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2012-2013学年度第一学期高三级英语科期中考试卷 本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共14页，满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上，用2b铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2b铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。第一卷 一听力：请根据录音和所给中文，用英语写出三个问题和回答五个问题。（共8小题，满分8分） in this part you will act as a role and complete three communicative tasks: listen to the speaker, ask the speaker three questions and then answer five questions.now please listen to the speaker.情景介绍：角色：你是女士任务：（1）和你的朋友谈论与父母相处的问题； （2）根据谈话内容回答问题请听完对话后，根据下面中文提示请你用英语提出三个问题（请把英语问题写在答卷上）now please ask the speaker three questions. you have 20 seconds to prepare the question.（1） 他们不让你做什么事呢？（2） 他们限制你周末的活动吗？（3） 你觉得你父母为什么对你这么严格？now please get ready to answer five questions in english. youre allowed 10 seconds to prepare the answer. （电脑提问两遍，请把英语回答写在答卷上）二. 单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）1. the weather is fine today except _ the northwest. _ good weather we have! a. /; howb. for; howc. /; whatd. in; what2. switzerland lies _ france, italy, austria and germany. _ them, germany is the biggest.a. among; inb. between; inc. between; ofd. among; among3. i would appreciate _ the radio down. a. it if you turnb. you to turnc. it turningd. you turn4. i prefer a flat in yuexiu district to _ in haizhu district, so i like this apartment better than _.a. that; itb. that; thatc. one; itd. one; that5. his hair is longer than _. a. everyoneb. else anyonesc. anyone elsesd. other ones6. does _ matter much _ they will not come tomorrow? a. it; whetherb. it; thatc. that; thatd. that; whether7. i will give you _ much money you need. a. no matter howb. howeverc. whatd. no matter what8. he made a long speech, _. a. as was unexpected b. as we didnt expected itc. which we expectedd. which was unexpected9. it will not be long _ we enter university. itll be a time _ we celebrate.a. before; /b. after; whenc. since; that d. when; which10. how can you ask for leave from work _ there is still great demand for skilled hands here?a. whileb. wherec. whend. as11. the two students quarreled to such a situation _ they fought each other and the incident reached to a point _ both their parents were to be called in. a. that; where b. where; where c. where; that d. that; that12. i wanted some more coffee but _ was left and _ was tea.a. nothing; norb. none; soc. no one; nord. none; neither13. we believe the scientist was unsuccessful, _? a. dont web. do wec. wasnt hed. was he14. burglar alarms _ at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy.a. go offb. that go offc. that are going offd. which going off15. _ that the path continued on the other side, we wondered how we could get across the stream.a. seeingb. being able to seec. it could be seend. at the sight of三. 完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的a、b、c、d四个选项中，选出最佳选项。well all have a heart that is already accurately showing us how true things are.carmens mother maria had just 16 a serious heart attack. but without a heart transplant her life was in constant 17 .both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very 18 : finding a donor heart that matched marias blood type could take years. however, carmen was determined to save her mother. she kept 19 hospitals all over the country.days stretched out. by christmas, maria had trouble walking from one end of the room to the other. carmen lost all hope. she fell into a corner of the hospital, _20 .“are you okay?” a man asked.carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her 21 . this middle-aged man was named frank, whose wife, cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldnt 22 it through the night. 23 , an idea came to franks mind. he knew cheryl had always wanted to donate something from herself. after reviewing the data, doctors 24 frank that his wifes heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for carmens mother. they were able to 25 the transplant.that cold night, when cheryl was 26 dead, frank came to knock at marias door. she was 27 for franks family as she had been doing every day recently. though maria had never met frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.on new years eve, carmen 28 cheryls funeral with franks family, who were singing their favorite song “my heart will go on.”one day later, on new years day, maria 29 with cheryls heart. yes, cheryls loving heart would go on, for it was 30 in another loving mothers chest.16asufferedbsurvivedcdieddmade17achangebdangercdisorderdpain18aslimbbigcunlikelydlikely19afindingbphoningctouringdinterrupting20acryingbsleepingcdoubtingdthinking21aideabstorycthoughtdaccident22aputbsupportcpassdmake23ahurriedlybsuddenlyc. calmlyd. devotionally24ainformedbwarnedccongratulateddreminded25agive upbcarry outcsearch afterdput off26anoticedbpredictedcleftddeclared27aprayingbbeggingcdecoratingdsinging28aattendedbjoinedcvisiteddpassed29apassed awaybwoke upcleft behindddressed up30aactive balivecnecessarydlively四、语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷相应的位置上。