陕西省西安市五校第二次模拟英语试题

根据对话情景的内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能够填入每一空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。该选项中有两个为多余选项。
M: How are your new neighbors, Nancy?
W: They seem nice enough, but they have a son who’s driving me crazy．
M: ___6___
W: He comes home every night around 10 with his car window rolled down and radio turned up really loud．___7___ But by then Brian and Lisa are wide awake．
M: Oh, no．
W: Oh, yes．Sometimes it takes us until midnight just to get them to settle down again．
M: ___8___
W: We haven’t even really met them yet except to say a quick hello．
M: You are not going to like them when you do meet them, I dare say．
W: I know, but I feel stupid complaining．___9___ I’m just not getting enough sleep and neither are the children．
M: ___10___
W: Yeah．
M: Then you could mention that the hardest thing at present is getting your children to sleep at night．

E．Well, you know how early I have to get up to be here at the office．
F．Don’t get your hopes too high!
G．It stops as soon as he turns the car off．

Some of the exercises appear to be ________ ones that you have done, but after taking     ________ second look, you will find that they are different．

Dear me! Just _________ at the time! I _________ no idea it was so late．

He ________ comb his hair at the table, even though he knows I don’t like it．

—Thanks for your help, but can you do me one more favor, please?
—________, Sir．What’s it then?

My pen friend and I keep in touch ________ sending e-mails often．

—Did you know any Chinese before you arrived in Beijing?
—Never ________ it, actually．

He shut the window with such force ________ the glass broke．

She’s too thin．She ________ gain some weight but she ________ too little．

All her time _______ research, the scientist has no time for films．

A．devoted to do

B．is devoted to doing

C．devoting to doing

D．devoted to doing

David Beckham suffered a serious injury this weekend ________ playing for AC Milan, and it appears the soccer star will miss the World Cup．

Don’t ________ when he is telling the story．

I don’t think Richard could have done such a stupid thing last night, ________?

A．do I

B．could he

C．did he

D．has he

What the children in the poor mountain village need ________ textbooks．

– What shall we have for dinner tonight?
– Oh, I don’t care．________ will do．

The millionaire passed away, leaving his children with a large ________．

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选取出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
There was a boy in India who was sent by his parents to a boarding school．Before being sent away this boy was the ___26___ student in his class．He was at the top in every ___27___．He was a champion．
But the boy ___28___ after leaving home and attending the boarding school．His ___29___ started dropping．He hated being in a group．He was ___30___ all the time．And there were especially dark times when he felt like ___31___ himself．All of this because he felt ___32___ and that no one loved him．
His ___33___ started worrying about the boy．But ___34___ they did not know what was wrong with him．___35___ his dad decided to travel to the boarding school and talk with him．
They sat ___36___ the bank of the lake near the school．The father started asking him ___37___ questions about his classes, teachers and ___38___．After some time his dad said, “Do you know, son,___39___ I am here today?”
The boy ___40___, “to check my grades?”
“No, no” his dad replied, “I am here to tell you that you are the most important person for me．I want to see you happy．I don’t care about grades．I care about ___41___．I care about your happiness．YOU ARE MY ___42___．”
These words caused the boy’s eyes to fill with tears．He ___43___ his dad．They didn’t say anything to each other for a long time．
Now the boy had everything he wanted．He knew there was someone on this ___44___ who cared for him deeply．He ___45___ the world to someone．And today this young man is in college at the top of his class and no one has ever seen him sad!
26．A．richest                B．prettiest               C．laziest                 D．brightest
27．A．game                  B．school                 C．competition         D．group
28．A．changed              B．died                    C．arrived                D．regretted
29．A．hair                    B．tears                   C．love                    D．grades
30．A．worried               B．careless               C．lonely                 D．busy
31．A．teaching              B．killing                 C．helping               D．enjoying
32．A．cold                    B．worthless             C．well                    D．sick
33．A．parents                B．classmates           C．teachers               D．companions
34．A．even            B．now           C．yet             D．then
35．A．And                   B．But                    C．Or                      D．So
36．A．toward                B．along                  C．opposite              D．on
37．A．serious                B．casual                 C．personal              D．difficult
38．A．work                  B．study                  C．sports                  D．education
39．A．when                  B．where                 C．how                    D．why
40．A．turned away        B．answered back     C．whispered softly D．cried out     
41．A．it              B．you            C．myself          D．us
42．A．LIFE                  B．ANXIETY          C．CARE                 D．NEED
43．A．forgave               B．hit                      C．hugged                D．begged
44．A．side                    B．earth                   C．trip                     D．day
45．A．meant                 B．owed                  C．moved                D．left

