甘肃省张掖市高三英语上学期第一次诊断考试试题

张掖市2013年1月高考诊断试题
英语
注意事项：
1.本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。

2.本试卷满分150分，考试用时120分钟。

3.答题全部在答题卡上完成，试卷上答题无效。

第I卷（选择题共115分）
第一部分听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题，每小题1.5分，共7.5分）
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. What does the woman mean?
A. The rain is expected to last much longer.
B. Sunny and warm days were forecast for those days.
C. The next few days won’t be sunny and warm.
2. When did the woman have her breakfast?
A. At 11:00
B. At 11:30
C. At 11:50
3. What does the man say about his grandmother?
A. She can’t hear well.
B. She loves him deeply.
C. She has forgotten her children.
4. What do we know about the man?
A. He wants both pieces of cloth.
B. He doesn’t like either piece of cloth.
C. He can’t tell the two pieces of cloth apart.
5. Which of the following can best describe Tony?
A. Dangerous
B. Brave.
C. Rude
第二节（共15小题，每小题1.5分，共22.5分）
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。

听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What is the documentary about?
A. How people raise horses in ancient times.
B. How people use horses for various purposes.
C. How horse races are held in many countries.
7. When will the speakers go riding together?
A. Tomorrow.
B. This weekend
C. Next weekend
听第7段材料，回答题8至9题。

8. What does the woman ask the man to show her?
A. His passport.
B. His business card.
C. His ID card
9. What is the date today?
A. October 21st.
B. October 24th.
C. October 27th
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. How does Tom feel now?
A. Annoyed
B. Sad
C. Upset
11. What has been broken by Tom?
A. A vase
B. A window
C. A basketball
12. What does the woman advise Tom to do?
A. Apologize to Mr. Henry
B. Give Paul a call
C. Invite Mr. Henry to tea.
听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。

13. What does the man want to confirm?
A. The woman’s educational background.
B. The woman’s work experience.
C. The woman’s nationality.
14. Where does the woman work now?
A. In New York
B. In Singapore
C. In San Francisco.
15. How much is the woman’s present salary?
A. $ 2.200
B. $ 2.280
C. $ 2.260
16. What are the employees allowed to do for further education?
A. Attend college night courses at the weekend.
B. Go abroad to have further education every year.
C. Take up six hours a week to attend college courses.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What actually made Liz determine to achieve her goal?
A. Willpower and determination.
B. Scholarship.
C. Love and respect for her parents.
18. How old was Liz when her mother died?
A. 25 years old.
B. 15 years old.
C. 5 years old.
19. Why did Liz think she had only experienced a small part of society?
A. She could hardly understand society.
B. She had little experience of social life.
C. She lived in the same environment too long.
20. What is the talk mainly about?
A. How Liz struggled to change her life.
B. How Liz loved her drug-addicted parents.
C. What a hard time Liz had in her childhood.
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

