甘肃兰州市高三下学期模拟考试英语试卷

第一部分 英语知识运用（共三节，满分50分）
第一节 语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
1. aloud            A. camera              B. cinema             C. carriage             D. many
2.  mankind          A. machine            B. bank                 C. rank                  D. language
3.  club                A. pollution           B. struggle             C. useful               D. bury
4.  hear               A. heart                 B. search               C. nearly               D. bear
5.  suggestion         A. traditional         B. emotion           C. exhibition         D. question

第二节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
--- It’s reported that more than 200,000 people lost their lives in Haiti Earthquake.
--- Yes, ______ news came as ______ shock to us.
A.the , a         B. the, the             C. a, a            D. a, the

--- Are you still thinking about yesterday’s game?
--- Oh, that’s _____ .

He ______ his paper to see if there are any obvious mistakes.

The house rent is expensive. I’ve got about half the space I had at home but I’m paying _____ here.

On the day I was to take the driving test, so ______ was I that I could not understand what I was

--- It’s the office! So you ______ know smoking is not allowed here.
--- Oh, sorry.

The teachers were discussing the research project that they would like to see _____ in the coming holiday.

The factory was built in a secret place, around _____ were high mountains.

--- I hear Jane has gone to the Holy Island for her holiday.
--- Oh, how nice! Do you know when she ______ ?

They were surprised that a child could work out the problem ______ they themselves couldn’t.

______ from what he said, he must be the thief who has stolen the car.

The house is nice, but ______ too small for a family of five.

One of the most important problems we will have to solve is ____of students’ learning method.

The system is designed to give students easy ______ to the digital resources of the library.

Where we will build the dam has not been decided yet, ______?

第三节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（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。
Friendship has great power, and it can inspire the people in trouble as well as in easy circumstances.
Recently, one of my best friends, whom I've   21    just about everything with since the first day of kindergarten, spent the weekend with me. Since I   22   to a new town several years ago, we've both always looked forward to   23   times a year when we can see each other.
Over the weekend, we   24   hours and hours, staying up late   25   the night, talking about the people she was hanging around with. She started telling me stories about her new boyfriend, about how he   26   with drugs and was into other self-destructive[自毁]  27  . I was blown away! She told me how she had been   28   to her parents about where she was going and even sneaking out to see this guy because they didn't want her around him. No matter   29  hard I tried to tell her that she deserved better, she didn't believe me. Her self-respect seemed to have disappeared.
I tried to convince her that she was ruining her future and heading for big   30  . I felt like I was getting   31  . I just couldn't believe that she really thought it was acceptable to hang with a bunch of losers, especially her boyfriend.
By the time she left, I was really worried about her and   32   by the experience. It had been so  33  , I had come close to telling her several times during the weekend that maybe we had just grown too far apart to continue our friendship - but I didn't. I put the   34   of friendship to the   35   test. We'd been friends for far too long. I had to hope that she   36   me enough to know that I was trying to save her from hurting herself. I wanted to believe that our friendship could conquer anything.
A few days   37  , she called to say that she had thought long and hard about our   38  , and then she told me that she had  39   with her boyfriend. I just listened on the other end of the phone with tears of joy running down my face. It was one of the   40   rewarding moments in my life. Never had I been so proud of a friend.
21. A. divided               B. shared               C. experienced              D. enjoyed
22. A. got                            B. traveled             C. moved                     D. arrived
23. A. the few               B. the little            C. few                   D. little
24. A. took                   B. spared               C. offered                 D. spent
25. A. into                    B. in                            C. for                    D. at
26. A. supplied                 B. experimented     C. tried                 D. provided
27. A. action                 B. movements        C. behavior            D. activities
28. A. explaining           B. speaking            C. calling                     D. lying
29. A. what                   B. why                  C. how                  D. however
30. A. trouble               B. worry               C. difficulty           D. task
31. A. somewhere          B. nowhere            C. anywhere          D. everywhere
32. A. burned down              B. turned down      C. turned out         D. worn out
33. A. discouraging              B. encouraging       C. exciting             D. inspiring
34. A. strength                     B. force                 C. power               D. energy
35. A. last                        B. final                 C. late                   D. recent
36. A. treated                B. regarded            C. honored            D. valued
37. A. later                   B. after                 C. ago                   D. before
38. A. information         B. dialogue            C. conversation      D. communication
39. A. broken out          B. broken up          C. broken away      D. broken off
40. A. luckily                B. correctly           C. naturally           D. truly

