广东省东莞市届高三上学期期末教学质量检测英语试题.docx

1、广东省东莞市届高三上学期期末教学质量检测英语试题东莞市2013届高三上学期调研测试英 语语言知识及应用(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) 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115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。 When she looked ahead, Florence Chadwick saw nothing but a solid wall of fog, Her body was 1 . She had been swimming for nearly sixteen hours. Already she w

2、as the first woman to 2 the English Channel in both directions. Now, at age 34, her 3 was to become the first woman to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast. On the July Fourth morning in 1952, the sea was icy and the fog was so heavy that she could 4 see her support boats. Sharks swam t

3、oward her lone figure, only to he 5 away by gun shots. Against the cold sea water, she struggled on - hour after hour - while millions watched on national 6 . Alongside Florence in one of the boats, her mother and her trainer offered encouragement. They told her it wasnt much farther. But what she c

4、ould see was 7 .They urged her not to 8 . She never had until then. With only a half mile to go, she asked to be pulled out. Several hours later, she told a reporter, “Look, Im not 9 myself, but if I could have seen 10 , I might have made it.” It was not tiredness or even the cold water that defeate

5、d her. It was the fog. She was 11 to see her goal. Two months 12 , she tried again. This time, despite the same 13 fog, she swam with her faith and her goal 14 pictured in. her mind. She knew that somewhere behind that fog was land and this time she 15 it! Florence Chadwick became the first woman to

6、 swim the Catalina Channel!1.A.coldB.numbC.thinD.weak2.A.passB.diveC.swimD.fly3.A.motherB.recordC.successD.goal4.A.hardlyB.nearlyC.clearlyD.probably5.A.pulledB.sweptC.drivenD.cleared6.A.sceneB.televisionC.radioD.race7.A.fogB.sharkC.boatD.wall8.A.swimB.goC.tryD.quit9.A.blamingB.excusingC.cryingD.enjo

7、ying10.A.coachB.fogC.landD.California11.A.unhappyB.unwillingC.unluckyD.unable12.A.agoB.laterC.beforeD.long13.A.heavyB.wetC.solidD.cold14.A.heavilyB.easilyC.clearlyD.suddenly15.A.didB.forgotC.choseD.made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

8、1625的相应位置上。 Alice, a shark that lives at the National Sea Life Center in England, did not start out life as a vegetarian. When she 16 . (bring) in from Florida in 2009, she was happily eating any seafood. 17 , that changed in a few months, and she suddenly stopped eating completely. Deeply 18 (conce

9、rn), the center officials took her in for an X-ray, 19 showed that a fishing hook was hiding deep inside her mouth. So they took her to see a doctor who realized the only way to save the shark was performing 20 rather risky operation. 21 (fortune), things went really well But just when everybody was

10、 happy about the sharks recovery, the history-making shark began changing her eating habit, instead, 22 (prefer) to use her sharp teeth to eat vegetables! Although this may sound good, it is not really good 23 Alices health because vegetables can not provide enough protein that she needs to survive.

11、 Shark experts all over the world are confused at Alices 24 (behave) and they guess that 25 may have something to do with the wound the hook caused. But unless she speaks up, nobody is really going to know the real reason.阅读(共两节；满分50分) 第一节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分) 阅读下列短文，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

12、将该项涂黑。A Grandma celebrated her fifty-third birthday just weeks before grandpa died of cancer in 1965. Although his passing was very difficult for her, I think their shared struggle to make his life longer taught grandma that good health was not to be taken forgranted, and she made up her mind to liv

13、e the rest of her own life as fully and as long as she could. One day, when she announced to attend lessons at the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Portland, Oregon, where she lived, we rolled our eyes in embarrassment and helplessly wished she would just stay home and bake cookies as normal grandmother

14、s did. Many years filled with countless dance lessons passed before we learned to appreciate the wonder of having a dancing grandma. I suppose grandmas primary motivation for wanting to learn to dance was social. She had been a shy girl, always very tall and heavy, and had married into grandpas quie

15、t lifestyle before developing any elegance or confidence in her personal appearance. Dancing, on the other hand, filled her life with flash lights, wonderful parties, beautiful dresses, handsome young dance instructors, and the challenge of learning. Although the weekly dance lessons did not change

