1、高考资源网（ ），您身边的高考专家高三第二次模拟考试英语试题第一节 单项填空（共15 小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. Mike spent time with _native people to gain _ better understanding of the country.A. the; a B. the; / C. a; the D. /; a22. I like taking risks, too. I suppose it _ in the family. A. jumps B. walks C. runs D. keeps23.Shackleton kept his pr
2、omise _he would return to Elephant Island _the crew had been left. A. which; that B. that; which C. what; where D. that; where 24. The factory produces half a million pairs of shoes every day, 85% _ sold abroad. A. of them are B. of them is C. of which is D. of which are25. Beneath our feet_ that ou
3、r lives depend on for food and clothing. A. lies the earth B. lay the earth C. the earth lies D. does the earth lie26.Youare_carefulthanyourbrother.Youtwocantdotheworkthatneedscareandskill.A.notmoreB.nomoreC.notlessD.noless27. Realizing that everything she said had no effect on her son, _.A. her son
4、s teacher was asked to help solve the problem.B. it was decided that her sons teacher should help solve the problem.C. She had to ask her sons teacher to help solve the problemD. theres nothing she can do but ask her sons teacher to help solve the problem.28. A_roadgoes_fromoneplacetoanother.A.strai
5、ght,straightB.straightly,straightlyC.straight,straightlyD.straightly,straight29. Bill always seems so confident, but _ hes extremely shy.A. in vainB. in contrastC. in realityD. in surprise30. I hope there are enough books for each student to have _.A.itB.thoseC.oneD.them31Napoleon is famously said _
6、, When China wakes, it will shake the worldAto declare Bdeclaring Cto have declared Dhaving declared32_ children believe they can succeed, they will never become totally confidentAIf BSince COnce DUnless33I had a busy and tiring weekend because _ the house for the Christmas cost me a whole dayAdecor
7、ating Bto decorate Cdecorated Ddecorate34She got stuck in a terrible traffic jam on the highway to Shanghai, or she _ dinner with her family nowAwill be having B would be having Cis having Dwas having35In the weeks before the Academy Awards ceremony, movie reviewers make predictions about which movi
8、es and actors _Ahave awarded Bwill award Care awarded Dwill be awarded第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分满分30分）阅读下面短文，从文后所给各题的四个选项（A. B. C. D ）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。It was Thanksgiving morning. In the crowded kitchen of my small home I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I o
9、pened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together inside the storm door on the top step. Any old papers, lady? asked one of them.I was busy. I wanted to say “no” _36_looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin scandals (凉鞋),wet with heavy snow.“Come in and I11 37 you a
10、cup of hot cocoa.”They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet shoes left 38 on the floorI 39_ them cocoa and toast with jam 40 the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started again on my household budget. The silence in the front door _41_me. I looked in. The girl_42 the empt
11、y cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat 43 , Lady are you rich?Am I rich? Mercy, 44 ! I looked at my shabby slipcover(家具套)The girl put her cup back in its saucer（茶碟） 45 .“Your cups match your saucers”Her voice was _46_with a need that no amount of food could supplyThey left after
12、that, holding their 47 against the windThey hadnt said thank youThey didnt 48 to. They had done more than that. Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they _49_. I tasted the potatoes and stirred(搅动)the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a 50_ over our heads, my man
13、with a good steady jobthese things matched, too I moved the chairs back from the fire and 51 the living roomThe muddy prints of small scandals were still 52 on my floor. “ 53 them be for a while,” I thought. Just 54 I should begin to forget how 55 I am.36A when B afterC whileD until37A make B provid
14、eC doD cook38A signs B signalsC marksD symbols39A showed B servedC carriedD supplied40A against B fromC onD in41A beatB struckC gotD noticed42A watchedB liftedC heldD put43A wordB methodC stateD voice44A yesB sureC noD always45A suddenlyB carefullyC quicklyD anxiously46A hungryB satisfiedC pleasedD
