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南通市20122013学年度第二次模拟考试英 语第I卷 (三部分 共85分) 第一部分 听力 (共两节，满分20分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What does the woman plan to do tomorrow?A. Go bowling.B. Go to work.C. Go to the cinema.2. What is the man likely to be?A. A doctor.B. An officer.C. A lawyer. 3. When will the two speakers meet at the airport?A. At 12:00 p.m.B. At 12:30 p.m.C. At 2:00 p.m. 4. What is the man doing?A. Asking for help. B. Making an appointment. C. Discussing a few things.5. How does the man find the apartment? A. Perfect for him. B. Improper for him.C. Too expensive for him. 第二节 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至第7题。6. How many turnings will the woman take? A. One. B. Two.C. Three. 7. Where is the nearest branch of the National Bank?A. Near New Street.B. Near a sculpture.C. Near the tallest building.听第7段材料，回答第8至第10题。8. What is the boy doing?A. Tidying. B. Packing. C. Decorating.9. Why will the boy keep some old things?A. To reuse them in the future.B. To display them in his new room.C. To remember his life when young.10. What can the boy get for his work?A. A praise.B. A reward.C. A direction.听第8段材料，回答第11至第13题。11. Why does the woman think it hard to lose weight after Christmas? A. Because of the mood. B. Because of the holiday. C. Because of the weather.12. What does the man suggest we do? A. Go swimming. B. Do anything we like.C. Have a companion.13. Which way do the speakers focus on to lose weight? A. Dieting.B. Exercising.C. Staying in the sun.听第9段材料，回答第14至第16题。14. When might people buy cheap fashions? A. When getting a special discount. B. When finding them nice and new. C. When shopping at a supermarket.15. Why do more people buy cheap fashions? A. To save money for other things. B. To replace them at any time. C. To look more fashionable. 16. In what case do people want expensive clothing? A. Requiring good quality. B. Improving their looks. C. Wearing for a short time.听第10段材料，回答第17至第20题。17. What is the advantage of an English Club?A. Time for explanation.B. Focus on grammar.C. Situation of practice.18. Why should you have English-learning companions?A. To believe more in yourself.B. To use English better.C. To have more fun.19. How can you benefit from helping others learn English?A. Refreshing your skills.B. Learning something new.C. Varying your language abilities.20. What is the speech mainly about?A. Where you should learn English. B. How you can improve your English.C. Why you should start an English Club. 第二部分 英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分35分)第一节 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的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。21. 2012 saw _ sharp increase in productivity, much to _ surprise of the administrative agency.A. the; aB. a; a C. a; theD. the; the22. Could you tell me something about the virus, Dr. Smith? Sure. It_ via the bloodstream and causes ill health in a variety of organs.A. concentrates B. circulates C. accumulates D. accelerates23. You _ me such a bad quality sweater. You see, therere so many holes in it. Did you wash it according to the instructions?A. sold B. are sellingC. were sellingD. had sold24. _ by flowers and applauses does not necessarily mean one is living a happy life.A. Accompanied B. Having accompaniedC. To be accompanied D. Being accompanied 25. A project has recently been launched by the charity organization _ people should donate books to remote mountainous schools.A. that B. what C. which D. as26. While by regulations high school students _ not use cell phones in the school, they can use public phones to keep in touch with friends and family.A. mustB. shallC. would D. might27. It is recommended that you _ a few minutes every day to communicate with your family.A. set up B. set off C. set aside C. set out 28. Do you know in what circumstances it was _ Jack achieved his goal?A. that B. how C. where D. when29. Carbon dioxide is said _ the earth twice as quickly as previously feared.A. to be heated B. to be heatingC. to have heated D. to have been heated30. Isnt it time you went to bed, Mike? I _ painting all afternoon, so I have to finish my homework now.A. was practisingB. have practised C. had practisedD. have been practising 31. His ability in mathematics can be considered outstanding, _ he can figure out different approaches to a very difficult problem in just a few minutes.A. while B. so C. for D. but32. I was only joking when I said Tom was silly; who _ he took it seriously?A. thoughtB. had thoughtC. would think D. would have thought33. Why have they been working on the project for so long? _ safety. Nothing is as important as that, you know.A. On the point of B. At the mercy of C. For the sake of D. In the presence of34. Only _ the opening ceremony of the Poetry Club. The majority of the students were having a class then.A. a few people attended B. did a few people attend C. attended a few people D. a few people were attended35. Kate was blue in the face, but fortunately she looks much better now. _! She easily gets hurt. Hope shell get tougher.A. Good for herB. Congratulations C. There she isD. Thank God第二节 完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的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。