天津市蓟县下仓中学2014届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、高三第二次模拟考试英语试题第一部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分45分)第一节 单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1- This is_ picture I told you about. - I see, Isnt it _ beautiful one?A. the; a B. a; a C. the; the D. a; the 2. You see, Jenny stayed up very late to prepare her speech last night._ she looks

2、so sleepy.A. No matter B. No wonder C. That makes D. In case3. What a pity! I in London for three more days, but something urgent needed to be dealt with back in Beijing.A. must have stayedB. could have stayedC. may have stayedD. neednt have stayed4. Whether ways will be found to stop pollution or n

3、ot is just _ worries the public.AwhichBthatCwhatDwhere5. Some English idioms are difficult to understand.Exactly, _ you know the meaning of each word.A. if only B. even if C. as if D. now that6. The White Horse Temple in Luoyang is one of the first historic buildings_ to receive special state protec

4、tion. A. listed B. having been listed C. being listed D. listing7. Dont quarrel with your friend, _will damage your friendship Awho Bwhich Cthat Dwhat8. -Will you be _ this evening, Mary? -That depends. I am afraid I will be with my manager together discussing a plan.A. convenient B. suitable C. ava

5、ilable D. efficient9. How long do you think it will be the Chinese people land on the moon?A. thatB. sinceC. untilD. before10. are allowed to take part in the outdoor activities.A. Old enough children to dress themselvesB. Children enough old to dress themselvesC. Children old enough to dress themse

6、lvesD. Enough old children to dress themselves11. Now that you like computers very much, isnt it a good idea to get ? Well, Id like to but I cant afford that expensive a computer at present.A. oneB. themC. itD. that12 I have booked a room for today and tomorrow. _, sir.A. Im sure B. My pleasure C. I

7、ts allright D. Ill check13. Personally, I think it is the sales manager, rather than the sales girls, to blame.A. isB. that isC. areD. who are14. Being out of order, to the factory.A. he sent his computer B. he drove at onceC. his computer was sentD. his father helped him send it15It is well known t

8、hat the Internet will let people have _ to huge amounts of information from their own homes.AentranceBwayCmeansDaccess第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。I hired a carpenter to help me restore an old farmhouse. After he had just finished a rough first day on the job, a

9、 16 tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric saw 17 and now his ancient pickup truck refused to 18 . While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. 19 arriving, he invited me in to meet his family.As we walked toward the front door, he paused 20 at a small tree, touching tips of the 21 wit

10、h his hands.When opening the door, he 22 an amusing transformation. His brown face was covered with 23 and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.After leaving the 24 family, I passed the tree and my curiosity got the 25 of me. I asked him, who 26 me to the car, “Before we went in

11、, 27 did you stop by the tree earlier”“Oh, thats my trouble tree,” he replied, “I know I cant help having 28 on the job and in my life, but those troubles dont 29 in the house with my wife and children. I know I can control one thing for 30 . I can hang them up on the tree every night 31 I come home

12、. Then in the morning I pick them up again before I 32 for work.”“ 33 thing is,” he smiled, “when I come out in the morning to pick them up, there arent nearly as 34 as I remember 35 up the night before.”16AbrokenBterribleCflatDfantastic17AquitBdeletedCdeclinedDreduced18ArideBincreaseCperformDstart1

13、9ABeforeBOnCImmediatelyDDirectly20AshortlyBbrieflyCquietlyDstraight21AtrucksBleavesCbranchesDshoots22Awent byBwent overCwent offDwent through23AsmilesBsorrowCconfidenceDdoubts24AhappyBlargeCcomplexDmodern25AworseBbetterCmoreDless26AdroveBsentCinstructedDwalked27AhowBwhoCwhyDwhere28AmattersBtroublesC

14、questionsDworries29AbelongBinsertCincludeDprovide30AinstanceBagesCpurposeDsure31AwhenBsinceCbecauseDif32AaskBcomeCleaveDlook33AFrightfulBFunnyCStrangeDAccessible34AmuchBfewClittleDmany35ApickingBholdingChangingDgiving第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。AA very important wor

15、ld problemin fact, I tend to say it is the most important of all the great world problems which face us at present timeis the rapidly increasing pressure of population on land and on land resources.It is not so much the actual population of the world but its rate of increase, which is the most impor

