甘肃省兰州55中2010届高三英语上学期第一次月考

甘肃省兰州55中2010届高三上学期第一次月考〔英语〕
〔总分为120分考试时间2小时〕
第一节：单项填空〔共15小题，每一小题1分，总分为15分〕
1. — Jack, what do you think of the event which not only promoted of world hunger,but raised a lot of money to help these poor children?
—That’s great.
A. contribution
B. direction
C. awareness
D. loneliness
2. At firstit looked like a simple accident,but later the police became doubtful.
A. sight
B. view
C. look
D. glimpse
3. This book is said to be a special one，whichmany events that cannot be found inother history books。

A. covers
B. writes
C. prints
D. reads
4. If your race car isn’t insured，you may. losing everything when it hits something solid.
A. delay
B. deny
C. avoid
D. risk
5. The coach asked his stafftohe large group ofjournalists waiting for him to announce his training plans.
A. adapt to
B. attend to
C. refert0
D. appeal to
6. London，the city that will host the 2012 Summer Games，an eight-minute show featuring football star David Beckham.
A. relyon
B. puton
C. concentrateon
D. feedon
7. Some miners were trapped when the local mine was flooded，but luckily,400 kilograms of，milk to them during the rescue.
A. gotthrough
B. brought down
C. gaveaway
D. gave out
8. Although the countryhas had political independence for over a century,it needs the support of its neighbors〞
A. naturally
B. economically
C. especially
D. 1uckily
9. The superstar Can be very sad，though in public he is extremely cheerful.
A. by chance
B. in person
C. in private
D. as individual
10. 一Wasproblem solved?
一We were trying to think ofway out，but it was impossible to find one.
A. a：the
B. the；a
C. the；不填
D. a；a
11. —MayI have a glass ofbeen pie.
一Beer?Sorry,there isleft，but would you mind having somejuice instead?
A. none
B. no one
C. nothing
D. few
12. If you had not wasted too much time playing PC games in the past two years，iteasier for you to review the lessons now.
A. had to be
B. should be
C. would be
D. would have been
13. 一My flight. I’d better be on my way. Goodbye.
一Bye. Happy landing!
A. was announced
B. is being announced
C. ahs announced
D. is announced
14. I wonder why you won’t do it asand it’s the third time youso.
A. I told you；do
B. be told；have done
C. told to：have done
D. told；do
15. 一I put him down for a well-educated man.
一?
一I mean that he‘s a well. educated man.
A. I beg your pardon
B. Speak louder, will you
C. What’s that
D. Will you repeat word for word
第二节：完形填空〔共20小题；每一小题1分，总分为20分〕
On a sunny afternoon Kristi and the kids drove from their home to visit Kathy, a close friend. Todd and Marki immediately ran into Kathy’s backyard to play, and Kristi16 them to keep away from the railroad tracks that ran behind the house. Just to be 17 ，site carefully drew an imaginary 18 with her foot. “Don’t cross it，〞she warned.
Todd and Marki chased〔追逐〕each other around. Minutes later, they 19 the line their
mother had set. 20 far away, a train rumbled〔隆隆地开〕into town. “Suddenly I came around a curve〔弯道〕and saw two children 21 〞recalls Jim Hayes，the engineer. He gave the22 signals to the kids，just a few hundred feet directly ahead. 23 Todd jumped away from the tracks and began to run. “Run，Marki，rim!〞he shouted. She ran，but instead of 24her brother she ran forward，25 in the path of the train. Hayes told the conductor, Dale Getter, watched her, 26 . “Oh，God，〞Hayes said as he pulled the brakes and 27 the whistle nonstop. Meanwhile，Getter had 28 to climb out the locomotive〔机车的〕door. The train had 29 to about 20 miles all hour, still enough to reach down and hit the little girl. 30 a second to spare，he stuck out his right leg and kicked her away from the tracks.
