广东省执信中学2013届高三上学期期中英语试题.doc

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2012-2013学年度第一学期
高三级英语科期中考试卷
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共14页，满分为150分。考试用时120分钟。
注意事项：1、答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和学号填写在答题卡和答卷密封线内相应的位置上，用2B铅笔将自己的学号填涂在答题卡上。
2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；不能答在试卷上。
3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。
4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。

第一卷
一．听力：请根据录音和所给中文，用英语写出三个问题和回答五个问题。（共8小题，满分8分）
In this part you will act as a role and complete three communicative tasks: listen to the speaker, ask the speaker three questions and then answer five questions.
Now please listen to the speaker.
情景介绍：
角色：你是女士
任务：（1）和你的朋友谈论与父母相处的问题；
（2）根据谈话内容回答问题
请听完对话后，根据下面中文提示请你用英语提出三个问题（请把英语问题写在答卷上）
Now please ask the speaker three questions. You have 20 seconds to prepare the question.
（1） 他们不让你做什么事呢？
（2） 他们限制你周末的活动吗？
（3） 你觉得你父母为什么对你这么严格？
Now please get ready to answer five questions in English. You’re allowed 10 seconds to prepare the answer. （电脑提问两遍，请把英语回答写在答卷上）

二. 单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
1. The weather is fine today except __________ the northwest. __________ good weather we have!
A. /; How
B. for; How
C. /; What
D. in; What
2. Switzerland lies ________ France, Italy, Austria and Germany. ________ them, Germany is the biggest.
A. among; In
B. between; In
C. between; Of
D. among; Among
3. I would appreciate ________ the radio down.
A. it if you turn
B. you to turn
C. it turning
D. you turn
4. I prefer a flat in Yuexiu District to ________ in Haizhu District, so I like this apartment better than ________.
A. that; it
B. that; that
C. one; it
D. one; that
5. His hair is longer than ________.
A. everyone
B. else anyone’s
C. anyone else’s
D. other one’s
6. Does ________ matter much ________ they will not come tomorrow?
A. it; whether
B. it; that
C. that; that
D. that; whether
7. I will give you ________ much money you need.
A. no matter how
B. however
C. what
D. no matter what
8. He made a long speech, ________.
A. as was unexpected
B. as we didn’t expected it
C. which we expected
D. which was unexpected
9. It will not be long ______ we enter university. It’ll be a time _____ we celebrate.
A. before; /
B. after; when
C. since; that
D. when; which
10. How can you ask for leave from work ________ there is still great demand for skilled hands here?
A. while
B. where
C. when
D. as
11. The two students quarreled to such a situation ________ they fought each other and the incident reached to a point _______ both their parents were to be called in.
A. that; where
B. where; where
C. where; that
D. that; that
12. I wanted some more coffee but ______ was left and ______ was tea.
A. nothing; nor
B. none; so
C. no one; nor
D. none; neither
13. We believe the scientist was unsuccessful, ________?
A. don’t we
B. do we
C. wasn’t he
D. was he
14. Burglar alarms ________ at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy.
A. go off
B. that go off
C. that are going off
D. which going off
15. _______ that the path continued on the other side, we wondered how we could get across the stream.
A. Seeing
B. Being able to see
C. It could be seen
D. At the sight of

三. 完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
We’ll all have a heart that is already accurately showing us how true things are.
Carmen’s mother Maria had just 16 a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant her life was in constant 17 .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very 18 : finding a donor heart that matched Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept 19 hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble walking from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a corner of the hospital, __20 .
“Are you okay?” a man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her 21 . This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t 22 it through the night. 23 , an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to donate something from herself.
After reviewing the data, doctors 24 Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to 25 the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was 26 dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was 27 for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen 28 Cheryl’s funeral with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria 29 with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was 30 in another loving mother’s chest.
16．A．suffered B．survived C．died D．made
17．A．change B．danger C．disorder D．pain
18．A．slim B．big C．unlikely D．likely
19．A．finding B．phoning C．touring D．interrupting
20．A．crying B．sleeping C．doubting D．thinking
21．A．idea B．story C．thought D．accident
22．A．put B．support C．pass D．make
23．A．Hurriedly B．Suddenly C. Calmly D. Devotionally
24．A．informed B．warned C．congratulated D．reminded
25．A．give up B．carry out C．search after D．put off
26．A．noticed B．predicted C．left D．declared
27．A．praying B．begging C．decorating D．singing
28．A．attended B．joined C．visited D．passed
29．A．passed away B．woke up C．left behind D．dressed up
30．A．active B．alive C．necessary D．lively

