(英语)高三英语语言知识及应用训练(2011佛山一模)

高三英语语言知识及应用训练（2011佛山一模）

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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

We have known for a long time that flowers of different plants open and close at different times of day. This is so 1 that there seems to be no need to ask the reason for it. Yet no one 2 understands why flowers open and close like this at particular times. The process is not as 3 as we might think, as recent experiments have shown. In one study, flowers were kept in constant 4 . We might expect that the flowers, without any information about the time of day, did not open as they 5 do. As a matter of fact, they 6 to open at their usual time. This suggests that they have some mysterious(神秘的) way of knowing the 7 . Their sense of time does not 8 information from the outside world; it is, so to speak, inside them, a kind of “inner clock”.

This 9 may not seem to be very important. However, it was later found that not just plants but also 10 , including man, have this “inner clock” which 11 the working of their bodies and influences their activities. Men, then, are also influenced by this mysterious 12 . Whether we wish it or not, it affects such things in our life as our need for sleep, our need for food.

In the past, this did not really 13 because people lived in natural condition. In the 14 world, things are different; now there are spacemen, airplane pilots and, in ordinary life, a lot of people who have to work at night. It would be very 15 , then, to know more about the “inner clock”. Such things as flowers might help us understand more about ourselves.

1. A. familiar B. strange C. similar D. special

2. A. partly B. personally C. really D. willingly

3. A. complex B. simple C. mature D. meaningful

4. A. quietness B. darkness C. loneliness D. sadness

5. A. finally B. completely C. physically D. normally

6. A. refused B. decided C. continued D. failed

7. A. time B. secret C. process D. study

8. A. deal with B. add to C. give away D. depend on

9. A. discovery B. activity C. invention D. method

10. A. beasts B. animals C. strangers D. humans

11. A. controls B. studies C. measures D. destroys

12. A. world B. flower C. power D. experiment

13. A. happen B. exist C. matter D. work

14. A. ancient B. modern C. wonderful D. peaceful

15. A. hard B. expensive C. convenient D. important

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的要求，在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，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为16~25的相应位置上。

It was a new chapter for the Paralympics movement in Asia, as the Asian Para Games opened its arms to around 2500 disabled athletes from all around the continent on December 12, 2010.

A visually impaired(弱视) boy 16 (name) He Yuxuan was spot-lighted at the beginning of the ceremony. Although he can’t see the national flag with his own eyes, 17 eight-year-old pupil carried the flag in his hands with 18 mother walking along, handed the flag to the honor guards and saluted as the flag 19 (raise).

Mothers of disabled athletes from different Asian countries and regions entered the stadium, 20 (sing) and cheered for their children as the athletes walked into the stadium. Mothers hugged and kissed their children 21 they passed by, giving flowers and their blessings 22 the athletes. They were also joined by more than 300 mothers of children 23 a disability from all over China.

These regional athletes set their goals beyond the medals. They aimed to show not only good 24 (perform) during the seven days 25 their image of self-improving and high-level sport moral.