1、2006-2007學年度淄博市高三第三次模擬考試英語試卷第二部分：英語知識運用 （共兩節，滿分 35 分）第一節單項填空語法與詞匯 （共 15 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 15 分）從 A、 B、 C D 四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳答案。21. I do feel _ Chinese language is _ most difficult one.A. a; theB. the; aC. /;aD. the; /22. So difficult_ ittolive in anEnglish speakingcountrythatdetermined to learn English

2、 well.A. I have feltB.have I feltC.I did feelD.didI feel23._ is known to the world is _ Mark Twain is a great Americanwriter.A. It, that B. What, / C. As, / D. What, that24. I wont think _ of him because of his shortcomings. He is a good boyafter all.A. much B. little C. any less D. any more25. This

3、 book is written in _ easy English _ beginners canunderstand.A. such; as B.so ; that C.such; that D. too; that26. If you keep practicing your son in football, heto be a famous player.A. wants B. hopes C. wishesD. promises27. This crop does not do well in soils _ the one for which it has beenspeciall

4、y developed.A. outsideB. other thanC. beyondD.rather28. If you want to see a doctor, you fix a date with him ahead of time. That is a common_ in the USA.A. senseB. ruleC. practiceD. reality29. -Remember the first time we met, Jim?-Of course I do. You_in the library.A. had read B. were readi ngC. hav

5、e readD. read30. -Did you visit the famous museum?-No. We_ it, but we spe nt too much time shopp ing.A. could have visitedB. must have visitedC. can t have. visitedD. should nt have visited31. -May I go and play with Tom this after noon, Mum?-No. You cant go out_ your homework is being done.A. befor

6、eB. asC. untilD. after32. The theory hes stuck_us that earthquake can be forecast.A. to proves B. to prove C. to provi ng D. to proved33. I just dont un dersta nd_ that preve nts so many America ns from being ashappy as one might expect.A. why it does B. what it does C. what it is D. why it is34. _p

7、eople study Lati n today tha n 50 years ago, and still_people study Greek.A. Fewer; fewer B. Fewer; few C. A fewer; a fewer D. Few; fewer35. Can you make a sentence to_ the meaning of the phrase?A. show off B. tur n out C. bring out D. take in第二節：完形填空（共 20 小題；每小題 1 分，滿分 20 分）閱讀下面短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項（A、B

8、 C D）中，選出最佳選項.After my brothers serious heart attack, he lay in a coma（昏迷）in the hospital.Tubes and wires 36 him up to mach ines that kept him alive. The only sound in hisroom was the 37 whoosh（呼呼聲）of the pump forcing air into his lungs. Mysister- in-law stood by, 38_As a minister I had been with fa

9、milies in similar 39 .I had searched for theright 40 , a phrase of hope, trying to 41 them. But this was a new 42 ._During these difficult days, my sister- in- law and I were 43 betwee n hope_and resig nati on. We 44 every visitor. We were grateful for their stories of peoplewho had 45 comas and ret

10、urn to 46 .Welistenedwhen they talked knowledgeablyabout the stages of grief. We knew they cared. But many visitors came 47 the doortalk ing, and kept talk ing. Was that how I had dealt with my n ervous ness whe n I did ntknow 48 to say?Then a/n 49 friend came to visit. He stood with us around the b

11、ed, look ingat my brothers body. There was a long silenee.Suddenly 50 with emotion, he said,Im sorry. There was another long pause. 51 , he hugged my sister-in-law and thenturned to shake myhand. He held it a 52 longer than necessary and squeezed a little harder tha n 53 . As helooked at me, tears c

12、ame to his eyes. And the n he left. Oneweek later, my brother died.Years 54 passed and I still remember that visitor. I do not recall his n ame,but nin ever forget how he shared our grief, quietlyan d55 a nd withoutawkward ness. His few words spoke volumes.36. A. added B. hooked C. putD. heldD. disa

