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高三英语Unit 4-5综合测试题2008.9.171第一节：单项填空1. For him _ stage is just _ means of making a living.A. a; a B. the ; a C. the ; the D. a; the2.The newly discovered star was named a Chinese astronomer_ honour of his contributions to astronomy.A. for; inB. after; forC. as; inD. after; in3. Clouds are gathering. I think wed better _ the school in caseit starts to rain.A. get acrossB. appeal toC. refer toD. head for4. -The boss said we had only three days to finish the work.-Dont worry. We have already_ two thirds of it. A. got down B. got through C. given in D. given away5. _, the result of the program is much better than I expected. A. Taking everything into consideration B. I take everything into consideration C. All things considered D. All things considering6. Police have _ to the public to come forward with any information which might help them with their inquiries.A. urged B. claimed C. appealed D. conveyed7. Are you _ of the difficulty in dealing with the matter?A. in charge B. realized C. aware D. accused8. The careless driver is _ for the traffic accident _ yesterday.A. to blame; happened B. to blame; happening C. to be blamed; happened D. to be blamed; happening9. She was surprised to learn that the doctor was _ too much for the treatment he was giving her. A. promoting B. associating C. charging D. affording10. He tried his best not to _ in that matter. A. involve B. involved C. get involved D. be involving11. I have read the material several times but it doesnt make any _ to me. A. sense B. discount C. privilege D. importance12. We have received an order that all the students and teachers _ to the playground.A. will come B. would come C. should come D. came13. I thought it must have been William that took the dictionary by mistake.So did I, but he _ taking it.A. refused B. denied C. admitted D. abandoned14. He is always working hard, and I believe all his efforts will _ at last.A. rewardB. be rewardedC. be returnedD. be in vain15. _seems strange to us is _the girl couldnt get her ideas across no matter how hard she tries.A. It; that B. What; that C. What; how D. It; how第二节：完形填空 Today I am known for my voice. Perhaps the greatest _16_ came when I was asked to read the New Testament（新约全书）on tape. But it took a long time to believe such good things could happen to me. When I was a youngster I stuttered so badly that I was _17_ unable to speak in public. _18_, when I was 14, Professor Donald Crouch came to our school. He was a retired college _19_. English was his favorite subject; poetry was his deepest love. He held a book of poems _20_ it were a diamond necklace, turning pages as if _21_ treasures. When he heard our school was teaching Shakespeare and other classics, he could no longer _22_ not being a part of our school. When he _23_ that I not only loved poetry but was_24_ it, we became closer. There was, however, one _25_ between usProfessor Crouch could not stand the _26_ that I refused to read my poems to the class. “Jim, poetry is _27_ to be read aloud,” he said. “You should be able to speak those beautiful words.” I shook my head and _28_. Then he tricked me. After handing in a poem, I waited for his _29_. It didnt come. Instead, one day as the students gathered together, he challenged me. “Jim, I dont think you wrote this.” I _30_ him in disbelief. “Why,” I started, anger _31_ me, “of course I did!” “Well, then,” he said, “youve got to prove it by getting up and reciting it _32_ memory.” By then, the other students had settled at their desks. With knees shaking, I walked up. For a moment I stood _33_.Then I began, and kept going. I recited my poem all the way through! Afterwards, Professor Crouch congratulated me, and _34_ me to read other writers poems before public. Before long I discovered I did have a(n)_35_ and found my fellow students actually looked forward to hearing me recite.16. A. bonusB. honorC. profit D. appetite 17. A.completelyB. fairly C. merely D. hardly 18. A. But B. BesidesC. Then D. However 19. A. salesman B. advertiser C. technicianD. professor 20. A. even if B. if only C. as ifD. as long as21. A. recoveringB. uncoveringC. removingD. accumulating22. A. attemptB. concentrate C. keep D. stand 23. A. learnedB. knew C. decided D. proved 24. A. writingB. reading C. reciting D. involving 25. A. differenceB. difficulty C. promise D. loss26. A. barrier B. ideaC. fact D. belief 27. A. said B. meant C. designed D. appointed 28. A. looked out B. got across C. turned away D. broke out 29. A. correction B. reward C. return D. comment30. A. replied to B. laughed at C. pointed toD. stared at 31. A. floodingB. blamingC. wanderingD. bursting 32. A. with B. of C. from D. in 33. A. changelessB. hopeless C. helpless D. breathless34. A. promoted B. persuaded C. encouraged D. supported 35. A. voice B. sound C. appearance D. interest 第三节：阅读理解A My first performance in front of an audience was coming up soon. I tried as hard as I could to remain calm, but my heart was racing. I stared down at my sweat-covered, shaking hands. I looked up again at the audience, realizing that these were real people. They were not just my mum and dad, who would say, “Good job!” even if I messed up the entire piece. What if I had the wrong music? What if I played the wrong notes? As it turned out, I was never able to answer these questions because the spotlight (聚光灯) was waiting for me. I grasped my hands tightly together, drying off the sweat. Slowly I walked to the mud-brown piano in the center of the room. It contained 88 demanding keys, which were waiting impatiently to be played. I