四川省綿陽市高三第三次診斷性考試英語試題及答案

1、 保密啟用前【考試時間：2014年4月22日下午3:005:00】四川省綿陽市2014屆高三第三次診斷性考試英 語本試卷分第i卷（選擇題）和第ii卷（非選擇題）兩部分，共12頁，答題卡2頁。滿分150分，考試時間120分鐘。注意事項：1答題前，考生務(wù)必將自己的學(xué)校、班級、姓名、考號用0.5毫米的黑色簽字筆填寫在答題卡上，并檢查條形碼粘貼是否正確。2選擇題( 155)使用2b鉛筆填涂在答題卡對應(yīng)題目標(biāo)號的位置上，非選擇題用0.5毫米黑色簽字筆書寫在答題卡的對應(yīng)題框內(nèi)，超出答題區(qū)域書寫的答案無效；在草稿紙、試題卷上答題無效。3考試結(jié)束以后，將答題卡收回。第i卷（選擇題，共90分）第一部分：英語知識

2、運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）第一節(jié)：語法和詞匯知識（共10小題；每小題1分，滿分10分）從a、b、c、d四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。1. ive never seen them perform so badly! oh, _ its not their lucky day!a. what a pity!b. whats the matter?c. try it again!d. why not?2. keep writing in english _ some day youll find it natural to think in it.a. or b.

3、 so c. but d. and3. the two cars are racing close together - its unclear _ will be the champion.a. what b. who c. which d. whether4. each time, mum _ my room cautiously since she knew i was sleeping.a. has passed b. passed c. had passed d. passes5. we should allow an extra hour to make the trip _ th

4、e traffic may be heavy.a. so that b. even though c. in case d. as if6. _ on the way, edward had to wait beyond the hour for his interview.a. trapped b. to be trapped c. trapping d. to trap7. how many people can you find here _ situations are similar to yours?a. where b. which c. what d. whose8. in t

5、he u.s. there are _ fewer custom dressmakers than in european countries.a. so b. far c. too d. very9. as soon as _from university, nick landed a fantastic position in a local firm.a. graduated b. graduating c. being graduated d. to graduate10. it was in the canteen of the school _ i first met heathe

6、r, the course director.a. when b. where c. that d. which第二節(jié) 完形填空 (共20小題；每小題 1.5分，滿分 30分)閱讀下面的短文，從短文后各題所給的四個選項中（a、b、c和d）中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。like any good mother, when karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, michael, prepare for a new baby. the

7、y 11 that the new baby was going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, michael 12 to his sister in mommys stomach. 13 , michaels little sister was born. but she is in serious 14 . with alarm in the night, the ambulance 15 the infant to the hospital. the days went by. the little girl go

8、t worse. the pediatric (兒科的) specialist told the parents, there is very 16 hope. be prepared for the worst.karen and her husband 17 a local cemetery about a burial plot. . michael, keeps 18 his parents to let him see his sister, i want to sing to her, he says.karen 19 her mind. she would take michae

9、l whether they liked 20 or not. if he didnt see his sister now, he might never see her 21 .she dressed him 22 an oversized suit and marched him into icu(重病監(jiān)護室). he looked like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse 23 him as a child and shouted, get that kid out of here now! no children are 24

10、 . never disturb patients here. the mother rose up 25 and said, he is not leaving 26 he sings to his sister!karen led michael to his sisters 27 . he began to sing. you are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray. instantly the baby girl 28 . the pulse rate became calm an

11、d steady.the next day, the very next day, the little girl was well enough to go home! womans day magazine called it the miracle of a brothers 29 . the medical staff just called it a miracle. karen called it a miracle of gods love!never give up on 30 people you love.11. a. made outb. found out c. poi

12、nted outd. turned out12. a. sang b. talked c. whisperedd. spoke13. a. fortunatelyb. apparently c. eventuallyd. naturally14. a. occasion b. condition c. healthd. operation15. a. curedb. walked c. examined d. rushed16. a. fewb. small c. littled. much17. a. contactedb. connectedc. unitedd. associated18

13、. a. gettingb. telling c. forcingd. begging19. a. held up b. took up c. made up d. set up20. a. itb. her c. him d. them21. a. again b. alive c. awaked. asleep22. a. on b. with c. upd. in23. a. disclosed b. regarded c. treated d. recognized24. a. allowed b. admittedc. received d. included25. a. rudel

14、y b. politely c. strongly d. proudly26. a. after b. when c. until d. before27. a. bedside b. doctor c. housed. hospital28. a. returnedb. repliedc. respondedd. reflected29. a. power b. word c. effortd. song30. a. young b. dying c. old d. sick第二部分 閱讀理解 (共兩節(jié)，滿分50分)第一節(jié) (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

15、四個選項（a、b、c和d）中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。athe first time i went for a walk around my father-in-laws neighborhood was garbage day, and i was shocked to see what people were throwing out.it was back in 1981, and i saw many people gathered in someones front yard. as i went nearer to see what was happening i g

