2013届省重点中学协作体领航高考预测试卷5

英语试题

第一卷 选择题(共3部分，满分115分)

第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分30分)

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分）

第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题I分，满分15分）

21. Polar bears live mostly on ____ sea ice, which they use as ____ platform for hunting seals.

   A. a, a      B. a, the     C. /, a       D. a, the

22. He hopes to raise _____ about the shortage of clean water on our planet.

   A. information   B. awareness   C. protection   D. decision

23. ____ the civil service has its obvious advantages, it doesn’t necessarily suit everyone.

   A. While    B. Because     C. Since    D. When

24. The magnificent military parade and celebrations in Beijing left the Chinese ____pride and people in awe.

    A. filling with    B. filled with   C. being filled with    D. to fill with

25. – What do you think of his advice?

   --What he said sounded ____, I think.

   A. quite perfectly   B. nice and helpful   C. very clearly    D. polite or friendly

26. If we can ____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.

   A. come across    B. get over    C. come over     D. get off

27. Some women ____ a good salary in a job instead of staying at home, but they decided not to work for the sake of the family.

   A. must make    B. would make    C. should have made    D. could have made

28. I just wonder ____ that makes him so excited.

   A. why it does    B. what he does    C. how it is    D. what it is

29. No person ____ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette in this area.

   A. will       B. may      C. shall      D. must

30. He is taking notes in class at Sunshine School, where he _____ English for a year.

   A. studies   B. studied   C. is studying    D. has been studying

31. We were in ____ when we left that we forgot the airline tickets.

   A. a rush so anxious            B. a such anxious rush  

C. so an anxious rush           D. such an anxious rush

32. It cannot be regarded simply as a normal job ____ you make money and earn a living.

   A. when    B. that    C. which     D. where

33. He decided to make a ____, from his hometown to Shenzhen, where he thinks he can find a better job.

   A. try     B. change      C. research     D. move

34. Nobody but doctors or nurses and those ____ by Dr Li ____ to enter the patient’s room.

   A. invited, is allowed         B. are invited, are allowed

   C. being invited, allowed      D. invited, are allowed

35. Only through hard work and perseverance ____ his early dream.

   A. he realized    B. realized he   C. did he realize    D. realized did he

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 36 from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, 37 it is much more than that. Many animals can 38. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 39 other members of the hive(蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, 40 things like the unicorn(独角兽) that have never existed. The key 41 in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 42 in different ways, according to 43, to communicate different meanings.

   Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing 44 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 45 about the university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink, it is an immensely complex 46 that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 47 of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 48 . The speaker has to translate thoughts into49 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from the thought to the 50 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to51 out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 52the words spoken, understand the pattern of 53of the words (sentences), and finally 54 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But 55 started, it is of course a continuous process.

36.	A.	apart	B.	off	C.	up	D.	down
37.	A.	so	B.	but	C.	or	D.	for
38.	A.	transfer	B.	transmit	C.	convey	D.	communicate
39.	A.	to	B.	from	C.	over	D.	on
40.	A.	only	B.	almost	C.	even	D.	just
41.	A.	stays	B.	situates	C.	hides	D.	lies
42.	A.	put out	B.	put together	C.	put up	D.	put away
43.	A.	rules	B.	scales	C.	laws	D.	standards
44.	A.	combines	B.	contains	C.	defines	D.	declares
45.	A.	what	B.	whether	C.	while	D.	if
46.	A.	prospect	B.	progress	C.	process	D.	produce
47.	A.	aspects	B.	abstracts	C.	angles	D.	assumptions
48.	A.	anybody	B.	another	C.	other	D.	everybody
49.	A.	body	B.	gesture	C.	written	D.	spoken
50.	A.	growing	B.	fixing	C.	beginning	D.	building
51.	A.	put	B.	take	C.	draw	D.	figure
52.	A.	identity	B.	locate	C.	reveal	D.	discover
53	A.	performance	B.	organization	C.	design	D.	arrangement
54.	A.	describe	B.	justify	C.	speak	D.	interpret
55.	A.	since	B.	after	C.	once	D.	until

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节（共15题；每小题2分，满分30分）

                          A

   Here’s a riddle: You’re miserable without it, but once you get it and give it away, you’ll be happier. What is it? The answer, according to a recent study, is money.

