【正文】 高中英語考試試卷作者：日期：2011年佛山市普通高中高三教學質(zhì)量檢測 (二)英 語 本試卷共10頁,滿分135分?？荚嚂r間120分鐘。注意事項： ,考生務(wù)必用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆將自己的姓名和考號填寫在答題卡上用2B鉛筆將答題卡試卷類型 (A) 填涂在答題卡上,并在答題卡右上角的“試室號”和“座位號”欄填寫試室號、座位號,將相應(yīng)的試室號、座位號信息點涂黑。2. 速擇題每小題選出答案后,用2B鉛筆把答題卡上對應(yīng)題目的答案標號涂黑,如需改動,用橡皮擦干凈后,再選涂其他答案,答案答在試題卷上無效。3. 非選擇題必須用黑色字跡的鋼筆或簽字筆作答,答案必須寫在答卷上各題目指定區(qū)域內(nèi)相應(yīng)位置上；如需改動,先劃掉原來的答案,然后再寫上新的答案；不準使用鉛筆和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案無效。 4. 考試結(jié)束后,將答卷和答題卡一并交回。I 語言知識及應(yīng)用 (共兩節(jié),滿分45分) 第一節(jié) 完形填空 (共15小題；每小題2分,滿分30分) 閱讀下面短文,掌握其大意,然后從1～15各題所給的A、B、C和D項中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。Which came first, the chicken or the egg? This is one of life’s ___1___ questions and people have been debating about it for thousands of years. Now scientists believe they have solved this ___2___. Researchers from Sheffield and Warwick Universities in England discovered the answer ___3___. They used a super puter to observe the shellmaking process while a new shell was ___4___. Then they found one protein called OC17 that is ___5___ for forming eggshell. This is only found inside a chicken’s body, which is proof that the ___6___ came first. The team was ___7___ looking at how animals and birds make eggshells but suddenly made their surprising ___8___. The big question now is where chickens came from. The ___9___ is from dinosaurs.The research team said eggshells are one of nature’s most ___10___ creations. Professor John Harding from the team told reporters: “Understanding how chickens make eggshells is fascinating in itself, but it can also be ___11___ in designing new materials.” Eggshells are very lightweight but incredibly strong. Even the most uptodate materials ___12___ by the world’s top engineers cannot produce anything as ___13___ as an eggshell. Professor Harding added that ___14___ eggshells could help to cure bone diseases and design materials for the construction industry. “Nature has found wonderful ways that ___15___ for all kinds of problems in materials science and technology — we can learn a lot from them.” he said.1. A. strangest B. best C. oldest D. closest 2. A. puzzle B. fact C. history D. opinion 3. A. on purpose B. by chance C. without hesitation D. at work 4. A. breaking B. changing C. disappearing D. forming 5. A. necessary B. easy C. kind D. impossible 6. A. egg B. eggshell C. chicken D. dinosaur 7. A. obviously B. originally C. thoughtfully D. surprisingly 8. A. invention B. mistake C. statement D. discovery 9. A. answer B. research C. road D. egg 10. A. mon B. ridiculous C. funny D. amazing 11. A. interesting B. helpful C. normal D. correct 12. A. bought B. cut C. designed D. carried 13. A. brilliant B. ordinary D. small 14. A. finding B. watching C. studying D. making 15. A. happen B. work C. wait D. look 第二節(jié) 語法填空(共10小題；每小題15分,滿分15分) 閱讀下面短文,按照句子結(jié)構(gòu)的語法性和上下文連貫的要求,在空格處填入一個適當?shù)脑~或使用括號中詞語的正確形式填空,并將答案填寫在答題卷標號為16～25的相應(yīng)位置上。During an 1899 F4 tornado (龍卷風) in Missouri, three people, Miss Moorehouse, Mrs. Webster, and her son were caught up in the storm. They ___16___ (carry) nearly one mile, but were let down so gently ___17___ none of the three was seriously injured. Here is Moorehouse’s ___18___ (describe)of her unbelievable flight. ‘‘I was conscious all the time when I was flying through the air, and ___19___ seemed a long time. I seemed to be lifted up, ___20___ (go) up to a great height. At one time I was far above the church towers, and seemed to be carried to a ___21___ (distance) place. As I was going through the air, I saw a horse, ___22___ was a white one and had a harness (馬具) on, floating about with me. By the way ___23___ horse kicked and struggled as it was thrown about, I knew it was alive. I was afraid that it would knock into me, ___24___ it did not. Finally, I was mercifully landed ___25___ the ground unharmed, saved by luck.”Ⅱ 閱讀 (共兩節(jié),滿分50分) 第一節(jié) 閱讀理解(共20小題；每小題2分, 滿分40分)閱讀下列短文,從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中,選出最佳選項,并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。AWhile I was in my 4th month of pregnancy (妊娠期) with my second child, we were preparing for a trip to Louisiana, where Marshall’s family live, to celebrate Jane’s 2nd birthday. Two days bef