赣州市上犹三中高三上学期期中考试英语试题

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，业必贵于专精上犹三中2013届高三上学期期中考试英语试题第Ⅰ卷（选择题,共115分）第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）第一节（共5小题；每小题1。5分，满分7。5分)听下满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个小题.每段对话仅读一遍.1.Wheredoesthemanwanttogo？A.PalaceMuseum。B。Ship2.Whenwillthetwospeakersgoforlunch？A.Halfpasttwelve.B。Twelvethree。C.Twelvethirteen。3。Wheredoestheconversationtakeplace?A.Inthestreet.B.Attheairport。C。Onthetelephone。4.Whatdoesthewomanwanttodo?A.Shewantstoplaywiththeman。B.Shewantstotalkwiththeman.C.Shewantstocriticizetheman。5。Whatarethetwospeakerstalkingabout?A。Work.B.Food.C。Weather。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，各个小题将给出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。Whatcanbethebestwaytotheairport?A。Takingtheexpresstrain。B。Takingtheairportexpress。C。Takingtheairportbus.7.Howmuchdoesthemanpayfortheticket?A.70dollars。B.17dollars.C。7dollars.8.Whatdoesthemanthinkofthepriceoftheticket？A.Cheap.B.Expensive.C。Convenient。听第7段材料,回答第9至11题.9.WhenwillthewomangotoNewYork？A。Atthebeginningofnextmonth。B。Atthebeginningofnextweek.C.Attheendofnextmonth.10。Wheredoesthemansuggesthavingameal?AInaFrenchrestaurant。B.InaChineserestaurant.C。InanIndianrestaurant.11.Whenshallthetwospeakersmeet?AIntenminutes.B.Intwentyminutes.C。Insevenminutes。听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12。Wherecantheconversationtakeplace？A.InashopB.Inatrain。C.Inaclinic。13。Whatiswrongwiththewoman?A。Shewantstofindatoiletinthetrain.B.Shehasastomachache.C。Shewantstobuysomefood.14.Whatdoesthemanwantstodoafterconversation?A。Hewantstopresentsomemorefood.B。Hewantstocheckthewoman’stemperatureandbloodpressure。C.Hewilltakethewomantothetoilet.听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15.WhywillthemangotoHawaii？A.Becausehewillhaveaholidaythere.B.Becausehewillbeonbusiness.C.Becausehewilllivethere.16.WhatistheexchangerateforUSdollar?\A。Seven.B.Eight。C.Nine.17。Whatkindofmoneydoesthemanhave?A。Singaporedollar.B.HongKongdollar。C。Australiandollar。听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18。WhichistheoldestuniversityinBriton?A。UniversityofCambridge。B.UniversityCollegeLondon。C.19。WhenwasUniversityofA.In1209。B.In1219。C。In1290.20WhydidsomescholarsleaveOxford？A.Becausetheydidn’tlikeOxford。B.Becausetheyquarreledwiththelocalpeople。C。Becausetheywantedtobuildabetteruniversity。第二部分：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.21。“TourismYear”tobeseparatelyheldinRussiain2012andinChinain2013willhelptwopeoplesunderstandeachotherbetter.A。不填;不填B.The;不填C.The;theD。A；the22.Withnohopeforcureandnowaytoreduceherpainandtheterribledisease,thepatientsoughtherdoctor’shelptoendherlife。A。sufferingfromB。keepingfromC。preventingfromD.prtectingfrom23。Sheherselfentirelytoherresearchanditearnedheragoodreputationinherfield.A。addictedB.devotedC.referredD。sticked24.Aresponsiblegovernmentshouldprovidethosepoorchildrenwith————opportunitiestoreceiveeducation。A.specialB.equalC.reliableD.extra25.AcleanenvironmentcanhelpthecitybidfortheOlympics,whichwillpromoteitseconomicdevelopment.A.innatureB.inreturnC.inturnD。infact26.Awomanwasseriouslyinjuredandaneighboringfamilynarrowlyescaped-——--—————-byanexplosionthatdestroyedarowofhomes.A。blowingupB。tobeblownupC。beingblownupD.blownup27。—We’rejustsoldoutthelastcopyofthisdicitonary。-Well,itdoesn'tmatter。IthinkImightgetinanotherbookshopA。oneB.thatC。