莆田一中高三下学期月考英语试卷及答案

莆田一中高三英语测试卷(201305)
本试卷分第一卷(选择题)和第二卷(非选择题)两部分。

第一卷1至12页，第二卷13至14页。

满分150分。

考试时间120分钟。

第一卷（选择题共115分）
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. How many offices does the man’s co mpany have?
A. One.
B. Six.
C. Twelve.
2. What does the man do?
A. A businessman.
B. A student.
C. A farmer.
3. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. The man has never heard of Mo Yan before.
B. Mo Yan is a writer.
C. The woman hasn’t read any of Mo Yan’s works.
4. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
A. Noise.
B. Housework.
C. Neighborhood.
5. What is the weather like now?
A. Cloudy.
B. Rainy.
C. Sunny.
第二节听下面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。

听下面一段对话，回答第6和第7题。

6. Whose birthday party was it?
A. The man’s grandmother’s.
B. The man’s grandfather’s.
C. The man’s aunt’s.
7. How did the man get to Nanjing?
A. By air.
B. By train.
C. By ship.
听下面一段对话，回答第8和第9题。

8. What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers?
A. Boss and clerk.
B. Friends.
C. Shop assistant and customer.
9. What does the woman do?
A. She is a flight attendant.
B. She works in a hotel.
C. She works in a bookshop.
听下面一段对话，回答第10至第12题。

10. Where does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At the woman’s house.
B. At a TV shop.
C. At the man’s hous e.
11. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She doesn’t often watch TV.
B. TV is not important to her.
C. She likes watching TV very much.
12. What can we know from the conversation?
A. The man advised the woman to buy a new TV set.
B. The man has fixed many TV sets.
C. The man sells many kinds of TV sets.
听下面一段对话，回答第13至第16题。

13. What does the woman want to find out?
A. What’s on.
B. What’s wrong.
C. Recent news.
14. How long does the performance last?
A. For 135 minutes.
B. For 150 minutes.
C. For 165 minutes.
15. What can we learn about the woman?
A. She might be a stranger here.
B. She doesn’t have any children under seven.
C. She is poor.
16. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. The man is a worker in the theater.
B. The children u nder seven aren’t allowed to enter the theater.
C. Some tickets may be sold at half price.
听下面一段独白，回答第17至第20题。

17. When was Benjamin Franklin appointed as head of the postal service in America?
A. In 1715.
B. In 1775.
C. In 1575.
18. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The problems the USPS meets.
B. The method to arrange the retired people.
C. How to make a lot of money.
19. Why can USPS make profits from shipping and delivery?
A. USPS has plenty of ships and transport devices.
B. It costs less to send letters and packages by USPS than that by private companies.
C. USPS controls the whole country’s shipping and delivery.
20. What can we learn from the passage?
A. USPS is newly formed in America.
B. USPS can pay any payment of health care for future retirees(退休人员).
C. Only by making major change can the problem be solved.
第二部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题; 每小题1分，满分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. —Someone might see us.
—______? We are not doing anything illegal.
A. What’s up
B. What if
C. How come
D. So what
22. He suddenly appeared on ____ rainy night, which was ____ great surprise to us.
A. the; /
B. a; a
C. the; a
D. a; /
23. —I haven’t seen Jack for days.
—I forgot to tell you. He fell ill last week and _____ yet.
A. doesn’t recover
B. isn’t recovering
C. hasn’t recovered
D. didn’t recover
24. In Australia, surfing is a popular sport among young people _____ they can seek excitement and adventure.
A. that
B. which
C. whom
D. where
25. Studies show that students often _____ to too much pressure tend to develop mental problems.
A. exposing
B. being exposed
C. to expose
D. exposed
26. —I hear that the famous singer Eason Chan will sing at Beijing New Theatre.
—Really? Where did you _____?
A. take it out
B. pick it up
C. bring it about
D. get it in
27. It is not in the length of days, but in the use we make of them _____ the value of life lies.
A. when
B. where
C. that
D. how
28. —Did you go to the fashion show last week?
—I _____, but I was fully occupied the whole week.
A. must go
B. must have gone
C. would go
D. would have gone
29. We'll have a picnic in the park this Sunday ________ it rains or it's very cold.
A. since
B. if
C. unless
D. until
30. —Have you finished all your exercises?
—Yes, ________ is left. As a matter of fact, they are as easy as ABC.
A．nothing B．no one C．none D．neither
31. The children went home from the grammar school, their lessons _____ for the day.
A. finishing
B. finished
C. had finished
D. had been finished
32. _____ is known to all is that effective measures should be taken to deal with the problem of the over-exploiting of our resources.
A. What
B. It
C. As
D. Which
33. ---If you like, I can give you a ride home.
---That’s a very kind __________.
A. offer
B. point
C. suggestion
D. service
34. Peterson used to work in a remote mountain village school, which is only _____ on foot.
A. reliable
B. accessible
C. available
D. convenient
35. National Day ________ people singing and dancing happily in the street.
A. saw
B. watched
C. observed
D. felt
第二节完形填空（共20小题; 每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

