高三英语定时练习

1、2013-2014学年度高三英语定时练习（23 时间：60分钟 总分：60分一、完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分)In a world where comparisons happen non-stop, it is difficult to look outside yourself and to ever be 1 with who you are. Theres always someone whos a bit 2 . The only solution is to reach 3 and measure against what Warren Buffett calls

2、your own inner yardstick. There is no more 4 measure for comparison than who your were yesterday, last week or last decade, when you were at your 5 .Nothing useful ever comes from comparison to others. Either you see yourself as better than someone and you get 6 , or you see someone else as better t

3、han you and you feel like all your hard work is for 7 . It is a fools game. Not one of us is exactly 8 . The only direct and honest comparison is 9 yourself. Everything else is apples to oranges.My opinion is that you are only 10 to compare yourself to someone else if their life 11 is the same as yo

4、ur own. Good luck finding that 12 . And one thing is for sure. No matter how hard you work and how dedicated you are, there will always be someone who can run a little faster, jump a little higher, score a little better or look a little nicer in a swimsuit. And if theres not, you can 13 someone is c

5、oming up fast 14 you. So how can you always win in life? Become your best 15 .Having an image of your most recent past limits is the perfect thing to 16 you to the next level. If you ran 7 flights of stairs yesterday, then do 8 today. Who 17 if the guy next to you did 15? It doesnt make a bit of 18

6、. You are a more 19 person today than you were yesterday. Your own 20 is all you need.1. A. patientB. strictC. contentD. concerned2. A. strongerB. betterC. lazierD. wiser3. A. insideB. outC. forD. up4. A. accurateB. usefulC. carefulD. powerful5. A. endB. bestC. convenienceD. side6. A. satisfiedB. bu

7、syC. inspiredD. lazy7. A. nothingB. funC. sureD. success8. A. equalB. uniqueC. alikeD. common9. A. withinB. byC. forD. of10. A. instructedB. allowedC. directedD. suggested11. A. situationB. positionC. occasionD. accommodation12. A. gameB. matchC. friendD. enemy13. A. concludeB. betC. announceD. decl

8、are14. A. beforeB. besideC. belowD. behind15. A. assistantB. competitorC. coachD. teacher16. A. contributeB. exposeC. pushD. devote17. A. caresB. saysC. wondersD. asks18. A. effortB. sense C. differenceD. change19. A. successfulB. happyC. luckyD. fit20. A. benefit B. progressC. habitD. result二、阅读理解（

9、共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。AOn days when there is work, I talk to the other guys. Some of them tell me that the harvest season is coming in northern California, and they say that one can earn good money there. Things havent gone so badly in the car wash, but one

10、afternoon I give the manager my thanks for having hired and promoted me, and with a little suitcase that night I board a Greyhound(美国灰狗长途汽车)headed north. My ticket is made out for San Francisco, but I dont plan to go that far. I plan to ride until I find a place where people are harvesting, and to g

11、et off the bus there.I sleep on the bus for a few hours that night, and in the morning, when I awake, I dont know where we are. I get up from my seat and walk down the bus aisle(走廊), looking for a Mexican or Chicano(奇卡诺人) to tell me our location, but strangely enough, I dont see any among the passen

12、gers, who are all white-skinned. I pay attention to the road signs we pass, but they are not of much help. I can read the town names, but I dont know where the towns lie. A map would help me, and I decide to buy one at our next stop. Lots of things are for sale at the bus stops gift shop, but there

13、are no maps. I direct myself towards the shops operator, but I run into the language barrier. The operator is an Anglo, and when I speak to him in Spanish, he says that he doesnt understand. I try to practice my very precarious (不可靠的) English with him, but its of no use. I have a rough idea of the s

14、ound of the words that I want to say, but I cant pronounce them right. I make signs, signaling a big piece of paper and say “for California,” but he turns into a question mark, with eyes wide open, arms raised and hands extended. “Map,” I say, but I dont pronounce the word very well. “Freeways, stre

15、ets,” I add, but he still doesnt understand. He points out chewing gum, candies, pieces of cake, sandwiches, soft drinks, and cigarettes, trying to guess what Im asking for. But he doesnt show me any maps. Finally, I back out of the store, and as I leave I hear him say, “Im sorry.”A little before th

16、e bus leaves, I run into a Mexican-American in a hallway and I immediately ask him to help me find a map of California. We go back to the store. The Chicano asks for a map. “Ahh! Ahaaa!” the operator exclaims. Then he goes to a corner of his shelves and takes out what Ive been asking for. While I am

17、 paying him, he talks to the Chicano in a joyful tone. With the map in my hands, I give the Chicano my thanks, and he explains that the store-keeper thinks that I am asking if he needs anybody to clean the floor or “mop.”21. The writer decides to leave his job and go to northern California because _

