高三英语第二次质量检测

高三年级英语第二次质量检测英语试题I. 听力 (共两节，满分30分)第一节 听对话或独白(共15小题,满分30分)每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅题时间。请根据各段播放内容极其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A, B, C项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。听第一段对话，回答1至3题1. Whats the probable job of the woman?A. Teacher.B. Driver .C. Journalist.2. What kind of vehicle does the man drive?A. Bus.B. Taxi.C. Train.3.What does the man think about his job?A. He likes it very much.B. He thinks its too tough to keep on.C. He doesnt mention it.听第二段对话，回答4至6题4. What is the possible relationship between the two speakers?A. Colleagues.B. Mother and son. C. Teacher and student.5. What did the boy often do at school?A. He was often late for school.B. He often fell asleep in class.C. He often stayed after class.6. Which of the following statements is true?A. The boy prefers to go out and work.B. The boy has neither interest in school nor in work.C. The boy is discouraged because he hasnt passed the exam.听第三段对话，回答7至9题7. Which color of the ties didnt the man have?A. Red.B. Blue.C. Green.8.Where did the man put his black tie?A. In the cupboard.B. In his drawer.C. Under his shirt.9.What can we learn about Jane?A. She is the speakers daughter.B. She is the speakers guest.C. She is the baby-sister of the speakers kids.听第四段对话，回答10至12题10. Why was the concert held?A. To show love to children.B. To collect money for poor children.C. To sing for children.11.What did the womans children do after the concert?A. They talked and laughed.B. They ran everywhere.C. They donated money for poor children.12. What can we learn from the conversation?A. Governments should do something for poor children.B. Children should depend on the people who help them.C. Famous singers should collect money for poor children.听第五段独白，回答13至15题13. What does the speaker say about the Yellowstone National Parks?A. It was the first national park.B. It is not managed by the National Park Service .C. It began to be managed by the National Park Service in the late 1800s.14. When is the speaker giving the speech?A. When sitting around the campfire.B. Before the nature walks.C. While watching animals.15. Whats the speech mainly about?A. The Yellowstone they found.B. The history of Natural Park.C. The kinds of wild animals.第二节 听取信息（共5小题， 每小题1.5分， 满分7.5分）听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从所听到的内容中获取必要的信息，填入答题卡标号为16-20的空格中。听录音前，你将有10秒钟的阅读时间。录音听两遍，你有80秒的作答时间。Message forWhat happened What to doDrivers going up the M1A 16 happened near the gas station Take the 17 Drivers going southThe road is 18 Drive as usual Drivers going down the 19 The airport and the 20 Drive slowlyII. 语言知识及运用：(共两节，满分35分)第一节：完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。E-Book reading devices are small portable electronic devices with wireless capacity and LCD screens that _21_large amounts of text to be digitally downloaded, stored and displayed. Such _ 22_ offer the potential for the easy handing out of teaching _23_ to students and a new learning _24_. E-Book reading devices have been partially used in universities and colleges, but have _25_ to be examined in primary school students. To address this shortcoming and to judge the introduction of such devices into the classroom, we conducted a research _26_ upper primary students aged 9-12 years and their teachers. The reading material was _27_ selected by teachers according to class requirements and put into an E-Book reading device. Students and teachers were interviewed after they finished the reading. Students were enthusiastic adopters of the E-Book reading device and all reported that the reading experience was _28_ . Teachers reported there were few problems with word searching, page turning with a button, easy _29_ all readings in one device, etc., which prevent students from reading faster through the material. This was especially the case for _30_ students. These elementary findings suggest that E-Book reading devices have potential utility (效用) in the primary school environment.21.A.make B. enable C. get D. allow22.A.machines B. books C. devices D. screens23.A. papers B. tools C. methods D. materials24.A.group B. environment C. skill D. atmosphere25.A.already B. always C. yet D. even26.A.concludingB. involving C .avoiding D. including27.A.particulary B. specially C. deliberately D. intentionally28.A.negativeB. progressive C. positive D. active29.A.entrance to B .access to C. home to D. way to30.A.disabled B. wounded C. foolish D. bad第二节： 语法填空：（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）仔细阅读下面的短文，短文中有10个空格。请按照每小题括号内的具体要求完成语法填空和词形变化。Among all the fast growing science and technology, the research of human genes, _31_ biological engineering as people call it, is drawing more and more attention now. Sometimes it is a hot topic _32_ (discuss) by people.The greatest thing that gene technology can do is to cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two _33_ (kill). And to date, doctors have not found _34_ effective way to cure them. But if the gene technology _35_ (apply) , not only these two diseases can be cured completely, _36_ (bring) happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spent on curing their diseases can be saved, so _37_ benefits the economy as well. In addition, human life span(寿命) can be prolonged.Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families, with the English imperial(皇室) family being a good example, have hereditary diseases. This means their children will for sure have the family disease, _38_ is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about hereditary diseases, _39_ gene technology can solve this problem _40_ (perfect). The scientist just needs to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.