甘肅省嘉峪關(guān)市2013屆高三英語上學(xué)期第二次月考試題新人教版

1、酒鋼三中2013屆高三上學(xué)期第二次考試英語試題 第卷（選擇題 共115分）第一部分 聽力（共兩節(jié)， 滿分30分）第二部分：英語知識運用（共兩節(jié)，滿分45分）第一節(jié)：單項填空；共15小題；每小題1分，滿分15分 從A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出可以填入空白處的最佳選項。21The driver was at loss when word came that he was forbidden to drive because of speeding Aa; the B/; / Cthe; the Da; /22Our teachers often tell us, “the harder

2、 you study, the more questions you will think of ” Aasking Bto ask Cbeing asked Dto be asked23Mary and Joan quarreled, but they after a while Aput up Bbrought up Cmade up Dset up24Middle school students should learn from real heroes,_Zhai Zhigang and Nie Haisheng,and try to make contributions to our

3、 country in the future Afor example Bsuch as Cfor instance Dnamely25Can I pay the bill by check? Sorry, sirBut it is the management rules of our hotel that payment _be made in cash Aneed Bwill Cshall Dcan 26Have you read the book, concerning the story of Song Dandan? Ait Bone Cwhich Dthe one27For th

4、e kite-flying competition, his grandfather made a _ kite Asilk dragon-shaped golden Bgolden silk dragon-shaped Cdragon-shaped golden silk Dgolden dragon-shaped silk28Mr Green is fond of rock music,_his wife has no interest in it at all Ahowever Bwhile Cas Dunless 29Where did you get your laptop? Id

5、like to get one Well, at_ shop on Avenue 48,but I cant say exactly Asome Bany Ceach Devery 30I would have helped you, but I _ really occupied the whole week Awas Bam Chad been Dwere31What a wonder! Theyve finished _half of the project in such a short time Ano more than Bno less than Cnot more than D

6、much less than 32I hope that you can remove the difference between you and Susan and become good friends_If only Susan had the same idea AMy pleasure BIts a pleasure CBy no means DBy all means 33I have been told that the new law will come into_on January 1st next year Aeffect Buse Cservice Dexistenc

7、e 34The policy of the mainland is very clear and straightforward,and the key problem is _the leaders of Taiwan will accept it Athat Bhow Cwhy Dwhether 35Most of us know we should cut down on fat, but knowing such things isnt much help when it shopping and eating Arefers to Bspeaks of Cfocuses on Dco

8、mes to 第二節(jié)： 完形填空（共20小題；每小題1.5分，滿分30分）閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從各題所給的四個選項（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項。 You have waited 45 minutes for the valuable 10 minutes break between classesBut when the bell for the next class rings, you cant 36 how quickly time has passed If you are familiar with this 37 , youll know how time flie

9、s when you are having fun-and 38 when you are boredNow scientists have 39 a reason why this is the case Scans have shown that patterns of activity in the brain 40 according to how we focus on a taskWhen we are 41 , we concentrate more on how time is passingAnd this makes ourbrains 42 the clock is ti

10、cking more slowly In an experiment 43 by a French laboratory, 12 volunteers watched an image 44 researchers monitored their brain activity The volunteers were told to 45 concentrate on how long an image appeared for, then 46 the color of the image, and thirdly, study both duration and colorThe resul

11、ts showed that 47 was more active when the volunteers paid 48 subjects It is thought that if the brain is 49 focusing on many aspects of a task, it has to 50 its resources, and pays less attention to the clock 51 , time passes without us really 52 it, and seems to go quicklyIf the brain is not so ac

12、tive, it concentrates its 53 energies on monitoring the passing of time 54 , time seems to drag Next time you feel bored 55 , perhaps you should pay more attention to what the teacher is saying!36Aguess Blearn Cbelieve Ddoubt37Aview Bpoint Cscene Dexperience38Adrags Bstops Cbacks Dgains39Athought ov

13、er Bmade up Csuggested Dcome up with40Achange Bdevelop Cgrow Dslow41Asleepy Bbored Cexcited Dactive42Areport Bthink Cdecide Dsee43Aproduced Bcarried Ctried Dperformed44Aso Bwhen Cwhile Dbut45Apartly Bquickly Chow Dfirst46Aremember Bfocus on Cforget Dtell apart47Athe researchers Bthe experiment Cthe

14、clock Dthe brain48Amuch attention to Bmore attention to Cattention to many Dattention to more49Abusy Blikely Cready Dsure50Afocus Bgather Creach Dspread51AHowever BFurthermore CTherefore DFinally52Arecognizing Bwatching Cnoticing Dcounting53Aenough Bfull Cright Dproper54AIn fact BAs a result CFor ex

15、ample DInstead55Ain class Bwith work Cin mind Dof lessons 第三部分： 閱讀理解（共20小題；每小題2分，滿分40分）第一節(jié) 閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的四個選項（A、B、C、D）中，選出最佳選項。A For many people, the name Baskin-Robbins is linked to sweet memories of eating ice creamIrvine Robbins, who helped create this famous company, died in May at the age o

