1、北京市东城区 2010届高三下学期综合练习(一) 其他 第二 节 (共 5小题;每小题 2分,共 10分) 根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。 The wife-carrying World Championship has been celebrated in a small town in central Finland since 1992. In 1992, the people of the town decided to restart some long-forgotten traditions. 71 He was said to
2、 only accept men as members of his gang who proved their worth in challenges. At that time, it was also a common practice to steal women from neighboring villages. 72 A large number of competitors, people, and journalists from Finland to Canada attend the Wife-carrying World Championship every year.
3、 73 The Wife-carrying World Championship is held on a 253.3 meters long official track. The track has two dry obstacles and a water obstacle, about a meter deep. The wife to be carried may be your own, or your neighbors. The minimum weight of the wife to be carried is 49 kg. If she is less than 49kg
4、. If she is less than 49kg, the wife will be given a heavy bag to carry. Each time a competitor drops his wife, that couple will be fined 15 seconds. 74 Alongside with the Wife-carring World Championship, there is also a team competition. The distance is the same but three men in the team carry the
5、wife in turns. At the exchange point the carrier has to drink official “wife-carrying drink.” Then he may continue the race. 75 While the Wife-carrying World Championship is being held, there are bands playing music, a wife carrying dance and other forms of entertainment.” A There are a few basic ru
6、les. B People everywhere hold the event. C A special prize is awarded to the team. D Do you know how these traditions restarted E This event is becoming increasingly popular. F The winner is the couple who complete the course in the shortest time. G Back in the late 1800s, there was a robber called
7、Rosvo-Ronkainen in that area. 答案: 7175 GEAFC 单项选择 * 第二部分:知识运用(共两节, 45分) 第一节 单项填空(共 15小题;每小题 1分,共 15分) 从每题所给的 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。 21 Please turn down the music, _our neighbors next door will be disturbed. A and B or C but D So 答案: B 35 -Are my clothes too casual -No. You can g
8、o_you are. A as B what C that D Where 答案: A 34 More and more people shop online,_advantage of low prices. A having taken B taking C taken D having been taken 答案: B 33 The Day of the Dead, an ancient Mexican festival, is not a sad day, but _time to celebrate_cycle of life. A a, the B不填 , the C不填 ,a D
9、 the, a 答案: A 32 How_I help them to understand when they wont listen to me A can B would C may D Must 答案: A 31 In summer, food will go bad if_in room temperature. A leaving B left C being left D having left 答案: B 30 QQ,_you can chat with your friends, makes communication easy. A why B which C that D
10、 Where 答案: D 29 Someone_his car in front of my house and it is blocking my driveway. A has parked B is parking C parked D had parked 答案: A 28 The film is very humorous but_can be enjoyed unless you understand English culture. A everything B something C nothing D Anything 答案: C 27 -Your composition i
11、s full of mistakes. -I wish I_more careful. A would have been B had been C would be D Were 答案: B 26 _life began on the earth is one of the biggest puzzles to scientists. A How B What C Where D That 答案: A 25 -Lets throw a surprise party for moms 50th birthday. -Thats a good idea. We_several of her fr
12、iends. A invite B have invited C are inviting D will invite 答案: D 24 _fit, we ought to learn more about our body and be careful with what we eat. A Keeping B To keep C Having kept. D To have kept 答案: B 23 Mike must be angry with me, for he walked_me without even saying hello. A past B on C at D Over
13、 答案: A 22 In middle schools all over China, boys_not to wear their hair long. A will be requested B have requested C are requesting D are requested 答案: D 完型填空 第二节 完形填空(共 20小题;每小题 1.5分,共 30分) 阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 For almost 18 years, my mom has given time from her l
14、ife to devote her care to my growth. She has ashed 36 clothes. Shes planned doctors appointments 37 all parts of the body, cut hair, taken icures, bought presents, 38 vacations and basically kept a small boys life 39 smoothly. When I was 12, I got into 40 arguments with my older and wiser parents. T
15、he 41 never led a any achievement for me, but I still took part. Many times strong feeling of anger caused tears 42 to in my eyes by the end of the quarrel with them. 43 , Id return to my room and stay for as long as my parents allowed. Then Id 44 a knock and hardly manage a weak, “Come in.” My mom,
16、 acting as a peacemaker, 45 slowly enter and sit next to me on the bed. Id again try to 46 what I had said was true, 47 this time less angrily. Then mom calmly, strictly and lovingly showed to me her voice of 48 . After that shed hug me and Id stop crying; all would be 49 in my family again. Hugs wi