When I first entered university, my aunt, who is an English professor, gave me a new English dictionary. I was 36 to see that it was an English-English dictionary, also known as a monolingual（单语言）dictionary. 37 it was a dictionary intended for non-native learners, none of my classmates had one 38, to be honest, I found it extremely 39 to use at first. I would look up words in the dictionary and 40 not fully understand the meanings. I was used to the 41 bilingual（双语）dictionaries, in which the words are 42 both in English and Chinese. I really wondered why my aunt 43 to make things so difficult for me. Now, after studying English at university for three years, I 44 that monolingual dictionaries are 45 in learning a foreign language.
As I found out, there is, 46 ，often no perfect equivalence(对应) between two 47 in two languages. My aunt even goes so far as to 48 that a Chinese “equivalent” can never give you the 49 meaning of a word in English! 50 ，she insisted that I read the definition (定义) of a word in a monolingual dictionary 51 I wanted to get a better understanding of its meaning. 52 ，I have come to see what she meant.
Using a monolingual dictionary for learners has helped me in another important way. This dictionary uses a (n) 53 number of words, around 2,000, in its definitions. When I read these definitions, I am 54 exposed to the basic words and learn how they are used to explain objects and ideas. 55 this, I can express myself more easily in English.
36. A. worried B. sad C. surprised D. nervous
37. A. Because B. Although C. Unless D. If
38. A. but B. so C. or D. and
39. A. difficult B. interesting C. ambiguous D. practical
40. A. thus B. even C. still D. again
41. A. new B. familiar C. earlier D. ordinary
42. A. explained B. expressed C. described D. created
43. A. offered B. agreed C. decided D. happened
44. A. imagine B. recommend C. predict D. understand
45. A. natural B. better C. easier D. convenient
46. A.at best B. in fact C. at times D. in case
47. A. words B. names C. ideas D. characters
48. A. hope B. declare C. doubt D. tell
49. A. exact B. basic C. translated D. expected
50. A. Rather B. However C. Therefore D. Instead
51. A. when B. before C. until D. while
52. A. Largely B. Generally C. Gradually D. Probably
53. A. extra B. average C. total D. limited
54. A. repeatedly B. nearly C. immediately D. anxiously
55. A. According to B. In relation to C. In addition to D. Because of 第三部分阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

