2013四川省高考压轴卷

英语试题

本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷(非选择题)两部分，共12页，答题卡2页。满分 150分，考试时间120分钟。

注意事项：

1. 答题前，考生务必将自己的学校、班级、姓名、考号用0.5毫米的黑色签字笔填写 在答题卡上，并检查条形码粘贴是否正确。

2. 选择题(1-55)使用2B铅笔填涂在答题卡对应题目标号的位置上，非选择题用0.5 毫米黑色签字笔书写在答题卡的对应题框内，超出答题区域书写的答案无效；在草稿纸、试 题卷上答题无效。

3. 考试结束以后，将答题卡收回。

第I卷（选择题，共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1分，满分10分）

从A, B, C, D四个选项中，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。

1. We can never expect ________ bluer sky unless we create ________ less polluted world.

A. the; the B. a; a C. a; the D. the; a

2. As a girl, it’s very important to know what colors looks good ________ your skin.

A. opposite B. on C. above D. against

3. --- Can I meet the headmaster in his office at 10:30 tomorrow?

--- I’m sorry, but he ________ a meeting then.

A. will attend B. was attending C. have attended D. will be attending

4. I sent him an e-mail, ________ my congratulations on his success in passing the exam

A. to offer B. offering C. offered D. to be offering

5. --- Woulod you mind if I named my dog after your little son?

--- ________! My wife and I will both be proud of it.

A. Not a little B. Not in the least C. Nonsense D. Don’t you dare

6. --- Where did you get the book?

--- I picked it up from a second-hand bookshop if you ________ know.

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

7. As the road to the airport is under reconstruction, we’d better ________ early to avoid the traffic

jam.

A. set off B. put off C. take off D. get off

8. ________ is known to us all is that the Dioayu Islands have belonged to China since ancient times.

A. It B. What C. As D. That

9. （原创试题）Only if you put your whole hear into your studies ________ a famous key university.

A. you are admitted into B. you will be admitted into

C. will you admit into D. will you be admitted into

10. The government urged that every effort ________ to bring down house prices.

A. should make B. would be made C. be made D. must be made

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。

Emily was a very big fan of animals when she was a child. As a result, all she ever heard growing up was “Emily, you should be a 11 .You’re going to be great in that field. That’s what you should do.” 12 when she got to the Ohio State University, she took biology, anatomy (解剖学), and chemistry, and started studying to be a vet.

A Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship allowed her to spend her 13 year studying abroad in Manchester, England. Away from the family and 14 from them, she found herself one day sitting at her desk, surrounded by biology books and staring out the window, when it suddenly hit her: “I’m in total 15 . I don’t want to be a vet!”

16 she thought back over all the things she’d done in her life and what had made her happy. And then it hit her-it was all of the youth leadership conferences that she had volunteered 17 , and the communications and leadership courses she had taken as elective courses back at Ohio State. “How could I have been so 18 ? Here I am in my fourth year at school and just finally realizing I'm on the 19 path. I just never took the time to 20 it until now,” she thought.

Inspired by her new 21 , Emily spent the rest of her year in England taking courses in communications and media studies. When 22 to Ohio State, she was eventually able to 23 the administration to let her create her own program in “leadership studies”, 24 it took her two years longer to finally graduate. She 25 to become a senior management consultant in leadership training and development for the Pentagon. She 26 founded a drug -prevention organization that 27 the message “Lead your own life with the skill and the 28 to say no.”

So, never live someone else’s 29 . If you limit your 30 only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want.

11. A. surgeon B. doctor C. vet D. nurse

12. A. For B. But C. Or D. So

13. A. usual B. final C. first D. past

14. A. routine B. warning C. pressure D. complaint

15. A. misery B. silence C. confidence D. surprise

16. A. Perhaps B. Then C. Instead D. Often

17. A. of B. with C. at D. on

18. A. innocent B. intelligent C. intellectual D. ignorant

19. A. wrong B. clear C. short D. wide

20. A. include B. accomplish C. acknowledge D. criticize

21. A. discovery B. understanding C. information D. research

22. A. relating B. referring C. returning D. responding

23. A. prepare B. force C. forbid D. convince

24. A. as B. though C. once D. if

25. A. hesitated B. failed C. retired D. continued

26. A. still B. also C. again D. only

27. A. leaves B. conveys C. comments D. acquires

28. A. will B. chance C. fact D. pride

29. A. promises B. requests C. successes D. dreams

30. A. smiles B. reasons C. choices D. mistakes

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）

根据短文内容，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.

