广东省梅州中学高三英语第一次月考试题 新人教版.doc

广东省梅州中学2013届高三第一次月考英语试题（本月考试卷由四大部分组成，分为选择题和非选择题。考试范围：新人教版第一册至第四册共20个单元；考试时间120分钟；分值150分）注意事项：1.答题前，学生务必将自己的姓名、班级、座号用钢笔或墨水笔写在答题卷上。2.每小题选出的答案后，请写在答题卷对应题目的位置上，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净。答案不能答在试卷上。3.考试结束，学生可只交答题卷。第一部分：语言知识与应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后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。after their business trip, john and mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. as they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 1 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. they found a 2 in flames. mary said, “oh, well, it isnt our fire, lets go home.but john 3 closer and screamed, “that home belongs to fred jones who works at the plant. he wouldnt be off work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” it has nothing to do with us, mary 4 .but john drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house in 5 . a woman on the lawn was screaming, “the children! get the children!” john 6 her by the shoulder saying, “get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “in the 7 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left.”in spite of marys disagreement john 8 for the basement which was full of smoke and 9 hot. he found the door and two children. as he left he could hear some more sobbing. he delivered the two badly frightened children into 10 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. they told him two more and mary grasped his arm and screamed, “john! dont go back! its 11 ! that house will fall down any second.”but he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. as he climbed up the 12 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 13 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they came out into the 14 and fresh air, he found that he had just 15 his own children.the baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.1. adirectionbmistake cdangerdsmoke 2. aplantbstore chome dkitchen3. awalked bdrove cran drode4. awhispered bnodded crequired ddisagreed 5. aruins bflames cpieces dsilence6. apushedbgreetedcseized dstopped7. adepartmentb hallc house dbasement8. arushed breached casked dwent9. aheavilybslightly cpartly dterribly10. awaitingbfreezing ccheering dsuffering11. adangerousbfoolishcpractical dpainful12. afinalbwide cendless ddirty13. aparticular bfamiliar cinterestingdfortunate14. acar bsunlight ccrowd darms15. alostbfound crescued dmissed第二节：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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1625的相应位置上。my friend had a chance to make a trip to hong kong 16. _ august 15, 2011. he had dreamed about 17. _ (visit) it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he 18. _ (be) there. the following was 19. _ he had seen. 20. _ (arrive) there, he 21. _ (impress) by its beautiful scenery and tall buildings. it is said that hong kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. wherever he went, he saw many smiling faces there. people in hong kong were kind, generous, easygoing and ready to help 22. _. much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public places. 23. _ crowds of people were waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such a low voice as not to disturb one another. chinese and english are their official languages. english is 24. _ (wide) used in governments, markets, service centers and other fields. staying there for only a week was a good experience for him, 25. _ he will never forget.第二部分：阅读（满分40分）第一节 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。（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）ado you know anything about the history of weather? dont look at the skydont look for old weather reportslooking at the tree rings is more importantcorrect weather reports date back only one century, but some trees can provide an exact record of weather even further backit is natural that a tree would grow best in a climate with plenty of sunlight and rainfallit is also expected that little sunlight or rainfall would reduce the growth of a treethe change from a favorable to an unfavorable climate can be found out by the reading pattern of rings in a tree trunkto find out the weather of ten years ago, you can count the rings of a tree trunk from the outside to the insideif the tenth ring is far from the other rings, then it is certain that plenty of sunny and rainy weather occurredif the rings are close together, then the climate was bad for the tree a scientist studied the pattern of the rings of dead trees that had grown therehe made up his mind that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the treestrees were necessary to make fires and buildingsso, after the people destroyed the trees, they had to move in this example studying tree rings uncovered an exciting fact about the history of man26. we can find out the weather of five years ago by counting the rings of a tree trunk _ afrom the left to the rightbfrom the right to the leftcfrom the inside to the outside dfrom the outside to the inside27. if the ring was far from the others, we can conclude that the weather of that year was _ abad bfavorable csunny drainy28. by studying the rings of dead trees in an area of new mexico, the scientist found _ awhat the people had to eat bwhere the people had to gocwhy the people had to leavedhow the people left29. the ancient people usually lived where there were plenty of trees mainly because _ atrees provided an exact record of weatherbtrees were materials for