2013届高三第一次月考英语试卷

汉寿二中2013届高三英语第一次月考试题

本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读理解和书面表达。时量120分钟。满分150分。考试结束后，将答题卡交回。

PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30 points)

SECTION A

Directions: In this section, you’ll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet.

You will hear each conversation TWICE.

Conversation 1

1.What?s wrong with the man?s son?

A.He has a earache.

B. He has a stomachache.

C. He has been coughing.

2.What should the man do for his son?

A.Buy him some aspirin.

B. Take his temperature.

C. Give him plenty of drinks

Conversation 2

3.Where are the speakers?

A. On a train.

B. In a company.

C. At an airport.

4. What will the man do?

A. Send the woman a picture.

B. Visit the woman?s parents.

C. Work in Cornwall

Conversation 3

5.What kind of play does Mr. Davis often choose?

A. Tragedy.

B. Romance.

C. History.

6. What is the man?s problem with the school plays?

A. He is not fond of their styles.

B. He doesn?t like the actors.

C. The director is too serious. Conversation 4

7.How did the man first hear about the football match?

A. On the radio.

B. On TV.

C. From the woman.

8. When will the football match be held?

A. On the 21st

B. On the 28th

C. On the 4th .

9. What does the woman offer to do for the man?

A. Buy him dinner.

B. Help him study.

C. Buy him a ticket.

Conversation 5

10.What is Amazon Tree Houses?

A. It is a hotel.

B. It is a company.

C. It is a community.

11. Why is the woman interested in the article?

A.She wants to travel in Amazon.

B. She wants to run a tree house hotel.

C She wants to live in a tree house.

12. What does the man think of the woman?s plan?

A. Impractical.

B. Wonderful.

C. Realistic.

Conversation 6

13When did the conversation begin ?

A.10 minutes before the movie starts.

B.20 minutes before the movie starts.

C.30 minutes before the movie starts.

14.What did the Indians use popcorn for besides food?

A. Decoration.

B. Performance.

C. Agriculture.

15. What are the speakers talking about?

A. The function of popcorn on films.

B. The various uses of popcorn .

C. The brief history of popcorn .

SECTION B

Directions: In this section, you’ll hear a mini-talk. Listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you’ve got. Fill in each blank with NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS.

You’ll hear the mini-talk TWICE.

One Penny=＄1.7 Million?

PART TWO LANGUAGE KNOWLEDGE (45 points)

SECTION A (15 points)

Directions: Beneath each of the following sentences there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.

21. If he my advice, he wouldn't have lost his job.

A. followed

B. should follow

C. had followed

D. would follow

22. Susan wanted to be independent of her parents. She tried _____ alone, but she didn?t like it and moved back home.

A. living

B. to live

C. to be living

D. having lived

23. After supper, he usually stood near the window, ____he could see the tower, the tallest building of the town.

A. from which

B. from where

C. on which

D. on where

24. tomorrow, our car will set out for the distant village.

A．However the weather is like B．However is the weather like

C．Whatever is the weather like D．Whatever the weather is like

25. ______ equal opportunities, both Frank and Billy may accomplish the task.

A. Given

B. Giving

C. To give

D. To be given

26. _____ had I left my house _____ it began to rain.

A. Hardly; when

B. No sooner; when

C.Hardly; than

D. No sooner; then

27. _____ the problem for many years, he announced that we are now facing the biggest environmental problem of our time.

A. Having observed

B. Observing

C. To have observed

D. Observed

28. _______for your brother, I would not have gone to see Mr. Wang.

A.If it is not

B.Were it not

C.Had it not been

D.If they were not

29. —I am sorry to hear your pet dog was taken away in the park at seven yesterday evening.

—Impossible. It with the ball in my home then.

A.played

B.had played

C.would play

D.was playing

30. _____________, and you will be taken to where it is really horrible.

A.So long as you say another word

B. If you say another word

C. Another word

D. Saying another word

31. I can ______ be a teacher. I?m not a very patient person.

A. seldom

B. ever

C. never

D. always

32. When asked _____ they needed most, the kids said they wanted to feel important and loved.

A. what

B. why

C. whom

D. which

33. Hellen _______have thought she had got well prepared for the coming exam, or she wouldn't have wasted time watching TV, I suppose.

A. should

B. can

C. would

D. must

34. It _____ we got in touch with him ____ I found he had gone abroad.

A. wasn?t until; that

B. was until; that

C. wasn?t until; when

D. was until; when

35. _____ can you expect to get a pay rise.