Speeding off in a stolen car, the thief thinks he has got a great catch．But he is in for an unwelcome surprise．The car is fitted with a remote immobilizer, and a radio signal from a control centre miles away will ensure that once the thief switches the engine off, he will not be able to start it again．
The idea goes like this．A control box fitted to the car contains a mini-cellphone, a micro-processor and memory, and a GPS （全球定位系统） satellite positioning receiver．If the car is stolen, a coded （编码的） cellphone signal will tell the control centre to block the vehicle’s engine management system and prevent the engine being restarted．
In the UK, a set of technical fixes is already making life harder for car thieves．“The_pattern_of_vehicle_crime_has_changed,” says Martyn Randall, a security expert．He says it would only take him a few minutes to teach a person how to steal a car, using a bare minimum of tools．But only if the car is more than 10 years old．
Modern cars are far tougher to steal, as their engine management computer won’t allow them to start unless they receive a unique ID code sent out by the ignition （点火） key．In the UK, technologies like this have helped achieve a 31% drop in vehicle-related crime since 1997．
But determined criminals are still managing to find other ways to steal cars, often by getting hold of the owner’s keys．And key theft is responsible for 40% of the thefts of vehicles fitted with a tracking system．
If the car travels 100 metres without the driver confirming their ID, the system will send a signal to an operations centre that it has been stolen．The hundred metres minimum avoids false alarms due to inaccuracies in the GPS signal．
Staff at the centre will then contact the owner to confirm that the car really is missing, and keep police informed of the vehicle’s movements via the car’s GPS unit．
The remote immobilizer is fitted to a car to ________．

By saying “The pattern of vehicle crime has changed”, Martyn Randall suggests that ________．

________ is necessary in making a modern car tougher to steal．

The operations centre will first ________ after receiving an alarm．

Is there a nationwide shortage of nurses? It’s hard to say．However, some characteristic symptoms often indicate that there is indeed a shortage．
One symptom is the vacancy rate, or the percentage of budgeted positions that are unfilled．New England’s hospitals currently report that an average of 7 to 12 percent of their registered nurse positions are vacant, the highest level since the last shortage in the late 1980s．Vermont has a relatively low vacancy rate, at 7．8 percent．But its vacancies were at 1．2 percent just five years ago．
Another symptom is the increased use of stopgap measures to fill empty positions．For instance, many nurses report an upswing in how frequently they are asked to stay past their shifts．According to Murphy, working in the St．Elizabeth’s Hospital, “The shortage has definitely created a lot of opportunities of overtime for our nurses, whether they want them or not．” Similarly, a national survey of registered nurses shows that in an average week, nurses in the U．S．work 2．4 more hours than they are scheduled to．Much of this extra time is voluntary, as nurses earn overtime pay when they stay to fill in blanks in the schedule．
When they can’t fill open positions by more traditional means, health care providers hire temporary staff to tide them over．Travelling workers are the largest part of the temporary health care workforce, hired for thirteen-week reduction at health care facilities facing short-term lack of workers．Temporary workers, mainly nurses, cost hospitals $ 7．2 billion in 2000．
“Any successful solution to the shortage depends on convincing more people to become nurses, and that is not an easy goal to reach．To achieve it,” says Buerhaus, “society needs to place more value on nursing．Legislation （法规） can’t do that – it should come from people．” And if this continues, we might have to learn to care for ourselves in the hospital．
The temporary staff hired by a hospital _______．

According to Buerhaus, what is a successful solution to the nurse shortage?

What’s the probable meaning of the underlined word “upswing” in Paragraph 3?

What’s the author’s attitude towards nurse shortage?

Are some people born clever, and others born stupid? Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences? Strangely enough, the answer to both these questions is yes．To some degree our intelligence is given to us at birth, and no amount of special education can make a genius （天才） out of a child born with low intelligence．On the other hand, a child who lives in a boring environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings．Thus the limits of a person’s intelligence are fixed at birth, but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment．This view, now held by most experts can be supported in a number of ways．
It is easy to say that intelligence is to some degree something we are born with．The closer the blood relationship between two people, the closer they are likely to be in intelligence．Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population, it is likely that their degrees of intelligence will be completely different．If on the other hand we take two identical twins, they will very likely be as intelligent as each other．Relations like brothers and sisters, parents and children, usually have similar intelligence, and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth．
Imagine that now we take two identical twins and put them in different environments．We might send one, for example, to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring．We would soon find differences in intelligence developing, and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part．This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other, but who are not related at all, are likely to have similar degrees of intelligence．
By using the example that two people closer in blood relationship are closer in intelligence, the writer wants to prove _________．

A child who lives in rich and varied surroundings turns out higher in intelligence because ________．

