1、- 1 -天津市耀华中学 2011 届高三内部第二次模拟考试（英语）英 语 试 题本试卷分为两部分：第卷和第卷，共 130 分。考试时间 100 分钟.第 I 卷第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 45 分）第一节：单项选择（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分，满分 15 分）1 Youve sold your car! You dont need one?_ _The traffic is too heavy nowadaysANo problem BNever mind CDont mention it DNot really2 You could _ this a really nice
2、room if you bought a new carpetAmake Bturn Cgrow Dget3 One things for sure, the fire _ by some cigarette buttsAmight cause Bcould have causedCmust have been caused Dshould be caused4 Exactly _ they did when at last they reached the sea remains a complete mysteryAthat Bhow Cwhich Dwhat5 When _ the le
3、tter, the old granny looked very much _Atorn open; worrying Btearing open; worriedCtorn open; worried Dtearing open; worrying6 He asked where she _, but she didnt respondAhad been Bwas Chas been, Dis7 The Japanese have _ uneasy feeling about _ increasing use of foreign wordsAan; a Bthe; the Can; the
4、 Dthe; a8 I had a hard time _ this novelI share your feelingWho can remember the names of over 100 different characters?Agetting through Bgetting over Cgetting off Dgetting away9 He seemed to be looking for the words _ he could express his ideaAfor which Bwith which Cfor that Dwith that10 _ aware of
5、 the danger ahead, he took on the task without hesitationAIf BThough CSince DAs11 He walks and talks like hes _But all of us know hes nobodyAanybody Bsomebody Ceverybody Dnobody12 Many in the company doubted whether the new product could bring in _ _ those soldAas good as Bas well as Cas much as Das
6、 many as13 Once the poison is_, there is no further dangerAbrought up Bbrought in Cbrought back Dbrought about14 It _ there is a disaster _ people will think much of the safetyAis until; when Bis until; thatCisnt until; when Disnt until; that- 2 -15 Excuse me, would you mind answering a few question
7、s?Well, I dont knowIm in rather a hurryAseriously Bactually Cimmediately Danxiously第二节 完型填空（共 20 小题；每小题 15 分，满分 30 分）There was a young college student who played the piano in a bar every nightHe 16 his home alone and found a 17 job to support himselfHe was a good piano player, but sometimes a bit st
8、ubbornPeople 18 work came out just to hear him 19 But one night, an old gentleman told him he didnt want to hear him play 20 wanted him to sing a songThe young man said, “Sony, I dont sing“But the customer was 21 He told the waiter, “Im 22 listening to the piano; I want that guy to sing“The waiter 2
9、3 across the room, “Hey buddy! If you want to 24 sing a song The 25 are asking you to sing!“So 26 He sang a song unwillingly but 27 A piano player who had never sung 28 did so for the very first rimeAnd nobody had ever heard the song Mono Lisa Mono Lisa was sung 29 by Nat King Cole! The song of Mono
10、 Lisa was soon well-received among American young generationsHe had 30 he was sitting on （搁置不用）! He may have lived the rest of his life as a 31 piano player in a no-name bar, but because he had to sing, and he showed his gift, he went on to become one of the best-known entertainers in AmericaYou, to
11、o, have skills and abilitiesYou may not feel as if your “talent“ is particularly great, but it may be better than you think! And 32 you keep practicing, most skills can be improvedBesides you may as well have no ability at all if you sit on 33 talent you possess! The better 34 is not “What ability d
12、o I have 35 is useful?“ It is rather “How will I use whatever ability I have!“16 Aleft Bentered Cmade Dmoved17 Aprofessional Bpart-time Cfull-time Dweekend18 Auntil Bsince Cafter Dbefore19 Atalk Bchat Csing Dplay20 Abut Bor Cso Dand21 Adelighted Bpatient Cpersistent Dsatisfied22 Afond of Binterested
13、 in Cbusy in Dtired of23 Ashouted Bwhispered Cblamed Dspoke24 Aget praise Braise money Cget paid Dmake progress25 Awaiters Bmanagers Cvisitors Dcustomers 26 Adid he Bhe did Cwas him Dhe was27 Aunluckily Bwonderfully Cpatiently Dhurriedly28 Ain public Bsecretly Cat home Dsometimes29 Athat night Bever
14、y night Cat night Dtonight30 Amoney Bknowledge Ctalent Dpossession31 Afamous Bwell-known Cno-name Dwell-known32 Aunless Beven if Cso long as Das if33 Awhatever Bhowever Csomehow Dwhichever34 Asituation Bquestion Cproblem Dpossibility- 3 -35 Awhat Bthis Cthat Dit第二部分：阅读理解（共 20 小题，每题 2.5 分，满分 50 分）AEv
15、ery day I drive through town, I see a one-legged man go through ash trays for cigarette butts and trash cans for food outside fast food restaurantsIt was only a month before Christmas and it was starting to get cold, so I could not stop thinking about himThat year my husband and I didnt have enough