A. With hard work

B. Although work hard

C. Only with hard work

D. Now that he works hard

SECTION B (18 points)

Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with word or phrases that best fits the context.

You may think there is only sand in the desert of the world, __36__ it is not true. In the desert, as we know, there is a little __37__, but it is not enough for most plants. Still we can see some plants __38__ in the desert.

There is 39 in some places in the desert. We __40__ these places oases. In the oases, there are villages and towns. People grow __41__ kinds of crops in the fields there.

People __42__ live outside the oases. They have camels, sheep and other animals. These animals depend on the desert plants for their food and do not need __43__ water.

The __44__ are useful to the desert people in many ways. They eat the meat and drink the milk of the animals. They use the camels for carrying water, food, tents and something else.

The people of the desert have to keep moving from place to place. They must always look 45 grass or desert plants for their animals. When there is no more food for their animals, they move to another place. The desert people are __46__. No man in the desert would ever refuse __47__ the people in trouble and give them food and water.

36. A. and B. but C. or D. so

37. A. rain B. rains C. wind D. winds

38. A. live B. to live C. lives D. lived

39. A. stones B. plants C. wood D. water

40. A. say B. tell C. call D. find

41. A. every B. all C. a D. one

42. A. also B. too C. either D. still

43. A. a little B. few C. much D. any

44. A. water B. plants C. crops D. animals

45. A. at B. for C. up D. after

46. A. well B. friend C. friendly D. carefully

47. A. help B. helps C. helping D. to help

SECTION C(12 points)

Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.

One day a lady saw a mouse running across her kitchen floor. She was very afraid of mouse,

48 she ran out of the house, got into a bus and went to the shops. There she bought a mousetrap（捕鼠器）. The shopkeeper said to her, "Put some cheese in it 49 you will soon catch that mouse."

The lady went home 50 her mousetrap, but when she looked in her cupboard, she could not find any cheese in 51 . She did not want to go back to the shop, 52 it was very late, so she cut a picture of some cheese out of 53 magazine and put that in the trap.

Surprisingly, the picture of the cheese was quite successful! When the lady came down to the kitchen the 54 morning she found a picture of a mouse in the trap beside the picture of the 55 !

PART THREE READING COMPREHENSION (30 points)

Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.

A

I grow up in San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He had his own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He worked hard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family. Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad and the other kids that were still at home.

Dad was a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fighting the sea for his catch. When you got close to him, you smelled the ocean.

When the weather was bad he would drive me to school. He would pull right up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standing around and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kiss on the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassing for me. Here I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean over and kiss me good-bye!

I remembered the day I thought I was too old for a good-bye kiss. When we got to the school and came to a stop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, but I put my hand up and said, “No, Dad.” It was the first time I had ever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on his face.

I said, “Dad, I?m too old for a good-bye kiss. I?m too old for any kind of kiss.” My Dad looked at me for the longest time, and his eyes started to tear up.I had never seen him cry. He turned and looked at the windshield(汽车挡风玻璃). “You?re right,” he said. “You are a big boy…a man. I won?t kiss you any more.

It wa sn?t long after that when my Dad went to sea and never came back.

Guys, you don?t know what I would give to have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek …to feel his rough old face … to smell the ocean on him … to feel his arm around my neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man, I would be a man. I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a good-bye kiss.

56.What does the first paragraph mainly talk about?

A.The writer?s father was a tall man.

B.Making a living on the sea was hard.

C.The writer?s father liked being a fisherman.

D.The writer?s father had a big family to support.

57.The underlined sentence “ I put my hand up and said, …No, Dad?” suggest that__________

A.the writer wanted to refuse his father to drive him to school

B.the writer didn?t like his father to kiss him good-bye

C.the writer didn?t like to go to school

D.the writer didn?t want his father to leave him

58.From the passage, we know that the writer?s father _____________.

A.was a successful businessman

B.had an accident and died at sea

C.was good at driving cars

D.drove the writer to school every day

59.It can be inferred from the last paragraph that the writer ______________.

A.wished his father to come back home soon

B.would give up what he had to look for his father

C.regretted having refused his father?s kiss

D.hoped to see his father and asked for another kiss

60.The writher wrote the passage in order to ________________.

