安徽省蚌埠二中2010-2011学年高三第二次质检

安徽省蚌埠二中2010-2011学年高三第二次质检
英语试题
试卷分值：150分考试时间：120分钟
命题人：梁艳秋
注意：
所有选择题答案必须用2B铅笔涂在答题卡中。

答案写在试卷上均无效，不予记分。

第Ⅰ卷（三部分共115分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
回答听力部分时，请先将答案标在试卷上。

听力部分结束前，你将有两分钟的时间将你的答案转涂到客观题答题卡上。

第一节（共5小题；每小题l．5分，满分7．5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后；你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. Why did so many old people die last month?
A. They were badly ill.
B. They were lack of food.
C. The weather was too cold.
2. What does the woman mean?
A. There isn’t enough time left.
B. Mother will arrive here earlier.
C. The man shouldn’t play basketball.
3. What is the man doing?
A. Buying books.
B . Reading books.
C. Making a bookcase.
4. What does the woman think of the helicopter ride?
A. Scary.
B. Fantastic.
C. Dangerous.
5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. A boy.
B. A movie.
C. An earthquake.
第二节（共l5小题；每小题l．5分，满分22．5分）
听下面5段对话。

每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. Who are fit for this course?
A. People with teaching experience of photography.
B. People without related knowledge of photography.
C. People with good working knowledge of photography.
7. How long is the course?
A. Over 2 weeks.
B. Over 5 weeks.
C. Over 10 weeks.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How many children are there in the girl’s family?
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
9. What does the girl think of being the middle child?
A. Terrible.
B. Wonderful.
C. Ordinary.
10. What is Paula doing?
A. Working in advertising.
B. Studying in a college.
C. Looking for a job.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. Classmates.
B. Mother and son.
C. Teacher and student.
12. Where will the boy put the magazine?
A. On the desk.
B. On the shelf.
C. Near the computer.
13. Which of the following belongs to the boy?
A. The CD player.
B. The necklace.
C. The scissors.
听第9段材料，回答第l4至17题。

14. Where does the woman come from?
A. Canada.
B. America.
C. Australia.
15. Which place does the woman suggest the man visit?
A. Bondi Beach.
B. Opera House.
C. Blue Mountains.
16. What do we know about the small hotels in Sydney?
A. They are expensive.
B. Some of them can be found on the Internet.
C. Most travelers like to stay in them.
17. What probably is the best way to travel around?
A. By bus.
B. By car.
C. By air.
听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

