广东省中山市镇区五校联考高三英语上学期中段试题新人教版.doc

中山市镇区五校联考2013届高三上学期中段英语试题考试时间120分钟，满分135分（不考听说）。一、完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）the story happened years ago, when my daughter was still little. i was driving across the country with my daughter to 1 my husband. since i intended to get to my destination before supper time, i drove 2 for a long time without a stop. then after driving for many miles, i became tired and needed to stop for a break to get 3 . i found a rest area. it was mostly deserted, in a quiet area of the highway. i parked the car and carried my 4 into the restroom. when i came out i saw a middle-aged 5 wandering around. feeling 6 about that, i asked the lady. what 7 me was: they were waiting for us! the lady told me that she and her husband wanted to see us safely back into our 8 . she explained that sometimes rest areas could be a 9 place for a young lady like me. she told me that she had a daughter almost my age, so they wanted to make sure that i got safely back on my way. i was very touched by their 10 . being young, and probably nave to the potential 11 of rest areas, it had never occurred to me that there was any possibility of something going wrong. i 12 them for their kindness. my daughter and i continued our journey and 13 our destination safely. i never got their names but years have passed and their kindness is still not 14 . sometimes angels come in make-up and just because you cant see their 15 , it doesnt mean they arent angels.1. a. desert b. stop c. join d. save2. a. slowly b. quickly c. safely d. quietly3. a. excited b. bored c. interested d. refreshed4. a. daughter b. luggage c. license d. car5. a. lady b. man c. couple d. angel6. a. angry b. curious c. jealous d. terrible7. a. surprised b. worried c. annoyed d. upset8. a. room b. car c. area d. park9. a. quiet b. noisy c. dangerous d. safe10. a. devotion b. honesty c. potential d. consideration11. a. stops b. dangers c. mistakes d. changes12. a. forgave b. asked c. thanked d. blamed 13. a. reached b. left c. missed d. passed 14. a. seen b. forgotten c. deserted d. recognized15. a. kindness b. safety c. faces d. wings二、语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分） one day an archer (弓箭手) drew a big crowd while practicing shooting. he was very 16. _(skill). he shot so accurately that the on-lookers cheered with 17._(excite). he became very proud of his skill. but among the crowd 18._ old oil seller only nodded his head indifferently. he went over to the old man and questioned him 19._ he could do that. the old man shook his head. then the archer asked, “ what do you think of 20._skill?” “just okay, but nothing special. youve gained your accuracy from constant practice. thats all.” the old oil seller replied. “what can you do, then?” the archer asked. the old man said 21._. he just put a bottle on the ground and covered its mouth with a coin that had a little hole in the middle. 22._ (hold) his oil jar high, he began to fill the bottle. a thread of oil came down from the jar 23._ the bottle just through the hole of the coin. everybody around watched with their eyes wide. however, the old man said, “this is nothing special. i can do this because i 24._(practice) for long.” and 25._ he said these words, he left. later, people use this story to mean “practice makes perfect.”三、 阅读理解 （共20小题; 每小题2分，满分40分）a next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. and when youre doing your holiday shopping online, make sure youre holding a large glass of iced tea. the physical sensation（感觉）of warmth encourages emotional warmth while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist john a. bargh. psychologists have known that one persons perception（感知）of anothers “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships. judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable. much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, bargh argues, when babies conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness. classic studies by harry harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “mother” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle. harlows work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills. feelings of “warmth” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal. although no worldwide study has been done, bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries. to test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students. a research assistant who was unaware of the studys hypotheses（假设）, handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form. the drink was then handed back. after that, the students were asked to rate the personality of “person a” based on a particular description. those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded person a as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.“we are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly,” says bargh. 26. according to paragraph 1, a persons emotion may be affected by _. a. the visitors to his office b. the psychology lessons he has c. his physical feeling of coldness d. the things he has bought online27. the author mentions harlows experiment to show that _. a. adults should develop social skills b. babies need warm physical contact c. caregivers should be healthy adults d. monkeys have social relationships28. in barghs experiment, the students were asked to _. a. evaluate someones personality b. write down their hypotheses c. fill out a personal information form d. hold coffee and cold drink alternatively29. we can infer from the passage that _. a. abstract thinking does not come from physical experiences b. feelings of warmth and coldness are studied worldwide c. physical temperature affects how we see others d. capable persons are often cold to others30. what would be the best title for the passage? a. drinking for better social relationships. b. experiments of personality evaluation. c. developing better drinking habits. d. physical sensations and emotions. b harry potter is an orphan (孤儿) who believes his parents were killed in a car crash when he was just a baby. since then, he has been raised by his aunt and uncle-as horrible as there could ever possibly be. his room is a cupboard under the stairs, hes the households general servant and he has to put up with his unpleasant cousin dudley, a fat, spoiled little stupid boy that reminds you of every bully (坏蛋) youve ever met -no matter what his age. but on his eleventh birthday harry makes a shocking discovery. his parents werent killed in a car accident. they were wizards who died protecting him from a really rotten wizard with plans to take over the world. now its harrys turn to leave the muggle (the ordinary people) world behind and go off to study at hogwarts college, to be trained in his birthright as a wizard. and so the stage is set for the seven books in this series. each book is a year at school where harry is joined by his best friends ron and hermione, where he becomes the youngest seeker in quiddich history (like basketball, but in the air riding brooms and under attack from flying objects), defeats the annoying malfoy and his companions and uncovers lots of plots to destroy hogwarts and the magical world he has come to love. the most interesting thing about these books is that they age. with each book