2013年内江二模英语.doc

内江市2013届高中三年级第二次模拟考试题英 语本试卷分第卷（选择题）和第卷（非选择题）两部分，第卷1页至9页，第卷第10页。考生作答时，须将答案答在答题卡上，在本试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。满分150分，考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第卷（选择题 共90分）注意事项：1.必须使用2B铅笔将答案标号填涂在答题卡上对应题目标号的位置上。2.第卷共两部分，共计90分。第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）第一节 语法和词汇知识（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. I dont exactly know what topic you are talking about, but Ive got _ main idea of _ article you mentioned just now. A. a; anB. the; 不填C. 不填; theD. the; the2.-Gangnam Style is so amazing! You will hear it everywhere. -Yeah. Sometimes a song_ be popular overnight. A. canB. willC. shouldD. must3. Now, you guys, please _ read the poem aloud. Tom, you are the first. A. in shortB. in doubtC. in turnD. in case4. I sent him an e-mail, _my congratulations on his success in passing the exam. A. to offerB. offeringC. offeredD. to be offering5. _ recently, when more health problems directly caused by the current air pollution were reported did the “Beijing Cough” become famous. A. Now thatB. Even though C. Not untilD. Never when6. US President Obama _ unity and hoped to do things as one nation and one people at the ceremony for his second term. A. called inB. called offC. called upD. called for7. - Its time to go now. Its already 5 oclock.-Dear me! I _ it at all. A. havent realizedB. didnt realize C. hadnt realizedD. dont realize8. _worries China is the way North Korea treats its nuclear tests. A. ItB. ThatC. ThisD. What9. Yukio Hatoyama is the third Japanese prime minister_ the Memorial Hall of the Victims in Nanjing Massacre. A. to visitB. to be visitingC. visitingD. having visited10. The car-pooling alliance is a nongovernmental and nonprofit organization in China, the purpose of_ is to deal with traffic pressure during the Spring Festival. A. whichB. whereC. whoseD. that第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面的短文，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，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。Roger Andersen wasnt expecting any trouble on the road last New Years Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with his daughter Mia, 9, his son Baylor, 4, and his neighbor Kenya Wildman, 9. At mile marker 473, Andersen saw a van that had skated off the road and instinctively(本能地) _11_ his brakes. In an instant, his car rushed toward the _12_Logan River. As it hit the water, the car rolled onto its _13_ and sank into the river.Within seconds, the upside-down (面朝下) car was filled with water. Andersen began to _14_ the freezing water for the kids, but found none in the darkness. He had no choice but to swim _15_ a broken window for help. Thats _16_ he saw a group of men appear there. They rushed into the _17_, shouting, “Who else is in the car?” Andersen was _18_, “My kids are in the car!” The river was only about four feet deep near the bank, but the cars _19_ were jammed shut, and the windows were submerged(淹没) and _20_to kick in. They started to push this car! _21_, the car started rising, and Willden, a 35-year-old former police officer, found himself staring into the _22_ eyes of Kenya, the Andersens neighbor, who had _23_to find an air pocket in the backseat. Willden _24_ the girl out through the broken window.Up front, Mia was floating facedown in the water. Ben Belnap, a 31-year-old school psychologist, raced her to the _25_.Little Baylor was hidden under the _26_water that flooded the still submerged side of the car. The _27_ made every effort to flip（翻转） the car. With the car right side up, the men _28_ see Baylor strapped into his car seat. Morgan Carlson, a 56-year-old doctor, gave him chest compressions(按压).As the kids fully _29_ in the following weeks, they and Andersen went to see the men who had saved them with great _30_. “A lot of people have asked me, Did you witness a miracle there? I always say, I witnessed dozens.” says Andersen.11. A. repairedB. noticedC. touchedD. found12. A. coldB. dirtyC. deepD. long13. A. wheelsB. seatsC. sideD. roof14. A. pumpB. searchC. sink intoD. dive into15. A. overB. throughC. alongD. across16. A. whereB. becauseC. whetherD. when17. A. windowB. iceC. waterD. boat18. A. screamingB. waitingC. warningD. swimming19. A. lightsB. sidesC. doorsD. belts20. A. impossibleB. easyC. sureD. useless21. A. NaturallyB. AmazinglyC. HonestlyD. Generally22. A. shiningB. happyC. proudD. frightened23. A. attemptedB. managedC. thoughtD. stopped24. A. pulledB. persuadedC. forcedD. lifted25. A. surfaceB. bankC. carD. room26. A. clearB. quietC. wasteD. dark27. A. doctorsB. driversC. passengersD. rescuers28. A. mightB. shouldC. couldD. would29. A. recoveredB. arrivedC. nursedD. gathered30. A. reliefB. careC. thanksD. comforts第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节 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。