2012-2013学年度第一学期高三年级第二次模拟考试英语试题

命题人 何淑玲

第一部分 英语知识运用（共四节，满分55分）

第一节 语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，共5分）

从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项。

1．judge A．museum B. husband C．true D. huge

2. loose A. present B. usual C. usage D. rose

3. south A. courage B. soup C. southern D. trousers

4. regular A. apartment B. park C. similar D. hardship

5. rather A. bath B. thinking C. feather D. something

第二节：情景对话（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空处的最佳选项，选项中有两个为多余选项。

Jane is at the library counter. She is talking to the librarian.

Jane: Hello, I borrowed five books about a month ago.＿6＿

Librarian: Let me check for you.

Jane: ＿7＿

Librarian: You are lucky, they are due today.

Jane: Can I renew them?

Librarian: You can only renew some of them.

Jane: ＿8＿

Librarian: Two of the books are hot ones that many students have reserved.

Jane: I have to return two of them and renew the rest three. Right ?

Librarian: Right.

Jane: Can I borrow these two again?

Librarian: ＿9＿ But you have to wait for a few months.

Jane: ＿10＿

Librarian: You have to reserve them and wait for your turn.

Jane: Oh, I see. I might as well return them now.

A. I hope so.

B. Thank you.

C. Yes, of course.

D. Why a few months?

E. Why can’t I renew all of them?

F. I wonder whether they are due or not.

G. I wonder whether I can renew all of them.

第三节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题，每小题1分，共15分）

11. The CEO needs an assistant with ____ little knowledge of German and ___ experience in administrative management.

A. the, an B. the, / C. a, an D. a, /

12. As teachers, we feel our duty to teach our children to be good wherever we are.

A. this B. that C. it D. there is

13. —— Have you made an apology him breaking his window?

——Yes, I have.

A. for; to B. to; to C. for; for D. to; for

14. What you said just now me of that American professor.

A. mentioned B. informed C. reminded D. memorized

15. ＿＿many times, he still didn’t make sense of it.

A. Having been told B. Then he was told

C. Being told D. He was told

16. They have the water supplies of the city.

A. cut off B. cut out C. cut down D. cut in

17.——Could I ask you a rather personal question?

—— .

A. Yes, don’t worry. B. Of course, go ahead

B. Yes, help yourself D. Of course, why not

18. Many houses were destroyed in the heavy rain. They should get them _____.

A. to repair B. repair C. repairing D. repaired

19. Allow children to voice their opinions, ____ they are different from your own.

A. until B. even if C. unless D. as though

20. --- Will you attend the meeting this afternoon?

--- But I ________ anything about that.

A. haven’t been told B. hadn’t been told

C. didn’t tell D. won’t tell

21. ______ time ______ by, we grew wiser and wiser.

A. With; went B. As; going C. As; went D. With; gone

22. —Mum, I am feeling tired and sleepy now.

—You so late last night.

A. couldn’t have stayed up B. mustn’t have stayed up

C. shouldn’t have stayed up D. needn’t have stayed up

23. It was in the university my sister studies I met the film star.

A. that; that B. where; where C. that; where D. where; that

24. The great invention he made ___ of great benefit to the whole world.

A. is proved B. has proved C. has been proved D. is proved to be

25. Put the books back ____ they belong after you have finished them.

A. where B. to where C. to which D. to the place

第四节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）

Chinese Spring Festival marks the first day of a new year, so the first meal is rather important. People from the North and the South have different 26 about the foods they eat on this 27 day. In Northern China, people 28 eat Jiaozi. The word Jiaozi in Chinese means the 29 and the beginning of time. According to historical 30 , in the past people from the North and the South both ate Jiaozi on Chinese New Year’s Day. Perhaps 31 the areas in Southern China 32 more rice than those in Northern China, southern people slowly 33 to eat many other kinds of food on New Year’s Day. 34 , the most common foods for the first 35 are noodles, New Year Cake and Tangyuan. The noodle 36 long life. The New Year Cake is called Niangao in Chinese, which 37 the hope of improvement in 38 year after year. Tangyuan is a symbol of 39 according to the Chinese.

