2008 年高考英语冲刺试题(三)
 
命题：江西省临川一中高三英语备课组
 
第一卷（共三部分，共115分）
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分45分）
第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. We stood at the top of the mountain           east of the city , watching            burning sun rising .
      A．不填；a                   B．the ; a                     C．the ; the                   D．不填；the
22. — If I report it to the police, they’ll want to know where I found it.
   — ___________?
   —They might want to know what I was doing there.
A. Why not          B. Can’t you tell them    C. What can I do for you  D. What’s wrong with them
 23.----That was a green dinner. _______
----Thanks. But it really only took an hour.
   A. I have never had it before.                   B. I enjoyed it very much.
   C. You must have spent all day cooking.          D. You must be tired.
24. She is an easy-going person . It          easy to get her to agree .
      A．should be fairly    B．must be fairly       C．may be rather               D．would be rather
25．There’s no _____ from my bedroom window except for some factory chimneys.
A. view                        B. scene                         C. sight                              D. look
26．In preparing scientific reports of laboratory experiments , you should           your
    findings in logical order and clear language .
      A．write                    B．raise                         C．present                         D．put
27．A sheep      on this kind of special grass usually grows much faster than      on ordinary .
      A．fed ; one          B．feeds ; the one      C．fed ; that               D．feeding ; it
28.Your desk is crowded with too many unnecessary things. You have to      some of them.
       A．remain                   B．reduce                    C．remove                        D．return
29. People try to avoid public delays by using their own cars, and this ___________ creates further problems.
    A. in turn            B. once again          C. in case                D. after all
30.So absorbed _____ in her work that she didn’t realize I was behind her.
      A．did she                    B．was she           C．she did                   D．she was
31. The secretary has a lot of things to ________ in the office since she has been away for quite a few days.
  A. take up             B. make up             C. work out              D. carry out
32. _____ human beings live in large numbers, the waters are very likely to be polluted.
  A. That               B. Where               C. Once                 D. As
33. He has been dismissed and will have to _____ over the charge of his office tomorrow.
     A. take                       B. hand                    C. get                    D. go 
34.“ How could you lose so much money?” Charlie asked his wife, eyeing her angrily from ____ the kitchen table.
     A. at                           B. across                     C. through               D. on
35.— The former president of Iraq was caught at last.
— Really? Where _____ himself?   
     A. has he hidden          B. had he hidden          C. was he hidden         D. has he been hidden
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
      阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、和D）中，
选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
 Every year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.   36    to the flower shop were always useless---it was a cash    37    . After a while I stopped trying to   38     who the sender was and just delighted in the beautiful and perfume of the white flower. But I never    39    imagining who the sender might be. Some of my   40     moments were spent daydreaming about it.
 My mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(n)    41    kindness who might be showing    42     . Perhaps the neighbor I helped when she was    43    a car full of groceries. or maybe it was the old man    44    the street whose mail I helped to get during the    45    so he wouldn’t have to venture down his icy step. As a teenager,     46   , I had more fun guessing that it might be a                             47      who had noticed me    48    I didn’t know him.
 One month before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack. He was    49    some of the most important events in my life. I became completely    50    in my upcoming graduation and the dance. When my father died, I    51    the dance and the dress for it. The day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I didn’t   52     if I had a new dress or not, but my mother did.
 She wanted her children to feel   53     and lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a    54    in the world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted her children to see themselves much like the gardenia-lovely,    55    and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother died.
    36. A. Calls            B. Quarrels         C. Messages         D. Letters
    37. A. service          B. deal             C. bargain           D. offer
    38. A .recognize        B. imagine          C. wonder           D. discover
    39. A. failed           B. stopped          C. succeeded         D. enjoyed
    40. A. saddest          B. painful          C. happiest           D. loneliest
    41. A. special          B. common         C. valuable           D. important
    42. A. concern          B. attitude          C. interest            D. appreciation
    43. A. repairing         B. washing          C. unloading          D. starting
    44. A. across           B. through          C. from              D. onto
45.A. spring            B. summer         C. autumn            D. winter
    46. A. though          B. anyway           C. therefore          D. indeed
47. A. friend           B. superman         C. teacher            D. boy
    48. A .as if             B. even though       C. in case            D. so that
    49. A. considering       B. expecting         C. missing           D. preparing
    50. A. disappointed      B. uninterested       C. discouraged        D. concentrated
    51.A. forgot           B. lost               C. hated             D. expected
    52. A. wonder          B. believe           C. care              D. know
    53. A. contented        B. respected          C. thanked           D. loved
    54. A. trouble          B. magic            C. tragedy            D. comedy
    55. A. strong           B. beautiful          C. smelly            D. lucky
第三部分：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，选出最佳选项，并在答题
卡上将该项涂黑。
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The 12—year—old CEO（首席执行官）of a Web site design company will be one of 300 business and political leaders accompanying Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien on a trade visit to China in March.
      Keith Peiris, who founded Cyberteks Design in June 1999 and now has 25 clients （客户）in North America ,insisted in an interview that he is “just like any other kid.”
      He and his father will spend nine days on the Team Canada trip to Beijing ,Shanghai and Hong Kong ,where Chretien aims to showcase the best of Canadian business in the most populous country in the world .
      A glance at the complex ,elegant animations （动画）on his www.cybertecks.com site shows the extent of Peiris’ talent . “He doesn’t want to be No.2,”his father Deepal said proudly .
      His father ,who is now vice president of operations at Cyberteks ,said , “I am teaching my son what I know .We make decisions together .I haven’t done anything my son disagreed with .He makes the final decision .”
      The company has seven offices in the United States and five part—time employees who ,like the Peiris family ,work from their London homes .
      Keith Peiris admitted some potential clients change their minds when they learn his age ,but the well—informed not—yet—teenager tries to ignore them .
      “Suddenly ,I’ve been called a whiz kid or geek ,which I am not too happy about .A few people have asked if they should call me ‘mister’, but I stay casual , I am still a kid .
56．That Keith Peiris insisted that he is “just like any other kid” shows he is           .
      A．proud                    B．modest                C．honest                D．excited  
57．Who makes the final decision on operations at Cyberteks Design?
      A．Keith Peiris           B．Deepal Peiris       C．Jean Chretien        D．Both A and B.
58．According to the information in the passage ,which is the best and fastest way to know more
    about the Web giant ?
      A．We can go to Canada to pay him a visit .          B．We can make an international telephone call to him.
      C．We’d better visit his web site—www.cyberteks.com. D．We can write to his father for the kid’s information.
59．Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE?
      A．Keith Peiris is a Canadian boy .       
 B．All the employees of the child’s company work at home .
      C．The Canadian Prime Minister means to show off Keith’s success during his stay in China .
      D．Keith always tries his best to be the best in the field of web site designing .