A.tell readers about his father?s love to him

B.attract readers to visit his father

C.give a brief introduction to himself

D.ask readers to love their fathers

B

High school dropouts（辍学者）earn an average of $ 9,000 less per year than graduates.

Now a new study moves away a common belief why they quit. It?s much more than f ailing in exams at school.

Society tends t o think of high school dropouts as kids who just can?t cut it. They are lazy，and perhaps not too bright. So researchers were surprised when they asked more than 450 kids who quit school about why they left.

“The vast majority actually had passing gr ades and they were confident that they could have graduated from high school.” John Bridgeland, the executive researcher said. About 1 million teens leave school each year. Only about half of African-American and Hispanic（美籍西班牙的）student will receive a diploma，and actually all dropouts come to regret their decision. So，if failing grades don?t explain why these kids quit, what does? Again，John Bridgeland："The most dependable finding was that they were bored.” “They found classes uninteresting; they weren?t inspired or motivated. They didn?t see any direct connection between what they were learning in the classroom to their own lives, or to their possible careers .”

The study found that most teens who do drop out wait until they turn sixteen, which happens to be the age at which most states allow students to quit. In the US，only one state，New Mexico

has a law requiring teenagers to stay in high school until they graduate. Only four states:

California, Tennessee, Texas and Utah, plus the District of Columbia, require school attendance until age 18, no exceptions, another researcher says raising the compulsory attendance age may be one way to keep more kids in school．

“As these dropouts look back，they realize they?ve made a mistake. And anything that so rt

of gives these people an extra push to stick it out and it through to the end is probably a helpful

measure.”

New Hampshire may be the next state to raise its school attendance age to 18. But critics say that forcing the students unwilling to continue their studies to stay in school misses the point－the need for reform. It's been called for to reinvent high school education to make it more challenging and relevant, and to ensure that kids who do stick it out receive a diploma that actually

means something.

61. Most high school students drop out of school because＿＿．

A. they often fail in exams

B. they are lazy and not intelligent

C. they are discriminated against

D. they find school learning boring

62. According to the passage，which state will have a law requiring school attendance until 18?

A. California

B. Utah.

C. New Mexico

D. New Hampshire

63. What do the dropouts think of their decision to quit school?

A. It was a good idea.

B. It was interesting and instructive.

C. It was a mistake.

D. It was a success.

64. What is the author?s attitude towards high school students dropping out of school?

A. Indifferent

B. Positive

C. Negative

D. Neutral.

65. What is the purpose of the author writing this article?

A. To raise awareness of educational reforming in the USA.

B. To introduce the measures to stop students from dropping out of school.

C. To introduce the different regulations in the USA about students dropping out of school.

D. To analyze the reasons why many students drop out of school.

C

Happiness and sadness are states of being that define the way we view the world. It is often said that some people by nature have a sunny character. Now scientists may have discovered why.

Some people may be born for happiness, while others are genetically negative, scientists have suggested in a study published late February in a British journal.

Earlier research had already established that the gene known as 5-HTTLPR plays a key role in determining how the neurotransmitter (神经传递素) serotonin (含于血液中的复合胺) works within the brain. Serotonin, a hormone (荷尔蒙), passes chemical messages between nerve cells. It has been closely linked to mood. Several anti-depressant (抗抑郁) drugs regulate serotonin levels. Scientists had also identified three variants (变体) of the gene. Two so-called "short" variants were linked to a higher risk of depression and suicide attempts. Unlike the two "short" variants, the "long" variant of 5-HTTLPR showed a clear dislike of negative images, such as fierce animals, and a clear liking for positive ones, such as flowers.

Researchers from the University of Essex in Britain, led by Elaine Fox, showed participants a series of images. The images were divided into three kinds: negative ones aimed at inspiring fear or stress such as a spider or person about to commit suicide, pleasant ones and neutral (中性的) ones. The participants who had the long variant of the 5-HTTLPR gene "showed a clear dislike of negative material alongside a careful attention for positive material," the researchers found. They paid close attention to the pretty pictures, and ignored the frightening ones. On the other hand, the short variant groups had the opposite reaction.

In January, the Australian government organized "happiness workshops", teaching government staff how to be happy. The department that held the "happiness workshops" said unhappy staff weren't productive staff. Australian political opposition parties have argued that the "happiness workshops" are probably a waste of money and couldn't increase productivity as intended. However, whether the workshop will have a happy or disappointing result, we will have to wait and see.

