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南通市高三英语试卷　第页(共8页)南通市2010届高三第二次模拟考试
英　　语2010.4
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷(选择题)和第Ⅱ卷(非选择题)两部分。满分120分，考试时间120分钟。
第Ⅰ卷(选择题　共85分)
第一部分：听力(共两节，满分20分)
第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
听下面5段对话，回答第1至5题。
(　　)1. Where are the speakers?
A. At a garage.　　　　　B. At a car store.　　　　　C. At a gas station.
(　　)2. Why is the woman unable to find Bob Hope?
A. She has mixed up the names. 　　　　　B. She has called the wrong number.
C. She has come to the wrong place.
(　　)3. What does the man mean?
A. The woman is sure to fail. 　　　　　B. The woman needs help.
C. The woman is sure to succeed.
(　　)4. What can we learn from the dialogue?
A. The man has to take another bus on the way.
B. A No. 22 bus will go directly to the railway station.
C. The railway station is at University Street.
(　　)5. What music doesn the man seldom listen to?
A. Rock music. B. Folk music. C. Classical music.
第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。
(　　)6. Where does the man pick up the weather report?
A. From TV. B. From a paper. C. From the radio.
(　　)7. What does the man say about the rain?
A. It will soon stop. B. It will soon start. C. It will last long.
(　　)8. What does the woman think of the weather?
A. Pleasant. B. Tiresome. C. Changeable.
听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。
(　　)9. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Neighbors. B. Husband and wife. C. Workmates.
(　　)10. What does the woman think of Mrs. Smith?
A. Lazy. B. Polite. C. Trustless.
(　　)11. How will Mike try to solve the problem?
A. By keeping the dog in. 　　　　　B. By persuading Mr. Smith.
C. By taking violent action.
听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。
(　　)12. What does the woman tell about her country?
A. Its area and weather. 　　　　　B. Its geography and history.
C. Its population and area.
(　　)13. How much do most people earn in the woman's country?
A. About 2,000 dollars a week. 　　　　　B. About 12,000 dollars a month.
C. About 24000 dollars a year.
(　　)14. What do you learn about the man's country?
A. More rich people. 　　　　　B. Lower unemployment.
C. Less crowded in the north.
听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
(　　)15. Why does the man want running shoes?
A. To practise running as a runner. 　　　　　B. To exercise on a sports ground.
C To exercise inside a building.
(　　)16. In what aspects are the two kinds of shoes different?
A. Prices and shapes. 　　　　　B. Prices and materials.
C. Materials and shapes.
(　　)17. Which shoes will the man finally buy?
A. Lightweight shoes. 　　　　　B. High­quality shoes.
C. Running­shoe­style shoes.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。
(　　)18. What might the small plane be carrying?
A. Tapes. B. Tents. C. Tourists.
(　　)19. Which place might be flooded next?
A. South to Queensland. 　　　　　B. West to Queensland.
C. Southwest of Queensland.
(　　)20. What is the result of the storms in Europe?
A. Water supply is cut off. 　　　　　B. Power is cut off.
C. Communication is cut off.
第二部分：英语基础知识运用(共两节，满分35分)
第一节：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。
(　　)21. Last month, thousands of workers in that city went on ______strike, demanding lower taxes and ______ end to cutting staff members.
A. a; the　　 　　B. a; an　　 　　C. /; an　　 　　D. /；the
(　　)22. — He is eager to try something he has never tried before.
— Oh, I see. That's ______he's different from others.
A. when B. where C. how D. what
(　　)23. Knowing office rules— whether ______ or not— is critical, especially for young job seekers.
A. written B. writing C. being written D. having been written
(　　)24. The Expo site should be ______from anywhere in the city of Shanghai within 90 minutes by bus, subways and special taxis.
A. adoptable B. acceptable C. available D. accessible
(　　)25. Don't refer to the dictionary every time you come across a new word as sometimes its meaning may be ______ clearly in a given context.
A. picked out B. ruled out C. brought out D. taken out
(　　)26. — How much of the foreign expert's speech have you understood?
— Next to nothing. I wish I ______ harder at English.
A. worked B. had worked C. would work D. were working
(　　)27. The process of producing electricity may also give out CO2, ______ you heat your house with electricity instead of charcoal.
