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2013-2014学年上学期第二次月考

高三英语试题

（考试时间：120分钟 总分：150分）

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.Who is Mr. White?

A. A salesman. B. A repairman. C. A professor.

2.Where does the woman work?

A. At a hotel B. At a restaurant. C. At a department store.

3.What time does the man think they will leave?

A. At 7:15. B. At 7:35. C. At 7:25.

4.What does the man mean？

A. He liked the work very much.

B. He didn’t like the work because it wasn’t interesting.

C. He didn’t like the work so much because it kept him working long hours.

5.What was the mark the woman got in her exam?

A.95 B.90 C.98

第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）

听下面5段材料。每段材料后有几个小题，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。听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段材料读两遍。

听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。

6.What caused Mr. Miller to be late this morning?

A. Watching a play on TV last night.

B. Watching a basketball match on TV last night.

C. Watching a football match on TV last night.

7.How did Mr. Miller go to work?

A. By bus B. By train. C. By cab.

8.What happened to Mr. Miller after his explanation?

A. He was warned of following the rules for work

B. He was fired at once.

C. He was fired as soon as possible.

听第7段材料，回答第9至11小题。

9.When did the conversation take place?

A. Before the maths exam. B. After the science exam.

C. Before the science exam.

10.What is the most probable relationship between the man and woman?

A. They are classmates. B. They are friends.

C. They are teacher and student.

11.Why is the science exam difficult?

A. The teacher is too young and less experienced.

B. The teacher likes to give hard exams. C. We don’t know.

听第8段材料，回答第12至14小题。

12.What’s the reason for the woman to buy the nylon one instead of the yellow one?

A. The nylon one is cheap and it is nice, too.

B. The yellow one is too expensive. C. Both A and B.

13.How much does the woman pay at last?

A. 15.88 dollars. B. 28.88 dollars. C.13 dollars.

14.How many things does the woman buy in all?

A. One. B.Two. C. Some.

听第9段材料，回答第15至17小题。

15.How often does the woman watch a football match?

A. Nearly once a month. B. Nearly once a week. C. Nearly every Sunday.

16.Why does the man say he loves cricket very much?

A. He used to be a good player and he has fallen into a habit of playing it from that time.

B. He used to be a good player though he never plays it now.

C. He used to play it well and now he often watches cricket matches instead.

17.Which one of the following is true according to the conversation?

A. Neither the man nor the woman watches any cricket match.

B. Not only the man but also the woman watches cricket matches.

C. Either the man or the woman watches soccer matches.

听第10段材料，回答第18至20小题。

18.What was done to find people’s ideas about the women’s movement?

A.A question was asked of husbands.

B. A survey was made to both men and women.

C. A group was set up to interview people.

19.Who help most at home?

A. Italian husbands. B. British husbands. C. Danish husbands.

20.What can we learn from what the speaker said?

A. Housework should be shared between men and women.

B. Danish men are more afraid of their wives.

C. More than 50% of Danish men help in the house.

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）

从每题所给的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.Those successful deaf dancers think that dancing is an activity ______sight matters more than hearing.

A. when B. whose C. which D. where

22. Tom is the best one in our team. If he is injured, nobody can _______ him.

A. replace B. beat C. admire D. strike

23. ---How do you think I should receive the reporter?

--- _________ a person you think he is, try to be polite.

A. How B. What C. However D. Whatever

24.---Do you mind my opening the window? It’s a bit hot in here.

---- ______, as a matter of fact.

A. Go ahead B. Yes, my pleasure C. Yes, I do D. Come on

25. He seems to __________ because every means _______ tried already.

A. lose heart; has been B. lose heart; had been

C. lose his heart; has been D. lose his heart; had been

26. In this list, two names ______ particularly, which attracted our attention.

A. stand out B. stand up C. stand by D. stand for

27.--Sorry, I’m late again, but I had a flat tyre.

--Well, Jim, why not _______ a fresh story?

A. look up B. take up C. make up D. pick up

28. ______ many times, and he didn’t know how to do it.

