2009年高考英语模拟试题(二)

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  Ⅰ.单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分)
   1. On seeing that, he ____ his younger brother.
   A. thought about B. thought over C. thought out D. thought of
   2. She ____ his number in the phone book to make sure that she had got it right.
   A. looked up B. took for C. picked out D. picked up
   3. I don’t think ____ possible to master a foreign language without much memory work.
   A. this B. that C. its D. it
   4. The students ____ a line, and then walked into the museum.
   A. gathered B. waited C. stood D. formed
   5. You have made a few mistakes in spelling but ____ you have done a good job.
   A. on the whole B. in general C. above all D. on the other hand
   6. The traffic was ____ by an accident.
   A. held together B. held out C. held on D. held up
   7. ——How can I learn grammar better?
   ——The point is not ____ yourself to death ____ lists of “do’s” and “don’ts”.
   A. boring; memorizing B. to bore; memorizing
   C. to bore; memorized D. boring; memorized
   8. The coach was ____ giving up the game when our team scored two points.
   A. in point of B. up to a point C. to the point of D. on the point of
   9. What he said ____ us so we were much ____.
   A. inspired; inspired B. inspired; inspiring
   C. inspires; inspired D. inspiring; inspired
  10. The stock market had a good day, but the underlying ____ of the market was downward.
   A. trend B. direction C. fashion D. turn
  11. He ____ his willingness with a nod of his head at the meeting.
   A. agreed B. argued C. forecast D. indicated
  12. The face of the big Buddha in Leshan can be seen clearly from a ____ of 10 kilometers.
   A. length B. distance C. space D. way
  13. If you ____ me, you ____ what a difficult situation I am in.
   A. were; would understand B. are; will understand
   C. were; understood D. are; could understand
  14. ——You seem interested in sleeping in the street.
   ——What? ____, I’m getting tired of it, but I have nowhere for shelter.
   A. To the contrary B. On the contrary
   C. On the other hand D. To the other hand
  15. A ____ dog guarded its owner’s house at the front gate.
   A. wild B. violent C. serious D. fierce
  Ⅱ.完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
  It’s Saturday morning. Tony’s sitting at the kitchen table,__1__into space and playing with a piece of bread. He’s not even__2__. Is he ill? No, but he does have __3__. He has nothing to do because the Internet is down.
  When he__4__up this morning, Tony was feeling __5__. He jumped out of bed full of plans for the weekend __6__. It would be a weekend like any other—a great weekend. But that was __7__ he turned on his computer and __8__ he was unable to go online. Having no Internet changes everything.
  Every weekend, Tony __9__goes online to email friends, read the__10__to keep up with what’s happening in the world and play a few online chess games with his cousin Helen to __11__the weekend off. The perfect weekend—online!
  Just as Tony is __12__ how he can possibly have a__13__weekend without the Internet, his mum walks into the __14__. “Cheer up, Tony. Don’t think about the Internet any more, OK?”Tony makes no answer but __15__. “Go and play chess with Helen,” Tony’s mum __16__.
  “Oh, yes!Helen lives just around the __17__. We can meet and play chess face to face for a __18__. Maybe this weekend won’t be so bad.” Tony __19__, as he walks to the phone. There is life __20__ the Internet after all.
   1. A. getting B. staring C. turning D. coming
   2. A. hungry B. angry C. tired D. sleepy
   3. A. fear B. problem C. business D. thing
   4. A. rose B. rang C. looked D. woke
   5. A. great B. disappointed C. unhappy D. worried
   6. A. also B. above C. ahead D. ago
   7. A. after B. before C. until D. when
   8. A. thought B. guessed C. decided D. found
   9. A. usually B. nearly C. especially D. already
   10. A. letters B. news C. reports D. contents
   11. A. pay B. take C. finish D. put
   12. A. proving B.wondering C. realizing D. remembering
   13. A. secret B. difficult C. normal D. strange
   14. A. living-room B. hall C. kitchen D. study
   15. A. sighs B. cries C. shouts D. apologizes
   16. A. requests B. replies C. tells D. suggests
   17. A. edge B. distance C. corner D. end
   18. A. chat B. time C. lesson D. change
   19. A. continues B. smiles C. reads D. watches
   20. A. with B. about C. against D. beyond
  Ⅲ.阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
  (A)
  With the start of the new semester students around the country exchange their fun and fashionable clothes for boring school uniforms.
