陕西省五校联盟高三第二次模拟考试英语试卷

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。
breathe   

smooth

promise    A. desert      B. practise     C. wise         D design
comfort   

limited   

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。选项中有两项为多余选项。（说明：E涂AB；F涂AC）
---What kind of music do you like listening to?
--- I like music that has a fast beat and is lively.   You prefer classical music, don’t you? 
---Yes, I do. I find it very relaxing. I often listen to Mozart in the evening after a hard day at work.
--- It’s certainly more sophisticated (复杂巧妙的) than modern dance music.
--- Classical music is said to be good for your brain. Research suggests it makes your brain more active.
---Really? Perhaps I should listen to classical music more often. 
---Yes. That’s why I listen to it in the evenings.
--- I should follow your lead and increase my brain power.
---You can find plenty of recordings on the Internet too.
--- You should do the same with some dance music. You might find something you like. Classical music might make you clever, but dance music might make you livelier and happier.

E. I heard that listening to classical music is helpful in reducing stress.
F. Do you often buy music CDs in the shop near our university?
G. I’ve got a few classical music CDs

You can change your job, you can move your house, but friendship is meant      life.

We can never expect _______bluer sky unless we create ______ less polluted world.

Women’s fashions are       changing: One season they may favor pant-suits, but the next season they may prefer miniskirts.

---What do you think is the matter with your car?
---Well, it _____ start at all. I mean I turned the key and nothing happened.

Hours of playing violent video games can affect the way the brain works, ______ damage to certain cells of brain. 

---I'd rather have some wine, if you don't mind.
---______．Don’ t forget that you’ll drive.

---How do you think I can make up with Tony ?
---Put aside ______you disagree and try to find ______you have in common.

---Do I need to ______ for the party?
---Don’t bother. It’s only an informal party. Come as you are.

If you had seen a doctor, you       much better now.

---Sunday is a public holiday, _____children should get close to nature.
---But most of them have several lessons to attend.

Normally, a forest fire and the damage ______ causes can be very severe, especially when you consider the financial and physical losses.

Be careful when you deal with this chemical, as it will explode when ______ to sunlight.

---I hear Liza and her husband have flown to Hawaii for their honeymoon．
---Oh, how nice! Do you know when they         ?

On the small island, which is the entrance to New York Harbor,  _______.

It’s reported that in the past 50 years around 80 percent of Beijing’s courtyard houses ______.

阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从各题所给的四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I've seen so many of them．One day，a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old．“There’s a     in my upper jaw，”she said．“I told my own dentist it's nothing，but he       I come to see you”
Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her．He would      to add something，but she stopped him．She wanted to tell everything herself．I found a large cancer that spread over much of the     of her mouth．A careful examination later       that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer．
During her next appointment，I explained to her the       of the problem. She clasped (紧握)my hand in hers and said，“I know you’re worried about me，but I’m just     ．”
I thought otherwise．After considerable       on my part，and kindness on her part because she wanted to       me，she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon．She saw him，but as I expected，     treatment．
About six months later she returned to my office，still energetic and       ．
“How are you?” I asked．
“I’m just fine，honey，”she responded     high spirits．“When can I get started on fixing my dentures(假牙)?”
Surprised to see her at all，I answered       ，“Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll see about it. ”
I couldn’t believe my eyes．The cancer that had        nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness       ．
I had read of such things happening，but had       seen them with my own eyes．That was my first miracle．Since then I've seen many others，because they keep getting       to see．In fact，miracles are daily events for me now．And people are a miracle，     through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to     the miracles of one another．
Since my first miracle，I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is     we choose to find it．

