1、陕西省咸阳市武功县届高三英语上学期摸底考试试题武功县2016届高三摸底考试试题 英 语 第一卷（选择题，共85分）第一部分 英语知识运用（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。1. Would you please lend me some money?- _. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth. A. No problem B. No wayC. Out of question D. All right2. _ is often the cas
2、e, the teacher has made the teaching plan before the new term. A. Which B. When C. What D. As3. - Shall I go and buy more fruit for the party? - No, I have already bought 3 baskets. That _ be enough. A. can B. should C. may D. might4. What a nice bike! Where _ you _ it? A. do ; buy B. have ; bought
3、C. will ; buy D. did ; buy5. The manager made her employees know that hard work would_ one day. A. give off B. pay off C. come off D. see off 6. - Mommy, Id like some more chocolate. - Sorry, there is _ left. A. none B. some C. a little D. few7. After summer rain, the rainbow looks more beautiful _
4、a blue sky. A. in B. against C. on D. within 8. Here _ the professor and writer as well as his friends. A. come B. comes C. are coming D. is coming 9. I thought it of great necessity _ your fathers advice into consideration. A. taken B. taking C. to take D. took 10. The patient in hospital is ready
5、to accept _ help she can get. A. wherever B. whatever C. however D. whenever 11. My friend asked me to play _ volleyball, but Im tired and I dont think Ive got _ energy. A. a ; / B. the ; the C. / ; / D. / ; the12. He was on the point of setting off for Shanghai _ his girl friend called him. A. when
6、 B. while C. as D. before13. _ again and again, the sayings have been learned by heart so far. A. Being practised B. Having been practised C. Practising D. Having practised14. I strongly recommended that more phrases _ use of in his composition. A. would be made B. can be made C. are made D. be made
7、 15. Fancy seeing you here at this time! - _ A. Its a small world. B. Thats all right. C. Oh, I never thought. D. Oh, havent you?第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。AChoose Your One-Day ToursTour A-Bath & Stonehenge including entrance fees to t
8、he ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge-until 26 March and 39 thereafter. Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey,the Royal Crescent and the Costute Mtsan.Stonehenge is one of the worlds most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.Tour B-Oxford & Stratdfor
9、d including entrance fees to the University St Marys Church Tower and Anne Hathaways house一32 until 12 March and 36 thereafter.Oxford: Includes a guided of Englands oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶)”form St Marys Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guide
10、d tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.Tour CWindsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace-£34 until March and £37 thereafter. Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry Mills favourite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle（en
11、trance fees not included）. With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace ia open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫)where it is easy to
12、 get lost!TourD-CambridgeincludingentrancefeestotheTowerofSaintMarytheGreat-£33.until18Marchand£37thereafter.IncludesaguidedtourofCambridge,thefamousuniversitytown,andthegardensofthe18thcentury.16.WhichtourwillyouchooseifyouwanttoseeEnglandsoldestuniversitycity? A.Tour A B.Tour B C.Tour
13、C D.Tour D 17.Whichofthefollowingtourschargesthelowestfeeon17March? A.WindsorCastle&HamptonCourt. B. Cambridge. C.Bath&Stonehenge. D. Oxford&Stratford 18.WhyisHamptonCourtamajortouristattraction? A.Itusedtobethehomeofroyalfamilies. B.Itusedtobeawell-knownmaze C.ItistheoldestpalaceinBritain D.Itisawo
14、rld-famouscastle.BSince the first Earth Day in 1970, Americans have gotten a lot “greener” toward the environment . “We didnt know at that time that there even was an environment, let alone that there was a problem with it, ”says Bruce Anderson, president of Earth Day USA.But what began as nothing i
15、mportant in public affairs has grown into a social movement . Business people, political leaders, university professors, and especially millions of grass-roots Americans are taking part in the movement. “The understanding has increased many, many times, ”says Gaylord Nelson, the former governor from
16、 Wisconsin, who thought up the first Earth Day.According to US government reports , emissions (排放) from cars and trucks have dropped from 10. 3 million tons a year to 5. 5 tons . The number of cities producing CO beyond the standard has been reduced from 40 to 9 . Although serious problems still rem