18. Why did the saleswoman warmly greet John?
A. He was the last customer.
B. They were familiar with each other.
C. He can help her reach her sales target.
19. What did John see on TV?
A. An advertisement.
B. A movie.
C. A TV series.
20. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. John saved money to buy a black and white TV set.
B. John decided to buy the camera instead of the TV at last.
C. John was shown various models of TV and cameras.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. The company wanted a manager with ______ knowledge of English and ______ work experience.
A. /;/
B. a;/
C. the; a
D. the; the
22. Two candidates are _______ the president of General Motors.
A. running for
B. running around
C. running after
D. running into
23. ________ men are greedy, _____ is never peace.
A. There; there
B. There; where
C. Where; there
D. Where; where
24. ________ baseball, I am just a green hand.
A. Spoken of
B. Speaking of
C. To speak of
D. Being spoken of
25. ______ in the centre of the city, the school is _______ quiet.
A. Locating; somewhere near
B. Locating; nowhere near
C. Located; nowhere near
D. Located; somewhere near
26. ----Can you wait a while?
---- Of course, _______, sir.
A. make yourself at home
B. enjoy yourself
C. it doesn’t matter
D. take your time
27．She _________ it, but that she saw it with her own eyes.
A. couldn’t have believed
B. couldn’t believe
C. can’t believe
D. didn’t believe
28. Then _______ we had been looking forward to.
A. the hour came
B. came the hour
C. did the hour come
D. the hour did come
29. The western restaurant is superior ________ the one we went to last week.
A. than
B. as
C. but
D. to
30. _______ to win the World Cup by all the people of the country is heavy pressure to the team.
A. Expecting
B. Being expected
C. Expected
D. To expect
31. ---Who _______ the beautiful villa now?
---Mr Turnner.
A.Owns
B. is owning
C. has been owning
D. owned
32.I will have to call my friend Peter ________ coat I walked off by mistake yesterday.
A. in whose
B. in which
C. on which
D. with whom
33. The doctor cured a lot of patients free of charge, so he had a good ________.
A. evolution
B. occupation
C. reputation
D. revolution
34.Which of the following is right?
A. It was me who to be blamed?
B. Was it I who to blame?
C. Was it I who to be blamed?
D. It was me who to blame?
35. You _____ constantly ______ this or that, to be frank, it’s none of your business.
A. are; asking
B. /; ask
C. have; asked
D. were; asking
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I was twelve years old, my father took me to see Zig Zigler. I remember sitting in that dark hall listening to Mr. Zigler 36 everyone’s spirits up to the ceiling; I left there feeling like I could do anything. When we got to the car, I 37 my father and said, “Dad, I want to 38 people feel like that.”My father asked me what I meant. I said to him. “I want to be a 39 speaker just like Mr. Zigler.”I replied 40 . A dream was born.
Recently, I began seeking my 41 of motivating(调动积极性) others. 42 a four-year relationship with Fortune 100 Company 43 as a sales-trainer and ending as a regional sales manager, I 44 the company at the height of my career. However, many people were 45 that I would leave after earning a six-figure income. And they asked 46 I would risk everything for a dream.
I made my 47 to start my own company and leave my secure position after 48 a regional sales meeting. The vice-president of our company delivered a 49__ that changed my life. He asked us, “If a god would 50 you three wishes, what would they be?” After giving 51 a moment to write down the three 52 , he then asked us. “Why do you need a god?” I would never forget the 53 I felt at that moment. I realized that everything I had 54 in the past had prepared me for this moment. I was 55 and didn’t need a god’s help to become a motivational speaker. A motivational speaker was born.
36. A. rise B. throw C. put D. raise
37. A. turned to B. tended to C. turned down D. glared at
38. A. get B. want C. make D. cheer
39. A. exciting B. motivational C. sensitive D. surprising
40. A. sadly B. angrily C. disappointedly D. proudly
41. A. dream B. speaker C. idea D. suggestion
42. A. After B. Before C. Because D. For
43. A. ending B. completing C. beginning D. regarding
44. A. stayed B. left C. started D. continued
45. A. disappointed B. worried C. surprised D. excited
46. A. if B. how C. why D. that
47. A. plan B. promise C. decision D. mind
48. A. attending B. joining C. entering D. holding
49. A. newspaper B. book C. report D. speech
50. A. deliver B. offer C. supply D. provide
51. A. them B. you C. us D. him
52. A. dreams B. wishes C. messages D. notes
53. A. energy B. force C. power D. weight
54. A. searched B. wished C. expected D. accomplished
55. A. ready B. disappointed C. glad D. busy
第三部分阅读理解(共20小题;每小题2分,满分40分)
阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
The first time I saw Carlos, I had my arms full of books and I was tearing into the classroom when I ran into something solid. It was Carlos.
“My, you’re tall,” he exclaimed.
Of course, the class began to laugh. Annoyed, I walked to my seat without a word.
I glanced back to see if Reed Harrington was laughing with the rest. That would be last straw. To my relief, Reed was studying and did not seem to be aware of it. I didn’t know why I considered Reed my friend. Maybe just because he was a good two inches taller than I.
“Take that seat,” Mr. McCarthy told the newcomer, pointing to the only empty one, in the back of the room.
Carlos smiled broadly. “But I need a couple of dictionaries.” Again the class laughed, but now they were laughing with Carlos, not at him. He had been here only 10 minutes and already he had them on his side.
It was the school election that made me think of Carlos again. Reed Harrington was voted president and Carlos vice-president. “How come?” I kept asking myself. “How come this shrimp(虾) who’s only been in town for a little over a month gets to be so popular?”
So when I met Carlos this morning, I said to him. “It doesn’t seem to bother you being short, I mean.” He looked up at me. “Of course I mind being short. But there isn’t anything I can do about it. When I realized I was going to have to spend my life in this undersized skin, I decided to make the best of it. My motto is-don’t be afraid to be yourself.”
56. This passage is mainly about a short boy who _____________.
A. won the school election
B. is ashamed of his height
C. has learned to accept his size
D. is embarrassed by the class
57. From the story, we can see that Carlos is _____________.
A. shy but diligent
B. humorous and confident
C. proud and popular
D. honest but sensitive
58. Paragraph 4 suggests that the author _____________.
A. cared much about Reed’s attitude
B. thought Reed was the same as the others
C. couldn’t stand Carlos playing ricks on her
D. hoped Reed was laughing with the others
59. According to the passage, what happened after the election?
A. Carlos and the author argued with each other.
B. Carlos and Reed became very good friends.
C. The author changed her attitude toward Carlos.
D. Carlos was elected president of the student committee.
B
Where do you want to travel this year? What are some of your favorite vacation spots? See some places we have picked as the top destinations for 2010.
●Sri Lanka
The island feels like one big tropical zoo: elephants roam freely, water buffaloes(水牛) idle in paddy fields and monkeys swing from trees. And then there’s the beautiful coastline. Among the most scenic is Nilaveli Beach in the Tamil north. Vacationers can lie on poolside hammocks(吊床) under palm trees or swim in its crystal-clear waters. Or they can order cocktails at the Nilaveli Beach Hotel.
●Shanghai
Following up on Beijing’s successful Olympics, Shanghai is expecting 70 million visitors to its World Expo. From May 1 to Oct. 31, more than 200 nations and regions will turn a two-square-mile site by the city’s Huangpu River into an architectural playground: Switzerland will be represented by a building shaped like a map of that country, while England is in the celebrated hands of the designer Thomas Heatherwick. However, by contrast, the United States pavilion might be mistaken for a suburban(郊区的) office park.
●Copenhagen
Last year, thousands of environmentalists challenged world leaders in Copenhagen for the climate summit, but the Danish capital has already emerged as one of the world’s greenest, and maybe coolest, cities. In Copenhagen, long, flat roads all have bicycle paths where locals cycle around the city. Away from all the modernism and the happy cyclists, cultural thrill-seekers are being attracted to the district of Norrebro, where the city’s young crowd the cafes and galleries or dance in local clubs until the early hours.
60. According to the passage, visitors to the palce with natural beauty can have _____________.
