广东省惠州市2011届高三第三次调研考试英语试题

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　　惠州市2011届高三第三次调研考试
　　英语试题 （2011.01）
　　I.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）
　　第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
　　How long have you been busy, rushing around all day? We are always on, talking, emailing, sending and reading messages. There is just no   1   for stillness.
　　And when we are   2   to be still because we’re in line for something, or waiting for a bus or train, we often   3    something to do. Some will play with mobile devices, others will read something. Being still isn’t something we’re   4    .
　　This comes at a   5    : we lose time for   6   , for observing and listening. We lose peace. And worse yet: sometimes too much action is worse than no action at all. You can run around crazily, but get   7    done.
　　Take a moment to thint how you spend your days. Are you constantly rushing around? Are you constantly reading and answering    8     ？Are you always   9   through your schedule?
　　Is this how you want to spend your   10    ? If so, peace is with you. If not, take a moment to be    11    . Then after a minute of doing that, consider your life, and how you’d like it to be. See your life with less movement, more stillness and more    12    .
　　Then be that vision.
　　It’s pretty simple: all you have to do is to sit still for a little bit each day. Breathe when you feel yourself moving too    13   . Slow down; find happiness now, at this moment, instead of   14     for it.
　　15    the stillness. It’s a treasure, and it’s available to us, always.
　　1. A place B. idea C freedom D. time
　　2. A forced B. reminded C invited D. told
　　3. A have B. find C buy D. get
　　4. A familiar with B. curious about C used to D. interested in
　　5. A cost B. risk C loss D. danger
　　6. A play B. food C sleep D. consideration
　　7. A everything B. anything C nothing D. something
　　8. A questions B. problems C phones D. messages
　　9. A walking B. rushing C stepping D. going
　　10 A study B. youth C work D. life
　　11 A silent B. patient C still D. quiet
　　12 A activity B. research C study D. peace    
　　13 A frequently B. slowly C fast D. quickly    
　　14 A asking B. sending C calling D. waiting    
　　15 A Value B. Hold C Search D. Find    
　　第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
　　阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或受用括号中词语的正确形式填空
　　Hello Mr. Death! A peek at Chinese rare names
　　Unhappy with your name? Then spare a thought for those rare Chinese families whose surnames mean "zero", "ghost" ___16____ even "death". A man in China's southern province of Jiangxi has spent the last 20 years compiling a list of ___17____（usual） family names, according to national ___18____ （broadcast）, the China Central Television.
　　Most Chinese people share a few common surnames, Zhang, Wang, Li, Liu and Chen. The Chinese expression for "ordinary people" literally ___19___ （mean）"the old one hundred surnames".
　　___20___ Cheng Yinglian's interest was piqued after reading a newspaper many years ago and __21__ （discover）a person with the surname Gui, meaning "ghost", CCTV said. ___22____ then, he has scoured newspapers, books and other publications to find similar rare surnames, coming up ___23____ about 2,000 to date.