A
I knew I was all right now. Nobody else would come a-hunting after me. I got my traps out of the canoe and made me a nice camp in the thick woods. I made a tent out of my blankets to put my things under so the rain couldn't get at them. I caught a catfish and towards sundown I started my camp fire and had supper.
When it was dark I sat by my camp fire, feeling pretty satisfied; but by and by it got sort of lonesome, so I went and sat on the bank and listened to the current crashing along, and counted the stars and drift logs and rafts that came down, and then went to bed; there was no better way to put in time when you are lonesome; you can't stay so, and you soon get it over.
And so for three days and nights. No difference—just the same thing. But the next day I went exploring around the island. I was boss of it; it all belonged to me, and I wanted to know all about it; but mainly I wanted to spend the time. I found plenty of strawberries and green summer grapes; and the green blackberries were just beginning to show.
Well, I went fooling along in the deep woods till I judged I wasn't far from the foot of the island. I had my gun along, but I had shot nothing; it was for protection. About this time I almost stepped on a good-sized snake, and it moved quietly and smoothly through the grass and flowers, and I was after it, trying to get a shot at it. I clipped(疾驰) along, and all of a sudden I bounded(跳) right on to the ashes of a camp fire that was still smoking.
My heart jumped up among my lungs. I never waited to look further, but uncocked my gun and went sneaking back on my tiptoes as fast as I could. Every
now and then I stopped a second among the thick leaves and listened, but my breath came so hard that I couldn't hear anything else. I moved quietly along another piece further, then listened again; and so on, and so on. If I saw a stump(树桩), I took it for a man; if I stepped on a stick and broke it, it made me feel that a person had cut one of my breaths in two and I only got half, and the short half, too.
There was no time to be fooling around. When getting to the camp, I got all my traps into my canoe again to have them out of sight. I put out the fire and threw the ashes around to look like an old last year's camp, and then climbed a tree.
I suppose I was up for two hours; but I didn’t see or hear anything—I only thought I h eard and saw as much as a thousand things. Well, I couldn’t stay up there forever, so at last I got down, but I kept in the thick woods and on the lookout all the time. All I could get to eat was berries and what was left over from breakfast.
56. The under lined part “put in time” in the second paragraph probably means _____.
A. kill the time
B. take the time
C. employ the time
D. waste the time
57. Why did the boy always carry his gun with him wherever he went?
A. To show off his gun.
B. To hunt some animals for food.
C. To protect himself.
D. To play with it for fun.
58. How did the boy feel when he saw the ashes of a camp fire that was still smoking?
A. Surprised.
B. Excited.
C. Frightened.
D. Puzzled.
59. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The boy brought with himself a tent.
B. The boy felt a bit lonely on the island.
C. The boy was surely the only person on the island at that time.
D. The boy might be bitten by some animal when the story happened.
B
The Intel Science Talent Search is the top science competition for high school students in the US. The 40 finalists were honored in Washington last week. They met with scientists and politicians. President Obama welcomed them to the White House.
These 40 students were selected from almost 2,000 competitors nationwide. They had to present original research to be judged by professional scientists. The students showed their research projects on large posters. The winners were announced on March 15th, 2011.
Wendy Hawkins is an director of the Intel Foundation, who says the 40 finalists represented excellence across many areas of science.
Selena Li is from Fair Oaks, California. She wanted to find a more effective
treatment for liver cancer. She began her research four years ago. A scientist at the University of California, Davis, taught her how to design and do experimental work in the laboratory. Ms. Li placed 5th in the Intel Science Talent Search and was awarded 30,000 dollars.
Scott Boisvert lives near Phoenix, Arizona. He began using a laboratory at the University of Arizona at the age of 14. Over four years, he completed a project studying a fungus(真菌) linked to the decrease in amphibians(两栖动物)around the world. He was trying to find out if different chemicals and substances in the water could kill the fungus. He collected and tested water samples across Arizona. He says, “My results were able to identify a list of chemicals that were significant in the growth and in the movement of the fungus.” He placed 10th in the Intel competition and was awarded 20,000 dollars.
Evan O'Dorney of Danville, California, won the top award of 100,000 dollars in this year's Intel Science Talent Search. For his mathematical project, he compared two ways to estimate the square root of an integer, a number with no fractional(小数) parts.
Wendy Hawkins at the Intel Foundation says these young people represent the next generation of scientists who will help shape America's future.
60. According to the passage, if you want to win the Intel Science Talent Search, you must________.
A. have high academic achievement
B. be excellent in all areas of science
C. offer original research
D. do many experiments in a university lab
61. Who will be probably engaged in math study in the future and become a mathematician?
A. Wendy Hawkins.
B. Selena Li.
C. Scott Boisvert.
D. Evan O'Dorney.
62. Which statement is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The Intel Science Talent Search is an intense competition.
B. Scott Boisvert is the youngest winner among the 40 students.
C. The 1st, 5th and 10th students in the competition come from California.
D. Scott Boisvert found a new fungus linked to the decrease in amphibians.
63. The Wendy Hawkins' attitude to these 40 finalists is ________.
A. critical
B. negative
C. positive
D. mixed
C
Gateway Academy Pre-sessional Courses
Our pre­sessional courses are perfect for students who have a conditional place at a British university, but who need to achieve a certain level of English in order to be accepted. The course aims to provide students with the English language and study skills that they need in order to be successful at university or another academic establishment. It is important to note that completion of the course does not guarantee students' entrance into a university. It is necessary for students to show during the course that they have understood the information and skills that they have been taught, and can apply them to their work.
Pre­sessional students at Gateway Academy will benefit from:
●Small class sizes (no more than 10 students per class)
●Twenty three hours of tuition(上课) per week
●Individual support and tutorials
●Regular guest lecturers
●The use of the Academy's study and recreational facilities, including the Language Library, the computer suite, and the academy's sports facilities(设施).
● A varied social programme including evening entertainments and weekend excursions(远足) to popular tourist attractions and cities such as Stonehenge, Oxford and Stratford­on­Avon.
The course offers an all­around approach to learning, and covers reading, writing, speaking and listening skills. During the course, students will receive instruction on important techniques such as summary­writing, analysing essay titles, organising writing, note-taking in lectures, giving seminars(讨论) and making presentations. Students will gain experience in working both individually and in groups. As part of the course, all students will work towards a 5000-word project in their own field of study. Students will receive guidance from their tutors on how best to conduct research and write it up effectively. Students will also work towards a presentation on the same subject.