21. ---Shall we meet on Saturday or Sunday?
---- _____________.
A. The other is better.
B. What about you?
C. Follow your order.
D. It’s up to you.
22. It is estimated that __ earthquake in central Italy has damaged 10.000 buildings, many of which are beyond ____ repair.
A. the, /
B. an, a
C. an, the
D. /, the
23. Who did Mr. Baker ________ the information?
A. have check
B. have checked
C. have to check
D. have been checking
24. Is ____ three hours _____ the boy ______ family is poor to come to school on foot?
A. it; that; whose
B. it; that it takes; whose
C. it for; that it takes; whose
D. it; when; that
25 ____ of the land in that district ____ covered with trees and grass.
A. Two fifth; is
B. Two fifth; are
C. Two fifths; is
D. Two fifths; are
26. My mother is ______ the idea that I go to a trip to Tibet alone, but my father is strongly against it.
A. in search of
B. in place of
C. in honor of
D. in favor of
27. Playing cyber games ______ much of his time, which is really a waste of youth.
A. takes up
B. makes up
C. looks up
D. puts up
28. --- He can speak English because he once lived in London.
---- Really? How long ____ there?
A. does he live
B. is he living
C. has he lived
D. did he live
29. The hurricane in NEW YORK brought down a great number of houses, _____ thousands
of people homeless.
A. making
B. made
C. to make
D. having made
30. Americans eat ______ vegetables per person today as they did in 1910.
A. more than twice
B. as twice as many
C. twice as many as
D. more than twice as many
31. Mr. Brown is a manager, ____ who cares for workers very much.
A. the one
B. it
C. one
D. this
32. The way he did the job was different _____ we were used to.
A. in which
B. in what
C. from which
D. from what
33. Hardly had I seen the light ______ I heard a loud noise.
A. then
B. when
C. since
D. than
34. --- Could you please buy me a stamp when you pass the post office?
----_________
A. Yes, I could
B. No, I couldn’t
C. Ok, I’d be glad to
D. No, you can’t
35. Had I known about this computer program, a huge amount of time and energy ______.
A. would have been saved
B. had been saved
C. will be saved
D. was saved
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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I’m a straight-A student and have been my whole life .When you come from a family of educators, it just seems 36 .
With high academic standards and a competitive 37 , I don’t just like losing and I also can’t 38 it. I need to beat the 39 students, perfectly in everything. I’ve even gone so far as to define myself by my 40 , saying how outstanding I am. If I don’t get the grade I 41 then I am lost.
Today I was sitting in class trying to 42 the last minutes studying for a test in which I had to get full marks. 43 the girl behind me started talking to me, I tried to listen 44 while still glancing at my study sheet 45 .When I thought the conversation required it, I smiled, nodded and 46 . And then I found myself wishing she would be 47 so I could study .After a while, she said, “You know, you’re a really good 48 . You’re so easy to talk to.” I froze.
I replayed the praise in my head before smiling and accepting it 49 . But inside, I knew it wasn’t true .She’d made every effort to have a conversation and I wasn’t even trying to 50 .
I passed the test excellently despite my 51 of lost study time, but the one thing I needed to learn most wasn’t on that test. I had 52 being the best student so that I had failed at just being normal. So what 53 to me most? What I have is all about my personal 54 and about me being too self-centered. There can only be so many scholars, but there is 55 enough sympathy. I want that to be what matters to me --- sympathy.
36. A. usual B. helpless C. unfortunate D. natural
37. A. spirit B. sport C. school D. market
38. A. take B. recommend C. stand D. help
39. A. ordinary B. top C. handsome D. strong
40. A. strength B. appearance C. grades D. tricks
41. A. invent B. expect C. copy D. hide
42. A. save B. spend C. collect D. cost
43. A. When B. After C. Because D. Before
44. A. rudely B. bitterly C. excitedly D. politely
45. A. in no time B. on time C. for a long time D. now and then
46. A. refused B. worked C. agreed D. waited
47. A. quiet B. gentle C. pretty D. safe
48. A. talker B. listener C. lecturer D. teacher
49. A. angrily B. carelessly C. disappointedly D. gladly
50. A. alarm B. gather C. participate D. shout
51. A. fear B. joy C. worry D. possession
52. A. given up B. focused on C. complained of D. dreamed of
53. A. happens B. matters C. appeals D. devotes
54. A. success B. failure C. depression D. health
55. A. always B. ever C. much D. never
第三部分阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）
第一节(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从所给的四个选项（A、Ｂ、Ｃ和Ｄ）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

