303广东省东莞市光明中学届高三摸底考试英语 161K.docx

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303广东省东莞市光明中学届高三摸底考试英语161K

东莞市光明中学2010届高三8月摸底考试

英语

本试卷共12页，四大题，满分150分。

考试用时120分钟。

语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）

第一节完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30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。

EvelynGlenniewasthefirstladyofsolopercussioninScotland.Inaninterview,sherecalledhowshebecameapercussionsoloist（打击乐器独奏演员）inspiteofherdisability.

“EarlyonIdecidednottoallowthe21ofotherstostopmefrombecomingamusician.IgrewuponafarminnortheastScotlandandbegan22pianolessonswhenIwaseight.TheolderIgot,themoremypassion（酷爱）formusicgrew.ButIalsobegantograduallylosemy23.Doctorsconcludedthatthenervedamagewasthe24andbyagetwelve,Iwascompletelydeaf.Butmyloveformusicnever25me.”

“My26wastobecomeapercussionsoloist,eventhoughtherewerenoneatthattime.Toperform,Ilearnedto‘hear’musicdifferentlyfromothers.Iplayinmystockingfeetandcan27thepitchofanote（音调高低）bythevibrations（振动）Ifeelthroughmybodyandthroughmy28.Myentiresoundworldexistsbymakinguseofalmostevery29thatIhave.”“Iwas30tobeassessedasamusician,notasadeafmusician,andIappliedtothefamousRoyalAcademyofMusicinLondon.

21.A.conditionsB.opinionsC.actionsD.recommendations

22.A.enjoyingB.choosingC.takingD.giving

23.A.sightB.hearingC.touchD.taste

24.A.evidenceB.resultC.excuseD.cause

25.A.leftB.excitedC.accompaniedD.disappointed

26.A.purposeB.decisionC.promiseD.goal

27.A.tellB.seeC.hearD.smell

28.A.carefulnessB.movementC.imaginationD.experience

29.A.senseB.effortC.feelingD.idea

30.A.dissatisfiedB.astonishedC.determinedD.discouraged

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卡标号为31—40的相应位置上。

TheEnglishlanguagegrewoutofthelanguagesoftheAngles,Saxons,andJutes.TheywereNorthernEuropeanpeopleswhosettledinEngland31（start）inthe5thcenturyAD.Byaboutthe9thcenturyADtheearliestversionoftheEnglishlanguage,32（know）English,orAnglo–Saxon,haddeveloped.Toamoderneye,OldEnglishlookslikeaforeignlanguage.33,themajorworksofOldEnglishliteraturehavebeentranslatedintomodernEnglish.

Mostscholarsagreethatthelongestsurvivingpoem34OldEnglishisBeowulf,ataleoflegendaryheroesandmonsters.ItisalsooneofthefirstEuropeanpoemswritteninalocallanguageratherthanLatin.Theauthor’snameisnotknown.ThefirstOldEnglishpoetwhoisknown35nameisCaedmon.Caedmonwasacowherdwholivedbeforetheyear700.Hisverses（诗文）36（base）onBiblestoriesandhadtobewrittendownbyothers37Caedmonhimselfcouldnotreadorwrite.Cynewulf,wholivedinthe800s,was38authorofreligiouspoetry.

Lateinthe800s,thescholarlykingAlfredtheGreatandmanyhelperstranslatedimportantbooksfromLatin39English.ItwasunderAlfred40theAnglo–SaxonChronicle,animportantrecordoftheearlyhistoryofEngland,wasbegun.

Ⅲ阅读（共两节，满分40分）

第—节阅渎理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读—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

Perhapsthemostextraordinarybuildingputupinthe19thcenturywastheCrystalPalace（水晶宫）whichwasbuiltinHydeParkfortheGreatExhibitionof1851.TheCrystalPalacewasdifferentfromalltheotherbuildingsintheworld,foritwasmadeofironandglass.Itwasoneofthebiggestbuildingsofallthetimeandalotofpeoplefrommanycountriescametoseeit.Plentyofgoodsweresenttotheexhibitionfromallpartsoftheworld.Therewasalsoagreatdealofmachineryonshow.Thoughinthosedays,travelingwasnotaseasyasitistoday,steamboatscarriedthousandsofvisitorsacrosstheChannelfromEurope.OnarrivinginEngland,theyweretakentotheCrystalPalacebytrain.Thereweresixmillionvisitorsinall,andthemoneyfromtheexhibitionwasusedtobuildmuseumsandcolleges.Later,theCrystalPalacewasmovedtotheSouthLondon.Itremainedoneofthemostfamousbuildingsintheworlduntilitwasburntdownin1936.

41.TheCrystalPalacewasbuiltup_________

A.inthe1950sB.inthe1900sC.shortlybefore1851D.before1951

42.PeoplefrommanycountriescametotheCrystalPalacemainlyto___________

A.buygoodsB.visitanexhibitionC.travelD.enjoytheCrystalPalaceitself

43.WhathappenedtotheCrystalPalacein1936?

A.Itcaughtaterriblefire.B.Itdisappearedsuddenly.

C.ItwasmovedawaytothesouthofLondon.D.Itwasrebuilt.

44.TheCrystalPalacewasfamoustoallbecause_________

A.Itwasthebiggestbuildingsintheworldthen.

B.Somanyvisitorshavebeenthere.

C.Itwasmadeofironandglass.

D.Itwasburntdownatlast.

45.Thewriter__________

A.thoughttheCrystalPalaceveryuseful.

