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汕头市2013届普通高中高三教学质量测评试题(二)

英语

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I语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)

第一节：完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

Samuel was back at the thrift shop.He had walked into the shop with only one goal in ___1__---- to find a bookt that he had not bought yesterday.The book was one of seven that he had___2__ yesterday. He was going to buy all of them.But at the last moment,he changed his mind.He__3__all seven back on the shelf

Samuel had a personal __4__ at home with over 1,000 books--- almost all unread.He subscribed to seven magazines and one daily newspaper.Samuel had more reading material in his small apartment than he could finish in two lifetimes,yet he always__5__more.

He finally put his foot down.Not one more book,he told himself.__6__it was really special.Yesterday’s book fit the bill.It was a biography of one of his favorite authors----Stephen King,one of America’s most popular fiction authors Samuel __7__ most,his model.

Samuel__8__ found one of the books he had piled up yesterday,and then another one.In minutes,he found all the books that he had held in his hands yesterday,except one--- the Stephen King book.Gee, “what a __9___”,he thought.“The one book that I want to find is the one book that I can’t find”

Samuel took a walk throughout the store,__10__ that people would often pick up __11__ in one place and then leave it in another.The book was a thick paperback with a red cover.But it was __12__ to be found

So for Samuel,the Big Hunt was on.He was now a man on a __13__.Every thrift shop he went to would involve a __14__ for the King book.This new search added purpose to his thrift shop life.

Samuel had held something special in his hands.But only when he let it go did he realize its value.When he found it again,he would place the King book on the most noticeable place.It would almost certainly be his favorite book that he never got around to __15__

1. A.hand

 B.brain

 C. mind

D.head



2. A.put away

 B.piled up

 C.set aside

D. given away



3. A.replaced

 B.removed

 C.hid

D. put



4. A.studio

 B.library

 C.bookshelf

D. warehouse



5. A.desired

 B.read

 C.suspected

D. denoted



6. A.because

 B.although

 C. unless

D. if



7. A.admired

 B.affected

 C.adopted

D.attracted



8. A.unwillingly

 B.immediately

 C.deliberately

D. elegantly



9. A.surprise

 B.reward

 C.coincidence

D. relief



10. A.wondering

 B.noticing

 C.knowing

D.doubting



11. A.merchandise

 B.magazine

 C.newspaper

D. fiction



12. A.unlikely

 Bnowhere

 C.delighted

D. confidential



13. A.competition

 B.mission

 C.consequence

D. connection



14. A.look

 B.consideration

 C.hope

D. search



15. A.buying

 B.selling

 C.reading

D. discovering



第二节 语法填空（共10小题; 每小题1.5分，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16-25的相应位置上。

As the plane circled over the airport,everyone sensed that something was wrong.The plane was moving____16____(steady)through the air, and although the passengers ___17___(fasten) their seat belts,they were suddenly thrown forward. At that moment,the air-hostess presented.She looked very pale,__18___ was quite calm.Speaking quickly and almost in a whisper,she informed everyone that the pilot had fainted and asked if ___19___ of the passengers knew anything about machines,After a moment’s hesitation,___20___ man got up and followed the hostess into the pilot’s cabin. Moving the pilot aside,the man took his seat and listened carefully to the urgent instructions that ___21___(send) by radio from the airport below.To everyone’s relief,the plane,__22__ was dangerously close to the ground at the moment ,soon began to climb. The man had to circle the airport several times to become familiar ___23___ the controls of the plane.The critical moment came ___23___ he had to land.The man,____25____(follow) the instructions,guided the plane toward the airfield,and it landed safely after a long run along the runway.

III 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节 阅读理解（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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Green invaders are taking over America.Not invaders from space,but plants!You might not think of plants as dangerous,but in this case they are threatening nature’s delicate food chain.

The invaders are plants brought here from other countries to make gardens and yards look pretty.Ever since people started to arrive on America’s shores,they have carried along trees,flowers,and vegetables from other places.Now there are so many of those plants,they are crowding out the native plants that have lived here since before human settlers arrived.