16、tant. It works out to be about 1.6 percent net annual increase. In terms of numbers this means something like 40 to 55 million additional people very year. Canada has a population of 20 million, rather less 6 months climb in world population. And there are 10 million people in Australia. So, it take

17、s the world less than three moths to add to itself a population, a population of that vast country. Let us come to our own crowded countryEngland and Wales; 4550 million peoplejust about a years supply. By this time tomorrow, and every day, there will be added to the earth about 120, 000 extra peopl

18、ejust about the population of the city of York.I am not talking about birthrate. This is net increase. To give you some idea of birthrate, look at the second hand of your watch. Every second three babies are born somewhere in the world. Another baby! Another baby! Another baby! You cannot speak quic

19、kly enough to keep pace with the birthrate.This enormous increase of population will create immense problems. By 2010 A. D., unless something desperate happens, there will be as many as 7,000, 000, 000 people on the surface of this earth! So this is a problem which you are going to see in your lifet

20、ime.36The topic for the passage is _.AThe Lack of Land ResourcesBPopulation ExplosionCYour LifetimeDThe Birthrate37According to the author, _ is the most important for population pressure.Athe net increase rateBthe birthrateCthe enormous amount of world populationDthe population explosion in Austral

21、ia38It can be learned from Paragraph 2 that _.Ain more than 6 months, to the world population 20 million will be addedBthree months later, to the population in the world 10 million will be addedCin less than three months, to the world population 10 million will be addedDone year later, the populatio

22、n of England and Wales will be doubled39Which of the following is TRUE?AAfter 24 hours, 120 thousand babies were bornBThe birthrate in 180 babies every minute.CDuring a year, about 45 million people are born.DAfter a day, York will have 120, 000 extra people.40“something desperate happens” in the la

23、st paragraph can be best replaced by _.Athe world wars break outBpeople are in despairCbirth control policy is adoptedDpeople realize the seriousness of the population problem BThe question of what children learn, and how they should learn, is continually being debated and redebated. Nobody dares an

24、y longer to defend the old system, the learning of lessons parrot-fashion, the grammar-with-a-whip system, which was good enough for our grandparents. The theories of modern psychology have stepped in to argue that we must understand the need of children. Children are not just small adults; they are

25、 children who must be respected as much.Well, you may say, this is as it should be a good idea. But think further. What happens? Education becomes the responsibility not of teachers, but of psychologists. What happens then? Teachers worry too much about the psychological implications of their lesson

26、s, and forget about the subjects themselves. If a child dislikes a lesson, the teacher feels that it is his fault, not the childs. So teachers worry whether history is relevant to modern young children. And do they dare to recount stories about violence? Or will this make the children themselves vio

27、lent? Can they tell their classes about children of different races, or will this encourage racial hatred? Why teach children to write grammatical sentences? Verbal expression is better. Sums? Arithmetic? No: Real-life mathematical situations are more understandable.You see, you can go too far. Infl

28、uenced by educational theorists, who have nothing better to do than to write books about their ideas, teachers leave their teacher-training colleges filled with grand, psychological ideas about children and their needs. They make elaborate, sophisticated (精致的，复杂的) preparations and try out their mode

29、rn methods on the long-suffering children. Since one modern method rapidly replaces another, the poor kids will have had a good bellyful by the time they leave school. Frequently the modern methods are so sophisticated that they fail to be understood by the teachers, let alone the children; even mor

30、e often, the relaxed discipline so essential for the informal feelings the class must have, prevents all but a handful of children from learning anything.41. People do not dare defend the old system mainly because under the old system_.A. too much grammar was taught to children B. children were spoi

31、led C. children were treated as grown-ups D. children were made to learn passively42. What view do the modern psychologists hold?A. Children must be understood and respected.B. Children are small adults and know what they need.C. Children are better off without learning lessons.D. Education of child

32、ren is the responsibility of psychologists.43. What happens when teachers pay too much attention to the psychology of their lessons?A. They find that the children dislike the lessons.B. They tend to blame students for their failure.C. They do not pay enough attention to the actual lessons.D. They no

33、 longer want to teach children history.44. Grammatical sentences are regarded as unimportant because _.A. it is better to use verbs onlyB. words are said out of natural feelings onlyC. talking freely and naturally without sentences is a better form of expressionD. it is felt that formal grammar rule

