江西省上高二中2012届高三英语第一次月考试题(卷)

2012届高三第一次月考英语卷第二部分单项填空（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. -----They say Tom’s brother is a billionaire.----_____________?He wouldn’t accept any help from his brother,even though it was offered.A.What ifB.What forC.So whatD.Forget it22. Duncan, ______ NBA star, is one of _______ few basketball players who are very popular to many of his Chinese fans.A. an; theB. an; aC. the; theD. the; a23. Not until he called the secretary three times ______ that the manager went toan important meeting.A. did he tellB. he toldC. was he toldD. he was told24. During the reconstruction of the city, many modern tall buildings went up ______old shabby houses were torn down.A. whereB. in whatC. in whichD. which25. The young man, ______ several attempts to beat the world record in high jumping, decided to have another try.A. to makeB. makingC. madeD. having made26. The British government often says that providing children with ______ to the information superhighway is of great importance.A. preventionB. protectionC. allowanceD. access27. It is human nature to think back to a go lden age ______ one’s country was strongand respected.A. ifB. whenC. whileD. after28. The conference was _______ fixed for the 10th,August,but later the unexpectedlandslide(泥石流) in Zhouqu in Gansu province, made us put it off.A. normallyB. obviouslyC. originallyD. presently29. In those days, there was hardly any doubt______ I would win the game, for all my friends stuck with me.A. whenB. whetherC. ifD. that30. The national parks are very important for the protection of these wild animals, which would______ run the risk of being extinct.A. thereforeB. insteadC. otherwiseD. anyhow31. ---Guess what! Tan Weiwei failed in the last round of the Super Girl Contest.---How _______ it be? She is second to none in singing in my opinion.A. shallB. mightC. canD.must32. —I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have been so rude to you.—You _____ your temper but that’s OK.A. have lostB. had lostC. did loseD. were losing33. —What is the meaning of the saying “Whenever you fall, pick something up?”—It tells us to hope even when ing across failure ; try to learn something valuable from it.A．look for B．call for C．take up D．give up34. The boss took no notice of the suggestion given by the clerk that the newtechnology _____the problems on conveying the products.A. be applied to solveB. be applied tosolvingC. applies to solvingD. applies to solve35. --- What do you think of these dictionaries?--- Most of them are updated. Still, ______is so suitable for high school students as Multifunction English – Chinese Dictionary.A. nothingB. neitherC. anyD. None第三部分完形填空（共20小题；每小题1. 5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项．Nearly two decades has passed, I still remember my favourite professor, James Sehwartz. Whenever he smiles, it’s as if you’d just been told the funniest joke on earth. Almost all his students are his friends, and almost all his students know his life story.When James was a teenager, his father 36 him to a fur factory where he worked . This was during the Great Depression. The 37 was to get James a job.James entered the factory, and immediately felt as if the 38 had closed in around him. The room was dark and hot, the windows covered with dust, and the 39 were packed tightly together, running like trains. The fur hairs were flying, 40 a thickened air, and the workers, 41 the pieces of fur together, were bent over their needles 42 the boss marched up and down the rows, searching for them to go faster .James could hardly 43 . He stood next to his father, frozen with fear, hoping the boss wouldn’t 44 at him, too.During lunch break, his father took James to the boss and pushed him in front of him, 45 if there was any work for his son. But 46 there was hardly enough 47 for the adult labours, for no one would give it up once he took a job.Thus, for James, it was a 48 . He hated the place. He made a 49 that he kept to the end of his life: he would never do any work that brought 50 to someoneelse, and he would never allow himself to 51 money off the seat of others.“What will you do?” his mother, Eva, would ask him.“I don’t know,” he 52 say. He ruled out law, because he didn’t like 53 , and he ruled out medicine, because he couldn’t take the 54 of blood.“What will you do?”55 , my best professor I ever had became—he thought it was the job not to hurt anybody.36. A. sent B. carried C. took D. admitted37. A. idea B. condition C. situation D. way38. A. lights B. walls C. chances D. doors39. A. goods B. workers C. vehicles D. machines40. A. sending B. creating C. taking D. disturbing41. A. collecting B. pulling C. sewing D. drawing42. A. as B. after C. if D. though43. A. see B. breathe C. walk D. hear44. A. scream B. scold C. rush D. attack45. A. doubting B. asking C. questioning D. demanding46. A. even B. still C. yet D. also47. A. time B. office C. work D. occupation48. A. forting B. blessing C. regretting D. forgiving49. A. request B. arrangement C. plan D. promise50. A. injury B. harm C. damage D. inconvenience51. A. make B. save C. pay D. let52. A. should B. might C. could D. would53. A. police B. lawyers C. judges D. government54. A. sense B. feel C. sight D. scenery55. A. Eventually B. Luckily C. Generally D. Basically第四部分阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项．