杭州二中2011高三5月模拟英语试题及答案.doc

杭州二中2011届高三模拟考试英 语 试 题选择题部分（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，选出可以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. - What do you think of the new manager of your department?- Oh, he is _ manager whos pleasant to work with. I mean, it is _ pleasure to work with him.A. the; B. a; aC. a; theD. ; a2. - You have agreed to go with me. So why arent you getting ready?- But I _ that you wanted me to start at once.A. didnt realizeB. hadnt realizedC. havent realizedD. dont realize3. Those who put their money away in the bank know very well that interest rate could go _.A. both waysB. all waysC. neither wayD. either way4. His letter _ the impression that he was indifferent, which he hadnt meant to but really made him upset.A. exposedB. deliveredC. displayedD. conveyed5. - _ her French is so bad?- She didnt seek helpful guidance, Im afraid.A. What ifB. What aboutC. How comeD. For what6. Im completely _ at the way _ his wife has treated him.A. dismissed; thatB. disliked; in whichC. disgusted; / D. discontented; which7. - I havent finished my essay because the computer broke down when I was downloading the required data last night.- Really! You could have turned to me. I _ mine.A. didnt useB. wont useC. hadnt usedD. wasnt using8. It was not surprising that when some of the terracotta warriors were taken to the British Museum foran exhibition, they were a(n) _ success. It seems that theyll remain the number one touristattraction for foreigners for many years _.A. immediate; along B. instant; ahead C. accurate; beyondD. primitive; through9. The mountain scenery is typical _ Scotland, which is bound to attract tourists from other parts of the world.A. ofB. toC. inD. with10. To make believe that there was still someone in the house, the housewife went downstairs, _ the lights _ in the living room. A. left; burntB. leaving; burningC. leaving; burnt D. left; being burnt11. With odd behavior and strange ideas, Henry cant be _ by most of his fellow workers. A. figured outB. turned outC. made outD. passed out12. It was March 11, 2011 _ magnitude-9.0 earthquake struck Japan and subsequent tsunami triggered the large-scale crisis.A. thatB. whenC. on whichD. which13. When he woke up the next morning, he discovered that the boat had, _, travelled to Calais.A. in the meantimeB. as a matter of factC. in other wordsD. on the whole14. It is required that under no circumstances _ betray ourselves even if there are temptations like money or beauty.A. we willB. should weC. weD. we shall15. Someone says that love is a rose with thorns（刺）. It is attractive from a _, but as soon as you touch it, you might get hurt.A. lengthB. wayC. distanceD. space16. Each day is a gift, and _ my eyes open, Ill focus on the new day and all the happy memories Ive stored away.A. as well asB. as much asC. as long asD. as far as17. - The task is challenging and demanding. Who do you think can make it?- _ my partner have a try? I think she is the right person to do it.A. WillB. MightC. ShouldD. Shall 18. The film “Let the Bullets Fly” _ a great success and _ a large profit to the cinema.A. appreciated; took up B. enjoyed; brought inC. won; accounted for D. seized; cut down19. His oversight of the danger that resulted in two deaths and five wounded in the expedition was _ criminal.A. no less thanB. not less thanC. nothing less thanD. less than20. - Did you have a wonderful time at the ball last night? - _! Ive never had a more wonderful time all my life. A. You betB. No problem C. Dont mention itD. Thats right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。Dad taught me a lot about life, especially its hard times. I remembered one of his _21_ one night when I was ready to _22_ a political campaign I was losing, and wrote about it in my diary.Tired, feeling the months of _23_ in vain, I went up to my study to make some notes. I was looking for a pencil in the back of my desk drawer _24_ I turned up one of Dads old business cards that he was proud of: Andrea Cuomo Italian-American Groceries - Fine Imported Products. Then I thought about how he _25_ with difficult situations. A lot of pictures _26_ into my mind, but one scene came sharply into _27_.We had just moved to Holliswood, New York. We had our own house for the first time; it had some land around it, even trees. One, _28_, was a great blue spruce (云杉) that must have been 40 feet tall. Less than a week after we moved in, there was a terrible storm. We came home from the store that night to find the spruce pulled almost _29_ from the ground and thrown onto the street. When my brother Frankie and I saw the spruce, our hearts _30_. But not Dads. The rain was falling. Then he _31_ , “Ok, were going to push him up!” “ What are you talking about, Dad? The _32_ are out of the ground!” “ Shut up, were going to push him up, hes going to grow again.” We couldnt say _33_ to him. So we _34_ him into the house and got what rope _35_ was and tied it around the top of the tree that lay on the street, and then he stood up by the house, _36_ me pulling on the rope, and Frankie in the street in the rain, _37_ to push up the great blue spruce. In no _38_ at all, we had him standing up straight again! Dad _39_ the stakes (桩) in the ground, tied the rope from the trunk to the stakes, and said, “ Dont worry. Hes going to grow again” I looked at the card and wanted to cry. I _40 _ wait to get back into the campaign. 