A
Until last spring, Nia Parker and the other kids in her neighborhood went to school on Bus 59．But as fuel prices rose, the school district needed to find a way t o cut its transportation costs. So the school’s busing company redrew its route map, canceling Nia’s bus. Now Nia and her neighbors travel the half mile to school via a “walking school bus”—a group of kids, supervised （监护） by an adult or two, who make the walk together.
Many parents are delighted to see their kids walking to school, partly because many did so themselves. According to a 1979 survey, nearly half of school kids walked or biked to school, compared with only 16 percent in 2011.Modern parents have been unwilling to let kids walk to school for fear of traffic, crime or simple bullying, but with organized adult supervision, those concerns have reduced.
Schools and busing companies are finding other ways to save．In rural areas where busing is a must, some schools have even chosen four-day school weeks. Busing companies instruct drivers to cancel extra stops from routes and to turn off the engine while idling（挂空挡）.They are also using computer software to determine the most fuel-efficient routes, which aren’t always the shortest ones.
There could be disadvantages, however, to the busing cutbacks. If every formerly bused student begins walking to school, it’s an environmental win—but if too many of their parents decide to drive them instead, the overall carbon footprint can grow. Replacing buses with many more parent-driven cars can also increase safety risks.
A 2011 report concluded students are 13 times safer on a school bus than in a passenger car, since buses have fewer accidents and withstand(承受) them better due to their size. And some students complain about the long morning hikes, particularly when the route contains a really big hill.
56. In regards to walking to school, modern parents seem much concerned with the
_____.
A. safety of their kids’
B. kids’ physical strength
C. time spent on the way
D. changes in the route
57. To save money, some schools choose to _____.
A. shorten the school week
B. take the shortest routes
C. stop using school buses
D. use fuel-efficient buses
58. Busing cutbacks may lead to _____.
A. fewer complaints about long morning hikes
B. more students taking public transportation
C. an increase in carbon dioxide emissions
D. a decrease in the safety of school buses
B
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The trip to England includes:
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59. Rochester Cathedral was built in the .
A.1100
B.1200s
C.1300s
D.1400s
60. What activities can you participate in during the trip?
A. Working as a language advisor.
B. Learning the German language.
C. Traveling by train with a guest family.
D. Enjoying sports and entertainment.
61. The persons are likely to win the free trip.
A. who know the birth date of Charles Dickens
B. who are attracted by Rochester Castle
C. who are contacted and announced by Free4Fun and ETC
D. who know more about Charles Dickens’ works
62. This ad was designed to target .
A. Italians
B. Europeans
C. Germans
D. Americans
C
When it comes to success in business and success in life, there are few qualities as important as confidence.
People naturally have different levels of confidence. Some have a higher level of confidence than others do, but even those whose confidence is lacking can learn to build their level of confidence and reach their most important goals. Increasing self confidence is one of the most common reasons people give for seeking the help of psychologists and other professionals.
One of the many places where a greater level of confidence is useful is in the workplace. We all know how difficult it can be, for instance, to ask the boss for a raise. This process can be extremely difficult for those who lack confidence in their own abilities．After all, if you are unsure about your own abilities, how will you ever convince your boss that you deserve more money for the work you do?
Even if you are not asking for that big raise, having plenty of confidence in your abilities is important to success. If you are certain of your abilities, chances are that those around you, whether they are your coworkers, your colleagues or your superiors, will see that confidence, and that will help to assure them that you are the best at what you do.
Being thought of as the person to go to, and being seen as an expert in your chosen field, is naturally very important to success on the job. If you can make yourself the person people go to for guidance and advice, you will help to protect yourself from the ever present danger of downsizing(裁员).After all, if you are a recognized expert at the office, you will be regarded as an indispensable member of the team.
