1、胶州一中高三英语阶段检测（2013.3）第一节 语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21.The boy looked at his Christmas gift with an_ of satisfaction.A. expectationB. imaginationC. expressionD. appreciation22.Our special thanks go to thousands of volunteers, without _tireless work, none of this would be possible.A. whichB. whomC. who
2、seD. that23.A special dance_ Gangnam Style has raised a worldwide storm nowadays.A. callingB. being calledC. calledD. to be called24.Dont phone Tom at two oclock this afternoon, when he _ a meeting.A. will attendB. attends C. is to attendD. will be attending25.Mandy was curious to hear_ Peter had to
3、 say for himself.A. will attendB. attendsC. thatD. what26.It came as_ shock that_ fire broke out in Shanghai yesterday, killing at least 5 people.A. a;aB. a；不填C. 不填；aD. the；the27.Who is standing over there？ It must be_ from the Express Company.A. everybodyB. somebodyC. nobodyD. anybody28.The wetland
4、 park is_ attractive in spring and autumn, for the weather is pleasant in both seasons.A. mostlyB. hardlyC. equallyD. merely29.Mo Yans writing has_ him a large audience, not only in China but overseas.A. deservedB. expandedC. admittedD. gained30.An optimistic person usually holds out_ more pressure
5、than a nervous one.A. againstB. acrossC. aboveD. around31._I cant fully understand what his music conveys, his performance is quite impressive.A. AsB. SinceC. IfD. While32.The meeting between the presidents of those two countries_ in Paris last week.A. took partB. took actionC. took effectD. took pl
6、ace33.My neighbour plays loud music late at night. _.You really should talk to him about it.A. Thats annoying B. Its a good pointC. Youve got it right D. This is tricky34.Got your driving license？ Yes. It is a week since I_ the driving test.A. have passedB. passedC. will passD. had passed35.Lucy has
7、 been fired by her boss._She is late for work five times a week！A. Hardly surprising！B. Forget it.C. How come？D. Who knows？第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）I was invited to attend a presentation at the Kentucky School. That evening I found gratitude（感恩）had amazing 36 to change our attitudeand our life.The
8、 young musician Mr. Patrick was 37 onto the stage in his wheelchair and began to play the piano. His fingers danced across the keys as he 38 beautiful music. He then began to sing as he played, and it was wonderful. But what shocked me most was his 39 smile.Patrick was born with no eyes and an illne
9、ss in the legs, which 40 him lame for life. However, as a child, he was 41 with artificial eyes and placed in a wheelchair. Before his first 42 ,he discovered the piano. When his mom hit any note on the piano, and within one or two 43 ,hed get it. By his second birthday, he was playing“Twinkle, Twin
10、kle, Little Star”. His father was 44 .“We might not play baseball, but we can play music together.”When Patrick was at the University of Louisville, his father 45 classes with him. He was also a part of the 214-member marching band！He was a blind, wheelchair-bound trumpet player; and he and his fath
11、er did it together. His father 46 the night shift（夜班）in order to accompany his daytime band practice. Patrick says,“My dads my 47 .”But even more than his 48 musical talent, it was Patricks “ attitude of gratitude”that 49 my soul. On stage, between songe, he talked to the audience about his life and
12、 about how 50 he was with a great father. When his performance was over, Patrick and his father were on the stage together. The crowd rose to their feet and 51 for over five minutes.We all face misfortune in our lives. 52 ，its not the hardship but how we 53 to it that will determine the joy and happ
13、iness in our lives. During 54 times, do we spend too much time feeling 55 for ourselves, or can we, with gratitude, learn how to dance in the rain？36.A. knowledgeB. qualityC. wisdomD. power37. A. rolledB. heldC. allowedD. dragged38. A. wroteB. providedC. madeD. gave39. A. strangeB. magicC. bitterD.
14、friendly40. A. tookB. ledC. forcedD. left41. A. fittedB. connectedC. associatedD. filled42. A. placeB. birthdayC. performanceD. attempt43. A. memoriesB. wordsC. triesD. notes44. A. confusedB. amusedC. interestedD. overjoyed45. A. listedB. foundC. attendedD. organized46. A. workedB. foundC. refusedD.