fires and buildings ctrees could supply them with shadesdtrees could supply them with fruit and food30. by giving the example of an area of new mexico, the author tries to prove atrees cant live in the area without populationbwhat the relation is between tree rings and the history of mancthat studying trees is important for the history of man dthe history of man is important for the history of treesblike distance runners on a measured course, all of us will move through time in a roughly predictable pattern. in the first stage of our lives, we develop and grow, reaching toward the top of physical vitality (活力,生气). after we grow up, however, the body begins a process of gradually wearing out.a new awareness of physical fitness may help lengthen our years of health and vitality, yet nothing we do will work to stop the unavoidable force of aging.most of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body. the lungs become less able to take in oxygen. powerful muscles gradually lose their strength. the heart loses power and pumps less blood. bones grow easier to break. finally, we meet a stress, a stress that is greater than our physical resistance. often, it is only a minor accident or chance infection (a disease caused by virus), but this time, it brings life to an end. in 1932, a classic experiment nearly doubled the lifetime of rats, simply by cutting back the calories in their diet. the reason for the effect was then unknown.for the first time, the mystery of why we age is being seriously challenged. scientists in many fields are now making striking and far-reaching discoveries.an average lifetime lasts 75 years, yet in each of us lies a potential for a longer life. if we could keep the vitality and resistance to disease that we have at age twenty, we would live for 800 years.31. what does the underlined word “it” refer to? a. physical vitality.b. stress.c. aging.d. physical resistance.32. which of the following is not a change of aging?a. people gradually lose their muscle strength.b. bones tend to break more easily.c. the heart loses power and pumps less blood. d. the lungs become unable to take in oxygen. 33. the author believes the following except that _.a. humans life pattern is predictableb. physical fitness cant stop the force of agingc. humans lifetime will last longer than 75 yearsd. all of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body34. how did dr. paul seagle lengthen the lifetime of rats in his experiment?a. by keeping their physical fitness. b. by cutting the calories in their diet.c. by resetting their clock of aging. d. by limiting the protein in their diet.35. what is probably the best title for the article? a. two great experiments b. the mystery of human lifec. the breakthrough in the study of aging d. ways to lengthen human life cthe pacific island nation of nauru used to be a beautiful place. now it is an ecological disaster area. naurus heartbreaking story could have one good consequence other countries might learn from its mistakes. however, because it was very remote, nauru had little communication with europeans at first. the whaling ships and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. these elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. a ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900. naurus real troubles began in 1899 when a british mining company discovered phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. in fact, it found that the island of nauru was nearly all phosphate, which was a very important fertilizer for farming. the company began mining the phosphate. a phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. when a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. then it takes away the material it wants. strip mining totally destroys the land. gradually, the lovely island of nauru started to look like the moon. in 1968, nauru became one of the richest countries in the world. every year the government received millions and millions of dollars for its phosphate. unfortunately, the leaders invested the money unwisely and lost millions of dollars. in addition, they used millions more dollars for personal expenses. soon people realized that they had a terrible problem their phosphate was running out. ninety percent of their island was destroyed and they had nothing. by 2000, nauru was financially ruined. experts say that it would take approximately $433,600,000 and more than 20 years to repair the island. this will probably never happen. 36. what might be the authors purpose in writing the text?a. to seek help for naurus problems.b. to tell a heartbreaking story of a war.c. to show the importance of money d. to give a warning to other countries 37. what was nauru like before the europeans came?a. peaceful and attractiveb. modern and open c. rich and powerfuld. greedy and aggressive38. the ecological disaster in nauru resulted from _. a. soil pollutionb. phosphate overmining c. farming activity d. whale hunting 39. which of the following was a cause of naurus financial problem?a. its phosphate mining cost much moneyb. it spent too much repairing the island c. its leaders misused the moneyd. it lost millions of dollars in the civil war.40. what can we learn about nauru from the last paragraph?a. the leaders will take the experts words seriously. b. the ecological damage is difficult to repair. c. the island was abandoned by the nauruans d. the phosphate mines were destroyed dwe lived in a very quiet neighborhood. one evening i heard a loud crash in the street. earlier