（整理版高中英语）符离高三第二次模拟考试英语试题

1、省符离 高三第二次模拟考试 英语试题听力略单项选择： 共20小题，每题1分，总分值20分 21winning the hosting of the world expo is _ great victory not only for shanghai citizens, but for _ people of the whole chinese nationa/; /ba; /ca; thedthe; a22_ the weather, the sports meet of our school was held on time last monthadue tobregardless ofc

2、apart fromdin favor of23at the press conference held after the match, the winner _ his opponents courageaawardedbsalutedcrewardeddviewed24unless _, well have to shut down some branch companies for lack of moneyadiscussedbfinancedcencourageddrenamed25hearing what he said was recorded by the recorder,

3、 i found nothing to say _ his actionain honor ofbin need ofcin case ofdin defence of26. i think you should have let him finish his speech, _ you disagreed with him. a. whatever b. whereverc. no matter whatd. however much27. -do you think you will give me a hand in time of trouble? -id like to do som

4、ething for you _ everything youve done for me. a. in exchange b. in turn c. in return for d. in terms of28. della, with a sad smile on her face, lay on the grass with her beautiful-looking arms _ under her small head. a. crossingb. crosses c. to cross d. crossed29. the door _ open, no matter how har

5、d grandma pushed. a. wouldnt b. couldnt c. mightnt d. shouldnt30. he _ some money for old age every month. a. puts down b. puts away c. puts forward d. puts up31. last week, i bought an interesting story book, _ very beautiful. a. which cover b. the cover of which c. its cover d. the cover of whose

6、32. ill look into the matter as soon as possible. just have a little _. a. wait b. time c. patience d. rest33. those who are _ their present situations will surely make no more advances in life. a. content tob. satisfied of c. pleased to d. content with34. in the eastern part of new jersey _, a majo

7、r american shipping center.a. the city of elizabeth lies b. lies the city of elizabeth c. does the city of elizabeth lie d. the city of elizabeth lie35. -today were to have the second test before the college entrance examinations. - _ ! a. congratulationsb. best wishesc. good luck d. come on第二节 完形填空

8、(共20小题；每题1分，总分值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正确选项。it was one of the happiest times of my life. i was 29 and had just received my bachelors degree, graduating with honors 36 working two jobs and being a wife and mother. my 37 and five-year-old son were in the audience when i walked on

9、to the stage at ashland university to get my diploma. i was so excited and 38 to be starting a teaching career and contributing more to my familys well-being.but when i got back home that evening, there was a 39 from my husband. it basically said hed come to get his clothes and wouldnt be 40 . wed b

10、een having trouble, but the finality of that note still came as a shock. he had 41 our bank account. we were horribly in debt. i had 42 my previous jobs in expectation of interviewing for a teaching position. 43 , i was eight months pregnant.most young women have an 44 picture of the happy-go-lucky

11、life theyre going to live. but no one ever sits you down and says thats not 45 and sometimes life is just extremely ugly. it all caved in for me that night. i was embarrassed, scared, and angry and felt i had 46 .but i had my son, and i was about to bring a new life into the world, so despite my dee

12、p 47 , i had to go on. the next morning, i woke up, put my feet on the floor, took a deep breath, prepared breakfast, and basically did 48 i always did. i used my 49 to keep me moving. after being in the military for six years, i guess you can say i fell back on my training, like all good 50 do in t

13、ough situations.and in the past seven years, ive continued moving 51 . i got a job as a kindergarten teacher, earned a masters degree in education, and 52 my babies grow to twelve and seven. i certainly would never have chosen to 53 them through this, but in review, im glad it happened to me when it

14、 did. it helped me to 54 my voice and myself a lot sooner. it helped me 55 independent, and confident things im hopefully implanting(灌输) now in my children.36. a. through37. a. parents38. a. pleasant39. a. letter40. a. out41. a. emptied42. a. obtained43. a. thus44. a. impressive45. a. reality46. a.

15、died47. a. sympathy48. a. something49. a. routine50. a. workers51. a. backward52. a. saw53. a. look54. a. find55. a. stayb. forb. daughterb. proudb. messageb. offb. stolenb. quittedb. thereforeb. idealb. practiceb. declinedb. feelingb. anythingb. ruleb. soldiersb. downwardb. watchedb. letb. loseb. g

16、rowc. byc. husbandc. surprisedc. notec. backc. openedc. offeredc. neverthelessc. excitingc. possibilityc. failedc. lovec. nothingc. mindc. teachersc. forwardc. noticedc. breakc. lowerc. remaind. despited. familyd. worriedd. maild. awayd. erasedd. foundd. moreoverd. intelligentd. factd. finishedd. sa

17、dnessd. everythingd. storyd. mothersd. outwardd. foundd. putd. raised. keep六、 阅读理解： 共20个小题，每题2分，总分值40分 a"you know, these cups bring to mind a tea quote (说法) i heard. " mary's aunt said.she poured tea. there were four of them and there were four totally different cups on the table. they