swallowed the golf-ball-sized lump (隆起部分) in my throat and sat down. Slowly, I opened the music. Next, I rested my still shaking hands on the ivory (象牙色的) keys. As my fingers played across the keys, I was becoming more unsure of my preparation for this moment. But the memory of my years of training came flooding back. I knew that I had practiced this piece so many times that I could play it backwards if requested. Although at one point I accidentally played two keys instead of the intended one, I continued to move my fingers automatically (自动地). My eyes burned holes into (were fixed on) the pages in front of me. There was no way that I was going to lose my concentration. To keep this to myself, I leaned forward and focused carefully on the music. When I came to the end of the page, a warning went off inside my head: DONT MAKE A MISTAKE WHEN YOU TURN THE PAGE! Needless to say, I obeyed myself with all my heart and mind. And, proud of my “page-turning” feat (技艺), I finished the rest of the piece without making a single mistake. After the final note died away, a celebration went into action inside my head. I had finished. I had mastered the impossible.36. The author was nervous before the performance because _. A. her mother and father werent present B. the strong spotlight was shining onto the stage C. she hadnt mastered the entire piece D. she had never performed in public before37. The underlined phrase “mess up” in Paragraph 3 probably means _. A. put into disorderB. forget aboutC. stop halfwayD. do well in38. The author _. A. didnt make any mistake in the performance B. felt better at the beginning of the performance C. paid all attention to nothing but her performance D. lost her concentration sometimes during the performance39. What did the author feel about her performance? A. She thought it was comfortable and successful. B. She thought it was very difficult but successful. C. She thought she had never made a mistake during the performance.D. She thought she played through the piece carefully but light-heartedly. BTreat with Respect2,4,6The speed with which Man is changing the face of Earth has outstripped（超过）all the mighty processes of nature put together. In his haste to supply himself with increasing quantities of Earths treasures he risks destroying one he greatly needs, his natural surroundings. Some countries set aside unspoiled areas of natural beauty. Canada has the largest system of national parks in the world, 29 in all covering about 13 million hectares, preserving the different landscapes and the plant and animal life.Other countries are restoring areas which have been reduced to waste land by mining. At Broken Hill in Australia drifting sand from rock crushing turned the area into a desert swept by sand storms. This is now being irrigated, fertilized and planted with grass and trees. In Great Britain quarries and gravel pits(深坑) are being filled in or made into lakes, industrial wasteland is being turned into playing fields and waste tips into sloping green hills.However Man tries to look after Earth, the fact is that he is using up at a great rate resources, especially fuel resources, which have taken millions of years to accumulate and which he cannot renew. Yet every day the Earth receives a huge supply of energy from the Sun. Man has made several experiments in using solar energy to heat furnaces(熔炉), cookers, and water-distillers. In space technology, e.g. on satellites, solar cells convert(使转变) sunlight into electricity. Houses and offices have been designed which are centrally heated by water or air heated by the sunlight. When Man can trap and store this energy, so that he can use it exactly as he needs it, he will have not only an endless supply, but a clean and safe one.40The main idea of the second paragraph is _.AMany areas throughout the world have been transformed into wasteland by mining.BAustralia and Great Britain are the only two countries that are changing the face of the Earth.CSome countries are taking effective measures to make use of the wasteland and to beautify the Earth.D. Developing countries should learn from developed countries to look after our natural surroundings.41According to this selected passage, which energy is considered to be endless, clean and safe?AEnergy from lake waters. BEnergy from fuel resources which have taken millions of years to accumulate.CEnergy from forests.DEnergy from the Sun.42Which country has the largest scale of nature protection according to this passage? AGreat Britain BAustralia Cthe U.S.A DCanada43Which of the following statements do you think is true after reading the passage?AMan is destroying the natural surroundings on purpose because the surroundings cannot make them satisfied to get enough treasures.BAll the wasteland throughout the world is now being irrigated, fertilized and planted with grass and trees.CWhere there is a desert, there can be sand storms.DEnergy from waters, forests, fuel resources and the sun takes millions of years to accumulate.CThe government of Norway is planning to build an unusual storage center on an island in the Arctic Ocean. The place would be large enough to hold about two million seeds. The goal is to present all crops known to scientists. The British magazine New Scientist published details of the plan last month. The structure will be designed to protect the worlds food supply against nuclear war, climate change and other possible threats. It will be built in a mountain on the Norwegian island of Spitsbergen. The mountain is less than one thousand kilometers from the North Pole, the northernmost position on