清远市清城区2011届高三第一次模拟考试
英语测试试题（2010、12）
（本试卷三大题，满分135分。考试用时120分钟）
Ⅰ 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
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各题所给出的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The story goes that some time ago, a man had a very lovely little daughter．One day the man 1 his 3-year-old daughter for 2__ a roll of gold wrapping paper．Money was tight and he became 3 when the child tried to decorate a 4 to put under the Christmas tree． Nevertheless , the little girl brought the gift to her father the next morning and said, \for you, Daddy．\
The man was 5 by his earlier 6 , but his anger flared again when he found out the box was __7 ．He yelled at her, stating, \you know, when you give someone a present, there is 8 to be something inside?\eyes and cried, \．I blew kisses into the box．They are all for you, Daddy．\
The father was crushed. He 9 his arms around his little girl, and he begged for her 10 ．Only a short time later, an 11 took the life of the child. It is also told that her father kept that gold box by his bed for many years and whenever he was discouraged, he would take out a(an) 12 kiss and remember the love of the child who had put it there．In a very real sense, each one of us, as human beings, has been given a gold container 13 unconditional love and kisses．．．from our children, family members, friends and God. There is simply no other __14 , anyone could hold, more 15 than this． 1．A．asked B．praised C．begged D．punished 2．A．wasting B．stealing C．selling D．holding 3．A．glad B．angry C．sad D．upset 4．A．room B．hall C．box D．ball 5．A．puzzled B．surprised C．scared D．embarrassed 6．A．overwork B．overreaction C．overcoat D．overtime 7．A．empty B．heavy C．full D．wet 8．A．happened B．seemed C．supposed D．used 9．A．put B．turned C．handed D．gave 10．A．kindness B．forgiveness C．sadness D．carelessness 11．A．overcoat B．incident C．accident D．action 12．A．imaginary B．kind C ．gentle D．warm
13．A．filled with B．pleased with C．crowded with D．equipped with 14．A．world B．feeling C．possession D．love 15．A．expensive B．precious C．comfortable D．interesting
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，在空格处填人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卡标号为l6-25的相应位置上。
During the Spring and Autumn Period, the State of Wu launched an attack against the State of Yue. The king of Wu was seriously wounded and soon died. ____16____ son Fu Chai became the new king. Fu was determined to revenge(复仇). He trained his army strictly __17______ it was a perfect fighting force. Three years later, he led his army ____18____ the State of Yue and caught its king Gou Jian.
In order to avenge his father’s _19____(die), Fu let him live in a shabby stone house by his father’s tomb and ordered him to raise horses for him. Gou pretended to be loyal to Fu _20____ he never forgot his humiliation (羞辱). Many years later, he __21____ (set) free. Gou secretly accumulated a military force after he went back to his own state. In order to make himself tougher he slept on firewood and ate a gall-bladder __22____ having dinner and going to bed every night. At the same time he administered his state carefully, _23_______ (develop) agriculture . After a few years, his country became strong. Then Gou seized a favorable opportunity to wipe off the State of Wu.
Later, people use it to describe one _24_______ stands self-imposed(自愿接受的) hardships to _25______ (strong) one’s determination to realize one’s ambition.
Ⅱ.阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第—节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从26—45 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
( A )
I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.
One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, ―I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don’t count.‖ Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.
One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. ―Oh, nothing,‖ came a soft reply, ―I am just too short.‖ The coach told her that at 5’5‖ she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own
attitude.
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and on the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of.
26．The author was probably the girl’s .
A．brother or sister
B．friend
C．mother
D．teacher
27．Why was the girl heartbroken?
A．She was considered too short to be a top player. B．Her coach stopped her training because of her height. C．She couldn’t be on a college basketball team. D．She wouldn’t be admitted by an ideal college. 28．We can learn from the passage that . A．her family wouldn’t like to pay her college fee B．her father forced her to play basketball in collage
C．being a top basketball player can win you a scholarship for college D．she wouldn’t like to turn to his father for help when in difficulty 29．Which word can best describe her father?
A．Encouraging.
B．Optimistic.
C．Stubborn. D．Cruel.
30．Which proverb best matches the story?
A．Practice makes perfect. B．Rome was not built in a day.
C．Where there is a will, there is a way. D．Pride comes before a fall.
