云南省昆明一中2012届高三英语第三次摸底测试

用心 爱心 专心1 云南省昆明第一中学云南省昆明第一中学 20122012 届高中新课程高三第三次摸底测试英届高中新课程高三第三次摸底测试英 语语 试试 题题 注意事项 1 答题前 考生务必用黑色碳素笔将自己的姓名 准考证号 考场号 座位号在答题卡上填写 清楚 并认真核准条形码上的准考证号 姓名 考场号 座位号及科目 在规定的位置上贴 好条形码 2 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 擦干净后 再选涂其他答案标号 答在试卷上的答案无效 第 卷 选择题 共 85 分 第一部分 英语知识运用 共两节 满分 45 分 第一节 单项填空 共 15 小题 每小题 1 分 满分 15 分 从 A B C D 四个选项中 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 1 The last bus has gone we have to take a taxi A What if B How comeC If soD Since then 2 How about going for a walk with me this evening Sorry I a report then A was writingB will be writing C had writtenD have written 3 Don t worry It will be two weeks the exam takes place A sinceB afterC beforeD when 4 a position Tom tried his best to do it A Offered B OfferingC To offer D Having offered 5 Look On the hill A a tower is standingB is standing a tower C stands a towerD is a tower standing 6 After the car accident happened some TV reporters were sent to it A conveyB interviewC coverD inform 7 Mr Smith it s time to go to the railway station Oh yes I about it Let go at once A forgotB forget C had forgottenD have forgotten 8 Do you know fact He bought new house A a the B the a C 不填 theD the 不填 9 We visited a museum exhibited many famous paintings A it B thatC whereD which 10 If it were not for the drought we in this river as we often do A would have boated B would boatC had boatedD boated 11 Would you please open the door of the office for me I can t find my key A with pleasureB Don t mention itC My pleasure D That s right 12 you practise playing the guitar now It s nearly midnight A CanB ShouldC MayD Must 13 We were talking about the plans for the summer holidays when a travel agent 用心 爱心 专心2 A dropped in B turned upC came aboutD took over 14 We re making preparations for the meeting for the parents A heldB being heldC to hold D to be held 15 The costal city is attractive where you can enjoy a lot of sea foods and the beach in the sunshine you want me to go there too A ButB So C althoughD Since 第二节 完形填空 共 20 小题 每小题 1 5 分 满分 30 分 阅读下面短文 从短文后所给的各题四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出可以填入空白处的最 佳先项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 When I moved to the country more than two decades ago I took a temporary job as a bus 16 to fill a gap I d never had any wishes to drive country schoolchildren to and from school 17 years later I was still on the payroll 工资名册 I slill vividly remember my first run I had to 18 four children living two miles away from school They were 19 who were known locally as the outlaws Before I served them they had made the 20 driver cry so everyone was eager to see how I would 21 them Sure enough they began to make 22 in no time one cut the ponytail 辫子 off a girl 23 in front of him another chased his brother down the passage with a 24 while another brother encouraged him strongly I 25 the running car with a grinding screech 摩擦出尖叫声 of brakes and 26 the knife I have a teddy bear who was a great comforter for the little ones the kids got to look after Mr Harris on the trip to school and Mr H 27 patiently for them to climb aboard for the trip home I remember a little girl 28 the bus one morning and went on the burst into tears and 29 loudly all the way to school Twenty minutes later we 30 the school gate and as she waited in line to get down the bus stairs she threw her 31 around my neck and sobbed that her granddad had 32 the night before Some divers are afraid of taking the older kids to school but I 33 driving the teenagers just as much A school bus driver needs to keep one eye on the 34 and the other on the mirror in order to 35 what the little darlings are doing down the back 16 A passengerB driverC conductorD cleaner 17 A soB butC andD or 18 A take awayB pick upC search forD look at 19 A friendsB classmatesC brothersD neighbors 20 A previousB newC youngD later 21 A praiseB beatC handleD help 22 A friendsB decisionsC choicesD troubles 23 A walkingB runningC sittingD dancing 24 A gunB stickC knifeD bottle 25 A stoppedB turnedC shookD speeded 26 A foundB stoleC appreciatedD seized 27 A waitedB paidC askedD searched 28 A went toB got onC stood byD lay in 29 A laughB singC aboutD cry 30 A reachedB sawC passedD entered 31 A fingersB handsC armsD wrists 用心 爱心 专心3 32 A retiredB failedC resignedD died 33 A hatedB enjoyedC neededD finished 34 A busB childrenC passers byD mad 35 A watchB askC orderD ignore 第二部分 阅读理解 共 20 小题 每题 2 分 满分 40 分 阅读下列短文 从每题所给的四个选项 A B C 和 D 中 选出最佳选项 并在答题卡上将 该项涂黑 A A teen age girl from the state of Connecticut has won the top prize in the Intel Science Talent Search The competition was known as the Westinghouse Science Talent Search until Nineteen Ninety Eight It is the oldest program in the United States that honors the science projects of high school students The Intel Science Talent Search celebrated its sixtieth anniversary this year The winners receive money for a college education and a new computer More than one thousand five hundred students entered projects for the competition The students were from thirty six states and the District of Columbia Forty nine percent were female and fifty one percent were male Their research projects involved every area of science including chemistry physics mathematics