At that moment. Kristi saw Todd running toward her. “I knew from the look on hi s face 31 had happened. 〞she says. Screaming Marki’s name, she ran on, the train came to a〔n〕32 and Getter jumped off. Getter reached Marki 33 , she was unharmed, except for a scrape 〔擦伤〕on her shoulder. He gently picked her up and 34 her in Kristi’s arms. “Thank you, thank you. 〞Was all Kristi could say. Marki looked up at her mother through her tears. “That man 35 me!〞she said.
16. A. reminded B. got C. persuaded D. ordered
17. A. sate B. sure C. free D. away
18. A. sign B. trainC. picture D. line
19. A. passed B. jumped C. crossed D. forgot
20. A. VeryB. Not C. Even D. Little
21. A，crying B. shouting C. playing D. coming
22. A. warning B. stopping C. runningD. crossing
23. A. Puzzled B. Frightened C. Excited D. Warned
24. A. following B. catching C. helping D. obeying
25. A. already B. yet C. always D. still
26. A. surprised B. horrified C. worried D. disappointed
27. A. sounded B. toned C. pulled D. Set
28. A. tried B. asked C. managed D. failed
29. A. sped B. slowed C. increased D. got
30. A. With B. After C. Without D. In
31. A. nothing B. anything C. something D. everything
32. A. stop B. station C. end D. village
33. A. Naturally B. Especially C. Actually D. Surprisingly
34. A. threw B. placed C. heldD. handed
35. A. hurt B. frightened C. kicked D. hit
第三局部：阅读理解〔共25小题，36-55每一小题2分，56. 60每一小题1分，总分为45分〕
〔一〕阅读如下短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最优选项
A
Terry Thomas has a very boring job，although it pays very well. What Terry does is sitting in a rowboat all day long. He makes$16. 37 all hour,which is certainly all excellent wage for sitting in a little boat and doing nothing.
The boat stays all day under a bridge that is being rebuilt. There is a distance of about 100 feet between the boat and the workers on the bridge overhead. The rest ofTerry’s fellow workers are up on the bridge working. Terry’s job is to rescue anyone who falls off the bridge into the water. So far,no one has given him anything to do. Although he’s delighted that none of his companions has fallen into the water,he also admits that the job is very boring because there is nothing to do.
No one on the work crew really wants duty on the boat. But the job is a union requirement，and it must be filled. To qualify for the job，a person must be an excellent swimmer and have training in lifesaving skills. Only a few men on the work crew meet those standards. Before Terry took the boat job，several others had it and gave up because they found it sotedious.
What does Terry do in his little boat all day?He spends a good bit oftime making sure that his suntan lotion is adequate for the job of protecting his skin. He reads and listens to the radio. Each day he looks forward to lunch and then to quitting time.
36. What is the best title for the passage?
A. A Boring Job. B，The Man in a Rowboat.
C. A Job ofGreat Skill.
D. Hard Physical Labour
37. Another word for the underlined word “tedious〞is.
A. difficult
B. boring
C. serious
D. tiring
38. Terry uses the suntan lotion because.
A. he likes the smell
B. he’s out in the sun all day
C. his shin is torn
D. it keeps the fly away
39. The best part ofTerry’s job is.
A. The books they give him
B. getting to work with his friends
C. The chance of promotion
D. the pay, lunch, and quitting time
B
Are some people born clever, and others born stupid?Or is intelligence developed by our environment and our experiences?Strangely enough，the answer to both these questions is yes. To some extent our intelligence is given to us at birth，and no amount of special education can make a genius out ofa child born with low intelligence. On the other hand，a child who lives in a borning environment will develop his intelligence less than one who lives in rich and varied surroundings. Thus the limits ofa person’s intelligence are fixed at birth，but whether or not he reaches those limits will depend on his environment。

This view, now held by most experts can be supported in a number of ways.
It is easy to say that intelligence is to some extent something we are born with. The closerthe blood relationship between two people，the closer they are likely to be in intelligence. Thus if we take two unrelated people at random from the population，it is likely that their degrees ofintelligence will be completely different. If on the other hand we take two identical twins，they will very likely be as intelligent as each other. Relations like brothers and sisters，parents and children，usually have similar intelligence，and this clearly suggests that intelligence depends on birth.
