湖北省2013届高三英语上学期期中联考试题牛津译林版

1、2012年秋季湖北省部分重点中学期中联考高三英语试卷考试时间：2012年11月20日下午2: 304:30试卷满分：150第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7. 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 10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 did the woman get home?a. by air.b. by train.

2、c. by bus.2. what did kate do?a. she took a nap in her room.b. she listened to some music.c. she sang a song.3. where does this conversation probably take place?a. in an office. b. at the man s c. at the woman s.4. what does the woman enjoy doing now?a. playing the piano. b. singing. c. playing tenn

3、is5. what did bob do yesterday ?a. he went out with his family.b. he attended a birthday party.c. he went for a barbecue with friend.第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22. 5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至8题。6. what

4、 is the package s weight?a. 1.25 kilograms. b. 1.35 kilograms. c. 12.5 kilograms.7. what is the rate of the ground mail?a. $8.50.b. $8.00.c. $2.50.8. what will the man do next?a. make the payment. b. fill in a form. c.leave the post office.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. who is the man probably?a. the employer.

5、b.a visitor. c.the womari s husband.10. what does the man next to the girl do?a. an engineer. b. an accountant. c. a businessman.11. what do we know about the office?a. it s very comfortable. b. it s next to a coffee bar. c. it is verysmall.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. what are the speakers probably doing?a

6、. visiting a house. b. getting a loan from the bank. c. reading some ads.13. what does the woman suggest doing first?a. bargaining with the seller. b. selling their house. c. taking a good look at the house.14. how much cash can they use after selling their home?a. $ 30,000.b. $ 45,000. c. $ 110,000

7、.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. how many nights will the man stay there?a. one.b. two.c. three.16. which telephone can the man use?a. the phone in the hall.b. the phone on the woman s desk.c. the phone at the business center.17. what do we know about the room?a. it is 60 dollars a night.b. it is on the first

8、floor.c. its cost includes an american breakfast. 听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what are the villagers like, according to the speaker?a. they like to gossip about others.b. they don t care what others do.c. they don t talk much.19. what is the speaker s nationality?a. english.b. irish. c. american.20. what

9、does the speaker think of making friends here?a. it is easy.b. it is difficult. c. it is funny.第二部分：词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）第一节：多项选择（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）从a b、g 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。21. for sustainable development, the government has decided to give tothose energy conserving and environmental- fr

10、iendly business in many aspects.a. profit b. interest c. advantage d. preference22. we are working under the command of the manager that no be spared tomake the party a success.a. trouble b. expedition c. expense d. experience23. weknow a lot about these early years of european settlement because mo

11、st migrants with their families and many of their letters still survive.a. corresponded b. related c. associated d. combined24. the great achievements in recent 30 years have proved that the reform and open policy is a vital measure that the national conditions of china.a. fits into b. turn into c.

12、break into d. look into25. in an interview beckham admitted that he couldn t his six-year-old sonbrooklyn s maths homework and had to turn to his former spice girls pop star wife victoria to help out.a. take out b. work out c. clear out d. turn out26. mothers holding jobs outside the home should hav

13、e schedules to makeit easier to care for their children.a. frequent b. fluent c. flexible d. smooth27. the little girl is walking along the beach, happy and joyful,bending down to pick up a beautiful seashell.a. occasionally b. regularly c. apparently d. approximately28. a korean survey shows that s

14、hopping cart handles are the most bacteria-carrying items among some used objects.a. relatively b. ordinarily c. frequently d. sincerely29. as for latin america generally,there s no reason why, resourcesavailable, it can t become a highly industrialized area.a. in terms of b. in favor of c. in honor

15、 of d. in charge of30. currently, some overseas universities are simply selling diplomas to chinese students their academic performance, so china should check on a regularbasis.a. on account of b. in addition to c. regardless of d. in relation to第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、b c和

16、d）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。eighty-year-old retired tailor, james mckay, spent saturday night in jail after31. thirty-year-old keith smith over the head 32 his walking stick. mckays wife,laurence told us that while mckay is usually a 33 person, he had been 34 to this act of violence by getting we

17、t just once too often.smith lives above the mckays and it appears that not only is he a keen gardener, he is also a 35 collector. unfortunately for him, the water he sent over his balcony every day ended up on the mckays, or too often, on the mckays 36 . “for the last fortnight, since smith moved in

18、to the flat above us, we have hardly dared to go to our37 ,“ said laurence . she added that it wasnt so much the water falling onto their balcony from smith watering his plant 38 bothered them, it was more the way he cleaned his fish tanks. wed be 39 there happily reading ournewspapers, when 40 so m

19、uch water would come from above that wed be as wet as if wed 41_with our clothes on! neither could we get rid of the 42_ of fish! ”and on saturday evening it was just too 43. “it was jamess birthday, explained laurence, and id made him a birthday cake. the candles were a great sight as you can imagi

