山东省德州市跃华学校2013届高三暑假作业过关考试英语试题

跃华学校2013届高三暑假作业过关考试英语试题 一、完形填空： （两篇，每小题1.5分，共60分） （一） I was 11, and my family was preparing to leave the beautiful island, where we had lived for four years: my father was being transferred again. But I had constructed a mental wall against this unsettledness. My fascination（迷恋） with 1  provided me with an endless source of   2    . When I arrived on this little island, I discovered a variety of butterflies, and I began to   3  them. Catching butterflies isn’t   4    , so I was proud of my collection.   5  there was one that I had yet to capture – the great orange tip. The problem was its   6  habitat: I could only watch these lovely insects 7  gracefully. No matter how high I climbed, these creatures were always just 8_ my reach. With only a couple of days before we were to leave, I began to   9  hope of finding my great orange tip. One morning, I was at leave to wander the bush keeping a   10  eye out for my beauty. In the heat, butterflies of all sorts floated above the wildflowers on the hillsides.   11  , the great orange tips remained high above the treetops. But then, I caught a flash of brilliant white out of the 12  of my eye. I looked up and there it was, about a meter away,   13  on a big red flower. I   14  in my tracks. After a long moment, I began to raise my net, little by little,   15  beating fast. I could scarcely believe my eyes.   16  I reached in and grabbed it, with every intention of moving it into the killing jar. But my hand   17  as I reached for the jar. There was the brilliant bloom of orange on the tips of its glowing white wings, and I could feel the creature’s   18  between my fingers.And then,  on an impulse(冲动), I tossed it into the clear, bright air and watched it float away. High above the nearby trees it 19  and then disappeared from 20. Now, I believe I made a wise choice in an instant then. 1. A. travel            B. nature            C. islands              D. flowers 2. A. amazement      B. information        C. motivation          D. environment 3. A. notice            B. raise                C. display          D. collect 4. A. usual            B. hard                C. easy              D. funny 5. A. And                B. But                C. Therefore          D. Besides 6. A. high                B. long                C. fast              D. often 7. A. flowing            B. floating            C. jumping          D. running 8. A. by                B. for                C. against              D. beyond 9. A. hold    up            B. put up            C. give up          D. keep up 10. A. careful            B. tearful            C. greedy              D. sleepy 11. A. In turn            B. In common        C. As well          D. As usual 12. A. edge            B. touch                C. corner              D. sight 13. A. gathered        B. settled            C. performed          D. ploughed 14. A. froze            B. puzzled            C. stared              D. rushed 15. A. the tree            B. the net            C. my heart          D. my hand 16. Gently            B. Seriously            C. Luckily          D. Actively 17. A. rose            B. fell                C. stopped          D. stretched 18. A. movement        B. existence            C. joy              D. fear 19. A. hung            B. started            C. parked              D. sailed 20. A. hand            B. sight                C. jar              D. tree （2） Care Your Dream I always have the dream to dance like a beautiful ballerina(芭蕾舞女演员) twirling around and around and hearing people applaud for me. When I was young, I would twirl in the field of wildflowers that grew in my  21  . For hours I would dance   22   people were watching me.   23    woke me up when I heard a voice saying, “I don’t know why you  2 4   trying to dance. Ballerinas are pretty, slim little girls.  2 5   , you don’t have the talent to  2 6   be a ballerina.” I remember how those words paralyzed(使麻木) every   27   in my body. I fell to   the ground and wept for hours. We lived in the country by a nearby lake and I would sometimes go there to hide. I enjoyed  28   by the water. I would sit there for hours and stare at my  2 9  . There I was, looking   30  like a pretty ballerina dancer. Reflections don’t   31  . Once the waves would come, my reflection was   32  , washed away just like my  33  . I sat there staring at the water, hoping that my reflection would reappear and be   34  . As I grew older, I began to realize that the dream I had was never  35  , so it slowly died. It’s not that I wanted it to die,   36   I allowed it to die the day I started listening to the words “You can’t do it.” When I   37   woke up from many years of dreaming, I realized that you can’t just keep   38   in the wildflowers, you have to move on to the   39  . I still go to the lake sometimes and sit there. Looking at my reflection is different now too. When I was young, I looked at how others saw me. Now that I am older and   40   , I look at how God