  “The uniform makes us look like a bunch of clones, especially when we are doing morning exercises in the playground,” said Qing, a Senior 2 from a high school in Shanghai. “But we are not exactly the same from the top to the bottom. The boys wear different sport shoes and girls have different decorations(装饰品) in their hair. These are the areas where you can express yourself,” said Qing.
  Although it might be strange for boys to talk about fashion, they do care about what they wear in school, especially shoes, according to Qing.
  “Nike and Adidas basketball shoes, although they are still the must for many of my friends,are becoming out-of-date,” added. He explained, “Since Liu Xiang ran so fast in Athens, running shoes are becoming popular in this autumn.”
  “Still in fashion are the various baseball caps and American-style T-shirts with random English words printed on them,” said Qing. “The accuracy(准确性) of the written message isn’t important. Often, the words are misspelt.Sometimes they do not even make sense,” Qing said with a smile.
  Besides sports shoes and T-shirts, styles and colours of school bags are another opportunity for students to express their taste in fashion. Some bags are made more eye-catching by decorating them with small hanging dolls. Other fashionable items are the colourful drink contains which are now popular among girls this semester.
  As in China, the new semester in the US also brings new fashion trends: shirts printed with Chinese words, necklaces with Hebrew(希伯莱) or Hindi(印度的) characters, and Brazilian jewelry, are all common in schools in Florida, according to Carmen Domingues, a high school student.
   1. What does “a bunch ofclones”(in Paragraph 2) mean? ____.
   A. All of the clothes are the same B. All of the exercises are the same
   C. All of the clothes are different D. All of the exercises are different
   2. How do the students express themselves in school? ____.
   A. The girls wear different sport shoes
   B. All the students wear school uniforms
   C. The girls have different decorations in their hair
   D. The boys drink water from colourful drinks containers
   3. Why are Nike and Adidas basketball shoes becoming out-of-date? ____.
   A. Because the shoes are not eye-catching
   B. Because running shoes become more popular
   C. Because the shoes have been popular for a long time
   D. Because they have changed their opinions for Liu Xiang
   4. Which of the following is NOT the new fashion trends in the US? ____.
   A. Necklaces with Hebrew or Hindi characters
   B. Baseball caps and American-style T-shirts
   C. Shirts printed with Chinese words
   D. Brazilian jewelry
  (B)
  Rumour(谣言) is the most primitive way of spreading stories—by passing them on from mouth to mouth, but civilized countries in normal times have better sourcesof news than rumour.They have radio, television, and newspaper. In times of confusion(混乱), however, rumour appears and becomes widespread. At such times the different kinds of news are in competition: the press, television, and radio against the grapevine.
  Especially do rumours spread when war requires control on many important matters. The normal news sources no longer give out enough information. Since the people can not learn through legal channels all that they are anxious to learn, they pick up “news” wherever they can and when this happens, rumour grows.
  Rumours are often repeated even by those who do not believe the tales. There is an interest about them. The reason is that the cleverly designed rumour gives expression to somethingdeep in the hearts of the victims—the fears, doubts, forbidden hopes, or daydreams which they hesitate to voice directly. Pessimistic(悲观的) rumours about defeat and disasters show that the people who repeat them are worried and anxious. Optimistic rumoursabout recordproduction or peace soon coming point to self-satisfaction or confidence—and often to over-confidence.
   5. The author suggests that, in times of confusion, man often ____.
   A. stops regular news services B. turns to primitive ways for support
   C. distrusts his fellow man D. loses complete control of himself
   6. The underlined word “grapevine” in Paragraph 1 probably means “____”.
   A. rumour B. newspaper C. information D. time
   7.The author states that during wartime the regular sources of news provide only ____.
   A. false information B. optimistic reports
   C. limited information D. pessimistic reports
   8. Which of the following statements is mentioned as a reason for people to repeat a rumour? ____.
   A. They are too willing to believe
   B. They take an interest in rumour
   C. They have a strong desire to make a fool of other people
   D. They find some rumours reflect their own unexpressed beliefs
  (C)
  Jenny Bowen, an American living in Beijing, has been selected as the only American to carry the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch on Chinese soil. She and seven other non-Chinese winners were chosen from a pool of 262 applicants (申请者) from 47 countries in a contest organized by Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group and the official English-language newspaper, China Daily. When Bowen runs with the Olympic torch, she will not only be representing the United States, but also be representing thousands of Chinese orphans (孤儿).