On October 29, 2012, Hurricane Sandy hit the East Coast with record-setting flooding and devastating winds, during which many people 36 to help neighbors, children, or strangers in need. Among those people were Bradbury and her 37 .When the 38 died, the nurses in the newborn-baby care unitat New York Universitys Langone Medical Center didnt 39 for the backup (备用的) machine to produce electricity. They immediately went into a state of 40 .Bradbury and the other nurses in the unit knew that for the 20 babies there, some of whom depended on ventilators (呼吸机), even a(n) 41 cut-off of electricity could be deadly. With the 42 from their cell phones, they tended to each baby, checking vital signs and filling ventilator bags with air by hand.Then came 43 news: With no electricity, the nurses would have to quickly move the babies out of the medical center, 44 floodwaters covered the streets around the hospital. “Think of so much equipment and medication,” says Bradbury. “It took a lot of 45 work and everyone had to spare no effort. 46 it happened just between shifts (轮值的班), so we had 47 nurses on the floor.”With firefighters helping to light the stairwells, Bradbury 48 went down nine flights of stairs with a baby in her arms. She repeated to herself: Be steady with every step. Dont 49 . Dont fall. Once out of the building, the nurses got into the 50 with the babies, doctors and the babies parents. “Because they were in our arms, we were able to constantly 51 the babies heart rates,” says Bradbury. 52 her and the other nurses, all 20 infants were moved to one of the three area hospitals. “This experience shows that we 53 these babies as if theyre our own children,” says Bradbury.So it is their motherly love for babies that ensured the infants 54 . And so it is their 55 to duty that proves that spirit can survive any natural disaster. 36. A. applied B. expected C. managed D. determined37. A. patientsB. assistantsC. clerks D. colleagues38. A. storm B. power C. noiseD. anxiety39. A. wait B. callC. arrange D. seek40. A. tension B. calmnessC. emergencyD. craziness41. A. essential B. temporaryC. punctual D. constant42. A. light B. music C. instruction D. signal43. A. brief B. worse C. better D. amazing44. A. only ifB. as if C. so that D. even though45. A. dirty B. practical C. joint D. dangerous46. A. Terribly B. Definitely C. Luckily D. Naturally47. A. extra B. energetic C. experienced D. enthusiastic48. A. eventuallyB. hopefully C. anxiously D. slowly49. A. skip B. slip C. stop D. snap50. A. wards B. camps C. shelters D. ambulances51. A. monitorB. maintain C. improve D. increase52. A. According to B. With regard to C. Thanks to D. In addition to53. A. help B. serve C. remove D. protect54. A. safety B. health C. comfort D. benefit55. A. regard B. devotion C. reaction D. contribution第三部分 阅读理解 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的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。AAlmost everyone has experienced anxiety at some time in their lives, and to do so is not only natural, but probably quite sensible, too. In some sense, the feeling of anxiety is like a signal to us that we need to take action. If we are walking alone down a dark street and start to feel anxious, we might think, “This is getting frightening, I think Ill nip into the pub and call a cab”, so we will do something to get ourselves somewhere safe. If we have an exam coming up, we are likely to start feeling anxious. We might think: “I cant pretend its not happening. Ive got to revise or Ill totally mess up.” Once again, anxiety can guide us to behave in a way that is in our best interests. However, anxiety can also imprison us. It stops us from doing what we would like to do and living our life fully. Feeling anxious is undoubtedly a fact of life, so our goal is not to live an anxiety-free life but to live our life with acceptable levels of anxiety in a full way.Anxiety can be abnormal when it starts to take over our thinking processes and our lives, and makes it difficult for us to function. It is likely that people who experience extreme and upsetting levels of continual anxiety are suffering from a disorder called Generalised Anxiety Disorder (GAD).The most important feature of GAD is that people experience quite severe anxiety and worry about a wide range of things over long periods of time. Other symptoms include finding it difficult to control the worry, getting easily tired, difficulty concentrating and sleep disturbance.People with GAD tend to worry about the same kinds of things as people without GAD only they fall into worrying more easily and tend to spend more time worrying. Research suggests that our worry tends to cluster around particular themes including our health, finances, relationships, family, work and finally, worry about worrying.Some worries are realistic (“real event” worries). For example, if I worry about the size of my credit card bill, then this problem exists and my worry arises from a real problem. Some worries are about things that may never happen (“hypothetical event” worries). Sometimes, real event worries spiral (螺旋形上升) into hypothetical event worries. For example, “My neighbors are noisy” could spiral into “Ill never be able to sell the house, Ill be stuck here for ever.”Even though you may always have tended to worry, you can still learn to understand it and get on top of it. Extreme worry is not a part of your personality, and its not something that you should accept as unavoidable. 