安徽省六安市高三英语12月月考试题

安徽省六安市2013届高三英语12月月考试题
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题），共120分。

考试时间120分钟。

第I卷（选择题，满分80分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）
从A、B、C和D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

1. Many Europeans explored _______ continent of Africa in the 19th century with the determination to discover _______ unknown.
A. /; the
B. the; an
C. /; an
D. the; the
2. Clothing made of man-made fibers has certain advantage over ______ made of natural fibers like cotton, wool or silk.
A. this
B. one
C. that
D. what
3. Francis Preston Blair, Jr., Union Army general during the Civil War, ________ born in Kentucky, lived and practiced law in Missouri.
A. as
B. although
C. as was
D. although being
4. Enormous _______ in medical science may make it possible for people to live for 150 years.
A. advances
B. progresses
C. backwardness
D. revolutionaries
5. The news of the mayor’s coming to our school for a visit was ______ on the radio yesterday.
A. turned out
B. found out
C. given out
D. carried out
6. When asked to move away, the other three _____ but Mary was unwilling to do so.
A. adopted
B. confirmed
C. advocated
D. submitted
7. I will go to Beijing on business tomorrow. Do you have anything ______ to your son studying in Beijing University?
A. to be taken
B. to take
C. taken
D. being taken
8. Was the large amount of wood ______ our bridge cut from that large forest a long time ago?
A. used to build
B. used to building
C. was used to building
D. was used to build
9. ______ leave the room last ought to make sure that the windows are closed and the door locked.
A. Whoever
B. Who
C. Who will
D. Those who
10. —What is that tall man standing beside the space capsule? ks**5u
—He is an astronaut, ______ most boys like.
A. whom
B. which
C. that
D. what
11. The dying man is moving his eyes slowly as if ______ for his family.
A. to look
B. looked
C. looking
D. he looked
12. Having completed our adventurous journey through the forest, we went back to our camping site, _______.
A. exhaustedly but excitedly
B. exhaustedly but excited
C. exhausted but excitedly
D. exhausted but excited
13. The scenery in this area is _______ in that it is the only place where you can enjoy the sea, the mountain and the lake together.
A. different
B. splendid
C. unique
D. attractive
14. The Kiwi fruits in this supermarket are ______ sale now, and they are sold _____ the pound.
A. for; in
B. on; by
C. for, by
D. on, in
15. It’s natural that I didn’t recognize her immediately I saw her. ______, it’s almost 5 years since we met last.
A. After all
B. In addition
C. What’s more
D. In particular
16. —Have you received any phone calls from your sister?
—Not yet, but we _______ to get in touch with her ever since she left us.
A. have tried
B. tried
C. are trying
D. have been trying
17. You have failed again! Were I you, I _______it the first time. ks**5u
A. passed
B. would pass
C. would have passed
D. had passed
18. China made a promise to the world in the Copenhagen Summit that by 2020, the carbon-intensity of its economy ______ fall 40% to 45%.
A. shall
B. may
C. must
D. should
19. The earthquake in Japan, measuring 9.0 on the Richter Scale, was so violent _________ cause a series of explosions of the nuclear reactors in several power stations.
A. to
B. that
C. as to
D. as that
20. —How do you like a birthday party outdoors this weekend? —_______.
A. Very much
B. With pleasure
C. Have fun
D. Good idea
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

