四川省高三下学期第一次模拟考试

1.It is______world of wonders, _________world where anything can happen.

2. Jack is late again. It is_________of him to keep others waiting.

3. My money________. I'd better go to the bank to draw some of my savings out in case I have none in hand.

4. The moment I got home, I found I          my jacket on the playground.

5. I don't know what to_________at the university. I can't make any forecasts about my future.

6. --Kitty, how was your weekend?
--I had a great time. I went skiing with my friends.
--Wow! ________.

7.____________of the truth of the reports, he told his colleagues about it.

8. The doctor insisted she____in bed. But her smiling face suggested there____nothing serious.

9.Loulan City is not at all__________a traveler who has never seen the desert before can expect.

10. Mr. White was so angry at all______Bill was doing________he walked out.

11.It will take us another five years______the construction of all the 121 roads is completed.

12.So absorbed__________in her work that she didn't realize I was behind her.

13. --May I put my luggage on the seat beside you, sir?
--__________.

14. With some books badly needed_________, she hurried to the bookstore.  

15.--How about eight o'clock outside the cinema?
--That________me fine.

16.You can't imagine that a well-behaved gentleman__________be so rude to a lady.

17.They had a pleasant chat____________a cup of coffee.

18._________is often the case, he didn’t study hard and failed to pass the test.  

19. The language used in advertisements differs from____________used in ordinary readings.

20. When Jane began to take swimming lessons, her main__________was the fear of water.

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）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。
All the World Asks
On my first day in a college classroom, I felt like an overgrown child returning to civilization after having been lost in the forest for thirty years. There I sat,  21  enough to be a father to most of the students in the room,   22   unconfident enough to be their baby brother. We were crowded elbow (肘部) to elbow, listening to a  23  who looked even younger than the students. I felt uncomfortable and out of place as the professor carefully    24  what she expected us to learn. As I listened, I couldn't help but  25  of my own oldest daughter who was now beginning her first year in    26  , just like me. I remembered how hard I had tried to help build self-confidence in her and my other children. So why did I suddenly feel like a scared   27  myself'? When I walked out of that classroom, I had serious    28   about my ability to make it   29  college. Not until late that night did my thinking   30    .It was a long-distance  31   from my daughter, my fellow college freshman, that did the trick. She spoke on the phone about the doubts, worries and anxieties she was   32 . She was certain that she'd never   33  at college. How   34   her worries sounded! In my most confident parental   35  , I said, “Doing your best is all the world   36  .” The next day in class, those words still repeated in my head. When the professor raised a   37   for the class, nobody, including me,    38  to answer. When I looked around al the   39   and uncertainty on the young faces in that room, I knew   40  what I had to do: my best. That's all the world asks. So I raised my hand, and the professor called my name. I spoke.
21. A. big                      B. tall                   C. old                    D. strong
22. A. and               B. so               C. or             D. yet
23. A. professor                   B. teacher                C lecturer           D. instructor
24. A. showed                   B. explained              C. designed         D. offered
25. A. think                     B. speak                    C. talk               D. hear
26. A. school                    B. office                C. classroom         D. college
27. A. father                     B. parent                 C. child           D. son
28. A. fears                B. doubts                  C. opinions         D. ideas
29. A. over                     B. on                    C. with                   D. through
30. A. stop                      B. turn                  C. change                 D. continue
31. A. call                       B. talk                   C. report              D. discussion
32. A. obtaining                  B. gaining                C. experiencing   D. feeling
33. A. fail                      B. succeed                C. win            D. pass
34. A. common                   B. ordinary               C. regular                 D. familiar
35. A. sound                     B. whisper                C. word           D. voice
36. A. hopes                     B. asks                  C. wants              D. expects
37. A. request                    B. problem               C. question          D. demand
38. A. dared                     B. preferred               C. tried                   D. prepared
39. A. sorrow                   B. joy                   C. fear            D. anger
40. A. exactly                    B. roughly               C. gradually               D. Certainly

