广东省佛山市普通高中2011届高三教学质量检测（一）（英语）.doc

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2011年佛山市普通高中高三教学质量检测（一）
英 语 2011.1
本试卷共12页，满分135分．考试时间120分钟．
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I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different times of day. This is so 1 that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one 2 understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process is not as 3 as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant 4 . We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they 5 do. As a matter of fact, they 6 to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious(神秘的) way of knowing the 7 . Their sense of time does not 8 information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of “inner clock”.
This 9 may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also 10 , including man, have this “inner clock” which 11 the working of their bodies and influences their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious 12 . Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.
In the past, this did not really 13 because people lived in natural condition. In the 14 world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very 15 , then, to know more about the “inner clock”. Such things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.
1. A. familiar B. strange C. similar D. special
2. A. partly B. personally C. really D. willingly
3. A. complex B. simple C. mature D. meaningful
4. A. quietness B. darkness C. loneliness D. sadness
5. A. finally B. completely C. physically D. normally
6. A. refused B. decided C. continued D. failed
7. A. time B. secret C. process D. study
8. A. deal with B. add to C. give away D. depend on
9. A. discovery B. activity C. invention D. method
10. A. beasts B. animals C. strangers D. humans
11. A. controls B. studies C. measures D. destroys
12. A. world B. flower C. power D. experiment
13. A. happen B. exist C. matter D. work
14. A. ancient B. modern C. wonderful D. peaceful
15. A. hard B. expensive C. convenient D. important

第二节 语法填空（共10小题; 每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16~25的相应位置上。
It was a new chapter for the Paralympics movement in Asia, as the Asian Para Games opened its arms to around 2500 disabled athletes from all around the continent on December 12, 2010.
A visually impaired(弱视) boy 16 (name) He Yuxuan was spot-lighted at the beginning of the ceremony. Although he can’t see the national flag with his own eyes, 17 eight-year-old pupil carried the flag in his hands with 18 mother walking along, handed the flag to the honor guards and saluted as the flag 19 (raise).
Mothers of disabled athletes from different Asian countries and regions entered the stadium, 20 (sing) and cheered for their children as the athletes walked into the stadium. Mothers hugged and kissed their children 21 they passed by, giving flowers and their blessings 22 the athletes. They were also joined by more than 300 mothers of children 23 a disability from all over China.
These regional athletes set their goals beyond the medals. They aimed to show not only good 24 (perform) during the seven days 25 their image of self-improving and high-level sport moral.
II 阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
A newly-published study has shown that loneliness can spread from one person to another, like a disease.
Researchers used information from the Framingham Study, which began in 1948. The Framingham Study gathers information about physical and mental health, personal behavior and diet. At first, the study involved about 5,000 people in the American state of Massachusetts. Now, more than 12,000 individuals are taking part.
Information from the Framingham Study showed earlier that happiness can spread from person to person. So can behaviors like littering and the ability to stop smoking.
University of Chicago psychologist John Cacioppo led the recent study. He and other researchers attempted to show how often people felt lonely. They found that the feeling of loneliness spread through social groups.
Having a social connection with a lonely person increased the chances that another individual would feel lonely. In fact, a friend of a lonely person was 52% more likely to develop feelings of loneliness. A friend of that person was 25% more likely. The researchers say this shows that a person could indirectly be affected by someone’s loneliness.
The effect was strongest among friends. Neighbors were the second most affected group. The effect was weaker on husbands and wives, and brothers and sisters. The researchers also found that loneliness spread more easily among women than men.
The New York Times newspaper reports that, on average, people experience feelings of loneliness about 48 days a year. It also found that every additional friend can decrease loneliness by about five percent, or two and a half fewer lonely days.
Loneliness has been linked to health problems like depression and sleeping difficulties. The researchers believe that knowing the causes of loneliness could help in reducing it.
The study suggests that people can take steps to stop the spread of loneliness. They can do this by helping individuals they know who may be experiencing loneliness. The result can be helpful to the whole social group.
26. What is true about the Framingham Study?
A. It was only conducted in 1948.
B. It involves more than 12,000 participants.
C. It was led by John Cacioppo.
D. It showed that any behavior could spread.
27. From the passage, we can learn that ________.
A. the habit of littering doesn’t spread
B. a lonely person won’t have friends
C. everyone may be affected by others’ loneliness
D. lonely people don’t know the cause of their loneliness
28. Which statement about the spread of loneliness is true?
A. The spreading effect was the second strongest among friends.
B. No spreading effect was found on husbands and wives.
C. Women are more likely to be affected than men.
D. Brothers are more easily affected than neighbors.
29. If you make 10 more friends in a year, the days of your feeling loneliness will be reduced by ________.
A. 48 days B. 25 days C. 20 days D. 15 days
30. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Actions should be taken to help lonely people.
B. People feel lonely for many reasons.
C. Ways to fight against loneliness.
D. Lonely people can affect others.

