河北省石家庄市第十八中学高三英语12月质量检测试题.doc

英语i. 听力（略）ii. 阅读理解awhencharlesstrattonwasfive,hestoppedgrowing.hismothertookhimtoseethefamousshowman,p.t.barnum.mr.barnumthoughtasmallpersonwouldbetheperfectadditiontohisshow.hehiredcharles parentsalongwithhim,andtheytraveledtheworldtogether.hegavethetwo-foot-tallcharlesaname,generaltomthumb.hetaughttomhowtosing,dance,actandtelljokes.whenhefelttomwasreadytoperformonstage,hemadeupads.tostirupgreatinterest,hesaidthattomwaselevenyearsoldandhadcomefromengland.duringtheshow,tomfoughtbattlespretendedlywithtallpeople.healsodanceduponawoodenplateheldbyapersonwhowaseightfeettall.tomsactwasverypopularandbroughtinalotofmoney.bythetimetomwasanadult,hehadgrownveryrich.hehadbecomeabillionaireattheageoftwentyfive.fortunatelyfortom,mr.barnumaddedmorelittlepeopletohisshow,andtombecameluckyinloveaswell.oneofthelittlepeoplewaslaviniawarren,aschoolteacher.tomwasabletowinherlove,andtheymarried.theceremonyandreceptionwerethetalkofthetown.theywereattendedbymanyrichandfamouspeopleandbyabout2000guests.crowdsfilledthestreetsofnewyorktohavealookattheirtinyweddingmarriage.thecoupleevenmetwithpresidentabrahamlincolnontheirhoneymoonjustbeforegoingtoliveintomshouseinconnecticut.theirwedding,whichtookplaceduringthecivilwar,providedawelcomeescapefromthesadproblemsofwar.notwillingtoletthisbitofsunshinefade,communitiesthroughoutthecountrysponsored “tomthumb”weddings.intheseweddings,smallboysandgirls,alldressedup,wentthroughmarriageceremonyforfun.21“talkofthetown” means .a.itwasinthenewspaper b.peoplespreadbadrumorsaboutitc.itwasthemostpopularhappenings d.itwasdiscussedinacitymeeting22whatdoestheauthorthinkabouttomswedding?a.ithelpedpeoplecheerupinadarktime. b.peoplegaveittoomuchoftheirattention.c.itwasfunnyandridiculous. d.tomandlaviniawerestupid.23which of the following is the best clue to the fact that tom was smart?a.he became a millionaire at twenty-five. b.he learned how to sing, dance and act at a very young age.c.he met with the president lincoln during his honeymoon. d.he married a school teacher.24whatisthemainideaofthelastparagraph?a.weddingsalwaysmakepeoplefeelfullofsunshine. b.peoplearealwaysdisappointedduringwartime.c.entertainmentcanserveanimportantpurpose. d.peopleshouldbemarriedwhentheyaresmallchildren.btomasteralanguageonemustbeabletospeakandunderstandthespokenlanguageaswellastoreadandwrite.leninandhiswifekrupskayatranslatedalongenglishbookintorussian.butwhentheywenttoenglandin1902,englishpeoplecouldntunderstandwhatwassaidtothem.thesedaysmoreandmoreforeignersarecomingtochinaandmorechinesearegoingouttoforeigncountriestoworkorstudy.sothespokenlanguageisbecomingmoreandmoreimportant.speaking,ofcourse,cantgowithoutlistening.ifyouwanttopronounceawordcorrectly,firstyoumusthearitcorrectly.thesoundsofthechineseandenglishlanguagesarenotexactlythesame.ifyoudontlistencarefully,youllfinditdifficultorevenimpossibletounderstandthenativespeakers.well,whataboutwriting?likespeaking,itstoexchangeideas.peoplegenerallyuseshorterwordsandshortersentencesintheirwriting.theimportantthingistomakeyourideaclearinyourheadandthentowriteitinclearlivelylanguage.chinesestudentsreadfartooslowly.ifyoureadfast,youunderstandbetter.ifyoureadtooslowly,bythetimeyouhavereachedtheendofapageyouhaveforgottenwhatthebeginningisabout.whenyoumeetwithnewwords,dontlookthemupinthedictionary.guessthemeaningfromthecontext(上下文).youmaynotguessquitecorrectlythefirsttime, butasnewwordscomeupagainandagainindifferentcontexts,theirmeaningwillbecomeclearerandclearer.ifyoulookupeveryword,youllneverfinishabook.studentsofaforeignlanguageneedaparticularknowledge,theknowledgeofthelife,historyandgeographyofthepeoplewhoselanguagetheyarestudying.theyshouldstudythesesubjectsintheforeignlanguage,notonlyintranslation.inthiswayonecankilltwobirdswithonestone:learnaforeignlanguageandgetsomeknowledgeoftheforeigncountryatthesametime.25. how many points are there in the passage?a. two b. three c. four d. five26. in his last point the writer advised us .a. tokilltwobirdswithonestone b.tolearntwolanguagesatatimec.tostudyallthesubjectsinaforeignlanguage d.togetsomeknowledgeoftheforeigncountrywhose language you are studying27. tokilltwobirdswithonestonemeans_.a. togetsomeparticularknowledge b.togetmorethanwhatonepays c.thestoneistoobig d.thebirdsareblindenoughcwhen other nine-year-old kids were playing games, she was working at a petrol station. when other teens were studying or going out, she struggled to find a place to sleep on the street. but she overcame these terriblesetbacksto win a highly competitive scholarship and gain entry to harvard university. and her amazing story has inspired a movie, homeless to harvard:the liz murray story, shown in late april. liz murray, a 22-year-old american girl, has been writing a real-life story of willpower and determination. liz grew up in the shadow of two drug-addicted parents. there was never enough food or warm clothes