1、江苏宁海外国语学校 2010届高三高考模拟英语试题（ 12） 其他 第三部分任务型阅读（满分 10分） Waste to EnergyJUST BURN IT! WHY BURN WASTE Waste-to-energy plants generate (产生 ) enough electricity to supply 2.4 million households in the US. But, providing electricity is not the major advantage of waste-to-energy plants. In fact, it costs more
2、 to generate electricity at a waste-to-energy plant than it does at a coal, nuclear, or hydropower plant. The major advantage of burning waste is that it considerably reduces the amount of trash going to landfills. The average American produces more than 1,600 pounds of waste a year. If all this was
3、te were landfilled, it would take more than two cubic yards of landfill space. Thats the volume of a box three feet long, three feet wide, and six feet high. If that waste were burned, the ashes would fit into a box three feet long, three feet wide, but only nine inches high! Some communities in the
4、 Northeast may be running out of land for new landfills. And, since most people dont want landfills in their backyards, it has become more difficult to obtain permits to build new landfills. Taking the country as a whole, the United States has plenty of open space, of course, but it is expensive to
5、transport garbage a long distance to put it into a landfill. TO BURN OR NOT TO BURN Some people are concerned that burning garbage may harm the environment. Like coal plants, waste-to-energy plants produce air pollution when the fuel is burned to produce steam or electricity. Burning garbage release
6、s the chemicals and substances found in the waste. Some chemicals can be a threat to people, the environment, or both, if they are not properly controlled. Some critics of waste-to-energy plants are afraid that burning waste will hamper (妨碍，阻碍 ) recycling programs. If everyone sends their trash to a
7、 waste-to-energy plant, they say, there will be little motive to recycle. Several states have considered or are considering banning waste-to-energy plants unless recycling programs are in place. Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York City have delayed new waste-to-energy plants, hoping to increase
8、the level of recycling first. So, whats the real story Can recycling and burning waste coexist At first glance, recycling and waste-to-energy seem to be at odds (不一致 ), but they can actually complement (弥补 ) each other. Thats because it makes good sense to recycle some materials, and better sense to
9、 burn others. Lets look at aluminum, for example. Aluminum mineral is so expensive to mine that recycling aluminum more than pays for itself. Burning it produces no energy. So clearly, aluminum is valuable to recycle and not useful to burn. Paper, on the other hand, can either be burned or recycledi
10、t all depends on the price the used paper will bring. Plastics are another matter. Because plastics are made from petroleum and natural gas, they are excellent sources of energy for waste-to-energy plants. This is especially true since plastics are not as easy to recycle as steel, aluminum, or paper
11、. Plastics almost always have to be hand sorted and making a product from recycled plastics may cost more than making it from new materials. To burn or not to burn is not really the question. We should use both recycling and waste-to-energy as alternatives to landfilling. Waste to EnergyJUST BURN IT
12、! WHY BURN WASTE Advantages of waste to Energy Though at a high (71) _, waste-to-energy plants can produce enough electricity for 2.4 million US households. Burning waste can (72) _ a considerable amount of trash going to landfills. (73)_ for landfilling Some communities (74) _ land for new landfill
13、s. Most people refuse to build landfills around. Building landfills in far-away areas will increase the cost of (75) _ garbage. TO BURN OR NOT TO BURN (76) _ about burning garbage Burning garbage releases chemicals, which, if not properly controlled, can be (77) _ to people and the environment. Burn
14、ing garbage will hamper recycling programs. Coexistence of recycling and burning waste Recycling and waste-to-energy can go well with each other in that some materials like aluminum are fit to recycle, while others like plastics are fit to (78) _. (79)_ Whether to burn or not to burn, we should (80)
15、 _ landfilling with both recycling and waste-to-energy to deal with garbage. 答案： 71. cost 72. reduce / prevent / stop 73. Difficulties 74. lack 75. transporting 76. Concerns / Worries 77. harmful / dangerous 78. burn 79. Conclusion 80. replace 单项选择 * 第一部分语言知识运用 第一节 单项填空（共 15小题，每小题 1分，满分 15分） 21. Las
16、t month, thousands of workers in that city went on _ strike, demanding lower taxes and _ end to cutting staff members. A a; the B a; an C不填 ; an D不填 ; the 答案： C 35. You mean the position is still vacant Yes, but you must know our job is very demanding. _. A With pleasure B I dont mind C Dont mention
17、 it D Thats all right 答案： B 34. The policeman told me that I had passed the driving test and never in my life _ so happy and excited. A I felt B did I feel C I had felt D had I felt 答案： D 33. _ along with host families, I believe, language travel students are likely to get enough language practice.