sees me. 21. A. platform 22. A. ever since 23. A. Directors 24. A. bother 25. A. Meanwhile 26. A. yet 27. A. struggling 28. A. hanging about 29. A. figure 30. A. everything 31. A. hide 32. A. lifted 33. A. childhood 34. A. simple 35. A. cared for 36. A. so 37. A. instantly 38. A. crying 39. A. stage 40. A. weaker B. backyard B. in case B. Instructions B. remind B. However B. ever B. feeling B. settling down B. status B. nothing B. speak B. hidden B. emotion B. flexible B. brought on B. but B. occasionally B. singing B. school B. taller C. interest C. as if C. Awareness C. attempt C. Besides C. thus C. performing C. looking upon C. picture C. something C. lie C. gone C. thoughts C.pretty C. turned out C. or C. unwillingly C. dancing C. crowd C. wiser D. daydream D. even if D. Reality D. assume D. Therefore D. still D. twirling D. diving off D. reflection D. anything D. laugh D. melted D. dream D. different D. given up D. and D. eventually D. running D. garden D. stronger         二、 阅读理解：（每小题2分，共40分）                  A The Pacific island nation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Nauru’s heartbreaking story could have one good consequence — other countries might learn from its mistakes. For thousands of years, Polynesian people lived on the remote island of Nauru, far from western civilization. The first European to arrive was John Fearn in 1798. He was the British captain of the Hunter, a whaling ship. He called the island Pleasant Island. However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900. Nauru’s real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate. In 1968, Nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. Every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate. Unfortunately, the leaders invested（投资） the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. In addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. Soon people realized that they had a terrible problem — their phosphate was running out. Ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. By 2000, Nauru was financially ruined. Experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. This will probably never happen. 41. What might be the author’s purpose in writing the text? A. To seek help for Nauru’s problems.    B. To give a warning to other countries. C. To show the importance of money.    D. To tell a heartbreaking story of a war. 42. What was Nauru like before the Europeans came? A. Rich and powerful.                  B. Modern and open. C. Peaceful and attractive.              D. Greedy and aggressive. 43. The ecological disaster in Nauru resulted from _______. A. soil pollution                      B. phosphate overmining C. farming activity                    D. whale hunting 44 Which of the following was a cause of Nauru’s financial problem? A. Its leaders misused the money.        B. It spent too much repairing the island. C. Its phosphate mining cost much money.  D. It lost millions of dollars in the civil war. 45. What can we learn about Nauru from the last paragraph? A. The ecological damage is difficult to repair. B. The leaders will take the experts’ words seriously. C. The island was abandoned by the Nauruans D. The phosphate mines were destroyed B One of the greatest contributions to the first Oxford English Dictionary was also one of its most unusual. In 1879, Oxford University in England asked Prof. James Murray to serve as editor for what was to be the most ambitious dictionary in the history of the English language. It would include every English word possible and would give not only the definition but also the history of the word and quotations (引文) showing how it was used. This was a huge task., so Murrary had to find volunteers from Britain, the United States, and the British colonies to search every newspaper, magazine, and book ever written in English. Hundreds of volunteers responded, including William Chester Minor. Dr. Minor was an American Surgeon who had served in the Civil War and was now living in England. He gave his address as “Broadmoor, Crowthorne, Berkshire,” 50 miles from Oxford. But he was also a mystery. In spite of many invitations, he would always decline(谢绝) to visit Oxford. So in 1897， Murray finally decided to travel to Crowthorne himself. When he arrived, he found Minor locked in a book-lined cell at the Broadmoor Asylum(精神病院) for the Criminally insane. Murray and Minor became friends, sharing their love of words. Minor continued contributing to the dictionary, sending in more than 10,000 submissions in 20 years. Murray continued to visit Minor regularly, sometimes taking walks with him around the asylum grounds. In 1910, Minor left Broadmoor for an asylum in his native America. Murray was at the port to wave goodbye to his remarkable friend. Minor died in 1920, seven years before the first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary was completed. The 12 volumes defined 414,825 words, and thousands of them were contributions from a very scholarly and devoted asylum patient.