成都七中2014届第十次高考英语模拟试题

第一卷（两部分，共90分）

第一部分：英语知识运用 （共两节，满分40分）

第一节：单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10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. ---This is my treat and next is yours. How’s that?

--- OK. _______.

A. It doesn’t matter B. It depends C. No way D. It’s a deal

2. Each of the 400 employees received from their boss ___ gift — “Who moved my cheese?”— _____ best seller in the US, which made them understood how to deal with changes in their lives and work..

A. a, the B. 不填，a C. a, a D. the, 不填

3. How many of us ________, say, a meeting that is not important to us would be interested in the discussion?

A. attended B. had attended C. attending D. have attended

4. Mother was so angry at all _______ I was doing _______ she walked out.

A. that; that B. what; that C. what; as D. that; which

5. Although he likes singing very much, he is _____ but a good singer.

A. anything　 B. something C. nothing　 D. everything

6. This kind of glasses made in Shanghai _____ well and comfortably, because of the lightweight and durable frames.

A. is worn B. wears C. wear　 D. are worn

7. We were stuck on the way to the scenic spot, otherwise we ______ lots of fun there.

A. had had B. have had C. could have had D. could have

8. When deeply lost in writing, ______ she often was, she would lock herself alone in the study.

A. that B. which C. where D. when

9. The air quality of Chengdu at present is as poor as _____ of some western countries in the 1950s.

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

10. The applicants are free to choose ______ suits them best from the courses provided by the center.

A. whatever B. whenever C. whichever D. wherever

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11-30各题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中，选出一个最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Sometimes we have to wonder where all the good news has gone. Turn on the TV or check the news online and it seems to be one 11 after another. 12 when we do get a glimpse of 13 news, it attracts our eyes right up. Like just recently, there was a science article online about 14 and how they prepare delicious meals. I went right for it. I was really 15 about what was happening out there in the ocean. It was a short break from the 16 news which we really don't want to know about.  In an attempt to write more 17 articles, the media sometimes give us a glimpse of what I call, almost news. Like a recent articles about finding a woman they think might be 128 years old. That's kind of 18 . But they didn't wait to find out if it was 19 news first. Instead, they just printed that 20 news story. It's still a nice break. And if the woman actually is 128 years old, I'd like to see a follow-up article on 21 she did it. Wouldn't it be great if she grew so 22 from eating ice cream, potato chips and dip?  While it's true that sensationalism (追求轰动效应)? 23 stories, we need frequent breaks from all that negative reality. There's another form of reporting that's extremely 24 and it's neither positive nor negative. It’s 25 news. A possible problem is 26 , such as a volcano in Alaska that's expected to erupt.? Scientists at the volcano center in Alaska had been monitoring a series of 27 under the volcano. The residents, being warned as a good news report will do, were buying up breathing masks and air filters for their homes. They're 28 food and water in case they need to hunker (蹲下) down in the house for a few days while volcanic ash falls and settles and even the earthquakes follow. News like that serves a great 29 : giving people time to prepare for a disaster on the way so they have a chance to do whatever is necessary to 30 themselves and their kids.11. A. story??????? ? B. disaster????? ?? C. comedy??????? D. joke12. A. So???????? ? B. But????????? ?? C. Still????????? ?? D. Otherwise13. A. sudden????? B. shocking???? ?? C. good?????????? D. sad14. A. tigers??????? ? B. dolphins????? ? C. monkeys?????? ? D. birds15. A. sorry??????? ? B. happy??????? ?? C. upset?????????? D. curious16. A. normal????? ? B. common????? ? ? C. usual????????? ? D. average17. A. positive???? ? B. valuable???? ?? C. scary????????? ? D. interesting18. A. cool??????? ? B. strange?????? ?? C. bad??????????? ? D. exciting19. A. attractive?? ?? B.? realistic????? ? C. reasonable???? ?? D. real20. A. moving???? ? B. impressive?? ? ? C. maybe???????? ? D. comfortable21. A. what??????? ? B. where??????? ?? C. why?????????? ? D. how22.?A. young?????? ? B. old??????????? ? C. strong????????? ? D. wise23. A. develops??? ? B. helps???????? ?? C. sells?????????? ? D. benefits24. A. great?????? ? B. useful??????? ?? C. alarming????? ?? D. normal25. A. daily??????? ? B. warning????? ?? C. political?????? ?? D. scientific26. A. coming up? ?? B. coming over ? ? C. coming back? ?? D. come down27. A. collapse???? ? B. fire?????????? ? C. flood?????????? ? D. earthquakes28. A. giving away B. taking away? ?? C. storing up???? ?? D. using up29. A. idea??????? ? B. model??????? ? ? C. lesson???????? ? D. purpose30. A. protect????? ? B. educate?????? ?? C. persuade?????? ? D. encourage

