２００９年高考英語模擬卷（二）

本試卷分第Ⅰ卷 (選擇題) 和第Ⅱ卷 (非選擇題) 兩部分，共130分。考試時間為120分鐘。

第Ⅰ卷(共95分)

第一部分:英語知識運用(共兩節(jié)，滿分45分)

第一節(jié):單項填空(共15小題;每小題1分，滿分15分)

從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。

1. ——$380， but that is my last offer.

——OK， it is a ____.

A. costB. dealC. rewardD. price

2. ——How much does it cost to rent a mid-size car?

——I can give you ____ for $24 a day.

A. itB. thatC. oneD. such

3. Every minute he has is spent ____ his English.

A. improvingB. improveC. improvedD. to improve

4. ——David is a wise person.

——But in my opinion， he is ____ than wise.

A. braveB. braverC. more braveD. less brave

5. ——I’m afraid I spilled coffee on the tablecloth.

——____.

A. It’s a shame， actuallyB. I’m sorry to hear that

B. No problem at allD. Don’t worry about it

6. ——If our parents would listen more to us， they would understand us better.

——____. They just expect us to listen.

A. I believe notB. No problemC. Good ideaD. I can’t agree more

7. In Great Britain， ____ are called “public schools” are actually not owned by the state.

A. asB. whatC. thoseD. which

8. ——Could I use your dictionary?

——I’m sorry it isn’t here. I’d get it for you ____ I could remember who last borrowed it.

A. expect thatB. now thatC. if onlyD. even though

9. ____， his parents sent him abroad to study in an art school.

A. When seven years oldB. Having been seven years old

C. When he was seven years oldD. Being seven years old

10. It is certain that he will ____ his business to his son when he gets old.

A. take overB. think overC. hand overD. go over

11. ——They may have left for Wuhan， yes?

——No， they ____. They got the tickets for tomorrow.

A. may notB. don’tC. mustn’tD. can’t

12. He was ____ tired. As soon as he lay down he fell ____.

A. not a bit， sleepyB. not a little， asleepC. not a bit， asleepD. not a little， sleepy

13. His father came home at midnight， and ____， he was drunk.

A. what’s moreB. as a resultC. that is to sayD. sooner or later

14. ____ is known to us all is that China is a developing country ____ the Third World.

A. As; belongs toB. What; belongs toC. It; belonging toD. What; belonging to

15. ——What’s up， Jessica?

——____.

A. Nothing muchB. It’s up to you

C. I enjoyed it very muchD. Nice to see you

第二節(jié):完形填空(共20小題;每小題1.5分，滿分30分)

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中，選出最佳選項。

American medical researchers have just reported the first scientific proof that even a small amount of exercise will help us __1__ longer. The study was carried out by scientists at Harvard and Stanford universities， __2__ were very famous in America. It involved(涉及) about 17，000 students who __3__ Harvard between 1916 and 1950.

The scientists __4__ their research in 1960. They collected a lot of__5__ and studied the medical __6__ of everyone in the study group—both living and dead. Members of the study group __7__ how much they walked， how many __8__ they climbed， what kind of sports they went in for and many other things they __9__ each week. The scientists checked __10__ about height， weight， __11__pressure and family records of heart disease. Their research showed exercise helped __12__ the chance of death from a number of diseases. They also concluded that sports and games __13__ people’s bodies and prevented them from __14__ weight.

They found that two thirds of people who had heart __15__ never exercised. One of the scientists said the most important __16__ was that people who do not exercise have more heart diseases， but they __17__ realize the importance of sports until they __18__ the disease. He also said that it might be __19__ to get them to exercise now when their doctors __20__ them to. They take the doctors’ advice very seriously and they want to keep healthy and have a longer life.

