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1、模拟题32009年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试(广东卷)英语模拟卷三II 英语知识运用（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。As you move through life, you meet problems of all shapes and sizes. Some are hardly _21_ mentioning; while others are life-threatening or earth-shattering. Yet, the

2、y all have one thing in _22_. Each problem is merely the _23_ that hides a gift which has been custom designed to your specifications. If you choose to _24_ yourself in your life with the wrapping paper, the bow, and the box, thats perfectly all right. You can cuss them and discuss them. You can adm

3、ire all the subtleties(精妙) of their _25_. But, if you are worried by the problem-that is, the wrappings-you will never be able to receive the _26_that was prepared _27_ for you. No matter what the problem is, the gift it _28_ has a peculiar quality. It cannot be delivered _29_ into your consciousnes

4、s or your awareness. You must actively choose to _30_ it and to accept it as your own. Only you can remove the wrapping, and only you can remove the gift from the box.21. A. busy B. worth C. valuable D. worthy22. A. common B. general C. ordinary D. brief23. A. box B. tiger C. wrapping D. opportunity

5、 24. A. teach B. enjoy C. entertain D. hurt25. A. appearance B. wrapping C. problem D. design26. A. gift B. box C. bow D. paper27. A. especially B. perfectly C. politely D. previously28. A. gets B. carries C. takes D. includes29. A. happily B. easily C. freely D. directly30. A. understand B. realize

6、 C. acknowledge D. approach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要求。在空格处填入一个适当的或是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微3140的相应位置上。 Two summers ago I went to Changdao, a small island near Yantai. During the night, I heard strange baby-like 31 (cry). Islanders told me 32 was stray (迷路的；离群的) cats th

7、at were calling in the wild. Well, it was strange to me to see so many stray cats on such a small island. So I asked the locals 33 more details. Then they told me 34 surprising and sad story. The island is isolated in the sea and originally had no cats. Ten yers ago, when the island was developed 35

8、 a national park, tourists began to swarm in. These visitors from all parts of the country brought in money, but the rubbish they left 36 (draw) more and more rats onto the island. Islanders therefore introduced the cats in order to get rid of the rats. _37 when the number of rats decreased, the num

9、ber of cats increased, and the cats began to prey on birds, chickens, and fish. For more than a month after that, my mind was haunted (回响) by the plaintive crying. So now, 38 I travel, I always hear in mind what I should bring in, 39 I dont want to bring anything that is strange, 40 (need) or even d

10、angerous to my destination.III. 阅读(共两节，满分40分)第一节 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)阅读下列短文，从媒体所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AIn Stockholm, the Swedish Academy has chosen the British author Doris Lessing for the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature.The selection of Doris Lessing for a Nobel was popular among the hun

11、dreds of journalists gathered for the announcement in Stockholm.Permanent Secretary of the Swedish Academy Horace Engdahl said with skepticism, fire and visionary power Lessing has subjected a divided civilization to scrutiny.Doris Lessing was born in 1919 in Persia - modern-day Iran - to British pa

12、rents, moving as a child with her family to southern Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, where she stayed in school only to the age of 14.A year after moving to London, she published her first novel in 1950. The Grass is Singing examines unbridgeable racial conflict in colonial Africa through the eyes of a whit

13、e farmers wife and her black servant.A member of the British Communist Party during the 1950s and a campaigner against nuclear arms and South African apartheid, Lessing was for years banned from that country and from Rhodesia.Her literary breakthrough came in 1962 with publication of The Golden Note

14、book, seen by many, though not necessarily Lessing, as a pioneering work of modern feminism. A disjointed study of the mind of the main character, Anna Wulf, the novel explores her thoughts about Africa, politics and communism, relationships with men and sex, and Jungian analysis and dream interpret

15、ation.Lessings themes shifted to psychology in her works from the 1960s, and by the 1970s she was fascinated with the Islamic mystic tradition of Sufism. Her turn toward science fiction with the Canopus series in the early 1980s was not warmly received by traditionalist critics, but she has continue

16、d to win new readers and numerous literary awards, including the David Cohen British Literary Prize and the Companion of Honour from the Royal Society of Literature, both in 2001.Following the announcement, the Horace Engdahl told VOA why he was personally so pleased with Lessings selection.She is o