第三部分 阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）AAnyone who is addicted to reading bus tickets or cereal packets will understand the appeal of poems on the underground. Some years ago, a few acquaintances who lived and worked in London , who used the Tube and loved poetry, decided that it would be pleasant to read a few lines by their favorite poets as they traveled around by Tube, instead of just glancing upwards at the tiresome advertisements. The underground had a surplus (剩余的)of advertising space on the trains. They suggested filling the blank space on the trains, for the entertainment of the traveling public.The poems took on a new life when they were removed from books and placed alongside the adverts. Commuters enjoyed the idea of reading Keats “Much have I traveled in the realms of gold” on a crowded Central Line train, or trying to learn by heart a sonnet between Hammersmith and Piccadilly. The choice of poems wasnt arbitrary （随机的）but specially chosen. It catered for （符合）all tastes including living and dead poems from the homeland and from all over the English-speaking world, and especially poems which have association with London.The success of the poems on the underground enterprises confirmed that Britain was a nation of poetry lovers. Hundreds of people corresponded with London Underground suggesting poems , or just to say thank you. In January 1989, on the third anniversary after the first poems on the Underground, London Underground promised to donate all the spaces free, to increase the number available (at least one poem in each train carriage), and to pay for the production costs as well. They also update the poems every few months. Posters of the poems decorated the British Council libraries throughout the world, but the best way to view the poems is to see them by yourselves, on whichever train you choose, in every zone of the networkfor the price of an underground ticket.41.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Shelly and Keats PeomsB. The Poems on the UndergroundC. Travelling on the Tube in LondonD. The Poems about London42. The poems were _.A. removed from books and placed in empty advertising spacesB. taken from throughout the English-speaking world and chosen to please everyone.C. including poems about London by Shelly, Burns, Keats and by the commuters themselvesD. meant to be read aloud and learnt by heart43. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the underlined word “association”?A. Connection B. DifferenceC. SimilarityD. Comparison44. The best place to see the poem is _.A. in any train on the networkB. in libraries around the worldC. in trains on the Central Line and between Hammersmith and PiccadillyD. in some carriage anywhere on the network45. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage above?A. People who like reading bus tickets advocate poems on the underground .B. Spaces which were used for advertisements are now completely occupied by poems on the tube.C. You can appreciate the poems you like at the cost of only a tube ticket in London.D. The success of the poems on the underground indicates peoples love for the tube of London.B“There is very little in my life that is more personal and more important to me than comets!” the amateur David H. Levy told Terence Dickinson in an interview. “Not just discovering them but watching them, learning about them, writing about them , understanding what they do. It makes observing the sky intensely personal. I feel when I find a new comet a door has been opened and I have seen a slightly new aspect of nature. There is this object in the solar system thatfor a few minutes or a few hours only I know about. It is like trying to pry(打探) a secret out of nature. It is a very special feeling.” Ever since he was a child, David H. Levy has been fascinated by the night sky and the wonders it reveals to devoted watchmen. He developed a special feeling for comets before he reached his teens, though it was not until 1984after nineteen years and more than nine hundred hours of combing the sky in search of themthat he discovered his first one, from a small observatory that he had built in his backyard. Since then, he has discovered or co-discovered twenty more, making him one of the worlds most important comet hunters. His most celebrated find is periodic comet ShoemakerLevy 9, which he made with the husband andwife comet andasteroidhunting team Eugene and Carolyn Shoemaker. The comets dramatic collision with Jupiter in July 1994, which constituted（组成）“the greatest planetary show in recorded history,” to quote Malcolm W. Browne of the New York Times, captivated（迷住） not only professional astronomers, but many amateurs. Although he is only an amateur astronomerhe earns his living by lecturing and writing books and by working with project artists. Theyre projects devoted to introducing astronomy to elementary school childrenhe has won tremendous respect from his professional colleagues for his success in tracking down comets. “David H. Levy is one of those rare individuals blessed with the gift of discovery,” David Hartsel, who serves on the board of directors of the Richland Astronomical Society , in Ohio, has said. “Even rarer is his ability to let others share in the excitement and wonder of those discoveries through his writing and lectures.”46. The primary purpose of this passage is to _.A. praise Levy for his contribution to the observation of comets.B. show that an amateur can do things as well as a professional.C. introduce to the readers David Levy as a professional astronomer .D. demonstrate that strong interest is very important in helping one succeed in his life.47. All the following are suggested in this