16、her ample, two-hundred-pound figure, grandma surprised everyone with energetic performances on the dance floor, which soon gave her as much elegance and confidence as any Miss American competitor. Having taken weekly dance lessons for years, my grandma learned various dances easily and was soon part

17、icipating in dancing matches all over the Northwest. When I was fourteen, grandma proudly invited me to watch her compete in one of these matches to be held in the grand ballroom of the Red Lion Inn. My attitude was still unenthusiastic at that point, but to make her happy, my mother and I attended

18、the match. As if to prove me wrong, grandma made a wonderful showing in every event she entered. I thought she was truly the queen of the ball during the dance, and my thoughts were shared by the judges a short time later when she was awarded a gold cup for her outstanding performance.26. What did g

19、randma learn from grandpas death? A. Good health was not there for everyone. B. She should take dance lessons. C. She had to struggle to live a better life. D. She should wear beautiful dresses.27. How did the authors family feel when Grandma decided to take dance lessons? A. Hopeless. B. Helpless.

20、C. Embarrassed. D. Proud.28. Normal grandmas usually _ in the authors point of view? A. took dance lessons B. did some exercises at home C. took care of grandchildren at home D. did some housework at home29. The author felt _ when he was invited to watch grandmas match. A. happy B. proud C. excited

21、D. uninterested30. The text is mainly about A. my grandmas confidence B. my dancing grandma C. my grandmas dancing D. my grandmas gold cupB When I was growing up, I had an old neighbor named Doctor Gibbs. He didnt look like any doctor Id ever known. He never yelled at us for playing in his yard, but

22、 was always very kind. When Doctor Gibbs wasnt saving lives, he was planting trees. He had some interesting theories about planting trees. He believed in the principle: No pain, no gain. He hardly watered his new trees, an attitude which flew in the face of conventional wisdom. Once I asked why and

23、he told me that watering plants spoiled them because it made them grow weaker. He said you had to make things tough for the trees so that only the strongest could survive. He talked about how watering trees made them develop shallow roots and how, if they were not watered, trees would grow deep root

24、s in search of water. So, instead of watering his trees every morning, hed beat them with a rolled-up newspaper. I asked him why he did that, and he said it was to get the trees attention. Doctor Gibbs died a couple of years after I left home. Every now and then, I walked by his house and looked at

25、the trees that Id watched him plant some 25 years ago. They were tall and strong. I planted a couple of trees myself a few years ago. Two years of attending these trees meant they grew up weak. Whenever a cold wind blew, their branches trembled. Adversity seemed to benefit Doctor Gibbs trees in ways

26、 comfort and ease never could. Every night before I go to bed, I check on my two sons. I often pray that their lives will be easy. But lately Ive been thinking that its time to change my prayer. I know my children are going to encounter hardship. Theres always a cold wind blowing somewhere. What we

27、need to do is to pray for deep roots, so when the rains fall and the winds blow, we wont be torn apart.31. With the trees planted, Doctor Gibbs often_. A. paid little attention to them B. talked to them to get their attention C. kept watering them every morning D. beat them to make them grow deep ro

28、ots32. What does the author think of the way Doctor Gibbs planted trees? A. Original and reasonable. B. Strange and harmful. C. Interesting and funny. D. Cruel and unacceptable.33. What does the underlined word Adversity mean in the seventh paragraph? A. Bad weather. B. Lack of moisture. C. Enough c

29、are or attention. D. Difficult living conditions.34. Which prayer does the author wish for his sons? A. Have an easy life, without too much to worry about. B. Meet people like Dr Gibbs in the future. C. Have good luck, encountering less hardship in their life. D. Be able to stand the rain and wind i

30、n their lives.35. Which of the following is the best title for the article? A. Deep roots count B. Prayers for my sons C. Doctor Gibbs and his trees D. Trees need no water C When Joan gave birth to the first boy in her family in three generations, she and her husband were overjoyed. So were her pare

31、nts. Joan expected her elder sister, Sally, to be just as delighted as them. Joan had always admired Sally-the beauty and the star of the family-and felt happy about her achievements. But since the babys arrival, the sisters have become distant. Joan feels hurt for Sally seems completely uninterested in her baby. Sally, who has no children, claims that her younger sister acts as if no one ever had a beby before. Neither Sally nor Joan understands that the real cause