湖州市八中高三下学期开学考试英语试题

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，业必贵于专精湖州市八中2013届高三下学期开学英语试题第I卷(选择题）一、单项选择1．Afterstudyinginamedicalcollegeforfiveyears，Jane______herjobasadoctorinthecountryside。A。setout B。tookover C.tookup D.setup2．Atpresent，businessisnotgoodintheseskiingresorts，butI’msurethingswillstarttoinwinter。 A．riseup B．hangup C．takeup D．pickup3．_______differentkindsofpianos,theworkersfartherimprovedtheirquality。A.Toproduce

B。Beingproduced

C。Produced

D.Havingproduced4．Thiseventnotonlyraised_______ofworldhunger,butalsoraisedlotsofmoneytohelpstarvingchildren。A。informationB。knowledgeC.instructionD。awareness5．IwasinahurryatthatmomentandIjust_______thedoor.______,Ididn’thaveaclearideawhatthedoorwaslike。A.staredat;Therefore B.glaredat;SoC。lookedat;However D.glancedat;Thus6．Theoldworkerinsistedthatheold，andbacktoworkingpostagain。A、wasn't;besentB、wasn’t;wassentC、benot;sendD、isn’t；sent7．Tomkeptquietabouttheaccident________losehisjob.A.sothat B。inordernottoC.soastonot D.inorderthat8．Itissaidthatdogswillkeepyou_________foraslongasyouwantwhenyouarefeelinglonely。A。safety

B。company

C.house

D。friend9．Myfather_______forLondontomorrow，forthereis______animportantmeetingthere。A.isleaving;tobeB.leave;tobeC.isgoingtoleave;havingD。isleaving;having10．Suchasmallmancan’t_____reachtheballoononemetrehigherthanhe.A。possibly B.impossible C.possible D.Impossibly11．Formtheir________onthetopoftheTVTower，visitorscanhaveabetterviewofthecity.A。stageB。positionC。conditionD。situation12．Whenthespeakerfinishedhisspeech,hewasaffectedtoseehisspeech________withcheersandapplausesfromtheaudience.A.wasmetB。waswelcomeC.waspopularD.wasgreeted13．Onlyaftertheyhadcarriedoutovertenexperiments______thedecision.A.theyreached B。theyreach C.didtheyreach D.dotheyreach14．--____________?

--Wearelookingforapairofsportsshoes.