16、money to spend much on presents, but I figured what was too little for us would be a lot for someone who had nothingSo one day I bought a toothbrush, some toothpaste and some cans of tuna（金枪鱼）, just a few little things that didnt cost much and then I added a blanket and sweatshirts to themI prepared
17、 a box so that it looked like a present and went in search of this manI saw him hobbling（蹒跚） away from the trash can next to McDonald, so I pulled over, grabbed the box and went up to himI said, “I would like to give you a Christmas presentThere are some food items here and some other things I think
18、 you might be able to use“He looked at me and said, “No, thank youI just had lunchI dont need anything“ Then he hobbled on down the sidewalk, leaving me standing there in tearsI took the box down to a little shop that gave things out to the poor and the homeless and-told them what had happenedThen I
19、 asked them to give the box to someone who could use itThe person there told me not to be upset, but I told her I was not crying for myself but for him because what I had done took away his dignity by treating him like a beggarI was so ashamedWhat a great lesson it was for me to learn, though Accept
20、ing help is sometimes harder thangiving it.36 According to the text, it is obvious that _ _Athe author often helps the poor in the neighborhoodBthe one-legged man is living a very poor lifeCno one besides the author wanted to help the manDthe author spent a lot of money helping the man37 After being
21、 refused by the one-legged man, the author _ _Abecame very annoyed Bwas hurt by the manCfelt embarrassed Dfelt disappointed and worried38 It can be inferred from the text that _ _Athe author wouldnt give presents to the poor in the futureBthe author would never want to see the one-legged man againCi
22、n fact the one-legged man was rather richDthe author didnt expect that she would be refused by the man39- The author learned form this experience that _ _Asympathy is a great gift to beggarsBpeople may have different ideas of receivingCsympathy might hurt the dignity of the poorDones kindness should
23、 not be refused40 Which would be the best title for the text?AA Proud Beggar BA Lesson About DignityDWhat Do We Need? DAn Unfortunate ExperienceB- 4 -CHICAGOMonkeys perform mental maths; pigeons can select the picture that doesnt belongHumans may not be the only animals that plan for the future, say
24、 researchers reporting on the latest studies of animal mental abilityEdward Wassennan, a professor of experimental psychology at the University of Chicago, says that, like people, pigeons and baboons（狒狒） were able to tell which picturesshowed similar items, like triangles or dots, and which showed d
25、ifferent itemsIn the last 20 years there has been a major revolution in the understanding of animals, added Nicola SClayton, a professor of comparative cognition （认知） at the University of Cambridge England“Animals not only use toolsThere is also evidence that some of them save tools for future use,“
26、 she says“Planning ahead was once thought to be unique to humansWe now know thats not true “For example, she said, crows have been seen stashing（把藏起来） food away for the next day, and even finding ways to protect it from being stolenClayton and Elizabeth Branhon have studied how human adults and babi
27、es, lemurs（狐猴） and monkeys think about number without using languageAfter seeing the same number of different objects, infants notice when the number changes So do macaquesIndeed, college students and macaques seem equally able to estimate numbers of objects without actually counting themThat abilit
28、y can be useful to macaques in determining whether there is enough food in an area, or to get a sense of how large their group is compared to competing groupsThe researchers are currently working to see if monkeys can recognize the concept of zeroThe new studies finding increasing similarities betwe
29、en animals and human mental abilities may be making some people uneasy, Wassennan saysWith the aim of learning how much the ability to think is general throughout the animal kingdom, he says, “the evidence that we collect constantly surprises us“41 Which of the following would be the best title for
30、the text?AHow Animals Plan for Their FutureBThe Newest Discovery About Animals and HumansCThe Ability to Plan for the FutureDResearchers Say Animals Plan for the Future42 The aim of the studies was to discover_Awhether animals like monkeys can recognize the concept of zeroBhow much thinking ability