earth.An international group called the Global Crop Diversity Trust is working on the project. The director of the group, Cary Fowler, spoke to New Scientist. He said the project would let the world rebuild agriculture if, in his word, “the worst came to the worst”. Norway is expected to start work next year. The project is expected to cost three million dollars. Workers will drill deep in the side of a sandstone mountain. Temperatures in the area never rise above 0C. The seeds will be protected behind concrete walls a meter thick and high-security door.The magazine report says the collection will represent the products of ten thousand years of farming. Most of the seeds at first will come from collections at seed banks in Africa, Asia and Latin America. To last a long time, seeds need to be kept in very low temperatures. Workers will not be present all the time. But they plan to replace the air inside the storage space each winter. Winter temperatures on the island are about eighteen degrees below 0C. The cold weather would protect the seeds even if the air could not be replaced.Mr. Fowler says the proposed structure will be the worlds most secure gene bank. He says the plant seeds would only be used when all other seeds are gone for some reason. Norway first proposed the idea in the 1980s. But security concerns delayed the plan. At that time, the Soviet Union was meeting in Rome of the Food and Agriculture Organization.44The project is meant to _.Aincrease the worlds food output in the futureBcarry out some scientific experiments on plant genesCprotect crop seeds from dying out in case of possible disastersDbuild an exhibition centre of the worlds plant seeds45Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the above passage?AThe government of Norway will perform the project alone. BSeeds to be collected there were produced ten thousands years ago.CSpitsbergen is chosen because it is free of the threat unclear war forever.DTemperature is a major consideration when choosing the storage place.46We can infer from the text that _.APeople will get newly-developed seeds from the center every yearBThe storage center will greatly promote world agricultureCNorway had meant to build the storage centre about 20 years beforeDThere havent been any seed storage centres in the world before47What is probably the best title of the passage?AThe Best Place to Store Seeds BNoahs Ark（诺亚方舟）of Plant Seeds in PlanCConcerns of World Food Supply DA New Way to Feed the WorldD2,4,6The loss of a job can have a very serious impact on the individual. The immediate effect, of course, is a sharp drop in income. Unemployment benefits(失业津贴)typically offer less than half the individuals previous earnings, and many people are not even entitled to these benefits - for example, the self-employed, recent graduates who have not held a steady job in the previous year, and people who have been unemployed for a long period. The economic pressure on the jobless is very severe, particularly for those who have young children or long-term commitments for expenses for houses and education.But the effects of unemployment are not merely financial; they are also social and psychological. As one out-of-work teacher puts it: “Its difficult when you strip away(去掉)all the things that supposedly hold you together in terms of an identity. Your work, your money, whatever is power to you, whatever is responsibility, whatever means freedom and choice.” I had to ask myself, “Who am I now? What will I do now?” All too often, long-term unemployment may thrust the individual into boredom, despair, ill-temper, and perhaps, conflict with other family members. Even those who keep their jobs are affected by rates of unemployment, for they begin to fear for own future. Lacking the confidence that workers have in times of full employment, they negotiate less aggressively for improvements in pay or working conditions, for they and the employers know that if they do not like the job as it is, others will gladly take it. Unemployment is always accompanied, in fact, by underemployment - the situation in which people are working either for extremely low wages or at jobs below their level of skill.48It can be inferred from the passage that unemployment benefits are given to _.Apeople who are self-employed but now unemployedBrecent graduates who have not held a steady job in the previous yearCpeople who have been unemployed for a long period Dpeople who have been unemployed for a short period49According to the passage, _ .Athe loss of a job can have little impact on the individualBunemployment benefits are normally about the same as a persons previous earningsCunemployment benefits are normally less than half of a persons previous earningsDthe economic pressure on the jobless is typically not very severe50By “underemployment”(Line 12, Para. 2), the writer means the situation in which _.Apeople are unemployed or low skills are requiredBsome people are unemployed and poorly paid Cpeople are working for less than eight hours a dayDpeople are working for low wages or at jobs below their level of skill 51The best title for the passage would be _ .AThe Financial Effect of Unemployment BThe Social Effect of UnemploymentCThe Psychological Effect of Unemployment DThe Effects of UnemploymentEIn only two decades Asian Americans have become the fastest-growing U.S. minority (少数民族). As their children began moving up through the nations schools, it became clear that a new class of academic achievers was emerging(显现). Their achievements are reflected in the nations best universities, where mathematics, scie