1、2013年佛山市普通高中高三教学质量检测（一） 英 语 2013.1.16本试卷共10页，满分135分，考试时间120分钟注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考号填写在答题卡上用2B铅笔将答题卡试卷类型（A）填涂在答题卡上，并在答题卡右上角的“试室号”和“座位号”栏填写试室号、座位号，将相应的试室号、座位号信息点涂黑。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的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案答在试题卷上无效。3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答卷上各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动，先划掉原来
2、的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4、考试结束后，将答卷和答题卡一并交回。I 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）I、语言知识及应用（共两小节，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115各题所给出的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My friends and I had just finished lunch at a hotel when it started to pour 1 . When it became lighter, I decided to get
3、 my car, which was 2 at my office three streets away. My friends argued that I shouldnt go, mainly because I was seven months pregnant then. I assured them that Id be very 3 . I walked out of the 4 and started making my way to the car. At the traffic junction, a van stopped and the passenger got off
4、 with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me hed escort(护送) me to my 5 . I was very embarrassed and declined(辞谢), but he was very 6 .During our 7 , he kept telling me to walk slower, as the ground was 8 . When we got to the car park, I 9 him and we parte
5、d ways. I did not get his 10 and may not even recognise him now. Did he 11 stop for me? Ill never know.So how did I pay it forward? I was at home when I 12 two Indian construction workers walking in the heavy rain. They were probably on their way to the construction 13 near my estate, which was a lo
6、ng walk in. I went out and passed them an umbrella. I told them they should take the umbrella and 14 it. They were very grateful and like me, probably wondered why a 15 was offering such kindness.1. A. hardly B. slightly C. heavily D. slowly2. A. parkedB. locked C. broken D. repaired3. A. successful
7、B. careful C. joyful D. stressful4. A. stormB. garage C. office D. hotel5. A. destination B. home C. office D. company6. A. cautiousB. diligent C. persistent D. reluctant7. A. talk B. trip C. walk D. work8. A. roughB. wet C. messy D. dirty9. A. thankedB. left C. waved D. greeted10. A. umbrellaB. app
8、earance C. address D. name11. A. obviously B. accidently C. really D. purposely12. A. watchedB. noticed C. searched D. heard13. A. equipment B. stage C. object D. site14. A. keepB. carry C. have D. return15. A. passer-byB. stranger C. man D. woman 第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯
9、的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中的语法的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1625的相应位置上。Ma Wendi is used to curious glances 16 she walks six dogs at the same time. They are not all hers. 17 25-year-old veterinary graduate is a full-time dog walker.“I have to take care of twelve dogs at most,” said Ma. She charges 500 yuan a month
10、 per dog, and most customers leave their dogs at her house for a week. The 18 (busy) time is around Spring Festival, because many people go back to their hometowns for family reunions 19 go traveling.“ 20 (compare) with people who have to be in their offices during the day, I dont have to get up ear
11、ly 21 (squeeze) into the subway carriages in rush hour, and I still make a decent salary, ” she said.“But its a tiring job. I have to work whenever there are dogs at home, and no time to enjoy 22 . Sometimes I want to go out for a meal or shopping, but I cant do so 23 I worry about them, ” she said.