16、ot my first introduction to yard sales. for the few dollars i had in my wallet, i was able to buy a seven-inch black-and-white portable tv. i also bought a flashlight.the following weekend, at another yard sale, i saw a 14-inch color tv being sold for almost nothing. i felt i could not miss the offe

17、r and bought it. now i had two sets and couldnt wait to see what else i could afford the next weekend.spring ended, and by then i had accumulated almost every type of electronic equipment i had always wished to have back home.then this new idea came to mind. i had heard about a man who traveled back

18、 home every few months. he drove a truck filled with boxes of new and used stuff that people were sending to relatives. so i told my father that i would send as many types of items as i could so that he could start his re-sale business.every few months i would gather several boxes of american junk-

19、televisions, toasters, fans, hair dryers, etc. and send them home. as word got out about my fathers trash market, people all came to buy these things.three years later, when i visited my family for the first time since leaving home, i learned that many of the families in our neighborhood had a piece

20、 of trash. it proved that i had the responsibility to keep people back home up to date with the latest technology you no longer need.31. according to the text, a yard sale is a place where people _.a. sell their front yards at a low priceb. sell unwanted things in their own yardsc. gather garbage to

21、 store in someones yardd. throw away their trash in someones yard 32. the author couldnt help taking the color tv set because _.a. it was bigger b. it was coloredc. it was very cheap d. he needed two tv sets33. what did the author think of the junk he bought?a. valuable. b. good for nothing.c. price

22、less. d. environment friendly.34. from the passage we can infer that _.a. the author comes from a poor countryb. the author often goes home to sell the junkc. the author buys the junk only to make profitsd. the junk is not welcomed in the authors home countrybname: susan lane age: 22place: reykjavik

23、, iceland, 1994.cost: $7,000organization: afsexperience: i think it was a turning point in my life. i began to understand more about my own culture by experiencing another culture and seeing how other people live.suppose you want to go abroad and learn about the foreign culture in different countrie

24、s. here is some information you may need.name: sara small age: 23place: crivitz, germany, 1996.cost: $8,000organization: ef foundationexperience: i love the traveling and i made a lot of friends. i found the european school system to be hard but i am fluent now in german so it was worth it. i did mi

25、ss my family and friends in australia but i would love to do it again.name: david links age: 16place: stuttgart, germany, 1996.cost: $6,000organization: southern cross cultural exchangeexperience: i wanted to try something that was very different in culture. in germany everything was different but i

26、 soon got settled. the family i was with was great and i really feel as though i have a second family.name: tom jennings age: 21place: conflans, france, 1995.cost: $7,000organization: southern cross cultural exchangeexperience: there were times when it was difficult but i liked it, experiencing a di

27、fferent culture. you just have to play each situation as it comes. if there is one thing you learn when you are on a student-exchange program it is how to take care of yourself.have a second familyy .australia but i would love to do it again.name: linda marks age: 19place: chonburi province, thailan

28、d, 1994.cost: $3,500organization: rotary internationalexperience: there are lots of ups and downs, but you always come back for more. i had a few problems but there was always someone to tum to and that was great.35. according to the information, taking part in a foreign exchange program can cost _.

29、a. from $6,000 to $8,000 b. from $3,500 to $8,000c. anything from $3,500 d. no more than $7,00036. which of the following is true according to the information given?a. most of the students went abroad under the age of 20.b. thailand is the most popular destination for foreign students.c. germany cha

30、rges the most for foreign exchange programs.d. many organizations can help you learn about a foreign culture.37. as a result of his experience in the foreign exchange program tom jennings learnt to become _.a. independent and adaptable b. determined and independentc. selfish and defensive d. defensi

31、ve and determined38. if a student wants to take part in a foreign exchange program, but has not much money, the best place would be _.a. iceland and america b. thailand and francec. germany and iceland d. germany and thailandcevery country tends to accept its own way of life as being the normal one

32、and to praise or criticize others, as they are similar to or different from it. and unfortunately, our picture of the people and the way of life of other countries is often a distorted(扭曲)one.here is a great argument in favor of foreign travel and learning foreign languages. it is only by traveling

33、in a country and getting to know its inhabitants and their language that one can find out what a country and its people are really like. and how different the knowledge one gains this way frequently tums out to be so different from the second-hand information gathered from other sources! how often w

34、e find that the foreigners whom we thought to be such different people from ourselves are not very different at all!differences between peoples do, of course, exist and, one hopes, will always continue to do so. the world will be a dull place indeed when all the different nationalities behave exactl

35、y alike, and some people might say that we are rapidly approaching this state of affairs. with the much greater rapidity(快速) and ease of travel, there might seem to be some truth in this at least as far as europe is concerned. however this may be, at least the greater ease of travel today has reveal

36、ed(展示) to more people than ever before that the englishman or frenchman or german is not some different kind of animal from themselves.39. every county criticizes ways of life in other countries because they are _.a. distorted b. normalc. similar to each other d. different from its own40. one who tr