15、 cancelled47. A. dreamB. heroC. musicD. song48. A. unbearableB. unbelievableC. unconditionalD. unreasonable49. A. touchedB. calmedC. freedD. felt50. A. satisfiedB. concernedC. blessedD. laughed51. A. cheeredB. whisperedC. shoutedD. laughed52. A. ThereforeB. OtherwiseC. HoweverD. Besides53. A. seeB.
16、reactC. agreeD. put54. A. happyB. modernC. toughD. usual55. A. greatB. sorryC. hopefulD. proud第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）AThe 30 miles of steep roads that snake through the mountains of Logan Canyon in Utah are enough to make most drivershands sweat. But Andersen, a 46-year-old father of four, wasn
17、t expecting any trouble on the road last New Years Eve, when he set off for a ski trip to the Bear River Mountains with nine-year-old daughter Mia, four-old son Baylor, and nine-year-old neighbor Kenya. Andersen had driven through the Canyon hundreds of times over the years.The weather was fine-but
18、the higher they drove, the more slippery the roads became. Rounding a sharp U-turn at mile marker473, Andersen saw a truck that had skated off the road and immediately tapped his brakes. In an instant, the car was sliding at 25 miles per hour toward the shoulder of the highway, then rolling down a s
19、teep ten-foot dam toward the extremely cold Logan River. As it hit the water, the car tipped toward the passenger side, hesitated, and then rolled onto its roof and sank into the river.There was no time to tell the kids what to do. The crash had broken a few windows, and within seconds, the upside-d
20、own car was filled with water. “It was frightening how fast we were completely underwater,”remembers Andersen, a soft-spoken product development manager.“Youre thinking, is this how its all going to end？”Having lost all sense of direction, Andersen began to search the freezing water for the kids. Mi
21、a had been right next to him in the front seat; now, in the blackness, he couldnt find her.“I thought, if I dont get out, maybe none of us are going to get out.” Andersen got out of his seat belt, swam through a broken window, and, deeply and quickly, breathed air at the surface. Thats when he saw a
22、 group of men, about ten in all, appear at the top of the dam. One after another, they raced down into the water. Helping onto safety all the three children, they began to shout at the father,“Who else is in the car？”Andersen says respectfully,“It was like the sight of angels （天使）.”56.What might be
23、the main reason. For the car accident？A. The sharp U-turn.B. The steep dam.C. The sudden brake.D. A truck hitting the car.57.Andersen didnt expect any trouble on the road because_.A. he was familiar with the roadB. he was good at drivingC. his hands didnt have sweatD. the weather was fine58.What can
24、 be learned from the last paragraph？A. Andersen lost conciousness in the water.B. Strangers helped Andersen out of the car.C. Andersen liked Mia most among the children.D. Strangers teamed together to save three children.59.The underlined sentence is to express Andersens feeling of being_.A. tiredB.
25、 excitedC. doubtfulD. grateful60.Which of the following can be the best title of the text？A. Stay calm when in troubleB. Drive rounding a U-turnC. Miracle rescue from an icy riverD. Mystery of the Bear River MountainsBMore than 700 business leaders, government officials and investors gathered in Mou
26、ntain View, California in December,2012 to attend the Social Innovation（创新）Summit. It is an invitation-only conference aimed at finding new ways to deal with old problems.Traffic jam is a problem that Bruggemann hopes to solve.“Traffic is really bad in most countries and we thought there must be som
27、e way of doing something about it.”Last week, his team, winning the prize for its“nunav”traffic management system, received a Microsoft Imagine Cup Grant of 100，000.“Everyone thats using our system sends his present position as well as the destination to our servers every 30 seconds. And with that i
28、nformation our central system can reroute（调整路线）all of the cars in a way that everyone gets his individual best possible route.”Bruggemann says early research with the system has been promising.“We found out that it could be possible to save up to 20 percent of the fuel consumption. Even more interes
29、ting, it can save up to 50 percent of the time you spend in traffic so you could get to your destination twice as fast.”Team Cypher256 from Uganda also was invited to the Social Innovation Summit. They developed a device（仪器），called WinSenga, aimed at improving health care for pregnant women in Afric