四、语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷相应的位置上。
One day a young man was standing in the middle of the town claiming that he had the most beautiful heart in the whole valley. A large crowd 1 (gather), and they all admired his heart for it was perfect.
Suddenly, an old man appeared and said, “Why, your heart is not nearly as beautiful as 2 .” The crowd and the young man looked at the old man’s heart, which was full of scars. It had 3 (place) where pieces had been removed and other pieces put in, but they didn’t fit quite right, and there were several jagged（锯齿状的）edges. In fact, in some places there were deep gouges（沟槽）where whole pieces were 4 (miss).
The young man laughed. “Comparing your heart with mine, mine is perfect and yours is a mess of scars.”
“Yes,” said the old man, “Yours looks perfect 5 I would never trade with you. You see, every scar represents a person to 6 I have given my love. I tear out a piece of my heart and give it to them, and often they give me a piece of their heart that fits into the empty place in my heart. But because the pieces aren’t exact, I have some rough edges, which I cherish, because they remind of 7 love we shared. Sometimes I have given pieces of my heart away, and the other person hasn’t returned a piece of his or her heart 8 me. These are the empty gouges. Although these gouges are painful, they stay open, 9 (remind) me of the love I have for those people. So now do you see 10 true beauty is?”

五. 阅读理解 (共两节，满分45分)
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。(共20题，每小题2分，满分40分)
A
Forest guards in western India are using cell phones with ringtones of cows mooing, goats bleating and roosters crowing to attract leopards that have wandered into human settlements, officials said on Monday.
The wild cats in the state of Gujarat often get into villages near forests in search of food, say officials, adding that this results in attacks on people. But rather than use methods such as live bait like goats tied to trees to lure (引诱) the leopards, which then fall into large pits dug by guards, officials say they have found a safer method to trap the cats.
“The moos of a cow, and bleating of a goat from the phone have proved effective to trap leopards,” said D. Vasani, a senior forest official in Gujarat. “This trick works.” Vasani said forest guards have downloaded the sounds of over a dozen animals as ringtones on their mobiles which they attach to speakers and fix behind a cage. They then play the ringtone continuously for up to two hours until the curious leopard appears and moves into the cage looking for its easy meal.
At least five leopards have so far been lured from villages since the new ringtone method was introduced three months ago. The cats have all been released back into forest areas.
Wildlife activists welcomed the new initiative (新方案) saying that previous methods of trapping the cats using pits often resulted in the animals getting injured.
31. What can be the best title of the passage?
A. Cell Phones to Hunt Animals B. Practical Uses of Cell Phones
C. Wildlife And New Technology D. Phone Ringtones to Catch Leopards
32. Forest guards in India try to catch leopards mainly because _______.
A. leopards attack villagers B. they want leopard fur
C. leopards attack animals D. they have new ringtones
33. According to the wildlife activists, the new method is _______.
A. appreciated because it benefits leopards
B. not good because it may injure animals
C. effective because ringtones work
D. not safer than the former one
34. We can learn from the passage except that _______.
A. forest guards don’t mean to hurt the leopards
B. forest guards no longer use pits to trap leopards
C. forest guards used goats to attract leopards
D. recorded animal sound are used to lure leopards
35. What will be needed to trap the leopards using the new method?
a. cell phones b. animals c. sounds of animals d. cages e. large pits
A. abcd B. bce C. ade D. acd