A.Whatdoyoudo

B.Whatdoyoulike

C.CanIhelpyou

D。Doyouneedhelp15．-—--Ifithadn'tbeenrainingsohard,Imighthavebeenhomemuchearlier。-—-—It’stoobadyou_____it。Nancy_____hereandshe_____toseeyou.A。didn’tmake；is；wasB。won’tmake；willbe；wantsC.didn’tmake;was;wantedD.wont’make;wouldbe;wanted二、完型填空TheVoiceofAmericabeganduringtheWorldWarⅡ，whenGermanywasbroadcastingaradioprogramtogetinternational1.Americanofficialsbelievedtheyshould2theGermanbroadcastwithwordsthattheythoughtwerethefactsofworldevents.ThefirstVOAnewsreportbeganwithwordsin3。“The4maybegoodorbad,butweshalltellyouthetruth。"Withinaweek,otherVOA5werebroadcastinginItalian，FrenchandEnglish。AftertheWorldWarⅡendedin1945,someAmericansfeltVOA’s6hadtobechanged,7theSovietUnion（苏联)becameenemyofAmerica.Theywantedto8Sovietlisteners。ThenVOAbeganbroadcastinginRussian。IntheearlydaysVOAbeganaddingsomethingnewtoitsBroadcastthatwas9“MusicUSA"。Anothernewideacamealongin1959。VOAknewthatmanylistenersdidnotknow_10Englishtocompletelyunderstandits11Englishbroadcast。SoVOA12asimplerkindofEnglish，13usesabout1,500wordsandisspoken14Inthe15ofmostVOAlisteners,themost16programisthenewsreport.Newsfromaroundtheworld17intotheVOAnewsroominWashington24hoursaday.ItcomesfromVOAreportersin18citiesandalsofromother19likeBBC。VOAwritersandeditorsusethesematerialsto20newsreports,whicharebeingbroadcastin43languages。A。business B.culture C.support D.informationA。reply B。answer C。join D。interruptA。time B.short C.English D.GermanA.news B。problems C.effects D.opinionsA。programs B.news C。announcers D.officialsA.home B。position C.purpose D。resultA。if B。considering C。supposing D。inorderthatA.reach B.satisfy C.attack D。supportA。known B。reported C.called D.printedA。poor B.excellent C.standard D。enoughA.normal B。fast C.good D。exactA。stopped B.discovered C.taught D。invitedA.it B.which C。who D.thatA.slowly B。rapidly C.normally D.loudlyA.please B。course C.opinion D.adviceA.difficult B。important C.various D。commonA.past B.send C。deliver D。flyA。all B。major C.American D.newsA。broadcasts B。forms C.newspaper D.countriesA。broadcast B.announce C。translate D.prepare三、阅读理解AChildrenwhospeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguagearenowaminorityininner—cityLondonprimaryschools,officialfiguresshow.Youngsterswithforeignmothertonguesformamajorityatprimaryschoolsin13outof33Londoncities。Acrossthecountry，Englishisaforeignlanguagetomorethanoneinsevenprimaryschoolyoungsters.ThefiguresfromtheDepartmentforChildren，SchoolsandFamilies（DCSF）pointtomajordemographic(人口的)changesoverthepastfewdecades，witharoundafifthofpupilsnowcomingfromethnicminorities。ThereareconcernsthatschoolfinancesarecomingunderstressfromthegrowingnumbersofyoungstersrequiringhelpwithEnglish.Thegovernmenthasbeenurgedtoprovidemorefunding，andgivefairtreatmenttoschoolswithlargeconcentrationsofnon-Englishspeakers。InTowerHamletsalmostfouroutoffiveyoungstersdonothaveEnglishastheirmothertongue.Inotherareas，includingLeicester，LutonandBradfordtheproportionapproaches50percent。ThefiguresindicatethatmanyrecentmigrantshavesettledinLondon。SirAndrewGreen，FounderandChairmanofMigrationWatchUK，says，“Thesefiguresconfirmthehugeimpactimmigrationishavingonoursociety。Whengovernmentfundsareastightastheyare，thisisboundtohaveanegativeimpact，sincechildrenforwhomEnglishisasecondlanguageneedextratuition（学费)。”Headds，“IninnerLondonit'shardtoknowwithwhomimmigrantchildrenaresupposedtopracticeEnglish,sincethenumberofimmigrantchildrenismuchlargerthanthatoflocal。”AspokesmanforDCSFstressesthatthefigures“onlyindicatethelanguagetowhichachildwasinitiallyexposedathome，regardlessofwhetherheorshecomestospeakEnglishfluentlylateron。Itisonlyarelativelyfewrecentarrivalsforwhomcommunicationproblemsareserious”.“WeareincreasingfundingtotheEthnicMinorityAchievementGrant(助学金）to£206millionby2010，tohelpbringstudentsweakinEnglishuptospeed.We'realsoequippingschoolstooffereffectiveEnglishasanAdditionalLanguageteachingtonewarrivals,”headds1.AminorityofLondonprimaryschoolstudentsspeakEnglishastheirfirstlanguagebecause。A.localchildrenprefertospeakotherlanguagesB.moreandmoreimmigrantchildrenareattendingschoolinLondonC。childrenlearningEnglishasanadditionallanguageneedextratuitionD。Englishistoodifficultalanguageforprimaryschoolchildrentolearn2.Somepeopleworryabout.A。theincreasingnumberofadultsneedinghelpwithEnglishB。thegovernmenttakingnomeasurestohelptheschoolsC.non-EnglishspeakersputtingschoolfinancesunderstressD。Londonschoolsnotprovidingadequateserviceforchildreninneed3.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat.A。mostimmigrantchildrenmakeagreatefforttolearnEnglishB.thegovernmentusedtotreatnon—EnglishspeakersunfairlyC.it’snoteasytofindEnglishspeakersforimmigrantchildreninsomepartsofLondontocommunicatewithD。localchildrenareinfluencedbyimmigrantchildren4。AccordingtothespokesmanforDCSF，thefiguresindicate。A。thatchildrenwillspeakEnglishfluentlylateronB.thatimmigrationishavingahugeimpactonEnglishsocietyC。whatthelanguagethechildrenwereexposedtofirstwasD。