高三上学期8月月考英语试题

高三上学期8月月考

英语试卷

本试卷共三大题，满分为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和答卷纸上。

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的相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答素；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。

It was a cool October evening. Excitement and family members 1 the hall. I was only a 7-year-old girl, but I was the center of 2 . Finally, after weeks of preparation, I would show off all my hard work in a dance of performance. Everything would be 3 —so I thought. I waited backstage all 4 up in my black tights with a golden belt. In a loud and clear voice, the master of ceremonies 5 that my class was next.

My dance class was doing a routine on wooden boxes two feet by two feet, facing the 6 . All I had to do in the next move was put one foot on the box next to mine and keep my other foot on my box. I really was an 7 move. I was concentrating so much 8 the huge smile on my face and holding my head up that I did not look where I was going. I miss ed my partner’s box altogether and 9 . There I was standing on the stage floor when my classmates were on top of their boxes. I could hear giggles(咯咯笑) coming from the audience, and I felt the 10 rush to my face. I remembered my dance teacher had to ld us, “If you make a mistake, keep smiling so the audience will not 11 .” I did my best to follow her 12 as I continued with the routine. When the curtain dropped, so did my hopes for the evening. I sobbed bitterly, tasting the salt from the tears that streamed down my face. I ran backstage, but no one could 13 me down. Recently I realized I had been a 14 that night. I was 15 , but I fought the urge to run off the stage. Instead, I finished the routine with a smile on my face. Now when friends and family laugh about the time I slipped during a dance performance, I can laugh too.

1. A. filled B. visited C. attended D. decorated

2. A. pressure B. impression C. debate D. attention

3. A. reasonable B. suitable C. obvious D. perfect

4. A. dressed B. folded C. covered D. mixed

6. A. music B. audience C. curtain D. stage

7. A. easy B. active C. adventurous D. extra

8. A. containing B. hiding C. sharing D. keeping

9. A. wandered B. slipped C. waved D. skipped

10. A. blood B. pleasure C. pride D. tear

11. A. leave B. cheer C. believe D. notice

12. A. gesture B. example C. advice D. plan

13. A. turn B. calm C. let D. put

14. A. star B. pioneer C. loser D. fool

15. A. satisfied B. moved C. embarrassed D. confused

第二节：语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)

Nowadays, it is common that parents buy 16 educational present for their children. A lot of personal computers are placed under the Christmas tree this year. 17 (believe) that computers are the key to success, parents are also insisting that children 18 (teach) to use them in school as early as possible. The problem for school is 19 when it comes to computers, parents don’t always know best. Teachers found themselves caught in the middle of the problem between parent 20 (press) and wise educational decisions. Many schools are giving in to parental impatience and are purchasing hardware 21 good educational planning. Educators do not even agree on how computers should be used. Even those 22 believe that all children should have access to computers warn of potential dangers to the very young. The temptation(诱惑) remains strong 23 (large) because young children adapt so well to computers. However, not every school can afford to go into computing, and that creates 24 problem: a division between the haves and the have-nots. Very few parents are agitating for（倡导）computer instruction in poor school districts, 25 there may be barely enough money to pay the teacher.

II 阅读（共两节，满分50分）

第一节阅读理解（共20小题；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。

A

In the fall of 1985. I was a bright-eyed girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell.

My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the age of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait.

Then I got married with another dream: building my family with a combination of adopt and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic---and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No. 3. In , I gave birth to another boy.[

You can imagine how fully occupied I became, raising four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a complete zoo---a joyous zoo. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream , either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester.

The hardest part was feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives.

In , I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It took me over 21 years to get my college degree！

I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when you’re looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when you’re in the mids t of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want won’t arrive in your life on one day. It’s a process. Remember；little steps add up to big dreams.

26. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be

A. a writer

B. a teacher[

C. a judge

D. a doctor

27. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college?

