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高三年级 英语试题卷

本试题卷分选择题部分和非选择题部分。满分120分，考试时间120分钟。
选择题部分（共80分）
第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 单项填空 (共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。
1. ---- Do you think it was the supermoon that caused the earthquake on March 11, 2011 in Japan?
---- ______. It hasn’t proven itself true by scientists.
A. Not in the least B. Don’t mention it
C. You can say that again D. I expect so
2. As the world faces ______ “cooling market”, Premier Wen Jiabao calls for ______confidence in economic growth during the New Year holiday.
A. the; a B. a; 不填 C. 不填; the D. a; the
3. New surveys suggest that people are more stressed and working longer hours than ever with technological tools
constantly ______.
A. updating B. updates C. updated D. to update
4. Miami and Oklahoma City, both of ______were the last two undefeated teams in the NBA this season, lost for the first time on January 3rd.
A. whom B. them C. which D. those
5. Dora has some shortcomings but ______ she seems like an intelligent, likable person.
A. on the contrary B. up to now C. to be exact D. on the whole
6. It’s high time that we ______ to environmental protection and ecological improvement.
A. have devoted B. devoted C. are devoting D. had devoted
7. ---- May I check in now?
---- Sorry, sir! But there’s not any room ______ in our hotel.
A. useful B. convenient C. flexible D. available
8. Train tickets sold online or by telephone have topped 2 million daily, ______ that around one-third of passengers
don’t have to wait long for several hours to get a ticket.
A. meaning B. means C. to mean D. meant
9. The national spirits like brave hearts showed in the film The Flowers of War are ______ deeply moved the audience.
A. which B. that C. what D. who
10. Shopping on the Internet enables people not to search for goods from one store to ______.
A. others B. the other C. another D. the rest
11. ---- Shall we go to the lecture about the risk of brain cancer from mobile phone use?
---- ______? It is closely related to our health.
A. What if B. Why not C. What for D. How come
12. ---- Did you see Jay Chou at his album signing?
---- Not really. We waited in line for an hour, only to be ______ at the door.
A. turned away B. turned out C. turned off D. turned up
13. ______ we have realized the danger of over-consumption, some measures should be adopted as soon as possible.
A. Now that B. As long as C. In order that D. Even if
14. Parents who _____ to sing to their children may help with children’s development of language skills.
A. add B. tend C. amount D. focus
15. The girl was left alone in the room and couldn’t help crying ______.
A. perfectly B. narrowly C. bitterly D. simply
16. Beyonce, a leading ______ in the music industry, gave birth to her daughter on Saturday.
A. statue B. figure C. brand D. attraction
17. ---- Hey, Gary, did Linda see you come in?
I don’t think so. She ______ her lessons then.
A. reviewed B. would review C. was reviewing D. reviews
18. ______the phenomenon of “bystander effect” in the Yueyue event, most Chinese strongly believe that there still exist love and warmth in people’s hearts.
A. In spite of B. In addition to C. Because of D. On behalf of
19. ---- I regret to say that I failed to rank first in the terminal exam.
---- Come on, nobody ______win all the time.
A. should B. must C. shall D. can
20. Everything, unless otherwise ______, will go on as planned.
A. stating B. states C. to state D. stated

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，从21---40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。
One day, an expert in time-management was speaking to a group of business students. To make the point
21 , he used an illustration.
As he stood in front of the group, he said, “Okay, time for a quiz.” He then pulled out a wide-mouth jar and set it on the table. Then he 22 placed about a dozen fist-sized rocks, one by one, into the jar.
When the jar was filled to the 23 and no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, “Is this jar 24 ?” Everyone in the class said, “Yes.”
“Really?” Then he 25 under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel（沙砾，石子），dumped some in and 26 the jar, causing pieces of gravel to work themselves down into the space 27 the big rocks. Then he asked the group the same question. “Probably not.” One of them answered. “Good!” he replied.
He reached under the table and 28 a bucket of sand. He started dumping the sand in the jar and it went into all the 29 left between the rocks and the gravel. 30 he asked the question. “No!” the class shouted. “Good!” Then he grabbed a can of water and began to pour it in 31 the jar was filled to the brim.
Then the expert in time-management looked at the class and asked, “What is the 32 of this illustration?” It is such a seemingly easy question that one 33 student raised his hand and said, “It is, however full your schedule is, if you try really hard you can always 34 some more things in it.”
“No,” the speaker replied, “The truth it teaches us is that you will 35 get them in at all if you don’t put the big rocks in first. 36 the big rocks in your life are, do things that you love and 37 for yourself. In your schedule if you value the little stuff then you’ll fill your life with 38 things and you will never have the real quality time you need to spend on the big, important stuff. So, tonight, or in the morning, when you are 39 on this short story, ask yourself what are the ‘big rocks’ in your life? Then put those in your 40 first.”

