1、2012-2013学年度第一学期期中考试试题高三英语命题人 金桂香说明：本试卷分第卷 (选择题) 和第II卷 (非选择题) 两部分，共120分。考试时间120分钟。第I卷 选择题 （三部分：共85分）第一部分 听力（共两节，满分20分）做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节 (共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分) 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. How much will t
2、he woman pay if she buys two skirts?A. $18. B. $19. C. $20.2. What will the speakers discuss?A. A report. B. A computer. C. A report on computer.3. What are the speakers talking about?A. A child. B. A room. C. A present.4. What can we learn from this conversation?A. The woman does not get along well
3、 with the man. B. The woman does not get along well with her roommate. C. The man will talk with the womans roommate.5. Where are the two speakers now?A. On the first floor. B. On the fourth floor. C. On the fifth floor.第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置
4、。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. What was the woman doing before she went home?A. Typing a report. B. Rewriting a report. C. Reviewing a report.7. Where did the woman have her dinner?A. In a restaurant. B. In her office. C. At home.听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. Why
5、does the man feel surprised?A. The woman has found a new job.B. The woman doesnt feel like leaving.C. The woman disagrees with him.9. What does the woman say about her department?A. There is a lack of trust. B. There are serious problems. C. There is too much pressure.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. What are t
6、he speakers talking about?A. Popular sports events. B. TV programs people like best. C. Things people do after work.11. How did the woman do the research?A. She talked to people. B. She sent letters to people. C. She collected information from newspapers.12. What do most people do in their spare tim
7、e?A. Go to movies B. Read books. C. Watch TV.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. Where does this conversation take place?A. At the airport. B. In a restaurant. C. On the street.14. Why does the woman like San Francisco?A. It has less traffic. B. It has the best food and music. C. People there are friendlier.15. Wh
8、ere does the woman come from? A. Pennsylvania. B. San Francisco. C. China.16. What does the woman think of the mans English?A. Excellent. B. Acceptable. C. Strange.听第10段材料，回答第17至20 题。17. How many people are there in the womans family?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five.18. What did the children think about h
9、aving dinner together at home? A. They thought it was funny. B. They disliked the idea at first.C. They preferred eating with friends.19. How often did the family finally decide to have meals together?A. Every Sunday. B. Twice a week. C. Three times a week.20. Who finally set the time for these fami
10、ly dinners?A. The children. B. The father. C. The woman speaker. 第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35分）第一节 单项填空（每小题1分，满分15分）请认真阅读下面各题，从题中所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。21. Some parents tend to give children _ pocket money to let them learn its value from experience at _early age. A. the; an B. a; theC. /; an D
11、. /; /22. He had been practicing his spoken English with the _ of working as a volunteer for World Expo Shanghai and his dream finally came true. A. effort B. exception C. intention D. contribution23. A good student is honest and kind to others. In other words, he never _ his friends.A. remarks B. d
12、ebates C. betrays D. blames24. Green economy offers a new model _ people could both protect the climate and develop the economy, according to what Li said at the International Cooperative Conference on Green Economy and Climate Change.A. howB. whyC. where D. which25. Whats made Tommy so upset? _the
13、game. It shocked him so much. A. For losing B. Because of losing C. Lost D. That he lost26. You will be easily _ by the company if you are expert at the computer and you can drive a car as well.A. taken to B. taken on C. taken in D. taken up27. Nowadays, _ go out to meet people in person, more and m
14、ore people tend to socialize with others via electronic devices.A. rather thanB. less thanC. other thanD. more than28. The boy went in _ when he left for school that he left his key inside the house.A. a rush so anxiousB. a such anxious rushC so an anxious rushD. such an anxious rush29. He stayed up
15、 late into the night, _ a speech to be made in front of his teachers.A. preparingB. preparing forC. preparedD. prepared for30. My father insisted that every minute _ made full use of _ the work well.A. be, to do B. has been, doing C. be, doing D. has been, to do31. Its already 10 oclock. I wonder ho