12、 Ma knows 24 the dogs names, and when she calls ones name, the dog instantly knows she 25 (refer) to it. 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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AMillions of Americans return from long-distance trips by air, but their luggage doesnt always come home with t
13、hem. Airline identification tags（标签） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave all kinds of things on planes.The airlines collect the items and, for 90 days, attempt to find their owners. They dont keep them, since theyre not in the warehouse business. And by law, they ca
14、nnot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.So once insurance companies have paid for lost bags and their contents, and they no longer belong to passengers, a unique store in the little town of Scottsboro, Alabama, buys them. The “Unclaimed Baggage Cent
15、er,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist attraction in all of Alabama. More than one million visitors stop in each year and take one of the stores shopping carts on a hunt for treasures.Each day, clerks bring out 7,000 new items, and ve
16、teran（老练的）shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, best-selling novels, leather jackets, tape recorders, surfboards, even half -used tubes of toothpaste.The stores own laundry washes or cleans all the clothes found in luggage, then sells them. Th
17、e Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.The store has a little museum where some of its most unusual acquisitions（获得物） have been preserved. They include highland bagpipes, a burial mask from an Egyptian pharaohs tomb, and a medieval suit of armor.Statisti
18、cs indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost and available to the store. 26. Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because_. A. they are forgetful B. they are in a hurry C. there is no lost and found office in many airp
19、orts D. the owners of some luggage cant be identified27. The reason why the airlines cannot sell the bags is that _. A. they have to find the owners B. they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose C. some bags are expensive D. they have to keep the bags as long as possible28. The Unclaime
20、d Baggage Center is very popular because_.A. theres a large variety of goods. B. all the things there are very cheap. C. visitors may purchase something undervalued. D. Visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there.29. What can we infer from the passage? A. A little museum will keep all the prec
21、ious unclaimed baggage. B. The percentage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small. C. The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use. D. People are not allowed to buy the illegal things in the store.30. What is the main purpose of the passage? A. To introduce ho
22、w the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America. B. To introduce an attractive place to tourists. C. To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage.D. To advise the airlines to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage.BWhen youre an employee of a company, no matter the size, its
23、common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department. But there is another way to move aroundby creating a new position for yourself. I did this several years ago, though I wasnt actively looking for a different job. In 2007, I was hired at the Transamerica Life Insurance Comp
24、any, as a customer service representative in the distributions services department. I processed requests for distributions from our annuity(养老金)policy holders around the country. Someone might have forgotten to sign a form, for example, or might have omitted security information. To solve the proble
25、m, Id mail the person a letter. The company had been through several combinations, so in our department alone we had a collection of about 140 templates(模板) for letters related to distributions. The longer I worked with the letters, the more I saw how they could be improved. Some had overlapping inf
26、ormation and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry terminology(专业术语) wasnt standard across all the versions. When I told my department supervisor about this in 2008, she agreed that the letters needed revamping. She said I should stop what Id
27、been doing and start the new work. In a relatively short time, I was able to make numerous improvements and reduce the number of letters to 70. It was an informal job change until a managers meeting several months later. At that meeting, a vice president who was unaware of my new work mentioned that
28、 the divisions entire stock of 1,700 letters should be reviewed. My manager told her that she knew the perfect person for the jobme. The position was still considered temporary when I took on the extra tasks, but I was able to show that the work had value, and I was officially promoted and given a r
29、aise in November 2009.31. According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is true?A .The author admired those who got a promotion in his company.B. The author tried his best to get a promotion in his companyC. The author was eager to seek another job.D. It is no surprise to see people ar
30、ound us change their positions.32. Which of the following problems with the letters is NOT mentioned in the passage?A. Some information needed to be united. B. Some information was overlooked.C. Some had grammatical mistakes. D. Industry terminology didnt meet the standard. 33. The underlined word “
31、revamping” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .A. improving B. rebuilding C. repeating D. strengthening 34.The author started to review the letters when .A. he was hired by the company B. his department supervisor agreed his ideaC. he was recommended at a managers meeting D. he was promoted35.
