高三上学期英语第二次月考试题
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I. 完形填空：(共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
Twelve-year-old Tang Yin is one of the earliest students to test a digital textbook in China. The boy said he was a little 1 when he received the monochromatic(单色的) flat device in April, , because he thought it should be a “ 2 cool” laptop. But Tang still cherishes his new equipment like “protecting my 3 ,” said the fifth grader. After all, not every student has the opportunity to 4 the eBook, which is worth $294 (￥2,000 yuan), he said.
The 50 eBooks, 5 by Taiwan eBook manufacturer Chuanqi Photoelectric Technology in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, enables one class at Yangzhou Sanyuanqiao Elementary School to be the 6 group of students in the Chinese mainland to replace their regular textbooks with electronic ones. Out of 1000 students, Tang’s class was the lucky 7 .
“Our school could not 8 the project without the company’s donation,” said Yuan Shishan, vice-headmaster of the primary school. 9 the digital book is considered environmentally friendly, because it replaces paper books and saves money in the long run, the price is much higher than most Chinese 10 can afford. Also, some technical defects, the 11 of taking notes and monochromatic display, make the eBook fail to meet the expectations of students and teachers.
“There’s still a/an 12 way to go before the eBook really plays an important role in education,” sa id the headmaster.
According to Yuan, the annual average income of a 13 family in Yangzhou is about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and neither the parents nor the school can afford the 2,000 yuan 14 book.
The school doesn’t allow the students to take th eir eBooks to their homes. The devices are 15 after class, and are locked in the headmaster’s office.
1. A. excited B. interested C. surprised D. disappointed
2. A. normal B. super C. light D. thin
3. A. eyes B. grades C. friendship D. class
4. A. buy B. give C. use D. expect
5. A. donated B. manufactured C. invented D. designed
6. A. original B. first C. second D. final
7. A. characters B. inspectors C. users D. devotees
8. A. support B. introduce C. determine D. afford
9. A. After B. As if C. Now that D. Although
10. A. families B. classes C. schools D. provinces
11. A. unfamiliarity B. inconvenience C. discomfort D. dislike
12. A. effective B. practical C. long D. narrow
13. A. common B. local C. small D. general
14. A. digital B. regular C. new D. pleasant
15. A. put on B. taken in C. looked on D. handed in
II、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，在空格处填人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。
Watching online open classes U.S. top universities has become indispensable for many young Chinese. Guo Lei, a native of Guangzhou, has become 16 (addict) to various open courses after she watched the online video of " Justice: What's the right thing to do." Guo was immediately attracted by the topic and the discussion of the Harvard students about 17 (moral) and justice.
About 700 sina micro bloggers 18 (post) different links to the videos. https://www.doczj.com/doc/6214170240.html, has launched a special channel for open programs, 19 (provide) more than 1,200 class hours of free videos. Many Chinese have adjusted 20 daily timetable and some office workers have quit taking naps 21 they can watch videos at noon. 22 download free online resources to their cell phones to watch while taking buses.
On https://www.doczj.com/doc/6214170240.html,, a netizen named "an independent cat" called 23 others to get up an hour earlier in the morning to watch the videos before leaving for work, 24 has mobilized a great number of followers.
"This set up a good example of how to change and improve our teaching methods." said Wang, a professor of Sun Yat-Sen University. He also suggested that lectures by some popular Chinese speakers and professors 25 (translate) into foreign languages and posted online to help foreign audiences understand Chinese culture.
Ⅲ阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节：阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40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。
A
Forest guards in western India are using cell phones with ringtones of cows mooing goats bleating and roosters crowing to attract leopards that have wandered into human settlements, officials said on Monday.
The wild cats in the state of Gujarat often get into villages near forests in search of food, say officials, adding that this results in attacks on people. But rather than use methods such as live bait(诱惑物）like goats tied to trees to lure the leopards, which then fall. into large pits dug by guards, officials say they have found a safer method lo
trap the cats.
"The moos of a cow, bleating of a goat from the phone has proved effective to trap leopards," said D. Vasani, a senior forest official in Gujarat. "This trick works." Vasani said forest guards have downloaded the sounds of over a dozen animals as ringtones on their mobiles which they attach to speakers and fix behind a cage. They then play the ringtone continuously for up to two hours until the curious leopard appears and moves into the cage looking for its easy meal.
At least five leopards have so far been lured from villages since the new ringtone method was introduced three months ago. The cats have all been released back into forest areas.