21. A. harder B. rougher C. clearer D. wiser
22. A. carefully B. firmly C. actively D. unwillingly
23. A. edge B. bottom C. wall D. top
24. A. full B. pure C. enough D. smooth
25. A. sent B. reached C. managed D. felt
26. A. delivered B. shook C. dropped D. held
27. A. beneath B. across C. beyond D. between
28. A. put out B. came out C. brought out D. set out
29. A. spaces B. caves C. blanks D. holes
30. A. At last B. Shortly after C. Later on D. Once more
31. A. unless B. until C. before D. while
32. A. meaning B. opinion C. point D. comment
33. A. calm B. awkward C. nervous D. eager
34. A. add B. fit C. include D. collect
35. A. never B. even C. still D. ever
36. A. Whether B. However C. Whatever D. Which
37. A. conclude B. encourage C. fresh D. time
38. A. more B. little C. much D. less
39. A. reflecting B. counting C. deciding D. insisting
40. A. packet B. can C. jar D. luggage

第二部分：阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该选项标号涂黑。
A
It was an autumn morning shortly after my husband and I moved into our first house. Our children were upstairs unpacking, and I was looking out the window at my father moving around mysteriously on the front lawn. My parents lived nearby, and Dad had visited us several times already. “What are you doing out there?” I called to him.
He looked up, smiling. “I’m making you a surprise.” Knowing my father, I thought it could be just about anything. A self-employed jobber, he was always building things out of odds and ends. When we were kids, he always created something surprising for us.
Today, however, Dad would say no more, and caught ups in the busyness of our new life, I eventually forgot about his surprise.
Until one gloomy day the following March when I glanced out the window. Any yet… I saw a dot of blue across the yard. I headed outside for a closer look. They were crocuses (番红花), throughout the front lawn. Lavender, blue, yellow and my favorite pink ---- little faces moved up and down in the cold wind.
Dad! I smiled, remembering the things he had secretly planted last autumn. He knew how the darkness and dullness of winter always got me down. What could have been more perfectly timely to my needs?
My father’s crocuses bloomed each spring for the next four or five seasons, bringing the same assurance every time they arrived: Hard times almost over. Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon.
Then a spring came with only half the usual blooms. The next spring there were none. I missed the crocuses. I would ask Dad to come over and plant new bulbs. But I never did.
He died suddenly one October day. My family was in deep sorrow, leaning on our faith. I missed him terribly.
Four years passed, and on a dismal spring afternoon I was driving back when I found myself feeling depressed. “You’ve got the winter depression again and you get them every year.” I told myself.
It was Dad’s birthday, and I found myself thinking about him. This was not unusual --- my family often talked about him, remembering how he lived his faith. Once I saw him give his coat to a homeless man.
Suddenly I slowed as I turned into our driveway. I stopped and stared at the lawn. And there on the muddy grass and small gray piles of melting snow, bravely waving in the wind, was one pink crocus.
How could a flower bloom from a bulb more than 18 years old, one that had not blossomed in over a decade? But there was the crocus. Tears filled my eyes as I realized its significance.
Hold on, keep going, light is coming soon. The pink crocus bloomed for only a day. But it built my faith for a lifetime.

