广西桂林中学高三英语8月月考试题【会员独享】.doc

桂林中学2013届高三年级8月模拟考英语试题（考试时间：2012年8月30日 3:00 pm- 5:00 pm）第一卷第一部分 听力 （共两节，满分30分）第一节(共5小题；每小题l分，满分5分) 听下面5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l0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. how much will the woman pay if she buys two skirts?a. $18.b. $19.c. $20.2. what will the speakers discuss?a. report.b. a computer.c. a report on computer.3. what are the speakers talking about?a. child.b. a room.c. a present.4. what can we learn from this conversation?a. the woman does not get along well with the man.b. the woman does not get along well with her roommate.c. the man will talk with the womans roommate.5. where are the two speakers now?a. on the first floor.b. on the fourth floor.c. on the fifth floor.第二节(共15小题；第小题l分，满分15分)听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. what was the woman doing before she went home?a. typing a report.b. rewriting a report.c.reviewing a report. 7. where did the woman have her dinner?a. in a restaurant.b. in her office.c. at home.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。 8. why does the man feel surprised?a. the woman has found a new job.b. the woman doesnt feel like leaving.c. the woman disagrees with him. 9. what does the woman say about her department?a. there is a lack of trust.b. there are serious problems.c. there is too much pressure. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. what are the speakers talking about?a. popular sports events.b. tv programs people like best.c. things people do after work. 11. how did the woman do the research?a. she talked to people.b. she sent letters to people.c. she collected information from newspapers. 12. what do most people do in their spare time?a. go to movies.b. read books.c. watch tv. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. where does this conversation take place?a. at the airport.b. in a restaurant.c. on the street. 14. why does the woman like san francisco?a. it has less traffic.b. it has the best food and music.c. people there are friendlier. 15. where does the woman come from?a. pennsylvania.b. san francisco.c. china. 16. what does the woman think of the mans english?a. excellent.b. acceptable.c. strange.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. how many people are there in the womans family?a. three.b. four.c. five. 18. what did the children think about having dinner together at home?a. they thought it was funny.b. they disliked the idea at first.c. they preferred eating with friends. 19. how often did the family finally decide to have meals together?a. every sunday.b. twice a week.c. three times a week. 20. who finally set the time for these family dinners?a. the children.b. the father.c. the woman speaker.第二部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）21. believe it or not, levys sister suddenly _ tears when we were eating. a. burst outb. burst intoc. broke intod. brought out22. weve _ sugar. ask mrs. jones to lend us some. a. run outb. run shortc. run out ofd. run off23. i dont really teach this class. i _ until alice returns from the united states on the exchange program with jenks high schoola. just help out b. have just helped out c. will just help out d. am just helping out24 . should the opportunity _ , id love to go to paris. a. riseb. raisec. arised. happen25. according to a new report, personal _ of guns in the usa causes a lot of trouble. a. wealthb. possessionc. existenced. permission 26 . im very grateful for your help and hope that someday i may be able to do something for you _. a. in exchangeb. in turnc. in returnd. in particular27. he worked hard. _ , he won the first prize. aas a whole b. as a result of c. as well d. as a consequence 28. hes been _ to the state supreme court in california. a. abandoned b. attended c. appointed d. attempted29 .the young man had no _ for hard work. a. appetite b. taste c. desire d. enjoyment30. its said that _ of the students _ absent. a.three-fifth, are b. three-fifths, is c. third-fifth, is d. three-fifths, are31. it was seven oclock _ i got to school this morning, _ made our teacher very angry. a. when, that b. that, that c. when, which d. that, when32 . america was _ was first called “india” by columbus. a. that b. where c. what d. the place33 . in 1778 , banks was elected _president of the royal society , _ position he held for 42 years. a. a , a b. the , a c. / . a d. the , the34 . why are you so late? i got stuck in the traffic jam, or i _ earlier. a. arrived b. have arrivedc. would arrive d. would have arrived 35. do remember to see a doctor tomorrow! _. a. got it b. heard it c. made it d. taken it第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）one day a famous speaker gave a speech to a crowd of people. he held up a 36 bill. he asked, who would like this $20 bill hands were 37 . then he said, i am going to give this $20 to one of you, but first let me do this. he began to crumple（弄皱）the 38 . he then asked the audience, 39 still wants it? still the hands went 40 in the air. what 41 i do this he asked, and he 42 it on the ground, and started to step on it. he 43 it up. now the bill was 44 and crumpled. now who still wants it? still the hands went up.my friends,” he continued, “you have all 45 a good lesson. no matter 46 i did to the money, you still wanted it because the bill did not lose its 47 . it was still worth $20. many times in our 48 , we are dropped, crumpled, and stepped on, because we sometimes 49 wrong decisions, or we may 50 with something we do not 51 .when that happens, we feel depressed and think we are 52 . but in fact no matter what has happened or what will happen, you will never lose your value. the worth of our life comes not 53 what we do or whom we know, but who we are! dont forget the worth of a thing does not depend on its outside 54 , but on its inner value. this is the 55 of life.” 36. a. 20 dollarb. 20 dollarsc.20-dollarsd. 