高中英语测试卷3
高中英语测试卷3
一、单项填空
1. — I'm going to San Francisco for a couple of days.
— ___ . I wish I could get away for a while.
A. It doesn't matter
B. Forget it
C. I really envy you
D. I can't agree more
2. I woke up with ________ bad headache, yet by ________ evening the pain had gone.
A. the; the
B. the; an
C. a; the
D. a; an
3. The three of us ________ around Europe for about a month last summer.
A. travelled
B. have travelled
C. had travelled
D. travel
4. The party will be held in the garden, weather .
A. permitting
B. to permit
C. permitted
D. permit
5. Rod loves ________ clocks. However, he never manages to put them together again.
A. taking apart
B. giving away
C. making up
D. turning off
6. The new movie____________ to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time．
A. promises
B. agrees
C. pretends
D. intends
7. One of our rules is that every student wear school uniform while at school.
A. might
B. could
C. shall
D. will
8. Don't handle the vase as if it ________made of steel.
A. is
B. were
C. has been
D. had been
9. Not until he retired from teaching three years ago having a holiday abroad.
A. he had considered
B. had he considered
C. he considered
D. did he consider
10. Nothing is so easy as ________ parents to raise their expectations of their children too high. A. of B. to C. by D. for
11. When you are done with the book, just give it to Lucy or Helen or __________.
A. whoever
B. wherever
C. whatever
D. however
12. When deeply absorbed in work, _____ he often was, he would forget all about eating
or sleeping. A. that B. which C. where D. when
13. It is by no means clear the president can do to end the strike.
A. how
B. which
C. that
D. what
14. You are working too hard. You'd better keep a ________ between work and relaxation.
A. promise
B. read
C. balance
D. diary
15. — Can you lend me the book Gone with the Wind?
— Sorry. I returned it to the library just now. Maybe it is still ____.
A. available
B. affordable
C. acceptable
D. valuable
16. This elephant is like a snake, ___ anybody can see, said the third blind man.
A. that
B. who
C. whom
D. as
17. He’s got himself into a dangerous situation ____he is likely to lose control over the plane.
A. where
B. which C while D. why
18. Her __ look told me that she had determined___ going to college and nothing can stop her.
A. brave; to
B. determined; on
C. angry; to
D. determining; upon
19. A man with a bleeding hand hurried in and asked, “Is there a hospital around ________I can
get some medicine for my wounded hand?”
A. which
B. from which
C. what
D. by which
20. Remember that it makes a bad ______ if you’re late.
A. custom
B. action
C. comment
D. impression
21. ----who told you she was leaving?
---- I heard it ______ from the horse’s mouth.
A. straight
B. close
C. honestly
D. actually
22. Word comes ____ free souvenirs will be given to _____ comes first.
A. what, no matter whom
B. that, whoever
C. which, whomever
D. that, no matter who
23. Nowadays it’s hard for an ordinary family to stay _______ if they buy a new house.
A. out of danger
B. in danger
C. out of debt
D. in debt
24. Since I won the big prize, my telephone hasn’t stopped ringing. People ______ to ask how I
am going to spend the money.
A. phone
B. are phoning
C. will phone
D. had phoned
25. Typhoon Morakot has caused great _________ to the local economic in Wenzhou.
A. injury
B. wound
C. ruin
D. damage
26. The island is __ attractive in spring and autumn because of the pleasant weather in both
seasons. A. partly B. merely C. nearly D. equally
27. --- Did you remember to give Mary the money you owed her?
--- Yes, I gave it to her ______ I saw her.
A. while
B. the moment
C. suddenly
D. once
28. I have ______ my dictionary because there are too many new words in this article.
A. turned
B. to turn
C. turn to
D. to turn to
29. Has she ever asked for the reason _______ may explain his coming late?
A. why
B. for which
C. that
D. for that
30. --- Bob failed in the exam.
--- He ________ it. He never worked hard.
A. deserved
B. knew
C. considered
D. missed
31. Helongjiang Province lies _____ north of Liaoning.
A. to
B. in the
C. /
D. on the
32. The top leaders of the two countries are holding talks in a friendly _________.
A. state
B. atmosphere
C. situation
D. phenomenon
33. He couldn’t _______ the fact that money was found in his house.
A. answer for
B. leave for
C. account for
D. care for
34. If you don’t like the drink you_______, just leave it and try a different one.
A. ordered
B. are ordering
C. will order
D. had ordered
35. --- could we put off our camping?
--- _______, this is the only day everyone is available.
