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天水一中2013-2014学年2011级第五次模拟考试英 语命题 王海丽 胡兰 审核 陈万生本试卷分为第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分，共8页。满分120分，考试时间100分钟。第I卷（满分70 分）第一部分 阅读部分(共2节，满分40分)第一节 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从所给的A、B、C和D选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Life is full of sweet surprises for Chinese pop singer Edell. She majored in design in a Canadian college. But when she was looking for a job after graduation, she found herself rising as a star in singing. Then she became a hostess on TV. These are roles I never expected to take, she said. Edell is open to every possibility in life, not afraid to try new things. She says that every day she tries to get herself ready to take any chance that occurs in life. “My mom told me chance only rewards those with a prepared mind,” she said. “So Ive tried to explore my potential talents. Thus I wont be at a loss when the right opportunity comes up.”Edell learned ballet in her childhood until she broke her back in practice. She then fell in love with music. Like many girls of her age, she has a rich collection of CDs. But she never dreamed of being a singer. One day she was noticed by a talent scout(星探). she gave a try and succeeded! And thats not the end of the story. Once she was invited to be the hostess of the Asian MTV Awards in Thailand. Though she has never had any experience, she accepted the invitation. “At least I could make a trip to the foreign country,” she said. Upon arrival at the ceremony, she had to read through a 91-page English biography of every guest. She studied it so much that she could recite all the details in it. It helped her greatly. She greeted those strange faces she had never seen before and talked with them like an old friend. She did a great job. The MTV channel was so satisfied that they offered her a job as a TV hostess.“Try to get yourself well-prepared in life,” she said. “In the meantime, try to live your life with brains.”1. What is the best title of the passage? A. Learn from Edell B. Prepare for your chances C. Try to be a singer D. Do learn English well2. The writer mentioned Edells mother to tell us_. A. her chances were given by her mother B. her mother had great influence on her C. she could do nothing without her mother D. all her success belonged to her mother 3. What does the underline word It refer to? A. Studying the English biography hard. B. The 91-page English biography. C. The ceremony of the Asian MTV Awards. D. The MTV channel.4. What is Edells strongest character? A. Liking to remember things. B. Liking to help others. C. Liking to think of problems differently. D. Liking to try new things.B As you grow rapidly through your teenage years you will experience a lot of changes. The changes may seem monumental and they may seem to happen quickly. Dont panic! You will deal successfully with this time! The changes may seem difficult and your new-found responsibilities may seem daunting(令人畏惧的) but youre not alone. Everyone that youve grown up with is going through the same things! With more responsibilities you will find more freedom to make your own choices. This is a time to be well informed about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced decisions that will help shape your future. You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all of what you want to do. Both situations are fine! If you are diligent, the right opportunity will be ready for you. Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. You will probably begin to want to do things independently of your family/ care-givers. Try not to shut your family out of your life and remember to be considerate even though you are older and are capable of looking after yourself. Your family have been with you since you came into this world and they will be around you when you leave this world. It is also perfectly natural in this time of transition to want to spend more time with your friends than your family. Choose your friends wisely. Real friends are rarer than hens teeth. A true friend will stand with you, whatever the circumstances are. This period of transition is a part of the circle of life. There are some people who will be with you throughout the lifes journey and there will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school/college can be hard. The reality is that you may not ever see all of your classmates again. Sure, there may be reunions and you will keep in touch with some of them. But the fact is you will need to leave some of them behind as you move forwards on the path that you feel is right for you.5. Facing the changes, some teenagers may feel frightened because _. A. they feel alone when their family and friends leave them B. there are usually difficult things for them to deal with C. they have no life plans and feel helpless D. they have no freedom to make their own choices6. The author thinks teenage stage is _. . A. too hard for young students to get through B. a very important time for young students to break away from