湖北省武汉二中高三英语3月测试题
湖北省武汉二中2009届高三3月测试题
英语
第一部分听力（略）
第二部分英语知识运用（共二节，满分40分）
第一节：多项选择（共10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. Once you acquire the of always doing a little more than expected, your workmates
will trust you with greater responsibilities.
A. personality
B. reputation
C. character
D. achievement
22. The programmes on New Year’s Eve have to to many different types of interest and
taste among the public.
A. satisfy
B. cater
C. apply
D. attract
23. It is difficult for a teacher to give attention to children in a large class. We should
reform the situation in order to meet each child’s needs.
A. private
B. personal
C. individual
D. single
24. It is rather that we still do not know how many species there are in the world today.
A. misleading
B. embarrassing
C. boring
D. demanding
25. It me that the murderer has escaped from prison.
A. occurs
B. indicates
C. astonishes
D. publishes
26. On her first day at school, the young teacher was deeply by the naughty boys.
A. defended
B. offered
C. offended
D. frightened
27. In this warm weather the ice will soon .
A. spoil
B. melt
C. dissolve
D. fail
28. She wants to find a job in the kindergarten becau she working with children.
A. adores
B. admires
C. dreams
D. avoids
29. He was charged with a shotgun without a licence.
A. posssing
B. launching
C. locating
D. prohibiting
30. The young actress is very about her success; she says it’s as much the result of good
luck as of her own abilities.
A. crazy
B. modest
C. particular
D. confident
第二节完形填空(共20小题，每小题 1.5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从31—50 各题后给的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。
It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldn’t need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work－31 up and down the stairs of her three-storey home
cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was 32 jeans and a sweater, sitting at the
34 was going
table I had just 33 , a pile of papers spread around her. Her husband’s
to be reduced by thirty percent, and they were trying to live as if it had 35 happened. I felt
sorry for her, but I also felt a n of 36 .
37 an unexpected relationship
I had been cleaning Freda’s hou for five years and had
with the family. It was not just 38 I had become an expert at scraping (刮掉) dirt stuck to
their wooden floor, 39 that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls’ beds. It wa
40 than that, for I felt I had become a part of their 41 .
Freda stayed at home with the kids, 42 I would often e her in the morning 43
44 home at lunch for sandwiches and piano
them to school. And I’d be there when they
practice. I had 45 them grow up. Now I was fired, but the 46 thing was that I still
wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.
I left Freda’s
hou that day, wondering about the 47 of my relationship with my
49 an employee－the
clients (主顾). Who am I 48 them? As a matter of fact, I’m
lowest kind of employee. But I’m also a trusted 50 of the family. I can’t help worrying
about what happens around me.
31. A. stepping B. coming C. jumping D. moving
32. A. hanging B. making C. wearing D. changing
33. A. cleaned B. washed C. swept D. brushed
34. A. duty B. money C. work D. pay
35. A. already B. ldom C. never D. yet
36. A. regret B. surpri C. fear D. loss
37. A. started B. developed C. improved D. broken
38. A. why B. what C. that D. which
39. A. but B. and C. or D. for
40. A. less B. least C. more D. most
41. A. life B. story C. activity D. experience
42. A. as B. so C. since D. however
43. A. taking B. bringing C. meeting D. calling
44. A. left B. returned C. went D. marched
45. A. found B. noticed C. watched D. realized
46. A. possible B. great C. proper D. strange
47. A. meaning B. nature C. result D. importance
48. A. for B. to C. with D. at
49. A. hardly B. certainly C. probably D. merely
50. A. member B. person C. relative D. companion
第三部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分, 满分40分）
阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中, 选出最佳选项.
A
America is the land of the automobile. This county has only 6 percent of the world’s population out of 46 percent of the world’s cars. Right now, there are 97 million privately owned cars consuming 75 billion gallons of gasoline and traveling an estimated 1,000 billion miles a year.
The figures also affirm something we know every time we refill our gasoline tank. The automobile
is a very thirsty piece of technology. Of the total petroleum supply in the United States, 30 percent