This is no joke. Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt, 20, and Kelly Carl Hildebrandt, 24, are expecting just over 100 guests at a 21 at a church, where they will become husband and wife.
Their modern romance was a 22 made in cyberspace（网络空间）. She was 23 and bored one night last year, so she typed her name into the 24 social networking Website Facebook just to see if anyone 25 it: Hildebrandt, 24, in South Florida. At the time, Kelly Hildebrandt, of Lubbock, Texas, was the only one matched. So she sent him a 26 . She said, “Hi. We had the same name. Thought it was cool.” Kelly Carl Hildebrandt said, “I thought she was pretty 27 .”
For the next three months the two 28 e-mails. 29 he knew it, occasional phone calls turned into daily chats, sometimes 30 hours. He 31 her in Florida after a few months and fell head over heels.
“I thought it was fun,” he said of that first online meet. “I had no 32 that it would lead to this.”
Months after Kelly Hildebrandt sent her first e-mail, she found a diamond engagement 33 hidden in treasure box on a beach in December. “I totally think that it’s all God’s 34 ,” Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt said. “He planned it out just 35 .”
She's a student at a local community college. He works in financial 36 . They plan to make their home in South Florida.
There was also some uncertainty 37 how to phrase their wedding invitations, so they decided to include their 38 names. But 39 confusion likely won't carry on past the husband and wife, as Kelly Katrina Hildebrandt said there are no plans to pass along the name to their future 40 . “No,” she said. “We're definitely not going to n ame our kids Kelly.”
21. A. situation B. occasion C. ceremony D. meeting
22. A. game B. match C. contest D. competition
23. A. curious B. serious C. anxious D. generous
24. A. ordinary B. common C. fashionable D. popular
25. A. understood B. made C. shared D. recognized
26. A. word B. message C. letter D. reminder
27. A. clever B. simple C. attractive D. easy
28. A. exchanged B. changed C. expected D. received
29. A. After B. As C. While D. Before
30. A. wasting B. spending C. lasting D. taking
31. A. dropped B. visited C. forgot D. called
32. A. idea B. decision C. chance D. hope
33. A. call B. lace C. phone D. ring
34. A. preparation B. reason C. arrangement D. work
35. A. great B. perfect C. excellent D. smart
36. A. crisis B. conveniences C. customs D. services
37. A. about B. on C. in D. at
38. A. first B. last C. middle D. family
39. A. some B. no C. any D. little
40. A. wife B. husband C. parents D. children
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，每小题2分，满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答
题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。