32、Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Where there is will, there is a way.B. Dont let the chance go, when it comes.C. Creating a position, and earning a promotion.D. Ways to get a promotion.CIt was reported last week that developers could take photos from Apple mobile and Googl
33、e Android devices without the phone owners knowing that the images were being taken. In Apples case, developers can also obtain the location information for each photo.Senator(参议员) Charles Schumer said in a telephone interview that his office had spoken with officials at both Apple and Google on Mon
34、day. “We asked them if they could find a way on their own to prevent Apple from having access to private info,” Mr. Schumer said. “They were friendly and open to the idea that this ought to be changed.”On Sunday, Mr. Schumersaidthat he planned to send a letter to the Federal Trade Commission(联邦贸易委员会
35、) asking the agency to investigate Apple and Google after the privacy concerns came to light.Claudia Bourne Farrell, an F.T.C. spokeswoman, said the agency had received the letter but she could not comment further.“It sends shivers up the spine to think that ones personal photos, address book, and w
36、ho knows what else can be obtained and even posted online without consent,” Mr. Schumer wrote in his letter to the F.T.C. “If the technology exists to open the door to this kind of privacy invasion, then surely technology exists to close it, and thats exactly what must happen.”Mr. Schumer said if Ap
37、ple and Google could not come to an agreement to fix the problem, then he would be forced to take the issue further.He said other companies had been willing to work with his office to fix issues. “Im optimistic that we can get this changed without any regulation,” he said. “If its not changed, then
38、well look the F.T.C., and if that doesnt work then well look at legislative approach.”The F.T.C. has warned companies to try to be morevigilant(警醒的)in their efforts to protect consumers when it comes to privacy.36.The senators spoke with officials at both Apple and Google .A. to discuss whether it i
39、s illegal to have access to private information.B. to stop them from developing the technology of taking photos.C. to urge them not to invade consumers privacy.D. to keep them from obtaining the location information for each photo37. Which of the following statements is true?A. Privacy invasion from
40、 Apple has existed for a long time.B. Privacy invasion from Google has existed for a long time.C. Apple and Google have decided to make a change.D. Mr. Schumer takes the privacy concerns caused by Apple and Google seriously.38. Mr. Schumers letter to the F.T.C. mainly shows that the technology to op
41、en the door to privacy invasion .A. causes people to worry about the safety of their personal information . B. can be used if permitted.C. causes personal information to be posted online without permission.D. causes privacy invasion to happen frequently.39.If the privacy concerns cant be solved with
42、 the help of the F.T.C., .A.The companies will be fined.B. The companies will be closed.C. The senators will turn to legislation.D. The senators will force the companies not to invade privacy.40.Where can we read about the passage?A.In a science report. B. In a newspaper. C. In a magazine D. In a te
43、xtbook.DAs students and teachers returned to school on Monday after the publication of performance ratings(等级) for 18,000 teachers, many parents said they were giving the reports serious thought. Yet there was an equal measure of skepticism among parents that test scores have any relationship with t
44、eachers competence.Some said they already knew how good a teacher was by walking into the classroom or by monitoring their childrens progress. “Im the kind of person who likes to see for themselves,” a father in Queens said.Others worried about how their fellow parents, perhaps ones with sharper elb
45、ows, might respond. Will they demand a new teacher? Move their children to a new school?Elizabeth Sane, the mother of a fourth grader at the Ella Baker School, a kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school on the Upper East Side, said that her daughter was switched to a different teachers class over th
46、e summer, and that it was “like adding salt to the wound” when she saw the high ratings for her daughters previous teacher. Her daughters teacher this year did not receive a rating because he previously taught high schoolMs. Sane said that the rating was not the only factor that influenced how she a
47、ssessed a teachers performance, but that the data used for teacher evaluations mattered.But other parents dropping their children off at the Ella Baker School said they did not trust teacher ratings based on test scores any more than they wanted their childrens learning measured only by the state ex
48、ams.“Some people take it as the final word, but it doesnt change who they are as teachers. The ratings arent accurate, and the whole student testing thing needs to be thrown out,” said Lydia Delgado, whose child is in the second grade.41. Paragraph 1 tells us that A. All the teachers received a rati
49、ng given by the students.B. All the teachers will receive a rating at the end of each semester,C. Most parents took the teachers ratings seriously.D. About half of the parents doubted the ratings to be reliable.42.What does the underlined part “with sharper elbows” mean?A. With the ability to change
50、 the situation.B. With a good relationship with the school.C. With a stong will to succeed.D. With strong elbows physically. 43.Paragraph 4 shows that Elizabeth Sane A. was on the side of giving ratings to the teachers.B. regretted having sent her daughter to another class. C. didnt think her daught