the characters are growing up, the plots are getting more complicated (and a little darker) and we learn more and more about the adult world, both muggle and magical. kids reading these books can grow with them, and adults reading them have more to look for. by the time the series is finished, harry will be eighteen. in the media they have been compared to c. s. lewis and the little prince. apparently for children, but with deeper meaning for adults. maybe im still just a big kid, but i didnt see any of this. i just enjoyed them for what they are, the great reading that takes you back to that time in your life. they are wildly imaginative, wonderfully funny and well thought out. rowling has created instant classics that deserve a valued place in childrens literature. and all the media promotion? we know that will all blow over. but thanks to j.k. rowlings actual talent (possibly a little magic of her own), whats left behind wont blow away with it.31. harry discovers the truth about his parents death _.a. where he is just a baby b. on his eleventh birthdayc. when he is eighteen d. after he enters the college32. which of the following is true about harry potter according to paragraph 1?a. his parents were killed in a car crash. b. he is not well treated by his aunt and uncle.c. he is brought up by his grandparents. d. his cousin dudley is quite friendly to him.33. the most interesting thing about the harry potter series is that _.a. the characters are growing up with each bookb. the magical world is very interesting and attractivec. the plots are getting more and more complicatedd. the stories are getting more worthwhile to read34. the author thinks that the harry potter stories are _.a. suitable only for children b. short for humor in languagec. valuable for its place in literature d. carefully planned in advance35. what does the author intend to tell us in the last paragraph?a. the media promotion is too over to be true.b. the harry potter series will always be remembered.c. rowling should be awarded as a literary master.d. rowling will gradually lose her talent and magic.cmost american students go to traditional public schools. there are about 88,000 public schools all over the us. some students attend about 3,000 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 reorganize 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 governments 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.36. if a private company wants to operate a charter school, it must _.a. try new methods of teaching b. prove its management abilityc. obey the local and state laws d. get the governments permission37. charter schools are independent because_.a. they make greater progress b. their class size is smallerc. they enjoy more freedom d. they oppose traditional ways38. whats the governments attitude toward charter schools?a. doubtful b. supportive c. subjective d. optimistic39. what can we learn from the text?a. more students choose to attend charter schools.b. charter schools are better than traditional schools.c. students in charter schools are well educated.d. people have different opinions about charter schools.40. it can be inferred from the text that_.a. charter schools are part of the public education systemb. one-on-one attention should be paid to studentsc. the number of charter schools will be limited d. charter schools are all privately financeddthe writer margaret mitchell is best known for writing gone with the wind, first published in 1936. her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the american civil war. visitors to the margaret mitchell house in atlanta, georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.our first stop at the margaret mitchell house is an exhibit area telling about the writers life. she was born in atlanta in 1900. she started writing stories when she was a child. she started working as a reporter for the atlanta journal newspaper in 1922. one photograph of ms. mitchell, called peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. she was only about one and a half meters tall. the young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and sure of herself. the tour guide explains: “now in this picture peggy is interviewing some boys from georgia tech, asking them such questions as would you really marry a woman who works? and today itd be would you marry one who doesnt?”the margaret mitchell house is a building that once contained several apartments. now we enter the first floor apartment where ms. mitchell lived with her husband, john marsh. they made fun of the small apartment by calling it “ the dump”.around 1926, margaret mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. her husband brought her books to read from the library. she read so many books that he brought her typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. our guide says gone with the wind became a huge success. margaret mitchell received the pulitzer prize for the book. in 1939 the film version was released. it won ten academy awards, including best picture.41. the book gone with the wind was_.a. first published on a newspaper b. awarded ten academy awardsc. written in “ the dump” d. adapted from a movie42. the underlined phrase “tower over” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _?a. be very pleased with bshow great respect for c. be much taller than d. show little interest in43. why did ms. mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?a. because she was rich enough. b. because she was injured then.c. because her husband didnt like it. d. because she wanted to write books.44. we can know about margaret mitchell from the passage that_.a. he height made her marriage unhappy b. her interest in writing continued as an adultc. writing stopped her working as a reporter d. her life was full of hardship and sadness45. which is the best title for the passage?a. a trip to know margaret mitchell. b. gone with the wind: a huge success.c. an introduction of the margaret mitchell housed. margaret mitchell: a great female writer四、信息匹配 （共5小题; 每小题2分，满分10分）请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。首先，请阅读下列的应用文：a. capital theatre: to celebrate its 50th anniversary, the china acrobatic (杂技的)troupe will present “the soul of china”, where the seemingly impossible is made real. chills (恐惧) will run down your spine (脊柱) as you watch breathlessly performers take their art and their bodies to the edge. time: 7:30 pm, september 13-19b. huangshicheng gallery: an exhibition of a group of ink paintings is running. about 50 works by 25 young artists including ge yun and yu yang are on display. time: 9 am-5 pm until september 10c. wan fung art gallery: a joint show of oil paintings by 10 young and middle-aged artists will be hosted by the gallery. on display are more than 30 of their latest works, which capture the wondrous (美好的) variety of life in unique styles.d. anyuan museum: the national museum of modern chinese literature offers an in-depth study of the development of chinese contemporary literature from 1919 to 1949. time: 9 am-4 pm, dailye. the olympic center: “the fashionable night of chinese rock” is set to bring rock fans out by the thousands next month. nine chinese rock bands will perform at the concert, including older generation bands, middle generation and some recent arriv