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1、2010年高考预测试题英 语（五）II 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-30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。Experts believe that young people are drinking more alcohol than ever. They say its not just the _21_ that teenagers consume thats worrying them but also what they do when theyre
2、drunk.A recent survey found that 40% of British teens drank at least once every month and that younger teens were often _22_ to take their first drink by older friends.As one teen said, When youre with all your friends and having a good time, if someone gets out some alcohol you just _23_ it and dri
3、nk.The government believes part of the problem is the availability of _24_ alcohol and has introduced a law to ban such drinks. Others oppose the law because they say it _25_ targets poorer drinkers.One young drinker interviewed thinks price is _26_ and that teens, determined to get drunk, will find
4、 a way. But alcohol expert Professor Martin Plant says the evidence supporting the new law is _27_. He said, The science is absolutely clear. Putting in a minimum price will _28_ alcohol consumption by young drinkers. This is the first real development that offers the _29_ of cutting the size of the
5、 alcohol problem, and luckily the government has _30_ the opportunity.21. A. time B. types C. products D. amount22. A. promised B. encouraged C. forced D. charged23. A. go along withB. come into C. turn to D. get away with24. A. sweet B. strong C. cheap D. expensive25. A. intentionally B. unfairly C
6、. rightly D. completely26. A. irrelevant B. unreasonable C. inexpensive D. unknown27. A. weak B. existing C. convincing D. approving28. A. prevent B. reduce C. balance D. delay29. A. issue B. choice C. time D. promise30. A. missed B. given C. taken D. used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
7、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31-40的相应位置上。When very small dinosaur bones were found in a Germany mine people thought they were from baby dinosaurs. _31_ scientist Martin Sanders work shows that they were probably fully _32_ (grow) and belong to the smallest giant dinosaur spec
8、ies ever found. Growth marks on dinosaur bones are similar _33_ growth rings on trees. The rings are far apart while the animal is young and growing quickly. _34_ get closer as growth slows. It is _35_ (exact) these tight ring marks that we found in the fossil (化石) bones, says Sander. So the fossils
9、 must have been from adult animals._36_ was this German dinosaur so much smaller than other giant dinosaurs, which grew up to 45 metres long and weighed as much as a thousand humans? 150 million years ago, most of Germany was underwater. Scientists think that _37_ water levels rose, there was less a
10、nd less land and food available. The dinosaur _38_ (force) to adapt and evolved into a smaller animal _39_ (need) less space and food.Since 1998, scientists have dug up more than 1,000 dinosaur fossils in the mine. It is one of the few places in the world _40_ the bones and footprints of dinosaurs h
11、ave been found together.III 阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AThe hole in the Earths ozone layer (臭氧层) has until now protected Antarctica from the worst effects of global warming. But scientists have warned that as the hole closes up in the next few d
12、ecades, temperatures on the continent could rise by around 3oC on average, with melting ice contributing to a global sea level increase of up to 1.4 metres.In the past decades the western Antarctic has seen rapid ice loss as the world has warmed, but the other parts of the continent have, paradoxica
13、lly, been cooling, resulting in a 10% increase in ice in the seas around the region. This is because the hole in the ozone layer has increased cold winds in Antarctica, making much of the continent surface colder than usual.But now that the gasses that cause the ozone hole have been banned, scientis
14、ts expect the hole to repair itself within the next 50 to 60 years. By then the cooling effect will have faded out and the Antarctic will face the full impact of global warming. This means an increase in average air temperatures of around 3OC and a reduction in sea ice by around a third.The biggest
15、threat to the continent comes from warming seas. Robert Johnson, a scientist who monitors Antarctica ice sheets, said, The ice sheets in Antarctica are hundreds of metres thick. But once warm ocean waters start flowing underneath, the ice will begin thinning and could break up very quickly. Thinning ice sheets cause ice to break