18、A Stay B Having stayed C Staying D To stay 答案： C 32. Will it take me long to get to the Sunshine Hotel No, it _ take you long. Its n ot the rush hour now. A shouldnt B shant C mustnt D neednt 答案： A 31. To keep safe _ an earthquake, you should remain at a spot in your room where nothing may fall on y
19、ou. A in search of B in advance of C in terms of D in case of 答案： D 30. Now the weight. Only 115. Youd better put on a few pounds. Well, actually, I _ like a horse. A ate B was eating C have been eating D will eat 答案： C 29. I can hardly remember any occasions _ I get caught in a traffic jam in our t
20、own. A which B that C where D when 答案： D 28. Where have you been all day I _ some former classmates and I couldnt get back until it was dark. A have met B met C would meet D had met 答案： B 27. The process of producing electricity may also give out CO2, _ you heat your house with electricity instead o
21、f charcoal. A even if B as long as C as if D as soon as 答案： A 26. How much of the foreign experts speech have you understood Next to nothing. I wish I _ harder at English. A worked B had worked C would work D were working 答案： B 25. Dont refer to the dictionary every time you come across a new word a
22、s sometimes its meaning may be _ clearly in a given context. A picked out B ruled out C brought out D taken out 答案： C 24. The Expo site should be _ from anywhere in the city of Shanghai within 90 minutes by bus, subways and special taxis. A adoptable B acceptable C available D Accessible 答案： D 23. K
23、nowing office rules whether _ or notis critical, especially for young job seekers. A written B writing C being written D having been written 答案： A 22.He is eager to try something he has never tried before. Oh, I see. Thats _ hes different from others. A when B where C how D What 答案： B 完型填空 第二节 完形填空（
24、共 20小题，每小题 1.5分，满分 30分） Alice, my friends daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has 36 economic resourcesher father has been dead for years and her mother works 37 a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she
25、 can 38 support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at 39 and thats how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n) 40 for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons. Alice became friends with Jane and would 41 talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the othe
26、r kids 42 her. On her birthday last month, she 43 her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldnt come. Alice wanted her to be 44 so much that she 45 on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I dont have any 46 clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause,
27、the girl remembered, “I have a 47 from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I 48 a skirt from you ” Alice was happy that her friend would be 49 to come and hurried home to ask her Mum 50 she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very 51 an
28、d angrily said to her Mum, “ 52 I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didnt understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as shes normally very well 53 . Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friends 54 . Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Ye
29、s.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her 55 with her. So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto. 36. A. personal B. extra C. limited D. adequate 3
30、7. A. for B. with C. like D. as 38. A. hopefully B. obviously C. hardly D. temporarily 39. A. music B. drawing C. maths D. biology 40. A. bonus B. allowance C. donation D. pension 41. A. secretly B. happily C. quietly D. eagerly 42. A. pointing at B. shouting at C. laughing at D. glaring at 43. A. t
31、ook B. invited C. accompanied D. sent 44. A. happy B. independent C. confident D. present 45. A. depended B. insisted C. focused D. agreed 46. A. casual B. comfortable C. nice D. tight 47. A. shirt B. jeans C. handbag D. necklace 48. A. get B. copy C. order D. borrow 49. A. free B. able C. glad D. w
32、illing 50. A. how B. when C. why D. whether 51. A. stubborn B. upset C. firm D. enthusiastic 52. A. If B. When C. Unless D. Though 53. A. treated B. controlled C. educated D. behaved 54. A. cleverness B. character C. circumstances D. competences 55. A. study B. friendship C. sympathy D. performance
33、答案： 3640 CDCAB 4145 ACBDB 4650 CADBD 5155 BADCB 阅读理解 第二部分阅读理解（共 20小题，每小题 2分，满分 40分） A Saving the Planet with Earth-Friendly Bamboo Products Jackie Heinrichers love affair with bamboo started in her backyard. “As a child, I remember playing among the golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when there w
