江苏省高考下学期模拟考试试题一 （英语）

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—How about going out for a picnic on Sunday morning?
—Hmm．___．The weather is very good these days．

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These achievements_______ without the contribution of Qian Xuesen, a key leader of the New China's nuclear, missile and so on．

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I’ll go to America to strengthen my English _______it isn’t too expensive.                          

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We’ve published large quantities of books This year _______we’ve published three
million copies．

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No．50 High School is as new as No．48 High School．____, it is more beautiful．

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Today, when I think of my friend, I remember the way her face _____ when she saw the picture of a dramatic landscape.

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Yesterday I had a word with the CEO of the company, ___ who used to teach at Beijing University．

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Never before______ so highly successful in his attempts to forecast the weather accurately on a small scale．

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The winning of hosting ______ 2010 World Expo is ______ victory not only for Shanghai residents, but for the  people of the whole Chinese nation.

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New policies, _______ to ensure that compulsory education is truly free, _______by the local government across China since the start of school on September 1.

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This January will be very precious for us by which time we_______reviewing Senior Book I.                                                                                                        

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Soldiers stood next to a police truck, looking at the crime scene _______ a woman was gunned down in a poor neighborhood of the border city of Iran October 18, 2009.

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We _______ contact each other; she is _______ of an acquaintance than a friend.

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To greatly raise people’s living conditions, _______.

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A fire broke out in a commercial mall unexpectedly             the customers and the persons working there fleeing for safety

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第二节: 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
I think we should try to find a happy memory, something to lift us up on those unpleasant days. I'm saying this because I think I just found mine!
I had some work in Glasgow then. I was on a really  36  schedule, which meant I would have no time for myself all day. I was having one of those days, the train was completely  37  and the conversation going on around me seemed to be particularly  38  . Besides, I had a bit of a headache.   _39   quickly across the station hall, I fished some  40  from my pocket. There was usually someone at the exit   41   The Big Issue ( a magazine that helps homeless folk earn a living).
_42  the crowd parted ways at the bottom of the hall, I saw someone selling the
Big Issue. She really looked like she'd been sleeping  43  . Her clothes were  44  and she obviously hadn't had a scrub up (擦洗) for quite a while.
As I  45   the exit, I saw that she was  46  from side to side. At first I thought maybe she was trying to keep  47  against the biting wind. But she wasn't, she was moving in time to a  48 . I couldn’t hear her, but I could see her lips moving.
When I got closer, I saw a white  49  hanging from her elbow and noticed that she had sunken eyes. She was  50 , dirty and living on tile streets. I came closer and through the  51  of the traffic I heard her  52  the immortal (不朽的)line, "... and I think to myself, what a wonderful world!"
I bought her last magazine for twice what I'd originally  53  . She thanked me, then she  54_     her belongings and went tapping off along the pavement – still singing!
So, I have my happy  55  for the day. And I think it will stay with me a long, long time.
36. A. enjoyable            B. relaxing           C. tight              D. tiring
37. A. crowded             B. delayed           C. loaded            D. crashed
38. A. moving             B. interesting          C. pleasing           D. meaningless
39. A. Crawling            B. Walking           C. Wandering        D. Searching
40. A. cigarettes           B. sweets             C. change             D. paper
41. A. selling               B. buying            C. collecting          D. delivering
42. A. With                B. Since             C. Until             D. As
43. A. comfortably          B. rough             C. soundly           D. anxiously
44. A. ragged              B. costly             C. tidy               D. fashionable
45. A. left                 B. passed            C. approached        D. examined
46. A. jumping             B. climbing           C. rolling             D. rocking
47. A. active                B. energetic         C. warm             D. awake
48. A. dance              B. tune              C. step                D. sound
49. A. issue                B. arm              C. stick               D. log
50. A. deaf                B. lame              C. mad              D. blind
51. A. noise                B. music             C. voice               D. whistle
52. A. recite               B. compose           C. read              D. sing
53. A. expected            B. charged           C. intended          D. organized
54. A. picked up            B. throw away        C. put down           D. hid away
55. A. decision             B. memory           C. program          D. design