their parents C. so exciting and challenging that the young should make balanced decisions for their future D. a period when young students may pay little attention to their future plans7. In the last paragraph, the underlined words “some people” probably refer to_. A. classmates B. parents C. relatives D. brothers8. Some teenagers think that leaving school can be hard because_. A. they wouldnt like to choose their careers so soon B. they never have ideal grades at school C. reunions with schoolmates are not within the foreseeable future D. they are too worried about their futureC It is obvious that doctors recognize obesity as a health problem. So why is it so hard for them to talk to their patients about it? The results of two surveys, one of primary care physicians and the other of patients, found that while most doctors want to help patients lose weight and think it is their responsibility to do so, they often dont know what to say. “So while doctors may tell patients they are overweight, the conversation often ends there,” said Christine C. Ferguson, director of the Stop Obesity Alliance. “Patients are not told about the possibility of diabetes (糖尿病),” she said. “And doctors dont feel they have good information to give. They felt that they didnt have adequate tools to address this problem. The lack of dialogue hurts patients, too. The patient survey, of over 1,000 adults, found that most overweight patients dont even know that theyre too heavy. Only 39 percent of overweight people surveyed had ever been told by a health care provider that they were overweight. Of those who were told they were obese, 90 percent were also told by their doctors to lose weight, the survey found. In fact most have tried to lose weight and may have been successful in the pastand many are still trying, the survey found. And many understand that losing even a small amount of weight can have a positive impact on their health and reduce their risk of obesityrelated diseases like hypertension and diabetes. Dr. William Bestermann Jr., medical director of Holston Medical Group, in Kingsport, Tenn. , which ranks the 10th in obesity among metropolitan areas in the United States, said the dialogue had to be an ongoing one and could not be dropped after just one mention of the problem. “If youre to be successful with helping your patients lose weight, you have to talk to them at actually every visit about their progress, and find something to encourage them and coach them,” he said.He acknowledged that many doctors tend to be not optimistic. “Part of this is that theres this common belief, and doctors are burdened by it, too, that overweight people are weak-willed and just dont have any willpower and are selfindulgent and all that business,” he said. “If you think that way, youre not going to spend time having a productive conversation.”9. How many of the patients surveyed have been advised by their doctors to lose weight? A. About 350. B. About 390. C. About 900. D. About 1,000.10. What can be inferred about obesity patients in Paragraph 5? A. Most of them have tried hard to lose weight, but in vain. B. Without their doctors constant coaching, there is little chance of their succeeding in losing weight. C. Most of them have just given up their hope of becoming less heavy. D. They are not as hopeless as doctors think they are.11. According to the passage, which factor contributes to the lack of dialogue between doctors and patients? A. Most doctors never think of warning their patients about their weight problem. B. Many doctors find it difficult to persuade overweight people to lose weight. C. Most patients are too weak-willed to do anything about their weight. D. Many patients tend not to trust their doctors about their weight problem.12. Which of the following is the best title of the passage? A. Obesity in the U. S. B. Talk more, help better. C. Trouble of overweight Americans. D. Doctors or patients-who to bear more blame?D With smart phones taking the world by Storm, a phone that can only send and receive voice calls and text messages may seem like a relic from a bygone age. Yet in East Africa，simple phones like these are changing the face of the economy, thanks to the mobile money services that are spreading across the region. Using the text-messaging function built into the GSM system(全球通)used by most cell phone networks, these services allow people without a bank account or credit card to use their phone as an electronic wallet that can be used to store. send or receive cash. It works like this: you pay cash to your local agent who then tops up your mobile money account using a secure form of text messaging. That money can be transferred(转账)to another person by sending a message to their cell phone account. For some the system is a lifeline. “If I didnt have my mobile phone. I would be very poor, “says Neyasse Neemur, a mother of four children who lives in northern Kenya. “Now I can sell fish.” Neemur took up fishing in July last year, but making money from it was a little tricky, especially as Turkana people do not usually eat fish. A truck from Ethiopia to Tanzania passes through her village once a week, and she arranged to have the driver transport the fish several hundred kilometres south to market in Kisumu, where her relatives sell the fish. “I get the money transfer immediately.” says Neemur. “Then I can pay for my children to go to school and for vegetables and beans,” she adds, “so I dont need to eat fish.” According to the Central Bank of Kenya, payments worth around l billion Kenyan shillings($13 million)per day were transferred through Kenyas mobile money systems in 2009, equaling the countrys credit card transactions(业务). The bank expects mobile money transfers to overtake credit cards in 2011. 