广东省汕头市高三英语毕业班教学质量检测试题

绝密★启用前试卷类型：A 汕头市2011~2012学年度普通高中毕业班教学质量监测试题英语
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共8页，满分135分。

考试用时120分钟。

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I 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节：完形填空(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。

Having lived in the house for so long, we found our kitchen looked old. We decided
it was time to 1 the kitchen, and my husband and I were discussing 2 colors. The children, sitting nearby, suddenly all spoke together: “Not the measuring stick.”
“No,” I 3 them. “Not the measuring stick.”
The measuring stick isn’t a (an) 4 stick but the kitchen side of the door between our kitchen and dining r oom. Along the edge we’ve 5 each child’s growth by making a mark showing his or her 6 on every birthday. Over the years
so many colored pens, pencils and markers have been used, that now, this white door
is somewhat like an abstract painting.
Names and dates show different 7 , and I can tell by the script(手迹) who measured whom. An eight-year-old measured her three-year-old sister, a grandchild measured her grandmother, my husband measured me. At the parties, when this door 8 back and forth frequently, friends stop to 9 the names and dates. When we ask
if they would like to be always remembered, they usually smile 10 and go back right up into place, 11 to be measured.
Many of those listed on the door are still 12 ; some have stopped. Some remain with us only in 13 . When my mother came to see my eldest daughter graduate from university, we measured her too. It was her last visit to our home.
We haven’t 14 the new kitchen color plan yet, but one thing is certain: whatever color we choose, the back of the kitchen door will always remain 15 , with lots of names and dates in various colors.
1． A. restore B. rebuild C. sell D. repaint
2． A. comfortable B. possible C. available D. changeable
3． A. promised B. repeated C. followed D. responded
4． A. false B. wonderful C. actual D. obvious
5． A. kept B. witnessed C. recorded D. accompanied
6． A. age B. weight C. name D. height
7． A. information B. handwriting C. style D.
characteristic 8． A. adjusts B. shuts C. opens D. swings
9． A. copy B. read C. appreciate D. remove
10．A. proudly B. automatically C. shyly D. calmly
11．A. ready B. voluntary C. able D. unwilling
12．A. growing B. contributing C. studying D. working
13．A. sight B. design C. amazement D. memory
14．A. concerned about B. approved of C. decided on D. relied on
15．A. fresh B. old C. white D. original
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，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并
将答案填写在答题卡上标号为16~25的相应位置。

My friend Vernon Davies kept birds. One day he phoned and told me he was going away for a week. He asked me to feed 16 birds for him and said that he would leave the key 17
his front door in my mailbox.
18 (fortunate), I forgot all about the birds until the night before Vernon was going to return. What was worse, 19 was already dark when I arrived at his house. I soon found that the key Vernon gave me could not unlock either the front door 20 the back door. I was getting desperate. I kept thinking of 21 Vernon would say when he came back.
I was just going to give up 22 I noticed that one bedroom window was slightly open. I found a barrel and pushed in under the window. As the barrel was very heavy, I made a lot of noise. But in the end, I managed to climb 23 and open the window.
I actually had one leg inside the bedroom when I suddenly realized that someone
24
(shine) a torch up at me. I looked down and saw a policeman and an old lady, one of Vernon’s neighbours. “What are you doing up there?” said the policem an. 25 (feel) like a complete fool, I replied, “I was just going to feed Mr Davies’ birds.”
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，并在答题卡上
将该项涂黑。

