高三英语试题    

Ⅱ.完形填空 30分

Mrs White was a wealthy lady. She lived  16    in a large comfortable house where her children and grandchildren came to visit her frequently. However, she was   17   . She spent a lot of time thinking about her   18    and about her dead husband. Her children   19    about her and asked Dr. Green to see her.

Mrs Green was an experienced doctor. She knew old people became set in their ways and don’t like to be   20   what to do. She decided to get to know Mrs White before she said anything. During the visit, Dr. Green asked Mrs White to give her a    21   of the house. Mrs White was    22  her house and happily agreed. As they walked from room to room, Dr. Green    23    that there were a lot of violets(紫罗兰) in every window. She asked, “   24   do you have so many violets?” Mrs White replied, “I love these   25    and they   26    so fast that I have more and more.” When the tour of the house was over, Dr. Green said “I have one suggestion to make. Whenever you   27    a friend or a neighbor that is   28   in bed or getting married, give    29    one of your violets.”

Mrs White said    30    about the doctor’s advice and for a few months  31   the visit, she didn’t give away any of her violets. Then one day she was invited to the   32    of her neighbor’s daughter. She put a ribbon (丝带) on one of her potted plants and took it to the party. Later one of her friends was sick so she took a violet plants and took it to the hospital.   33   she began to give more and more of her potted violets to her neighbors. Over the years she    34    so many that she became known as the    35    lady.

16.A. well    B. alone    C. quietly    D. happily

17.A. cheerful   B. delighted    C. unhappy    D. disappointed

18.A. money   B. children   C. big house    D. old age

19.A. talked   B. thought   C. worried    D. learned

20.A. told    B. ordered    C. wanted   D. invited

21.A. tour    B. view     C. sight     D. picture

22.A. proud of   B. familiar with   C. interested in   D. anxious about

23.A. looked    B. showed     C. noticed     D. watched

24.A. How     B. Why     C. When     D. Where

25.A. rooms    B. windows    C. children    D. flowers

26.A. grow    B. make     C. become    D. produce

27.A. ask      B. get     C. hear      D. want

28.A. ill     B. sad     C. excited    D. pleased

29.A. it      B. me     C. you      D. them

30.A. nothing   B. anything   C. something   D. everything

31.A. before    B. after     C. during     D. until

32.A. lecture    B. graduation   C. celebration   D. wedding

33.A. Usually   B. Continuously   C. Gradually   D. Regularly

34.A. sold out   B. gave away   C. grew    D. kept on

35.A. old     B. violet    C. rich     D. famous

Ⅲ.阅读理解 40分

                       A

New York was very proud of its electric trolleys(无轨电车) at the turn of the century. They were the latest way to get around. But Mary Anderson, who visited New York from her native Birmingham, Alabama, 1902, did not like them at all. She thought they were not safe.

It was not that the drivers were bad. It was the windshields (挡风玻璃). In those days, drivers rubbed their windshields with damp tobacco. This was supposed to help off rain and snow. But it did not work too well. Anderson watched as the trolley drivers struggled to see out of their windshields, and came up with an idea.

Back in Alabama, Anderson made the first windshield wiper by fixing handle （把手）to a rubber blade (片). This, in turn, was fixed to the windshield. The drivers had to turn the handle back and forth by hand to make the blade wipe off the rain. But it worked. And travel in bad weather was made a little safer for everyone.

36.Which of the following best gives the main idea of this passage?

A.      How Mary Anderson visited New York?

B.      How drivers cleaned their windshields?

C.      How the first windshield wiper came into being?

D.     How windshield wiper was made?

37.Though New Yorkers had great pride in electric trolleys, Mary disliked them because she thought ______________.

A. they were dangerous            B.they kept off rain and snow

C.their windshields were not good    D.their drivers were inexperienced

38.To stop rain and snow coming on the windshields, a trolley driver had to _______.

A. work hard              B.see out of them clearly 

C.struggle in the trolleys     D.use damp tobacco to clean them

39.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A.      The windshield wiper helped keep off the rain.

B.      The windshield wiper was turned by the driver.

C.      The rubber blade was fixed to the windshield.

D.     The windshield wiper was made in Alabama.

B

Marlin Perkins’s keen interest in animals, especially snakes, brought him a lot of trouble when he was young. His landlady never excused him for keeping snakes in his closet. After two years of college, he left school and found a job in a zoo, sweeping the sidewalks for $3.50 a day. He was very happy about it because he could now watch animals and study them all day long. He soon became an official in charge of reptiles (爬行动物)and then director of the Buffalo Zoo.

