◎ 2013届陕西省高三英语单元测试卷(八)的第一部分试题
  • 语音知识。
  • 情景对话。
    -We hear so much about exercises these days.So even experts can't agree on which exercises are best.
    Now some doctors are strongly encouraging arm exercises.
    -Arm exercises?__1__
    -__2__They say that arm exercises are a way to become physically healthy.
    -But don't arm exercises raise your blood pressure?
    -Yes.But the articles I read supply ways to make up for that.
    -How?
    -By adding leg exercises,so that the arms don't do all the work.__3__
    -Sounds right to me.I quite agree with you.__4__
    -They mentioned quite a few,but some of the popular ones are cycling with special bicycles that make
    you use both your arms and legs.
    -__5__So I'd like to have a try.
    -The same with me.
    A.So what exercises do the experts suggest?
    B.The more leg exercises you do,the better you are.
    C.And in turn I'm sure that they're also a good chance of losing weight.
    D.Actually that's not the main reason.
    E.What's your opinion about this?
    F.Is that because our arms are too fat or soft?
    G.I can hardly believe it.
  • The singer and ________ dancer plays________ important part in the concert.

    A. /; an 
    B. the; an 
    C. a; an 
    D. the; /


  • -________We should have been at the theatre ten minutes ago.
    -Oh,dear!Let’s hurry!
    [     ]
    A.Look at the time!  
    B.Give me a moment.
    C.I’m stuck.  
    D.See what I mean?
  • If you have any difficulties,please do not________to contact our Customer Service Department.
    [     ]
    A.avoid  
    B.desire  
    C.seek  
    D.hesitate
  • The bus was held up by the snowstorm,thus________the delay.
    [     ]
    A.to cause  
    B.having caused
    C.causing  
    D.caused
  • It may rain,but________I shall go out.I’ll go to the airport to see Xiao Lin off.
    [     ]
    A.otherwise  
    B.furthermore
    C.therefore  
    D.anyhow
  • ________a pianist,I had to sing solo.Much to my relief,my performance was fully appreciated by the
    audience.
    [     ]
    A.Lack  
    B.Lacking of  
    C.Lacking  
    D.Lacked in
◎ 2013届陕西省高三英语单元测试卷(八)的第二部分试题
  • -Sorry,I’m late.
    -It’s OK.However,you________come to the company today,for it is Saturday.
    [     ]
    A.couldn’t have  
    B.needn’t have
    C.wouldn’t  
    D.couldn’t
  • You can’t imagine her________the invitation without thinking twice.
    [     ]
    A.accept  
    B.accepting  
    C.to accept  
    D.accepted
  • He checked out his composition again and again to make sure that no important points had been_______.
    [     ]
    A.found out  
    B.run out  
    C.made out  
    D.left out
  • London is one of the best places in the world to________education with pleasure so it’s good for your
    pupils.
    [     ]
    A.compare  
    B.replace  
    C.equip  
    D.combine
  • -Thanks for your help.What shall I do for you________?
    -You would have done the same if you were me.
    [     ]
    A.in order  
    B.in return  
    C.in vain  
    D.in advance
  • He has realised his________of owning his own business after years of hard work.
    [     ]
    A.contribution  
    B.ambition  
    C.motivation  
    D.reputation
  • After five hours’ drive,they reached________they thought was the place they had been dreaming of.
    [     ]
    A.where  
    B.what  
    C.which  
    D.that
  • The patient’s son asked the doctor the question________his father could survive the big operation.
    [     ]
    A.whether  
    B.if  
    C.that  
    D.what
◎ 2013届陕西省高三英语单元测试卷(八)的第三部分试题
  • -Have you any________room?
    -Sorry,but we’re fully booked.