20、ne, but james didnt get to blow them out. 44 , smith emptied one of his larger tanks over his balcony and both the mckays and the cake were wet 45_. rarelyhad laurence seen mckaymoveso fast .”i couldnt 46 him . he was up there in a flash . itwas the fastest id seen him move since 1964.smith is not g

21、oingto take thingsfurther with the police . he has also promisedtochange his 47 from now on. and whatof james mckay?48 he left the police station,a large crowd of supporters sang him,“happy birthday .“49 the most excitingbirthday 50 !” said thecheerful old man “the best sincemy adolescence id say!31

22、.a. hittingb. tappingc. pushingd. touching32.a. byb. withc. throughd. via33.a. quietb. sensitivec. peacefuld. stubborn34.a. accustomedb. takenc. drivend. attracted35.a. seedb. fishc. plantd. newspaper36.a. himselfb. itselfc. herselfd. themselves37.a. bathroomb. balconyc. bedroomd. kitchen38.a. which

23、b. whatc. thatd. whether39.a. sittingb. exercisingc. sleepingd. eating40.a. regularlyb. unconsciouslyc. preciselyd. suddenly41.a. swumb. wateredc. showeredd. drowned42.a. tasteb. sensec. feelingd. smell43.a.littleb. soonc. lated. much44.a. insteadb. besidesc. otherwised. consequently45.a. overb. acr

24、ossc. throughd. down46.a. stopb. blamec. ignored. stand47.a. viewsb. attitudec. mindd. ways48.a. whileb. sincec. untild. as49.a. sincerelyb. impossiblyc. previouslyd. definitely50.a. beforeb. alreadyc. everd. since第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（a、日c和d）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。atwo me

25、n, alan and henry, both seriously ill, shared a hospital room. alan was allowed to sit up in his bed and his bed was next to the room s only window. henry had to spend all his time flat on his back.the men talked for hours, of their wives, families, their homes and their jobs. and every afternoon wh

26、en alan, in the bed next to the window, could sit up, he would pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see. ducks and swans played on the water while children sailed their model boats. lovers walked arm in arm among flowers. trees and skyline could be seen in the distance

27、. as he described all this, henry, on the other side of the room, would close his eyes and imagine the scene.one warm afternoon alan described a parade （ 游行）passing by. although henry could not hear the band, he could see it in his mind. unexpectedly, an alien thought entered his head: why should he

28、 have all the pleasure of seeing everything while i never got to see anything? it doesn t seem fair. henry felt ashamed at first. but as the days passed and he missed seeing more sight, his envy grew and soon let him down. he began to find himself unable to sleep. he should be by that windowand that

29、 thought now controlled his life.late one night, as he lay staring at the ceiling. alan began to cough. he was choking. henry watched in the dim room as the struggling man tried hard to reach for the button to call for help. listening from across the room, he never moved, never pushed his own button

30、 which would have brought the nurse running. in less than five minutes, the coughing and choking stopped, along with the sound of breathing. now, there was only silence deathly silence.as soon as it seemed appropriate, henry asked if he could be moved next to the window. the nurse was happy to make

31、the switch and after making sure he was comfortable, she left him alone.slowly, painfully, he struggled to take his first look. finally, he would have the joy of seeing it all himself. he looked out, but faced a black wall.51. judging from the passage, the meaning of the underlined word “alien is .a

32、. disappointingb. suddenc. newd. strange52. what finally happened to alan?a. he was moved to another room.b. he died.c. he switched his bed with henry.d. he was very sick.53. henry, who had his bed switched, had expected.a. to see the black wallb. to feel the joy of seeing theoutside worldc. to feel

33、 the joy of breathing fresh aird. to see more than alan54. which of the following words could be used to describe alan?a. kind-hearted and imaginativeb. well-informed and humorousc. talkative and funnyd. cold-hearted and indifferentbfor many parents, raising a teenager is like fighting a long war, b

34、ut years go by without any clear winner. like a border conflict between neighboring countries, the parent-teen war is about boundaries: where is the line between what i control and what you do?both sides want peace, but neither feels it has any power to stop the conflict. in part, this is because ne

35、ither is willing to admit any responsibility for starting it. from the parents point of view, the only cause of their fight is their adolescents complete unreasonableness. and of course, the teens see it in exactly the same way, except oppositely. both feel trapped.in this article, i ll describe thr

36、ee no -win situations that commonly arise between teens and parents and then suggest some ways out of the trap. the first no-win situation is quarrels over unimportant things. examples include the color of the teen s hair, the cleanliness of the bedroom, the preferred style of clothing, the child s

37、failure to eat a good breakfast before school, or his tendency to sleep until noon on the weekends. second, blaming. the goal of a blaming battle is to make the other admit that his bad attitude is the reason why everything goes wrong. third, needing to be right. i t doesn t matter what the topic is

