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1、-新津中学高2010级高三（下）2月月考英语试题第一部分 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1分，满分10分）从A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。1Johnwould you please keep an eye on our pet dog? Well be out for a couple of hours_It will be fine with meAIts my pleasure BGo ahead CNever mind DForget it2We have requested that the

2、 government _ involved dealing with the problemAget Bgets Cgot D, getting3What did you think of the concert for the 120th anniversary of Guo Moruo?Wonderful! I enjoyed the last three songs by Liu Huan _Ain total Bin general Cin particular Din common4Many online games are full of violence which do ha

3、rm to the development of the childrenAnd thats _ my concern liesAwhat Bwhich Cthat Dwhere5What is a good boss like?Its hard to say, but I think he _ be responsible, determined and creativeAshould Bmay C. can Dwould6John talked with me for about an hour yesterdayNever _ him talk so muchAdid I hear Bh

4、ad I heard CI had heard DI heard7_ deep down in the earth for thousands of years, the dead forest has rotted away and become coalA. Having buried BBeing buried CBuried DTo be buried8_ in the regulations that you should not tell other people the password of your e-mail accountAIt requires BIt is requ

5、ired CWhat requires DWhat is required9How was the journey?Tiring! I caught the train at the last second but all the seats_I stood all the wayA. would occupy Bhad occupy Cwould be occupied D. had been occupied10Do you think that mixed ability classes _ the better students?Of course notAhold back Bcut

6、 down Cbring up Dtake off第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题15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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。I cant believe you tell people your age, my friend saidHey, I dont 11 ReallyIn fact, I love my age, because every single birthday 12 more than just presents and cakesThe day I heard the word 13 spoken

7、 by my doctor, my life turned upside downThe cancer had spread to my lymph nodes （淋巴结）I learned at 32 years of age to 14 deathThere were a lot of 15 to stick arounda husband of 12 years that I loved a whole lot and three beautiful children that were unaware to the struggle of their mom and 16 , but

8、who gave me daily strength in their love and handmade gifts that hung on the hospital wallHowever, Im 17 for cancer in many waysDoes that sound crazy? I wouldnt wish it on 18 and I dont want to go through it again, but it was a（n） 19 It helped me to 20 every single dayIt forced me to 21 my life seri

9、ouslyThings that were once 22 seemed foolishIt let me pursue the desires of my heart 23 my walletIt gave me the ability to see life as fragile, not one day promisedWhen I hit my 5th year of survival, I 24 my job to write full timeI decided not to write one more word about anything that didnt 25 to m

10、eCancer taught me not to let the opportunities of your heart pass you by 26 _ we are not promised one day or somedayYou see, life has become a series of 27 Last month, I celebrated my 13th year of survival and embraced my 44th birthdayNext month, Richard and I will celebrate our 24th anniversaryMy t

11、hree young children now are all 28 their own dreams, because my cancer taught them tooDo I mind telling my age? 29 Im 44! Im thankful for all 10 gray hairsWhen I look in the mirror and notice the so-called “wrinkles, I know they are opportunitiesEvery line was placed there by a smile that creased （弄

12、皱） my face-an experience, large or small, that came from living this gift called 30 11 Apretend Bmind Cagree Dunderstand12Ameans Bmakes Cgives Dholds13Anews Bdeath Ccancer Ddisease14Aaccept Bface Creduce Dappreciate15Areasons Bobstacles Cmembers Dthings16Aparents Bfriends Cdad Dcompanions17Aprepared

13、BhopefulCresponsibleDthankful18AnobodyBeverybodyCanybodyDsomeone19AmemoryBpracticeCenemyDteacher20AspendBtreasureCovercomeDcalculate21Athink aboutBmake use of Ccome toDstart with22AavailableBpredictableCdistantDimportant23Ainstead ofBas well asCregardless ofDexcept tor24AdevotedBcompletedCleftDspare

14、d25AapplyBmatterCexplainDappear26AalthoughBwhileCifDbecause-27AcelebrationsBpartiesCstrugglesDstories28Aawaking fromBlivingCrunning afterDrealizing29AMaybe notBAbsolutely not COf courseDNot exactly30AdreamBloveCexpectationDlife第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）第一节（共20小题，每题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

