万年中学2013届高考模拟考试

英语试题 2013.5

第I卷（共三部分，115分）

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选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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.Why does the man want to keep the window shut?

A.He is ill B.It’s cold outside. C.It’s raining outside.

2.What are the speakers talking about?

A.The workplace B.The housework C.The relationship

3.Who quarreled with each other last night?

A.The woman and the man’s sister. B.The woman and the man.

C.The man and his
sister.

4.When did the meeting begin?

A.At 9:30 B.At 11:30 C.At 12:30

5. What does the man probably do?

A.A scientist. B.An inventor. C.A salesman.

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

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.How is the woman traveling?

A.By plane. B.By ship. C.By bus.

7.What will the man do next nonth.

A.Attend a meeting. B.Save some money. C.Have a trip.

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8.What does the man have to do this afternoon?

A.Visit his lawyer. B.Have a meeting. C.See his doctor.

9.When is the man going downtown?

A.Next Monday. B.Next weekend. C.Next month.

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10.Who is Mr.Smith?

A.The speaker’s new neighbor. B.The woman’s colleague. C.The man’s old friend.

11.What goes wrong in the speakers’ house?

A.The air conditioner. B.The microwave oven. C.The electricity wires.

12.What do we know about the speakers?[来源:学科网ZXXK]

A.They need really good jobs. B.They live in an old house.

C.They want to buy a new car.

听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。

13.What does the woman say about the hotel she stays in?

A.It was fully booked this week. B.Its rooms were rather big.

C.Its beds were really comfortable.

14.What were the kids disappointed at?

A.That the pool wasn’t open in the morning. B.That the pool was closed before 11 am.

C.That the pool was cleaned last night.

15.How much is the total cost?

A.＄315. B.＄329.90 C.＄350.

16.What did the woman’s husband do last night?

A.He broke down the fridge. B.He ordered room service

C.He missed his room card.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17.How long did the speaker study French in high school?

A.For about one year. B.For about two years. C.For about three years.

18.What was a big chanllenge for the speaker at first?

A.How to really understand what Frenchmen were saying.

B.How to make himself understood by Frenchmen.

C.How to catch up with his French class.

19.Where did the speaker meet two young French guys?

A.On the plane. B.On the bus. C.On the train.

20.What do we know about the speaker from the talk?

A.He was a pop student in high school. B.He won’t travel with a British guy again.

C.He has made big progress in his French.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 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。

21. The greatest difference in education between ________two countries is ______number of subjects students must take.

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

22. After a long-distance travel. It is a relief to get home and we are often left_____if travel is really worth the effort.

A. to wonder B.wondering C. to be wondering D.wondered

23. It is not an easy thing to ________social reform.

A.bring off B.bring up C.bring out D.bring back

24.It seemed like a huge responsibility to choose the name______a person will be referred to for their whole life.

A.in which B.to which C.by which D.which

25.If you want to avoid the risks of passive smoking, you can ask the smoker not to _____in front of you.

A. stand up B.lift up C.make up D.light up

26.During my last holiday I had to study for exams, _______, I couldn’t go comping.

A.however B.whereas C.moreover D.therefore

27.Can’t you give a different excuse? I’m _____ that one.

A.afraid of B.sorry for C.tired of D.used to

28.—I’d better be going now. It’s been great seeing you again.

---________.

A.I’d like to go too. B.I want to see you again.

C.See you later D.Oh, it was nice seeing you, too.

29.Little joy can equal_____of a surprising ending when you read stories.

A.that B.those C.one D.some

30.You can only be sure of ____you have at present; You cannot be sure of something________you might get in the future.

A.that , what B.that, / C.which , that D./ that

31.Britain, ____many other industrialized countries, _________major changes over the last 100 years.

A.together with, have experienced B.as well as , have experienced

C.in common with, has experienced D.instead of, has experienced

32. David apologized for _____to inform me of the change in the plan.

A.his not being able B.him not to be able

C.his being not able D.him to be not able

33.Don’t worry, it’
ll all _______right in the end.

A.do B.come C.receive D.obtain

34.I do wish that I’d taken this up a lot earlier because then I _____able to produce really wonderful things.

A.was B.would have been C.would be D.must have been

35.Anyone who wants to go rafting this weekend, raise your hands please, _______?

