2012---2013学年度高三10月份月考题

2012---2013学年度高三10月份月考题

一、完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分,满分30分)

阅读下面短文，然后从短文后所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

There were two lovers. The man was thought not to have 1 as he always let the girlfriend try first everything that they would do. His girlfriend was not so 2 with that.

Once they went out to the sea. During returning, their boat was 3 into pieces by a storm. Luckily, the girlfriend held a piece of 4 to rescue their lives. She asked her boyfriend, “Are you 5 now?” The boyfriend took out a fruit knife and said, “Yes, but if any shark comes at this moment I can 6 it with this.” His girlfriend only shook her head with a 7 smile.

Soon a great number of people on a 8 caught sight of them and wanted to help out. Unfortunately, as was said, a group of sharks suddenly appeared. The girlfriend cried out, “Let’s swim hard together and we’ll be all right!” But her boyfriend suddenly pushed her into the sea, swam away with the wood by himself and shouted to her, “Let me try 9 this time!”

10 , his girlfriend looked at him. The sharks were drawing near, but they were not interested in the girl and swam 11 to the boy. When he was torn and bitten fiercely by the sharks, the boyfriend shouted 12 to his girlfriend, “I love you!”

The girl was saved. All the people on the deck were standing in silence. The captain sat beside the girl and said, “Miss, he is the 13 man I have ever seen. Let’s pray for him!”

“No! He is a coward.” said the girl coldly.

“How could you say like this? I have just been watching you through the telescope. I saw clearly he 14 his wrist with the knife after pushing you away. The sharks are very sensitive to the 15 . If he hadn’t done this to buy time, I’m afraid you would never appear to say a word on this ship…” 1. A. ambition B. courage C. sympathy D. target 2. A. satisfied B. annoyed C. concerned D. disappointed 3. A. dragged B. hurt C. beaten D. pushed 4. A. wood B. plastic C. hope D. boat 5 A. adequate B. excited C. relaxed D. scared 6. A. go through B. test out C. turn to D. deal with 7. A. happy B. cold C. hopeful D. usual 8. A. boat B. shore C. ship D. plane 9. A. first B. best C. most D. last

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10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. A. worried A. hard A. happily A. bravest A .cut A. sound B. nervous B. along B. crazily B. weakest B. abandon B. wood C. shocked C. fast

C. painfully C. strongest C. injured C. knife D. afraid D. straight

D. sympathetically D. worst D. hurt D. blood

二、 语法填空：

Henry was used to sailing a boat on Saturdays. One day, he risked 1 (go) too far and was carried to sea. When hope was about gone, he 2 (pick )up by a small brig（方帆双桅船） which was bound for London. He earned his passage 3 working without pay. When he stopped ashore in London, he had only one dollar in his pocket. He was dragging along the street 4 two old brothers gave him an envelope in which there was a million pound bank-note and a letter. The letter 5 “You are an intelligent and honest man, as one may see by your face. We believe you to be poor and a stranger. You will find a sum of money 6 ( enclose). It is lent to you for thirty days without interest. Report at this house at the end of that time. I have a bet 7 you. If I win you shall be able to prove yourself familiar with and competent（能胜任的） to fill.” Henry ate well, dressed well, and lived in an 8 ( expense) private hotel from then on. Later he reached the highest altitude possible. Meanwhile, Henry made a large sum of money and fell in 9 with an English girl of twenty-two, Portia, one of the two old brothers’ daughter, within two minutes. Eventually（最后） they got 10 .(marry).

三、 阅读理解：

A (word 293---7’)

Family planning adopts new logo

The State Family Planning Commission selected a green logo with English letters that also look like Chinese characters for its new symbol. The logo has a “C” for China,

“F” for family ,but the “f”and “P” are deformed to look like Chinese characters for “population”. And olive branch also appears to indicate peace and harmony.

“Before this selection,which took a year, there was no unified logo for family planning in China. In many cases, people thought the picture of a couple holding up one child was intended as the symbol but it wasn’t.”said Wang Guoqiang, vice-minister of the Family Planning Commission.