There is no final examination. The attendance, successful completion of assignments and participation in class will be taken into account. Students will be given a full report on their progress at the end of the course. Students need to be aware that the course involves a great deal of coursework, which will require students to manage their time effectively.
64. From the passage we can learn that________.
A. the course is suitable for students of all levels
B. the course emphasizes the application of skills
C. the course will ensure your success at university
D. you can't go to university without taking the course
65. Students who take the course will probably ________.
A. make an overall improvement in English
B. get chances to travel everywhere
C. teach themselves in their own field of study
D. take interest in making presentations
66. It is implied in the passage that ________.
A. students are evaluated continuously
B. students listen to guest lecturers every day
C. students are free to attend their courses
D. students should take part in sports activities
67. The passage is written in order to ________.
A. suggest ways to prepare for the course
B. help readers find right courses
C. introduce approaches to English study
D. attract readers to the course
D
Do American children still learn handwriting in school? In the age of the keyboard, some people seem to think handwriting lessons are on the way out. 90% of teachers say they are required to teach handwriting. But studies have yet to answer the question of how well they are teaching it. One study published this year found that about three out of every four teachers say they are not prepared to teach handwriting. Some teachers are teaching handwriting by providing instruction for ten to fifteen minutes a day, and then other teachers who basically teach it for sixty to seventy minutes a day—which really for handwriting is pretty much death.
Many adults remember learning that way—by copying letters over and over again. Today's thinking is that short periods of practice are better. Many experts also think handwriting should not be taught by itself. Instead, they say it should be used as a way to get students to express ideas. After all, that is why we write.
Handwriting involves two skills. One is legibility, which means forming the letters so they can be read. The other is fluency—writing without having to think about it. Fluency continues to develop up until high school.
But not everyone masters these skills. Teachers commonly report that about one fourth of their kids have poor handwriting. Some people might think handwriting is not important any more because of computers and voice recognition programs.
But Steve Graham at Vanderbilt says word processing is rarely done in elementary school, especially in the early years. American children traditionally first learn to print, and then to write in cursive(连笔，草书), which connects the letters. But guess what we learned from a spokeswoman for the College Board, which administers the SAT college admission test. More than 75% of students choose to print their essay on the test rather than write in cursive.
68. We can infer from the first paragraph that ________.
A. teachers spend little time in teaching handwriting
B. most teachers are at a loss how to teach handwriting
C. handwriting teaching is not commonly required
D. most teachers attach importance to teaching handwriting
69. Which of the following about traditional handwriting in the USA is NOT true?
A. The students are taught by practicing a long period.
B. Printing is taught in preference to writing in cursive.
C. Handwriting is taught for its own sake.
D. Two skills get involved in handwriting.
70. Some American people consider handwriting not important any more because ______.
A. all the American children learn to print first
B. about 1/4 of the students choose to print their essay on the test
C. it is unnecessary to use handwriting in the age of keyboard
D. computers and voice recognition programs are widely used
71. ________ may serve as the best title for the passage.
A. Handwriting: fascinating in keyboard age
B. Right or wrong: the death of handwriting
C. Two skills involved in handwriting
D. Handwriting lessons on the way out
E
Restoring the quake­hit ecosystems is a question of balancing the interests of the local people and the environment. Rural methane (沼气) projects can reduce the number of locals taking firewood from the mountainsides. The use of straw as food for animals will ensure that vegetation(草木) can grow. In Sihai township and Dazhuangke village, in Beijing, they now have a forestry coverage of 85% or more, compared to the 30% they had 15 years ago. Back then, land was used very inefficiently: one person would use 20 mu of forest just for firewood. With those pressures on the ecosystem, no amount of spending on reforestation will succeed. Then the government relocated the population and paid those who remained to tend the forest and provide coal. This reduced the pressures on the ecosystem and it was able to recover naturally.
When an ecosystem has not been pushed past certain limits, it is able to recover on its own. Human involvement should only play a minor role, including after an earthquake. This is particularly the case for sandy grasslands, grasslands deserts, the mountains of the south and the northern sides of mountains in the north. In these areas soil remains and the water, light, heat and nutrients needed are available. Less human involvement is even more appropriate in areas with a small population, where it can avoid money being wasted on ineffective efforts, such as creating forests in dry areas.
The creation of nature reserves should be a model to allow damaged ecosystems to recover. Funding can start at the national level; centrally-funded nature reserves can enforce environmental protection laws and help to promote the local economy. This will solve the problems of reserves being run to make money. When national reserves are funded, local governments will be able to adopt the same model and provide the funds for nature reserves from their own budgets. The first project should be established in nature reserves hit by the quake; these can then become models for other areas.
72. To restore the quake­hit ecosystem, government should ________.
A. forbid locals from taking firewood from the mountainsides
B. encourage local people to feed their animals just with straw
C. spend large amounts of money relocating the population
D. protect the environment without harming locals' interests
73. The forestry coverage in rural Beijing has increased greatly because ________.
A. pressures on land were reduced
B. a large amount of coal is provided
C. no people live in that area
D. locals take good care of the forest
74. According to the passage ________ play(s) a major role in ecosystem recovery.
A. local people
B. nature itself
C. human involvement
D. government's effort
75. According to the last paragraph, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Nature reserves could be helpful to recover the damaged ecosystems.
B. Centrally­funded nature reserves are beneficial to local economy.
C. Some nature reserves are created for the purpose of making money.
D. The first projects on nature reserves should be set up in quake­hit areas.
莆田一中高三英语测试卷(201305)
第二卷(非选择题共35分)
第四部分写作(共两节，满分35分)
第一节短文填词（共10题小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
阅读下面短文，根据以下要求：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示, 在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，所填单词要求意义准确.拼写正确。