1. A. learnB. rememberC. liveD. work

2. A. whereB. whoC. whichD. all

3. A. attendedB. passedC. enteredD. visited

4. A. beganB. finishedC. stoppedD. discovered

5. A. adviceB. factsC. truthD. ideas

6. A. careB. researchC. practiceD. history

7. A. reportedB. countedC. testedD. studied

8. A. pacesB. stepsC. racesD. blackboards

9. A. couldB. shouldC. usedD. did

10. A. informationB. knowledgeC. messageD. news

11. A. airB. waterC. bloodD. strength

12. A. reduceB. slowC. loseD. miss

13. A. increasedB. keptC. built upD. harmed

14. A. losingB. putting onC. leavingD. remaining

15. A. beatB. strikeC. attackD. break

16. A. inventionB. discoveryC. subjectD. plan

17. A. willB. won’tC. didD. didn’t

18. A. knowB. cureC. getD. cause

19. A. importantB. necessaryC. harderD. easier

20. A. adviseB. agreeC. hopeD. lead

第二部分:閱讀理解(第一節(jié)20小題，第二節(jié)5小題;每小題2分，滿分50分)

第一節(jié):閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項(A、B、C、D)中，選出最佳選項。

(A)

Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.

The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.

“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age，” said the head of the study， David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.

“Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70， one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men，” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing process.”

What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s.

“This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men，” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80， focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart，” said Goldspink.

The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.

1. The underlined word “l(fā)ongevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to “____”.

A. health B. long life C. ageing D. effect

2. The text mainly talks about ____.

A. men’s heart cells B. women’s ageing process

C. the gender difference D. hearts and long life

3. According to the text， the UK scientists have known that ____.

A. women have more cells than men when they are born

B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat

C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age

D. women never lose their pumping power with age

4. If you want to live longer， you should ____.

A. enable your heart to beat much faster

B. find out the reason for ageing

C. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy

D. prevent your cells from being lost

5. We can know from the passage that ____.

A. the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out

B. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells

C. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss

D. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20

(B)

Xinjiang: The plane carrying the bodies of three Chinese engineers， who were shot dead in Pakistan on Wednesday， landed at Urumqi airport on Friday.

Investigations are focusing on why no guards escorted the engineers the day when they were attacked. Local police usually accompanied the group during their travels in the country.

Earlier in the day， 10 other Chinese engineers who worked together with the victims returned to Hefei. They were all from Hefei Cement Research Design Institute， and were in Pakistan to offer technical services for the construction of a cement factory there.

“The guards of the Chinese engineers were not accompanying them when they were attacked，” local police officer Pervez Zahoor said. “Police are investigating as to why the guards did not do so that day.”

Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf said in Islamabad on Friday that all the development activities between Pakistan and China would continue and the incident would not affect the friendship between the two countries. He told Xinhua News Agency that the incident had shocked him. “We condemn it in the strongest terms，” he said. “We are annoyed at those who carried out this very evil act. We are determined to catch them and give them the strongest and harshest punishment.”

Families of the victims—Long Hongbao， 32， Wei Jianping， 54， and Zhao Bin， 46—have spoken of their disaster. “I can’t accept his death， as he called me only days ago to say he would be coming back this Saturday，” Zhao’s wife said. The father of Long， from Hefei， said， “My son was the pillar of the family. How can this tragedy have happened to him?”

Families of the victims are expected to get at least 400，000 yuan (US$ 49，000) in compensation according to their insurance policies.

1. Which of the following is true according to the news? ____.

A. China will not send engineers to Pakistan until the attackers are found

B. Luckily the three families will get compensation from the government of Pakistan

C. In all there are thirteen engineers working in Pakistan now

D. Maybe the attackers planned this incident

2. Which word can best replace the word “escort” in Paragraph 2? ____.

A. stay withB. work withC. play withD. train with

3. Which of the following is the best title for the news? ____.

A. New Problem for China and Pakistan

B. Bodies of Murdered Engineers Flown Home

C. Killing in Pakistan

D. Sad Families of the Three Chinese Engineers

(C)

Spacing in animals

Flight Distance

Any observant people has noticed that a wild animal will allow a man or other potential enemy to approach only up to a given distance before it escapes. “Flight distance” is the terms used for this interspecies spacing. As a general rule， there is a positive relationship between the size of an animal and its flight distance—the larger the animal， the greater the distance it must keep between itself and the enemy. An antelope will escape when the enemy is as much as five hundred yards away. The wall lizard’s flight distance， on the other hand， is about six feet. Flight is the basic means of survival for mobile creatures.

