2010-2011学年重庆市“名校联盟”高三第二次联考英语试卷（解析版）

The first edition ________in 1955 and ________a best seller ever since.

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From facts, scientists have ________that more energy is being absorbed from the sun, throwing the earth’s energy “out of balance”.

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English is a language that many young people around the world ________not speak perfectly but ________at least understand.

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Disney, ________money was now no problem, started a new film company.

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There are also strange records, like the Englishman who ________a small car ________159.6 kilogrammes ________for thirty three seconds!

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---Have your working conditions improved?

---No, ________than before, I’m afraid.

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I need the money badly now and I have to ________my car though I’m not at all willing to do so.

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His eyes were ________Della, and there was ________in them that she could not ________.

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It’s really a(n) ________that Tony, a child of only two, can play the piano so well.

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He has learned ________, no matter what happens and how bad ________seems today, life goes on and it will be better tomorrow.

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Tomorrow would be Christmas Day, and she had only $1.87________.

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---It cost me 30 yuan to get here.

---Well, it was crazy of you to take a taxi ________you would come by bus as well.

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---Mr. Parkinson, you are wanted on ______phone.

---Who is calling?

--- ______ Mr. Green. I don’t know who he is.

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Whoever has______ sense knows that smoking is harmful to people’s health.

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The project ________Wang Lin’s life is one of the many government programmes ________________improving the situation for the poorest people in China.

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“Everything happens for the best,” my mother said whenever I 36disappointment. “If you can carry on, one day something 37will happen. And you’ll realize that it wouldn’t have happened if not for that 38disappointment.”

Mother was right, 39I discovered after graduating from college in 1932. I had decided to 40 a job in radio, then work my way up to sports   41. I hitchhiked（搭便车） to Chicago and 42on the door of every station—and got turned 43every time.

In one studio, a kind lady told me that big stations couldn’t risk hiring an 44person –“Go out in the sticks（偏远地区） and find a small station that will give you a 45,” she said.

I thumbed home to Dixon, Illinois. 46there was no radio—announcing job in Dixon, my father said Montgomery Ward had opened a store and wanted a local athlete to 47its sports department. Since Dixon was where I had played high school football. I 48. The job 49just right for me. But I wasn’t hired.

My disappointment must have 50. “Everything happens for the best,” Mom 51me. Dad offered me the car to job hunt. I tried WOC Radio in Davenport, Iowa. The program director, a wonderful Scotsman named Peter MacArthur, told me they had already hired an announcer.

As I left his office, my frustration 52. I asked aloud, “How can a fellow get to be a sport announcer if he can’t get a job in a radio station?”

I was waiting for the elevator 53I heard MacAethur calling, “What was that you said about sports? Do you know anything about football?” Then he asked me to stand before a microphone and to broadcast a (an) 54game.

On my way home, once again I thought of my mother’s words. I often wonder what 55my life might have taken if I’d gotten the job at Montgomery Ward.

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I know what you're thinking: pizza? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night's leftovers in the a. m. if you want to.

I know lots of women who skip breakfast, and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don't have time, others think they're “saving” calories, still others just don't like breakfast food.

But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you’re trying to lose weight. “Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all,” says Katherine Brooking, R, D, who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year’s “SELF CHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if it's loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.

Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.

So eat something in the morning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night’s leftovers－it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, “You can always eat it tomorrow,” I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it... you may save yourself some pre­bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat­burning effects.

1.The underlined word "leftovers" in Paragraph 1 probably means ______.

2.What can we infer from the text?

3.According to the last paragraph, it is important to ______.

4.The text is written mainly for those _______.

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America is a country on the move. In unheard of numbers, people of all ages are exercising  their way to better health. According to the latest figures, 59 percent of American adults exercise regularly-up 12 percent from just two years ago and more than double the figure of 25 years ago. Even non-exercisers believe they would be more attractive and confident if they were more active.

It is hard not to get the message. The virtues of physical fitness are shown on magazine covers, postage stamps, and television ads of everything from beauty soaps to travel books. Exercise as a part of daily life did not catch on until the late 1960s when research by military doctors began to show the health benefits of doing regular physical exercises. Growing publicity (宣传) for races held in American cities helped fuel a strong interest in the ancient sport of running. Although running has leveled off in recent years as Americans have discovered equally rewarding—and sometimes safer-forms of exercise, such as walking and swimming, running remains the most popular form of exercise.

As the popularity of exercise continues to mount, so does scientific evidence of its health benefits. The key to fitness is exercising the major muscle groups vigorously (强有力地) enough to approximately double the heart rate and keep it doubled for 20 to 30 minutes at a time. Doing such physical exercises three times or more a week will produce considerable improvements in physical health in about three months.

1.It can be learnt from the passage that the health benefits of exercise ___________.

2.A growing interest in sports developed after ______________.

3.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

4.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the phrase “leveled off” in the paragraph 2?

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No one knows yet the accurate number of lives which have been lost in this terrible fire .But reports suggest that it is more than one hundred .

