新兴县惠能中学2011届高三第五次月考(英语)

2011届高三级第五次月考

英语试题

本试题共8页，四大题, 满分135分。考试时间为120分钟 。

Ⅰ 语言知识及应用（共两节，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1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A young man was getting ready to graduate from college. For many months he had 1 a beautiful sports car in a dealer’s showroom, and 2 his father could well 3 it, he told him that was all he wanted.

On the morning of his graduation day his father called him into his own study and told him how 4 he was to have such a fine son. He handed his son a beautiful gift box. 5 but slightly disappointed, the young man 6 the box and found a lovely book, 7 , he raised his voice at his father and said, “With all your money you give me a book? ”and rushed out of the house, 8 the book in the study He did not contact(联系) his father for a whole year until one day he saw in the street an old man who looked like his father, he 9 he had to go back home and see his father.

When he arrived at his father’s house, he was told that his father had been in hospital for a week. The moment he was about to 10 the hospital, he saw on the desk the still new book, just as he had left it one year ago, He opened it and began to 11 the pages. Suddenly, a car key 12 from an envelope taped behind the book ,it had a lag(标签) with dealer’s name, the 13 dealer who had the sports car he bad 14 . On the tag was the date of his graduation and the 15 PAID IN FULL.

1. A expected B enjoyed C admired D owned

2. A finding B proving C deciding D knowing

3. A afford B offer C keep D like 4. A encouraged B comfortable C proud D moved

5. A Nervous B Serious C Careful D Curious 6. A packed B opened C picked up D put aside 7. A Angrily B Eagerly C Calmly D Anxiously 8. A tearing B putting C forgetting D leaving 9. A learned B realized C recognized D admitted 10. A get to B search for C turn to D leave for 11. A clean B read C turn D count 12. A lost B came C appeared D dropped 13. A old B same C special D new

14. A remembered B desired C found D met 15.A words B. information C. messages D. card 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词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置上。

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Scientists have developed a non-stick chewing gum(口香糖). The new gum can 16 (remove) easily from pavements, shoes and clothes. It’s the result of polymer (聚合体) research at the University of Bristol and could be launched commercially in 2008. 17 it catches on(流行), the product will solve 18 major headache for present authorities around the world.

“A great 19 (disadvantage) of our Clean Gum is that it is easy to remove and has the potential to be 20 (environment) degradable (可降解的),” said Terence Cosgrove, a professor of chemistry 21 helped to found a company called Revolymer to commercialize the technology.

Today’s chewing gums are made 22 synthetic latex(人工制造的乳液), which is resistant to the weather and is strongly sticky. The new gum adds a special polymer to change its properties(特性), 23 (make) it far less sticky.

In two street trials, 24 commercial gums remained stuck to the pavement 25 Clean Gum came away naturally in all cases. 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。

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In the United States, friendships can be close, constant, intense, generous and real, yet fade （暗淡下来）away in a short time if circumstances change. Neither side feels hurt by this. Both may exchange Christmas greetings for a year or two, perhaps a few letters for a while—then no more. If the same two people meet again by chance, even years later, they pick up the friendship where it left off and are delighted.

In the States, you can feel free to visit people’s homes, share their holidays, enjoy their lives without fear that you are taking on a lasting obligation（负担）. Do not hesitate to accept hospitality （热情款待）because you can’t give it in return. No one will expect you to do so for they know you are far from home. Americans will enjoy welcoming you and be pleased if you accept their hospitality easily.

Once you arrive there, the welcome will be full and warm and real. Most visitors find themselves readily invited into many homes there. In some countries it is considered inhospitable to entertain at home, offering what is felt as only home-cooked food, not “doing something for you guest”. It is felt that restaurant entertaining shows more respect and welcome. Or for other different reasons, such as crowded space, language difficulties, or family custom, outsiders are not invited into homes.

In the United States, both methods are used, but it is often considered more friendly to invite a person to one’s home than to go a public place, except in purely business relationships. So, if your host or hostess brings you home, do not feel that you are being shown inferior （差的）treatment.

Don’t feel neglected （被轻视的）if you do not find flowers awaiting you in your hotel room, either. Flowers are very expensive there, hotel delivery is uncertain, arrival times are delayed, changed, or canceled—flowers are not customarily sent as a welcoming touch. Please do not feel unwanted! Outward signs vary in different lands; the inward welcome is what matters, and this will be real. 26.In the United States, you will find friendships _________ if circumstances change.

