高三英语周考3 2016.4.1第二部分: 英语知识运用(共两节, 满分35 分)第一节: 单项填空(共15 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分15 分)请阅读下面各题, 从题中所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. In France, Sophie Marceau, 36, is one of the top 15 actresses. It's a country where mature women are considered attractive and film mirrors this, _________America's love of fresh faces and glamour.A. with regard toB. on account ofC. in contrast toD. in response to22. Last Sunday, there were lots of children playing in the park, parents seated together laughing.A. whoseB. whichC. theirD. that23. He rose to his feet and looked forward to _______ the beautiful view of the townand found there was a cinema around ______ he could see a film being shown. A. enjoying; which B. enjoy; whichC. enjoy; in whichD. enjoying; in which24. How long do you suppose _________ Apple launches its new iPhone 7?A. will it be untilB. it will be beforeC. will it be whenD. it will be that25. It is generally accepted that those principles that should be stuck to ________ are of great value.A. succeedingB. succeedC. to succeedD. being succeeding26. ----Shall I attend my friend’s coming-of-age ceremony, Mum?----No, ______ you _______you will be home before 10:00 PM.A. unless; see it to thatB. if; see to it thatC. unless; see to it thatD. unless; see that to it27. ----Sharon, many experts believe that the two pictures are roughly _______.-----I don’t quite agree. The painting style may look very similar but their painters were born in quite different dynasties.A. contemporaryB. contradictoryC. conventionalD. conservative28. _______ for the elderly, the need to take it for walks may be a disadvantage.A. However good a companion a dog may beB. Whatever a dog may be a good companionC. Whatever a good companion can a dog beD. However a good companion can a dog be29. _________ to the association of success with money that the thought of giving up good salary for an idea seemed like a little bit crazy.A. Most of us are much accustomedB. So accustomed most of us areC. So accustomed are most of usD. Accustomed as most of us are30. ________ the past, leaving the sadness behind, _____ you’ll see the door of a new bright world open before you.A. Forget; andB. Forgetting; andC. Forget; /D. To forget; /31. The proportion of elderly people increase in Britain and medical advances make it possible to keep alive patients who otherwise ________.A. would dieB. had diedC. should have diedD. would have died32. As is reported, women with demanding jobs are almost _____ to suffer a heart attack.A. over twice likely asB. twice as likely asC. twice more likely asD. more than twice as likely33. With the pressure of being off work ______, Mary seemed to be going crazy.A. making upB. taking upC. picking upD. building up34.The doctors almost reached the stage _______they all lost hope, but the patient finally _______ .A. which; pulled outB. where; pulled upC. where; pulled throughD. which; pulled over35. ---- I was reading A Dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin yesterday, but Icouldn’t understand it.---- ______. It is classical literature, so take your time to enjoy it.A. Don’t fly off the handleB. You got me thereC. Nothing is impossible to a willing heartD. More haste, less speed第二节: 完形填空(共20 小题; 每小题 1 分, 满分20 分)请阅读下面短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Learning a second language fuels children’s intelligence and makes their job prospects brighter. 36 the fact is, in U.S.A, as in many other English speaking countries, speakers of two or more languages are in the 37 . Eighty-four per cent of US people are monolingual (speakers of only one language). This leaves a small number who 38 to speak two or more languages.No matter how proud people are of their cultural roots, to speak anything 39 English is a marker of difference here. That’s why fourteen-year-old Umar is 40 when people comment on the fact that he is abl e to speak Arabic. Umar’s mother points out: ―In U.S.A, it’s not 41 for kids to be bilingual. But, if you speak another language to your children in U.S.A, it is thought that you are not helping them to 42 society.‖But in fact, the general 43 among experts is that learning a second language is good for children. Experts believe that bilinguals –people who speak 44 languages –have a clear learning advantage 45 their monolingual schoolmates. This 46 on how much of each language they can speak, not on which language is used, 47 they are learning Arabic, French, Chinese or any other language.Vinss Millon, a professor of Foreign Language Training, says: ―A lot of studies have ___48__ that children who speak more than one language sometimes learn one language more ___49 , but in the end they do as well as their monolingual schoolmates, and often better, in other subjects.‖The view is that there is a(n) 50 from the effort of learning another language. A few other 51 agree that ―Bilinguals tend to use language better as a whole. They also ____52__ greater creativity and problem-solving ability, and they learn further languages more easily‖.With all of the benefits, why do we not show more 53 for learning other languages? Parents and teachers 54 in bilingual education say it is pressure from friends at school, general 55 to other languages in English-speaking countries, and problems in the school system that are to blame.36. A. And B. So C. But D. Thus37. A. minimum B. maximum C. minority D. majority38. A. claim B. pretend C. decide D. plan39. A. more than B. less than C. rather than D. other than40. A. excited B. embarrassed C. disappointed D. appreciated41. A. common B. unusual C. unique D. general42. A. fit in B. build up C. contribute to D. figure out43. A. distinction B. commission C. announcement D. agreement44. A. one B. two C. three D. more45. A. beneath B. beyond C. over D. of46. A. determines B. focuses C. comments D. depends47. A. if B. whether C. when D. because48. A. rejected B. released C. revealed D. reminded49. A. slowly B. rapidly C. easily D. efficiently50. A. outcome B. improvement C. advantage D. tendency51. A. parents B. learners C. schoolmates D. professors52. A. display B. produce C. inspire D. discover53. A. concern B. respect C. enthusiasm D. intelligence54. A. involved B. impressed C. competing D. replacing55. A. opinions B. obstacles C. senses D. attitudes第三部分: 阅读理解(共15 小题; 每小题 2 分, 满分30 分)请阅读下列短文, 从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中, 选出最佳选项, 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。