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杭州二中2013学年第二学期高三年级适应性考试英语卷 选择题部分（共80分）第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：单项填空（共20小题； 每小题0.5分，满分10分）从a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出可填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。1. its often less expensive to buy goods in _ quantity, but youd better examine _ quality before buying them.a. /; the b. the; / c. a; the d. the; the 2. just after putting away the dishes, _.a. the door bell was rungb. mother heard the doorbell ringc. someone knocked at the doord. the doorbell rang loud 3. _ many cities around the world are overcrowded, some japanese are worried that more areas of their country will be uninhabited. the main reason is a _ population. a. as; increasing b. though; pressing c. while; decliningd. since; sliding 4. henry goes to a free class every sunday afternoon which _ at 4 p.m.a. startsb. is start c. is to start d. started5. -ill be away on a business trip. would you mind looking after my cat? -not at all. _.a. ive no timeb. id rather notc. id like itd. id be happy to6. its our hope that well play a greater role in the market - _, to supply more jobs.a. eventually b. otherwise c. therefore d. namely7. he was in hospital for six months. he felt as though he was _ from the outside world. a. cut out b. cut up c. cut off d. cut down8. living in a fast-paced world, we _ get left behind if we stop learning. a. should b. darec. may d. need 9. -have you found a new job, jim?- not yet. i really regret _ the ibms offer.a. taking over b. turning down c. keeping fromd. holding on 10. - the diseases she suffers from are not easy to cure. - i know, but is she _ better?a. muchb. anyc. evend. little11. last night the naughty boy climbed _ the wall and jumped into the swimming pool only to find there was no water. a. across b. overc. down d. for12. waterfalls never fail to attract and _ in guangxi province are no exception. a. theyb. itc. thosed. that13. mr. smith couldnt open the door because his naughty boy _ it from the inside. a. would lockb. was lockingc. has lockedd. had locked14. shirley temple black, the _ little girl with blond curly hair, began her film career in 1932, when the american economy was going through a _ patch- the great depression. a. adorable; rough b. modest; toughc. aggressive; meand. optimistic; wound15. for most chinese people, france conjures up (使人想像出) romantic _-boating along the seine or walking through a _ of lavender (薰衣草) in provence. a. imagination; mountain b. images; sea c. figure; desert d. character; ocean 16. _ or you will fail; _ would be the situation facing us, i suppose. a. try hard; so b. keep yourself off; this c. go all out; such d. dont lose heart; which17. _ all over the hills and around the lake are wild flowers of different kinds.a. to growb. growingc. grownd. grow18. _such a good chance, why not _ a try?a. giving; having b. to give; to have c. having given; haved. given; have19. oh! a narrow escape! just now around the corner a car passed me at _ i thought was a dangerous speed, i mean, i was close to being killed. a. what b. as c. which d. that20. -can you spare me a few minutes now? - _, but ill be free this afternoon. a. yes, i can b. yes, with pleasurec. im not sured. im afraid not第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从2140题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。as a nurse working in the emergency room, i meet a lot of patients every workday. yet those special “patients” on that christmas have made a 21 impression on me.it was unusually quiet in the emergency room on december 25. i was 22 about having to work on christmas when a pale woman and four small children, 23 that they were terribly sick, showed up at my desk. but when it came to descriptions of their problems, things got a little 24 . they all claimed to have headaches, but the headaches werent 25 by the normal body language of 26 the head and trying to keep it still. 27 was wrong. our hospital policy, however, was not to 28 any patient. i explained it might be a little while 29 a doctor saw her. she responded immediately, even a bit 30 . “take your time,” and then she added, “its warm in here.” at this, i checked their registration form out of 31 . no addressthey were homeless. and the waiting room was 32 .i went back to the nurses station and mentioned the family in the waiting room. the nurses, 33 to a family just trying to get warm on christmas, went into action just as we do 34 theres a medical emergency. but this one was a christmas emergency.we prepared meals for our christmas 35 . we put together oranges and apples in a basket. we collected from different departments candies, crayons and other things 36 that could be presents. as 37 as we met the physical needs of the patients that came to us that day, our team worked to meet the needs of a family who 38 wanted to be warm on christmas day.later, as the family walked to the door to leave, the mother came 39 back, gave me a hug and whispered, “thanks for being our 40 today.”21. a. livingb. lastingc. longd. continuing 22. a. sighingb. worryingc. singingd. speaking23. a. talkingb. complainingc. sayingd. telling24. a. strangeb. normalc. interestingd. surprising25. a. shownb. accompaniedc. protectedd. followed26. a. hittingb. shakingc. noddingd. holding27. a. everythingb. anythingc. somethingd. nothing28. a. keep awayb. take awayc. turn awayd. stay away29. a. beforeb. whenc. whiled. after30. a. sensitivelyb. angrilyc. happilyd. sadly31. a. questionb. controlc. expectationd. curiosity32. a. warmb. coldc. bigd. small33. a. devotedb. sympatheticc. accustomedd. grateful34. a. ifb. unlessc. whend. while35. a. guestsb. patientsc. travelersd. children36. a. visibleb. availablec. accessibled. possible37. a. jokinglyb. casuallyc. seriouslyd. faithfully38. a. oftenb. simplyc. surelyd. actually39. a. walkingb. steppingc. rollingd. running40. a. friends b. nursesc. hostsd. angels第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。 