A. die suddenly B. pass away C. disappear gradually D. last forever

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27. Americans _________ their foreign friends to make a return for their hospitality. A. ask B. wish C. never allow D. don’t except\\ 28. In some other countries, giving a dinner party at home is considered ________than in a restaurant.

A. less friendly B. less hospitable C. more natural D. more popular 29. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. Flowers are available at all time. B. Flowers are expensive. C. Flowers are signs of outward welcome. D. Flowers are not necessarily sent to guests.

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Most young people enjoy some form of physical activity. It may be walking, cycling, or swimming, or in winter, skating or skiing. It may be a game of some form ---- football, basketball, hockey, golf or tennis. It may be mountaineering. Those who have a passion for climbing high and difficult mountains are often looked upon with astonishment. Why are men and women willing to suffer cold and hardship, and to take risks in high mountains? This astonishment is caused, probably, by the difference between mountaineering and other forms of activity to which men give their leisure. Mountaineering is a sport and not a game. There are no man-made rules, as others, as there are for such games as golf and football. There are, of course, rules of different kind which it would be dangerous to ignore, but it is this freedom from man-made rules that makes mountaineering attractive to many people. Those who climb mountains are free to use their own methods. If we compare mountaineering and other more familiar sports, we might think that one big difference is that mountaineering is not a “team game”. We should be mistaken in this. There are, it is true, no “matches” between “teams” of climbers, but when climbers are on a rock face linked by a rope on which their lives may depend, there is obviously teamwork.

The mountain climber knows that he may have to fight forces that are stronger and more powerful than man. He has to fight the forces of nature. His sport requires high mental and physical qualities.

A mountain climber continues to improve in skill year after year. A skier is probably past his best by the age of thirty. But it is not unusual for men of fifty or sixty to climb the highest mountains in the Alps. They may take more time than younger men, but they perhaps climb with more skill and less waste of effort, and they certainly experience equal enjoyment.

31. What movements are popular among people in winter in the passage? A. Soccer and golf. B. Skiing and skating. C. Cycling and hockey. D. Mountaineering.

32. The underlined word “passion”(Para. 2) could best be replaced by ________. A. strong emotion B. depression C. feeling D. astonishment 33. Mountaineering is a sport, not a game because ________.

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A. it has man-made rules B. it is too dangerous for climbers C. it can’t bring people joy and leisure D. it is free for climbers to use their own methods

34. A mountain climber must be strong both mentally and physically because _______. A. there are no regular man-made rules for him to follow B. there is no teamwork and he has to depend on himself

C. his component is not one or several people but the powerful nature D. mountaineering requires the skills practiced year after year 35. We know from the passage that _______. A. mountaineering has no appeal to people

B. physical quality is more important than mental one for climbers C. it is possible for an old man of fifty or sixty to climb the Alps D. a mountain climber would pass his best by the age of thirty

C

All things change except barbers, the ways of barbers, and the surroundings of barbers. These never change. What one experiences in a barber’s shop the first time he enters one is what he always experiences in barbers’ shops afterward till the end of his days. W

I got shaved this morning as usual. A man approached the door from Jones Street as I approached it from Main--a thing that always happens. I hurried up, but it was of no use; he entered the door one little step ahead of me, and I followed in and saw him take the only empty chair, the one headed by the best barber. It always happens so. I sat down, hoping that I might sit in the chair belonging to the better of the remaining two barbers, for he was a bit ahead. I watched the probabilities with strong interest. When I saw that No. 2 was gaining on No. 1, my interest grew to solicitude (孤单). When No. 1 was gradually losing the race, my solicitude rose to anxiety. When No. 1 caught up again, and both were about to finish and say “Next!” first, my very breath stood still with the suspense. But when I saw that he had lost the race by a single instant, I rose angrily and quitted the shop, to keep from falling into the hands of No. 2; for I have none of that firmness that enables a man to look calmly into the eyes of a waiting barber and tell him he will wait for his fellow-barber’s chair.

I stayed out fifteen minutes, and then went back, hoping for better luck. Unfortunately, all the chairs were occupied now, and four men sat waiting, silent, and looking bored, as men always do who are waiting their turn in a barber’s shop. I sat down and waited.

At last my turn came. A voice said “Next!” and I give in to No. 2, of course. It always happens so. I smiled and said that I was in a hurry, and it affected him as strongly as if he had never heard it.

