浙江省湖州市高三英语下学期开学考试试题新人教版 (2).doc

湖州市八中2013届高三下学期开学英语试题第i卷（选择题）一、单项选择1after studying in a medical college for five years, jane _ her job as a doctor in the countryside.a. set out b. took over c. took up d. set up2at present, business is not good in these skiing resorts, but im sure things will start to in winter. arise upbhang upctake updpick up3_ different kinds of pianos, the workers farther improved their quality. a. to produceb. being produced c. produced d. having produced 4 this event not only raised _ of world hunger, but also raised lots of money to help starving children. a. information b. knowledge c. instruction d. awareness5 i was in a hurry at that moment and i just _ the door. _, i didnt have a clear idea what the door was like.a. stared at; therefore 高*考*资*源*网 b. glared at; soc. looked at; however d. glanced at; thus6the old worker insisted that he old, and back to working post again.a、wasnt；be sent b、wasnt；was sent c、be not；send d、isnt；sent7tom kept quiet about the accident _ lose his job .a. so that b. in order not to c. so as to notd. in order that8it is said that dogs will keep you _for as long as you want when you are feeling lonely. a. safety b. company c. house d. friend9my father _ for london tomorrow， for there is_ an important meeting there.a. is leaving ; to be b. leave ; to be c. is going to leave ; having d. is leaving ; having10such a small man cant _ reach the balloon one metre higher than he.a. possiblyb. impossiblec. possibled. impossibly11form their _ on the top of the tv tower, visitors can have a better view of the city.a. stage b. position c. condition d. situation 12when the speaker finished his speech, he was affected to see his speech _ with cheers and applauses from the audience. a. was met b. was welcome c. was popular d. was greeted 13only after they had carried out over ten experiments _ the decision.a. they reachedb. they reachc. did they reachd. do they reach14-_? - we are looking for a pair of sports shoes.a. what do you do b. what do you like c. can i help you d. do you need help15- if it hadnt been raining so hard, i might have been home much earlier. - its too bad you _ it. nancy _ here and she _ to see you. a. didnt make; is; was b. wont make; will be; wants c. didnt make; was; wanted d. wont make; would be; wanted二、完型填空the voice of america began during the world war, when germany was broadcasting a radio program to get international 1 . american officials believed they should 2 the german broadcast with words that they thought were the facts of world events. the first voa news report began with words in 3 . “the 4 may be good or bad, but we shall tell you the truth.” within a week, other voa 5 were broadcasting in italian, french and english.after the world war ended in 1945, some americans felt voas 6 had to be changed, 7 the soviet union（苏联）became enemy of america. they wanted to 8 soviet listeners. then voa began broadcasting in russian.in the early days voa began adding something new to its broadcast that was 9 “music usa”. another new idea came along in 1959. voa knew that many listeners did not know _ 10 english to completely understand its 11 english broadcast. so voa 12 a simpler kind of english, 13 uses about 1,500 words and is spoken 14 . of course, it is special english.in the 15 of most voa listeners, the most 16 program is the news report. news from around the world 17 into the voa news room in washington 24 hours a day. it comes from voa reporters in 18 cities and also from other 19 like bbc. voa writers and editors use these materials to 20 news reports, which are being broadcast in 43 languages.1. a. businessb. culture c. support d. information2. a. reply b. answer c. join d. interrupt3. a. time b. short c. englishd. german4. a. news b. problems c. effects d. opinions5. a. programs b. news c. announcers d. officials6. a. home b. position c. purpose d. result7. a. if b. consideringc. supposing d. in order that8. a. reach b. satisfy c. attack d. support9. a. known b. reported c. called d. printed10. a. poor b. excellentc. standard d. enough11. a. normal b. fast c. good d. exact12. a. stoppedb. discovered c. taught d. invited 13. a. it b. which c. who d. that14. a. slowly b. rapidly c. normally d. loudly15. a. please b. course c. opinion d. advice16. a. difficult b. important c. various d. common17. a. pastb. send c. deliver d. fly18. a. all b. major c. american d. news19. a. broadcasts b. forms c. newspaper d. countries20. a. broadcast b. announce c. translate d. prepare 三、阅读理解achildren who speak english as their first language are now a minority in inner-city london primary schools，official figures show. youngsters with foreign mother tongues form a majority at primary schools in 13 out of33 london cities. across the country，english is a foreign language to more than one in seven primary school youngsters. the figures from the department for children，schools and families (dcsf) point to major demographic (人口的) changes over the past few decades，with around a fifth of pupils now coming from ethnic minorities.there are concerns that school finances are coming under stress from the growing numbers of youngsters requiring help with english. the government has been urged to provide more funding，and give fair treatment to schools with large concentrations of non-english speakers. in tower hamlets almost four out of five youngsters do not have english as their mother tongue. in other areas，including leicester，luton and bradford the proportion approaches 50 percent. the figures indicate that many recent migrants have settled in london. sir andrew green，founder and chairman of migration watch uk，says，“these figures confirm the huge impact immigration is having on our society. when government funds are as tight as they are，this is bound to have a negative impact，since children for whom english is a second language need extra tuition (学费).”he adds，“in inner london its hard to know with whom immigrant children are supposed to practice english，since the number of immigrant children is much larger than that of local. ”a spokesman for dcsf stresses that the figures “only indicate the language to which a child was initially exposed at home，regardless of whether he or she comes to speak english fluently later on. it is only a relatively few recent arrivals for whom communication problems are serious”.