高三重庆市主城八区高三第二次调研抽测英语试卷

In Sydney, there’s only ________ average of 23 days a year when ________ sun doesn’t shine.

–You look so angry. What happened?
–_______ I’d rather not talk about it.

________ it is so hot, I guess we can’t do anything until after dark.

Yesterday I took my car to the garage to have them ________ the air-conditioner.

–Let’s take a coffee break, shall we?
–I wish I ________, but I have a really tight schedule.

________ a bike, she cycled home.

The little girl ________ a foreign language fairly quickly.

The farmer used wood to build a house ________ to store grain.

We could have done something meaningful in the time it ________ to watch that boring movie.

At one time, she is fine, ________ at another, she is abnormal.

–My TV set doesn’t work, the water tap is dripping and my car is still under repair!
–You sure ________ bad luck these days.

The influence of this book might not have been reaching so far, ________for Mr. William, who dared to publish it.

The toughest thing about success is ________ you have to keep on being a success.

–Excuse me, sir, didn’t you see the red light?
–Sorry, my mind ________ somewhere else.

–Going to the dentist really frightens me.
–________.  Don’t be a chicken! 

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
请阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36~55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。
Michael O’her lived alone with his father, and the two of them had a very special relationship. The father believed in encouragement.
Though Michael was the    36    of the class when he entered high school, his    37    continued to encourage him, but also made it very clear that he did not have to play    38    if he didn’t want to.
However, Michael loved football and was    39    to try his best at every practice. All through high school, he never    40    a practice or a game, but remained a bench warmer(替补队员) all four years. His    41    father was always in the stands, with words of    42    for him.
It was the end of the football season, and as Michael ran slowly onto the practice field shortly    43    the big final game, the coach met him with a telegram. Michael    44    the telegram and became deathly silent—his father died that morning, and the sad man left for    45    immediately.
In the third quarter, when the team was ten points    46   , a silent young man eagerly    47    onto the sidelines. The coach and his players were shocked to see their team-mate back so    48   .
“Coach, please let me    49   . I have to play today,” said Michael. Feeling sorry for him, the coach    50   . Before long, nobody could believe their eyes. This small bench warmer played like a(n)    51   . He helped his team win finally.
When the team was cheering for their    52   , Michael was sitting in the corner all alone. The coach came to him and said, “You were fantastic! Tell me    53    you did it?”
Tears in eyes, Michael said, “Well, you knew my dad died, but did you know he was blind?” He    54    a smile, “Dad came to all my games, but today was the first time he could    55    me play, and I wanted to show him I could do it!”

A．strongest B．smallest C．biggest D．youngest

A．coach B．players C．classmates D．father

A．football B．games C．practices D．basketball

A．required B．determined C．satisfied D．reminded

A．failed B．lost C．missed D．won

A．sympathetic B．upset C．faithful D．optimistic

A．encouragement B．judgment C．wisdom D．amusement

A．after B．since C．towards D．before

A．went through B．turned over C．got over D．tore up

A．school B．home C．field D．class

A．ahead B．beside C．behind D．away

A．walked B．ran C．stepped D．slipped

A．quietly B．sadly C．punctually D．soon

A．go B．fight C．work D．play

A．left B．refused C．agreed D．cried

A．star B．son C．amateur D．trainer

A．victory B．award C．memorial D．unity

A．why B．when C．where D．how

A．spread B．skipped C．forced D．stopped

A．hear B．see C．feel D．make

Suddenly all the lights on that crowded underground train went out. Then it stopped in that dark tunnel(隧道).
We waited. We expected the lights to come on again soon. But nothing happened. Then I began to smell something. Yes, I could smell smoke. So I asked myself, “Is this train on fire?” People around me then began to cry out in fear. “The train is on fire!” they cried.
Then the woman standing next to me suddenly fell on the floor. I realized she was overcome by the smoke. Then I saw flames appearing. “If something does not happen soon,” I said to myself, “I will be burnt alive!”
But as I stood there in the dark in that crowded burning train, I could see no way to escape. I thought, “No one can save me from certain death but God. Only God can make a way for any of us to escape death in this train.”
Before the flames reached me, I found the open door and I climbed out of the train into the dark tunnel. Then as quickly as I could, I ran from the burning train down the tunnel. Now as I ran I could hear hundreds of people that were locked in that burning train, crying out for help. I knew I could do nothing to help them, so I ran on.
Then for two hours I kept walking in that dark train tunnel. At last I saw a light in the distance. I asked myself “Why did God enable me to escape death?” I decided, “God must have a purpose for saving my life. He must want me to help other people experience what He could do for them.”
What caused the woman next to me to fall?