A. a vacation on the palm beach
B. a great time in busy local clubs
C. a feast for the eyes of architectural wonders
D. a chance to see an environmentally friendly city
61. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the 2010 World Expo?
A. Millions of people will visit Shanghai in seven months.
B. Switzerland has built something that looks like a map of the world.
C. The building of England is designed by Thomas Heatherwick.
D. The US pavilion reminds people of downtown New York.
62. This passage is probably printed on the __________ page of a newspaper.
A. culture
B. entertainment
C. travel
D. weekend
63. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A. A Trip to the World Expo
B. The Places to Go in 2010
C. Join the Copenhagen Climate Summit
D. The Most Visited Travel Destinations
C
Across the United States there are several places where two independent towns grew together to become one city—but kept both their names.
Winston-Salem is one of them. It’s a mid-sized city in what’s called the plateau(high land), between the Atlantic Coast and the inland mountains in the state of North Carolina. The Winston part is a relatively new place, founded early last century. It’s home to the nation’s biggest open-air tobacco market.
The giant R.J.Reynolds Tobacco Company’s headquarters is in Winston-Salem and Winston is the name of one of Reynolds’ best-known cigarette brands. Fast-growing Winston soon surrounded the much older town of Salem, so in 1913, people in the area voted to combine them into a single place.
From historical and tourist point of view, Salem, or Old Salem, as it’s called today, is the interesting and unusual part of town.
Salem was founded in the 1700s by the Moravians. They spoke German, and their community was religiously based, with single men and single women living apart in separate dormitories. The Moravians greatly valued women’s work and brainpower. In fact, one of the nation’s oldest boarding schools for young women-the Moravians’Salem Academy founded in 1772-is still in operation.
Over the years, Salem lost its Moravian character. That all changed, though, when a nonprofit group began to rehabilitate the historic area. These days Old Salem is what’s called a living history museum, with exhibits, music, and tours of 18th -century houses, taverns and Moravian dormitory buildings just seven blocks from the tallest skyscraper in Winston-Salem.
The historic community is booming again. Just as R.J.Reynolds is taking in millions of dollars making cigarettes across town, Old Salem is generating about $15 million a year in tourism revenue and donations.
64. From the passage we can know that ______________.
A. Winston-Salem is the name of a city
B. Salem is home to the tobacco market
C. the city Winston-Salem has two names
D. Old Salem is the name of a tobacco brand
65. It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that ______________.
A. the two cities benefited each other
B. Salem developed faster than Winston
C. R.J.Reynolds Company has moved into Salem
D. the combination meets the wishes of the people
66. The city Salem is special for its ______________.
A. boarding school
B. lifestyle and tradition
C. respect for brainpower
D. religious belief
67. The underlined word “rehabilitate” in Paragraph 6 is closest in meaning to “________________”.
A. reconstruct
B. evaluate
C. enlarge
D. decorate
D
As they migrate (迁徙), butterflies and moths choose the winds they want to fly with, and they change their body positions if they start floating in the wrong direction. This new finding suggests that insects may employ some of the same methods that birds use for traveling long distances. Scientists have long thought that insects were simply at the mercy of the wind.
Fascinating as their skills of flight are, migrating behavior has been difficult to study in insects because many long distant trips happen thousands of feet above ground. Only recently have scientists developed technologies that can detect such little creatures at such great heights.
To their surprise, though, the insects weren’t passive travelers in the winds. In autumn, for example, most light winds blew from the east, but the insects somehow sought out ones that carried them south and they positioned themselves to navigate directly to their wintering homes.
Even in the spring, when most winds flowed northward, the insects didn’t always go with the flow. If breezes weren’t blowing in the exact direction they wanted to go, the insects changed their body positions to compensate. Many migrating birds do the same thing.
The study also found, butterflies and moths actively flew within the air streams that pushed them along. By adding flight speeds to wind speeds, the scientists calculated that butterflies and moths can ravel as fast as 100 kilometers an hour. The findings may have real-world applications. With climate warming, migrating insects are growing in number. Knowing how and when these pests move could help farmers decide when to spray their crops.
68. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Insects migrate with the seasons.
B. The wind helps insects greatly in migrating.
C. Windsurfing insects have real direction.
D. Scientists have trouble in observing insects.
69. Scientists originally thought that _____________.
A. insects always waited for their favorable winds
B. insects chose the winds they wanted to ride
C. insects were just blown about by the wind
D. insects positioned themselves in the winds
70. It is not easy to study the migrating behavior of the insects because _____________.
A. the little creatures can fly very fast
B. they have no regular migrating courses
C. the wind’s direction is hard to foresee
D. their flight is long and high above ground
71. We can learn form the text that _______________.
A. insects fly in the way birds do
B. insects travel more easily in autumn
C. insects never position themselves when flying low
D. insects rest a lot when the wind pushes them along
E
Are you happy? Do you remember a time when you were happy? Are you seeking happiness today?
Many have sought a variety of sources for their feelings of happiness. Some have put their hearts and efforts into their work. Too many have turned to drugs and alcohol. Meanwhile, untold numbers have looked for it in the possession of expensive cars, exotic(异国的) vacation homes and other popular “toys”. Most of their efforts have a root in one common fact: people are looking for a lasting source of happiness.
Unfortunately, I believe that happiness escapes from many people because they misunderstand the journey of finding it. I have heard many people say that, “I’ll be happy when I get my new promotion.” Or “I’ll be happy when I lose that extra 20 pounds.” It is dangerous because it accepts that happiness is a “response” to having, being or doing something.
In life, we all experience stimulus(激励) and response. Today, some people think that an expensive car is a
stimulus, and happiness is a response; a great paying job is a stimulus, and happiness is a response; a loving relationship is a stimulus, and happiness is a response. This belief leaves us the thinking and feeling: I’ll be happy when …
It has been my finding that actually the opposite is true. I believe that happiness is a stimulus and a response is what life brings to those who are truly happy. When we are happy, we tend to have more success in our work. When we are happy, people want to be around us and enjoy loving relationships. When we are happy, we more naturally take better care of our bodies and enjoy good health. Happiness is not a response but a stimulus.
Happiness is a conscious choice we make every day of our lives. For unknown reason to me, many choose to be painful, unsuccessful and angry most of the time. Happiness is not something that happens to us after we get something we want-we usually get things we want AFTER we choose to be happy.
72. From the second paragraph, we know too many people ______________.
A. are not happy when they work hard
B. are not happy when they drink or take drugs
C. Are happy when they possess their own expensive cars
D. all desire exotic vacation homes
73. Generally speaking, most people feel happy because ______________.
A. they think happiness is rooted in their deep hearts
B. they get what they want to have
C. they get a great paying job
D. they get an expensive car
74. Which of the following is right according to the author?
A. If you want to get what you want, you first choose to be happy.
B. We should try to get more and then we’ll be happy.
C. Most people today are happy.
D. Work is a necessary part in our daily life
75. From the viewpoint of the author, happiness is _______________.
A. based on our needs
B. unconditional
C. out of reach
D. limited
第Ⅱ卷（共35分）
第一节任务型读写(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
阅读下面短文，根据所读内容在表格中的空白处填入恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

