东莞高级中学届高三第二次模拟考试英语.docx

1、东莞高级中学届高三第二次模拟考试英语东莞高级中学2010-2011年校二模英语试题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）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1 15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。One day, a train was approaching the small town of Cheekyville. On the train was a 1 man with a big suitcase. He was called William Warbler and he looked very 2 indeed. B

2、ut what made him most unusual was the fact that whenever he needed to 3 , he did so by singing opera. Even if someone said “good day” to him, he would clear his throat and 4 : “Goood dayyy to youuuuuu. toooooo!”Almost everyone considered William unusual, since no one could get a normal 5 word out of

3、 him. As no one knew how he made his living he lived quite 6 , always wearing the same old second-hand suit they often had no respect for him and sometimes even 7 him.William had been in Cheekyville for some years, when one day a rumor (谣言) spread that William had received a role in a very important

4、 8 in the nations capital, that there had been posters everywhere advertising the event, and that it had been a great 9 . And to everyones surprise, when William was being interviewed by reporters, he answered their questions by speaking with good 10 , and with a clear and pleasant voice.From that d

5、ay on, William gave up 11 at all hours. Now he sang only during his stage appearances. People wouldnt have thought him 12 if they had seen what William kept in his big suitcase. It was a large 13 , with a hand-carved message on it.The message said, “Practice every second, for you never know when you

6、r 14 will come.” Little did people realize that he only got the role in the opera because the 15 had heard William singing while out buying a newspaper.1. A. tall B. sensitive C. handsome D. strange 2. A. common B. concerned C. wealthy D. confident 3. A. appear B. practice C. communicate D. debate4.

7、 A. whisper B. respond C. repeat D. tease5. A. advised B. printed C. written D. spoken6. A. simply B. naturally C. calmly D. fortunately 7. A. had mercy on B. made fun of C. ran after D. were angry with8. A. concert B. documentary C. opera D. film 9. A. experience B. benefit C. discovery D. success

8、10. A. movements B. manners C. efforts D. signs11. A. pretending B. recording C. singing D. wandering12. A. mad B. skillful C. artificial D. desperate13. A. knife B. stone C. medal D. diamond14. A. solution B. inspiration C. performance D. chance 15. A. neighbor B. visitor C. director D. teacher第二节

9、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，在标有16 25的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。Seventy-four-year-olds are 16 most contented people in the world, according to a new research. 17 (few) responsibilities, financial worries and more free time lead to contentment previously unknown in earlier li

10、fe. According to the research, happiness 18 (decline) from the teenage years to 40. It levels off until 46 and then starts to increase until peaking at 74.Scientists from Germany and America regularly questioned 21,000 men and women 19 happy they were with their lives, providing a scale from one to

11、seven: seven indicated complete contentment. Teenagers in their late teens marked themselves at around 5.5 which fell 20 around 5 by age 40. At 74, happiness averaged at 5.9.The report, 21 (publish) in the journal Social Indicators Research, said this could be due to older people being more apprecia

12、tive.It concluded, “Compared to younger individuals, older people tend to place a greater emphasis 22 emotional aspects of social interactions and are likely to remember the emotional content of their experiences.”Bringing up a family, buying a house and 23 (create) a career add to the stresses expe

13、rienced by those in 24 twenties and thirties. The change in happiness is apparently most obvious among British people. The men and women 25 live in Germany have relatively stable levels of satisfaction throughout their lives.II 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。A

14、One man tells of driving on a long and lonely road, the last 65 miles of it unpaved, in order to watch Indian dances in the state of Arizona. After the dances, he returned to his car only to find that it had a flat tire. He put on the spare and drove to the only service station in that town. “Do you

15、 fix flats?” he inquired of the attendant. “Yes,” came the answer. “How much do you charge?” he asked. With a twinkle in his eye, the man replied, “What difference does it make?” This is what has been called a “Hobsons choice”. A Hobsons choice is a situation that forces a person to accept whatever