AThe 47-year-old singer talks about the new album Symphony（交响乐） that came out of a “very dark time”, including her decision to give up trying to have children. “People have suggested I could adopt,” Brightman says. “But work is central to my life now. And so I am going to put it to one side. After a while not having children bees the norm and perhaps that might sound alarming, to parents especially, but I have never known anything different. I’m not hurt by not having children. My life and career are incredibly rich.”Talking about growing up in a large family in Berkhamsted (father a property developer who later mitted suicide), she says: “I was gifted as a child, and very musical. I seemed to be good at anything to do with the arts. At 5，I understood the music I was dancing to and had an eye for costume.” She first appeared in a West End musical at 11 and hated boarding school.Brightman led the saucy dance troupe（辣妹三人舞） Hot Gossip and had her first hit with I Lost My Heart to a Starship Trooper in 1978. At 18 she married a music manager called Andrew Graham Stewart. “I was probably in love but I can’t remember. Girls change such a lot between 18 and 22. It didn’t really work out.” In 1981 she was spotted by Lloyd Webber. She became his leading lady in Song and Dance, Requiem and Phantom of the Opera. They married in 1984.Brightman says she felt hostility(敌意) “from the beginning. I haven’t tried to understand it. I’ve done very well everywhere else, especially the US, where I now live, I just accept it for what it is. The more you are away from Britain, the more you appreciate it. But I do n’t miss it, although I miss my family. Our profession can be unfortable but I enjoy what I do. I get on with it.”56. The first paragraph tells us that _____.A. Brightman is very popular around the world except in AmericaB. Brightman’s musical style is a mixture of opera, pop and jazzC. the British people don’t like her for her style of musicD. Brightman is much older than Andrew Lloyd Webber57. Brightman decided to give up having children because _____.A. she could adopt oneB. her life and career were unbelievably rich without childrenC. she felt it normal not to have childrenD. she was too busy58. The following statements are true except ______.A. Brightman first appeared in a West End musical at 5B. Brightman disliked life on the campusC. Brightman was very gifted when she was youngD.The saucy dance troupe made Brightman famous59. The underlined word in the fourth paragraph probably means _____.A. locatedB. admiredC. followedD. found60. What does the autho r try to say in the last paragraph by quoting Brightman’swords?A. Brightman has to accept the fact that she is not liked in BritainB. Brightman lives in America but she loves her own countryC. The British coldness towards Brightman led to her hatred to her homelandD. Brightman was at a loss why she was not wele in BritainB 61．The main aim of Environment Awareness Week is to _____．A．educate the public on protecting the environmentB．discuss global warming and other environmental problemsC．explain ways for producing freshwater to save the environmentD．learn about renewable energy sources that protect the environment 62．The organizer of the event is _____．A．Global Gaia Network B．Clean Energy AgencyC．Green Earth Foundation D．International Environment Fund63．If you are interested in renewable energy sources, you should go to _____．A．Hall 1 B．Hall 2 C．Hall 3 D．Hall 464．The "3 Rs" stand for _____．A．Read, Realize and Remember B．Reduce, Reuse and RecycleC．Green Earth Foundation D．Global Gaia Network 75．Which of the following statements is NOT true of the event?A．It will last a week and the halls will be open 11 hours a day．B．You can send an email to Mrs．Daisy Soh for more information．C．Each hall charges the same amount of money as the other．D．Lectures in Hall 1 will be given by university students．CPushy parents and teachers who “hothouse” the under-5s risk causing damage to the children’s long ter m development, a leading education expert said.Lilian Katz, Professor of Education at the University of Illinois, said that four-year-olds engaged in reading and writing went on to perform worse academically than those engaged in imaginative learning. They scored higher in tests at the age of 5, but children whose first year at school was stimulating outstripped them four years later.The findings suggest that the government's structured approach to early years' learning could be storing up problems for children. They also raise serious questions about the plan for all children to be able to read by the age of 6.In many countries formal teaching does not start until children are 6 or 7 and have improved their social and manual skills. Children start learning to read and write at 6 in the United States, France and Germany, and at 7 in Finland and Sweden.Professor Katz said that in many schools the courses were "boring children to tears". Much academic teaching required children to learn by memorizing pieces of