高三年级第二次月考

高三年级第二次月考

第一部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分50分）

第一节单项填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）从A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

1.What do you think of the good news ?

Wonderful ! It makes us ____. Most of us were excited about it and ____looks appeared on my faces.

A. excited ; excited

B. exciting ;exciting

C. excited ; exciting

D. exciting; excited

2 Since most Hollyhood movies follow the same kind of story, shooting ____for several films

at the same time is not a big problem for actors or directors .

A. scenery

B. view C .scenes D. sight

3. But everyone _____ observe the rules of the road ,Madam.

______I read them to you?

A. must ;May

B. will; Can

C. shall ; Shall

D. can ; Will

4. A smile can help us ___difficult situations and find friends in a world of strangers.

A. get over

B. get through C get along D. get in

5. This kind of skirt is ____.Sort ones are popular now.

A. Out of order

B. in the way

C. out of date

D. out of reach

6. ____ the Town Hall ,we saw a stone statue of about 10 meters in height.

A. Approached

B. Approaching

C. To approach

D.To be approached

7 I came across Margaret on my way to work this morning .It was the first I ___her in

months .

A. see

B. saw

C. have see

D. had see

8 ____ of the land in that district ____covered with trees and grass.

A. Two- fifth; is

B. Two-fifth; are

C. Two-fifths; is

D. Two-fifths; are

9 Michelle Obama ,____as the First Lady of the United States ,present to the world a new

image of African-American woman .

A. having known

B. known

C. to be known

D. knowing

10. The news ___ Barrack Obama won the Nobel Peace Prize is ___ surprised the world.

A. that ; what

B. which ; that

C. that; which D, / ; how

11. This article may shock some sensitive readers ,___I offer my apologies in advice .

A. from whom

B. for whom

C. to whom

D. towards whom

12. Tell me something about your adventure in the rainforest ,please.

We lost our way in the forest and ___made matters worse was ___night began to fall.

A. what ;that

B. it ;that

C. it, that

D. what, because

13. It’s reported that large quantities of fish in that river have been killed ____the seriously

polluted water.

A. because

B. as a result of

C. as a result

D. in terms of

14. One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to____ healthy eating habits .

A. grow B . develop C. increase D. raise

15. Sir ,___man named George wants to see you.

Did he ever make ____telephone call?

A. a; the

B. the; the

C. the; 不填

D. a; a

16. I arrived late; I ____ the road to be icy.

A, wouldn’t expect B. haven’t expected C. hadn’t expected D. wasn’t expecting

17. Marry as well as her classmates ___skiing next Sunday .Would you like to join them?

A. is going

B. are going

C. have gone

D. has gone

18. Only when they reached the restaurant ____that it was the same place they had been in

last year.

A. they realized

B. they did realize

C. realized they

D. did they realize

19. This part of the library is only ____to people over eighteen years old..

A. academic

B. available

C. attractive

D. accessible

20. That was a long time .But weren’t you tired ?

____! We were exhausted .

A. Not at all

B. Oh I see

C. Definitely

D. Goodness

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A,B,C,D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A group of graduates got together to visit their old university professor.

The conversation soon 16 ____into complains about stress in work and life .Offering his guests 17____, the professor went to the 18____ and returned with a large pot of coffee and a 19____of cups ---porcelain, plastic, glass, crystal, some plain-looking, some 20____,some exquisite---telling them to 21____themselves to the coffee.

When all the students had a cup of coffee 22____band,the professor said ,”If you have noticed ,all the nice-looking expensive cups have been 23____,leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. 24____it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and 25____.”

“Be assured that the cup itself 26___ no quality to the coffee. In most 27___it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides 28____we drink.”

“What all of you really want is coffee , not the cup , but you29____ went for the best cups …And then you began eyeing each other’s cups .”

“Now consider this :30____is the coffee ; the jobs ,money and 31____ in society are the cups .They are just tools to hold and 32____life,and the type of cup we have does not define ,nor 33____the quality of life we live .Sometimes by concentrating only on the cup, we 34____to enjoy the coffee. Savor() the coffee ,not the cups! Don’t let the cups drive you …enjoy the coffee____.”