    [     ]
    A.hollow  
    B.bare  
    C.blank  
    D.vacant
  • 完形填空。
                                                                   Lucky to have him
         When I met him,I had a lot of anger inside of me.I never had a father,though in my neighborhood
    that's not__1__.I know some kids just like me.You have to__2__yourself.There are fights and killings
    all the time.I have friends who ended up in jail or pregnant.I could have ended up that way,too,__3__
    Mr Clark and my mom wouldn't let that happen.
         Mr Clark worked long hours,making sure I did my work.My grades rose.In fact,I did so well that
    in sixth grade,I entered the__4__class,and Mr Clark was the teacher.I felt so__5__to have him for a
    second year!
         He took our class to see The Phantom of the Opera.Before the show,he__6__us to dinner at a
    restaurant and taught us not to talk with our mouths full.We didn't want to let him__7__,so we listened
    to him attentively.
         __8   of us were surprised when Mr Clark was selected as Disney's 2000 Teacher of the Year.
    When he learned he'd won,he said he would__9__three names out of a hat;he would go to Los
    Angeles to get the__10__with those students.But __11__it came time to draw names,Mr Clark said,
    "You're all going."
         He got__12__to fly all 37 of us out to Disneyland in California and put us up at the Hilton.People
    were__13__,but Mr Clark really cared about us.There's no way I can__14__most teachers doing
    that.No way.But he saw something in us that nobody else saw.
         On graduation day,there were a lot of tears.We didn't want his class to__15__.In the new school
    year,we were all happy when Mr Clark__16__in our class once again.He's been a__17__in our lives.
          In 2003,Mr Clark took some of us on a trip to South Africa to__18__school supplies and visit
    orphanages.It was the most amazing__19__of my life.It's now my__20__to one day start a group of
    women's clubs,helping people from all backgrounds.
    (     )1.A.common    
    (     )2.A.encourage  
    (     )3.A.but      
    (     )4.A.local    
    (     )5.A.sudden    
    (     )6.A.treated  
    (     )7.A.off       
    (     )8.A.Some     
    (     )9.A.give     
    (     )10.A.reward  
    (     )11.A.after    
    (     )12.A.donations
    (     )13.A.excited  
    (     )14.A.suggest  
    (     )15.A.end     
    (     )16.A.picked up
    (     )17.A.colleague
    (     )18.A.deliver  
    (     )19.A.adventure
    (     )20.A.turn    
    B.normal    
    B.watch     
    B.therefore  
    B.general  
    B.lucky    
    B.directed  
    B.out       
    B.Any       
    B.draw     
    B.bonus     
    B.when     
    B.suggestions
    B.satisfied  
    B.advocate  
    B.start    
    B.showed up  
    B.sponsor  
    B.collect  
    B.experience
    B.conclusion
    C.real    
    C.comfort  
    C.otherwise
    C.gifted  
    C.annoyed  
    C.showed  
    C.up     
    C.None  
    C.enter  
    C.diploma  
    C.before  
    C.requests
    C.ashamed  
    C.imagine  
    C.continue
    C.rang up  
    C.success  
    C.display  
    C.vacation
    C.dream 
    D.unusual  
    D.tolerate
    D.or      
    D.sacred  
    D.anxious  
    D.swapped  
    D.down    
    D.Many    
    D.register
    D.award    
    D.since    
    D.messages
    D.amazed  
    D.complain
    D.last    
    D.packed up
    D.constant
    D.recommend
    D.interview
    D.demand  
  • 阅读理解。
         When we were young,we had dreams and expectations.We imagine things,we keep thinking
    about what we want to be,what we want to do,what makes us proud and happy and what we
    will become.
         We grew up,and everything seemed like having its own way.We accept our success or failures
    and we move on.The change,the need to do the important things,the jobs,the pressures and the
    failures,all kill part of our dreams.
         Things have changed,but they cannot really take away the dreams.We still have to dream on,
    to realize our desires,our wants,our future,even when we are considered too old for such things.
    Cornel Sanders started his business when he was sixty,and started the whole successful KFC
    business.The main thing is not the age-whether being too old,or too young,but it is the desire to
    dream on,and the courage to realize it.