17、ain and need to be dealt with , the world is a safer and healthier place . A kind of “Green thinking ” has become part of practices .Great improvement has been achieved . In 1988 there were only 600 recycling programs , today in 1995 there are about 6, 600 . Advanced lights , motors , and building d
18、esigns have helped save a lot of energy and therefore prevented pollution .Twenty five years ago , there were hardly any education programs for environment . Today , its hard to find a public school , university , or law school that does not have such a kind of program . ” Until we do that , nothing
19、 else will change! ” say Bruce Anderson .19. According to Anderson , before 1970, Americans had little idea about _A the social movement B recycling techniquesC environmental problems D the importance of Earth Day20. Where does the support for environmental protection mainly come from?A University p
20、rofessors B The business circleC Government officials D The grass roots level21. What have Americans achieved in environmental protection ?A They have reduced pollution through effective measures .B They have settled their environmental problemsC They have lowered their CO levels in forty cities.D T
21、hey have cut car emissions to the lowest22. What is especially important for environmental protection according to the last paragraph ?A Planning B Education C Green living D CO reductionCSalvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the most popular of modern artists. The Pompidou Centre in Paris is showing
22、 its respect and admiration for the artist and his powerful personality with an exhibition bringing together over 200 paintings, sculptures, drawings and more. Among the works and masterworks on exhibition the visitor will find the best pieces, most importantly The Persistence of Memory. There is al
23、so LEnigme sans Fin from 1938, works on paper, objects, and projects for stage and screen and selected parts from television programmes reflecting the artists showman qualities.The visitor will enter the World of Dali through an egg and is met with the beginning, the world of birth. The exhibition f
24、ollows a path of time and subject with the visitor exiting through the brain.The exhibition shows how Dali draws the viewer between two infinities (无限). “From the infinity small to the infinity large, contraction and expansion coming in and out of focus: amazing Flemish accuracy and the showy Baroqu
25、e of old painting that he used in his museum-theatre in Figueras,” explains the Pompidou Centre.The fine selection of the major works was done in close collaboration (合作)with the Museo Nacional Reina Sofia in Madrid, Spain, and with contributions from other institutions like the Salvador Dali Museum
26、 in St. Petersburg.23. Which of the following best describe Dali according to Paragraph 1?A. Optimistic. B. Productive C. Generous. D. Traditional.24. What is Dalis The Persistence of Memory considered to be?A.One of the beat TV programmes. B. A successful screen adaptation. C. An artistic creation
27、for the stage. D. One of his masterworks.25. How are the exhibits arranged at the World of Dali?A. By popularity. B. By time and subject.C. By size and shape. D. By importance.26. What does the word “contributions” in the last paragraph refer to? A. Documents. B. Projects. C. Donations. D. Artworks.
28、DAs more and more people speak the global languages of English, Chinese, Spanish, and Arabic, other languages are rapidly disappearing. In fact, half of the 6,000-7,000 languages spoken around the world today will likely die out by the next century, according to the United Nations Educational , Scie
29、ntific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). In an effort to prevent language loss, scholars from a number of organizations -UNESCO and National Geographic among themhave for many years been documenting dying languages and the cultures they reflect.Mark Turin, a scientist at the Macmillan Centre Yale
30、University, who specializes in the languages and oral traditions of the Himalayas, is following in that tradition. His recently published book, A Grammar of Thangmi with an Ethnolinguistic Introduction to the Speakers and Their Culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a fami
31、ly in a village in Nepal.Documenting the Thangmi language and culture is just a starting point for Turin, who seeks to include other languages and oral traditions across the Himalayan reaches of India , Nepal, Bhutan, and China . But he is not content to simply record these voices before they disappear without record.At the University of Cambridge Turin discovered a wealth of important materials-including photographs, fil