第二部分 阅读理解（共25小题。第一节每小题2分，第二节每小题1分；满分45分
第一节  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
Animals seem to have the sense to eat when they are hungry and they do not eat more than their bodies need. It has been demonstrated （证明） that rats will , when given a choice over a period of time, prefer water with vitamins to water without vitamins, even though there is no difference in taste or smell between the two water bottles. When a fragrant （芳香的）flavor was added to the vitamins enriched fluid（液体），the rats did seem to develop a taste for it and kept drinking it , even after the vitamins were changed to the clear water. In time, however, they broke the habit and went back to where the necessary vitamins were.
In a classic experiment, babies of 6 to 12 months old were placed in a cafeteria（自助餐厅） feeding arrangement, with a wide choice of baby food before them. They were given whatever food they pointed to or appeared interested in. We are told that at first they showed some unusual eating patterns, but that over a period of time they managed to choose a well-balanced diet.
So in choosing food rats and babied do seem to know and act on what’s best for them. Obviously, there is a kind of “body wisdom”, which humans soon lose. Most of us do not eat as determined and influenced by long established（建立的） habits. Some people eat foxes, dogs and blackbirds, while we eat cows and pigs. So what people eat and how much they eat seems to be greatly influenced by what is going around them.
41. In the experiment on rats, a fragrant flavor was added to the rat’s drinking water to _______
A. encourage rats to drink vitamin-enriched water
B. find out rats’ preference in flavor
C. test whether rats know which drink is food for them
D. demonstrate that vitamins are tasteless
42. As far as their eating habits are concerned, babies and rats are similar in that _______
A. both have the wisdom to choose a balanced diet
B. both prefer flavored food and drink
C. both have the same eating patterns
D. both develop a taste for the same kinds of flavors
43. In the classic experiment mentioned in the second paragraph, babies were ________
A. given many choices of drinks
B. provided with various kinds of baby food
C. placed and fed in a cafeteria
D. trained to select a balanced diet
44. According to the passage, adults’ eating habits differ from those of babies because_______
A. adults know better than babies what kinds of food are good for their health
B. adults usually cannot resist the temptation of various delicious foods
C. adult’s eating habits are closely related to the social and cultural customs
D. adults have more choices of food than babies in eating patterns

B
Honesty may well be the policy, but it often deserts us when no one is watching, psychologists report today. Experiments with an honesty box to collect payments for hot drinks show that people are better at paying up when under the gaze(注视) of a pair of eyes. The surprise was that the eyes were not real, but photographed.
Researchers at Newcastle University set up the experiment in secret. They attached a poster to a cupboard of mugs above an-honesty box alongside a kettle, with tea, coffee and milk. Over 10 weeks, they alternated each week between images of eyes and pictures of flowers.
Dr. Bateson, a behavioral biologist and leader of the study, said that even though the eyes were not real they still seemed to make people behave more honestly. They effect may arise from behavioral characteristics that developed as early humans formed social groups that increased their chances of survival. Individuals had to co-operate for the good of the group, rather than act selfishly.
"If nobody is watching us it is in our interests to behave selfishly. But when we think we're being watched we should behave better, so people see us as co-operative and behave the same way towards us, "Dr. Bateson said.
"We thought we'd get a slight effect with eyes, but it was quite striking how much difference they made. Even at a subconscious(潜意识的) level, it seems people respond to eyes, and that might be because eyes send a strong biological signal we have evolved(进化) to respond to."
The finding, which researchers believe sheds light on our evolutionary past, could be turned to practical use. The psychologists say images of eyes could promote ticket sales on public transport and improve monitor systems to prevent antisocial behavior.
45. This passage is mainly about _______________.
A. the policy of honesty            B. an honesty box to collect money
C. evolution on honesty              D. an experiment on honesty
46. The reason for doing the experiment secretly is that the researchers _____________.
A. wanted to get a comparatively more exact result
B. had known they wanted to do something illegally
C. meant to get the co-operation of their colleagues
D. intended to sell the hot drinks at a higher price
47. People behave honestly under watchful gaze of eyes because _____________.
A. they want to leave a good impression   B. they fear to be laughed at by others
C. they've got the nature through evolution D. they take the photo for a real pair of eyes
48. Images of a pair of eyes can be applied to all except _____.
A. tickets sales on public transport        B. cold drink sales in public places
C. places with “No spitting!” signs         D. Christmas decorations in one’s home