Imagine that now we take two identical twins and put them in different environments. We might send one，for example，to a university and the other to a factory where the work is boring. We would soon find differences in intelligence developing，and this indicates that environment as well as birth plays a part. This conclusion is also suggested by the fact that people who live in close contact with each other,but who are not related at all，are likelyto have similar degrees ofintelligence.
40. By using the example that two people closer in blood relationship are closer in intelligence that writer wants to prove.
A. intelligence is given at birth
B. intelligence can be developed by environment
C. intelligence can be developed by experience
D. education plays an important part in the development of education
41. A child who lives in rich and varied surroundings turns out higher in intelligence because
A. his family is rich and therefore can afford to develop his intelligence
B. he can break the limits of intelligence fixed at birth
C. his family is rich and provides him with various healthy food
D. these surroundings are likely to help him reach the limits oftheir intelligence
42. The writer ofthis article believes that .
A. t he development of one’s intelligence is determined by many fac tors working together
B. environment plays the most important role in the development of intelligence
C. education plays the most important role in the development of intelligence
D. birth plays the most important role in the development of intelligence
43. The best title for this passage might be.
A. Intelligence
B. Birth and Environment
C. The Answer to a Question
D. Why Are Some People Born Clever
C
At least 10 million hectares of cultivated〔耕作〕land in China are polluted, which makes a grave threat to the country’s food safety, the Xinhua News Agency reported on Fr iday.
The polluted land，which is mostly in economically developed areas，accounts for one-tenthof the country’s total arable〔可耕种的〕land，according to an incomplete survey by the StateEnvironmental Protection Administration，China’s top environment watchdog.
Pollution on cultivated land threatens the environment，food safety and the sustainabledevelopment of agriculture，the administration said.
Because of continual，too much use of chemical fertilizer,pesticide and agricultural plasticsheeting, as well as irrigation using polluted water,a large amount of contaminants〔污染物〕
remain in the cultivated land.
The contaminants affect the soil’s ecological structure and function，leading to decreasedsoil productivity,lower crop yield〔产量〕，and lower quality of agricultural products- It also leads to worse water quality in rural areas.
Less than 9 per cent of drinkable water passed checks for bacteria in243 rural water supply stations across the county.
Another survey,which took samples of drinking water and groundwater an 69 small towns。

in Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei Province of North，China,showed that more than half of the water contains too much nitrate〔硝酸盐〕，which may cause diabetes〔糖尿病〕and damage the kidney.
The administration estimated at least 1 90 million farmers are drinking water that contains harmful substances.
Many villagers drink unfiltered water taken from shallow water wells or water cellars，which are reported to have poor sanitary conditions·
44. The author writes the passage to.
A. 1et the readers examine their mistakes
B. present the readers a new idea
C. come up with a solution to ending farmland pollution
D. inform the readers of the importance of fighting farmland pollution
45. The underlined word“grave〞in Paragraph 1 probably means
A. certain
B. serious
C. big
D. terrible
46. According to the passage，which of the following is NOT true?
A. China has about 10 million hectares of arable land
B. Only about 20 rural water supply stations passed checks for bacteria in China.
C. The unreasonable use of chemical fertilizer leads to farmland pollution
D. Large amounts ofcontaminants leads to worse water quality in rural areas
47. Pollution on cultivated land leads to the following outcomes EXCEPT.
A. a threat to China’s food safety
B. worse water quality in rural areas
C. a variety of diseases
D. the sustainable development of agriculture
D
Stonehenge is the best known of a number of such ancient places in Britain. It stands on theflat，windy Salisbury Plain，heal‘the city of Sali sbury,England. Early,Britons built Stonehengefrom bluestone and a very hard sandstone called sarsen. Experts believe the builders ofStonehenge knew about design，engineering and sound. These ancient people did not have highlydeveloped tools. But they built a huge monument of heavy stones.
