema last night? I waited for you for a long time.‎ M: I'm sorry, but I had something more important to do yesterday evening, so I wasn't able to come.‎ W: But why not tell me?‎ M: I did. I called you many times, but you had your mobile phone power off.‎ W: Oh, I didn't bring it with me because I left it recharging at home.‎ M: I'm really sorry to have missed the film.‎ ‎(Text 7)‎ W: Why is it so hot these days?‎ M: The weather report says another typhoon is forming in the western Pacific and is moving towards the mainland.‎ W: That's why it's burning hot these days. By the way, will our city be hit by the typhoon? ‎ M:I'm afraid so. It will hit our city on its way towards the mainland.‎ W: When will it arrive?‎ M: It is expected to arrive here tomorrow evening.‎ W: So we must be prepared for it.‎ M: Yes. The government has warned the fishermen not to go fishing too far out to sea, and told all citizens not to stay out when the typhoon arrives. I'm afraid it will cause a serious damage. We'll have to be careful.‎ ‎(Text 8)‎ W: Shall I phone and tell your secretary you're not coming today?‎ M: Yes, please, dear. Tell her I've got a cold and a headache, but I hope to be back in a day or two. You'd better say I'm staying in bed.‎ W: But you're not in bed! Do you want me to tell a lie?‎ M: Oh, it's only a very little one, dear. I'm not making a false excuse. I really have a bad headache.‎ W: Then put the cigarette out. It's very foolish of you to smoke when you've got a cold.‎ M: Very well, dear. You're quite right.‎ W: Look, here's some boiling water. Do as I tell you now. I've put something in the water that'll do you a lot of good. Put your nose over the water. That's right. Breathe in deeply. It'll do you a lot of good.‎ M: It smells nice.‎ ‎(Text 9)‎ W: Excuse me. Do you live here?‎ M: Yes.‎ W: Oh, well, do you know where the English Language Institute is?‎ M: Ah, yes. I think I know where it is. Do you have a car?‎ W: No, I'm on foot.‎ M: Well, as you go out of the station, just continue along the road until you come to the second crossing and then turn left into King Street.‎ W: Yes.‎ M: Then walk down the street just a bit and take the first turning on the right. And keep walking until you come to the park.‎ W: A park, yes.‎ M: Well ,let's see. Walk through the park. As you get to the end of the path you will see two small roads. Take the road on the right and the English Language Institute is at the end of the road. You can't miss it.‎ W: Thank you so much.‎ ‎(Text 10)‎ Skyscrapers have become very common in Europe. Cities such as Frankfort, Madrid, Valencia, Malmo and Paris, all have very tall buildings under construction. However, the center of the world for skyscrapers is neither Europe nor America. The tallest buildings in the world are being built in Asia and the Middle East. At more than 500 meters tall, the tallest building in the world is Taipei ‎101 in Taipei‎, ‎Taiwan. However, when completed in 2008, the Burj Dubai in the United Arab Emirates will rise 162 stories and more than 800 meters. Another building in Dubai is planned to be over 1,200 meters tall. That's about three times as tall as the Empire‎ State ‎Building. Skyscrapers are part of our future for many reasons. For one, they require less land to build and use less electricity and other resources. Plus, people who live in cities with high rises are less likely to own a car. In New York and London, for example, the majority of residents do not drive. Still, a lot of people think that really tall buildings ruin the look of a city. What do you think?‎