1、广东省高州长坡中学20102011学年上学期高三第二次月考英 语 试 题第卷（共85分）第一部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分） 第一节 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）1I am sure that you can pass the difficult but important exam, because you study very hard; _ youre so cleverAor rather Bin general Con the other hand Din turn2A very little boy lifted quite a heavy stone a
2、t the first attempt, _ was really much more than I could imagineAwhich Bthat Cas Dwhat3-There is so much noise here day and night that I can hardly stand it any more -Will you consider _ away?Amove Bmoved Cto move Dmoving4As a middle school teacher, I think that I should really try to _ all of my st
3、udents from any possible dangerAprevent Bprotect Cforbid Dhold5-All of us study five other subjects_ English - It is no wonder that you live such a hard life nowAas well as Bbut Cexcept Dwithout6Im sure whenever you pay a visit to the West Lake, you cant help being_ by its beautyAhit Bknocked Cstruc
4、k Dbeat7Born in a very poor family, these students once_ all kinds of hardships in their childhoodAwent through Blived through Cgot through Dpulled through8Im very sorry that I cant think out a situation for you _this word can be correctly usedAwhich Bthat Cwhere Dthere9-Do you know how many people
5、attended the lecture last night? -It was said that there were 800 people_Ain all Babove all Cat all Dafter all10Drivers who use mobile phones on _road are more likely to have_ accidents, a science report said recentlyAthe; / Ba; the Cthe; the D/; the11MrClement from our factory always_ his wealth _h
6、ard work and good luckAowns; to Bowes; for Cowes; to Downs; for12-Did Jack come back early last night? -YesIt was not yet eight oclock_ he arrived homeAbefore Bwhen Cthat Duntil13The reason_ MrSmith didnt join us yesterday was_ he met with the traffic jamAthat; why Bwhy; that Cthat; because Dwhy; be
7、cause14It seems as if the golden sun _ by the broad sea and oceanAis risen Bwere risen Cis raised Dwere raised15-Why did you apologize to that guy after he stepped on your foot? -_AMy calling his names BWith my impolitenessCFor my impolite words DThat I called his names第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分）Th
8、is story took place a long time agoBut it has been repeated time and time againEveryone is 16_by the true storyAn old man was _17_down by a car and was taken to_18 He was badly hurt, and during his few _19_ to consciousness, he repeatedly_20_ for his sonNone knew where his son wasA dirty _21_ was fo
9、und in one of his pocketsThe nurse learned that his son was a soldier in North CarolinaThe hospital called the Red Cross office to_22_ the young manThe young soldier rushed to the airport in time to _23_ the planeIt was 24_ when the young soldier walked into the hospitalA nurse took him to the 25_ o
10、f the old man“Your son is here,” she said to the manShe had to repeat the words several times26 the old mans eyes openedHe dimly saw the young man and got great 27_ He reached out his handThe young soldier held the old mans hand and offered words of _28_All through the night the young soldier sat be
11、side the bedThe nurse29_ to watch instead of him for a whileHe30_At dawn the old man diedThe nurse started to comfort him_31_ the soldier asked her, “32_ was that old man?”“He was your father,” she answered“No, he wasntI _33 saw him beforeI knew right away there was a _34_, but I also knew he needed
12、 his son, and his son just wasnt hereI 35_ I was neededSo I stayed16Acheated Binterested Cmoved Dremoved 17Aknocked Bbrought Cgot Dturned 18Ahome Bfactory Cvillage Dhospital 19Akeeps Breturns Cfeelings Dcoming 20Acalled Banswered Cquestioned Dscolded 21Amoney Bbill Chandkerchief Dletter 22Aarrest Bs
13、earch Cfind Dinform 23Acontrol Bcatch Cexplore Dtake 24Amorning Bevening Cafternoon Ddawn 25Asurface Broom Cbedside Dthought 26Abefore Bafter Cunless Dsince 27Amoney Bhelp Chappiness Dcomfort 28Astory Bunderstanding Chope Dvalue 29Aspoke Badvised Coffered Drefused 30Aagreed Brefused Cnodded Dadded 3
14、1Abut Band Cso Donce 32AWhat BWho CHow DWhere 33Ahardly Bseldom Coften Dnever 34Amistake Bproblem Cmatter Dtrap 35Arecognized Bdoubted Cwondered Drealized第二部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）ADogs are a very popular pet in the United StatesMost dogs just live with their families, but some dogs have very spec
15、ial jobs to doSome dogs help police find criminalsOther dogs are trained to find out drugs or explosivesSome dogs assist people who are blind, deaf, or have trouble getting aroundDogs that help their owners are called “Assistance Dogs”A very special group of dogs are known as “Therapy Dogs” These do
