内蒙古赤峰市宁城县高三3月统一考试（一模）英语试卷

At one time it was the dream for many little girls to become a nurse．Today, however, America is facing its worst nurse shortage since World War I. Recently about 2, 000, 000 nurses are needed and 60 percent of all hospitals in the US have shortages large enough to threaten（=" say" that you will hurt somebody if they don't do what you want）the quality of care provided. The demand for nurses spreads widely throughout the nursing field.
What has become of these women in white? The answer lies in not one but several causes. One possibility is the fact that woman have greater career options （职业选择）. In the past, women who chose to work outside the home had two basic choices: nursing or teaching. Today, more women than ever are in the work force, but their options have greatly increased. There are women doctors, lawyers, firefighters and police officers. In fact, women today are found in nearly every field of work. Nursing has been left behind, as women move on to jobs with higher pay and greater status（地位）. A woman or man in the nursing field is often looked down upon as “merely a nurse”. Teachers may be also at fault. Many high school students are actually being steered（劝 导）away from nursing, told by teachers that they are “too bright to be a nurse”.
Americans are living longer than ever and requiring more medical attention. In fact, the number of elderly patients has almost doubled in the past twenty years. Obviously a larger population requires more nurses. AIDS and other diseases have caused more and more people to need nursing care. Usually fatal diseases mean long drawn - out hospital stay, that is to say, more nurses are needed to care for these patients. It is estimated that the demand for nurses will be doubled the supply in the coming ten years.
Why is America facing its worst nurse shortage?

The passage tells us that high school teachers are at fault for________.

The author wrote this passage in order to________.

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

One thinks of princes and presidents as some of the most powerful people in the world; however, governments, elected or otherwise, sometimes have had to struggle with the financial powerhouses called tycoons. The word tycoon is relatively new to the English language. It is Chinese in origin but was given as a title to some Japanese generals. The term was brought to the United States, in the late nineteenth century, where it eventually was used to refer to magnates who acquired immense fortunes from sugar and cattle, coal and oil, rubber and steel, and railroads. Some people called these tycoons “capitals of industry” and praised them for their contributions to U.S. wealth and international reputation. Others criticized them as cruel “robber barons”, who would stop at nothing in pursuit of personal wealth.
The early tycoons built successful businesses, often taking over smaller companies to eliminate competition. A single company that came to control an entire market was called a monopoly. Monopolies made a few families very wealthy, but they also placed a heavy financial burden on consumers and the economy at large.
As the country expanded and railroads linked the East Coast to the West Coast, local monopolies turned into national corporations called trusts. A trust is a group of companies that join together under the control of a board of trustees. Railroad trusts are an excellent example. Railroads were privately owned and operated and often monopolized various routes, setting rates as high as they desired. The financial burden this placed on passengers and businesses increased when railroads formed trusts. Farmers, for example, had no choice but to pay, as railroads were the only means they could use to get their grain to buyers. Exorbitant (过高的) goods rates put some farmers out of business.
There were even accusations that the trusts controlled government itself by buying votes and manipulating elected officials. In 1890 Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust. Act, legislation aimed at breaking the power of such trusts. The Sherman Antitrust Act focused on two main issues. First of all, it made illegal any effort to interfere with the normal conduct of interstate trade. It also made it illegal to monopolize any part of business that operates across state lines.
Over the next 60 years or so, Congress passed other antitrust laws in an effort to encourage competition and restrict the power of larger corporations.
The Sherman Antitrust Act_______________.

One might infer from this passage that lower prices _________.

It seems likely that many Americans____________.

