2011年绍兴市高三教学质量调测

1、2011年下半年大学英语预备级考前辅导一、选择填空（每题0.5分，共15分）1. ill finish this work a week. a. in b. after c. before d. on2. neither of the twins clever, im afraid. a. arent b. are c. isnt d. is3. the ice is too thin for you to . a. walk b. walking c. walk on it d. walk on4. ill give it to her as soon as she back . a. co

2、me b. came c. will come d. comes5. we all carefully but we nothing. a. listenedlistened to b. heardheard c. listenedheard d. heardlistened to6. is this the key the door? a. of b. to c. for d. from7. there a table tennis match sometime next week, isnt there? a. is going to be b. is going to have c. w

3、ill have d. will be8. she told her daughter in the street any more. a. to not play b. not to play c. dont play d. not play9. “whats on the desk?” “_ some glasses.”a. it is b. there is c. they are d. there are10. you can have fish meat, but you cant have . a. neithernorboth b. bothandneither c. eithe

4、rorboth d. eitherorneither11. theres not work to do. i can leave soon. a. many b. a c. little d. much12. the box on the desk is made wood. a. of b. from c. in d. out13. you cant go into the room because it yet. a. isnt cleaned b. not cleaned c. hasnt been cleaned d. wont be cleaned14. she has lunch

5、at home on sundays. a. dont b. hardly c. doesnt d. not15. whats wrong this machine? it doesnt work. a. on b. at c. of d. with二、阅读理解（每题2分，共40分）passage 1 the weekends are a time for families in britain. often the parents are not at work. having worked a five-day week from monday to friday, saturdays a

6、re a busy time for shops with many families going shopping. sundays used to be a very special day of the week in britain. it was the one day of the week for “worship and rest”. the shops were closed and most people were at home or at church. popular leisure activities on sunday used to be going to c

7、hurch and doing odd jobs around the home such as gardening and diy. until a few years ago shops were not permitted to open on a sunday. sundays today are becoming like any other day other week with shops open. some families will now spend their time shopping rather than going to church or they will

8、combine the two activities. britain is becoming a far less christian country with fewer people regularly attending church. many christians believe that sunday should be kept special, as a time given to worship god. they think it is important for christians to meet together, listen to readings from t

9、he bible and celebrate holy communion. others believe that it is important that families have time to be together. (the shopping hours on a sunday are less than on any other day of the week.)1. the following activities are popular on sunday in britain except _. a. gardening b. going to the zoo c. sh

10、opping d. diy2. in the second paragraph, the phrase “worship and rest” refers to _. a. going to the church b. doing housework at home c. having a rest at home d. both a, b and c3. which of the following is true according to the passage? a. english people usually work five days a week. b. in britain,

11、 shopping is regarded as the most important activity in the weekend. c. nowadays, more and more people prefer to go to church on sundays. d. most people think the shopping hours on sunday should be longer.4. britain is becoming less christian probably because _. a. many people refused to go to the c

12、hurch. b. going to the church is too boring c. people think that staying with ones family is more important than going to the church d. many people think that christians should meet together on sundays.5. the passage mainly tells us _. a. what british people think of christian b. what british people

13、 do in the weekends c. why british is far less christian d. how to spend your leisure timepassage 2i was arguing about the price for a table in a second-hand shop when a young man came in carrying a chair, put it down before the manager and asked how much it was worth.“three dollars,” replied the ma

14、nager.the young man looked surprised. “it isnt worth more than that?”“three dollars is all i can give you for that piece, son.” the manager shook his head nd bent (俯身) to examine the piece. “see that?” he pointed to a crack (裂缝) in the chair leg, adding, “and see here here the paint is peeling (剥落)?

