高中英语模拟试题

1、高三英语模拟试题第一部分 听力（共两节课，满分30分）第一节听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。1. What will Dorothy do on the weekend? A. Go out with her friend. B. Work on her paper. C. Make some plans.2. What was the normal price of the T-shirt? A. 15. B. 30. C. 50.3.

2、 What has the woman decided to do on Sunday afternoon? A. To attend a wedding. B. To visit an exhibition. C. To meet a friend.4. When does the bank close on Saturday? A. At l:00 p.m. B. At 3:00 p.m. C. At 4:00 p.m.5. Where are the speakers? A. In a store. B. In a classroom. C. At a hotel.第二节 听下面5段对话

3、或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6. What do we know about Nora? A. She prefers a room of her own. B. She likes to work with other girls. C. She lives near the city center7. What is good about the flat? A. I

4、t has a large sitting room. B. It has good furniture. C. It has a big kitchen. 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8. Where has Barbara been? A. Milan. B. Florence. C. Rome.9. What has Barbara got in her suitcase? A. Shoes. B. Stones. C. Books.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. Who is making the telephone call?A. Thomas Brothers. B.

5、Mike Landon. C. Jack Cooper11. What relation is the woman to Mr. Cooper? A. His wife. B. His boss C. His secretary12. What is the message about? A. A meeting. B. A visit to France. C. The date for a trip.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Who could the man speaker most probably be? A. A person who saw the acciden

6、t B. The driver of the lorry C. A police officer14. What was Mrs. Franks doing when the accident took place? A. Walking along Churchill Avenue. B. Getting ready to cross the road. C. Standing outside a bank.15. When did the accident happen? A. At about 8:00 a.m. B. At about 9:00 a.m. C. At about 10:

7、00 a.m.16. How did the accident happen? A. A lorry hit a car B. A car ran into a lorry C. A bank clerk rushed into the street. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. What is the talk mainly about? A. The history of the school. B. The courses for the term. C. The plan for the day.18. Where can the visitors learn abou

8、t the subjects for new students? A. In the school hall. B. In the science labs. C. In the classrooms.19. What can students do in the practical areas? A. Take science courses. B. Enjoy excellent meals. C. Attend workshops.20. When are the visitors expected to ask questions? A. During the lunch hour B

9、. After the welcome speech. C. Before the tour of the labs.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第1节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）A If you frequently travel for business，Staybridge Suites offer you a range of home comfortsFour recent visitors to Staybridge Suites explain why they booked，what they enjoyed and what made them wan

10、t to return Claire Metcalf"The concept is great，but the staff are the ones who really make it"she says"It takes a lot of discipline to always be friendly，but the staff at Staybridge Suites do thatThey genuinely care about you"Andrew Roberts"One of the best things is having m

11、y own kitchenI often end up working late and I don't fancy eating in a restaurant on my own，so cooking for myself is a big drawcard""The main thing for me is being able to cook and have my own little flatThe staff are amazingIt is great to be recognized by them，"he saysPauline Rob

12、inson"What I love about it is the way that you are treated by the staff，"she says"Some of the staff have been there all that time and they do look after you wellAs a woman staying on my own，it is reassuring that they look out for you，and recently when I was poorly they even brought th

13、ings I needed to my room"Ryan Ruckledge"The fullyequipped kitchen is greatI always have a onebed apartment so I have a separate kitchen and dining room and I'm able to relax and cook some mealsEating out can feel a bit much when you do it day in and day outit makes you hate what you do

14、and I don't want that21What attracts visitors to Staybridge Suites?AA separate dining roomBA onebed apartmentCA home from home DA lot of discipline22Who think highly of the kitchen of Staybridge Suites?APauline Robinson and Ryan RuckledgeBRyan Ruckledge and Claire MetcalfCAndrew Roberts and Ryan

15、 Ruckledge DPauline Robinson and Claire Metcalf23What does the underlined word drawcard' in Paragraph 3 probably mean?AbarrierBattractionChonourDdifficulty24Why does the author write the article?ATo advertise Staybridge Suites BTo introduce four recent visitorsCTo inform us of a new service DTo

16、sing high praise for the staffB When a leafy plant is under attack，it doesn't sit quietlyBack in 1983，two scientists，Jack Schultz and Ian Baldwin，reported that young maple trees getting bitten by insects send out a particular smell that neighboring plants can getThese chemicals come from the inj

17、ured parts of the plant and seem to be an alarmWhat the plants pump through the air is a mixture of chemicals known as volatile organic compounds，VOCs for short Scientists have found that all kinds of plants give out VOCs when being attackedIt's a plant's way of crying outBut is anyone liste

18、ning？ApparentlyBecause we can watch the neighbors react Some plants pump out smelly chemicals to keep insects awayBut others do double dutyThey pump out perfumes designed to attract different insects who are natural enemies to the attackersOnce they arrive，the tables are turnedThe attacker who was l