13、ppo inted37. A. rhythmicalB. loudC. irregularD. harm onious38. A. carefulB. hopefulC. helplessD. useless39. A. con versationsB. con sideratio ns C.locati onsD. situati ons40.A. wordsB. placesC.rolesD. choices41.A. convinceB. teachC.comfortD. serve42.A. challe ngeB. adve ntureC.experie neeD. opport u

14、nity43.A. filledB. tornC.wor nD. settled44. A. appreciatedB. expectedC.dependedD. evaluated45.A. suffered fromB. shake n offC. come dow n withD. kept out46.A. realityB .origi nC.fun ctio nD. no rmal47.A. inB.acrossC. overD. through48.A. whyB. whatC. howD. whe n49.A. casualB. expectedC. closeD. famil

15、iar50. A. concen tratedB. con trolledC. overcome52. A. second B. lot C. great deal D. period53. A. before B. possible C. usual D. past54. A. had B. have C. are D. were55. A. extraordinarily B. desperately C. nervously D. sincerely 第三部分：閱讀理解 （ 共 20 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 40 分 ） 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、 C、D） 中選出

16、最佳選項。AImagine a boy from a small village in East Africa. He from a very early age hasbeen looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than mostof you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy ever had any education?Education is discovering about ourselves and about

17、 the people and things aroundus. All the people who care about us- our parents, brothers, sisters,friends - areour teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning onthe day we are born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like findi

18、ng abirds nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didnt like before.New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much aspossible. As we grow up, we begin to fi

19、nd out what we are capable of doing. You maybe good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking aboutcooking doesnt tell you if you are good at it.Welearn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learnso

20、me things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabledpeople who can t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With theirguidance, we begin to see things in different ways.56. The writer takes the African boy as an e

21、xample to show that_A. African children are very poor51. A. HoweverB. ThereforeC. BesidesD. FinallyB. some childre n are uni uckyC. educati on takes many waysD. schools are of great importa nee57. In the eyes of the writer_A. we have to lear n from the people around usB. school is not importa nt at

22、allC. only the people cari ng for us can teach usD. educati on takes place everywhere58. One can find out what he is good at by_A. the en courageme nt of people aroundB. the teach ings of those he or she meetsC. thinking of it whe n grow ing upD. trying and practic ing it59. How does the writer look

23、 at the role of schoolA. School is not so importa nt as our liv ing places.B. School en ables us to un dersta nd the world in other ways.C. School teaches us somethi ng useless at home.D. School cannot prepare us for our daily lives.60. The passage tells us that_A. every one gets educatio n from the

24、 day he or she is bornB. differe nt educati on trains differe nt classes of peopleC. school is absolutely n ecessary if one wants to un dersta nd the worldD. every one will find out what he or she is good atA 17-year-old girl won a scholarship worthbuildi ng an in expe nsive yet accurate spectrograp

25、h ( thatrecognizes the fingerprintsof different子).$100,000 for聲譜儀)molecules(分Mary Master man, a senior at West Moore High School in Oklahoma City, was named the winnerTuesday of the annual In tel Science Tale nt Search.More than 1,700 high school seniors across the nation entered the competition, wh

26、ich is in its 66thyear.Spectrographs, which measure wave len gths, areused in research such as astr onomyand medici ne and in in dustry. For example, they can be used as a sensing equipme nt to look forexplosives or drugs or to help determ ine how old an art work is through its powders.They can cost

27、 as much as $100,000, but Masterma ns inven tio n-made of len ses, a laser, alu minumtub ing and a camera-cost less tha n $1,000, In tel said.Masterma n received the honor from In tel Corp. Chairma n Craig Barrett duri ng a banq uet Tuesday night i n Wash ington.It was a complete surprise, Masterma

28、n said. I was nt expect ing it.Masterman said she has been interested in science ever since she was little. Shecould nt remember ever not bei ng in terested.She credits herpare nts with en couragi ngher.She said she has not decided where she will atte nd college but would even tuallylike to become a