At times my mom has been uncomfortable seeing these qualities in me. For example, when I was 12, I went to Puerto Rico all by myself to stay with my grandmother for the summer. My mom was extremely nervous about it. She kept telling me how things were different in Puerto Rico, to always put on sunscreen, not to wander away from my grandmother, and other warnings. She helped me pack and did not leave the airport until she saw my plane take off.

But despite her worries, she let me go on my own. As I moved into my teens, she continued to give me space to grow and learn, even when it might have been difficult for her. 　When I reached my senior year, I decided to move away for college. Once again I found that I differed from my peers. While many of them wanted to stay close to home, I couldn't wait to be out in the world on my own. I had been looking forward to this chance for longer than I could remember. And once again, while my mom may not have been happy at the thought of me going away, she was supportive and excited for me. Sure, there were times when she’d nag (不断地唠叨)me about certain choices I made, but for the most part she did not stand in my way.

One big thing I realized during my senior year was that she actually believes in me and trusts me. That means a lot. Most of my life, and especially when I was little, the main person I tried to impress was my mother. I knew she expected nothing but the best from me. Sometimes it was hard to live up to her standards; getting a single B on my report card would make me feel bad because I knew she wanted me to have all A’s.

I know that her high standards have helped me stay focused on what's important, like education, and made me who I am. I am thankful for her support and involvement in my life. Most of all I respect her; she is the strongest woman I know and that's why I have turned out so strong and independent.

31. When the author decided to go to Puerto Rico, his mother ________.

A. wanted to go with him B. worried about his safety

C. didn’t allow him to go D. asked his grandmother for advice

32. The author decided to move away for college to ________.

A. be different from his peers B. keep away from his mother

C. be independent in outside world D. make his mother unhappy

33. We can learn from the third paragraph that the author’s mother ________.

A. had a high expectation from him B. was too strict with him

C. used to expect nothing from him D. cared little about his learning

34. We can learn from the last paragraph that the author ________.

A. is quite grateful for his mother’s trust

B. still doesn’t quite understand his mother’s attitude

C. doesn’t like his mother’s involvement in his life

D. wishes to have more freedom from his mother

B.

In an ideal world, people would not test medicines on animals. Such experiments are stressful and sometimes painful for animals, and expensive and time – consuming for people. Yet animal experimentation is still needed to help bridge vast gaps in medical knowledge. That is why there are some 50 to 100 million animals used in research around the world each year.

Europe, on the whole, has the world’s most restrictive laws on animal experiments. Even so, its scientists use some 12 million animals a year, most of them mice and rats, for medical research. Official statistics show that just 1. 1 million animals are used in research in America each year. But that is misleading. The American authorities do not think mice and rats are worth counting and, as these are the most common laboratory animals, the true figure is much higher. Japan and China have even less comprehensive data than America.

Now Europe is reforming the rules governing animal experiments by restricting the number of animals used in labs. Alternatives to animal testing, such as using human tissue or computer models, are now strongly recommended. In addition, sharing all research results freely should help to reduce the number of animals for scientific use. At present, scientists often share only the results of successful experiments. If their findings do not fit the hypothesis being tested, the work never sees the light of day. This practice means wasting time, money, and animals’ lives in endlessly repeating the failed experiments.

Animal experimentation has taught humanity a great deal and saved countless lives. It needs to continue, even if that means animals sometimes suffer. Europe’s new measures should eventually both reduce the number of animals used in experiments and improve the way in which scientific research is conducted.

35. What is the main idea of this passage?

A. The success of animal experiments should be ensured.

B. A ban on the use of animals in the lab should be enforced.