one day a young man was standing in the middle of the town claiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. a large crowd 1 (gather), and they all admired his heart for it was perfect.suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 2 .” the crowd and the young man looked at the old mans heart, which was full of scars. it had 3 (place) where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didnt fit quite right, and there were several jagged（锯齿状的）edges. in fact, in some places there were deep gouges（沟槽）where whole pieces were 4 (miss). the young man laughed. “comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”“yes,” said the old man, “yours looks perfect 5 i would never trade with you. you see, every scar represents a person to 6 i have given my love. i tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart. but because the pieces arent exact, i have some rough edges, which i cherish, because they remind of 7 love we shared. sometimes i have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasnt returned a piece of his or her heart 8 me. these are the empty gouges. although these gouges are painful, they stay open, 9 (remind) me of the love i have for those people. so now do you see 10 true beauty is?”五. 阅读理解 (共两节，满分45分)第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的a、b、c和d项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(共20题，每小题2分，满分40分)aforest guards in western india are using cell phones with ringtones of cows mooing, goats bleating and roosters crowing to attract leopards that have wandered into human settlements, officials said on monday.the wild cats in the state of gujarat often get into villages near forests in search of food, say officials, adding that this results in attacks on people. but rather than use methods such as live bait like goats tied to trees to lure (引诱) the leopards, which then fall into large pits dug by guards, officials say they have found a safer method to trap the cats.“the moos of a cow, and bleating of a goat from the phone have proved effective to trap leopards,” said d. vasani, a senior forest official in gujarat. “this trick works.” vasani said forest guards have downloaded the sounds of over a dozen animals as ringtones on their mobiles which they attach to speakers and fix behind a cage. they then play the ringtone continuously for up to two hours until the curious leopard appears and moves into the cage looking for its easy meal. at least five leopards have so far been lured from villages since the new ringtone method was introduced three months ago. the cats have all been released back into forest areas.wildlife activists welcomed the new initiative (新方案) saying that previous methods of trapping the cats using pits often resulted in the animals getting injured. 31. what can be the best title of the passage?a. cell phones to hunt animalsb. practical uses of cell phonesc. wildlife and new technologyd. phone ringtones to catch leopards32. forest guards in india try to catch leopards mainly because _.a. leopards attack villagersb. they want leopard furc. leopards attack animalsd. they have new ringtones33. according to the wildlife activists, the new method is _.a. appreciated because it benefits leopardsb. not good because it may injure animalsc. effective because ringtones workd. not safer than the former one34. we can learn from the passage except that _.a. forest guards dont mean to hurt the leopardsb. forest guards no longer use pits to trap leopardsc. forest guards used goats to attract leopardsd. recorded animal sound are used to lure leopards35. what will be needed to trap the leopards using the new method?a. cell phones b. animals c. sounds of animals d. cages e. large pitsa. abcdb. bcec. aded. acdba new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. they surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. they spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. they cannot stop, and it affects their lives.ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. this obsessive behavior has affected teenagers and college students. they are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.they become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. they spend all free time surfing and dont concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at schools. because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.they spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. the relation with their friends changes. the virtual life becomes more important than their real life. they have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. they share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life. it is a problem for the future. this addictive behavior is beginning to affect the whole world.36. the main idea of the passage is about _.a. the cause of weboholism b. the advantage of weboholismc. the popularity of weboholismd. the influence of weboholism37. the underlined work “obsessive” in the second paragraph most probably means “_”.a. attractiveb. addictivec. professionald. potential38. we can infer from the passage that _.a. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers.b. students can hardly balance real and virtual life.c. people are addicted to games on the internet.d. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway.39. which of the following is not true of weboholism? a. it contributes to the development of the web.b. the chat room language may change social culture.c. the problem will be getting more and more serious later.d. people addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.40. the authors attitude towards weboholism is that of being _.a. optimisticb. positivec. oppositived. acceptablecphilip was a nine-year-old boy in a sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. sometimes the third graders didnt welcome philip into their group and usually tricked him. this was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. you see, philip suffered from a condition called downss syndrome. this made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems. one sunday after easter, the sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. the teacher gave one to each child. on that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs. after the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. the first opened egg contained a flower. everyone cheered. in another was a butterfly. when the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “thats stupid,” said someone. the teacher felt a pull at his shirt. it was philip. looking up, philip said, “its mine. i did it. its empty. i have new life, because the tomb is empty.” not a sound was heard in class at all. from that day on, philip became a real part of the group. they welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again. philips family knew he wouldnt live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him.41. the underlined word “condition” in the first paragraph probably means _. a. grade b. status c. health d. disease42. it can be inferred from the first paragraph that _. a. the 8-year-olds were sometimes cruel b. the 8-year-olds were friendly to philip c. philip was really different in school d. philip was older and more sensitive43. the teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them _. a. play around on that beautiful spring day b. put some symbol of “new life” into it c. try to pull it apart in the middle d. go out and discover themselves 44. after philip explained his new life, _. a. the class thought he was clever b. the class fell silent c. he began to study in the class d. he felt dying45. we learn from the passage that _. a. the teacher used to have classes outdoors b. the philips new life wish was empty c. philip was healthy as a whole d. philip was accepted by his classmates in the enddis there enough oil beneath the arctic national wildlife refuge (保护区) (anwr) to help secure americas energy future? president bush certainly thinks so. he has argued that tapping anwrs oil would help ease californias electricity crisis and provide a major boost to the countrys energy independence. but no one knows for sure how much crude oil lies buried beneath the frozen earth，with the last government survey, conducted in1998，projecting output anywhere from 3 billion to 16 billion barrels.the oil industry goes with the high end of the range, which could equal as much as 10% of u.s. consumption for as long as six years. by pumping more than 1 million barrels a day from the reserve for the next two to three decades, lobbyists claim, the nation could cut back on imports equivalent to all shipments to the u.s. from saudi arabia. sounds good. an oil boom would also mean a multibillion-dollar windfall in tax revenues, royalties (开采权使用费) and leasing fees for alaska and the federal government. best of all, advocates of drilling say, damage to the environment would be insignificant. “weve never had a documented case of an oil rig chasing deer out onto the pack ice,” says alaska state representative scott ogan.not so fast, say environmentalists. sticking to the low end of government estimates, the national resources defends council says there may be no more than 3.2 billion barrels of economically recoverable oil in the coastal plain of anwr, a drop in the bucket that would do virtually nothing to ease americas energy problems. and consumers would wait up to a decade to gain any benefits, because drilling could begin only after much bargaining over leases, environmental permits and regulatory review. as for anwrs impact on the california power crisis, environmentalists point out that oil is responsible for only 1% of the golden states electricity output - and just 3% of the nations.46. what does president bush think of tapping oil in anwr?a. it will increase americas energy consumption.b. it will exhaust the nations oil reserves.c. it will help reduce the nations oil imports.d. it will help secure the future of anwr.47. we learn from the second paragraph that the american oil industry _.a. shows little interest in tapping oil in anwrb. expects to stop oil imports from saudi arabiac. tends to exaggerate americas reliance on foreign oild. believes that drilling for anwr will produce high yields48. those against oil drilling anwr argue that _.a. it will drain the oil reserves in the alaskan regionb. it can do little to solve u.s. energy problemc. it can cause serious damage to the environmentd. it will not have much commercial value49. what do the environmentalists mean by saying “not so fast” (line1, para.3)?a. dont be too optimistic.b. dont expect fast returns.c. the oil drilling should be delayed.d. oil ex