Working individually or working in a team
There are _____(基本上) two ways to get work done. One is to work individually. In this way, people can decide for t_____ when to start work and ____ to do it. What’s more, they’ll
be able to learn how to s____ problems on their own. People may also choose to work in a team where ____ can learn from each other and help each other. _____(而且），they may work _____ ways to get work done by discussion. Personally, I prefer to work in a team, which o____ me
a chance to learn how to get a____ with others and to
share my ______(经验）with them. As the work can be divided among several people, it can be done differently. Teamwork is always important. 76. ______
77. ______
78. ______
79. ______
80. ______
81. ______
82. ______
83. ______
84. ______
85. ______
第二节书面表达（满分25分）
一个好的学生应该具有许多优秀品质(如下图所示)，你认为哪个或哪两个是最重要的呢？为什么？请分析原因，并结合自己的生活实际，记下你的感悟，写一篇120词左右的短文，适当增加内容并发表自己的看法。

注意: 请在框内答题!
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莆田一中高三英语测试卷(201305)
(参考答案)
选择题
1-5 BCAAB 6-10 BACAB 11-15 CBACA 16-20 CBABC
21-25 DBCDD 26-30 BCDCC 31-35 BAABA
36-40 CBDAC 41-45 BACDB 46-50 BABAC 51-55 ACDAD
56-59 ACCB 60-63 CDAC 64-67 BAAD 68-71 BCDD 72-75 DABD
短文填词
76. basically 77. themselves 78. how 79. solve 80. they 81. Besides 82. out 83. offers 84. along 85. experiences
书面表达
Being passionate, honest and hard­working, a good student is always listening and learning. Personally speaking, I strongly believe that honesty is of utmost importance among dozens of good qualities.
There is a proverb saying “Honesty is the best policy”，and it seems true. The most important element in human relationships, whether business or personal relationships, is trust.
Here is one of my secrets. I once lied to my parents because of my poor sores. Having known the real fact from teachers, they praised and encouraged me, showing their deep love. Later days, my conscience swallowed me, growing as I told lie after lie in an effort to conceal my original deceit. I gave it up, and chose to be frank. Wows! It is better to stick to the truth!
From then on, I have kept the following in my minds: If it is not true, don't say it. If it is not right, don't do it. Honesty is not only the best policy, but also a principle, which is absolutely essential for the good and happy living of life.。