A wall of flames fifty feet high and at least one hundred and fifty miles wide is now racing towards the forests and rich farmlands of southern Victoria . Towns less than one hundred miles from Melbourne will be in danger unless the wind changes . People are rushing excitedly into the streets . The police have warned them not to see the fire but many people are doing so .

The cause of the fire is unknown . No rain has fallen in this part of Australia for three months , and the hot , north-west wind from the great central desert is blowing at more than thirty miles an hour .

The firefighters are travelling to the fire by road , rail and air . But it is not easy to get there . Flames and fallen trees have cut off or blocked roads and railway lines . The thick smoke often prevents them from finding the air strips (飞机跑道).

It is said that the fire has brought the greater danger to the country since the Second World War .

1.By the time the article was written , the fire ________ .

2.The writer wrote this article mainly to tell people ________ .

3.In the 4th paragraph , the writer suggested that ________ .

4.The underlined word “ accurate” in the first sentence has the same meaning as ________ .

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This year some twenty-three hundred teen-agers (young people aged from 13-19) from all over the world will spend about ten months in U.S. homes . They will attend U. S. schools , meet U.S. teenagers , and form impressions of the real America . At the same time , about thirteen hundred American teenagers will go to other countries to learn new languages and gain a new understanding of the rest of the world .

Here is a two-way student exchange in action . Fred , nineteen ,spent last year in Gemany with George’s family . In turn , George’s son Mike spent a year in Fred’s home in America .

Fred , a lively young man , knew little German when he arrived , but after two months’ study , the language began to come to him . School was completely different from what he had expected-much harder . Students rose respectfully when the teacher entered the room . They took fourteen subjects instead of the six that are usual in the United States . There were almost no outside activities .

Family life , too , was different . The father’s word was law , and all activities were around the family rather than the individual. Fred found the food too simple at first . Also , he missed having a car .

“Back home ,you pick up some friends in a car and go out and have a good time . In Germany , you walk , but you soon learn to like it .”

At the same time , in America , Mike , a friendly German boy , was also forming his idea . “I suppose I should criticize American schools .” He says , “it is far too easy by our level . But I have to say that I like it very much . In Germany we do nothing but study . Here we take part in many outside activities . I think that maybe your schools are better in training for citizens . There ought to be some middle ground between the two .”

1.The whole exchange programme is mainly to ________ .

2.Fred and Mike agreed that ________ .

3.What is particular in American school is that ________ .

4.After experiencing the American school life , Mike thought ________ .

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Prince Charles yesterday promised to reduce the royal impact on the environment through sweeping changes to his personal lifestyle and official schedule. The prince will replace carbon-heavy private jets and helicopters with scheduled flights and train services.

The move came as Prince Charles urged business leaders to publish the environmental pact(条款、协议) of their activities.

He said, “Few accountants and business decision-makers ask, ‘How much of our critical natural resource is left? How many miles of polar ice cap has our business helped melt this year? By how many inches have we raised sea levels? How many species have we put at risk? How many homes will be flooded, how many people will die of thirst or starvation because of our activities? ’ These are not comfortable questions, but, by God, they need to be asked.”

He added, “At the moment these costs do not appear in anyone’s books… Yet they are real, they are incurred now and in a relatively short time, the damage being caused may be beyond remedy.” He said the world was “running up the biggest global credit card debt in history, but with little or no thought for how the bill will ever be paid”.

Flanked by the prime minister and business and community leaders at St James’ Palace, the prince said his new “accounting for sustainability” project would give consumers the power to choose products that caused less damage to the planet.

Duchy Originals, the prince’s food company, is taking steps to work out how much carbon dioxide and other green-house gas are emitted in growing, processing and distributing its products. The changes to the prince’s travel arrangements announced yesterday are part of a wider review of the carbon footprint associated with activities at all three of his residences. Clarence House in London, Highgrove and Birkhall on the Balmorals estate, as well as the activities of his 21 personal and 105 full-time staff. Measures include a review of electricity use, commuter and other staff travel and are intended to identify further reductions in carbon dioxide emissions. The review will report in June , when Clarence House will announce annual targets to reduce carbon emission.

1.How does Prince Charles feel about business leaders in terms of environmental protection?

2.In response to Prince Charles’ calls, Duchy Originals will ______.

3.The underlined phrase in paragraph 4 probably refers to ______.

4.What would be the best title for the passage?

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以下标有题号的每一行均有一个错误，请找出，并按下列情况改正：

　此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。

　此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。

　此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。

　注意：请在答题卡上作答。

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假设你是李伟，请根据你校美化校园的规划，用英语给你在美国的笔友Johnson写一封短信，介绍该规划。短信的主要内容如下：

注意：1．短信的开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入总词数。

2．词数：100左右。

3．参考词汇：雕塑—statue (n.)  植物园—botanical garden (n.)

Dear Johnson ,

I’d like to tell you that our school has worked out a new program.

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Welcome to our school if you have any chance.

Yours ,

Li Wei

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