19、unching now becomes lunch In study after study，it appears that these chemical conversations help the neighborsThe damage is usually more serious on the first plant，but the neighbors，relatively speaking，stay safer because they heard the alarm and knew what to do Does this mean that plants talk to eac

20、h other？Scientists don't knowMaybe the first plant just made a cry of pain or was sending a message to its own branches，and so，in effect，was talking to itselfPerhaps the neighbors just happened to"overhear"the crySo information was exchanged，but it wasn't a true，intentional back an

21、d forth Charles Darwin，over 150 years ago，imagined a world far busier，noisier and more intimate（亲密的） than the world we can see and hearOur senses are weakThere's a whole lot going on25What does a plant do when it is under attack?AIt makes noises BIt gets help from other plantsCIt stands quietly

22、DIt sends out certain chemicals26What does the author mean by"the tables are turned"in paragraph 3?AThe attackers get attacked BThe insects gather under the tableCThe plants get ready to fight back DThe perfumes attract natural enemies27Scientists find from their studies that plants can Ap

23、redict natural disasters Bprotect themselves against insectsCtalk to one another intentionally Dhelp their neighbors when necessary28What can we infer from the last paragraph?AThe world is changing faster than everBPeople have stronger senses than beforeCThe world is more complex than it seemsDPeopl

24、e in Darwin's time were more imaginativeC Benjamin West，the father of American painting，showed his talent for art when he was only six years of ageBut he did not know about brushes before a visitor told him he needed oneIn those days，a brush was made from camel's hairThere were no camels nea

25、rbyBenjamin decided that cat hair would work insteadHe cut some fur from the family cat to make a brushThe brush did not last longSoon Benjamin needed more furBefore long，the cat began to look ragged（蓬乱）His father said that the cat must be sickBenjamin was forced to admit what he had been doingThe c

26、at's lot was about to improve. That year，one of Benjamin's cousins, MrPennington，came to visitHe was impressed with Benjamin's drawingsWhen he went home, he sent Benjamin a box of paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings （版画）by an artist. These were the first pictures and firs

27、t real paint and brushes Benjamin had ever seen.In 1747，when Benjamin was nine years old，Mr. Pennington returned for another visit. He was amazed at what Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamin's parents if he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visitIn the city，MrPennington gave

28、 Benjamin materials for creating oil paintingsThe boy began a landscape （风景） paintingWiliams, a wellknown painter，came to see him workWiliams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take homeThe books were long and dullBenjamin could read only a little，having been a

29、 poor studentBut he later said，"Those two books were my companions by day，and under my pillow at night"While it is likely that he understood very little of the books，they were his introduction to classical paintingsThe nineyearold boy decided then that he would be an artist29What is the te

30、xt mainly about?ABenjamin's visit to PhiladelphiaBWilliams' influence on BenjaminCThe beginning of Benjamin's life as an artistDThe friendship between Benjamin and Pennington30What does the underlined sentence in paragraph 3 suggest?AThe cat would be closely watched BThe cat would get so

31、me medical careCBenjamin would leave his home shortlyDBenjamin would have real brushes soon31What did Pennington do to help Benjamin develop his talent?AHe took him to see painting exhibitionsBHe provided him with painting materialsCHe sent him to a school in PhiladelphiaDHe taught him how to make e

32、ngravings32Williams' two books helped Benjamin to Amaster the use of paints Bappreciate landscape paintingsCget to know other painters Dmake up his mind to be a painterDGetting less sleep has become a bad habit for most American kidsAccording to a new survey（调查） by the National Sleep Foundation，

33、51% of kids aged 10 to 18 go to bed at 10 pm or later on school nights，even though they have to get up earlyLast year the Foundation reported that nearly 60% of 7to 12yearolds said they felt tired during the day，and 15% said they had fallen asleep at schoolHow much sleep you need depends a lot on yo

34、ur ageBabies need a lot of rest：most of them sleep about 18 hours a day!Adults need about eight hoursFor most schoolage children，ten hours is ideal（理想的）But the new National Sleep Foundation survey found that 35% of 10to 12yearolds get only seven or eight hoursAnd guess what almost half of the survey

35、ed kids said they do before bedtime？Watch TV"More children are going to bed with TVs on，and there are more opportunities（机会） to stay awake，with more homework，the Internet and the phone，"says DrMary Carskadon，a sleep researcher at Brown University Medical SchoolShe says these activities at

36、bedtime can get kids all excited and make it hard for them to calm down and sleepOther experts say part of the problem is chemicalChanging levels of body chemicals called hormones not only make teenagers' bodies develop adult characteristics，but also make it hard for teenagers to fall asleep bef

37、ore 11 pmBecause sleepiness is such a problem for teenagers，some school districts have decided to start high school classes later than they used toThree years ago，schools in Edina，Minnesota，changed the start time from 7：25 am to 8：30 amStudents，parents and teachers are pleased with the results33What