The passengers failed to escape because ________.

What would the author most possibly do after he saw the exit from the tunnel?

Between which two paragraphs can the following paragraph be put?
I cried, “God, if it is not my time to die, please help me!” Then I heard a noise. It was like a door opening. It was on my right hand side. So in the dark, I at once began to push my way forward to where that noise came from.

Dear Abby,
I am a very conservative woman. I don’t drink, dance, wear makeups or pants. I enjoy the company of friends despite（尽管）our differences and thought they enjoyed mine.
On our most recent outing, however, they laughed at my religious jewelry, commented on my “lack of fashion,” and made me feel guilty for not wanting to stay out late.
Despite this, they are great friends and would help me at the drop of a hat. I don’t bring up their being overweight, or that I think some of the clothes they wear are ugly. I don’t criticize them for sleeping around. I wish they would accept me for who I am.
I am considering not going out with them the next time they ask, but I don’t really want it to come to that. Any suggestions?
—Just an Old-Fashioned Girl
_____________________________________________________________________
Dear Old-Fashioned Girl,
Just this: It’s time for you to start cultivating relationships with people whose values are more like your own. The friends you have described may be lovely, but their comments were out of line and folks are known by the company they keep. If you spend a lot of time with the women you have described, people will begin to make assumptions(臆断) about you.
—Abby
The underlined word “conservative” is closest in meaning to ________.

When did Old-fashioned Girl feel guilty?

Which of the following could Old-fashioned Girl most possibly agree to?

According to Abby, it’s a good idea for Old-fashioned Girl to ________.

Finding the right school for your child is a process. You will want to read about the school, talk to any friends who are involved in the school and, most important of all, visit the school.
The first step in finding out about Indian Creek is to request an information packet. We will be happy to send you a packet containing a brochure(小册子), the fee structure and an application. The packet should answer most of your general questions about the school.
In order to get a true sense of Indian Creek School, you should come for an Admission Tour, which includes a personal meeting focusing on your child, a tour of the building and the classrooms, and a discussion of the curriculum(课程).
This visit is no less important if the child for whom you are seeking admission is a teenager than if he or she is a three-year-old one. Every school has a different “school climate.” If you visit two or three schools, you will notice that each “feels” different. You know your child best and you will quickly develop a sense of whether a school is the right match or not.
●The initial point of entry for Indian Creek Students is at the pre-kindergarten level for three year olds.
●Children must be three years old by August 31st.
●We also have major points of entry from grade six to grade nine. At each of these levels, we open new sections and accept students in addition to those moving up from our own lower grades.
●There are scattered(零散的) openings available throughout the program due to attrition(学生流失). Once an opening occurs, students spend a day at ICS, part of which includes admission testing.
You can NOT get to know about ICS by ________.

During the Admission Tour, you can ________.

Which of the following is NOT accepted for ICS when there is no attrition?

The text is intended for ________.