Wildlife activists welcomed the new initiative saying that previous methods of trapping the cats using pits often resulted in the animals getting injured.
26. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Cell Phones to Hunt Animals
B. Practical Uses of Cell Phones
C. Phone Ringtones to Catch Leopards
D. Wildlife And New Technology
27. Forest guards in India try to catch leopards mainly because
A. leopards attack villagers
B. they want leopard fur
C. leopards attack animals
D. they have new ringtones
28. According to the wildlife activists, the new method is
A. appreciated because it benefits leopards
B. not good because it may injure animals
C. effective because ringtones work
D. not safer than the former one
29. We can learn from the passage except that
A. forest guards don't mean to hurt the leopards
B. forest guards no longer use pits to trap leopards
C. forest guards used goats to attract leopards
D. recorded animal sounds are used to lure leopards
30. What will be needed to trap the leopards using the new method?
①cell phones ②animals ③sounds of animals ④cages ⑤large pits
A. ①②③④
B. ②③⑤
C. ①④⑤
D. ①③④
A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation. She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …”
“Of course I have a job,” said Emily. “I’m a mother.”
“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation… ‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.
One day I found myself in the same situation. The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title．“What is your occupation?” she asked.
The words simply popped out. “I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.
I repeated the title slowly, and then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?”
Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continui ng program of research (what mother doesn’t）, in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out). Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it). But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (依托) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern．
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”
Motherhood…What a glorious career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.
31. What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at
the beginning of the passage?
A. The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was.
B. The recorder was impatient and rude.
C. The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced.
D. Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society.
32. How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?
A. curious
B. puzzled
C. indifferent
D. interested
33. How did the author feel when describing her job to the clerk?
A. calm
B. panic-stricken
C. confident
D. cool
34. Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?
A. Because the author cared little about rewards.
B. Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab.
C. Because she thought the author did admirable work.
D. Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of.
35. What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
A. To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it.
B. To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect.
C. To show that the author had a grander job than Emily.
D. To show that being a mother is hard and boring work.
Yorkshire, England was the setting for two great novels of the 19th century. The re were Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre and Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights. The youngest sister, Anne, was also a gifted novelist, and her books have the same extraordinary quality as her sisters’.
Their father was Patrick Bronte, born in Ireland. He moved with his wife, Maria Bronte, and their six small children to Haworth in Yorkshire in 1820. Soon after, Mrs Bronte and the two eldest children died, leaving the father to care for the remaining three girls and a boy.
Charlotte was born in 1816. Emily was born in 1818 and Anne in 1820. Their brother Branwell was born in 1817. Left to themselves, the children wrote and told stories and walked over the hills. They grew up largely self-educated. Branwell showed a great interest in drawing. The girls were determined to earn money for his art education. They took positions as teachers or taught children in their homes.
As children they had all written many stories. Charlotte, as a young girl, alone wrote 22 books, each with 60 to 100 pages of small handwriting. Therefore, they turned to writing for income. By 1847, Charlotte had written The Professor, Emily, Wuthering Heights; and Anne, Agnes Grey. After much difficulty Anne and Emily found a publisher, but there was no interest shown in Charlotte’s book. (It was no t published until 1859.) However, one publisher expressed an interest in seeing more of her work. Jane Eyre was already started, and she hurriedly finished it. It was accepted at once; thus each of the sisters had a book published in 1847.
Jane Eyre was immediately successful; the other two, however, did not do so well. People did not like Wuthering Heights. They said it was too wild, too animal-like. But gradually it came to be considered one of the finest novels in the English language. Emily lived only a short while after the publication of her book, and Anne died in 1849.
Charlotte published Shirley in 1849 and Villette in 1853. In 1854 she married Arthur Bell Nicholls. But only a year later, she died of tuberculosis(肺结核) as her sisters had.
36. What did the Bronte sisters want to do for Branwell Bronte?
A. Help him write stories.
B. Help him get trained in art.
C. Teach him how to draw well.
D. Teach him how to educate himself.
37. We know from the text that____.
A. Jane Eyre was published in 1847
B. Cgarlotte Bronte wrote 22 books in all
C. the Bronte sisters received good education
D. Patrick Bronte helped his daughters with their writing
38. Which of the following was published after the death of its writer?
A. Shirley.
B. Villette.
C. Agnes Grey.
D. The professor.
39. The underlined words “the other two” in the 5th paragraph refer to______.
A. Shirley and Villette
B. The Professor and Agnes Grey
C. Agnes Grey and Wuthering Heights
D. The Professor and Wuthering Heights
40. What do we know about the Bronte sisters from the text?
A. Their novels interested few publishers.
B. None of them had more than two books published.
D. None of them lived longer than 40 years old.
D
To switch or not to switch, that is the question．Google’s announcement of its Nexus One smartphone（智能手机）happened over a week ago and I’m still receiving lots of e-mails from readers asking the same question: Should they give up their iPhone for the Nexus One?