41. According to the first three paragraphs, we learn that _________.
A. the writer was unpacking when her father was making the surprise
B. the writer knew what the surprise was because she knew her father
C. it was not the first time that the writer’s father had made a surprise
D. it kept bothering the writer not knowing what the surprise was
42. Which of the following would most probably be the worst time of the year as seen by the writer?
A. Spring. B. Summer. C. Autumn. D. Winter.
43. Which of the following is NOT true, according to the passage?
A. The writer’s father planted the crocus to lift her low spirit.
B. The crocuses bloomed each spring before the writer’s father died.
C. The writer often thought about her father since her father died.
D. The writer’s father died 14 years after he planted the crocus.
44. The writer’s father should be best described as_________.
A. a full-time gardener with skillful hands B. a part-time jobber who loved flowers
C. a kind-hearted man who lived with faith D. an ordinary man with doubts in his life
45. Crocus was viewed as the symbol of _________ by the writer.
A. faith B. family C. love D. friendship
B
We can stay young forever. That is the message Dr. Shen Ziyin wants to give the world. And the Chinese doctor claims that he has found an answer to the problems of aging.
His solution is a herbal medicine to slow the process of aging.
Dr. Shen Ziyin has been trained in Western medicine. At the same time he studied traditional Chinese medicine. And, he has been working for the past forty years to put together the best of both and find a cure for aging. He has taken a hint from the ancient Chinese medicine system called “shen”.
According to Shen, it is the kidney（肾脏）which adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its aging process. It is responsible for the level of activity that the human bodies go through. Studies conducted by Dr. Shen show that herbal medicine based on the shen system slow the aging process, says a report in The Telegraph newspaper.
We notice that when people grow old, they have reduced strength, loss of hair, backache, weakness in general, and wrinkles, among others. This happens because when people grow old, their bodies produce T-cells. These T-cells contain a particular substance called Fas. Fas makes the cells in the body destruct themselves.
So the only way to slow down aging is to slow the production of T-cells in the body. This can happen if people eat low calorie food. Then the body is not active enough to produce extra T-cells. But, is going hungry all the time a good price to pay for staying young?
This is where Dr. Shen’s herbal medicine comes in. But how effective it will be, only time can tell.

46. How did Dr. Shen find the solution to the problem of aging?
A. By studying Western medicine
B. By learning traditional Chinese medicine.
C. By combining both Western and Chinese medicine.
D. By doing research on both Western and Chinese people.
47. What plays the most important role in keeping people young according to Shen?
A. Medical treatment. B. People’s good kidney.
C. Level of people’s activity. D. Positive life attitude.
48. The reason why people become old is that _________.
A. their bodies produce T-cells
B. their bodies are unable to fight diseases
C. they have reduced strength, loss of hair
D. they become weaker and weaker
49. We can probably learn from the passage that _________.
A. producing more low calorie food allows people to keep young
B. the more Chinese herbal medicine people drink, the better for health
C. people should try to quicken the production of T-cells in the body
D. it remains unknown how effective Dr. Shen’s herbal medicine is

C
As China becomes increasingly urbanized (城市化), it has to find space for its urban and rural citizens as both groups become increasingly integrated. Experts suggest a possible model way may be “re-inventing” a “garden city”.
China’s mega-cities are bursting at the borders and the country is now undergoing the quickest and biggest urbanization in the history of mankind. It is estimated that by 2025, China will have 400 million more people living in its cities, raising its urban population to 900 million. Besides, new satellite towns are mushrooming on the urban fringes while city ring roads are rippling outwards into the countryside at amazing speed. Satellite maps collected by Professor Joshua Bolchover at the University of Hong Kong bring the problem sharply into focus. They track the changing rural-urban framework in the past 30 years, and suggest that cities are cruelly destroying surrounding rural land and rapidly reducing the amount of arable（可耕种的）land, which gives way to new residential blocks, new industrial zones, new financial centers and the other inevitable signs and signatures of economic growth.
This, however, is not sustainable growth pattern, especially when China has the world’s largest population to feed. So concerned urban planners are starting to note the social and physical effects of diaspora（大移居）when replaced rural communities are forced into the cities.
On the other hand, a trend of thought is gradually taking shape and this is the concept of the “garden city”, a combination of country and city that is being proposed by architects and city planners. Hua Li, from Tao Architects, is among the many professionals with such a voice. His argument is supported by a long-term study on