甘肃省张掖中学2013-2014学年第一学期高三第二次模拟考试英语试题

甘肃省张掖中学2013-2014学年第一学期高三第二次模拟考试英语试题 第一部分:听力：（共20小题，满分30分）

第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）请听下面5段对话，选出最佳选项。

1. What does the woman mean?

A. They should dress formally in Rome.

B. They should be more casual than country people. C. Country people are usually casual. 2. What are the speakers talking about?

A. Teachers B. Studies C. Schools 3. What can we know about the man?

A. He is angry. B. He is disappointed. C. He loses his way. 4. How is the man getting on with his studies? A. very well . B. Just so-so. C. Bad. 5. Where does the conversation take place?

A. in the classroom. B. in the library. C. on the playground. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

请听下面5段对话或独白，选出最佳选项。请听第6段材料，回答第6，7题。 6. When did the alarm go off?

A. 30 minutes ago. B. 25 minutes ago. C. 5 minutes ago. 7. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. brother and sister B. boss and secretary. C. mother and son 请听第7段材料，回答第8，9题。 8. What is wrong with the man?

A. He is seriously ill. B. He gets tired easily. C. He loses too much weight. 9. What does the woman advise the man to do? A. have some physical examination. B. pay much attention to what his boss says. C. have his meals on time.

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请听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. When will the man fetch his suit?

A. on Monday. B. On Wednesday. C. On Thursday. 11. How much does the man pay for washing his shirts?

A. 10 dollars. B. 20 dollars. C. 30 dollars. 12. What can we learn from the conversation? A. The laundry closes at 7:30pm on the weekend. B. All the buttons on the man’s shirts are loose. C. The man pays 50 dollars for all his clothes. 请听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. Where does the man wait for the woman?

A.in the hall. B. on the fifth floor. C. in their room. 14. What can we know about windows of the speakers’ room?

A. They are facing south. B. They are facing the garden. C. They are facing north. 15. How much will the speakers pay for their room totally? A. 280 pounds. B. 560 pounds. C. 240 pounds. 16. What does the woman want to do?

A. take a bath. B. have a good meal. C. go to bed. 请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. What season is the best to visit Spain?

A. Spring B. Summer. C. Autumn. 18. Why is train travel becoming more and more popular in Spain? A. The train speed is improving and fuel is rising. B. passengers can enjoy mouth-watering food on the train. C. Passengers can travel longer distances on the train. 19. What are there in the grand class cabin? A. seats, a small table and a shower. B. seats, a small table and toilet things. C. seats, a small table and comfortable beds.

20. Which of the following is TRUE according to the talk?

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A. The speaker is an environmentalist. B. The speaker lives in Madrid.

C. The speaker knows a lot about train travel in Spain. 第二部分:英语知识运用 (共两节, 满分45分) 第一节:单项填空(共15小题;每小题1分,满分15分) 21. ---Shall we go to the station on foot? ---_______.

A. That’s right. B. I’m afraid not. C. Why not? D. I think so.

22. In order to find _____ better job, he decided to study ____ second foreign language. A. the; a B. a; a C. the; the D. a; the 23. The doctor told me to take the medicine_____. A. every fourth hours B. each fourth hour

C. each four hours D. every four hours

24. It was ____ to see so many ____ people in a small town.

A. amazing; amazing B. amazing; amazed C. amazed; amazed D. amazed; amazing 25. He is _____ that everyone likes to make friends with him.

A. a such honest boy B. so honest a boy C. so an honest boy D. such honest boy 26. This book ____ 12 units, _____ the unit of Music.

A. contains. Including B. includes; containing C. contains, includes D. including; contains

27. The young man helped the company recover , so his boss gave him an apartment ____. A. in return B. in turn C. in charge D. in fact 28. She doesn’t like the way ___ you speak to her.

A. to B. in that C. how D. in which 29. More attention must be paid____ the endangered animals. A, protect B. to protect C. to protecting D. protecting 30. Computers ____ in offices and homes since 1970s.

A. have been used B. had been used C. was used D. has been used 31. I won’t see the film tonight. I am busy. ____ , it is raining cats and dogs.

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A. somehow B. however C. besides D. as well as

32. On ____ the accident, he felt frightened. A. saw B. sees C. seen D. seeing 33. A NASA experimental jet, the X-43A, flew at a world-record speed---11,260 kilometres an hour on November 17. This speed is ____ as that of sound.

A. as ten times fast B. ten times so fast C. ten times as fast D. ten times faster 34. I’ll never trust such a man ______ you described. A. that B. what C. whoever D. as

35. The school rules state that no child ________ be allowed out of the school during the day, unless accompanied by an adult.

A. may B. dare C. shall D. must 第二节:完形填空 (共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)。

阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。

A few weeks after my first wife, Georgia, was called to heaven, I was cooking dinner for my son and myself. For a __36 , I had decided on frozen peas. As I was cutting open the bag, it ___37_____from my hand and crashed to the floor. The peas, like marbles, ____38___everywhere. I tried to use a broom, __39__ with each sweep they just rolled across the kitchen.

For the next week, every time I was in the __40__, I found a pea---in a corner, or behind a table leg. They kept __41___. Eight months later I pulled out the refrigerator to clean behind it, and __42__ 12 frozen peas hidden underneath. At the time I found those few remaining __43__, I was in a new relationship with a wonderful __44__ I’d met in a support group. After we married, I was reminded __45__ those peas under the refrigerator, and realized that my __46__ had been like that bag of frozen peas. It had shattered. My wife had died; I was in a new city with a busy job, and with a son having trouble__47_ his new surroundings and the __48__ of his mother. I was a bag of spilled frozen peas; my life had come apart and scattered. When life gets you __49__, when everything you know comes apart, and when you think you’ll never __50__, remember that it’s just a bag of scattered frozen peas. The peas can be _51__, and life will move on. You’ll find all the peas _52__,

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