Some people with iPhones, disappointed by American Telephone & Telegraph’s inadequate service and the high monthly cost, are wondering if they have really got something to replace it．Does the Nexus One offer the functions that Apple has led them to expect?
I’m on the fence myself, even though I never thought I’d be interested in anything but the iPhone．From my experience using the Nexus One, and from talking to people who have made the change, it’s not necessarily about the differences between the iPhone and the Nexus One．The phones are extremely similar in design and general feel．Instead, the decision can be made based on the software services you use on your desktop．
My friend Chad Dickerson received a pre-launch Nexus One from Google three weeks ago．He said Google’s p hone feels connected to certain services on the Web in a way the iPhone doesn’t．“Compared to the iPhone, the Google phone feels like it’s part of the Internet to me,” he said．“If you live in a Google world, you have that world in your pocket in a way that’s cleaner and more connected than the iPhone.”
Personally, the phones work perfectly with their own software, but both of them don’t make an effort to play well with other services．
41．Why are some iPhone users expecting a new type of phone?
A．Because their old ones are out of date．
B．Because they accept Google’s announcement．
C．Because of the limited service and high cost．
D．Because of the terrible software they can use．．
42．What’s the author’s attitude towards the new phones in the third paragraph?
A．Negative B．Neutral C．Indifferent D．Positive
43. .The underlined word “pre-launch” in Paragraph 4 means that “______”.
A. 新推出的
B. 下水前的
C. 发射前的
D. 新设计的
44．In Chad Dickerson’s opinion, the Nexus One is ________ the iPhone． A．better than B．worse than C．as good as D．as bad as 45．The best title of the passage might be ________．
A．Apple’s New Smartphone
B．Google’s New Smartphone
C．Good Services Matter
D．Torn Between Two Phones
第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。
请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。（注意：E=AB, F=AC）请阅读某书店各书架的相关信息：
A.Section One: Education---Has a huge range of textbooks and supplementary
material
covering all the major high school and university subjects. Buyers showing their student cards receive a 15% discount on all purchases from this section.
B.Section Three: Humor Section --- A great selection of joke books, funny stories and wonderful real life adventures that are sure to keep the reader laughing for days.
C. Section Five: Biography --- Find out about the lives of your favorite sports stars, singers, actors and other famous people from today and the past. Learn what they had to go through to become successful and the effect it had on their lives.
D.Section Six: Do-It-Yourself Section -- On these shelves customers can find the latest manuals on how to do everything from building a computer to constructing your own home.
E. Section Two: Sports & Leisure Section --- Stocks a large range of the latest books on your favorite sporting teams and events. Pick up the perfect Father's Day present here.
F. Section Four: Business & Finance--- Students, business people or anyone interested in the world of commerce are certain to find the book they are after here. We have special subsection for international trade and e-commerce.
阅读下列关于各书籍的信息，匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架：
46.The Smartest Guys in the Room: The Amazing Rise and Scandalous Fall of Enron --- by Bethany McLean and Peter Elkind --- As the title suggests the authors cover the rise of the American electricity company to become one of the 10 richest companies in the world and its spectacular fall into dishonour and bankruptcy. A perfect guide on what not to do in business.
47.The Delighted Eye --- by Prof. John Nash --- The 1994 Nobel Prize Winner for Economics, whose ideas have influenced a generation of the world's greatest economic minds, tells his life story: growing up in a small town in America, becoming one of America's most influential mathematicians and his battles with mental illness.
48.Ready Made--- How to Make (Almost) Everything --- by Shoshanna Berger and Grace Hawthorne --- beautifully written with great factual information. The theme behind this book is re-use, re-claim, re-cycle and there are many detailed easy-to-do projects for the reader to try such as making a photo frame from a book cover or a pot for your plants from plastic shopping bags.
49. Mother Tongue: The English Language --- by Bill Bryson --- Bryson's book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language, one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson's books, fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces.
