2013年高三朝阳二模英语(含答案).doc

北京市朝阳区高三年级第二次综合英语学科测试21. The news came as no surprise to me. I _ for some time that the factory was going to shut down.A. knew B. had known C. have known D. know22. _ people food, housing and jobs is what a government should first consider after a natural disaster happens.A. Offered B. Offering C. Offer D. Being offered23. Could I speak to _ is in charge of International Sales, please?A. anyone B. someone C. whoever D. no matter who24. Can you imagine how much _ my car looked after being airbrushed?A. well B. good C. best D. better25. They dont know what is going to happen when the project _.A. will finish B. has finished C. will be finished D. is finished26. EBay, Amazon and Wal-Mart are popular websites _ people can sell goods to each other.A. where B. which C. when D. whose27. The headmaster will not permit the change in the course, nor _ it a thought.A. does he even give B. he even givesC. will he even give D. he will even give28. The farmers expanded their production to meet the increasing demand _ locally grown food.A. for B. in C. of D. to29. The version _ to be closest to the authors original now belongs to a national museum in Paris.A. is thought B. thinking C. being thought D. thought30. It rained continuously for about 3 hours on the way, completely _ his appointment with the interviewer.A. ruined B. ruining C. to ruin D. ruins31. It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you _ it.A. neednt do B. shouldnt do C. mustnt have done D. didnt have to do32. She _ with the symphony orc hestra three times this season.A. played B. has played C. has been playing D. is playing33. It was probably at that moment _ I understood what kindness really was.A. that B. when C. which D. what34. Pollution will remain a global problem for a long time _ much has been done to solve it.A. since B. unless C. though D. if35. What a journey! Weve finally arrived!_ an out-of-date train schedule, we would not have missed the train.A. Had we not used B. Did we use C. If we didnt use D. If we had used第二节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。I learned about life from an ant farm. When I was seven years old, my family tried to _36_ an ant farm at home. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box, and then we brought some ants from the backyard and placed them into the _37_ home.Shortly after the new _38_ were dropped into the glass structure, they got to work making tunnels. I was amazed that each one knew _39_ what to do. After hours of staring, I realized that the ants had particular given jobs. With my moms help, I kept a journal of what happened each day and _40_ the ants. My favorite was the biggest, Cinderella. I drew a picture of her in my journal, which I still have.On day five a disaster _41_ the ant farm. While I was _42_ the ants, I had put my face so close to the structure that I accidentally tipped it over, _43_ in all the tunnels. Although the ants _44_ their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was _45_ as I watched them give up their tunnel-building to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother reported that the ants were dying of “frustration”feeling annoyed and impatient as they couldnt control the situation. They simply could not _46_ the reality that their tunnels had been destroyed. Cinderella was the last to die; she did so while carrying a dead ant on her back.Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, _47_ it taught me much more. _48_ the years, I came to realize the ants were a study in the benefits of _49_. Working together, they were able to create a(n) _50_ world for themselves. I also learned that they should be _51_ for their hard work. Day in and day out, each labored at their task. The ant farm demonstrated that teamwork and perseverance are indeed two key _52_ to success. But there was an even larger lesson that I did not _53_ until recently: Disaster is a natural part of life, and must be _54_. Unlike the ants, humans cannot give up when they face _55_. Unlike the ants, we have to realize that if a tunnel caves in, we just have to build another.36. A. get B. buy C. run D. find37. A. empty B. new C. strange D. distant38. A. guests B. settlers C. friends D. members39. A. probably B. roughly C. exactly D. normally40. A. named B. trained C. compared D. measured41. A. affected B. struck C. kicked D. beat42. A. removing B. teaching C. observing D. collecting43. A. turning B. rushing C. filling D. caving44. A. experienced B. predicted C. faced D. survived45. A. annoyed B. horrified C. moved D. thrilled46. A. reflect B. ignore C. confirm D. stand47. A. and B. but C. so D. or48. A. In B. For C. From D. Over49. A. teamwork B. devotion C. responsibility D. organization50. A. relaxing B. amusing C. moving D. amazing51. A. supported B. inspired C. admired D. admitted52. A. certificates B. approaches C. ingredients D. circumstances53. A. give B. realize C. take D. adopt54. A. accepted B. suffered C. achieved D. managed55. A. challenges B. barriers C. pressure D. disappointment第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，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。