高考模拟英语第三套及答案.doc

英 语
（满分150分，考试时间120分钟）
第Ⅰ卷
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）略
第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Forty-three years seems like a long time to remember the name of a mere acquaintance. I have forgotten the name of the old lady, who was a customer on the paper route in my hometown when I was a twelve-year-old boy. Yet it exists in my memory that she taught me a lesson in forgiveness which I shall never forget.
On a winter afternoon, a friend and I were throwing stones onto the roof of the old lady's house. The object of our play was to observe how the stones changed to missiles as they rolled to the edge of the roof. I found myself a perfectly smooth rock and threw it out. The stone was too smooth, however, so it slipped from my hand as I let it go and headed straight not for the roof but for a small window on the old lady's back porch. At the sound of crashed glass, we knew we were in trouble and ran away.
I was too scared about getting caught that first night to be concerned about the old lady with the broken window in winter. However, a few days later, when I was sure that I hadn't been discovered, I started to feel guilty for her misfortune. She still greeted me with a smile each day when I gave her the paper, but I was no longer able to act comfortable in her presence.
I made up my mind that I would save my paper delivery money, and in three weeks I had the seven dollars to cover the cost of her window. I put the money in an envelope with a note explaining that I was sorry for breaking her window and hoped that the seven dollars would cover the cost for repairing it.
I waited until it was dark, snuck up to the old lady's house, and put the letter I didn't sign through the letter slot in her door. Once again, I could have the freedom of looking straight into the old lady's kind eyes.
The next day, I handed the old lady her paper and was able to return the warm smile that I was receiving from her. She thanked me for the paper and gave me a bag of cookies she had made herself.
Reaching for the cookies, I felt an envelope and pulled it out of the bag. When I opened the envelope, I was surprised. Inside were the seven dollars and a short note that said, "I'm proud of you!"
21. Which of the following sentences is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The author was a newsboy when he was 12 years old.
B. The old lady didn't know who broke the window.
C. The author felt guilty of breaking the old lady's window.
D. The story happened forty-three years ago.
22. The underlined words "snuck up" in the fifth paragraph probably means "______."
A. went quietly
B. quickly made my way
C. stole something of no value
D. searched in a secret way
23. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. A Bag of Cookies
B. A Broken Window
C. The Secret in the Cookies
D. A Painful Lesson
24. _____ probably impressed the author of the passage most.
A. The cookies made by the lady
B. The note inside the cookie bag
C. The broken window
D. The lady's forgiveness
B
Can music help you concentrate (集中精力) at work? A new study by the researchers at the University of Wales Institute (the UWI) has some interesting results.
The subjects in the study were tested under three different conditions: in a quiet environment; while listening to music they liked; and while listening to music they didn't like. The subjects generally did better when they were working in silence. The background music seemed to make memorization and recall more difficult. However, scientists also found that listening to music before doing the tests seemed to help concentration.
“Despite describing their self-selected music as more pleasant, their performance was poor, just as it was when they listened to music they disliked,” explained one of the researchers. So, even if you're listening to music you like, it'll still disturb your work.
This would appear to contradict the findings of scientists who have researched what was popularly known as the “Mozart Effect”. This concept was invented by French scientist Dr. Alfred A. Tomatitis in 1991. Tomatitis published a book Why Mozart? which described what he believed were the healing (愈合)powers of listening to Mozart's music.
He also suggested that Mozart's music might help the brain to develop. This led to a popular belief that listening to classical music could increase a child's IQ. In fact, it was so widely believed at one time that the governor of the state of Georgia (in the USA) suggested spending over 100 000 dollars a year to provide classical CDs for every child born in the state!
The new study seems to further contradict the idea that music could help with concentration. As part of this research, university students were asked about their study habits. The researchers found that the majority of students prefer to work without music. So, if you're studying for an exam, turn off that iPod!
25.If you hope to focus on your study, you'd better________.
A. enjoy some popular rock ‘n’ roll music
B. listen to music you like while studying
C. listen to music before you begin to study
D. choose classical music as background music
26. The concept invented by Dr. Alfted A. Tomatitis________.
A. encourages people to protect themselves from being hurt
B. helps further prove the findings of the researchers at the UWI
C. made the leader of the state of Georgia provide modern CDs for every child
D. made people believe listening to classical music could make a child cleverer
27. The disadvantage of listening to music while you are studying is that________.
A. you become quieter
B. your intelligence is lowered
C. music prevents your brain developing
D. music makes it hard to learn something by heart
28.What's the author's attitude to listening to music while you are working?
A. Supportive. B. Disapproving. C. Subjective D. Casual.
C
I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such an attractive, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still equate (使相等) happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more long-lasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, and everything that spells "happiness". But in memoir (回忆录) after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, long-time loneliness.
The way people hold on to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually decreases their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More often than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.
As a result, many people avoid the very endeavors or efforts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, charitable work, and self-improvement.