B
A new generation addiction is quickly spreading all over the world. Weboholism, a twentieth century disease, affects people from different ages. They surf the net, use e-mail and speak in chat rooms. They spend many hours on the computer, and it becomes a compulsive habit. They cannot stop, and it affects their lives.
Ten years ago, no one thought that using computers could become compulsive behavior that could affect the social and physical life of computer users. This obsessive behavior has affected teenagers and college students. They are likely to log on computers and spend long hours at different websites.
They become hooked on computers and gradually their social and school life is affected by this situation. They spend all free time surfing and don’t concentrate on homework, so this addiction influences their grades and success at schools. Because they can find everything on the websites, they hang out there. Moreover, this addiction to websites influences their social life.
They spend more time in front of computers than with their friends. The relation with their friends changes. The virtual life becomes more important than their real life. They have a new language that they speak in the chat rooms and it causes cultural changes in society.
Because of the change in their behavior, they begin to isolate themselves from the society and live with their virtual friends. They share their emotions and feelings with friends who they have never met in their life. Although they feel confident on the computer, they are not confident with real live friends they have known all their life. It is a problem for the future. This addictive behavior is beginning to affect the whole world.
36. The main idea of the passage is about _______.
A. the cause of weboholism
B. the advantage of weboholism
C. the popularity of weboholism
D. the influence of weboholism
37. The underlined work “obsessive” in the second paragraph most probably means “______”.
A. attractive B. addictive C. professional D. potential
38. We can infer from the passage that ________.
A. weboholism has the greatest effect on teenagers.
B. students can hardly balance real and virtual life.
C. people are addicted to games on the Internet.
D. virtual life is more vivid and attractive anyway.
39. Which of the following is NOT true of weboholism?
A. It contributes to the development of the web.
B. The chat room language may change social culture.
C. The problem will be getting more and more serious later.
D. People addicted to the web often become inactive in real life.
40. The author’s attitude towards weboholism is that of being ________.
A. optimistic B. positive C. oppositive D. acceptable

C
Philip was a nine-year-old boy in a Sunday school class of 8-year-old girls and boys. Sometimes the third graders didn’t welcome Philip into their group and usually tricked him. This was not because he was older, but because he was “different”. You see, Philip suffered from a condition called Downs’s Syndrome. This made him “different”, with his facial characteristics, slow responses and mental problems.
One Sunday after Easter, the Sunday school teacher gathered some plastic eggs that pulled apart in the middle. The teacher gave one to each child. On that beautiful spring day, the children were to go out and discover for themselves some symbol of “new life” and place it inside the plastic eggs.
After the children returned to the classroom, the teacher opened their eggs one by one, asking each child to explain that symbol of “new life”. The first opened egg contained a flower. Everyone cheered. In another was a butterfly…. When the teacher opened the last egg, it was empty. “That’s stupid,” said someone. The teacher felt a pull at his shirt. It was Philip. Looking up, Philip said, “It’s mine. I did it. It’s empty. I have new life, because the tomb is empty.” Not a sound was heard in class at all. From that day on, Philip became a real part of the group. They welcomed him, and whatever made him different was never mentioned again.
Philip’s family knew he wouldn’t live a long life, for there were too many things wrong with him.
41. The underlined word “condition” in the first paragraph probably means ________.
A. grade B. status C. health D. disease
42. It can be inferred from the first paragraph that ________.
A. The 8-year-olds were sometimes cruel
B. The 8-year-olds were friendly to Philip
C. Philip was really different in school
D. Philip was older and more sensitive
43. The teacher gave each child one plastic egg to let them ________.
A. play around on that beautiful spring day
B. put some symbol of “new life” into it
C. try to pull it apart in the middle
D. go out and discover themselves
44. After Philip explained his new life, ________.
A. the class thought he was clever B. the class fell silent
C. he began to study in the class D. he felt dying
45. We learn from the passage that ________.
A. the teacher used to have classes outdoors