15、选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AWhy do Chinese people love hot pot so much? As the winter months begin to settle in, I find myself wondering what it is about this traditional meal, which has existed for more than 1000 years, that makes it a Chinese food favoriteBut it seems that the answer lies beyond the dish itse

16、lfHot pot isnt just designed to keep you warm during the cold months; its also a social experienceIts a theater” cuisine that turns a meal into an eventThere is a lot of fun for everyone to have in adding ingredients to the hot potHot pot is eaten over two to three hoursFor this reason, it is often,

17、 considered an evenings entertainment, and time to spend with friends and familyHowever, many westerners would be put off by the idea of other people sticking chopsticks in their foodWhen we come to eat at the table in the UK, we tend to have our own individual portions （份额）, although the experience

18、 is still a social oneA similar experience to the hot pot one can be found in Korean barbecue restaurants, which let you cook your own meatThis allows people to have their meat done however they wantFor most Westerners, the idea of going to a restaurant to cook their own food is bizarre （古怪的）But hav

19、ing given hot pot a go, I find its now one of my favorite meals in BeijingThe steam from the pot left my clothes smelling of food when I got home, but perhaps this is also part of the experienceWhen the chilly （刺骨的） wind is blowing outside, just grab （抓） some chopsticks, some good friends, and dig i

20、nFor me its like throwing a dinner party where my taste buds （味蕾） and my appetite are equally satisfied in the warm company of friends31According to the author, hot pot is popular in China because _Ait is a fun social experienceBit has been developing for over 1,000 yearsCit involves many unique ing

21、redientsDit keeps people warm in winter and it is creative32We can conclude from the article that generally British people _.Aprefer a Korean barbecue to Chinese hot potBfind it interesting to cook their own food in restaurantsCdont like sharing food with othersDdont mind the smell of food staying o

22、n their clothes after dinner33The underlined word put off in the third paragraph probably means _Aexcited Bdisappointed Cpuzzled Ddiscouraged34What is the tone of the article?AAppreciative B LongingCHumorous DSeriousBLast week, my granddaughter started kindergarten （幼儿园）, and I wished her every succ

23、essBut part of me didntI actually wanted her to fail in some ways because I believe that failure can be good for our learning processSuccess is proving that you can do something that you already know you can do, or doing something correctly the first timewhich can often be a problematic victoryFirst

24、-time success is often a fluke （侥幸）First-time failure, by contrast, is expected, it is the natural order of thingsFailure is how we learnIn Africa they describe a good cook as she who has broken many potsIf youve spent enough time in the kitchen to break a lot of pots, you probably know a lot about

25、cookingI once had dinner with a group of cooks, and they spent time comparing knife wounds and burn scarsThey knew how much credibility （可靠性） their failures gave themI earn my living by writing a daily newspaper columnEach week I am aware that one column I write will be my worstI dont set out to wri

26、te itI try my best every dayI have learned to cherish （珍惜） that columnA good column usually means that I am discussing a familiar topic, writing in a style I am used to or saying the same things as any one else but in a fancy wayMy younger daughter is a trapeze-artist （杂技荡千演员）. She spent three years

27、 putting together a show, and she did it successfully for yearsThere was no reason for her to change itbut she did anywayShe said she was no longer learning anything new and that she was boredAnd if she was bored, there was no point in subjecting her body to all that stress She risked failure and pu

28、blic embarrassment in order to feed her soulMy granddaughter is a perfectionistShe will feel her failures, and I will want to comfort herBut I will also, I hope, remind her of what she learned, and how she can do better next timeI hope I can tell her, though, that its not the end of the worldIndeed,

29、 with luck, it is just the beginning35Why did the author want his granddaughter to fail?ASuccess is boring though beneficialBIt is impossible to do everything successfullyCShe would learn more from failureDHe wanted her to be strong enough to face hardships36Whats the authors attitude toward his dau

30、ghter changing her show?APositive BWorried CNegative DExcited37The author develops the article mainly by _Afollowing the time order Bgiving examplesCcomparing different opinions Dpresenting a cause and analyzing its effects38The writer talked about his own experience to show that_Awe cannot depend o