Having a high level of confidence, after all, does not mean overlooking the places where you could improve. Knowing what you do well and where you need help will help you enjoy increased success and confidence.
63. What is the passage mainly about?
A. The influence of confidence on one's life.
B. The importance of confidence to success
C. The difference of people's confidence.
D. The judgment on one's confidence.
64. Psychologists and other professionals can offer help to those ______.
A. who think their goals are hard to reach
B. who expect to give guidance to others
C. who want to ask the boss for a raise
D. who dream to be recognized experts
65. What does the underlined word "indispensable" in Paragraph 5 probably mean?
A. important
B. attractive
C. outgoing
D. energetic
66. What message does the author want to convey in the last paragraph?
A. To overlook one's disadvantages.
B. To make full use of one's advantages.
C. To have great confidence in one's abilities．
D. To make objective evaluations of one's abilities.
D
Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people thinner than
spending hours doing some exercises, according to scientists. They say that socializing and meeting with friends help increase levels of brown fat in the body which burns calories(卡路里)to produce heat.
Living in an exciting social environment was found to reduce fat in mice's belly by half over four weeks, even if they ate more. US researchers say that social excitement aids weight loss by turning white fat into brown. White fat stores calories and makes us fatter, while brown burns energy to produce heat. Turning white fat into brown is extremely difficult, normally requiring long- term stay in cold conditions or exciting part of the body's nervous system.
However, scientists from Ohio State University now think that having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown. The team came up with their theory by studying the effects of various living environments on mice. Those, who lived alongside a greater number of mice, had more space and toys to excite themselves and then lost far more weight over the course of the study than their “couch potato" fellows.
Study author, Dr Matthew During, whose team's findings appear in the journal Cell Metabolism, said, "I'm still amazed at the degree of fat loss that occurs." Explaining how new technology had threatened face-to-face socializing, he added, "It's not just a sedentary (久坐的)lifestyle and high calorie foods, but an increasing lack of social activities." Co-author Dr Lei Cao said，"Loneliness is a potential factor for cancer and death; it's equal to cigarette smoking to a certain extent. Social activities are very vital.，，
67. What information can we get from the first two paragraphs?
A. Brown fat stores calories and makes us fatter.
B. It doesn't take long to turn white fat into brown.
C. Social excitement helps gain more weight.
D. Brown fat can burn energy to produce heat.
68. Which of the following statement does the text support?
A. Levels of brown fat can be increased by socializing.
B. The mice lacking social life lose more weight.
C. The research findings haven't been published so far.
D. Dr Matthew During wasn't convinced of the result.
69. We can conclude from the text that _______.
A. the fat in mice's belly was reduced because of the relaxing environment
B. a sedentary lifestyle and high calories foods influence people's social life
C. surfing the Internet may influence people's face-to-face communication
D. cancer and death are mainly caused for lack of social life
70. What’s the main idea of the text?
A. Brown fat is beneficial to people's health.
B. Socializing is unnecessarily important in people's daily life.
C. White fat can be changed into brown fat.
D. Socializing contributes to people's losing weight.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.
71 Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others
burst with anger, scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.
For years many doctors think that repressing anger is more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They say that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones (荷尔蒙). They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc. 72
Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger violently may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.
73 They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “ 74 Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”
Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. 75
A.In general, the people feel excited and ready to act.
B.They say that laughter is much healthier than anger.
C.Expressing anger violently is more harmful than repressing it.
D.Anger may cause you a cancer.
E.Do not express your anger while you are angry.
F.Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time.
G.Doctors say the solution is to learn to deal with anger.
第II卷（非选择题共35分）
注意：将答案写在答题卡上，写在本试卷上无效。