C
Toronto---A pleasant attitude can do wonders for patients’recovery, according to researchers who reviewed 16 studies that looked at patients’ attitudes toward health. The studies lasted 30 years and looked at patients’ attitudes after operation.
“In each case the better a patient’s expectations about how they would do after operation or some health procedure, the better they did,” said the author  Donald Cole,
of the Institute for Work and Health in Toronto.
“This mind-body connection that we have been toying with for the past couple of decades really does have hard science behind it. The result shows that the power of positive thinking is real,” Cole said.
New York-A Pable Picasso painting sold at Christie’s auction house in New York Wednesday for 55-million dollars. The price  set a new auction record for a Picasso,and is the fifth-highest price ever paid for any work of art at auction.
The painting---Woman with her arms crossed---was purchased by an telephone bidder(投标者).Painted in 1902 in Barcelona, the portrait is one of the best-known works from what is called Picasso’s blue period.
Christie’s says the painting by the famous Spanish artist is of a quality not seen on the market in more than 10 years.It sold for more than twice its pre-sale estimate.
Xinhua Agency---It had not come up until the very last minute in Premier Wen Jiabao’s two-hour press conference that concludes the annual sessions of the national legislature and political advisory body. But when it did it, it became an immediate catch phrase at home.
“I think fairness and justice are more glorious than the sun.” said Wen, responding to the laast question in yesterday’s press session. Which turned out to be the most-quoted lines in domestic media.
49.News Item 1 intends to make us believe that______.
A.    positive thinking can make people healthy
B.     a better attitude results in a better operation
C.     researchers have observed 16 patients’ recovery during the past 30 years
D.    great attention has been paid to how attitudes affect health
50.Which of the following is NOT true about the painting Woman with her arms crossed?
A.    The painting was once thought to be worth around $25 million.
B.     The painting is one of the most expensive pictures ever sold at auction.
C.     The painting was purchased through telephone.
D.    The painting has not been seen on the market for more than 10 years.
51. “I think fairness and justice are more glorious than the sun.” where does Wen say this?
A.   At an online interview
B.    At a press conference
C.    At a meeting to all the leaders
D.   At a speech in Beijing University

