张掖中学2013年五月高考英语模拟试题

第I卷 （选择题，共85分）

第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

I.单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15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’d better leave now or we’ll miss seeing the film star.

---_______?I don’t like him.

A.What for B.So what C.How come D.Why not

2.It is____relief to hear that Marta got out of_____debt after years of hard work.

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

3.I_____in the library.If you want to explain the problem face to face,please come here.

A.am studying B.was studying C.have been studying D.had been studying

4.It remains to be seen___there is a link between using a mobile phone and your headaches or not.

A.that B.when C. why D.whether

5.My mother has written dozens of books but I’ve only read_____.

A.nothing B.a few C.none D.a lot

6._____free of charge,your new iphone 5 will be delivered to you the next day.

A.To send B.Sending C.Having sent D.Sent

7.I didn’t know the reason____the youth believed the rumor about the end of the world.

A.why B.if C.where D.as

8.Immediate measures____to deal with the emergencies once they happen.

A.will be adopted B.have been adopted C.will adopt D.have adopted

9.The company has a difficult time____good employees because of its poor pay and benefits.

A.associating B.arranging C.attracting D.avoiding

10.None of the farmers in the small village can read or write,____speak the official language.

A.nor can they B.so can they C.nor they can D.so they can

11.—No wonder you were not admitted into university.You____so lazy when you were in school.

—I know how silly I was.

A.shouldn’t have been B.mustn’t have been

C.couldn’t have been D.mightn’t have been

12.Paris is always full of tourists,____during the summer months.

A.especially B.totally C.naturally D.eventually

13.I’ve just read an interesting book which has a new approach___Shakespeare.

A.about B.towards C.to D.on

14.My uncle____to become a lawyer but ended up teaching history instead.

A.set about B.set up C.set off D.set out

15.---Would you mind telling me what’s your father’s job?

---Of course not._________.

A.His experience doesn’t fit him for it B.Everything is going smoothly

C.He’s a teacher D.He’s got tired of it

II.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。

During his college years, Rogers spent a summer in an Idaho logging camp(伐木场). When the manager had to 16 for a few days, he put Rogers 17 .

“What if the men refuse to follow my 18 ?” Rogers asked. He thought of Tony, a worker who 19 all day, giving the other men a hard time.

“20 them,” the manager said. Then, as if reading Roger’s mind, he said, “I 21 you are going to fire Tony if you get the chance. I’d feel 22 about that. I have been logging for 40 years. Tony is the most 23 worker I’ve ever had. I know he is always unsatisfied with everybody and everything. 24 , he comes first and leaves last. There has 25 been an accident on the hill where he works.”

The next day, Rogers 26 the position. He spoke to Tony, “Do you know I take the manager’s place today? I was going to fire you once you 27 me, but I want you to know I’m not,” he told Tony, 28 what the manager had said. When he finished, Tony stood there silently, 29 to tears. That day Tony worked harder than ever before—and he smiled!

Rogers went back to his 30 after the summer. Twelve years later he 31 Tony again by chance. Tony was now manager of the largest logging company in the west. Rogers 32 how he came to California and happened to have such 33 .

Tony replied, “The one minute you talked to me back in Idaho changed my whole life.”

Have you got one minute to tell someone what you 34 appreciate about him or her? One minute to thank someone who has helped you?

One minute. It can make a 35 for a lifetime.

16. A.work B.wait C.leave D.search

17.A.in honor B.in turn C.in silence D.in charge

18.A.orders B.examples C.styles D.steps

19.A.feared B.complained C.worried D.regretted

20.A.Ignore B.Appreciate C.Fire D.Encourage

21.A.agree B.hear C.hope D.suppose

22.A.sad B.curious C.happy D.strange

23.A.creative B.intelligent C.reliable D.experienced

24.A.Otherwise B.Instead C.Therefore D.However

25.A.never B.always C.ever D.still

26.A.took down B.took over C.turned down D.turned over

27.A.offended B.refused C.bothered D.prevented

28.A.accepting B.explaining C.including D.adding

29.A.confused B.annoyed C.moved D.bored

30.A.team B.school C.office D.family

31.A.met B.visited C.interviewed D.remembered

32.A.learned B.guessed C.asked D.introduced

33.A.decision B.courage C.confidence D.success

34.A.secretly B.occasionally C.sincerely D.usually

35.A.choice B.difference C.preparation D.contribution

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

（共15小题；每小题2分，共30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。

A

Chinese are very generous when it comes to educating their children. Not caring about the money, parents often send their children to the best schools or even abroad to England, the United States or Australia. They also want their children to take extra course activities where they will either learn a musical instrument or ballet, or other classes which will give them a head start in life. The Chinese believe that the more expensive an education is, the better it is. So parents will spend an unreasonable amount of money on education. Even poor couples will buy a computer for their son or daughter.

However, what most parents fail to see is that the best early education they can give their children is usually very cheap.

Parents can see that their children’s skills vary, skilled in some areas while poor in others. What most parents fail to realize though, is that today’s children lack self-respect and self-confidence.

The problem is that parents are only educating their children on how to take multiple-choice tests and how to study well, but parents are not teaching them the most important skills they need to be confident, happy and clever.

Parents can achieve this by teaching practical skills like cooking, sewing or doing other housework.

Teaching a child to cook will improve many of the skills that he will need later in life. Cooking demands patience and time. It is an enjoyable but difficult experience. A good cook always tries to improve his cooking, so he will learn to work hard and gradually finish his job successfully. His result, a well-cooked dinner, will give him much satisfaction and a lot of self-confidence.

Some old machines, such as a broken radio or a TV set that you give your child to play with will make him curious and arouse his interest. He will spend hours looking at them, trying to fix them; your child might become an engineer when he grows up. These activities are not merely teaching a child to read a book, but rather to think, to use his mind. And that is more important.

36. Parents in China, according to this passage, ______

A. are too strict with their children

B. are too rich to educate their children

C. have some problems in educating their children correctly

D. are too poor to educate their children

37. Doing some cooking at home helps children_______

A. learn how to serve their parents

B. learn how to become strong and fat

C. benefit from it and prepare themselves for the future

D. make their parents believe that they are clever

38. According to the last paragraph, we can conclude that ______.

A. broken radios and television sets are useful

B. one’s curiosity may be useful for his later life

C. an engineer must fix many broken radios

D. a good student should spend much time repairing radios

B

Everyone’s at it, even my neighbors. I thought I might be the only person left in the world who hadn’t done an eBay deal. So I decided to try my hand at online auction (网上拍卖).

Buying for beginners: Sign up on www.eBay.co.uk. Most items (e.g. tables, computers, and books) ready for auction will come with a picture and a short description; others may be marked with “Buy It Now” and have a fixed price. You can buy these right away.

If the item is being auctioned, you offer the highest price you are prepared to pay and eBay bids（出价）for you .The bid will be increased little by little until it goes beyond your highest bid, then you are emailed and asked if you would like to bid again. Auctions last up to 10 days, and when they finish you get an e-mail telling you whether you have won the item.

How to pay: Sellers decide how they would like to be paid and you need to check this before placing a bid as you might not want to post a cheque or postal orders. The easiest way is through PayPal, an online payment system that takes the money away from your credit card（信用卡）.

Selling made simple: If you plan to sell on eBay, it helps to include a picture of the item. I followed my friends’ advice and put up the items I wanted to sell for a 10-day auction, starting on a Thursday. This way buyers had two weekends to bid.

The big things in life: It’s easy to post a small item, but furniture is a big part of eBay and this has to be collected or sent by deliverymen. Check the ways of delivery before yo