that evening my wife had asked me to go to the store to get some soft drinks. it seemed like this would be a good time to let my teenage daughter holly practice her driving, so i sent her to the store in my truck. after hearing the loud noise, the whole family ran outside. my son shouted, “dad! dad, holloy crashed your truck.” my heart sank and my mind was flooded with conflicting thoughts. was anyone hurt? who else was involved? as i ran to the door, i heard a voice in my heart say, “here is a chance to show holly what you really love. shell never forget it.” the accident had occurred in my own driveway. holly had crashed my truck into our other vehicle, the family van (搬运车). in her inexperience, she had confused the brakes and the gas pedal. holly was unhurt physically, but when i reached her, she was crying and saying, “oh, dad, im sorry. i know how much you love this truck.” i held her in my arms as she cried. later that week a friend stopped by and asked what had happened to my truck. i told her the whole story. her eyes moistened and she said, “that happened to me when i was a girl. i borrowed my dads car and ran into a log that had fallen across the road. i ruined the car. when i got home my dad knocked me to the ground and began to kick me.” over 40 years later, she still felt the pain of the night. it was a deep wound on her soul. i remember how sad holly was the night she crashed our truck, and how i comforted her. one day, when holly thinks back on her life, i want her to know that i love her a thousand times more than any piece of property. i repaired the van, but the dent (凹痕) in my truck is still there today. every day it reminds me of what really matters in my life.41. which of the following can best serve as the title of the passage? a. all is well that ends well b. how to educate children c. what really mattersd. he who makes no mistakes makes nothing42. according to the passage, the underlined word “moistened” can be replaced by “_ ”.a. were closed b. lit up c. were wide open d. became wet 43. according to the passage, it was because _ that the crash was caused. a. holly mistook the gas pedal for the brakes b. holly was drinking a soft drink while drivingc. something was wrong with the brakesd. the family van was parked in the wrong place 44. what happened to the authors friend after she ruined her dads car? a. she suffered physical pain for a long time. b. she didnt dare to drive for a long time. c. her father lost his temper and was violent toward her. d. her father drove her out of the house.45. the main purpose of the text is to inform readers that _.a. it makes no sense to punish the children when they make mistakes b. love is more important than possessions c. it is dangerous to let children drive at an early aged. we should always forgive others mistakes第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。（注意：若选e请填涂ab, 选f请填涂cd.）a. busy parents? bored children? do you want something educational to entertain your children while you do something else? this is the most popular book for the under-fives. wonderful stories and beautiful pictures. they are promised to be quiet when they open the book. whats more, it is cheap.b. written by bill poole, ceo, president, and founder of life lead international, it is a good choice for your children. with an animated fable, the journey to newland storybook provides readers with a cast of memorable characters, a captivating story, and a common language to deal with difficult and often emotionally sensitive issues in negotiating change within their organizations. c. sorts out some misunderstandings and common confusions of the english language with practical savvy and occasional sass. the word book from w answers simple questions succinctly (is it discreet? or discrete? sensual or sensuous?). other answers go a step furtherwith entertaining forays into the quirks and fascinations of english.d. ielts consists of four parts: listening, reading, writing and speaking. listening is very important. are you confident? have you made well preparation? ielts listening is helpful for your preparation for ielts, which is supposed to enable you to obtain an overall score.e. as the worlds most popular automotive magazine, car and driver informs and entertains people who like cars. it offers the highest quality vehicle tests in the business by applying a discerning eye to every car, pickup truck, van, and sport-utility vehicle that is marketed for consumers. the magazine also covers the latest developments in technology, which affect automobiles and driving.f. susan weinschenks excellent ideas on making a perfect speech are so effective that once you own the book, you will become a good speaker. how to organize, how to present, how to conquer your audience become so easy. speakers will become confident with the guidance of the book.请阅读以下的人员资料，依据不同人员的需求，进行匹配。46. arthur has been working in china for about two years. now he needs a car, for he has to send his daughter to school before he goes to work. before that he has to collect all kinds of information about cars so as to make a good choice. 47. rons wife is in hospital. he has to take care of the four-year-old john and do all the housework. but john follows him all the time. ron feels tired and he wants to find something suitable for john, which should be educational and cheap. 48. alice is now studying in china and she is especially interested in making a speech. she is invited to make a speech to introduce ielts for her new classmates next week. she ne