B
“Tweenager” is the new term being used in the UK to describe kids at either 8—12 or 10—13 years old.
More and more companies are beginning to create products and services for tweenagers. The Disney company sells music and film to tweenagers and their parents. You can get everything from branded lunchboxes and mobile phone covers, to monthly fan magazines and clothing. It’s all about sales, which suggests that tweenagers must have more money, freedom and influence upon their parents than they’ve ever had before.
Most kids in the UK today get more pocket money than kids did a decade ago. Parents have more money to give their kids than previously, since parents are having fewer children. In addition, the divorce rate in the UK is continually rising and parents spend less time with their children than they used to, so many parents try to compensate by buying presents for their children. It’s a bad habit for both parents and kids to get into, but parents are under constant pressure from commercial marketing and the pleas of their children.
UK kids today are very media and computer-literate. A lot of kids have a TV, if not a computer, in their bedrooms. They have access to much more information about life and the world. They may have experienced a lot in life as well, since 24% of UK kids live in single-parent families, so people now say that “kids are getting older younger”. With such maturity at such a young age, it’s no wonder tweenagers are able to influence their parents and have more freedom than previous generations.
UK tweenagers never used to be worried about spending money on clothes. That’s changed. Now, they are much more fashion conscious and concerned about their image. Many tweenagers outgrow the bright colours and fashions of their tweenage years and go for something darker and more rebellious.
Surely none of the above is a good thing. The UK government is certainly concerned, and for that reason has strict laws preventing companies from explicitly marketing their products and services at children.
31. Why are more products and services created for tweenagers?
A. Because children education is becoming more important.
B. Because children have more money to buy them.
C. Because it is better to study music from an early age.
D. Because more companies are creating products and services.
32. Kids today can get more money partly because ________.
A. parents always accompany their kids
B. parents have more expectation of kids
C. more and more parents divorce nowadays
D. kids know how to make money
33. Tweenagers have more freedom due to the following facts EXCEPT that ________.
A. their parents can not influence them any more
B. they know more information than kids before
C. they become mature at a younger age
D. they have a lot of experience in life
34. Which is true about kids in the past?
A. They used to have more money to spend. B. They couldn’t influence their parents.
C. They looked older than their age. D. They preferred to wear brighter clothes.
35. What is the purpose of the passage?
A. To teach a new word “tweenager”. B. To introduce a new phenomenon.
C. To urge parents to care about their kids. D. To blame today’s young people.

C
When you do some minor image editing(修正) on your computer screen, you may make some mistakes, so from time to time you’d click undo(撤消).
There are things in life we cannot undo as easily and completely as we would with our computer files. A wrong turn, a hurtful word said to a loved one, a bad move — these we all commit as we walk our life’s journeys, no matter how careful we are in our steps. Once committed, we can no longer undo many of these mistakes, especially because unlike with our computer documents, each thing we do and say has vast impact as they involve not just us — the file that we are working on — but also others, the unopened files and computer programs in our system.
So I guess our life’s mistakes are not like our pencil scrawls that can be effectively corrected with an eraser, or errors on our computer works that can be undone with an undo button. But there are effective and reliable tools we can use—APOLOGY and FORGIVENESS. Simply click the APOLOGY button when you have committed a mistake that has hurt a loved one and the words “I’m Sorry” will flash on the other person’s screen. But, you have to be truly sorry and you must be prepared not to commit the same mistake again for your APOLOGY to work. Sincerity is definitely a necessary part.
When someone clicks the APOLOGY button and the words “I’m sorry” flash on your screen, all you have to do is click back the FORGIVENESS button. It means that you have wholeheartedly accepted the other person’s APOLOGY. But not only that. You also have to click it when someone has sent you back the message “It’s okay. Forget about it,” on your request of APOLOGY. It means that you are also forgiving yourself for your mistake; that you won’t keep feeling so bad having committed it.
And lastly, don’t forget to keep clicking the SAVE button. Going through the whole process of editing—of doing and undoing, of apologizing and forgiving — is useless if you fail to save the LESSON for future use. Let the saved file be a reminder of the healing process you once went through to make yourself better; for you not to forget the lesson; and for others to access and learn from.
36. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. However careful we are, we still make mistakes in life.
B. Things we do and say can affect computer programs in our system.
C. We can undo life’s mistakes if we are careful enough.
D. An eraser is an effective tool for our computer works.
37. The APOLOGY button should be clicked when ________.
A. one wants to make the computer work perfectly
B. one’s mistakes won’t influence others any more
C. one is actually saying “I’m sorry”
D. one won’t make the same mistake again
38. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 4 refer to?
A. The UNDO button.
B. The APOLOGY button.
C. The SAVE button.
D. The FORGIVENESS button.
39. We need to click the SAVE button in life because ________.
A. we want to go through the whole process of editing
B. we need to learn a lesson from the past mistakes
C. we want to make the healing process faster
D. we need to use the computer properly
40. What is the best title for the passage?
A. Editing Mistakes in Life B. Learning to Apologize
C. Learning to Forgive D. Computer and Life

D
Anthropologists are looking into the possibility that some European-looking Chinese in North-west China are the descendants(后裔) of a lost army from the Roman Empire.
Experts at the newly established Italian Studies Center at Lanzhou University in Gansu province will excavate a section of the Silk Road, a 7,000-kilometer trade route that linked Asia and Europe more than 2,000 years ago, to see whether there are remains of Roman soldiers in China. They hope to prove the legend by digging the Road and discovering more evidence of China’s early contact with the Roman Empire.
Before Marco Polo’s travels to China in the 13th century, the only known contact between the two empires was a visit by Roman diplomats in 166 AD.
Chinese archeologists were therefore surprised in the 1990s to find the remains of an ancient defense structure in Liqian, a remote town in Yongchang county on the edge of a desert area, that was strikingly similar to Roman defense structures. They were even more astonished to find Western-looking people with green, deep-set eyes