[精编试卷]广东省肇庆市高三上学期期末质量检测英语试题

广东省肇庆市2013-2014学年高三第一期末质量检测英语试题本试卷共8页，满分135分。

考试用时120分钟注意事项：1. 答卷前，考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔，将自己所在县（市、区）、姓名、试室号、座位号填写在答题卷上对应位置，再用2B铅笔将准考证号涂黑．2. 选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卷上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案，答案不能写在试卷或草稿纸上．3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卷各题目指定区域内相应的位置上；如需改动，先划掉原的答案，然后再在答题区内写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液．不按以上要求作答的答案无效．I、语言知识及运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完型填空（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Many of the world's pollution problems have been caused by the crowding of large groups of people into the cities. Supply for the needs of the people leads to further 1 by industry.If the rapid increase of world 2 continues at the present rate, there may be much greater 3 to human beings.Some scientists 4 of the increase in numbers of people as "population pollution''.About 2,000 years ago, the world population was about 250 million. It 5 a billion in 1850. By 1930 the population was two billion. It is now six billon.It is 6 to double by the year 2020. If the population 7 to grow at the same rate, there will be 25 billion people in the 8 a hundred years from now.Man has been 9 the earth's resources more and more 10 over the past years. Some of them are almost gone.Now many people believe that man's 11 problem is how to control the 12 of the population.The material supplies in the world will be far from enough to 13 the human population if the present rate of increase continues.There is already over-crowding in many cities and 14 in some countries. Many people believe that human survival in the future 15 on the answer to the question.1．A. progress B. pollution C. education D. production2．A. agriculture B. industry C. environment D. population3．A. danger B. harm C. benefit D. hardship4．A. dream B. approve C. rid D. speak5．A. got B. took C. brought D. reached6．A. suggested B. hoped C. expected D. said7．A. continues B. fails C. tries D. means8．A. world B. country C. star D. end9．A. discovering B. using C. digging D. destroying10．A. seriously B. dangerously C. rapidly D. steadily11．A. greatest B. easiest C. lightest D. simplest12．A. existence B. start C. growth D. birth13．A. increase B. starve C. construct D. support14．A. discussion B. starvation C. construction D. argument15．A. depends B. agrees C. saves D. passes第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中所给词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡上标号为16—25的相应位置上。

Nowadays, it is common that more and more high school students open their own micro blogs on the Internet . For one thing, it can provide a colorful platform to show their talent. For 16 , it is a useful way to release their 17 (press). And all these rake it more and more popular with high school students. 18 many parents and teachers hold a different view .They think that managing one’s micro blog will take a lot of time and energy, 19 should be used to study.In my view, I am greatly in favor 20 this activity. Today the Internet is playing 21 important and essential role in our life. Therefore as high school students of the Information Age, we need to learn to make use of this 22 (mean) tool to communicate and display ourselves. What’s more ,opening and organizing micro blogs need various abilities such as writing , designing , being skillful at computer and so on .Only if we master those abilities can we make a successful micro blog. As a result ,we improve ourselves while 23 (organize) our micro blogs.In fact, micro blog 24 (oneself) is of little harm. It is your attitude towards it 25 matters. We should take the advantages and avoid some bad effects.II、阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节：阅读理解（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面几篇短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

AIn early autumn I applied for admission to college. I wanted to go nowhere but to Cornell University, but my mother fought strongly against it. When she saw me studying a photograph of my father on the sports ground of Cornell, she tore it up."You can't say it's not a great university, just because Papa went there.""That's not it at all. And it is a top university." She was still holding the pieces in her hand. "But we can't afford to send you to college.""I wouldn't dream of asking you for money. Do you want me to get a job to help support you and Papa? Things aren't that bad, are they?""No," she said. "I don't expect you to help support us."Father borrowed money from his rich cousins to start a small jewellery shop. His chief customers were his old college friends. To get new customers, my mother had to help. She picked up a long-forgotten membership in the local league of women, so that she could get to know more people. Whether those people would turn into customers was another question. I knew that my parents had to wait for quite a long time before their small investment (投资) could show returns. What's more, they had not wanted enough to be rich and successful; otherwise they could not possibly have managed their lives so badly.I was torn between the desire to help them and change their lives, and the determination not to repeat their mistakes. I had a strong belief in my power to get what I