18、.A. his boss doesnt like himB. things are going badly in the car washC. he thinks he can earn more moneythereD. he is tired of his work22. The writer wants a map in order to _.A. find the way to San Francisco B. know where he is in relation to the entire tripC. help him with the road signs D. find h

19、is way back to his workplace23. From the passage, we can infer that _.A. the writer is a migrant (流动的) farm workerB. the writer doesnt do a good job in the car washC. the owner of the shop does not want to sell the writer a map24. The writer tries to make himself understood by all the following EXCE

20、PT _.A. gestures B. words or phrases C. pronunciations D. spelling the wordBHome Laundry Automatic Dryer ProductFull Two Year Warranty (保修)Limited Five Year Warranty on Cabinet (机箱)Warranty Provides for：FIRST TWO YEARS Amana will repair or replace any faulty part free of charge.THIRD THRU FIFTH YEAR

21、S Amana will provide a free replacement part for any cabinet which proves faulty due to rust (生锈)。Warranty Limitations：Owners Responsibilities： Warranty begins at date of original purchase. Provide sales receipt. Applies only to product used within the United Normal care and maintenance.States or in

22、 Canada if product is approved by Having the product reasonably Canadian Standards Association when shipped accessible for service. from factory. Pay for service calls related to product Products used on a commercial or rental basis installation or usage instructions.not covered by this warranty. Pa

23、y for extra service costs, over normal Service must be performed by an Amana service charges, if servicer is requestedservicer. to perform service outside servicers Adjustments covered during first year only. normal business hours.Warranty Does Not Cover It If：In no event shall Amana be responsible

24、Product has damage due to product alteration,for consequential damages. connection to an improper electrical supply,*This warranty gives you specific legal shipping and handling, accident, fire, floods,rights, and you may have others which lightning or other conditions beyond the controlvary from st

25、ate to state. For example, of Amana.some states do not allow the exclusion or Product is improperly installed or applied.limitation of consequential damages, sothis exclusion may not apply to you.25. According to Warranty Limitations, a product can be under warranty if _. A. shipped from a Canadian

26、factoryB. rented for home use C. repaired by the user himselfD. used in the U.S.A.26. According to Owners Responsibilities, an owner has to pay for _. A. the loss of the sales receiptB. a servicers overtime work C. the product installationD. a mechanics transportation27. Which of the following is tr

27、ue according to the warranty? A. Consequential damages are not included across America. B. A product damaged in a natural disaster is covered by the warranty. C. A faulty cabinet due to rust can be replaced free in the second year. D. Free repair is available for a product used improperly in the fir

28、st yearC.Why do some people flush when they drink alcohol? This effect is a common reaction to alcohol among East Asians. It affects about 36 percent of Japanese, Chinese and Koreans.For many, even a small amount of alcohol can cause unpleasant effects. Most commonly, their face, neck and sometimes

29、their whole body turn red. People might also feel uncomfortable and sick to their stomach. They might experience a burning sensation, increased heart rate, shortness of breath and headaches.The cause is a genetic difference that they are born with called an ALDH2 deficiency (缺乏). It prevents their b

30、odies from treating alcohol the way other people do. But the effects might be more serious than just a red face. Researchers warn of a link between this condition and an increased risk of cancer of the esophagus (食道) from drinking alcohol.The more alcohol people with this deficiency drink, the great

31、er their risk is. In Japan and South Korea, for example, many people have the deficiency but still drink heavily. Researchers found that these drinkers develop a form of esophageal cancer six to ten times more often than those without the deficiency.Esophageal cancer is one of the deadliest cancers.

32、 It can be treated when found early, but once it grows the chances of survival drop sharply. The researchers estimate that at least five hundred forty million people have the deficiency, about eight percent of the worlds population.Philip Brooks is a researcher at the National Institute in the Unite

33、d States. He says it is important to educate people about the link between the alcohol flushing effect and esophageal cancer. He says doctors should ask East Asian patients about their experiences with facial flushing after drinking alcohol. Those with a history of it should be advised to limit thei

34、r alcohol use. They should also be warned that cigarette smoking works with the alcohol in a way that further increases the risk of esophageal cancer.28. The underlined word “flush” in Paragraph 1 probably means “_”.A. walk unsteadily B. turn red in the faceC. appear unpleasant D. talk more than usu

35、al29. The second paragraph is mainly about _.A. the cause of the effects of alcohol B. Asians and alcoholC. the advantages of drinking alcohol D. unpleasant effects caused by alcohol 30. We can infer from the passage that _.A. about 36 percent of Japanese, Chinese and Koreans are heavy drinkers B. t