16、is offered or go without. According to Barbara Berliner, the phrase was inspired by sixteenth-century entrepreneur (企业家) Thomas Hobson. There was no choice by the customer it was strictly Hobsons choice.But often we really have a choice, and the choice does make a difference. We may not always belie

17、ve it. We may feel as if we have no choice, but almost always there is a choice in the matter. And when we realize that we do most things by choice, then we are taking control of our own lives. Someone challenged me to try an experiment that completely changed my perspective. “For the next seven day

18、s,” he said, “eliminate the words I have to from your vocabulary and say I choose to. Dont say, I have to work late tonight. Instead, say, I choose to work late. When you choose to do it, you take control of your life. Instead of saying, I have to stay home, try I choose to stay home. The way you sp

19、end your time is your choice. You are responsible. You have control.” In just seven days I was no longer saying “I have to” and I felt better about my decisions. I learned that there is very little in my life I actually have to do. You and I decide to do certain things because we believe that it wil

20、l be for the best. When we eliminate “I have to” from our vocabularies, we take control. Try it for a week and you see what happens. I think youll see its a change for the better. 26. What did the attendant mean by saying “What difference does it make”? A. The man didnt need to pay for the work. B.

21、It was unnecessary for the man to ask about the price. C. There was no need for the man to have the tire fixed. D. The man should keep silent.27. The author learnt from the experiment that he . A. could become more challenging B. could spend more time relaxing himself C. should take pleasure in help

22、ing others D. actually changed his attitudes towards life28. What does the underlined word “eliminate” mean? A. Remember. B. Repeat. C. Remove. D. Recite.29. What is the situation where we have a “Hobsons choice”? A. We have no choice but to follow. B. We should often change our choice. C. We should

23、 make preparations before a journey. D. We should think twice before taking action.30. The purpose of writing this text is to . A. advise us to become active in life B. explain what Hobsons choice is C. tell an interesting story about the author D. accept others advice modestlyBOur education system

24、is not broken, but it is becoming obsolete. Were still running an educational model developed for the industrial revolution, designed to prepare workers for factory jobs. Picture the scene in most of todays college classrooms: a vast area where a professor gives a long lecture. Three weeks later, st

25、udents remember only a tenth of what they learned. In 2020 we will see an end to the classroom as we know it. The professor will be replaced by a team of coaches from vastly different fields. Tidy lectures will be replaced by messy real-world challenges. Instead of parking themselves in a lecture ha

26、ll for hours, students will work in collaborative (合作的) spaces, and learn to integrate (综合运用) their different approaches to problem solving and use them together. In schools around the world this change is already underway. At Stanfords Hasso Plattner Institute of Design known on campus as the “d.sc

27、hool” students from engineering, medicine, business, law and the arts come together to solve real-world projects. Students cooperate with teammates who have vastly different problem-solving approaches and understand what it takes to make new ideas become reality. Along the way they learn a methodolo

28、gy (方法) that equips them to solve major, complex challenges far beyond the classroom. Embrace started as a class project at the d.school. The team an MBA, two engineers and a computer scientist worked to make cheaper incubators (保育箱) for developing countries like Nepal, where thousands of premature

29、babies die each year. The team started by getting direct experience with mothers and doctors in Nepal. They discovered that mothers are rarely able to make the long, expensive journey to a hospital, so cheaper hospital incubators wouldnt solve the problem. Instead they developed a small, portable wa

30、rming device women can use in their homes.John Keefe, executive producer of a radio station in New York, came to the d.school to develop his own process for innovation. He went back to his station and used it to solve their most puzzling problem: During breaking news events, inaccurate information w

31、as making its way on air. He ran a short simulation (模拟) with his staff, using Post-It notes to represent what information each person had and how it moved. The breakdowns quickly became obvious, and the team was ready to get the freshest news on air.31. The underlined word “obsolete” in Paragraph 1

32、 probably means _. A. challenging B. out-of-date C. industrial D. messy32. According to the writer, students in the future would _. A. study in a messy environment B. interact with coaches and other students C. become experts in different fields D. solve real-world problems without coaches33. According to the writer, in the “d.school” _. A. students must learn various subjects