第二部分：阅读理解 （共20小题.每小题2分,满分40分）

第一节：阅读下列短文, 从每小题所给的四个选项（A,B,C和D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Every year thousands of tourists visit Pompeii, Italy. They see the sights that Pompeii is famous for—its stadium and theatres, its shops and restaurants. The tourists do not, however, see Pompeii’s people. They do not see them because Pompeii has no people. No one has lived in Pompeii for almost 2000 years.

Once, Pompeii was a busy city of 22000 people. It lay at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, a grass-covered volcano. Mount Vesuvius had not erupted for centuries, so the people of Pompeii felt safe. But they were not.

In August of AD 79, Mount Vesuvius erupted. The entire top of the mountain exploded, and a huge black cloud rose into the air. Soon stones and hot ash began to fall on Pompeii. When the eruption ended two days later, Pompeii was buried under 20 feet of stones and ashes. Almost all of its people were dead.

For centuries, Pompeii lay buried under stone and ash. Then, in the year 1861, an Italian scientist named Ginseppe began to uncover Pompeii. Slowly, carefully, Ginseppe and his men dug. The city looked almost the same as it had looked in AD 79. There were streets and fountains, houses and shops. There was a stadium with 20000 seats. Perhaps the most important of all, there were everyday objects, which tell us a great deal about the people who lived in Pompeii. Many glasses and jars had some dark blue colour in the bottom, so we know that the people of Pompeii liked wine. They liked bread, too; metal bread pans were in every bakery. In one bakery there were 81 round, flat loaves of bread － a type of bread that is still sold in Italy today. Tiny boxes filled with a dark, shiny powder tell us that women liked to wear eye-makeup.

Ginseppe has died, but his work continues. One-fourth has not been uncovered yet. Scientists are still digging, still making discoveries that draw the tourists to Pompeii.

31. Why do large numbers of people come to Pompeii each year?

A. To visit the volcano.?????????????? ? B. To shop and eat there.

C. To watch sports and plays.?? ? D. To see how Pompeiians lived.

32. Why had so many Pompeiians remained by volcanic Mount Vesuvius?

A. The city nearby offered all kinds of fun. B. The area produced the finest wine in Italy.

C. Few people expected the volcano to erupt again.

D. The mountain was beautiful and covered with grass.

33. Why did the city uncovered look almost the same as it had looked in AD 79?

A. Because Ginseppe and his men dug it slowly and carefully.

B. Because the city was buried alive and remained untouched.

C. Because scientists successfully rebuilt the city with everyday objects.

D. Because nobody had lived in the city ever since the volcano erupted.

34. What do we know about the Pompeiians who lived 2000 years ago?

A. They lived more or less the same as Italians now do.

B. They liked women wearing all kinds of makeup.

C. They enjoyed a lazy life with drinking and eating.

D. They went back to Pompeii after the eruption in AD 79.

B

Olaf Stapledon wrote a book called First and Last Men, in which he looked millions of years ahead. He told of different men and of strange civilizations(文明), broken up by long “dark ages” in between. In his view, what is called the present time is no more than a moment in human history and we are just the First Men. In 2,000 million years from now there will be the Eighteenth or Last Men.

However, most of our ideas about the future are really very short-sighted. Perhaps we can see some possibilities for the next fifty years. But the next hundred? The next thousand? The next million? That’s much more difficult.

When men and women lived by hunting 50,000 years ago, how could they even begin to picture modern life? Yet to men of 50,000 years from now, we may seem as primitive in our ideas as the Stone-Age hunters do to us. Perhaps they will spend their days gollocking to make new spundels, or struggling with their ballalators through the cribe. These words, which I have just made up, have to stand for things and ideas that we simply can’t think of.

So why bother even to try imagining life far in the future? Here are two reasons. First, unless we remember how short our own lives are compared with the whole human history, we are likely to think our own interests are much more important th