高三英语模拟测试题（二）本试卷共150分。
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第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分）（略）第二部分：知识运用（共两节，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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
21. According to _______announcement by Guangzhou Price Bureau, _______new measureswhich have been taken recently are expected to cut the operation costs of each taxi driver by 1280 yuan.A. the; /B. an; theC. /; theD. an; /22. This machine __________ It has worked for years.A. didn’t work B .wasn’t working C. doesn’t work D. isn’t working23. “Well done, John! Not a single mistake _______ in your exam paper this time!”said theteacher．A．you made B．did you makeC．had you made D．have you made24. Having made his first film earlier this year, he is __________starting in a new one.A. latelyB. actuallyC. recentlyD. currently25. The traffic is heavy these days, I _______ arrive a bit late, so could you save me a place?A. canB. mustC. needD. might26. The U.S. President Barack Obama arrived in China’s economic center Shanghai on Sundaynight of November 15th , ___________a state visit to China.A. startingB. startedC. to startD. having started27. If you’d written earlier, I’d have known when you to go on holiday.A．want B．have wanted C．wanted D．will want 28.—Where on earth have they gone?—I have no idea, but I wish I .A．know B．knew C．would know D．would have known 29. They didn’t discover until they happened to enter the back room _______ someone had stolenthe priceless painting.A. thatB. whatC. whichD. when30．____________Tom has no interest in piano, there is no point pushing him to learn it．A．In case B．Now that C．Even if D．As tar as 31. Henry hurried to the library only to find a notice at the gate, saying “No ________ before12noon”.A. permissionB. admissionC. submissionD. commission32. —I’m sorry to hear that some villagers got disabled in the earthquake.— That’s too bad, but _______.A. all is well that ends wellB. the darkest hour is nearest the dawnC. where there is life, there is hopeD. it is good to have friends in trouble33. _________ you will carry out my instructions or I will offer the job to someone else.A. EitherB. UnlessC. UntilD. Whether34. --- Do you think the bright girl will soon get used to the new job?--- It’s hard to say．Intelligence only________ for her lack of experience in part．A．accounts B．compensates C．counts D．answers35.We know that the Black Sea, one thousand years ago, was a fresh water lake about ________and unconnected with the Mediterranean.A. its two thirds present sizeB. two-thirds size of the presentC. its two-thirds of the present sizeD. two- thirds its present size第二节完型填空（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、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
When I was about five years old, I used to watch a bird in the skies of southern Alberta from the Blackfoot Blood Reserve in northern Montana where I was born．I loved this bird; I would 36 him for hours．He would 37 effortlessly in that gigantic sky, or he would come down and light on the 38 and float there beautifully．Sometimes when I watched him, he would not make a sound and liked to move 39 into the grasses．We called him meksikatsi, which in the Blackfoot language 40 “pink-colored feet”; meksikatsi and I became very good friends．The bird had a very particular significance to me 41 I desperately wanted to be able to fly too．I felt very much as if I was the kind of person who had been born into a world where 42 was impossible．And most of the things that I 43 about would not be possible for me but would be possible only for other people．When I was ten years old, something unexpected 44 my life suddenly. I found myself become an 45 child in a family I was not born into; I found myself in a 46 position that many native Americans find themselves in, living in a city that they do not understand at all, not in another culture but 47 two cultures．A teacher of the English language told me that meksikatsi was not called meksikatsi, even though that is what 48 people have called that bird for thousands of years．Meksikatsi, he said, was really “duck”．I was very 49 with English．I could not understand it．First of all, the bird did not look like “duck”, and when it made a 50 , it did not sound like “duck”, I was even more 51 when I found out that the meaning of the verb “to duck” came from the bird．As I 52 to understand English better, I understand that it made a great deal of 53 , but I never forgot that meksikatsi made a different kind of meaning．I 54 that languages are not just different words for the same things but totally different 55 , totally different ways of experiencing and looking at the world．36．A．keep B．watch C．follow D．search 37．A．jump B．dive C．circle D．wander 38．A．nest B．hill C．water D．road 39．A．quickly B．naturally C．freely D．quietly 40．A．means B．reads C．shows D．states 41．A．though B．because C．while D．until 42．A．communication B．imagination C．belief D．flight 43．A．dreamed B．worried C．knew D．argued 44．A．improved B．enriched C．changed D．ruined45．A．educated B．adopted C．outgoing D．independent 46．A．weak B．comfortable C．terrible D．central 47．A．between B．against C．without D．beyond 48．A．most B．few C．their D．my 49．A．desperate B．bored C．uncomfortable D．disappointed 50．A．noise B．call C．decision D．choice 51．A．ashamed B．confused C．embarrassed D．frightened 52．A．tried B．came C．determined D．expected 53．A．evidence B．distinction C．profit D．sense 54．A．identified B．confirmed C．realized D．predicted 55．A．concepts B．regulations C．messages D．evaluations第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）第一节（共15小题，每题2分，满分30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。