2011广东省深圳高级中学高三第二次测试英语试题及答案
说明：本试卷满分135分，考试时间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。用2B铅笔将试题类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。
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，再选涂其它答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3． 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，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。
第一部分：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）
Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep 1 . She was even willing to work without pay. She then offered her 2 to a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she 3 other old folk like her, by talking with them, she 4 two things. Old people had abilities that were not 5 . But old people also had some 6 . She found a new purpose for herself then.
Through the years, she 7 to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new 8 : Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called “Sixty Plus”, which was about 9 old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being 10 . Anna Douglas uses her 11 ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands 12 problems begin. For example, one of her 13 said that his grandchildren 14 the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas 15 some ways for him to understand his grandchildren.
1. A. free B. rich C. powerful D. busy
2. A. services B. money C. students D. books
3. A. observed B. met C. comforted D. answered
4. A. enjoyed B. followed C. recognized D. demanded
5. A. studied B. agreed C. gave D. used
6. A. mistakes B. problems C. questions D. characters
7. A. had B. ought C. was D. used
8. A. subject B. life C. way D. plan
9. A. getting B. respecting C. employing D. supporting
10. A. unknown B. refused C. misunderstood D. discouraged
11. A. thinking B. working C. reading D. leading
12. A. that B. when C. whether D. why
13. A. visitors B. readers C. listeners D. friends
14. A. got B. entered C. left D. passed
15. A. suggested B. chose C. invented D. imagined
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上标号为31-40的相应位置。
Doctors urge more playtime for children
The American Academy of Pediatrics (儿科) says 16 children really need for health development is more good, old-fashioned playtime.
Many parents load their 17 (child) schedules with get-smart videos, enrichment activities and lots of classes in a drive to help 18 do better. The efforts often begin as early as babyhood. Free play is neglected in the shuffle, a new academy report says.
Numerous studies have shown that free play is very 19 (benefit). It can help children become creative, develop problem-solving skills, relate to others and adjust to school settings, 20 academy report says.
“Perhaps above all, play is something 21 is a cherished part of childhood,” says another report, 22 (prepare) by two academy committees for release Monday 23 the group's annual meeting in Atlanta.
It adds that enrichment tools and organized activities can be helpful, 24 should not 25 (view) as a requirement for creating successful children. They must be balanced with plenty of free playtime.