34、s might cause unnatural expressions45. According to the passage, the modern methods are understood by _.A. neither teachers nor pupils B. only a handful of teachers and pupilsC. the more sophisticated teachersD. everyone who enjoys the relaxed discipline of the informal classes CLast year, on report

35、 card day, my son and a bunch of his 13-year-old friends piled into the back seat of my car, ready for the last-day-of-school party at McDonalds. “Jack got a laptop for getting straight As, and Laurie got a cellphone,” one boy said. “Oh, yeah, and Sarah got an iPod Nano, and shes only in third grade

36、,” said another. “And how about Brian? He got $ 10 for each A.”I suddenly became concerned. These payoffs might get parents through grammar school, but what about high school and beyond? What would be left after the electric guitar, the cellphone, and the portable DVD player?I saw the road ahead: As

37、 the homework load increased, my income would decrease. I saw my comfortable lifestyle vanish before my eyes-no more of those $ 5 bags of already-peeled organic carrots. No more organic anything!I started to feel surprised and nervous. Would every goal attained by my two children fetch a reward? A h

38、igh grade point average? A good class ranking? Would sports achievements be included in this reward system: soccer goals, touchdowns, runs-batted-in? What about orchestra? Would first chair pay more than second? Id be penniless by eighth-grade graduation.“We never paid anything for good grades,” sai

39、d my neighbor across the street, whose son was recently accepted at MIT. “He just did it on his own. Maybe once in a while we went out for pizza, but thats about it.”Dont you just hate that? Were all running around looking for the MP3 player with the most updates, and shes spending a few dollars on

40、pizza. She gets motivation; we get negotiation.46The sentence “As the homework load increased, my income would decrease.” in the third paragraph probably means _.Ataking care of the children would influence my workBI would spend more money on my childrens homeworkCreducing childrens homework load wo

41、uld cost me a lotDmore rewards would be needed as the children grew up47We can tell from the passage that the authors son was in _.Aprimary schoolBjunior middle schoolChigh schoolDuniversity48It can be inferred from the passage that _.Aif you pay the children for good grades, they would take it for

42、grantedBif you buy children pizza for good grades, they would work harderCchildren would not ask for rewards when they enter high schoolDchildren would not ask for rewards when they enter university49The example of the authors neighbor shows that _.Apizza is the best way to motivate childrenBreward

43、is not the only way to motivate childrenCthe authors neighbor was very poorDthe authors neighbors son didnt like reward50What is the authors attitude toward paying children reward for good grades?AFavorableBAmbiguousCDisagreeableDUnknowable DHow can you find out what is going on inside a persons bod

44、y without opening the patients body up? Regular X rays can show a lot. CAT scans can show even more. They can give a complete view of body organs.What is a CAT scan? CAT stands for a kind of machine. It is a special X-ray machine that gets a 360-degree picture of a small area of a patients body.Doct

45、ors use X rays to study and determine diseases and injuries within the body; X rays can find a foreign object inside the body or take pictures of some inside organs to be X-rayed.A CAT scanner, however, uses a group of X rays to give a cross-sectional view of a specific part of the body. A fine grou

46、p of X rays in scanned across the body and around the patient from many different directions. A computer studies the information from each direction and produces a clear cross-sectional picture on a screen. This picture is then photographed for later use. Several cross sections, taken one after anot

47、her, can give clear “photos” of the entire body or of any body organs. The newest CAT scanners can even give clear pictures of active, moving organs, just as a fast-action camera can “stop the action”, giving clear pictures of what appears unclear to the eye. And because of the 360-degree pictures,

48、CAT scans show clear and complete views of organs in a manner that was once only shown during operation or examination of a dead patient.Frequent appearance before X rays can cause skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body. Yet CAT scans actually dont cause the patient to more radiation than re

49、gular X rays do. CAT scans can also be done without getting something harmful into the patient, so they are less risky than regular X rays.CAT scans provide exact, detailed information. They can quickly find such a thing as bleeding inside the brain. They are helping to save lives.51What is NOT true

50、 of a CAT scan?AIt is safer than regular X rays.BIt makes use of computer techniques.CIt can stop the action of an organ for a short time.DIt gives clear pictures of active, moving body parts.52The underlined words “a foreign object”（Para 3）most probably refer to .Aa badly injured part inside the bo