(B)
Is early childhood education really necessary? Early childhood education primarily focuses on learning through playing to develop the child’s physical, sensory, communicational and social development．Early childhood education has become a concern of the government, who pushes poor children to be formally trained before they are old enough for kindergarten．
There are good reasons for the government to push early childhood education．Studies have shown that orphaned children who did not receive good care and education become developmentally delayed causing failure in school, and even in life．Further studies show that poor children who take part in Head Start programs are more prepared for school, less likely to end up in Special Education classes, and are less likely to receive public help or go to prison．
There are also negative parts to putting a child in formal education programs too early．Time Magazine online explains that ―the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．‖ I have personally witnessed many children of my generation who went to Head Start programs become frustrated and bored with school before they finished high school．Yet parents have been sure that the earlier the child starts school, the better off he or she is, so they push to start children earlier．
Actually while early formal education of poor children does show great gains in the early elementary years, studies also show that this head start is really a ―false start‖, as the gains are lost in middle and high school years．It seems that environment is a bigger factor on life’s success than early education．Head Start programs have not achieved its original goal in closing the achievement gap in poor and middle school children．Perhaps it is time to find other ways to close
that gap．
31. The purpose of the government valuing the early childhood education is ________． A．to develop the children’s communication
B．to give orphaned children good care and education C．to get the children prepared for the kindergarten D．to train the children formally and regularly
32. According to the studies, which of the following is True? A．Children with good early education may have a rich life． B．The orphaned children are usually unhappy in their life． C．Children without early education can do well at school． D．Head Start programs are helpful to the poor children．
33. ―the younger the child the less his chances of catching up with first-grade work．‖ suggests that _________．
A．the early childhood education is helpless to the child’s grade B．it is good for the young children to receive early education C．the early education can help the children follow the grade D．the younger the children are, the cleverer they will be
34. The author’s attitude toward the early childhood education is _________． A．puzzling B．negative C．indifferent D．approving 35. The main idea of the last passage is that __________． A．the early childhood education is very necessary B．Head Start programs have helped the children a lot C．environment is the most important to life’s success D．better ways should be found to help the poor children (C)
Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently and they will almost certainly mention recycling．Recycling in the home is very important of course．However, being forced to recycle often means we already have more material than we need．We are dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to bring so much material home in the first place． The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and 2005．It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the UK．In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice with plastic and cardboard． Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment．The UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary waste．If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases which go on to cause the greenhouse effect．Recycling helps, but the process itself uses energy．The solution is not to produce such items in the first place．Food waste is a serious problem, too．Too many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need. However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags, for example． But this is not just about supermarkets．It is about all of us．We have learned to associate packaging with quality．We have learned to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality．This is especially true of food. But it also applies to a wide range of consumer products, which often have far more packaging than necessary．
There are signs of hope．As more of us recycle, we are beginning to realize just how much unnecessary materials are collecting．We need to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a mountain to climb．
36．What does the underlined phrase ―over-consumption‖ refer to? A．Using too much packaging． B．Recycling too many wastes． C．Making more products than necessary．D．Having more material than is needed． 37．The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______． A．the tendency of cutting household waste B．the increase of packaging recycling C．the rapid growth of super markets D．the fact of packaging overuse 38．According to the text, recycling ______． A．helps control the greenhouse effect B．means burning packaging for energy C．is the solution to gas shortage D．leads to a waste of land 39．What can be inferred from Paragraph 4? A．Unpackaged products are of bad quality．
B．Supermarkets care more about packaging． C．It is improper to judge quality by packaging D．Other products are better packaged than food． 40．What can we learn from the last paragraph? A．Fighting wastefulness is difficult． B．Needless material is mostly recycled． C．People like collecting recyclable waste．D．The author is proud of their consumer culture．
(D)
Research by Scotland Yard published in a London newspaper, has proved that knife crime in London is a serious non – white phenomenon, with 165 of the 225 under- 18s accused of knife crime in the past three months being from the black or other non – white groups．
According to Scotland Yard, only 60 of the 225 crimes were white．Despite being a small minority of the knife holding criminals, whites did, however, make up the single largest group of victims of knife crime．
According to the Scotland Yard report, whites made up 222 of the 637 victims of knife crime over the last three months．This number could probably be higher, as 292 victims were not identified by race．
This month Scotland Yard Deputy Commissioner Sir Paul Stephenson suggested knife crime has replaced drug selling as the top concern for London police．
Sir Paul said so as he announced a specialist knife crime unit to deal with teenagers carrying knives in the capital．It will use a team of 75 specialist officers to find criminal group members and their supporters．
Detective Inspector, George Rhoden, president of the National Organisation of Black Law Enforcement Executives said, ―In the black community we have all noticed that there is major concern about gun and knife crime．Clearly we are not the only part of the community affected by the problem of children who have no fathers, but parental responsibility should be of major concern.‖
Around 59 percent of black Caribbean children and 54 percent of mixed – race youngsters are looked after by a parent．In the white British population, the number is 22 percent． 41．From the above, we can see that in knife crimes in London． A．there are more whites than Asians as victims