38、. thelaws of physics orthe proper way to break an egg - the point of these arguments is to prove that you are right and the other person is wrong, for both wish to be consideredanauthority someone who actuallyknows something and therefore to commandrespect.unfortunately, as long as parents and teens

39、 continue to assume that they know more than the other, they ll continue to fight these battles forever and never make any real progress.55. why does the author compare the parent-teen war to a border conflict?a. both can continue for generations. b. both are about where to draw the linec. neither h

40、as any clear winner d. neither can be put to an end 56. what does the underlined part in paragraph 2 mean?a. the teens blame their parents for starting the conflict.b. the teens agree with their parents on the cause of the conflictc. the teens cause their parents to mislead themd. the teens tend to

41、have a full understanding of their parents57. parents and teens want to be right because they want to.a. give orders to the other b. know more than the otherc. gain respect from the other d. get the other to behave properly58. what will the author most probably discuss in the paragraph that follows?

42、a. causes for the parent - teen conflicts b. examples of the parent- teenwar.c. solutions for the parent- teen problems d. future of the parent-teenrelationshipchumanwants seem endless. whena starving mangets a meal, he begins to think about an overcoat; when a manager gets a new sports car, he drea

43、ms of country clubs and pleasure boats dance into view.the manywants of mankind might be regarded as making up several levels. whenthere is money enough to satisfy one level of wants, another level appears.the first and most basic level of wants is food. once this want is satisfied, a second level o

44、f wants appears: clothing and some sort of shelter. by the end of world war ii these wants were satisfied for a great majority of americans. then a third level appeared. it included such items as cars and new houses.by 1957 or 1958 this third level of wants was fairly well satisfied. then in thelate

45、 1950s a fourth level of wants appeared: the“life - enriching level. whilethe other levels mean physical satisfactionthe feeding, comfort, safety andtransportation of the human body this level means mental needs for recognition, achievement and happiness. it includes a variety of goods and services

46、many of which could be called “luxury items. among them are vacation trips, the best medical care and entertainment. also included here are fancy foods and the latest styles in clothing.on the fourth level, a greater percentage of consumers spending goes to services, while on the first three levels

47、more is spent on goods. will consumers raise their sights to a fifth level of wants as their income increases, or will they continue to demand luxuries and personal services on the fourth level?a fifth level probably would be wants that can be achieved by community action.our stomachs, ourconsumers

48、may be spending more on taxes and crime. after filling garages, and our minds, we now may seek to ensure the health and safety to enjoymore fully the good things on the first three levels.59. according to the passage, man will begin to think about such needs as housing and clothing only whena. he ha

49、s saved up enough moneyb. he has grown dissatisfied with his simple shelterc. he has satisfied his hungerd. he has learned to build houses60. it can be inferred from the passage that by the end of world war ii most americansa. were very richb. were very poorc. had the good things on the first three

50、levelsd. didn t own cars61. which of the following is not related toa physical satisfaction ?a. a successful careerb. a comfortable housec. a good serviced. a family car62. the author thinks that a fifth levela. would be a little better than the fourth levelb. may be a lot more desirable than the fi

51、rst fourc. can be the last and most satisfying leveld. will come true if the government takes actionsdglobal positioning systems are now a part of everyday driving in many countries. these satellite-based systems provide turn-by-turn directions to help people get to where they want to go. but, they

52、can also cause a lot of problems, send you to the wrong place or leave you completely lost. many times, the driver is to blame.sometimes a gps error is responsible. most often, says barry brown, it is a combination of the two.we spoke to mr. brown by skype. he told us about an incident involving a f

53、riend who had flown to an airport in the eastern united states. there he borrowed a gps-equipped car to use during his stay. barry brown:and they just plugged inan address and then set off to their destination. and, then it wasn t until theywere driving for thirty minutes that they realized they act

54、ually put in a destination back on the west coast where they lived. they actually put their home address in.so again, the gps is kind of garbage in garbage out.”mister brown says this is a common human error. but, he says, what makes the problem worse has to do with some of the shortcomings, or fail

55、ures, of gpsequipment. barry brown:one problem with a lot of the gps units is they have a very smallscreen and they just tell you the next turn. because they just give you the next turn, sometimes that means that it is not really giving you the overview that you would need to know that it s going to

56、 the wrong place. ”barry brown formerly served as a professor with the university of california, san diego. while there, he worked on a project with eric laurier from the university of edinburgh. the two men studied the effects of gps devices on driving by placing cameras in people s cars. they wrot

57、e a paper based on their research. it is called “the normal, natural troubles of driving with gps： it lists several areas where gpssystems can cause confusion for drivers. these include maps that are outdated, incorrect or difficult to understand. they also include timing issues related to when gps commands are given.barry brown says to make gpssystems better we need a better understanding of how drivers, passengers and gps systems work together.63. in paragraph 2