湖南省凤凰县华鑫中学2013届高三第一次月考英语试题.doc

华鑫中学2013届高三第一次月考英语试题PART ONE LISTENING COMPREHENSION (30 points)Directions: In this section, youll hear 6 conversations between 2 speakers. For each conversation, there are several questions and each question is followed by 3 choices. Listen to the conversations carefully and then answer the questions by marking the corresponding letter (A, B or C) on the question booklet. You will hear each conversation TWICE.Section AConversation l1 Which of the following is true?A. The man got a “C” in English exam B. The man looks up today C. The man got only one time “C” in English exam2 What does the woman suggest the man do?A Reading aloud B Speaking more C Both A and B Conversation 23 Where does the woman want to go ?A To a bank B To Road 10 C To J.RD 4 What numbers has the man mentioned?A 19,2,10,7,9,8 B 19,2,10,7,11,8 C 19,2,10,6,7,8 Conversation 35 What is the man asking the woman to do?A. Find a job B Look for a baby-sitter C Call on him 6Where is the man now? A At a meeting B At home C At his office Conversation 47 What does the mans daughter want to be ?A A college student B A fashion model C A movie star 8What is the womans advice to the man?A To talk to his daughter B Not to push his daughter C To tell his daughter to study hard 9What probably is the man ? A A writer B A teacher C A doctor Conversation 510What happened to Howard? A He got hurt in an accident B He got a disease C He lost his car 11When did the accident happen? A Last month B Last week C Last night12 What do we know more about the event?A Howard has got insurance for his car B Howard has got his car back C The police havent got any clue Conversation 613What was the purpose of Mrs. Whitfields visits to Kew Garden?A To learn more about plants.B To write an article on garden C To meet the writers 14Which book is full of practical advice and personal opinions? A Kew Gardens B. Dorset Gardens C Cottage Garden Flowers 15Where did Mrs. Whitfield live before she moved to her present home? A In West London B In Somerset C In Dorset Section B Directions：In this section，you will hear a short passageListen carefully and then fill inthe numbered blanks with the information you have heardFill in each blank with NO MORETHAN THREE WORDS You will hear the short passage TWICEThe starting time of Drag race in USAIn (16) Info about the track About 1,200 feet long Should be (17) Info about the Drag racing car Huge, fat tires are (18) The powerful engine is usually in front of (19) The wheel looks like a (20) Part II Language Knowledge(45 marks)Section A (15 marks)Directions: For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.21. As a famous songwriter, when interviewed on TV, he said _ was more important in his life than songwriting. A. something B. everythingC. anythingD. nothing22. It has been a long time since we saw our former class teacher. Yes, but to our delight, we _ her at the reunion at the end of next month. A. sawB. will be seeingC. have seenD. had seen23. Is there any possibility _ Putin will be elected as president of Russian again? Maybe. A. whetherB. thatC. whatD. which24. _ affects your performance in an exam, so you need to learn how to keep your emotions under control. A. How nervous are youB. How you are nervous C. How nervous you areD. How are you nervous25. The various activities our school provides us with have taught us much that we would never have _ learned in class. A. actuallyB. thusC. otherwiseD. instead26. Why wasnt he present in class? Something unexpected _ to him. A. could have happenedB. should have happened C. would happenD. had to happen27. Fail the speech competition _ he did, he still accumulate much precious experience. A. asB. sinceC. unlessD. when28. Sarah, you seem to be a little absent-minded. Whats wrong? Oh, sorry. Actually, I _ of the family party this weekend. I have to make a list of what needs to be bought. A. am just thinkingB. will just think C. have just thoughtD. was just thinking29. Nobody in our office but Lily and Lisa _ the conference to be held next Sunday. A. have attended B. has attended C. are to attendD. is to attend30. The children were jumping on the new sofa, _ I had paid a large of money only the day before. A. whichB. whereC. for whichD. with which31. He cant be promoted to manager of the marketing department, _ his inability to communicate with customers. A. being consideredB. to be considered C. consideringD. considered32. _ by James Goodalls example, many other zoologists have begun working with apes in the wild. A. To be inspiredB. Inspired C. InspiringD. Having inspired33. No single word _ over the talk. He was too shy, I think. A. said heB. he saidC. did he sayD. he did say34. I didnt see you see at the theater last night. Why? I _ her performance before. It is just so-so. A. have seeB. seeC. will seeD. would see35. As a journalist you should first decide what events _ before you make some interviews. A. to report B. reportedC. to be reportedD. reportingSection B(18 marks)Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.Prof Dennis Brown once gave his class a special homework to “go to someone you love and tell them you love them, It has to be someone you have 36 said those words to before or at least havent shared those words with for a long time.” Now that doesnt sound like a very tough assignment, 37 you realize that most of the students were over 35 and were taught that expressing emotions is not “macho”.In the next class, one of the men raised his hand to 38 his homework. He began by saying, “Dennis, I was quite angry at first. Who were you to tell me to do something that 39 . But when driving home I knew exactly the answer.”