   We’ve understood that happiness and money go together. However, how much happiness does money bring? How might money bring happiness? To answer these questions, Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and two colleagues asked people how much money they make, how they spent their money and how happy they were.

   In their sample of 632 Americans, the researchers found that an average of nearly 1% of the monthly budget was spent on what Dunn terms “prosocial spending” – that is, gifts for others and donations to charity. Overall spending levels were not related to happiness, but prosocial spending was.

   A further study was also done among 46 college students. The researchers gave these students an envelope with $5 or $20, and told them to either spend money on themselves or on friends. At the end of the day, students who had given away their money were happier than students who spent it on themselves. The amount of money they received and spent had no effect on their happiness.

   “We’re not talking about Bill Gates donating millions of dollars to charity; we’re talking about relatively modest amounts of money,” says Dunn. “Everyone could stand to give away a little more than they do.” The sad irony about money, Dunn notes, is that when people come to view it as a route to happiness, they are less likely to give it away.

   “I think it’s exciting news and a fascinating study,” says Robert Biswas, another psychologist who was not involved in the research. He points out, however, that Dunn’s study design didn’t show how much more money people need to spend to feel happy most. “Does this work for poor people as well as for rich people?” he asks.

56. In the first paragraph, why does the author mention a riddle?

   A. To stress the importance of money in people’s life.

   B. To inspire the readers’ interest in the passage.

   C. To show happiness is more important than money.

   D. To prove how eagerly people want to be rich.

57. According to passage, it is suggested that prosocial spending ____.

   A. is a society-friendly act       B. is popular with Americans

   C. isn’t related to happiness      D. needs a big income

58. In Dunn’s opinion, it’s possible and reasonable for average people to ____.

   A. feel happy by donating some money

   B. become as rich as Bill Gates

   C. realize happiness through making money

   D. view money as an only route to happiness

59. According to the passage, Robert Biswas questions ____.

   A. the importance of money     

B. the existence of happiness

   C. the friendship between the rich and the poor

   D. the study’s adaptation to different people　

                           B

   No one knows when the first calendar was developed. But it seems possible that it was based on lunar months. When people started farming, the wise men of the tribes became very important, they studied the sky and gathered enough information to be able to predict when the seasons would change, and were able to announce when it was time to plant crops.
　　The divisions of time we use today were developed in ancient Babylonia 4,000 years ago. Babylonian astronomers believed the sun moved around the Earth every 365 days. They divided the trip into 12 equal parts, each with 30 days. Then they divided each day into 24 equal parts, or hours, and divided each hour into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 seconds.
　　Humans have used many devices to measure time; the sundial (日晷) was one of the earliest and simplest. However, the sundial worked well only when the weather was fine, so other ways of measuring the passing of time were invented. One device was the hourglass(沙漏). By the eighteenth century, people had developed mechanical clocks and watches. So we have devices to mark the passing of time, but what time is it now? Clocks in different parts of the world do not show the same time at the same time, because time on Earth is set by the sun's positions in the sky above us. As international communications and travel grew, it became clear that a way to establish a common time for all parts of the world was needed. In 1884, an international conference divided the world into 24 time zones, each zone represents one hour. The astronomical observatory in Greenwich, England, was chosen as the starting point for the time zones. Twelve zones are west of Greenwich. Twelve are east. The time at Greenwich measured by the sun is considered by astronomers to be Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time.

60. What does the example of Babylonia astronomers reveal?
　　A It reveals Babylonians’ wisdom that was absent elsewhere.
　　B It reveals the origin of our time measurements.
　　C It reveals the limits of some time measurements.
　　D It reveals the stable state of time measurements.
61. The author mentions all of the following ways to measure time EXCEPT _____.
　　A sundial   B hourglass   C electric clock   D mechanical clock
62. According to the passage, Greenwich Mean Time _____.
　　A provides a common time for all parts of the world
　　B is calculated from the sun
　　C is the 12th of the 24 time zones
　　D was named after an international conference
63. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?
　　A Time measurements have changed in response to need and technological development.
　　B In ancient Babylonia, 12 was the basic division of time.
　　C The first calendar was developed because the wise men of tribes were intelligent.
　　D Universal Time is so named because it can be used throughout the universe.

