四川泸州市高2011级第二次教学质量诊断性.doc

1、 泸州市高 2011 级第二次教学质量诊断性考试英 语 本试题分为第 I 卷选择题)和第 II 卷(非选择題)两部分。满分 150 分；考试时间 120 分钟。第 I 卷 1-12 页，第 II 卷 13-14 页，共 14 页。第 I 卷 (选择题,共 100 分）注意事项：1. 答第 I 卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、考试科目用铅笔涂写在答题卡上。2. 1-65 小题每小题只有一个正确答案，答案选出后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，不能答在试卷上。3. 考试结束，将本试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分英语知识运用(共两节,满分 50

2、分）第一节语法和词汇知识（共 20 小题;每小题 1 分,满分 20 分）从 A、B、C 、D 四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。1. . Could I ask you a rather personal question?A. Yes, don t worry B. Of course, go aheadC. Yes, help yourself D. Of course, why not2. Do you plan to educate your two sons to be officials?I hope they can do whatever _t

3、heir interests.A. matches B. fits C. suits D. needs3. I would like a job that pays more, but _I enjoy the work Im doing now.A. in other words B. on the other handC. as a matter of fact D. for one thing4. John was late for the meeting because his flight had been _by a heavy storm.A. kept B. stopped C

4、. slowed D. delayed5. A typhoon swept across this area with heavy rains and winds _strong as 113 miles per hour.A. too B. so C. very D. as6. It takes many years for the ecosystem to recover _environmental damage is done.A. until B. since C. while D. once7. Which of the two ties would you like to tak

5、e? _. You know I m not particular about ties.A. Each B. Either C. Both D. Neither8. The sign reads “In case of_fire, break the glass and push _red button.“A.不填；the B.不填；a C. the; the D. a; a9. Is Johnson on duty today?It_be him. He did it yesterday.A. may not B. wont C. cant D. mustnt10. Although th

6、e working mother is very busy, she still _a lot of time to her children.A. devotes B. spends C. offers D. provides11. Excuse me, madam, is the bank open around the clock? _. Only from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm.A. That s all right B. You are not rightC. I hope not D. Im afraid not12. Whatever may happen, go

7、 on until you succeed, and you_what life is all about.A. will see B. seeC. have seen D. will have seen13. We havent settled the problem of _it is necessary for him to study abroad.A. why B. whether C. what D. how14. Don t use words, expressions, or phrases _only to people with specific knowledge.A.

8、being known B. having been knownC. to be known D. known15. 一 Can I smoke here?No, at no time _in the library.A. is smoking permitted B. smoking is permittedC. does smoking permit D. smoking permit16. The watch_unnoticed for several days before I found it.A. had laid B. was laid C. was laying D. had

9、been laid17. After the robbery, the shop fixed an alarm system _further losses.A. for B. against C. from D. to18. The purpose of new technologies is to make life easier,_it more difficult.A. not make B. not to make G. not making D. do not make19. There was never any time for her to feel happy, _lots

10、 of people loved her.A. ever since B. now that C. even though D. as if20. Don t leave the water _while you are brushing your teeth.A. run B. running C. ran D. to run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，从短文后各题所给的四个选项( A、 B、 C 和 D)中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。There once was a very honest shopkeepe

11、r whose day-to-day business was to provide goods tothe local people. Every day at 1:00 p.m. he would _21 for lunch. However, it was really difficultbecause he didnt have anybody to _22 him at that time. Therefore, it was his daily _23 thatwhichever customer was shopping at 1:00 p.m. would be asked t

12、o oversee the shop _24 hereturned.This quickly became _25 to thieves of the area. One day, a group of four thieves _26 tosteal from his shop while he was out. One of them, _27 to be a customer, went in at 1:00 p.m.and started to _28 a few items. The shopkeeper, as usual, asked him to sit on chair fo

13、r him to_29 .Then, the other three thieves _30 came in to steal. When the first thief _31 on the chair,he was transformed (转变）by the shopkeepers _32 . He knew deeply in his heart that if he wasgiven responsibility for the shop, he _33 not perform any dishonest acts during that time.His friends did n

14、ot _34 , and they forcefully began stealing things. As the now honest mantried to _35 them, a fight started. Other customers came to ask what was going on, _36 at thesame time the shopkeeper returned. The now honest man _37 the entire plan, including hisexperience of transformation.The shopkeeper, n

15、ow 60 years old, had been _38 for an honest man who could take ownershipof the shop and run it. The shopkeeper _39 that he had found the right man, so he gave the_40 to the now honest man.第二部分 阅 读 理解(共两节,满分 50 分）第一节阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C 和 D)中，选出最隹选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。（共 20 小题;每小题 2 分,满分 40 分）A21. A. loo