29、 physicist or chemist.Among the former wi nners of the competiti ons top award are six Nobel Laureates（佩戴桂冠的人）,three National Medal of Science winners, 10 MacArthur Foundation Fellows and two FieldsMedalists.Youre not only dealing with the top young person in the science field in the country in Mary

30、, but youredeali ng with 40 fin alists who are doing break in g-edge research in total, said Brenda Musilli, I ntelsdirector of educati on. Its really somethi ngthats hard to imagine, how a young person like Mary could even achieve this level of capability at such ayoung age.61. What is probably the

31、 best title for the passage?A. Senior challe nges Nobel prize.B. Masterma n invents a sensing equipme nt.C. Teen wins $100,000 science scholarship.D. Spectrograph recognizes the fingerprints.62. According to the passage, Masterman received the honor becauseA. the spectrograph she invents can be used

32、 to look for drugsB. Masterman s invention is made of lenses, a laser, and a cameraC. Masterman has shown great interest in science since she was young.D. the spectrograph she invents costs much less as well as its high quality63. Which of the following statements is NOT true?A. The competition attr

33、acts national talents to attendB. Masterman was sure to win before the contest.C. Intel Science Talent Search is held every year.D. Spectrographs can be widely used in many fields.64. The underlined sentence in the 8th paragraph probably meansA. belives in her parents for encouraging herB. she likes

34、 her parents way of encouragementC. she thinks her parents encouragement was trustful.D. she owes her success s to her parents encouragement65. It can be inferred from the last two paragraphs thatA. Its unreasonable for a teen to win the honorB. Marys achievement was unusual and unexpectedC. Mary de

35、feated twenty-one top scientists in the worldD. 40 seniors took part in the final section of the competition.CConnecticut College senior Paul Dryden has known for years that hed have lots of competition for anentry-level promotions job in New Yorks music industry. So in a bid to get an advantage las

36、t summer, heinvented a job for himself.The job, as an intern（ 實習生）in UniversalMusic s Buenos Aires office, had neverexisted before Dryden proposed it. Yet because he was willing to work without pay, he got his foot in thedoor and was soon translating interviews with American rock stars for his boss,

37、 who didnt speak English.I n the U.S., lye done a lot of intern ships where interns do all the busywork -copying, stapling, the boring stuff, Dryden says. But in this position(in Argentina),I felt very valuable to the compa ny.Intern ati onalintern ships have bee n around since the 1950s, but theyve

38、 become muchmore popular lately. Over the past three years, colleges have on average see n a 6% in crease in the number of stude nts doing intern ati onal intern ships, accord ing to a 39-college survey in March by theNational Society for Experiential Education, an associati on of campus intern ship

39、 orga ni zers. And the Institute for the Intern ati onalEducati on of Stude nts says 25% of its 5, 000 annual study-abroad participa nts now doan internship component, up from 17% in the 1980s and 21% in the 1990s.Nati onal data arent available on the total nu mber of stude nts doing intern shipsove

40、rseas, but career-planningexperts say such experienee is an increasinglypopularway to get resume radiance(閃光點).Because 84 % of college students say theyll doat least one intern shipbefore graduat ing, many now aim to dist in guish themselves withexperie nee tailored to a global economy.66. The best

41、title for this passage may probably be_A. Dryde n Proposes a New CareerB. Stude nts Get Resume Radia neeC. Intern ati onal Intern ships Promote Stude ntsD. Graduates Face More Severe Challe nge67. Paul Dryde n did intern ship job to_A. make his spare time more colourfulB. bring himself to the public

42、 attentionC. earn more money for his educatio n feesD. gain more experience in finding a better job68. I nternatio nal intern ships, accord ing to Dryde n,_A. have no thi ng to do with the compa niesB. were more popular among college stude ntsC. are more useful to enrich the students experiencesD. m