aread the advertisements carefully. then answer the questions that follow.interested in childcare?qualified person or preschool teacher needed for busy childcare center, south of the river. full-time work guaranteed. immediate start necessary. the candidate（应试者）must be able to work as a co-operative team member. phone 6345 2345 for an interview and fax resume to 6345 2345. we need office clraners!three people are required for professional cleaning in the cbd area. working hours from 5:00 pm on mondays, wednesdays & fridays. approximately five hours per shift. a good record is necessary. experience preferred. phone 6345 7843 now.want to work as a dental nurse?this is an exciting opportunity for a qualified dental （牙齿的）nurse with a confident and cheerful personality to work in the school dental health scheme. you must be able to get along well with children because work involves talking to group about dental health practices. for further information, visit our website at: schooledntalservices gov. sg. and fax your resume to 6234 4567.florlst wanted!are you a creative and trained florist （经营花店者）with at least two years of experience? then this may be just what you are seeking. the citys leading florist artist studio needs another part-time member on their wedding team. please phone 6098 7888 now!41. you may find the above advertisements .a. in a store window b. in a school magazinec. in a newspaper d. on a company notice-board42. the position of a(n) is a part-time job. a. florist b. artist c. preschool teacher d. dental nurse43. which of the following is the most important for the childcare job? a. cooking skills. b. childcare experience.c. the ability to start work in two weeks. d. the ability to work well with other people.44. the office cleaners will be required to work about hours a week. a.5 b.10 c.15 d.20 bafter 20 years as a full-time wife and mother, i decided to be a school bus driver for i loved kids. after hard practice, by the time school started that year id gotten the hang of it. i was happy in my new work. i became a combination chauffeur, nurse and friend. and if the kids needed it, id put on my “tough big sister” act. it was a lot like my previous job-being a mom. when i think about my years of bus driving, many things crowded in, but mostly, i remember charlie. charlie, eight years old, with blond hair and crystalline gray eyes, began riding my bus in september of my fourth year driving. they all had stories to tell me about their summers. charlie, though, ignored me. he didnt even answer when i asked his name. from that day on, charlie was a trial. if a fight broke out i didnt have to turn my head to know who had started it. if someone was throwing spitballs i could guess the culprits name. if a girl was crying, chances were charlie had pulled her hair. no matter how i spoke to him, gently or firmly, he wouldnt say a word. hed just stare at me with those big gray eyes of his. i asked around some, and found out charlies father was dead and he didnt live with his mother. he deserves my patience, i thought. so i practiced every bit of patience i could muster. to my cheery “good morning”, he was silent. when i wished him a happy halloween, he sneered. many, many times i asked god how i could reach charlie. “im at my wits end.” id say. still i was sure that this child needed to feel some warmth from me. so, when hed pass by, id ruffle his hair or pat him on the arm. toward the end of that year, the kids on my bus gave me a small trophy inscribed “to the best bus driver ever”. i propped it up on the dashboard. on top i hung a small tin heart that a little girl had given me. in red paint she had written, “i love polly and polly loves me.” on the next-to-last day of school i was delayed a few minutes talking to the principal. when i got on the bus i realized that the tin heart was gone. “does anyone know what happened to the little heart that was up here?” i asked. for once with 39 children, there was silence. one boy piped up, “charlie was the first one on the bus. i bet he took it.” other children joined the chorus, “yeah! charlie did it! search him!” i asked charlie, “have you seen the heart?” “i dont know what youre talking about,” he protested. standing up, he took a few pennies and a small ball out of his pockets. “see, i dont have it.” “i bet he does!” insisted the girl who had given me the heart. “check his pockets.” charlie glowered when i asked him to come forward. his gaze burned into mine. i stuck my hand into one pocket. nothing. i reached into the other pocket. then i felt it -the familiar outline of the small tin heart. charlie stared at me for a long time. there were no tears in those big gray eyes, no plea for mercy. he seemed to be waiting for what hed come to expect from the world. i was about to pull the tin heart out of charlies pocket when i stopped myself. let him keep it, a voice seemed to whisper. “it must have fallen off before i got here,” i said to the kids. “ill probably find it back at the depot.” without a word, charlie returned to his seat. when he got off at his stop, he didnt so much as glance