2011西城一模英语试题.docx

北京市西城区2011年高三一模试卷英 语 试 题第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共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。Id been travelling for long hours on a lonely country road when I had a flat tyreSo I had to stop and get the tools to 36 the problemIt certainly wasnt 37 doing this with a white shirt and suit onNightfall was approachingSuddenly a car pulled 38 from behind meA man got out and offered to 39 meSeeing his unpleasant appearance and tattoos （纹身） on his arm, I became 40 as thoughts of robberies flashed through my mindBut 41 I could say anything he had already begun to take the tools to change the 42 While watching him I happened to look back at his car and noticed someone sitting in the passenger seatThis had 43 meThen, without 44 , it began to rainHe suggested that I wait in his car because my car was unsafeAs the rain increased, getting us wet within seconds I 45 agreedWhen I settled into the back seat, a womans voice came from the front seatAre you all right? She turned around to meYes, I am, I replied with much 46 when seeing an old woman thereIt must be his Mom, I thoughtTo my 47 , the old woman was a neighbor of the man who was helping meJeff insisted on stopping when he saw you 48 with the tyre I am grateful for his help, I said Me, too! she said with a smileHe helped drive her to see her husband twice a week in a nursing homeShe also said that he 49 at the church and tutored disadvantaged studentsThe rain stopped and Jeff and I changed the tyreI tried to offer him money and of course he _50_ itIt was shameful that I judged people by the way they 51 As we shook hands I began to apologize for my 52 . He said, I experience that same 53 often. People who look like me dont do nice thingsI 54 thought about changing the wayBut then I saw this as a chance to make a 55 . So Ill leave you with the same question I ask everyone who takes time to know meIf Jesus returned tomorrow and walked among us again, would you recognize Him by what He wore or by what He did?36AfindBmakeCfixDavoid37AusefulBeasyCwiseDlucky38AupBoutConDround39AcarryBliftCdriveDhelp40Adiscouraged BfrightenedCdisappointedDastonished41AwhenBuntilCasDbefore42AtyreBsuitCexpressionDshirt43Aembarrassed BconcernedCdiscouragedDpuzzled44AwarningBrealizingCknowingDwaiting45AdirectlyBhappilyChurriedlyDunwillingly46AfearBsatisfactionCreliefDexcitement47AregretBamusementCsurpriseDdelight48AworkingBrepairingCfightingDstruggling49AstudiedBperformedCgrewDvolunteered50ArefusedBkeptCignoredDleft51AbehavedBspokeClookedDthought52AselfishnessBstupidityCweaknessDdisability53AlifeBincidentCreactionDchange54AhardlyBactuallyCfinallyDprobably55ApointBstartCremarkDcomparison第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节：（共15小题，每小题2分，共30分）阅读下列短文，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。AI had to knock on the taxi to get his attentionFinally, the driver, a man about 60, looked up from behind the wheel and apologized, Im sorry, but I was reading a letter He sounded as if he had a cold or a coughSince I was in no hurry, I told him to finish his letterHe shook his head, explaining that he had already read it several times and almost knew it by heartCurious, I asked whether it was from a child or maybe a grandchild This isnt family, he replied, though he might just as well have been a regular member of the familyOld Ed and I grew up togetherThey were always friendsBut since he moved away from the neighborhood 30 years ago, itd generally just been postcards at Christmas time between themA couple of weeks ago, Ed died1 should have kept in touch He repeated this, more to himself than to meTo comfort him, I said sometimes we just didnt seem to find the timeBut we used to find the time, he saidTake a look He handed the letter over to meThe first sentence Ive been meaning to write for some time, but Ive always delayed it reminded me of myselfIt went on to say that he often thought about the good times they had had togetherWhen I read the part where it said Your friendship really means a lot to me, more than I can say because Im not good at saying things like that , I found myself nodding in agreementWe had gone several kilometers and were almost at my hotel, so I read the last paragraph: So I thought youd like to know that I was thinking of you And it was ended with Your Old Friend, TomI thought your friends name was Ed, I saidIm Tom, he explainedIts a letter I wrote to Ed before I knew hed diedI never put it in the mailboxI guess I should have written it sooner His face was pale as he wiped his eyes with a handkerchiefWhen I got to my hotel room I didnt unpack right awayI had to write a letter and post it56Who wrote the letter?ATom BOld Ed CThe author DThe drivers grandchild57It can be inferred from the passage that the driver regretted _Amissing