A．cut B．pain C．wound D．cancer

A．declared B．suspected C．promised D．insisted

A．refuse B．continue C．attempt D．manage

A．roof B．corner C．bottom D．surface

A．confirmed B．convinced C．considered D．concluded

A．possibility B．importance C．seriousness D．resolution

A．old B．sick C．fine D．glad

A．permission B．support C．approval D．effort

A．persuade B．please C．encourage D．astonish

A．declined B．provided C．received D．required

A．healthy B．elegant C．optimistic D．humorous

A．to B．in C．on D．by

A．worriedly B．confusedly C．patiently D．confidently

A．covered B．reached C．spread D．grown

A．cured B．faded C．expanded D．remained

A．ever B．also C．never D．already

A．easier B．rarer C．happier D．closer

A．or B．so C．yet D．for

A．read B．make C．keep D．see

A．whatever B．wherever C．whoever D．whichever

The day of my holiday arrived, but I wasn’t looking forward to it. I had little money and had only been able to afford to stay with my Aunt Rosa in Spain. So, I wasn’t really excited as I knew exactly what it was going to be like: lots of noisy cousins , and Aunt Rosa begging me to take her for a ride.
After I had checked in, I made my way slowly to the departure gate. As I was waiting to board the plane, I kept thinking about my ideal holiday destination: Jamaica, with its long, sandy beaches and crystal clear water.
As soon as the plane took off, I fell fast asleep and only woke to the sound of the announcement: “Ladies and gentlemen, please fasten you seat belts, as we will shortly be landing in Kingston.” I froze in my seat. Was I dreaming? Kingston? Jamaica? I had boarded the wrong plane!
Immediately after the plane landed, I explained the situation to the authorities. It seems there were also three other passengers heading for Spain. Apparently it had been the airline’s fault, since the flight numbers for Spain and Jamaica were exactly the same! Therefore, with no flight back to London for a week, the airline had no choice but to pay for our stay.
So there I was, lying on the beach, enjoying the music and the marvelous food of Jamaica! As for Aunt Rosa, I suppose she just had to live without me!
Why did the writer choose to spend her holiday with her aunt in Spain?

In the story, the writer ended up _________.

Which of the following might be the best title of the passage?

The Swiss army knife is a popular device that is recognized all over the world. In Switzerland, there is a saying that every good Swiss citizen has one in his or her pocket. But the knife had poor beginnings.
In the late nineteenth century, the Swiss army issued（发给） its soldiers a gun that required a special screwdriver（螺丝刀） to take it apart and clean it. At the same time, canned food was becoming common in the army. Swiss generals decided to issue each soldier a standard knife to serve both as a screwdriver and a can opener.
It was a lifesaver for Swiss knife makers, who were struggling to compete with cheaper German imports. In 1884, Carl Elsener, head of the Swiss knife manufacturer（maker） Victorinox, seized that opportunity with both hands, and designed a soldier's knife that the army loved. It was a simple knife with one big blade(刀片), a can opener, and a screwdriver.
A few years after the soldier's knife was issued, the "Schweizer Offizier Messer," or Swiss Officer's Knife, came on the market. Interestingly, the Officer's Knife was never given to those serving in the army. The Swiss army purchasers considered the new model with a corkscrew（瓶塞钻） for opening wine not "essential for survival," so officers had to buy this new model by themselves. But its special multi-functional design later launched(发行) the knife as a global brand. After the Second World War, a great number of American soldiers were stationed in Europe. And as they could buy the Swiss army knife at shops on army bases, they bought huge quantities of them. However, it seems that "Schweizer Offizier Messer" was too difficult for them to say, so they just called it the Swiss army knife, and that is the name it is now known by all over the world.
What is the main purpose of the passage?

What does "It" in the third paragraph refer to?

Why didn't the Swiss army purchase the Swiss Officer's Knife?

Who gave the name "the Swiss army knife" to the knife discussed in the passage?

It seems hard to watch someone yawn（打哈欠） and not to yawn ourselves. Even reading about yawning can make you do it. Now, a new study has found why yawning has such a powerful force.
Yawning when others yawn, the study suggests, is a sign of pity and a form of social connection. Kids don’t develop this deeply rooted behavior until around age four, the study found. Kids with autism (自闭症) are less likely to catch yawns. In the most serious cases, they never do. Yawning might help doctors to see whether the children are developing rightly. The work could also lead to a better understanding of the ways that people communicate and connect.
"Emotional infection seems to be a born thing that connects us together," said Molly Helt, a graduate student in psychology at the University of Connecticut. "Yawning may be part of that." Inspiration for her study came when she tried to get her own autistic son to clear his ears on an airplane. She repeatedly yawned at him, hoping he would yawn back. He never did.
"The fact that autistic kids don’t do it might mean they’re really missing out on that emotional connection with people around them," she said. "The biggest thing people try to figure out after birth is how we become humans and understand that humans have minds that are different from others’," she added. "Autistic people never seem to understand that."
Like infectious （有感染力的）laughter and crying, scientists have found that yawning is a shared experience that promotes social connection. Helt said it could fight stress after a period of being nervous and spread a feeling of calm through a group.
What does the new study suggest, according to the first two paragraphs?

According to Molly Helt, _________.

Which of the following is NOT true about yawning?

The author implies in the last paragraph that ________.

