乐山市高中2013届第二次调査研究考试
英 语
本试卷分第i卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择題)，第I卷第1至8页，第II卷第9至 10页。考生作答时，须将答案答在答题卡上，在本试题卷、草稿纸上答题无效。满分150 分，考试时间120分钟。考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。
第I卷（选择题，共90分）
注意事项：
1. 必须使用2B铅笔将答案标号填涂在答題卡上对应題目标号的位置上。
2. 第I卷共两部分，共计90分。
第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分40分）
第一节语法和词汇知识（共10小题；每小题l分，满分10分） 从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项 涂黑。
例：-Please tell me _____of the city you have covered these two days.
—Only about a third of it, I guess.
A. how many B. how much C. how far D. how wide
答案是B。
1. —Would you please buy me a bright paper package when you go shopping?
-- _____
A. I’d rather you wouldn’t B. It’s OK with me.
C. What for? D. By all means.
2. —Shall I inform him of the change of the schedule right now?
—I am afraid you _____, in case he comes late for the meeting.
A. will B. must C. may D. can
3. A diet of high fat ，high protein and low fiber foods put us _____a higher risk for becoming overweight.
A. of B. to C. on D. at
4. Traffic conditions in Beijing _____for decades. At first people only complained
about jams during rush hours, but today every hour is rush hour.
A. is worsening B. have worsened C. have been worsening D. worsened
5. I wish to thank your student Tom, without _____rescue couldn’t be offered to
my drowning boy so soon*
A. whom R which C. whose D. who
6. _____on both sides of the street _____excited fans who wanted to see the
famous singing star.
A. Standing； was B. Waiting； were C. Arriving； was D. Living； were
7 Today we have too many choices of communication through advanced technology, but we seem _____the joy of communicating face to face.
A. losing B. having lost C. to be lost D. to be losing
8. -It1S my treat today. Is there any particular meal you would like to have?
— _____ you choose is all right with me.
A. Whatever B. What C Anything what D. No matter what
9. He was in hospital for six months* He felt as if he was _____from the outside world.
A. cut out R cut up C. cut off D. cut through
10.Train tickets sold online or by telephone have topped 2 million daily, _____that around one-third of passengers don’t have to wait long for several hours to get a ticket.
A. meaning B. means C. to mean D. meant
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和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。
Two days before Thanksgiving, I was trying to open my mouth wide enough for a mir¬ror and a roll of steel wire. The metal braces (牙齿矫正器）had been hugging my 11 _____ for weeks, but this was the day for the wire to be adjusted Only those who have had braces will understand the unexpected 12 _____ of being “wired”.
For the next 24 hours, it felt like every tooth was being 13 _____ in slow motion by a giant claw-hammer (拔钉键). 14 _____ drinking water caused pain.
By Thanksgiving Day, I had gotten used to it. 15 _____ I didn’t use my teeth, the pain was bearable. But this was a day when teeth had to work 16 _____
We were 17 _____ at my grandparent’s house with relatives. The house was filled with all those wonderful Thanksgiving 18 _____ Everything happened the way it was supposed to hap¬pen at the beginning. Grandma said the magic words, “We’re ready!” And all the kids 1 9 _____ to be first in line. I was so excited； I 20 _____ my braces and I 21 _____ my way up to the head of the line.
I piled my plate high with my favorite corn-on-the-cob (玉米芯）and opened my mouth and chomped (格格地咬).The pain was 22 _____ I would never be able to eat again, I put my plate away and ran outside in 23 _____
Grandma had been secretly 24 _____ She took my plate to the kitchen and with a sharp knife she cut all the corn off that cob and rescued me from my 25 _____She handed me my plate piled high with corn, 26 _____ cut from the cob. “Thanks，” I said. Then without 27 _____, I looked up and 28 a strange light in her eye, a light that still is 29 _____to me more than fifty years later. That was the Thanksgiving when I discovered something more 30 _____ than the taste of good food
11. A. A mouth B. teeth C. hands D. head
12. A. A results B. subjects C. pictures D. productions
13. A. A pushed B. drawn C. pulled D. dragged
14. A. A Still B So C. Yet D. Even
15. A. A Even thou gh B. As long as C. In case D. As though
16. A. A overtime B. hardly C. quickly D. quietly
17. A. A mixed B. called C. surrounded D. gathered
18. A. A experiences B. expectations C. smells D. colours
19. A. A started B. rushed C. stepped D. walked
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A. forced B gave C. led D. made
A. unbearable B disappearing C. regretful D. surprising
A. time B tears C. surprise D. horror
A. cooking B smiling C. feeding D. watching
A. fear B pain C. loneliness D. nerve
A. fresh B nice C. official D. wonderful
A. describing B thinking C. talking D. reviewing
A. read B passed C. filled D. caught
A. mysterious B attractive C. untrue D. natural
A. useful B important C. lasting D. expensive
第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答 题卡上将该项涂黑。
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Have you ever been stuck for hours on a hard math problem? If you sat there for some time you might eventually solve it, but scientists say that daydreaming might be a much bet¬ter way to tackle difficult tasks.