A. Not obviously
B. Not exactly
C. Not nearly
D. Not really
二、完形填空
Lightning flashed through the darkness over Sibson’s bedroom skylight（天窗）.Sibson was shaken by a clap of thunder__36__ he knew what was happening. The storm had moved directly __37__ his two-story wooden house. Then he heard the smoke alarm beeping.
Sibson rushed down the stairs barefoot to 38 ; he opened the door to the basement （地下室）, and flames 39 ou t. Sibson ran back upstairs to call 911 from his bedroom. “I felt ___40 because the room had a separate outdoor stairway,” he explains.
But the phone didn’t work, and when he tried to go down the outdoor stairway, he was
__41__ by a wall of flames. Sibson realized he was trapped（困住）.
Sibson’s house was three kilometers 42 the main road and was so well hidden by
trees that he knew calling for help would be 43 .
Up a hill nearby lived Sibson’s neighbor, Huggons. He was lying in bed w hen something like a smoke alarm 44 his ears. He jumped out of bed, took his 45 and flashlight, and headed down the hillside toward the 46 . That was when he saw the rolling heavy smoke.
Huggons dialed 911, and the operator warned him not to 47 the house. But Huggons said, “There is no way I am going to listen to Sibson 48 and die in that fire.”
“Anyone there?” Huggons called out. Then he heard “Help! I’m trapped!” coming from the second-floor balcony（阳台）. He entered the house, but soon had to run back to catch his
49 .
After one more 50 inside the house, Huggons gave up and 51 around back.
The wind parted the smoke just 52 for him to catch sight of Sibson. But there was no way to get to him. He 53 the flashlight into the woods and noticed a ladder. He took it over to the balcony and 54 Sibson down just as the second floor of the house fell off.
Sibson is still 55 when he tells the story. “I was alone that night,” he says. “Then I
三、阅读理解 A
Whether you admit it or not, music improves our daily life and makes us feel easy, especially the music of Beethoven（贝多芬）, Mozart（莫扎特）. But can you believe that a school in England is using classical music to cut down on（减少）students' bad behavior?
The head teacher Brian Walker at the West Park School in Derby asks some students to stay behind after school on Fridays. He forces his students to listen to Mozart and other classical（古典的）music. He also makes them copy（抄写）his favorite poems and they have to watch educational videos.
Mr. Walker says his main aim is to stop noisy pupils causing trouble in class for students who
want to study. He said the students staying behind were "not the smokers or drinkers, the truants (逃学的学生) or the people who are late for school... It's those who have slowed the learning and teaching in class for everyone". Mr. Walker said this was unacceptable, because it was making the rest of the students distract（转移）their attention on their study.
Mr. Walker believes what he does reminds students that education is something to value. "It helps them see they are part of something bigger that will improve their life chances," he said. The head teacher thinks students in fact learn from being kept behind after school. "Hopefully, I open their ears to an experience they don't normally have and...don't want to have again, so it's both educational and acts as a warning."
Music has had success elsewhere in reducing bad behavior. In 2004, it reduced crime（犯罪）on London's subway by 25 percent. Researchers from a Belfast university found it helped stop elephants' bad behavior.
However, one West Park student called Kieran said, "An hour of Mr. Walker's music is a real killer."
56. Mr. Walker asks his students to listen to music to _______________.
A. make them rest after a day's study
B. punish them for their bad behavior
C. get them to love arts gradually
D. reduce their bad behavior
57. A student who _____may be left behind to listen to Mozart after class.
A. plays truant
B. smokes in class
C. bothers（打扰）others in class
D. comes late for class
58. Why does Mr. Walker say some students' bad behavior is unacceptable?
A. Because the rest of the students hate them.
B. Because they are wasting their life.
C. Because they are disturbing teachers.
D. Because they have a bad influence on the other students.
59. In the eyes of Mr. Walker,_____.
A. some students don't realize education is valuable
B. all students can learn from music
C. music must be taught after class
D. students ought to love music
60. It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs that_____.
A. the action Mr. Walker takes doesn't really work as planned
B. Mr. Walker aims to tell students study is important
C. once music helped animals behave well
D. animals also like to listen to music
B
It was the end of my first day as a waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone away, and my feet hurt. The loaded plates I carried seemed to be heavier and heavier. Tired and discouraged, I didn’t seem able to do anything right. As I made out a check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream order a dozen times, I was ready to stop. Then the father smiled at me as he handed me my tip. “Well done,” he said, “you’ve looked after us really well.” Suddenly my tiredness disappeared. I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I’d liked my first day, I said, “Fine!” Those few words of praise had changed everything. Praise is like sunlight to human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold criticism, but are unwilling to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise. Perhaps that is why one word of praise can bring such pleasure.