13In Paragraph l，the author uses “simple phones” to_. Amake a comparison Bintroduce a topic Cdescribe a scene Doffer an argument 14What can we learn about the simple phones in East Africa? AThey might help the local people apply for a bank account BThey will replace the banks completely in the near future CThey provide a safe means for the locals to do business DThey can do nothing except send and receive calls or messages 15The story of Neyasse Neemur suggests that_. Athe mobile money service plays a key role in the locals life BNeemur uses her mobile phone to contact her customers Cher relatives tricks Turkana people to eat the fish they sell Dthe Bank of Kenya helps her improve her living condition第二节 七选五（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分） 根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer. 16 Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger, and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger. For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a persons health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. 17 Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure. 18 They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “ 19 Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.” Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. 20 A. In general the person feels excited and ready to act B. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger. C. Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it D. Anger may cause you a cancer. E. Do not express your anger while angry. F. Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. G. Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. 第二部分 完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，从各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 One morning I wasted nearly an hour watching a tiny ant carry a huge featherSeveral times, it 21 several obstacles in its pathAnd after a momentary pause it would make the necessary detour （绕道） 22 one point, the ant had to cross a crack about 10mm wideAfter some 23 thoughts, the ant laid the feather over the crack, walked 24 it and picked the feather up on the other side, then continued on its wayI was 25 by the cleverness of this antIt was only a small insect, lacking in 26 yet equipped with a brain to reason, explore, discover and overcome 27 this ant, like the other two-legged creatures 28 on the earth, also shares human failings After some time the ant 29 reached its destination - a flower bed and a small hole that was the entrance to its 30 homeIt was there that the ant met its 31 How could that large feather possibly 32 such a small hole? Of course, it couldntSo the ant, after all this 33 and using great brightness, overcoming problems a1l along the way, just gave up the 34 and went homeThe ant had not thought the problem through 35 it began its journey and in the end the feather was 36 more than a burdenIsnt our 37 like that? We worry about our families; we worry about the 38 of money; and we worry about all kinds of thingsThese are all burdens - the things we pick up along lifes path, and drag them around the obstacles and over the cracks that life will bring, only to 39 that at the destination they are 40 and we cant take them with us21Acame across Bcame about Cgot over Ddealt with22AFor BAt CTo DWith23Abrave Btiring Cshort Dmagic24Athrough Bacross Cbeside Dbehind25Asatisfied Bfrightened Cannoyed Dattracted26Aheight Bsize Cdepth Dlength27ATherefore BOtherwise CBut DMoreover28Aliving Bworking Csleeping Dwalking29Afinally Bprobably Csuddenly Deasily30Alonely Bcomfortable Cunderground Dbig31Apartner Bparent Cmatch Dfriend32Afix Bfit Cfill Dsuit33Atrouble Bpleasure Cdecision Dmatter34Ainsect Bproblem Cfeather Dhole35Abefore Bafter Cuntil Donce36Aeverything Banything Csomething Dnothing37Astudy Baim Cdream D1ife38Awaste Black Cworth Ddanger39Athink Bwonder Cwarn Dfind40Abad Buseless Cmeaningful Dpractical 第II卷（满分50 分）第三部分 语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式 In most cities, rich or poor, it is the poorer that are most at risk from floods and natural disasters. It was the poor of New Orleans, nearly a 41 (three) of the population, who lived in the lowest-lying parts of the city and suffered most from hurricanes. 42 (similar), it was the urban poor of Honduras and 43 neighbors who were struck hardest by Hurrica