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大石中学高2012级第三次月考英语试题第一部分 听 力 （满分30分）第一节(共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分)请听下面五段对话。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. where are the speakers? a. in a post office. b. in a bank.c. on a street.2. whats the mans attitude? a. he agrees to take the woman in his car. b. he refuses the womans request. c. he promises to pick up the woman later.3. what are the speakers talking about? a. teen preferences. b. city life.c. hobbies.4. what did the man do in june? a. he traveled to china. b. he traveled to france.c. he went to summer school.5. what can we learn from the conversation? a. the man likes to make his own lunch.b. the restaurant is closed on weekends. c. the man had expected a special lunch.第二节(共12小题；每小题1.5分，满分18分)请听下面4段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，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。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。请听第6段材料，回答第6至第8三个小题。6. according to the woman, what day is april fools day? a. sunday. b. friday.c. thursday.7. what is the man going to do on friday? a. have an exam. b. play jokes on his girlfriend. c. invite his girlfriend to dinner.8. when is the man going to celebrate april fools day? a. this thursday. b. on the weekend.c. next thursday.请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. who can use the workstation? a. students from first grade to eighth grade. b. college students. c. students majoring in computers.10. what do we know about the mans child? a. she is an elementary school student.b. she wants to work for the station. c. she wants to visit the woman.11. what is the man required to do first? a. sign an agreement. b. log on a website.c. make an appointment.请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. what did anne do in the food store? a. she tasted the tomatoes without buying.b. she bargained in the store. c. she quarreled with the boss there.13. who was the guy mentioned in the conversation? a. a shop assistant. b. a customer.c. the boss.14. how did he feel at that moment? a. angry. b. confused.c. sad.请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. where did the man put his bookshelves? a. under the window of the kitchen.b. by the window of the bedroom. c. under the window of the living room.16. what color did the man paint his living room? a. white. b. yellow.c. brown.17. why did the man decide to paint his bedroom brown? a. his wife is fond of the color.b. he could sleep late on the weekends. c. its his favorite color.第三节(共3小题；每小题1.5分，满分4.5分)请听下面一段独白，用所听到的独白中的词或数填空，每空限填一个词或一个数。填入的内容要写在答题卡相庆的位置上。在听本段独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。本段独白读两遍。请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。newsin which country was the french prime minister?in (18) _ for a conference.who did he criticize?the industrial countries, in particular the united states and (19)_.why did he make the criticism?because they are not doing enough to help the third world.who else did he criticize?western(20)_.第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45)第一节：单项选择(每小题1分，共15分)21. considering _ high cost of railway transportation, we think it better to transport the goods we ordered by _ sea. a. the; 不填 b. 不填; thec. the; thed. 不填；不填22. it took 10,000 people more than 10 years to build the great pyramid.oh, that _ a very hard task.a. must be b. should bec. must have been d. should have been23. where is your new company?in the new high-tech development zone, but i _ downtown for 4 years.a. worked b. was workingc. shall have workedd. had been working24. the argument remains extremely heated _ it is worthwhile for the company to bring in such advanced equipment from abroad. a. that b. whenc. ifd. whether25. if we know more about what causes endangerment, we may be able to take measures _ it is too late. a. until b. beforec. unlessd. when26. the man was sentenced to 3 years in prison, but he insisted that he had done nothing wrong and _ free. a. should set b. should be setc. had been setd. would be set27. shall we go and lend them a hand with their work?_ we might be just in the way.a. wed better not. b. with pleasure.c. why not?d. sounds great!28. dont put the chair too close to the stove. dry wood _ easily, you know. a. burns b. is burningc. is burnedd. will burn29. which cd player do you prefer?_. they are more than i can afford.a. neither b. eitherc. noned. both30. the company has recently introduced a new type of computer, _ price makes it attractive to students from poor family. a. which b. whosec. whatd. of which31. dr. williams used to have a strong prejudice against china and only after the 2008 beijing olympics _ a better idea of the country. a. he had b. had hec. he did haved. did he have32. how did you find your visit to the museum?_.a. by following other visitors.b. oh, its a bit difficult to find the way herec. a kind-hearted lady showed us the wayd. oh, wonderful indeed33. with the fact that he is disabled _ into account, i think he should be praised for what he has done. a. taking b. to takec. takend. took34. in a sports team each player has a clear role, and there are few occasions _ members are confused or uncertain of their roles. a. when b. whichc. thatd. whose35. there are several things you can do to improve your study skills. _ you need to find out what your learning style is, and then you can change your study methods to suit the way you learn. a. in the end b. to begin withc. after alld. secondly第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分)阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。