云南省1月普通高中英语学业水平考试真题

云南省2013年1月普通高中学业水平考试

英语试卷

第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，共25分）

第一节单项选择（共15小题；每题1分，共15分）

从下列A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入空白处的真确答案。

21. —I saw Tom in the school just now.

—No, it ________him. He left for London last week.

A. can be

B. must be

C. mustn’t be

D. can’t be

22. —Let's go to________cinema.

—Good idea. That' ll take our mind off the problem for ________while, and it will do us good.

A. the; the

B. the; a

C. a; the

D. a; a

23. ________ people were killed and injured in the earthquake last year.

A. A great deal of

B. A plenty of

C. A large number of

D. A large amount of

24. The teacher did all he could ________the poor students.

A. help

B. to help

C. helping

D. to be helped

25. —How about playing basketball this Sunday afternoon, John?.

—I prefer ________at home rather than ________basketball.

A. stay; playing

B. stay; to play

C. to stay; to play

D. to stay; play

26. The boy will never forget the days________they spent together in the school .

A. during which

B. when

C. in which

D. which

27. My car ________ suddenly while I was on my way home.

A. broke down

B. looked down

C. put down

D. went down

28. ________ was in 2010________I graduated from the high school.

A. It; that

B. It; when

C. When; that

D. That; that

29. It is well known ________Qian Xuesen is one of the most famous scientists in China. .

A. which

B. when

C. what

D. that

30. “Please make________at home,” she said to me. .

A. yourself

B. herself

C. themselves

D. yourselves

31. It’s a ________ of time trying to persuade him to give up smoking.

A. lack

B. load

C. waste

D. question

32. —What about having a bicycle trip next week?

—________.

A. Go ahead, please

B. Good idea

C. Help yourself

D. Me, too

33. —Whose advice do you think I should take?

—________.

A.You get it

B. You speak

C. That's it

D. It’s up to you

34. —Have you moved into the new house?

—Not yet the rooms________.

A. are being painted

B. are painting

C. are painted

D. are being painting

35. Tasting________ , this kind of fried chicken sells________.

A. well; good

B. good; well

C. good; good

D. well; well

第二节完型题空（共10小题；每小题1分，共10分）

阅读短文，根据短文内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

We find different kinds of animals in the world．Some animals，such as tigers and lions，live in big forest and they are called __36__ animals．Some animals like sheep and dogs are kept by men and they are called domestic animals（家养动物）. These animals are very different from one another，but we can __37__them into big groups, those that eat other animals and those that eat grass and leaves．Animals like the__38__belong to the first group．

Animals are of great use to human beings．Men __39__ wild animals for their fur and meat．Domestic animals are even more important to men．Without them，life will be __40__．People make use of animals in many__41__ ．

Cows and dogs are useful to men's life．They give 80％of the meat that men eat every year．Skin of some animals can be__42__ into expensive overcoats and shoes，which are warm and comfortable and last a long time．They are very welcome in cold countries．Wool，which is now one of the most important materials for textile (纺织）industry，comes from a special kind of__43__ ．From cows，we get milk．And we shouldn’t forget that some domestic animals are kept for transport．Many people always ride horses．Arabs ride on camels that travel in deserts for days without __44__ ．In some places animals are still used to plough field．__45__is clear that men just can’t live without these animals．

( )36．A．wild B．serious C．terrible D．lovely

( )37. A．separate B．divide C．change D．make

( )38．A．chick B．tiger C．fish D．goat

( )39．A．hunt B．discover C．raise D．care for

( )40．A．smooth B．difficult C．easy D．perfect

( )41．A．ways B．groups C．places D．kinds

( )42．A．put B．turned C．made D．changed

( )43．A．sheep B．goats C．cows D．animals

( )44．A．resting B．eating C．sleeping D．stopping

( )45．A．That B．This C．It D．So

第三部分阅读理解（共25分）

A

Arctic fox(北极狐) is a kind of small fox that lives in the Arctic. It grows about 50 centimeters long, not including its tail, 30 centimeters tall and weighs from 3 to 7 kilos.

The Arctic foxes are white or blue in color. The white ones are white in winter, but grey-brown in summer. The blue ones are blue-grey all year round. The Arctic foxes have long, thick hair that is called fur. And the long fur covers their whole bodies, including both their cat eyes and rabbit feet, to keep them warm in the low temperature in the Arctic.

The Arctic foxes feed mainly on birds, birds’ eggs and other small animals. Teamwork is the way they look for food, and they don’t like to do that alone.

Baby Arctic foxes are very lovely. They don’t open their eyes until a week after their birth. For the first half of the year, their parents offer them food. They begin to look for food on their