15、 well, three dollars is all its worth to me.”“all right then,” said the young man, smiling. “ill take it.” he pulled out his wallet. “i saw it in front of your shop with something marked $10, but i thought maybe it was a mistake nd you could tell me how much it was worth.”1. the young man came to th

16、e shop . a. to have an argument with the boss b. to carry an old chair c. to buy an old chair d. before the writer did2. it is clear that .a. the chair belonged to the young man b. the manager had a good memoryc. the young man didnt have enough money to buy the chaird. the manager mistook the chair

17、for the young mans3.from this passage, we can see that the young man was .a. very honest b. a poor man c. very clever d. a cheat4. which of the following is not true according to this passage?a. the manager bent to examine the crack in the chair leg.b. the young man felt the price for the table was

18、not reasonable.c. the manager thought the chair was worth more than three dollars.d. the manager asked the young man where the paint was peeling.5. we can imagine in the end .a. the manager was satisfied with the price b. the manager was regretful for what he had donec. the young man was sorry for w

19、hat he had doned. the writer got the table in satisfactionpassage 3it doesnt matter when or how much a person sleeps, but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. thats what all doctors thought, until they heard about al herpin, who never slept. could this be true? the doctors decided to see this str

20、ange man themselves.al herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in new jersey. they thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. so they stayed with him nd watched every movement he made. but they were surprised. though they watched him hour after hour nd day after day, the

21、y never saw herpin sleeping. in fact, he did not even own a bed. he never needed one.the only rest that herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers.the doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. they asked him many questions, hoping to find an a

22、nswer. they found only one answer that might explain his condition. herpin remembered some talk about his mother injured several days before he was born. but that was all. was this the real reason? no one could be sure.herpin died at the age of 94. 1. the main idea of this passage is that .a. large

23、numbers of people do not need sleepb. a person was found who actually didnt need any sleepc. everyone needs some sleep to stay alived. people can live longer by trying not to sleep2. the doctors came to visit herpin, expecting .a. to cure him of his sleeplessnessb. to find that his sleeplessness was

24、 not really truec. to find out why some old people didnt need any sleepd. to find a way to free people rom the need of sleeping3. after watching him closely, the doctrs came to believe that al herpin .a. needed some kind of sleep b. was too old to need any sleepc. needed no sleep at all d. often sle

25、pt in a chair4. one reason that might explain herpins sleeplessness was .a. his mothers injury before he was bornb. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habitc. his magnificent physical conditiond. that he hadnt got a bed5. al herpins condition could be regarded as .a. a common one b. one t

26、hat could be cured c. very healthy d. a rare onepassage 4in mount berry, georgia, people find a group of schools built specially for mountain children. the schools, as well as the mountain itself, are named after martha berry, herself a daughter of a georgian mountaineer.martha berry was born in 186

27、6. luckier than most georgian mountain children, she received an education. but she never forgot other children of the mountains whose parents couldnt afford to send them to school. in 1902 martha berry started a school for these children. it was housed in a single small log cabin and was attended b

28、y only five pupils. now, eighty years later, there are a score of berry schools in the area, with a total of over one thousand students and a waiting list of about five thousand.martha berry in her later years received many medals and honors fr what she had done for the poor mountain children of geo

29、rgia, and in 1931 she was named one of the twelve most important women in the united states. she never stopped working for the mountain children till her death in 1942.1. the berry schools have a history of .a. half a centuryb. over three quarters of a centuryc. about a quarter of a centuryd. a whol

30、e century2. the first berry school was founded .a. to honor martha berry b. in memory of martha berryc. by the efforts of martha berry d. in martha berrys own house3. in mount berry there are now .a. enough schools for all the local (本地的) childrenb. still not enough schools for all the local childre

31、nc. more than enough schools for all the local childrend. school for local children as well as children from other parts4. martha berry was named one of the twelve most important women in the u.s. because .a. she had helped develop one of the most backward(落后的) areasb. she had never stopped working

32、till deathc. she had received many medals nd honorsd. she had helped set up some of the most advanced schools5. this passage mainly tells us .a. the histry of the berry schoolsb. about a por area in the united statesc. mount berrys development in educationd. martha berrys wrk nd achievement三、把下列句子翻译成汉语（每题3分，共15分）1. bad weather can quickly turn your exciting vac