thisD.it28.Sometimesyouknowyou'vedonesomethingwrongandyoufeelbadaboutit，ittakescouragetosaysorry.A。onceB。onlyifC.unlessD.eventhough29。—Youcan’timaginefantasticfunwebchattingis!-Really?Butitcancausealotoftroublesometimes。A.whatB。howC。whyD.that30.Ihaven'tfinishedmyhomeworkyet。Imymotherwiththehouseworkalldayyesterday.A。helpedB。havehelpedC.washelpingD.havebeenhelping31.Thedanceperformedbythedisabledactorsisreallyahit，butyearsagonoone-—--—-————-theyweretoachievesuchgreatsuccess.A.musthaveimaginedB。couldhaveimaginedC.shouldhaveimaginedD。needhaveimagined32。Inmyhometownthereareseveralplacesofhistoricinterestmanypeoplecanpayavisittoenjoytheancientculture.A。fromwhichB.towhichC.bywhichD。inwhich33.Onlyiftheexaminationbeallowedtogoonholidaywithyourfriends。A.youhavepassed；youcanB。haveyoupassed;canyouC。youhavepassed；canyouD.haveyoupassed;youcan34。-Whichofthetwocomputergamesdidyouprefer？—,Ididn’tlikeeitherofthem。A。CuriouslyB.CarefullyC.AnxiouslyD。Actually35.—HowdoyoufindthefilmHowtoTrainYourDragon？—.Ican’tthinktoohighlyofit。A。ItmakesnosenseB.It’samazingC.It’sawfulD.It’suptoyou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，掌握其大意,然后从36-55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。My8-year-oldson，Kevin,hasmadefriendswithsomeboysintheneighborhood。Hehasbeen36withthemafterschool。Mywife，Qugen，andIare__37__hehasotherkidstobewithandwehave__38__andencouragedhimtoplaywithhisfriends。WealsowantKevintolearn__39__，sowehaveaskedhimtotellus__40__he'sgoingandtocomehomeataspecifiedtime。The__41__startedwhenKevindidn'tcomehomeontime.Ononeoccasion，IaskedKevintobebackat6pm。By6：30，Ineededtogo__42__him。Ifoundhimatafriend’shouse，andhelooked__43__thathecouldn'tcontinueplaying.Afterwecamehome，IsatKevindownforatalkaboutthe__44__ofkeepinghisword。ItoldhimIwasnotworriedabouthimarrivingafew__45__late，butafterhalfanhour，I'mgoingtobe46。Hetoldmeheunderstood.Thenextday，Icamehomefromworkatabout6:30p.m.andQugenaskedmetogoandgetKevin__47__shesaidheshouldbebackhomeat6。Iwalkedtohisfriend’shouseandalookof__48__appearedonKevin’sfacewhenhecametothedoor。At__49__，QugenandIspoketoKevinaboutwhyhedidn'tcomehomeontimeagain.Hesaidhejustwantedto_50__playing.Thiswas__51__，soQugenandIdecidedtoground（罚不准出门）himforaweek。This__52_noplayingwithhisfriends。Forthenextweek，wheneverhisfriendscametoaskforKevin，welethim_53__tothemthathewasgrounded.Wefeltthiswouldhelphimberesponsibleforhis__54__。Asa__55__，Ibelieveoneofthemostimportantthingswecanteachourkidsisself—responsibilityandthatactionshaveconsequences。36．A.studying B．playing C．chatting D．quarreling37．A。glad B．lucky C．worried D．sure38．A.made B．allowed C．trained D．forced39．A。amusements B．communicationC．honesty D．responsibility40．A。when B．why C．where D．whenever41．A.changes B．conflicts C．worries D．problems42．A.lookingfor B．pickingup C．waitingfor D．callingup43．A.angry B．nervous C．disappointed D．ashamed44．A.quality B．importance C．stories D．ways45．A.hours B．minutes C．days D．times46．A.satisfied B．shocked C．surprised D．concerned47．A。if B．unless C．because D．so48．A。guilt B．disappointmentC．excitement D．hatred49．A.home B．school C．work D．office50．A.finish B．keep C．learn D．stop51．A.impossible B．impolite C．unacceptable D．unbelievable52．A.meant B．suggested C．showed D．implied53．A。reply B．apologize C．tell D．explain54．A。decisions B．words C．actions D．friends55．A.teacher B．parent C．writer D．professor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,从每题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。