A. even if B. as long as C. as if D. as soon as
(　　)28. — Where have you been all day?
— I ______ some former classmates and I couldn't get back until it was dark.
A. have met B. met C. would meet D. had met
(　　)29. I can hardly remember any occasions ______ I get caught in a traffic jam in our town.
A. which B. that C. where D. when
(　　)30. — Now the weight. Only 115. You'd better put on a few pounds.
— Well, actually I ______ like a horse.
A. ate B. was eating C. have been eating 　　D. will eat
(　　)31. To keep safe ______ an earthquake, you should remain at a spot in your room where nothing may fall on you.
A. in search of B. in advance of C. in terms of D. in case of
(　　)32. — Will it take me long to get to the Sunshine Hotel?
— No, it ______ take you long. It's not the rush hour now.
A. shouldn't B. shan't C. mustn't D. needn't
(　　)33. ______ along with host families, I believe, language travel students are likely to get enough language practice.
A. Stay B. Having stayed 　C. Staying D. To stay
(　　)34. The policeman told me that I had passed the driving test and never in my life ______ so happy and excited.
A. I felt B. did I feel C. I had felt D. had I felt
(　　)35. — You mean the position is still vacant?
— Yes, but you must know our job is very demanding.
— ______.
A. With pleasure B. I don't mind C. Don't mention it 　D. That's all right
第二节：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。
Alice, my friend's daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has __36__ economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works __37__ a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can __38__ support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at __39__ and that's how she has got the scholarship, which included an) __40__ for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would __41__ talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids __42__ her.
On her birthday last month, she __43__ her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn't come. Alice wanted her to be __44__ so much that she __45__ on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don't have any __46__ clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a __47__ from my piano performance，” and asked, “Could I __48__ a skirt from you？”
Alice was happy that her friend would be __49__ to come and hurried home to ask her Mum __50__ she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very __51__ and angrily said to her Mum, “__52__ I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn't understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she's normally very well __53__.
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend's __54__. Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her __55__ with her.
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
(　　)36. A. personal　　　　B. extra　　　　　C. limited　　　　D. adequate
(　　)37. A. for B. with C. like D. as
(　　)38. A. hopefully B. obviously C. hardly D. temporarily
(　　)39. A. music B. drawing C. maths D. biology
(　　)40. A. bonus B. allowance C. donation D. pension
(　　)41. A. secretly B. happily C. quietly D. eagerly
(　　)42. A. pointing at B. shouting at C. laughing at D. glaring at
(　　)43. A. took B. invited C. accompanied D. sent
(　　)44. A. happy B. independent C. confident D. present
(　　)45. A. depended B. insisted C. focused D. agreed
(　　)46. A. casual B. comfortable C. nice D. tight
(　　)47. A. shirt B. jeans C. handbag D. necklace
(　　)48. A. get B copy C. order D. borrow
(　　)49. A. free B. able C. glad D. willing
(　　)50. A. how B. when C. why D. whether
(　　)51. A. stubborn B. upset C. firm D. enthusiastic
(　　)52. A. If B. When C. Unless D. Though
(　　)53. A. treated B. controlled C. educated D. behaved
(　　)54. A. cleverness B. character C. circumstances D. competences
(　　)55. A. study B. friendship C. sympathy D. performance
第三部分：阅读理解(共15小题；每小题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。
A
Saving the Planet with Earth­Friendly Bamboo Products
Jackie Heinricher's love affair with bamboo started in her backyard. “As a child, I remember playing among the golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when there was a slight wind, the bamboos sounded really musical.”
A fisheries biologist, Heinricher, 47, planned to work in the salmon industry in Seattle, where she lived with her husband, Guy Thornburgh, but she found it too competitive. Then her garden gave her the idea for a business: She'd planted 20 bamboo forests on their seven­acre farm.
Heinricher started Boo­shoot Gardens in 1998. She realized early on what is just now beginning to be known to the rest of the world. It can be used to make fishing poles, skateboards, buildings, furniture, floors, and even clothing. An added bonus: Bamboo absorbs four times as much carbon dioxide as a group of hardwood trees and releases 35 percent more oxygen.
First she had to find a way to mass­produce the plants—a tough task, since bamboo flowers create seed only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a bamboo plant frequently kills it.