66. For the passage,by what means can we view the world?

A. Happiness and sadness.

B. Happiness and curiosity.

C. Sadness and amazement.

D. Disappointment and sadness.

67. What is most important in the role of deciding how the neurotransmitter serotonin works within the brain?

A. The gene known as 5-HTTLPR.

B. Three variants.

C. Neurotransmitter serotonin .

D. A hormone.

68. Which of the following sentences is WRONG?

A. Serotonin, a hormone within the brain., passes chemical messages between nerve cells, which has been

closely linked to mood.

B. Scientists identified the two "short" variants, and the "long" variant of 5-HTTLPR which showed a clear

hatred of negative images, such as fierce animals.

C. Scientists identified three variants of the gene. Two so-called "long" variants were linked to a higher risk

of depression and murder attempts.

D. In terms of researchers? research, the images were divided into three kinds: negative ones, pleasant ones

and neutral ones.

69. Why did the Australian government organize “Happiness workshops”?

A. To enrich staff?s free life.

B. To teach staff the ways to be happy.

C. To prove the result of the researchers? research.

D. To test who weren?t productive staff.

70. What is the result of setting up “Happiness workshops” according to the last paragraph?

A. A waste of money.

B. No effect on increasing productivity.

C. A disappointing result .

D. An uncertain result.

PART FOUR WRITING (45 points)

SECTION A (10 points)

Directions: Read the following passage. Complete the diagram / Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information for the passage.

Write NO MORE THAN 3 WORDS for each answer

Today, February twenty-ninth, is leap day. This date only appears on the calendar once every four years. But why?

Everyone knows the Earth takes three hundred sixty-five days to travel around the sun. Well, that is not exactly correct. The Earth really takes three hundred sixty-five days, five hours, forty-eight minutes and forty-six seconds to complete its orbit around the sun.

The problem for people developing calendars was what to do with the extra five hours, forty-eight minutes and forty-six seconds.

People needed calendars to help them know when to plant crops and when to celebrate religious holidays. The ancient Greeks and Chinese had a solution. They produced calendars that included extra months every nineteen years.

The ancient Romans had a different solution. In the year forty-six, the Roman ruler Julius Caesar made a new calendar. The Julian calendar included an extra day every four years. But there was a problem. The Julian year was just over eleven minutes longer than the cycle of the seasons. In fifteen eighty-two, Pope Gregory the Thirteenth established a new calendar to keep a better recorder of the days. Pole Gregory was the religious leader of most of Europe. He decided that years that could be divided by four would add a day. However, years that ended in two zeros and that could not be evenly divided by four hundred would not be leap years. For example, the years seventeen hundred, eighteen hundred and nineteen hundred were not leap years. But the years sixteen hundred and two thousand were leap years

So leap years are years with three hundred sixty-six days, instead of the usual three hundred sixty-five. This extra day is added to the calendar on February twenty-ninth, sometimes known as leap day. People born on leap day may be called “leaplings.” They usually celebrate their birthday on February twenty-eight or March first.

Title: 71

SECTION B (10 points)

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and the required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a box by his feet. He held up a sign which read, “I am blind, please help.” There were only a few coins in the box. The boy felt sad.

A man walked by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the box. Then he took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the box was full. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.

That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were. The boy recognized his footsteps and asked, “Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? What did you write?”

Tha t man said , “I only wrote the truth . I said what you said but in a different way.” What he had written was, “today is a beautiful day and I can not see it.”

Do you think the first sign and the second sign were saying the same thing? Of course, but the second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind.

Great men say, “In the journey of life, if you want to travel without fear, you must have the ticket of a good conscience（良心）.”

It?s a beautiful thing to see a people smiling! And it?s even more beautiful to know that you are the reason of

a person?s smili ng!

81. Why did the blind boy feel sad? (no more than 10 words)

_______________________________________________________________________

82. When did the man change the boy?s sign?(no more than 3 words)

________________________________________________________________________

83. Why did the second sign have a better effect? (no more than 10 words)

________________________________________________________________________

84. According to the last paragraph, what is the most beautiful thing? (no more than 15 words)

_______________________________________________________________________

SECTION C (25 points)

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese 最近，你校高三同学正在开展一场讨论，讨论的主题是: whether the students of Senior 3 should take

120词）介绍讨论情况：

Dear Editor,

I am writing to tell you about the discussion we?ve had about _____________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely,

Li Ming