赣州开发区潭口中学高三上学期第次月考英语试题

学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精学必求其心得，业必贵于专精赣州开发区潭口中学2013-2014学年度高三第一学期月考(9月)英语第一节（共5小题：每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）1。 Whatdoesthemanwanttodo？ A。Takephotos. B.Buyacamera C.Helpthewoman2. Whatarethespeakerstalkingabout? A。Anoisynight B.Theirlifeintown C。Aplaceofliving3. Whereisthemannow? A。Onhisway B。Inarestaurant C。Athome4. WhatwillCeliado？ A.Findaplayer B.Watchagame C.Playbasketball5. Whatdayisitwhentheconversationtakesplace? A.Saturday B.Sunday C。Monday第二节（共15小题：每小题1。5分,满分22。5分）6。 WhatisSaragoingtodo? A.BuyJohnagift。 B.GiveJohnasurprise C.InviteJohntoFrance7. WhatdoesthemanthinkofSara'splan？ A。Funny B.Exciting C.Strange。听第7段材料,回答第8、9题。8。 WhydoesDianasaysorrytoPeter？ A.Shehastogiveuphertravelplan. B。Shewantstovisitanothercity. C。Sheneedstoputoffhertest。9。 WhatdoesDianawantPetertodo? A。Helpherwithherstudy B。Takeabooktoherfriend C。Teachageographylesson.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10。 Whydoesthemancallthewoman？ A。Totellherabouthernewjob B。Toaskaboutherjobprogram C.Toplanameetingwithher.11。 Whoneedsanewflat? A.Alex B.Andrea。 C.Miranda。12。 Whereisthewomannow？ A.InBaltimore. B.InNewYork. C。InAvon听第9段材料,回答第13至16题。13. WhatdoesJanconsidermostimportantwhenhejudgesarestaurant？ A.Wheretherestaurantis. B。Whetherthepricesarelow C.Howwellthefoodisprepared。14. WhendidJanbegintowriteforamagazine? A.AfterhecamebacktoSweden B。BeforehewenttotheUnitedStates。 C。Assoonashegothisfirstjobin1982。15. WhatJandotofindagoodrestaurant? A。Talktopeopleinthestreet。 B。Speaktotaxidrivers C。Askhotelclerks。16. WhatdoweknowaboutJan？ A。Hecooksforarestaurant。 B.Hetravelsalotforhiswork. C.HeprefersAmericanfood。听第10段材料，回答每17至20题。17. WhatdoweknowaboutthePlazaLeon? A.It'sanewbuilding B。It’sasmalltown. C.It’sapublicplace.18. WhendoparentsandchildrenlikegoingtothePlazaLeon? A.Saturdaynights。 B.Sundayafternoons。 C.FridaysandSaturdays。19。 Whichstreetisknownforitsfoodshopsandmarkets? A。ViadelMarStreet. B.FernandoStreet C.HernandesStreet。20. WhydoesthespeakerlikeHoratioStreetbest? A。Ithasanoldstonesurface. B.Itisnamedafterawriter。 C.Ithasafamousuniversity。第二部分英语知识运用（共两节。满分45分)21。—-—Inrecentyears,_____problemofglobalwarminghasbeenveryserious。-——That’sright.Peoplearefacing____numberofnaturaldisastersnow。A。the；aB.a;theC.a；aD。the;the22________，wewillgocampingthisweekend。A。WeatherpermittingB。IfweatherispermittedC.WeatherpermitsD。Weatherpermitted23._____mathsisconcerned，Tomisthebeststudentinourclass.A.AslongasB。AswellasC。AssoonasD.Asfaras24.I________tovisityoulaterthatday,butIhadtophoneandcancel. A.come B。came C.amcoming D。wascoming25.———WillLiMingattendtheconcertbyJayChou？-—-No.He_____forthecomingspeechcontestlately.A.preparedB.waspreparingC。hasbeenpreparingD。hasprepared26.Hehasn'tsleptatallforthreedays._____heistiredout.A.ThereisnopointB.ThereisnoneedC.ItisnowonderD。Itisnoway27.——-What'sthematterwithyou？-——Afterthelongwalk，mylegs______andIcouldn’tgoanyfurther。A。gaveoutB.gaveoffC。gaveinD。gaveup28.Sofarnolifehasbeenfoundoutsidetheearth,butwhilesomescientistsareactivelysearchingforlivingthingsinouterspace,othersfirmlybelievethere______.A.mustn’tbeB。