15、curious47A booksB papersC dishesD drinks48A dareB planC wantD need49A shoneB matchedC brokeD equaled50A houseB ceilingC roofD curtain51A washedB rubbedC wipedD tidied52A dryB goneC wetD new53A MadeB LetC GotD Kept54A in caseB as ifC if onlyD only if55A niceB freeC busyD rich第三部分： 阅读理解（ 共20 小题；每小题2分，
16、 满分40 ）阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的四个选项( A. B. C. D ) 中，选出最佳选项。 A That summer an army of crickets(蟋蟀) started a war with my father. Dad didnt care for insects much more than Mamma, but he could tolerate a few living in the basement. Mamma was a city girl and she said a cricket was just too noisy. Then to support
17、her point she wouldnt go to bed. She drank coffee and smoked my fathers cigarettes and paced between the sofa and the TV. Next morning she threatened to pack up and leave, so Dad drove to the store and hurried back. He sprayed poison from a jug. When he was finished he told us that was the end of it
18、. For a couple of weeks we went back to find dead crickets in the laundry. He suggested that wed all be better off to hide as many as we could from Mamma. I fed a few dozen to the cat who I didnt like because he scratched for no reason. However, soon live crickets started showing up in the kitchen a
19、nd bathroom. Mamma was upset because she thought they were the dead crickets coming back, but Dad said these were certainly new ones. He fetched his jug of poison and sprayed all over until the whole house smelled of poison, and then he sprayed the basement again. A couple of weeks later, when both
20、live and dead crickets kept turning up, Dad emptied the basement of junk. Then he burned a lot of old newspapers and magazines which he said the crickets had turned into nests. While we ate supper that evening, the wind lifted some flames onto the wood pile. The only gasoline was in the lawn mowers(
21、割草机) fuel tank but that was enough to create an explosion big enough to reach the house. Once the roof caught, there wasnt much anyone could do. After the fire trucks left, Mamma took the others to Aunt Gails. I helped Dad and Uncle Burt carry things out of the house and pile them by the road. We wo
22、rked into the night and we didnt talk much, while all around the noise of crickets broke our silence. 56. What do we know about the authors mother? A. She didnt like insects at all. B. She liked insects more than his father. C. She cared for insects very much. D. She could only tolerate a few insect
23、s. 57. The authors father drove to the store to buy _. A. cigarettes for himselfB. some poison C. more coffee for his wifeD. some gasoline58. The authors father burned the old newspapers and magazines because he thought _. A. they were no longer useful B. the crickets were afraid of fires C. they be
24、came the home of crickets D. the dead crickets came back to life59. We learn from the last paragraph that _. A. the authors family lost their battle against the crickets B. the authors parents learned to put up with insects C. the authors family didnt suffer much in the fire D. the authors parents g
25、ot divorcedBIf you play the new Baby Milestones Challenge Contest by BabyCenter & Walgreens, you could be entered to win $1,000 in Walgreens & B Gift Cards and Certificates. You can play the instant win to see if you get a $25 Walgreens gift card, but you have to plug in your email address and recei
26、ve all their sales and other information for the contest.Kids and BabiesKids and Babies are accepting entries for May 2012 Free Photo Contest. Baby Photo Gallery with theme albums and age group albums is moved to the new website Cute Baby Gallery. Check KidsandB for their Baby Photo Contest blogs la
27、test update. Grand prize is $25,000. The catch: Winners are decided by the visitors coming to the site and voting for their favorite babies, so you have to advertise their site for them.PP has a website only for their members, but if you are into “baby” photos, it is well worth surfing. You could re
28、ceive offers on free samples, money- saving coupons (优惠券), and chances to win the latest contests.AvonAvon is another company that has a baby photo contest this spring. Avon is advertising their newest collection. It is Avons only collection for the photos of babies. Babies age: newborn to 2 years.