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第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题，每题2分，满分30分）
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。
Australian scientists are trying to give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep in a bid
to cut the emission of greenhouse gases blamed for global warming.
Thanks to special bacteria in their stomachs, kangaroo farts contain no methane（甲烷）and scientists want to transfer that bacteria to cattle and sheep who emit large quantities of the harmful gas.
While the usual image of greenhouse gas pollution is a billowing smokestack pushing out carbon dioxide, livestock passing wind contribute a surprisingly high percentage of total emissions in some countries.
"Fourteen percent of emissions from all sources in Australia is from enteric methane from cattle and sheep," said Athol Klieve, a senior research scientist with the Queensland state government.
"And if you look at another country such as New Zealand, which has got a much higher agricultural base, they're actually up around 50 percent," he said.
Researchers say the bacteria also makes the digestive process much more efficient and could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.
But it will take researchers at least three years to isolate the bacteria, before they can even start to develop a way of transferring it to cattle and sheep.
Another group of scientists, meanwhile, has suggested Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.
The idea is controversial（争议）, but about 20 percent of health conscious Australians are believed to eat the national symbol already.
"It's low in fat, it's got high protein levels and it's very clean in the sense that basically it's the ultimate free range animal（散养动物）," said Peter Ampt of the University of New South Wales's institute of environmental studies.
56. According to the passage, global warming is now mainly caused by _____ .
A. methane  B. carbon dioxide  C. livestock passing wind  D. not mention in this passage
57. What does the underlined phrase “the idea”（paragraph 9）refer to?
A. Australians should give kangaroo-style stomachs to cattle and sheep.
B. The bacteria could make the digestive process much more efficient.
C. Australians should farm fewer cattle and sheep and just eat more kangaroos.
D. The bacteria could potentially save millions of dollars in feed costs for farmers.
58.  How will Australian scientists solve the problem of global warming?
A. Eating more kangaroos.  
B. Killing more cattle and sheep.
C. Letting cattle and sheep pass less wind.
D. Transferring the special bacteria in kangaroos’ stomachs to cattle and sheep.

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I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger pay-check….
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what , today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.
59. It can be inferred from the passage that_____.
A. the author is a success in personal life
B. the author didn’t try her best to work well
C. the author spent all her time caring for her children
D. the author likes traveling very much
60. How did the author form her view of life?
A. Through social experience.          B. By learning from her friends.
C. Through an unfortunate experience    D. From her children and husband.
61. By the underlined sentence “ It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph, the author really means that people tend to_____.
A. make a living rather than live a real life
B. work rather than enjoy life
C. waste a lot in life
D. forget the most important lessons in life
62. What’s the author’s attitude towards work?
A. Do it well to serve others.
B. Earn enough money to make life better.
C. Try your best to get higher position and pay.
D. Don’t let it affect your real life.