  Bowen, a mother of two adopted Chinese daughters, is the executive director of Half the Sky Foundation, an organization which was founded in 1998 and aims to enrich the lives and improve the prospects for orphaned children in China. In nearly 10 years, Bowen and Half the Sky have touched the lives of over 13,000 children. Half the Sky is now present in 36 welfare (福利) institutions in 28 Chinese cities. About 4,000 children are active in the program, which provides trained staff, educational tools, medical support and nurturing love for orphans.
  Bowen hopes that running with the Olympic torch would help draw attention to the children in China. She will be among 19,400 runners who will carry the flame along an 85,000-mile, 130-day route across five continents. Beijing organizers say it will be the longest torch relay in Olympic history.
  Like Bowen, the seven other non-Chinese winners, including a German engineer and a Venezuelan graphic designer, live in China. Other countries represented will be the Philippines, Colombia, India, Japan and Russia.
  According to Olympic organizers, candidates (候选人) were selected based on an online vote, committee selection, their“love of Chinese culture and history” and devotion to “communicating information of a real China to their native countries”. Each runner will carry the torch for 200 meters on Chinese soil.
   9. According to the text, Jenny Bowen ____.
   A. is interested in Chinese sports
   B. founded Half the Sky, an organization which aims to help Chinese orphans
   C. has adopted 13,000 children during 10 years
   D. loves Chinese culture and history
   10. Bowen hopes that being a torch runner would help ____.
   A. collect educational tools, medical support, etc, for orphans
   B. make Half the Sky Foundation well known
   C. communicate information of America
   D. draw attention to orphans in China
   11. Which of the following about the 2008 torch relay is WRONG? ____.
   A. The contest for its runners is organized by Lenovo Group and China Daily
   B. It has eight foreign runners, including an American, a German and a Venezuelan
   C. It will be the longest relay with the most runners in Olympic history
   D. It will be an opportunity to communicate information of a real China to the world
   12. What’s the best title for the passage? ____.
   A. A US Woman to Carry 2008 Olympic Torch in China
   B. Happy Life of a US Woman in China
   C. Development of Chinese Welfare Institutions
   D. The Longest Torch Relay in Olympic History
  (D)
  What accounts for the great outburst of major inventions in early America—breakthroughs such as the telegraph, the steamboat and the weaving machine?
  Among the many shaping factors, I would single out the country’s excellent elementary schools: a labor force that welcomed the new technology; the practice of giving premiums to inventors; and above all the American genius for nonverbal, “spatial” thinking about things technological.
  Why mention the elementary schools? Because thanks to these schools our early mechanics, especially in the New England and Middle Atlantic states, were generally literate and at home in arithmetic and in some aspects of geometry and trigonometry.
  Acute foreign observers related American adaptiveness and inventiveness to this educational advantage. As a member of a British commission visiting here in 1853 reported, “With a mind prepared by thorough school discipline, the American boy develops rapidly into the skilled workman.”
  A further stimulus to invention came from the “premium” system, which preceded our patent system and for years ran parallel with it. This approach, originated abroad, offered inventors medals, cash prizes and other incentives.
  In the United States, multitudes of premiums for new devices were awarded at country fairs and at the industrial fairs in major cities. Americans flocked to these fairs to admire the new machines and thus to renew their faith in the beneficence of technological advance.
  Given this optimistic approach to technological innovation, the American worker took readily to that special kind of nonverbal thinking required in mechanical technology. As Eugene Ferguson has pointed out, “A technologist thinks about objects that cannot be reduced to unambiguous verbal descriptions: they are dealt with in his mind by a visual, nonverbal process… The designer and the inventor…are able to assemble and manipulate in their minds devices that as yet do not exist.”
  This nonverbal “spatial” thinking can be just as creative as painting and writing. Robert Fulton once wrote, “The mechanic should sit down among levers, screws, wedges, wheels, etc., like a poet among the letters of the alphabet, considering them as an exhibition of his thoughts, in which a new arrangement transmits a new idea.”