37、avels in a foreign country and learns its language will _.a. refuse to go back to his own way of lifeb. argue in favor of this country and the languagec. know the country and its people betterd. like its inhabitants and their language41. the knowledge one gains by traveling in a foreign country is o

38、ften _.a. criticized as second-hand informationb. gathered from other sources than its inhabitantsc. gained from the arguments about the countryd. different from what one had before the travel42. in the last paragraph the author wants to say that _.a. the ease of travel today helps peoples better un

39、derstand one anotherb. differences between people are gradually disappearing without being noticedc. differences between people prevent people from getting to know one anotherd. people in europe are actually not so different from those elsewhere in the worldda well-made film offers a whole world of

40、things to watch. first there are the story aspects-the plot, characters, dialogue and themes. then there are the technical aspects-the camera work, cuttings and special effects. and there are many other things, like the credits, musical score and the acting. a well-made film offers much more than yo

41、u see in one viewing.films are a means of communication. they can tell you things, just as newspapers do, or television, or any other means of communication. sometimes they communicate important things to you, like ideas or lifestyles or ways of looking at the world. sometimes people are aware of th

42、is, and sometimes not. the more aware, the better you are.notice, for example, the way films sometimes affect fashion. a star dresses or wears her hair in a certain way, and suddenly everyone is imitating her. boys in the 1950s could sometimes be seen wearing black leather jackets, wandering on stre

43、et comers and smoking cigarettes. they were imitating marion brando. his films taught them a certain way to behave.films can also teach politics. in star wars, the heroes were a bunch of lovable incompetents fighting with guts(膽量) and not much else. they were, in fact rather like the british in the

44、early days of wwii. their enemies, like the nazis, had a big advantage in equipment and numbers of troops, and they were like the nazis in discipline and heartlessness too. the whole film, in fact, was a re-run of wwii, and taught values like faith and love of liberty. this is all to the good, but t

45、he point is, did you notice it?43. with this passage, the author intends to _.a. ask people to go to the cinema more oftenb. help people work more out of a filmc. draw attention to the negative side of a filmd. remind people of political background of films44. the last sentence in paragraph one prob

46、ably means _.a. a good film is worth viewing more than onceb. a good film always attracts a lot of viewersc. a well-made film usually has more than one themed. one can never find out how many characters there are in a good film45. marion brando is used in the passage as an example to prove that _.a.

47、 wanderers like to wear black leather and smokeb. films are responsible for the spread of smokingc. film stars can decide the fate of a fashion businessd. films can sometimes change the way people behave46. which of the following can be the best title for the passage?a. a well-made film. b. what mak

48、es a good film.c. the role a good film plays. d. the elements of a well-made film.ecan air pollution cause lung cancer?thats the question many in china are asking as they snap up face masks to avoid breathing hazardous particles(顆粒) in the countrys often pewter-colored, polluted skies.the answer-lik

49、e the air-isnt so clear. health experts like wang ning, deputy director of the beijing office for cancer prevention and control, say theyve seen a rise in a certain kind of cancer known as adenocarcinoma(惡性腺瘤) - which is characterized by duct formations and the production of mucus(黏液) that is tied t

50、o pollution - according to the china daily.but others, including martin murphy, founder of cancer-focused nonprofit-the ceo roundtable on cancer-china, say there isnt enough scientific evidence to conclude that pollution itself is causing a rise in lung-cancer rates.china has seen a sudden increase

51、in cancer in recent years, with about 3.12 million new cases developing annually, according to a 2012 report from the national central cancer registry of china, which collected registry information across china from 2009.lung cancer rates in particular have skyrocketed, making china the home to abou

52、t 32% of the worlds lung-cancer patients, dr. murphy estimated. while rates of gastric(胃部的), esophageal(食管的) and cervical(宮頸的) cancer have declined in china over the last decade, lung-cancer rates are still rising, dr. murphy said.while it isnt clear whether the chronic smog that perpetually(長久地) tr

53、oubles many chinese cities is to blame, what is clear, dr. murphy said, is that smoking worsens any problems tied to air pollution. we have strong evidence that if you smoke and breathe polluted air, the likelihood of developing cancer is a degree of magnitude greater, he said.air pollution also inc

54、reases risks for other diseases, especially respiratory(呼吸的) and heart diseases, according to the world health organization, which classified outdoor air pollution as a carcinogen(致癌物質(zhì)) last year.tobacco use is also a leading killer in china. it causes l.2 million deaths annually and is expected to

55、cause 3.5 million annually by 2030, according to the american cancer society and the world lung foundation, which based its estimates on figures of 2005 deaths. the country is the worlds largest consumer and producer of tobacco, home to more than 300 million smokers and 43% of the worlds cigarette p

56、roduction.dr. murphy said that cigarettes often increase disease risk. for example, smoking pushed the illness of actor steve mcqueen, who developed a form of cancer known as mesothelioma(間皮瘤) that is associated with asbestos exposure.its safe to say that smoking and air pollution are major causes of an increase in cancer death, dr. murphy said.47. the author raises the question at