高三英语天天练3.doc

2012届高三英语小练考（3） 满分18分（时间：25分钟） (一)单词拼写（每题1分，本题共10分） 1，Judging from his_________(口音), he must be from Guangzhou. 2, ___________（事实上）, he was telling lies to us these days. 3, There are several ____________（成年人）and some children in that meeting room. 4, Do you know the boy ____________ （反对）my opinion? 5, There are two ____________ （机场）being built in that city. 6, What’s your ____________ （态度）towards this matter? 7, Excitedly, John was____________（录取）into Tsinghua University. 8, He made_____________（试图）to make a detailed plan for this trip. 9, In _____________（古代的） times, most farmers only traveled as far as the local market. 10, In most_____________（非洲的）countries, people are suffering from food shortage. (二)阅读理解（每题2分，共8分） Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World (NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn’t think twice before diving into the freezing East River. Tuesday’s Daily News said 29-year Julien Duret from France is the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday. He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Scaport museum. He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dive in after him. “I didn’t think at all, ” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast. ” Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier (码头) when he saw something falling into the water. He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water. When he reached the girl, she appeared lifeless, he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes. Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from cookers. Duret caught a train with his girlfriend shortly after. The rescue happened on t