A. Having been told B. Having told C. He was told D. To be told

29. We hope that by the 2014 Sochi(索契) Winter Olympic Games, our young skier____ enough to add to our glories in the snow.

A. will mature B. have matured C. will have matured D. have been matured

30. ____the problem of land erosion(侵蚀) getting more serious, the government is searching for a way to deal with it.

A. As B. When C. If D. With

31. Prices of daily goods_______ sharply. What shall we common people do?

A. have been rising B. have raised C.have been risen D. have been raising

32. _______ seems strange to us is _______the troublesome boy is getting along well with all his teachers.

A. It; that B. What; that C. What; how D. It; how

33.______ in red, the old woman appears young and confident.

A. Being dressed B. Dressed C. Dressing D. To be dressed

34. Experts at the conference agreed that such a product with environmentally friendly technology is ______．

A. worth being promoted B. worthy promoting

C. worthy of promoting D. worthy of being promoted

35. ---You were out when I dropped in at your house.

---Oh, I ___ for a friend from England at the airport.

A. am waiting B. had waited C. was waiting D. have waited

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。

What would I do for Carol’s 50th birthday? It was 36 that she didn’t want a party, certainly not a surprise party（that was an agreement at our marriage）．

“How about a small dinner with 37 ?” I asked．

“No,” she said, “I hate being the center of 38 ．”

Still, the milestone had to be marked． 39 wasn’t going to let her get away with a Stouffer’s frozen dinner and a movie video, 40 this was all she said she wanted．

I thought and thought, and 41 making my decision, I sent a letter to her friends, asking them for photos, poems, and letters．“Carol doesn’t 42 a party in person．．．but I’m hoping to 43 her a party in a book．” I bought a（n） 44_ with a friend’s advice, and what I wanted 45 ．For a few minutes at the end of every workday, I 46 pull out the marking pens and make up the 47 , Carol’s．

Photos of her in junior high, pictures of us 48 the boys, original songs, notes, cards, and poems．It made me 49 for all the years we had had together．The 50 was more than the album．It was the friendship and love she had given to me and to our kids and to all her friends and family．You could 51 it on every page．

I wrapped it up and 52 it home．“Happy birthday, sweetie,” I said．“It’s not a frozen dinner or a video, but it’s 53 you deserve．” She cried．She doesn’t 54 like to cry, but I think she likes the book．She’s said so many times．And every time I remind her 55_ putting it together was a gift to me．

36．A．amazing B．important C．unusual D．clear

37．A．neighbors B．friends C．children D．classmates

38．A．view B．comment C．attention D．interest

39．A．I B．It C．He D．She

40．A．for B．and C．or D．when

41．A．after B．before C．when D．once

42．A．have B．want C．hold D．attend

43．A．make B．give C．find D．choose

44．A．album B．novel C．mirror D．overcoat

45．A．went on B．turned back C．poured in D．got away

46．A．could B．would C．should D．might

47．A．book B．story C．mind D．decision

48．A．for B．around C．with D．except

49．A．worried B．grateful C．nervous D．special

50．A．meaning B．world C．party D．gift

51．A．read B．count C．express D．improve

52．A．send B．took C．placed D．packed

53．A．how B．why C．what D．which

54．A．normally B．merely C．obviously D．really

55．A．whether B．when C．that D．who

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。

A

For about a decade, I knew that I needed to improve my handwriting, but I always put it off. “My typing skills are good, my communication skills are good, and all my other abilities are adequate for the job I do and the life I live. Why would I need to improve my handwriting in such a modern world?” I thought.

I was sort of hit by the fact that my handwriting needed improving quite suddenly in the form of a note from my boss. Obviously one of the notes I had posted on the office message board had been misunderstood because of my handwriting. My boss demanded that I learn to write in a neat way, something I couldn’t ignore any longer.

I tried a lot of different methods to improve my handwriting. Nowadays, there are more resources than before. You don’t even have to go to the store and can buy handwriting training materials online. I tried out a lot of these, and my handwriting did improve somewhat. Now I make sure I form every letter correctly. This is inconvenient and time-