Eds funeral Bmoving away from his neighborhoodCforgetting to send Ed Christmas cards Dnot being able to keep in touch with Ed58From Paragraph 4, we can learn that the author of the passage _Aoften failed to write to his friendsBhad no intention to write to his friendsChad many great moments with his friendsDwas good at expressing feelings to his friends59What message does the passage probably try to convey?AComfort your friends when they are feeling downBLife is unpredictable so live each day as if it were your lastCRemember to always mail your letters after expressing your wordsDAlways make time to value and experience your lasting friendshipsBLights Out at BedtimeThere are plenty of good reasons to power up a personal desktop or laptop computer in the eveningwriting e-mails, chatting on social networks or making purchases over tile Internet, for instanceBut various studies indicate that people who stare at a PCs bright monitor shortly before going to bed probably sleep less soundly than they would otherwise because the light seriously affects their natural wake-sleep cycle They havent proved it though, says Dieter Kunz, the teams director at Charites Psychiatric Clinic in StHedwigs Hospital in BerlinSimilarly, exposure to just 10 minutes of normal bathroom lighting is enough to free the sleep hormone melatonin, which regulates peoples natural wake-sleep cycle and makes them sleepy at nightfallTen years ago, a team of British and American researchers detected a photo-pigment （光敏色素） in the human eye that signals to the body whether it is day or night, summer or winterThe photo-pigment is especially sensitive to blue lightThe blue light more or less tells the body, Its daytime, be awake, Kunz saysMonitors have a mostly cold white light content and scientists suspect the photo-pigment may react similarly to itSo the longer people look into the bright light, the more awake they becomeand then sleep poorlyA lot of people have difficulty switching off in the eveningAbout half of the women in Germany and a quarter of the men sleep poorlyEnvironmental factors are only one of the possible causesJob stress as well as personal and health concerns are also the main reasons for their sleep problemsIn addition, electronic objects standby lights and indicator lamps can be annoying in the dark and affect sleepSound scientific evidence is still lacking on this matter, Kunz notesAccording to Kunz, those who cannot go without their computer in the evening should down the blue content if possible and lower the brightness somewhat But nobody does because, after all, you want to concentrate while working at the computer and the light helps brain60The passage is mainly about _Anatural wake-up cycles Bthe effect of light on sleepCpersonal and health concerns Dfunctions of computer monitors61The underlined word which in Paragraph 2 refers to _Anormal bathroom lightingB10-minute exposure to lighting Cthe release process of a chemicalDa chemical affecting ones sleep cycle62We can learn from the passage that _ Athe blue light has a calming effectBthe photo-pigment tells people day or nightCwomen in Germany use computers more often than menDit has been proved that standby lights affect peoples sleepCThe Loss of InnocenceInnocence is such a precious giftIts explained as freedom from guilt or wrong doingJust imagine never having to worry about anything and having a guilt free mindSome people wish to save this kind of innocence from being lost from childhood to adulthoodWhat would the world be like if innocence were never lost? One way it would benefit humanity is the lack of hatred （仇恨） among the worldDuring youth, there may be an occasional argument, even a little physical fight, but nothing like firing a handgun at a fellow human beingAnd children are blind towards the racial differences of othersA kid will hang out with any other kidIt is the lack of innocence and the ignorance we learn from adults that influence children otherwiseAnother benefit is the constant desire for fun and adventureWith very little if any time at all for fun, the adventurous mind is lost in time with the responsibilities placed upon adultsIf innocence were kept alive, these ambitions would never depart from our livesHowever, other people actually hate the idea of innocence lasting for everThey feel that the lack of organization and mental power of those with innocence would cause extremely destructive consequences to society in generalA large number of individuals would never have the urge to learn, work, and act upon the necessary needs for humanity to surviveWithout a proper education which is usually provided by those who no longer live in a world of innocence, people would not have the desire to succeed, get a good job in life, or provide income for their families, which would hurt the