He explored my hair with his claws and suggested that it needed trimming(修剪). I said I did not want it trimmed. He explored again and said it was pretty long for the present style. I said I had had it cut only a week before. He stopped for a moment, and then asked “who cut it?” I stared at him from the mirror and replied “You did!” Then a dog-fight attracted his attention, and he ran to the window and

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stayed and watched it„.

36. The author left the barber’s shop mainly because _________. A. he would like to wait for “No. 1” outside B. he would rather be served by the best barber

C. he lacked the courage to tell “No. 2” his intention. D. he was angry at the slow speed of “No. 1”

37. What is the change of the author’s attitude from the moment he went into the

barber’s to the moment he left it? A.Disappointed---Anxious---Hopeful---Angry. B.Disappointed --Hopeful---Anxious---Angry.

C. Hopeful--- Sad --- Anxious ---Angry. D. Hopeful--- Anxious --- Angry --- Sad.

38. The author chose “No. 2” in the end, because ________.

A. he had no choice B. he was in a hurry

C. “No. 1” avoided him on purpose D. he is always one step behind others

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39. The underlined word “suspense” in the 2 paragraph probably means ________. A. loneliness B. possibility C. anxiety D. hope 40. What is likely to happen next?

A. The author lost his temper. B. “No. 2” ran out of his patience. C. The author was well-served by “No. 2”. D. The author was treated the same way as usual.

D

If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter. This is the area of the brain which processes information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles.

The study also found the effect is greater, the younger people learn a second language.

A team led by Dr Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

Scans showed that grey matter density(密度)in the brain was greater in bilinguals than in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.______

“Our findings suggest that the structure of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language,” said the scientists.

It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn.

Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the link between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two

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windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible(灵活的),”he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and 34. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.

41. The main subject talked about in this passage is_____________.

A. science on learning a second languageB. man's ability of learning a second language

C. language can help brain power D. language learning and maths study

42. In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to_____________.

A. say language is also a kind of physical labor

B. prove that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a language C. to show the importance of using the language when you learn the language

D. make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well 43. The underlined word “bilingual” probably means_____________.

A. a researcher on language learning B. a second language learner C. a person who can speak two languages D. an active language learner  44. We may know from the scientific findings that_____________.

A. the earlier you start to learn a second language the higher the grey matter density is

B. there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn't know a second language

C. the experience of learning a second language has bad effect on people's brain D. the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time 45. In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that_____________.

A. learning a second language is the same as studying maths

B. early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in study other subjects

C. Italian is the best choice for you as a second language

D. you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language 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。以下是一些电子产品的介绍：

A. Microsoft Office: This computer software package provides you with everything for your business or study needs. Whether you need to write a report, do your business accounts, design a web page or stay in touch through email, Office can do it 'all and much more. Cost $740

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B. Motorola L7i mobile phone: Web enabled phone that allows you to surf the net anywhere at anytime, with 2 mega pixel camera built in for photo and video. 1 GB memory to store large music and movie files. Cost $530

C. Lenovo laptop computer X61: This ultra-portable notebook is ideal for mobile users such as travellers and businessmen because it is lightweight (only 1 kilo) and offers extremely long battery life (up to 8 hours before recharging is necessary). Cost $1,200

D. Supersonic MP4 Player: Multimedia player is just what you need to stay entertained wherever you go. Use the 1.5-inch screen as a video player or to play games. With 15GB of storage you can also store and listen to thousands of your favourite songs with just tile click of a button. Cost $140

E. Nintendo Game Boy: This portable video game system allows you to have fun wherever you are. With thousands of different games available to play on this system you are sure to never get bored. Cost $240

F. Sony Thinline Digital TV: This TV provides the crystal clear picture you expect from Sony and is only 2 cm thick. Has 120GB built in memory allowing you to record and store hundreds of hours of your favourite programmes with just the touch of a button. Cost: $3,500

下面是关于一些商店的简介，请匹配商店与它所销售的产品：

46. One-Stop Computer Centre: We are specialists in Dell and Samsung computers, offering a full range of desktops and notebooks for these two brands. We also stock a huge selection of computer softwares including all Microsoft, Sun Microsystems and Adobe applications.

47. Joe's Discount Electronics: Joe guarantees to provide you with the cheapest electronic products anywhere in the city. We may not have famous name brands but if you are looking for a reliable TV, mobile phone, MP4 player at unbeatable prices then Joe's is the place for you. 48. The Digital Warehouse: We're the city's leading electronic games store, offering the latest systems from Microsoft (Xbox), Sony (PlayStation 3) and Nintendo (Wii, Game Boy). We also offer a huge selection of games for each system, and if we don't have we will order it for you.