AWhen Sally Ride was ten years old, she had no idea that she would someday grow up to be one of Americas first women astronauts. In fact, if you had asked her then what she wanted to be, she would have said, “I want to play shortst op (游击手) for the Los Angeles Dodgers.” Sally collected baseball cards by the boxful, and she knew the name and batting average of every player in the National League.But major league baseball didnt seem much of a possibility for a girl, even an athletic one like Sally, so her father and mother talked her into taking tennis lessons when she was twel ve. At first she hated to trade in her baseball bat for a tennis racket, but it wasnt long before she started to win tournaments in her new sport. “Tennis became much more fun when I started winning,” Sally remembers.Sally first became interested in the space program in 1962 when astronaut John Glenn orbited the earth in his Mercury space capsule. Sally was ten years old at the time, but she remembers the launch and the splashdown as if they happened yesterday. The girl who used to memorize batting averages became a space fan. She quickly learned the name of all the eight NASA astronauts, the date of every launch, and the name and number of every spacecraft from Freedom 7 to Skylab 3.By the time she was sixteen, Sally had decided to become an astrophysicist. She had also become a nationally ranked tennis player. She remembers yawning through an important tennis match on June 20, 1969, after staying up all night to watch Neil Armstrongs first steps on the moon. Sally lost the match. As Sally got older, many of her friends started playing professional tennis. Some of them tried to talk her into quitting school to join them on the professional tennis circuit. But Sally said no. “Black holes are more interesting to me than backhands,” she told them. Now she knows that she made the right choice, but in 1970 Sally had no way of knowing that NASA would open the space program to women.56. When still a child, Sally Ride wanted to be a (an) _ when she grew up.A. baseball player B. astronaut C. tennis player D. astrophysicist57. Sally Ride became a space fan _.A. when she was 12 B. in 1962 C. in 1970 D. in 197658. She lost an important tennis match on June 20, 1969 because _.A. she kept yawning while playing the gameB. she was no longer interested in tennisC. she didnt have enough sleep the night beforeD. she was thinking of becoming an astrophysicistBWhatever projects you have in mind for the home, a wishbook is a way to design the plans.Creating a wishbook is a fun, mind-expanding and free way to begin any design project in your home. Even if your budget or schedule will not allow you to begin your project immediately, you can start collecting materials for your book today. The more time you spend making your book, the more your project is likely to reflect your vision and your tastes.What is a wishbook? A wishbook is a file folder or notebook filled with photos, notes, magazine articles, sketches and images of home designs you find appealing. The content of your wishbook can serve as a goal-setting tool and resource guide in making simple to significant improvements in your home. It also can help clarify and define your unique style. Anytime you see or read something that might be helpful, pop it into your wishbook.In your search for materials to add to your book, allow yourself to stretch; dont limit yourself because something looks too expensive or too difficult to implement. Even if you dont know why youre attracted to the image, add it to your file. Even if you know youll never have enough money to build it or buy it, include it anyway. Tear out the magazine page, photocopy a book illustration(图解，说明), sketch your neighbors front gate, cut an article from the newspaper or photograph that house on the corner youve always admired and add it all to your book.Your wishbook might include:Product catalogs with current addresses, part numbers and specifications.Pages from magazines on easy decorating projects youd like to do.Floor plans of cleverly designed bathrooms.Notes youve jotted down while going through a decorator s howcase home.Sketches of a window treatment you admired at a restaurant.Business cards of showroom owners and electricians.59. Who is the article written for?A. Book lovers. B. Architects. C. Book designers. D. New home owners.60. Which statement does the author lead us to believe?A. Whenever you find a design you like, buy it and put it into your wishhook.B. The more time you spend on your wishbook, the less your house will cost.C. Business cards of neighbours should be included in a wishbook.D. There is no time limit to collect information for your wishbook.61. Which meaning from the dictionary fits the underlined word “sketch” (Para. 3)?A. “a drawing made quickly that does not have many details”B. “a short funny scene performed within a longer show”C. “to draw a picture quickly and with few details”D. “to describe something in a general way”62. Which can be the best title for the passage?A. Buy a Wishbook Together with Your HomeB. Your Dream Home Is Only a Book AwayC. Wishbooks Offer a Lower