21. A. passed B rushed C. turned D. continued

22 A. money B. lunch C. coffee D. change

23 A. restaurant B. washroom C. office D. kitchen

24. A. variety B. lot C. group D. picture

25 A. familiar B. unusual C. expensive D. interesting

26. A. please B. greet C. help D. praise

27. A. on B. in C. at D. with

28.A. taken up B. cut up C. set up D. picked up

29. A. as B. while C. since D. when

30. A. panic B. pain C. noise D. stress

31. A. adds B. connects C. devotes D. owes

32.A.cases B. tools C. steps D. methods

33.A. what B. that C. which D. where

34.A. consciously B. fortunately C. willingly D. interestingly

35. A. Adventure B. Beauty C. Trust D. Life

36.A. action B. position C. rest D. side

37. A. contain B. hide C. share D. keep

38.A. change B. allow C. reduce D. press

39. A. happen B. fail C. have D. seem

40. A. again B. more C. instead D. later

第二部分阅读理解（共两节，满分50分）

第一节（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A,B,C,D）中，选出最佳选项。

A

Several times each year the Queen gives afternoon tea parties at which guests are served tiny cakes filled with cream from her own cows. Cakes and sandwiches are brought in by footmen, yet you never see the Queen touch a thing. She simply sits beside a big silver plate, pouring cups of tea for everyone and carefully avoiding the cakes.

At cocktail parties the Queen moves from group to group, chatting informally, and manages to make one glass of diet(节食)drink to last an entire evening.

Tours abroad are difficult because hosts(主人)seem to believe the warmth of their welcome must be shown with wonderful state banquets(宴会). But the Queen has perfected the art of appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

During one visit to the Pacific islands of Tonga, a specially-prepared dinner was arranged in a hut made of wood and bamboo leaves. Deep holes were dug in the ground, filled with hot stones and baby pigs, and the pigs were slowly baked over several days. The Queen looked uneasily at her plate when she discovered a whole roast pig was her serving.

Then she became uneasy when a turkey, some meat, bananas and an apple were also carried in for each guest. So she depended on her old favorite trick of talking with her host. , King Tupou IV, carrying on a warm conversation. At the same time she pushed her food around her plate and only ate a piece of turkey and some fruit.

Reporters traveling with her have noted that the Queen will sometimes seem

so carried away by a foreign leader’s political chat that she simply never has time to finish a meal before it is time to get up and make her speech. She will lift her fork to swallow a mouthful, then put it down again to make another point, leaving almost all of her meal untouched.

41. The main idea of the passage is about ____.

A. the Queen’s favorite food

B. the Queen’s tours abroad

C. how the Queen keeps her diet during her tours

D. the Queen’s t rouble with a foreign leader

42. The Queen talked with her host and carried on conversation with him. The purpose of doing this is ____.

A. to show her politeness

B. not to eat much

C. to show her great interest in food

D. to hide her dislike to the food

43. We can infer from the passage that tours are difficult for the Queen, because ____.

A. she has to meet with so many important leaders

B. she has to eat much oily food

C. she has so many reporters to travel with her

D. hosts always present wonderful state banquets

44. What probably is the Queen’s art of acting at state dinners?

A. Appearing to enjoy her meal without actually eating much.

B. Drinking Malvern water.

C. Eating a piece of turkey and some fruit.

D. Eating much without being noticed.

B

Britain’s oldest man made his first visit to London yesterday at the age of 101. Mr. John Evans had never found the time or money to make the trip from his home in

Forest Fach, near Swansea. But, when British Rail offered him an all-expenses-paid birthday trip to the capital he just could not refuse.

He arrived at Paddington Station and smartly turned out in his best suit, favorite Pan ama hat and a red rose in his buttonhole. “It’s very exciting. There’s no doubt about it,” he said.

Until yesterday he had never been far from home, except for one trip to Aberdeen. “But I’ve been on the seas to that faraway land called Ilfracombe 21 mile s from home,” he joked.

Mr Evans, who spent 60 years working as a miner in South Wales, almost made the journey to London once before, at the turn of the century. “There was a trip to the White City but it was ten shillings return from Swansea — too much I thought. All my money went to the family then,” he said.

During the next two days Mr. Evans will be taken on a short tour of London to see the sights. Top of his list is a visit to the House of Parliament organized by his MP, Mr. Gareth Wardell.

The only arrangement he does not care for is the wheelchair provided for him if he gets tired. “I don’t like the chair —people will think I am getting old. ” he said. His secret for a long and healthy life has been well publicized — no wine, no tobacco and no anger.

