2013学年第一学期温州十校联合体高三学初联考

英 语

第一部分：听力测试（本题有2节，共30分）

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. When will Jim’s birthday party be held?

A. In July. B. In August. C. In September.

2. Why does the man apologize?

A. He made a wrong delivery.

B. He forgot to pay for shipping.

C. He couldn’t take the sweater back.

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2-4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5秒钟的时间阅读各个小题，听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。

6. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Friends. B. Husband and wife. C. Brother and sister.

7. Why does the woman want to know about the man’s plans?

A. She is curious.

B. She doesn’t trust the man.

C. She wants to see if her girls’ nights are similar.

听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。

8. Why doesn’t the man become a writer?

A. He hates writing. B. He wants a better job. C. He thinks he is unqualified.

9. What does the man think of his job?

A. challenging. B. Tiring. C. Exciting.

听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。

10. Where are the speakers?

A. In the street. B. In a supermarket. C. In a school.

11. What does the woman say about shops?

A. She can also get cheap products there.

B. She spends ages making decisions there.

C. She doesn’t like the services there.

12. What can we learn from the conversation?

A. The woman often does shopping online.

B. Shopping is the woman’s favorite work.

C. New electronic products often attract the woman.

听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。

17.What is special about the weather today?

A. It will set a new record for the highest temperature.

B. It will set a record for most sunny days in a row(接连).

C. It will be 45 days since the sun was clearly visible.

18. What does the announcer recommend?

A. Having a basketball game indoors.

B. Playing badminton at the Summer Palace.

C. Going for a boat ride.

19. What does the announcer say is expected on Tuesday besides rain?

A. Strong winds. B. Thunder and lightning. C. Heavy fog.

20. What will happen on the weekend?

A. The rain will start again.

B. The wind will increase to 75 kilometers an hour

C. The weather will be pleasant again.

第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）

第一节：单项填空(共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分)

从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项

21. ----Do you need the electric dryer?

---- .

A. No way

B. After you

C. My pleasure

D. No problem



22. After Ya’an earthquake the school practiced an emergency drill showing the children how to find their “safe place”.

A. calmly

B. regularly

C. automatically

D. specially



23. -----Oh, Tom, what did you do this summer vacation?

-----Guess what? I had _____ great fun in _______ show performance “the voice of China”.

A. a, the

B the, the

C. /,a

D./, the



24. Many Chinese universities provide scholarships for students _______ financial aid.

A. in favor of

B. in honor of

C. in terms of

D. in need of



25. We _______ the difficulty together, but why didn’t you tell me?

A. should face

B. might face

C. could have faced

D. may have faced



26. This year, Chinese readers are especially excited with the Nobel Literature Prize, for the first time, _______ by a Chinese citizen, Mo Yan.

A. to win

B. won

C. winning

D. having won



27. We all feel our duty to make City of Wenzhou a better place.

A. it

B. this

C. that

D. one



28. If you _______ a high fever and a bad headache, you are advised to consult a doctor.

A. perform

B. develop

C. present

D. gather



29. The new couple couldn’t afford a new house. _______, they bought a second-hand one.

A. Besides

B. Otherwise

C. Instead

D. Still



30. Modern science has given clear evidence ______ smoking can lead to many diseases.

A. what

B. which

C. that

D. where



31. It was really ________ of your brother not to play the guitar while you were preparing your lessons.

A. typical

B. generous

C. considerate

D. determined



32. It is important to have your eyes examined regularly to check for any sign of eye disease that may not have any __________.

A. symptom

B. sense

C. sample

D. shadow



33. Not having promoted the new digital camera successfully, the company should its original marketing methods.

A. account for

B. reflect on

C. work out

D. call up



34. Our plans for playing the football match today ________ by the terrible typhoon “Soulik”.

A. have been defeated

B. had been defeated

C. have defeated

D. had defeated



35. Marry always seems nervous in public. Maybe she ________ confidence to talk to strangers.

A. enjoys

B. rejects

C. lacks

D. destroys



36. Lucy found one of her friends had been ________ after she finished the invitations to her wedding party.

A. taken out

B. put out

C. picked out

D. left out



37. They urge the local government that the problem ________ as soon as possible.

A. handles

B. could be handled

C. must be handled

D. be handled



38. It is reported that many a new house ____ at present in the disaster area in Gansu Province.

A. was being built

B. were being built

C. is being built

D. are being built



39. It remains to be seen______ the newly formed committee’s policy can be put into practice.

A. that

B. which

C. what

D. whether



40. ----The clothes I received are not the same as shown online.

-----_________? But I promise we will see to it right away.

A. Who says

B. How come

C. What for

D. Why worry





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，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

Five-year-old Marry loved to play in the street with her friends. This made her parents __41__. They did __42__ to keep her off the street. __43__, day after day they found her out there. Thankfully, the street wasn’t very __44__. But it was often traveled by soldiers and sometimes they would drive very fast.

Every time he drove by the lifeless animal that had __45__ in the road, Steven __46__ think of his daughter. And so he continued trying to teach her the __47__— with little __48__. Then one day as Steven was driving home, he saw something that helped __49__ an idea, which became an action by the time he got home. He walked over to where Marry was playing.

“Come on, sweetheart,” he said. “You and Daddy are going for a __50__.”

They drove back along the way he had just traveled, finally __51__ just behind a mound (堆) of something.

“What is it, Daddy?” Marry asked as they got out of the __52__.

“Look __53__, but don’t touch it,” Steven said. “Can’t you tell what it is?”

She studied it for a few minutes, unsure of its __54__ until she picked out its familiar ears. “A rabbit! What happened?” Marry asked.

“It was playing in the road, and a car came along and ...”

“... and squished (压扁) it?” Marry broke __55__.

“That’s right,” Steven said. “It got squished because it was playing in the road.”

“Yuck!” Marry said. For the first time, Steven saw __56__ in his daughter’s eyes.

The next evening, when Steven drove by a group of children playing in the street, he __57__ what Marry was shouting from the sidewalk.

“Come on, you guys! Stop playing in the street, __58__ you’ll get squished!”

So, if your message isn’t getting through to others, no matter how many times you __59__ it, you should try something __60__. This is Steven’s lesson.

41. A. disappointed B. worried C. ashamed D. puzzled

42. A. something B. nothing C. anything D. everything

43. A. Thus B. Still C. Then D. Also

44. A. flat B. dirty C. wide D. busy

45. A. wandered B. banned C. competed D. gathered

46. A. might B. could C. would D. need

47. A. accident B. experience C. lesson D. practice

48. A. success B. hope C. approval D. panic

49. A. create B. discover C. decide D. cause

50. A. walk B. ride C. talk D. visit

51. A. stopping B. passing C. staying D. hiding

52. A. bus B. car C. train D. boat

53. A. quietly B. deliberately C. closely D. steadily

54. A. weight B. color C. identity D. shape

55. A. out B. in C. away D. through

56. A. delight B. understanding C. anger D. regret

57. A. realized B. watched C. heard D. felt

58. A. or B. and C. but D. yet

59. A. represent B. respond C. repeat D. refresh

60. A. funny B. simple C. easy D. different

第三部分：阅读理解 (第一小节20小题，第二小节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分)

第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

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