Some ofthe monument’s st anding stones have lintel〔过梁〕stones on top：The lintels lie flaton the standing stones. Most of the stones of Stonehenge stand in incomplete formations ofcircles. They differ in height. weight and surface texture〔质地〕. One of the largest storiesweighed about forty thousand kilograms. Some stones are more than seven meters high. Otherbroken stones lie on the ground.
Work on Stonehenge may have started as earl〕'as five thousand years ago. Scientistsbelieve it was completed over three periods lasting more than one thousand years. Archeologistshave studied it for many years. For centuries，people have questioned the meaning of the stones.
Now,archeologists have discovered remains of an ancient village that may have been hometo the workers who built Stonehenge. People from the village also may have used the hugemonument for religious ceremonies. The discovery of the village helps confirm an importanttheory about Stonehenge.
The huge monument did not stand alone. Stonehenge may have been part of a largerreligious complex〔建筑群〕. 11he theory also proposes that people held events in the village madat Stonehengeto celebrate the change of seasons and honor the dead.
The scientific process of radiocarbon dating found that the village is about four thousandsix hundred years old. The archeologists believe the inner circle of Stonehenge was also built atabout that time. The timing led them to believe that the people of the village could have built Stonehenge.
48. What was Stonehengemade of?
A. Bluestone.
B. Sandstone.
C. Sarsen.
D. Bluestone and sarsen
49. Which of the fallowing is TRUE according to the second paragraph?
A. The stones lie flat on the ground，
B. 下he stones are various in the Stonehenge.
C. The stones in Stonehenge stand in a huge circle.
D. The standing stones have doors in them.
50. The author probably thinks that.
A. Stonehenge was built for less than 1，000 years
B. Stonehenge was built for religious ceremonies
C. Stonehenge was built by hand alone
D. people celebrated their festivals in Stonehenge
51. What is this passage mainly about?
A. It’s mainly about the his tory of Stonehenge
B. It’s mainly about the building materials of S tonehenge.
C. It’s mainly about the new discov eries on Stonehenge.
D. It’s mainly about the inner structure of S tonehenge.
E
Priscilla Ouchida’s“energy-efficient〞house turned out to be a horrible dream. When she and her engineer husband married a few years ago，they built a$1 00，000，three-bedroom homein California. Tightly sealed to prevent air leaks，the house was equipped with small double-pined 〔双层玻璃的〕windows and several other energy-saving features. Problems began as soon as the couple moved in，however. Priscilla’s eyes burned. Her throat was constantly dry. She suffered from headaches and could hardly sleep. It was as though she had suddenly developed a strange illness.
Experts finally traced the cause ofher illness. The level offormaldehyde〔甲醛〕gas in her kitchen was twice the maximum allowed by federal standards for chemical workers. The sourceofthe gas?Her new kitchen cabinets and wall-to-wall carpeting.
The Ouchidas are victims of indoor air pollution，which is not given sufficient attention partly because of the nation’s drive to save energy. The problem itself isn’t new. “The indoor environment was dirty long before energy conservation came along，〞says Moschandreas，apollution scientist at Geomet Technologies in Maryland. “Energy conservation has tended toaccentuate〔强调〕the situation in some cases. 〞
The problem appears to be more troublesome in newly constructed homes rather than old ones. Back in the days when energy was cheap，home builders didn’t worry much about unsealed cracks. Because of such leaks. the air in an average home was replaced by fresh outdoor air about once an hour. As a result，the pollutants generated in most households seldom build up todangerous levels.