A
Where is it possible to drive from Rome to Moscow, Madrid, Paris, Vienna, and Stockholm without going to Europe? The answer is in the state of Maine!
Throughout the United States there are many towns and cities that have been named after not only European cities but other countries as well, such as China, Poland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark. Just how many New World place names are recycled from the Old World names has never been tallied, but one researcher found forty-one Londons, fifty-six Berlins, twenty-four Dublins, thirty-two Athenses, and twenty-seven Moscows, among others! ks**5u
Reasons for European place names differ. Some were in memory of settlers’ former homes, others in honor of historic events. Founded in 1818 by John Coffee, Robert Beaty, John D. Carroll, and John Read, Athens is one of the oldest incorporated cities in the State of Alabama. The town was first called Athenson, and the name was then shortened to Athens, after the ancient city in Greece. More interestingly, some names were given by mistake. For instance, the people of Moscow, Kansas, wanted to their city to follow the name of the explorer Moscoso. They shortened his name to Mosco, and an offi cial in Washington, thinking the Kansans couldn't spell, added a ‘W’.
41. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. In the state of Maine there are many different European cities.
B. You can drive to many European cities from the state of Maine.
C. All the settlers in the state of Maine came from Europe.
D. The state of Maine has many cities named after European cities.
42. The word “tallied” (Line 4, Paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to ________.
A. built
B. believed
C. added
D. visited
43. What might have made the official in Washington change Mosco into Moscow?
A. Moscow was a world-famous city name.
B. He thought Moscoso would prefer Moscow.
C. He believed Moscow was a far better name.
D. He couldn't spell very well and made a mistake.
44. The best title for the passage is ________.
A. The Story of Moscow, Kansas
B. American Cities and Their Names
C. Interesting Names
D. Old World Place Names in America
B
I live in the land of Disney, Hollywood and year-round sun. You may think people in such a splendid, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.
Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more lasting emotion.
Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.
I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to glamorous parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir（回忆录）after memoir, they reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children and profound loneliness.
Ask a bachelor why he resists marriage, if he’s honest, and he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment, for commitment is in fact quite painful.
The single life is filled with fun, adventure and excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.
Similarly, couples that choose not to have children are deciding in favor of painless fun over painful happiness. They can dine out whenever they want and sleep as late as they can. Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word fun to describe raising children.
Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating（解放性的）realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those rich and glamorous people we were so sure are happy because they are always having so much fun actually may not be happy at all.
45. We can learn from the passage that____________.
A. fun creates long-lasting satisfaction
B. fun provides enjoyment while pain leads to happiness
C. happiness is lasting whereas fun is short-lived
D. fun that is long-standing may lead to happiness
46. To the author, the role Hollywood stars will play is to _________.
A. write memoir after memoir about their happiness
B. tell the public that happiness has nothing to do with fun
C. teach people how to enjoy their lives
D. bring happiness to the public instead of going to parties
47. In the author’s opinion, marriage____________.
A. affords greater fun
B. leads to raising children
C. indicates duty and devotion
D. usually ends up in pain
48. Which of the following is the best example of “painful happiness”?
A. Winning lottery by accident.
B. A bachelor resisting marriage.
C. Raising children.
D. Buying some fancy clothes.
49. If one gets the meaning of the true sense of happiness, he will____________.
A. stop playing games and joking with others
B. keep himself with his family
C. give a free hand to money
D. use his time to increase happiness
C
Everyone gathered around and Paddy read out loud, slowly, his tone growing sadder and sadder. The little headline said: BOXER RECEIVES LIFF SENTENCE.
Frank Cleary, aged 26, professional boxer, was today found guilty of the murder of Albert Cumming, aged 32, laborer, last July. The jury (陪审团) reached its decision after only ten minutes, recommending the most severe punishment to the court. It was, said the judge, a simple case. Cumming and Cleary had quarreled violently at the
Harbour Hotel on July 23rd and police saw Cleary kicking at the head of the unconscious Cumming. When arrested, Cleary was drunk but clear-thinking.
Cleary was sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labour. Asked if he had anything to say, Cleary answered, “Just don't tell my mother.”
“It happened over three years a go,” Paddy said helplessly. No one answered him or moved, for no one knew what to do. “Just don't tell my mother,” said Fee numbly. “And no one did! Oh, God! My poor, poor Frank!”
Paddy wiped the tears from his face and said. “Fee 中学, pack your things. We'll go to see him.”
She half-rose before sinking back, her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead. “I can't go,” she said without a hint of pain, yet making everyone feel that the pain was there. “It would kill him to see me. I know him so well—his pride, his ambition. Let him bear the shame alone, it's what he wants. We've got to help him keep his secret. What good will it do him to see us?”
Paddy was still weeping, not for Frank, but for the life which had gone from Fee's face, for the dying in her eyes. Frank had always brought bitterness and misfortune, always stood between Fee and himself. He was the cause of her withdrawal from his heart and the hearts of his children. Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away. But Paddy's love for her was as deep and impossible to wipe out as hers was for Frank.
So he said. “Well, Fee, we won't go. But we must make sure he is taken care of. How about if I write to Father Jones and ask him to look out for Frank?” ks**5u
The eyes didn't liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks. “Yes, Paddy, do that. Only make sure he knows not to tell Frank we found out. Perhaps it would ease Frank to think for certain that we don't know.”
50. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Frank was found guilty of murder because he was a professional boxer.
B. The family didn't find out what happened to Frank until three years later.
C. The jury and the judge disagreed on whether Frank had committed murder.
D. Frank didn't want his family to find out what happened because Paddy disliked him.
51. Paddy cried because he thought ______________.
A. Frank did kill someone and deserved the punishment
B. Frank should have told Fee what had happened
C. what had happened to Frank was killing Fee