17、ll 50 be her trademark(标志) : warm hugs for goodnights, good-byes and a thousand other such situations. “Youre never too old to 51 your mother.” Ive heard those eight words since I came to the world. They ring true. For some reason, those words possess the unbelievable 52 to reduce anxiety, cool an a
18、ngry head, 53 fears and put wrong things right. Perhaps my mother, now worthy of the title “Mom” can be an example to mothers everywhere. Being a mother is not so 54 . Any female has the ability to become one. The challenge isnt in becoming a “mother”, but instead , a “mom”. Mine does that quite 55
19、. 36 A Dirty B expensive C warm D old 37 A on B for C in D about 38 A prepared B taken C spent D enjoyed 39 A advancing B changing C running D developing 40 A unfit B casual C unfair D silly 41 A quarrels B doubts C complaints D puzzles 42 A dry B go C well D take 43 A Crying B Blaming C Shaking D W
20、hispering 44 A take B make C hear D get 45 A might B could C should D would 46 A admit B prove C conclude D debate 47 A so B or C but D for 48 A advice B reason C demand D courage 49 A active B right C comfortable D friendly 50 A forever B finally C even D actually 51 A touch B love C hug D comfort
21、52 A ability B confidenceC influence D power 53 A lose B share C overcome D express 54 A difficult B sad C boring D disappointing 55 A carefully B perfectly C formally D Normally 答案: 3640 ABACD 4145 ACACD 4650 BCBBA 5155 CDCAB 阅读理解 D Every profession, every art, and every science has its technical v
22、ocabulary. Its function is partly to name things or processes which can not be described in ordinary English Such special terms are necessary in technical discussion of any kind Being universally understood by the specialists of the particular science or art,these terms have the exactness of a mathe
23、matical formula(公式) Besides, they save time, for it is much more convenient to name a process than to describe it Different occupations, however, differ widely in the character of their special vocabularies In trades and handicrafts, and other professions, like farming and fishery, that have occupie
24、d great numbers of men in the past, the technical vocabulary is very old It consists largely of native words, or borrowed words that have worked themselves into the very fibre of our language As a consequence, though highly technical in many particulars, these vocabularies are more familiar in sound
25、; and more generally understood, than most other technicalities Yet every profession still possesses a large body of technical terms that remain extremely unfamiliar, even to educated speech And the amount has been much increased in the last fifty years New terms are invented with the greatest freed
26、om,and abandoned unconcernedly when they have served their turn Most of the new inventions of words and expressions are restricted to special discussions, and seldom get into general conversation Yet no profession is, nowadays, as all professions once were, a closed association Specialists in differ
27、ent fields share ideas and associate freely with each other. Furthermore, what is called “popular science” familiarizes everybody with modern views and recent discoveries. Any important experiment, though made in a remote lab, is at once reported in the newspaper, and everybody is soon talking about
28、 itas in the case of the Roentgen rays and wordless telegraph. Thus our common speech is always taking up new technical terms and making them commonplace. 67 Technical terms are created so . A specialists may communicate more easily B people may enjoy varieties of occupations C people may save time
29、in everyday discussions D specialists may well accept mathematical formulas 68 The writer lists wireless telegraph as an example to show special words . A should represent popular science B may become part of common speech C should be restricted to scientific fields D may be considered great inventi
30、ons of man 69 What can we infer from the passage A Nonteehnical words may be replaced. B Media helps to popularize special terms. C Various professionals exchange their terms. D Educated people know most technical terms. 答案: 67-69 ABB C A gadget which makes water out of air could become the greatest
31、 househo1d invention since the microwave. Using the same technology as a dehumidifier(除湿器), the Water Mill is able to create a ready supply of drinking water because it can always get it from an unlimited sourcethe air The company behind the machine says not only does it offer an alternative to bott
32、led water in developed countries, but it is a solution for the millions who face a daily water shortage The machine works by drawing in wet air through a filter(过滤器) and over a cooling instrument which changes it into water droplets It can produce up to 1 2 liters a day The Water Mill will also prod
