高三英语一轮总复习单元测试精选试题试卷（九）.doc

2013届高三一轮总复习单元测试精选试题英语试卷（九）part twolanguage knowledge ( 45 marks)section a ( 15 marks)directions： beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked a， b， c and d. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence. ( ) 21. the country has already sent up three unmanned spacecrafts， the most recent at the end of last march.a. has been launched b. having been launchedc. being launched d. to be launched( ) 22. many children may be fond of animals， but ever think of making the study of animals their career.a. a few b. few c. some d. any( ) 23. my wallet isnt in my bag. where i have put it？a. can b. must c. should d. shall( ) 24. the book was written in 1946， the education system has witnessed great changes.a. when b. during which c. since then d. since when( ) 25. if one succeed， one must put his heart into his career.a. will b. is going to c. is to d. is about to( ) 26. the fact has worried many scientists the earth is becoming warmer and warmer these years.a. what b. which c. that d. though( ) 27. sorry， i didnt hear you. i to the music.a. just listened b. was just listening c. has just listened d. had just listened( ) 28. it is only people know the importance of science science can really serve the people.a. that； when b. when； that c. then； that d. that； then( ) 29. never before in greater need of technical experts than it is today. a. has hunan been b. hunan has beenc. was hunan d. hunan was( ) 30. about 90 percent of the equipment presented by the administration， as well as the facilities of our own， made good use of in the teaching.a. have b. has c. have been d. has been( ) 31. life is like a long race we compete with others to go beyond ourselves.a. why b. what c. that d. where( ) 32. what made you so delighted at christmas？.a. as there was an unusual celebration b. my uncles coming back from abroadc. i received many more presents than othersd. because my parents promised me a new car( ) 33. the wealth of the richest province is about 12 times of the poorest.a. one b. than c. as d. that( ) 34. it is time the whole society the disabled as they are.a. accept b. will accept c. accepted d. accepts( ) 35. doctors have said that as many as 50% of the patients dont take medicine as .a. being directed b. to be directed c. directed d. directingsection b ( 18 marks)directions： for each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked a， b， c and d. fill in each blank with a word or phrase that best fits the context.when i was young， my father used to grow carnations (康乃馨).his carnations were red， pink and white. everyone who saw them admired them for their beauty. he took care of them with so much love and 36 . every day he came home from work， he went straight to see them. he 37 watching them every day. we the kids did too. but he used to tell us， “no one should touch my flowers.” one day my younger sister， who loved my dad very much， had wanted to help him and she 38 the carnations from their stems (枝干) one by one and arranged them 39 she believed that he would be very 40 to see them that way.when mom and i realized what my sister had done， we became completely hopeless. however， my sister had no idea why no one showed her any appreciation. when my dad arrived he went， 41， straight to see the flowers. when he saw his flowers lying on the floor like dead animals， he was 42 at first. he looked towards the street， to see if it was any of the 43 children who could have done it. then he entered the living room and looked at mom in silence.finally mom， who always taught us to 44 no matter what， looked at dad and said： “we have no bad neighbors in our area”. then with a nice tone she continued： “no outsider did this great job， only your lovely daughter clmence.” my dads face changed into 45 and then he said： “do i have a better 46 than my lovely daughter？” my younger sister smiled and 47 dad tightly.( ) 36. a. devotion b. spirits c. gratitude d. expectation( ) 37. a. hated b. approved c. enjoyed d. committed( ) 38. a. divided b. watered c. cut d. cleaned ( ) 39. a. by the window b. in the vase c. on the desk d. on the floor( ) 40. a. surprised b. pleased c. disappointed d. worried( ) 41. a. as usual b. at first c. as well d. at last( ) 42. a. frightened b. relieved c. disappointed d. shocked( ) 43. a. enemies b. friends c. families d. neighbors( ) 44. a. say the truth b. behave ourselves c. follow the rules d. keep secret( ) 45. a. sadness b. smiles c. anger d. depression( ) 46. a. kid b. flower c. helper d. gift( ) 47. a. hugged b. kissed c. grasped d. pattedsection c( 12 points)directions： complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.us first lady michelle obama ranked the worlds most powerful woman in forbes magazines 2010 listing published on october 6.kraft foods ceo irene rosenfeld came 48.second . american talk show host oprah winfrey was third. german prime minister angela merkel was the fourth most powerful woman， 49.while/and us secretary of state hillary clinton rounded out (使圆满) the top five.this year forbes changed 50.the way it ranked women. it is now supposedly based 51.less on wealth and power but more on influence.“52.they influenced the lives of millions， sometimes billions of people，” said moira forbes， vice president and publisher of forbes woman. forbes said obama topped the list this year 53.because “she has made the office of first lady her own” while remaining popular.“shes also effective： in response to her lets move！ campaign 54.against childhood obesity(肥胖)， companies 55.like coca-cola， kellogg and general mills have agreed to cut the calorie content of their foods by 2015，” forbes said. part three reading comprehension ( 30 marks)directions： read the following three passages. each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices marked a， b， c and d. choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.a tokyo is one of those places that you can love and hate at the same time.in tokyo there are always too many people in the places where i want to be. of course there are too many cars. the japanese drive very fast， but in tokyo they often spend a long time in traffic jams. tokyo is not different from london， paris and new york in that. it is different when one wants to walk.at certain times of the day there are a lot of people on foot in londons oxford street. but the streets near the ginze in tokyo always have a lot of people on foot， and sometimes it is really difficult to walk. people are very polite； there are just too many of them.the worst time to be in the street is at 11：30 at night. that is when the nightclubs are closing and everybody wants to go home. there are 35,000 nightclubs in tokyo， and you do not often see one that is empty.during the day， most people travel to and from work by train. tokyo people buy six million train tickets every day. at most stations， trains arrive every two or three minutes， but at certain hours there do not seem to be enough trains. although they are usually crowded， japanese trains are very good. they always leave and arrive on time. on a london train you would see everybody reading a newspaper. in tokyo trains everybody in a seat seems to be asleep， whether his journey is long or short.in tokyo， i stood outside the station for five minutes. three fire-engines raced past on the way to one of the many fires that tokyo has every day. tokyo has so many surprises that none of them can really surprise me now.( ) 56. tokyo is different from london in that.a. there are many traffic jamsb. nightclubs are sometimes emptyc. wherever i want to be， its too crowded d. it is more difficult to go somewhere on foot( ) 57. according to the passage， japanese trains .a. are always punctualb. often delay at most situationsc. are crowded because they are often lated. are the last means people use to travel to and from work ( ) 58. what is the story mainly about？a. the writers impression of tokyo.b. the reasons why the writer loves tokyo.c. different means of transportation in tokyo.d. many surprises that tokyo has brought to the writer.( ) 59. fires break out in tokyo according to the writer.a. very seldom b. quite frequentlyc. three times a day d. the most often in the world ( ) 60. which of the following is not true about tokyo？ a. tokyo people are friendly.b. there are more trains than cars.c. fire-engines are very busy in the city.d. the streets become more crowded at 11：30 at night.ba 26-year-old montreal man appears to have succeeded in his quest to barter a single， red paper clip(夹子) all the way up to a house. it took almost a year and 14 trades， but kyle macdonald has been offered a two-storey farmhouse in kipling， sask.， for a paid role in a movie.macdonald began his quest last summer when he decided he wanted to live in a house. he didnt have a job， so instead of posting a resum， he looked at a red paper clip on his desk and decided to trade it on an internet website. the response was immediate a fish pen was offered for exchange. macdonald then bartered the fish pen for a handmade doorknob from a potter in seattle.in massachusetts， macdonald traded the doorknob for a camp stove. he traded the stove to a u. s. soldier in california for a generator. then he exchanged the generator for an “instant party kit” an empty keg(小桶) and an illuminated budweiser beer sign. macdonald then traded the keg and sign for a snowmobile. he bartered all the way up to an afternoon with rock star alice cooper， a kiss snow globe and finally a paid role in a corbin bernsen movie.“now， im sure the first question on your mind is， why would corbin bernsen trade a role in a film for a snow globe？ a kiss snow globe， macdonald said on his website.”well， corbin happens to be arguably one of the biggest snow globe collectors on the planet.now， the town of kipling， sask.， canada， with a population of 1,100， has offered macdonald a farmhouse in exchange for the role in the movie. the town is going to hold a competition for the movie role.macdonald said： “therere people all over the world that are saying that they have paper clips clipped to the top of their computer， or on their desk or on their shirt， and it proves that anything is possible and i think to a certain degree its true.”macdonald， who has attracted international media attention in his quest， said the journey has turned out to be more exciting than the goal. “this is not the end. this may be the end of this part of the story， but this story will go on.”( ) 61. the best title for this passage is “”.a. a lucky paper clip b. from poor to richc. a lucky young man d. from paper clip to house ( ) 62. the underlined word in line 1 means .a. to get something for free b. to sell something at a pricec. to sell goods on the internet d. to exchange goods for other goods( ) 63. which shows the correct order of the trades？a. paper clipsnow globesnowmobilehouseb. paper clipkeg of beerdoorknobsnowmobilec. paper clipcamp stovesnowmobilemovie roled. paper clipkeg of beercamp stovesnowmobile ( ) 64. which statement about macdonalds trades is true？a. all of his trades were done in his country.b. a film role was offered due to bernsens hobby.c. they took over a year and some of them were really unbelievable.d. the house in kipling has been offered to macdonald to attract media.