AKnowingthebestwaytostudywillhelpyoutobeabetterstudent.Byusingyourtimeproperly，youcandoyourhomeworkmorequickly。Learningtostudyisnotdifficult。Thefirstthingtorememberisthatyoumustbewillingtolearn。Itdoesn'tmeanthatyoumustalwayslikethesubject。Itdoesmean，however，thatyoumustbewillingtodowhateverisnecessarytolearn.Trytounderstandwhyitisimportantandhowitwillhelpyounowandlatertodoandlearnotherthings。Knowingmathematicsfactswillbeusefulinyourwholelife。Knowinghowtospellmakesanykindofwritingeasier。Sometimesthesubjectthatyouthinkisgoingtobeuninterestingwillbeexcitingwhenyoubegintoworkatitandunderstanditmoreclearly.Learningthingscanbefunifyouarewillingtoworkwiththem.Here'ssomeadviceforyou:haveacertaintimeeachdayandaquietplacewithgoodlightingforstudy,sothatyoucanconcentrateonyourstudywithoutinterruptions;haveeverythingreadybeforeDon’ttrytospendalotoftimeresearchinglearningmethods.Therearemanystudentswhoknowmanygoodlearningmethodsbutdon'tstudywell。Theyforgetthatthemostusefullearningmethodistostudyhard.56。Themainpurposeofthearticleis______。A。toprovethatlearningisnotdifficultB.tomakethereadersbeinterestedinstudyC.totelltheimportanceofselfteachingD.totellthestudentshowtostudywell57.Thefirstthingtorememberinstudyingisthat______.A。youmustlikethesubject B。youmustfollowtheteacherC。youmustenjoylearning D。youmuststudyhard58。ThefollowingadviceisgiveninthearticleEXCEPT______。A.Toputapen,paperandbooksbesideyoubeforestudy。B.Tostudyatanypossibletimeandplace。C。ToreviewandpreviewD。Topayattentiontothemostimportantthings。59。Amongthefollowingstatements,______istrue。A.Themorelearningmethodswehave，thebetterwewillstudy。B.Knowingthebestlearningmethodisthemostimportantinlearning.C。Thoughyouhavegoodmethods，youcan’tbegoodatstudywithoutworkinghard。D。Oncewehavemasteredagoodlearningmethod，wecanimproveourstudygreatly.60。Fromthepassage，wecanconcludethat______。A。Nopains,nogainsB.BetterlatethanneverC.StudycomesfirstD。Goodmethods,goodresults.BEndangeredlanguagesarelanguagesthatwouldn’texistanylonger,muchlikeendangeredspeciesofplantsoranimals.Languagesareconsideredtobeendangeredwhenparentsarenolongerteachingthelanguagetotheirchildrenandarenotusingitactivelyineverydaylife。Alanguageisconsideredtonearlydisappearwhenitisspokenbyonlyafewelderlynativespeakers。Theworldfacesenormouschallengesinordertoprotectdifferentkindsoflanguages。Ofthemorethan6,912languages，halfmaybeindangerofdisappearinginthenextseveraldecades。Itiscausedbymanyreasons：smallnumbersofspeakers，theregularuseofotherlanguages,attitudestowardstheirlanguages，movingoftheyoungerpopulation，governmentpolicies,andlanguagesusedineducationandsoon。Alanguagemaylackimportantthingssuchasabodyofliterature,andpeoplewhoreadandwriteit。Alanguagemayalsolackprestige(声望)andsupportofitsspeakers。Thesurvivalofalanguageisalsothreatenedwhenspeakersmovetootherareaswheredifferentlanguagesarespoken,orwhengovernmentpoliciesimprovetheuseofaspecificlanguageinschool，officialbusinessandthemedia。Thesesituationsencouragepeopletolearnthewider—knownlanguageandmaycausethem,especiallytheyoung，tostopusingtheirmothertongue.Oftenthosespeakinglesser—knownlanguageswillchoosetolearnamoreprestigiouslanguagewiththehopeofgreatereconomicopportunities。Mostoftheworld’sparentsareteachingtheirchildrenEnglish，French，Spanish，Chinese,Arabic，Russianorsomeothermainlanguagesinsteadoftheirownlanguagesforsocialandeconomicreasons.61。What’sthemainideaofthispassage？A．Languagesintheworld.B．Reasonswhylanguagesbecomeendangered.C．Whatanendangeredlanguageis.D．