“Five years ago, my father and I hand a furious disagreement. Since then, we 40 seeing each other unless we had to at Christmas or other family gatherings. So by the time I got home I had 41 myself, I was going to tell my father I loved him.”“The next afternoon, I was at my parents house ringing the doorbell, praying that Dad would answer the door. I was afraid if Mom answered that I would 42 and tell her instead. But as luck would have it, Dad did answer the door, I didnt 43 any timeI took one step in the door and said, “Did, I just came over to tell you that I love you.”“It was as if a transformation came over my dad. Before my eyes his face 44 44 , the wrinkles seemed to disappear and he began to cry. He reached out and hugged me and said. I love you too, son, but Ive never been able to say it. It was such a 45 moment I hadnt felt that great in a long time.”“But thats not even my 45 .Two days after that visit, my dad had a sudden heart attack and ended up in the hospital. 47 .”“So my message to all of you in this is: Take the time to do what you need to do and do it now!”36AneverBfrequentlyCeverDusually37AwhenBuntilCifDbefore38AtellBhandCgiveDshare39AemotionalBsecretCpersonalDhard40AbeganBpreventedCkeptDavoided41AthoughtBconvincedCaskedDordered42Astep outBfade awayCchicken outDturn away43AwasteBhesitateCwaitDlose44AlaughedBrelievedCsmiledDsoftened45AimportantBpreciousCmovedDvalueless46ApointBassignmentCendDstory47AunknownBunconcernedCunconsciousDunhappySection C (12 marks)Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.Chinas successful space-docking（对接）mission on Thursday has inspired the hopes of Chinese 48. see their nation as a pioneer in exploring the cosmos（宇宙）and a global leader in science and technology. It has49. inspired some inappropriate metaphors（比喻）.“If we compare the space-docking mission 50. the promise of a pair of lovers deeply in love, 51. will be the most romantic story of the season.” said an article on the state run Xinhua news agencys website.Furthering 52. comparison, it described Shenzhou -8, the unmanned spacecraft launched Tuesday, as a passionate young man and Tiangong-1, the equally unscrewed space module with which it docked early Thursday Beijing time, 53 a girl who “arrives early at the meeting place and strolls around and around, waiting for her lover.”54. images of how the docking might look could inspire the imaginations of the romance, the science behind the docking is 55. more simple than we expect. The two spacecraft docked using an androgynous peripheral attach system, a technology with origins in Russias space program.Part III Reading comprehension (30 marks)Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.AIf you want to help children develop language and speech skills, UCLA researchers say, listening to what they have to say is just as important as talking to them.The effect of a conversation between a child and an adult is about six times as great as the effect of adult speech input alone, the researchers found. “Adults speaking to children helps language develop, but what matters much more is the interaction，” said the study s lead author, Frederick Zimmerman, an associate professor in the School of Public Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. The researchers also found that TV viewing didn t have much of an effect positively or negatively as long as it wasn t displacing conversations between an adult and a child.The UCLA study included 275 families with children between 2 months and 48 months old. They represented a variety of incomes and education. The researchers found that, in an average day, children hear about 13,000 spoken words from adults and participated in about 400 adultchild conversations a day.Assessed separately, factors positively associated with language development included each additional 100 conversations a day and each 1,000 word increase in the number of words spoken by adults and heard by children. When looked at alone, TV was negatively associated with language development. But, when the three factors were analyzed together, the only one that stood out was conversation between adults and children.“The more a child speaks and interacts with an adult, the better idea a parent has about where the child is，” Zimmerman said. “Although it s mostly done unconsciously, parents will provide feedback and correct mistakes. Theyll also tailor their speech to the child. Parents can give a child words by talking to them about what they re doing, such as， Im putting on your pajamas now. But give your child the opportunity to talk, hopefully without the rest of the noise in the environment，” she added. “If parents can carve out some conversation time maybe at bath time or at dinner time that s a wonderful thing.”56The researchers also found that TV viewing _.A could have a positive effect on a childs language developmentBhad a little effect on a child s language developmentCaffected a childs language development more negatively than positivelyDaffected a