A．his family is rich and therefore can afford to develop his intelligence

B．he can break the limits of intelligence fixed at birth

C．his family is rich and provides him with various healthy food

D．these surroundings are likely to help him reach the limits of their intelligence

The writer of this article believes that _________．

The best title for this passage might be __________．

Living an Adventurous Life
Nearly ten years ago, I was told that I had a brain tumor （瘤）, and this experience changed my attitude about adventure forever．I thought that I was going to die and that all my adventures were over．I did not have a brain tumor, it turned out, but rather multiple sclerosis （多发性硬化症）, which meant that, although they were not over, the nature of my adventures could have to change．
Each morning that I wake up is a fresh event, something that I might not have had．Each gesture that I make carries the weight of uncertainty and demands significant attention: buttoning my shirt, changing a light bulb, walking down stairs．I might not be able to do it this time．If I could not delight in them, they would likely drown me in anger and in self-pity．
I admire the grand adventures of others．I read about them with interest．With Peter Matthiessen I have hiked across the Himalayas to the Crystal Mountain．I have walked with Annie Dillard up, down, into, and across Tinker Creek in all seasons．David Bain has gone with me along 110 miles of Philippine coast, and Ed Abbey has rowed me down the Colorado River．I enjoy the adventures of these courageous figures, who can strike out on difficult trips – 2 miles, 250 miles, 3000 miles – ready to bear cold and tiredness, indeed not just to bear but to celebrate．
But as for me, I can no longer walk very far from the armchair in which I read．Some days I don’t even make it to the backyard．And yet I’m unwilling to give up the adventurous life, the difficulty of it, even the pain, the anxiety and fear, and the sudden brief lift of spirit that makes a hard journey more attractive．
I refine adventure, make it smaller and smaller．And now, whether I am moving on my hands and knees across the dining room to help my cat, lying wide-eyed in the dark battling another period of sadness, gathering flowers from the garden, meeting a friend for lunch, I am always having the adventures that are mine to have．
Which of the following is TRUE about the author’s reaction after the illness?

A．The author is drowned in anger and self-pity．

B．The author travels to places he/she has dreamed of．

C．The author can’t take care of himself/herself any longer．

D．The author adapts to the condition successfully．

Why does the author admire the people mentioned in Paragraph 3?

Which of the following shows the author’s strong love for adventures?

根据短文内容，从下框的A – F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余项。

61．

62．

63．

64．

65．

根据下列句子及所给汉语注释，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出空缺处各单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。
66．I had a long talk with the ________ （校长） about my son．
67．________ （正义） has long arms．   
68．Coal has been ________ （开采）since the sixteenth century in this area． 
69．The tablets should be taken ________ （两次）a day．  
70．People were too polite to correct my ________ （语法） when I spoke English． 
71．It’s not that I don’t like him – on the ________ （相反）, he seems very pleasant．
72．My thoughts ________ （漫游）from the exam questions to my interview the next day．
73．They are ________ （挣扎） to keep their heads above the water． 
74．They ordered Chinese food, and when it arrived they ate ________ （饥饿地）．
75．She ________ （耽搁）for two hours and missed the train．

假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加: 在此处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出修改的词。
删除: 把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。
修改: 在错的词下划一横线，并在其下面写出修改后的词。
注意: 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。
Grandma Moses was crazy about painting soon before she picked it up and worked hard at it．She painted careful and her works were nice．She first painted only to please oneself, and then began to sell her works with a little money．In 1993, a collector, Louis Caldor happen to see several of Grandma Moses’ work hanging in a shop．He liked them, buying them at once, and set out to look for less．Caldor held a show to introduce the works of Grandma Moses other artists．Grandma Moses, who was world-famous, was died on December 13, 1961, at the age of 101．

假定你是李华，你的美国笔友Peter给你发来E-mail寻求帮助。请根据E-mail内容、写作要点和写作要求回信。
Dear Li Hua,
My mom and dad have a rule for their kids: You get all A’s in your exams or you’re out．I’m only 18, I do my homework and try my best, but I feel the pressure from them and I worry about what it’s doing to me．I wonder what it is like in your family．What should I do?
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Yours
Peter
写作要点：
1.        告诉Peter你的情况（不能出现真实姓名、学校、家庭地址等信息）；
2.        给Peter提出解决问题的具体建议。
写作要求：
1.        短文须写在答题卡指定区域；
2.        词数100以上（不含写好的部分）；
3.        内容充实，结构完整，语意连贯；
4.        书写清晰、工整。
Dear Peter,
I’m surprised this kind of thing should happen in your country…
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
                                                                                
Yours
Li Hua