thatfundingisincreasingtohelpstudentsweakinEnglishBIhadgonetobedafteraveryharddaywhenthephonerang。Itwasaneccentric(古怪的)farmer.IhadnevermethimbeforealthoughIhadoftenheardpeopletalkabouthim。HesoundedquitenervousandhehadbeentalkingforaminuteorsobeforeIunderstandanything.FinallyallIcouldmakeoutwasthatsomeonecalledMillryhadaverybadaccident。NomatterwhoshewasIobviouslyhadtogo。Ithadbeensnowingheavilythatday。Ididn’tknowtheway。IhadbeendrivingforatleastanhourwhenIfinallyfoundhisplace.Hewasstandingthere,waitingforme。ItseemedMillryhaddied。“Shemeantmoretomethananyone…evenmyownwife！”hesaid。Icouldseethathehadbeencrying.Ithoughtsomethingterriblehadtakenplace,itmaybeascandal(丑闻)。Iwasevenmoreshockedwhenhetoldmebehadputherinthebarn（厩)。“Iwouldn’tleaveheroutinthecold!”hesaid。Millryhadclearlybeenasecretloverofhis.Iwasabouttotellhimhecouldnotexpectmetocoveranythingupwhenheopenedthebarndoor。HeliftedhiscandleandIsawadarkfigureontheground，“Shewassuchagoodcow！Iwouldn’tletanyonebutadoctortouchher!"hesaid,andbustintotearsagain.1。Theunderlinedphrase“makeout”inthefirstparagraphmeans.A。expectB。understandC。seeclearlyD。hearclearly2.Beforehearrivedatthefarmer'shouse,thewriterexpectedtoseeMillrylying。A。onthegroundofabarnB。onthefloorofaroomC.inbedinaroomD.inbedinabarn3。Thefarmerwishedthatthewritermight.A.lookintothematterB。bringMillrybacktolifeC.freehimfromascandalD。keepawholethingasecret4。Thepersonwhotoldthestoryisprobablya。A。farmerB。policemanC.countrydoctorD.newspaperreporterCEvenifyouareagoodhigh—jumper,youcanjumponlyaboutsevenfeetofftheground。Youcannotjumpanyhigherbecausetheearthpullsyouhard。Thepulloftheearthiscalledgravity.Youcaneasilyfindoutthepulloftheearth.Ifyouweighyourself，youwillknowhowmuchgravityispullingyou.Sincethereisgravity,waterrunsdownhill.Whenyouthrowaballintotheair，itfallsbackdown.Becauseofgravity，youdonotfallofftheearthasitwhirls（旋转)around.Then,canwegetawayfromtheearthandgofaroutintospace？Nowyoucandoit,becausespaceshipshavebeeninvented。Thenspaceshipwillgosofastthatitcanescape(逃出）theearth’sgravityandcarryyouintospace。1.Inthispassage，theword“gravity”means_______。A。thepullofeverything。B。theforceofattraction（吸引）amongobjects。C.theforcewhichattractsobjectstowardsthecentreoftheearthD。theforcewhichattractstheearthtowardsthesun.2.Whenyouslip（滑)youalwaysfalltothegroundbecause________A。theearthalwaysturnsround。B.theearthhasgravityC。theearth’sgravityisgreaterthanyourweight.D。youarecareless。3.Gravityisstrongthat_______A。itcanthrowaballintotheair.B.itmakesyoujumponlysevenfeet.C.itcanletyouflyawayfromtheearth。D。itcankeepeverythingonearth.4。Becauseofgravity，________A.waterflowseverything。B。wecangoeverywherebyship.C。wateralwaysflowsdownwards.D。fishcanliveinwater.5。Wecangetawayfromtheearthbyspaceshipbecause________A.thespaceshipgoesveryfast.B。theearthcan’tpullthespaceship。C。thespaceshiphasastrongforce.D.thespaceshipcanjumphigherthanothers。DOnSundaywhileIwashavingmyownFather'sDaycelebration，Ithoughtaboutmydadalot。BythetimeIcalledtotellhimthatIlovedhim，hehadalreadygonetobed.SoIwrotethefollowingtoshowwhatmydadmeanstome.About28yearsago，mydadwasausedcarsalesman.EveryThursdaynight,hewouldheadofftoShreveport，LAfortheauction（拍卖会)。Mostofthetime,Idroveacaroverthereforhimsohecouldsellitthere.Oneday，IwasridingwithmydadtoShreveportfortheauctionwhenhefoundahitchhiker（搭车者)withabackpack。Assoonasdadsawhim，hepulledthecaroverandofferedhimaride。Dadaskedhimhisnameandcontinuedtotalktohimaboutallsortsofthings.Ican’trecallwhybuthetolddadalotofterriblethingsthathadoccurredtohim.Isatinthebackseatandwatchedthescenewithamazement.Icouldseethatthehitchhikerchangedhisattitudeashecouldtellsomeonewhowasreallylisteningtohim。Wedroveanotherforty—fiveminutesbeforewehadtoexittheinterstate(州际公路）。Wepulledoveranddadtoldhimtokeephisheadupandthingswouldstartlookingupforhimsoon。Hereachedintohispocketandhandedthehitchhikeratwenty-dollarbillandthenathe-dollarbill。Wedroveonandmydaddidnotsayasinglething。IwasstillcompletelyamazedbywhatIjustwitnessed。Iwasalwaystoldeveryonetoneverpickupahitchhikerandyetmydaddiditeverysingletimehesawone。I’msurethatitmadethatpoorman’sday,probablyamonthtofollow。Whilereflectinguponthatstory，Ilearnedalotaboutmydadandlife。Ilearnedthatifyoucomefromaplaceofserviceorcompassion,youcanchangepeople’slives.Justonesinglekindactcanchangesomeone’slife。Itneveroccurredtomydadaboutnotstoppingtohelphim。Thisisthetypeofpersonmydadis.Thankyouforsettingsuchhighstandardsformetofollow。Dad，Iloveyou。HappyFather'sDay！1．Theauthorandhisdadmetahitchhiker（搭车者）_______. A.whentheywerejustwarnednottopickupastranger B.ontheirwaytoShreveporttosellacarC。ontheirwaytothewestforatrip D.whentheircarwasrunningoutofgas2．Whatdowelearnaboutthehitchhikerfromthepassage？ A。Somethingunpleasantoccurredtohim. B.Hewasgoingtotheauction。 C。Atfirsthedidn’tbelieveintheauthor。 D.Itwashewhoboughttheauthor’scar.3． A.Angry B。AppreciatedC.Surprised D.Ashamed4．Whatdidtheauthorlearnfromhisfather? A.Justasinglekindactcanmakeadifferen