childs language development both negatively and positively57Frederick Zimmerman would probably agree that _.Aparents should let their children talk most of the timeBchildren should watch TV programs selectivelyCthe conversation between parents and children should be two-wayDit s no good for parents to correct their children s mistakes when they are speaking58We can conclude from the last paragraph that _.Aparents should let a child repeat what he or she saysBbath time or dinner time is the best chance for parents to talk to a childCparent child conversation can be carried out at any proper timeDparents should leave a child talking alone59What would be the best title for the passage?ATalk with kids, not at themBLet your children voice their own opinionsCHow to develop a child s language abilityDThe importance of early child language development60The underlined word “tailor” in the last paragraph can be best replaced by “_.”Acontrol Bimprove Cpass DadjustBAs the nights get lounger, those who suffer from the winter blues will be planning ways to escape to the sunshine.But there may be a much simpler way of cheering yourself up. simply shining a bright light into your ear canal.Up to one in four Britons suffer from seasonal affective disorder, with seven per cent of the population having full-blown SAD. It is caused by the brain not receiving enough daylight which is needed to trigger serotonin（血清素）, a hormone that regulates mood. Symptoms range from mild lethargy （乏力）to depression and insomnia, but a cure might be in sight.Two clinical trials, run by Valkee - who make a device that can shine light into your ear - and the University of Oulu in Finland, have found that carefully targeted light can help prevent the condition.Juuso Nissil, Valkees co-founder and chief scientist said: “We presented earlier that the human brain is sensitive to light”.“These two clinical trials demonstrate that channeling bright light via ear canal into brains photosensitive areas effectively prevents and treats seasonal affective disorder.”The University of Oulu reported that in their first study, 92 per cent of the patients with seasonal affective disorder achieved full remission after a month of daily eight-to-12 minute doses of light from the Valkee.Time Takala, chief physician at the Oulu Deaconess Institute said: “These two trials show that bright light channeled into the brain via ear canal is an important future method to treat seasonal affective disorder.”Valkee launched its bright light headset in August 2010. It is classed as a medical device under EU regulations.The device channels bright light direct to the brain via the ear canal to prevent and cure depression, mood swings and even circadian-rhythm disorders（昼夜节律失调） such as jet lag. It costs 185 and looks like an iPod - only the earphones emit light rather than sound.61How many Britons suffer from seasonal affective disorder?AApproximately a quarter.B7%.CMore than one fourth.D92%.62 We can know that regulates our mood from the passage.Aa hormoneBserotoninClightDiPod63 The bright-light headset is . Aa kind of medicine to cure depressionBa medical device to treat seasonal affective disorderCa light that looks like an iPodDan iPod that prevents and cures circadian-rhythm disorders64Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?AThe bright-light headset will be mainly used to cure jet lag.B92% patients with seasonal affective disorder achieved full remission after a month.CValkece made the device that can shine light into cars.DJuuso Nissila reported that the human brain is sensitive to light.65It can be inferred from the passage that .Athe brain not receiving enough daylight can lead to jet lagBenjoying the sunshine may help people cheer upCmost of Britons are easily to be depressedDyou can enjoy music while receiving the treatment via the earphoneCFocus on what you do best. This age-old strategy has worked well for Real Networks, Microsofts main competitor in multimedia software for the Internet. Now, the smaller Seattle-based firm is trying a novel way to contain the software giant. On October 29th, it released the underlying recipe, or source-code, of its RealPlayer software and will soon do the same for its other programs-giving away a big chunk of its intellectual property（知识产权）.This may sound like a desperate echo of 1998, when Netscape, struggling in Microsofts chokehold, published the source-code of its web browser. Yet Real Networks is not playing defence. It is trying to encourage the creation of a common multimedia software infrastructure for every kind of file format and device, thus thwarting （阻碍）Microsofts ambitions in this promising market.The firm hopes that others in the industry (volunteer programmers, media firms and hardware makers) will take the code, called Helix DNA, improve it and make it run on new devices, such as mobile phones and home stereos, turning Real Networks software into an industry standard. Clever licensing terms are supposed to ensure that this standard does not splinter and （分裂）that the firm still makes money.Individual developers, universities and other non-profit organisations can modify the software as they please, and even redistribute it for free, so long as they also publish the source-code for their changes. This is a sort of payment in kind, for Real Networks is then allo