16、gs are family pets with special trainingThe training allows them to go into public buildings and comfort people in need The dogs are trained to be calm and quietLoud noises and unfamiliar places dont frighten themThey enjoy spending time with peopleSome therapy dogs go into places such as hospitals
17、and nursing homesWhen the patients visit with the dogs, the patients are cheered upThey enjoy petting the dogs, and look forward to their visitsThe dogs help to brighten their dayTherapy dogs can improve peoples health as wellStudies show that when people pet animals, their blood pressure and heart
18、rates go downThey are calmer, and their mood improvesOther therapy dogs work in schools and librariesIn one town in California, the local library has trained eight dogs to be listening companions for young readersThe dogs make a great audienceThey dont judge a child who cannot read well, they just l
19、isten calmlyThe kids find it less nervous than reading in front of their classThe dogs are quiet and attentiveThey listen very wellThe children look forward to reading to the dogs, and the library and the teachers are very happy with the program36What do most American dogs do?AVisit nursing homes BH
20、elp police officersCLive with families as pets DHelp children become better readers37What can therapy dogs do?AThey help police find criminalsBThey help find out explosives or drugsCThey help disabled people get aroundDThey provide comfort and help people feel better38Therapy dogs are helpful to hos
21、pital patients because_Athey help doctors and nurses with treatmentsBthey help lower heart rates and blood pressureCthey are good listeners for the patientsDthey help keep patients calm and gentle39Why do some children feel nervous while reading before their classmates?ABecause they are not clever s
22、tudentsBBecause they dont like their teacherCBecause they are afraid of their classmatesDBecause theyre not sure of their reading abilityBDuring the early years of American settlement, a new form of English was beginning to develop in the islands of the West Indies and the southern part of the mainl
23、and, spoken by the incoming black populationThe beginning of the seventeenth century saw the emergence of the slave tradeShips from Europe traveled to the West African coast, where they exchanged cheap goods for black slavesThe slaves were shipped in terrible conditions to the Caribbean islands and
24、the American coast, where they were in turn exchanged for such products as sugar and molassesThe ships then returned to England, completing an “Atlantic triangle” of journeys, and the process began againBritain and the United States had outlawed the slave trade by 1865, but by that time, nearly 200
25、years of trading had taken placeBy the middle of the nineteenth century, there were over four million black slaves in AmericaThe policy of the slave traders was to bring people of different language backgrounds together in the ships, to make it difficult for groups to plan rebellionThe result was th
26、e growth of several pidgin forms of communication, and in particular a pidgin between the slaves and the sailors, many of whom spoke EnglishOnce arriving in the Caribbean, this pidgin English continued to act as a major means of communication between the black population and the new landowners, and
27、among the blacks themselvesThen, when children came to be born, the pidgin became their mother tongue, thus producing the first black Creole speech in the regionThis Creole English rapidly came to be used throughout the cotton plantations, and in the coastal towns and islandsSimilarly, creolized for
28、ms of French, Spanish and Portuguese emerged in and around the Caribbean40Which of the following shows the route of slave trade correctly?AEurope West African coast the Caribbean islands and the American coast EuropeBEurope West African coast Europe the Caribbean islands and the American coastCWest
29、African coast Europe the Caribbean islands and the American coast EuropeDWest African coast Europe the Caribbean islands and the American coast West African coast41The underlined word “outlawed” (in Paragraph 1) means_Afinished Bmade something no longer legalCblamed Dthought something wrong42It can
30、be inferred that the slaves in the same ship_Adidnt communicate with each other Bcould understand several languagesCspoke different languages Dcame from the same place43Creole speech comes from _ASpanish and English BEnglish and an African languageCa European language and American language Dan Afric
31、an language and an American languageCBEIJING, Dec4 (Xinhua)-Nearly half of the readers of a leading Chinese national newspaper profess to feel more stressed than five years ago as the countrys fast-paced industrialization brings greater social pressuresA survey by China Youth Daily polled 2,134 read