B.sanghighpraisefortheCrystalPalace

C.wantedtheCrystalPalacetoberebuilt.

D.wasoneofthevisitorswhohadbeentotheCrystalPalace.

B

Whenitcomestofriends,Idesirethosewhowillsharemyhappiness,whopossesswingsoftheirownandwhowillflywithme.Iseekfriendswhosequalitiesilluminate（照亮）meandtrainmeupforlove.ItisforthesepeoplethatIreservetheglowinghours,toogoodnottoshare.

WhenIwasintheeighthgrade,Ihadafriend.Wewereshyand“tooserious”aboutourstudieswhenitwasbecomingfashionablewithourclassmatestolearnacceptablesocialbehaviors.Wesaidlittleatschool,butshewouldcometomyhouseandwewouldsitdownwithpencilsandpaper,andoneofuswouldsay:

“Let’sstartwithatrainwhistletoday.”Wewouldsitquietlytogetherandwriteseparatepoemsorstoriesthatgrewoutofatrainwhistle.Thenwewouldreadthemaloud.Attheendofthatschoolyear,we,too,werechangingintosocialcreaturesandthestoriesandpoemsstopped.

WhenIlivedforatimeinLondon,Ihadafriend,Hewasindespair（失望）andIwasindespair.Butourfriendshipwasbasedontheideaineachofusthatwewouldbesorrylaterifwedidnotexplorethisgreatcitybecausewehadfeltbadatthetime.WemeteverySundayforfiveweeksandfoundmanyexcellentthings.Wewalkeduntilourdespairsdisappearedandthenweparted.WegaveLondontoeachother.

ForalmostfouryearsIhavehadremarkablefriendwhoseimaginationilluminatesmine.Wewritelonglettersinwhichweoftendiscoverourstrangestselves.Eachofusappears,sometimesinafunnyway,intheother’sdreams.SheandIagreethat,atcertaintimes,weseemtobepartsofthesamemind.Inmymostinterestingmoments,Ioftenthink:

“Yes,Imusttell….”Wehavenevermet.

ItissuchcomfortingcompanionsIwishtokeep.Onebrighthourwiththeirkindisworthmoretomethanthelifetimeservicesofapsychologist（心理学家），whowillonlyfillupthehealing（愈合的）silencenecessarytothosedarkestmomentsinwhichIwouldratherbemyownbestfriend.

46.Intheeighthgrade,whattheauthordidbeforedevelopingpropersocialbehaviorwasto______.

A.becomeseriousaboutherstudy

B.gotoherfriend’shouseregularly

C.learnfromherclassmatesatschool

D.sharepoemsandstorieswithherfriend

47.InParagraph3,“WegaveLondontoeachother”probablymeans______.

A.ourexplorationofLondonwasamemorablegifttobothofus

B.wewereunwillingtotearourselvesawayfromLondon

C.ourunpleasantfeelingaboutLondondisappeared

D.wepartedwitheachotherinLondon

48.AccordingtoParagraph4,theauthorandherfriend_______.

A.calleachotherregularly

B.havesimilarpersonalities

C.enjoywritingtoeachother

D.dreamofmeetingeachother

49.Inthedarkestmoments,theauthorwouldpreferto______.

A.seekprofessionalhelpB.beleftalone

C.staywithherbestfriend

D.breakthesilence

50.Whatisthebesttitleforthepassage?

A.UnforgettableExperiences

B.RemarkableImagination

C.LifelongFriendship

D.NobleCompanions

C

AftertheSummerOlympicsareover,whenalltheathleticshavegonehomeandthetelevisionaudiencehasswitchedoff,anothergroupofathleticsandfanswillarriveatthehostcity,andanothercompetitionwillbegin.ThesearetheParalympics,thegamesforathleteswithadisability.ButinBeijingin2008,forthefirsttime,oneofthegreatestParalympicswillnotbetakingpart.

SheisaBritishathletebythenameofTanniGrey-Thompson.Bornwithspinebifida（脊椎裂）whichleftherparalyzed（瘫痪的）fromthewaistdown.Tanniusedawheelchairfromtheageof7.atfirst,shewasnotkeenonsport,apartfromhorse-riding,whichgaveherasenseoffreedom.Butinherteens,shestartedtakingsportsmoreseriously.Shetriedswimming,basketballandtennis.Eventuallyshefoundathletics,andneverlookedback.

Indeed,Tanni’sathleticcareertookoff.In1984,whenshewas15,shepulledoffasurprisevictoryinthe100metresattheJuniorNationalWheelchairGames.

In1988,TanniwenttoherfirstParalympicGamesinSeoul.Shewonbronzeinthe400metres.Evengreatersuccessfollowedatthe1992Barcelona.Paralympics.Tanniwongoldinthe100,200,400and800metresrelay,settingtwoworldrecordsintheprocess.InthesameyearsheachievedshefirstofhersixLondonWheelchairMarathonvictories.

Tanni’senduringsuccesshadbeenpartmotivation（动机）,partpreparation,“ThetrainingIdothatenablesmetobeagoodsprinter（短跑运动员）enablesmetobegoodatamarathontoo.Itrain50weeksoftheyearandthatkeepsmepreparedforwhateverdistanceIwanttosee….Iamstillcompetingataveryhighlever,butasIgetolderthingsgetharderandIwanttoretirebeforeIfallapart.”

IndeedTanniretiredfinallyaftertheVisaParalympicWorldCupin2007.Herwishistocoachyoungathlete