河北冀州中学

2013-2014学年度高三上学期月考试题 2013--11--29

英语试题

第一部分 听力（共两节；满分30分）

第一节

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. What will the woman do after class?

A. See a teacher. B. Go to the beach. C. Talk with the man.

2. Why doesn' t the man wear a jacket?

A. He forgot to bring it.

B. He didn't know it would be cold.

C. He didn't have any time to look for it.

3. How did the man get here?

A. By train. B. By bus. C. By car.

4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

A. A letter. B. A village. C. A picture.

5. Where is the bar?

A. Beside the performance stage. B. On the right of the theatre. C. Next to the restaurant.

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、7题。

6. What is the relationship between the speakers?

A. Classmates. B. Workmates. C. Husband and wife.

7. What does the woman advise the man to do?

A. Use another desk. B. Change his schedule. C. Find out where Terry is.

听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. How much has the man paid for his driving lessons?

A. ￡400. B. ￡140. C. ￡40.

9. Why did the man fail his last driving test?

A. He hit something by accident. B. He didn't park his car properly. C. He went through the red lights.

10. What do we know about the man's teacher?

A. He is cheaper. B. He is young. C. He has a big car.

听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Where does the man have to go first?

A. To the post office . B. To his grandparents'. C. To the swimming pool.

12. What does the woman ask the man to do at the garage?

A. Wash her car. B. Pick Fiona up. C. Repair her car.

13. When is the football match?

A. At 12:30. B. At 1:30. C. At 2:00.

听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. What does the man think of the woman's father's idea?

A. Reasonable. B. Interesting. C. Unbelievable.

15. What did the woman have to do at mealtimes?

A. Sit silently. B. Speak French. C. Put her hands on the table.

16. What does the woman think was a good thing at school?

A. Learning manners. B. Studying by herself. C. Going to church before class.

听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. Where does the speech probably take place?

A. In a library. B. In a classroom. C. In a laboratory.

18. What is the speaker explaining?

A. A book review. B. A weekly timetable. C. A visit plan.

19. What will the students practise on Wednesday?

A. Reading and writing. B. Grammar and computer. C. Listening and speaking.

20. When is the library open every weekday afternoon?

A. From 3:30 to 6:00. B. From 3:00 to 6:30. C. From 3:00 to 6:00.

第二部分：英语知识运用（本部分共二节，总分45分）

第一节. 单项填空（本题有15小题，每小题1分，共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。

21. —Do you mind if I use a phone?

—

A. Why not? B。That’s all right. C. Come on! D. Be my guest!

22.Next to biology, I like physics ___ .

A. better B. best C. the better D. very well

23.People can accept the fact that prices tend to rise year by year but at a(an) _______ rate.

A. modest B. sharp C. regular D. amazing

24.—Mike, what did our monitor say just now?

— Every boy and every girl as well as teachers who ______ to visit the museum ______ asked to be at the school gate before 6: 30 in the morning.

A. is; is B. are; are C. is; are D. are; is

25.She is being satisfied about it; she is very angry．

A．free from B．free of C．out of D．far from

26.The birds ran away ______ all directions ______ they caught sight of a man coming near.

A. in; the instant B. to; the moment

C. from; on the instant D. toward; at the moment

27._________________modern equipment in the office doesn’t necessarily mean our company will fall into financial crisis.

A. We are badly off for B. What we are badly off for

C. Our being badly off on D. Our being badly off for

28.It ________ that you didn't go to the cinema. The film was so boring.

A．is just as well??? ???????? B．might be as well

C．had better?? ?????????????? D．is as well as

29.The old man sat in front of the television, curious___ the behavior of birds that happened to be on.

A. to observe B. observing C. observed D. to have observed

30.—Why did the police ________ the crowd?

—Because the president's car ________ in the street.

A．break down; broke down B．break up; broke up

C．break down; broke up D．break up; broke down

31.If you want to make more contributions to your country, ________with as much knowledge as possible now.

