乐山市高中2013届第二次调査研究考试

英 语

本试卷分第i卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择題)，第I卷第1至8页，第II卷第9至 10页。考生作答时，须将答案答在答题卡上，在本试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。满分150 分，考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷（选择题，共90分）

注意事项：

1. 必须使用2B铅笔将答案标号填涂在答題卡上对应題目标号的位置上。

2. 第I卷共两部分，共计90分。

第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）

第一节语法和词汇知识（共10小题；每小题l分，满分10分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑。

例：-Please tell me _____of the city you have covered these two days.

—Only about a third of it, I guess.

A. how many B. how much C. how far D. how wide

答案是B。

1. —Would you please buy me a bright paper package
when you go shopping?

-- _____

A. I’d rather you wouldn’t B. It’s OK with me.

C. What for? D. By all means.

2. —Shall I inform him of the change of the schedule right now?

—I am afraid you _____, in case he comes late for the meeting.

A. will B. must C. may D. can

3. A diet of high fat ，high protein and low fiber foods put us _____a higher risk for becoming overweight.

A. of B. to C. on D. at

4. Traffic conditions in Beijing _____for decades. At first people only complained

about jams during rush hours, but today every hour is rush hour.

A. is worsening B. have worsened C. have been worsening D. worsened

5. I wish to thank your student Tom, without _____rescue couldn’t be offered to

my drowning boy so soon*

A. whom R which C. whose D. who

6. _____on both sides of the street _____excited fans who wanted to see the

famous singing star.

A. Standing； was B. Waiting； were C. Arriving； was D. Living； were

7 Today we have too many choices of communication through advanced technology, but we seem _____the joy of communicating face to face.

A. losing B. having lost C. to be lost D. to be losing

8. -It1S my treat today. Is there any particular meal you would like to have?

— _____ you choose is all right with me.

A. Whatever B. What C Anything what D. No matter what

9. He was in hospital for six months* He felt as if he was _____from the outside world.

A. cut out R cut up C. cut off D. cut through

10.Train tickets sold online or by telephone have topped 2 million daily, _____that around one-third of passengers don’t have to wait long for several hours to get a ticket.

A. meaning B. means C. to mean D. meant

第二节完形填空（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四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空 白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Two days before Thanksgiving, I was trying to open my mouth wide enough for a mirror and a roll of steel wire. The metal braces (牙齿矫正器）had been hugging my 11 _____ for weeks, but this was the day for the wire to be adjusted Only those who have had braces will understand the unexpected 12 _____ of being “wired”.

For the next 24 hours, it felt like every tooth was being 13 _____ in slow motion by a giant claw-hammer (拔钉键). 14 _____ drinking water caused pain.

By Thanksgiving Day, I had gotten used to it. 15 _____ I didn’t use my teeth, the pain was bearable. But this was a day when teeth had to work 16 _____

We were 17 _____ at my grandparent’s house with relatives. The house was filled with all those wonderful Thanksgiving 18 _____ Everything happened the way it was supposed to happen at the beginning. Grandma said the magic words, “We’re ready!” And all the kids 1
9 _____ to be first in line. I was so excited； I 20 _____ my braces and I 21 _____ my way up to the head of the line.

I piled my plate high with my favorite corn-on-the-cob (玉米芯）and opened my mouth and chomped (格格地咬).The pain was 22 _____ I would never be able to eat again, I put my plate away and ran outside in 23 _____

Grandma had been secretly 24 _____ She took my plate to the kitchen and with a sharp knife she cut all the corn off that cob and rescued me from my 25 _____She handed me my plate piled high with corn, 26 _____ cut from the cob. “Thanks，” I said. Then without 27 _____, I looked up and 28 a strange light in her eye, a light that still is 29 _____to me more than fifty years later. That was the Thanksgiving when I discovered something more 30 _____ than the taste of good food

11. A.

A mouth

B. teeth

C. hands

D.
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12. A.

A results

B. subjects

C. pictures

D. productions



13. A.

A pushed

B. drawn

C. pulled

D. dragged



14. A.

A Still

B So

C. Yet

D. Even



15. A.

A Even thou
gh

B. As long as

C. In case

D. As though



16. A.

A overtime

B. hardly

C. quickly

D. quietly



17. A.

A mixed

B. called

C. surrounded

D. gathered



18. A.

A experiences

B. expectations

C. smells

D. colours



19. A.

A started

B. rushed

C. stepped

D. walked





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got out of

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forgot about

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complained about





A.

forced

B

gave

C.

led

D.

made





A.

unbearable

B

disappearing

C.