                           C

 Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself：” I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive old age.

    She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty—seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927.

    Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery(刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore(杂货店) and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted . Three of the pictures exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930’s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals(描绘) of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.” she said.

64. According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to _____ .

   A. make herself beautiful               B. keep active

   C. earn more money                   D. become famous

65. From Grandma Moses’ description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that

   she was ______ .

   A. independent     B. pretty     C. rich     D. nervous

66. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Grandma Moses: Her Life and Pictures.    B. The Children of Grandma Moses.

   C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition.      D. Grandma Moses and Other Older

 

                          D

     People living on parts of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built. While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff into the sea.

     Erosion(侵蚀)of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a  problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.

     Angry owners have called on the Government to build sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that, in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go farther along the coast, shifting the problem form one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten like limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England, You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.

67.   What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England face?

A.     the rising sea level

B.      Experts’ lack of knowledge.

C.      The washing-away of limestone cliffs.

D.     The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.

68.  The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England ____.

A. will soon become a problem for people living in central England

B. has now become a threat to local residents

C. can be stopped if proper measures are taken

D. is quickly changing the map of England

69.   It is not possible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because ____.

A. house agents along the coast do not support the idea

B .It is too costly and will endanger neighboring areas

C.      The government is too slow in taking action

D.     They will be easily knocked down by waves and currents

70.   According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, people should____.

A.       take the quality of the house into consideration

B.        guard against being cheated by the house agent

C.        examine the house carefully before making a decision

D.       be aware of the potential danger involved

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
   根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When couples marry, they usually plan to have a child of their own. Sometimes, however, a couple cannot have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt one. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60,000 adoptions each year in the United States alone._71__. Others adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own families, but they all adopt children for the same reason. They care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.

__72__. Psychologists and childcare experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for an adopted child to find about their birth parents because the birth records of most adopted children are often sealed. _73_.

Naturally adopted children have different feelings about their birth patents. Many adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adopted children want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make.__74___. Even though adopted children do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adoptive parents want them, love them and will care for them. ___75__.

A.     Understanding is the key to a successful adoption.

B.      Some people prefer to adopt small babies.

C.      Most adopted children have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents.

D.     Adoption has a lot to do with love.

E.  The information is kept secret, so no one can see it.

F.      Most adopted children know that they are adopted.

G.     Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas.

第二卷（共 35 分）
第四部分  写作 （共两节．满分35分）
第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。   
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
      2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

   I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had in the recently class meeting about if

 

Senior 3 students should take a lot of tonics(补品) to keep fit.

 

   Opinions are divided on the topic. Sixty percent of the students think unnecessary to take any

 

tonics. They hold the opinion that takes tonics will cause them to put on weight, which is bad to

 

their health.

 

   However, forty percent of the students point that Senior 3 students have a lot more homework

 

to do every day. So many students get tiring and tonics can help to refresh them. In addition to,

 

they can’t afford time to have sports.

 

Personally, the best way to stay health is to take exercise regularly.

第二节 书面表达 （满分25分）

   现在使用信用卡的人越来越多了，人们生活方式和消费习惯也在发生着变化。请根据以下内容，结合自己观点，以 “The Use of Credit Cards”为题写一篇短文，词数100 左右。

   现象产生原因：安全，方便；气派，荣耀。

       带来影响：过度消费（overspend）, 容易产生信用卡诈骗

 

 

 

单项选择   CBABB   BDDCD   DDDAC

完形填空   ABDAC   DBACB   CABDD   DADDC

阅读理解   BAAD   BCBA   BAA   CBBD    BFECD

改错：  recently ---recent    if----whether    think后加it     takes----taking

        bad to ---bad for    point 后加 out   tiring---tired  

        refresh them--- refresh themselves   in addition to---in addition   health---healthy

 

One possible version

          The use of credit cards

  With the rapid development of modern economy, people’s living style and spending habits have changed gradually. As a result, more and more people prefer to use credit cards when shopping in malls and supermarkets.

   Why do credit cards have such a deep effect on people? I think there are a few reasons for it. For one thing, some people think credit cards are safer and more convenient. For another, some think it is a way to show off, feeling more graceful to use cards than to use cash.

