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高三英语调研卷 （考试时间120分钟，满分150分） 2011.4第一卷I Listening comprehension (略)II. Grammar and VocabularySection ADirections: Beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.25. Come for dinner, Johnny? Dont bother me! I am watching The Kings Speech _ director Tom Hooper. It is fascinating.A. by B. with C. about D. through26. While I say I agree to most of your ideas, I dont approve of _.A. anything B. everything C. something D. nothing27. According to the 12th Five-Year Plan, our country _ bring down energy consumption by 16 to 17 percent.A. shall B. should C. need D. must28. For children, if they have attention problems, it tends to be the result of eating _ iron, not that they are naughty.A. such little B. much little C. the little D. too little29. After World War I, Buckles returned to Oklahoma for a while, _ to Canada, and worked a series of jobs there before heading for New York City.A. moving B. moved C. being moved D. having moved30. 一When shall we start the restoration of the historic buildings?一Not until our plan _ by the committeeA. will be approved B. will approveC. approves D. is approved31. _ it was a fun movie and I liked it the first time I saw it, I expected it to be so much better.A. As if B. Even though C. Because D. Now that32. The presidents remarks reflect a widespread worry _ the more rules the school sets, the more rebellious（反抗的） the students would be.A. that B. if C. / D. because33. _ high levels of radiation can lead to serious health breakdown. A. Exposing to B. Being exposed to C. To expose to D. Exposed to34. _ in Chinas largest city for six years, the rural migrant worker, with a monthly income of 1,700 yuan, can only dream of owning an apartment in Chongqing.A. Living B. Having lived C. To live D. Lived35. In order to gain a bigger share in the market, many companies are striving _ their products more competitive.A. having madeB. makingC. madeD. to make 36. _ wins the first prize in the contest will attend the awarding ceremony next week.A. WhomB. WhoeverC. WhomeverD. Who37. Measures have been taken by many local governments to ensure _ the software used in their offices is licensed. A. whether B. if C. that D. what38. Someone called me up early this morning, but he hung up _ I could answer the phone. A. asB. sinceC. beforeD. until39. Contrary to the common belief that pain is equal to unhappiness, very often things _ lead to happiness involve some pain.A. that B. where C. / D. by which40. According to some critics, the fact that Thailand ranks high on the list of places to which visitor want to return has more to do with the place than _.A. the people B. the people do C. with the people D. do the peopleSection BDirections: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need. A. involves B. eventually C. praise D. confuse E. likely F. punish G. expectation H. procedures I. affection J. terrify More and more families in Hong Kong now own a dog. Because of lack of space in the home and on the streets, it is important that a dog should be properly trained. Your neighbours _41_ for your dog will also be increased if he is well-behaved and does not _42_ their children, or bark all night.Training _43_ a great deal of patience and self-control on the part of the trainer. Getting angry if your dog fails to obey you will not help. You will often have to repeat instructions many times before your dog obeys. When he does finally do as he is told, you should reward him with _44_ and maybe something good to eat. He will _45_ come to associate doing what you tell him to do with these rewards and so will follow your instructions more quickly.It is very important that, during training, certain basic _46_ should be followed. The training work should only be carried out by one member of the family. Different voices and intonations (语调) will only _47_ the dog. Once you have trained your dog, it is then time to train your family! Make sure they all use the words that you have taught him to obey.Dogs, like people, enjoy praises and reward. If you _48_ your dog for not obeying, he will associate the word of command with punishment and will be less _49_ to obey you in the future. And, like students dogs prefer short lessons which are fun to long boring ones.III. Reading Comprehension Section ADirections: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Meanness (being not generous and unkind) is one of human natures less attractive personality. But few people are completely, _50_ mean. Keith Waterhouse, a journalist, explains why hes thrifty (economical).I am thrifty, you are careful, he is mean. I am generous, you are extravagant (奢侈的), he seems to have money to burn. More probably we are each a bit of all these types. I know I am. I am a very generous present-giver. I love buying presents _51_ I hate buying wrapping paper. Whenever my own _52_ come in, I collect and save the wrappings and _53_ them from one year to the next. The same _54_ to stationery. I have never written on both sides of a sheet of paper in my life. I waste writing paper as if it _55_ on trees, and I cannot go into a stationers without buying up most of their envelopes in five different sizes. _56_, I will not buy paperclips, rubber bands or ballpoint pens. I assume that _57_ numbers of these will appear all by themselves.Some of my best friends are mean about string. They carefully