A. She wanted to study by herself.

B. She fell in love and got married.

C. She suffered from a serious illness.

D. She decided to look after her grandma.

28. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5?

She was busy yet happy with her family life.

B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons.

C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife.

D. She was too confused to make a correct choice.

29.What dose the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph?

A. Failure is the mother of success.

B. Little by little ,one goes far.

C. Every coin has two sides.

D. Well begun ,half done.

30.Which of the following can best describe the author ?

A. Caring and determine.

B. Honest and responsible.

C. Ambitious and sensitive

D. Innocent and single-minded.

B

"I didn't hear them call my name," explained Shelley Hennig to Active Teens (AT) as she talked about that exciting moment on national television when she won the honor of Miss Teen USA . "Are you ready?" is what she heard. Then she said, "I shook my head no, and then they said ‘yes’ and it was announced again."

It was four days after that life changing moment for the seventeen-year-old high school student from Destrehan, Louisiana----she was still on cloud nine．

"I was so shocked! I never believed that it could actually really happen." Present in the audience （观众）that day were: her mother and father, older brother, her friends, and her dance teacher. Understanding why members of her family and her friends would be there, AT asked why her dance teacher had traveled so far to see her compete（比赛）．"She's always been my role model．I've danced with her since I was six. She's been through so many difficulties and came through them all. I've learned to get over bad life's experiences and learned how to move on because of her."

One of those bad life's experiences for Shelley happened three years ago when her brother Brad was killed in a drunk driving accident. He was 18. She found writing helped her get through the rough days. She said, "I write a lot about my brother. I write a lot, a lot, a lot...”

When AT asked Miss Teen USA if she had any advice for our readers, she said, "Don't let anyone change you. Hang out with people that make you feel good about yourself. That way, it is easy to be yourself."

31.What do the words “on cloud nine” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A. frightened

B. troubled

C. very happy

D. very angry

32.Shelley takes her dance teachers as a role model mainly because she is_ .

A. determined

B. friendly

C. strict

D. experienced

33.How many children did the Hennigs have according to the text?

A. 1.

B. 2.

C. 3.

D. 4.

34.What did Shelley often do after she became Miss Louisiana Teen?

A. She visited drunken drivers.

B. She gave dance performance.

C. She made speeches on safe driving.

35.What suggestion does Shelley give to the teens?

A. Be yourself with the support of friends.

B．Meet friends whenever possible.

C. Go easy on yourself and others.

D. Have a good role model.

C

Winners Club

You choose to be a winner!

The Winners Club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. It has been made to help you better manage your money. The Winners Club is a transaction account（交易账户）where you receive a key-card so you can get to your money 24/7 –that’s 24 hours a day, 7 days a week!

It’s a club with im pressive features for teenagers:

No account keeping fees!

You’re no millionaire so we don’t expect you to pay large fees. In fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees!

You want your money to grow. The Winners Club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits（储蓄）without taking them out in a month. Convenient

Teenagers are busy – we get that. You may never need to come to a bank at all. With the Winners Club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the Internet··· You can have money directly deposited into your Winners Club account. This could be your pocket money or your pay from your part-time job!

Mega magazine included

Along with your regular report, you will receive a FREE magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. There are also fantastic offers and competitions only for Winners Club members.

The Winners Club is a great choice for teenagers. And it is so easy to join. Simply fill in an application form. You can’t wait to hear from you. It’s the best way to choose to be a winner!