Before setting off from Swansea with his 76-year-old son, I m well, he said jokingly, “I’m glad to see they’ve given me a return ticket. ”

45. The very reason that Mr. Evans didn’t go to see the world is that _________.

A. he had already been on the seas to Ilfracombe

B. he was too busy to go too far away from home

C. he couldn’t afford both the time and the money

D. he believed “East or west, home is best”

46. Mr Evans didn’t like the wheelchair simply because _________.

A. he was not used to traveling in it

B. the wheelchair was of poor quality and not easy to operate

C. he actually preferred walking to sitting in it at home

D. he thought he was still young enough to manage the trip

47．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage？

A. Mr. Evans had to work hard to raise his family when young.

B. The trip to London excited Mr. Evans very much.

C. Mr. Evans could not really enjoy the trip because of his age.

D. Humor was one of Mr. Evans’ characters.

48．The probable explanation to Mr. Evans’long life lies in _________.

A. his good living habits

B. his hard working for the family

C. his sticking to his hometown

D. his living conditions near the Swansea

C

Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for 10 to15 minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for 60 to 70 minutes a day — which really for handwriting is pretty much.

Many adults remember learning that way —by copying letters over and over again. Today’ s thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.

Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility,_ which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency — writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.

But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.

But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive, which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75 percent of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.

49．We can learn ________ from Paragraph 1.

A. teaching handwriting is a basic requirement in teaching job

B. most teachers prefer to teach handwriting

C. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting

D. a keyboard has taken the place of the handwriting entirely

50．Which of the following is WRONG for traditional handwriting in the USA?

A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.

B. The letters are repeated many times.

C. Handwriting includes two skills.

D. To write in cursive is taught first.

51．The underlined word “legibility” in Paragraph 3 means ________.

A. easy to read

B. complex

C. unexpected

D. unreadable

52．The best title for the passage is ________.

A. How to improve handwriting in school

B. Right or wrong: the death of handwriting

C. Handwriting involves two skills

D. Handwriting lessons are on the way out

53．The author’ s attitude towards whether still to learn handwriting in school is________.

A. negative

B. objective

C. critical

D. optimistic

D

You know how wonderful you are, and you know that others know how wonderful you are, but what do you do when admiration crosses over the line into jealousy? For most teens there will come a day when you realize that one of your friends is jealous and that this jealousy is hurting your friendship. When this happens it can seem like there is nothing that you can do, but the good news is that there is. Don’t let jealousy spoil your relationships. Tackle it head on and you might be back to normal much sooner than you think.

It can be hard to walk up to a friend and ask them what the problem is, but if you want to save your friendship you’ll have to do just that. Don’t approach them and ask why they are jealous of you (unless of course you want to appear totally conceited), just take some time alone with them and let them know that you’ve been feeling like there’s been something coming between you. If they refuse to respond, then use the opportunity to explain how you have been feeling. Chances are that something you say will strike a nerve and your friend will open up as well.

When you figure out what is annoying your friend, ask him or her what (s)he thinks would make the situation better. If, for example, (s)he says that (s)he feels like (s)he doesn’t get to sp end any time with you because of your being off with your new friends from tee swim team then maybe you could invite her along the next time or block off one day a week for just the two of you.

Remember, though, that whatever solution you decide on should be a compromise. Don’t limit your own talents or opportunities simply because your friend is unhappy. Try instead to include him or her in your new life and see how that works out.

Even the best of friendships can be tinged by jealousy. This destructive emotion is rarely productive and can turn best friends into worst enemies. Before taking extreme action, chat with your jealous friend to see if the two of you can work out a compromise. If you can’t, be prepared to know exactly how far you will go to keep your friend and how far you won’t.

54. According to the author, the jealousy emotion is________.

A. normal

B. productive

C. destructive

D. extreme

55. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a way to confront your friend when jealousy happens?

A. Walking up to him/her and asking him/her why he/she is jealous of you.

B. Walking up to him/her and asking him/her what the problem is.

C. Spending some time with him/her and letting him/her know how you feel.

D. Spending some time with him/her a nd letting him/her know you think there’s something between you.

56. What can be inferred from the last two paragraphs?

A. There’s always a solution to solve the problem of jealousy.

B. Jealousy can turn best friends into worst enemies.

C. You may lose a friend to keep your own gifts, chances or self development.

D. You should go a long way with your friend to work out a solution

57. The purpose of the passage is________.

A. to explain what causes jealousy

B. to offer some advice on making friends

C. to introduce the way to cope with a jealous friend

D. to explain how destructive the jealous emotion is

E

Teenagers who drink alcohol are at higher risk of becoming victims of violence, a Cardiff University study has found.