（共20小题,每小题2分，共40分）AFor centuries, the great scientists of the world struggled to develop a way to learn longitude (经度). It seemed to those seeking to solve the longitude problem that the only solution was in the moon and stars. During the 17th century, English astronomers began a major effort to map the stars and their relationship to the moon as it passed across the sky. Royal Astronomer John Flamsteed worked at this task for forty years. The next Royal Astronomer, Edmund Halley, spent another forty years gathering information about the moons orbit. In 1766, Royal Astronomer Nevil Maskelyne published the Nautical Almanac (航海天文年历) and Astronomical Ephemeris (星历表). It contained all the necessary information about the moon and stars that sailors would need to help them learn their longitude. A navigator had to use complex observing instruments to note the position of the moon and stars. Then he had to seek the correct information in the Nautical Almanac about the moon and stars at that time of night or day. The final step in the process was to take the mathematical information from the book, link it to the current information and solve the resulting problem. This took an average of four hours to do.While scientists were studying the stars and moon to solve the longitude problem, a man named John Harrison was working on another project. He was trying to build a clock that would help sailors learn longitude. He began developing his clock in 1730. It took five years to complete. Several years later, he built a second clock. Twenty years later, he completed a device that was smaller than the first two. But still he was not satisfied. Two years later, he produced a small clock that he could hold in his hand. The clock could tell the correct time in two places, meeting the requirements for learning longitude on the sea.For many years after Mr. Harrisons work was completed, the idea of using a clock to learn longitude was rejected. However, that opinion changed when manufacturers learned how to make better and less costly versions of Mr. Harrisons clocks. The clocks became known as chronometers(航行表).31. In which year did Mr. Harrison produce his fourth clock for sailors to tell their longitude? A. In 1730.B. In 1735.C. In 1755.D. In 1757.32. What does the underlined part in the last paragraph refer to? A. The idea that sailors needed to use a clock to judge their longitude. B. The idea that sailors did not want to use a clock to determine their longitude. C. The idea that Mr. Harrison had invented the clock for sailors to tell their longitude. D. The idea that Mr. Harrison had taken advantage of earlier scientists findings about longitude.33. From the second paragraph we can infer _. A. astronomers spent 80 years to collect the necessary information to publish the books about longitude. B. scientists believed they had to learn the positions of the moon and stars first to solve the longitude problemC. The new method for sailors to learn their longitude by observing the stars and the moon was not simple.D. After many years of hard work, it seemed not possible to learn longitude by observing the stars and the moon.34. Which of the following can be used to describe the history of solving the longitude problem? A. Nothing is impossible. B. Where there is life there is hope. C. Failure is the mother of success. D. Imagination will take you everywhere.BMany British people of my generation probably remember watching their first flea(跳蚤） circus on Michael Bentines Potty Time. Potty Time was a childrens TV program which featured comedian Michael Bentine and a group of puppets(木偶). Even as a child I never once thought that the flea circus which was featured on his show involved real fleas, so imagine my surprise when I read an article in a British newspaper about a group of performing fleas being denied entry to the UK by customs officers. The fleas and their boss, Professor Maria Fernanda Cordoso, had been on their way to perform at the Edinburgh Festival, one of Scotlands most famous arts festivals, when customs officials decided that the Australian fleas in her troupe(剧团) were illegal immigrants and would have to be sent back. The trainer then had to find other local fleas and train them to perform the same act.On reading the article I decided to investigate more and discovered that flea circuses have a long history originating in England in the 16th century. They had something of a golden age in the 1830s when L. Bertolotto set up his flea exhibitions in London. His exhibitions featured a flea orchestra playing flea music, fleas playing card games and so on. Dead fleas dressed as wedding couples were popular collectors items in the 1920s. And as late as the mid-1950s there was still a flea circus near Times Square in New York.Training fleas can be very difficult, but there are a few methods that have proven successful. For example, there are chemicals that fleas dont like. These can be put on a small ball and put among a group of fleas. The fleas will push the ball away with their legs and give the illusion that they are playing football. The trainer Cordoso is a sculptor and she spent four years researching the lost art of flea training and is now regarded as a world expert.35. Which is true about Professor Maria Fernanda Cordoso? A. She was unable to perform because her fleas were sent back to Australia. B. It was she that made the art