17、ne of the truly great writers - of novels, short stories, fiction and non-fiction, Engdahl said. She is one of the few writers who have had the courage to uphold the principle of equality between the male and female experience, and she has given the impulse to numbers of other women writers. And she

18、 is really the mother of a school that is one of the most important in our contemporary literature.At 87, Doris lessing is the oldest Nobel Literature laureate since the first prizes were awarded in 1901. Each Nobel Prize is this year accompanied by a check for approximately $1.4 million.41. How old

19、 was Doris Lessing when she published her first novel?A. 14 B. 26 C. 31 D. 5042. Which of the following about The Grass is Singing is true? A. It is mainly about racial conflict between the whites and the blacks in the US. B. The main characters are a white farmers wife and her black servant. C. It

20、was published in Africa. D. It was Doris Lessings most famous novel.43. We can infer from the passage that _. A. Journalists are very interested in the election of Doris Lessings for Nobel Prize.B. Doris Lessing regard The Golden Notes as a pioneering work of feminism.C. Doris Lessing has written ab

21、out many different subjects.D. Many writers have the courage to stick to the equality between the male and female experience.44. The underlined word school in the last paragraph but one means_.A. institution for educating children B. college or university C. department of a university D. group of wr

22、iters, thinkers45. Which of the following can be the best title of this passage?A. Doris Lessing wins Nobel Prize for literatureB. The greatest British female writerC. The oldest Nobel Prize winnerD. 2007 Nobel Prize announced in StockholmBCharles Dickens (1812-1870), the great nineteenth century En

23、glish novelist, was born near Portsmouth. His father ran heavily into debt and when he was twelve, he had to go and work in a factory for making boot polish. The only formal education he received was a two-year schooling at a school for poor children. In fact, he had to teach himself all he knew. He

24、 worked for a time as junior clerk in a lawyers office. After that, he worked as a reporter in the law courts, and later in parliament, for London newspapers. His career as a writer of fiction began in 1833 with short stories and essays in periodicals, and in 1837 his comic novel The Pickwick Papers

25、 made him the most popular author at his time in England.He was a great observer of people and their places because he was attracted by life and conditions in mid-nineteenth century London. He wrote 19 novels all his life and in many of them, Dickens gave a realistic picture of all classes of Englan

26、d society, showing deep sympathy for the poor and unfortunate, exposing the injustice and inhumanity of the bourgeoisie.Many of his novels like Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, Nicholas Nickleby, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities and so on drew attention to the unsatisfactory social condition

27、s that existed in England over a hundred years ago.Dickens criticized capitalist society from the point of view of bourgeois humanism. He wished to see improvement in the living conditions of the poor, but failed to find any effective means to achieve that end.46. Dickens only received a little form

28、al education because_.A. he wanted to teach himselfB. he wanted to work and made a lot of money C. he was too poor to afford any more formal educationD. he wanted some working experiences to be a novelist47. According to Dickens, the society at his time in England was_. A. just B. poor C. comfortabl

29、e D. unsatisfying48. Which of the following novel made Dickens the most popular writer at his time in England?A. Oliver Twist B. The Pickwick Papers C. A Tale of Two Cities D. Great Expectations49. According to the passage, which of the following about Dickens is true?A. He didnt go to school at all

30、. B. He only wrote about poor people and showed deep sympathy for them.C. He began to write fictions when he was 21years old.D. He found some effective ways to improve the living conditions of the poor.50. It can be inferred from the passage that_.A. Dickens had a miserable childhood B. Dickens trie

31、d many different jobs before he became a professional writerC. Dickens wrote many novels but only some of them are popularD. Dickens criticized capitalist society and helped to improve the living conditions of the poorCMen have always believed that they are smarter than women. Now, a study has found

32、 that while this is certainly true, men also have to deal with the fact that they are also more stupid than the fairer sex.In the study, scientists measured the IQ of 2500 brothers and sisters and they found an uneven number of men not only in the top two percent, but also in the bottom two percent.The studys participants were tested on science, maths, English and mechanical abilities.Though there were tw