江苏省南京市2011届高三第二次模拟考试英语试题

1 南京市2011届高三第二次模拟考试

第二部分： 知识运用：

第一节： 单项选择

21. What disappointed ______ Chinese most is that the national football team was kicked out of

the Asian Cup _______ second time, with four points from three matches.

A. the; a B. /; a C. the; the D. /; the

22. Your plan, as well as his, sounds original. But the company, I think, won’t approve ____ of

them, for they are unrealistic.

A. any B. both C. each D. either

23. ---I’m here almost half an hour. How come it ______ you so long?

---Sorry, honey! I had to drive two blocks before I spotted a place to park the car.

A. takes B. took C. has taken D. had taken

24. Between you and me, Peter is ____. He is out of breath while walking.

A. fatter than stronger B. no weaker than before

C. more fat than strong D. not so much fat as strong

25. ---I wonder if I can board the plane with this return ticket.

---There ______ be no problem. Your ticket is valid until the end of this month.

A. must B. shall C. should D. might

26. She's got the job because she has the advantage ______ others of knowing many languages.

A. over B. above C. against D. beyond

27. The black box is a necessary device on an airplane, which records its speed, direction and

whether everything on the airplane _________ normally.

A. will function B. functioned C. is functioning D. has functioned

28. Everyone will go through life's stages of ups and downs, _______ self-respect plays a key role

in the maturity of a person.

A. when B. which C. as D. that

29. ---What happened to your brother?

---He slipped on the icy road _____after a bus, and had his leg broken.

A. to chase B. chasing C. chased D. having chased

30. According to the report, this virus was never known, which had claimed countless lives, _____

it was accidentally found by a doctor.

A. unless B. since C. so that D. until

31. ---I came all the way to inform you of the time and place of the meeting.

---You could have _______ yourself the trouble by calling me.

A. shared B. spared C. cost D. removed

32. I don't know _____ the future holds in store for me, but I'll face the storms of life bravely.

A. how B. where C. that D. what

33. The US was _______ a 20 to 30 percent appreciation (升值) of the yuan, and China's

government refused this unfair demand.

A. accounting for B. compensating for C. pushing for D. applying for

34. Considering the severe fact of global warming, the top ______ of all nations is to reduce CO2

emissions and increase use of renewable energy.

A. priority B. impact C. issue D. event

35. ---Is your present pension sufficient to cover your cost of living?

---Enough and to spare. ___________.

A. I can't complain. B. Serve me right!

D. I’ve had enough of it. D. I can't be too particular.

第二节: 完形填空

2 Some years ago I was offered a writing assignment that would require three months of travel

through Europe. I had been __36__ a couple of times, but I could hardly __37__ to know my ways

around the continent. __38__, my knowledge of foreign languages was __39__ to a little college

French.

I __40__. How would I, unable to speak the language, __41__ familiar with local geography

or transportation systems, conduct interviews and do __42__? It seemed impossible, and with

considerable __43__ I sat down to write a letter rejecting the __44__. Halfway through, a __45__

ran through my mind: you can’t learn if you don't try. So I __46__ the assignment.

There were some bad __47__. But by the time I had finished the trip, I was an experienced

traveler. And ever since, I have never hesitated to head for even the most __48__ places, without

guides or __49__ advanced bookings, confident that somehow I will __50__.

The point is that the new, the different, is almost by definition __51__. But each time you try

something, you learn, and as the learning __52__, the world opens to you.

I've learned to ski at 40, and flown up the Rhine River in a (n) __53__. And I know I'll go on

doing such things. It's not because I'm braver or more daring than others. I'm not. But I'll accept

worry as another name for __54 __ and I believe I can __55__ wonders.

36. A. aboard B. abroad C. away D. out

37. A. claim B. declare C. hope D. deny

38. A. Somehow B. However C. Instead D. Moreover

39. A. accustomed B. added C. limited D. suited

40. A. resigned B. hesitated C. trembled D. suspected

41. A. only too B. more than C. apart from D. far from

42. A. operations B. experiments C. research D. business