51、ers previous teacher was better.D. wanted her daughter to return to her previous class.44. Which of the following statements is true?A. The teacher ratings were decided by the test scores of the students.B. Ms. Sane evaluated a teachers performance only by the rating.C. Lydia Delgado didnt think the
52、 students scores should be kept.D. To give ratings to teachers will come to an end in the near future.45.The attitude of the author towards the way to assess teachers competence is .A. supportive B. criticalC. indifferent D. objective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，请在答题卡卷上作答。首先阅读下列文
53、章的提示性图片及简介：ABy combing through newly digitized census data from the 19th century, J. David Hacker, a demographic historian from Binghamton University in New York, has recalculated the death toll and increased it by more than 20 percent to 750,000.BCalled the iBrain, this simple-looking contraption i
54、s part of an experiment that aims to allow Dr. Hawking long paralyzed by amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrigs disease to communicate by merely thinking. CWhat we wear can affect not only what people think of us, but also the way our brains work, a study involving a doctors coat shows.DEven
55、after 20 years of studying in the country, Brian L. Fisher, an entomologist, was surprised by the ability of a cyclone to derail an expedition.EA Canadian project aimed at creating a genetically engineered pig whose manure would be less harmful to the environment is being halted after failure to fin
56、d a company willing to bring the animal to market, according to the lead researcher. FScientists have for the first time identified several gene mutations that they say sharply increase the chances of autism, and have found that the risk increases with the age of the parents, particularly the father
57、.以下是文章的标题，请将相关文章的标题与文章的提示性图片及简介匹配起来。46. Move to Market Gene-Altered Pigs in Canada Is Halted 47.Mind Games: Sometimes a White Coat Isnt Just a White Coat 48. A Little Device Thats Trying to Read Your Thoughts 49. Scientists Link Gene Mutation to Autism Risk 50. New Estimate Raises Civil War Death To
58、ll III写作（共两节，满分40分）第1节基础写作 (共1小题，第2节满分15分)以下是政府颁布的有关禁止食用野生动物的规定的主要内容。目的：（1） 加强野生动物资源保护，维护生态平衡。（2） 倡导文明的生活方式和健康的饮食习惯。相关规定和措施：（1）餐饮业经营者不得加工、出售禁止食用的野生动物及其产品。（2）对于违反本规定的经营者，将被勒令停业并可能予以罚款。【写作内容】根据以上内容写一篇英文报道，内容包括：1.禁止食用野生动物的目的；2.规定和措施。【写作要求】只能用5句话表达全部内容。【评分标准】句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）阅读下面
59、的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 Education does Count（excerpt）Bill GatesHundreds of students send me e-mail each year asking for advice about education. They want to know what to study, or whether its OK to drop out of college since thats what I did.My basic advice is simple and heartfelt. “Get the best ed
60、ucation you can. Take advantage of high school and college. Learn how to learn.”Its true that I dropped out of college to start Microsoft, but I was at Harvard for three years before dropping out and Id love to have the time to go back. As Ive said before, nobody should drop out of college unless th
61、ey believe they face the opportunity of a lifetime. And even then they should reconsider.In my companys early years, we had a bright part-time programmer who threatened to drop out of high school to work full-time. We told him no.Quite a few of out people didnt finish college, but we discourage drop
62、ping out. Having a diploma certainly helps somebody who is looking to us for a job.Theres not a perfect correlation between attitudes in high school and success in later life, of course.But its a real mistake not to take the opportunity to learn a huge range of subjects, to learn to work with people
63、 in high school, and to get the grades that will help you get into a good college.【写作内容】1以约30个词概括这段短文的内容；2然后以约120个词谈谈你对教育的看法，内容包括： (1) 为什么有些学生想中途放弃学业去创业；(2) 你认为读书与事业之间的关系是怎样的；(3) 你自己有何打算。【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作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。评分标准概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。2012年佛山市普通高中高三教学
64、质量检测（一）参考答案I、语言知识及应用（共两小节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）1-5CABDA 6-10CCBAD 11-15DBDAB第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）16 when 17 The 18 busiest 19 or 20 Compared 21 to squeeze 22 myself 23 because 24 all 25 is referringII阅读（共两节，满分50分）26-30DBCBA 31-35DBABC 36-40 CDACB 41-45DABAD 46-50 ECBFAIII写作（共两节，满
65、分40分）第1节基础写作 (共1小题，第2节满分15分)In order to protect wild animals and keep the balance of nature, the government has made a regulation to forbid the eating of wild animals. Meanwhile, the regulation is aimed to encourage people to live a civilized life and keep a healthy diet. According to the ban, all t
66、he restaurants are not allowed to process and sell wild animals and their related products. Those who break the regulation will be forced to close their restaurants. Whats more, some of them may even be fined. 第二节：读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）The author is often asked to give advice about education due to his su
67、ccessful experience. He thinks it is unwise to drop out and that learning is sure to be beneficial.Some students want to drop out of school, believing schooling has nothing to do with a successful career, because there are many cases where people who dont finish their schooling are successful, such
68、as Bill Gates. Besides, the high tuition of college education is too much for ordinary families. Dropping out to find a job helps them to lighten the heavy financial burden on their parents. Furthermore, experience counts most for a career and no wonder why some would like to accumulate experience by taking a job at an early age. Knowledge is power. Schools are where people become knowledgeable.As for me, I will make full use of time to complete my schooling and achieve my dream.