Many foreigners believe that family planning policy in China allows only one child to all families, but actually rural families and ethnic minority people often have more than one.

图标的绿色：象征生命。

图标取意：family planning(计划生育)的开头字母fp，象形处理后是“人口”二字。

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麦穗似的图形，是China(中国)的开头字母C的变形，整体就是中国人口和计划生育。

26. Which of the following does the word “adopt” mean in this passage? A. Make something by oneself. B. To take and use as one’s own C. Print something in black. D. Discuss at a meeting. 27. The new logo was designed _______________. A. With Chinese characters B. With wheat and iron

C. With English letters which are more like Chinese characters. D. With Chinese characters and English letters 28. How many English letters are there in this logo? A. 1 B. 4 C. 2 D. 3 29. The letters “F” and “P” “C” mainly refer to ___________. A. family and peace in China. B. family and population in Commission. C. family and people in China D. family and planning in China

30. Why the picture of a couple holding up one child was not chosen?

Because_______?

A. This picture was not designed in English letters B. This picture was designed by many foreigners .

C. More than one child are born in some countryside families. D. More than one child must not be brought into the world.

B (words: 267----7’)

Notice

The following notice is posted in a bus terminal(终点站). Time table:

---Buses leave the Railway Station, New York City, from 7:00 a.m. And every

half-hour thereafter(此后), until 11:36 p.m. (7days a week)

--- Buses leave the Brennan Station 20 minutes before and after every hour from 6:20 a.m. to 10:40 p.m. ( 7days a week)

---Evening rush hours(5:00pm to 7:00pm) : Buses leave the Railway Station,New York City, every 15 minutes.(Monday to Friday)

--- Holidays: Buses leave every hour on the hour ,each direction. (Trip time: 30 minutes each way)

--- All tickets must be bought at Window 12,the Railway Station,New York City, or at the Brennan Station Window before boarding buses. (114words)

31. At which Of the following times does a bus leave New York for Brennan on Thursday ?

A. 8:30 B. 10:15 C. 3:15 D. 11:45

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32. Which is the latest bus you could take from Brennan if you had to meet a friend in New York at 10:20 am on a Friday? A. The 8:00 am bus B. The 9:40 am bus C. The 8:40 am bus D. The 9:20 am bus

33. What time does a bus leave Brennan for New York City on Saturday? A. 5:40 am B. 9:00 am C. 10:20 pm D. 11:40 pm

34. If you want to take a bus in the evening rush hours , you should take the _____ bus in the Railway Station,New York City on Monday. A. 4:00 pm B. 5:30 pm C. 8:00 pm D. 7: 15 pm 35. Where should passengers buy their tickets? A. From the bus drive before boarding the bus. B. On the bus after boarding the bus. C. At the window with the above notice. D. At a terminal ticket window..

C

My aunt Edith was a widow of 50 ,working as a secretary, when doctors discovered what was then thought to be a very serious heart illness.

Aunt Edith doesn’t accept defeat easily. She began studying medical reports in the library and found an article in a magazine about a well-known heart doctor,Dr Michael Debakey , of Houston,texas. He had saved the life of someone with the same illness. The article said Dr Debakey’s fees were very high; Aunt Edith couldn’t possibly pay for them. But could he tell her of someone whose fee she could pay?

So Aunt Edith wrote to him. She simply listed her reasons for wanting to live : her three children , who would be on their own in three or four years and among them a little girl who always dreamed of traveling and seeing the world . There wasn’t a word of self-pity, only warmth and humor and the joy of living. She mailed the letter ,not really expecting an answer.

A few days later, my doorbell rang. Aunt Edith didn’t wait to come in : she stood in the hall and read aloud: your beautiful letter moved me very deeply. If you can come to Houston, there will be no charge for either the hospital or the operation.

Signed : Michael Debakey That was seven years ago. Since then ,Aunt Edith has been around the world . Her three children are happily married. For her age, she is one of the youngest, most alive people I know.