inthe house. liz was the only member of the family who had a job. her mother had aids and died when liz was just 15 years old. the effect of that loss became a turning point in her life. connecting the environment inwhich she had grown up with how her mother had died, she decided to do something about it. liz went back to school. she threw herself into her studies, never telling her teachers that she washomeless. at night, she lived on the streets. what drove me to live on had something to do with understanding, my understanding was that there was a whole other way of being. i had only experienced a small part ofsociety, she wrote in her book breaking night. she admitted that she used envy to drive herself on. she used the benefits that come easily to others, such as a safe living environment, to encourage herself that next to nothing could hold me down. she finished high school in just two years and won a full scholarship to study at harvard university. but liz decided to leave her top university a couple of months earlier this year in order to take care of her father, who has also developed aids. i love my parents so much. they are drug addicts. but i never forget that they love me all the time. liz wants moviegoers to come away with the idea that changing your life is as simple as making a decision.28. liz went to harvard university at the age of .a. 22 b. 20 c. 15 d. not mentioned29. what decision did liz make that changed her life?a. to finish high school in 2 yeas b. to go to the best university c. to survive d. to live a different life from her parents30. what actually drove her on towards her goal?a. her teachers b. her love for her parents c. her mums death d. her willpower and determination 31. when she wrote: “i had only experienced a small part of society”, she .a. wanted to encourage herself b. suggested that she wanted to pursue something morec. suggested people often look back d. meant that she had little experiencedtony blair, the former british prime minister, once said, “we celebrate the diversity in our country, get strength from the cultures and the races that go to make upbritaintoday.”people from all cultures and races can be found in every corner ofbritainand each person in his or her own way has contributed to makingbritain, especially in the bigger cities, you will usually see people with different hair, skin and eye colors. they may have white, brown, black or red hair, with blue, black, brown or green eyes. many of the people you will see will bebritainpeople but they all look different because the people ofbritainare a mixed race.britainis and has always been a mixed race society. early in thebritainhistory they were invaded by romans, saxons, vikings andnormansarmies and later africans were brought tobritainby force in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as slaves or servants. over the years, thousands of people have been forced by persecution(迫害) or hunger to leave france, ireland, russia, and other countries, and have settled in britain.about 8% of the population ofbritaintoday are people from other cultures and races. that is 4.6million people. according to a bbc report in september 2005, immigration（移民人数）made up more than half britains population growth from 1991 to 2001. the guardian newspaper reported in 2007 that the number of immigrants to the uk was 145,000 a year.people moving tobritainhave brought their own cultures with them and try to keep them alive. an excellent example of this is the notting hill carnival which celebrates the caribbean culture and is now a very big part ofbritainlife today.32. how did tony blair feel about the diversity inbritain?a. sorry. b. thankful. c. pity. d. anxious.33. why can you find people of different races inbritain?a. people like to live in big cities inbritain. b. people from many countries settled inbritain.c. britain has attracted many overseas tourists. d. different people have been invited to live there.34. which of the following is true according to the passage?a. the rate of immigration tobritainincreased by over 50%. b. about 8% of thebritainimmigrants were africans.c. the number of the native british today is 52.9 million. d. the total number of immigrants is 145，000.35. what can we infer from the text?a. england is the best place for people to live in. b. africans came tobritainfor some political reasons.c. the british population grew sharply 100 years ago. d. people from other countries affected the british culture.