曲靖一中2013届高三第一次月考
英语试卷
命题人：瞿巧英审稿人：张云凤
第一卷
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5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秒钟的时间来回来有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1. How much does the man pay for the tickets?
A. Eight dollars.
B. Ten dollars.
C. Twelve dollars.
2. What are the speakers talking about?
A. A trip.
B. A holiday.
C. Health.
3. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The woman wants to clean the room.
B. Lucy comes to help the man every day.
C. The room hasn’t been cleaned since Lucy left.
4. What topic are the speakers discussing?
A. A film.
B. A book.
C. A programme.
5. What does the man want to do in the future?
A. To be a doctor.
B. To be an artist.
C. To be a writer.
第二节（共15小题：每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
请听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给出的A、B、C三个选项种选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。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，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第六段材料，回答第6－8题
6. Why hasn’t the woman decided to go to the folk street?
A. She is told that it is very dirty.
B. She knows only a little about it.
C. She has just returned from there.
7. How did the government manage to get rid of the rats?
A. It ordered everybody to kill the rats.
B. It paid local people to kill the rats.
C. It had some volunteers kill the rats.
8. Why were there so many rats in the folk street?
A. The cats and dogs there wouldn’t catch rats.
B. The local people threw rubbish everywhere.
C. The government paid no attention to the environment.
听第七段材料，回答第9-11题
9. What topic do the speakers talk about?
A. Carpooling.
B. Traffic.
C. Pollution.
10. Which advantage doesn’t the man mention?
A. Reduce the air pollution . B Save your money by taking a taxi.
C. Have more free time to relax.
11. What are the speakers?
A. Couple.
B. Neighbors.
C. Workmates.
听第八段材料，回答第12-14题
12. When did the woman begin to practice yoga?
A. About one year ago. B . About two years ago.
C. About three years ago.
13. What does the woman have to do every day besides her practicing?
A. To do the full-time job.
B. To take care of her son.
C. To take part in some club activities.
14. How does the woman’s husband feel about her?
A. He is proud of her.
B. He would rather that she did more housework
C. He hopes she can take more care of his family.
听第九段材料，回答第15-17题
15. What happened to the woman?
A. She got lost her way.
B. Her car broke down.
C. She forgot the way
16. How long has the woman been away?
A. For an hour.
B. For two hours.
C. For two and a half hours.
17. How far is Tianjin from the city?
A. A dozen miles.
B. Two dozen miles.
C. Three dozen miles.
听第十段材料，回答第18-20小题
18. What type of dresses does the speaker recommend wearing?
A. Smart dresses.
B. Expensive dresses.
C. Fashionable dresses.
19. What does the speaker think is important?
A. Giving up smoking.
B. Remembering the customer’s name.
C. Asking for the customer’s business card.
20. What is the last advice according to the speaker?
A. Listening to the customer.
B. Telling the customer everything.
C. Keeping the customer at a distance.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单选填空（共15 小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
从A、Ｂ、Ｃ、Ｄ、四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。
21. ________ only college in this city has developed ________ on-line system where students can
choose their own professors.
A. The, a
B. A, an
C. An, /
D. The, an
22. Though he has been ________ after the accident, he looks on his ________ as a great help for
him to grow stronger psychologically.
A. disable, disability
B. disabled, disability
C. disable, disabled
D. disabling, disable
23. Every boy and every girl in our grade _________ for the coming final examinations these
days.
A. is preparing
B. has prepared
C. are preparing
D. have prepared
24. Without proper lessons, you could ________a lot of bad habits when playing the piano.
A. set up
B. catch up
C. pick up
D. keep up
25. —Nice talking to you but where is it that we shall meet next week?
—It is in our mother school ________ we spent a lot of happy days together.
A. where
B. that
C. which
D. what
26. —I don’t suppose the police know who did it.
—Well, surprisingly they do. A man has been arrested and ________ now.
A. being questioned
B. has been questioned
C. is being questioned
D. has questioned
27. The Super Girl show in Hunan TV was not well received this year as before, but ________,
it was not bad.
A. however
B. though
C. somehow
D. anyway
28. We have been told that under no circumstances ________ the telephone in the teaching
building and whoever uses it would be punished.
A. may use we
B. we should use
C. we could use
D. can we use
29. —What about your summer holiday?
—I _________ to go to Hawaii, but I didn’t sign up for the tour in time.
A. would hope
B. had hoped
C. was hoped
D. have hoped
30. Boys and girls, ________all the teachers in our school，I’d like to say we’re very proud of
what you have done．
A. in honor of
B. in favor of
C. on behalf of
D. in place of
31. —I don’t want to go there without you.
—Cheer up. It will not be long _________ we meet again.
A. before
B. when
C. since
D. that
32. —You would have caught a train. You were a little late.