D
Stricter Traffic Law can Prevent Accidents
From the health point of view we are living in a marvelous age. We are immunized from birth against many of the most dangerous diseases. A large number of once fatal illnesses can now be cured by modern drugs and surgery. It is almost certain that one day remedies will be found for the most stubborn remaining diseases. The expectation of life has increased enormously. But though the possibility of living a long and happy life is greater than ever before, every day we witness the incredible slaughter of men, women and children on the roads. Man versus the motor-car! It is a never-ending battle which man is losing. Thousands of people the world over are killed or horribly killed each year and we are quietly sitting back and letting it happen.
It has been rightly said that when a man is sitting behind a steering wheel, his car becomes the extension of his personality. There is no doubt that the motor-car often brings out a man’s very worst qualities. People who are normally quiet and pleasant may become unrecognizable when they are behind a steering-wheel. They swear, they are ill-mannered and aggressive, willful as two-years-olds and utterly selfish. All their hidden frustrations, disappointments and jealousies seem to be brought to the surface by the act of driving.
The surprising thing is that society smiles so benignly on the motorist and seems to condone his behaviour. Everything is done for his convenience. Cities are allowed to become almost uninhabitable because of heavy tragic; towns are made ugly by huge car parks; the countryside is desecrated by road networks; and the mass annual slaughter becomes nothing more than a statistic, to be conveniently forgotten.
It is high time a world code were created to reduce this senseless waste of human life. With regard to driving, the laws of some countries are notoriously lax and even the strictest are not strict enough. A code which was universally accepted could only have a dramatically beneficial effect on the accident rate. Here are a few examples of some the things that might be done. The driving test should be standardized and made far more difficult than it is; all the drivers should be made to take a test every three years or so; the age at which young people are allowed to drive any vehicle should be raised to at least 21; all vehicles should be put through stringent annual tests for safety. Even the smallest amount of alcohol in the blood can impair a person’s driving ability. Present drinking and driving laws (where they exist) should be mad much stricter. Maximum and minimum speed limits should be imposed on all roads. Governments should lay down safety specifications for manufacturers, as has been done in the USA. All advertising stressing power and performance should be banned. These measures may sound inordinately harsh. But surely nothing should be considered as too severe if tit results in reducing the annual toll of human life. After all, the world is for human beings, not motor-cars.
52. The main idea of this passage is__________-
A. Traffic accidents are mainly caused by motorists.
B. Thousands of people the world over are killed each year.
C. The laws of some countries about driving are too lax.
D. Only stricter traffic laws can prevent accidents.
53. What does the author think of society toward motorists?
A. Society smiles on the motorists.
B. Huge car parks are built in the cities and towns.
C. Victims of accidents are nothing.
D. Society condones their rude driving.
54. Why does the author say:’ his car becomes the extension of his personality?’
A. Driving can show his real self.
B. Driving can show the other part of his personality.
C. Driving can bring out his character.
D. His car embodies his temper.
55.  Which of the followings is NOT mentioned as a way against traffic accidents?
A. Build more highways.
B. Stricter driving tests.
C. Test drivers every three years.
D. raise age limit and lay down safety specifications.
56.   The attitude of the author is
A. ironical     B. critical              C. appealing          D. positive

E
Brazil has become one of the developing world’s great successes at reducing population growth－but more by accident than design. While countries such as India have made joint efforts to reduce birth rates, Brazil has had better result without really trying, says George Martine at Harvard.
Brazil’s population growth rate has dropped from 2.99% a year between 1951 and 1960 to 1.93% a year between 1981 and 1990, and Brazilian women now have only 2.7 children on average. Martine says this figure may have fallen still further since 1990, an achievement that makes it the envy of many other Third World countries.
Martine puts it down to, among other things, soap operas (通俗电视连续剧) and installment (分期付款) plans introduced in the 1970s. both played an important, although indirect, role in lowering, the birth rate. Brazil is one of the world’s biggest producers of soap operas. Globo, Brazil’s most popular television network, shows three hours of soaps six nights a week, while three others show at least one hour a night. Most soaps are based on wealthy characters living the high life in big cities.
“Although they have never really tried to work in a message towards the problems of reproduction, they describe middle and upper class values － not many children, different attitudes towards sex, women working,” says Martine. “They sent this image to all parts of Brazil and made people conscious of other patterns of behavior and other values, which were put into a very attractive package.”
Meanwhile, the installment plans tried to encourage the poor to become consumers (消费者). “This led to an enormous change in consumption (消耗、消费) patterns and consumption was incompatible (不相容的) with unlimited reproduction.” Says Martine.
57. According to the passage, Brazil has cut back its population growth ____.
A. by educating its citizens 　　　　　　　　B. by careful family planning
C. by developing TV programs 　　　　　　　D. by chance
58. According to the passage, many Third World countries ______.
A. haven’t attacked much importance to birth control
B. would soon join Brazil in controlling their birth rate
C. haven’t yet found an effective measure to control their population
D. neglected the role of TV plays in family planning
59. Soap operas have helped in lowering Brazil’s birth rate because ____.
A. they keep people sitting long hours watching TV
B. they have gradually changed people’s way of life
C. people are drawn to their attractive package
D. they popularize birth control measures
60. What is Martine’s conclusion about Brazil’s population growth?
A. The increase in birth rate will increase consumption.
B. The desire for consumption helps to reduce birth rate.
C. Consumption patterns and reproduction patterns are contradictory (互相矛盾的)
D. A country’s production is limited by its population growth.