of flea training known again. C. It was she who brought flea circuses to America. D. She comes from a family of flea trainers.36. When were flea circuses the most popular?A. In the 16th century.B. In the 1830s.C. In the 1920s.D. In the mid-1950s.37. How did the writer get to know the flea circus used live fleas to perform? A. By watching Michael Bentines Potty Time.B. By investigating the history of the flea circus.C. By reading an article about a group of performing fleas.D. By researching the flea sculptures made by Professor Cordoso.38. What does the underlined word “illusion” most probably mean in the text?A. interesting instruction.B. attractive impression.C. quick suggestion.D. false information.CUncle Toms Cabin, or Life among the Lowly is an anti-slavery novel by American author Harriet Beecher Stowe. Published in 1852, the novel had a significant effect on worldwide attitudes toward African-Americans and slavery. In the United States, it is widely thought to have helped deepen the sectional(局部) conflict that led to civil war.Stowe, a Connecticut-born teacher at the Hartford Female Academy and an active abolitionist(废奴主义者), focused the novel on the character of Uncle Tom, a long-suffering Black slave around whose life revolved(转动) the stories of other charactersboth fellow slaves and slave owners.Uncle Toms Cabin was the best-selling novel, and the second best-selling book following the Bible, of the 19th century and is credited with helping to fuel the abolitionist cause in the 1850s. In the first year after it was published, 300,000 copies of the book were sold in the United States alone. The books influence was so great that when Abraham Lincoln met Stowe at the start of the American Civil War, Lincoln is often quoted(引用) as having declared, “So this is the little lady who made this big war.”The book also helped create a number of common stereotypes about Blacks, many of which are still popular this day. These include the affectionate, dark-skinned mother; the stereotype of black children and so on.The book opened with a Kentucky farmer named Arthur Shelby facing the loss of his farm because of debts. Even though he and his wife (Emily Shelby) believed that they had a good relationship with their slaves, Shelby decided to raise the needed funds by selling two of them-Uncle Tom, a middle-aged man with a wife and children, and Harry, the son of Emily Shelbys maid Eliza-to a slave trader. 39. The best title for the text would be_. A. Uncle Toms CabinB. Harriet Beecher Stowe C. Plot Summary of a NovelD. Abraham Lincoln and a Novel40. The novel helped _. A. raise more money for the Black slavesB. create many characters of the Black heroesC. Abraham Lincoln end the American Civil WarD. people have a greater understanding of Black slavery41. Why did Arthur Shelby decide to sell two of his slaves?A. To develop a good relationship with slave traders.B. To support the American Civil War.C. To save more slaves.D. To collect money.42. What does the underlined part really mean? A. Stowe devoted herself to the abolition of slavery. B. Stowe played a great role in winning the Civil War. C. Stowes novel greatly drove the Civil War to break out. D. Stowes novel resulted from the Civil War.DBusiness Development Centre provides a variety of services for individuals and corporations that have Non-Resident(不住在某地) status in Canada. 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Without the help of Business Development Centre, a potential foreign investor in Canada would have to_. A. have relatives who are Canadian residentsB. show his or her financial strength C. own a registered address in CanadaD. act as president of the corporation45. What will be most probably talked about in the next paragraph? A. The advantages that Business Development Centre brings. B. The services of Business Development Centre. C. The ways of registering a corporation.D. The cost of registering a corporation.46. Whats the purpose for the author to write the text?A. To tell foreign investors how to invest in Canada. B. To analyze the ways of starting a business in Canada. C. To make Business Development Centre known to more people. D. To introduce the businesses Business Development Centre has done.EAir pollution levels were literally off the charts(打破记录) in Beijing over the weekend, reportedly reducing visibility（能见度） to about 100 yards in some areas. The air has been classified as hazardous to human health for many days, at its worst hitting pollution levels 25 times that considered safe in the U.S. The entire city is blanketed in a thick grey smog, leading to official warnings to stay inside. At least four deaths have been blamed on what Chinese media calls the “smoggy weather” - including two high school students who were hit by a train due to low visibility. The smog has affected more than 30 cities in China.The air quality is so bad - some foreigners in China have been referring to it on social media as the “Airpocalypse（空气末日）” - that government media have been joining Internet users in questioning Chinas rapid path to economic growth. Unusually, the pollution is getting head