   However, the use of credit cards is easy to cause overspending. And if you are not careful, there will be a credit card cheat now and then.

   From my point of view, we shouldn’t always follow the fashion and use cards for everything. I hope people can use them properly.

 

   2013届省重点中学协作体领航高考预测试卷5

英语试题

第一卷 选择题(共3部分，满分115分)

第一部分：听力 (共两节，满分30分)

第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分）

第一节：语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题I分，满分15分）

21. Polar bears live mostly on ____ sea ice, which they use as ____ platform for hunting seals.

   A. a, a      B. a, the     C. /, a       D. a, the

22. He hopes to raise _____ about the shortage of clean water on our planet.

   A. information   B. awareness   C. protection   D. decision

23. ____ the civil service has its obvious advantages, it doesn’t necessarily suit everyone.

   A. While    B. Because     C. Since    D. When

24. The magnificent military parade and celebrations in Beijing left the Chinese ____pride and people in awe.

    A. filling with    B. filled with   C. being filled with    D. to fill with

25. – What do you think of his advice?

   --What he said sounded ____, I think.

   A. quite perfectly   B. nice and helpful   C. very clearly    D. polite or friendly

26. If we can ____ our present difficulties, then everything should be all right.

   A. come across    B. get over    C. come over     D. get off

27. Some women ____ a good salary in a job instead of staying at home, but they decided not to work for the sake of the family.

   A. must make    B. would make    C. should have made    D. could have made

28. I just wonder ____ that makes him so excited.

   A. why it does    B. what he does    C. how it is    D. what it is

29. No person ____ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette in this area.

   A. will       B. may      C. shall      D. must

30. He is taking notes in class at Sunshine School, where he _____ English for a year.

   A. studies   B. studied   C. is studying    D. has been studying

31. We were in ____ when we left that we forgot the airline tickets.

   A. a rush so anxious            B. a such anxious rush  

C. so an anxious rush           D. such an anxious rush

32. It cannot be regarded simply as a normal job ____ you make money and earn a living.

   A. when    B. that    C. which     D. where

33. He decided to make a ____, from his hometown to Shenzhen, where he thinks he can find a better job.

   A. try     B. change      C. research     D. move

34. Nobody but doctors or nurses and those ____ by Dr Li ____ to enter the patient’s room.

   A. invited, is allowed         B. are invited, are allowed

   C. being invited, allowed      D. invited, are allowed

35. Only through hard work and perseverance ____ his early dream.

   A. he realized    B. realized he   C. did he realize    D. realized did he

第二节：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

Language is the most astonishing behavior in the animal kingdom. It is the species-typical behavior that sets humans completely 36 from all other animals. Language is a means of communication, 37 it is much more than that. Many animals can 38. The dance of the honeybee communicates the location of flowers 39 other members of the hive(蜂群). But human language permits communication about anything, 40 things like the unicorn(独角兽) that have never existed. The key 41 in the fact that the units of meaning, words, can be 42 in different ways, according to 43, to communicate different meanings.

   Language is the most important learning we do. Nothing 44 humans so much as our ability to communicate abstract thoughts, 45 about the university, the mind, love, dreams, or ordering a drink, it is an immensely complex 46 that we take for granted. Indeed, we are not aware of most 47 of our speech and understanding. Consider what happens when one person is speaking to 48 . The speaker has to translate thoughts into49 language. Brain imaging studies suggest that the time from the thought to the 50 of speech is extremely fast. Only 0.04 seconds! The listener must hear the sounds to51 out what the speaker means. He must use the sounds of speech to 52the words spoken, understand the pattern of 53of the words (sentences), and finally 54 the meaning. This takes somewhat longer, a minimum of about 0.5 seconds. But 55 started, it is of course a continuous process.