36. The Winners Club is a bank account intended for ________.

A. parents

B. teenagers

C. winners

D. adults

37. Which of the following is TRUE about the Winners Club?

A. Special gifts are ready for parents.

B. The bank opens only on work days.

C. Services are convenient for its members.

D. Fees are necessary for the account keeping.

38. The Winners Club provides magazines which ________.

A. encourage spending

B. are free to all teenagers

C. are full of adventure stories

D. help to make more of your money

39. If you want to be a member of the Club, you must ________.

A. be an Internet user

B. be permitted by your parent

C. have a big sum of money

D. be in your twenties

40. What is the purpose of this text?

A. To set up a club.

B. To provide part-time jobs.

C. To organize key-cards.

D. To introduce a new banking service.

D

Tim Richter and his wife, Linda, had taught for over 30 years near Buffalo, New York--he was in computers, she was in special education. "Teaching means everything to us," Tim would say. In April 1998, he learned he would need a heart operation. It was the kind of news that leads to some serious thinking about life's purpose.

Not long after the surgery, Tim saw a brochure describing Imagination Library, a program started by Dolly Parton' s foundation (基金会) that mailed a book every month to children from birth to age five in the singer's home town of Sevier, Ten nessee. “I thought, maybe Linda and I could do something like this when we retire," Tim recalls. He placed the brochure on his desk, "as a reminder."

Five years later, now retired and with that brochure still on the desk, Tim clicked on imagination library .com. The program had been opened up to partners who could take advantage of book and postage discounts.

The quality of the books was of great concern to the Richters. Rather than sign up online, they went to Dollywood for a look-see. “We didn’t want to give the children rubbish,” says Linda. The books-reviewed each year by teachers, literacy specialists and Dollywood board members-included classics such as Ezra Jack Keats’s The Snowy Day and newer books like Anna Dewdney’s Llama Llama series.

Satisfied, the couple set up the Richter Family Foundation and got to work. Since , they have shipped more than 12,200 books to preschoolers in their area. Megan Williams, a mother of four, is more than appreciative: “This program introduces us to books I’ve never heard of .”

The Richters spend about ＄400 a month sending books to 200 children. “Some people sit there and wait to die,” says Tim. “Others get as busy as they can in the time they have left.”

41.What led Tim to think seriously about the meaning of life?

A. His health problem. B .His love for teaching.

C. The influence of his wife. D .The news from the Web.

42.What did Tim want to do after learning about Imagination Library?

A. Give out brochures. B .Do something similar.

C. Write books for children

D. Retire from being a teacher.

43.According to the text, Dollly Parton is .

A. a well-known surgeon

B. a mother of a four-year-old

C. a singer born in Tennessee D .a computer programmer

44.Why did the Richters go to Dollywood?

A. To avoid signing up online.

B. To meet Dollywood board members.

C. To make sure the books were the newest.

D. To see if the books were of good quality.

45.What can we learn from Tim’s wor ds in the last paragraph?

A. He needs more money to help the children.

B. He wonders why some people are so busy.

C. He tries to save those waiting to die.

D. He considers his efforts worthwhile.

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。（注意：若选E请填涂AB,选F请填涂CD.）首先，请阅读美国某城市提供服务的一些机构及其服务内容：

A The Sunny Mind Project is a prevention and treatment program for families with young children who are at risk of child mental diseases. Doctors make weekly home visits to provide child development guidance and mental health services.

B. The Child Car Program is a comprehensive program combining child care, child development services, mental health services, and family support services for low-income families. The program also enables these parents to work or attend school or job training programs.

C. At the time when character education is disappearing in public schools, Vista’s Enrichment Program is providing residents and students with valuable outlets for creativity, allowing them to become confident and independent.

D. The Teen Parent Project serves pregnant and parenting teens at local high schools by providing a combination of education, case management, and counseling. The project is designed to help students high schools by providing a combination of education, case management, and counseling. The project is designed to help students stay in school, be good parents to their children, and avoid high-risk behavior.

E. Family Service of Santa Monica is always offering dedicated professional team that truly makes a difference in the life of abused children. For children suffering from family violence, it also offers a place where they can live a peaceful life and learn more.

F. Community Services assists you in growing your family through adoption. It was established in 1948, which is one of the country’s largest non-profit adoption services. It helps over 200 children each year find a permanent home through Domestic, International and Foster Adoption opportunities.