Critical Distance

Critical distance apparently is present wherever and whenever there is a flight reaction. “Critical distance” includes the narrow zone separating flight distance from attack distance. A lion in a zoo will flee from an approaching man until it meets a barrier that it cannot overcome. If the man continues the approach， he soon penetrates the lion’s critical distance， at which point the cornered lion turns back and begins to slowly stalk (逼近) the man.

Social Distance

Social animals need to stay in touch with each other. Loss of contact with the group can be fatal(致命的) for a variety of reasons including exposure to enemies. Social distance is not simply the distance at which an animal will lose contact with his group—that is， the distance at which it can no longer see， hear， or smell the group—it is rather a psychological distance， one at which the animal apparently begins to feel anxious when it goes beyond its limits. We can think of it as a hidden band that contains the group.

Social distance varies from species to species. It is quite short—apparently only a few yards—among some animals， and quite long among others.

Social distance is not always rigidly (刻板的) fixed but is determined in part by the situation. When the young of apes and humans are mobile but not yet under control of the mother’s voice， social distance may be the length of her reach. This is readily observed among baboons(狒狒) in a zoo. When the baby approaches a certain point， the mother reaches out to seize the end of its tail and pull it back to her. When added control is needed because of danger， social distance shortens. To show this in man， one has only to watch a family with a number of small children holding hands as they cross a busy street.

1. Which of the following is the most suitable explanation to “Flight distance”? ____.

A. Distance between animals of the same species before escaping

B. Distance between large and small animals before escaping

C. Distance between an animal and its enemy before escaping

D. Distance between certain animal species before escaping

2. If an animal’s critical distance is penetrated， it will ____.

A. begin to attackB. try to hideC. begin to jumpD. run away

3. According to the passage， social distance refers to ____.

A. distance at which one cannot see the group

B. psychological distance

C. distance at which the mother baboon can seize the baby’s tail

D. distance at which an animal will lose touch with the group

4. The example of the children holding hands when crossing the street in the last paragraph shows that ____.

A. social distance is not always needed

B. there is no social distance among children

C. humans are different from animals in social distance

D. social distance is sometimes determined by outside factors

(D)

At a hospital in Illinois， doctors and patients dress up as clowns (小丑) and put on little plays to make each other laugh. A hospital in New York puts funny books in its library for patients.

Can laughter make sick people feel better?

Yes， say scientists. Laughter is no laughing matter. Scientists think laughter can help sick people feel less pain and get better more quickly. This new idea is being taught to students in medical school.

Doctors have known for a long time that stress and loneliness， lack of friends and family can harm sick people. Now they are learning that laughter can help put people on the road to recovery.

Scientists discovered that laughter gives the body a healthy form of exercise. Also， laughter set free a chemical in the body that speeds healing.

Some doctors are using this new research to make their patients feel like a million dollars. At a California hospital， people who have cancer tell each other funny stories and perform with a famous actor who has had cancer surgery (手術(shù)).

Laughter can be good medicine.

1. Some hospitals are trying to make patients laugh because ____.

A. it makes patients feel betterB. patients will be satisfied with them

C. patients will be youngerD. it can cure all the illnesses

2. What does the underlined sentence mean? ____.

A. Laughter does not mean laughing

B. Laughter is not a matter at all

C. Laughter is more than a simple laughing

D. Laughter isn’t funny

3. According to the passage， people who are ill in hospital should ____.

A. read stories with an unexpected ending

B. read medical newspaper every day

C. watch funny TV programs

D. ask their friends or relatives to stay with them

4. It can be inferred (推斷) from the passage that ____.

A. staying quietly at home will be good to your health

B. some scientists can help patients become very rich

C. doctors in Illinois hospitals must be good at acting

D. laughter will make the body produce a helpful chemical

(E)

Monday—9:00 p.m. PT (11:00 p.m. CT) (Midnight ET)

I love to answer questions about children’s health. Some questions and their answers become articles， FAQ’s， Updates， Fast Facts， Top Tips， or Guidelines here on the site. I answer others in real time during chat. Either way， here is how to submit a question.

