303广东省东莞市光明中学届高三摸底考试英语 161K.docx

1、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2130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。Evelyn Glennie was the first lady of solo percussion in Scotland. In an interview, she recalled how she became a percussio

2、n soloist（打击乐器独奏演员）in spite of her disability.“Early on I decided not to allow the 21 of others to stop me from becoming a musician. I grew up on a farm in northeast Scotland and began 22 piano lessons when I was eight. The older I got, the more my passion（酷爱）for music grew. But I also began to grad

3、ually lose my 23 . Doctors concluded that the nerve damage was the 24 and by age twelve, I was completely deaf. But my love for music never 25 me.”“My 26 was to become a percussion soloist, even though there were none at that time. To perform, I learned to hear music differently from others. I play

4、in my stocking feet and can 27 the pitch of a note（音调高低）by the vibrations（振动）I feel through my body and through my 28 . My entire sound world exists by making use of almost every 29 that I have.” “I was 30 to be assessed as a musician, not as a deaf musician, and I applied to the famous Royal Academ

5、y of Music in London.21. A. conditions B. opinions C. actions D. recommendations22. A. enjoying B. choosing C. taking D. giving23. A. sight B. hearing C. touch D. taste24. A. evidence B. result C. excuse D. cause25. A. left B. excited C. accompanied D. disappointed26. A. purpose B. decision C. promi

6、se D. goal27. A. tell B. see C. hear D. smell28. A. carefulness B. movement C. imagination D. experience29. A. sense B. effort C. feeling D. idea30. A. dissatisfied B. astonished C. determined D. 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

7、卡标号为3140的相应位置上。The English language grew out of the languages of the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes. They were Northern European peoples who settled in England 31 （start）in the 5th century AD. By about the 9th century AD the earliest version of the English language, 32 （know）English, or Anglo Saxon, had

8、developed. To a modern eye, Old English looks like a foreign language. 33 , the major works of Old English literature have been translated into modern English.Most scholars agree that the longest surviving poem 34 Old English is Beowulf, a tale of legendary heroes and monsters. It is also one of the

9、 first European poems written in a local language rather than Latin. The authors name is not known. The first Old English poet who is known 35 name is Caedmon. Caedmon was a cowherd who lived before the year 700. His verses（诗文） 36 （base）on Bible stories and had to be written down by others 37 Caedmo

10、n himself could not read or write. Cynewulf, who lived in the 800s, was 38 author of religious poetry.Late in the 800s, the scholarly king Alfred the Great and many helpers translated important books from Latin 39 English. It was under Alfred 40 the Anglo Saxon Chronicle, an important record of the

11、early history of England, was begun. 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。APerhaps the most extraordinary building put up in the 19th century was the Crystal Palace（水晶宫）which was built in Hyde Park for the Great Exhibition of 1851. The Crystal Palace was di

12、fferent from all the other buildings in the world, for it was made of iron and glass. It was one of the biggest buildings of all the time and a lot of people from many countries came to see it. Plenty of goods were sent to the exhibition from all parts of the world. There was also a great deal of ma

13、chinery on show. Though in those days, traveling was not as easy as it is today, steamboats carried thousands of visitors across the Channel from Europe. On arriving in England, they were taken to the Crystal Palace by train. There were six million visitors in all, and the money from the exhibition

14、was used to build museums and colleges. Later, the Crystal Palace was moved to the South London. It remained one of the most famous buildings in the world until it was burnt down in 1936.41. The Crystal Palace was built up _A. in the 1950s B. in the 1900s C. shortly before 1851 D. before 195142. Peo

15、ple from many countries came to the Crystal Palace mainly to _A. buy goods B. visit an exhibition C. travel D. enjoy the Crystal Palace itself43. What happened to the Crystal Palace in 1936?A. It caught a terrible fire. B. It disappeared suddenly.C. It was moved away to the south of London. D. It wa

16、s rebuilt.44. The Crystal Palace was famous to all because _A. It was the biggest buildings in the world then.B. So many visitors have been there.C. It was made of iron and glass.D. It was burnt down at last.45. The writer _A. thought the Crystal Palace very useful.B. sang high praise for the Crysta