maynotbeC。can’tbeD.won'tbe29.—Howwas______theydiscoveredtheentrancetotheundergroundpalace?—Totallybychance。A。itthatB。hethatC.itwhichD。it30。——-Thisismytreatandnextisyours.Howisthat?-——OK._______。A.Itdoesn’tmatterB.ItdependsC.NowayD.It’sadeal31。 If_____tolookafterluggageforsomeoneelse,informthepoliceatonce。 A。asked B。toask C。asking D.havingasked32.Onlywhenheapologizesforhisrudeness____tohimagain。 A.Iwillspeak. B。willIspeak。 C.doIspeak. D。Ispeak.33。 Hewrotealetter______heexplainswhathadhappenedintheaccident。 A.what B。which C.where D。how34。Idon'tliketheway____heoftenusestospeaktome。A。inwhichB。whichC。howD.what35.——-—herbaby,themothercouldn'tanswerthephoneADressingBDressedCTodressDDressII。完形填空(20分）Doyoulikedoingshopping?HaveyoueverhadtodecidewhethertogoshoppingorstayathomeandwatchTVonaweekend？Nowyou__36_dobothatthesametime.Homeshoppingtelevisionnetworkshavebecomea_37formanypeopletoshopwithout__38_havingtoleavetheirhomes，andyouneverthoughtit’ssoconvenient.Someshoppersare__39_ofdepartmentstoresandsupermarkets—__40__thecrowds，waitinginlonglines,andsometimeshavingslight__41__offindinganythingtheywanttobuy.They’drathersitquietlyathomeinfrontoftheTVsetand__42_afriendlyannouncerdescribeaproduct__43_amodelshowsit。Andtheycan__44_aroundtheclock，buyingsomething_45_bymakingaphonecall。Departmentstoresandevenmail—undercompaniesare_46tojoininthesuccessofhomeshopping。Largedepartmentstoresarebusy__47_theirownTVchannelstoencourageTVshoppinginthefuture.__48—canaskquestionsaboutproductsandplace__49_,allthroughtheirTVsets.Willshoppingbytelevision__50__taketheplaceofshoppinginstores?Somepeoplearestillconcernedaboutthat.Justonlysomeindustrymanagersthinkso。__51__manypeoplefindshoppingata__52__storeagreatenjoyment.Andformanyshoppers，itisstillimportantto_53_ortryondressestheywanttobuy.That’s__54_specialistssaythatinthefuture,homeshoppingwill__55__togetherwithstoreshoppingbutwillneverentirelyreplaceit.Let’swaitandseeit.36A。mustB。shouldC.shallD。can37。A。programB。wayC.reasonD。purpose38.A。everB.neverC.stillD.once39.A。proudB。fondC。tiredD。careful40。A。fightingB.strikingC。treatingD.stopping41.A.senseB.doubtC.hopeD。feeling42.A。seeB.watchC。letD。notice43。A。untilB。sinceC.ifD。while44.A.shopB。waitC.turnD.deliver45。A。suitablyB。cheaplyC.simplyD。hardly46.A.nervousB。luckyC.equalD.eager47.A。puttingupB.makingupC.settingupD.lookingup48。A.GuestsB.AssistantsC。ManagersD。Customers49。A.ordersB。goodsC。booksD.answers50.A.lastlyB.finallyC。especiallyD.fortunately51。A.ThenB。YetC。HoweverD。Therefore52.A.generalB。popularC.realD.true53。A.designB。makeC。wearD。touch54。A。howB.whyC.whatD。when55.A.existB。practiceC.followD.appearIII。阅读理解(40分)AAprogrammerandanengineeraresittingnexttoeachotheronalongflightfromLosAngelestoNewYork.Theprogrammerleansovertotheengineerandasksifhewouldliketoplayafungame.Theengineerjustwantstotakeanap,sohepolitelydeclinesandrollsovertothewindowtocatchafewwinks。

Theprogrammerpersistsandexplainsthatthegameisreallyeasyandhasalotoffun.Heexplains,“Iaskyouaquestion，andifyoudon’tknowtheanswer，youpayme$5。Thenyouaskmeaquestion，andifIdon’tknowtheanswer,I’llpayyou＄5。”Again，theengineerpolitelyrefusesandtriestogettosleep。

