佛山二中2013届高三第二次月考英语试题及答案

佛山二中2012—2013学年高三年级第二次月考英语学科试题命题人：王旭东范晓林审题人：范晓林王旭东考试时间：2012年10月6日本试卷共12页，满分为150分，考试用时120分钟。

I. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）第一节完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D 项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

The requirements for high school graduation have just changed in my community. As a result, all students must __1__ sixty hours of service learning，or they will not receive a diploma. Service learning is academic learning that also helps the community. __2__ of service learning include cleaning up a polluted river, working in a soup kitchen, or tutoring a student. During a service experience, students must keep a journal (日志) and then write a __3__ about what they have learned.Supporters claim that there are many __4__ of service learning. Perhaps most importantly, students are forced to think beyond their own interests and become __5__ of the needs of others. Students are also able to learn real-life skills that __6__ responsibility, problem-solving, and working as part of a team. __7__，students can explore possible careers through service learning. For example, if a student wonders what teaching is like, he or she can choose to work in an elementary school classroom a few afternoons each month.While there are many benefits, opponents (反对者)__8__ problems with the new requirement. First, they __9__ that the main reason students go to school is to learn core subjects and skills. Because service learning is time-consuming, students spend __10__ time studying the core subjects. Second, they believe that forcing students to work without __11__ goes against the law. By requiring service, the school takes away an individual’ s freedom to choose.In my view, service learning is a great way to __12__ to the community, learn new skills, and explore different careers. __13__，I don’ t believe you should force people to help others —the __14__ to help must come from the heart. I think the best __15__ is one that gives students choices: a student should be able to choose sixty hours of independent study or sixty hours of service.Choice encourages both freedom and responsibility, and as young adults, we must learn to handle both wisely.1. A. spend B. gain C. complete D. save2. A. Subjects B. Ideas C. Procedures D. Examples3. A. diary B. report C. note D. notice4. A. courses B. benefits C. challenges D. features5. A. careful B. proud C. tired D. aware6. A. possess B. apply C. include D. develop7. A. Gradually B. Finally C. Luckily D. Hopefully8. A. deal with B. look into C. point out D. take down9. A. argue B. doubt C. overlook D. admit10. A. much B. full C. less D. more11. A. cost B. pay C. care D. praise12. A. contribute B. appeal C. attend D. belong13. A. Therefore B. Otherwise C. Besides D. However14. A. courage B. desire C. emotion D. spirit15. A. decision B. purpose C. solution D. result第二节语法填空（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，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。

Once there lived a rich man__16__wanted to do something for the people of his town.__17__first he wanted to find out whether they deserved his help.In the centre of the main road into the town, he placed__18__very large stone. Then he__19__(hide) behind a tree and waited. Soon an old man came along with his cow.“Who put this stone in the centre of the road？” said the old man，but he did not try to remove the stone. Instead, with some difficulty he passed around the stone and continued on his way.__20__man came along and did the same thing; then another came, and another. All of them complained about the stone but not tried to remove__21__. Late in the afternoon a young man came along. He saw the stone，__22__(say) to himself: “The night__23__(be) very dark. Some neighbors will come along later in the dark and will fall against the stone.”Then he began to move the stone. He pushed and pulled with all his__24__(strong) to move it，only__25__(find) a bag of money under the stone. Imagine how surprised he was!II 阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节阅读理解（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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A●Ms Tan, you’ ve referred to your new novel as your eighth book.That’s because it took me six or seven attempts at a second novel before I started and completed this one.●Why do you think you had so many false starts?I would say that my reasons were wrong: I was trying to prove that I wasn’t justa mother-daughter storyteller, or I was trying to prove that I didn’ t just have to write about things that were strictly Chinese or Chinese-American. Those were never the right reasons for writing those early stories. And I could never come up with other, better reasons for continuing them.●What kept you going on this book?This book was different because it was based on my mother’ s real life. The reason for writing it became more personal and emotional. After The Joy Luck Club came out, my mother was always explaining to people that she wa sn’ t any of the mothers in that book. And at one point she said to me, “Next book tells my true story.” And then she started telling me things I never knew before. She also told me many, many stories，because my mother doesn’ t generalize. The book really grew out of that.●Have you ever visited China?Yes. I’ ve been there twice: about three years ago and then again last November, both times with my mother and my husband.