文档介绍：广东省中山市
2011届高三第三次模拟考试
英语试题
本试卷共10页,三大题,满分135分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项:1. 答卷前,考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。
2. 选择题每小题选出答案后,用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑,如需改动,用橡皮擦干净后,再选涂其他答案,答案不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答,答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上;如需改动,先划掉原来的答案,然后再写上新的答案;不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4. 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后,将试卷和答题卡一并交回。
I . 语言知识及应用(共两节,满分45分)
(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The old man awoke just before sunrise, as he often did. He was walking by the ocean's edge to 1 the new day. As he moved through the morning dawn, he 2 on a faint, far away motion.
He saw a young man, bending and waving arms, dancing on the beach, no 3 that he was in celebration of the perfect day soon to begin. As he 4 , he realized that the young man was not dancing to the bay, but rather bending to looking through what was left by the night's 5 , stopping now and then to 6 up starfish and then standing, to throw it back into the 7 .
He asked the youth the 8 of the effort. "The tide has washed the starfish onto the beach and they cannot 9 to the sea by themselves," the youth replied. "When the sun rises, they will die, unless I put them back into the sea."
As the youth made his 10 , the old man looked at the vast expanse of beach, stretching in both 11 beyond eyesight. Starfish littered the shore in 12 beyond calculation.
The hopelessness of the young man’s plan became 13 and the old man countered, "But there are more starfish on this beach than you can ever save before the sun is down. Surely you cannot expect to make a(n) 14 ."
The young man paused briefly to consider the words, bent to pick up a starfish and threw it as far as 15 . Turning to the old man, he said, "I made a difference to that one."
1. A. accept B. inspect C. inspire D. greet
2. A. focused B. insisted C. carried D. stepped
3. A. wonder B. doubt C. way D. problem
4. A. approached B. left C. thought D. remained
5. A. coldness B. darkness C. tide D. steam