( ) 65. what can we learn about macdonald？a. he wanted to gain fame through his quest.b. his success largely depended on the internet.c. he never expected his aim could be achieved. d. he intends to begin another quest on the web.cconcord， n. h.torrential rain forced hundreds of people from their homes in parts of new england on sunday， as water flowed over dams and washed out roads.the governors of new hampshire and massachusetts declared states of emergency. maines governor also declared a state of emergency for one county. “its a very serious situation，” said new hampshire governor john lynch， adding that forecasters were predicting 12 to 15 inches of rain by the end of the storm in parts of southern new hampshire. “it continues to change and the situation continues to worsen.”in some towns， police and fire crews used boats to get people out of their homes and stranded cars after hundreds of roads were damaged. others got around in kayaks(皮船). some towns shut down， not letting anyone pass except emergency vehicles. “the town is cut right in half，” said glenn laramie， police chief in andover， n. h.a dam in milton， n. h.， was in danger of failing， which could send a 10-foot wall of water downstream， the national weather service said in a bulletin. people downstream were being evacuated from the town.in massachusetts， cars were pulled from flooded streets in downtown peabody， about 20 miles north of boston， and about 300 people were evacuated from an apartment complex for seniors. businesses stacked sandbags at their doors， trying to prevent damage from water that at one point rose to waist-deep.some parts of new hampshire had seen 7 inches of rain by midday sunday and forecasters said up to 5 more inches might come during the day. about 100 residents were evacuated from their homes in wakefield， n. h.， because of concerns about two dams in the area.flooding in new hampshire in october killed seven people， carried off homes and washed away miles of roads down to bedrock.in maine， flooding was reported on 60 roads in the southern part of the state， said governors spokeswoman crystal canney. more than 50 homes in sanford and several in kennebunk also were evacuated， state officials said.( ) 66. which is not true according to the article？a. the situation in n. h. is very serious. b. new england is a region of the u. s.c. a state of emergency was declared in three whole states.d. seven people lost their lives in new hampshire in october.( ) 67. what is the main idea of the passage？a. two dams failed in new hampshire.b. flood in new hampshire.c. state of emergency in new england.d. severe floods in three u. s. states. ( ) 68. in paragraph 4， the underlined word “evacuate” most probably means“”.a. rescue b. trapped c. send away d. wash away( ) 69. which is not a part of new hampshire？a. peabody b. concord c. milton d. andover( ) 70. what was mentioned to cope with the situation？a. some towns shut down. b. some dams were open.c. people all left their homes. d. some temporary houses were built.part four writing ( 45 marks)section a ( 10 marks)directions： read the following passage. complete the diagram by using the information from the passage. write no more than three words for each answer.you want a smart phone， but just how smart do you want it？ how about one that can read your mind？ well， that phone may well be on its way.justin rattner， chief researcher at intel， says that technology has developed to the point that “context-aware computing (情景感知计算)”， an idea thats been around for twenty years， is becoming more of a reality.that could lead to a phone that acts as a mind reader in your pocket. but rather than simply collect secrets about you， the device could do things with that information， such as predict what you might do next and make suggestions.rattner gave a few examples during his speech at intels developer conference in san francisco recently.among them is a software that intel worked on with fodors travel， a traveling website. it learns what types of foods you like to eat and what types of places you like to visit， based on searches you type into the phone or places you searched using gps (全球定位系统). the software makes similar recommendations when you visit a new city.tech companies are already working to predict what people want. search engine google， movie-rental service netflix， and online radio service pandora try to guess what people want even before they know they want it.putting those types of functions together with the other information that phones collect about people could pave the way for even more helpful mobile phones， rattner said.a challenge is training computers to look at data from “hard sensors (传感器)” (which measure place， movement， temperature and the like) and combining those findings with data from “soft sensors” (such as calendar appointments and web browsing history).for example， your phone could tell that you have just left school and seem to be on your way homea location it might know from your address book. it could then tell you the best route around traffic.rattner added that researchers are even making steps toward the final goala computer understanding of thoughts.section b ( 10 marks)directions： read the following passage. answer the questions according to the information given in the passage.scientists have discovered that living to the age of 100 may have nothing to do with the lifestyle you lead and everything to do with the type of genes you have.for the lucky carriers of “methuselah” genes， worries over smoking， eating unhealthily and