A team from the School of Dentistry’ s Violence Research Group studied drinking habits in children aged 11 - 16 in England. They found not only a link between drink and violence but also that children who drank were more likely to be hit, even if they weren’ t violent themselves.

The researchers are now calling for measures to prevent alcohol misuse to reduce injury risk. Current policy focuses on reducing aggression(侵犯) but this research shows that there should be equal effort to reduce victimization.

More than 4,000 children were surveyed at 13 schools at four local authorities in the North,

the Midlands, London, and the South. The study found that 25% of 11-year-olds were drinking monthly and 3.6% daily, with 12.8% admitting to getting drunk 3 to 5 times a year. By the age of 16, 40% were drinking weekly and 6.2% were drinking every day. The research also showed 22.6% of 16-year-olds were getting drunk more than 21 times a year.

The study, which has just been published in the Journal of Adolescence, found a strong link between frequency of drinking and frequency of hitting other people.

However, children who reported drinking monthly were also three times more likely to be hit. Adolescents who drank but didn’t get into fights were more likely to be hit than those who did fight.

Professor Jonathan Shepherd, who led the research, said a lot of previous alcohol-related violence work had focused on the offenders rather than the victims. His team is calling for more prevention work from parents and teachers in the first two years of secondary school by taking advantage of the “teachable moment”，that is, immediately after a student has missed school because of drunkenness.

Previous work by Professor Jonathan Shepherd has shown drinkers may be more at risk of violence because of reduced physical co-ordination, poor decision-making in threatening situations and isolation while out late at night.

He said, “This new study seems to be the first to show a direct link between alcohol misuse and victimization. There now needs to he much more effort put into reducing alcohol misuse in order to reduce injury.”

58. The main idea of the passage is that teenagers who drink alcohol________.

A. often offend other people

B. often become injured

C. are more likely to become victims of violence

D. are more likely to fight with others

59．The research argues that more effort should be made to________.

A. reduce aggression

B. prevent fighting

C. reduce victimization

D. prevent drinking alcohol

60．Drinkers may be more at risk of violence because of all the following EXCEPT ________.

A. reduced physical co-ordination

B. isolation while out late at night

C. a higher frequency of hitting other people

D. poor decision-making in threatening situations

[第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项多余选项。

Remembering names is an important social skill. Here are some ways to master it..

Recite and repeat in conversation.

When you hear a person’s name ,repeat it .Immediately say it to yourself several times without moving your lips.__61_.

Ask the other person to recite and report .

You can let other people help you remember their names .After you’ve been introduced to someone ,ask that person to spell the name and pronounce it correctly for you._62__ Admit you don’t know.

Admitting that you can’t remember someone’s name can actually make people relaxed. Most of them will feel sympathy if you say “I’m working to remember names better . ___63__ what is it again?”

Use association.

Link each person you meet with one thing you find interesting for unusual .For example ,you could make a mental note :”Vicki Cheng –tall, black hair.” To reinforce your association ,write them on a small card as soon as possible.

__64__

When meeting a group of people ,concentrate on remembering just two or three names. Free yourself from remembering every one. Few of the people in mass introductions expect you to remember their names. Another way is to limit yourself to learning just first names . Last names can come later.

Go early.

Consider going early to conference ,parties and classes .Sometimes just a few people show up on time._65__ And as more people arrive ,you can hear them being introduced to others –an automatic review for you.

A.Not all of them are pleased to pronounce their names for you.

B.Most people will be pleased by the effort you’re making to learn their names.

C.That’s fewer names for you to remember.

D.Limit the number of new names you learn at one time.

E.Be polite to the host.

F.Yours is right on the tip of my tongue.

G.You could also repeat the name in a way that does not sound forced or artificial.

第三部分，第一节，短文改错（共10 小题，每小题1.5 分，满分15 分）

注意：1.每处错误及修改仅限一词；

2．只允许修改10 处，多者（从第11处起）不记分。

I will spend this summer holiday on the countryside .Although the city is modern and

convenient ,but there are still some problems ,such as air pollution ,crowdedness and noise.

In the countryside I can enjoy a comfortably and quite life .Here ,the air is fresh and the water is clean. Trees were green and birds are singing. I can also go boating, fishing and swim in the lake. Beside, I can climb the hills. All these will be interested and good for my health . Moreover, I can learn more about nature .So I want to go to the countryside for change.

I’m looking forward to the coming of mine summer holiday.

第二节书面表达（满分35分）