save every piece that comes into their _58_. I dont know why, since hardly anyone uses string these days and certainly no one has a need for 150 meters of it, which is what one lady I know has saved up.There are also people who are much too _59_ with their money. They are those who get off the bus a stop early to avoid paying a higher fare, or wander supermarkets looking for special _60_ and discounts. This is fine, as long as these economies are not _61_ on others.It is when thrift(节俭) _62_ ones social life that it becomes meanness. The famous American multimillionaire J. Paul Getty _63_ billions but is remembered for the pay phone he _64_ for the use of his guests. A psychiatrist friend of mine maintains that mean people are insecure. But then he says that about overgenerous people too. Mean people fear that their money will run out on them; overgenerous ones that their friends will. 50. A. totally B. deeply C. hardly D. fairly51. A. anyhow B. so C. for D. but52. A. presents B. parcels C. baggage D. wrappings53. A. unfold B. recycle C. repeat D. replace54. A. applies B. adapts C. acknowledges D. adopts55. A. appeared B. bore C. grew D. stroke56. A. In that case B. As a result C. Whats more D. On the other hand57. A. sufficient B. efficient C. scarce D. strange58. A. position B. possession C. potential D. proposal59. A. crazy B. careful C. free D. anxious60. A. offer B. gift C. bargain D. goods61. A. recorded B. imposed C. entitled D. supposed 62. A. affectsB. benefits C. enhances D. enlarges 63. A. gave away B. gave in C. gave up D. gave off64. A. borrowed B. planted C. installed D. ensured Section BDirections: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read. (A)First, you ought to know that Im “only” fourteen. My mother points this out often. I can make my own decisions when Im old enough to vote, she says. Second, I should tell you that shes right Im not always responsible. I sometimes take the prize for grade-A dork（呆子）. Take last weekend, for instance. I was staying at Dads, and I decided it was time I learned to drive. It was Sunday morning, 7 A.M., and I hadnt slept well. Id been up thinking about an argument, which Ill tell you about in a minute. Well, nobody was up yet in the neighborhood, so I thought it couldnt hurt to back the car out of the garage and drive around the block. But Dad has a clutch car. The R on the shift handle was up on the left side, right next to first gear（档位）. I guess you can guess the rest.Dads always been understanding. He didnt say, “Okay, little Miss Know-It-All, you can just spend the rest of the year paying this off,” which is what Mom would have said. Instead, Dad worried about what might have happened to me. And that made me feel more guilty than anything. I think hed be a better number-one caregiver, but I cant say things like that to Mom. To her, I have to say, “But Mom, Dads place is closer to school. I could ride my bike.”To which she replies, “Amy Lynn, you dont own a bike. Remember? You left it in the yard, and it was stolen. And you havent got the patience to earn the money to replace it.”65.The writer feels guilty because she _.A. made her dad worryB. ruined the carC. broke the lawD. didnt tell her mom about the car incident66. The main conflict between the writer and her mother is about whether she _.A. can make her own decisionsB. should live with her mom or her dadC. should be allowed to driveD. should pay for things she loses or breaks67. The writers mother thinks the writer is _.A. too attached to her dadB. too emotionalC. too shyD. irresponsible68.In the first sentence, the writer used “only” to suggest that she _.A. doesnt want to grow oldB. thinks fourteen is old enough for some thingsC. wishes she were olderD. thinks fourteen is an embarrassing age(B)Environment Awareness WeekRegal Convention Centre, Halls 1-424-30 March 2011 10:00 am-9:00 pmFree admission for all!Save the environment, Save our futureOur environment needs help. With the participation of more than 50 organizations, Environment Awareness Week is the biggest public education event dedicated to environmental protection and conservation. Dont miss it! Come and know more about:The Threats to Earth (Hall 1) What is global warming? How serious is pollution? Learn about different environmental problems from our university students. Protect our environment!The Search for renewable Energy (Hall 2) can we get electricity from wind, solar energy, waves, rivers and underground heat? Get the answers from Solar Ace, Tefron, Touch Wind Resources and other participants.The Quest for Fresh water (Hall 3) is the shortage of freshwater worsening? What are Singapores solutions for treating wastewater? Hear from Flow Technologies, HydroMax Solutions and other participants.The 3 Rs and Save Earth (Hall 4) How can we REDUCE, REUSE and RECYCLE to cut down household wastes? Find out from the Global Gala Network, Green Earth Foundation and other participants.For more information, please call Mr. Philip Koh at 65531188, send an email to Mrs. Daisy Soh at daisy_ or visit the events web at /caw69. The main aim of Environment Awareness Week is to _. A. educate the public on protecting the environmentB. discuss global warming and other environmental problemsC. explain ways for producing freshwater to save the environmentD. learn about renewable energy sources that protect the environment70. The organizer of the event