32、ers, including 1,770 on-line, and found that 478 percent felt more worried in their daily life than five years agoJust under 32 percent said they had not experienced any change and 12 percent said they felt less stressed as their living conditions had improvedAccording to the survey, college student
33、s panic about job-hunting, white-collar workers are tired of working overtime and migrant workers fear they might not be able to afford a ticket to go back home during the Spring FestivalThe majority of respondents are most concerned with employment and education pressures and nearly one third feel
34、stressed because they feel their lives lack directionThe newspaper cited the example of Chen FanShe has a comfortable family background and married a well-paid husbandBut she was so worried that she would be left feeling washed out by the fast-developing societyShe chose to quit her job and stay at
35、homeThe survey also said 646 percent believed they could shake off the stress by pursuing something spiritualHowever, conversely, a steady life, a well-developed social insurance system and abundant wealth are all considered as guarantees to free people from their worries, according to the surveyThe
36、 survey also found that people with high education, the poor and government officials were the most likely sectors of society to suffer from stress44According to the survey, about _respondents felt more worried in their daily life than five years agoA950 B1,000 C1,200 D1,85045College students feel s
37、tressed because they are afraid that they will _Ahave to leave college if they dont study hardBbe blamed by their parents if they cant get any scholarshipsCnot be able to afford a ticket to go home during the Spring FestivalDnot be employed after graduation46China Youth Daily cited the example of Ch
38、en Fan to show that_Amore Chinese women dont need to work but stay at home after getting marriedBliving standard has been improved a lot in most Chinese families Cmore and more Chinese women are purchasing something spiritualDmore and more Chinese women are experiencing much stress47According to the
39、 passage, who might suffer less stress?ACollege students BA public servantCA wealthy businessman DA worker who cant afford to send his sick wife to hospitalDOur planet is getting warmer, and ice at the North and South Poles is meltingGlobal warming may be happening on Mars tooWhen the sun shines on
40、a planet, the planets surface reflects some of the sunlight back into spaceSome other sunlight gets absorbed and warms the planetLight-colored surfaces, such as white ice caps, reflect more sunlight than dark surfaces doBy contrast, dark surfaces absorb more of the sunlight, which makes them get hot
41、terScientists who have compared pictures of Mars taken by satellites in the 1970s to images taken more recently have noticed that the Red Planets surfaced looks different than it used toIn some areas, the landscape looks much darker, while in others, it looks lighterOn the whole ,the surface of Mars
42、especially in the planets southern hemispherehas grown darker over the past 30 yearsMost of those changes probably occurred because Martian winds blew away light-colored dust that had covered many regionsThat exposed darker rocks that had been covered with dustThe darkening of Mars has caused the pl
43、anet to get warmer, a new study suggestsScientists calculated how much more sunlight and heat Mars absorbs nowThey compared that to how much it absorbed in the late 1970sThey estimate that the planets atmosphere is almost 1 warm, on average, than it was 30years agoSome areas of mars have warmed more
44、 than averageFor example, the planets south pole may be 4warmer than it was in the late 1970s4830 years ago, the surface of Mars looked_Alighter BdarkerCas dark as it is now Das light as it is now49What is the main cause of climate change on Mars?AIncreases in the suns radiation BIncreases in heat M
45、ars absorbsCThe change of Martian surface colorDThe change of Martian wind direction50 The biggest temperature change may happen in _Athe northern hemisphere of Mars Bthe southern hemisphere of MarsCthe north pole of Mars Dthe south pole of Mars51What is mainly discussed in the passage?AExploration
46、on Mars BGlobal warming on MarsCFactors affecting climate changeDThe relationship between color and sunlightEWhen nature takes something away from a person, it rewards him or her with something elseWhen someone loses one or more senses, the surviving senses become strongerThis may or may not be true
