广东省肇庆市2013—2014学年度第二学期高三模拟考试二

英语试题（六）

I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I have been blessed with the opportunity in my life. It took the near-death experience of my dad to make me realize that my purpose in life is to 1 others. My dad suffered from leukemia(白血病) in 1998. 2 the pain and treatment that he put up with inspired me to be a more kind and 3 person. I realized life is just too 4 and it was time for me to make some changes — do the things in life that I wanted to do without making 5 why I couldn’t do them.

My dad 6 a bone marrow transplant(骨髓移植) operation, and after that he was able to reuse his own “cleaned” marrow, so a donor(捐献者) was not needed. That was excellent 7 because donors who are a match are hard to come by. That 8 me to become a bone marrow donor and hopefully help someone else one day. I also 9 money for the cancer patients. Yet, I was not satisfied with just that. I had to do more, I 10 blood every other month and seek opportunities to do other acts of kindness daily. The opportunity, some days, presents itself very 11 and some days I have to seek it out. Either way, it comes.

I would like to 12 one of my favorite quotes（名言）with you all:

“In an average lifetime, a person 13 about sixty-five thousand miles. That’s two and half times around the world. I wonder 14 your steps will take you. I wonder how you’ll use the rest of the 15 you’re given.”

I want to use my miles to create foot prints of love in this world.

1. A. advise B. ask C. help D. understand

2. A. Suffering B. Watching C. Discovering D. Bringing

3. A. stronger B. independent C. giving D. receiving

4. A. short B. wonderful C. dangerous D. boring

5. A. efforts B. promises C. excuses D. plans

6. A. refused B. had C. learned D. stopped

7. A. expression B. knowledge C. news D. sense

8. A. forced B. inspired C. allowed D. expected

9. A. raised B. kept C. paid D. hid

10. A. check B. test C. donate D. sell

11. A. secretly B. clearly C. peacefully D. wildly

12. A. share B. divide C. record D. repeat

13. A. conveys B. owns C. measures D. walks

14. A. where B. why C. when D. if

15. A. materials B. miles C. world D. wealth

第二节 语法填空 （共10小题 ，每小题1.5分 ，满分15分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用口号中词语的正确形式填空 ，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。

There once lived a boy named Woo Sing, 16 father brought home a mirror. Woo Sing had never seen one before. So when he saw it for the first time, he didn’t understand 17 it was, but thought he saw 18 boy, which made him very happy, for he thought the boy had come to play with him. He spoke to the stranger in a very friendly way, but received no reply. He laughed and waved at the boy, who did exactly 19 same thing. Then he thought, “I’ll go closer. It may be that he doesn’t hear me”. But when he began to walk, the other boy imitated（模仿）him. Woo Sing stopped 20 (think) about these strange actions, saying to himself, “This boy is fooling me. He does everything that I do;” and the more he thought about it, the 21 (angry) he became and soon he noticed the boy became angry too. So Woo Sing 22 (strike) the boy in the glass, but he only hurt his own hand and went 23 (cry) to his father, who said, “The boy you saw was 24 image. This should teach you an important lesson, my son. You should never show your anger to others. Now remember that in real life when you strike 25 cause you’ll hurt yourself most of all.”

II．阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：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A.B.C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Recently, professor of philosophy（哲学）in the United States has written a book called Money and the Meaning of Life. He has discovered that how we deal with money in our daily life has more meaning than we usually think. One of the exercises he asked his students to do is to keep a record of every penny they spend for a week. From the way they spend their money, they can see what they really value in life.

He says our relations with others often become clearly defined（清晰的）when money enters the picture. You might have wonderful relationship with somebody and you think that you are very good friends. But you will know him only when you ask him to lend some money. If he does, it brings something to the relationship that seems stronger than ever before or it can suddenly weaken the relationship if he doesn’t. This person may say that he has a certain feeling, but if it is not carried out in the money world, there is something less real about it.

