2011-2012学年度高三摸底考试
（潮州金山中学——揭阳一中联考）
英语
命题人：潮州市金山中学本试卷共10页，三大题，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：
1.答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号
填写在答题卡上，并用2B铅笔在答题卡上的相应位置填涂考生号。用2B铅笔将试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。
2.选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑，如
需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相
应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
I. 语言知识及应用 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1~15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并将答案涂在答题卡标号为1~15的相应位置上。
In Britain, people have different attitudes to the police. Most people generally
1 them and the job they do – although there are certain people who do not believe that the police should have the power that they do.
What does a policeman actually do? It is not a(n) 2 job to describe. After all, a policeman has a number of jobs in one. A policeman often has to control traffic, either on foot in the center of a town, or in a police car on the roads. Indeed, in Britain, he might be in the Traffic Police and spend all, or a lot of, his time 3
up and down main roads and motorways. A traffic policeman has to help keep the traffic moving, stop 4 motorists and help when there is an accident.
A policeman has to help keep the 5 , too. If there is a fight or some other disturbance, we 6 the police to come and restore order. And they often have to 7 situation at great risk to their own 8 .
We expect the police to solve crimes, of course, so an ordinary policeman,
9_ he is not a detective (侦探), will often have to help 10 and arrest criminals.
And who do we call when there is an emergency – an air crash, a 11 , a road accident, or a robbery? We call the police. So a policeman has to be 12 to face any unpleasant emergency that may happen in the 13 world.
The police do an absolutely necessary job. They do it 14 well and I support them, but I do not envy policemen. I do not think that I could 15 do the job of a policeman.
1. A. dislike B. join C. appreciate D. admire
2. A. funny B. pleasant C. interesting D. easy
3. A. walking B. driving C. wandering D. searching
4. A. resting B. tired C. speeding D. drunken
5. A. peace B. silence C. situation D. condition
6. A. wait for B. call C. think of D. expect
7. A. turn to B. avoid C. deal with D. treat
8. A. safety B. families C. future D. friends
9. A. although B. as if C. however D. even if
10. A. get rid of B. question C. look for D. sentence
11. A. power failure B. fire C. thunder storm D. thief
12. A. provided B. promised C. prepared D. presented
13. A. future B. modern C. real D. whole
14. A. extremely B. specially C. surprisingly D. particularly
15. A. hardly B. forever C. ever D. never
第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16~25的相应位置上。
In most cities, 16 or poor, it is the less well off that are most at risk from floods and natural disasters. It was the poor of New Orleans, nearly a 17 (three) of the population, who lived in the lowest-lying parts of the city and 18 (suffer) most from Katrina’s (卡特里娜飓风) wrath (愤怒). 19 (similar), it was the urban poor of Honduras (洪都拉斯) and its neighbors who were struck hardest 20 Hurricane Mitch in 1998. And it is the people of the slums (贫民窟) more widely in Latin America 21 are most capable of being attacked.
In some places, too little water, not too much, is the problem. China’s thirst for industry and 22 ( irrigate) has combined with climate change to drain the