I am available live， for one hour， every weekday. No appointments are necessary! All you have to do is log onto Chat and ask your question. In most cases， you’ll get your answer right there! Some of the questions from chat are selected for me to write about in greater depth. Even if you don’t have time to stay at chat， come for a moment， and send your question to the chat host to be considered for a future article.

Please join me in chat， Monday—November 22， 2004 at 9:00 p.m. PT (11:00 p.m. CT) (Midnight ET)

I will be in the chat room for one hour to answer your children’s health questions.

To ask your question please type a “?” mark on the screen.

A host will call upon you when it is your turn to ask a question.

Click here to chat. Click here to learn more about chat.

Click here for a complete chat schedule.

1. The writer is probably ____.

A. an advertiserB. a lawyerC. a teacherD. an adviser

2. If you want to have a talk， you have to ____.

A. keep right to talkB. write a letter to the author before hand

C. be on the lineD. make an appointment

3. Which is NOT true according to the passage? ____.

A. The writer sometimes writes questions into an article

B. The writer can be visited on Monday November 22

C. The talker has to type a “?” mark on the screen

D. Anyone who asks questions must come to the chat room

4. The chat with the writer on the screen ____.

A. lasts one hourB. must be about children’s health questions

C. has to be called on MondayD. must go on in a room

第二節(jié):選出符合語境的最佳選項，選項中有一項是多余選項。

The people below are all willing to offer help to those who needs help. After the description of these people， there is information about six voluntary jobs (A—F). Decide which place would be most suitable for the person(s) mentioned in questions 1—5 and then mark the correct number on your answer sheet. There is one extra paragraph about one job which you don’t need to use.

__1__ Stephen: Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer. When I began to discover what other people’s lives were like because they could not read， I realized the true importance of reading.

__2__ Ben: After graduation， I don’t want to apply for a job at once. Instead， I plan to spare one year to help those who need help most and try my best to improve their lives. You know， education is essential to poverty relief and at the same time I’ll get valuable experience for my future career.

__3__ Susan: I’m a girl from England and has studied French for years. I’m here in Beijing University studying Chinese. I like China as it is full of mysteries. So I hope the voluntary work will help me to get in touch with Chinese people and get to know about China. Although my study is busy， I can be free at night and at the weekends.

__4__ Tim: Since I myself have overcome a lot of difficulties in my life， I understand young people’s problems and I know how to listen patiently to others and offer some advice. I’m working now in the daytime so I can only spend two to three hours a day at night to help others.

__5__ Lisa: I burst into tears when I saw those children in a TV programme. What a sight!They are only bone and skin left. What’s worse， every day the children are dying because of lack of food. I realized how lucky I am with enough food and a good chance to get education. The summer vacation is coming and I hope I can do something for them.

第Ⅱ卷(共35分)

第三部分:寫作(共兩節(jié)，滿分35分)

第一節(jié) 短文改錯(共10小題;每小題1分，滿分10分)

As is known by all， nowadays Internet is1.____

playing more and more important part in our daily2.____

life. On it， we can only read news at home and abroad 3.____

but also get so much information as possible.4.____

We are often send e-mails to our classmates or our 5.____

teachers or make telephone call to our families as well 6.____

as our friends. However， we can go to school on the net，7.____

read different kinds of books and even teach myself English.8.____

We can also enjoy music， watching sports and play computer9.____

games on the net. We can do shopping even without leaving our homes. 10.____

第二節(jié) 書面表達(滿分25分)

今年你校校慶，畢業(yè)前夕，高三年級同學決定給母校獻上一份賀禮，學生會向各班征求意見，同學們?yōu)榇诉M行了熱烈的討論。請你收集同學們的建議及其相關(guān)的理由。

同學建議——為學校做力所能及的事:

(1) 在植樹節(jié)那天為學校種樹，美化校園;

(2)向新同學、親戚朋友介紹學校，帶領(lǐng)他們參觀學校。

同時，闡明你的建議和理由。

注意:1.字數(shù):100~1202.開頭已給出。

Before graduation， we decide to give a meaningful gift to our school for its birthday.

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Key(4)