         Having a dream,taking it to sleep,thinking about it,planning it,and adding all the fun to our
    dreams will make us a bit closer to the realization of our dreams.
         Businessmen start with a dream,a simple wish of small restaurant operation,or a huge business
    of realestate (房地产) development,or a training center for English education,or just any other
    selfemployed money earning fun.
         The ability to dream on is one of the fine qualities of human race that other animals do not
    have.So dream on,and put a deadline:make it a giant dream,a small one,an old one,a newfound
    one,a hobby related one,a change of life one,a religious one,a stupid one,or just whatever...just
    continue to dream on...Then,Just Go and Do It!
    1.According to the passage,which of the following may not cause the failure of our dreams?
    A.Changes in life.  
    B.Jobs.
    C.Pressures.  
    D.Working hard.
    2.The writer mentioned KFC in this passage in order to tell us:________.
    A.If you want to succeed,you have to wait to work at 60
    B.KFC is quite popular with all the young people in the world
    C.It is not the age but the desire and courage that makes your dream come true
    D.Cornel Sanders the founder of KFC had a dream when he was young
    3.What does the underlined word "giant" in paragraph 5 probably mean?
    A.Big.  
    B.Small.  
    C.Wise.  
    D.Common.
    4.Which of the following is the most suitable title for this passage?
    A.Dream on.  
    B.Dream and Facts.
    C.KFC and Dream.  
    D.One World,One Dream.
  • 阅读理解。
         Washington (Reuters)-People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a
    much higher risk of pancreatic cancer (胰腺癌),an unusual but deadly cancer,researchers reported
    on Monday.
         People who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk,the study of
    60,000 people in Singapore found.
         Sugar may be to blame but people who drink sweetened sodas regularly often have other poor
    health habits,said Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota,who led the study.
         "The high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing  the level of insulin (胰岛素) in the body,
    which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth," Pereira said in a statement.
         Writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology,Biomarkers & Prevention,Pereira  and his colleagues 
     said  they  followed 60,524 men and women in the Singapore Chinese Health Study for 14 years.
         Over that time,140 of the volunteers developed pancreatic cancer.Those who drank two or more
    sweetened soft drinks a week had an 87 percent higher risk of being among those who got pancreatic
    cancer.
         Pereira said he believed the findings would apply elsewhere.
         "Singapore is a wealthy country with excellent healthcare.Favorite pastimes (消遣) are eating and
    shopping,so the findings should apply to other Western countries," he said.
         But Susan Mayne of the Yale Cancer Center at Yale University in Connecticut was cautious.
         "Although this study found a risk,the finding was based on a relatively small number of cases and it
    remains unclear whether it is a causal (因果的) connection or not," said Mayne,who serves on the board
    of the journal,which is published by the American Association for Cancer Research.
         Pancreatic cancer is one of the deadliest forms of cancer,with 230,000 cases globally.In the United
    States,37,680 people are diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in a year and 34,290 die of it.
    1.According to the text,who is in control of the health study?
    A.Mark Pereira.  
    B.Scientists from Singapore.
    C.Researchers in Yale.  
    D.Susan Mayne.
    2.We can infer from Pereira's words that________.
    A.the healthcare in Singapore should be greatly improved
    B.2 soft drinks a day are considered harmful to health
    C.87 out of 140 volunteers developed pancreatic cancer
    D.sugar might not be the only cause of pancreatic cancer
    3.How does Susan seem to feel about the findings of the study?
    A.Satisfied.  
    B.Doubtful.  
    C.Worried.  
    D.Hopeful.
    4.The best title of the text might be________.