information out of context, she said. Teaching in reception class should instead allow children to develop their intellect by exploring their environments and asking questions."Research suggests the benefits of formal academic instruction for four- and five-year-olds seem to be promising when they are tested early, but considerably less so in the long term. When these children are followed over a period of three or more years, those who had early experience in more intellectually engaging curricula were more likely to do well in school than their peers, who had received early academic instruction." She advocates teaching children through first-hand experience and play, in mixed-aged classes. This can include puppet shows, drawing or running a pretend shop in the classroom.66．According to the passage, those who “hothouse” the under-5s would probably _________.A. prefer a lot of interaction and stimulation while teachingB. teach in a lively way to motivate kids’ interestC. push the kids to memorize pieces of informationD. care about the kids’ physical development67．What does the underlined word “ outstripped” in Paragraph 2 mean?A. did better thanB. looked down uponC. caught up withD. performed worse than68．According to Lilian Katz, the government’s structured approach to early-years learning __.A. is necessary for improving children’s reading and writing abilityB. needs to be improved to develop children’s academic abilityC. will cause problems to children in their future learningD. has more advantages than disadvantages69．The message the author wants to deliver through the passage is that formal teaching _____.A. can start at different times in different countries.B. should not be started too earlyC. is best carried out in Finland and SwedenD. should include teaching children social and manual skills70．Which of the following is NOT the opinion of Lilian Katz?A. Children should be taught through first-hand experience.B. Learning in a mixed-age class is good for children.C. Running a shop can help children get good marks.D. Puppet shows and drawing are useful in teaching children.DFrom now on, never spend your precious time thinking of reasons for your failures and shortings. Instead, realize that the seeds of success were planted within you when you were born. Only you have the power to make those seeds grow.The seeds, and the power to grow them, are contained in the most awesome machine ever created：the human mind. Success is a choice and not a chance. You were born a winner. You were born rich. You can be a success if only you make the right choice.You cannot be successful without first developing your self-esteem. Your level of self-esteem is always based on the degree of control that you are able to exercise over yourself, and thus over your life. People with low self-esteem are people who do not believe that they have any power, or responsibility for their lives. They are the perennial(长期的) victims and martyrs. They are leaves tossed(摇摆) by the winds of chance blown about with any sudden change in the weather.You can exercise control over your life only to the degree that you believe that you are responsible for everything that happens in your life. Failures think that everything happens by accident and chance. Successful people realize that they are responsible.Everything happens as a result of something. If we can identify the cause, we can control the effect. We are responsible for what we choose to think and believe. One generally rises to the level that one expects. We are responsible for setting our expectations. Our success is dependent upon our level of confidence.If you associate with positive-thinking people, you are definitely going to achieve success. On the contrary, the opposite happens. We are responsible for finding, planting, and nurturing the seeds that contain future victory, born fromsetbacks.In short, in all areas of your life, whether they be financial, physical, emotional, or spiritual, you are responsible. Once you recognize this, accept it, and firmly believe it, you are on the road to success.71. People with low self-esteem are pared to leaves because they ______________ .A. are ready to change their mindsB. are easily affected by windy weatherC. don’t have the power to face their fateD. can’t exercise control over themselves72. Losers would think that .A. success is the result of hard workB. working hard will lead to successC. their failure is only because of bad luckD. they don’t make efforts to succeed73. It can be inferred from paragraph 5 that .A. whether we will succeed depends on our attitudesB. developing confidence is the key to future successC. thoughts and beliefs are the result of creative mindD. setting our expectations is essential before taking action74. The last paragraph serves as .A. the proof of the author’s pointsB. the conclusion of the argumentC. an introduction to another topicD. a parison between two views75. Which is the best title for the text?A. Success is a choice.B. The secrets of success.C. Develop our confidence.D. How to achieve success.第五部分写作（共10小题，每题分，满分10分）第一节：阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分, 共10分）阅读下面短文, 请根据短文后的要求进行答题。