16、f ninetyHis life's work of making fun and exciting ice cream flavors changed the way Americans enjoy this food Irvine Robbins opened his first ice cream store in 1945 in CaliforniaAt the time, there were no stores that sold only ice creamHis sister's husband, Burton Baskin, also opened his o

17、wn ice cream stores In 1948 they combined their six stores into one businessBaskin and Robbins realized that they were too busy to operate each store wellSo, they decided to sell part of each operation to the manager of that storeThis permitted the company to grow quickly By 1953, they renamed their

18、 company Baskin-RobbinsThey advertised that they sold 31 kinds of ice cream to show the many choices buyers hadThere was one flavor for every day of the month Robbins and Baskin sold "Lunar Cheesecake" the day after astronauts landed on the moon in 1969Other flavors included "ChaChaCh

19、a", for cherry chocolate chip, and Robbins' personal favorile "Jamoca Almond Fudge"They said: "We sell fun, not just ice cream" By 1967, there were 500 Baskin-Robbins stores in the United StatesThe business partners sold their company that yearToday, there are more than

20、5,800 Baskin-Robbins stores around the world56What is the main idea of the passage? AThe managers of Baskin-Robbins BThe start of Baskin-Robbins CThe production of Baskin Robbins DThe great success of Baskin-Robbins57From the text we learn that _ ABaskin-Robbins was the only shop selling ice cream i

21、n 1945 BBaskin-Robbins was famous for their special ice cream flavors CBaskin-Robbins grew quickly because they combined their other stores together Dthere had been more than 5,800 Baskin-Robbins stores around the world by 196758What was probably the main reason for Baskin-Robbins' success? AThe

22、y sold not only ice cream, but fun BThey renamed their company CThey put all their hearts into the business DThey sold "Lunar Cheesecake"59It can be inferred from Paragraph 5 that AJamoca Almond Fudge is Baskins' favourite BCherry chocolate chip sells best CRobbins and Baskin were good

23、 at inventing new ice creams DLunar cheesecake was invented for the astronautsB Few of us make money by losing sleepBut three graduate students at Brown University in Providence built a company around sleep deprivation （睡眠不足） Jason Donahue, Ben Rubin and Eric Shashoua were working late nights in Bro

24、wn's business and engineering schoolsThey began thinking about ways to sleep betterThey discovered they weren't alone in burning the midnight oilAround 20% of Americans get less than six hours of rest a night The friends imagined a smart alarm clock that could track how much time people spen

25、d in the most restorative （有回復(fù)作用的） stages of the sleep cycle: REM （rapid eye movement） and deep sleepWhat would it cost to design such a thing? Five years of research, 20 employees, $14 million and a whole lot of doubting from investors and scientists Their company, Zeo, based in Newton, Mass, launc

26、hed its product in June, 2009The Zeo device uses a headband with tiny sensors （傳感器） that scan your brain for signs of four sleep states- REM, light, deep and waking sleepThe smart alarm clock displays a graph of your sleep pattern and wakes you as you're not in REM sleep （which is when you'r

27、e least groggy）In the morning you can upload the data to the company's Web site, and so track your sleep over timeMost of the feedback comes in the form of Zeo's ZQ score showing how well you've slept "Zeo allows people to unlock this black box of sleep," says Dave Dickinson, a

28、 health-care CEO Whether any of this actually improves sleep is up to the consumer, who will also need to make lifestyle changes like cutting out alcohol before bedtime or caffeine after 3 pm For now the company is selling Zeo online onlyDickinson also plans to spread it to countries such as Austral

29、ia, where sleep deprivation approaches US levels60Who will support Zeo? APeople full of imagination BPeople suffering sleeping problems CPeople having access to the Internet DPeople having bad lifestyles61Why did the three graduate students imagine a smart alarm clock? ATo wake them up on time in th

30、e morning BTo earn enough money for their study CTo improve the quality of people's sleep DTo enjoy their life while working at night62To design the Zeo device, the three graduate students _ Aspent much time and money Bwere widely supported by scientists Cworked by themselves all the time Dattra

31、cted many investors63What can we know from the passage? AZeo has a direct effect on users' lifestyles BIt needs more personal efforts to make Zeo function better CA large quantity of Zeo devices have been sold in Australia DConsumers can go to the Zeo company to purchase Zeo in personC Sitting b

32、y her Pinocchio lamp, she smiled at me as her tiny hands' shadow danced on the bedroom wall"A rabbit!" she laughed with all the delight of a four-year oldHer blue eyes shone with pride as she showed me the animated image she had created"Daddy, will you show me how to make a tiger?

