北京市东城区高三第二次模拟考试英语

To write your report, you may refer to books 19^th_______century Englist literature.

－ Has Tom already finished his new story?
－ I Have no idea. He _________it last month.

You look so tired. You________have stayed up late again.

The couple finally bought the house they wanted, for they _______enough money.

Only when Tom fully recovered _________back to work.

Young people go to college with the expectation that_________educated people get a higher pay.

Oct.1st, _________is our National Day, is always celebrated with singing and dancig.

－Peter, would you like a beer to go with your meal?
—Sure, it___________.

It’s not easy to learn English well. _______as much as possible is necessary.

Every year, Tom remembers to have some flowers ______to her mother on her birthday.

________Hard you may try, you can’t possibly persuade Tom to give up smoking, for he is so addicted to it.

They all wanted to stop working because they were tired, but ___of them would say sl.

______the address, Tom sent the email to his teacher.

－How do you usually find out about new software?
－In the magazines like Popular Electronics. That’s       computer companies usually advertise.

I think you should complain — ____,of course, you are happy with the way things are.

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
It was in my high school science class. I was doing a task in front of the classroom with my favorite shirt on.
A  36  came,“Nice shirt,”I smiled from ear to ear. Then another voice said,“That shirt belonged to my dad. Greg’s mother works for my family. We were going to  37   that shirt away, but gave it to her  38  .”I was speechless. I wanted to hide.
I  39   the shirt in the back of the closet and told my mum what had happened. She then dialed her    40   , “I will no longer work for your family,”she told him. That night, Mom told my dad that she couldn’t clean anymore; she knew her life’s   41  was something greater.
The next morning she   42   with the personnel manager at the Board of Eeucation. He told her that without a proper education she could not teach. So mom decided to   43  a university.
After the first year in college, she went back to the personnel manager. He said, “You are   44  , aren’t you? I think I have a   45   for you as a teacher’s assistant. This opportunity deals with children who are mentally challenged with little or no chance of   46  .” Mom accepted the opportunity very   47  .
For almost five years, as a teacher’s assistant, she saw teacher after teacher give up on the children and quit, feeling   48  . then one day, the personnel manager and the principal   49   in her classroom. The principal said, “We have watched how you   50   the children and how they communicate with you and admire your hard – working   51   over the last five years. We are all in agreement that you   52   be the teacher of this class.”
My mom spent more than 20 years there.   53  her career, she was voted Teacher of the Year. All of this came about because of the   54   comment made in the classroom that day. Mom showed me how to handle   55   situations and never give up.
36．A．noise B．voice C．sound       D．tune
37．A．get    B．take   C．carry D．throw
38．A．otherwise  B．anyhow    C．instead      D．actually
39．A．settled      B．pushed      C．stored      D．stuck
40．A．teacher     B．employer  C．director    D．adviser
41．A．purpose    B．encouragement C．achievement     D．victory
42．A．went B．met   C．worked     D．stayed
43．A．visit  B．continue   C．attend       D．prepare
44．A．serious     B．fortunate   C．careful      D．responsible
45．A．career       B．duty  C．position    D．part
46．A．learning    B．judging     C．obeying    D．imagining
47．A．patiently   B．eagerly     C．successfully      D．skillfully
48．A．upset B．frightened C．guilty       D．ashamed
49．A．looked up B．went up    C．took up     D．showed up
50．A．believe     B．protect      C．treat  D．receive
51．A．spirit B．intention   C．action       D．attempt
52．A．must B．would       C．might       D．should
53．A．At     B．During     C．On    D．With
54．A．worthless  B．thoughtless       C．hopeless    D．helpless
55．A．challenging      B．different   C．dangerous D．strange

