高三英语周末作业（二）（英语）第Ⅰ卷（共65分）一．单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）1. Mrs ,Taylor has ___8-year-old daughter who has _____gift for painting –she has won two national prizes.A. a, aB. an ,theC. an ,aD. the, the2. ----May I try the jacket on?----______ , but I think it will be too small for you.A. As you likeB. By all meansC. As a resultD. Believe it or not3. You have to have such a lot of _______ when you’re dealing with kids.A. p referenceB. imaginationC. patienceD. protection4. Without my glasses, I couldn’t ___ whether that figure on the blackboard was a three or an eight.A. make outB. make upC. make forD. make off5. ---Are you ready for Spain?---Yes, I want the girls to experience that ______they are young.A. whileB. untilC. ifD. before6. ---Why didn’t you tell me the truth that day---I ,but you for Beijing when I went to see you.A. would have ;leftB. would ;had been awayC. would have; had leftD. had; were away7. There is _______ evidence that cars have a harmful effect on the environment.A. impressiveB. abundantC. steadyD. flexible8. Your room is terribly dirty; you______ get it cleaned in two hours, or Mum will be angry.A. canB. mightC. shallD. may.9. It was the promise _____he would give Lucie all_______ he had, including his life,______pushed him to save Draney.A. that; that; thatB. that; what; whichC. which; that; whichD. which; that; that10. Mary rushed home she heard the news, only that her hubby passed away.A. as soon as; findingB. directly; to findC. moment; to findD. when; found11. ----If we take a plane, we’ll of course have arrived in London by the next weekend.----Don’t be too sure. We should _____ the weather factor. What shall we do if it is foggy?A. look forB. allow forC. prepare forD. use for12. ---How long ______in Beijing?---I’ll be there just the weekend. I’ve to be back for an important meeting _______next Monday.A. have you stayed ; heldB. do you stay; to be heldC. did you stay; holdingD. are you staying; to be held13. --- How beaut iful the dress looks ____ you! Don’t you want _____, Madam?---Please show me _______.A. in; one; anotherB. on; it; anotherC. in; it; the otherD. on; one; the other14. _____ his knowledge of the mountainous country, John Smith was appointed as our guide.A. In spite ofB. On account ofC. Regardless ofD. Instead of15. Along with the letter was his promise _____ he would visit me this coming Christmas.A. whichB. whatC. thatD. whether二．完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）During the years of depression(萧条), food and money were very hard to find and people had to trade things with each other.One day I was 16 some potatoes from Mr Miller. I noticed a small poor boy hungrily 17 a full basket of freshly picked green peas. Then I was 18 to see that Mr Miller sold the boy a bag of peas for just a marble (弹球).Mrs Miller, who had been standing nearby, 19_ and told me that Mr Miller loved to trade with the three boys in the village for peas, tomatoes, and other things 20 he didn’t really need any marbles. I left the stand, smiling to myself, 21 by this man.Several years went by. One day I learned that Mr Miller had died. I took part in the funeral(葬礼), 22_ three young men . They came over to Mrs Miller, hugged her, kissed her on the cheek, spoke with her and moved on, _23_ their eyes.Our _24_ came to meet Mrs Miller. I mentioned _25 she had told me about the _26. She told me, “Those three young men above were the boys I told you ab out. They just told me 27 they appreciated the things Jim ‘traded ’with them. Now, at last, they came to pay their debt.”“We’ve _28 had a great deal of the wealth in this world,” she _29_, “but right now, Jim would consider himself to be the _30_ ma n.”Then she gently lifted the 31 fingers of her husband. Resting underneath were three red marbles.At that time I realized that we would not be 32 by our words, but by our kind 33 . It is said that it takes a minute to find a 34 person, an hour to appreciate him, a day to love him, but an entire life to 35 him.16.A.buying B. selling C. borrowing D. hunting17.A.reaching for B. glancing at C. staring at D. picking up18.A. astonished B. amazed C. annoyed D. worried19.A.turned over B. going over C. came over D. coming over20.A.but B. otherwise C. or D. although21.A.suspected B. impressed C. regretted D. embarrassed22.A.discovering B. watching C. finding D. seeing23.A.closing B. rolling C. cleaning D. wiping24 A. time B. chance C. turn D. decision25.A. the story B. the proverb C. the legend D. the joke26.A. marbles B. men C. debt D. life27.A.why B. how C. when D. what28.A. ever B. always C. never D. seldomughed B. cried C. sighed D. added30.A. honest B. happiest C. coldest D. richest31.A. lifeless B. regretless C. useless D. hopeless32.A. thought B. touched C. remembered D. affected33.A.deeds B. things C. remarks D. rewards34.A. strict B. honest C. special D. learned35.A.ignore B. forget C. recognize D. remind三．阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）A.Googlefight is a simple service available on the Internet which offers you the chance to compare two different items and see how many hits they get on the Google search engine. The seemingly simple device has proved invaluable to users, especially to help win arguments.For example, imagine that you and your friends are arguing about who are the most popular music or movie stars, you can decide the argument by writing the names in the Googlefight boxes. Let’s say that you are arguing about Jackie Chan and Jet Li. You will quickly discove r that Jet Li is mentioned 16 million times on Google pages, whereas Jackie Chan is mentioned a mere 12 million times! In this unscientific way, you can claim victory for one Star over another.But teachers have come up with ways of using Googlefight which are much more useful from an academic point of view, particularly when it comes to studying languages. You can, for example, find out the frequency of two words with the same meaning, and deduce (推断) from the answers which one is more common. For example, let’s take the words “buy” and “purchase”, which mean the same thing (although “buy” is only a verb and “purchase” is both a verb and a noun). It is immediately clear from Googlefight that “buy” is much more commonly used, with a massive three and a half billion hits, compared to only one billion occurrences for the more formal word.But the real value of Googlefight to the language learner is in determining which is the more common of two phrases. For example, “raining cats and dogs” is an old-fashioned English expression about the weather. Do English speakers still use it? Or are they more likely to say “pouring down”? Googlefight suggests the latter. “Pouring down” has 898,000 Google hits, whereas “raining cats and dogs” only has 326,000.With phrases, i t’s important to remember that you need to use quote marks to make the search more accurate. For example, if you type in the similar phrases “look after” and “take care of “ without quote marks, the second phrase seems to be more common, but with quote mar ks, the result is reversed.36. What is Googlefight?A. A fight between two people on Google.B. A way to make sure you win an argument.C. A website showing how many hits two different things have.D. A list of all the websites on Google.37. Language teachers find it useful because _______.A. there are a lot of words on GooglefightB. it can tell them which of the two words with the same meaning appears more oftenC. some words mean the same thingD. common words have a billion hits38. What must you remember to do if you are checking phrases by Googlefight?A. Make sure they mean be same thing.B. Make sure they are different.C. Remember to put quote marks round the phrase.D. Don’t put quote marks round the phrase.39. Which statement is NOT true according to the passage?A. Googlefight is effective to determine the more common of two phrases.B. Googlefight is a scientific way to decide an argument.C. Quote marks can make the search more accurate.D. Googlefight is invaluable to help win arguments.B.A study involving 8,500 teenagers from all social backgrounds found that most of them are ignorant when it comes to money. The findings, the first in a series of reports from NatWest that has started a five-year research project into teenagers and money, are particularly worrying as this generation of young people is likely to be burdened with greater debts than any before.University tuition fees are currently capped at £3,000 annually, but this will be reviewed next year and the Government is under enormous pressure to raise the ceiling.In the research, the teenagers were presented with the terms of four different loans but 76 per cent failed to identify the cheapest. The young people also predicted that they would be earning on average £31.000 by the age of 25, although the average salary for those aged 22 to 29 is just £17,815. The teenagers expected to be in debt when they finished university or training, although half said that they assumed the debts would be less than £10.000. Average debts for graduates are £12,363.Stephen Moir, head of community investment at the Royal Bank of Scotland Group which owns NatWest, said. "The more exposed young people are to financial issues, and the younger they become aware of them, the more likely they are to become responsible, forward-planning adults who manage their finances confidently and effectively."Ministers are deeply concerned about the financial pressures on teenagers and young people because of student loans and rising housing costs. They have just introduced new lessons in how to manage debts. Nikki Fairweather, aged 15, from St Helens, said that she had benefited from lessons on personal finance, but admitted that she still had a lot to learn about money.40. Which of the following can be found from the five-year research project?A. Students understand personal finances differently.B. University tuition fees in England have been rising.C. Teenagers tend to overestimate their future earnings.D. The students' payback ability has become a major issue.41. The phrase "to raise the ceiling" in paragraph 2 probably means "______".A. to raise the student loansB. to improve the school facilitiesC. to increase the upper limit of the tuitionD. to lift the school building roofs42. According to Stephen Moir, students _______.A. are too young to be exposed to financial issuesB. should learn to manage their finances wellC. should maintain a positive attitude when facing loansD. benefit a lot from lessons on personal finance43. What can we learn from the passage?A. Many British teenagers do not know money matters wellB. Teenagers in Britain are heavily burdened with debts.C. Financial planning