29. According to the passage, "fun activities" mentioned in the 2nd paragraph _____.
A. are the things we do before we find happiness
B. may help us relax and forget our problems sometimes
C. will lead us to the true happiness
D. could provide long-lasting positive effects
30. In the author's opinion, those Hollywood stars _____.
A .possess happiness because they are rich and famous
B. experience almost all kinds of happy things
C. tell us happiness isn't equal to fun using their own stories
D. have to suffer a lot before they become successful
31. It is difficult for people to find real happiness because _____.
A. they believe happiness is the fun life without pain
B. they find pain equals unhappiness
C. they fear to lose what they already have in life
D. they are afraid all their efforts were in vain
32. The main purpose of the text is to _____.
A. describe the difference between happiness and fun
B. show the true meaning of happiness
C. encourage people to pursue fun activities
D. advise people to find their real life
D
Eragon: Benina the Scenes of the New Movie
Eragon is just a regular farm boy in a land called Alagaesia----until he finds a dragon's egg.
In the new movie Eragon, based on the book by Christopher Paolini, evil strangers working for an evil king come looking for the egg and kill Eragon's family. With the help of dwarfs, and Saphira the dragon, Eragon must learn how to defeat the king and save his land.
Designer Dragon
Animators (动漫画家) couldn't exactly model Saphira after a real dragon. So they got inspiration from animals. Michael McAlister says when Saphira is on the ground, she walks a little like a lion. In the air, she's a cross between a condor (秃鹰) and a fighter jet. And her eyes are part lizard, part dinosaur, and part human.
Success Story
Author Christopher Paolini started writing Eragon when he was 15 years old. Now 23, Paolini gives you tips to achieve your dreams before you grow up!
----Research First
"Learn about what you want to do," Paolini says. He read books about creating characters and plots before he started writing.
----Get Support
Paolini kept his writing a secret from everyone but his parents. That way, no one could tell him he was too young to be an author. "Find people who will support and encourage you," he says.
----Practice
Whether they're writers, musicians or athletes, successful kids put lots of energy into their talent. "To rise to the top, make your skill your daily focus," Paolini says.
----Don't Quit
"So many times when I was writing Eragon, I was an inch away from giving up," he says, "I'm so glad I didn't." Instead, he spent three and a half years writing and rewriting until it was ready for publication.
33. The movie Eragon is about _____.
A. the true friendship between a farm boy and some animals
B. the struggle between a farm boy and some bad people
C. a boy's interesting experience
D. an imaginary story between a farm family and a king
34. Saphira the dragon was modeled after _____ kinds of animals.
A. less than two
B. at most three
C. at least four
D. more than ten
35. Christopher Paolini's experience tells us that _____.
A. it's important to learn about what we decide to do
B. we can only depend on ourselves to be a successful person
C. genius is more important than regular practice to successful people
D. failure is the mother of success
第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
What makes one person more intelligent than another? What makes one person a genius, like the brilliant Albert Einstein, and another person a fool? Are people born intelligent or stupid, or is intelligence the result of where and how you live? 36
We know, however, that just being born with a good mind is not enough. In some ways, the mind is like a leg or an arm muscle. 37 Mental exercise is particularly important for young children. Many child psychologists think that parents should play with their children more often and give them problems to think about. 38 If, on the other hand, children are left alone a great deal with nothing to do, they are more likely to become dull and unintelligent.
39 According to some psychologists, if parents are always telling a child that he or she is a fool or an idiot, then the child is more likely to keep doing silly and foolish things. So it is probably better for parents to say very positive things to their children, such as“That was a very clever thing you did”or “ 40 ”
A. A healthy body contributes to one’s intelligence.
B. Parents should also be careful about what they say to young children.
C. What people want to express is like this.
D. The children are then more likely to grow up bright and intelligent.
E. It needs exercise.
F. You are such a smart child.
G. These are very old questions and the answers to them are still not clear.

第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was a cold winter. The day my husband fell to his death, it started to snow, just 41 any November day. His 42 , when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it 43 . One morning, I walked slowly 44 and was surprised to see a snow remover clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman clearing my walk. I dropped to my knees and crawled back upstairs, 45 those good people would not see me. I was 46 . My first thought was, how would I ever 47 them? I didn’t have the 48 to brush my hair, let alone(更不用说） 49 someone’s walk.
Before Jon’s death, I felt proud that I 50 asked for favors. I identified myself by my competence and 51 . So who was I if I was no longer capable? How could I 52 myself if I just sat on the couch every day and watched the snow fall?
Learning to receive the love and 53 from others wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried. Finally, my friend Kathy said, “Mary, cooking for you isn’t a 54 for me; it makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”
Over and over, I heard 55 words from the people who supported me during those 56 days. One wise man told me, “You aren’t doing nothing because being fully open to your 57 may be the hardest work you will ever do.”
I am not the person I 58 was, but in many ways I have changed for the 59 . I’ve been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom coming form 60 one’s worst fear and walking away whole. I believe there is strength, for sure, in accepting a dark period of our life.
41.A．on B．in C．like D．for
42.A．body B．soul C．shoe D．footprint
43.A．sweep up B．drop off C．fall down D．pile up
44.A．upstairs B．downstairs C．indoors D．outdoors
45.A．so B．yet C．and D．for