Eight – year – old Jesse Abrogate was playing in the sea late one evening in July 2001 when a 7 – foot bull shark attacked him and tore off his arm. Jesse’s uncle jumped into the sea and dragged the boy to shore. The boy was not breathing. His aunt gave him mouth – to – mouth resuscitation (人工呼吸) while his uncle rang the emergency services. Pretty soon, a helicopter arrived and flew the boy to hospital. It was a much quicker journey than the journey by road.
Jesse’s uncle, Vance Folsenzier, ran back into to the sea and found the shark that had attacked his nephew. He picked the shark up and threw it onto the beach. A coastguard shot the fish four times and although this did not kill it, the shark’s jaws relaxed so that they could open them, and reach down into its stomach, and pull out the boy’s arm.
At the Baptist Hospital in Pensacola, Dr Ian Rogers spent eleven hours reattaching Jesse’s arm. “It was a complicated operation,” he said, “but we were lucky. If the arm hadn’t been recovered in time, we wouldn’t have been able to do the operation at all. What I mean is that if they hadn’t found the shark, well then we wouldn’t have had a chance.’
According to local park ranger Jack Tomosvic, shark attacks are not that common. “Jesse was just unlucky,” he says, “evening is the shark’s feeding time. And Jesse was in area without lifeguards. This would never have happened if he had been in area where swimming is allowed.’
When reporters asked Jesse’s uncle how he had had the courage to fight a shark, he replied, “I was mad and you do some strange things when you’re mad.”
What was the boy doing when the accident happened?

A．Feeding a hungry shark.	B．Jumping into the rough sea.
C．Dragging a boy to the shore.	D．Swimming in a dangerous area.

In which way did the boy’s uncle help with the operation?

How was his uncle in time of danger?

The Touchstone
When the great library of Alexandria burned, the story goes, one book was saved. But it was not a valuable book; and so a poor man, who could read little, bought it for very little money.
The book wasn't very interesting, but between its pages there was something very interesting indeed. It was a thin strip of vellum on which was written the secret of the "Touchstone"! The touchstone was a small pebble that could turn any common metal into pure gold.
The writing explained that it was lying among thousands and thousands of other pebbles that looked exactly like it. But the secret was this: The real stone would feel warm, while ordinary pebbles are cold.
So the man sold his few belongings, bought some simple supplies, camped on the seashore, and began testing pebbles. He knew that if he picked up ordinary pebbles and threw them down again because they were cold, he might pick up the same pebble hundreds of times. So, when he felt one that was cold, he threw it into the sea. He spent a whole day doing this but none of them was the touchstone. Yet he went on and on this way. Pick up a pebble. Cold - throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. Pick up another. Throw it into the sea. The days continued over a long period if time.
One day, however, about mid-afternoon, he picked up a pebble and it was warm. He threw it into the sea before he realized what he had done. He had formed such a strong habit of throwing each pebble into the sea that when the one he wanted came along he still threw it away.
So it is with opportunity. Unless we are cautious, it’s easy to fail to recognize an opportunity when it is in hand and it’s just as easy to throw it away.
The man bought the book because          .

We can learn from the passage that the touchstone is         .

Why did the man throw the pebbles into the sea?

What does the author want to tell us in the passage?

Every baby born a decade from now will have its genetic code (基因编码) mapped at birth, the head of the worlds’ leading genome sequencing (基因图谱) company has predicted.
A complete DNA read – out for every newborn will be technically possible and affordable in less than five years, promising a revolution in healthcare, says Jay Flatley, the chief executive of Illumina. Only social and legal problems are likely to delay the age of “genome sequences,” or genetic profiles. By 2019 it will have become routine to map infants’ genes when they are born, Dr Flatly told The Times.
This will open a new approach to medicine, by which conditions such as high blood pressure and heart disease can be predicted and prevented and drugs used more safely and effectively.
A baby’s genome can be discovered at birth by a blood test. By examining a person’s genome, it is possible to identify raised risks of developing diseases such as cancers. Those at high risk can then he screened more regularly, or given drugs or dietary advice to lower their chances of becoming ill.
Personal genomes could also he used to ensure that patients get the medicine that is most likely to work for them and least likely to have side – effects.
The development, however, will raise legal concerns about privacy and access to individuals’ genetic records.
“Bad things can be done with the genome. It could predict something about someone – and you could possibly hand the information to their employer or their insurance company.” said Dr Flatley.
“People have to recognize that this horse is out of the barn, and that your genome probably can’t be protected, because everywhere you go you leave your genome behind. Complete genetic privacy, however, is unlikely to be possible”, he added.
As the benefits become clearer, however, he believes that most people will want their genomes read and interpreted. The risk is nothing compared with the gain.
In the first two paragraphs, the author mainly wants to tell us about         .

Which of the following is a problem caused by this approach?
A．The delaying in discovering DNA.
B．The risk of developing diseases at birth.
C．The side – effects of medicine on patients.
D．The letting out of personal genetic information.
What does the underlined sentence “… this horse is out of the barn” mean?

A．Genetic mapping technique has been widely used.

B．Genetic mapping technique is too horrible to control.

C．People are eager to improve genetic mapping technique.

D．people can’t stop genetic mapping technique advancing.

What’s Dr Flatley’s attitude towards the technology?

The energy crisis (危机) has made people aware of how the careless use of the earth’s energy has brought the whole world to the edge of disaster. The over – development of motor transport, with its increase of more cars, more traveling, has contributed to the near – destruction of our cities and the pollution not only of local air but also of the earth’s atmosphere.
Our present situation is unlike natural disasters of the past. Worldwide energy use has brought us to a state where long – range planning is vital. What we need is not a continuation of our present serious state, which endangers the future of our country, our children, and our earth, but a movement forward in order to work rapidly and effectively on planetary problems.
This country has been falling back under the continuing exposures of loss of morality and the revelation (揭露) that lawbreaking has reached into the highest place in the land. There is a strong demand for morality to turn for the better and for some devotion that is vast enough and yet personal enough to enlist the devotion of all. In the past it has been only in a way in defense of their own country and their own benefits that people have been able to devote themselves wholeheartedly.
This is the first time that we have been asked to defend ourselves and what we hold dear in cooperation with all the other people of this planet, who share with us the same endangered air and the same endangered oceans. There is a common need to reassess our present course, to change that course and to employ new methods through which the world can survive. This is a priceless opportunity.
To grasp it, we need a widespread understanding of nature if the crisis we and the world are facing is no passing inconvenience, no byproduct of the ambitions of the oil – producing countries, no environmentalists’ only fears, no byproduct of any present system of government. What we face is the result of the invention of the last four hundred years. What we need is transformed life style. This new life style can flow directly from science and technology, but its acceptance depends on a sincere devotion to finding a higher quality of life for the world’s children and future generation.
Which of the following has nearly destroyed our cities?

By comparing past problems with present ones, the author draws our attention to the        .

Which of the following is used as an example to show the loss of morality?

The author wrote the passage in order to         .

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。
In the 60s, people asked about your astrological (about star) sign. In the 90s, they want to know your website.   71   Your website is an electronic meeting place for your family, friends and potentially, millions of people around the world. Best of all, you may not have to spend a cent. The Web is filled with all kinds of free services and all it takes is some time and creativity.
72  Like the table of contents of a book or magazine, the home page is the front door.Your site can have one or more pages, depending on how you design it.
While web pages vary greatly in their design and content, most use a traditional magazine layout（版面设计）.At the top of the page is a banner(横幅). Next comes a greeting and a short description of the site. Pictures, text, and links to other websites follow.
73  Think about whom the site is for and what you want to say. Next, gather up the material that you want to put on the site.
While there are no rules you have to follow, there are a few things to keep in mind:   74  If you are too much at the beginning, you may never get the site off the ground. You can always add to your site.
Less is better. Most people don’t like to read a lot of text online.   75 
Smaller is better. Since it can take a long time to download large image files, keep the file sizes small.
Have the rights. Don’t put any material on your site unless you are sure you can do it legally. Learn the Net’s Copyright Article for more about this.
Now it’s time to roll up your sleeves and start building

E．Before you start building your site, do some planning.
F．Think of your home page as the starting point of your website.
G．These days, having a web address is almost as important as a street address.

假如你是高三学生李华，你的笔友Tim给你发了一封电子邮件，向你了解高考后这个暑假的打算。你给他回复，告诉他你将去上海参加世博会志愿者服务工作。请参照表格中的提示，给Tim写一封邮件。
注意：
1．邮件的开头和结尾已为你写好。
2．词数不少于60。

世博会简介	特点	首次在发展中国家举行
人物	愈7千万
志愿工作	地点	北京馆（Beijing Pavilion）
职责	引导员；介绍文化和著名建设（故宫，鸟巢等）
工作之余	参观场馆；了解科技成就及新发明

Dear Tim
I’ve received your email, asking me about my plan for the summer vacation. Now let me tell you something exciting.
I hope you can come and see it for yourself.
Fondly Yours,
Li Hua

请根据下面提示，写一篇短文。词数不少于50。

In your English class, your teacher shows you he following picture. You are asked to describe the picture and explain how you understand it.