wanted. After months of hard study I won a full college scholarship (奖学金). My father could hardly contain his pride in me, a n d my mother eventually gave in before my success.26. The author was not allowed to go to Cornell University mainly because ________.A. his father graduated from the universityB. his mother did not think it a great universityC. his parents needed him to help support the familyD. his parents did not have enough money for him27. The father started his small shop with the money from ________.A. a local leagueB. his universityC. his relativesD. his college friends28. Why did the mother renew her membership in the league?A. To help with her husband's businessB. To raise money for her sonC. To meet her long-forgotten friendsD. To better manage her life29. According to the text, what was the author determined to do in that autumn?A. To get a well-paid job for himselfB. To improve relations with his motherC. To go to his dream universityD. To carry on with his father's business30. According to the passage, which of the following words is NOT proper to describe the author?A. Determined.B. Aggressive.C. Cooperative.D. Diligent.BIt is quite reasonable to blame traffic jams, the cost of gas and the great speed of modern life, but manners on the road are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men would become fierce tigers behind the wheel. It is all right to have a tiger in a cage, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter.Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense. It takes the most cool－headed drivers great patience to give up the desire to beat back when forced to face rude driving. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards reducing the possibility of quarrelling and fighting.A friendly nod or a wave of thanks in answer to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good will and becomes so necessary in modern traffic conditions. But such behaviors of politeness are by no means enough. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are the driver who waves a child crossing the street at a wrong place into the path of oncoming cars that may not be able to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they want to.An experienced driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if drivers learnt to correctly join in traffic stream without causing total blockages that give rise to unpleasant feelings. Unfortunately, modern drivers can't even learn to drive, let alone master the roadmanship. Yearsago, experts warned us that the fast increase of the car ownership would demand more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.31. The passage mainly talks about________.A. traffic jamsB. road politenessC. good mannersD. modern drivers32. Troubles on the road are often caused by________.A. the behavior of the driversB. traffic jamsC. great speedD. terrible road conditions33. According to the writer, a good driver should________.A. be able to recognize politeness when he sees itB. beat back when forced to face rude drivingC. encourage old ladies to cross the roads whenever they want toD. join in traffic stream quickly however other people feel34. The following statements are right ECEPT that________.A. some modern drivers are not good at drivingB. road politeness is good sense as well as good mannersC. a friendly driver should nod or wave thanks in answer to an act of politenessD. it is also right to have a tiger in the driver's seat35. It is not always right for drivers to________.A. master roadmanshipB. recognize politeness when they see itC. give a friendly nod in answer to an act of politenessD. encourage old ladies to cross the road whenever and wherever they wantCThe Beijing government has set out to recruit thousands of university graduates to work as junior officials in rural areas to both improve rural administration and ease the city's employment problems. The government plans to recruit 3,000 university graduates this year, 1,000 more than last year, to work as assistants to village heads or Party secretaries in suburban areas.People interested in jobs in Beijing's rural villages and townships can submit applications to the Beijing Municipal Personnel Bureau or online at www. from February 1 through March 15."We hope university graduates will seize this opportunity to use their knowledge in rural villagesand to start their careers," Sun henyu, deputy director of Beijing Personnel Bureau, told inhua News Agency.The government has promised successful candidates a monthly salary of 2,000 yuan( $ 250) in the first year, 2,500 yuan ($ 320) the second year and 3,000 yuan ($ 385) the third year, provided their performance is up to the required standards, Sun said.Wang Lina, who graduated from Beijing Union University last year, was one of the first graduates to find work in the city's countryside. After majoring in industrial and commercial administration, Wang served as the assistant to the village head of Ertiaojie Village in suburban Beijing’s Pinggu District. For one project, Wang contacted people at the Beijing Academy of Agricultural Sciences and arranged for the local farmers to receive training in strawberry planting. Her efforts paid off. The village had a plentiful harvest of organic strawberries earlier this year.Nationwide, about 150,000 university graduates found employment in rural areas last year, according to figures provided by the Ministry of Education.The ministry predicts that 4. 