—________. I ________ the bus.
A. No, missed
B. Yes, miss
C. No, don’t miss
D. Yes, missed
33. There _________ nothing to do tomorrow, I’ll go hiking with some friends.
A. will be
B. is
C. being
D. be
34. We’re having another test today, _________ a lot of language points.
A. one with
B. one has
C. that with
D. it has
35. —I can’t thank you more for the present you sent me the other day.
—________.
A. With pleasure
B. No, thanks
C. Please don’t say so
D. I’m glad you like it.
第二节完形填空（共20小题：每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面的短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One winter morning, I bought a copy of The New York World and turned its pages until I got The Help Wanted Unskilled section. A small advertisement held my 36 . It read, “Easy job. Good wages. No experience 37 .” It sounded like the job I was 38 . Easy job. Good Wages. Those four words 39 now and then in my brain as I was traveling to the address indicated in the 40 . Easy job. Good wages. Easy job. Good Wages. Easy...
When I got to the place, I saw a series of large 41 half filled with water. Out of them stuck the necks of many bottles of various 42 and shapes. There were a number of workers sitting on small wooden benches 43 these basins. All had their 44 in the water of the basin, the left hand holding a 45 and the thumb nail of the right hand 46 the labels（标签）on it.
I sat down on a 47 beside one of the basins and started to work on one bottle. As the minutes went by, I noticed that the 48 of the water started to 49 from my hand to my body. But 50 still, the thumb of my right hand was 51 by the minute into a full-blown tomato-colored finger. A numb pain began to be felt 52 from my right thumb. Then I began to feel as if the pain was coming from a finger bigger than all my body. After three hours of this, I told the manager I’d53 . He figured that I had 54 69 cents at 23 cents an hour.
With the money, I left the working place. “Easy job. Good wages...” came to my brain again. Looking at my hands, I 55 myself, “Can easy job get good wages?” I will remember this experience forever.
36. A. eyes B. attention C. decision D. tongue
37. A. necessary B. forgettable C. practical D. obvious
38. A. running after B. looking for C. heading off D. looking after
39. A. lived B. moved C. flashed D. attacked
40. A. letter B. sign C. advertisement D. post
41. A. baskets B. bowls C. pots D. basins
42. A. weights B. sizes C. qualities D. depths
43. A. In B. Above C. Under D. Around
44. A. arms B. hands C. legs D. feet
45. A. knife B. cloth C. bottle D. brush
46. A. painting B. showing C. touching D. removing
47. A. chair B. bench C. stone D. sofa
48. A. smell B. coldness C. color D. steam
49. A. spread B. recover C. recycle D. cover
50. A. worse B. better C. more D. easier
51. A. going B. researching C. growing D. running
52. A. now and then B. here and there C. one by one D. little by little
53. A. adapt B. argue C. bargain D. quit
54. A. taken B. offered C. earned D. created
55. A. forgave B. asked C. found D. hated
第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（共15小题：每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
I really hadn't meant to yell（吼叫）at them. But that grey afternoon saw it just as my son and daughter were making a terrible mess on the floor in the kitchen.
With a tiresome report to write, I felt bothered at my desk. Suddenly, it occurred to me that my kids were at fault. A voice inside me insisted that I do something quickly.
“OK, you two here, but what an awful thing you are attempting!” shouting angrily, I made for them, while it became e vident that the boy wanted no part of me. “Get away from us!” he shouted back, there being expression of support from his sister.
All of a sudden, I found the fault in myself. Quickly I shaped my hands into pincers（螃蟹螯）and crawled towards them, “Crabby（似螃蟹的）Daddy is here… Ha, Ha, Ha! He likes to yell at children, and then eat them!” My son continued to keep me away, but now he was laughing and crying at the same time. My mission to repair the damage caused by my yelling seemed to work well. Still, I regretted not having controlled myself first in a right way that my children could do after.
Need I let them know how badly they were acting by blaming? This is a lesson that serves myself. It only shows just how to get rid of something（ill-feelings, responsibility）by blaming
others. It's not my “best self”.
We have to search for our “best self” when with our children. They don't need perfect parents, but they do need parents who are always trying to get better. Here, I'm reminded of the words of a great thinker, “When a man lives with God, his voice shall be as sweet as the murmur of the brook…” Then, in our lifetime, couldn't we always speak to our kids in such a sweet voice since most of us consider them as the most precious in the world? And before we reach this level, what should we do when we come across various difficult cases with our children?