36、he ALDH2 deficiency may be passed on from generation to generationC. unpleasant effects occur only when people with this deficiency drink a lotD. only some East Asians have the ALDH2 deficiency31. Esophageal cancer is one of the deadliest cancers because _.A. it cant be treated at all B. it is hard

37、to be discovered earlyC. it is hard to cure once it has developed D. people are usually addicted to alcohol D I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a box car in a freight yard in Atlantic City and landing on my head. Now I am thirty two. I can slightly remember the brightness of s

38、unshine and what color red is. It would be wonderful to see again, but a calamity (灾难) can do strange things to people. It occurred to me the other day that I might not have come to love life as I do if I hadnt been blind. I believe in life now. I am not so sure that I would have believed in it so d

39、eeply, otherwise. I dont mean that I would prefer to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate the more what I had left.Life, I believe, asks a continuous series of adjustments to reality. The more readily a person is able to make these adjustments, the more meaningf

40、ul his own private world becomes. The adjustment is never easy. I was totally confused and afraid. But I was lucky. My parents and my teachers saw something in me-a potential to live, you might call it-which I didnt see, and they made me want to fight it out with blindness.The hardest lesson I had t

41、o learn was to believe in myself. That was basic. If I hadnt been able to do that, I would have collapsed and become a chair rocker on the front porch for the rest of my life. When I say belief in myself I am not talking about simply the kind of self confidence that helps me down an unfamiliar stair

42、case alone. That is part of it. But I mean something bigger than that: an assurance that I am, despite imperfections, a real, positive person; that somewhere in the sweeping, intricate（错综复杂的）pattern of people there is a special place where I can make myself fit.It took me years to discover and stren

43、gthen this assurance. It had to start with the simplest things. Once a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was making fun of me and I was hurt. I cant use this. I said. Take it with you, he urged me, and roll it around. The words stuck in my head. Roll it around! By rolling the ball I could

44、 hear where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought impossible: playing baseball. At Philadelphias Overbrook School for the Blind I invented a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.All my life I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to r

45、each them, one at a time. I had to learn my limitations. It was no good trying for something that I knew at the start was wildly out of reach because that only invited the bitterness of failure. I would fail sometimes anyway but on the average I made progress.32.We can learn from the beginning of th

46、e passage that _ A. the author lost his sight because of a car crash. B. the author wouldnt love life if the disaster didnt happen. C. the disaster made the author appreciate what he had. D. the disaster strengthened the authors desire to see.33.Whats the most difficult thing for the author? A. How

47、to adjust himself to reality. B. Building up assurance that he can find his place in life. C. Learning to manage his life alone. D. How to invent a successful variation of baseball.34. According to the context, “a chair rocker on the front porch” in paragraph 3 means that the author _ A. would sit i

48、n a rocking chair and enjoy his life.B. would be unable to move and stay in a rocking chair.C. would lose his will to struggle against difficulties.D. would sit in a chair and stay at home.35. What is the best title for the passage? A. A Miserable LifeB. Struggle Against Difficulties C. A Disaster M

49、akes a Strong PersonD. An Unforgettable Experience三、任务型阅读根据所读内容在文章后表格中的每个空格里各填入一个最恰当的单词。（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）Learning inside the museumMuseums have an important role in providing learning services to users, especially school children. Some learning services will provide a range of formal teaching oppor

50、tunities in the museum; others will work closely with school teachers so that these teachers can make better use of the learning resources available through displays and exhibitions, databases, handling collections and museum staff.In an ideal world, every museum would have at least an learning or e

51、ducational specialist. He or she would be a trained teacher who also had a good understanding of museums and museum collections, and a strong feeling to help peopleespecially childrenuse and learn from them.A museum education specialist is of great value. For most museums the establishment of such a

52、 post should be high priority. He or she is the only member of staff with training in psychology of learning, and has considerable experience of analyzing complex concepts and presenting them in a simple way to non-specialist audience. The education specialist is, indeed, the only professional inter

53、preter in the museum.It is clearly reasonable, therefore, for the museum to make full use of the education specialists skills, and to involve him or her in all aspects of interpretation and the planning of new displays and exhibitions. Museum learning is not just about teaching children, though chil

54、dren may be its principal audience.Many small museums may not be able to employ an education specialist of their own. For them, there are other possibilities. One is that the local School Service may be able to lend a teacher to the museum, perhaps for two or three years, who could be trained to app

55、ly teaching skills to the museum context. Another is that suitable volunteers may be available in the communityperhaps retired teachers, or teachers not presently workingwho may be willing to give some of their time to the museum. Another possibility is sponsorship: a large company might be willing

56、to finance the appointment of an education specialist for a few years.An imortant part of the work for the education specialist in a museum is to estabilish strong links with its local schools. He or she is a communicator who has responsibility for keeping contact with the teachers at local schools. He or she should make sure that the schools know waht is going on at the museum and