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高三英语测验题2

高三英语测验题

（2）

I语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

ItwasafreezingNovembernightandthestarsshonecoldlyasIwalkedthroughthedesertedtownofWickwithmyheavyovernightbag.ItwasthethirdtimeI'd1thestreetslookingforsomewhere—anywhere—tostay.Buttherewasnosignof2,eventhepubswereshut.I3towrapmyscarfroundmyneck,"FivemorehoursbeforethenexttraintoThurso,"Ithought4,picturingasleeplessnightonthestreets.ThensuddenlyIhearda5behindme:

"What'sup,laddie?

Needsomehelp?

"

ItwasfromanoldmancalledRobertMacDougalwhonoticedmehuddle（卷缩）inthestreetonhiswayhome.WhenI6mysituationhe7offeredshelterforthenight.AtfirstI8,I'dlearntfromexperiencenottotrust9,havingbeenrobbedonceinLondon.That10hadleftitsmark,butitsoonbecameclearthatRobertsincerelydesiredtohelp.Wickwasasmalltownand11Iwasn'talocal.ItwasalsoobviousthatIneededaplacetosleep.

I12RobertbacktoasmallcottagewherewesatinfrontofawarmfireandhadalittlechataboutWickandRobert.Robertwasa13.Hehadthreechildrenandseveralgrandchildren,butmostofthemhadmovedaway.Ibeganto14whyRobertwasgladofsomecompany.

Afterapeacefulnightonanoldsofa,Igotupat4:

30a.m.Tocatchmy15,leavingbehindanoteofthanks.TodayIsometimesthinkaboutWick,andwonderifRobertisstillthere.I'llalwaysrememberwithgratitudehissimpleactofkindness.

1.

A.

huntedfor

B.

gothrough

C.

walkedround

D.

twistedup

2.

A.

life

B.

hope

C.

tourism

D.

trust

3.

A.

continued

B.

attempted

C.

paused

D.

managed

4.

A.

enthusiastically

B.

desperately

C.

delightedly

D.

unbelievably

5.

A.

voice

B.

remark

C.

sound

D.

speech

6.

A.

introduced

B.

explained

C.

exposed

D.

mentioned

7.

A.

unwillingly

B.

reluctantly

C.

automatically

D.

immediately

8.

A.

considerate

B.

suspicious

C.

reasonable

D.

curious

9.

A.

strangers

B.

elders

C.

adults

D.

robbers

10.

A.

accident

B.

coincident

C.

evidence

D.

incident

11.

A.

strangely

B.

apparently

C.

luckily

D.

naturally

12.

A.

watched

B.

attracted

C.

followed

D.

directed

13.

A.

widower

B.

father

C.

husband

D.

survivor

14.

A.

understand

B.

acknowledge

C.

know

D.

analyze

15.

A.

dream

B.

flight

C.

bus

D.

train

第二节语法填空（共10小题：

每小题有10个空格。

）

DearGill,

DoyouremembermetellingyouaboutahealthfarmI'dseenadvertised?

Well,I'velookedatheadagainandImustsay16looksfantastic.NowI'mhopingtopersuadeyoutojoinmethereforaweekend!

Theroomsyoustayinsoundreallyluxuriousandapparentlytheyallhaveanaccess17thegardens.Allthemealsareofferedata18（reason）priceandyoucanalsogetroomservice19youwant.Thebrochuresaysthatwhatyoudois20（entire）uptoyou.YouCanhaveprogramspecially21（design）tosuityou,oryoucanjustaskstafftomakeafewsuggestionsaboutactivitiestodo.Youcanuse22ofthesportsandleisurefacilitiesforasmuchasyoulike,andthebrochurealsomentionslotsofotheractivitieseveryday,Butdon'tworry,asnobodywillwatchyoudoanything,youcouldjustspendtheWholetime23（relax）nthesaunaifyouwanted!

There'saterrificofferonatthemomentwithweekendscostingonlyhalfthenormalpricealthoughthatonly24certaindates.Anyway,letmeknow25youthink.

Bestwishes.

Ⅱ阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节：

阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40分）

A

Yorkshire,Englandwasthesettingfortwogreatnovelsofthe19thcentury.TherewereCharlotteBronte'sJaneEyreandEmilyBronte'sWutheringHeights.Theyoungestsister,Anne,wasalsoagiftednovelist,andherbookshavethesameextraordinaryqualityashersisters'.

TheirfatherwasPatrickBronte,borninIreland.Hemovedwithhiswife,MariaBronte,andtheirsixsmallchildrentoHaworthinYorkshirein1820.Soonafter,Mrs.Bronteandthetwoeldestchildrendied,leavingthefathertocarefortheremainingthreegirlsandaboy.

Charlottewasbornin1816.Emilywasbornin1818andAnnein1820.TheirbrotherBranwellwasbornin1817.Lefttothemselves,thechildrenwroteandtoldstoriesandwalkedoverthehills.Theygrewuplargelyself-educated.Branwellshowedagreatinterestindrawing.Thegirlsweredeterminedtoearnmoneyforhis-arteducation.Theytookpositionsasteachersortaughtchildrenintheirhomes.

Aschildrentheyhadallwrittenmanystories.Charlotte,asayounggirl,alonewrote22books,eachwith60to100pagesofsmallhandwriting.Therefore,theyturnedtowritingforincome.By1847,CharlottehadwrittenTheProfessor,Emily,WutheringHeights;andAnne,AgnesGrey.AftermuchdifficultyAnneandEmilyfoundapublisher,buttherewasnointerestshowninCharlotte'sbook.（Itwasnotpublisheduntil1859.）However,onepublisherexpressedaninterestinseeingmoreofherwork.JaneEyrewasalreadystarted,andshehurriedlyfinishedit.Itwasacceptedatonce;thuseachofthesistershadabookpublishedin1847.