51、dyBa new thing that is unknown to the doctorCa strange organ that has grown in the bodyDan object that gets inside the body by chance53What is the special use of the latest CAT scanners?AIt provides clear photos of moving organs.BIt can take 3-dimension pictures of inside organs.CIt wont cause serio

52、us skin burns, cancer or other damage to the body.DIt helps to find out what is going on inside a persons body without opening it up.54We can infer from this passage that .Apatients in front of CAT may suffer from a bit of radiationBdoctors need no opening-up of the body with CAT scannersCCAT scanne

53、rs are more expensive than regular X-ray machinesDCAT scanners can take photos of either the whole body or a part of it55The best title of this passage might be .Athe Newest Medical InventionBNew X-ray Machine to Save LivesCHow to Avoid the Damage of X RaysDAdvantages and Disadvantages of CAT Scanne

54、rs 第三部分 写作（共35分）第一节 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下面文章，回答有关小题。Several years ago, while attending a communication course, I experienced a most unusual process. The instructor asked us to list anything in our past that we felt ashamed of, regretted or incomplete about and read our lists aloud.This seemed li

55、ke a very private process, but theres always some brave soul in the crowd who will volunteer. The instructor then suggested that we find ways to make an apology to people, or take some action to right any wrong doings. I was seriously wondering how this could ever improve my communication.Then the m

56、an next to me raised his hand and volunteered this story: “Making my list, I remembered an incident from high school. I grew up in a small town. There was a Sheriff that none of us kids liked. One night, my two buddies and I decided to play a trick on him.After drinking a few beers, we climbed the t

57、all water tank in the middle of the town, and wrote on the tank in bright red paint: Sheriff Brown is an s.o.b. (畜生). The next day, almost the whole town saw our glorious sign. Within two hours, Sheriff Brown had us in his office. My friends told the truth but I lied. No one ever found out.”“Nearly

58、20 years later, Sheriff Browns name appears on my list. I didnt even know if he was still alive. Last weekend, I dialed the information in my hometown and found there was a Roger Brown still listed. I tried his number. After a few rings, I heard, “Hello?” I said, “Sheriff Brown?” paused. “Yes.” “Wel

59、l, this is Jimmy Calkins.”“And I want you to know that I did it？”Paused. “I knew it!” he yelled back. We had a good laugh and a lively discussion. His closing words were: “Jimmy, I always felt bad for you because your buddies got it off their chest, but you were carrying it around all these years. I

60、 want to thank you for calling me for your sake.”Jimmy inspired me to clear up all 101 items on my list within two years, and I always remember what I learned from the course: Its never too late to right the past wrongdoings.56. What was the uneasy part of communication course about for the writer?

61、(No more than 20 words)-_57. Please explain the underlined word “buddies” in English. (No more than 5 words) _58. Please state one of your wrongdoings and how to right it. (No more than 20 words)_59. Why did Sheriff Brown pause twice before he could carry on the telephone conversation? (No more than

62、 15 words)_60. What does the writer learn from the course? (No more than 15 words) _第二节 书面表达（满分25分）61. 假如你班在“珍爱生命，拒闯红灯”教育活动中，召开了一次主题班会。请根据下表中的内容，用英语写一篇120词左右的短文。 行人（pedestrians）闯红灯(jaywalk) 的危害1. 妨碍交通，影响车辆的正常行驶2. 容易引发事故，危及他人和自身的生命安全3. （自己设想）对行人闯红灯的处罚措施1. 批评教育,让其意识到闯红灯的危害性2. 当场给予警告和罚款3. （自己设想） _ 高三英语

63、练习题答案第一节 阅读表达56. What was the uneasy part of communication course about for the writer? （ To list anything in his past that he felt ashamed of, regretted or incomplete about and read it aloud. ） 57. Please explain the underlined word “buddies” in English. ( Friends )58. Please state one of your wron

64、gdoings and how to right it. ( Open ) 59. Why did Sheriff Brown pause twice before he could carry on the telephone conversation?( He was too old to recall what had happened 20 years ago in a short time.)60. What does the writer learn from the course? ( Its never too late to right the past wrongdoings. )第二节 书面表达 61One possible version: