1、广宁中学2013届高三2月月考英语试题阅读下面短文，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 my car, which was 2 at my office three streets away. My friends argued that I shouldnt go, mainly because
2、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 with an umbrella. Before I knew what was happening, he walked right beside me and told me hed escort(护送) m
3、e 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 parted ways. I did not get his 10 and may not even recognise him now. Did he 11 stop for me? Ill never know.So h
4、ow 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 long walk in. I went out and passed them an umbrella. I told them they should take the umbrella and 14 it. Th
5、ey 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. successfulB. careful C. joyful D. stressful4. A. stormB. garage C. office D. hotel5. A. destination B. home C. office
6、 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. appearance C. address D. name11. A. obviously B. accidently C. really D. purposely12. A. watchedB. noticed C.
7、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 s
8、ix 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 per dog, and most customers leave their dogs at her house for a week. The 18 (busy) time is around Spring
9、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 early 21 (squeeze) into the subway carriages in rush hour, and I still make a decent salary, ” she said.“But i
10、ts 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. Ma knows 24 the dogs names, and when she calls ones name, the dog instantly knows she 25 (refer) to it. II
11、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 them. Airline identification tags（标签） can come loose, and the bags go who-knows-where. And passengers leave
12、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 cannot sell the bags, because the airlines might be tempted to deliberately misplace luggage.So once insuranc
13、e 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 Center,” is so popular that the building, which is set up like a department store, is the number-one tourist at
14、traction 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 veteran（老练的）shoppers rush to paw over them. You can find everything from precious jewels to hockey sticks, be
15、st-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. The Unclaimed Baggage Center has found guns, illegal drugs and even a live rattlesnake.The store has a little
16、 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.Statistics indicate that less than one-half of one percent of luggage checked on U.S. carriers is permanently lost
17、and available to the store.26. Paragraph1 shows that many passengers lose their luggage because_. A. they are forgetful B. the owners of some luggage cant be identified C. they are in a hurry D. there is no lost and found office in many airports27. The reason why the airlines cannot sell the bags is
18、 that _. A. they have to find the owners B. they have to keep the bags as long as possible C. some bags are expensive D. they are likely to make a profit on the bags on purpose28. The Unclaimed Baggage Center is very popular because_.A. visitors may purchase something undervalued. B. all the things
19、there are very cheap. C. theres a large variety of goods. D. visitors will enjoy some amusing activities there.29. What can we infer from the passage? A. A little museum will keep all the precious unclaimed baggage. B. The things in the Unclaimed Baggage Center are articles for daily use.C. The perc
20、entage of passengers who lose their baggage for ever is small. 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 an attractive place to tourists. B. To remind passengers of taking care of their baggage.C. To advise the airli
21、nes to find the owners of the unclaimed baggage.D. To introduce how the unclaimed baggage in the airports is handled in America.BWhen youre an employee of a company, no matter the size, its common to see co-workers promoted, or transferred to a different department. But there is another way to move
22、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 Company, as a customer service representative in the distributions services department. I processed requests for d
23、istributions 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 problem, Id mail the person a letter. The company had been through several combinations, so in our department alone
24、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 information and could be combined. Some had incorrect grammar or needed updating. I also noticed that industry te
25、rminology(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 been doing and start the new work. In a relatively short time, I was able to make numerous improvements and re
26、duce 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 the divisions entire stock of 1,700 letters should be reviewed. My manager told her that she knew the perfect
27、 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 raise in November 2009.31. According to Paragraph 1, which of the following statements is true? A .The author a
28、dmired those who got a promotion in his company.B. It is no surprise to see people around us change their positions.C. The author tried his best to get a promotion in his companyD. The author was eager to seek another job.32. Which of the following problems with the letters is NOT mentioned in the p