34、as a slight wind, the bamboos sounded really musical.” A fisheries biologist, Heinricher, 47, planned to work in the salmon industry in Seattle, where she lived with her husband, Guy Thornburgh, but she found it too competitive. Then her garden gave her the idea for a business: Shed planted 20 bambo
35、o forests on their seven-acre farm. Heinricher started Boo-Shoot Gardens in 1998. She realized early on what is just now beginning to be known to the rest of the world. It can be used to make fishing poles, skateboards, buildings, furniture, floors, and even clothing. An added bonus: Bamboo absorbs
36、four times as much carbon dioxide as a group of hardwood trees and releases 35 percent more oxygen. First she had to find a way to mass-produce the plantsa tough task, since bamboo flowers create seed only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a bamboo plant frequently kills it. Heinricher appeal
37、ed to Randy Burr, a tissue culture expert, to help her. “People kept telling us wed never figure it out,” says Heinricher. “Others had worked on it for 27 years! I believed in what we were doing, though, so I just kept going.” She was right to feel a sense of urgency. Bamboo forests are being rapidl
38、y used up, and a United Nations report showed that even though bamboo is highly renewable, as many as half of the worlds species are threatened with dying out. Heinricher knew that bamboo could make a significant impact on carbon emissions (排放 ) and world economies, but only if huge numbers could be
39、 produced. And thats just what she and Burr figured out after nine years of experimentsa way to grow millions of plants. By placing cuttings in test tubes with salts, vitamins, plant hormones, and seaweed gel, they got the plants to grow and then raised them in soil in greenhouses. Not long after it
40、, Burrs lab hit financial difficulties. Heinricher had no experience running a tissue culture operation, but she wasnt prepared to quit. So she bought the lab. Today Heinricher heads up a profitable multimillion-dollar company, working on species from all over the world and selling them to wholesale
41、rs. “If you want to farm bamboo, its hard to do without the young plants, and thats what we have,” she says proudly. 56. What was the main problem with planting bamboo widely A. They didnt have enough young bamboo. B. They were short of money and experience. C. They didnt have a big enough farm to d
42、o it. D. They were not understood by other people. 57. What does Heinricher think of bamboo A. Renewable and acceptable B. Productive and flexible. C. Useful and earth-friendly. D. Strong and profitable. 58. The underlined word “renewable” in Paragraph 6 probably means “_”. A. able to be replaced na
43、turally B. able to be raised difficultly C. able to be shaped easily D. able to be recycled conveniently 59. What do you learn from the passage A. Heinrichers love for bamboo led to her experiments in the lab. B. Heinrichers determination helped her to succeed in her work. C. Heinricher struggled to
44、 prevent bamboo from disappearing. D. Heinricher finally succeeded in realizing her childhood dream. 答案： 5659 ACAB B If you enjoyed the spring-like sunshine over the weekend and thought the weather has finally turned a corner, youre sadly mistaken. Chilly (寒冷的 ) days and grey clouds are forecast for
45、 the weekmaking it far too early to pack away the winter woollies. Temperatures will struggle to rise above zero at night and fail to make double figures during the day. People enjoy the spring sunshine in Sefton Park, Aigburth, Liverpool. Forecasters have predicted a return to chilly weather this w
46、eek. Met Office forecaster Charlie said, “It was a nice, dry, bright weekend in many parts and Monday is going to be a similar affair for many.” “Temperatures will be between 5 and 8 , which is below average for the start of spring.” The sun will disappear from the south of the country after today,
47、with dry but cloudy conditions forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday. Wednesday will be warmest of the three, with temperatures peaking at 9 . But this is still two degrees below the March average for the district. Overnight, temperatures will drop sharply, with lows of minus 3 for the next three nigh
48、ts. “It will generally stay on the cold side of average,” said Mr. Powell. The March misery comes at the end of the coldest winter for more than 30 years. Temperatures in December, January and February struggled to stay above zero, with the UKs average 1.5 , making it the deepest freeze since 197879. It claimed there was just a one-in-seven chance of a cold December to February. The agency also sadly predicted a “barbecue summer”, saying it was “quite optimistic” that it would be warmer and drier than average. Fo
