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高三英语月考考试试题

（时间：120分钟 总分：150分 Ⅰ卷交答题卡，Ⅱ卷交答题纸）

第一部分、阅读理解：总计40分

第一节（包括4个阅读理解，共15个小题，每小题2分，共计30分）

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David is an excellent student and he comes from New York. His family was there until he finished eighth grade. David had no choice but to sleep on park benches. Being alone on the streets was scary. One thing kept David going: his determination to do well in school.

Even though many things were difficult in David’s life, one thing was going very well. David was accepted to a special high school called MC2STEM.It is a public school in Cleveland for kids who are extremely good at science. The school turned out a peaceful place for David. He especially enjoyed having the chance to learn by doing lots of projects.

High school wasn’t easy. But David says that the school helped him set high standards for himself.Even when he didn’t have a place to stay at night, David kept his focus on his schoolwork.

While he was homeless, David would sometimes sleep in the park during the day because it was safer. “ If you sleep in the daytime in the park, people won’t bother you,” he says. “you’re just taking a nap. It’s acceptable.” Then David would study through the night. He showered at a friend’s house when his friend’s parents were at work.

All his hard work paid off. In May 2011, David graduated second in his high school class. He was accepted to 22 colleges. He also won a scholarship form the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. It will pay for all his college expenses.

Last fall, David began attending Harvard University, one of the top colleges in the US.”I found the perfect school for me.” He wrote in his blog.[:.]

In the future, David might look for a job at a company like Google. Even better, he would like to start his own company. David says, “ I want to work for myself.”

1. According to the passage, David ________.

A. liked to sleep on park benches. B. studied very hard.

C. felt high school was easy. D. hated doing a lot of projects.

2. We can know from the passage that David would _________.

A. work only in big companies. B. start a company with partners.

C. win a scholarship again. D. have a bright future.

3. Which of the following word can best describe David?

A. cautious B.Lazy C. Determined D. Creative

4. What’s the best title for the passage?

A. A top University B. A Poor Student

C. Homeless to Harvard D. Winning a Scholarship

B

Guide to Stockholm University Library

Our library offers different types of studying places and provides a good studying environment.

Zones

The library is divided into different zones. The upper floor is a quiet zone with over a thousand places for silent reading, and places where you can sit and work with your own computer. The reading places consist mostly of tables and chairs. The ground floor is the zone where you can talk. Here you can find sofas and armchairs for group work.

Computers

You can use your own computer to connect to the wi-fi specially prepared for notebook computers; you can also use library computers, which contain the most commonly used applications, such as Microsoft Office. They are situated in the area known as the Experimental Field on the ground floor.

Group-study places

If you want to discuss freely without disturbing others, you can book a study room or sit at a table on the ground floor. Some study rooms are for 2-3 people and others can hold up to 6-8 people. All rooms are marked on the library maps.

There are 40 group-study rooms that must be booked via the website. To book, you need an active University account and a valid University card. You can use a room three hours per day, nine hours at most per week.

Storage of Study Material

The library has lockers for students to store course literature. When you have obtained at least 40 credits(学分), you may rent a locker and pay 400 SEK for a year’s rental period.

Rules to be Followed

Mobile phone conversations are not permitted anywhere in the library. Keep your phone on silent as if you were in a lecture and exit the library if you need to receive calls.

Please note that food and fruit are forbidden in the library, but you are allowed to have drinks and sweets with you.

5. Library computers on the ground floor __________.

A. help students with their field experiments

B. are mostly used for filling out application forms

C. are for those who wan to access the wi-fi

D. contain software essential for schoolwork

6. What condition should be met to book a group-study room?

A. One should first register at the university

B. Three-hour use per day is the minimum

C. A group must consist of 8 people

D. Applicants must mark the room on the map

7. A student can rent a locker in the library if he __________.

A. can afford the rental fee B. attends certain courses

C. has earned the required credits D.has nowhere to put his books

C

Mike Maietta was eating lunch when he got a text message from his mom.

“Notre Dame,” it said. “Big envelope!”

Mike, a senior at a Californian high school, shouted with joy. The big envelope meant that the excellent university in Indiana had offered him a place in its Class of 2013. But the $51,300 annual fee is a big obstacle. So Mike and his parents are considering offers from several other colleges and are calculating the costs of tuition, housing and holiday trips home.

This year, money is the driving factor for a growing number of high school seniors, who have to decide what colleges to attend this fall. Less jobs and plunging house prices have changed family spending.

“We’re excited that Mike got into eight great schools,” said Mike’s father, an engineer at Microsoft. “But if you consider going to school out of state, you’ve got to think about all of the other costs: moving, flying back and forth for the holidays. You’re looking at about $3,000 a year, just for travel.”

As families weigh their choices, some are going back to financial aid offices hoping help packages can be increased.

Rachel Brown was happy to get a thick envelope from New York University (NYU). Although she has always wanted to live in Manhattan, she is seriously considering the University of California San Diego (UCSD), because of the high cost in New York.

“The tuition for NYU is twice as much as UCSD,” said Rachel, 17. “My mom doesn’t want me to have a big debt when I graduate, and I don’t want that either. I’d have to take out a loan of $15,000. I’ll check and see if there’s any way that NYU can offer me any financial aid.”

More than 7.6 million American students have filled out the Free Application for Students Aid, a 19.9 percent increase over last year.

This month the Federal Department of Education urged college financial aid officers to give more help to certain families. A record 30,428 students applied for 2,300 places at Stanford, partly because the university increased financial aid for families earning below $10,000.

8. Mike may give up Notre Dame because of ______.

A. travel fees B. poor exam results

C. financial concerns D. worries about living far away from home

9. The phrase “Big envelope” in paragraph 2 probably refers to “______”.

A. A text message B. A large gift package

C. A scholarship letter D. An admission letter

10. What can we learn from the passage?

A.It is hard for college students to borrow money to cover costs.

B. Rachel Brown has given up NYU because of its high tuition and big debts.

C. The number of American senior students applying for financial aid is increasing.

D. An interest-free loan for students helps more students apply for Stanford.

11. The passage mainly focuses on ______.

A. the calculation of different costs including tuition

B. the financial crisis of families over college entrance

C. the excitement of students’ being able to enter ideal colleges

D.the extremely hard financial situation in America

D

Who’s in control of your life? Who is pulling your string? For the majority of us, it’s other people—society, colleagues, friends, family or our religious community. We learned this way of operating when we were very young, of course. We were brainwashed. We discovered that feeling important and feeling accepted was a nice experience and so we learned to do everything we could to make other people like us. As Oscar Wilde puts it, “Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else’s opinions, their lives a mimicry(模仿), their passions a quotation.”

So when people tell us how wonderful we are, it makes us feel good. We long for this good feeling like a drug. Therefore, we are so eager for the approval of others that we live unhappy and limited lives, failing to do the things we really want to. Just as drug addicts and alcoholics live worsened lives to keep getting their fix (一剂毒品). We worsen our own existence to get our own constant fix of approval.

But, just as with any drug, there is a price to pay. The price of the approval drug is freedom—the freedom to be ourselves. The truth is that we cannot control what other people think. People have their own agenda, and they come with their own baggage and, in the end, they're more interested in themselves than in you. Furthermore, if we try to live by the opinions of others, we will build our life on sinking sand. Everyone has a different way of thinking, and people change their opinions allthe time. The person who tries to please everyone will only end up getting exhausted and probably pleasing no one in the process.

So how can we take back control? I think there’s only one way—make a conscious decision to stop caring what other people think. We should guide ourselves by mean