29、assage?A. Some information was overlooked. B. Some information needed to be united. C. Some had grammatical mistakes. D. Industry terminology didnt meet the standard. 33. The underlined word “revamping” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to .A. repeating B. rebuilding C. improving D. strengthening
30、 34.The author started to review the letters when .A. he was hired by the company B. he was promotedC. he was recommended at a managers meeting D. his department supervisor agreed his idea35. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A. Where there is will, there is a way. B. Creating
31、 a position, and earning a promotion.C. Dont let the chance go, when it comes. D. Ways to get a promotion.CLEEDS, EnglandA Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.The hate we hold within us is a cancer, Professor Ken Hart said, addin
32、g that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.More than 70 people have become members in Harts first 20-week workshop in Londona course he says is the first of its kind in the world.These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They rea
33、lize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian- born Hart.The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hat
34、e in these people. People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness, he said, People confuse forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one.Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.The main idea is to giv
35、e you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with, said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these pe
36、ople want to get free of the past.36. From this passage we know that_.A. high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hateB. high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professorsC. without hate, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heartD. people who suffer from blo
37、od pressure and heart disease must have many enemies37. If you are angry with somebody, you should_.A. attend Harts course B. never meet him or her any longerC. persuade him or her to have a positive talk with you D. treat him or her positively instead of negatively38. In Harts first 20- week worksh
38、op, people there can _.A. meet their enemiesB. change their attitudesC. enjoy the professors teachingD. learn how to quarrel with others39. If you are a member in Harts workshop, youll_.A. meet in eight or ten groups B. get rid of the illness of cancerC. attend a gathering twice a month D. pour out
39、everything stored in your mind40. The author wrote this passage in order to_.A. persuade Britons to go to Harts workshop B. tell us the news about Harts workshopC. tell us how to run a workshop like Harts D. help us to look at various kinds of angersDSunny countries are often poor. A shame, then, th
40、at solar power is still quite expensive. Eight19, a British company by Cambridge University, has, however, invented a novel way to get round this. In return for a deposit of around $10 it is supplying poor Kenyan families with a solar cell able to generate 2.5 watts of electricity, a battery that ca
41、n deliver a three amp（安培） current to store this electricity, and a lamp whose bulb is a light-emitting diode（二极管）. The firm thinks that this system, once the battery is fully charged, is enough to light two small rooms and to power a mobile-phone charger for seven hours. Then, next day, it can be pu
42、t outside and charged back up again.The trick is that, to be able to use the electricity, the systems keeper must buy a scratch cardfor as little as a dollaron which is printed a reference number. The keeper sends this reference, plus the serial number of the household solar unit, by SMS to Eight19.
43、 The companys server will respond automatically with an access code to the unit.Users may consider that they are paying an hourly rate for their electricity. In fact, they are paying off the cost of the unit. After buying around $80 worth of scratch cardswhich Eight19 expects would take the average
44、family around 18 monthsthe user will own it. He will then have the option of continuing to use it for nothing, or of trading it in for a bigger one, perhaps driven by a 10-watt solar cell.In that case, he would go then through the same process again, paying off the additional cost of the upgraded ki
45、t at a slightly higher rate. Users would therefore increase their electricity supply steadily and affordably. According to Eight19s figures, this looks like a good deal for customers. The firm believes the average energy-starved Kenyan spends around $10 a month on oilenough to fuel a couple of smoky
46、 lampsplus $2 on charging his mobile phone in the market-place. Regular users of one of Eight19s basic solar units will spend around half that, before owning it completely. Meanwhile, as the cost of solar technology falls, it should get even cheaper. 41. The underlined word “get round” in the first