D. Frank had always been a man of bad moral character
52. “She half-rose before sinking back…” (in Paragraph 6) shows that______________.
A. Fee was so heart-broken that she could hardly stand up
B. Fee didn't want to upset Paddy by visiting Frank
C. Fee couldn't leave her family to go to see Frank
D. Fee struggled between wanting to see Frank and respecting his wish
53. Which of the following suggests that Fee was deeply shocked by what happened to Frank?
A. “Her eyes in her small white face stared as if dead.”
B. “Let him bear the shame alone, it’s what he wants.”
C. “Every time it looked as if there might be happiness for Fee, Frank took it away.”
D. “The eyes didn’t liven, but a faint pink stole into her cheeks.”
54. What is Fee's probable relationship with Frank and Paddy?
A. Son and brother.
B. Son and husband.
C. Brother and lover.
D. Lover and husband.
D
Psychology has a new application in the field of medicine. Many doctors, together with their patients, are looking for alternative methods of treatment of physical problems. In large hospitals, modern therapy（疗法） seems to focus on the physical disease. Patients may feel they are treated like broken machines. Some doctors have recognized this as a problem. They are now using psychological therapy, in which the patient is working with the doctors against the disease with the help of medicine. The patient does not wait for the medicine and treatment to cure him or her, but instead the patient joins in the fight.
The doctor knows that a disease affects a patient's body physically. The body of the patient changes because of the disease. He is not only physically affected, but also has an emotional response to the disease. Because his mind is affected, his attitude and behavior change. The medical treatment might cure the patient's physical problems, but the patient's mind must fight the emotional ones. For example, the studies of one doctor, Carl Simonton, M. D., have shown that a typical cancer patient has predictable attitudes. She typically feels depressed, upset, and angry. Her constant depression makes her acts unfriendly toward her family, friends, doctors, and nurses. Such attitudes and behaviors prevent recovery. Therefore, a doctor's treatment must help the patient change that. Simonton's method emphasizes treatment of the “whole” patient.
The attitude of a cancer patient receiving radiation therapy, an X-ray treatment, can become more positive. The physician who is following Simonton's psychological treatment plan suggests that the patient imagine that he or she can see the tumor （肿瘤） in the body. In the mental picture, the patient "sees" a powerful beam of radiation like a million bullets of energy. The patient imagines the beam hitting the tumor cells and causing them to shrink. For another cancer patient, Dr. Simonton asks him to imagine the medicine going from the stomach into the bloodstream and to the cancer cells. The patient imagines that the medicine is like an army fighting the diseased cells and sees the cancer cells gradually dying and his blood carry away the dead cells. Both the medical therapy and the patient's positive attitude fight the disease.
Doctors are not certain why this mental therapy works. However, this use of psychology does help some patients because their attitudes about themselves change. They become more confident because they use the power within their own minds to help stop the disease.
Another application of using the mind to help cure disease is the use of suggestion therapy. At first, the doctor helps the patient to concentrate deeply. The patient thinks only about one thing. He becomes so unaware of other things around him that he is asleep, or rather in a trance（催眠状态）. Then the physician makes “a suggestion” to the patient about the medical problem. The patient's mind responds to the suggestion even after the patient is no longer in the trance. In this way, the patient uses his mind to help his body respond to treatment. ks**5u
Doctors have learned that this use of psychology is helpful for both adults and children. For example, physicians have used suggestion to help adults deal with the strong pain of some disease. Furthermore, sometimes the adult patient worries about her illness so much that the anxiety keeps her from getting well. The right suggestions may help the patient to stop being anxious. Such treatment may help the patient with a chronic（慢性的）diseases. Asthma （哮喘） is an example of a chronic disorder. Asthma is a disease that causes the patient to have difficulty in breathing. The patient starts to cough and sometimes has to fight to get the air that he or she needs. Psychology can help relieve the symptoms of this disorder. After suggestion therapy, the asthma patient breathes more easily.
Physicians have learned that the psychological method is very useful in treating children. Children respond quickly to the treatment because they are fascinated by it. For example, Dr. Basil R. Collison has worked with 121 asthmatic children in Sydney, Australia, and had good results. Twenty-five of the children had Excellent results. They were able to breathe more easily, and they did not need medication. Another forty-three were also helped. The symptoms of the asthma occurred less frequently, and when they did, they were not as strong. Most of the children also felt better about themselves. Doctors have also used suggestion to change habits like nail-biting, thumb-sucking, and sleep-related problems.
Many professional medical groups have accepted the medical use of psychology and that psychology has important applications in medicine.
55. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A. How to use the mind against disease.
B. How modern therapy focuses on the disease.
C. Responses from the medical world.
D. How suggestion therapy benefits adults and children.
56. How does psychological therapy work?
A. The patient waits for the medicine and treatment to cure him.
B. The doctor uses medical treatment to cure the patient's problems.
C. The doctor, the medicine, and the patient work together to fight disease.
D. The patient uses his mind to cure himself.
57. What can we learn from the studies of Carl Simonton, M. D.?
A. The medical treatment can cure the patient's mental disease.
B. The treatment of a patient by treating the body and the mind is necessary.
C. The mental treatment is more important than medical treatment.
D. Few patients have emotional response to the disease.
58. The use of psychological therapy is helpful to some patients in that .
A. the medical effect is better with psychological therapy than without it
B. the patients can see a powerful beam of radiation hitting their tumor cells
C. the patients' attitudes towards themselves have changed
D. the patients are easy to accept the methods the doctors use to treat them
59. It can be learned from the passage that suggestion therapy cannot be used to .
A. help adults deal with the strong pain of some diseasesks**5u
B. help the patients with chronic diseases
C. help change some bad habits
D. help cure patients of insomnia（失眠症）
60. According to the passage, which of the following remains unknown so far?
A. The value of mental therapy.
B. The effectiveness of suggestion therapy.
C. The working principle of suggestion therapy.
D. The importance of psychology in medical treatment.
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选项中有一项是多余选项。