    A.The Deadliest Forms of Cancer
    B.Drink Fruit Juice Instead of Sodas
    C.A Study in University of Minnesota
    D.Sugary Soft Drinks Lead to Cancer
  • 阅读理解。

         When you are little,it's not hard to believe you can change the world.I remember my
    enthusiasm when,at the age of 12,I addressed the people at the Rio Earth Summit."I am
    only a child," I told them."Yet I know that if all the money spent on war was spent on
    ending poverty and finding environmental answers,what a wonderful place this world
    would be.At school you teach us not to fight with others,to work things out,to respect
    others,to clean up our mess,not to hurt other creatures,to share,not to be greedy.Then
    why do you go out and do the things you tell us not to do.You grownups say you love
    us,but I challenge you,please,to make your actions reflect your words."
         I spoke for six minutes and received a standing ovation.Some of the people even
    cried.I thought that maybe I had reached some of them,that my speech might actually
    spur (刺激) action.Now,ten years from Rio,after I've sat through many more conferences,
    I'm not sure what has been achieved.My confidence in the people in power and in the
    power of an individual's voice to reach them has been deeply shaken.
         When I was little,the world was simple.But as a young adult,I'm learning that as we
    have to make choices-education,career,lifestyle-life gets more and more complicated.
    We are beginning to feel pressure to produce and be successful.We are taught that
    economic growth is progress,but we aren't taught how to seek a happy,healthy way
    of living.And we are learning that what we wanted for the future when we were 12
    was idealistic and naive (天真的).
         Today I'm no longer a child,but I'm worried about what kind of environment my
    children will grow up in.I know change is possible,because I am changing,still figuring
    out what I think.I am still deciding how to live my life.The challenges are great,but if
    we accept individual responsibility and make choices,we will rise to the challenges,
    and we will become part of the positive tide of the change.I hope this goal will be
    met through our common efforts.Thank you all.

    1.The purpose of what the speaker said at the age of 12 was to________.
    A.end poverty and make schools beautiful
    B.find environmental answers and show off
    C.focus people's attention on some social problems
    D.find a wonderful place and clean it up
    2.What does the underlined word "ovation" in the second paragraph refer to?
    A.A long period of laughing.
    B.A cold and unfriendly welcome.
    C.An expression used for greeting.
    D.Great applause or cheering.
    3.The information in the text is presented mainly through________.
    A.question and answer  
    B.a personal lecture
    C.cause and effect  
    D.listing steps in a process
    4.Which of the following best describes the speaker?
    A.He is an experienced educator.
    B.He is an impolite man.
    C.He is a man of great worries.
    D.He is a man of social responsibility.
  • 阅读理解。
         A new guidebook says being_happy_is_just_like_being_fit-you need to practice the skills
    needed to get this emotion,even during the darkest times.
         Roadtesting Happiness:How to be Happier by Australian journalist and author Sophie
    Scott is a selfhelp book with a difference."Being happy is something you need to focus on;
    it doesn't come as a matter of course,"  Scott said."You always need to make an effort to be
    happy,even if you reach the point of saying you are contented,you still need to keep focusing
    and working on the things that made you happy." Scott also said the book was born out of her
    interest in the human mind as well as how difficult she found it to cope after her mother died of
    cancer two years ago.
         "I was always interested in psychology,but a lot of happiness books don't address the fact that
    you can be happy even if your life isn't going according to plan.The key is managing expectations."
    She says,"In the book,I focused on what were the things most likely to make people happy,the
    ones with the most scientific evidence."  People should think that being happy is yet another task
    you have to do and then feel guilty when you don't do it.Scott says the road to a positive outlook
    begins with very easy,small steps.
         "Women in particular today______________:they've got to be thin,got to have a career,got
    to have a perfect relationship so the last thing you need is to be thinking you've got to be happy
    all the time,"  she said."But it is important to improve your quality of life.Stop rushing around and
    filling each moment of the day with things to do,and then sit down and think about your life and
    how you're feeling.The things I got out of this were not things that take a lot of effort:feeling more
    grateful for the things you've got;adjusting your reaction to situations and people.It's about changing
    small habits,more tinkering around the edges instead of totally checking and changing your life."