16、w it _ that she was two hours late on such a short trip.A. came over B. came out C. came about D. came up32. The chief engineer hopes they_ everything ready before we _ the project next month. A. will be getting; will start B. will have got; start C. have got；start D. are getting; are going to start
17、33. It is said that to classic music may be helpful in improving teenagers taste.A. being exposed B. exposing C. exposed D. having exposed34. The driver can adjust the heating in winter and the air conditioning in summer to suit his own _. A. pleasure B. convenience C. taste D. preference 35. - Do y
18、ou mean to play the hero in the film?- _. But it should be a character I like.A. Not surprisingly B. Not necessarily C. Not importantlyD. Not absolutely第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后个题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When we talk about a bad man, we like to call him a “wolf”. But is it
19、really true that the wolf stands for devil and ugliness. Have you read the book “The Wolf Totem” by a famous writer Jiang Rong, which tells the story of the relationship between wolves and human beings? Have you ever 36 the wolves world? If you had, you would 37 the wolves.In the book, wolves are he
20、roes on the large grassland. They know more about 38 than humans. They can attack lambs without disturbing their mothers. They also know how to 39 full use of the shape of land to 40 sheep. I believe that if wolves were humans, they would be 41 experts good at fighting. The wolf is a kind of special
21、 creature that can deeply understand 42. Each wolf serves its group with its heart and soul. A 43 wolf has little power, but a pack of wolves 44 nothing. All the wolves obey the rules. 45 they are defeated, they run away together. It is their teamwork 46 makes wolves powerful.The wolves also have gr
22、eat self-respect and wont 47 to anyone. The writer, who wrote the book “The Wolf Totem”, 48 stole a one-month-old baby wolf and raised it very carefully. To his 49, he found the little wolf still wanted to go back with 50 wolves. He bit through the iron chain that limited him. The wolf was 51 and he
23、 never gave in, fighting 52 his death. The little wolf died as a glorious fighter.I was shocked by this kind of 53: wolves are one of the most respected creatures on earth. I want everyone to look at wolves in a 54 way. They are our teachers. They show us how to survive and 55 in this not simple and
24、 dangerous world. Please honor the wolves, please honor all these heroes of nature!36. A. thought aboutB. walked into C. talked about D. cared for37. A. huntB. admire C. drawD. watch38. A. spaceB. spot C. foodD. survival39. A. getB. take C. haveD. make40. A. fight B. avoid C. trapD. discover41. A. s
25、pecialB. imaginative C. outstanding D. creative42. A. operationB. teamwork C. lifestyleD. control43. A. singleB. brave C. lonely D. fair44. A. fight B. struggle C. fearD. fail45. A. As for B. As though C. Even soD. Even if46. A. whatB. he C. thatD. one47. A. turn in B. give in C. take in D. break in
26、48. A. onceB. just C. soonD. only49. A. satisfaction B. disappointment C. pleasureD. sorrow50. A. res t B. others C. anotherD. the other51. A. proud B. satisfied C. willingD. eager52. A. until B. although C. before D. unless53. A. selflessness B. self-confidence C. self-respect D. self-protection54.
27、 A. curious B. different C. strangeD. humorous55. A. walkB. hand C. getD. succeed第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ASome years ago, I was hired by an American bank. I received a letter from the head of the Personnel Department that started, “Dear John, I
28、am quite pleased that you have decided to join us.” That “quite” saddened me. I thought he was saying “were kind of pleased you decided to join us although I wish we had hired someone else.” Then I discovered that in American English “quite” sometimes means “very”, while in British English it means
29、“fairly”.So the first lesson about working in other countries is to learn the language and by that I dont just mean the words people speak. It is the body language, dress, manners, ideas and so on. The way people do things highlights many of the differences we see between cultures.Some of these diff
30、erences may be only on the surfacedress, food and hours of workwhile others may be deeper and take longer to deal with. Mostly, it is just a question of getting used to the differences and accepting them, like the climate, while getting on with business.Some of the differences may be an improvement.
