1、朝阳区高三英语二模考试试题及答案北京市朝阳区高三年级第二次综合英语学科测试21. The news came as no surprise to me. I _ for some time that the factory was going to shut down. A. knew B. had known C. have known D. know22. _ people food, housing and jobs is what a government should first consider after a natural disaster happens. A. Offere
2、d B. Offering C. Offer D. Being offered23. Could I speak to _ is in charge of International Sales, please? A. anyone B. someone C. whoever D. no matter who24. Can you imagine how much _ my car looked after being airbrushed? A. wellB. good C. best D. better25. They dont know what is going to happen w
3、hen the project _. A. will finishB. has finished C. will be finished D. is finished26. EBay, Amazon and Wal-Mart are popular websites _ people can sell goods to each other. A. where B. which C. when D. whose27. The headmaster will not permit the change in the course, nor _ it a thought. A. does he e
4、ven give B. he even gives C. will he even give D. he will even give28. The farmers expanded their production to meet the increasing demand _ locally grown food. A. for B. in C. of D. to29. The version _ to be closest to the authors original now belongs to a national museum in Paris. A. is thought B.
5、 thinking C. being thought D. thought30. It rained continuously for about 3 hours on the way, completely _ his appointment with the interviewer. A. ruined B. ruining C. to ruin D. ruins31. It was very kind of you to do the washing-up, but you _ it. A. neednt do B. shouldnt do C. mustnt have done D.
6、didnt have to do32. She _ with the symphony orchestra three times this season. A. played B. has played C. has been playing D. is playing33. It was probably at that moment _ I understood what kindness really was. A. that B. when C. which D. what34. Pollution will remain a global problem for a long ti
7、me _ much has been done to solve it. A. since B. unless C. though D. if35. What a journey! Weve finally arrived! _ an out-of-date train schedule, we would not have missed the train. A. Had we not used B. Did we useC. If we didnt use D. If we had used I learned about life from an ant farm. When I was
8、 seven years old, my family tried to _36_ an ant farm at home. First, we put clean sand in a thin glass box, and then we brought some ants from the backyard and placed them into the _37_ home. Shortly after the new _38_ were dropped into the glass structure, they got to work making tunnels. I was am
9、azed that each one knew _39_ what to do. After hours of staring, I realized that the ants had particular given jobs. With my moms help, I kept a journal of what happened each day and _40_ the ants. My favorite was the biggest, Cinderella. I drew a picture of her in my journal, which I still have. On
10、 day five a disaster _41_ the ant farm. While I was _42_ the ants, I had put my face so close to the structure that I accidentally tipped it over, _43_ in all the tunnels. Although the ants _44_ their earthquake, one by one they began to die. I was _45_ as I watched them give up their tunnel-buildin
11、g to carry the bodies to a corner of the farm. My mother reported that the ants were dying of “frustration”feeling annoyed and impatient as they couldnt control the situation. They simply could not _46_ the reality that their tunnels had been destroyed. Cinderella was the last to die; she did so whi
12、le carrying a dead ant on her back. Although much time has passed, I still think of that ant farm. Mom had hoped it would teach me about the natural world, _47_ it taught me much more. _48_ the years, I came to realize the ants were a study in the benefits of _49_. Working together, they were able t
13、o create a(n) _50_ world for themselves. I also learned that they should be _51_ for their hard work. Day in and day out, each labored at their task. The ant farm demonstrated that teamwork and perseverance are indeed two key _52_ to success. But there was an even larger lesson that I did not _53_ u
14、ntil recently: Disaster is a natural part of life, and must be _54_. Unlike the ants, humans cannot give up when they face _55_. Unlike the ants, we have to realize that if a tunnel caves in, we just have to build another.36. A. get B. buy C. run D. find37. A. empty B. new C. strange D. distant38. A
15、. guests B. settlers C. friends D. members39. A. probably B. roughly C. exactly D. normally40. A. named B. trained C. compared D. measured41. A. affected B. struck C. kicked D. beat42. A. removing B. teaching C. observing D. collecting43. A. turning B. rushing C. filling D. caving44. A. experienced
16、B. predicted C. faced D. survived45. A. annoyed B. horrified C. moved D. thrilled46. A. reflect B. ignore C. confirm D. stand47. A. and B. but C. so D. or48. A. In B. For C. From D. Over49. A. teamwork B. devotion C. responsibility D. organization50. A. relaxing B. amusing C. moving D. amazing51. A.
17、 supported B. inspired C. admired D. admitted52. A. certificates B. approaches C. ingredients D. circumstances53. A. give B. realize C. take D. adopt54. A. accepted B. suffered C. achieved D. managed55. A. challenges B. barriers C. pressure D. disappointment A When Sally Ride was ten years old, she
18、had no idea that she would someday grow up to be one of Americas first women astronauts. In fact, if you had asked her then what she wanted to be, she would have said, “I want to play shortstop (游击手) for the Los Angeles Dodgers.” Sally collected baseball cards by the boxful, and she knew the name an
19、d batting average of every player in the National League. But major league baseball didnt seem much of a possibility for a girl, even an athletic one like Sally, so her father and mother talked her into taking tennis lessons when she was twelve. At first she hated to trade in her baseball bat for a
20、tennis racket, but it wasnt long before she started to win tournaments in her new sport. “Tennis became much more fun when I started winning,” Sally remembers. Sally first became interested in the space program in 1962 when astronaut John Glenn orbited the earth in his Mercury space capsule. Sally w
21、as ten years old at the time, but she remembers the launch and the splashdown as if they happened yesterday. The girl who used to memorize batting averages became a space fan. She quickly learned the name of all the eight NASA astronauts, the date of every launch, and the name and number of every sp
22、acecraft from Freedom 7 to Skylab 3. By the time she was sixteen, Sally had decided to become an astrophysicist. She had also become a nationally ranked tennis player. She remembers yawning through an important tennis match on June 20, 1969, after staying up all night to watch Neil Armstrongs first
23、steps on the moon. Sally lost the match. As Sally got older, many of her friends started playing professional tennis. Some of them tried to talk her into quitting school to join them on the professional tennis circuit. But Sally said no. “Black holes are more interesting to me than backhands,” she t
24、old them. Now she knows that she made the right choice, but in 1970 Sally had no way of knowing that NASA would open the space program to women.56. When still a child, Sally Ride wanted to be a (an) _ when she grew up. A. baseball player B. astronaut C. tennis player D. astrophysicist57. Sally Ride
25、became a space fan _. A. when she was 12 B. in 1962 C. in 1970 D. in 197658. She lost an important tennis match on June 20, 1969 because _. A. she kept yawning while playing the game B. she was no longer interested in tennis C. she didnt have enough sleep the night before D. she was thinking of becoming an astrophysicist B Whatever projects you have in mind for the home, a wish-book is a way to design the plans. Creating a wish-book is a fun, mind-expanding and free way to begin any design project in your home. Even if your budge