In fact, daydreaming has long been misunderstood It’s considered to be a bad thing and often associated with laziness. “We’re harsh (严厉的）on ourselves if we catch ourselves mind wandering,” says Professor Kalina Christoff from the University of British Columbia in Canada*
But the truth is that some of the most important scientific discoveries came about be¬cause scientists allowed their minds to wander. For example, Albert Einstein began his theo¬ry of relativity when he daydreamed about riding a beam (束）of sunlight to the edge of the universe. And now, research has shown that normal people can also improve their problem¬s solving ability in the same way, reported The Telegraph.
In a study, 145 people aged between 19 and 32 were asked to list as many unusual uses as possible for everyday objects. Some of them were given a 12-minute break while the others were not allowed any break from the task People on the break did not simply relax—some of them were told to carry out a tiring memory task while others did an easier task.
Scientists found that people who did the easier task were daydreaming a lot They thought about personal issues in the past or in the future because their mind was at ease.
After the break, all participants were asked to return once again to the task of listing unusual uses for everyday objects. It was found that daydreamers improved their perform¬ance by 40 percent, while all the other people, including those who didn’t have a break and who did tiring tasks during the break, performed the same as before.
“People think that when the mind wanders away it just gets turned off 一 but we show the opposite，” explained Christoff. “A more playful attitude might allow you to call in more resources (解决办法).” So when you are struggling to solve complicated problems, it might be better off if you switch to a simpler task and let your mind wander for a while, she sug¬gested.
According to Christoff , people typically spend one-third of their waking time daydream¬ing. “It’s a big part of our Hves, but it’s been largely ignored by science. ”
31.It was believed that daydreaming _____
A. had been misunderstood for a long time
B. had something to do with imagination
C. was a waste of time when the mind was shut off
D. was a good way to relax and solve problems
32. What is the main purpose of Paragraph 3?
A. To show that great scientists daydream a lot.
B. To inform us that daydreaming has its benefits.
C. To prove people can daydream whenever they like.
D. To introduce new experiments on daydreaming.
33. What did the scientists discover in the experiment?
A. People’s minds turned off as they daydreamed*
B. The group that were given hard memory tasks performed best
C. People who had a break showed improvement in the task*
D. Daydreaming could improve people’s problem-solving abilities.
34. How did the scientists get their conclusion?
A By studying brain scan (扫描)results of the groups.
B. By comparing the performances of different groups, c By asking and observing people in different groups.
D. By analyzing (分析）the amount of tasks each participant did
B
A large and largely dysfunctional (机能失调的）family ,as The Independent called it, has captured the hearts of thousands of TV viewers. Even American First Lady Michelle Obama called it her favorite TV drama.
Are you ready to enter the hilarious (令人捧腹大笑的）world of the hit sitcom Modem Family? In fact, the show features three families, who are all relatives, moving in and out of each Other1S lives.
The first one is a typical American family. The mom and dad are called Phil and Claire. They have three children.
The second family is made up of Jay, his young Hispanic (拉美裔的）wife and her son* Jay, 60, father of Claire9 is 30 years older than his wife and everyone thinks they are father and daughter.
The third family is made up of a homosexual (同性恋的）couple called Mitchell and Ca- meron , and their adopted baby. Mitchell is also Jay’s son.
With its funny stories and the hilarious interactions between family members. Modem Family has become very popular. It won four titles at the 2012 Emmy Awards ，and has been nominated for an award at next year’s Golden Globes.
