重庆市六校高三下学期（5月）第三次诊断性考试l英语试题及答案

1、重庆市六校2014届高三下学期（5月）第三次诊断性考试英语试题一、单项填空（共15小题;每小题1分.满分15分)请从a、b、c、d四个选顶中.选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项的标号涂黑。1thank you so much! how can i repay you for your kindness? . it was nothing.ait depends bforget it csounds great dnever mind2mum，can i go on a holiday with my classmates this summer vacation? okyou

2、have a chance if you get along well with your studiesacouldbshallcmightdmust3this is challenging job i mentioned to you the other day. have you had anyone in mind for it now?aa, thebthe, /cthe, theda, /4i dont want to talk to you youre so annoyed and impatient.awhenbunlesscthoughdtill5 look! someone

3、 the laptop. well, it wasnt me. i didnt do it.ahas repaired bis repairing chad repaired dwas repairing6the news spread quickly across the country change-i has become a planet of the moon , is really a breakthrough for chinas outer space technology. awhich; whichbthat ; thatcthat ; whichdwhich ; that

4、7 that many south-east asian countries suffered a lot.aso strong the super typhoon haiyan becamebso the super typhoon haiyan became strongcstrong became so the super typhoon haiyandso strong did the super typhoon haiyan become8mr. zhang, may i borrow some mops from your class?sure. after having fini

5、shed mopping your floor, put the mops back they belonged.awhere bto where cto which dto the place9. pressed from his parents, and that he has wasted too much time, the boy is determined to stop playing video games.arealizingbrealizedcto realizedbeing realized10be sure to check whether the station wa

6、nts to use your voice or of another reporter.athatbthiscitdone11housing prices much higher now if the government hadnt taken measures to control house dealing.awere bwould be chad been dwould have been12could you lend me the book you _ me about when i telephoned you?no, i am sorry, i cant. i gave it

7、 to a friend.awere telling bwould tell chad told dhad been telling13the milk terrible bad.asmells ; must gobis smelt ; must have gonecsmelling ; must have gonedsmelt ; might have gone14_ natural resources, japan is one of the poorest countries in the world. a. in spite of b. as a result of c. in cas

8、e of d. in terms of15id rather have some wine, if you dont mind._. dont forget that youll drive.aby all meansbanything but thatctake it easydi wouldnt say no to this二、 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）请阅读下面两篇短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（a、b、c、d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ai like to feed pigeons on my balcony. whateve

9、r happens, the birds always greet the mornings in the same way. watching them is 16 for me.the other day, one of the pigeons got himself stuck in my balcony railings(栏杆). i thought he was 17 . it made me so sad. when i went outside, he started to struggle. my heart was filled with joy; he was not de

10、ad but 18 from the effort of trying to 19 himself . i gently placed my hand under him and 20 him up to set him free. he flew up to the roof and watched as i put the usual seeds out. after his 21 experience, he came back down to my balcony and ate his breakfast with the rest of the birds.i could not

11、resist 22 the lesson that this situation brought me. life is full of 23 ; some are very real, like the railings holding the pigeon back, and some are 24 but we struggle against them till we are exhausted. sometimes the answer is with a friend. all it 25 is a little lift, a little guidance in the rig

12、ht direction and away we go, free again to soar just like the pigeon.the biggest lesson is how the pigeon 26 from the situation. he didnt sit on the roof looking down at the evil balcony that had tried to 27 him; he didnt relive the frightening situation over and over again. down he came to eat his

13、breakfast and live the life he was meant to live.16apuzzling btiring crelaxing ddisgusting17apainful bbrave cclever ddead18aexhausted bdiscouraged cdisappointed dunconscious19ahurt bexpress cfree dfeed 20agave blifted ctook dturned21awonderful bunforgettable cterrible dsimilar22asharing bgiving ctea

14、ching dforgetting23alaughters bworries cobstacles dopportunities24agreat bimagined cdifficult dserious25ameans bbrings creflects dtakes 26aleft brecovered clearned dgot27akill btrap cscare dseize bconsidering the advances in robot technology during the upcoming years, moravec says that robots must p

15、ass through four 28 of development before they rule the planet.first robot technology must achieve the ability to 29 as general-purpose tools with software running at one million instructions per second (mips). those robots will have the 30 of reptiles(爬行动物).next, this happening into 2020, robots wi

16、ll have acquired brains capable of 31 300 million mips, which will give them the intelligence of smart mice. a hundred billion mips will be 32 sometime after 2030. by then robots will be provided by their 33 (humankind) with monkey-like brains. 34 , at the dawn of 2040, robots will 35 human intellig

17、ence and they will quickly surpass humans and challenge people for supremacy(至高无上) of the planet.28astations bgenerationscresultsdexperiments29aserve bstaycsettledappear30aweightbmemorycintelligencedsense31arecordingbimprovingcdividingdprocessing32afollowedbreachedccorrecteddloaded33aneighborbparent