Theprogrammer，nowsomewhatagitated，says，“OK,ifyoudon'tknowtheansweryoupayme＄5,andifIdon'tknowtheanswer，I'llpayyou＄50!”Thiscatchestheengineer’sattention,andheseesnoendtothistorment(折磨）unlessheplays，soheagreestothegame。

Theprogrammerasksthefirstquestion。“What'sthedistancefromtheearthtothemoon?”Theengineerdoesn’tsayaword，butreachesintohiswallet,pullsoutafivedollarbillandhandsittotheprogrammer。Now,it’stheengineer'sturn.Heaskstheprogrammer，“Whatgoesupahillwiththreelegs，andcomesdownonfour?”Theprogrammerlooksupathimwithapuzzledlook.Hetakesouthislaptopcomputerandsearchesallofhisreferences.Afteraboutanhour，hewakestheengineerandhandshim$50。Theengineerpolitelytakesthe$50andturnsawaytotrytogetbacktosleep。Theprogrammer，morethanalittlemiffed，shakestheengineerandasks,“Well,sowhat'stheanswer？”Withoutaword,theengineerreachesintohiswallet，handstheprogrammer＄5，andturnsawayandgoesbacktosleep。56.What’sthebesttitleforthepassage？A.ABoringConversationB.AFunGameC.ATrickDuringTheFlightD.AQuestionWithoutAnswer57。What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedwork“agitated"?A.Angry。B.Excited.C.Surprised。D。Curious。58.Whatkindofpersonistheprogrammeraccordingtowhathesaid？A.Confident。B.Selfish。C。Greedy.D。Generous.59。Whatcanweinferaccordingtothelastsentence?A。Theengineerhaslittlemoneywithhim.B.Actuallytheengineerdoesn’tknowtheanswer,either.C.Theengineerisboredwithprogrammer.D。Theengineerbeatstheprogrammeratlast。60.WhichisNOTtrueaccordingtothepassage？A.Inthebeginningtheengineerisnotinterestedinthegame.B.Theengineeristoosleepytowanttoplaythegame.C。Atlasttheengineergains$45fromtheprogrammer。D.Nobodyknowstheanswertotheengineer'squestion.BRecentlyIspoketosomeofmystudentsaboutwhattheywantedtodoaftertheygraduated，andwhatkindofjobprospectstheythoughttheyhad.GiventhatIteachstudentswhoaretrainingtobedoctors，Iwassurprisedtofindthatmostthoughtthattheywouldnotbeabletogetthejobstheywantedwithout“outsidehelp”.“Whatkindofhelpisthat？"Iasked,expectingthemtotellmethattheywouldneedarelativeorfamilyfriendtohelpthemout。“Surgery（外科手术）”，onereplied.Iwasprettyalarmedbythatresponse。Itseemsthatthegraduatesoftodayareincreasinglywillingtogoundertheknifetogetaheadofotherswhenitcomestogettingajob。Onegirltoldmethatshewasconsideringsurgerytoincreaseherheight.“Theybreakyourlegs,putinspecialextendingscrews,andslowlyexpandthegapbetweenthetwoendsoftheboneasitregrows，youcangetatleast5cmtaller！"Atthatpoint，Iwasshocked。Iamshort,Ican'tdenythat,butIdon’tthinkIwouldputmyselfthroughmonthsofagony（痛苦）justtobeafewcentimeterstaller.Idon'tevenbothertowearshoeswiththicksoles,asI’mnottryingtohidethefactthatIamjustnottall！Itseemstomethatthereisatrendtowardwanting“perfection”，andthatisanidealthatjustdoesnotexistinreality。Nooneisbornperfect,yetmagazines，TVshowsandmoviespresentimagesofthin,tall,beautifulpeopleasbeingthenorm。Advertisementsforslimmingaids,beautytreatmentsandcosmeticsurgeryclinicsfillthepagesofnewspapers，furthercreatinganideathat“perfection”isarequirement，andthatitmustbepurchased，nomatterwhatthecost。Inmyopinion，skills，ratherthanappearance,shoulddeterminehowsuccessfulapersonisinhischosencareer。61。Wecanknowfromthepassagethattheauthorworksas________。