engineering social science and biology Forty students were invited to Washington D C for the final judging by well known scientists They judged the students on their research ability and creative thinking They also questioned the students about scientific problems before deciding on the top ten winners The first place winner was Mariangela Lisanti of Westport Connecticut She received one hundred thousand dollars for her college education Her physics project involved the use of single atoms or molecules to create electronic devices She developed a new way to measure electron movement in tiny structures The second place winner was Nathaniel Jay Craig of Sacramento California He received seventy five thousand dollars for his college education for a physics project He developed a method for expressing the strength of specially prepared glass by describing the super cooled liquid from which it was formed The third place winner was Gabriel Drew Carroll of Oakland California He received fifty thousand dollars for his college education His mathematics project involved the partial order of numbers The president of Intel Craig Barrett praised all the finalists as future leaders He said their understanding of science and mathematics is important for making sense of the technological world today And it is important for making the best decisions in the future 36 The Intel Science Talent Search is held for the A students who are good at repairing B silence project of middle school students C scientists who invent something important D physics invention of college students 37 Who will be the judges at the Intel Science Talent Search A famous scientistsB popular professors 用心 爱心 专心4 C local officialsD leading bosses 38 The most important acts to win in the competition should be A quickness and correctness B research ability and creative thinking C challenging and cooperationD education and scholar degrees 39 The author writes the article mainly to A introduce the competition brieflyB report the rare female winner and her ideal C ask readers to enter the competition D advertise the Intel Science Talent Search B Young people are perhaps better known for spending money than saving it But some new banking websites are seeking to change that These websites offer young people the information and tools they need to watch over their money The websites also let the users share their financial experiences with other young people Nineteen year old Alix Scott has been working at a store this summer She is saving money to pay for college next year She has to save for all her college money because her parents can t afford to co sign on loans So she has to rely on her own savings But instead of putting her money in a local bank she began using SmartyPig a Web based banking service She says When I do that I overcome the impulses 冲动 to just spend the money Michael Ferrari developed SmartyPig with a friend in 2007 SmartyPig is really all about helping people save for very specific financial goals So that could be a wedding a vacation an iPhone SmartyPig opened after he started a college saving account for his new baby His experience helped him realize the power of saving for a specific goal Helping other savers pay attention to their goals is the idea behind his online company He says For example I m saving up for a vacation I want to save five thousand dollars I want to meet this goal in three years SmartyPig will actually calculate how much money you need to allocate every month You don t have to move from year existing bank we ll actually go in and withdraw those funds on the day you specify 指定 every month and we ll put them into your SmartyPig account where they ll actually increase interest as well 40 Some new banking websites are better than local banks because A they share interest with their customers B the customers are not allowed to get money C they provide some more different services D the customers are guided to invest effectively 41 Alix Scott has to save money because A she could only rely on herselfB she couldn t go to university C she needed to burden the familyD she wanted to her more independent 42 The idea of developing SmartyPig came from Michael Ferrari s A wifeB jobC familyD experience 43 According to the last two paragraphs we know that Michael Ferrari is A so interested in moneyB warm hearted and smart C good at bank businessD lucky enough to own a website 用心 爱心 专心5 C Researchers in the United States have developed the first wirelessly controlled device that can supply a drug directly into the body A small chip is implanted under the skin It contains the medicine which it releases at preset times The developers say the device could improve the lives of millions of people who take medicine for long term illnesses A company called MicroCHIPS began developing the device about fifteen years ago Last month the company released the results of its first successful tests in humans The tests took place in Denmark with seven women with osteoporosis 骨质疏松症 Osteoporosis causes bones to become weak and break easily The disorder is common among older people especially women Many patients have to give themselves daily injection 注射 of medicine One type of treatment requires injections for two years The patients stop