lives of childrenThe lack of a good education and career would also harm the economyAs long as innocence is kept alive, no one would be terribly angered at the lack of effort people put out in the workplace, resulting in a strong decline in production and quality of needed goodsMaybe it is wrong in wanting to save innocenceIt sure is a nice thought, thoughPerhaps innocence was meant to be lostIt was gods will to make things the way they are, and there is a good purpose for everythingAll that remains to be said about innocence is to enjoy it while it lasts63The author believes that the loss of innocence in adulthood should be _Aavoided Bcondemned Caccepted Dencouraged64Lifelong innocence would be beneficial to society in that _Aproper education would be providedBthere would be no racial discriminationCmore happy families would be guaranteedDpeople would realize their childhood dreams65According to the author, people with innocence can hurt the economy with their lack of .Amotivational will Bmental abilityCadventurous ambitions Dneeded goods66Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point(次要点) C: ConclusionDWillie Sutton, a once celebrated American criminal, was partly famous for saying he robbed banks because “thats where the money is.” Actually, museums are where the money is. In a single gallery there can be paintings worth more, taken together, than a whole fleet of jets(机队). And while banks can hide their money in basements, museums have to put their valuables in pain sight.Nothing could be worse than the thought of a painting as important as The Scream, Edvard Munchs impressive image of a man screaming against the backdrop of a blood-red sky, disappearing into a criminal underworld that doesnt care much about careful treatment of art worksArt theft is a vast problem around the worldAs many as 10, 000 precious items of all kinds disappear each yearAnd for smaller museums in particular, it may not be a problem they can afford to solveThe money for insurance on very famous pictures would be budget destroyers even for the largest museumsAlthough large museums have had their share of embarrassing robberies, the greatest problem is small institutionsNeither can afford heavy securityLarge museums attach alarms to their most valuable paintings, but a modest alarm system can cost $500, 000 or moreSome museums are looking into tracking equipment that would allow them to follow stolen items once they leave the museumsBut conservators are concerned that if they have to insert something, it might damage the objectMeanwhile, smaller museums can barely afford enough guards, relying instead on elderly staffThieves sometimes try using artworks as money for other underworld dealsThe planners of the 1986 robbery of Russborough House near Dublin, who stole 18 paintings, tried in vain to trade them for Irish Republican Army members held in British prisonOthers demand a ransom （赎金） from the museum that owns the picturesTen years ago, thieves in Frankfurt, Germany, made off with two major works by JMWTurner from the Tate Gallery in London; The paintings, worth more than $80 million, were recovered in 2002 after the Tate paid more than $5 million to people having information about the paintingsThough ransom is illegal in Britain, money for looking into a case is not, provided that police agree the source of the information is unconnected to the crimeAll the same, where information money ends and ransom begins is often a gray area67In the first paragraph, the author introduced the topic by _Aanalysing a problem Bsupporting an assumptionCmaking a comparison Dexplaining a phenomenon68From Paragraph 2, we can learn that_Aartists are beginning to fight against robberiesBsmaller museums may be able to handle robberiesCart criminals are aware of the importance of art conservationDmost museums can not afford insurance on all valuable items69It can be inferred from the last paragraph that in Britain _Apaintings can be used as money in foreign tradeBthe recent law can be taken advantage of for ransomCowners can lawfully get back lost items by paying a ransomDthe police can pay someone from inside a crime for information70Why did the author write the passage?ATo warn criminals to respect and not to destroy the paintingBTo supply advice on how to prevent future crimes of art theftCTo share awareness of art theft and the need for good securityDTo remind museums to equip with more updated security systems第二节：（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The Value of TearsTears can ruin make-up, bring conversation to a stop, and give you a runny noseTears leave you embarrassed and without energyStill, crying is a fact of life, and your tears are very usefulEvenwhen youre not crying, they make a film over the eyes surface 71 When tears fall, they reduce stres