20-dollar.37. a. risenb. putc. raisedd. held38. a. billb. groundc. moneyd. finger 39. a. somebodyb. nobodyc. anybodyd. you40. a. upb. downc. aboved. below41. a. shouldb. canc. if d. whether42. a. threwb. droppedc. felld. put43. a. showedb. lifted c. putd. picked44. a. goodb. cleanc. larged. dirty 45. a. gaveb. learnedc. haved. take46. a. thatb. howc. whatd. why47. a. valueb. pricec. effectd part.48. a. studiesb. workc. fieldsd. lives49. a. dob. makec. gived. take50. a. meet b. dealc. talkd. get51. a. likeb. hopec. wishd. expect52. a. worthlessb. weakc. poord. careless53. a. fromb. inc. aboutd. at54. a. beautyb. facec. looksd. image55. a. lessonb. truthc. sayingd. story第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）awhen i was a baby, i entertained you and made you laughwhenever i was bad , youd shake your finger at me and ask : how could you?but then youd give up, and roll me over for a belly scratch and i believed that life could not be any more perfectmy housetraining was a long process, because you were terribly busy, but we worked on that togetherwe went for long walks, runs in the park and car rideswe stopped for ice creami took long naps in the sun waiting for you to come home at the end of the daygradually, you began spending more time at work and on your career, and more time searching for a human mateeventually, you fell in loveshe, now your wife, is riot a dog person, but i still welcomed her into our homei was happy because you were happythen the human babies came along and i shared your excitement, i was fascinated by their pinkness, how they smelled, and i wanted to mother them tooyour wife was afraid i would bite thembut nevertheless, as they began to grow, i became their friendnow, you have a new job in another city and you and they will be moving to an apartment that does not allow petsyouve made the right decision for your family , but there was a time when i was your only familyi was excited about the car ride until we arrived at the dog poundit smelled of dogs and cats, of fear, of hopelessnessyou filled out the paperwork and said: i know you will find a good home for her they shrugged and gave you a pained lookthe children were in tears as they waved me goodbyeand how could you? were the only three words that swept over my mindis it better to live with hope or without hope? at first, whenever anyone passed my pen, i rushed to the front, hoping it was you, that you had changed your mind and that this was all a bad dreammy beloved master, i will think of you and wait for you foreveri hope you receive more faithfulness from your family than you showed to me 56who tells this story?aa dog ba child ca dogs owner da dog trainer57why did the dogs owner take his dog to the pound?ahe had a newborn baby bhis wife did not like the dogche was moving into a new building dhe thought the dog too troublesome 58which is true about the dog when it lived at the pound?ait hoped to be adopted by another familybit continued to love its former ownercit did not trust humans any more dit was excited about the pound59what is the theme of the story?abe ready for changes bnever expect too muchcnever complain about your life dbe faithful to those who love youbfrom the earliest times, man has been interested in artpeople have often worked together to collect and save the world s art treasuresfine art treasures from many countries are kept in an art museum called the louvre （卢浮宫）in paris, francethe works of art have been collected by the people of france over many centuriesthe louvre has not always been a museumthe first building was a fortin 1190, it was the king s castle with high walls and a round tower; it had a moat to keep out its enemiesover the years, the number of buildings around the castle grewby 1350, the castle was no longer needed as a fortthe louvre became a palace home for french kings and queensduring times of peace, new treasures were brought induring days of war, many treasures were stolen, and the buildings were damagedwhen francis i became king of france in 1515, he brought in artists from many countriesone of the artists was leonardo da vinci from italy, whose mona lisa is the best-known painting in the museum todayin 1793, the louvre became a public museum, just as it is nowit is a place where art treasures have been saved for everyone to enjoy60on the whole, this passage is mainly about _aan art museum called the louvre ban italian artist named leonardo da vincica king of france named francis i dthe best-known painting in the louvre61why is it good for great art to be kept in public museums?ait helps people remember who the king of france is bit keeps people out of the palacescit gives everyone a chance to enjoy good artdit helps people to know the greatest artists62from the passage we know that _ait is not possible for treasures to be stolen bold forts always make the best museumscgreat art should be shared with all the peopledfrancis i of france brought in artists from the whole country 63the underlined word moat in the third paragraph probably means _aa high tower built in former times where soldiers watched out for enemiesba long and deep ditch dug round a castle which was usually filled with water ca cart pulled by horses on which soldiers fought da long and high wall around a castle with a round towercyou choose to be a winner! the winners club is a bank account specially designed for teenagers. it has been made to help you better manage your money. the winners club is a transaction account (交易账户) where you receive a key card so you can get to your money 24/7 thats 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! its a club with impressive features for teenagers: no account keeping fees! youre no millionaire so we dont expect you to pay large fees. in fact, there are no account keeping or transaction fees! excellent interest rates! you want your money to grow. the winners club has a good rate of interest which gets even better if you make at least two deposits (储蓄) without taking them out in a month. convenient teenagers are busy we get that. you may never need to come to a bank at all. with the winners club you can choose to use handy tellers and to bank from home using the phone and the internet you can have money directly deposited into your winners club account. this could be your pocket money or your pay from your part time job! mega magazine included along with your regular report, you will receive a free magazine full of good ideas to make even more of your money. there are also fantastic offers and competitions only for winners club members. the winners club is a great choice for teenagers. and it is so easy to join. simply fill in an application form. you will have to get permission from your parent or guardian (so we can organize that cool key card) but it is easy. we cant want to hear from you. its the best way to choose to be a winner! 64which of the following is true about the winners club? 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