The Los Angeles Times said that “its presentation of contemporary US society” contrib¬utes to its success. The show presents what a typical “nuclear family^ is like： two parents, a big house and two or three children. Phil and Claire have different but fun personalities. When there’s a fight between siblings (兄弟姐妹），Phil wants to be a “cool dad”，while tra¬ditional mom Claire lives by the saying, “an eye for an eye' She always forces Phil to punish the troublemaker. For example, when their boy shoots his sister with a toy gun, Claire in¬sists that Phil should shoot him back.
The show also touches upon developments in interracial relations by focusing on Hispanic communities. “By 2040, America will no longer be a majority-white country, with the fas¬test growth rate among Hispanics.. • Today, one in seven marriages are interracial,” the BBC commented.
According to the TV station, four in 10 Americans say they have a gay friend or rela¬tive, Modem Family doesn't forget the changing status of homosexuals.
But “there really is no more a generalized American family. The US is a melti ng pot. •， so the family has come to reflect that diversity,” commented the US research institute The Hartman Group.
35.In the sitcom Modem Family, Phil is a character who _____
A. is the head of a typical nuclear family
B. adopted a baby with his homosexual partner
C. married a young Hispanic wife
D. likes to punish kids ，for their bad behavior
36.Modem Family is a hit in the US because _____
A. it is First Lady Michelle Obama’s favorite TV drama
B. it is an example of how a typical American family should be
C. it is a lively and diverse description of American society
D. it reflects serious social and racial problems in American society
37.The author thinks the sitcom Modem Family is _____
A. funny and inspiring B strange and light-hearted
C. creative but complicated D. serious and generalized
38.The purpose of the article is to _____
A. analyze the American family culture
B. show racial trends in American society
C. draw peopled attention to how diverse America is
D. introduce a popular American sitcom and the reason for its success
C
As the e-mail hits 40, is a midlife crisis (危机）on the cards?
A few weeks ago, electronic mail, or e-mail, hit the respectable age of 40. When Ray Tomlinson, a young computer engineer, sent the first e-mail in 1971，he could only have guessed at how e-mail would have an impact on the way we communicate both in business and personal life.
E-mail has transformed the way people shop, bank, conduct business, and communicate with family members. Now an essential tool for about one billion mobile workers across the globe, e-mail continues to dominate (统治）the way in which we communicate.
Four decades since the first message, e-mail seems to be going strong. But is e-mail a- bout to hit a midlife crisis? With web workers now using more software and social business tools to communicate and share information, are we going to see e-mail’s rule come to an end?
E-mail might be a great communication tool, but it doesn’t seem to be a tool for working with others. Anyone who has tried to bring together feedback (反馈）from many colleagues on a document over e-mail knows how painful the process can be. No one seems to remember which version the team is working on and there is always that one person who sends over some “final amendments” overnight. Hours can be wasted waiting for e-mails to go back and forth, searching through inboxes for missing documents.
Therefore, it is little wonder that web workers across the globe are turning to the likes of Dropbox , Evernote or Huddle for storing and sharing files. The demand for simplicity in the workplace has increased
Despite all those challenges, however, removing e-mail from the workpl ace completely will require more than just introducing easy-to-use tools in the office, It’s so much a part of our daily working lives and moving to other tools will require a culture change. While e-mail may not dominate workplace communication for another 40 years ，there’s life in it yet!
39.What does the underlined phrase “on the cards” in Paragraph 1 mean?
A. enough to destroy it B. likely to happen
C easy to recover D. definitely about to happen
40.What is the main challenge to e-mail in the workplace?
A. It is not a widely accepted communication tool.
B. More and more easy-to-use tools are being brought in.
C. It has reached its midlife crisis.
D. It is inconvenient for sharing files and documents；
41.Which of the following statements about e-mail is TRUE?
A. Sometimes it’s a waste of time to wait for e-mails to go back and forth.
B. Ray Tomlinson was sure that it would have great impact on communication*
C. It is more influential in people’s personal lives than in business.
D. It will continue to dominate communication for another 40 years.
42. What is the main point of this article?
A. E-mail could be replaced by other tools.
B. Why e-mail is so popular.
C. The current situation of e-mail and the challenges .it faces.
D. The side effects of new technology,
D
A warning to teen girls about the trend of wearing tight-fitting leggings (紧身裤）：Cov¬er up.
The message has spread across Minnetonka, Minnesota area high schools, causing a de¬bate over what is appropriate attire (着装）in schools.