31、 People are more polite; the service is better; you ask for something to be done and it happens without having to ask again. However, other differences can be troubling, like punctuality(准时). If you invite people to a party at 7 oclock your guests will consider it polite to turn up exactly on time i
32、n Germany, five minutes early in the American Midwest, an hour early in Japan, 15 minutes afterwards in the UK, up to an hour afterwards in Italy and some time in the evening in Greece. I prefer not to use the word “late” because there is nothing wrong with the times people arrive. It is simply the
33、accepted thing to do in their own country.56. The author was unhappy as mentioned in Paragraph 1 because he thought_.A. the American bank didnt think much of himB. the American bank might hire another personC. its difficult to get used to American cultureD. its easy to misunderstand Americans57. Acc
34、ording to the author, what should we do with most cultural differences?A. Ask the native people for helpB. Understand and accept themC. Do things in your own wayD. Do in-depth research58. When invited to a party, the people who are usually punctual are_.A. Italians B. Germans C. Greeks D. The Britis
35、hBAs you grow rapidly through your teenage years, you will experience a lot lf changesThe changes may seem difficult and they may seem to happen quickly. Dont panic! You will deal successfully with them! You are a young adult now! With more responsibility, you will find more freedom to make your own
36、 choices. This is a time to be well informed about own choices. This is a time to be well informed about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced decisions that will help shape your future. You may already know your career path or you may h ave no idea at all what you want to do. Both sit
37、uations are fine! Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you. Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices. You will probably want to be independent. But try not to shut your family out of your life. You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to
38、look after yourself. Your family have been with you since you came into this world.It is also perfectly natural in this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family. Choose your friends w isely. A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.This period is a part of the
39、 life cycle. There are some people who will be with you throughout lifes journey and there will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways. Leaving school can be hard. The reality is that you may not ever see all of your classmates again. You are a young adult. It is your life. No one ca
40、n live it for you. The choices that you make from now on will be your choices. So making the right choices will be important to you. Life is for living. Enjoy your life wisely!59The best title for this passage would be AThe Choices in Life BThe Key to SuccessCSay Goodbye to the Past DBecoming a Youn
41、g Adult60Who do the underlined words “ some people”(Paragraph 5)probably refer to?Ayour parentsByour classmatesCtrue friendsDyour relatives61The author thinks teenage years are Aa period of complete freedomBtoo hard for young people to get throughCan important time for the young to make the right ch
42、oicesDa very important period for young students to leave their parents62Who is the passage mainly written for?ATeenagersBTeachersCYoung parentsDAdultsCThere are many ways to find a job. It can be as easy as walking into a neighborhood store to look at its announcement board. Local stores often have
43、 areas where people can put small signs telling what kind of service they need or can provide. Such services include caring for children or cleaning houses.Or, job searchers can look in the newspaper. Local newspapers have employment announcements placed by companies seeking workers.Another popular
44、tool for finding jobs is the Internet. For example, people in four hundred and fifty cities around the world can use the Craigslist Web site to buy objects, meet people or find a job. Craigslist says that it receives two million new job listings each month.Another useful way to find a job is through
45、 a college or university. For example, students at the University of Texas in Austin can go to the Career Exploration Center to get help in finding a job. Of course, looking for a job requires knowing what kind of work you want to do. For example, there is a book called “What Color is Your Parachute
46、 (降落伞)?” by Richard Bolles. This book has been helping people choose a career (职业) since it was first published in nineteen seventy.Some experts also help people find jobs. Susan W. Miller owns a company called California Career Services in Los Angeles. She says her company helps people find jobs by
47、 first helping them understand their strengths, goals and interests. Then she provides them with methods and resources to help them find the right job.63. What is the passage mainly about?A. Finding a job. B. College students part-time jobs.C. Craigslist Web site. D. The relation between study and w
48、ork.64. “What Color is Your Parachute?” is a book which gives tips to those who want to _.A. work on the airplaneB. buy a parachute C. publish a book D. find a suitable job65. It can be learned from the passage that _.A. companies often put job information in local shopsB. the Internet is the most p
49、opular tool for job hunters in the USA C. Susan W. Millers company is helping people choose careersD. California Career Services mainly serves university students66. How many ways of finding a job are mentioned in the passage?A. Three. B. Four. C. Five. D. Six.DAbout this time every year, I get very
50、 nostalgic (怀旧的). Walking through my neighborhood on a fall afternoon reminds me of a time not too long ago when sounds of children filled the air, children playing games on a hill, and throwing leaves around in the street below. I was one of those children, carefree and happy. I live on a street th
51、at is only one block long. I have lived on the same street for sixteen years. I love my street. One side has six houses on it, and the other has only two houses, with a small hill in the middle and a huge cottonwood tree on one end. When I think of home, I think of my street. Only I see it as it was
52、 before. Unfortunately things change. One day, not long ago, I looked around and saw how different everything has become. Life on my street will never be the same because neighbors are quickly grown old, friends are growing up and leaving, and the city is planning to destroy my precious hill and sel
53、l the property to contractors. It is hard for me to accept that many of my wonderful neighbors are growing old and wont be around much longer. I have fond memories of the couple across the street, who sat together on their porch swing almost every evening, the widow（寡妇）next door who yelled at my bro
