高考英语模拟试卷(二)论文：2011年高考英语模拟试卷(二)

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一、单项填空(共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分) 请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1. it’s apparent to all that what the us is doing is not to keep______peace in______peninsula (半岛) of korea but to serve its own military purpose.

a. a; 不填 b. the; 不填c. 不填; the d. the; the

2. a teacher’s______to education is worth great respect of the whole society because it brings benefits to the development of society.

a. devotion b. principlec. identity d. guidance

3. — i counted sheep, i drank milk and i tried

everything, but nothing helped.

— it seems youtoo much recently. try some sleeping pills.

a. work b. worked

c. have been working d. had worked

4. if you take sleeping pills for a long time, you will be______to them.

a. addicted b. attractedc. devoted d. exposed

5.— hello, is that minix garage? could i find out if my car is being repaired right now, please?

— sorry, we______. but we are waiting for some parts from the producer.

a. would have b. would bec. will have d. will be

6.— jack can’t concentrate on his lessons recently.

— yes, that might______why he did so badly in the last test.

a. answer for b. apply for

c. account for d. ask for

7. — tom, what about going for a picnic in the national park tomorrow?

—. it is just opened to the public. i am looking forward to it.

a. up to you b. that’s all rightc. no kidding d. sounds fantastic

8. lots of rescue workers were working around the clock,______supplies to the city of christchurch, new zealand after the earthquake.

a. sending b. to send

c. having sent d. to have sent

9. nowadays, many people walk to

work______copenhagen conference calling for living a low

a. in relation to b. in response toc. in addition to d. in opposition to

carbon lifestyle to cope with global warming.

10. yesterday, project hope got a large amount of money from one company and it______to build 300 schools in poor rural regions over three years.

a. will be used b. was used

c. has been used d. had been used

11.—we really should discipline the children when they are rude and naughty if we want them to grow into well

behaved adults.

—i couldn’t agree more;.

a. children should be seen and not heardb. virtue is its won reward

c. spare the rod and spoil the child d. boys will be boys

12. green economy offers a new model______people could both protect the climate and develop the economy, according to what li said at the international cooperative conference on green economy and climate change.

a. how b. why

c. where d. which

13. as fuel prices rose, bus companies raised their fares and.

a. so did the airlines b. nor did the airlinesc. so the airlines did d. nor the airlines did

14. all the chinese people are expecting the government’s four

thousand

billion financial

plan______around the country,______to improve the current economic situation.

a. carried out; intending

b. being carried out; intended

c. to be carried out; intending

d. to be carried out; intended

15. science and technology are advancing so quickly that______is a possibility today may be a reality tomorrow.

a. that b. whichc. / d. what

二、完形填空 (共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分) 请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

hold your head high up

i was fifteen months old, a happy kid until the day i fell. it was a 16fall. i landed on a glass rabbit which

cut my eye badly enough to make it blind. trying to save the eye, the doctors stitched (缝合) the eyeball together where it was 17 , leaving a big ugly scar (疤痕) in the middle of my eye. the attempt 18 , but my mother, in all of her wisdom, found another doctor who knew that if the eye were removed 19 , my face would grow up badly distorted (扭曲), 20my scarred, sightless, cloudy and gray eye lived on with me. as i grew, this sightless eye in so many ways 21me.

i walked with my face looking at the 22so that people would not see the 23me. yet my mother would say to me, at every turn, “hold your head up high and 24the world. if you hold your head up high, it will be ok, and people will see your 25soul.” she continued this 26whenever i was trying to hide.

mama’s words were of great help for me to face the world 27 . as a teenager, even though i tended to look down to hide my shame, i found that sometime when i held my head up high and let people know me, they 28me. in high school, i was 29both academically and socially. i was 30elected class president. my mother’s words

helped me begin to realize that by letting people look at my face, i let them 31the intelligence and beauty behind both eyes, even if they couldn’t see it on the 32 .

now i’m a happy wife and great mother. the message “hold your head up high” has been33______many times in my 34 home. each of my children has felt35invitation, and the gift my mother gave me has lived on in another generation.

16.a. surprisingb. suddenc. bigd. bad

17.a. separatedb. destroyedc. cutd. hurt

18.a. failedb. triedc. succeededd. managed

19.a. quicklyb. entirelyc. carefullyd. slowly20.a. thenb. ifc. stilld. so

21.a. protectedb. affectedc. stoppedd. interrupted

22.a. floorb. worldc. frontd. people23.a. shyb. elderlyc. uglyd. strange

24.a. deal withb. seec. laugh atd. face

25.a. differentb. beautifulc. lonelyd. honest

26.a. sentenceb. passagec. opiniond. message

27.a. bravelyb. proudlyc. simplyd. fairly

28.a. dislikedb. likedc. hatedd. noticed

29.a. comfortableb. valuablec. successfuld. special30.a. nearlyb. evenc. hardlyd. still