BudgetD. Crea ting a Wishbook Is FunCIt often happens that a number of applicants with almost identical qualifications and experience all apply for the same position. In their educational background, special skills and work experience, there is little, if anything, to choose between half a dozen candidates. How then does the employer make a choice? Usually on the basis of an interview.There are many arguments about the interview as a selection procedure. The main argument against it is that it results in a wholly subjective decision. As often as not, employers do not choose the best candidate, but the one who makes a good first impression on them. Some employers, of course, reply to this argument by saying that they have become so experienced in interviewing staff that they are able to make a sound assessment of each candidates likely performance. Unfortunately, both for the employers and applicants, there are many people of great ability who simply do not interview well. There are also, of course, people who interview extremely well, but are later found to be very unsatisfactory employees.Those in favour of the interview insist that the well-structured procedure is valid in assessing a candidates ability, an essential guarantee for the future job. They also argue that an employer is concerned not only with a candidates ability, but with the suitability of his or her personality for the particular work situation. Many employers, for example, will overlook occasional inefficiencies from their secretary so long as she has a pleasant personality. Perhaps the real purpose of an interview is not to assess the assessable aspects of each candidate but to make a guess at the more intangible things, such as personality, character and social ability.Today, interview is still the key section of the entire selection procedure, though different employers have different standards for competence. Generally speaking, candidates who interview well tend to be quietly confident, but never boastful; direct and straight-forward in their questions and answers; cheerful and friendly, but never over-familiar; and sincerely enthusiastic and optimistic. Candidates who interview badly tend to be at either end of the spectrum of human behaviour. They are either very shy or over-confident. They show either a lack of enthusiasm or an excess of it. They either talk too little or never stop talking. They are either over-polite or rudely abrupt.63. We can infer from the passage that an employer might tolerate his secretarys occasional mistakes if the latter is _.A. direct B. shy C. cheerful D. competent64. What is the authors attitude towards the interview as a selection procedure?A. Supportive. B. Negative. C. Objective. D. Unconcerned.65. The last paragraph indicates _.A. a link between success in interview and personalityB. connections between work abilities and personalityC. differences in interview experienceD. differences in personal behaviour66. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?CP: Central Point P: Point Sp: Sub-point (次要点) C: Conclusion DBirds Can “Read” Human GazeWe all know that people sometimes change their behavior when someone is looking their way. Now, a new study reported online on April 2nd in Current Biology shows that jackdawsbirds related to crows with eyes that appear similar to human eyescan do the same.“Jackdaws seem to recognize the eyes role in visual perception, or at the very least they are extremely sensitive to the way that human eyes are oriented(朝向),” said Auguste von Bayern, formerly of the University of Cambridge and now at the University of Oxford.When presented with a preferred food, hand-raised jackdaws took significantly longer to get the reward when a person was directing his eyes towards the food than when he was looking away, according to the research team led by Nathan Emery of the University of Cambridge and Queen Mary University of London. The birds hesitated only when the person was unfamiliar and thus potentially threatening.In addition, the birds were able to interpret human communicative gestures, such as gaze alternation and pointing, to help them find hidden food, they found. The birds were unsuccessful in using unmoving cues, including ey e gaze or head orientation.Unlike most birds, jackdaws eyes have a dark pupil surrounded by a silvery white iris. The researchers said they believe jackdaws are probably sensitive to human eyes because, as in humans, eyes are an important means of communication for them. The hand-raised birds examined in the study may be even better than wild jackdaws at attending to human gaze and responding to the gestures of the people who have raised them.The findings are particularly notable given that most other species investigated so far, including our closest relatives the chimpanzee and “mans best friend,” the dog, are not particularly sensitive to eye orientation and eye gaze, von Bayern said. Rather, she continued, chimps and dogs seem to rely on other cues such as head or body orientation in determining the looking direction of others. The results suggest that birds may deserve more respect for their mental abilit