此资源为用户分享，在本站免费下载，只限于您用于个人教学研究。

共60小题，约6530字。

　　中山一中2011届高三第八次统测  英 语 试 题
　　命题人：余玲  李艳玲
　　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)
　　第一节 完形填空 (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。
　　Over half the world’s people now live in cities. The latest “Global Report on Human Settlements” says a ____1______change took place last year. The report____2______this wee.N. Habitat, a United Nations agency.
　　A century ago, ____3_____than five percent of all people lived in cities. By the middle of this century it could be seventy percent, or almost six and a half billion people. Already three-fourths of people in ______4_______ countries live in cities. Now most urban population______5_________ is in the developing world.
　　Urbanization can       6     to social and economic progress, but also put _____7______on cities to provide housing and      8       . The new report says almost two hundred thousand people move into cities and towns each day. It says worsening inequalities,     9         by social divisions and differences in    10      , could result in violence and crime unless cities plan better.
　　Another issue is urban sprawl (无序扩展的城区). This is where cities    11       quickly into rural areas, sometimes at a much faster rate than urban population growth.
　　Sprawl is    12       in the United States. Americans move a lot. In a recent study, Art Hall at the University of Kansas found that people are moving away from the   13   cities to smaller ones. He sees a      14         toward “de-urbanization” across the nation.
　　But urban economies still provide many    15        that rural areas do not.
　　1. A. significant       B.  strange         C. deliberate          D. famous
　　2. A. came on 　      B.  came off       C. came over          D. came out
　　3. A.  more          B.  other          C. less   　          D. rather
　　4. A.  prosperous     B.  developed      C. successful　        D. developing
　　5. A.  extension      B.  addition        C. raise　             D. growth
　　6. A.  keep          B.  turn           C. lead　             D. refer
　　7. A.  pressure       B.  load           C. restraint　          D. weight
　　8. A.  surroundings   B.  communities     C. concerns　         D. services
　　9. A.  pulled　       B.  driven         C. drawn             D. pressed
　　10. A.  situation　    B.  wealth         C. treasure            D. category
　　11. A.  expand       B.  split           C. invade　           D. enlarge
　　12. A.  ordinary      B.  conventional    C. common           D. frequent
　　13. A.  essential      B.  previous        C. original           D. major
　　14. A.  trend         B.  style          C. direction           D. path
　　15. A.  abilities       B.  qualities       C. possibilities        D. realities
　　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使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16～25的相应位置上。
　　The interest in studying abroad, particularly in ESL, is on the rise around the world as students seek to obtain ______16______ university degree to advance their job opportunities.  ______17_______, students need to decide if studying abroad will help them re