31.a. touchb. observec. watchd. recognize32.a. surfaceb. outing

c. headd. scar

33.a. discussedb. heardc. talkedd. written

34.a. braveb. peacefulc. sweetd. exciting35.a. theirb. my c. itsd. her

三、阅读理解 (共15小题，每题2分，满分30分) 请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

a

around the world from sofa to sofa

just how comfortable is your sofa? would you be prepared to let a stranger crash out there for the night? and, on the basis of a bit of email correspondence and seeing a photo of the sofa belonging to “a. n. unknown”, would you travel halfway across the world to do the same? it might sound crazy, but this is exactly what millions of people have done whilst participating in an activity known as couch surfing.

couch surfing is traveling on a budget, using a broad network of contacts in order to get overnight accommodation for free, or at as little cost as possible. participants join dedicated (专业的) websites, providing as much information about themselves as possible in order to make others feel comfortable hosting them, or using them as a host.

various safety features are generally available in such online networks, like verification (确认) of names and addresses, personal references, and “vouching for (担保)” a particular member as a reliable host or guest.

as well as the financial advantages of couch surfing, participants also claim that the practice gives them a more unique, authentic travel experience, allowing them to experience culture and cuisine through the locals, rather than from the confines of sanitized tourist accommodation. “we open our minds and lives and welcome the knowledge that becomes available through cultural exchange.” said casey fenton,

founder of couchsurfing.com. “couch surfing wants to change not only the way we travel, but how we relate to the world.”

36. what is the right order of couch surfing?a. provide personal information.c. join dedicated websites.

b. travel to the host’s house.

d. check photos of sofas by email.a. d-b-a-cb. b-c-a-dc. a-d-c-bd. c-a-d-b

37. which is not a safety feature available in online networks?

a. verification of identity.b. a copy of the passport.c. personal references.

d. vouching for the member as reliable.38. from the text we can know that.

a. participants can be hosted or a hostb. couch surfing tests people’s patience

c. couch surfing leads to trust between peopled. people couch surf simply for financial reasons

39. the text mainly intends to.

a. introduce a new way of traveling

b. teach how to keep the internet safetyc. promote online products

d. advocate deals of saving moneyb

donald sloan gates hall66045

university of kansas

lawrence, ks

913-243-1682

46 clayton drive

st. louis, mo

after may 2009:63130

314-726-8840

objectiveto work with the client (委托人) population in a social service position.

educationb.a., university of kansas, lawrence, ks, 2009

major: social services

minor: applied psychology

experienceassistant activities supervisor, fairview nursing home, lawrence, ks, november 2006-present. help organize and implement recreational

activities for nursing home residents. activities include crafts, dances, day trips, sing-alongs, and visiting performers.

hotline volunteer. teen crisis center, lawrence, ks, september 2006- may 2007. handled crisis calls from teenagers in the community. dealt with drug use, unwanted pregnancies, failing grades, and the breakdown of parent-teen relationships.

nurse’s aide, danyers general hospital, st. louis, mo, summer 2006. assisted nurses in patient care. took histories, updated charts, and helped prepare patients for surgery.

activitiesuniversity concert board. work with other board members to plan and implement on-campus concerts.

senior gift campaign. help manages the campaign to raise funds for the senior class gift to the university.

residence hall programming board. planned social events for eggar residence hall.

skillsfluent in french. water safety instructor. skilled at working with people.

interestsskiing, softball, classical music, and guitar.

40. this passage is most probably.

a. an advertisement for enrolling new employees

b. a school report at the end of an academic year

c. a self-introduction meant to apply for a job

d. a part of a recommendation letter from a university

41. according to the “experience” section, we can infer that donald sloan can be.

a. a wise leader b. a gifted scientist

c. a skillful performer d. a good social worker

42. from the passage we can learn that donald sloan .

a. is good at singing and dancing

b. is about to graduate from a university c. has an interest in being a surgeond. specializes in psychologyc

why we yawn

can you remember a morning when you’ve woken up to the ring of your alarm clock and wished you could stay in bed? you haven’t slept well; your hair is a mess. worse, you can’t stop yawning. yawning is universal to humans and many animals. cats, dogs and fish yawn just like humans do! yawning is an involuntary (无意识的，不自觉的) action during which you open your mouth and breathe deeply. the average duration of a yawn is about 6 seconds.

the purpose and cause of yawning are still a mystery. scientists are not sure what causes a yawn. people yawn when they are tired or bored, but they also yawn when they aren’t. there are many ideas explaining why we yawn.

one idea is that yawning is a way for the body to

become more alert by taking in more oxygen. a yawn increases the heart rate, forces carbon dioxide out of the lungs and blood stream, and brings oxygen to the brain. but one study showed that volunteers given a lot of oxygen did not yawn any less than before, while those given a lot of carbon dioxide did not yawn more.

another idea is that early humans used yawning as a form of communication. if one decided it was time to sleep, they would tell the others by yawning and they would do it in return to show they agreed.

a third explanation comes from psychology professor gordon gallup of university at albany in new york. he said that as people yawn, they cool off their brains. “brains are like computers.” he said. “they only operate efficiently and effectively when they’re cool. many things connected to yawning, like being tired, make the brain hot, and yawning can reduce the heat.”

scientists have sent people into space, and created terrible nuclear weapons, but there are lots of seemingly simple things, such as why we yawn, or hiccup,

that they can’t figure out.

next time you are in class in the morning, let out a big yawn and watch to see how many of your classmates yawn in response!