ive always had strong opinions of how love should be expressed, but others had their own ways of exhibiting care.what i 36 most about visiting my boyfriends parents is the loud tick of the clock in the dining room as we 37 ate our meal. with so little conversation i was quick to 38 his family as cold. when we got into the 39 to go home, his father suddenly appeared. 40 , he began to wash his sons windscreen (挡风玻璃). i could feel he is a caring man through the glass .i learned another lesson about love a few years later. my father often 41 me early in the morning. “buy xerox. its a good share price,” he might say when i answered the phone. no pleasant 42 or inquiry(询问) about my life, just a financial directive(指令). this manner of his 43 me and we often quarreled. but one day, i thought about my fathers success in business and realized that his concern for my financial security lay behind his 44 morning calls. the next time he called and told me to buy a stock, i 45 him.when my social style has conflicted with that of my friends, ive often felt 46 . for example, i always return phone calls 47 and regularly contact with my friends. i expect the same from them.i had one friend who rarely called, answering my messages with short e-mails. i rushed to the 48 : she isnt a good friend! my anger 49 as the holidays approached. but then she came to a gathering i 50 and handed me a present, a beautiful dress that i had fallen in love with when we did some window-shopping the previous month. i was 51 at her thoughtfulness, and regretful for how id considered her to be 52 . clearly i needed to change my expectations of friends.far too often, i ignored their 53 expressions, eagerly expecting them to do things in my 54 . this left me feeling unloved. over the years, however, ive learned to 55 individuals love signs and it has helped me to get on well with others.36. a. remember b. enjoyc. valued. admire37. a. excitedlyb. nervouslyc. silentlyd. instantly38. a. regardb. treatc. taked. think39. a. busb. trainc. card. plane40. a. punctuallyb. carefullyc. proudlyd. coldly41. a. visitedb. interruptedc. warnedd. telephoned42. a. greetingb. meetingc. apologyd. explanation43. a. interestedb. angeredc. encouragedd. surprised44. a. longb. shortc. warmd. polite45. a. praisedb. forgavec. blamedd. thanked46. a. contentb. guiltyc. curiousd. disappointed47. a. in orderb. in turnc. without delayd. without difficulty48. a. feelingb. suggestionc. judgmentd. belief 49. a. disappearedb. grewc. helpedd. declined50. a. openedb. refusedc. hostedd. invited51. a. depressedb. suspiciousc. fascinatedd. shocked52. a. uncaringb. dishonestc. unhappyd. uncooperative53. a. uniqueb. commonc. pleasantd. familiar54. a. opinionb. wayc. mindd. life55. a. sendb. readc. gived. express第三部分：阅读理解athe very wealthy english baron fitzgerald had only one child, a son, who understandably was the apple of his eye. his wife died when the child was in his early teens. so fitzgerald devoted himself to fathering the kid. unfortunately the son died in his late teens.meanwhile, fitzgeralds wealth greatly increased. he spent a lot on art works of the masters. later fitzgerald himself became seriously ill. before his death, he had carefully prepared his will as to how his wealth would be settledto sell his entire collection at an auction(拍卖).because of the large quantity and high quality of his collection, a huge crowd of possible buyers gathered for the auction. many of them were museum directors and private collectors eager to bid. before the auction, the art works were shown, among which was a painting of fitzgeralds son by an unknown artist. because of its poor quality, it received little attention.when it was time for the auction, the auctioneer gaveled(敲槌) the crowd to attention. first the lawyer read from fitzgeralds will that the first art work to be auctioned was the painting of his son.the poor-quality painting didnt receive any biddersexcept onethe old servant who had served the son and loved him, and who for emotional reasons offered the only bid.as soon as the servant bought the painting for less than one english pound, the auctioneer stopped the bidding and asked the lawyer to read again from the will. the crowd became quiet, and the lawyer read from the will: “whoever buys the painting of my son gets all my collection.” then the auction was over.56. the english baron fitzgerald was _.a. a museum directorb. an art collectorc. a master of artd. an art dealer57. why did the old servant bid for the painting of fitzgeralds son?a. he found it cheap for him to buy.b. he saw that no one bid for it.c. he knew the content of the will.d. he was devoted to the family.58. fitzgeralds will showed _.a. his invaluable love for his son b. his desire to fool the biddersc. his sadness at the death of his sond. his regret of having no children to take over his wealthbwe thought we had it a11a beautiful house，three healthy children and one more on the way，two cars，a couple of four-wheelers for entertainment-and we loved itthen, the market turned and my husbands job as a bigwig at a construction company was gonethe company had declared bankruptcy(破产) and was closing down for good we both started looking for jobs right away，but there werent any to be foundwith each passing day we were getting increasingly worried and we continued to work together in order to pull our family throughthe more we pulled together，the closer we got. i felt feelings of adoration for my husband that i hadnt felt in years thats why it was so hard for me to watch him blame himself for our current situationi continually asked him to stop，but he seemed to want to punish himself for not having a jobfinally，one afternoon i pulled him aside