Since money is so important to us, we consider those who possess a lot of it to be very important. The author interviewed some millionaires in researching his book.

Question: What is the most surprising thing you have discovered about being rich, because you are a self-made man?

Answer: The most surprising thing is how people give me so much respect. I am nothing. I don’t know much. All I am is rich.

People just have an idea of making more and more money, but what is it for? How much do I need for any given purposes in my life? In his book, the professor uncovered an important need in modern society: to bring back the idea that money is an instrument rather than the end. Money plays an important role in the material world, but expecting money to give happiness may be missing the meaning of life.

26. According to the first paragraph, people have not realized ______.

A. how important money is in their daily life

B. how one spends money shows what is important to him

C. that money is more important than their philosophy of life

D. that their understanding of life is more important than money

27. The author seems to believe that asking your friend to lend you some money ________.

A. is a good way to test your friendship

B. will do harm to your friendship

C. will strengthen your friendship

D. is a good way to break off your friendship

28. What does the American professor of philosophy want to explain in his book?

A. Money is an end． B. Money is a means．

C. Money is everything． D. Money is unimportant

29. The underlined phrase “enter the picture” in the second paragraph can be replaced by “_________”.

A. is used up B. is spent on pictures

C. is paid in the right way D. is paid attention to

30. What can we learn about the millionaire from his answer in the interview?

A. He doesn’t feel that he is well educated.

B. He doesn’t think he is a very important person.

C. He doesn’t consider himself to be very successful.

D. He doesn’t think that being rich deserves so much attention.

B

Going green is something that affects every single one of us. Whether by recycling those plastic water bottles, or by cutting down on electricity in your home, the importance of going green on a personal level is extremely important. But, when you’re a millionaire NBA basketball star, how do you help out the environment?

Yao Ming is a basketball player that plays for the Houston Rockets and has spoken out against hunting of sharks for fins, a delicious food in his native China. He is also the United Nations’ Environmental champion. His goal is to raise awareness of climate change and energy-saving. “I will work with young people across the world and try to inspire them to plant trees, harvest rainwater and to become environmental champions in their own communities.”

The Philadelphia Eagles, a professional American football team, are really doing their part to give back to the community. The Eagles Go Green page has a “Green Energy Calculator” and according to the web site fans have saved $ 73,674.90 a year and saved 666,320 pounds of CO2 per year. Also, the Eagles have set up a “Stop global warming virtual march（虚拟游行）on Washington”, a march across America for one year, through the Internet with a goal to bring fans together and to urge leaders to deal with the serious problem of global warming now.

Bob Burnquist, a Brazilian skateboarder, is a member of Action Sports Environmental Coalition and founder of a program that gets organic foods and farming into schools for healthy lunch programs. Bob also has a huge homegrown organic farm where he hosted a gathering in celebration of Earth Day.

Kelly Slater is a surfer and eight-time champion, but he also supports saving the coral reefs world wide. He has founded the Kelly Slater Invitational Competition which raises funds and awareness for Reef Check, which is able to get its message out to a large group of guests including professional surfers, film and music stars, and other famous people.

31. According to the passage, Yao Ming wants to ________.

A. help the Houston Rockets win the NBA championship

B. ask the United Nations to protect sharks in China

C. encourage young people to care about the environment

D. train more young people to become players of NBA

32. What have the Philadelphia Eagles done to help out the environment?

A. They have called on fans to do things to reduce global warming.

B. They have marched on Washington to bring fans together.

C. They have saved $ 73,674.90 for solving global warming.

D. They have reduced CO2 emission by 666,320 pounds per year.

33. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the last two paragraphs?

A. Bob Burnquist created Earth Day.

B. Bob Burnquist eats only organic foods.

C. Kelly Slater donated a lot of money.

D. Kelly Slater held a competition.

34. The best title for the passage would probably be _________.

A. Highly Competitive Athletes

B. Environment-friendly Athletes

C. World-famous Athletes

D. Millionaire Athletes

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