At one time no one could travel on an English road faster than four miles an hour. That was the law until 1896. A man had to walk in front of a car which could not go faster than the man. At night the man had to carry a red lamp.
Once Charles Rolls brought a car from France to England, but he wanted to drive faster than four miles an hour. In order to have no trouble with the police, he had a talk with some of the police officers, who ordered their policemen to look the other way when the car came along the road. This was a good plan in the country, but not so easy to follow in the busy streets of London.
One night Rolls and some friends started from London on their journey to Cambridge. One of the men walked in front with the red lamp, but he walked as fast as he could. The police became very interested in walls and shop-fronts when they heard the car and not one of them saw it.
They reached a hill, but what a waste of time it was to drive down the hill at four miles an hour! Rolls was getting ready to jump into the car, but then he noticed a policeman who was not looking the other way. The slow car reached him.
“Good evening,” said the policeman, looking at the car.
“Good evening,” said Rolls, holding the lamp.
“One of these horseless things,” said the policeman, looking at it with interest.
“Yes,” said Rolls, and waited.
“I’ve often wanted a ride in one, but of course policemen can’t buy things like that.” He turned and looked hopefully in Rolls’s face.
“Jump in,” said Rolls.
“Thanks,” said the policeman, and did so. “Now,” he said, sitting down, “You can let it go just as you like down this hill. There isn’t another policeman on this road for a mile and a half.”
The policemen were told “to look the other way” so that _______.

In what way did the policemen carry out the order from their officers?

The policeman who said “Good evening” to Rolls wanted to _______.

After the policeman jumped into the car, Rolls _______.

Centuries ago, man discovered that removing moisture(潮湿)from food helps to store it, and that the easiest way to do this is to expose the food to sun and wind. In this way the North American Indians produce pemmican(dried meat ground into powder and made into cakes), the Scandinavians make stockfish and the Arabs dried dates.
All foods include water—cabbage and other leaf vegetables contains as much as 93% water, potatoes and other root vegetables 80%, lean meat 75% and fish, anything from 80% to 60%, depending on how fatty it is. If this water is removed, the activity of the bacteria(细菌)which cause food to go bad is checked.
Fruit is sun-dried in Asia Minor, Greece, Spain and other Mediterranean countries, and also in California, South Africa and Australia. Various methods are used, but in general, the fruit is spread out on trays in drying yards in the hot sun.
Nowadays most foods are dried mechanically. The method of such dehydration(脱水)is to put food in chambers through which hot air is blown at temperatures of about 110℃ at entry to about 43℃ at exit. This is the usual method for drying such things as vegetables, minced(切碎的)meat, and fish.
Dried foods take up less room and weigh less than the same food packed in cans or frozen, and they do not need to be stored in special conditions. For these reasons they are invaluable to the climbers, explorers and soldiers in battle, who have little storage space. They are also popular with housewives because it takes so little time to cook them. Usually it is just a case of replacing the dried-out moisture with boiling water.
According to the text, the open-air method of drying food      .

Bacteria which cause food to go bad       .

Today vegetables are most commonly dried        .

Housewives like dried foods because they        .

For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming to an empty house. ______ Some may hide. But all of them have something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called latchkey children. They are children who look after themselves while their parents work. ______
Lynette Long was once the headmaster of an elementary school. She said, “We had a school rule against wearing jewelry. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I was constantly telling them to put them inside shirts. There were so many keys. It never came to my mind what they meant.” _______
She and her husband began talking to the children who had them. They learned of the impact working couples and single parents were having on their children. ______ One in every three latchkey children the Logs talked to reported being scared. Many had nightmares and were worried about their own safety.
The most common way latchkey children deal with their fears is by hiding. ________
The second is TV. They’ll often play it at high volume. It’s hard to get statistics(情况)on latchkey children, the Longs learned. Most parents are slow to admit they leave their children alone.

E. Some go to their friends or their relatives.
F. And their bad condition has become a subject of concern.
G. It might be in a shower stall, under a bed or in a closet.