    1.By saying "being happy is just like being fit",the author probably means________.
    A.people should practice how to remain happy
    B.people should spend more time working out
    C.keeping happy is the key to continuing our life
    D.it's difficult for people to keep happy all the time
    2.What should we do if we want to remain happy in Scott's opinion?
    A.Do some scientific research into the skills of being happy.
    B.Work hard to achieve your expectations.
    C.Read more books about psychological activities.
    D.Think that being happy is a very important task to do.
    3.Which of the following would be proper to be filled in the blank?
    A.get high expectation
    B.feel overloaded
    C.can't look after themselves well
    D.have no friends to help them
  • 阅读理解。

    A.Give more support to weak schools
    B.Treat all the children equally
    C.Balanced education may stop school choice
    D.Free the students from heavy burdens
    E.Key schools and classes are illegal
    F.To end the industrial management of education

    1.             
    Education should be aimed to make better citizens instead of making money.If you're interested
    in making money,you should start your own business other than schools.Now it's high time that
    we pat an end to the industrial management of education (教育产业化) and have it benefit all
    the people instead of the few rich ones.
    2.               
    We should take concrete (具体的) measures to lessen the students'heavy burdens of homework.
    We must kick off concrete policies and rules instead of talking empty talks.We must take action.
    Only solid policies can guarantee all the students grow soundly.
    3.                
    My parents are farmerturned workers.I think we should be treated equally with the local children.
    We should not only have the equal right to go to the local public schools,but also have the right to
    take part in the local national college entrance exam instead of being forced to go back to our native
    place.
    4.               
    School choice has become a serious educational problem.To solve this problem fundamentally,we
    must stick to the balanced development.The government should offer more support to weak schools
    and have all the teachers exchange the round hillock work among all the schools.
    5.               
    The government is unwilling to spend enough money on education.The key schools turn to parents
    for money to build new buildings and labs and increase their teachers'income.This makes a wider
    gap (差距) between key schools and common schools.Therefore,in order to realize the balance
    of education,the government should offer more help to weak schools.
  • 单词拼写。
    1.How many parents does a ________ (克隆的) animal have?
    2.Do you think it will be ________ (有益的) to humans?
    3.He ________ (犹豫) before he answered because he didn't know what to say.
    4.Drivers should be ________ (惩罚) severely for dangerous driving.
    5.In which ________ (方向) are you going,north or south?
    6.It was so cloudy that the top of the mountain was ________ (看不见的).
    7.I felt very ________ (震惊的) at the news that Germany invaded Poland this morning.
    8.I am ________ (迷惑的) now.Which one will I buy?
    9.We will ________ (面对) many difficulties and troubles in our daily life.
    10.They dropped in for a ________ (聊天) last night.
  • 短文改错。
    My family has been going through hard times late.I don't let that to get me down.So I started
    working in my spare times.One weekend I was going to buy a pair of new shoes by the money
    I'd saved.That same weekend my mom was upset because my grandparents needed some money
    for one of their bills.So she didn't have enough money to give them.So I got a envelope and wrote
    my grandparents a letter,say I love them and I would send them the money.It made my mom cry
    tears of joy after learning of that I had done.It makes my grandparents cry too because they didn't
    know a teen as me could care so much.
  • 书面表达。
    假如你是陈宇,刚刚收到两年前参观过你市的英国笔友Mike的来信,询问近来公共交通状况,请你简要介绍市政府采取的四条措施,并且从中选取一条或两条,结合自己的经历,写一篇短文,告诉Mike 你的感受和想法.
    1.降低公汽票价
    2.推行免费自行车租赁
    3.修建4条地铁
    4.增加出租车数量
    注意:1.词数:120左右,所给的开头语不计在内.
    2.参考词汇:bike rental自行车租赁.
    Dear Mike,
    You asked me about the present situation of the public transportation in Wuhan in the last letter
    .________________________________________________________________________
    _______________________________________________________________                _