taking the medicine because of the pain and stress of the injections As a result only twenty five percent of the patients will go through the entire twenty four months of treatment The microchip is a few centimeters long It has small sections that each holds a single does 单次剂量 of medicine The device has to be programmed with the times to release the drug Doctors will be able to reprogram the device from a computer of even a cell phone For osteoporosis the physician will program the device and the device has the ability to release a dose at a given time every single day For other diseases where the physician may want to change the dosing schedule they will have the ability to wirelessly reprogram that dosing schedule The seven women in the study were ages of sixty five to seventy The researchers say the implants were just as effective as daily injections And they say the dosage amounts were more exact than patients often give themselves 44 What does the underlined word implanted mean in paragraph 1 A Planted inside B Hidden somewhere C Taken out from D Seized 45 How long do some of patients with osteoporosis need to inject A Twenty five months B Twenty four months C Sixty five months D Fifty three months 46 The chip has advantages except that A implants were as effective as dally injection B the medicine amounts were more exact C dosing schedule could be purposely changed D it is a few meters long and has some sections 47 What is the best title of the passage A Good News a Medicine Releasing Device B Lucky Enough a New Way to Take Medicine C Taking Medicine with Microchip under Skin D It s Really Good for Patients with Osteoporosis D Last week we talked about Massive Open Online Courses also called MOOCs Tens of 用心 爱心 专心6 thousands or even more people can take these classes all at once You can be anywhere in the world to take a MOOC All you need is a computer and a network connection MOOCs add to a tradition of what is known as distance learning For years many colleges have offered classes that are taught partly or mostly online MOOCs are available in subjects like computer science engineering or mechanics Can MOOCs in subjects like arts or the humanities be as effective Scott Anderson teaches philosophy at the University of British Columbia in Canada He sees both good and bad sides to MOOCs He says There are parts that will be fine when students listen to a lecture there is no special reason why they need to be physically present to hear and get it There is certainly no reason why they need to be physically present to get the readings and to think about these things Increased numbers of students in MOOGs can mean less communication between them and teachers There are tow ways to deal with this by adding more teachers and setting up online discussion groups Lisa Jadwin teaches English and American literature and writing at St John Fisher College in New York She says online education has some weaknesses for her subjects What s lost in online education is face to face interaction And the teaching of literature is an interactive 相互 face to face discipline And that old fash ioned approach 方式 is not going to be unseated very quickly by computer aided instruction 计算机辅助教学 Some students could learn very well from talks and reading assignments blogs and discussion groups But she believes that hybrid courses work best She describes hybrids 综合 as mixing face to to face course elements with computer aided teaching and writing projects 48 The first paragraph is mainly used to A tell what MOOGs is B show the author s attitude to MOOGs C draw readers attentionD show close relation with readers 49 In Scott Anderson s opinion what is the solution to making MOOGs more perfect A Listening to the lecture carefully B Thinking about while listening C Having less online communication D More teachers and more online discussion 50 Lisa Jadwin s words mean A adopting advantages of three different courses B old fashioned approach is going to be unseated C computer aided teaching is better nowadays D online education is really fashionable 第二节 共 5 小题 每小题 2 分 满分 10 分 根据短文内容 从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项 并在答题卡上将该项涂黑 选项中有两项为多余选项 Get a Better Night s Sleep You re trying to get a good night s sleep but why do you still find yourself staring at the celling It s time to listen to what some unexpected experts have to say Get the Basic Equipment Right 用心 爱心 专心7 There s really good study on the basic equipment for sleep 51 Firstly most people prefer a mattress 床垫 that is not too hard and not too soft Secondly if your mattress is eight to ten years old you should get a new one Seventy two percent of people said they slept for better on their new mattress than they did on their old one 52 Watching TV at night may seem relaxing However it beams light into your eyes which is a warning signal for the brain 53 Besides the cooler white and blue light from a computer screen encourages brain activity and makes your brain difficult to calm down Download the software at flux It gradually makes your screen less bright at sunset turning its colors a warmer red one Keep your Cool One of the best signal from the body to go to sleep is a decrease in body temperature I suggest sleeping in a very cool environment ab