56. The author couldn't help yelling at his kids this time probably because_____________.
A. the weather was so unpleasant
B. he was tired of his boring work
C. the kids didn't ask him to join them
D. a Daddy has his right to do so
57. Which of the following made the author aware of his fault?
A. The children’s reaction.
B. No obvious reason.
C. His self-control.
D. The mess made by the children.
58. According to the passage the author will _____________in another similar situation.
A. apologize to kids in a sincere way
B. avoid blaming kids in a hurry
C. play a crab again like this time
D. beat them up about such things
59. What will the writer go on to write about in the next paragraph(s)?
A. How to behave ourselves properly when kids are at fault.
B. How to blame our children in a more interesting way.
C. How to deal with the terrible mess made by our kids.
D. How to persuade children to do what they are told to.
B
Most American students go to traditional public schools. There are about 88,000 public schools all over the US. Some students attend about 3000 independent public schools called charter schools.
Charter schools are self-governing. Private companies operate some charter schools. They are similar in some ways to traditional public schools. They receive tax money just as other public schools do. Charter schools must prove to local or state governments that their students are learning. These governments provide the schools with the agreement called a charter that permits them to operate.
Charter schools are different because they do not have to obey most laws governing traditional public schools. Local, state or federal governments cannot tell them what to teach. Each school can choose its own goals and decide the ways it wants to reach them. Class size is usually smaller than in traditional public schools.
The Bush Administration strongly supports charter schools as a way to re-organize public schools that are failing to educate students. But some education agencies and unions oppose
charter schools. One teachers’ union has just made public the results of the first national study comparing the progress of students in traditional schools and charter schools.
The American Federation of Teachers criticized the government’s delay in releasing the results of the study, which is called the National Assessment of Educational Progress. Union education experts say the study shows that charter school students performed worse on math and reading tests than students in regular public schools.
Some experts say the study is not a fair look at charter schools because students in those schools have more problems than students in traditional schools. Other education experts say the study results should make charter school officials demand improved student progress.
60．If a private company wants to operate a charter school, it must _____________ .
A．try new methods of teaching B．prove its management ability
C．obey the local and state laws D．get the government’s permission 61．Charter schools are independent because_____________.
A．they make greater progress B．their class size is smaller
C．they enjoy more freedom D．they oppose traditional ways 62．What’s the government’s attitude toward charter schools?
A．Doubtful. B．Supportive. C．Subjective. D．Optimistic. 63．It can be inferred from the text that_____________.
A．one-on-one attention should be paid to students
B．the number of charter schools will be limited
C．charter schools are part of the education system
D．charter schools are all privately financed
C
Scientific researches have given clear evidence that most overweight people trying to lose weight either by cutting calories or exercising will return to their former size．Fewer than 10 percent of the l2 million British people who go on a diet each year succeed in losing significant amounts of weight and most of those who do put it all back on again within a year．The study of 25，000 people provides further evidence of the popularity of yo-yo dieting’ where slimmers get into a cycle of losing weight and regaining it．The scientists，from the Medical Research Council’s National Survey of Health and Development，have concluded it is better to avoid getting fat in the first place．They followed 5，362 men and women from their birth in l946 and 20，000 from birth in l958，measuring their weight and blood pressure and assessing their lifestyles．The researchers found both groups began gaining weight in the 1980s and have steadily increased in size ever since．
Dr Rebecca Hardy，the council’s program leader on body size，said：“Once people become, overweight，they continue extremely upwards．They hardly ever go back down．A few lose
weight but very few get back to normal. The best policy is to prevent people becoming overweight．For men weight goes up steadily through life。For women it starts slowly and accelerates in the mid-thirties．”
But the study's findings do not mean dieting is pointless，as eating less and taking more exercise can increase fitness and lower blood pressure．In 2009，a quarter of adults and l4 percent of children were obese(过度肥胖的)，according to the Department of Health’s latest Health Survey for England．Although previous research has shown one in four Britons is trying to lose weight at any one time，it has been predicted that 60 percent of us will be obese by 2050，leading to even more cases of diabetes(糖尿病)，heart disease and cancer．Experts said we are programmed to put on weight rather than lose it．Dieting can make this tendency worse as decreasing calorie intake causes the body to go into starvation mode and reduce the amount of energy it naturally expends，making it even harder to lose weight．Commenting on the study，Professor Nick Finer from London Hospital，said：“It is unlikely that man would have progressed with mechanisms to fight against obesity which has only become a problem in the last 30～40 years．For most of human history，storing fat would have been an advantage．”64．According to Dr Rebecca Hardy，which of the following is TRUE?
A．It is easier for men to lose weight than women．
B．Once people lose weight，they never put on weight again．
C．Never to become fat is the best way of keeping a good shape．
D．The fact that fat people keep their weight upwards is unusual．
65．The author says “the study’s findings do not mean dieting is pointless” because___________．A．the study lacks believable facts
B．obese people are confident in losing weight
C．dieting can really make a few people lose weight
D．dieting and sports help to keep people free from some diseases
66．From the last paragraph，we can learn that_____________．
A．decreasing calorie intake makes it even harder to lose weight
B．the idea that people lose weight with mechanisms is practical
C．being overweight is a lasting problem through the human history
D．by 2050 more and more people will have got unfit because of losing weight
67．Which of the following can serve as the best title of the passage?