  When all these shaping forces—schools, open attitudes, the premium system, a genius for spatial thinking—interacted with one another on the rich U.S. mainland, they produced that American characteristic, emulation. Today that word implies mere imitation. But in earlier times it meant a friendly but competitive striving for fame and excellence.
  13. According to the author, the great outburst of major inventions in early America was in a
   large part due to ____.
   A. elementary schools B. enthusiastic workers
   C. the attractive premium system D. a special way of thinking
  14. It is implied that adaptiveness and inventiveness of the early American mechanics ____.
   A. benefited a lot from their mathematical knowledge
   B. shed light on disciplined school management
   C. was brought about by privileged home training
   D. owed a lot to the technological development
  15. A technologist can be compared to an artist because ____.
   A. they are both winners of awards
   B. they are both experts in spatial thinking
   C. they both abandon verbal description
   D. they both use various instruments
  16. The best title for this passage might be ____.
   A. Inventive Mind B. Effective Schooling
   C. Ways of Thinking D. Outpouring of Inventions
  (E)
  Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants, and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock, the salesman promptly produces it, and the business of trying it on follows at once. All being well, the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes, with hardly any chat and to everyone’s satisfaction.
  For a man, slight problems may begin when the shop doesn’t have what he wants. In that case the salesman, as the name implies, tries to sell the customer something else, he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute impolitely; he does so with skill:“I know this jacket is not the style you want, sir, but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the colour you mentioned.” Few men have patience with this treatment, and the usual response is: “This is the right colour and may be the right size, but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on.”
  Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants, and she is only “having a look round”. She is always open to persuasion; indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her, even by what companions tell her. She will try on any number of things. Uppermost in her mind is the thought of finding something that everyone thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes, most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lock-out for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses, a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another, to and fro, often retracing her steps, before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process, but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.
  17. According to the passage, when a man is buying clothes, ____.
   A. he buys cheap things, regardless of quality
   B. he chooses things that others introduce
   C. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things
   D. he buys good quality things, so long as they are not too dear
   18. What does the passage tell us about women shoppers for clothes? ____.
   A. They welcome suggestions from anyone
   B. Women rarely consider buying cheap clothes
   C. Women often buy things without giving the matter proper thought
   D. They listen to advice but never take it
  19. What does a man do when he can not get exactly what he wants? ____.
   A. He buys a similar thing of the colour he wants
   B. He usually does not buy anything
   C. At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys
   D. So long as the style is right, he buys the thing
  20. Many jokes make fun of women shoppers by saying that ____.
   A. they waste money on inferior (劣质的) goods
   B. they should buy only the best clothes
   C. they are much more sensible than men
   D. they think of the price of clothes and nothing else
  第二卷(共35分)
  Ⅳ.短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
  My family lived on a farm when I was a little boy.
  We often play games together, such as hide-and-seek. 1.____
  One of us would hide and others would try to find him. 2.____
  I remember a time I hid behind some old wood in the cottage. 3.____
  All was silent. I couldn’t hear a sound, just the wind blow. 4.____
  I was scared. And the longer I waited for, the more scared I became. 5.____
  Eventual, I heard footsteps coming down the yard. 6.____
  I saw my brother getting closer and closer. 7.____
  When he saw me, he laughed loudly, shouting in the top of his voice 8.____
  so that someone could hear him say, “Eh, I’ve found our Tommy!” 9.____
  Though it was long time before, I can still see the look on his face today. 10.____
  Ⅴ.书面表达(满分25分)
  2009年高考在即,高三学生目前正处于紧张复习迎考的氛围中。假如你叫李华,广西某中学高三学生,面对目前的压力,想和父母说说知心话,请你用英文在你的博客上用书信形式表达出来。主要内容如下:
  


  注意:1.短文须包括所有内容要点,可适当发挥。
  2.词数:110左右。开头已给出,不计入总词数。
  Dear Mom and Dad,
  The annual college entrance examination is around the corner. On this special occasion, how I wish I could have a heart-to-heart talk with you.________________________________________
  ________________________________________________________________________________
  _______________________________________________________________
  Yours,
   Li Hua
  Key(3)
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