18、 grabbed their tea cups."what quote?" mary asked. “well, maybe i should rather say it is a story," aunt said, “i heard there was this wise teacher who took all his students for tea. they were surprised that all the cups on the table were different. they all took a cup and started drin

19、king their tea, each looking at the cups of others. the teacher let them do that for a while and then said: "do you notice your behaviors? you are all looking at each other's tea cup and i can see some of you with the chipped (残缺的) ones are even envious of the finer cups of others. is this

20、not so?"the students agreed, amused by their own behaviors. “you may have wondered why you all had different cups, but i put them here on purpose. you see - they represent life itself. life is, like that tea - and the cups are like the physical circumstances of your life. you all got the same t

21、hing in your cup - tea. and yet you cannot truly enjoy it in your envy of another's cup. it's just the same with life. you forget to enjoy your own life when you concentrate on envying the circumstances of someone elses life.so now, close your eyes, and taste your own tea. really taste it. a

22、nd tell me - did it matter from which cup it came?"aunt finished telling her short tea story and they all sat in silence for a while, savoring (品味) their tea. a sleepy fly buzzed past; a bird sang in the tree. and it really did not matter one bit from which tea cup they drank.56. when the stude

23、nts found that they had different tea cups, they _.a. were satisfied with their own cupsb. were angry about the chipped cups they had been givenc. asked the teacher to get new cups for themd. were curious about the difference between the cups57. from the text, we can conclude that _.a. the teacher p

24、repared different tea cups for each studentb. the teacher should have given the students the same tea cupsc. the chipped tea cups were actually made of better materialsd. each student took their rime to choose a cup they liked58. by comparing the cups to the physical circumstances of peoples lives,

25、the teacher meant that people _.a. shouldn't focus on the physical circumstances onlyb. can't change their physical circumstancesc. should try different ways of lifed. should always be prepared for strange things in life59. the teacher's message to the students was that _.a. life is actu

26、ally hard and boring for everyoneb. it is natural to be envious of the lives of othersc. everyone should learn to enjoy lifed. people act differently in different circumstancesbthe owls (猫头鹰) were not what they seem, or so many people seem to think .for centuries, owls have been feared and seen as s

27、igns of evil or death.but they are also seen as symbols of intelligence. the bird's ability to see well in the night means that it is closely associated with athena, the greek goddess of wisdom, she is frequently described as an owl perched (栖息) on her head.so humanized owls are often used to in

28、dicate that someone is intelligent and educated a pair of eyeglasses or a mortarboard, the square, flat cap worn by college graduates.according to an article in the guardian, owls are among the most popular birds in british culture. you see them in harry potter series, delivering letters and parcels

29、. they are also the stars of legend of the guardians, a 3d animated film that cam out on september 24, .mark cocker, a columnist (专栏作家) with the paper, notes that many tv dramas use owls. why?the answer, according to cocker, is that owls belong to nighttime. it's a time of mystery. owls fly in s

30、ilence, kill small animals for food and scream with a terrible voice. these facts made people associate the birds with the dark and dangerous.cocker believes that it is this "slight tremble of danger" that means the bird is often found on t-shirts and bags. "of all widespread british

31、birds, they are still the species we hear most, but see the least," writes cocker. "the owl reminds us as we lie in our beds that in the darkness is a life and a beating heart that we can never quite know."60. owls are regarded as symbols of intelligence mainly because _.a. they can s

32、ee very wellb. they are connected with athenac. they are able to deliver letters and parcelsd. they remind us what college graduates wear61. according to mark cock, many tv dramas use owls because _.a. they scream with a frightful voice at nightb. british people are familiar with themc. they create

33、a feeling of mystery and dangerd. they awake the desire to take risks62. the underlined word "the paper" in paragraph 6 most probably refers to _.a. the guardian b. harry potterc. legend of the guardians d. athena63. what is the writing purpose of this passage?a. to explain why owls are so

34、 associated with evil or death.b. to analyze why owls are so common in british culture.c. to tell readers not to be afraid of owls.d. to recommend some movies related to owls.cthe results of lit crit magazine's poll (民意测验) to find the greatest american authors of all time. top five most popular

35、biographical details. mark twain1835 - 1910the adventures of huckleberry finna boy travels down the mississippi with a runaway slave.real name: samuel clements. he was a printer and a river-boat pilot before moving to san francisco to work as a reporter. he traveled widely, and the expectations of h

36、is world tour are recorded in the innocents abroad herman melville1809 - 1891moby dickstory of a sea captain fascinated with finding a famous white whale.after working as a teacher and a farmhand, in1839 he went to sea and joined the u. s. navy. his books reflect his life at sea and his thoughts on

37、faith and god. during his life, he was more famous in great britain than in the u. s. ernest hemingway1899 - 1961for whom the bell tollsbased on the writer's experiences as a reporter in the spanish civil war.best known for his novels, but it was his short stories that first attracted attention.