A. being equipped B. equipped C. equip D. be equipped

32. The salesman introduces a newly-produced sofa, which can also ______ as a bed.

A. use B. make C. operate D. function

33. The news that his family were safe and sound in the flood ______ the old man ______ .

A. put; at ease B. made; easy

C. set; easily D. laid; at ease

34.It was for a long time by so much noise around him that made him nearly lose his hearing.

A. to disturb B. disturbing C. being disturbed D. disturbed

35.His meeting didn’t get across very well to the audience, which made all the people present very ______________.

A. amused B. amusing C. confused D. confusing

36.The writer and teacher Smith ______ through millions of ups and downs since he moved to Sydney.

A．have gone B．had gone C．went D．has gone

37.The traditional approach _________ with complex problems in our studies is to break them

down into smaller, more easily managed problems.

A. to deal B. having dealt C. to dealing D. being dealt

38.People generally think it is impossible for Bitcoin(比特币) in the future..

A. to be circulated B. to have been circulated

C. to circulate D. to have circulated

39. --- Did your boss phone you again the next day?

--- No, it was a fortnight _______ he gave me a second call.

A. that B. before C. when D. since

40. _________of the harmful effect of smoking _______health, Mr Smith got rid of this bad habit. A. Convinced; on B. Being convinced; on C. Convincing; of D. To be convinced; on

第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面的材料，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。

If you’re going to do something，my dad used to say，do it right．

Mostly he said that after my half-hearted(不尽力的) 41 to weed the vegetable garden．For some reason，he knew that there were white roots still 42 deep in the ground without looking around the garden．So 1 would be in the 43 again the next day with a spade(铲子) dig deep and 44 the roots of our garden．As I tried to focus my attention on __45 ，Dad’s words kept ringing in my mind：“Do it right．”

I saw a perfect example of what Dad was talking about last week when one of the teams in the company was 46 ．All of us were sad to see them go．They were good friends and 47 ，and we worried about them．And 48 ，at such times you always wonder：am I next?

But as we watched them during the week they were given to 49 ，many of us noticed that they weren’t handling this in quite the way we expected them to. 50 none of them found another job，there was also no bitterness or 5l in their departure．I didn’t hear a negative word．I didn’t see any 52 or unhappy faces—at least，not from them．Instead，I saw grace．

“It’s 53 ，”one of my colleagues whispered．“l went over there to offer comfort and support to them, and they 54 comforting me．”

Ancient Greeks believed that swans save their sweetest song for the moments to their__55_．I don’t know if my departing friends 56_ their ending as a “swan song” or not，but the calm，quiet dignity with which they embraced their cruel reality touched and ____57___us.

Lee, a man who has seen and 58 lots of lay-offs during almost 40 up—and—down，on-again-off-again years with the company 59 nicely for all of us．

“Now, that’s doing it right，” he said．

Somewhere，I just know Dad was smiling his 60 ．

41．A．attempts B．judgments C．expectations D．requests

42．A．planted B．buried C．grown D．stuck

43．A．house B．school C．garden D．company

44．A．1ook forward to B．come up with C．fit in with D．get down to

45．A．watching B．thinking C．digging D．working

46．A．turned down B．1aid off C．cut down D．given up

47．A．competitors B．colleagues C．directors D．consultants

48．A．frankly B．naturally C．equally D．generally

49．A．hurry up B．turn up C．pack up D．come up

50．A．Since B．When． C．Unless D．While

51．A．sadness B．puzzle C．anger ． D．delight

52．A．tears B．smiles C．dangers D．fears

53．A．upsetting B．exciting C．disappointing D．amazing

54．A．objected to B．insisted on C．ended up D．kept on

55．A．birth B．death C．arrival D．party

56．A．view B．recognize C．choose D．describe

57．A．discouraged B．warned C．inspired D．amused

58．A．celebrated B．witnessed C resisted D．survived

59．A．made up B．summed up C．picked up D．speeded up

60．A．disagreement B．indifference C．admiration D．approval

第三部分 阅读理解（共两节，20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

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

A

In the past two decades, the Chinese economy has undergone many reforms in an effort to compete more effectively on the international market．These reforms included allowing foreign hanks to offer credit cards to Chinese