31、is common among animalsCwhat kinds of animals can perform mental mathsDwhy animals save tools for future use43 In the past scientists thought that _Abesides humans, only baboons had the ability to plan for the futureBanimals had limited ability to plan for the futureCbesides humans, only monkeys and
32、 pigeons could plan for the futureDonly humans could make plans for the future44 The underlined word “macaques“ in Paragraph 5 refers to _ _Ahuman adults Bhuman babiesCcollege students Dmonkeys45 According to the text, _ _- 5 -AWasserman has been studying animals for over 20 yearsBmost people now ta
33、ke it for granted that animals plan for the futureCthere are some similarities between animals and human mental abilitiesDcurrent evidence shows that almost all animals can plan for the futureCThe Adventure Guides ProgramNew Member Information for the Adventure Guides Program （ for children aged 42）
34、What Is the Adventure Guides Program All about?The objectives of the program are:Fostering companionship and setting foundation for positive, lifelong relationships between parent and childIncreased understanding of one anotherExpanded awareness of spirit, mind and bodyGreat memoriesFun!Parent and C
35、hild Will Be Joining The nationwide affiliated（隶属的） program sponsored by local YMCA s and part of theNational Council of YMCAsA smaller group of families called a “circle“What Is the Time Commitment?Program runs from October to May （ending with the Memorial Day Parade）One “circle“ activity per month
36、 （one circle decides on fees and dates）Additional all participant activities （scheduled by Wilton Family Y）additional fees and registration requiredOuting Dates: To Be AnnouncedWhat Do I Do Now?Registration is on-goingRegistration forms are available online under “Registration“You will be notified b
37、y the Wilton Family Y of which “circle“ you and your child are in and who your “circle“ leader isYou will be notified by your “circle“ leader as to when your first parent/child “circle“ meeting will take placeFees:Participant: Full Child or Family member $11000 / Program member $20000 Sibling（兄弟或姐妹）
38、: Full child or Family member $7500 / Program member $15000Adult: Family member FREE / Program member $12500Wilton Family Y Contact Information:GeoffMalyszka Teen Director 762-8384 ext.224E-mail: gmalyszkawiltonymcaorgKirn Murphy Early Childhood EdDirector762-8384 ext.214E-mail: kmurphywiltonymcaorg
39、- 6 -46 The Adventure Guides Program will _ _Apromote understanding between parents and childrenBdevelop a lifelong friendship between membersCMake members realize relationships between mind and bodyDimpress members with great memories and enjoyment47 Which of the following is true about “circle“?AY
40、ou and your children will make up a “circle“BA “circle“ activity will be held once a monthCYou have the right of choosing your “circle“ leaderDYou are free to choose to become a member of a “circle“48 If you are an adult family member, how much must you pay?A$110,00 B$ 75,00 CFree D, $150,0049 What
41、information can you get from the passage?AThere is no extra fees for additional all participant activitiesBThe program will be held only in October and MayCYou can register just by making a call to 762-8384 ext224DIt has not been decided yet when you will go out50 The passage is mainly written for _
42、Aparents and their childrenBadventurous travelersCinternational studentsDchildren with bad memoriesDThe English language, like football and other sports, began in England and has spread to every comer of the globeToday more than a billion people-speak EnglishIt is becoming the worlds language: the l
43、anguage of the Internet, of business, of international flight the pathway of global communication and global access to knowledgeAnd it has become the vehicle for hundreds of millions of people of all countries to connect with each other, in countless waysIndeed, English is much more than a language:
44、 it is a bridge across borders and cultures, a source of unity in a rapidly changing worldEnglish does not make us all the same nor should it, for we honor who we distinctly are But it makes it possible for us to speak to each other, to better understand each otherSo it is a powerful force not just
45、for economics, business and trade, but for mutual respect and progressFor Britain, this is not a matter of narrow national prideIt is an accident of history ?a wave of knowledge and commerce, which gathered even greater global force in the post-war era, that-gave the world the English languageEnglish is our heritage, but it is also becoming the common