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Facing the threat of the Internet, the traditional newspaper is thinking about what it can do to meet the challenge. To make teens get into the habit of reading, the French government is considering what kind of efforts it should pursue.  It seems that the two questions have nothing to do with each other, but a recent announcement made by French President Nicolas Sarkozy has connected these two issues together. The announcement gives an answer to both of them.
.  President Nicolas Sarkozy announced a rescue plan for France' s ailing print media, including measures to save printing and distribution costs. The plan also gives French teenagers a surprise as their 18-year-old birthday gift: France will offer all 18-year-olds a free daily copy of the newspaper of their choice.
"The habit of reading the press should start at a very young age," Sarkozy said, presenting the conclusion after talking to a group of journalists and officials in Paris. The President said the newspapers themselves would provide free copies for 18-year-olds, while the state would cover the cost of delivering them to many thousands of homes.       
The plan is an attempt to introduce teenagers, who frequently only get their news online, to the delights of the printed world.  A similar idea has been tested by L'Ouest-France (法兰西部报) over the past few years.  It offered some 18 to 24-year-olds a free paper once a week for a year.  L' Ouest-France reported that 15% of young people wanted to continue with a paid subscription after the year was over.
People in France welcomed the plan which should get more kids interested in current affairs and make reading be a pastime, as well as rescue the newspaper industry.
63. What does the underlined word " ailing" (in Paragraph 2) probably mean?
A. newly established       B. in difficult situations
C. most popular             D. warm-hearted
64. It can be inferred from the passage that           .
A. the government will pay for the delivery of newspapers to 18 -year-olds
B. the government will buy newspapers for 18-year-olds for one day
C.  some of the government officials are against the plan
D. President Nicolas Sarkozy would like to help the government
65. What is people' s reaction to the plan in France?
A,  They think it a waste of money.
B. They will buy newspapers themselves for 18-year-olds.
C.  They think highly of it and support it:.
D. They are worried the young will leave the Internet.
66. Which of the following can serve as the best for the passage?
A. A surprising plan from the President
B.  Help rescue the newspaper industry
C. Form the reading habit for the young
D. Free newspapers fly to teens

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Do you want to live another 100 years or more? Some experts say that scientific advances will
one day enable humans to last tens of years beyond what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.
“ I think we are knocking at the door of immortality (永生),” said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. “ I think by 2075 we will see it and that’s a conservative estimate.”
At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louria, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology(纳米技术) make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. “ There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years,” he said. “ Some have suggested that there is no limit and that people could live to 200 or 300 or 500 years.”
However, many scientists who specialize in aging are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to last about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.
Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live. “ It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have good quality of life?” said Leonard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Center. “ At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all.”
67. By saying “ we are knocking at the door immortality”, Michael Zey means_____.
A. they believe that there is no limit of living
B. they are sure to find the truth about long living
C. they have got some ideas about living forever
D. they are able to make people live past the present life span
68. Donald Louria’s attitude toward long living is that_____.
A. people can live from 120 to 180
B. it is still doubtful how long humans can live
C. the human body is designed to last about 120 years
D. it is possible for humans to live longer in the future
69. The underlined “ it” (Para. 4) refers to_____.
A. a great push
B. the idea of living beyond the present life span
C. the idea of living from 200 to 300
D. the conservative estimate
70. What would be the best title for this text?
A. Living longer or not
B. Science, technology and long living
C. No limit for human life
D. Healthy lifestyle and long living

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第四部分：任务型阅读  (10分)
认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
Speaking in public is most people's least favorite thing. The reason is that we are all afraid of making fools of ourselves. The more important the speech is, the more frightened we become. In fact, public speaking is not a "gift" like musical talent. Anybody who can talk can speak in public. Here are some of the lessons I have learned:
Try to make your idea clear and brief. If you can't express what you intend to get across in a sentence or two, and then your speech is not focused well enough. If you don't have a clear idea of what you want to say, your audience will make no sense. After all, what you can impress your audience in your speech is one or two of your main ideas. One or two. Not ten or twenty.
No matter how long or short your speech is, you've got to organize it well-how you are going to open, what major points you want to make and how you're going to close. A strong close is critical: the last thing you say is what your audience will most likely remember. When I do a radio or TV piece, I often write the last sentence first. When you know where you' re headed, you can choose any route to get there.
Finally, you'd better limit the time of your speech as properly as you can to hold the audience's curiosity. Take a vaudeville act (杂耍) for example. The standard length of one is usually 12 minutes. Just imagine how you are feeling if you have been watching all the performers singing and dancing their hearts out for more than the standard time

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第五部分书面表达（满分25分）

注意：1 ）仔细品味图中文字的幽默、无奈，要适当发挥想象，不要做简单描述。
2 ）词数150 左右。
3 ）开头已经写好，不计人总词数。