Minnetonka High School Principal Dave Adney sent a message to parents last week, asking them to talk to their daughters about whether it’s appropriate to wear yoga pants or other tight-fitting leggings with T-shirts. The combination, he said, can expose “more leg and backside” and can “be highly distracting (令人分心的）for other students”.
By last Tuesday, he’d already heard from more than 70 parents as well as other high schools, all in support of him
“It must have touched a nerve,” he said
Adney wanted to make it clear that leggings aren’t banned He just wants modesty (低 调)to be taken into consideration. “It’s not about trying to be the clothing police, it’s just a sensitivity (敏感）issue.. Hopefully with us being the first to speak up, it will create a lot of conversations. ”
Adney said the phenomenon started about a month ago when about a half dozen female staff, school volunteers and female students complained about girls wearing tight leggings with shorter shirts. In the past, girls wore the leggings with long shirts or jerseys (毛线衫），but the trend of wearing them now with shorter shirts leaves their backside closely de¬fined (轮廓分明），Adney said “This new trend doesn’t seem right ，it’s troubling,” he said. “Cover your butts (屁股）up – I’m just going to say it straight up. We're seeing too much. ” It certainly isn’t the first time Wgh schools and fashion trends have clashed (冲突）. Principals say it comes up nearly every year - for both boys and girls alike.
This fall, Adney said the school had to tell boys off for wearing base-ball hats, which aren’t allowed. Last spring, boys were wearing muscle shirts that were too revealing.
Don Johnson9 executive director of the Minnesota Association of Secondary School Prin¬cipals and a former principal, said schools’ hand-books outline that they are legally allowed to make restrictions on clothing.
43.According to the article, Dave Adney believed that _____
A. school girls shouldn’t wear tight-fitting leggings
B. dressing properly helps students focus on their academic work
C. school girls cause more trouble than boys when it comes to following dress codes
D. dialogue and conversation is the only way to makes students dress appropriately
44. What does the underlined sentence “It must have touched a nerve” in Paragraph 5 suggest?
A. Many people had similar experiences and feelings.
B. Many people got angry or upset at receiving the message.
CX Many people had already realized the problem long before.
D, Many people didn’t take the problem seriously.
45. Which of the following is a proper way of dressing according to the article?
A. Baseball hats with jerseys. B. Muscle shirts with long pants.
C. Yoga pants with long shirts. D. Tight leggings with T-shirts.
46. What is the main point of the article?
A. To study how fashion trends fit into high school life.
B. To look at what they can do to prevent high school students from being distracted
C. To look at whether high schools should be allowed to restrict what students wear.
D. To explore new restrictions on dressing in Minnetonka high schools.
E
Back in the 15th century, in a village near Nuremberg, there was a family with 18 chil¬dren* In order merely to keep food on the table for the large family, the father and head of the household, a goldsmith (金匠）by profession, worked almost 18 hours a day at his trade and did any other paying chore he could find in the neighborhood Two of the children wanted to pursue (追求）their talent for art, but their father could not afford it,
The two boys decided to toss a coin. The loser would go down into the nearby mines and, with his earnings, support his brother while he attended the academy of arts (美术学 院).Then, when that brother who won the toss completed his studies, he would support the other brother at the academy, either with sales of his artwork or，if necessary, also by laboring in the mines.
So they tossed the coin. Albrecht Durer won the toss and went off to Nurem berg. Al¬bert went down into the dangerous mines and ，for the next four years, financed his brother, whose work at the academy was an almost immediate sensation (轰动）.By the time he graduate d, he was beginning to earn considerable money for his masterful works.
When the young artist returned to his village, he thanked his beloved brother for the years of sacrifice and said： “Albert, it is your turn. Now you can go to Nuremberg to pursue your dream, and I will take care of you. ”
Albert sobbed and repeated： “No… no… no… no. ” Finally, Albert rose and wiped the tears from his cheeks. “I cannot go to Nuremberg. It is too late for me, he said ” Look what four years in the mines have done to my hands! The bones in every finger have been smashed (碎）at least once, and lately 1 have been suffering from arthritis (关节炎）so badly in my right hand that I cannot make delicate lines on canvas (画布）with a pen or a brush.
Nowadays, Albrecht Durer’s works hang in every great museum in the world, but it is probable that you, like most people, might be familiar with only one of them. It’s called “Hands” 一a homage (纪念）to Albert for all that he sacrificed.
47.According to Paragraph 1, we can infer that _____