30、a. It measures the early babys heart sounds to help test the heart rate, age and position of the baby in the mother. The device is similar in operation to an ultrasound（超声波）test, but is far less costly and very practical in Africa.This is the third year for the Social Innovation Summit. The event is
31、 held twice a year, once in New York and once in California. The first one in 2012 was held in May. The United NationsOffice for Partnerships helped to organize the event.61.In what way is the“nunav”system special？A. It can decide destination for users.B. It sends back information every 30 minutes.C
32、. Users can earn much money by the system.D. Users can find the best possible route by the system.62.The“nunav”system has the following advantages EXCEPT_.A. reducing the fuel consumptionB. reaching the destination quicklyC. saving the time in the tripD. improving driving skills63.The device WinSeng
33、a is intended to_.A. improve the health care for pregnant womenB. promote the heart rate of pregnant womenC. measure the size of the early babiesD. help the operation on women64.What can be inferred from the text？A. The“nunav”system is popular in Africa.B. Common people in Africa can afford to use W
34、inSenga.C. The United Nations offered financial help to the“nunav”system.D. The Social Innovation Summit has been held three times so far.65.Whats the purpose of the text？A. To tell us a new way out of traffic jam.B. To introduce a device for women in Africa.C. To tell us the importance of social in
35、novations.D. To introduce a conference about social innovations.CApart from psychological illness, we are all largely responsible for our own emotional health. What we say to ourselves over and over for days, weeks, months, and sometimes years, has a great effect on how we see ourselves. This also c
36、ontributes to many mental health disorders.Many of us have problems with negative（消极的）thoughts playing on the channel of our minds, bust if youre buried in it and believe it, it could be wearing your sense of self-esteem（自尊）.Here are a few beliefs that indicate you may need to switch the channel: Im
37、 not good enough？/I dont deserve？/No one likes me？/Im a failure.Negative thoughts remind you of your bad feelings and they bring your focus on your failures, and that gets you nowhere.What can you do？Here are some suggestions：Switch the channel when negative thoughts appear. Self-talk（自我暗示）is not so
38、 obvious that we often dont notice its effect on our mood and belief systems. Key things to notice are“if only”or“what if”statements：the former keeps you stuck in the past with regret, while the latter keeps you fearful of the future. There is nothing you can do about the past, and the future isnt h
39、ere yet，so stay in the present moment.Recognize that actions always follow beliefsYoull find yourself behaving in ways that are consistent to your beliefsSo，start believing the best about yourself：act as if you believe that youre a valuable and worthy personDevelop positive self-talk rather than neg
40、ative self-talkInstead of always looking down upon yourself in your head，think of some things you actually like about yourselfWhat are your strengths? What are you good at? Instead of saying “I m a loser”，try saying，“I am capable.Im good atI accept myself the way I am”Thinking poorly about ourselves
41、 gets us nowhere and is extremely self-limiting. Decide today to turn off the negative self-talk channel in your mind and develop your true potential.66From the first two paragraphs we learn that_Alots of people have no sense of self-esteemBfocusing on negative thoughts can lead to failureCnegative
42、thoughts will strengthen our sense of self-esteemDfew people have negative thoughts and mental problems67The underlined word“wearing”in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_.Astrengthening Bprotecting Cweakening Dreplacing68What do the suggestions in the text tell us?AOur beliefs always come after a
43、ctionsBPositive self-talk does good to our mental healthCLooking down upon ourselves is a sign of modestyD“What if”keeps you stuck in the past with regret69The text encourages us to_Aget rid of negative thoughts Bget anywhere we likeCthink highly of others Dturn off self-talk TV channel70This text i
44、s most likely to appear in_Aa recreation guide Ba medical journalCa science textbook Da travel brochureDIm not so sure I like my friends any moreI used to like themto be honestWed have lunch, talk on the phone or exchange emails，and they all seemed normal enough. But then came Facebookand I was intr