“we are increasing funding to the ethnic minority achievement grant (助学金)to 206 million by 2010，to help bring students weak in english up to speed. were also equipping schools to offer effective english as an additional language teaching to new arrivals，”he adds 1.a minority of london primary school students speak english as their first language because .a. local children prefer to speak other languages b. more and more immigrant children are attending school in london c. children learning english as an additional language need extra tuition d. english is too difficult a language for primary school children to learn 2.some people worry about .a. the increasing number of adults needing help with english b. the government taking no measures to help the schools c. non-english speakers putting school finances under stress d. london schools not providing adequate service for children in need 3.it can be inferred from the passage that .a. most immigrant children make a great effort to learn english b. the government used to treat non-english speakers unfairly c. its not easy to find english speakers for immigrant children in some parts of london to communicate with d. local children are influenced by immigrant children 4.according to the spokesman for dcsf，the figures indicate . a. that children will speak english fluently later on b. that immigration is having a huge impact on english society c. what the language the children were exposed to first wasd. that funding is increasing to help students weak in english bi had gone to bed after a very hard day when the phone rang. it was an eccentric(古怪的) farmer. i had never met him before although i had often heard people talk about him. he sounded quite nervous and he had been talking for a minute or so before i understand anything. finally all i could make out was that someone called millry had a very bad accident. no matter who she was i obviously had to go.it had been snowing heavily that day. i didnt know the way. i had been driving for at least an hour when i finally found his place. he was standing there, waiting for me. it seemed millry had died. “she meant more to me than anyoneeven my own wife!” he said. i could see that he had been crying. i thought something terrible had taken place, it may be a scandal(丑闻). i was even more shocked when he told me be had put her in the barn(厩). “i wouldnt leave her out in the cold!” he said.millry had clearly been a secret lover of his. i was about to tell him he could not expect me to cover anything up when he opened the barn door. he lifted his candle and i saw a dark figure on the ground, “she was such a good cow! i wouldnt let anyone but a doctor touch her!” he said, and bust into tears again.1. the underlined phrase “make out” in the first paragraph means . a. expect b. understand c. see clearly d. hear clearly2. before he arrived at the farmers house, the writer expected to see millry lying . a. on the ground of a barn b. on the floor of a room c. in bed in a room d. in bed in a barn3. the farmer wished that the writer might . a. look into the matter b. bring millry back to life c. free him from a scandal d. keep a whole thing a secret4. the person who told the story is probably a . a. farmer b. policeman c. country doctor d. newspaper reporter ceven if you are a good high-jumper, you can jump only about seven feet off the ground. you cannot jump any higher because the earth pulls you hard. the pull of the earth is called gravity. you can easily find out the pull of the earth. if you weigh yourself, you will know how much gravity is pulling you. since there is gravity, water runs down hill. when you throw a ball into the air, it falls back down. because of gravity, you do not fall off the earth as it whirls (旋转) around. then, can we get away from the earth and go far out into space? now you can do it, because spaceships have been invented. then spaceship will go so fast that it can escape (逃出) the earths gravity and carry you into space. 1. in this passage, the word “gravity” means_. a. the pull of everything. b. the force of attraction(吸引) among objects. c. the force which attracts objects towards the centre of the earth d. the force which attracts the earth towards the sun.2. when you slip(滑) you always fall to the ground because_ a. the earth always turns round. b. the earth has gravity c. the earths gravity is greater than your weight. d. you are careless. 3. gravity is strong that_ a. it can throw a ball into the air. b. it makes you jump only seven feet. c. it can let you fly away from the earth. d. it can keep everything on earth.4. because of gravity,_ a. water flows everything. b. we can go everywhere by ship. c. water always flows downwards. d. fish can live in water.5. we can get away from the earth by spaceship because_ a. the spaceship goes very fast. b. the earth cant pull the spaceship.c. the spaceship has a strong force. d. the spaceship can jump higher than others.don sunday while i was having my own fathers day celebration, i thought about my dad a lot. by the time i called to tell him that i loved him, he had already gone to bed. so i wrote the following to show what my dad means to me.about 28 years ago, my dad was a used car salesman. every thursday night, he would head off to shreveport, la for the auction（拍卖会）. most of the time, i drove a car over there for him so he could sell it there.one day, i was riding with my dad to shreveport for the auction when he found a hitchhiker（搭车者）with a backpack. as soon as dad saw him, he pulled the car over and offered him a ride. dad asked him his name and continued to talk to him about all sorts of things. i cant recall why but he told dad a lot of terrible things that had occurred to him. i sat in the back seat and watched the scene with amazement. i could see that the hitchhiker changed his attitude as he could tell someone who was really listening to him.we drove another forty-five minutes before we had to exit the interstate（州际公路）. we pulled over and dad told him to keep his head up and things would start looking up for him soon. he reached into his pocket and handed the hitchhiker a twenty-dollar bill and then a the-dollar bill.we drove on and my dad did not say a single thing. i was still completely amazed by what i just witnessed. i was always told everyone to never pick up a hitchhiker and yet my dad did it every single time he saw one. im sure that it made that poor mans day, probably a month to follow.while reflecting upon that story, i learned a lot about my dad and life. i learned that if you come from a place of service or compassion, you can change peoples lives. just one single kind act can change someones life. it never occurred to my dad about not stopping to help him.this is the type of person my dad is. thank you for setting such high standards for me to follow. dad, i love you. happy fathers day!1the author and his dad met a hitchhiker（搭车者）_.a. when they were just warned not to pick up a strangerb. on their way to shreveport to sell a car c. on their way to the west for a trip d. when their car was running out of gas2what do we learn about the hitchhiker from the passage?a. something unpleasant occurred to him.b. he was going to the auction.c. at first he didnt believe in the author. d. it was he who bought the authors car.3how did the author feel about his dads behavior at that time? a.