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第II卷（共两节，满分40分）
第三部分：写作
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
下面短文中共有10处错误，错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在此符号下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）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。

One day Tom and I were walking down the street while we saw an old man fall off his bike. He was badly hurt. Many people crowded around us. Someone suggested carrying the old man to the roadside, so Tom disagreed. He has learned first aid. He said that they ought to leave him where he was and checked him first. At that time the old man wasn't breathing. Tom asked me to call in the First Aid Center at once and he began to start the old man's breathing, use the mouth-to-mouth way.
Within five minute, the old man began to move a little and doctors also arrived. They said that we had done was correct. I have learned from this experience that a knowledge of first aid can make a really difference.
第二节：书面表达（满分30分）
某英文报纸就“中国城市普遍存在的交通拥堵问题”邀请中学生展开讨论。

请你参考所给要点，写一篇英语短文。

要点：
1. 简要描述这一交通问题；
2. 分析造成该问题的主要原因；
3. 提出相应的建议。

注意：词数100—120，文章开头已给出，不计入总词数。

In spite of the fast development of transportation in the major cities of China, more and more traffic problems are arising. _______________________________________________________________________________
英语答案
第I卷（选择题，满分80分）
第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每小题0.5分，满分10分）
1-5 DCBAC 6-10 DAADB 11-15 CDCBA 16-20 DCACD
第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
21-25 CBADC 26-30 BCADC 31-35 BADCB 36-40 DACCD
第二部分：阅读理解（每小题2分，满分50分）
41-44 DCAD 45-49 CBCCD 50-54 BCDAB 55-60 ACBCDC
61-65 EBFAC
第II卷（共两节，满分40分）
第三部分：写作
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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第二节：书面表达（满分30分）
One possible version：
In spite of the fast development of transportation in the major cities of China, more and more traffic problems are arising. A serious one is heavy traffic. Very often, we see cars in front of us parked on both sides of the street, driving down the street, or stuck in traffic with drivers waiting impatiently. So what on earth causes this problem?
In the first place, vast population contributes to heavy traffic and growing numbers of private cars add to the pressure on the severe traffic conditions. What’s worse, some people are unaware of the importance of obeying traffi c regulations, so it’s not uncommon to see accidents blocking traffic.
Personally, I think that rather than promote private cars, it’s better to improve the public transportation system with scientific road design and proper management. More importantly, never can traffic jams be eased without self-disciplined citizens.。