36.	A.	apart	B.	off	C.	up	D.	down
37.	A.	so	B.	but	C.	or	D.	for
38.	A.	transfer	B.	transmit	C.	convey	D.	communicate
39.	A.	to	B.	from	C.	over	D.	on
40.	A.	only	B.	almost	C.	even	D.	just
41.	A.	stays	B.	situates	C.	hides	D.	lies
42.	A.	put out	B.	put together	C.	put up	D.	put away
43.	A.	rules	B.	scales	C.	laws	D.	standards
44.	A.	combines	B.	contains	C.	defines	D.	declares
45.	A.	what	B.	whether	C.	while	D.	if
46.	A.	prospect	B.	progress	C.	process	D.	produce
47.	A.	aspects	B.	abstracts	C.	angles	D.	assumptions
48.	A.	anybody	B.	another	C.	other	D.	everybody
49.	A.	body	B.	gesture	C.	written	D.	spoken
50.	A.	growing	B.	fixing	C.	beginning	D.	building
51.	A.	put	B.	take	C.	draw	D.	figure
52.	A.	identity	B.	locate	C.	reveal	D.	discover
53	A.	performance	B.	organization	C.	design	D.	arrangement
54.	A.	describe	B.	justify	C.	speak	D.	interpret
55.	A.	since	B.	after	C.	once	D.	until

第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分)

第一节（共15题；每小题2分，满分30分）

                          A

   Here’s a riddle: You’re miserable without it, but once you get it and give it away, you’ll be happier. What is it? The answer, according to a recent study, is money.

   We’ve understood that happiness and money go together. However, how much happiness does money bring? How might money bring happiness? To answer these questions, Elizabeth Dunn, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, and two colleagues asked people how much money they make, how they spent their money and how happy they were.

   In their sample of 632 Americans, the researchers found that an average of nearly 1% of the monthly budget was spent on what Dunn terms “prosocial spending” – that is, gifts for others and donations to charity. Overall spending levels were not related to happiness, but prosocial spending was.

   A further study was also done among 46 college students. The researchers gave these students an envelope with $5 or $20, and told them to either spend money on themselves or on friends. At the end of the day, students who had given away their money were happier than students who spent it on themselves. The amount of money they received and spent had no effect on their happiness.

   “We’re not talking about Bill Gates donating millions of dollars to charity; we’re talking about relatively modest amounts of money,” says Dunn. “Everyone could stand to give away a little more than they do.” The sad irony about money, Dunn notes, is that when people come to view it as a route to happiness, they are less likely to give it away.

   “I think it’s exciting news and a fascinating study,” says Robert Biswas, another psychologist who was not involved in the research. He points out, however, that Dunn’s study design didn’t show how much more money people need to spend to feel happy most. “Does this work for poor people as well as for rich people?” he asks.

56. In the first paragraph, why does the author mention a riddle?

   A. To stress the importance of money in people’s life.

   B. To inspire the readers’ interest in the passage.

   C. To show happiness is more important than money.

   D. To prove how eagerly people want to be rich.

57. According to passage, it is suggested that prosocial spending ____.

   A. is a society-friendly act       B. is popular with Americans

   C. isn’t related to happiness      D. needs a big income

58. In Dunn’s opinion, it’s possible and reasonable for average people to ____.

   A. feel happy by donating some money

   B. become as rich as Bill Gates

   C. realize happiness through making money

   D. view money as an only route to happiness

59. According to the passage, Robert Biswas questions ____.

   A. the importance of money     

B. the existence of happiness

   C. the friendship between the rich and the poor

   D. the study’s adaptation to different people　

                           B

   No one knows when the first calendar was developed. But it seems possible that it was based on lunar months. When people started farming, the wise men of the tribes became very important, they studied the sky and gathered enough information to be able to predict when the seasons would change, and were able to announce when it was time to plant crops.
　　The divisions of time we use today were developed in ancient Babylonia 4,000 years ago. Babylonian astronomers believed the sun moved around the Earth every 365 days. They divided the trip into 12 equal parts, each with 30 days. Then they divided each day into 24 equal parts, or hours, and divided each hour into 60 minutes, each minute into 60 seconds.
　　Humans have used many devices to measure time; the sundial (日晷) was one of the earliest and simplest. However, the sundial worked well only when the weather was fine, so other ways of measuring the passing of time were invented. One device was the hourglass(沙漏). By the eighteenth century, people had developed mechanical clocks and watches. So we have devices to mark the passing of time, but what time is it now? Clocks in different parts of the world do not show the same time at the same time, because time on Earth is set by the sun's positions in the sky above us. As international communications and travel grew, it became clear that a way to establish a common time for all parts of the world was needed. In 1884, an international conference divided the world into 24 time zones, each zone represents one hour. The astronomical observatory in Greenwich, England, was chosen as the starting point for the time zones. Twelve zones are west of Greenwich. Twelve are east. The time at Greenwich measured by the sun is considered by astronomers to be Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time.