A.adoctorB.amodelC。ateacherD。areporter62.Manygraduatestodayturntocosmeticsurgeryto________.A。marryabetterman\womanB。becomeamodelC.getanadvantageoverothersinjob-huntD。attractmoreadmirers63.Accordingtothepassage,theauthorbelievesthat________。A.everyoneshouldpurchaseperfection,whateverthecostB。it’srightforgraduatestoaskforotherstohelpthemoutinhuntingforjobsC.itisone’sappearanceinsteadofskillsthatreallymattersinone'scareerD.mediaaretoblameformisleadingyoungpeopleintheirseekingforsurgery64。Whatdoestheauthorthinkofhisheight？A.Hehatestobecalledashortman.B。Hetriestoincreasehisheightthroughsurgery.C。Hejustacceptsitasitis.D.Healwayswearsshoeswiththicksolestohidethefact。65.Thebesttitleforthepassageshouldbe“________”.A.YoungGraduatesHaveHigherExpectationB。YoungGraduatesLooktoSurgeryforBetterJobsC.YoungGraduates'OpinionAboutCosmeticSurgeryD.YoungGraduatesFaceaDifferentSituationinJob—huntCThedaymyfiancéfelltohisdeath,itstartedtosnow，justlikethebottomhadn’tfallenoutofmyworldwhenhefellofftheroof.Hisbody，whenIfoundit，waslightlycoveredwithsnow。Itsnowedalmosteverydayforthenextfourmonths，whileIsatonthecouchandwatcheditpileup。

Onemorning，Ishuffled(拖着脚步走)downstairsandwassurprisedtoseeasnowplow（扫雪机)clearingmydrivewayandthebentbackofawomanshovelingmywalk.Idroppedtomyknees，crawledthroughthelivingroom,andbackupstairssothosegoodSamaritanswouldnotseeme.Iwasmortified.Myfirstthoughtwas,howwouldIeverrepaythem？Ididn’thavethestrengthtobrushmyhair，letaloneshovelsomeone'swalk。

BeforeJon’sdeath，ItookprideinthefactthatIrarelyaskedforhelporfavors.Idefinedmyselfbymycompetenceandindependence。HowcouldIrespectmyselfifallIdidwassitonthecoucheverydayandwatchthesnowfall?

Learninghowtoreceivetheloveandsupportthatcamemywaywasn’teasy.FriendscookedformeandIcriedbecauseIcouldn’tevenhelpthemsetthetable.“I’mnotusuallythislazy,”Iswept。Finally,myfriendKathysatdownwithmeandsaid,“Mary,cookingforyouisnotaburden.Itmakesmefeelgoodtobeabletodosomethingforyou.”

Overandover，Iheardsimilarwordsofcomfortfromthepeoplewhosupportedmeduringthosedarkdays.Oneverywisemantoldme，“Youarenotdoingnothing.Beingfullyopentoyourgriefmaybethehardestworkyouwilleverdo.”InmanywaysIhavechangedforthebetter.Ihavebeensurprisedtolearnthatthereisincrediblefreedomthatcomesfromfacingone’sworstfearandwalkingawaywhole。66.Whatmadetheauthorfeelsad?A。Herfiancé’ssuddendeath。B。Constantheavysnow。C。Herfiancéabandoningher。D.Herjobbeingrefusedagain.67.What’sthemeaningoftheunderlinedword“mortified”inParagraph1？A.Surprised。B.Angry。C.Ashamed。D。Moved。68.Itis_______thathelpedtheauthoroutofdarkness.A.herselfB.herfriendsC.herfiancéD。asnowplow69.WhichofthefollowingstatementsisNOTtrue?A。Theauthorwasacapableandindependentwoman.B。Theauthorwassolazythatshewouldn’tshovelthewalk.C。Finallytheauthorgotthroughhardestworkbravely。D.Whenfacingtheworstfear，youwillgetstrength.70.What'stheauthor’spurposeinthepassage？A.Totalkaboutherhardestworkinherlife.B。Totalkaboutherreallovebetweenherandherfiancé.C。Totellustowalkoutofhardestworkconfidentlyandbravely.D。Totellustheimportanceoffriendship.DThelightfromthecampfirebrightenedthedarkness，butitcouldnotpreventthedampcoldofDennis’sSwamp(沼泽地）creepingintotheirbones。