95 million students will graduate from universities across the country this year, 820,000 more than last year. About 1.4 million of them are unlikely to find jobs when they graduate.In Beijing, a record 200,000 people are expected to graduate from university this year. Less than half of them are expected to be offered jobs, according to the personnel bureau.36. The underlined word "recruit "in the first paragraph probably means _________.A. employB. forceC. encourageD. train37. We can see from the passage that ___________________.A. once you are hired as a junior official, you can get an endlessly rising salaryB. the government guarantee a relatively high salary for the successful candidatesC. working as junior officials is easy but very meaningfulD. the competition for the job as junior officials is very fierce38. From the story of Wang Lina we can learn that _________.A. the sooner you go to the countryside, the sooner you will be successful.B. local farmers can get big harvests if they learn more knowledge.C. university graduates can also realize their value in rural areas.D. Wang had great difficulty in helping villagers planting organic strawberries.39. The last two paragraphs aim to tell us that ________.A. more and more graduates will work as junior officials.B. the universities should not have so many students.C. there are more and more graduates in recent years.D. it is not easy for graduates to find jobs nowadays.40. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?A. Go to the Countryside.B. Job Hunting for University Graduates.C. What Is the Best Career?D. A good Job Choice for University Graduates.DToday just as technology changed the face of industry, farms have undergone an “agricultural revolution”. On the farm of today, m achines provide almost all the power.One of the most important benefits will be the farm computer. A few forward-looking farmers are already using computers to help them run their farms more efficiently. The computers help them keep more accurate records so they can make better decisions on what crops to plant, how much livestock to buy, when to sell their products, and how much profit they can expect. Many computer companies have been developing special computer programs just for farmers. Programs are being written for hog(猪) producers, grain farmers, potato farmers, and dairy farmers. In the future, farmers will be able to purchase computer programs made to their needs. Because of the growing importance of computers on the farm, students at agricultural colleges are required to take computer classes in addition to their normal agricultural courses. There can be no doubt that farmers will rely on computers even more in the future. While the old-time farm depended on horse power, and modern farms depend on machine power, farms of the future will depend on computer power.Another technological advance which is still in the experimental stage is the robot, a real “mechanized hired hand” that will be able to move and, in some ways, think like a human being. Agricultural engineers believe that computer-aided robots will make startling（令人吃惊的） changes in farming before the end of the century. Unlike farmers of the present, farmers of the future will find that many day-to-day tasks will be done for them. Scientists are now developing robots that will be able to shear(修剪) sheep, drive tractors, and harvest fruit. Even complex jobs will be done by robots. For example, in order to milk their cows, farmers must first drive them into the special barn（畜棚）, then connect them to the milking machines, watch the machines, and disconnect them when they are finished. In the future, this will all be done by robots. In addition, when the milking is completed, the robots will automatically check to make sure that the milk is pure. The complete mobilization of the farm is far in the future, but engineers expect that some robots will be usedbefore long.41. Which sentence carries the main idea of the whole passage?A. The first sentence of the first paragraph.B. The first sentence of the second paragraph.C. The first sentence of the third paragraph.D. The last sentence of the second paragraph.42. According to the passage, computers can not help farmers decide _______.A. how much money they can earn from their productsB. whether to plant a certain kind of cropC. what livestock to raiseD. when to sell their products43. Which of the following statements is true?A. Farmers in the future will depend totally on computers.B. Farmers mainly use machines on their farms at present.C. Both computers and robots have been in use on today’s farms.D. Students at agricultural colleges must take computer classes because they can do nothing without the help of computers on today’s farms.44. According to the engineers, _______will be done by robots in the near future.A. all farm workB. milking cowsC. most of the farm workD. some farm work45. What is the best title for the whole passage?A. Computer, Farmers’ Best FriendB. The Agricultural RevolutionC. Farmers in the FutureD. Computers and Robots第二节：信息匹配（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按要求匹配信息，在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。