passage as reasons that contribute to Levys success as a respectable astronomer EXCEPT that_.A. he had his books published on astronomyB. he worked on a project that is intended to introduce astronomyC. he was born with the gift of the discovery of cometsD. he was highly praised by his colleagues for his unselfishness48. According to David Hartsel, he most appreciates Levys _.A. gifted ability of comet huntingB. ability of communicating his ideasC. curiosity to the sky and comets D. spirit of devotion to astronomy49.Levy says that watching the sky is quite personal to him because _.A. he has developed a very special affection for the skyB. he can discover a secret out of natureC. he has established a close relationship with the skyD. he may have a personal talk with nature50.It can be inferred from the passage that_.A. Levys parents are astronomersB. Levy was born in the 1970sC. Levy achieved his fame in the 1980sD. Levy himself has discovered 21 comets altogetherCThe knowledge society will be a highly competitive one, for organizations and individuals alike. Information technology, although only one of many new features of the next society, is already having one hugely important effect: it is allowing knowledge to spread near-instantly , and making it accessible to everyone. Given the ease and speed at which information travels, every institution in the knowledge societynot only businesses, but also schools, universities, hospitals and increasingly government agencies toohas to be globally competitive, even though most organizations will continue to be local in their activities and in their markets. This is because the Internet will keep customers everywhere informed on what is available anywhere in the world, and at what price.This new knowledge economy will rely heavily on knowledge workers. At present, this term is widely used to describe people with considerable theoretical knowledge and learning :doctors, lawyers, teachers, accountants chemical engineers. But the most striking growth will be in “knowledge technologists”: computer technicians, software designers, analysts in clinical labs, manufacturing technologists, paralegals. These people are as much manual（体力劳动） workers and they are knowledge workers; in fact, they usually spend far more time working with their hands than with their brains, but their manual work is based on a substantial amount of theoretical knowledge which can be acquired only through formal education ,not through an apprenticeship（学徒期）. They are not, as a rule, much better paid than traditional skilled workers, but they see themselves as “professionals”, just as unskilled manual workers in manufacturing were the dominant social and political force in the 21th century, knowledge technologists are likely to become the dominant socialand perhaps also politicalforce over the next decades.51.The chief reason for keen （激烈的）competition in the knowledge society is that _.A. organizations and individuals are easily influenced by informationB. customers keep track of new products worldwideC. anyone can have access to knowledge anytime and anywhereD. local organizations such as universities and hospitals will be globalized.52.The quick spread of knowledge in the next society_.A. is based on information technologyB. results from a highly competitive societyC. is likely to increase information flowD. will become the biggest problem to tackle53.“Knowledge workers” mentioned in the essay most probably refer to _.A. those with primary and secondary educationB. those who work with hands rather than brainsC. those who have acquired theoretical knowledge through apprenticeshipD. those who have received higher education and got theoretical knowledge54.All of the following are characteristic of “knowledge technologist” except that _.A. they spend more time on manual work than on mental workB. they are equipped with a large amount of theoretical knowledgeC. they see themselves professionals rather than traditional skilled workers.D. They acquire skills through traditional apprenticeship55. The underlined word “dominant” in this passage probably means_.A. most influential B. most interesting C. most diligent D. quite available第二节 信息匹配（共5小题，每小题2分， 满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。下面是摘自普林斯顿大学新生入学手册的信息。请阅读下面为大学生提供自寻和服务部门的介绍。A. Career Services (Room 113)The staff of the Career Services center advise students on career choices and applications of for higher education . They also help students and graduates apply their academic and life experiences to achieving career fulfillment, provide them with the services and resources necessary to make better informed career decisions and help them develop the skills necessary to progress their career plans.Opening Hours:Monday through Friday: 8:30 am 4:30 pmPhone : (412) 396-6644Fax: (412) 396-6644B. The Accommodation Office ( Room 114)The Accommodation Office is the place to find every thing concerning accommodation during your studying at this university. It offers a free advisory service and a wide range of handbooks and checklists covering the full range of housing available. In addition to this, the office also offers other services ,such as the allocation of places in local residences and the provision of information regarding privately owned accommodation.Opening Hours:Monday through Friday: 1:30 pm 4:30 pmPhone : (412) 396-6754Fax: (412) 396-6752C. Medical Center (Room 115)The staff of the Medical Center aim to provide convenient and comprehensive medical care to students and staff of the university. The enter is well equipped and the staff here are trained to deal with a broad range of medical problems. Both female and male doctors as well as nursing staff are available for