50. Into Thin Air --- by John Krakauer --- is a riveting first-hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996, outside magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of the race eight people were dead.
Ⅳ写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)
【写作内容】
“无车日”(Car-free Day)是一项节能环保的活动，下面请你介绍活动有关情况，并号召更多的城市和居民参与到该活动中来。
活动背景：随着经济的发展，更多家庭拥有私家车，造成严重的交通问题和环境污染。
活动时间：每年9月22日参与者：全国108个城市
活动目的：提高人们节约能源与保护环境的意识
活动内容：倡议人们选用公共汽车、自行车或步行方式
活动效果：得到全国人民的支持, 取得巨大成功
【写作要求】
只能使用5个英语句子表达全部内容。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
As we all know, life is full of dreams and having a good dream is of great importance in our daily life. Without a good dream, people can’t make progress; without a good dream, countries can’t develop; without a good dream, the world can’t become so beautiful! And I hold the strong belief that everyone, whether he is old or young, poor or rich, junior or senior, does have a good dream! After all, dreaming is certainly a positive part of our life, and wishing for good things, however, costs nothing!
What’s more, it is important to fly our dreams, esp ecially for those who are Senior 3 students. It is high time for them to fly their dreams. If they can’t let out dreams fly, the dream would just be a dream, not reality!
Therefore, it is no wonder that so many people have a dream since their childhood. With a nice dream, China succeeded to host the 29th Olympic Games in ; with a nice dream, Hongkong returned to the motherland peacefully in 1997; with a nice dream, Yuan Longping rids the world of hunger; with a nice dream, Michael Jordon becomes the most popular basketball star; with a nice dream I can stand on this stage to compete in the final English speech contest. And with an aim of achieving success, I must do the best!
So my good friends, if you want to realize your dream, please do not be afraid in face of difficulties or give up in face of failure nor lose your dream in face of pains. You must keep going forward bravely! Just fly your dream highly above the sky!
【写作内容】
1. 阅读短文后用30词左右概括短文的要点。
2. 就“放飞梦想”为主题，以120词左右发表自己的看法，并包括以下内容要点：
（1）列举自己或身边现实生活中中学生梦想成真的一件事例；
（2）结合自己的实际，谈谈你现在的梦想，并说明打算如何实现。
【写作要求】
1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；
2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。
高三上学期英语第二次月考试题答案
I 语言知识及应用
第一节完形填空(共15小题,每小题2分)
1—5：D B A C A 6—10：B C D D A 11—15：B C B A D
第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)
16. addicted 17. morality 18. have posted 19. providing 20. their 21. so 22. Others 23. on/upon 24. which 25. (should) be translated
IV. 阅读理解(共两节，满分50分)
26-30 C A C B D 31-35 D B A C B 36-40 B A D C D
41-45 C B A A D 46-50 F C D B E
III．写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
One possible version:
With the development of the economy, more families have bought private cars，thus leading to heavier traffic problems and more serious air pollution. To raise public awareness of energy saving and environmental protection, Car-free Day is launched in 108 cities in China on September 22 every year. On that day, people are encouraged to take public transport，ride bicycles or walk. The campaign has gained much support all over the country, which is a real success. I hope more cities and their residents will take part in this type of activity.
第二节读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）
Possible version:
Dreams play an important role in our daily life and a good dream is the motivation to success. To realize a dream, one should learn to defeat difficulties through constant struggles as well as persistence.
Like most people, there was a time when I dreamed of being an excellent student in my English after entering junior middle school, though my English was very poor then. To catch up with my classmates, I made up my mind to learn English well and made pen-friends with some foreign students so as to practise my spoken English and
improve my written English. Although some of my classmates often went to the movies in the evening, seldom did I take part in such activities. Instead, I set aside to concentrate on my English and won the Final English Speech Contest around the city this term, realizing my dream.
Now, I also have a dream. As a Senior 3 student, I hope that I can be admitted to a key university after graduation from middle school. Of course, whether my dream will come true depends on my personal efforts. Although life is full of ups and downs, I choose to go forward bravely. I strongly believe that where there is a dream, there is hope and there is a way.
forward bravely. I strongly believe that where there is a dream, there is hope and there is a way.
高三上学期英语第二次月考试题答卷
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第二节语法填空（共10 小题；每小题1.5分, 满分15分）
16. _________ 17. __________18. ___________ 19. __________ 20. _________ 21. __________ 22. ___________23. ___________ 24. __________ 25. ____________
三．写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）
读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）