It’s strange how chary we are about praising. Perhaps i t’s because few of us know how to accept it. It’s especially rewarding to give praise in areas in which effort generally goes unnoticed．An artist gets admired for a glorious picture，a cook for a perfect meal．But do you ever tell your laundry manager how pleased you are when the shirts are done just right? In fact，to give praise costs the giver nothing but a moment’s thought and a moment’s effort．
60．Which of the following can’t describe the writer’s situation before she got her tip?
A．She was tired．B．She was busy．C．She was sorry．D．She was confident．62．According to the passage，which of the following is least likely to be given praise?
A．An artist．B．A cook．C．A waitress．D．A laundry manager．63．The underlined word “chary” in Paragraph 2 m eans_________.
A．cautious B．careful C．unwilling D．greedy 64．What is the best title of the passage?
A．Why Do You Praise Others? B．Why do You Criticize Others?
C．Be Generous to Give Others Praise! D．Don’t Criticize Others!
C
ScienceDaily (July 5, 2009) — Researchers from the University of Haifa-Oranim have managed to make out the "self-irrigating" mechanism（构造）of the desert rhubarb（沙漠大黄）, which enables it to harvest 16 times the amount of water collected by other plants in the Negev Desert. This is the first example of a self-irrigating plant worldwide.
The desert rhubarb grows in the mountains of Israel's Negev desert, where average rainfall is particularly low (75 mm per year). Unlike most of the other desert plant species, which have small leaves so as to reduce water loss, this plant is unique in that its leaves are particularly large; each plant's rosette （莲座型丛叶）of one to four leaves reaches a total diameter（直径）of up to one meter.
Prof. Simcha Lev-Yadun, Prof. Gidi Ne'eman and Prof. Gadi Katzir came across this unique plant while studying the field area with students of the Department of Science Education-Biology of the University of Haifa-Oranim, and noticed that its waxy leaves are unusually large. They observed an exceptionally ridged（成脊状的）structure on each leaf.
The scientists explained that these deep and wide depressions（凹陷）in the leaves create a "channeling" mountain-like system by which the rain water is channeled toward the ground surrounding the plant's deep root. Other desert plants simply absorb the rain water that goes through the ground in its immediate surroundings.
The desert rhubarb is able to harvest quantities of water that are 16 times the amount of water harvested by the small-leafed plants of the Negev desert region. When the research team watered the plant artificially, they observed how the water flows along the course of the leave's depressions to the ground surrounding the plant's single root and then goes through the ground to a depth of 10 cm or more. Under the experimental conditions, water goes through the ground only as deep as 1 cm.
"We know of no other plant in the deserts of the world that functions in this manner," the researchers concluded.
65. The desert rhubarb’s "self-irrigating" mechanism_______.
A. enables it to survive with fewer leaves
B. works in many other desert plants in the world
C. helps it collect much more water than other plants
D. prevents the plant from losing water and heat
66. Which of the following helps other desert plants adapt to the dry climate?
A. Thin roots.
B. Small leaves.
C. Deep depressions.
D. The ridged structure.
67. Scientists discover the desert rhubarb can irrigate itself with its_______.
A. leaves
B. root
C. flowers
D. fruit
68. What is the best title for the passage?
A. How plants’ “self-irrigating” mechanism works
B. How plants growing in the desert survive
C. The desert plants growing in the Negev Desert
D. The world’s first “self-watering” plant discovered
D
BEIJING, July 28 (Xinhua)-Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has called for measures to boost （促进）pig farming as short supply has led to continued pork price hikes, causing concerns among consumers and the government over a possible spillover effect on inflation（通货膨胀）.
Wen urged local government to leave no stone unturned in raising the enthusiasm of pig breeders when addressing an executive conference of the State Council on Wednesday.
The country’s pig production fell dramatically in recent months on pig breeders’ dampened enthusiasm due to rising feedstuff costs and low price in the past few years, and also the massive pig culling（淘汰）after the outbreak blue-ear disease in some regions.
The short supply of live pigs kept driving the pork price higher. The wholesale price of pork in June represented a 74.6-percent surge from the same month last year.
Wen said it’s of great importance to increase pig production, which would help stabilize the pork price and satisfy the meat demand of the public.
He called on local governments to deliver the subsides（补助金）for breeding female pig to farmers arranged by the central budget “as soon as possible”.
In order to strengthen disease control, Wen said immunization（免疫接种）against major pig epidemics shall be provided to farmers free of charge, and that subsidies shall be offered to farmers if their pigs have to be killed for disease control.