●Was it difficult to capture the Chinese-American dialect without sounding likea parody(拙劣的模仿)?No, because it’ s the language I’ ve heard all my life from my mother. She speaks English as it’ s direct translation from Chinese. But it’s more than that: Her language also has more imagery than English.●Can you think of an example?Somebody might say to me, “Don’t work so hard. You’ll kill yourself.” My mother will say to me，“Why do you press all your brains out on this page for someone else？” So it’ s very vivid. That’ s the way she talks.●Have many readers told you that the Chinese mother in your book reminded them of the typical Jewish (有癖好的) mother?Many people have told me that. I think the mother-daughter relationship is very intense in both cases. Culturally there is an acceptance that mothers have thepower to tell their children, especially their daughters, how to conduct their lives —not simply up until the time they are 18, but for the rest of their lives. However, when children grow up in a different culture from their parents’，they tend to keep more secrets from their parents. The children think, “They just wouldn’ t understand that I had to do this.” And that can really create a gap, and it can grow as the number of secrets grows.26．Based on the questions in this interview, what do you think Ms Tan’ s profession is?A. A journalist.B. A storywriter.C. An interviewer.D. An interviewee.27．What’ s TRUE about Tan’ s second book?A. It’ s about her real life in America.B. The name of the book is The Joy Luck Club.C. It is the result of many times of careful thought.D. It includes many works of her mother.28．Which question is NOT answered in the interview?A. How does she think of her mother’ s language?B. How many books does she plan to write?C. When did she visit China?D. How is generation gap created?29．We can infer that________.A. Tan’ s mother is a good storytellerB. Tan plans to write another book about her motherC. Tan plans to return to ChinaD. Tan’ s mother is hard to communicate with because of personality30．The last paragraph mainly talks about________.A. how to keep secrets from parentsB. how to deal with the mother-daughter relationshipC. how to conduct the livesD. how the generation gap comes aboutBBill Fulton doesn’ t remember losing his wallet, but its return helped him remember the past. The leather stayed smooth and the cowboy design unblemished (完美无缺的). And when he looked inside, the contents brought back memories from 1946, when he apparently dropped the wallet behind the balcony bleachers (露天看台) in the Baker Middle School gym.Fulton’ s Social Security Card and bicycle license, bearing the address wherehe lived during his teenage years, were positioned in their respective compartments, apparently untouched since the year after World War Il ended. Worker Nathan Osborne found the wallet —along with old homework, lost library books and a 1964 talent show program — while removing the bleachers for renovations on June 17. It was brought to Fulton’ s door the following day by Melanie Trindle, the Baker Middle School secretary.Middle School Principal Mindi Vaughan said the brown pine bleachers were connected to the gym balcony’ s brick wall and had remained in the same place since the school, known as the Helen M. Stack Building, opened in 1936. Fulton, 78, said he probably lost the wallet while cheering for the Baker High basketball team with a group of friends. Fulton said the bicycle ID was needed because he delivered medicine for Rodamar Drug.He was surprised, however, that his bicycle ID wasn’t inside. He said he always kept it there.But rather than focus on what was inside the wallet, Fulton said the recovery has led him to reflect on his life —one that took him to the Korean War and Berlin before the return to Baker City. He worked at Ellingson Lumber Company for 30 years, from March 1964 to April 1994.Since his retirement, Fulton has enjoyed spending time with his 11 year old black dog, Smokey. The two often hike the nearby mountains.Trindle’ s knock on the door, wallet in hand, induced a slight ripple in his life, prompting him to consider the times he hadn’t thought about in many years. “Where did all the times go？” Fulton said with a deep sigh. “It’ s hard to believe that the times have gone so fast.”31．When the wallet was found, it________.A. was still in good conditionB. was a little damagedC. had just lost colorD. was just repaired32．The wallet was important to Fulton because ________.A. he could get his bicycle ID backB. it called up his memories of the pastC. it could help him to find his student IDD. it made him think of his school days33．Fulton lost the wallet when________.A. he was doing his homework on the balcony bleachersB. he was doing some exercise in the Baker Middle School gymC. he was removing the bleachers for renovations on June 17D. he was watching a basketball match with his friends34．After he retired, Fulton________.A. lived a peaceful and pleasant lifeB. often regretted losing his walletC. lived a hard life by raising dogs in the mountainsD. quite missed his past life35．