福建高三月考模拟英语试卷及答案解析

英语福州市高三第一次模拟考试

英语

考试时间：____分钟

阅读理解（本大题共小题，每小题____分，共____分。）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A

A giant panda at Washington’s zoo surprised scientists and zookeepers by becoming a mom again after years of failed pregnancies.

Scientists at the zoo had all but given up on 14-year-old Mei Xiang’s chances of pregnancy. However, she gave birth again on late Sunday, ten years after her first ____, a male named T ai Shan, was born in 2005. Officials will follow Chinese custom and give it a name after 1 00 days. Mei Xiang and her mate Tian Tian, born in China, are the second pair of pandas to live at the zoo. They’re treated very kindly. Since 2007, zoo officials have had five unsuccessful attempts at artificially inseminating(人工受精) Mei Xiang. But each time there was no cub. As a result, they had considered replacing Mei Xiang or 15-year-old Tian Tian with other pandas.

Still, there was hope.

For now, keepers said，Mei Xiang is doing well and responding to the noisy cub. Under an agreement with the Chinese government, zoo officials can keep the cub for four years before it has to go back to China, just as its older brother Tai Shan did in 2010.

Still, there’s some danger for the cub, especially in the next two weeks. Pandas have accidentally crushed(挤压) their small cubs. And the zoo’s first panda couple, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, had five cubs, but none of them survived more than a few days.

21. The giant panda surprised scientists and zookeepers because ___________.

A. her baby was too light

B. she gave birth to a baby panda

C. she gave birth at Washington’s zoo

D. she gave birth again after a long time

22. What does the underlined word “cub”probably mean in the second paragraph?

A. Newborn.

B. Partner.

C. Pregnancy.

D. Grownup.

23. What danger will the baby panda face in the next two weeks?

A. Adult pandas’crushing it.

B. Its mother’s impatience.

C. The tough environment.

D. Zookeepers’inexperience.

24. What can be a suitable title for the passage?

A. What surprised scientists

B. Ways of getting a baby panda

C. How Mei Xiang won her fame

D. Giant panda gave birth at US zoo

B

It isn’t easy being a princess. A princess addresses large crowds and uses perfect manners. A princess must always be polite and sweet and sometimes repair car engines and fix tires. Princess Elizabeth II really does all that．

Before she was Queen of England, Princess Elizabeth wanted to join the A.T.S., a female branch of the British military. It was World War II, and women worked at jobs traditionally held by men, who were then overseas fighting.

Elizabeth was a teenager and first had to convince her parents who thought it was too dangerous, but she would not take no for an answer. “I ought to do as other girls of my age do," she said firmly. After some months, her parents finally agreed. Princess Elizabeth received the same training as others.

When she arrived at the A.T.S. camp for her first day of training, she was greeted by a jacked-up car with its wheels off. In the following weeks, she learned to take apart an engine and then assemble (安装) it. To complete her A.T.S. training, she was required to drive a big truck on her own．

Princess Elizabeth became Queen Being a queen Elizabeth II in 1952. Now in her eighties, she still drives. Being a queen requires a lot of hard work, but it can be fun as well. Queen Elizabeth loves horses and still rides four times each week. She also still likes to get a little dirty. She actively manages her farm at Balmoral and is often seen hiking through the countryside there.

25.What did Princess Elizabeth do when her parents disagreed with her plan?

A. She hesitated a lot.

B. She left home secretly.