54、ther and me for being too loud, and the crazy old man in a black suit who drove an old car. In contrast to those people, the people I see today are very old neighbors who have seen better days. The man in the black suit says he wants to die, and another neighbor just sold his house and moved into a
55、nursing home. The lady who used to yell at us is too tired to bother any more, and the couple across the street rarely go out to their front porch these days. It is difficult to watch these precious people as they near the end of their lives because at one time I thought they would live forever. The
56、 “comings and goings” of the younger generation of my street are now mostly “goings” as friends and peers move on. Once upon a time, my life and the lives of my peers revolved around home. The boundary of our world was the gutter(排水沟) at the end of the street. We got pleasure from playing night game
57、s or from a breathtaking ride on a tricycle. Things are different now, as my friends become adults and move on. Children who rode tricycles now drive cars. The kids who once played with me now have new interests and values as they go their separate ways. Some have gone away to college like me, a few
58、 got married, two went into the army, and one went to prison. Watching all these people grow up and go away makes me long for the good old days. Perhaps the biggest change on my street is the fact that the city is going to turn my precious hill into several lots for new homes. For sixteen years, the
59、 view out of my kitchen window has been a view of that hill. The hill was a fundamental part of my childhood life; it was the hub of social activity for the children of my street. We spent hours there building forts, sledding, and playing tag. The view out of my kitchen window now is very different;
60、 it is one of tractors and dump trucks tearing up the hill. When the hill goes, the neighborhood will not be the same. It is a piece of my childhood. It is a visual reminder of being a kid. Without the hill, my street will be just another pea in the pod.There was a time when my street was my world,
61、and I thought my world would never change. But something happened. People grow up, and people grow old. Places changes, and with the change comes the heartache of knowing I can never go back to the times I loved. In a year or so, I will be gone just like many of my neighbors. I will always look back
62、 to my years as a child, but the place I remember will not be the silent street whose peace is interrupted by the sounds of construction. It will be the happy, noisy, somewhat strange, but wonderful street I knew as a child. 67. The writer calls up the memory of the street . A. every year when autum
63、n comes B. in the afternoon every day C. every time he walks along his street D. now that he is an old man 68. The writer finds it hard to accept the fact that . A. many of his good neighbors are growing old B. the lady next door who used to yell at him and his brother is now a widow C. the life of
64、his neighbors has become very boring D. the man in his black suit even wanted to end his own life 69. The writer thinks of the past all the more when he sees those who have grown up with him . A. continue to consider home to be the center of their lives B. leave the neighborhood they grew up in C. s
65、till enjoy playing card games in the evenings D. develop new interests and have new dreams 70. The biggest change on the writers street is . A. removing the hill to make way for residential development B. the building of new homes behind his kitchen window C. the fact that there are much fewer peopl
66、e around than in the past D. the change in his childhood friends attitude towards their neighborhood 第II卷（非选择题共35分）第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节 任务型阅读（每小题1分，满分10分）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。（注意：每个空格只填1个单词。） A serious problem for todays society is who should be responsible for our elderly and how
67、to improve their lives. It is not only a financial problem but also a question of the system we want for our society. I would like to suggest several possible solutions to this problem. First, employers should take the responsibility for their retired employees. To make this possible, a percentage o
68、f profits should be set aside for this purpose. But when a company must take life-long responsibility for its employees, it may suffer from a commercial disadvantage due to higher employee costs. Another way of solving the problem is to return the responsibility to the individual (个人）. This means ea
69、ch person must save during his working years to pay for his years of retirement. This does not seem a very fair model since some people have enough trouble paying for their daily life without trying to earn extra to cover their retirement years. This means the government might have to step in to car
70、e for the poor. In addition, the government could take responsibility for the care of the elderly. This could be financed through government taxes to increase the level of pensions (养老金）.Furthermore, some institutions (社会福利机构）should be created for senior citizens, which can help provide a comfortabl
71、e life for them. Unfortunately, as the present situation in our country shows，this is not a truly practical answer. The government can seldom afford to care for the elderly, particularly when it is busy trying to care for the young. One further solution is that the government or social organizations
72、 set up some working places especially for the elderly where they are independent. To sum up, all these measures have advantages and disadvantages. Therefore, it is reasonable to expect that some combination of these measures may be needed to provide the care we hope to give to our elderly generatio
73、ns.Title: More 71 Should be Given to the ElderlyTopicWho should take the responsibility for the 72_ of the lives of the elderly?73_ to the problem74_ should set a percentage of profits aside, which may 75_ a commercial disadvantage.Individuals should save during his working years to pay for the year
74、s when he is 76_ .The government could provide 77_ through government taxes to increase the level of pensions.Workplaces for the elderly .where they can enjoy 78_ should be set up.79_It is necessary to 80 _these measures to provide the care to the elderly第二节：书面表达(满分25分)你班上有些同学的字迹(handwriting)很潦草, 可还振振有词地说;”没关系,书法越来越不重要。”为此你办准备召开一次讨论会， 在会上你将准备作一份书面发言， 以“书法很重要”为题写一篇120词左右的英语短文来发表你的看法，要包含以下的内容要点：1） 书法史中华传统文化；2） 好书法能给人留下好印象；3） 在现代社会书法仍然是很重要的。 20122013学年度第一学期期中考试高三英语试卷答题纸第四部分：写作第一部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题l分，满分l0分）71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 第二部分：作文（25分）