18、ccreatordenemy34afinallybluckilycsuddenlydregularly35acollectbchangecdiscoverdequal三、阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)请阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的a，b，c，d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该项的标号涂黑。afathers gardenmy father was always a good gardener. one of my earliest memories is standing without shoes in the freshly tilled(翻耕的) soil

19、, my hands blackened from digging in the ground.as a child, i loved following dad around in the garden. i remember dad pushing the tiller(耕作机) ahead in perfectly straight lines. dad loved growing all sorts of things yellow and green onions, watermelons almost as big as me, rows of yellow corn, and o

20、ur favoritered tomatoes.as i grew into a teenager, i didnt get so excited about gardening with dad. instead of magical land of possibility, it had turned into some kind of prison. as dad grew older, his love for gardening never disappeared. after all the kids were grown and had started families of t

21、heir own, dad turned to gardening like never before. even when he was diagnosed with cancer, he still took care of his garden.but then, the cancer, bit by bit, invaded his body. i had to do the things he used to do. what really convinced me that dad was dying was the state of his garden that year. t

22、he rows and rows of multicolored vegetables were gone. too tired to weed them, he simply let them be. he only planted tomatoes. for the first few years after he died, i couldnt even bear to look at anyones garden without having strong memories pour over me like cold water from a bucket. three years

23、ago, i decided to plant my own garden and started out with just a few tomatoes. that morning, after breaking up a fair amount of soil, something caught the corner of my eye and i had to smile. it was my eight-year-old son nathan, happily playing in the freshly tilled soil.36why did the author like t

24、he garden when he was a child?ahe wanted to be a garden-crazy like his father.bhe loved being in the garden with his father.cthe garden was full of his favorite food.dthe garden was just freshly tilled.37when all the kids started their own families, the authors father _.astopped his gardening. bturn

25、ed to other hobbies.cdevoted more to gardening. dfocused on planting tomatoes.38what happened to the garden when the authors father was seriously ill?athere was a great harvest. bthe garden was almost deserted. cno plant grew in the garden at all.dthe authors son took charge of the garden.39why did

26、the author start his garden with tomatoes?ahe wanted to honor his father. bhis son liked the fields of tomatoes.che only knew how to grow tomatoes. dhe thought tomatoes were easy to manage.byou may not pay much attention to your daily elevator ride. many of us use a lift several times during the day

27、 without really thinking about it. but lee gray, phd, of the university of north carolina, us, has made it his business to examine this overlooked form of public transport. he is known as the “elevator guy”.“the lift becomes this interesting social space where etiquette (礼仪) is sort of odd (奇怪的),” g

28、ray told the bbc. “they (elevators) are socially very interesting but often very awkward places.”we walk in and usually turn around to face the door. if someone else comes in, we may have to move. and here, according to gray, lift users unthinkingly go through a set pattern of movements. he told the

29、 bbc what he had observed.he explained that when you are the only one inside a lift, you can do whatever you want its your own little box. if there are two of you, you go into different corners, standing diagonally (对角线地) across from each other to create distance. when a third person enters, you wil

30、l unconsciously form a triangle. and when there is a fourth person it becomes a square, with someone in every corner. a fifth person is probably going to have to stand in the middle.new entrants to the lift will need tosize upthe situation when the doors slide open and then act decisively. once in,

31、for most people the rule is simple look down, or look at your phone.why are we so awkward in lifts?“you dont have enough space,”professor babette renneberg, a clinical psychologist at thefree university of berlin, told the bbc. “usually when we meet other people we have about an arms length of dista

32、nce between us. and thats not possible in most elevators.”in such a small, enclosed space it becomes very important to act in a way that cannot be construed (理解) as threatening or odd. “the easiest way to do this is to avoid eye contact,” she said.40the main purpose of the article is to _.aremind us

33、 to enjoy ourselves in the elevatorbtell us some unwritten rules of elevator etiquettecshare an interesting but awkward elevator ridedanalyze what makes people feel awkward in an elevator41according to gray, when people enter an elevator, they usually _.aturn around and greet one anotherblook around

34、 or examine their phonecmake eye contact with those in the elevatordtry to keep a distance from other people42which of the following describes how people usually stand when there are at least two people in an elevator? 43the writer wrote the passage in a tone of _. adisapproved bobjective cnegative

35、dsupportive ca deal has been signed to turn by-products from a scottish distillery（酿酒厂）into fuel for cars. in what is declared to be a world first, the tullibardine distillery in perthshire has linked up with a spin-out company from napier university in edinburgh. they plan to use bacteria to feed o

