1、陕西省西安市五校第二次模拟英语试题 单项选择 * I dont think Richard could have done such a stupid thing last night, _ A do I B could he C did he D has he来源 : 答案： The millionaire passed away, leaving his children with a large _ A fortune B luck C money D amount 答案： A What shall we have for dinner tonight Oh, I dont care _
2、 will do A Anything B Everything C Something D Nothing 答案： A What the children in the poor mountain village need _ textbooks A is B are C has D have 答案： B Dont _ when he is telling the story A break up B break down C break off D break in 答案： D David Beckham suffered a serious injury this weekend _ p
3、laying for AC Milan, and it appears the soccer star will miss the World Cup A while B if C where D whether 答案： A All her time _ research, the scientist has no time for films A devoted to do B is devoted to doing C devoting to doing D devoted to doing 答案： D Shes too thin She _ gain some weight but sh
4、e _ too little A would; ate B will; eats C would; eats D will; ate 答案： C He shut the window with such force _ the glass broke A which B that C as D when 答案： B Some of the exercises appear to be _ ones that you have done, but after taking _ second look, you will find that they are different A不填 ; the
5、 B the; the C the; a D the; 不填 答案： C Dear me! Just _ at the time! I _ no idea it was so late A look, have B looking, had C look, had D looking, have 答案： C He _ comb his hair at the table, even though he knows I dont like it A shall B may C will D can 答案： C Thanks for your help, but can you do me one
6、 more favor, please _, Sir Whats it then A Just a minute B My pleasure C Thats right D At your service 答案： D My pen friend and I keep in touch _ sending e-mails often A with B by C on D of 答案： B Did you know any Chinese before you arrived in Beijing Never _ it, actually A had I learned B have I lear
7、ned C I have learned D I had learned 答案： A 完型填空 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的 A、 B、 C、 D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。 There was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school Before being sent away this boy was the _26_ student in his class He was at the top in every _27_ He was a champion B
8、ut the boy _28_ after leaving home and attending the boarding school His _29_ started dropping He hated being in a group He was _30_ all the time And there were especially dark times when he felt like _31_ himself All of this because he felt _32_ and that no one loved him His _33_ started worrying a
9、bout the boy But _34_ they did not know what was wrong with him _35_ his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him They sat _36_ the bank of the lake near the school The father started asking him _37_ questions about his classes, teachers and _38_ After some time his dad said, “
10、Do you know, son,_39_ I am here today ” The boy _40_, “to check my grades ” “No, no” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me I want to see you happy I dont care about grades I care about _41_ I care about your happiness YOU ARE MY _42_ ” These words caus
11、ed the boys eyes to fill with tears He _43_ his dad They didnt say anything to each other for a long time Now the boy had everything he wanted He knew there was someone on this _44_ who cared for him deeply He _45_ the world to someone And today this young man is in college at the top of his class a
12、nd no one has ever seen him sad! 26 A richest B prettiest C laziest D brightest 27 A game B school C competition D group 28 A changed B died C arrived D regretted来源 :学科网 ZXXK 29 A hair B tears C love D grades 30 A worried B careless C lonely D busy 31 A teaching B killing C helping D enjoying 32 A c
13、old B worthless C well D sick 33 A parents B classmates C teachers D companions 34 A even B now C yet D then 35 A And B But C Or D So 36 A toward B along C opposite D on 37 A serious B casual C personal D difficult 38 A work B study C sports D education 39 A when B where C how D why 40 A turned away
14、 B answered back C whispered softly D cried out 41 A it B you C myself D us 42 A LIFE B ANXIETY C CARE D NEED 43 A forgave B hit C hugged D begged 44 A side B earth C trip D day 45 A meant B owed C moved D left 答案： -30 DCADC 31-35 BBAAD 36-40 DBCDB 41-45 BACBA 阅读理解 Speeding off in a stolen car, the
15、thief thinks he has got a great catch But he is in for an unwelcome surprise The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer, and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again The idea goes like this A contr
16、ol box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a micro-processor and memory, and a GPS （全球定位系统） satellite positioning receiver If the car is stolen, a coded （编码的） cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicles engine management system and prevent the engine being restarted
17、In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves “The_pattern_of_vehicle_crime_has_changed,” says Martyn Randall, a security expert He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools But only if the car is
18、 more than 10 years old Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer wont allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code sent out by the ignition （点火） key In the UK, technologies like this have helped achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997 But d
19、etermined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting hold of the owners keys And key theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking system If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a
20、signal to an operations centre that it has been stolen The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep police informed of the vehicles movements via the cars GPS u
21、nit 【小题 1】 The remote immobilizer is fitted to a car to _ A prevent car theft by sending a radio signal to the car owner B help the police make a surprise attack on the car thief C prevent the car thief from restarting it once it stops D allow the car to lock automatically when stolen 【小题 2】 By sayi
22、ng “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed”, Martyn Randall suggests that _ A it takes a longer time for the car thief to do the stealing B self-prepared tools are no longer enough for car theft来源 :学 &科 &网 C the thief has to make use of computer technology D the thief has lost interest in stealing
23、 cars over 10 years old 【小题 3】 _ is necessary in making a modern car tougher to steal A A coded ignition key B A unique ID card C A special cellphone signal D A GPS satellite positioning receiver来源 :学科网 ZXXK 【小题 4】 The operations centre will first _ after receiving an alarm A start the tracking syst