47、paragraph can be replaced by _ .A. make use of B. come up with C. look into D. deal with 42. What should the user do when the electricity in the battery is used up?A. Buy a scratch card. B. Recharge it outside.C. Buy another solar cell. D. Return it to the company.43. How much would users pay for th
48、e cell and scratch cards before they own a 2.5-watt solar cell?A. Around $10. B. Around $80. C. Around $90. D. Around $180.44. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _.A. Kenyan families would find it difficult to afford the solar cellB. using the solar cell would help Kenyan families save
49、money C. few Kenyan families use mobile phones for lack of electricityD. the company will make a great profit from selling solar cells 45. What might be the most suitable title for the passage?A. Solar Energy: Starting from Scratch. B. Eight19: a creative British Company.C. Kenyan Families: Using So
50、lar Energy for Free. D. Poor Countries: Beginning to Use Solar Energy.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，请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。在中学生夏令营中，以下同学以其观点组织各自的讨论和交流组。ACao Amin, 18Xuanhua No 1 High School, HebeiKeeping pace with teachers is a good way to studyTeachers are experienced and their pla
51、ns are systematicBut remember to work m a way that suits youIts also important to team from past mistakesKeep a notebook to make a record of the mistakes you make - itll help you avoid making the same ones laterBZhang Zilu, 17Xinyu No 1 High School, JiangxiThis time of life may be hard, but youre no
52、t aloneYou may be busy studying, but you can show your care by calling yow friends or sending a short messageDont let your friendships dieSome boys and girls in my class were in love, but Id advise against a relationship at this stageD. Ju Shuntian, 18Yantai Economic and Technological Development Zo
53、ne Senior High School, ShandongThe person who plays well, studies well. Having a lot of schoolwork doesnt mean having to give up on every other activity. I played basketball or took a walk to relax when I felt tired. Time out is not a waste of time but helps you study more efficiently.E. Zhang Qingz
54、hou, 17Dongtai High School, JiangsuBesides taking the big exam, you have other choices for college. I took the independent enrollment (自主招生) exam held by Peking University and some other students even prepared to study abroad. Pay attention to any relevant information you can find, whether its from
55、school, the news media or another source.F. Wu Dandan, 18Liaocheng No. 1 High School, ShandongBesides learning from the textbooks, students can also learn a lot from traveling from place to place. In different places you will see different things, meet different people and have different experiences
56、. If you are curious enough, you can explore deeper into the area and obtain more useful information, which serves as your new knowledge.下面同学各自感兴趣的内容或需要解决的问题，请配对他们最适合参加的讨论组。46. Zhang Xu is an active and energetic boy who enjoys many sports like swimming, football, badminton, cycling and jogging. He
57、has a lot of friends at school and they often spend a lot of time on rivers, fields and mountains. Is it good to spend so little time in the library? How to allocate time between academic lectures and outing? Thats his problem.47Xiao Lili has much difficulty m catching up with her classmates m chemi
58、stry and physics. But her superiority lies in music and English, so she is dreaming of becoming a professional singer. She hopes that her strong points can help pave her way to future success. Can I go to a musical college without taking NMET? she wonders.48Guo Jie is a hardworking boy but, unfortun
59、ately, he gets low marks in every test. He is always busy with his own study plan. When he didnt finish his work the earlier day, he will bury his mind in his work to fulfill his plan, ignoring the teachers lectures. “How can I raise my marks?” he is puzzled.49Song Siwei is a slim and pretty girl, w
60、ho works hard at all her lessons. But she was so absorbed in her studeies that she is even unwilling to tear herself off at meal times. She is always the last to leave the classroom and the first to arrive. She starts to feel dizzy and have headaches. “What might happen to me?” she wonders.50Zhang L
61、an is a charming girl who is active both in the classroom and on the sports field. She is kind to all her classmates. Some boys in her class tend to talk to her at every possible opportunity and even invite her to meals. That makes her pleased but costs her quite some time. She doesnt know whether i
62、t is right to accept kindness from the boys.III 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）你是校报小记者，最近学校进行了一次问卷调查。以下是这次调查的情况: 时间: 上个月 对象: 本校的学生 主题: 请家教情况结果: （1）请家教率: 大约25； （2）家教时间: 大多在周末或假期；（3）学生的不同看法： A：家教能提高学习成绩； B：家教占用休息和娱乐时间。参考词汇：家教private tutoring；家庭教师：private tutor【写作内容】根据以上情况给校报写一篇报道，并包括如下内容: 1. 调查的时间、对
63、象和主题；2. 调查的结果；3. 你对请家教的看法。 【写作要求】只能使用5个句子表达全部内容【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）阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。 【写作内容】1.以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。2.以约120个词就“幸福”的话题谈谈你的想法，内容包括：（1）目前你是否感到幸福及其原因；（2）请描述到现在为止让你觉得最幸福的一件事情；（3）谈谈你对幸福的理解。【写作要求】 1.作文中可以使用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。 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，语篇连贯。
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