In a memory-based competition between you and a chimp(猩猩); who do you think would win? If you put yourself on top, you might want to guess again.
In a test that challenged participants to remember numbers, a young chimp performed better than Japanese college students.
Here’s how the test worked. At Kyoto University in Japan, human students and chimpanzee participants sat in front of a computer. Five numbers, ranging from 1 to 9, were combined with one another and then, they appeared at random places on the screen.
The numbers stayed on the screen for less than a second. In the first test, for example, participants saw the numbers for 650 milliseconds(about two-thirds of a second).
Then, each number disappeared and they saw a white square instead. Participants had to touch the squares in numerical order, based on the numbers that had been there a moment before. In this test, the students touched the boxes in the correct order about 80 percent of the time. A young chimp named Ayumu performed equally well.
During a harder test, participants were only able to see the numbers for 210 milliseconds.
This time, students only succeeded in putting the boxes in the correct order about 40 percent of the time. But Ayumu still could select the boxes in the fight order nearly 80 percent of the time.
Some people have what’s called a “photographic memory,” which allows them to remember a surprising number of details after just a quick glimpse of something. Ayumu’s memory might work in a similar way says lead researcher Tetsuro Matsuzawa.
The chim p’s young age might have something to do with his impressive performance, too. In previous tests, the Japanese researchers found that young chimps performed better than their mothers.
The scientists are interested to see whether Ayumu loses his strong memory as he grows older. They already know that young children sometimes have sharp memories when offered something photographical, but
第二节写作(满分25分)
每位同学都希望自己具有良好的人际关系，成为班级中受欢迎的人。