Which of the following best describes Fulton’ s feeling when the wallet was returned?A. Thankful.B. Overjoyed.C. Surprised.D. Doubtful.CWe bet that on cold wintry days, many of you love to stay in your warm home and, every now and then，come out into the kitchen for a snack. Unfortunately, plenty of creepy-crawly critters (爬行生物) like to do the same thing!Winter is the time when bugs (虫子) invade your house without an invitation. The season can be tough for such creatures. In winter the air is cold, the ground is hard and many trees have no leaves. So bugs do what they have to do to survive.Monarch butterflies head south to warmer climates. Ants crowd in deep underground colonies and eat food they have been storing all year. Many insects go into a deep sleep called diapauses. There’ re different kinds of diapauses, but all are similar to hibernation, a time when bigger animals become inactive in the cold. Insects go into an inactive period, too, but it often isn’ t when the temperature drops.They rely on more dependable signals in the environment. For example, many insects can tell how much sunlight there’ s each day. They use that to tell themselves when to shut down. Bugs are cold-blooded, meaning that their inside temperature is the same as the outside. They can’ t move much when it gets below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. So they search for any warm place.They’ re looking for protection. These guys have been doing this for 300 million years, so they don’ t really know they’ re coming into your house. The home is a recent event in terms of their evolutionary behavior. They enter through tiny cracks or come in unnoticed on your clothes or shoes. Remember that they may be invading your homes for warmth and food, but they don’t care about humans.36. What is the purpose of the first paragraph?A. To point out that humans like to stay at home in winter.B. To mean that humans and bugs have the same living habits.C. To mean that bugs will invade humans’ houses for their winter.D. To put forward the idea that bugs are not welcome in winter. 37．According to the text, what is diapauses?A. It is the same as the animals’ hibernation.B. It often appears in warm areas all the year.C. It is done to keep bugs active in winter.D. It is a deep sleep similar to hibernation.38．What often decides bugs’ diapauses?A. The lower local temperature.B. The amount of sunlight.C. Kinds of environmental signals.D. The insects’ inside temperature.39．According to the text, bugs invade humans’ homes to________.A. attack humansB. look for enough foodC. seek for protectionD. show their evolutionary results40．What would be the best title for the text?A. Bugs’ life on cold wintry daysB. Why do bugs invade your home in winter?C. Good relations between humans and bugsD. What does diapauses mean?DA Southampton University team found that people who were vegetarians by30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10. Researchers said it could explain why people with a higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was linked to lower heart disease and obesity rates. The study of 8,179 people was reported in the British Medical Journal.Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the participants said they were vegetarians —although more than 100 reported eating either fish or chicken.Men who were vegetarians had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for non-vegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for non-vegetarians. There was no difference in the IQ scores, between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken.Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education and higher class, but it remained statistically significant after adjusting for these factors.Vegetarians were more likely to be female, to be of higher social class and to have higher academic or vocational qualifications than non-vegetarians. However, these differences were not reflected in their annual income, which was similar to that of non-vegetarians.Lead resea rcher Catharine Gale said, “The findings that children with greater intelligence are more likely to report being vegetarians as adults, together with the evidence on the potential benefits of a vegetarian diet on heart health, may help to explain why a higher IQ in childhood or adolescence is linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease in adult life.But Dr Frankie Phillips of the British Dietetic Association said，“It is like the chicken and egg. Do people become vegetarians because they have a very high IQ or is it just that they are clever enough to be more aware of health issues？”41．What’ s the result of the research mentioned in the text?A. Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life.B. Children with a higher IQ are less likely to have heart disease later in life.C. Intelligent children tend to belong to higher social class later in life.D. Children with a healthier heart tend to have a higher IQ later in life.42．It was found in the research that________.A. most of the participants became vegetarians 20 years after the IQ tests were carried outB. vegetarians who ate fish or chicken were of similar intelligence with strict vegetariansC. female vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetariansD. vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians43．Catharine Gale talked about “being vegetarians” in a(n)________way.A. doubtfulB. favorableC. negativeD. objective44．What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?A. Intelligence is linked to not just being a vegetarian but to many factors.B. The rate of getting heart disease is linked to your lifestyle.C. The link between a high IQ and being a vegetarian is still uncertain.D. The link between a healthy heart and diet remains to be proved.45．What’ s the best title for the text?A. Get more IQ points!B. Be a vegetarian, please!C. Vegetarian diet cuts heart riskD. A high IQ is linked to being a vegetarian第二节信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）首先，请阅读下列职位招聘广告的信息，然后与下面的信息进行匹配。