2013-2014学年第一学期高三年级

第二次模拟考试英语试题

第I卷（选择题 共95分）

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，满分5分)

从每小题的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. wise A. Asian B. surprise C. describe D. taste

2. helped A. walked B .listened C. delighted D. pleased

3. noble A. apology B. another C. remote D. copy

4. actual A. social B. central C. official D. accident

5. expert A. expensive B. exit C. example D. excite

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白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两个为多余选项。

Clerk: Renmin Theatre Box Office. Can I help you?

Li Hua: Yes. Have you got any tickets for Twelve Chinese Zodiac for this Saturday evening?

Clerk: 6 5 pm. or 8:30 pm.?

Li Hua: 8:30 pm., please.

Clerk: 7

Li Hua: Well, have you got any tickets for the 5 pm. performance?

Clerk: 8

Li Hua: I’d like to reserve two seats at 60 yuan, please.

Clerk: Right. That’s two tickets at 60 yuan. 9 What’s the name, please?

Li Hua: Li Hua.

Clerk: Thank you. 10

Li Hua: Yes, of course. Thank you. Goodbye.

Clerk: You are welcome.

A. Which performance?

B. Saturday, 8:30 pm., Twelve Chinese Zodiac.

C. Saturday, 5 pm. performance.

D. Sorry, thickets for that performance are sold out.

E. When will you come to pick up the tickets?

F. You’ll collect the tickets before 3 pm. on Saturday, won’t you?

G. Yes, we have tickets at 50 yuan, 60 yuan and 80 yuan.

单项选择 （共15小题，每小题1分，满分15）

从A，B, C, D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该题涂黑。

11. ---Of the two apples , which one do you prefer ?

---_______bigger one. It’s_____ most delicious one , I think .

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

12. ---?You don’t go to that supermarket quite often, do you?

---No, I only go there _______ because it’s too far away from my house.

A. eventually?? ? B. constantly?? C. occasionally???? D. frequently

13. I________ along the street looking for a place to park when the accident________ .

A. went; was occurring B. went; was occurred

C. was going; had occurred D. was going; occurred

14. When the clock ________ 11, I was about to leave for the supermarket.

A. knocked B. hit C. struck D. beat

15. There is only one such book in that bookshop. I wonder if you want to buy _______.

A. it B. one C. another D. that

16. These chairs may look good, but they’re very uncomfortable _____.

A. sitting on B. to be sat on C. sit on D. to sit on

17.If he had insisted that he _______ to work there then, everything would be OK now.

A. sent B. be sent C. had been sent D. was sent

18．The boy was sitting in his chair leisurely, in the magazine he was reading.

A．being absorbed B．absorbing C．to be absorbed D．absorbed

19. ---I’d like some apple juice.

---Sorry, there is ______left. What about some other drink?

A. nothing B. no C. not many D. none

20. I always think of the happy days we spent together _______ I hear the song .

A. every time B. the first time C. for the first time D. by the time

21. ---I think the firm may not offer you a good pay.

--- _______, I won’t take the job.

A. That is to say B. What’s more C. In that case D. In other words

22. — Where did you have the discussion with Professor Snow?

—It was in the classroom ______ we had a biology lesson yesterday．

A．which B．that C．when D．where

23. ---Peter won the first prize in the national Chinese competition.

---Oh, really? I’m glad that his effort at last_____.

A. paid off B. got back C. worked out D. turned out

24．The number of motor vehicle accidents is at least ______ that of non-motor ones.

A. higher five times than B. five times higher than

C. five times as high D. as five times high as

25. —Do you want to play table-tennis, Tom?

—________. I feel like doing something different.

A. Don’t mention it B. I don’t want it ???C. I don’t think so D. Not really

第四节 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，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Follow Every Rainbow

Shirley Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her _26 was to become a concert pianist or blues singer. Everything __27___ when she was 20 years old. She became sick with what doctors __28___ was typhoid fever(伤寒)and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine __29 ___her to become ___30___ deaf. She could no longer hear the music which she had always___31___.