请你根据下表所提供的信息，写
蚌埠二中2010-2011学年度高三第二次质量检测
英语参考答案
听力
1-5 CACAB 6-10 CBABC 11-15 BACBC 16-20 BACAB
单项填空
21-25BACBC 26-30 DABDB 31-35 AACBA
完形填空
36-40DACBD 41-45 AACBC 46-50CCADB 51-55 CBCDA
阅读理解
56-60 CBACA 61-65CCBAD 66-70 BACCD 71-75 ACBAB
任务型读写
76.memory-based 77. procedures (steps) 78. combinations 79. replaced 80. managed
81. twice (double) 82. allowing (enable) 83. glance (glimpse) 84. ability 85. age (grow)
写作(possible version)
Being a popular student
We all hope to be popular with our classmates and teachers. To enjoy popularity, we should regard the class as our big family and even offer to sacrifice our personal interest whenever necessary. While taking an active part in all our class activities, we should work responsibly to build up a good reputation as a team. To be a student with high popularity, we are to show respect, concern and sympathy for others. As a result, we never hesitate to lend a hand to those in need.
To be a popular student, we ought to be strict with ourselves in everything we do at school and make every effort to achieve all-round development, being good not only at our lessons but also at sports, music, painting, and social services and so on. In time of success we remain modest, while in time of difficulty we keep strong-minded.
All in all, popularity among classmates and teachers comes naturally to those who keep improving their personal qualities.。