Space is where our future is — trips to the Moon, Mars and beyond. Most people would think that aside from comets(彗星) and stars, there is little else out there. But, since our space journey started we have left so much trash（垃圾） there that scientists are now concerned that if we don't clean it up, we may all be in mortal （致命的）danger.
The first piece of space junk was created in 1964, when the American satellite Vanguard I stopped operating and lost its connection with the ground center. However, since it kept orbiting around the Earth without any consequences, scientists became increasingly comfortable abandoning（抛弃） things that no longer served any useful purpose in space.
It is estimated （估计）that there are now over 500,000 pieces of man-made trash orbiting the Earth at speeds of up to 17,500 miles per hour. The junk varies from tiny pieces of paint chipped off rockets to cameras, huge fuel tanks, and even odd items like the million-dollar tool kit that astronaut Heidemarie Stefanyshyn Piper lost during a spacewalk.
The major problem with the space trash is that it may hit working satellites and damage traveling spacecraft(飞船). Moreover, pieces of junk may collide（碰撞） with each other and break into pieces which fall back to the Earth. To avoid this, scientists have invented several ways for clearing the sky. Ground stations have been built to monitor larger pieces of space trash to prevent them from crashing into working satellites or space shuttles. Future plans include a cooperative effort among many nations to stop littering in space and to clean up the trash already there.
What was the first piece of man-made space trash?

Why were scientists NOT concerned about space trash in the beginning?

Which of the following statements is true about space junk?

What has been done about the space trash problem?
A, Scientists have cleaned up most of the trash.
B. Large pieces of space trash are being closely watched.
C. Many nations have worked together to stop polluting space.
D. Ground stations are built to help store the trash properly in space.

根据短文内容，从下框的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。 选项中有一项为多余选项。 （说明：E涂AB；F涂AC）

Five Secrets of High-Energy People
Very little that’s new occurs in our lives. The impact of this sameness on our emotional energy is gradual, but huge: It’s like a tire with a slow leak(漏). You don’t notice it at first, but eventually you’ll get a flat. Here’s a challenge: If it’s something you wouldn’t ordinarily do, do it. Try a dish you’ve never eaten. Listen to music you’d ordinarily tune out. You’ll discover these small things add to your emotional energy.
The first step in solving this meaning shortage is to figure out what you really care about, and then do something about it. A case in point is Ivy, 57, a pioneer in investment banking. “I mistakenly believed that all the money I made would mean something,” she says. “But I feel lost, like a 22-year-old wondering what to do with her life.” Ivy’s solution? She started a program that shows Wall Streeters how to donate time and money to poor children. In the process, Ivy filled her life with meaning.
Most of us grown-ups live a dull life. High-energy people have the same day-to-day work as the rest of us, but they manage to find something enjoyable in every situation. A real estate broker I know keeps herself amused on the job by mentally redecorating the houses she shows to clients. “I love imagining what even the most run-down house could look like with a little tender loving care,” she says. “It’s a challenge—and the least desirable properties are usually the most fun.”
Everyone’s past is filled with regrets that still cause pain. But from an emotional energy point of view, they are dead weights that keep us from moving forward. While they can’t merely be willed away, I do recommend you remind yourself that whatever happened is in the past, and nothing can change that. Holding on to the memory only allows the damage to continue into the present.
Emotional energy has a kind of magical quality; the more you give, the more you get back. This is the difference between emotional and physical energy. With the latter, you have to get it to be able to give it. With the former, however, you get it by giving it. After all, if it’s true that what goes around comes around, why not make sure that what’s circulating around you is the good stuff?

根据下列各句句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。
The newly-married couple have ________(登广告) for a new department.
Her dream has become a _________(现实).
Anna and two other ________(志愿者) are helping in a local school.
The Christmas tree is __________(装饰)with lights and beautiful objects.
___________(就个人而言 )I think waiting here is a waste of time .
This afternoon he suddenly fell ill and an ________(救护车) was called to carry him to hospital.
Though we were tired, it was a _________(有价值的) experience.
We are always told that a good job _________（值得）a good reward.
This new product is sold ________(世界各地).                                                             
Stick stamps on the ________(信封) and post the letters. 

文中共有10处错误，每句中最多两处.错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在此处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。　　
注意：1. 每处错误及修改均仅限一词；
2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。
Once I had to read a text-book which was so expensive for me to buy it. I couldn’t obtain it from the library and an only copy I could find was in a certain bookshop. So I will go along to the shop every afternoon and read a little of the book in a time. One day, therefore, I was disappointed to find the book missing from its usually place. He was about to leave when the owner of the shop waved at me. Expecting to be told off, I went towards him. To my surprise, the owner pointed to the book which placed in a corner. “I put it there in case it should be bought.” He said kindly, left me to continue my reading.

假设你是李华，你的美国老师Miss Morgan要求你们明天下午去听一个美国历史的讲座。你因故不能参加。请你根据以下要点，写一封短信向Miss Morgan请假。
内容要点：
*表示歉意  
*理由：去机场接人  
*询问：是否有录音，以便补听讲座
注意：
1. 词数：100左右  
2. 可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯
Dear Miss Morgan,
I am so sorry                                                                                 
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                                                                                           
                   
Yours sincerely
Li Hua