Itwasastrangeplace。MartinandTomwishedthattheyhadnotacceptedJack’sdare。Theylikedcamping，butnotnearthisswamp。 “So，”Martinaskedastheysatwatchingthehotcoals。“Howdidthisplacegetitsname？” “Areyousureyouwanttohearit？It’sascarystory，”warnedJack. “Ofcourse！”criedoutTom。“Iftherewereanythingtobescaredof,youwouldn’thavechosenthisplace!” “Ok,butdon'tsayIdidn'twarnyou,"saidJack,andhebeganthistale. “Waybackintime,amancalledDennistriedtostartafarmhere.Hebuiltthatcottageovertheretolivein.Inthosedays，thearealookedquitedifferentitwascoveredwithtalltreesandtheswampwasacrystal-clearriver.Afterthreehardyears,Dennishadclearedseveralfieldsandplantedcrops。Hewassoproudofhissuccessthatherefusedtolistentoadvice。 “‘Youareclearingtoomuchland,'warnedoneoldman.‘Thelandisalivingthing。Itwillhitbackatyouifyouabuseit。’ “‘Sillyfool,’saidDennistohimself。‘IfIclearmoreland,Icangrowmorecrops。I’llbecomewealthier。He'sjustjealous!’” “Denniscontinuedtochopdowntrees.Smallanimalsthatreliedonthemforfoodandshelterweredestroyed.Hewassoeagertoexpandhisfarmthathedidnotnoticetheriverflowingslowlytowardshisdoor。Hedidnotnoticesaltseepingtothesurfaceoftheland.Hedidnotnoticeswampplantschokingallthenativeplants。” “Whathappened?”Martinasked.Itwasgrowingcolder.Hetrembled，twistinghisbodyclosertothefire。 “Thelandhitback-——-justastheoldmanwarned,"Jackshrugged.“Dennisdisappeared。Oldfolksaroundherebelievethatswampplantsmovedupfromtheriveranddraggedhimunderwater.Hisbodywasneverfound。” “Whatastupidstory，”laughedTom。“Plantscan't…”Beforehehadfinishedspeaking,hescreamedandfainted(晕倒）。Theothertwoboysjumpedupwithfright,staringatTom.Suddenly，theyburstoutlaughing。Somegreenswampivy（常春藤）hadcoveredTom’sface.ItwasawhilebeforeTomcouldappreciatethejoke。71。 Theunderlinedword“dare”inParagraph1isclosedinmeaningto________。 A。courage B。assistance C.instruction D.challenge72。 WhydidJacktellTomandMartinthestory？ A。Tofrightenthem。 B。Tosatisfytheircuriosity。 C.Towarnthemofthedangeroftheplace。 D。Topersuadethemtocampintheswamp。73 WhydidDennisignorethewarningoftheoldman？ A.Theoldmanenviedhim。 B.Theoldmanwasfoolish C.Hewastoobusytolistentoothers。 D。Hewasgreedyformorecrops。74。 WhydidTomscreamandfaint？ A。HesawDennis’sshadow B.Hewasscaredbyaplant C。Hisfriendsplayedajokeonhim。 D.Theweatherbecameextremelycold。75。WhatlessoncanwelearnfromthestoryofDennis？ A。Graspall,loseall. B.Nosweat,nosweet.C.Itisnousecryingoverspiltmilk。 D。Hewhomakesnomistakesmakesnothing。第一节 阅读表达(共5小题;每小题2分，满分10分) 阅读下面短文并回答问题,然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的词数要求）。 ［1］Fishingisprobablytheworld’smostpopularsport。Peoplespendmanydollarseachyearonitemslikeboatsandfour-wheel—drivevehicles.Inaddition,theyspendmoneyonfishingequipment，bait,fuelandboatrepairs.Andyoucanseethatfishingcanbeanexpensivepastime。Fishingloversbelievethattheirhobbyisworthit。Otherssaythatfishingisspoilingtheenvironmentandthatitisacruelhobby. ［2］Supportersoffishingsaythatitisanicehobby.Firstly,ofthemillionsofpeoplewhofishforfun,mostonlycatchenoughfishtofeedtheirfamilies.Theycatchfishthatarefoundinlargenumbers,sothereislittledangertothespecies(种类)。 [3]Secondly,recreationalfishermencontributetotheeconomy。Theyspendmon