A．Which is better：cutting calories or exercising
B．Fat people can’t really keep the weight off
C．A new study on people’s health
D．How to go on a healthy diet
D
In face of a tough job market, what fresh graduates are dreaming about is to run their own businesses instead．But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just that—dreams．
The Shanghai Municipal Employment Promotion Center poll of 1,276 graduates in several universities and colleges in the city, released last Friday, showed 59.78 percent of respondents considered the possibility of setting up a company or at least a small store．"But they just stop at the 'thinking' stage," it stated．
Respondents put the top reasons for not going it alone down to a shortage of investment and a lack of business opportunity．They also listed lack of business experience and social networks, the need for advanced study and objections from family members as factors that stood in their way．More than 90 percent of the interviewees said they would rather take up a job after graduating and then consider starting their own business two or three years down the road．
Guo Bing, a senior student in Shanghai International Studies University majoring in English, decided he wanted to be his own boss last year．But he is looking for a job first．"If I fail to find a satisfying job, I would like to establish a company in exhibition services," Guo said．
The Shanghai native has some relatives working in a local printing plant．With their help, Guo hopes to produce exhibition brochures at a relatively low price．He is also confident that his English language skills can help him do well in the industry．
"Social networking is an important factor leading to business success," Guo said．Guo said that the shortage of graduate jobs is the main reason driving more university students to set up a business right after their graduation．
Jiang said the university sets up a business learning guide made of government officials and professionals．They regularly give training courses to students who show an interest in having their own business．The parents of university graduates are more willing to help their children start up alone, the survey showed．"Once you win the support of your family, you have won half the battle," Guo added．
68．This passage is mainly about_____________．
A．a tough job market B．the ambitious fresh graduates
C．fresh graduates’ dream of being boss D．the story of Guo Bing 69．Which of the following does NOT stop fresh graduates realizing their dreams of being bosses?
A．The lack of business opportunity and investment．
B．The shortage of business experience.
C．Their family members' objections．
D．Less skilled English language．
70．Who is this article mostly intended for?
A．Those who will graduate from university．
B．The parents whose child goes out of school soon.
C．Those who want to be bosses．
D．The officials who work in the government．
第二节（共5小题：每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
71 Scientists and experts have proved the uniqueness of finger-prints and discovered that no exactly similar pattern is passed on from parents to children, though nobody knows why this is the case.
The ridge structure on a person's fingers does not change with growth and is not affected by surface injuries. Burns, cuts and other damage to the outer part of the skin will be replaced in time by new one, which bears a reproduction of the original pattern. 72 Some criminals make use of this fact to remove their own finger-prints but this is a dangerous and rare step to take.
Finger-prints can be made very easily with printer's ink. They can by recorded easily. 73 Because of the simplicity and economy of this system, finger-prints have often been used as a method of solving criminal case. A suspected man may deny a charge but this may be in vain. 74 When a suspect leaves finger-prints behind at the scene of a crime, they are difficult to detect with the naked eye.
75 Some of the marks found are incomplete but identification is possible if a print of a quarter of an inch square can be obtained.
A. Special techniques are used to "develop" them.
B. A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all part of the finger.
C. It is only when the inner skin is injured that the arrangement will be destroyed.
D. With special methods, identification can be achieved successfully within a short time.
E. A latent print is the chance reproduction of the friction ridges deposited on the surface of an item.
F. His finger-prints can prove who he is even if his appearance has been changed by age or accident.
G. Every human being has a unique arrangement of the skin on his fingers and this arrangement is unchangeable.
第二卷
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。
第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有
10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处，每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均限一词。
2.只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Dear Mr. Black,
I’d like to say thank to you for inviting me to stay with you in Beijing in an coming summer vacation.
I have been dreamed of seeing you again so as to get more help from you in my English learning. And I’m afraid I cannot go to visit you this summer, because I had promised my grandmother, she lives far away, to spend this summer with her. She misses me too much that I find difficult to refuse her.
I’m busy preparing for my examinations at present, which is how I have been learning English so hard．I plan to visit you in winter if it’s convenient of you.
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
在你班学生中就课间跑步问题仍然存在争议。就此，你班举行了主题班会进行讨论。支持者认为课间跑步既能锻炼身体，又能增强集体凝聚力（sense of unity）。反对者认为高三学习紧张，课间休息方式不宜过于激烈。假设你是班长李华，请对主题班会进行总结性发言，并发表自己的观点。
注意：1. 词数不少于100。2. 适当发挥，以使行文连贯，符合语境。 3. 开头已给出，不计入总数。
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