is _. A. Global Gaia Network B. Clean Energy AgencyC. Green Earth Foundation D. Global Environment Fund71. Which of the following statements is NOT true of the event?A. It will last a week and the halls will be open 11 hours a day. B. You can send an email to Mrs. Daisy Soh for more information. C. Each hall charges the same amount of money as the other. D. Lectures in Hall 1 will be given by university students. (C)Is a mouse that can speak acceptable? How about a dog with human hands or feet? Scientists, the people with the know-how to make such things happen, are now thinking about whether such experiments are morally right or not. On Nov. 10, Britains Academy of Medical Sciences launched a study on the use of animals with human materials in scientific research. The work is expected to take at least a year, but its leaders hope it will lead to guidelines for scientists in Britain and around the world on how far they can go mixing human genes into animals in search of ways to fight human diseases.“Do these constructs (构想) challenge our idea of what it is to be human?” asked Martin Bobrow, a professor of medical genetics at Cambridge University and chair of a 14-member group looking into the issue. “It is important that we consider these questions now so that appropriate boundaries are recognized.” Using human material in animals is not new. Scientists have already created monkeys that have a human form of the Huntingdons gene so they can study how the disease develops; and mice with livers (肝) made from human cells are being used to study the effects of new drugs.However, scientists say the technology to put ever greater amounts of human genetic material into animals is spreading quickly around the world - raising the possibility that some scientists in some places may want to go further than is morally acceptable. Last year in Britain there was a lively debate over new laws allowing the creation of human-animal embryos (胚胎) for experiments. On one side of the debate were religious groups, who claimed that such science interferes with nature. Opposing them were scientists who pointed out that such experiments were vital to research cures for diseases. The experts will publish reports after the end of the study, in which they will give definitions for animal embryos with human genes or cells, look at safety and animal welfare issues, and consider the right legal framework to work within. 72. What does the underlined word “they” in Paragraph 2 refer to? A. Scientists in Britain and around the world.B. Leaders of the research. C. Guidelines for scientists. D. Scientific experiments.73. Scientists do research of mixing human genes into animals in order to _. A. test new drugs on animals B. to find ways to fight human diseases C. prove the research is morally acceptable D. create monkeys and mice with livers made from human cells 74. We can infer from the passage that _. A. the experts will release reports after the study B. scientists have never doubted the use of animals with human materials C. the creation of human-animal embryos for experiments is legal in Britain D. religious groups hold that cures for diseases have to be done through experiments75. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?A. Morally Right or Not?B. A Debate about New LawsC. Cures for Diseases D. Animal Embryos with Human Genes Section CDirections: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.A. Everlasting thoughts in print B. Lifelong friendsC. Books and companionsD. Companionship of booksE. Living spiritual guidesF. Bridges between minds76. A man may usually be known by the books he reads as well as by the company he keeps; for there is a companionship of books as well as of men; and one should always live in the best company, whether it be of books or of men.77. A good book may be among the best of friends. It is the same today that it always was, and it will never change. It is the most patient and cheerful of companions. It does not turn its back upon us in times of adversity or distress. It always receives us with the same kindness, amusing and instructing us in youth, and comforting and consoling us in age.78. Books possess an essence of immortality. They are by far the most lasting products of human effort. Temples and statues decay, but books survive. Time is of no account with great thoughts, which are as fresh today as when they first passed through their authors minds ages ago. What was then said and thought still speaks to us as vividly as ever from the printed page.79. Books introduce us into the best society; they bring us into the presence of the greatest minds that have ever lived. We hear what they said and did; we see them as if they were really alive; we sympathize with them, enjoy with them, grieve with them; their experience becomes ours, and we feel as if we were, in a measure, actors with them in the scenes which they described.80. The great and good do not die even in this world. Embalmed in books, their spirits walk abroad. The book is a living voice. It is an intellect to which one still listens. Hence we ever remain under the influence of great men of old. The imperial intellects of the world are as much alive now as they were ages ago.Section DDirections: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.Any friend of yoursis a friend of mine.Louise Henry, a 31-year-old business executive from Lo