To 40 a New Year visit to relatives and friends is an important activity during the Spring Festival. People also send cards to 41 a New Year’s greeting. What children love most is to set off firecrackers. 42 , as the pace of life is becoming faster and faster, people have 43 new ways to celebrate the Chinese traditional New Year. For example, many people no longer send out greeting cards. 44 , they use short messages or emails. Also to travel during the New Year holidays has come into 45 .

26. A.habits B. word C. meanings D. stories

27. A. usual B. unforgettable C. special D.common

28. A. seldom B. always C. usually D. hardly

29. A. future B. end C. result D. effect

30. A. reasons B. records C. notes D. stories

31. A. as long as B. though C. Because D. when

32. A. caused B. took C. produced D. brought

33. A. understood B. knew C. made D. began

34. A. Besides B. Therefore C. Consequently D. Usually

35. A. subject B. title C. program D. meal

36. A. shows B. reveals C. symbolizes D. indicates

37. A. transports B. represents C. fetches D. takes

38. A. health B. family C. life D. work

39. A. reunion B. luck C. happiness D. harmony

40. A. do B. carry C. get D. pay

41. A. express B. describe C. establish D. define

42. A. Luckily B. Unfortunately C. Besides D. However

43. A. given away B. taken up C. got into D.made out

44. A. Instead B. Fortunately C. Moreover D. Furthermore

45. A. fashion B. effect C. sight D. power

第二部分 阅读理解（共2节，满分40分）

第一节（共15题，每小题2分，共30分）

A

On the evening of June 21, 1992, a tall man with brown hair and blue eyes entered the beautiful hall of the Bell Tower Hotel in Xi’an with his bicycle. The hotel workers received him and telephoned the manager, for they had never seen a bicycle in the hotel ball before though they lived in “the kingdom of bicycles.” Robert Friedlander, an American, arrived in Xi’an on his bicycle trip across Asia which started last December in New Delhi, India. When he was 11, he read the book Marco Polo and made up his mind to visit the Silk Road. Now, after 44 years , he was on the Silk Road in Xi’an and his early dreams were coming true.  Robert Friedlander’s next destinations (目的地) were Lanzhou, Dunhuang, Urumqi, etc. He will complete his trip in Pakistan.46. The best headline(标题) for this newspaper article would be ______ . A. The Kingdom of Bicycles B. An American Achieving His Aims  C. Marco Polo and the Silk Road D. A Beautiful Hotel in Xi’an

47. Friedlander is visiting the three countries in the following order, _______ . A. China, India, and Pakistan B. China, Pakistan, and India  C. Pakistan, China, and India D. India, China, and Pakistan 48. What made Friedlander want to come to China? A. The stories about Marco Polo . B. His childhood dreams about bicycles . C. His interest in Chinese silk. D. The famous sights in Xi’an .49. Friedlander can be said to be _______ . A. clever B. friendly C. hardworking D. strong—minded

B

Movie makers at one time worried that they might be put out of business by television. Recently, however, more and more people have been going to the movies. This may be partly because the economic situation in America has worsened. When at the movies, people forget their troubles, as they get involved in the story on the screen. Also, directors have recently been producing pictures that large numbers of people want to see.

Americans in the millions are returning to their love affair with the movies. Motion picture industry experts see two main factors responsible for this: an increased need by Americans to escape from economic worries and a large number of new movies with broad audience appeal.

Movie makers admit that their rising popularity is partly the result of poor economic conditions, which traditionally bring an increase in theater attendance. “When people are fearful about the future, they look for escape,” comments Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. “In a shaded theater, with a 65-foot screen, you lose yourself for two and a half hours and people find this beneficial.”

50 What did movie makers worry about before?

A. That no one would go to the cinema.

B. That movies couldn’t be a business any more.

C. That people preferred watching TV to seeing films.

D. That their movies might be played on television.

51 Why are so many people going to see movies now?

A. Because people now have much more money.

B. Because people have troubles.

C. Because people wanted to escape from real life.

D. Because watching movies is now much cheaper than watching TV.

52. According to the passage, which statement is True?

A. At present