辽宁省沈阳市东北育才双语学校2013-2014学年高三上学期第一次模拟考试英语试题

答题时间：100分钟 满分：120分 命题人：高三英语组 校对人：高三英语组

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）

1．We all hold ________ belief that those who have ________ wonderful sense of humor are more popular.

A．the; a B．/; / C．the; / D．a; the

2．She likes walking best because there is ________ like walking as a means of keeping fit.

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

3. At no time ________the rules of the game. It was unfair to punish them.

A. they actually broke B. do they actually break

C. did they actually break D. they had actually broken

4．I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no ___ of what I wanted to do.

A．sense B．difference C．hope D．chance

5．Our government ________ much importance to education now, which enables so many people to be well educated. A．attaches B．pays C．links D．applies

6．As usual, the 2013 Spring Festival Gala _____ on New Year's Eve, which attracted almost all the Chinese.

A．took up B．took in C．took over D．took place

7．The supermarket rules state that no goods ________ be taken out of the supermarket, ________ paid for by the shopper.

A．must; once B．should; when C．can; if D．shall; unless

8．Be careful that a good name of a product doesn't ________ mean good quality of it.

A．alternatively B．approximately C．obviously D．necessarily

9．As is reported, it will be more than 20 years ________ humans are able to walk on Mars.

A．before B．when C．since D．after

10．—________ you interrupt now? Can't you see I'm on the phone?

—Sorry Sir, but it's urgent.

A．Can B．Should C．Would D．Must

11．—Did you know more about the mine accident?

—Oh，sorry，I had no idea. I ________ the Rescue Center now.

A．will be phoning B．am to phone C．will phone D．phone

12．I admire my English teacher. I can remember very few occasions ________ she stopped working because of ill health.

A．that B．when C．where D．which

13．________ for children, the album became popular with parents ________ it came out.

A．Designed; when B．Designed; immediately C．To design; as soon as D．Designing; as

14．Help me out in the kitchen and I ________ you to some western-style food.

A．treat B．was treating C．will treat D．have treated

15．—I have to go and get the clothes from the laundry.

—________？ I can pick them up on my way home this afternoon.

So what B．How come C．Why bother D．Why not

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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

He was driving home one cold evening on a country road when he saw an old lady, stranded on the side of the road. He stopped to give her a __16__. “Why don't you wait in the car where it is warm, Madam? It won't take me long.” He said, “__17__，my name is Joe.”

She had a flat tire. Joe crawled under the car and changed the tire. But he got dirty and his hands hurt. She couldn't thank him __18__ and asked him how much she __19__ him. He told her that if she really wanted to __20__ him back, the next time she saw someone in __21__ of help, she could give that person the __22__ he needed, and Joe added, “And think of me.”

She drove off with gratefulness. A few miles __23__ the road the lady saw a small __24__. She went in. The waitress who was nearly eight months pregnant, __25__ her with a sweet smile. The old lady __26__ how someone like her who seemed so poor could be so genuinely happy and how she could __27__ her enthusiasm in her work in such inconvenient conditions. Then Joe's words __28__ her. After the lady finished her meal, the waitress went to get her __29__ from a hundred-dollar bill. __30__， the lady stepped right out of the door.

When the waitress came back, she noticed a note on the table, __31__ “I'm helping you because someone once helped me. If you really want to pay me back, here is __32__ you can do—Do not let the chain of love __33__ with you.”

The waitress went home that night with the __34__ tip and what the lady had written. With the baby __35__ next month, she and her husband needed money. She knew how worried her husband was and as he lay sleeping next to her, she whispered, “Everything's going to be all right. I love you, Joe.”