33、" she asked"Sure," I said, "and then we'll read a story and tell your angels goodnight"To my youngest daughter, that meant her bedtime prayer Today my daughter is seven, and I no longer get to read the storyShe reads it to me, complete with expressive accents for the sto

34、ry characters To say I'm proud of our relationship would be an understatementWe have shared days of joy as well as tragedyOur time together has strengthened the relationship of love and special "life stuff" that is all our own I am richer for having planted the spirit of trust in this

35、gentle little person; we have grown together spiritually, learning much from each otherThe special times we spend together, like nights by a Pinocchio lamp, create memories that we will treasure for the rest of our lives So it is with all of our relationshipsThe trust factor is vital for relationshi

36、ps to developThink of one of your fondest memories, and you will no doubt find a remarkable relationship at its center-one with a spiritual quality that shines outward from the heart Time together, caring acts, and unconditional love build trustI suggest that we each spend plenty of time with our pe

37、rsonal "Pinoechio lamps"-those special ways that we choose to strengthen our relationships Relationships take time to develop and maintainIt is not always easy, but the results are priceless"Nights by a Pinoechio lamp", wherever those might be for you, will create enduring relati

38、onships of golden "life stuff", spiritual gifts that no one can take away 64Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? AThe author thinks the relationship with his daughter is so simple that he can't describe with plenty of words BIf you take time to attempt to build re

39、lationship, you will find it easy to get the satisfactory results CPlant the spirit of trust into others and you will create valuable memories for each other DIt's not worth spending time developing relationship if you meet the failure at last65Why does the author write the passage? ATo recall h

40、is fondest memories BTo stress the importance of trust in building relationships CTo explain how to create valuable memories DTo tell the readers how to educate children66Which of the following can be the best title of this passage? ALife Stuff Of Your Own BNights by a Pinocchio Lamp CUnconditional

41、gifts-Love DA spiritual quality shining outward from the heart  D As Christmas approaches, towns and cities around the UK are preparing for a very British celebration The switching on of a town' s Christmas lights has become an increasingly competitive event over the years, with some c

42、ouncils （會議） spending lots of money to attract A-list famous persons to do the honors The American singer Mariah Carey flew to London in November to switch on the lights at one of the city's biggest shopping centers, while Jim Carrey lighted Oxford Street and promoted his new film at the same ti

43、me Traffic in the historic English city of Bath was brought to a halt as thousands of fans crowded to see the Hollywood actor Nicolas Cage conducted the switching-on ceremony Some celebrations do not go according to the plan, as was seen in Birmingham when dozens of people were injured as the famous

44、 British boy band JLS took the stage Not all towns can afford to bring in an internationally-known star, so many switchon ceremonies are handled by ex-TV talent show competitors Pantomime （圣誕童話?。?stars are also much in demand at this time of year, as they aim to promote their Christmas shows But if

45、your council hasn't got the budget to bring in a famous face, what are the cheaper alternatives? A town in the west of England chose to let the public decide by giving their suggestions onlineThe result: a 21-year-old DIY store worker was given the honor "I was amazed and delighted to be as

46、ked," said Scott Parker, "it's just a special gift and not something I'd, ever thought about before"67According to the passage, what kind of special celebration can you see at Christmas in UK? APeople meeting their favorite stars and getting special gifts BWell-known persons i

47、nvited to make a performance in public CA-list persons lighting Oxford Street and promoting their films DSwitching-on ceremonies that are conducted by honored persons68The underlined word "halt" in Paragraph 4 probably means "_" Astart Bstop Cban Drun69Which of the followings can

48、 be learned from the passage? AMariah Carey is invited to Bath to switch on the lights BPantomime stars rarely appear at events like this CNot all those who switch on the Christmas lights can make lots of money DAverage persons can not get a chance to switch on the Christmas lights70The following ar

49、e famous persons EXCEPT _ AScott Parker BMariah Carey CNicolas Cage DJim Carrey 第二節(jié)（滿分10分. 注意：答案涂在答題卡上, E涂 AB, F涂 AC, G 涂AD）根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項。 選項中有兩項為多余選項。It can be difficult to meet people with similar interests, especially if you have just moved to a new town and you are unfamiliar

50、 with the area. 71 It is a good idea to take some time to wander around the town, become familiar with the layout (布局)，and perhaps spot some places of interest such as clubs, restaurants, and coffeehouses where you might meet people.One of the best ways to meet people is to join a club or organizati

51、on. If you have just moved, you can see if there is a local part of an organization which you belonged to at your former house. 72 By attending a group event devoted to something you are interested in, you are likely to meet people who share that interest.Cafes and coffee shops are also good places

52、to meet people. 73 You may be able to spot someone reading a book that looks interesting, or with a friendly face. If you are the shy type, sitting and reading a book for a few hours is still an excellent way to relax, and someone might be interested enough in your book to approach you.Attending local events such as talks and musical performances is another way to meet people. 74 Listings for such events can be found on the Internet, in local newspapers, and on bulletin (公告)boards at event centers and local businesses. 75 When meeting new friends from the Internet, you had better arran