60. What does the example of Babylonia astronomers reveal?
　　A It reveals Babylonians’ wisdom that was absent elsewhere.
　　B It reveals the origin of our time measurements.
　　C It reveals the limits of some time measurements.
　　D It reveals the stable state of time measurements.
61. The author mentions all of the following ways to measure time EXCEPT _____.
　　A sundial   B hourglass   C electric clock   D mechanical clock
62. According to the passage, Greenwich Mean Time _____.
　　A provides a common time for all parts of the world
　　B is calculated from the sun
　　C is the 12th of the 24 time zones
　　D was named after an international conference
63. With which of the following statements would the author be most likely to agree?
　　A Time measurements have changed in response to need and technological development.
　　B In ancient Babylonia, 12 was the basic division of time.
　　C The first calendar was developed because the wise men of tribes were intelligent.
　　D Universal Time is so named because it can be used throughout the universe.

                           C

 Grandma Moses is among the most famous twentieth-century painters of the United States, yet she did not start painting until she was in her late seventies. As she once said of herself：” I would never sit back in a rocking chair, waiting for someone to help me.” No one could have had a more productive old age.

    She was born Anna Mary Robertson on a farm in New York State, one of five boys and five girls. At twelve she left home and was in domestic service until, at twenty—seven, she married Thomas Moses, the hired hand of one of her employers. They farmed most of their lives, first in Virginia and then in New York State, at Eagle Bridge. She had ten children, of whom five survived; her husband died in 1927.

    Grandma Moses painted a little as a child and made embroidery(刺绣) pictures as a hobby, but only changed to oils in old age because her hands had become too stiff to sew and she wanted to keep busy and pass the time. Her pictures were first sold at the local drugstore(杂货店) and at a market and were soon noticed by a businessman who bought everything she painted . Three of the pictures exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art, and in 1940 she had her first exhibition in New York. Between the 1930’s and her death she produced some 2,000 pictures: detailed and lively portrayals(描绘) of the country life she had known for so long, with a wonderful sense of color and form. “I think really hard till I think of something really pretty, and then I paint it.” she said.

64. According to the passage, Grandma Moses began to paint because she wanted to _____ .

   A. make herself beautiful               B. keep active

   C. earn more money                   D. become famous

65. From Grandma Moses’ description of herself in the first paragraph, it can be inferred that

   she was ______ .

   A. independent     B. pretty     C. rich     D. nervous

66. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

   A. Grandma Moses: Her Life and Pictures.    B. The Children of Grandma Moses.

   C. Grandma Moses: Her Best Exhibition.      D. Grandma Moses and Other Older

 

                          D

     People living on parts of the south coast of England face a serious problem. In 1993, the owners of a large hotel and of several houses discovered, to their horror, that their gardens had disappeared overnight. The sea had eaten into the soft limestone cliffs on which they had been built. While experts were studying the problem, the hotel and several houses disappeared altogether, sliding down the cliff into the sea.

     Erosion(侵蚀)of the white cliffs along the south coast of England has always been a  problem but it has become more serious in recent years. Dozens of homes have had to be abandoned as the sea has crept farther and farther inland. Experts have studied the areas most affected and have drawn up a map for local people, forecasting the year in which their homes will be swallowed up by the hungry sea.

     Angry owners have called on the Government to build sea defenses to protect their homes. Government surveyors have pointed out that, in most cases, this is impossible. New sea walls would cost hundreds of millions of pounds and would merely make the waves and currents go farther along the coast, shifting the problem form one area to another. The danger is likely to continue, they say, until the waves reach an inland area of hard rock which will not be eaten like limestone is. Meanwhile, if you want to buy a cheap house with an uncertain future, apply to a house agent in one of the threatened areas on the south coast of England, You can get a house for a knockdown price but it may turn out to be a knockdown home.