    Fly into Lisbon and spend a couple of days exploring the capital, which is a terrific bargain. In addition to some worthwhile and affordable dining and lodging(住宿) choices, must-see sights include the Romanesque Lisbon Cathedral, which dates back to the 12th century, and the Moorish Alfama quarter, with its markets and winding cobblestone streets. Take a taxi or bus to the Belém district, where you’ll find the Tower of Belém and the Jerónimos Monastery. After Lisbon, you can take a day trip, by train, to Sintra, a beautiful town nestled(依偎) against the hills about 20 miles west of Lisbon; its castle and palaces, like the Sintra National Palace and the Pena National Palace, are well worth a visit.
To see the countryside, rent a car and drive southeast about 90 minutes to the Alentejo region. Base yourself in Évora, an architectural precious stone. By foot, explore its winding cobblestone streets, fountains and whitewashed houses. Attractions include the Roman Temple of Évora. And make sure to hear some fado, the traditional music of Portugal(葡萄牙).
Alternatively, head north from Lisbon to Oporto, about three hours, and then east to the winemaking region of the Douro River Valley. In his article Portugal Old, New and Undiscovered, Frank Bruni wrote: “All around us mountains undulated(波动) into the distance. The slopes（斜坡）in the foreground were an amazing patchwork of greens, reds, browns and grays, as if some grand hand had fashioned it into a picture on all that nature and agriculture can do.”
You can NOT enjoy the beauty of ________ in Lisbon.

In Alentejo region, a tourist can ________.

Frank Bruni’s words help the readers to get a better picture of ________.
A. Douro River Valley       
B. Lisbon       
C. Oporto       
The text is meant to ________.

Just as the world’s most respected scientific bodies have confirmed that the world is getting hotter, they have also stated that there is strong evidence that humans are driving the warming. Countless recent reports from the world’s leading scientific bodies have said the same thing. For example, a 2010 summary of climate science by the Royal Society stated that: “There is strong evidence that the warming of the Earth over the last half-century has been caused largely by human activity.”
The idea that humans could change the planet’s climate may be counter-intuitive(与直觉不符的), but the basic science is well understood. Each year, human activity causes billions of tons of greenhouse gases to be released（释放）into the atmosphere. As scientists have known for years, these gases hold heat that would otherwise escape to space, wrapping the planet in an invisible blanket.
Of course, the planet’s climate has always been changing thanks to “natural” factors(因素) such as changes in solar or volcanic（火山的）activity, or cycles relating the Earth’s going around the sun. According to the scientific literature, however, the warming recorded to date matches the pattern of warming we would expect from a build-up of greenhouse gas in the atmosphere – not the warming we would expect from other possible causes.
Even if scientists did discover another reasonable explanation for the warming observed so far, that would beg a difficult question. As Robert Henson puts it in The Rough Guide to Climate Change: “If some newly discovered factor can account for the climate change, then why aren’t carbon dioxide（二氧化碳）and the other greenhouse gases producing the warming that basic physics tells us they should be?”
The only way to prove with 100% certainty that humans are responsible for global warming would be to run an experiment with two identical Earths – one with human influence and one without. That obviously isn’t possible, and so most scientists are careful not to state human influence as an absolute certainty.
In most scientists’ opinion, the global warming is mainly caused by ________.

The text is developed by ________.

The underline word “identical” means ________.

Which of the following can be the best title?

短文改错(共10小题; 每小题1分, 满分10分)
以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：请在答题卡上作答。
We live on the earth, but we are not alone in the world.
Everyone know we should keep the balance of nature,            ____________
or we don’t always do as we say .                         ____________
A species can become endangered with different reasons.       . ____________
But the very important one is their living places are ruined. We       ____________
cut down trees without plant new ones, and we pollute the place     ____________
where animal live. Because of this, they have no home and       ____________
they are going to be die out.                                  ____________
Other reason is money. Many tigers are killed by those        ____________
who want to sell our fur and use their bones for medicine.       ____________
We should do everything which can be done to change the         ____________
situation, or wild animals can only exist in our memories.

书面表达（共1题；满分25分）
假设你是李华，新西兰学生Sophie通过某汉语推广项目认识了你。她来信说该项目安排她来重庆生活两周，借此了解当地文化，并希望能住在你家。请你用英文给她回信，内容要点包括：
● 欢迎她到你家
● 向她推荐两项在渝活动
● 说明活动的目的
● 预祝她在渝过得开心
注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．信件格式已为你给出；
3．请在答题卡上作答。
Dear Sophie,
I am glad you will have the chance to get a close look at my country. __________________
                                                                             
                                                                             
Yours sincerely,
Li Hua