24、em B contact the car owner C block the car engine D locate the missing car 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 B Living an Adventurous Life Nearly ten years ago, I was told that I had a brain tumor （瘤） , and this experience changed my attitude about adventure forever I thought that I was going to
25、die and that all my adventures were over I did not have a brain tumor, it turned out, but rather multiple sclerosis （多发性硬化症） , which meant that, although they were not over, the nature of my adventures could have to change Each morning that I wake up is a fresh event, something that I might not have
26、 had Each gesture that I make carries the weight of uncertainty and demands significant attention: buttoning my shirt, changing a light bulb, walking down stairs I might not be able to do it this time If I could not delight in them, they would likely drown me in anger and in self-pity I admire the g
27、rand adventures of others I read about them with interest With Peter Matthiessen I have hiked across the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain I have walked with Annie Dillard up, down, into, and across Tinker Creek in all seasons David Bain has gone with me along 110 miles of Philippine coast, and Ed A
28、bbey has rowed me down the Colorado River I enjoy the adventures of these courageous figures, who can strike out on difficult trips 2 miles, 250 miles, 3000 miles ready to bear cold and tiredness, indeed not just to bear but to celebrate But as for me, I can no longer walk very far from the armchair
29、 in which I read Some days I dont even make it to the backyard And yet Im unwilling to give up the adventurous life, the difficulty of it, even the pain, the anxiety and fear, and the sudden brief lift of spirit that makes a hard journey more attractive I refine adventure, make it smaller and smalle
30、r And now, whether I am moving on my hands and knees across the dining room to help my cat, lying wide-eyed in the dark battling another period of sadness, gathering flowers from the garden, meeting a friend for lunch, I am always having the adventures that are mine to have 【小题 1】 Which of the follo
31、wing is TRUE about the authors reaction after the illness A The author is drowned in anger and self-pity B The author travels to places he/she has dreamed of C The author cant take care of himself/herself any longer D The author adapts to the condition successfully 【小题 2】 Why does the author admire
32、the people mentioned in Paragraph 3 A Because they write popular novels B Because they are great adventurers C Because they are famous geographers D Because they fight with hardship in life 【小题 3】 Which of the following shows the authors strong love for adventures A The author spends almost every da
33、y looking for adventures B The author works hard to make more money for adventures C The author imagines having adventures while reading D The author expects to recover only to continue adventures 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 C Is there a nationwide shortage of nurses Its hard to say However, some c
34、haracteristic symptoms often indicate that there is indeed a shortage One symptom is the vacancy rate, or the percentage of budgeted positions that are unfilled New Englands hospitals currently report that an average of 7 to 12 percent of their registered nurse positions are vacant, the highest leve
35、l since the last shortage in the late 1980s Vermont has a relatively low vacancy rate, at 7 8 percent But its vacancies were at 1 2 percent just five years ago Another symptom is the increased use of stopgap measures to fill empty positions For instance, many nurses report an upswing in how frequent
36、ly they are asked to stay past their shifts According to Murphy, working in the St Elizabeths Hospital, “The shortage has definitely created a lot of opportunities of overtime for our nurses, whether they want them or not ” Similarly, a national survey of registered nurses shows that in an average w
37、eek, nurses in the U S work 2 4 more hours than they are scheduled to Much of this extra time is voluntary, as nurses earn overtime pay when they stay to fill in blanks in the schedule When they cant fill open positions by more traditional means, health care providers hire temporary staff to tide th
38、em over Travelling workers are the largest part of the temporary health care workforce, hired for thirteen-week reduction at health care facilities facing short-term lack of workers Temporary workers, mainly nurses, cost hospitals $ 7 2 billion in 2000 “Any successful solution to the shortage depend
39、s on convincing more people to become nurses, and that is not an easy goal to reach To achieve it,” says Buerhaus, “society needs to place more value on nursing Legislation （法规） cant do that it should come from people ” And if this continues, we might have to learn to care for ourselves in the hospi
40、tal 【小题 1】 The temporary staff hired by a hospital _ A cost a large part of the hospitals budget B meet the need for nurses in the hospital for a short time C should work on a weekly basis and on a scheduled timetable来源 :学科网ZXXK D ought to work passively for thirty continuous weeks 【小题 2】 According
41、to Buerhaus, what is a successful solution to the nurse shortage A To convince people of the benefits of being a nurse B To ask the government for help to work out specific legislation C To publicize the past achievements of nurses D To make people aware of the importance of being a nurse 【小题 3】 Wha
42、ts the probable meaning of the underlined word “upswing” in Paragraph 3 A Symptom B Decrease C Increase D Figure 【小题 4】 Whats the authors attitude towards nurse shortage A Worried B Indifferent C Doubtful D Optimistic 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 A Are some people born clever, and others bo
43、rn stupid Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes To some degree our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius （天才） out of a child born with low intelligence On th
44、e other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings Thus the limits of a persons intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment This view, now held by
45、 most experts can be supported in a number of ways It is easy to say that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the populatio
46、n, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different If on the other hand we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly sugge
47、sts that intelligence depends on birth Imagine that now we take two identical twins and put them in different environments We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but wh