is a required course at college.D. Young people should become responsible adults.C.Few laws are so effective that you can see results just days after they take effect. But in the nine days since the federal cigarette tax more than doubled—to $1.01 per pack—smokers have jammed telephone “quit lines” across the country seeking to kic k the habit.This is not a surprise to public health advocates. They’ve studied the effect of state tax increases for years, finding that smokers, especially teens, are price sensitive. Nor is it a shock to the industry, which fiercely fights every tax increase.The only wonder is that so many states insist on closing their ears to the message. Tobacco taxes improve public health, they raise money and most particularly, the deter people from taking up the habit as teens, which is when nearly all smokers are addicted. Yet the rate of taxation varies widely.In Manhattan, for instance, which has the highest tax in the nation，a pack of Marlboro Light Kings cost $10.06 at one drugstore Wednesday. In Charleston, S. C. , where the 7 cent a pack tax is the lowest in the nation, the price was $4.78.The influence is obvious.In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys — 13. 8%, far below the national average. By comparison,26% of high school students smoke in Kentucky. Other low tax states have similarly depressing teen smoking records.Hal Rogers, Representative from Kentucky, like those who are against high tobacco taxes, argues that the burden of the tax falls on low-income Americans “who choose to smoke.”That’s true. But there is more re ason in keeping future generations of low-income workers from getting hooked in the first place. As for today’s adults, if the new tax drives them to quit, they will have more to spend on their families, cut their risk of cancer and heart disease and feel better.44. The text is mainly about________.A. the price of cigarettesB. the rate of teen smokingC. the effect of tobacco tax increaseD. the differences in tobacco tax rate45．The underlined word “deter” in Paragraph 3 most probably means________.A. discourageB. removeC. benefitD. free46. Rogers’ attitude towards the low-income smokers might be that of________.A. toleranceB. unconcernC. doubtD. sympathy47. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. The new tax will be beneficial in the long run.B. Low-income Americans are more likely to fall ill.C. Future generations will be hooked on smoking.D. Adults will depend more on their families.D.“Get your hands off me , I have been stolen，” the laptop，a portable computer, shouted. That is a new solution to laptop computer theft: a program that lets owners give their property a voicewhen it has been taken.The program allows users to display alerts on the missing computer’ s screen and even to set a spoken message. Tracking software for stolen laptops has been on the market for some time, but this is thought to be the first that allows owners to give the thief a piece of their mind.Owners must report their laptop missing by visiting a website, which sends a message to the model: a red and yellow “lost or stolen” sign appears on its screen when it is started.Under the latest version(版本) of the software, users can also send a spoken message.The message can be set to reappear every 30 seconds, no matter how many times the thief closes it. “One customer sent a message saying，‘You are being tracked. I am right at your door’ ，” said Carrie Hafeman, chief executive of the company which produces the program, Retriever.In the latest version, people can add a spoken message.For example, the laptop’ s speakers will say: “Help, this laptop is reported lost or stolen. If you are not my owner, report me now.”The Retriever software package, which costs $ 29.95 but has a free trial period, has the functions of many security software programs.Owners can remotely switch to an alternative password if they fear that the thief has also got hold of the access details.If a thief accesses the internet with the stolen laptop, Retriever will collect information on the internet service provider in use, so that the police can be alerted to its location.Thousands of laptops are stolen every year from homes and offices, but with the use of laptops increasing, the number stolen while their owners are out and about has been rising sharply. Other security software allows users to erase data remotely or lock down the computer.48．The expression “to give the thief a piece of their mind” can be understood as“________”．A. to give the thief an alert mindB. to express the owners’ anger to the thiefC. to remind the thief of his conscienceD. to make the thief give up his mind49．One function of the program is that it allows the owner to________at a distance.A. change some access details for switching on the laptopB. turn on the laptop by using the original passwordC. operate the laptop by means of an alternative passwordD. erase the information kept in the stolen laptop50．Which of the following can best summarize the main idea of the passage?A. With no Retriever, thousands of laptops are stolen every year.B. A new software provides a means to reduce laptop theft.C. Retriever has helped to find thieves and lost computers.D. A new program offers a communication platform with the thief.第Ⅱ卷（共35分）第一节任务型阅读（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。