45、oduced to a sad fact：many of my friends have dark sides that they had kept from meToday my friends show off the more unpleasant aspects of their personalities via Facebook. No longer hidden，theyre thrown in my face like TV commercialsunavoidable and endless advertisements for the worst of their pers
46、onalitiesTake FredIf you were to have lunch with him，youd find him warm, and down-to-earthRead his Facebook and you realize hes an unbearable，foodobsessed boreHed pause to have a cup of coffee on his way to save a drowning manand then write about itTake AndyYou wont find a smarter CEO anywhere, but
47、now hes a CEO without a company to lullSo he plays Mafia Wars on FacebookHes doing welllevel 731Thanks to Facebook，I know hes playing about 18 hours a dayAndyyouve run four companiesand this is how you spend your downtime? What happened to golf? What happened to getting another job? Take LizShe is p
48、ositive that the H1N1 vaccine(疫苗)will kill us all and that we should avoid itAnd then comes Chris who likes to post at least 20 times a day on every website he can find，so I get to read his thoughts twice, once on Faeebook and once on TwitterIn real life，I dont see these sides of peopleFace to facem
49、y friends show me their bestTheyre nice，smart peopleBut face to Facebook，my friends are like a blind date which goes horribly wrongIm left with a dilemmaWho is my real friend? Is it the Liz I have lunch with or the antivaccine lunatic(狂人)on Facebook? Is it the Fred I can grab a sandwich with or the
50、Fred who weeps if heS at a party and the wine isnt up to his standards?71Who is opposed to the H1N1 vaccine in the text?AFred BAndy CLiz DChris72WhatS Andy probably busy in doing now?A. Hes running his company BHes playing golf all dayC. Hes looking for another jobDHes playing computer games73Accord
51、ing to the text，Facebook tends to_Apresent another side of people Boffer some fbods for freeCshow endless advertisements Dget you to more parties74The text is developed mainly by_Agiving examples Bfollowing the time orderC1isting figures Draising questions75The author focuses on the question of_A. w
52、hat is Faeebook Bwhat happened to golfCwho is my real friend Dwho can help me 第卷(共45分)第四部分书面表达(共两节，满分45分) 第一节阅读表达(共5小题；每小题3分，满分15分) 1Its wrong that intelligent people are better at learning languagesMost language learning skills，however，are in fact habimHere are the most common mistakes language lea
53、rners makeand how to correct them2Not listening enoughJust as babies learn to produce language by heating and parroting sounds，language learners need to practise listeningThe solution? Find music，podcasta，TV shows and movies in the target language，and listen，listen，listen, as often as possible3Lack
54、of curiosityIn language learning，attitude can be a key factor in how a student progressesA learner who is curious about the target culture will be more successful in their language studies4Rigid thinkingSome students tend to struggle with language learning because it involves a lot of uncertaintystu
55、dents will meet new vocabulary daily，and for each grammar rule there will be an exceptionUntil nativelike fluency is achieved，there will always be some level of uncertaintyFind a passage in the language and practice figuring out the main idea，even if a few words are unknown5A single methodSome learn
56、ers are most comfortable with the listen-and-repeat drills of a language labSome need a grammar textbook to make sense of a foreign tongueEach of these approaches is fine，but its a mistake to_6Fear to speakDespite years of studying the language，students simply will not speak itTheyre too afraid of t
57、he clumsy grammar or mispronouncing words in a way that would embarrass themThe key is that those mistakes help language learnersThe more learners speak，the more quickly they improve76.What might be the best way to deal with not listening enough？（no more than 5 words）_77.How do we overcome rigid thi
58、nking in passage reading？（no more than 6 words）_78.Fill in the blank with proper words in Paragraph 5.（no more than 5 words）_79.Complete the following statement with one word from Paragraph 6.We fear to speak English because we are afraid of making mistakes that would_ us.80.List three proper ways t
59、o learn a language according to the text.（no more than 20 words）_第二节 写作（满分30分）假如你是新华中学的学生李华，刚刚去美国参加了为期一周的国际中学生交流活动，并作了题为Water Resource Protection的演讲，获得广泛好评。请给你本校的外教Mr. Smith写一封信，内容包括：1.汇报交流情况和感受；2.感谢老师之前的帮助；3.希望老师给补课。注意：1.词数：120-150；t2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；3.信件格式已给出，不计入总词数。Dear Mr. Smith，_第二卷答题卡班级： 姓名： 考号：76. _77._78. _79. _80. _ _ _