29、Just go to TinyT and upload your recent babys photos. First place Baby will be featured in a Tiny Tillia Storybook and win a $5,000 U.S. Savings Bond. The Cuties will win $300 in Tiny Tillia products.The tip is to run a search engine for all the latest contests going on and start entering them today
30、. You could be lucky and win enough to put “Baby” through college! Have fun!60. In the authors opinion, holding a baby contest _.A. is not reasonable at all B. is funny and interesting C. attracts parents attention D. can cost a company much money61. If your baby enters for the 2012 Free Photo Conte
31、st, you will _.A. have to help to advertise their site B. take your baby to the gallery in MayC. advise the visitors to come to the siteD. see the Baby Photo Gallerys update about Babies photos of the contest62. What can we learn from this passage？A. Free Photo Contest will be held in March, 2012.B.
32、 Avon is a website that will hold a baby photo contest.C. P only accepts the photos of its members babies.D. You can upload your one-year-old babys photos to TinyT.63. In the last paragraph, the author advises you to _.A. try your best to bring up your baby well B. enter for all the contests as soon
33、 as possibleC. let your kid go to college when he grows up D. get more information about these contests CMarket analysts in the United States have recently been quoted as saying that the biggest threat to the luxury (奢侈品) industry in the US is the tech industry. This is according to an article by fe
34、llow journalist Ashley Lutz. Her suggestion is sound. The main idea of her article is that products from Tiffany & Co. find their biggest competition not from other luxury brands but from companies like Apple. Lutz points out that luxury products are often only for “show,” while the attraction behin
35、d tech products is functionality.You find few people in the United States today willing to purchase luxury goods at full price. It didnt use to be that way. Luxury goods used to be actually exclusive. That meant you needed to travel to the right store to purchase them, and you didnt even have the op
36、tion of getting a deal.Today, no one wants to pay full price for luxury goods. People have the unfortunate belief that fakes (赝品) somehow are equal to originals, and if you cant get a deal on eBay, Amazon, or in an outlet store, purchasing a luxury product probably isnt worth it. Luxury brands strug
37、gle to remain high-end (高档的) images despite the reality that the American consumer is motivated much more by discounts than they are by brand names or image.Yet people stand in line to pay full price for a new product from Apple and crowds gather to hear about a new smart phone. While electronics ar
38、e updating every day, people are purchasing technology at full prices much more than they are purchasing luxury goods. What are high-tech makers doing right that luxury makers are pitifully failing at? Carefully looking at the situation, it would appear as if the Internet didnt hurt the luxury indus
39、try, expectation from the consumers did. What people want these days more than anything is stuff that does something. They want cars that drive, shoes that are comfortable, games that are fun to play, screens that are beautiful to look at, tools that are useful, and entertainment that is entertainin
40、g. Little of that fits into what the luxury industry has typically offered with its status, image, and fine materials. The sad reality is that luxury products arent that luxury any more.64. What does this passage mainly talk about?A. Nobody likes luxury goods any more.B. Luxury goods are of poor qua
41、lity nowadays.C. Tech products become the new “luxury goods”.D. Iphones have taken the place of luxury products.65. The underlined word “exclusive” in paragraph 2 means _.A. unique and with no bargain B. low in priceC. hard to find D. easy to sell66. From paragraph 3 we can know that _.A. people hav
42、e found that some luxury goods are fakesB. people can buy luxury goods at a low price on eBayC. luxury brands will give up high-end imagesD. consumers prefer brand names to discountsDIn most Asia societies, by contrast, the people have the same language, history and culture. Perhaps for this reason,
43、 the educational system in much of the orient reflects societys belief in group goals and purposes rather than individualism. Children in China, Japan and Korea often work together and help one another on assignments.There are advantages and disadvantages of both systems of education. For example, o
44、ne advantage of the system in Japan is that students there learn much more about math, physics, biology and chemistry than American students by the end of high school. They also study more hours each day and more days each year than North Americans do. The system is difficult, but it prepares studen
45、ts for a society that values discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.The advantage of the educational syste