52. It can be learned from the passage that the Ouchidas’house.
A. is well worth the money spent on its construction
B. is almost faultless from the point of energy conservation
C. failed to meet energyconservation standards
D. was designed and constructed in a scientific way
53. What made t he Ouchidas’new house a horrible dream?
A. Lack offresh air. B，Poor quality ofbuilding materials.
C. Gas leakage in the kitchen.
D. The newly painted walls.
54. Why were cracks in old houses not a big concern?
A. Because indoor cleanliness was not emphasized.
B. Because energy used to be inexpensive.
C. Because environmental protection was given top priority.
D. Because the，y were technically unavoidable.
55. This passage is most probably taken from an article entitled“. 〞.
A. Energy Conservation
B. HousesBuilding Crisis
C. Air Pollution Indoors
D. Traps in Building Construction
〔二〕根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最优选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

选项中有两个为多余选项。

〔共5分〕
Jack：Hi，Frank
Frank：Hi，Jack
Jack：：56
Frank：Yes，I have some books to read，but I can do it later
Jack：I want youtodome afavor.
Frank：goahead 57
Jack：Professor Smith is coming this afternoon，I am expected to meet him at the airport，but I have an important meeting to go to
Frank：I can do it for you. 58
Jack：He’s about your age，in his early thirties. Tall and hand some
Frank：59
Jack：Oh, about th ree o’clock，He is taking flight number 23 1 from Detroit. Thank you Frank：60
A：Seeyouthis afternoon
B：How can I recognize him?
C：Whatdoyouwantmeto do?
D：Are you free this afternoon?
E：When should I leave for the airport'?
F：I amhonoredtomeetthefamousprofessor
G：Are you going to the meeting this afternoon?
第四局部：单词拼写〔共10小题，每一小题1分，总分为10分〕
61. Anybodycantryto set a〔记录〕。

62. Australia〔跟…相似，象〕the USA in the eighteenth century.
63. It would take a next〔一代人〕scientists to bring the importantof the environmenton species back in view.
64. Some believe that we are〔装备，配备〕with a special ability to l earn a language.
65. We should not〔责备〕Tom for this thing.
66. My minds becomes clear and I con the way my body moves in the air.
67. We have ato the conditions at such a great height.
68. Joseph Banks also built a greenhouse to ewith growing pineapples.
69. There are many thing we need to take into cbe fore we buy an expensive product.
70. I always get swhen I come across a new word.
第五局部：短文改错〔共10小题，每一小题1分，总分为10分〕
Hi, Susan.
I’m sorry that I wasn’t able to return to your71.
bike on time yesterday. I mean to give it 72.
back to you before four in the afternoon, and I 73.
was hold up on my way back. Just before I 74.
turned corner of park street. I happened to 75.
see an accident. A little girl was hurt and her 76.
mother needed help. So I helped then going to 77.
the nearest hospital. I stayed here for one and 78.
a half your and made sure that the girl was all 79.
hope you understand. 80.
Thank you!
Li Ling
第六局部：书面表达〔总分为20分〕
假定你是李华，正在英国承受英语培训，住在一户英国人家里。

今天你的房东Mrs Wilson 不在家，你准备外出，请给Mrs. Wilson写一留言条，内容包括：
1. 外出购物
2. 题房东还书
3. Tracy来信流言：1〕咖啡屋〔Bolton Coffee〕见面取消
2〕此事已告知Susan 3〕尽快回电
注意：
1. 词数100左右；
2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Mrs. Wilson,
参考答案
单项选择CAADB BABCB ACBCA
完形填空ABDCB CABAD BACBC CADBC
阅读理解〔一〕ABBD ADAA DBAD DBBC BABC 〔二〕DCBEF 单词拼写61. record 62. resembled 63. generation 64. equipped 65. blame
66. concentrate 67. adapted 68. experiment 69. consideration 70. stuck
短文改错71. 去掉return后的to 72. mean----meant 73. and----but
74. hold----held 75. turned后加the 76. 正确77. going----go
78. here----there 79. hour加s 80. were----was
Mrs. Wilson,
I’m going out shopping and won’t be back until 5:00pm. I have taken with mw two books you asked me to return to the City Library. At about 1 o’clock this afternoon. Tracy called. Saying that she couldn’t meet you at Bolton Coffee tomorrow morning as she has something important to attend to. She felt very sorry about that, but said that you could set some other time for the meeting. She wanted you to call her back as soon as you are home. She has already told Susan about this change.
Li Hua。