Shirley would never give up playing the piano,___32___ she did decide to change __33___ .She transferred to Gallaudet University and studied English .In 1964 Shirley graduated from Gallaudet and looked for _ 34__.She wanted to be __35__ and work full time .

For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington,D.C.___36___ ,in 1967 she was asked to work at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor(宿舍监管员).Shirley supervised young women who __37___ in the university during the school year. She also taught English. Somehow she found time to ___38___ graduate school at Howard University in Washington,D.C. In 1972,Shirley received her M.A.degree.

Always ___39___ a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), which ___40___ deaf and hard-of-hearing students technical and professional training.

This ___41 ___woman became the first black deaf female in the world to receive her Ph.D. She made __42___ in 1992,___43___ she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.

Dr.Shirley Jeanne Allen has traveled many roads and ___44___ many rainbows searching for her dream. With courage and ___45___,she never gave up.

26.A.job B. interest C. duty D. dream

27. A. disappeared B. changed C. stopped D. ended

28.A.said B. agreed C. found D. thought

29.A.allowed B. caused C. encouraged D. enabled

30.A.almost B. actually C. totally D. gradually

31.A. loved B. played C. performed D. remembered

32.A.and B. so C. but D. even if

33.A.career B. interest C. life D. attitude

34.A.information B. help C. an assistant D. a job

35.A.happy B. independent C. free D. confident

36.A.However B. Then C. Therefore D. Besides

37.A.worked B. studied C. lived D. played

38.A.attend B. observe C. describe D. advertise

39.A.interested in B. busy with C. concerned about D. ready for

40.A.teaches B. offers C. pays D. promises

41.A.amazing B. strict C. wealthy D. beautiful

42.A.progress B. excuses C. suggestions D. history

43.A.after B. while C. until D. when

44.A.found B. watched C. followed D. appreciated

45.A. intelligence B. determination C. strength D. pride

第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

Mo Yan, a Chinese writer has won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, announced the Swedish Academy in Stockholm on Thursday. The win makes Mo Yan the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel in its history. Informed of his win today, the author, who was having dinner at home, was “overjoyed and scared”.

Born in 1955 to parents who were farmers, Mo Yan--a pen name for Guan Moye, grew up in Gaomi in Shandong province in eastern China. At the age of 12, he left school to work, first in agriculture, later in a factory, In 1976 he joined the army and during this time began to study literature and writing.

He published his first book in 1981, but found literary success in 1987 with Hong Gaoliang Jiazu, which was successfully filmed in the stone year, directed by famous Chinese director Zhang Yimou. In his writing, Mo Yan draws on his youthful experiences and on settings in the province of his birth and his works show the life of Chinese people as well as the country’s unique culture and folk customs. Mo Yan is known as a prolific （多产的）writer. In addition to his novels, he has published many short stories and essays on various topics. Despite his social criticism, he is seen in his homeland as one of the most famous contemporary authors. Dozens of his works have been translated into English, French, Japanese and many other languages.

The awarding ceremony was held on December 10. Mo Yan won a medal, a personal diploma and a cash award of about $1 million.

46. How did Mo Yan feel when he was told about the news?

A. Excited and proud. B. Worried and cautious.

C. Uncertain and shocked D. Happy and surprised..

47. Mo Yan developed his ability for writing when he was ________.

A. in the army B. in a factory

C. on a farm D. in a school

48. One of Mo Yan’s characteristics of writing is that he _________.

A. explains difficult matters in simple words

B. writes about topics he is familiar with

C. focuses on social problems in the country

D. describes his characters in a unique way

49. What’s the best title for this passage?

A. Mo Yan Wins Nobel Prize in Literature B. An Introduction to Nobel Prize

C. How Mo Yan Gets Nobel Prize D. A World Famous Writer, Mo Yan

B

It’s good to make mistakes, and here is why.

First of all, mistakes are a clear sign that you are trying new things. It’s always good to try new things because when you are trying new things you are growing. If you never try anything new, how can you improve? How can you expand? The simple answer is “You can’t”. Look around you. With very few exceptions (例外), either everything you see in your physi