46、m in North America, on the other hand, is that students learn to think for themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values creative ideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from school, they havent memorized as many basic rules and facts as students in other co
47、untries have.67. The writers purpose of writing this passage is .A. to share his idea with others in a new wayB. to introduce two different systems of education through contrastC. to criticize the society that values memorization D. to prepare students for society68. Which is NOT true according to t
48、he passage?A. The system of education in the West is more creative than that in the EastB. Japanese students learn much more about science than American students.C. Canadian students are more individual than Korean students.D. Students in North America are not so friendly as those in Asia.69. From t
49、he facts, we can infer that .A. Asian students are more likely to do better in teamwork than American studentsB. Chinese students are more hard-working in their studies than Mexican studentsC. the Western educational system is much better than the Eastern educational system.D. the Eastern educationa
50、l system is as difficult as the Western educational system.70. What is the best title for the passage?A. Advantages and Disadvantages of Educational System.B. The Value of Individualism.C. Educational System-an Obvious Difference between the East and the West.D. Memorization-an Important Learning Me
51、thod.第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 Obtaining Fresh Water from Icebergs The idea of getting fresh water from icebergs that are moved to populated areas or places was once treated as a joke. Recently, scientists have warned that the human race will outgrow its fresh wa
52、ter supply faster than it runs out of food._71_Glaciers are a possible source of fresh water that has been overlooked until recently. _72_It contains fresh water so much that it could sustain(维持) all the rivers of the world for 1,000 years. Huge glaciers that stretch over the shallow continental she
53、lf give birth to icebergs throughout the year._73_ However, they are formed entirely on land, breaking off when glaciers spread over the sea. As they drift away from the polar region, icebergs sometimes move mysteriously in a direction opposite to the wind. Because they melt more slowly than smaller
54、 pieces of ice, icebergs have been known to drift as far north as 35 degrees south of the equator(赤道) in the Atlantic Ocean. _74_ The difficulty exists such as its rapid melting in warmer climates. _75_A. Icebergs are not like sea ice, which is formed when the sea itself freezes.B. Now it is being c
55、onsidered quite serious by many nations.C.7,659 trillion metric tons of ice are floating on the sea every year.D. But the water they could provide would be far cheaper than that produced.E. To move them to dry parts of the world would not be too difficult.F. It is not a dream to get water from icebe
56、rgs.G. Three-quarters of the Earths fresh water supply is still tied up in glacial ice.第二卷（共两节, 满分35分）第一节 短文改错 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（），并在其下面写出该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（）划掉。修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。注意：1. 每处错误及其修改仅限一词；2. 只允
57、许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。Today is Sunday. The sky is full of sunshine, so does my life. At about 9:00 a.m., I go to the bookstore with my friends. There was a lot of new books. I didnt know what one to buy because these books were all useful to me. At 10:00, we went to cinema. The film was called The Ea
58、rthquake of Tangshan but some people were waiting outside the booking office. It took us about two hours to see it. Having been seen the film, everyone was deeply moving. Some of my friends even burst into tear. Thats a really wonderful film. It is very worth seeing. What a happy day! I hope tomorro
59、w I will be even happier.第二节 书面表达（满分25分） 高三年级是高中生活的最后一年，在这一年中，学生们要面临着沉重的升学压力。因此，很多学生下课后也坐在教室里用功，但学习效率和成绩并不理想。由此你想告诉他们：适当的休息很有必要。现在就请你以“A Ten - minute Break”为主题，按下列要点写一篇短文，让这些同学从中有所启发。短文的要点如下： 1十分钟的课间休息很有必要。 2要注意适当的休息方式。 3你是怎样利用这十分钟的。 注意：开头已经给出，不计入总词数；字数120字左右。A Ten - minute Break As a Senior Three s
60、tudent, time seems much limited. _参考答案短文改错：Today is Sunday. The sky is full of sunshine, so does my life. At about 9:00 am, I go to is wentthe bookstore with my friends. There was a lot of new books. I didnt know what one to buy were whichbecause these books were all useful to me. At 10:00, we went
61、to / cinema. The film was called theThe Earthquake of Tangshan but some people were waiting outside the booking office. It took andus about two hours to see it. Having been seen the film, everyone was deeply moving. Some movedof my friends even burst into tear. Thats a really wonderful film. It is very worth seeing. tears wellWhat a happy day! I hope tomorrow I will be even happier!欢迎广大教师踊跃来稿，稿酬丰厚。