regretful

D.

surprising





A.

time

B

tears

C.

surprise

D.

horror





A.

cooking

B

smiling

C.

feeding

D.

watching





A.

fear

B

pain

C.

loneliness

D.

nerve





A.

fresh

B

nice

C.

official

D.

wonderful





A.

describing

B

thinking

C.

talking

D.

reviewing





A.

read

B

passed

C.

filled

D.

caught





A.

mysterious

B

attractive

C.

untrue

D.

natural





A.

useful

B

important

C.

lasting

D.

expensive





第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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

Have you ever been stuck for hours on a hard math problem? If you sat there for some time you might eventually solve it, but scientists say that daydreaming might be a much better way to tackle difficult tasks.

In fact, daydreaming has long been misunderstood It’s considered to be a bad thing and often associated with laziness. “We’re harsh (严厉的）on ourselves if we catch ourselves mind wandering,” says Professor Kalina Christoff from the University of British Columbia in Canada*

But the truth is that some of the most important scientific discoveries came about because scientists allowed their minds to wander. For example, Albert Einstein began his theory of relativity when he daydreamed about riding a beam (束）of sunlight to the edge of the universe. And now, research has shown that normal people can also improve their problems solving ability in the same way, reported The Telegraph.

In a study, 145 people aged between 19 and 32 were asked to list as many unusual uses as possible for everyday objects. Some of them were given a 12-minute break while the others were not allowed any break from the task People on the break did not simply relax—some of them were told to carry out a tiring memory task while others did an easier task.

Scientists found that people who did the easier task were daydreaming a lot They thought about personal issues in the past or in the future because their mind was at ease.

After the break, all participants were asked to return once again to the task of listing unusual uses for everyday objects. It was found that daydreamers improved their performance by 40 percent, while all the other people, including those who didn’t have a break and who did tiring tasks during the break, performed the same as before.

“People think that when the mind wanders away it just gets turned off 一 but we show the opposite，” explained Christoff. “A more playful attitude might allow you to call in more resources (解决办法).” So when you are struggling to solve complicated problems, it might be better off if you switch to a simpler task and let your mind wander for a while, she suggested.

According to Christoff , people typically spend one-third of their waking time daydreaming. “It’s a big part of our Hves, but it’s been largely ignored by science. ”

31.It was believed that daydreaming _____

A. had been misunderstood for a long time

B. had something to do with imagination

C. was a waste of time when the mind was shut off

D. was a good way to relax and solve problems

32. What is the main purpose of Paragraph 3?

A. To show that great scientists daydream a lot.

B. To inform us that daydreaming has its benefits.

C. To prove people can daydream whenever they like.

D. To introduce new experiments on daydreaming.

33. What did the scientists discover in the experiment?

A. People’s minds turned off as they daydreamed*

B. The group that were given hard memory tasks performed best

C. People who had a break showed improvement in the task*

D. Daydreaming could improve people’s problem-solving abilities.

34. How did the scientists get their conclusion?

A By studying brain scan (扫描)results of the groups.

B. By comparing the performances of different groups, c By asking and observing people in different groups.

D. By analyzing (分析）the amount of tasks each participant did

B

A large and largely dysfunctional (机能失调的）family ,as The Independent called it, has captured the hearts of thousands of TV viewers. Even American First Lady Michelle Obama called it her favorite TV drama.

Are you ready to enter the hilarious (令人捧腹大笑的）world of the hit sitcom Modem Family? In fact, the show features three families, who are all relatives, moving in and out of each Other1S lives.

The first one is a typical American family. The mom and dad are called Phil and Claire. They have three children.

The second family is made up of Jay, his young Hispanic (拉美裔的）wife and her son* Jay, 60, father of Claire9 is 30 years older than his wife and everyone thinks they are father and daughter.

The third family is made up of a homosexual (同性恋的）couple called Mitchell and Ca- meron , and their adopted baby. Mitchell is also Jay’s son.

With its funny stories and the hilarious interactions between family members. Modem Family has become very popular. It won four titles at the 2012 Emmy Awards ，and has been nominated for an award at next year’s Golden Globes.

The Los Angeles Times said that “its presentation of contemporary US society” contributes to its success. The show presents what a typical “nuclear family^ is like： two parents, a big house and two or three children. Phil and Claire have different but fun personalities. When there’s a fight between siblings (兄弟姐妹），Phil wants to be a “cool dad”，while traditional mom Claire lives by the saying, “an eye for an eye' She always forces Phil to punish the troublemaker. For example, when their boy shoots his sister with a