49. HiFi House: If you're looking for a new music system or the latest in television technology then we are for you. Get honest and reliable advice from our sales team on the right products for you. We only sell quality brands so your satisfaction is guaranteed.

50. The Mobile King: Are you 'always on the move? Do you need to take your work with you wherever you go? Is your back sore from carrying around your old heavy laptop computer? Then come to us to get the lightest and most powerful laptop computers from brand names such as Toshiba, Sony and Lenovo. Ⅲ 写作(共两节,满分40分)

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第一节 基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)

假设你是学校学生会的一员，为了保护我们的地球家园，你发出了低碳生活的倡议，并制作了如下图的海报。 夏天空调温度设循环利用资源 置在26度以上 多吃时令蔬菜 和水果 Low Carbon Life-style 五楼以下多走楼谨记关灯和关梯，少坐电梯电梯 水龙头 请根据海报内容及一下要点写一份倡议书。 [写作内容]

1．低碳生活在节约资源，保护环境中起着越来越重要的作用。 2．我们可以养成这些低碳生活习惯。 3. 提出呼吁。 [写作要求]

只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。文章的开头和结尾已经给出。 [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。

A little boy is telling his Grandma how \"everything\" is going wrong. School, family problems, severe health problems, etc.

Meanwhile, Grandma is baking a cake. She asks her grandson if he would like a cake, which, of course, he does. \"Here, have some cooking oil.\" \"Terrible!\" says the boy.

\"How about a couple of raw eggs?\" \" Terrible! Grandma!\"

\"Would you like some flour then? Or maybe baking soda?\" \"Grandma, those are all awful!\" To which Grandma replies，“Yes, all those things seem bad by themselves, but when they

are put together in the right way, they make a wonderfully delicious cake!” “Life works the same way. Many times we wonder why it would let us go through such bad

and difficult times. But life knows that when it puts these things all in its order, they always work for good!

“The trials （考验） of life serve a meaningful purpose in making us stronger. Do not lose heart if life is not easy for you right now, but encourage yourself and know you will be much stronger mentally and physically because of the trials of

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life. ” [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个词以“Facing the Trials of Life”为题进行议论，内容包括： (1) 你阅读短文后的感受；

(2) 简述你经历过的一次困难或考验； (3) 你认为应当如何看待生活中的考验。

第5次月：

41. C。主旨大意题。作者在本文第一自然段中就提出了本文的主题,然后下文围绕这一主题进行深入地阐述,即“语言学习可以提高你的智力”。

42. D。推理判断题。作者在这一段里把语言学习对大脑的促进作用比作体育锻炼能促进肌肉健全的促进作用,就是为了说明语言学习对大脑的促进有类似的作用。

43. C。词义猜测题。根据本词后的解释 “They were compared with a group of ‘early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.’”，可知其意思应是“a person who can speak two languages”。44. A。推理判断题。根据第五自然段得出此答案。

45. B。主旨大意题。作者在最后两自然段继续阐述其中心论点,即外语的学习宜早不宜迟。 46- 50 A D E F C 基础写作

Dear friends:

Do you want to live in a beautiful world? So it is our obligation to have low carbon life style, which matters more and more in energy saving and environmental protection. To fulfill it, we should bear the following habits in mind. First, it’

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s important to turn off taps and lights and recycle everything recyclable in our daily life. What’s more, while sticking to the habit of setting the temperature of your air conditioner at above 26℃ in summer and eating fruits and vegetables on seasons, we should also climb stairs under the fifth floor instead of taking lifts. Let’s all take action now and contribute to the prosperity of our mother – the earth.

Thank you! 读写任务

Facing the Trials of Life

A boy complained about difficulties in life. His grandmother, who showed that a cake’s materials tasted awful but the cake itself is tasted delicious, taught him that the trials of life make people stronger.

From the story I have learned that the trials of life are of great importance in our growth. As the saying goes, “No cross, no crown.” Only by facing and overcoming difficulties in our life can we grow up happily and healthily.

It reminds me of my own experience when I joined in the military training after I entered senior high school. It was the first time I had lived away from my home, so I found it difficult to fit in. But the trials made it easier for me to adapt to life in senior high school, and the difficulties I came across have now become a precious memory in my life.

In a word, life consists of not only sunshine but also hard times. We should be brave in front of difficulties. Let’s learn to use the trials of life we are facing as a stepping-stone to future success!

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