根据短文内容，选择最佳选项we spend so much time waiting to be loved, hoping love will find us, and looking for that special love 36 to be loved, you should love and respect yourself as much as you do others. in order to love someone, you should love yourselfstop comparing yourself to otherseveryone on the earth is uniquewe all have different giftswhen you compare yourself to others for what they have, whether it is a car, a house, or a job, it makes you feel bad about yourselfreally be grateful about everything you have. 37 practice receiving loveto truly love is to be able to receive it when someone loves you, does some kind deeds to you, or says kind words, accept it. allow yourself to feel the love that has come your wayknow that you are worthy of love 38 you give yourself a chance to learn more about yourself that you are lovableyou give someone a joy of giving by loving you 39 write about your experiences, good and badwhen you write down good experiences, allow yourself to feel those feelingswhen you remember bad experiences, allow yourself to feel self-compassion. compassion is not self-pity, but rather willingness to accept ones own pain and regretstop trying to be perfect 40 always do your best, but not reaching perfectionis not failurejust follow all the steps above and dont let anyones expectations of you put any pressure on youa. keep a diaryb. praise yourselfc. do not feel guilty about itd. gratitude keeps your heart open to lovee. unfortunately, thats not usually how life worksf. stop blaming yourself for being less than perfectg. it is important to accept a gift of love by othersiii. 完形填空on the iraq-syria border, a pack of wild dogs circled american soldiers for food. the leader of the pack was a gray-and-white dog. the soldiers called him nubs. nubs wasshaking and_1_able to stand. marine major brian dennis looked closer and saw thatthere was a knife wound_2_his chest. dennis couldnt stand seeing the dog_3_. he and his men immediately treated thewound, and gave nubs oral medicine. nubs_4_but was still in pain. the next day, theteam had to_5_. ten days later, denniss unit was back - and so was nubs. he wasstill_6_ , but the men fed him and played with him. before long the unit once again_7_an outpost (前哨) 70 miles away. nubs, slowlybut determinedly,_8_them far into the trackless wasteland until the men lost_9_of him.two days later, beyond denniss_10_, he saw nubs just outside the outpost. the doghad tracked him across 70 miles of frozen desert to_11_with the friend who had savedhis life. from then on nubs and the men slept in the same place, and ran around in thesame ruins. until an order came down from above that they were not_12_to have pets, dennis_13_to make sure the dog would continue to live the_14_life. so he quickly raised$ 4,000 from his family and friends to fly nubs to_15_. a month later, when dennis and the dog were_16_in california, at first nubs didntrecognize the guy._17_within minutes, the dog jumped into dennis s arms, jumping upagain and again to_18_his friends face. a little_19_and concern in the middle of war will not save a violent world. but smallstories, like the story of a soldier and a dog, hold a promise of a(n)_20_world.( )1.a. mostly( )2.a. in( )3.a. stand( )4.a. pulled through( )5.a. leave( )6.a. hungry( )7.a. look up( )8.a. watched( )9.a. touch( )10.a. ability( )11a. part( )12.a. asked( )13.a. decided( )14.a. moving( )15.a. london( )16a. found( )17.a. so( )18a. lick( )19.a. pity( )20.a. equalb. certainlyb. onb. starveb. fell asleepb. restb. tiredb. look overb . followedb. sightb. surpriseb. fightb. suggestedb. agreedb. goodb. americab. interviewedb. andb. touchb. mercyb. harmoniousc. hardlyc. atc. bleedc. woke upc. passc. dirtyc. left forc. accompaniedc. footprintc. imaginationc. meetc. requiredc. acceptedc. safec. iraqc. linkedc. butc. bitec. carec. prosperousd. neverd. behindd. sufferd. fell downd. remaind. weakd. returned fromd. barkedd. smelld. understandingd. breakd. allowedd. proposedd. interestingd. syriad. reunitedd. thoughd. cleand. contributiond. amazingiv. 语法填空julieenjoyedreadingwhenyoung.shegrewupin61keymiddleschoolinhercity,62herparentsbothtaughtchinese.thatmeantshewassurroundedbyeitherteacherswhowerebusyteachingorstudentswho63(devote)totheirstudies.soshedevelopedherloveof64.herinterest65readingalsobenefitedfromthefactthat66parentsonlyletherwatchhalfanhouroftvaday.shelearnedtousehermindandimaginationtoentertain67.itsnotreally68(surprise)thatreadingbecamehervocation.whennotreadingsheenjoyedwatchingfilms,walkingandrelaxingwithherfriends.readingbroughthermuch69(please)andsheneverwantedtostoplearning.notonlydidreadingenrichherknowledge70itimprovedherlearningscores.v. 短文改错last summer, my parents and i have our family holiday in hainan. before the trip we booked plane tickets and the hotel where we were doing to live in on the internet and got some informations about the places we were going to visit. it was very hot in hainan that neither of us could bear the heat. lucky for us, it rained in the evening. the next day, we went to the seaside and lied on the beach, enjoying the beautiful scenery. on third day, we went shopping together and buying lots of seafood for our friends. although the trip was short, but we had great fun.vi. 书面表达假定你是李华，上网时发现有外籍教师