The premier said local administrative chiefs shall hold responsibility for pork supply in their areas, and that all unreasonable restrictions on pig farming shall be abolished.
Local governments shall also increase or pay allowances for lower-income families and college students to ensure their living standards are not adversely affected by the higher pork prices, Wen said.
69. At the conference Premier Wen Jiabao called on to______.
A. raise more pigs to stop pork price rise.
B. supply more pork to ease inflation.
C. show more concern for the consumers.
D. take measures to build more pig farms.
70. The underlined word “hikes” in the first paragraph means_____.
A. drops
B. rises
C. changes
D. delays
71. Which of the following groups is the reason for the pig production fall?
A. High feedstuff costs, high pork prices, massive pig killing
B. Pig disease breakouts, high pork prices, lower pig-raising enthusiasm
C. High feedstuff costs, low pork prices, massive pig killing
D. High feedstuff costs, low pork prices, pig disease breakouts
72. Before the problem is actually solved, Wen Jiabao hoped that the local government
should_______.
A. help to keep the living standards of some particular groups of people
B. do away with all the unreasonable restrictions on pig farming
C. lower the pork price by importing more pork from abroad
D. provide pig breeders with free immunization against big pig disease.
E
How I Turned to Be Optimistic(乐观的)
I began to grow up that winter night when my parents and I were returning from my aunt's house, and my mother said that we might soon be leaving for America. We were on the bus then. I was crying, and some people on the bus were turning around to look at me. I remember that I could not bear the thought of never hearing again the radio program for school children to which I listened every morning.
I do not remember myself crying for this reason again. In fact, I think I cried very little when I was saying goodbye to my friends and relatives. When we were leaving I thought about all the places I was going to see-—the strange and magical places I had known only from books and pictures. The country I was leaving never to come back was hardly in my head then.
The four years that followed taught me the importance of optimism, but the idea did not come to me at once. For the first two years in New York I was really lost—having to study in three schools as a result of family moves. I did not quite know what I was or what I should be. Mother remarried, and things became even more complex for me. Some time passed before my stepfather and I got used to each other. I was often sad, and saw no end to "the hard times."
My responsibilities in the family increased a lot since I knew English better than everyone else at home. I wrote letters, filled out forms, translated at interviews with Immigration officers, took my grandparents to the doctor and translated there, and even discussed telephone bills with company representatives.
From my experiences I have learned one important rule: almost all common troubles eventually go away! Something good is certain to happen in the end when you do not give up, and just wait a little! I believe that my life will turn out all right, even though it will not be that easy.
73.How did the author get to know America?
A. From her relatives.
B. From her mother.
C. From books and pictures.
D. From radio programs.
74.Upon leaving for America the author felt_______.
A. confused
B. excited
C. worried
D. amazed
75.For the first two years in New York, the author _________.
A. often lost her way
B. did not think about her future
C. studied in three different schools
D. got on well with her stepfather
76.What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 4?
A. She worked as a translator.
B. She attended a lot of job interviews.
C. She paid telephone bills for her family. D She helped her family with her English.
77.The author believes that______.
A. her future will be free from troubles
B. it is difficult to learn to become patient
C. there are more good things than bad things
D. good things will happen if one keeps trying
四、书面表达
2013年高考在即，高三学生目前正处在紧张复习迎考的氛围中。假如你叫李华，合肥市某中学高三学生，面对目前的压力，想和父母说说心里话，请你用英文在你的博客上用
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Dear Mom and Dad,
The annual college entrance examination is around the corner. On this special occasion,
I am quite confident of my future life and I do wish you good health and a happy life. _
Yours ever,
_
Li Hua
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书面表达
Dear Mom and Dad,
The annual college entrance examination is around the corner. On this special occasion, how I wish I could have a heart-to-heart talk with you.
Through those years of my growing up, I always feel grateful to you for your selfless help, care and love for me. Thanks to your constant encouragement, I have been making remarkable progress in my studies. It will be less than three months before I take the college entrance examination, which makes me under great pressure.
I need frequent support. You know, good conditions for learning and timely help will do me a lot of good.
Mom and Dad, my dream is the very one you always have. I am fully aware of the responsibilities I am bearing. I plan to make a detailed study schedule for this coming examination so that I can review lessons and practice solving problems of different subjects. It is also necessary that I do some physical training once in a while so that I can keep fit. If possible, as a family member, I will also help do some housework to make you relax a little bit.
I am quite confident of my future life and I do wish you good health and a happy life.
Yours ever,
Li Hua