67.   What is the cause of the problem that people living on parts of the south coast of England face?

A.     the rising sea level

B.      Experts’ lack of knowledge.

C.      The washing-away of limestone cliffs.

D.     The disappearance of hotels, houses and gardens.

68.  The erosion of the white cliffs in the south of England ____.

A. will soon become a problem for people living in central England

B. has now become a threat to local residents

C. can be stopped if proper measures are taken

D. is quickly changing the map of England

69.   It is not possible to build sea defenses to protect against erosion because ____.

A. house agents along the coast do not support the idea

B .It is too costly and will endanger neighboring areas

C.      The government is too slow in taking action

D.     They will be easily knocked down by waves and currents

70.   According to the author, when buying a house along the south coast of England, people should____.

A.       take the quality of the house into consideration

B.        guard against being cheated by the house agent

C.        examine the house carefully before making a decision

D.       be aware of the potential danger involved

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
   根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

When couples marry, they usually plan to have a child of their own. Sometimes, however, a couple cannot have a child of their own. In this case, they may decide to adopt one. In fact, adoption is very common today. There are about 60,000 adoptions each year in the United States alone._71__. Others adopt older children. Some couples adopt children from their own families, but they all adopt children for the same reason. They care about children and want to give their adopted child a happy life.

__72__. Psychologists and childcare experts generally think this is a good idea. However, many adopted children have very little information about their biological parents. As a matter of fact, it is often very difficult for an adopted child to find about their birth parents because the birth records of most adopted children are often sealed. _73_.

Naturally adopted children have different feelings about their birth patents. Many adopted children have different feelings about their birth parents. Many adopted children want to search for them, but others do not. The decision to search for birth parents is a difficult one to make.__74___. Even though adopted children do not know about their natural parents, they do know that their adoptive parents want them, love them and will care for them. ___75__.

A.     Understanding is the key to a successful adoption.

B.      Some people prefer to adopt small babies.

C.      Most adopted children have mixed feelings about finding their biological parents.

D.     Adoption has a lot to do with love.

E.  The information is kept secret, so no one can see it.

F.      Most adopted children know that they are adopted.

G.     Most people prefer to adopt children from overseas.

第二卷（共 35 分）
第四部分  写作 （共两节．满分35分）
第一节 短文改错(共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文,请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉。   
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
      2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

   I’m writing to tell you about the discussion we’ve had in the recently class meeting about if

 

Senior 3 students should take a lot of tonics(补品) to keep fit.

 

   Opinions are divided on the topic. Sixty percent of the students think unnecessary to take any

 

tonics. They hold the opinion that takes tonics will cause them to put on weight, which is bad to

 

their health.

 

   However, forty percent of the students point that Senior 3 students have a lot more homework

 

to do every day. So many students get tiring and tonics can help to refresh them. In addition to,

 

they can’t afford time to have sports.

 

Personally, the best way to stay health is to take exercise regularly.

第二节 书面表达 （满分25分）

   现在使用信用卡的人越来越多了，人们生活方式和消费习惯也在发生着变化。请根据以下内容，结合自己观点，以 “The Use of Credit Cards”为题写一篇短文，词数100 左右。

   现象产生原因：安全，方便；气派，荣耀。

       带来影响：过度消费（overspend）, 容易产生信用卡诈骗

 

 

 

单项选择   CBABB   BDDCD   DDDAC

完形填空   ABDAC   DBACB   CABDD   DADDC

阅读理解   BAAD   BCBA   BAA   CBBD    BFECD

改错：  recently ---recent    if----whether    think后加it     takes----taking

        bad to ---bad for    point 后加 out   tiring---tired  

        refresh them--- refresh themselves   in addition to---in addition   health---healthy

 

One possible version

          The use of credit cards

  With the rapid development of modern economy, people’s living style and spending habits have changed gradually. As a result, more and more people prefer to use credit cards when shopping in malls and supermarkets.

   Why do credit cards have such a deep effect on people? I think there are a few reasons for it. For one thing, some people think credit cards are safer and more convenient. For another, some think it is a way to show off, feeling more graceful to use cards than to use cash.

   However, the use of credit cards is easy to cause overspending. And if you are not careful, there will be a credit card cheat now and then.

   From my point of view, we shouldn’t always follow the fashion and use cards for everything. I hope people can use them properly.