A.doesn’t he B.don’t they C.do you D.will you

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，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

In 1960, an abandoned two-month-old baby girl was found by a policewoman besies the staircase of an old building while she was making her usual rounds. The baby was 36 over to the social Welfare Department and for some time, the authorities 37 investigations to find the parents of the baby 38 several months, the baby was 39 by a couple in New Zealand, 40 she grew up and was 41 the name Amanda Miller.

Recently, Amanda, who is now in 42 Thirties, went back to her hometown in quest of her roots. As a 43 of good fortune and after extensive investigations, she was able to trace the policewoman who had saved her life· 44 , that was all she found the 45 for her natural panents produced no result.

Amanda spent about a month in her hometown 46 to locate her real parents but her efforts were not 47 . The policewoman who had found her as a baby proved very cooperative, and was 48 kind enough to accompany Amanda in her search during her free time. Nevertheless, there was 49 , and Amanda seemed destined(注定的) 50 her roots, Although she was 51 , she was not 52 give up hope, she returned to New Zealand, after a month of fruitless search, 53 with the determination that someday she would go back to her hometown in order to find her real parents, she had no 54 whatever in going back to her hometown , because she found a good friend, the policewoman who had found her. That friendship alone was 55 caring for.

36.A.gone

37.A.conducting

38.A.Before

39.A.taken in

40.A.in that

41.A.to give

42.A.her

43.A.measure

44.A.Luckily

45.A.root

46.A.preparing

47.A.supplied

48.A.in fact

49.A. a success

50.A.to never
find

51.A.satisfied

52.A.able to

53.A.but

54.A.regrets

55.A.worthy

B.turned

B.conducted

B.In

B.brought

B.from which

B.giving

B.the

B.cause

B.Unfortunately

B.research

B.promising

B.rewarded

B.in contrast

B.no success

B.ever to produce

B.amazed

B.decided to

B.and

B.hope[来源:Z&xx&k.Com]

B.worthwhile

C.put

C.obtaining

C.During

C.saved

C.where

C.gave[来源:学科网ZXXK]

C.his

C.result

C.Gradually

C.trace

C.trying

C.wasted

C.in reply

C.not successful

C.never to take

C.disappointed

C.certain to

C.or

C.desire

C.worth

D.handed

D.obtained

D.After

D.got in

D.which

D.given

D.one’s

D.reason

D.Dishonestly

D.hunt

D.deciding

D.made

D.in public

D.successful

D.to ever get

D.terrified

D.going to

D.despite

D.intention

D.deserved



第三部分：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

A new study shows that lead-based paint remains a worldwide threat to public health. Paint containing lead is a major cause of lead poisoning in children.

The heavy metal enters the body when children breathe the paint dust or fumes in the air. Or when babies put their mouth on painted surfaces or swallow pieces of paint.

Lead can damage the brain and the nervous system. It can decrease intelligence, create behavior problems and slow a child's growth.

Researchers tested new household enamel paints(瓷漆) from twelve countries in Africa, Asia and South America. The paints were sold under different brand names. The study found that almost three-fourths of the brands had dangerously high levels of lead.

Scott Clark is a professor of environmental health at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in Ohio. He said: "Most of the paint brands that we looked at have at least one sample that was above ten thousand parts per million, which is over a hundred times the current U.S. standard."

The United States has restricted lead content in paint since 1978. Until this past month, the safety standard for consumer paints was six hundred parts per million. But the Consumer Product Safety Commission has just lowered the limit to ninety parts per million.

The new study appears in the journal Environmental Research. The team found levels of lead as high as thirty-two thousand parts per million in tests on some paint samples from Ecuador.

Professor Clark's team also published a study. It found that in 2006 the majority of new enamel paints imported from India and Malaysia contained lead at levels of five thousand parts per million.

Lead paint can be a danger not only to people in the country where it is made. Exports can spread the danger to other countries.

The professor says high quality paint can be produced without lead. He and his team are calling for a worldwide ban on lead-based paint. He says many parts of the world are doing too little to correct the problem of lead poisoning in children. He notes that research has found no safe level of lead.

Of course, lead
paint is not the only cause of lead poisoning. Recently Chinese offic