Heinricher appealed to Randy Burr, a tissue culture expert, to help her. “People kept telling us we'd never figure it out，” says Heinricher.“Others had worked on it for 27 years! I believed in what we were doing, though, so I just kept going.”
She was right to feel a sense of urgencey. Bamboo forests are being rapidly used up, and a United Nations report showed that even though bamboo is highly renewable,_as many as half of the world's species are threatened with dying out. Heinricher knew that bamboo could make a significant impact on carbon emissions (排放) and world economies, but only if huge numbers could be produced. And that's just what she and Burr figured out after nine years of experiments—a way to grow millions of plants. By placing cuttings in test tubes with salts, vitamins, plant hormones, and seaweed gel, they got the plants to grow and then raised them in soil in greenhouses.
Not long after it, Burr's lab hit financial difficulties. Heinricher had no experience running a tissue culture operation, but she wasn't prepared to quit. So she bought the lab.
Today Heinricher heads up a profitable multimillion­dollar company, working on species from all over the world and selling them to wholesalers. “If you want to farm bamboo, it's hard to do without the young plants, and that' what we have，” she says proudly.
(　　)56. What was the main problem with planting bamboo widely?
A. They didn't have enough young bamboo.
B. They were short of money and experience.
C. They didn't have a big enough farm to do it.
D. They were not understood by other people.
(　　)57. What does Heinricher think of bamboo?
A. Fragile and affordable B. Productive and flexible
C. Useful and earth­friendly D. Strong and profitable
(　　)58. The underlined word “renewable” in Paragraph 6 probably means “________”．
A. able to be replaced naturally B. able to be raised difficultly
C. able to be shaped easily D. able to be recycled conveniently
(　　)59. What do you learn from the passage?
A. Heinricher's love for bamboo led to her experiments in the lab.
B. Heinricher's determination helped her to succeed in her work.
C. Heinricher struggled to prevent bamboo from disappearing.
D. Heinricher finally succeeded in realizing her childhood dream.
B
If you enjoyed the spring­like sunshine over the weekend and thought the weather has finally turned a corner, you're sadly mistaken.
Chilly (寒冷的) days and grey clouds are forecast for the week—making it fat too early to pack away the winter woollies.
Temperatures will struggle to rise above zero at night and fail to make double figures during the day.
People enjoy the spring sunshine in Sefton Park, Aigburth, Liverpool. Forecasters have predicted a return to chilly weather this week.
Met Office forecaster Charlie said, “It was a nice, dry, bright weekend in many parts and Monday is going to be a similar affair for many.”
“Temperatures will be between 5℃ and 8℃ ，which is below average for the start of spring.”
The sun will disappear from the south of the country after today, with dry but cloudy conditions forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday.
Wednesday will be warmest of the three, with temperatures peaking at 9℃. But this is still two degrees below the March average for the district.
Overnight, temperatures will drop sharply, with lows of minus 3℃ for the next three nights.
“It will generally stay on the cold side of average，” said Mr. Powell.
The March misery comes at the end of the coldest winter for more than 30 years.
Temperatures in December, January and February struggled to stay above zero, with the UK's average 1.5℃， making it the deepest freeze since 1978～79.
It claimed there was just a one­in­seven chance of a cold December to February.
The agency also sadly predicted a “barbecue summer”，saying it was “quite optimistic” that it would be warmer and drier than average.
Following the two mistakes, the Met Office has dropped its long­range seasonal forecasts and will instead publish a monthly prediction for Britain, updated once a week.
In its defense, it says that while short­term forecasts are extremely accurate, Britain's size and geographical position makes long­term predictions much more challenging.
It also points out that it gave warning of any heavy falls of snow this winter.
(　　)60. According to the passage, the weather on Tuesday in the south might be ________
A. dry but cloudy B. sunny but chilly
C. sunny and warm D. cloudy and chilly
(　　)61. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. British people can put away their winter clothes now.
B. The Met Office has shortened its forecast range.
C. The weather forecast becomes more and more accurate.
D. The agency was quite confident of long­term predictions.
(　　)62. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. The big chill isn't over yet B. A warm spring finally arrives
C. A heavy snow is on the way D. The Met Office drops forecasts
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