第二部分阅读理解（共20小题。每小题2分；满分40分）
第一节   阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（ABC和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黒。
A
Long after the 1998 World Cup was won, disappointed fans were still cursing the disputed refereeing (裁判) decisions that denied victory to their team. A researcher was appointed to study the performance of some top referees.
The researcher organized an experimental tournament (锦标赛) involving four youth teams. Each match lasted an hour, divided into three periods of 20 minutes during which different referees were in charge.
Observers noted down the referees' errors, of which there were 61 over the tournament. Converted to a standard match of 90 minutes, each referee made almost 23 mistakes, a remarkably high number.  
The researcher then studied the videotapes to analyze the matches in detail. Surprisingly, he found that errors were more likely when the referees were close to the incident. When the officials got it right, they were, on average, 17 meters away from the action. The average distance in the case of errors was 12 meters. The research shows the optimum (最佳的) distance is about 20 meters.
There also seemed to be an optimum speed. Correct decisions came when the referees were moving at a speed of about 2 meters per second. The average speed for errors was 4 meters per second.
If FIFA, football's international ruling body, wants to improve the standard of refereeing at the next World Cup, it should encourage referees to keep their eyes on the action from a distance, rather than rushing to keep up with the ball, the researcher argues.
He also says that FIFA's insistence that referees should retire at age 45 may be misguided. If keeping up with the action is not so important, their physical condition is less critical.  
41. The number of refereeing errors in the experimental matches was _______.
A. slightly above average                            B. higher than in the 1998 World Cup
C. quite unexpected                                   D. as high as in a standard match
42. The findings of the experiment show that _______.
A. errors are more likely when a referee keeps close to the ball
B. the farther the referee is from the incident, the fewer the errors
C. the more slowly the referee runs, the more likely will errors occur
D. errors are less likely when a referee stays in one spot
43. The word "officials" (Line 2, Para. 4) most probably refers to _______.
A. the researchers involved in the experiment
B. the inspectors of the football tournament
C. the referees of the football tournament
D. the observers at the site of the experiment
44. What is one of the possible conclusions of the experiment?
A. The ideal retirement age for an experienced football referee is 45.
B. Age should not be the chief consideration in choosing a football referee.
C. A football referee should be as young and energetic as possible.
D. An experienced football referee can do well even when in poor physical                condition.

B
While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states — at least in getting people off welfare. It’s estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls（名册） since 1994.
　　In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens Country have been cut in half. But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour. The result: The Athens Country poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent — twice the national average.
　　For advocates（代言人）for the poor, that’s an indication much more needs to be done.
　　“More people are getting jobs, but it’s not making their lives any better,” says Kathy Lairn, a  policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.
　　A center analysis of US Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down.
　　But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory.
　　“Welfare was a poison. It was a toxin（毒素）that was poisoning the family,” says
Robert Rector, a welfare-reform policy analyst. “The reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities. It’s beginning to rebuild the work ethic（道德观）, which is much more important.”
　　Mr. Rector and others argued that once “the habit of dependency is cracked,” then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards.
45. From the passage, it can be seen that the author _______.
　　A. believes the reform has reduced the government’s burden
　　B. insists that welfare reform is doing little good for the poor
　　C. is overenthusiastic about the success of welfare reform
　　D. considers welfare reform to be basically successful
46. Why aren’t people enjoying better lives when they have jobs?
　　A. Because many families are divorced.
　　B. Because government aid is now rare.
　　C. Because their wages are low.
　　D. Because the cost of living is rising.
47. From the passage we know that welfare reform aims at _______.
　　A. saving welfare funds
　　B. rebuilding the work ethic
　　C. providing more jobs
　　D. cutting government expenses
48. According to the passage before the welfare reform was carried out, _______.
　　A. the poverty rate was lower
　　B. average living standards were higher
　　C. the average worker was paid higher wages
　　D. the poor used to rely on government aid

