高三英语限时练习

高三英语晚练2010-8-4

第一节完形填空（时间：10分钟）

Basketball is a sport enjoyed by millions of people. It began in 1891.

Dr. James Naismith, the father of basketball, was a teacher of a YMCA training 21 . It trained the people to work in YMCAs. Officials at the school were 22 about the low attendance during the 23 months. They felt that people didn’t attend then because the school did not have a good sports 24 in the winter. So they asked Dr. Naismith for help. He came up with a new indoor game.

Naismith studied games being played at that 25 . he found that the most 26 game was a ball. So a ball would be part of his new game, he decided. But kicking the ball or hitting it would be too rough for indoors. So he put two 27 up on the poles. The players have to try to 28 a ball into them. Naismith then made thirteen 29 for the game. Twelve of them are still in use today. Just seven years after the game began professional basketball teams were 30 . and that’s how bask etball was born.

21. A. school B. game C. team D. club

22. A. interested B. worried C. eager D. dangerous

23. A. summer B. spring C. autumn D. winter

24. A. suit B. team C. progress D. program

25. A. game B. school C. time D. place

26. A. popular B. practical C. excellent D. skilled

27. A. bags B. baskets C. flags D. sings

28. A. push B. throw C. send D. kick

29. A. persons B. poles C. rules D. balls

30. A. formed B. called C. dismissed D. stationed

第二节语法填空（时间：7分钟）

There was a tradition in Europe that if a dove（鸽）flew around a house 31 someone was dying, then his soul would be at peace. And there are legends which say that Satan (撒旦) can turn himself 32. any bird except for a dove. 33. it was Pablo Picasso who made the dove a modern symbol of peace when he used 34. on a poster for the World Peace Congress in 1949.

The rainbow is another ancient and universal symbol, 35. (represent) the connection between human beings and their gods. In Greek mythology it was associated with Iris, the goddess who 36. (bring) messages from the gods on Mount Olympus. In Scandinavian mythology(神话) the rainbow was 37. bridge between the gods and the earth. In the Bible a rainbow showed Noah that the Biblical flood was finally over, and that God had forgiven his people. In the Chinese tradition, the rainbow is often taken 38. a common symbol for marriage.

Nowadays the rainbow 39. (use) by many popular movements for peace and the environment, which represents the 40. (possible) of a better world in the future and promising sunshine after the rain.

第三节：阅读理解（时间：21分钟）