凉山州2013届高中毕业班第二次诊断性测试 英语试题

英语试题卷 第1页（共8页） 第I卷 (选择题，共90分) 第一部分 英语知识运用 第一节 单项填空（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 从每题所给的4个选项中选出最佳选项。 1. — I guess the key to the problem is the choice “A”. — ______ A. That’s it. B. That’s great. C. That’s OK. D. That’s all right. 2. How ______Jenny was! A. a nice girl B. nice girl C. a girl nice D. nice a girl 3. Life is like riding a bicycle. ______ your balance, you must keep moving. A. Keeping B. To keep C. Keep D. Being kept 4. ______, Scarlett never seems able to do the work satisfactorily. A. Try as hard she will B. Trying hard as she will C. Try hard as she will D. Trying as hard she will 5. More water and the young trees ______. A. couldn't have died B. needn’t have died C. shouldn’t have died D. mustn’t have died 6. Americans ______ sent a message to the world ______ they have never been just a collection of red states and blue states. A. who; that B. /; / C. /; that D. that; what 7. Nobody but the workers here and those who are invited ______into the studio. A. are admitted B. are admitting C. is admitted D. is admitting 8. ______ positive intentions, you feel more empowered and more like a “victor” than a “victim”. A. With focused on B. A focus on C. With focusing on D. With a focus on 9. Williams takes ______encouraging when so many students attend his lecture. A. it by B. it as C. by it D. as it 10. — Don't go out, please. It's raining heavily outside. —______. I have to meet my brother at the airport. A. Yes, I will B. Yes, I won’t C. No, I will D. No, I won’t 第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 从每题所给的4个选项中选出最佳选项，使补足后的短文意思通顺、前后连贯、结构完整。

英语试题卷 第2页（共8页） Several years ago, Brian Dyson, CEO of Coca Cola Enterprises, spoke of the relation of work to one’s other obligations: Imagine life as a(n) 11 in which you are juggling(玩杂耍) some five balls in the air. You 12 them work, family, health, friends and spirit and you’re keeping all of these in the air. You will soon understand that 13 is a rubber ball. If you 14 it, it will bounce back. But 15 four balls family, health, friends and spirit are made of 16 . If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed (不可改变地磨损), marked, nicked, 17 or even shattered (破碎). They will never be the 18 . You must understand that and struggle for balance in your life. How? Don’t weaken your worth by 19 yourself with others. It is because we are different that each of us is special. Don’t 20 your goals by what other people think important. Only you know what is best for you. Don’t take for 21 the things closest to your heart. Hold onto them 22 as they would be your life, for 23 them, life is meaningless. Don’t give up when you still have something to give. Nothing is really over until 24 you stop trying. Don’t 25 love out of your life by saying it’s impossible to find. The quickest way to receive love is to give it; the fastest way to 26 love is to hold it too tightly; and the best way to keep love is to give it wings. Don’t be 27 to learn. Knowledge is 28 , but a treasure you can always carry easily. Life is not a race, but a journey to enjoy each step of the way. 29 is history, Tomorrow is a mystery and Today is a(n) 30 : that’s why we call it “The Present”. 11. A. activity B. match C. game D. aim 12. A. find B. name C. make D. have 13. A. work B. spirit C. family D. friends 14. A. drop B. break C. throw D. hit 15. A. others B. other C. another D. the other 16. A. rubber B. glass C. wood D. air 17. A. disappeared B. vanished C. shocked D. damaged 18. A. ones B. ball C. same D. used 19. A. comparing B. connecting C. reminding D. calling 20. A. require B. set C. let D. put 21. A. granted B. ordered C. fixed D. it 22. A. lightly B. tightly C. smoothly D. funny 23. A. along with B. both of C. without D. out of 24. A. the first B. while C. that D. the moment 25. A. get B. set C. shut D. ask for 26. A. accept B. leave C. get D. lose 27. A. afraid B. confused C. late D. sad 28. A. heavy B. everything C. money D. weightless 29. A. History B. Yesterday C. Time D. Life 30. A. appeal B. gift C. astonishment D. wonder 第二部分 阅读理解 第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选择最佳答案，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 A Don’t Ban Exams While a new school term is about to begin, perhaps we should reconsider the matter of examinations. In July, two writers praised the cancellation of exams because they believe “test don't tell the whole story”.

英语试题卷 第3页（共8页） As a teacher who has worked in four countries, I have had the experience that a student who earns good marks is generally a good student, and that a student's final mark in a subject is usually an average of the year's work. Of course there are exceptions, but they do not have the frequency that would give an unfair picture of a student’s ability. The simple fact is that proper class work, diligent exam studies and good marks are almost certain indicators of a student's future performance. The opposite, almost certainly, incompetence. There is no acceptable substitute for competition and examination of quality. How can teachers and future officials determine what a student has learned and remembered? Should we simply take the student's word for it? Any institution that “liberates” students from fair and formal exams is misguided if not ignorant. And surely the graduates of such institutions will lack trustworthiness, not to mention being rejected by foreign universities for post graduates or other studies. When all is said and done, I sense that a fear of failure and a fear of unpleasant comparison with others is at the bottom of most ban exam talk. Excellence and quality fear nothing. On the contrary, they seek competition. 31. What does the underlined word “cancellation” in the first paragraph mean ? A. A decision to support something. B. A plan to do something. C. A decision to stop something from happening. D. A decision that has already been arranged. 32. Which is NOT mentioned in the passage? A. The writer has worked in four countries. B. All the students are afraid of exams. C. Diligent exam studies and good marks are almost certain indicators of a student’s future performance. D. Any institution that “liberates” students from fair and formal exams is misguided if not ignorant. 33. Which is NOT right according to the passage? A. Some people believe that test can't tell the whole story. B. Nothing can take the place of exams. C. All the students will get good marks in the exams. D. Excellence and quality fear nothing. 34. The writer writes this passage to ______. A. tell people that exams can't be cancelled B. blame the two writers C. persuade the two writers D. tell a story B Mrs. Brown was tired after her day’s shopping in London, so she went into a restaurant for a cup of tea before catching the train home. When she had ordered her tea, she suddenly remembered that she had to buy some medicine for her husband, who had a cough. “Is there a chemist’s near here?” she asked the waiter. “Yes, madam. It’s only about three minutes’ walk away. Turn right when you go out of the restaurant, then take the second turning on the left. You’ll find a big chemist’s about a hundred yards up the roads on the right hand side. It closes at five, but if you hurry, you’ll just get there in time.” Mrs. Brown followed the waiter’s direction carefully and found the chemist’s shop without any difficulty. She bought the cough mixture and started to make her way back to the restaurant. She had left all her shopping there. But after she had walked for about ten minutes and there was still no sign of the restaurant, she realized that she must have made a mistake. Then a policeman camp up and asked if he could help. Mrs. Brown explained what had happed. “Well, first of all,” said the policeman, “we had better go back as far as the chemist’s.” “Now,” suggested the policeman, when they got to the chemist’s, “let’s go in this direction. It leads to the main road, where we shall probably find your restaurant.”