　　                                C
Among the more colorful characters of Leadville’s golden age were H.A.W. Tabor and his second wife, Elizabeth McCourt, better known as "Baby Doe". Their history is fast becoming one of the legends of the Old West. Horace Austin Warner Tabor was a school teacher in Vermont. With his first wife and two children he left Vermont by covered wagon in 1855 to homestead in Kansas. Perhaps he did not find farming to his liking, or perhaps he was attracted by rumors of fortunes to be made in Colorado mines. At any rate, a few years later he moved west to the small Colorado mining camp known as California Gulch, which he later renamed Leadville when he became its leading citizen. "A large amount of lead is sure to be found here." he said.  
　　As it turned out, it was silver, not lead, that was to make Leadville’s fortune and wealth. Tabor knew little about mining himself, so he opened a general store, which sold everything from boots to salt, flour, and tobacco. It was his custom to "grubstake" prospective（预期的） miners, in other words, to supply them with food and supplies, or"grub", while they looked for ore（矿石）, in return for which he would get a share in the mine if one was discovered. He did this for a number of years, but no one that he aided ever found anything of value.
　　Finally one day in the year 1878, so the story goes, two miners came in and asked for "grub". Tabor had decided to quit supplying it because he had lost too much money that way. These were persistent（坚持的）, however, and Tabor was too busy to argue with them. "Oh help yourself. One more time won’t make any difference," He said and went on selling shoes and hats to other customers. The two miners took $17 worth of supplies, in return for which they gave Tabor a one-third interest in their findings. They picked a barren place on the mountainside and began to dig. After nine days they struck a rich vein of silver. Tabor bought the shares of the other two men, and so the mine belonged to him alone. This mine, known as the "Pittsburgh Mine," made $1,300, 000 for Tabor in return for his $17 investment.
　　Later Tabor bought the Matchless Mine on another barren hillside just outside the town for $117,000.This turned out to be even more abundant than the Pittsburgh, producing $35 000 worth of silver per day at one time. Leadville grew. Tabor became its first mayor, and later became the governor of the state.  
49. The word "grubstake" in paragraph 2 means __________ .
　A. to supply miners with food and supplies
　B. to open a general store
　C. to do one’s contribution to the development of the mine
　D. to supply miners with food and supplies and in return get a share in the mine, if one was discovered
50.Tabor made his first fortune_________.
　A. by supplying two prospective miners and getting in return a one-third interest in the findings
　B. because he was persuaded by the two miners to quit supplying
　C. by buying the shares of the other
　D. as a land speculator（投机商）
51. The underlying（潜在的）reason for Tabor’s successful life career is __________.
　  A. purely accidental
B. based on the analysis of miner’s being very poor and their possibility of discovering
profitable mining site
C. through the help from his second wife
　　D. he planned well and accomplished targets step by step
52. If this passage is the first part of an article, who might be introduced in the following  part?
A. Tabor’s life.     　　                        B. Tabor’s second wife, Elizabeth McCourt.
　　C. Other colorful characters.　　         D. Tabor’s other careers.

D
College libraries are designed primarily for research and study. To explain its use, let us choose a research topic and follow the step-by-step procedure of looking up the material for the paper. Suppose your assignment is to write a paper on a novel called “The Sun Also Rises” by American writer Hemingway. The first step is to go to the main catalog. Many small drawers on the large wooden cabinets are lined up in alphabetical(字母的) order. Each of the drawers contains hundreds of alphabetical ordered cards. These cards are printed references to all material available in the library. Title cards are cataloged() by the first word of the book title, leaving out the articles like “a”, “an” and “the”. And then you get the cards for the books you need. On the upper left corner of each card is the call number. This is the numerical code that shows where the book is located in the library. The library has open and closed stacks. If your book is on the open stacks, you can go to the open-stack room, and according to the call number find it out by yourself. There are only about 30,000 books on o pen stacks, while most of the 800,000 books in our library are kept in closed stacks, which are accessible only to teachers and graduate students. For undergraduates like you, borrowing books from the closed stacks have to be done with the help of our librarian. In that case, you must fill out a call slip(纸条) for the book, showing the call number, author and title. You can get call slips on tables near the catalog cabinets. You show your call slip together with your library card to a librarian at the information desk. He or she will help you find the book out in the closed stacks.
53.What is the main purpose of this text?
A. To present readers a brief introduction to a college library.  
B. To guide readers how to find books needed in a college library.
C. To tell readers how to fill out a call slip in a college library.
D. To show readers where to find books in a college library.
54.What letter you should look for on the title card for the book “The Old Man and the Sea” by the Hemingway?
A. The letter “t”.           B. The letter “h”.           C. The letter “s”.           D. The letter “o”.
55.How are books arranged and shelved in the library?
A. By call numbers.                                          B. By call slips of authors’ names.
C. In alphabetical order.                             D. By the first word of book title.
56.Suppose you are an undergraduate and you want to borrow a book from the closed stacks, which is the correct order to do it?
a. go to the main catalog                     b. show your call slip and library card
c. find out the call number           d. fill out a call slip
e. get the cards for the books
A.a-b-e-d-c                   B. a-e-c-d-b                  C. b-a-c-d-e                  D. b-c-a-e-d