16、k B. ask C. prepare D. go22. A. take B. catch C. help D. understand23. A. interest B. practice C. custom D. rule24. A. until B. before C. since D. unless25. A. lost B. realized C. known D. guessed26. A. expected B. arrived C. managed D. planned27. A. considering B. pretending C. declaring D. trying2

17、8. A. buy B. steal C. take D. sell29. A. check B. work C. return D. appear30. A. gradually B. suddenly C. calmly D. quickly31. A. watched B. sat C. waited D. rested32. A. honesty B. kindness C. friendliness D. eagerness33. A. will B. may C. should D. need34. A. mind B. notice C. leave D. agree35. A.

18、 tell B. stop C. remind D. follow36. A. and B. or C. so D. but37. A. started B. remembered C. explained D. changed38. A. calling B. asking C. heading D. searching39. A. learned B. felt C. promised D. persuaded40. A. keys B. money C. time D. futureThe African elephant, the largest land animal remaini

19、ng on earth, is of great importance toAfrican ecosystem (生态系统).Unlike other animals, the African elephant is to a great extent thebuilder of its environment. As a big plant-eater, it largely shapes the forest-and-savanna (大草原)surroundings in which it lives, therefore setting the terms of existence f

20、or millions of other animalsthat live in its habitat (栖,良地 ).It is the elephant s great desire for food that makes it a disturber of the environment and animportant builder of its habitat. In its continuous search for the 300 pounds of plants it must haveevery day, it kills small trees and underbush

21、es , and pulls branches off big trees. This results innumerous open spaces in both deep tropical forests and in the woodlands that cover part of theAfrican savannas. In these open spaces are many plants in various stages of growth that attract avariety of other plant-eaters.Take the rain forests for

22、 example. In their natural state, the spreading branches overheadshut out sunlight and prevent the growth of plants on the forest floor. By pulling down trees andeating plants, elephants make open spaces, allowing new plants to grow on the forest floor. In suchsituations, the forests become suitable

23、 for large hoofed (有蹄的)plant-eaters to move around andfor small plant-eaters to get their food as well.What worries scientists now is that the African elephant has become an endangered species.If the elephant disappears, scientists say, many other animals will also disappear from vast areasof forest

24、 and savanna, greatly changing and worsening the whole ecosystem.41. What is the text mainly about?A. The eating habit of the African elephant.B. The disappearance of the African elephant.C. The effect of the African elephant on African ecosystem.D. The forests and savannas as habitats for the Afric

25、an elephant.D. The African elephant is important to the ecosystem for the fact that it _.D. eats a lotD. kills small treesD. helps the rain forests growD. decides the food for other animalsD. Which of the following shows the correct relationship?(HP 一 hoofed plant-eaters; S sunlight; OS open spaces;

26、 AE 一 the African elephant)A. SOSHP-AE B. AEOSSHPC. OSAEHPS D. HP SOSAED. Which of the following is true of the African elephant?D. It will disappear soon.D. It is, in a dangerous position.D. It is the most terrible animal in the African forests.D. It will worsen the living condition of the smaller

27、animals.BA US city is handing out parking tickets with pictures of yoga (瑜 伽 ） positions on them tocalm down angry drivers.The tickets have an image of a yoga position on the front of the envelope, with instructions onthe back on how to do various moves.Susan Clippinger, the city s transportation ch

28、ief, tells The Boston Herald the purpose of thetickets is to “show that parking tickets are not an unfriendly action Were not writing tickets to getsomebody. Were writing tickets to help make the city function.“TTie move has not met with universal approval, according to Boston TV channel WHDH 7.One

29、woman told their reporter: “I think its a waste of an envelope because if I got this as a ticketthe yoga position cant make me at easy, believe me“, while another resident (市民) said: “ Itwouldnt calm me down, it would just tick me off more, to know my money is being wastedagain.“ Cambridge resident

30、Hyunho Noh told the Herald “Its not working“ as he showed up topay a $25 ticket. “I dont like it. Theres no way to like it.“The Cambridge Arts Council, which is behind the move, says on its website: “The aim of theDepartment of Traffic, Parking and Transportation was to keep flow in the city, which

31、led him toimagine a more peaceful exchange between Parking Control officers and drivers being ticketed.“Parking control officers in the East Coast American city hand out 340,000 parking tickets ayear. According to Mrs Clippinger, the officers have had a mixed reaction to the move.D. Why are the tick