17、l PalaceC. wanted the Crystal Palace to be rebuilt.D. was one of the visitors who had been to the Crystal Palace.BWhen it comes to friends, I desire those who will share my happiness, who possess wings of their own and who will fly with me. I seek friends whose qualities illuminate（照亮）me and train m

18、e up for love. It is for these people that I reserve the glowing hours, too good not to share.When I was in the eighth grade, I had a friend. We were shy and “too serious” about our studies when it was becoming fashionable with our classmates to learn acceptable social behaviors. We said little at s

19、chool, but she would come to my house and we would sit down with pencils and paper, and one of us would say: “Lets start with a train whistle today.” We would sit quietly together and write separate poems or stories that grew out of a train whistle. Then we would read them aloud. At the end of that

20、school year, we, too, were changing into social creatures and the stories and poems stopped.When I lived for a time in London, I had a friend, He was in despair（失望）and I was in despair. But our friendship was based on the idea in each of us that we would be sorry later if we did not explore this gre

21、at city because we had felt bad at the time. We met every Sunday for five weeks and found many excellent things. We walked until our despairs disappeared and then we parted. We gave London to each other.For almost four years I have had remarkable friend whose imagination illuminates mine. We write l

22、ong letters in which we often discover our strangest selves. Each of us appears, sometimes in a funny way, in the others dreams. She and I agree that, at certain times, we seem to be parts of the same mind. In my most interesting moments, I often think: “Yes, I must tell.”We have never met.It is suc

23、h comforting companions I wish to keep. One bright hour with their kind is worth more to me than the lifetime services of a psychologist（心理学家），who will only fill up the healing（愈合的）silence necessary to those darkest moments in which I would rather be my own best friend.46. In the eighth grade, what

24、the author did before developing proper social behavior was to _.A. become serious about her studyB. go to her friends house regularlyC. learn from her classmates at schoolD. share poems and stories with her friend47. In Paragraph 3, “We gave London to each other” probably means _.A. our exploration

25、 of London was a memorable gift to both of usB. we were unwilling to tear ourselves away from LondonC. our unpleasant feeling about London disappearedD. we parted with each other in London48. According to Paragraph 4, the author and her friend _.A. call each other regularlyB. have similar personalit

26、iesC. enjoy writing to each otherD. dream of meeting each other49. In the darkest moments, the author would prefer to _.A. seek professional help B. be left aloneC. stay with her best friendD. break the silence50. What is the best title for the passage?A. Unforgettable ExperiencesB. Remarkable Imagi

27、nationC. Lifelong FriendshipD. Noble CompanionsCAfter the Summer Olympics are over, when all the athletics have gone home and the television audience has switched off, another group of athletics and fans will arrive at the host city, and another competition will begin. These are the Paralympics, the

28、 games for athletes with a disability. But in Beijing in 2008, for the first time, one of the greatest Paralympics will not be taking part.She is a British athlete by the name of Tanni Grey-Thompson. Born with spine bifida（脊椎裂）which left her paralyzed（瘫痪的）from the waist down. Tanni used a wheelchair

29、 from the age of 7. at first, she was not keen on sport, apart from horse-riding, which gave her a sense of freedom. But in her teens, she started taking sports more seriously. She tried swimming, basketball and tennis. Eventually she found athletics, and never looked back.Indeed, Tannis athletic ca

30、reer took off. In 1984, when she was 15, she pulled off a surprise victory in the 100metres at the Junior National Wheelchair Games.In 1988, Tanni went to her first Paralympic Games in Seoul. She won bronze in the 400 metres. Even greater success followed at the 1992 Barcelona. Paralympics. Tanni wo

31、n gold in the 100, 200, 400 and 800 metres relay, setting two world records in the process. In the same year she achieved she first of her six London Wheelchair Marathon victories.Tannis enduring success had been part motivation（动机）, part preparation, “The training I do that enables me to be a good

32、sprinter（短跑运动员）enables me to be good at a marathon too. I train 50 weeks of the year and that keeps me prepared for whatever distance I want to see. I am still competing at a very high lever, but as I get older things get harder and I want to retire before I fall apart.”Indeed Tanni retired finally after the Visa Paralympic World Cup in 2007. Her wish is to coach young athlete