E
Looking for a low-cost path to self-knowledge? A way to mine your subconscious (潜意识的) for clues to your motivations, desires and fears? No need to have years of treatments or analyses. Just look to your dreams.
“You can ignore your dreams, but you are really doing harm to yourself,” says Lauri Quinn Loewenberg. “If so, you're letting red flags pass you by, letting great ideas pass you by.”
Some sleep researchers believe dreams are more directly related to our moods and emotions and can serve as tools to self-understanding. Dreams occur during the REM (rapid eye movements) cycles of sleep each night. For adults, that means about every 90 minutes. The first period of REM sleep may be short, 5 to 10 minutes, followed by longer periods, finally reaching an hour or more in the fourth or fifth period.
When people are dreaming, brain scans show a lot of activities. The brain is online during dreams. The experiences you have during the day are connected during dream sleep. People we know or experiences we've had at different times in our lives may be different in the same dream.
AmyBeth Gilstrap has had the same recurring(再次发生;循环) dream that annoyed her since Hurricane Katrina drove her and her daughter and friends out of New Orleans. Mrs. Gilstrap says, “It is always spies. My job is to get people to some place.” She's certain the dream is related to her efforts in the hurricane to help several families leave. Sometimes her cats also are part of that dream. That's because she went back into New Orleans, before it was allowed, to rescue her cats.
Today, through brain scans scientists have known that the parts of the brain that control emotions and long-term memories are active during the REM sleep.
57. The passage is mainly to tell readers                    .
A. dreams are mainly caused by hard work   B. dreams can offer us key to self-knowledge
C. dreams are only activities of our brains    D. how dreams help us solve our problems
58. According to the words from Lauri Quinn Loewenberg,                    .
A. dreams can make you feel badly ill       B. you often have red flags in your dreams
C. dreams will make your life colorful      D. you may get great help from your dreams
59. According to the passage, the underlined word “It” in Paragraph 5 refers to              .
A. Mrs. Gilstrap's dream                          B. Mrs. Gilstrap's job
C. Hurricane Katrina                            D. New Orleans
60. According to the passage, when you are dreaming at night,                .
A. your dream is connected with your work in the day
B. the dream will generally last about 5 to 10 minutes
C. the longer dream should be in the later part of the sleep
D. your eyes will not move during the time

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Li Hua, who is planning to travel with his parents, is now calling Hyatt Travel Agency in Xi'an.
(A. Assistant  L. Li Hua)
A: Hello, this is Hyatt Travel Agency. May I help you?
L: Yes. This is Li Hua. I'll have a short holiday, and I'm thinking about traveling abroad with my parents.   61   .  
A: Of course. May I ask how long your holiday will be?
L: About a week.
A: OK.   62 .
L: I'd love to go to Europe.
A:  63  .We have a special offer for European tours.
L: Great !    64          .
A: Sure. For family tours, we have five European cities on the list, and we'll see the Big Bell in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris and other places of interest.
L:   65  I'll talk about this with my parents and call you back. Thank you.
A: You are welcome.
A. What would you like to know?                    
B. You are very lucky.
C. What do you have in mind?                         
D. Can you give me some advice?
E. That's just what I am thinking of.                 
F. Can I have some extra information?
G. I hope you'll have a good journey there.  

      
V．短文改错
Dear editor,
Some years ago, my hometown was used to be a beautiful place.                 66.                
Thick trees and grass can be seen all over the hills.                                     67.                
As time going by, people destroyed almost the whole                              68.                
forests grow more crops. To make matters worse, people let their                    69.                
cattles eat up the grass. So, you can only see wasteland                                   70.                
instead green forests now. As a result, when it rains, the                             71.                
soil is washed down the hills and in the rivers. Strong winds also                    72.                
blow away the valuable soil lie on the top of the fields.                                  73.                
I do hope all the people will take good care of the forests                        74.                
and plant more trees to improve our living conditions better.                       75.                

VI．书面表达
国际文化交流中心将组织一次由各国学生参加的“和平、友爱”夏令营活动，要求报名者提交英文个人简介。假设你是李华，根据下列信息写一篇个人简介。

   注意：1．词数不少于100字左右。
2．可根据内容要点适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。