Through his snake-hunting expeditions, Perkins won his fame as a snake expert. His love for snakes is such that he thinks of them in terms of (根据) personalities. However, snakes do not have the universal appeal as he wishes. Even Perkins’ most favorite animal Bushman, the 550-pound toughest African ape, was frightened by snakes. Bushman once escaped from his cage. Nothing could draw him back. Finally a keeper went to the reptile house, got three little snakes, and dangled (摇晃) them toward Bushman. The great ape nearly tore the place apart getting back to the safety of his cage.

Perkins likes all animals and takes more interest in them than many parents take in their own children. He keeps daily records on all the baby animals, takes their temperature and watches their diet strictly. Speaking about his success, Perkins sums up his philosophy of life as follows: “My life has taught me that the surest path to success is to find out what you most enjoy doing, then set out to do it.”

40.Perkins’ first zoo job was __________.

A. collecting snakes     B. sweeping sidewalks

C. looking after an ape   D. taking notes on animals

41.Bushman’s reaction (反映) suggests that ___________.

A. he was easy to be nervous   B. most people dislike animals

C.      even animals dislike snakes  D. he was a tough animal to manage

42.Perkins believes the best way to success is to __________.

A. do what you like most     B.work hard at it

C.do what people don’t like   D.be brave enough

43. According to the passage, Marlin Perkins entered his life work through ______.

A. help      B.chance        C.choice      D.necessity

44.A good title for the passage would be ________.

A.Lovely Snakes                B.A Good Expert

C.Marlin Perkins’ world          D.Human’s Friend---Animal

C

Houston, Texas (June 8,2002)----In 2004, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration(NASA) will send two robots to separate places of Mars to seek out past or present signs of water. It is an exciting idea to send two robots driving over very different places of Mars at the same time, to be able to see what is on the other side of the hill.

Last month, NASA announced it was sending one robot to Mars, but after two weeks, it decided there was enough money for two. The robots will be sent up within two weeks of each other in May and June of 2003 from Kennedy Space Center. If all goes well, the two spacecraft will touch down on Mars, after a seven-and-a-half-month space flight, on January 2 and 20, 2004.

The robots, each weighing 150 kilograms, can cover 100 meters per day. They are designed to be able to examine the mineral content of the soil, and their special camera will take pictures of the lands and hills. Although they will be under control from earth, the robots are able to move more freely compared to those sent up before them.

The actual landing points have not been determined yet, but the scientists say it will be in areas where they hope to find water.

45.According to the news report, scientists plan to send robots up to Mars to _____.

A.      find out whether there is water on Mars

B.      see if robots can find minerals there

C.      test how fast robots can drive there

D.     prove that robots can work on Mars

46.How long in between will the two robots be sent to Mars?

A.1 year     B.7.5 months    C. 2 months    D.2 weeks

47．One of the important jobs for the robots on Mars is to ________.

A. study the soil           B. walk everywhere

C. test the new camera      D. find a suitable landing point

48.We can infer from the last sentence that scientists __________.

A.      have changed the landing points many times

B.      hope to land the robots on the surface of water

C.      are still working on the plan

D.     know where they can find water

                        D

Dolphins(海豚)are not fish, but warm-blooded animals. They live groups, and speak to each other in their own language. In this they are like other animals, such as bees and birds. But dolphins are very different from almost all land animals. Their brain is nearly the same size as our own, and they live a long time---at least twenty or thirty years.

Like some animals, dolphins use sound to help them find their way around. They also make these sounds to talk to each other and to help them find food. We now know they do not use their ears to receive these sounds, but the lower part of the mouth, called the jaw.

Strangely, dolphins seem to like man, and for thousands of years there have been stories about the dolphin and its friendship with people.

There is a story about sailors in the 19^th century. In a dangerous part of the sea off the coast of New Zealand, they learnt to look for a dolphin called Jack. From 1871 to 1903 Jack met every boat in the area and showed it the way. Then in 1903 a passenger on a boat called The Penguin shot and wounded Jack. He recovered and for nine years more continued to guide all ships through the area-----except for The Penguin. Today, some people continue to kill dolphins, but many countries of the world now protect them and in these places it is against the law to kill them.

49.Dolphins are different from many other animals in that they _______.

A.      live in groups          B.  have large brains 

C.  are warm-blooded      D. have their own language

50.Which of the following does the dolphin use to help it find its way around?

A. Its nose.    B. Its ears.     C. Its mouth.    D. Its eyes.

51.Why did the sailors off the coast of New Zealand look for Jack?

A.      He was lonely and liked to be with people.

B.      They enjoyed playing with him.

C.      He was seriously wounded.

D.     They wanted his help.

52.By telling the story of Jack the writer wanted to show that ________.

A.      dolphins are friendly and clever  B. people are cruel to animals

C. Jack is different from other dolphins. D. dolphins should be protected by law