33、uce more water when storms pass over, as the amount of water which is contained in the air increases. In keeping with its eco-development, the machine uses the same amount of electricity as three lights. Inventor Jonathan Ritchey said: “The demand for water is off the chart. So people are looking fo
34、r freedom from water distribution systems that are shaky and unreliable.” The machine, which is about 3 feet wide, is likely to cost 800 when it goes on sale here in the spring. Its maker, Canadian Firm Element Four, roughly calculates that a litre of water cost around 20p to produce. Environmentali
35、sts state that half the worlds population will face water shortage because of climate change by 2080. One in five is said to lack access to safe drinking. The Water Mill is not effective in areas where the amount of water contained in the air is below about 30 percent, but in Britain that wont be mu
36、ch of a problem. 63 What does the underlined word “it” refer do A Drinking water. B Invention. C Microwave. D Water Mill. 64 What do we learn about the machine A It works in the same way as microwaves. B It is very expensive for families to afford. C It absorbs steam and turns it into water. D It he
37、lps to make the water clean to drink. 65 What does the passage lead us to believe A The cost of water will go up. B Bottled water will disappear sooner. C The machine is energy saving. D The machine will be popular worldwide. 66 Whats the best title for the passage A A New Way to Solve Water Problem
38、. B A Machine to Make Water out of Air. C A Dehumidifier to Produce Water. D An Absolutely New Invention 答案: 63-66 ACCB B The man traveling in the back of the ambulance which was running at a high speed along the streets of Baltimore that morning in 2008 had no business to be alive By everything tha
39、t was reasonable, and there were plenty of such things before, he should have been very dead indeed But he wasnt As the people in the hospital pointed out after they had examined him, he was only slightly hurt Yet he had just fallen 150 feet down a hotel lift shaft(电梯通道) ! Unknown to the man, two th
40、ings had occurred which were to affect his life that day On the thirteenth f1oor of the hotel, somebody had carelessly left the lift gate open Down in the basement, a pipe had burst and, it had flooded the bottom of the lift shaft to a depth of two feet Modern lifts have all sorts of fail-safe syste
41、m to prevent accidents, but this was ancient equipment unreliable, slow, dangerous, and suitable material to recycle The man had plenty of things to occupy his mind that morning. He had overslept. The hotel had forgotten to call him and now he was late for an important business appointment. He dress
42、ed quickly, shaved hurriedly, took hold of his briefcase and hurried off down the hotel corridor. Good! The life gate was open. The life must be there. He need not press the button and wait while the large, clumsy life made its way upwards. Without looking or thinking, he stepped out into space. The
43、 lift cage was, in fact, one floor above him on the fourteenth. The would which he had walked was a narrow space of not very fresh sir, ending 150 feet below in two feet of dirty water. The man fell, making his journey to the ground at a speed he had never dreamed of. Confused patterns, a rush of ai
44、r, time enough to be afraid, split-second thoughts of death, then-crash! Perhaps this gave him the record for some sort of high-diving act. No doubt in future he always looked before he jumped. Certainly be learnt that this was no way to save time. The experts said that those two feet of water had s
45、aved his life. 59 What do we learn about the man A He fell from the 13th floor. B He was hit by an ambulance C He got caught in a serious flood D He made a record for high-diving. 60 By “had no busine ss to be alive”, the writer means that the man_. A had missed his business appointment B was alive
46、with excitement C was alive and this was surprising D didnt do any business 61 Tile lift did not have a fail-safe system because it was_. A narrow B slow C 1arge D old 62 Which of the following was NOT the cause of the accident A A pipe burst B The man overslept C The hotel forgot to call him D Some
47、one left the lift door open 答案: 59-62 ACDA 第三部分:阅读理解(共阴节, 40分) 第一节(共 15小题;每小题 2分,共 30分) 阅读下列短文,从 每题所给的 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A California Pizza Plus At California Pizza Plus you can satisfy your taste by designing your own pizza pie. You can select different pizza toppings. This it the
48、 place both for fun and mouth-watering food. The restaurant is decorated with old movie posters and the waiters are efficient and friendly. On the Run If youre in a hurry, you should be able to get a good, quick meal-but not here. The service is slow and the food is not very inviting. It seems like the microwave has replaced the cook. French fries are oily, and the salad m
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