38、 is the new National Sleep Foundation survey on？ AAmerican kids' sleeping habits BTeenagers' sleeprelated diseasesCActivities to prevent sleeplessness DLearning problems and lack of sleep34How many hours of sleep do 11yearolds need every day？ A.7 hoursB.8 hoursC.10 hoursD.18 hours35Why do te

39、enagers go to sleep late according to Carskadon？ AThey are affected by certain body chemicals.BThey tend to do things that excite themCThey follow their parents' examplesDThey don't need to go to school early第2节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）Lots of people find it hard to get up in the morning and put t

40、he blame on the alarm clockIn fact，the key to easy morning wakeup lies in resting your body clock (36)_. Here's how to make one(37) In order to make a change，you need to decide why it's importantDo you want to get up in time to have breakfast with your family，get in some exercise，or just be

41、better prepared for your day？Once you are clear about your reasons，tell your family or roommates about the change you want to makeRethink morningsNow that you know why you want to wake up，consider rearranging your morning activitiesIf you want time to have breakfast with your family，save some time t

42、he night before by setting out clothes，shoes，and bags(38)_That's a quarterhour more you could be sleeping if you bought a coffee maker with a timerKeep your sleep/wake schedule on weekendsIf you're tired out by Friday night，sleeping in on Saturday could sound wonderfulBut compensating on the

43、 weekends actually feeds into your sleepiness the following week，a recent study found(39) Keep a record and evaluate it weeklyKeep track of your efforts and write down how you feelAfter you've tried a new method for a week，take a look at your record (40) If not，take another look at other methods

44、 you could tryAGet a sleep specialistBFind the right motivationCA better plan for sleep can helpDAnd consider setting a second alarmEIf the steps you take are working，keep it upFStick to your set bedtime and wakeup time，no matter the dayGReconsider the 15 minutes you spend in line at the café t

45、o get coffee第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分30分）When I came to my new school three years ago，I was surprised at how lonely I feltThen one of my classmates invited me to her house for a dinner (41) I was a little anxious，but finally I gladly (42) Not really knowing how (43) the bus ride should be，I (44) when I saw

46、 the landmarks (45) on my friend's handdrawn mapBut when I got close enough to the (46) ，I found none of the streets were shown on the mapI was (47) on a busy road with cars driving past without a person in sightI had no (48) when the next bus would come，(49) when a bus did come by，I (50) got on

47、I told the bus driver where I wanted to go and he said that I had caught the (51) bus，but he let me stay onAfter he had finished his scheduled bus route，he (52) to help me outI gratefully showed him my little handdrawn map but (53) did not help muchHe finally (54) me off at a main road to catch a di

48、fferent bus and was (55) that he could not help me moreAfter a few minutes of walking，I noticed a bus pull up beside meIt was the (56) bus driverHe explained that he didn't want to leave me there (57) He sent out a call and someone radioed back，saying that the bus I needed to catch was about ten

49、 minutes awayAt last I made it to the dinner party(58) I was over an hour lateI am forever thankful for the (59) that this bus driver had for meHis act of kindness left a (60) on my heart41AmealBpartyCmeetingDtime42AacceptedBrefusedCgotDreceived43AfarBdifficultClongDbad44Adrove onBwalked awayChurrie

50、d byDgot off45AshowBshowingCshownDto show46Astreet signsBtall buildingsCtraffic lightsDback yards47AqueuingBsittingCstandingDwaiting48AmeaningBideaCproblemDway49AsoByetCbutDstill50AsuddenlyBluckilyCfinallyDquickly51ArightBwrongCbestDfastest52AsuppliedBrefusedCofferedDwanted53AitBheCsheDthey54AkeptBd

51、roppedCdroveDturned55AeagerBworriedCsorryDdisappointed56AsameBnextCkindDsilly57AhelplessBlonelyCunaccompaniedDalone58AafterBalthoughCuntilDwhen59ArespectBconcernCsympathyDlove60AmarkBsignCsymbolDline第二部分 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）Before I came to England，I（61）_（read）about English customsI knew that the m

52、oney they used（62）_（call） pounds and penceIt was quite (63)_ shock when I bought a newspaper at the airport，and the woman behind the counter said，"That'll be 2quid，love"I made a quick calculation and decided (64)_ （hand ）over two1coinsImagine my(65)_ (relieve) when she said"Ta，lov

53、e"I didn't know what that meant either，but at least she was smiling，so I must have got the money rightI soon learned that a"quid"is a poundThere are several(66)_ (explain) for this，but the one I like(67)_ (well) is that"quid"comes from"Quidhamptom Mill"，(68) _

54、used to produce the special paper that pound notes were printed onJust when I thought I had got used (69)_ English money，I saw the following advertisement in a local newspaper："Wanted：Sales Clerk，London Area，25k"I was totally(70)_(confuse)I knew from my computer course that"k"meant"kilobyte"A few days later, a friend explained the mysteryThe advertisement was not for a 25kilobyte cler