43、ea n merely a series of busywork to deal with69.More and more stude nts tend to choose Intern ati onalintern shipsbecause_A. they can be better-equipped for the future careersB. they are un willi ng to study their less ons in collegesC. doing intern ships overseas is a part of their coursesD. doing

44、intern ships overseas helps to establish frien dship70. The un derl ined word tailored in the last paragraph probably means_Ever driven into a traffic jam just after the guy on the radio said theroad was all clear? Or prepared yourself for the crowded ness he warnedabout only to zip right through?A

45、large nu mber of private compa nies say they have theone thing that can ease suchfrustrati ons:better informati on.Now one of those compa ni es, SpeedI nfo Inc., hasfixed 50 solar-powered, wirelessradar sensors along main roads in the District of Columbia that take readings of average traffic speeds

46、 twicea minute in both directions.Thecompany says the sensors provide a far more accurate picture of road conditionsthan can be collected from helicopters or highway patrol alerts.In a bus in ess model that SpeedI nfo hopes will develope around the coun try, theSan Jose, California-based company is

47、letting the city use the data for traffic planning free of charge, inexchange for access to the side of the road. Speedlnfo plans to sell the information to paying customers,including broadcasters and companies that provide in formati on for in-car n avigati on equipme nt.The problem with traditiona

48、l traffic reports is that in most of the country, they rely on highway patrolaccide nt reports that come 30 to 40 minu tes late and a few helicopters that get into the sky during rush hour,SpeedInfo Chief Executive Doug Finlay said.A.changedB. madeC. matchedDD. adaptedChopper Bill gets in the sky an

49、d says, Oh, Im looking at the road and the carsare going slow, Finlay said. Chopper Bill is the best data you got.Tim Lomax, a researcher at the Texas Transportation Institute, said a recent increase of high-techtraffic data systems is good for drivers.Even if it doesnt get rid of traffic crowdednes

50、s, they at least give people an idea of what sort ofchoices theyre facing and more control over their destiny, is part of the frustrating element of trafficcrowdedness, Lomax said.71. The author uses two questions at the beginning of the passage for the purpose ofA. expecting the readers replyB. gat

51、hering readers informationC. asking the readers for helpD. introducing the theme72. SpeedInfo Inc. has fixed radar sensors in Columbia_A. to provide more accurate road conditions quicklyB. to have a better idea of passers-byes privacyC. to protect the capital from being attackedD. to keep an eye on

52、helicopters or highways73. According to Tim Lomax, _A. the high-tech traffic data systems is of little use for traffic jamB. the Solar-powered sensors can get rid of all traffic problemsC. the system can cause drivers to be more aware of road conditionsD. the facilities can change a persons fortune

53、in the near future74. All the following are true EXCEPT that_A. the city of Washington uses the data for traffic planning for freeB. broadcasters and companies get the information without payC. highway patrol accident reports often come 30 to 40 minutes lateD. Finlay tries to persuade people to use

54、their collected data75. The passage is mainly concerned with_A. solar-powered sensors that provide traffic dataB. Speedlnfo Inc. that produces radar sensorswhichC. a bus in ess model that will develope around U. SD. the problem that traditi onal traffic reports ever have 第一節 閱讀表達(共 5 小題；每小題 3 分，滿分 1

55、5 分)閱讀下面文章，回答有關小題。In the first place, television is not only a convenient source of entertainment, but also a comparativelycheap one. With a TV set in the family people dont have to pay for expe nsive seats at the theatre, the cinema, or the opera. All they have to do is to push a butt on or turn a

56、kn ob, and they can see plays, films,operas and shows of every kind. Some people, however, think that this is where the dan ger lies. The television viewers n eed to do no thi ng. He does not even have to use his legs if he has a remote control. He makesno choice and exercises no judgment. He is completely passive and has everyth ing prese nted to himwithout any