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2015
年东城区高三英语一模试题
第一节
单项选择（共
15
小题；每小题
1
分，共<
/p>
15
分）
21.
—
Mum, where's
my packed lunch?
—
In the kitchen. I
__________ you two sandwiches.
A. make
B. am making
C.
have made
D. will make
22. I think we'd better
keep to the subject, __________ we'll waste our
time.
A. and
B. or
C.
but
D. so
23. Don't
phone me between 10:00 and 11:30 tomorrow morning.
I __________ a meeting then.
A. had
B. have
C. was having
D. will be having
24. During the weekend, the
health club is usually full of people __________
to get in shape.
A. try
B.
tried
C. trying
D. having tried
25. The children's excitement
__________ as Christmas drew near.
A. grows
B. grew
C. is growing
D.
had grown
26. Tom's worry
is __________ he won't be chosen for the school
football team.
A. that
B. whether
C. when
D. why
27.
—
The fire in the supermarket
last night was terrible!
—
They __________ have taken
some measures to prevent it occurring.
A. must
B. will
C. would
D. should
28. The room he has just rent is about
9 meters __________ length and 3 meters wide.
A. in
B. on
C.
to
D. at
29.
Charles entered New York University in 2009 and
one year later __________ to University of London
as an
exchange student.
A. sent
B. had sent
C. was sent
D. had been sent
30.
—
Can you give me a ride?
—
Sorry. There is
no room __________ in my car.
A. to
leave
B.
leaving
C. left
D.
being left
31. You'd better
prepare some candles at home __________ the power
fails.
A. even though
B. in case
C. as long as
D. in order that
32. My uncle has a large
greenhouse in his garden __________ he grows
vegetables in winter.
A.
which
B. where
C. when
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D. whose
33.
—
Good news! There's a
supermarket __________ in this area next month!
—
Cool! It will
be convenient for us when it's open!
A. building
B. built
C. having built
D. to be built
34.
—
Sarah went
to the party.
—
Really? I __________ her if
I had gone with you.
A. met
B.
had met
C.
would met
D. would have met
35. Spending a few hours
learning about the history and culture of the
destination will help tourists understand
__________ they're seeing.
A. what
B. where
C. that
D. why
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
< br>、
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。
In
high school I had a math teacher, Mrs. Davies, who
took her job seriously and expected her students
to put
forth the same degree of
commitment. Strict but fair, she held our
attention with her time-proven approach. One of
her __36__ was for students who were
more advanced academically. I chose to __37__ it
and soon realized that
the course was a
bit over my head. I __38__ with the complex
problems that others seemed to learn without much
effort.
One
Friday we were tested__39__ our ability to use a
theorem (
定理
) that no one in
the class thoroughly
understood. The
teacher would __40__our papers based on our
ability to progress through the problem which
easily filled two pages of formulaic
notations (
公式符号
). I was
absolutely __41__. Finally, I didn't use the
required theorem. Instead, I decided to
use more familiar theorems to arrive at an __42__.
I knew I had failed
because I hadn't
done the __43__ assignment. I became resigned to
my fate.
Our test papers
were__44__ back the following Monday. Everyone
received a
surprise, I received an
my desk, smiled, and asked for my test
__47__ back. She then went back to copy my work
onto the blackboard,
__48__ the class
how I had arrived at the correct answer.
minds to a rewarding
answer,
genuinely proud of how I'd
worked through the problem. The class saw her fold
my tent paper and put it into her
textbook. She announced that it would
be __50__ with future classes.
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My teacher
would have been justified in giving me a __51__
grade. Instead, she used the__52__ to deeply
influence a student who often
struggled. And after forty years, I still cherish
the __53__. It helped change my
self-
image. I __54__ up to a broad boundary of
possibilities which has made my life an adventure.
She understood
that teaching went
beyond strict demands and could be used to __55__.
Thank you, Mrs. Davies.
36.
A. ways
37. A.
run
B. tasks
B. take
C. tests
C. teach
D.
classes
D. like
D. argued
D. for
D. grade
D. content
D.
interest
D. required
D. dated
D. dreamed
38.
A. compared
39.
A. on
B.
struggled
B. at
C. connected
C.
of
40. A. explain
41. A. tired
42. A. effect
B. collect
B.
curious
B. end
B. proved
B. held
C. print
C. lost
C. answer
C.
fixed
C. thrown
43. A. completed
44. A. handed
45. A. hoped
46. A. angrily
47. A. paper
48. A. helping
49. A. Since
50. A. shared
51. A. friendly
B.
assumed
B.
regretfully
B.
score
C.
declared
C.
disappointedly
D. nervously
C. question
C. showing
C. Though
C. practiced
C. corrected
C. intention
C. school
C. made
C.
inspire
D. method
D. praising
D.
Because
D. checked
D. wrong
D. opportunity
D. life
D.
looked
D. manage
B. following
B. Unless
B. exchanged
B. failing
52. A. possibility
53. A. change
54. A. opened
55. A. learn
B.
creation
B.
memory
B. kept
B. survive
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
< br>四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
A
The
latest fashion in kitchen is the food steamer. All
the stores are selling them; everyone wants one.
Steaming is one of the simplest and
healthiest ways of cooking food. However, that
cooking time is usually longer
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than with other methods. In
case you’re thinking of buying a steamer, I’ve
done a survey about the steamers
available on the market to help you
decide which will suit you best.
Folding Steamer
The simplest and least expensive is the
folding stainless
steel
（不锈钢）
version.