32、ets designed with pictures of yoga positions on them?D. To get more money.D. To prevent accidents.D. To make yoga popular.D. To comfort fined drivers.D. What can be learned about the tickets?D. They are well received by people.D. They don t work as well as expected.D. They are used in many cities in

33、 the USA.D. They cost a lot more than ordinary ones.D. The underlined words “tick me off more“ probably mean “ _”.D. make me angrierD. let me leave earlierD. cost me more moneyD. make me more nervousD. Which is true according to the text?D. More drivers will love yoga.D. Traffic in Boston is unsatis

34、fying.D. The parking control officers act unfriendly.D. A parking ticket is often written with an envelope.CNiagara Falls, Ontario, CanadaA man survived a plunge (跳入）over Niagara Falls with onlythe clothes on his back. He was the first person known to have done it without safety equipmentand live.Wi

35、tnesses (目击者）described seeing the man float by on Monday in the swift Niagara River,go ahead first over the 54-meter waterfall and then pull himself out of the water onto rocks below.Water rushes over the falls at a rate of 570,000 liters per second. “He just looked calm. He wasjust going past so fa

36、st. I was in shock really to see a person go by,“ Brenda McMullen told a TYstation. “I saw him disappear over the edge of the falls,“ McMullens husband, Terry McMullensaid.“The guy just basically jumped into the falls,“ said witness Deidre Love, who was there withher husband to celebrate their first

37、 wedding anniversary.Two American tourists took photographs afterwards, showing the man dressed in street clothes，obviously lying on the shoreline at the base of the Canadian Horseshoe Falls.Only one other person was known to survive a plunge over the Canadian falls. This was aseven-year-old boy who

38、 wore a life jacket and was thrown into the water in a boating accident.Police would not give out the mans name, nor would they comment on why the man wentover the falls. He did not appear to have serious injuries as he was led away. He was taken toGreater Niagara General Hospital for treatment.D. W

39、hich is the correct order of the following events?(H) Deidre Love saw the man.(I) Two tourists took photos of the man.(J) The man floated past Brenda McMullen.(K) The man disappeared over the edge of the falls.A. a; c; d; b B. d; a; b; c C. c; a; d; b D. a; b; d; c19. How many witnesses are mentione

40、d?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.20. Why did the author mention the seven-year-old boy?20. To inform the readers what the man did was of no value.20. To point out another person had jumped over the falls before.20. To warn tourists not to float over the falls without safety equipment.20. To prov

41、e the man was the first to jump over the falls with no life jacket.52. Why did the man jump over the falls probably? 20. To kill himself.20. To make a new record.20. To enjoy the adventure.20. To test the depth of the water.DHow does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a “surgeon

42、“? The answerwas self-confidence. When you can say to yourself, “There is no surgical patient I cannot treatsuccessfully,“ then, you are indeed a surgeon (外科医生) .I was nearing that point.Take, for example, the emergency situations we met almost every night. The first few monthsof the year I was afra

43、id of the ringing of the telephone. I knew it meant another critical decisionto be made, Often, after I had told Walt or Larry what to do in a particular situation, Id have troublegetting back to sleep. Id review all the facts of the case and wonder if I hadnt made a poordecision. More than once at

44、two or three in the morning, Id get out of bed, dress and drive to thehospital to see the patient myself.Now, sleeping was no longer a problem. There were still situations where I couldnt be certainmy decision had been right, but I had learned to accept this as a constant (不断的）problem for asurgeon,

45、one that could never be completely resolved and I could live with it. So, once I hadmade a considered decision, I no longer thought about it I knew with my knowledge and experience,any decision Id made was bound to be a sound one.In the operating room I was equally confident. I knew I had the knowle

46、dge, the skill, theexperience to deal with any surgical situation. Nor was I afraid of making mistakes. Five yearsearlier I wouldnt have been able to live with myself if I had had to take sole responsibility for amistake in judgment. Now I could. I still dreaded errors 一 would do my best to avoid th

47、em butI knew they were part of a surgeons life. I could accept this fact with calmness because I knewthat if I wasnt able to avoid a mistake, chances were that no other surgeon could have, either.20. What can be inferred about the author?20. He often made mistakes.20. He liked getting up early.20. H

48、e was sure of his ability.20. He couldnt treat his patients well.20. The underlined word “critical“ in the second paragraph most probably means “_.A. poor B. special C. important D. dangerous20. Why did the author drive to see the patient early in the morning?20. He had made a wrong decision.20. He wanted to comfort the patient.20. He had made a mistake in the operation.20. He wanted to find the peace of mind to relax.20. Which of the following can be the best title of this t