第二节根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项
Y="Yang" Li       D= Diarmuid
Y: Hi, Diarmuid. Nice to see you again.
D: Hi, you know, Li, it was so nice to meet your friends last night.
Y: Oh,      61     
D: Yeah, they’re really cool. I’ve “ friended ” them already.
Y: You’ve friended….      62    
D:   63    But I also friended them. Do you like social networking?
Y: Eh? Not sure.    64    
D: Well Li, I’m sure you know about social networking sites like Facebook, Bebo and Qzone?
Y: Oh, social networking sites.
D:     65    you can say you add them, or simply friend them.

E. When you want to make friends with somebody.
F. You mean you’ve become friends with them?
G. Well yes, we’ve become friends.

第二卷（非选择题，共55分）
第三部分写作（共三节，满分55分）
第一节：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题卡相应的位置上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式（每空只写一词）
66. China is ________ (经历) rapid change and development these years.
67. Today, sixteen EU nations use the EURO as their_______(官方) currency.
68. I’m sorry to say this kind of furniture is out of _______ (风格) at present.
69. It is essential that more than 70,000,000 people will be__(吸引) to the 2010 EXPO of Shanghai.
70. They ______ (安排) for a car to collect us from the airport that morning.
71. A ______ (正方形) table lies in the middle of the room.
72. Outside our school is a ________ (笔直) road leading to the new stadium.
73. Disabled as he is, he is a famous _________ (音乐家) in China.
74. Wang Meng skated her way to three gold ______ (奖牌) at the Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
75. Buses run _______ (频繁) between the city and the airport.

第二节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1. 5分，满分15分）
此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。如有错误（每行只有一个错误），如无错误，在答题卡相应的位置上画一个勾（√）；如有错误（每行只有一个错误），则按下列情况改正；
此行多一个词：把多余的词写在答题卡相应的位置上，用斜线（﹨）划掉。
此行缺一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该加的词，并附带前（后）词。
此行错一个词：在答题卡相应的位置上写出该错词和改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不用改。
A 60-year-old Australia woman jumped onto the back                        76. ___________
of a 4-metre crocodile stop it from killing a 34-year-old                  77. ___________
man. The crocodile grabbed one man as he was sleeping                   78. ___________
in a tent at a beaches campsite in Australia. The crocodile                79. ___________
entered the tent around 4 a. m. Monday and dragged                       80. ___________
the man outside. The woman, that was camping nearby, saw             81. ___________
what was happening and jumping onto the crocodile. The crocodile 82. ___________
then let the man go and turned on the woman, pulling him                      83. ___________
towards the water. Luckily a third person shot                                 84. ___________
the crocodile death just in time, saving the woman.                          85. ___________

第三节  书面表达（满分30分）
假如你是一名中学生，叫李华，请根据下表内容用英语写信给某报社Just ask栏目的主持人Ralph。请求帮助解决一个长期困扰你的问题。
你的情况：           1、学习成绩好。                2、爱母亲。                3、有点害怕母亲。
你母亲的情况：    1. 很少有时间和你说话。   2、对你很严，易发脾气。
你的问题：           1、很少交流。                   2、希望互相了解。     3、不知如何沟通。
注意：词数100左右；参考词汇：发脾气lose one's temper
Dear Ralph,
I'm a middle school student. ____________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________.
　  I do hope we’ll be closer. What can I do?
　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　Yours sincerely, 
Li Hua