36、n the leftovers from the whisky（威士忌酒）making process. this will produce butanol which can be used to fuel vehicles.more than 90% of the stuff that comes out of a whisky distillery is not whisky. it is leftovers like draff and pot ales（酒糟） both produced in the early stages of the process. they are hig

37、h in sugar and are currently used for things like fertiliser and cattle feed. napier universitys biofuel research centre (bfrc) has already shown that the right bacteria can feed on those by-products to produce butanola direct replacement for vehicle fuel. now the spin-out company, celtic renewables

38、, and independent whisky producer tullibardine have signed an agreement. together they will apply the process to thousands of tonnes of the distillerys leftovers. professor martin tangney, founder of celtic renewables, said our partnership with tullibardine is an important step in the development of

39、 a business which combines two important scottish industries whisky and renewables. this project shows that creative use of existing technologies can utilise resources on our doorstep to benefit both the environment and the economy.douglas ross, managing director of tullibardine, which spends 250,00

40、0 disposing of its by-products every year, said we are delighted to be partnering celtic renewables in this creative business, the obvious benefits of which are environmental. it takes a cost to us and turns it into something that has social as well as commercial value.the project is being supported

41、 by a grant（拨款） from the scottish governments zero waste scotland initiative. celtic renewables said it eventually aimed to build a processing plant in scotland, with the hope of building an industry that could be worth 60m a year. 44according to the passage, what will be used to take the place of p

42、etrol?awhisky bwhisky leftovers cbutanol ddraff and pot ales45how do people deal with whisky leftovers at present?athey throw them away. bthey use them to feed people.cthey use them to feed bacteria. dthey use them for crops or cattle.46what does the underlined word “utilise” in the fourth paragraph

43、 probably mean?amake use of. bget rid of. cuse up. dfind out.47it can be inferred from the passage that_.athe government either supports or opposes the projectbthe technology has not been widely used yetcthe project will benefit both the environment and the economydthe project has brought great prof

44、it to the companydthe discovery of the one of the worlds oldest shipwrecks（沉船）shows that european trade was thriving even in the bronze age, according to experts.the ship, carrying copper and tin ingots（铸块）used to make weapons and jewelry, sank off the coast near salcombe in devon and is thought to

45、date from 900 bc. but it was only last year that the south west maritime archaeological group, a team of amateur archaeologists, brought its goods to the surface. the discovery was not announced until this months international shipwreck conference, in plymouth, devon.it is thought that the goods 259

46、 copper ingots and 27 of tin were collected from several different sources in europe. the discovery shows the high level of maritime（海上的） trade in europe had reached, even in ancient times. a bronze sword and three gold wrist bracelets were also found at the spot, not far from the famous salcombe ca

47、nnon wreck, which was discovered in the 1990s.the team have not found any of the new ships actual body which is thought to have been completely damaged. however, it is likely to have been powered with paddles and had a crew of around 15. the nearby 17th century salcombe cannon wreck, which is protec

48、ted, has produced europes largest collection of 17th century moroccan gold coins. another ship dating back to the bronze age had earlier been discovered in salcombe but produced up only 53 artifacts.the british museum is due to take charge of the goods and has them valued before giving the team a su

49、m. experts at the university of oxford are analyzing them to establish its exact origins. ben roberts, a british museum bronze age expert, said, “it is an exciting find. what we have here is really, really good evidence of trade. it is very possible there were also animals and people going across th

50、e channel too. we hardly ever get to see evidence of this cross-channel trade in action.”48the people who first carried the copper and tin ingots to the ship_.adied in the ship bcame from britain cwere good at making money dlived about 3,000 years ago49from the passage we can learn that _.apeople in

51、 the bronze age knew how to trade with other peoplebpeople in the bronze age could not make weapons and jewelrycthe copper and tin ingots were used to make ships in the bronze agedthere is no doubt that animals went across the channel in the bronze age50what did people discover from the famous salco

52、mbe cannon wreck? a259 copper ingots and 27 of tin.bpaddles used to power the great ship.ca bronze sword and three gold wrist bracelets.deuropes largest collection of 17th century moroccan gold coins.51according to the passage, the south west maritime archaeological group_.ahas found the ships actua

53、l bodybwill be paid for what they found .cannounced their discovery after they found the goodsddiscovered another ship dating back to the bronze ageeits almost impossible to go through life without experiencing some kind of failure. if you have a fear of failure, you might be uncomfortable setting g

54、oals. but goals help us decide where we want to go in life. without goals, we have no sure destination.many experts recommend visualization(形象化) as a powerful tool for goal setting. imagining how life will be after youve reached your goal is a great motivator to keep you moving forward. however, visualization might produce the opposite results in people who have a fear of failure. in his article, researcher thomas langens showed that people who have a fear of failure were often left in a strong negative mood after being asked to visualize goals and goal a