The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps．She    _____ the driver and, using her hands to feel the   _____ of the seats, walked down and found the    _____ which the driver had told her was empty．Then she settled in．
It had been a year since Mary,34,   ______ a medical misdiagnosis （误诊）, was suddenly thrown into a world of    _____．Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart．He  ______ her how to rely on her other   ______, specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and   _____ to adapt herself to the new environment．He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could    _____ for her, and save her a seat．
   _____, Mary decided that she was ready to try the    ______ on her own．Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their   _______ ways．
On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual．As she was    _______ the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I    ______ envy you．” Mary had no  _______what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you    ______?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the   _____ week, a fine-looking gentleman   ______a military uniform has been standing across the corner   _____ you as you get off the bus．He  ______ you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building．You are one lucky lady．”
Tears of gratitude poured down Mary’s cheeks．

A．thanked B．asked C．discovered D．paid

A．location B．shape C．size D．cost

A．ticket B．bus C．seat D．bag

A．according to B．instead of C．thanks to D．due to

A．anger B．darkness C．happiness D．light

A．asked B．encouraged C．taught D．praised

A．feelings B．sights C．senses D．abilities

A．how B．when C．where D．who

A．make out B．watch out C．find out D．work out

A．Finally B．Luckily C．However D．Besides

A．visit B．trip C．bus D．work

A．Opposite B．separate C．difficult D．usual

A．getting on B．getting in C．getting off D．getting up

A．must B．may C．will D．do

A．idea B．opinion C．way D．thought

A．want B．mean C．say D．suggest

A．Next B．old C．past D．following

A．by B．on C．with D．in

A．Searching B．watching C．calling D．noticing

A．looks out B．takes up C．believes in D．makes sure

Fay:Hi, Jerry. I’m thingking of applying _____a job with a multinational(跨国的) company, but I’m worried about having an interview in English. Can you give me any good tips?
Jerry:Hmm. That’s a tough one. I guess the first thing is to try to make ______good impression.
Fay:That sounds good. But______(serious), how can I do that?
Jerry: To begin with, you should firmly shake the interviewer’s hand and keep eye contact while _______(greet) him or her with a smile.
Fay:Ah, “body language” is really important, isn’t it?
Jerry: Yes. The second thing is to be confident. You gain ______(confident) from being prepared. You should learn a little bit about the company before the interview. Find out what they do, how long they’ ve been in business, _______their business motto is, that kind of thing.
Fay:I never _______(think) about that before. You’re smart, Jeery! But what should I do _______I can’t remember an English word when I’m answering a question?
Jerry:In _______case, you have to paraphrase. In other words, you have to explain what you want to say.
Fay:That’s very ______(help), Jerry. Thanks very much. Ah, one more thing. Should I ask about the salary during the interview?
Jerry: No, either let them bring up the topic of money, or wait for a second interview. Good luck!
Fay:Thanks!

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用（＼）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改仅限一次。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
When I walked into the classroom, the teacher was handing in the tests. I was feeling very nervous. I had not studied at all the weekend as I had thought it would be easy test.
I went through the test for many times but I could only answer three out from the twenty questions. I did not want to fail the exam. Then , I put my book under my desk, opening it and started looking for the answer. The teacher wasn’t looking at me ,but I copied something. Suddenly, I felt a hand in my shoulder! The teacher caught me cheating. I don’t know what to say. Luckily, the teacher did not punish for cheating but instead gave me a second chance.

地球上的水资源是丰富的，但可利用的淡水资源却是有限的，因此在日常生活中我们必须节约用水。根据下面提供的信息，写一篇120词左右的短文，说明水的用处及我们应如何节约用水。
1．水对我们的日常生活非常重要，没有水一切生物都无法生存。
2．水可用来发电、灌溉农田，工业和交通运输也需要大量的水。
3．节约措施：
1）洗衣、洗菜水用来冲卫生间；
2）衣服尽量用手洗而不用洗衣机，因为洗衣机的用水量是手洗的三倍；
3）洗漱、洗衣服时不要让水一直流着。
4．参考词汇：灌溉irrigate  冲洗flush
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________________