43. what’s the purpose of the description of how bad you may feel when you’re woken up in the morning?

a. to explain why humans yawn.

b. to explain how humans start yawning. c. to lead into the topic of yawning.

d. to complain about being woken up by the clock.

44. which is not among the possible reasons for yawning mentioned in the passage?

a. a way to show that you feel hot.b. a way to cool off your brain.

c. a way to get rid of carbon dioxide.d. a way to communicate.

45. in which situation are you likely to yawn?

a. when you feel sleepy.b. the weather is hot.

c. someone else yawns near you.

d. when you breathe in a lot of carbon dioxide.

46. what can we learn from the passage?

a. the real reason why humans and most animals yawn.

b. hiccups are an involuntary human action similar to yawns.

c. the more an action can be studied, the easier it is to research.

d. finding out why humans yawn should be easier than sending people into space.

d

searching for aliens

sometimes life gets a little dull. what used to be fun and different becomes boring. that is the time to look for something new. it is the time for a big idea to get your mind off everyday life. so why not search for extraterrestrial (外星的) intelligence? or even

better, why not get your computer to do it for you?

over two million people have joined the search for extraterrestrial intelligence (seti) project. based in california, the seti project analyzes information taken from a giant radio telescope based in south america. its task is to look for signals from outer space that might prove that life exists on other planets.

processing this information is far too big a job for one computer. so the seti project workers divide the work among volunteers who visit their website. each computer gets some information to work out from the seti network through the internet. this process is often known as “meta-computing”.

it is a wonderful thought. you are sleeping, eating a meal or going out with friends. all this time, your computer is searching the stars for signs that might show something is out there trying to get in touch. volunteers are proud of being involved in the seti project. it shows that they understand the potential of computing. they know that it is more than just a way

of working or playing games.

meta-computing may also be creating intelligence as well as looking for it. this idea is based on the theory that human intelligence is created by the way in which different parts of the brain communicate with each other. as the saying goes, “the whole is more than the sum of its parts.” people who join the seti project sometimes wonder whether their computer will become part of a huge network that has learned to think for itself.

47. according to the writer, meta-computing may be creating intelligence.

a. because human beings are intelligent

b. because a computer works as the brain doesc. because of a network of many computersd. because of the number of computers

48. which of the following shows the right order in which the seti network works?

a. radio telescope→seti website→volunteers’ computers→seti base

b. radio telescope→seti base→seti website→volunteers’ computers

c. seti base→seti website→volunteers’ computers→radio telescope

d. seti base→radio telescope→seti website→volunteers’ computers

49. the underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to.

a. extra-terrestrial intelligenceb. the seti project

c. human intelligence d. meta-computing

50. the passage mainly tells us about.a. a new way to work on the computerb. a new way to work and play games

c. a new way to search for life outside the earth

d. a new way to make life interesting and different

四、任务型阅读 (共10小题，每小题１分，满分10分)

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填一个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应的横线上。

d. r. gaul middle school is in union, maine, a blueberry-farming town where the summer fair finds kids competing in pig scrambles and pie-eating contests.

gaul, with about 170 seventh- and eighth-graders, has its own history of lower level academic achievement. one likely reason: education beyond the basic requirements hasn’t always been a top priority for families who’ve worked the same land for generations. here, few adults have college degrees, and outsiders (teachers included) are often kept at a respectful distance.

since 2002, gaul’s students have been divided into four classes, each of them taught almost every subject by two teachers. the goal: to find common threads across disciplines to help students create a big picture that gives fresh meaning and context to their classwork—and sparks motivation for learning.

working within state guidelines, each team makes

its individual schedules and lesson plans,

incorporating non-textbook literature, hands-on lab work and field trips. if students are covering the civil war in social studies, they’re reading the red badge of courage or some other period literature in english class. in science, they study the viruses and bacteria that caused many deaths in the war.

team teaching isn’t unusual. about 77 percent of middle schools now employ some form of it, says john lounsbury, consulting editor for the national middle school association. but most schools use four- or five-person teams, which gaul tried before considering two-person teams more effective. gaul supports the team concept by “looping” classes (跟班) so that the same two teachers stick with the same teens through seventh and eighth grades. combining teams and looping creates an extremely strong bond between teacher and student. it also, says teacher beth ahlholm, “allows us to build an excellent relationship with parents.”