JaneEyrewasimmediatelysuccessful;theothertwo,however,didnotdosowell.PeopledidnotlikeWutheringHeights.Theysaiditwastoowild,tooanimal-like.ButgraduallyitcametobeconsideredoneofthefinestnovelsintheEnglishlanguage.Emilylivedonlyashortwhileafterthepublicationofherbook,andAnnediedin1849.

CharlottepublishedShirleyin1849andVillettein1853.In1854shemarriedArthurBellNicholls.Butonlyayearlater,shediedoftubereulosis（肺结核）ashersistershad.

26.WhatdidtheBrontesisterswanttodoforBranwellBronte?

A.Helphimwritestories.B.Helphimgettrainedinart.

C.Teachhimhowtodrawwell.D.Teachhimhowtoeducatehimself.

27.Weknowfromthetextthat__________.

A.JaneEyrewaspublishedin1847

B.CharlotteBrontewrote22booksinall

C.theBrontesistersreceivedgoodeducation

D.PatrickBrontehelpedhisdaughterswiththeirwriting

28.Whichofthefollowingwaspublishedafterthedeathofitswriter?

A.Shirley.B.Villette.C.AgnesGrey.D.Theprofessor.

29.Theunderlinedwords"theothertwo"inthe5thparagraphreferto________.

A.ShirleyandVilletteB.TheProfessorandAgnesGrey

C.AgnesGreyandWutheringHeightsD.TheProfessorandWutheringHeights

30.WhatdoweknowabouttheBrontesistersfromthetext?

A.Theirnovelsinterestedfewpublishers.

B.Noneofthemhadmorethantwobookspublished.

C.Emilywastheleastsuccessfulofthethree.

D.Noneofthemlivedlongerthan40yearsold.

B

Imagineputtingaseedinafreezer,waiting30,000years,andthentakingtheseedoutandplantingit,Doyouthinkaflowerwouldgrow?

Amazingly,scientistshavejustmanagedtodosomethingverysimilar.TheyfoundthefruitofanancientplantthathadbeenfrozenundergroundinSiberia—aregioncoveringcentralandeasternRussia—forabout31,800years.Usingpiecesofthefruit,thescientistsgrewplantsinalab.Thenewbloomshavedelicatewhitepetals.Theyarealsotheoldestfloweringplantsthatresearchershaveeverrevivedfromadeepfreeze.

"Thisislikeregeneratingadinosaurfromtissuesofanancientegg,"saidUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngelesbiologistJaneShen-Miller.

Theplanthasalonghistory.Backwhenmammothsandwoollyrhinoceroseswalkedtheland,anArcticgroundsquirrelburiedseedsandfruitsinanundergroundchamberneartheKolymaRiverinnortheasternSiberia.Thegroundbecamepermafrost,alayerofsoilthatstaysfrozenforalongtime.

Recently,Russianscientistsdugouttheoldsquirrelholeandfoundtheplantremains38metersbelowthesurface.Backatthelab,theteamfednutrientstotissuefromthreeofthefruitstogrowShoots.Thenthescientiststransferredtheshootstopotsfilledwithsoil.Theplantsproducedseedsthatcouldbeusedtogrowevenmoreofthem.

It'simportantforscientiststoknowthatplanttissuescanstillberevivedafterbeingfrozenforalongtime.That'sbecausemanyresearchersaretryingtopreservetheseedsofmodemplantsbyfreezingthemandthenstoringthemingiantlockersatvariousspotsaroundtheglobe.Onesuchendeavor,anundergroundfacilityinNorway.iscalledtheSvalbardGlobalSeedVault.Itstoreshundredsofthousandsoffrozenseeds.Ifaplantevergoesextinct,scientistscouldbringitbackbytakingitsseedsfromtheSvalbardorotherstoragelockers.

"Nooneknowshowlongtheyareabletolivefor,butfreezingisbasicallytheformatformanyplantconservationattemptsattemptsnowadys."Shen-Millersaid.It'sagoodthingthatatleastsomeplantsaretoughenoughtosurvivetheexperience.

31.Howdidthefruitoriginallygetunderground?

A.Itwasplacedtherebyananimal.

B.Itwastrappedthereduringtheice-age.

C.Itwasplantedtherebyancientfarmers.

D.Itwasburiedthereaftertheearthquake.

32.WhichofthefollowingwasNOTusedtorecreatetheancientplant?

A.Modernnutrients.B.Partsofitsfruit.

C.Itsfrozenseeds.D.Plantpotswithsoil.

33.Whyarescientistsinterestedinthisdiscovery?

A.Ithelpsthemlearnhowplantlifehaschangedinthepast30,000years.

B.Itcanhelpguidefutureeffortstoprotectendangeredplant-life.

C.Itcanprovidedirectionsforwheretolookforotherancientplants.

D.Itprovesthatallplantlifecansurviveforthousandsofyearswhenfrozen.

34.Theunderlinedword"they"inthefinalparagraphrefersto________.

A.plantsB.seedsC.scientistsD.storagelockers

35.Thepurposeofthepassageisto______.

A.discussaplantconservationeffort

B.introducesomeancientplants

C.outlinesomecausesof