31、n luck to live a good lifeBpast failures made him dare not take risks in writingCwe should try every possible way to avoid failureDthe thought of failure will make you work even harderC“Heartless its not usually a word you would want to use to describe a personBut having his heart removed was what s

32、aved Craig Lewis life ?and what made him the first living heartless manThe 55-year-old had been dying of heart diseaseHe was told that he only had 12 hours to liveThat was when Billy Cohn and Bud Frazier, two doctors from the Texas Heart Institute, US, decided to try something newThey removed Lewis

33、heart and replaced it with an artificial oneLess than a week after the operationLewis was able to sit up in bed and speak to his family, according to Reuters Lewis kept on living like a normal person, with only one difference -he didnt have a heartbeatThe human heart usually pumps blood through our

34、bodies by beating regularlyBy contrast, this artificial heart pushes the blood forward with two moving blades（桨叶）If you were to touch Lewis or listen lo his chest, you would not feel a heartbeatIf you hooked him up to an EKG（心电图） machine, the line would be flatScientists have been trying to create a

35、 working artificial heart for yearsMany people suffer from serious heart disease and cannot get transplants （移植）Until now all artificial hearts either broke down or caused blocks and infectionsBut after five years of hard work, Dr Cohn and Dr Frarier developed this artificial heart It is smaller and

36、 quieter than other artificial hearts and can last much longerThey tested it on 38 calves （牛犊） and all of them turned out energetic and healthyLewis is the first human proof that the machine is a successThe doctors will have to work more on the device and decide on a final design before it can be wi

37、dely usedThe US Food and Drug Administration will also need to say that the machine is safeBut this artificial heart looks likely to bring a ray of hope to thousands of patients39What can we infer from the first two paragraphs?AWithout the artificial heart, Lewis could have diedBLewis feels he is un

38、ique because he has no heartCAfter the operation, Lewis recovered rather slowlyDLewis own heart kept working alongside the artificial one40In what way was Lewis new heart special?AIt was taken from a calfBIt pushed and pumped blood instead of beatingCIt could be indicated on the EKG machineDIt had o

39、bvious advantages over other artificial hearts41Which of the following is TRUE about this artificial heart?aIt is smaller and quieterbIt will last longercIt has not yet become infecteddIt is going to be produced on mass scaleAabBabdCabcDabcd42The writer seems to be _ the artificial heartAdoubtful ab

40、out Boptimistic about Csure of Dproud ofDDisease, poverty, hate, love-Charles Dickens stories opened his readers eyes to the most important themes of his ageTwo hundred years on, his stories still speak volumes across the world, proving that Dickens legacy （遗产） was far greater than just great litera

41、tureFebruary 7 marks the 200th anniversary of the writers birthdayTo mark this date, BBC writer Alex Hudson listed six things Dickens gave the modern worldLets take a look at two of themA while ChristmasDickens is described as the man who invented Christmas -not the religious festival, but the cultu

42、ral aspects that we associate with the festive （喜庆的） season todayIn the early 19th century, Christmas was barely worth mentioning, according to critic and writer Leigh HuntThe committee which ran the Conservative Party even held ordinary business meetings on Christmas Day - unthinkable in the West n

43、owadays, when everyone, but the most necessary workers takes at least three days offMany people believe that Dickens popular depictions（描绘） of the festive period became a blueprint for generations to comeIn his classic novel, A Christmas Carol, he not only put forward the idea of snow at Christmas,

44、but also painted a picture of glowing warmth-“home enjoyments, affections and hopesIn his biography of Dickens, Peter Ackroyd wrote, Dickens can be said to have almost single-handedly created the modern idea of ChristmasDickensian povertyDickens was one of the first to take an honest look at the und

45、erclass and the poor of Victorian （the period during British Queen Victorias reign from 1837 to 1901） LondonHe helped popularize the term red tape to describe situations where people in power use needless amounts of bureaucracy （官僚作风） in a way that particularly hurts the weaker and poorer members of societyDickensian has now become a powerful word for describing an unacceptable level of povertyIn 2009, when the president of the Association of Teachers