And that’s a problem,says Dr.Doug Tallamy.He’s insect expert at the University of Delaware.He explains that almost all the plant-eating insects in the United States are specialized,which means they eat only certain plants.Monarch butterfly caterpillars(幼虫),for example,dine on milkweed.If people cut down milkweed and replace it with another plant,the butterflies will not have the food source that they need to survive.

But the trouble doesn’t stop there.When insects can’t get the right plants to eat and they die off,then the birds don’t have enough bugs for their meals.Tallamy points out that almost all migrating birds depend on insets to feed their young.

“We cannot let the plants and animals around us disappear.”says Tallamy,“The way to preserve them is to give them food to eat. But when we plant non-native plants,we are clobbering the food chain,because then we don’t have the insects the birds need to live.”

Fewer of the right plants mean fewer bugs,and fewer bugs mean fewer birds.And that’s bad for the Earth,because we need a variety of living things to keep the planet healthy and beautiful.

The good news is,garden centers sell native plants.“Just Google ‘native plants’and your location,and you can find out which plants really belong where you live,”says Tallamy

How did green invades arrive at America?

They fell down from space.

They floated to the America’s shores.

They were brought in from foreign countries

They has lived here since human settlers arrived

According to Dr.Tallamy,which of the followings about the insects in the US is NOT true?

Almost all the plant-eating insects in a place eat certain plants.

Monarch butterfly caterpillars can’t survive without milkweed.

If insects can’t eat the right plants,they will find another one.

The insects’ death will greatly affect the migrating birds’survival

The underlined word“clobber”in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to _________.

protect B.damage C.create D.collect

We can know whether a plant is native by _________.

Googling on the Internet B.asking Dr.Doug Tallamy

C.looking up in books D.searching in garden

What is the best title of the pass age?

Green invaders——local living things B.Green invaders——dangerous food chain

C.Green invaders——environmental protectors D.Green invades——threat to local nature

B

In Western countries people have been using the installment plan since the first half of the twentieth century.Today,a large number of families in Great Britain buy furniture,household goods and cars by installments.In the U.S.,the figure is much higher than in Great Britain,and people there spend over 10 percent of their income on the installment plan.

The price of an article bought on installments is always higher than the price that would be paid by cash.There is a charge for interest.The buyers pays one quarter or one third of the price as a down payment when the goods are delivered to him.He then makes regular payments,weekly or monthly,until the full price is paid up.The legal ownership of the goods remains with the seller until the final payment has been made.

Installment buying has advantages and disadvantages.It can help couples with small incomes to furnish their homes and start housekeeping,It increases the demand for goods,and in this way helps business and employment. There is ,however,the danger that when business is bad,installment buying may end suddenly,making business much worse.This may result in a great increase in unemployment.If the people on the installment plan lose their jobs,they will probably not be able to make their payments.If great numbers of people are not able to pay their installment debts there is a possibility that businessmen cannot collect their debts and will therefore lose money.If businessmen lose money or fail to make a satisfactory profit,it becomes more likely to have a depression.This is why,in some countries,the government controls the installment plan by fixing the amount of the down payment to discourage people from buying more than they can pay for on the installment plan.

Which of the following is true about the installment plan?

British families just use the installment plan to buy furniture.

More than 10 precent American families buy things on installment.

Americans spend more on installment buying than British people do.

The payment of installment buying is easier than buying by cash.

Goods bought on installments are more expensive than goods bought by cash because_________.

the buyer has to pay extra money as interest

the delivery of the goods charges extra money

the buyer has to pay a down payment

The service offered by installment plan charged extra money

What will happen to a buyer if he fails to make the full payment for an item bought on installments?

He might lose his job B.He will stop owning the item he has bought

C.He will have to sell what he has bought D.He will go into debt

The advantages of installment buying might include all the followings EXCEPT that _________.

purchasing power is strengthened

Employment might be increased

People develop a good habit of sav