Languagesspokenbyfewspeakers。62。About________languageswillprobablydisappearinthiscenturyaccordingtothepassage。A．morethan6，912 B．morethan3,456C．6，912 D．lessthan3，45663。Whichofthefollowingbestshowsthestructureofthepassage？①=Paragraph1 ②=Paragraph2③=Paragraph3④=Paragraph464。Wecaninferthatthebestwaytomaintainanendangeredlanguageisto_________.A．forbidthespeakerstomoveaboutB．passlawstoprotectthelanguageC．raisethesalariesofthepeoplewhospeakthelanguageD．teachthelanguagetoyoungchildrenandencouragepeopletospeakitoften65.AllofthefollowingaboutlanguagesaretrueEXCEPT__________。A．manylanguageswillbeprobablyendangeredinthiscenturyB．governmentpolicieshaveabigeffectonlanguagesC．theendangeredlanguageisalanguagethatisspokenbyafewpeopleD．languagesarerelatedtotheirspeakers’socialandeconomicpositionCTheInternationa1SpaceStationallowsastronautstoliveinspaceforextendedamountsoftime,enablingthemtoexploretheoutsideuniverseandconductmanyexperiments。However，nothinglikethatexistsforouroceans,andthankstothehighwaterpressure，oceanresearchersareabletoexplorewhatliesunderseaforveryshortperiodsoftime。Theyarethereforeneverabletofullyexplorethedeepinsideareasofouroceans。However，ifFrencharchitectJacquesRougeriehashisway,thatwillchangesoon。Jacqueshasdesignedashipthatwillallowresearcherstospendalongperiodoftimeobservingthesealifeandconductingexperiments.Thehugel67ft。ship,named‘SeaOrbiter’，consistsoftwoareas—oneabovethewaterwherethescientistsandcrewwilllive，andalowerpressurizeddeck(甲板)，wherescientistswillbeabletospendasmuchtimeastheywish。Sinceitispoweredbyseacurrentsandwind，heexpectsittodrift(漂流)alongtheoceansslowly，takingabouttwoyearstocircumventtheglobe。Jacqueswillmaketheirlifeascomfortableaspossibleintheship.Besidesbeingequippedwiththelatestsailingtoolsandcommunicationequipment，theshipwillalsohaveagym,atelevisionandaDVDplayer！Andtheseguyswillnotbeeatingfreeze—driedfoodlikeastronauts。Instead,Jacques,anaccomplishedchef，plansoncookingthemdeliciousmealseveryday.Thebiggestproblemtothisgiantshipisthecost,whichisexpectedtobeover$500million-pership！However,Jacques,whostronglybelievesthatthesecretsofouroceansmaybethekeytosolvingglobalwarmingandavitalsupplyforfoodandmedicineinthefuture，isconfidenthewillbeabletoconvincegovernmentsallovertheworldtohelpout,andexpectstostartconstructiononnotone，butfourorfiveoftheseamazingshipssoon！66.Whycantoceanresearchersexplorethedeepoceansforalongtime?A.Becausetheycantstandthehighwaterpressure。B。Becauseittoocoldindeepocean。C.Becausetimeforexperimentsistoolimited.D.Becauseitsdangeroustoobservethesealife.67。Theunderlinedword“circumvent”probablymeans。A.flyawayB.goaroundC。travelthroughD.moveinto68.Fromthefourthparagraphwecanlearnthat.A。JacquesintendstodesigntheshipmainlyforsightseeingandtravelingB。livingacomfortablelifehelpstodotheoceanresearchquicklyC。it’smuchmoreexpensivetoeatfreeze-driedfoodD。researchersonJacques’shipwilllivemorecomfortablythanastronauts69。InJacques’opinion，whichofthefollowingisnotthepurposeoftheundersearesearch？A.Tofindsupplyforfoodinthefuture。B.Tofindsupplyformedicineinthefuture.C.Todrawgovernments'attentiontotheconstructionoftheship。D.Tosolvetheglobalwarming.70。Whichofthefol1owingwouldbethebesttitleforthetext？A.SeaOrbiter—theshipofthefutureB。AnewwaytoexplorethedeepoceansC。Agreatarchitect—JacquesRogerieD。TravelaroundtheglobeinSeaOrbiterDAustraliahaspassedregulationsthatwillenablemoreinternationalstudentstofurthertheireducationinthecountry.