47、, but history gives many examples of disabilities that not only did not break a persons spiritsOn the contrary, it inspired the greatest talents in him or herFanny Crosby was blinded by an illness at the age of 6 weeksThough her life was not easy, she never gave upKnown as an American hymn writer an
48、d poetess, Fanny Crosby wrote over 9000 hymns during her lifeShe entered theNY Institute at the age of fifteen, and afterward taught English and historyShe lived a long and useful life, helping the poor and never complaining about her fateRay Charles, a famous and multitalented African-American sing
49、er, songwriter, and pianist, lost his sight at the age of 7He studied music, piano, and Braille at School for the Deaf and Blind in FloridaHe went on to pioneer soul music, which became enormously popular among both black and white audiencesHis style was influenced by soul music, rhythm and blues, a
50、nd jazzTo this day he selects and produces his own music with a complete disregard for current trendsHe is also known as an active fighter for AfricanAmericans civil rightsA premature birth, and the complications that followed, took away the ability to see from Stevie Wonder, but not his musical gif
51、tAs a child he mastered several instruments, and even formed a band by the age of tenA winner of numerous music awards, Stevie was famous for romantic hits that earned him the admiration and respect of fans from all over the worldHis blindness only made him feel deeper, and express it “from the bott
52、om of his heart”These well-known musicians proved that blindness cannot be an obstacle to a full and meaningful lifeEvery member of society must have the chance to fulfill his or her dreams52What may be the main factor that leads to the success of Fanny Crosby, Ray Charles, Stevie WonderATheir born
53、disabilities BThe great abilities of artsCTheir strong determinations DThe basic surviving senses53The underlined word “premature” (in Paragraph 4) means _Aahead of time Bfull of energy Cbeyond ability Dwith difficulty54Which of the following can be Ray Charles most important contribution?AHe starte
54、d lessons at School for the Deaf and BlindBHe developed the unique styles of black musicCHis concerns and struggles for African civil rightsDHis popularity with Africans and the whites as well55In a sense, blindness did good to Stevies development in music because _Ahe could center his thoughts bett
55、er on musicBhe could study instruments more convenientlyChe could win the admiration and respect easily Dhe could make a better management of his band第卷（共35分）第一部分 短文改错(共10分)Li Ming is a taxi-driver, and he likes his job very muchOne day, 56 a couple of old Americans take his taxi to their hotel 57 I
56、t was not long when his passengers got to their hotel 58 After said good-bye to the Americans, Li Ming went 59_on to look for new passengerSuddenly he noticed a 60 black handbag on the back seat of his taxiRealized it 61_must have been forgotten by one of his passengers, he 62 decided to stop workin
57、g and return the handbag to his owner 63 firstHe opened handbag and luckily he recognized a 64_photo in a passportIt was belonged to the old Americans 65 第二部分 书面表达(共25分)假如你叫李平, 你的英国朋友Clement 来信询问你们学校开展“读名著”的情况。请你根据下表内容给Clement 写一封回信。大多数同学的意见少部分同学的意见1帮助我们了解异域风情；2陶冶情操；3有借鉴作用。1语言与今天大不相同，很难读懂；2文名著过时了，也很
58、乏味。你的观点注意：1语言连贯，符合逻辑；2合理添加你的观点；3回信的开头和结尾已经给出，不计入总词数4词数：120左右 参考词汇：classic n名著 cultivate v陶冶Dear Clement,I received your letter two days agoThank you for you letterNow I will tell you something about reading classics in our school参考答案一、单项选择(共15小题,每小题1分,共15分)15 CADBA 610 CACAA 1115 CBBDC二、完型填空(共20小题；每
59、小题15分，共30分)1620 CADBA 2125 DCBBC 2630 ADCCB 3135 ABDAD三、阅读理解（共小题；每小题分，共分）3640 CDBDA 4145 BCBBD 4650 DCACD 5155 BCABA四、短文改错(共10小题;每小题1分, 共10分)56正确 57take-took 58when-before 59said-saying 60 passenger-passengers 61Realized-Realizing 62forgotten -left 63his-its64opened后加上the 65去掉was五、书面表达。Dear Clement,
60、 I received your letter two days agoThank you for your letterNow I will tell you something about reading classics in our schoolThe majority of students in our school think reading classics can help us know about some cultures and customs all over the worldAnd it can also cultivate our minds and impr
61、ove our charactersBesides, we can learn something from classics because they have something to do with life todayHowever, some students think the language used in them is quite different from that used today, which makes them difficult to readThey also think classics are old-fashioned and boringPersonally, it is necessary to read classics in our spare timeBecause we can enrich our daily life, At the same time, we can care about nature and society by reading classics, so I like classics very muchHow about you?Best wishes, Yours, Li Ping