at me. that summer charlie moved away. eventually i retired. and there my story as a school bus driver ends, except for one more incident. a dozen years after retirement i was in a department store in kansas city, when someone said tentatively, “polly?” i turned to see a balding man who was approaching middle age. “yes?” his face didnt look familiar until i noticed his big gray eyes. there was no doubt. it was charlie. he told me he was living in montana and doing well. then, to my surprise, he hugged me. after he let go, he pulled something from his pocket and held it up for me to see. an old key chain.bent out of shape, the lettering faded. you can probably guess what it was-the little tin heart that said, “i love polly and polly loves me.” “you were the only one who kept trying,” he explained. we hugged again, and went our separate ways. that night i thought over his words. you were the only one who kept trying. before i fell asleep i thanked the lord for the reassurance that id done a good job and for all the qualifications hed given me to do it with. 45. from whose point of view is the story told? a. pollys b. charlies c. a mothers d. tough big sisters46. from the passage, we learn that charlie was _ . a. cold and firmb. naughty and lazy c. tough and lonely d. gentle and smart47. the sentence “he seemed to be waiting for what hed come to expect from the world.” suggests that charlie _. a. expected to get away with what he had done b. expected to get punished for what he had done c. felt ashamed of what he had done d. felt polly had done wrong to him48. charlie kept the tin heart all the time because it reminded him _. a. it was once a shame to him b. someone there cared him c. it once gave him warmth d. it was a christmas gift from polly49. what do you think is the best reward to pollys love for charlie? a. peoples appreciation for her kindness. b. his doing well in his life. c. his thanks to her love. d. charlies recognition of polly after many years.50. which detail from the story best shows pollys love for charlie? a. she greeted him with cheery “good morning”. b. she wished him a happy halloween. c. she ruffled his hair when he passed her.d. she lied to the other kids about what happened to the tin heart.c i was a fat kid who grew into an overweight adulti was constantly laughed at for being heavier than the other kids, leaving me feeling shyi tried several diets, but none worked, and i ended up gaining weightanother factor contributing to my weight gain was my love for cooking, especially rich, high-fat desserts, which i enjoyed preparing and, of course, eatingwhen i finished high school at the age of 18, i weighed 215 poundslacking the self-confidence to go to a new, faraway school, i decided to stay close to home instead of going away to collegei continued with my unhealthful eating habits and felt more miserable as the weight came on, but i did nothing about it except buy larger plus-size clothesmy turning point came 10 years later at a friends new years eve party when i was at my all-time highest weight of 330 poundsi caught my reflection in a mirror and the truth hit me: i was overweight and unhealthy, and unless i did something about it now, i would only get bigger and unhappierafter leaving the party, i thought about my past weight-loss efforts and realized they didnt work because they required me to give up foods i lovedthen i would constantly think about food and binge, abandoning the diet altogetherif i took a common-sense approach and ate smaller portions of all foods, i would be able to satisfy my hunger and not feel deprivedmy biggest challenge was finding a way to fit my passion for cooking into my healthier lifestyleat first, i tried to stay away from the kitchen to prevent myself from thinking about foodthe result: food was all i thought aboutthere had to be some way to combine cooking with healthful eatingi found the solution after reading several low-fat cookbookswith some trial and error, i could modify my favorite foods and make them low in fat, yet deliciousthe pounds started coming off, and when i started exercising （usually cardio and weight training five times a week）, they seemed to melt awayi didnt feel deprived, and i felt free to give my body the care and attention it deservedi lost 165 pounds over the next two yearsi had many ups and downs, but i was determined to go onanother challenge to me was not to beat myself up if i ate something that was unhealthy and to take it as a sign to abandon my healthful habitsinstead, i vowed to start again and always keep my goal in mindthanks to losing weight and becoming fit i am in line with my body and myselfmy dream is to help others realize the ease and benefits of low-fat cooking and eatingive created and published a book of low-fat recipes（食谱） and run workshops and seminars（研讨会） on healthful eatingnow that i know what i can achieve when i set my mind to it, my dreams are no longer out of reachi have finally found myselfwork out schedulerunning, stair climbing, step aerobics or kickboxing: 60 minutes/5 times a weekweight training: 30 minutes/3 times a weekmaintenance tips1make exercise a priorityafter you work out, youll be more likely to eat-healthfully2you dont have to miss out on enjoying your favorite foods to lose weightjust enjoy them in smaller portions3dont beat yourself up if you slipget back to your regular exercise and eating program as soon as you can and forgive yourselfhave you recently made fitness a priority?51. what factors contributed to the narrators failure in losing her weight