56. According to the passage, a person with GAD may _.A. try to do something to get himself somewhere safeB. focus his mind fully on what he is determined to doC. be anxious about one special thing for a long timeD. be continuously worrying about some particular things57. It can be inferred from the passage that _.A. GAD can hardly be cured once one suffers from itB. anxiety actually has both positive and negative sidesC. most people have experienced different levels of GADD. hypothetical event worries are mostly from real event worries58. The difference between people with GAD and normal people lies in _. A. whether they feel worried B. what they worry about C. how they experience anxietyD. why they get into anxiety59. Which would be the proper title for the passage?A. Anxiety: learn to understand it B. GAD: learn to keep away from itC. How to get rid of your anxietyD. How to distinguish anxiety from GADBCropping (裁剪) an Image With the Snap Shot ProgramWelcome to the world of photo-editing! Cropping an image allows you to focus on just the portion (部分) that is important to your project. For example, you may want to insert an image of a covered wagon in a report but may not want to include the whole wagon train. Cropping the image allows you to select only the small area you wish to retain and remove all other portions of the original picture.Option 1: Cropping by Placing the Image in a Shape Using one of Snap Shots standard shapes as a photo-editing tool requires no special abilities. To crop an image with a standard shape: 1. Click Cropping & Orientation from the Effects menu. 2. Click to select one of the six shapes to frame your image. 3. Use the mouse pointer to draw a frame around the portion of the image you wish to retain. Resize the frame by dragging the shapes sizing handles. When you are satisfied with theresults, click Cut It. 4. Snap Shot will automatically return to the project that is open. (You may also copy or cut the cropped image and paste it into another application.)Option 2: Freehand Cropping of an Image If you want to trace the shape of an object in order to crop out everything else, freehand cropping is the way to go. To cropan image freehand: 1. Click Freehand Crop from the Cropping & Orientationoption on the Effects menu.2. Using the mouse pointer, trace around the shape you want to crop. Be sure to completely enclose the image by ending at the same place you began outlining.3. Click Cut It. Snap Shot will automatically return to the project that is open.Removing CroppingIf you discover that the graphic you have cropped, either with shapes or freehand, is not what you intended, simply: 1. Select the image. 2. Click Cropping & Orientation on the Effects menu. 3. Click Remove Crop. Snap Shot will automatically return to the project that is open and will display the uncropped version of the graphic you selected.60. The text above is intended to _. A. describe the features of Snap ShotB. show that Snap Shot is an easy tool to useC. explain how to use Snap Shot to crop a pictureD. discuss the advantages and disadvantages of Snap Shot 61. To perform Option 2, one should first _. A. select the original imageB. use the mouse pointer to draw a frameC. select Cropping & Orientation from the Effects menuD. resize the frame by dragging the sizing handles on the shape62. What additional help does the author offer as readers follow the instructions? A. Screen shots that illustrate some of the instructions. B. Two options that the readers can choose from for cropping.C. An address for writing to Snap Shot any questions or comments. D. A trouble-shooting guide to help solve any possible problems. CDo you ever worry about your chances of surviving a doomsday impact of an asteroid (小行星) or a comet? Did you know that our water, gold, and platinum most likely came from the asteroids and comets that hit the Earth long ago?Currently, about a hundred tons of space dust and small asteroids hit the Earths atmosphere everyday. Usually these small objects from space are quickly vaporized (汽化) in a long trail of bright light high in our atmosphere. Upon seeing the brief light, do you ever stop to think about the potential benefits and dangers of the larger asteroids and comets that orbit our Sun? Surprisingly, your chances of dying in an airplane accident or from an impact event caused by either a comet or an asteroid may be roughly the same.Maps and pictures of the Moon and Mars show the many craters (坑) caused by the violent impacts of large comets and asteroids, and one of these craters is the lunar South Pole-Aitken basin, which is about 2,500 kilometers in diameter and over 12 kilometers deep. This immense lunar basin is the largest known impact crater in our Solar System.Scientists have found evidence that a massive impact by an asteroid with an approximately 10 to 15 kilometer diameter formed the 1.8 billion-year-old Sudbury crater in Ontario, Canada. Ancient fullerenes (富勒烯球壳状碳分子) in Sudbury contain trace gases similar to those found in meteorites (陨星). Obviously, the gases inside the Sudbury fullerenes didnt originate on Earth. Today, the Sudbury crater is the site of profitable mines that exploit the rich supply of valuable metals from that ancient asteroid.Research indicates that during the past 600 million years, the Earth has probably been hit by about 60 giant space objects that were at least 5 kilometers in diameter. Some of these impact events caused the mass extinction of many species of plants and animals.About 250 million years ago, the Earth was struck by an enormous space rock that brought more fullerenes from space. This ancient asteroid impact killed around 85% of the species on our planet. Slowly, over a period of 5 to 10 million years, many new species evolved (进化) and our planet began to recover its former great diversity of life forms.What can our various national space programs do to protect us from explosions caused by comets and asteroids? Can we learn how to mine as