16．A.surprise B．hand C．sympathy D．glance

17．A.Just in case B．As you wish C．For one thing D．By the way

18．A.enough B．right C．straight D．extra

19．A.charged B．provided C．owed D．offered

20．A.pay B．bring C．put D．hold

21．A.honor B．favor C．need D．possession

22．A.guidance B．assistance C．acquaintance D．consequence

23．A.down B．off C．beside D．beyond

24．A.bank B．grocery C．gas station D．restaurant

25．A.introduced B．greeted C．identified D．spotted

26．A.thought B．suspected C．wondered D．questioned

27．A.taste B．measure C．remain D．maintain

28．A.struck B．moved C．obtained D．reminded

29．A.tip B．change C．order D．service

30．A.Moreover B．Otherwise C．However D．Eventually

31．A.writing B．showing C．going D．saying

32．A.how B．which C．what D．whether

33．A.combine B．end C．disagree D．deal

34．A.honest B．generous C．modest D．graceful

35．A.due B．ready C．born D．likely

第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

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Low-Cost Gifts for Mother's DayGift No. 1Offer to Be your mother's health friend. Promise to Be there for any and all doctor's visitswhether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The Best part ? This one is free.Gift No. 2Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. "Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life," Dr. Marie Savard said.Gift No. 3Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. "Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortaBle pillows to encourage Better sleep," Savard said. "We know that good sleep is very important to our health."
36.What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?

A．Take notes.



B．Be with her.



C．Buy medicine.



D．Give her gifts.



37.What can be a gift of organization for your mother?

A．Keeping her medical information together.



B．Buying all gifts for her from one company.



C．Making a list of her medical check－ups.



D．Storing her medicines in a safe place.



38.Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother's sleep?

A．In Gift No. 1.

B．In Gift No. 2.



C．In Gift No. 3.

D．In Gift No. 4.



39.Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to________．

A．enjoy good sleep

B． be well－organized



C．get extra support

D．give others help

B



It is widely known that any English conversation begins with The Weather. Such a fixation with the weather finds expression in Dr.Johnson’s famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of weather.” Though Johnson’s observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred years ago, most commentators fail to come up with a convincing explanation for this English weather-speak.

Bill Bryson, for ezample, concludes that,as the English weather is not at all exciting,the obsession with it can hardly be understood. He argues that”To an outsider,the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it.” Simply, the reason is that the unusual and unpredictable weather is almost unknown in the British Isles.

?? Jeremy Paxman, however, disagrees with Bryson, arguing that the English weather is by nature attractive. Bryson is wrong, he says,because the English preference for the weather has nothing to do with the natural phenomena.”The interest is less in the phenomena themselves, but in uncertainty.” According to him, the weather in England is very changeable and uncertain and it attracts the English as well as the outsider.

?? Bryson and Paxman stand for common misconceptions about the weather-speak among the English. Both commentators, somehow, are missing the point. The English weather conversation is not really about the weather at all. English weather-speak is a system of signs ,which is developed to help the speakers overcome the natural reserve and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows conversations starting with weather-speak are not requests for weather data. Rather, they are routine greetings,conversation starters or the blank”fillers”, In other words, English weather-speak is a means of social bonding.

40.The author mentions Dr.Johnson’s comment to show that________.

?? A.most commentators agree with Dr.Johnson

?? B.Dr.Johnson is famous for his weather observation

?? C.the comment was accurate two hundred years ago

?? D.English conversations usually start with the weather

41.What doe s the underlined word”obsession” most probably refer to?

?? A.A social trend.?? B.An emotional state.

?? C.A historical concept.?? D.An unknown phenomenon.

42.According to the passage,Jeremy Paxman believes that________.

?? A.Bill Bryson has little knowledge of the weather

?? B.there is nothing special about the English weather

?? C.the English weather attracts people to the British Isles

?? D.English people talk about the weather for its unccrtainty

43.What is the author’s main purpose of writing the passage?

?? A.To explain what English weather-speak is about.

?? B.To analyse misconceptions about the English weather.

?? C.To find fault with both Bill Bryson and Jeremy Paxman.

?? D.To convince people that the English weather is changeable.

C

Many people think that listening is a passive business. It is just the opposite. Listening well is an active exercise of our attention and hard work. It is because they do not realize this, or because they are not willing to do the work,