ThenewmeasureswerereleasedbytheAustralianDepartmentofTertiaryEducation,Skills，JobsandWorkplaceRelationsinSeptemberandwilltakeeffectinmid-2012.

Asaresult，thestudentvisaapplicationprocessforoverseasstudentshasbeensimplified,andthedeposit（押金）requiredtostudyinAustraliahasbeenreduced.Languagerequirementsforoverseasstudentshavealsobeeneased。

Also，overseasstudentsreceivingahighereducationinAustraliawillbegrantedaworkingvisalastingfromtwotofouryearsaftergraduation,aslongastheymeetthebasicIELTSrequirement。

"ThischangewilldefinitelymakeAustraliaamoreattractivedestinationforChinesestudentsplanningtostudyoverseas,"saysWangLan，aconsultantfromEducationInternationalCooperationGroup(EIC)，aBeijing—basedcompanythatprovidesservicestostudentswishingtostudyoverseas.

However,inthepastfewyears,manyofWang’sstudentclients(客户）couldnotstartstudiesinAustraliabecausetheydidnotmeetthelanguagerequirements,visaprocessingtookalongtimeanddepositregulationsweretough。ThechangeinpolicyisgoodnewsfortheparentsofstudentswishingtostudyinAustralia,Wangsays。

A22-year—oldfemalestudentsurnamedLi，inBeijing,whoisplanningtodoherpostgraduatestudiesinAustralia,learnedaboutthepolicychangeseveralweeksago.

”Accordingtothepreviousdepositrequirementformystudentvisa,myfamilywasrequiredtoputdown550,000yuan($86,850)。Nowweonlyneedtoprepare410,000yuan。Thisisareliefformyparents，"Lisays。GainingacompetitiveadvantageisthemajorreasonforChinesestudentstostudyabroad,accordingtothereportbyEIC。

71。What'sthemainideaofthepassage?A.LanguagerequirementforoverseasstudentshavebeeneasedinAustralia.B.AustraliaisamostattractiveplaceforstudentsinChina.C。Australiawidenswindowofopportunityforinternationalstudents.D。MorestudentswillworkinAustraliaaftertheirgraduation.72.WhichofthefollowingisNOTthecontentofthenewregulations?A。Thestudentvisaapplicationprocessforoverseasstudentshasbeensimplified.B.ThedepositrequiredtostudyinAustraliahasbeenreduced.C。Languagerequirementsforoverseasstudentshavebeenmoredifficult.D.Aftergraduation,someoverseasstudentscangetaworkingvisainAustralia。73.Afterthenewregulationsarepassed,_______。A.morestudentswillcometoAustraliatoworkB。moreChinesestudentswillchoosetoliveinAustralia.C。theopportunitiestoworkinAustraliadecreaseforoverseasstudentsD。moreChinesestudentswillchoosetofurthertheireducationinAustralia74.HowmuchcanLi’sparentssaveaccordingtothenewregulations？A。550，000yuan B。140，000yuan C.410,000yuan D.86，850yuan75。WhydomanystudentswanttoworkinAustraliaaftertheirgraduation？A。Theworkingexperienceabroadwillstrengthentheircompetitiveness。B。TheycanearnmoremoneyinAustralia。C。TheirworkingexperiencecanmakethemstayinAustraliaforever。D。Theyhavetodosoaccordingtothenewregulations.第Ⅱ卷（非选择题，共35分)第四部分写作（共两节,满分35分）第一节阅读表达(共5小题，每小题2分,满分10分)阅读下面的短文，根据短文后的要求答题(请注意问题后的字数要求）.［1］Ane—bookisabookinanelectronicformat（版式）.Itisdownloadedtoacomputer，PC,Mac，PDAoranyotherkindofcomputer,andisreadonthescreen.Itcanhavenumberedpages,tableofcontents，picturesandgraphs，exactlylikeaprintedbook.Herearesomeadvatagesofe-books。[2］Oneadvantageofthee—bookformatisthewidespreadavailabilityoffreebookswithexpired（到期的)copyrights。ThecompleteworksofauthorslikeMarkTwain，WilliamShakespeare，CharlesDickens,ArthurConanDoyleandJaneAustenarefreelyavailablefordownloadsonline。[3]Shifting(转换)tousinge-booksinsteadofregularbookscansaveamountsofspace。Replacingoldphysicalbookswithelectronicversionsallowsyoutothrowoutoldbookcasesandsimplifiesmoving。Evenifyoudon’thaveanyregularbookinyourhouse，youstillcangothroughyourownbooksandenjoyreading。[4］Manypeopleliketomarkuptheirregularbookstohelpthemrememberkeypassagesortorecordtheirthoughtsastheyread.Moderne—booksallowyoutodothing,electronicallyunderliningandrecordingnotes.Youmayalsosearchthecompletetextofthebookforspecialwordsandphrases。［5］E—bookscanbedownloadedinstantly,withnoneedtogotothestoreorwaitforabooktoarriveinthemail。Thefilesthatcontaine-booksareverysmallaswell，meaningthattheytakeverylittletimetodownload。E—booksreaderscandownloadbooksdirectlytotheunitwithoutrequiringanexternalInternetconnection。[6]Moste-booksaresoldfor$10orless.Itismuchlowerthan