以下是一些寻求服务的市民，请将这些市民与他们所需要的服务机构进行匹配：

46. Andy is a firefighter while his wife is a cleaner. They are too busy to look after their two-year-old daughter so they look for someone else with child care experience to look after her. However, they are not well-paid．

47. Johnny is a high school student who lacks confidence. He is very tame and always follows others. He never tries to create anything new because he thinks he is incapable of making it. Now, his parents desire to find role models to inspire him.

48. Carl got married 5 years ago. However, his wife lost the ability of giving birth after an accident. Now they want badly to adopt a child to make their family complete. But they have no idea where and how to adopt a baby.

49. Cathy is a girl of 18 years old, studying in a high school of Ohio. As a single mother of a two-year-old child, she is suffering from high pressure. How she regrets her mistake in the past. Now, she needs others to teach her how to become a good mother.

50. Ken was born in a poor family. His father is always drunk and beats him while his mother can

do nothing but complain. Though he is eager to receive a good education, he has no chance to go to school. He hopes to live in a peaceful place where he is cared and respected.

Ⅲ写作(共两节，满分40分)

基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)

假如你是李华，你就读的观雅中学是所在城市有名的文物建筑，政府计划将其开发成旅游景点，对此，你校同学有如下的意见和想法：

[写作内容]

根据以上情况向当地的英文报刊写一封短信，并包括以下内容：

1.介绍政府的计划；

2.反映同学的意见；

3.提出解决的建议；

4.希望取消该计划。

[写作要求]

1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。（开头和结尾已经给出，不算进总句数）；

2. 文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

[评分标准]

句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

Dear Editor,

We are students of Guanya High School_____________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua

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。

About forty years ago, I was an instructor in the military academy at Woolwich, when young Scoresby was given his first examination. I felt extremely sorry for him. Everybody answered the questions well, intelligently, while he – why, dear me – he did not know anything, so to speak. He was a nice, pleasant young man. It was painful to see him stand there and give answers that were miracles of stupidity.

"I knew of course that when examined again he would fail and be thrown out. So, I said to myself, it would be a simple, harmless act to help him, as much as I could.

"I took him aside and found he knew a little about Julius Caesar's history. But he did not know anything else. So I went to work and tested him and worked him like a slave. I made him work, over and over again, on a few questions about Caesar which I knew he would be asked.

He came through very well on the day of the examination. He got high praise, too, while others who knew a thousand times more than he was sharply criticized.

I thought that what in the end would destroy him would be the mathematics examination. I decided to make his end as painless as possible. So, I pushed facts in to his stupid head for hours. Finally, however, I was shocked out of my mind. He took the first prize! And he go the highest praise.

[写作内容]

1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；

2. 然后以约120个词写一篇记叙文，描写你或你的亲友通过勤奋创造奇迹的经历，并包括以下要点:

（1）叙述你或你的亲友通过勤奋创造奇迹的一次真实的或虚构的经历；

（2）你或你的亲友是如何创造奇迹的；

（3）你的评价。

[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. 标题自定。

[评分标准]

概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

答案

I 语言知识及应用第一节完形填空（每小题2分，满分30分）

第二节：读写任务（满分25分）

Hard work creates miracles

With his instructor’s help and his hard work, Scoresby, a stupid military man, did better than others in the history examination and even won the first prize in the mathematics examination. （31 word）

This story reminds me of a similar experience of my cousin. He was nothing but a football fan. So you can imagine how angry and disappointed my uncle and aunt were every time the result of an exam came out. He had been the last in the list of the whole grade. Everybody around my cousin believed him hopeless. However, when he became a student of Senior Three, for some reason, he began to study very hard, or rather, day and night. In spite of the fact that he was quite often laughed at, he kept on studying. To everybody’s surprise, he was finally admitted into a famous university.

From the above two stories, we can see that nothing is impossible to a willing heart and hard works makes miracles. Therefore, why not set a goal and work hard for it?