38、 he wrote about hard men (bullfighters, boxers, hard-drinkers) and showed how courage and honesty are often lost in a modern society without hope and faith. f. scott fitzgerald1896 - 1940tender is the nightmoving stories of a psychiatrist (精神病医师) and his wife that reflects the writer's own marri

39、age to zelda.the author of the great gatsby wrote his first story for a school paper at the age of 13. he travelled widely and made vacations on the french riviera. his problems with alcohol and depression are described in the crack-up.64. what is the name of the author who once worked on a farm?a.

40、mark twain b. herman melvillec. f. scott fitzgerald d. ernest hemingway65. what is the title of the book about an author's experiences in spain?a. moby dick. b. the adventures of huckleberry finnc. for whom the bell tolls. d. tender is the night.66. what is the most popular book by the writer of

41、 the innocents abroad?a. the adventures of huckleberry finn.b. tender is the nightc. moby dick.d. for whom the bell tolls.67. which writer wrote his first story for a school paper?a. edgar allen poe b. herman melvillec. ernest hemingway d.f. scott fitzgeralddcertainly no creature in the sea is stran

42、ger than the common sea cucumber (海参). all living creatures, especially human beings, have their features, but everything about the little sea cucumber seems unusual. what else can be said about an unusual animal that eats mud, feeds almost continuously day and night but can live without eating for

43、long periods, and can be poisonous but is considered eatable?for some fifty million years in spite of all its strange features, the sea cucumber has lived on its diet of mud. it is adaptable enough to live attached to rocks by its tube feet, under rocks in shallow water, or on the surface of mud fla

44、ts. common in cool water on both atlantic and pacific shores, it has the ability to suck up mud or sand and digest whatever nutrients are present.sea cucumbers come in a variety of colors, black to reddish-brown to sand-color and nearly white. one form even has vivid purple feelers. usually the crea

45、ture are cucumber-shaped - where their name comes from and because they live in rocks, this shape, combined with flexibility, enables them to press into crevices (缝隙) where they are safe from animal eater and ocean currents.although they have greedy desire for food, eating day and night, sea cucumbe

46、rs have the ability to become still and live at a low metabolic (新陈代谢) rate - feeding s little or not at all for long periods, so that the living things in the ocean that provide their food have chance to increase by a large amount. if it were not for this natural ability, they would swallow all the

47、 food available in a short time and would probably starve themselves out of existence.but the most impressive thing about the sea cucumber is the way it" defends itself. its major enemies are fish and crabs. when attacked, it forces all its organs in its body out into water. it also removes att

48、ached structures such as feelers. the sea cucumber will get rid of its organs and grow itself again if it is attacked or even touched; it will do the same if the surrounding water temperature is too high or if the water becomes too polluted.68. according to the passage, why is the shape of sea cucum

49、bers important?a. it makes them attractive to fish.b. it helps them to digest their food.c. it helps them to protect themselves from danger.d. it makes it easier for them to move through the mud.69. the fourth paragraph of the passage mainly discusses _.a. the reproduction of sea cucumbers b. the fo

50、od sources of sea cucumbersc. the eating habits of sea cucumbers d. the danger to sea cucumbers' existence70. what can he inferred about the defense system of the sea cucumber?a. they are similar to those of most sea creatures,b. they are very sensitive to the surroundings.c. they require group

51、cooperation.d. they are almost useless.71. what would be the best tithe for the text? a. the variety of sea cucumbers b. the sources of sea cucumbersc. the similarity of sead. the strange creature - sea cucumbersemost people agree that the direct, overconfident american personality is a virtue, but

52、it sometimes surprises foreigners. in many cultures, respect for older people or those in positions of authority (权威) keeps others from expressing their true feelings. but in the u.s. children often argue with their parents, students may disagree with their teachers, and citizens may express opposit

53、ion to the actions of the government. if the soup has a fly in it or the meat is too tough to chew, the diner can complain to the waiter, if the boss makes a mistake, an employee will politely point it out.some straight talk about the american personality must include the admission that americans ha

54、ve their faults. the extremely competitive nature of americans is probably their worst fault. of course, competition isn't always bad. as a matter of fact, it promotes excellence by encouraging individuals and businesses to try to do their best. but the desire to get ahead of others sometimes ca

55、uses people to do things that are unkind and even dishonest. also, americans admire what is practical, fast, efficient, and fresh. sometimes they fail to understand and appreciate practices that have greater respect for more traditional, leisurely (不慌不忙的) ways of doing things. on the other hand, peo

56、ple from other cultures may dislike the practical, challenging american lifestyle.despite culture differences, most foreigners give americans credit for their virtues. americans are generally viewed as friendly, adaptable, energetic, and kindhearted. most newcomers to the u.s. like americans, and the feeling is usually mutual (相互的). perhaps the greatest american virtue is a deep interest in new ideas and new people. in a nation of immigrants, the foreigner does not remain an outsider for long.72. in order to show the respect for older people, _.a. people from some othe