36. . “Aunt Edith doesn’t accept defeat easily.” means that ________________. A. She is very beautiful B. She is very strong.

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C. She is very brave D. She is very warm-hearted

37. Why did Aunt Edith write to Dr Debakey? Because __________________.

A. She had no time to visit him B. She didn’t know the way to Houston . C. She didn’t believe in him. D. She wanted to get some help from him. 38. In fact ,Aunt Edith’s letter to Dr Debakey was full of __________. A. Sadness B. Illness C. Pity D. Courage

39. After reading Dr Debakey’s letter , Aunt Edith felt ______________.

A. discouraged B frightened C. disappointed D. encouraged 40. The reason why Aunt Edith remains young is that _______________. A. She had an operation by a famous doctor. B. She has been light-hearted all the time . C. Her three children take good care of her. D. She has lost her heart to live on.

D

It sounds like a dream: sucking up diamonds with a vacuum cleaner(吸尘器). Yet that or something very similar is what is happening off the coast of southern Africa. The vacuum cleaners are not quite like the one your mother uses, since they suck up mud off the floor of the ocean, but then the operators clean up in quite a different way. The diamonds are on the seabed off the very dangerous Namaqualand Coast, which is hit by great surf(激浪) all year round. The diamonds were left there on what sailors call the “Skeleton Coast” over millions of years. They came down with the water of two rivers, the Orange and the Buffalo, and there they are, waiting! However, the recovery project to get the diamonds has their problems, one of which is that they demand a great deal of courage from the divers. Divers always face dangers in these waters, but to get the diamonds, they must also dive into deep caves which may suddenly fall down. In fact, several divers have died in this way.

After the mud is vacuumed up, it is transported in plastic bags from the ship to shore where experts make the diamonds from it. Most of the ships used are old and were not intended for this kind of project. The equipment onshore is just as old and rough. In fact, there is something like the California Gold Rush of 1849 about the whole situation.

Concerning the business aspect, though, the project is a dream, too. The diamonds the divers discover are worth literally millions of pounds every month — and there are probably enough diamonds to keep operations going for several decades.

41 The vacuum cleaners mentioned in the passage ________. A. are the same as the ones used at home B. are used to discover diamonds in rivers C. help the divers work more safely

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D. bring up special mud from the seabed

42. The underlined word they in Paragraph 2 refers to ________. A. sailors B. diamonds C. surfs D. divers 43. What can we learn about the recovery operations to get the diamonds? A. Divers should be very brave. B. There is no danger to divers. C. Divers are unwilling to dive. D. Several divers die every month. 44. It can be inferred from Paragraph 4 that ________. A. the ships used are old but specially designed B. the tools used in the project are quite simple C. many people are flooding there from California. D. the divers work under the water with plastic bags 45. What’s the passage mainly about?

A. Divers dangerous work B. Gold Rush in Africa

C. A special way to gather diamonds D. A dream that is hard to realize. 第二节：信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

阅读下列信息，并按照要求进行匹配。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应 选项字母涂黑。

以下是书本信息：

A. British Life by Anne Collins

What’s everyday life for people in Britain? Why do they talk about the weather so much? This book will tell you everything you want to know about the interesting and traditional country．

B. Romeo and Juliet by Shakespeare

A sad story of two lovers．The two lovers began their secret love, but their families didn’t know．It’s one of the famous plays written by Shakespeare in the literature history．

C. Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Robert Langdon, the hero of Da Vinci Code, which is another history thriller, tried to solve the mystery of a century-old underground organization and save the Vatican from a tomb．If you are not brave enough, don’t read it alone at night．This is the ancient mystery．

D. Happy Christmas by John Escott

This is a book, but looks like a magazine．It is made out of different sections．You can learn about the history and traditions of the western-style holidays and something else like the way of making traditional food and games． E. The Beatles by Paul Shipton

John, Paul, George and Ringo: four young men from England were the most well-known and some of the best musicians of the 1960s．They formed the Beatles, and their music is still popular today．