21. A. ideasB. lessonsC. talksD. conversations22. A. buryB. attemptC. trapD. quit23. A. struggleB. operationC. performanceD. application24. A. asB. beforeC. whileD. when25. A. didB. occupiedC. settledD. dealt26. A. appearedB. bumpedC. leaptD. burst27. A. spotB. viewC. sceneD. site28. A. in reliefB. in needC. in particularD. in all29. A. absolutelyB. accidentallyC. totallyD. automatically30. A. sufferedB. carvedC. sankD. infected31. A. announcedB. challengedC. barkedD. distributed32. A. trunksB. rootsC. branchesD. leaves33. A. anythingB. noC. nothingD. something34. A. accompanied B. hikedC. joinedD. followed35. A. itB. thatC. thereD. this36. A. alongB. viaC. byD. with37. A. to helpB. helpedC. helpingD. help38. A. problemB. timeC. wayD. means39. A. droveB. removed C. delivered D. dragged40. A. needntB. wouldntC. shouldntD. couldnt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。 ATsunami warning system is testedIf he, the founder of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory, were alive, Thomas Jaggar would be proud of the U.S. tsunami warning system after Fridays devastating earthquake in Japan sent a surge (大浪，汹涌) of ocean water dashing toward the West Coast. WASHINGTON So many people surged to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center website that it slowed to a crawl early Friday, unable to provide critical information to the public about the coastal impact in the U.S. of a massive earthquake in Japan.McClatchy Washington Bureau Mar 11 06:09 p.m. CHICAGO A tsunami warning has been issued for the central and northern California coast and Oregon, the National Weather Service announced early Friday.Chicago Tribune Mar 11 06:07 a.m. HONOLULU A tsunami warning was issued late on Thursday for Hawaii after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, prompting state civil defense officials to order all coastal areas evacuated（把撤出）by 2 a.m. local time. Tsunami sirens (警报) began sounding at9:59 p.m. on Thursday. They have sounded every hour since 11:15 p.m.Alaska Tsunami Warning Center also issued a warning for much of the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon and California.Reuters via Yahoo! News Mar 11 01:22 a.m. LOMPOC Tsunami warning a wake-up call A tsunami warning that led to evacuations for coastal communities and campgrounds in Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo counties Friday served as a successful trial for a more serious emergency, officials said after the danger passed.The Lompoc Record Mar 11 11:29 p.m. WELLINGTON The Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre issued a warning after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake struck in the Pacific near Japan, and it said the sea level readings confirm that a tsunami has been generated and was in effect for some Pacific islands Hawaii, Chinas Taiwan, the Philippines and Indonesia etc.New Straits Times Mar 11 07:48 a.m. Reproduced by Yahoo Greenwich Meantime41. A tsunami warning was issued for all the following states in the U.S. except for _. A. Ohio B. California C. OregonD. Alaska42. The underlined word “prompting” (in the fourth paragraph) most probably means _.A. promotingB. advocating C. urgingD. appealing43. According to the passage, the Pacific Tsunami warning was first reported by _.A. New Straits Times B. Reuters via Yahoo! News C. McClatchy Washington Bureau D. Chicago Tribune44. In which city did the news agency issue a tsunami affecting for some other places apart from Japan and Hawaii? A. LOMPOC. B. WASHINGTON. C. HONOLULU. D. WELLINGTON.BIt came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip to Angola in 1997, to support the Red Crosss campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmines. Within hours of arriving in Angola television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “I knew the statistics,” she said, “But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.”The Princess concluded with a simple message: “We must stop landmines”. And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as “very ill-informed” and a “loose cannon (乱放炮的人).”The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: “This is a distraction we do not need. All Im trying to do is help.”Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged that the Princesss trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British governments policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkind, claimed that the Princesss views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was “working towards” a worldwide ban. The Defence Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was “a misinterpretation or misunderstanding”.For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people and their problems.45. Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997_.A. to voice her support for a total ban of landmines.B. to clarify the British governments stand on landmines.C. to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims.D. to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims.46. What did Diana mean when she said“putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me” (Para.1)?A. She just couldnt bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.B. The actual situation in Angola made her feel like going back home.C. Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.D. Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.47. Some members of the British government criticized Diana because_.A. she was ill-informed of the governments policy.B. they believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola.C. she had not consulted the government before the visit.D. they were actually opposed to banning landmines.48. How did Diana respond to the criticisms?A. She made more appearances on TV. B. She paid no attention to them.C. She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.D. She rose to argue with her opponents.49. What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?A. It had caused embarrassment to the British government.B. It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.C. It had greatly promoted her popularity.D. It had affected her relations with the British government.CGreenspace facilities (设施) are contributing to an important degree to the quality of the city environment. Fortunately it is no longer necessary that every lecture or every book about this subject has to start with the proof of this idea. At present it is generally accepted, although more as a self-proved statement than on the base of a closely reasoned scientific proof. Recognizing the importance of greenspaces in the city environment is a first step on the right way, this does not mean, however, that enough details are known about the functions of greenspace in towns and about the way in which people are using these spaces. As to this subject I shall within the scope (范围) of this lecture, enter into one aspect only, namely the recreative function of greenspace facilities. The theoretical separation of living, working, traffic and recreation which for many years has been used in town and country planning, has in my opinion resulted in more attention for forms of recreation far from home, while there was relatively little attention for improvement of recreative possibilities in the direct neighborhood of the home. We have come to the conclusion that this is not right, because an important part of the time which we do not pass in sleeping or working, is used for activities at and around home. So it is obvious that recreation in the open air has to begin at the street door of the house. The city environment has to offer as many recreation activities as possible, and the design of these has to be such that more required activities can also have recreative aspect. The very best standard of living is nothing if it is not possible to take a pleasant walk in the district, if the children cannot be allowed to play in the streets because the risks of traffic are too great, if during shopping you can nowhere find a spot for enjoying for a moment the nice weather, in short, if you only feel yourself at home after the street door of your house is closed after you. 50. The importance of greenspaces in the city environment _. A. is still unknown B. is paid little attention to C. is accepted on the base of scientific proof D. has been recognized 51. For many years town and country planning has _. A. brought living areas and places of entertainment close together B. separated recreation facilities far from home C. improved recreative possibilities in the neighborhood D. enabled people to reach the best standard of living 52. The word “recreation” in the passage probably means,_.A. activities done for pleasure or enjoyment B. doing something again in a creative way C. doing something important after work D. required activities done after work 53. According to the author, greenspaces should be designed _. A. to reduce the number of recreative activities B. to attract more and more people C. for people to use more conveniently D. for people to do recreative activities at the street door of the house54. The main idea of this passage is that _. A. attention must be paid to the improvement of recreation B. greenspace facilities should be used better to improve the quality of life C. the city environment is providing more recreative activities D. we should try our best to raise our living standard DWhen I was fourteen, I earned money in the summer by cutting lawns（草坪）, and within a few weeks I had built up a body of customers. I got to know people by the flowers they planted that I had to remember not to cut down, by the things they lost in the grass or struck in the ground on purpose. I reached the point with most of them when I knew in advance what complaint was about to be spoken, which particular request was most important. And I learned something about the measure of my neighbors by their preferred method of payment: by the job, by the month- or not at all.Mr. Ballou fell into the last category, and he always had a reason why. On one day, he had no change for a fifty, on another he was flat out of checks, on another, he was simply out when I knocked on his door. Still, except for the money apart, he was a nice enough guy, always waving or tipping his hat when hed see me from a distance. I figured him for a thin retirement check, maybe a work-relayed injury that kept him from doing his own yard work. Sure, I kept track of the total, but I didnt worry about the amount too much. Grass was grass, and the little that Mr. Ballous prope