and said，“we have four healthy children and each otherthats whats importantthat makes you a rich man “but what if we lose the house? theyll hate meyoull hate me，”he replied i smiled at him and put my hands on both sides of his face to make him look me in the eye“no matter where we live，1 will be happy as long as i have you”i smiled again as i realized that i wasnt just saying itsomehow，in all the struggling together i had found that deep abiding love for him that i had on the day we said i do” i could see relief wash through him as his shoulders and neck relaxedhe held me close and we were able to talk and plan and dream together in a way that we hadnt for quite some timeit was a turning point for us as a couple and a family we are still struggling financially，but i consider us well-off because we have something that money cant buy and no one can take away from us59. the underlined sentence in the second paragraph means that_ athey were trying to make their relationship closer bthey hoped to find jobs in the same company cneither of them had the courage to face the difficulty dthey became closer as they struggled together60. we can learn from the passage that_ aboth of them were worried about joblessness bthey both found good jobs at last cher husband was to blame for the unemployment dthey didnt love each other when they got married61. which of the following can best describe their present life? abitter but easy. bcomfortable and happy. cwell-off and relaxing.dhard but warm.62. the best title of the passage might be_ a. we have it allb. a perfect couple c. we find it againd. a hard timecmost people will answer a ringing phone. usually you dont know who is phoning or how urgent their business is, so a ringing phone is difficult to ignore. in one experiment, a researcher wrote down the unmbers of several public phones in stations and airports. then he called the numbers. someone nearly always answered. when he asked why, people usually said, “because it rang.”a few years ago in new jersey, a man with a rifle killed 13 people. armed police surrounded his house but he refused to come out. a reporter found out the phone number of the house and called. the man put down his rifle and answered the phone. “what do you want?” he said, “im really busy right now.”imagine youre at work and the phone is ringing in someone elses office. do you answer it or not? in one survey on telephone use, 51% of participants told researchers that they did. we cant ignore the phone and for that reason, it forces its way into our lives. it interrupts what we are doing and on top of that, the caller is often someone we dont really want to talk to. however, in the survey, 58% said they never took the phone off the hook, and 67% didnt mind if someone called during a television programme. for 44% it wasnt a problem if someone rang during a meal, while only 28% were annoyed or upset. if someone phoned in the middle of the night, 40% told researchers that they got nervous or frightened, while around 30% got angry.of course, when someone is really annoying, you can choose to hang up on him/her. this is in fact one of the rudest things you can do on the phone, but 79% said they were prepared to do it in some cases. only 6% told researchers they never hung up on people.63. in the experiment, people answered the researchers phone _. a. for fear that it was urgent.b. in order to help him gather the data c. to test the function of the phoned. to show their interest in the survey64. the gunman answered the phone because _. a. he decided not to give up his resistance to the police b. he tended to answer a ringing phone c. he wanted to tell the reporter that he was too busy to offer any information d. he intended to be friendly with the media65. according to para. 3, most people _ when they were doing their work or watching television. a. minded the ringing of the phoneb. couldnt ignore the phone c. refused to answer the phone in someone elses office d. kept the phone ringing66. what is implied by the sentence “79% said they were prepared to do it in some cases” (in the last paragraph)? a. they were annoyed by the rude callers. b. they were prepared to punish those rude callers. c. they were going to hang up on annoying phones. d. they also agreed that it was a rude thing to hang up on others.67. the purpose of the survey is to find out _. a. how the phone interrupts peoples workb. what role the phone plays in peoples lives c. why people mind a ringing phone sometimes d. when the phone communication is more welcomedthousands of people began pouring into pennsylvania from other statesthey wanted to buy lottery ticketsthe tickets cost only $0.9 eachbut that small spending could bring them a reward of $90 millionthat was the second largest lottery jackpot(积累奖金)in history more than 87 million tickets were bought for the pennsylvania lottery drawingthose who bought tickets had to choose seven numbers from 1 to 80the chance of winning was one in 9.6 millionbut that little chance certainly didnt affect ticket salesin the last few days before the drawing，tickets were selling at the unbelievable rate of 500 per secondexperts say many people buy lottery tickets because they just want to have a piece of the actionothers say the lottery is a stock market for poor peopleit allows them to dream about wealth theyll probably never have but many people believe lotteries are no better than legalized(合法化的)gambling(赌博)some critics note that most people who play are poor and may not be able to afford the ticketsthere are also many addicts who take the game seriouslythey may pour their life savings into lottery ticketssome clubs have been fo