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F. Silver Bells by Luanne Rice

A sweet love story happening on Christmas．Chris Byne, a farmer who sold his Christmas trees on the streets in New York, one day met Cathy Tierney, a librarian who lost her husband on Christmas Eve three years before．So a new love and a new hope started lasting a lifetime．

以下是购书者的信息，请匹配购书者的信息与它们所对应的书本： 51. Randy: Christmas is coming．Randy wants to know all information about it, such as the games, the food, the stories, the music and the movies．

52. Amy: Amy has many romantic dreams．She always believes she can find her Mr. Right like the girls in the fairy stories．So she is crazy about the books with good endings only．Now she begins to bury herself in the book like that．

53. Vince: Vince, as the head of his own band, is able to play all kinds of musical instruments．But he dreams of becoming musician like John Lennon, a famous singer from a rock band．Therefore, he wants to search for a book on him．

54. Alan: Mystery and adventure are always boys’ dreams．Alan, one of the boys, especially prefers the ancient ones because he always regards himself as a big man with super power, but not a small boy．

55. Lin Jie: Lin Jie, a student studying English in a university, will go to England to continue his further education．So he wants to find more information about the country he will study in．

四、 基础写作

用英语写一篇关于四川地震的简介，内容如下：

1. 2008年5月12日，一场特大地震袭击了四川省，造成了成千上万的人无家可 归。

2. 大量的人员受伤，甚至丧命。

3. 为了营救那些受困和被埋的人，政府及时采取有效的措施，派遣士兵到受灾地 区。

4. 听到这个噩耗后，全世界的人们都伸出了援助之手。

5. 尽管他们失去了一切，但他们正全力以赴，克服重重困难，重建家园。

参考词汇：袭击 hit / strike 受灾地区： the earthquake-stricken area

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五：读写任务（共25分）

阅读下面的短文，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Therefore, it is no wonder that so many people have a dream since their

childhood. With a nice dream, China succeeded in hosting the 29th Olympic Games in 2008; with a nice dream, Hongkong returned to the motherland peacefully in 1997; with a dream, Yuan Longping gets rid of hunger of the world; with a dream, I can win awards in different competitions at school. And with a aim of achieving success, I must do the best.

So my good friends, if you want to be a success, please don’t 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 high 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，并包括一下要点：

(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:】 在文中可以使用自己的亲身经历或虚构的故事，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；

【 评分标准:】 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。

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参考答案

完形填空：BACAD DBCAC DBAAD

语法填空：1.going2.was picked3.by4.when5. said6. enclosed 7.on8.expensive 9.love10.married 阅读理解

26--30 BCDDC 31--35 ABCBD 36--40 CDDDB 41--45 DBABC 46--50 DFECA 基础写作

读写任务

One possible version:（满分25分，概括5分；正文部分20分） 要求：1）全文平均分15分； 2）阅卷老师对试卷要有必要的标注；

Dreams play an important role in our daily life and a good dream is the motivation to success. To achieve success, one should learn to defeat difficulties through constant failure as well as hard work.

概括评分：1）梦(理)想的重要性以及好的梦(理)想对成功的促进作用（2分）；2）不懈的努力和战胜困难是获得成功的关键（2分）； 3)概括部分整体表达情况（1分）； 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 friends with some foreigners so as to practice my spoken English and improve my written English. Although some of my classmates often went to the movies or abandoned themselves to online games in the evening, seldom did I take part in such activities. Instead, I devoted almost all my spare time to my English. In the end, I won the Final English Speech Contest around the city and my English was far ahead of most of my classmates, realizing my dream.

Now, I also have a dream, As a senior 2 student, I must make my studies even better than before. And I hope that I can be admitted to a key university after graduating 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 will, there is hope and there is a way.

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评分标准: 凡缺漏以下要点扣分。（1)列举中学生梦想成真的事例是否完整(5-8分)； (2) 结合自己的实际, 谈谈你现在的梦想（3--5分）； （3）并说明打算如何实现（4--7分）；

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