Advantages: This is a good,
basic design which sits inside a variety of
different shapes of pans with the water
under it; a ring in the center allows
for easy lifting and it’s easy to clean.
Disadvantaged: It only
holds small dished. Also, if you put too much
water in the pan, it will boil up through
the vegetables and they will be watery.
If you put too little water in and let it get dry,
you will burn the pan and
get strange-
smelling vegetables.
Steaming Pan
This is a three-layered black Teflon-
coated version with a lid and two double-handled
steamers, which sits on
the oven ring.
The brand I bought is called Nutritious Living.
Advantages: This is an
excellent steamer, lightweight, easy to clean, and
of all the steamers I’ve tried, this
cooks the fastest. Fish and chicken can
be cooked on the bottom with rice or vegetables on
the top. It’s easier to
store.
Disadvantages: Water can
boil away until the pan is dry, but if you make
sure you fill the pan up to the
suggested level and do not overcook the
food, this should not happen. You cannot see the
food cooking from the
top. It doesn’t
supply a dish for cooking rice.
For serious users of steamers, I
recommend having one of each version. If you just
want to try it, get the
folding
stainless-steel type.
56.
Why did the author carry out the survey?
A. To inform people of
different steamers.
B. To
run an advertisement for steamers.
C. To find out a suitable steamer to
buy.
D. To learn how to
cook with steamers.
57.
What can we learn about the folding steamer?
A. It comes in different
kinds of shapes and sizes.
B. It is designed for large families.
C. It is able to clean
itself.
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D. It is easy to take out.
58. The Nutritious Living steamer
_________.
A. is more
difficult to store
B.
provides a dish to cook rice with
C. cooks different foods at the same
time
D. cooks fish and
chicken faster than vegetables
59. According to the author, you should
_________.
A. use steamers
to save cooking time
B. buy
a steamer with dishes supplied
C. do a
survey before choosing a steamer
D. buy a folding steamer if you want to
try
B
“Shark on the bait
(
诱饵）！
” shouted Andre
Harman
，
pointing to a spot a
few yards behind the outboard
motors.
His voice gave no indication of panic, but the
crew suddenly became tense and fixed their eyes on
the
water. Slowly, smoothly, Andre drew
in the bait, The shark followed. No one asked what
kind of shark it was.
Everything about
it, from its color to its shape, tells that it was
a great white shark.
Andre
lifted the bait aboard. Placing himself between
the two motors, he dropped his right hand into the
water just as the great head
reache
d the first motor. “My
goodness
! Andre!
” I said.
His hand seized the big nose,
moving it
away from the tube of the motor, guiding the
shark’s head up as it rose out of the water.
Andre's hand
held the nose, touching it
gently. No one spoke. No one breathed. The moment
seemed endless. In fact, it lasted
less
than five seconds before Andre pulled his hand
back.
Still nobody spoke.
Then Andre smiled and said: “The first time was an
accident. I was just trying to move
the
shark away from the motor. Sharks are attracted to
motors by their electrical signals and have a
habit of biting
them to see if they are
eatable.” Andre has worked with great white sharks
for years. “My hand landed on its nose
,
and it sort of paused, so I kept it
there, and when I did let go, the shark bit and
bit as if it was searching for
whatever
it was that had attracted it.”
Nearly every encounter
(
遭遇）
we had with the great
whites had been totally illogical. The more we
learned,
the more we realized how
little was really known about them in the past
years. Back then, it was generally
accepted that great whites ate people
by choice. Now we know that almost every attack on
a human is an accident
in which the
shark mistakes a human for its normal food. Back
then, we thought that once a great white smelt
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blood, it
would lead to death. Now we know that nearly
three-quarters of bite victims survive, perhaps
because the
shark recognizes that it
has made a mistake and doesn’t return for a second
bite.
60. The author said,
“My goodness! Andre! ”when _________.
A. Andre was about to fall into the
water
B. Andre was about to
touch the shark
C. Andre
was followed by the shark
D. Andre was bitten by the shark
61. What does the author
think of the encounters with great whites?
A. Exciting B. Education
C. Frightening D.
Reasonable
62. Most bite
victims survive in shark attacks because
_________.
A. they are
taught how to fight off sharks
B. sharks discover they are no threats
C. they manage to swim to safety
D. sharks stop attacking
them
C
Etymology, the study of words and word
roots, may sound like the kind of thing done by
boring librarians in
small, dusty
rooms. Yet etymology actually have a uniquely
interesting job. They are in many ways just
archaeologists
（
考古学家）
digging up the physical
history of people and events. The special aspect
of etymology
is that it digs up
history, so to speak, through the words and
phrases that are left behind.
The English language, in particular, is
a great field to explore history through words. As
a language, English
has an
extraordinary number of words. This is partly due
to its ability to adapt foreign words so readily.
For
example, “English” words
suc
h as kindergarten (from German),
croissant
(from French) ,
and cheetah (from
Hindi) have become
part of the language with little or no change from
their original sounds and spellings. So
English-language etymology for most
word experts is solving word mysteries
(
谜
). No, etymologists do not
go
around solving murders, like the
great detective Sherlock Holmes. What these word
experts solve are mysterious
origins of
some of our most common words.
One of the biggest questions English
language experts have
pursued
is how English came to have the phrase
OK. Though it is one of the most
commonly used expressions, its exact beginning is
a puzzle even to this day.
Even its
spelling is not entirely
consistent
——
unless you
spell it Okay, it is hard even to call it a word.
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