第四部分写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。

文中共有10处语法错误，每句中最多有两处。

每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜钱（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。

My hobby is reading. I like reading novels, newspapers, magazines and so on. When I was 9 year old, I caught bad cold. I have to stay at home for several weeks. My mother bought to me some novels. Soon I was attracting by the stories. Since then I have made use of any time to read. And reading does give me many help.
Recently I have surfed the Internet at home, on that I’ve found that many students like read as I do. We exchange our reading experience online but we become good friends. Reading brings me all happiness and friendship.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）(注意：在试题卷上作答无效)
假定你是李华，寒假前收到美国朋友Eric的来信。

根据以下信息，给他写封回信。

1．介绍传统节日春节；
2．谈谈目前学习情况；
3．邀请他暑假来中国。

注意：
1．词数100左右；
2．可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
3．开头与结束语已为你写好。

Dear Eric,
How glad I am to hear from you!
Yours truly, Lihua
(Text 5)
W. Tony is great! He saved an old man when he was trapped in a burning building yesterday.
M. Well, this is not the first dangerous situation he has been in.
W. Really? Tell me more about him.
M. Well, last month he saved a little boy from a river.
第二节 (5段对话或独白)
听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

(Text 6)
M. What were you doing when I called you last night? You seemed to be watching TV? W. Yes, I was watching a documentary about horses on TV.
M. Oh, I love horses. The documentary must have been interesting.
W. Yes. The documentary was about how people use horses for various purposes. M. Horses are useful to people. We use them for sports and recreation. We can see horse races in many countries.
W. Yes. By the way, can you ride a horse?
M. Of course. But I don’t ride regularly. How about you?
W. I can ride, too. Perhaps we can go horse riding together next weekend.
M. What a good idea!
听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

(Text 8)
W. What’s wrong with you, Tom? You look upset today. Is there anything wrong? M. No, Mum, but……
W. Come on, son, tell me what has happened?
M. Well. What shall I do? I happened to break a window in Mr. Henry’s house with a basketball.
W. Oh, did you apologize to Mr. Henry?
M. But the trouble is…
W. Come on, dear, please tell me the truth.
M. Paul and I were together. I was able to run away but Paul was caught by Mr. Henry’s son and he had to pay for the damage.
W. You shouldn’t have done that.
M. I know, but I daren’t phone Mr. Henry. And I’m also very sorry for Paul. W. I think you must make an apology to Mr. Henry, and the sooner, the better. Then you’d better hurry to see Paul. Give him back the money and if you like, invite him to tea tomorrow.
M. I will do as you say.
听第9段材料，回答第13 至16题。

(Text 9)
M. I’d like to confirm your educational background, Miss Shelly. Your major was English, wasn’t it?
W. Right. I graduated from New York University in 2008.
M. Fine. And could you please tell me if you have any work experience?
W. Well, I’m working for Singapore Airlines at the moment, in their San Francisco office.
M. And what is your job there now？
W. I work in the department of sales promotion.
M. I see. And how long have you been working there?
W. For two and a half years.
M. Would you mind telling me your present salary?
W. I’m making $2,280 a month at present. And I know your starting salary of the position is about $ 2,600 a month.
M. That’s right.
W. I’d like to know if your company provides opportunities for further education. M. Yes, our employees are allowed to take up six hours a week at full pay, to attend college courses.
W. That’s very generous.
M. Well. I’ve enjoyed talking with you. We’ll inform you within the week. W. Thank you. I appreciate the time you’ve given me.
二、单项选择 21-25 DAABC 26-30 DADAD 31-35 CDBCA
三、完形填空解析：“我”一直是个各科全优的学生，一直以来“我”都以分数觉得成败。

然而一天当同学赞美“我”善于倾听时，“我”突然恍然大悟，意识到自己的自私和狭隘。

36.D．根据前后语境，当你出生于教育世家，这一切都会显得很自然。

（natural）
37.A 38.C，根据前后语境，我具备高水平的学术水准和竞争意识？（competitive spirit），因此我不喜欢失败，也无法忍受（stand）自己失败。

39.B,根据首句信息，“I’m a straight-A student”和第二段中I don’t just like losing 可知，我要在各方面打败所有的好（top）学生。

40.C，根据语境，从上下文的叙述可知，作者非常看重自己的成绩，甚至到了以分数评价自己有多优秀的程度。

Go so far as to 竟到了……..的程度。

41.B，如果我没有达到所期望expect的分成，我就输了。

42. B 43.A 44.D,根据前后语境，当我后面的女同学开始和我说话时，我一边看资料一边试图很有礼貌的听她说，根据下文的smiled , nodded可知。

45.D 46.C 47.A，根据语境，so I could study 可知，我希望她安静（quiet）下来,以便我能好好学习。

48.B，在我的同学看来我是一个好的倾听者（listener）。

49.D
50.C．根据前面提示，作者的同学努力和他谈话，而他却试图不参与（participate）。

51.C，作者一直担心失去学习的时间。

52.B，根据第一、第二段内容可知，平时我太专注于（focused on）成为优秀学生以至于我变的不正常了。

53.B, 根据最后一句I want that to be what matters to me可知此处我在扪心自问：什么对我最重要？54.A, 根据语境，作者认为他所拥有的不过是学习上的成功（success）和以自我为中心。

55.D, 根据语境和最后一句I want
that to be what matters to me，再结合本空所在句子中的but一词可知，学者有很多，但他们却仅仅只有学术，而没有（never）足够的同情心。