A
Even when you’re extremely busy, you aren’t using your time wit h 100% efficiency.
There are gaps in everyone’s schedule where they aren’t doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you aren’t working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.
Why aren’t you completely efficient? It’s because time isn’t the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions(消遣). Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.
The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when you’re tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.
You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices(牺牲). But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason it’s hard to “find time” isn’t a lack of time. It’s because you don’t have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.
I first suspected time wasn’t the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising.
I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it.
26. If someone can’t work with 100% efficiency, the most importa nt limiting factor
is ________.
A．a schedule without gaps B．breaks and distractions
C．the limited time D．the limited energy
27. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can
___________.
A．work without any rest B．focus on many things at a time
C．find some more time in a day D．do some exercise regularly
28. After a few weeks off, what was the change of the writer’s life?
A．He had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.
B．He stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.
C．He found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.
D．He pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.
29. The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to ___________.
A．prove what the real limiting factor is B．show us how busily he needs to work
C．explain how important a healthy body is D．tell us what an odd experience he has
30. What is the best title of the passage?
A．Are You Really Lack of Time? B．How Can You Work Efficiently?
C．What Makes Your Energy Limited? D．When Should You Do Exercise?
B
Outside our hotel in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, a seemingly ancient woman waited beside the door with her hand outstretched. Every day I put my hand in hers as our eyes met. She never failed to return my smile, my grasp, and my greeting.
On the last day of our visit, I found myself alone on a busy corner across the street from our hotel. Bicycles and motorbikes rushed in front of me. As I hesitated on the sidewalk, I felt a hand on my elbow and looked down to see the smile of my small beggar friend looking up at me. She nodded her head toward the street, indicating that she would take me across. Together, we moved slowly into the chaos.
Then we moved on toward the sidewalk, where she pulled my face down to hers, kissed me on both cheeks, and then left, still smiling and waving back to me.
Traveling in poorer nations, I have witnessed a variety of ways to deal with beggars. The most common response of tourists faced with the poverty-stricken is to ignore them and focus their eyes elsewhere. I have seen people push away an outstretched hand in angry annoyance. A few may drop a few coins into the hand in a hurry, hoping that other ragged pursuers won’t immediately appear on the scene.
For many reasons, giving money is not the best response to an outstretched hand. Many world travelers have discovered that the greatest gift they can give is their time and respect. Everyone needs recognition, to be seen as worthy of being known, to feel appreciated and loved. And I believe that everyone is worthy and worth knowing.
31. The woman beggars helped the author go across the busy street because __________.
A．the author gave her material assistance B．the author treated her kindly and friendly
C．the author would help her as a reward D．the author was a foreigner
32. From the story, what position of the beggars in the author’s mind might be?
A．equal B．superior C．lower D．valuable
33. In common cases, people will do the following things to the beggars EXCEPT for
________.
A．pretending to see nothing B．handing out some money
C．refusing them angrily D．greeting them normally
34. According to the author, the most important things beggars really need are _________.
A．mercy and pity B．money and food C．smile and greeting D．attention and respect
35. The purpose of the passage is to _________.
A．show how poor the beggars are in Vietnam
B．offer some advice on dealing with begging
C．express what we should offer the beggars
D．describe an experience with a beggar
C
As I grew older, Dad was to build all sorts of things for me as I explored a variety of interests: magic tricks, a toy circus, neighborhood shows and science projects. From as early as I can remember to the time I left home for college, I continued to come to him with a design or an idea, and he would figure out how to build it. In fifth grade, a schoolmate and I wrote a puppet (木偶) show that we wanted to perform for our class. I made the puppet heads myself, and I made the costumes and curtains with Mon---who was as expert designing and sewing with cloth as my father was designing and working with wood and metal. With Dad I made the puppet stage, in our own invented style between kid and adult with me saying something like, “ It has to be this high, and it needs to come apart and fold up so it can fit in the backseat of the car, and it needs to set up fast, and it needs to have different colored lights on top with switches you can reach to control them and a curtain you can pull from under it, even if you still have a puppet on your hand.” Dad figured out how to make it all work, making plans as we went along. Then with the tools in his shop he built it, and I helped.
Dad also spent a lot of time out in the garage or in the driveway working on the family car. I don’t remember that he ever took it to a professional auto-repair shop. Maybe to save money, but also because he could usually figure out what needed fixing, just by taking it apart and looking. Though not trained as an auto mechanic, he could look under the engine cover and take parts and pieces out, spread them on a tarp (油布) to catch the oil and figure out what was supposed to happen to the machine and then figure out what wasn’t happening and then replace the worn-out part or whatever and then put everything back together again.
36. If you are the writer, you are supposed to write about ________ahead of the first
paragraph.
A. father’s achievement in mechanics
B. father’s love and skills in mechanics
C. father’s experience at repairing cars
D. father’s inventions in mechanics
37. Who helped the writer to make the puppet?
A．The writer himself. B．His classmate. C．His teacher. D．His parents.
38. Before the writer went to college, he always turned to his father for _____________.
A．designing a machine B．building his design or idea C．making a puppet show D．building a show stage
39. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A．The writer’s car is always breaking down. B．Father works in a car repairing shop.
C．Repairing in a shop can save much money. D．Father was good at mending his car.
40. The purpose of the writer’s writing the passage is ______________.
A．to tell how his father made a puppet for him
B．in memory of his parents
C．to describe to the readers his memories about his father
D．to argue that parents should help children to explore the world and make inventions
D
From bankers to factory staff, employees in the West face a cold prospect of losing their jobs as a global recession(衰退) starts to bite. For colleagues in the East, the pain is more likely to come through a pay cut.
Human resource experts say cultural differences explain why Asian companies try harder to preserve jobs in difficult times, which will prevent unemployment and may help Asian economies survive at a time of slowing exports. The East Asian attitude may also make it easier for companies to recover quickly from the economic downturn since they will not need to rehire or train new staff, but build up a more loyal and devoted group.
“In the Confucian mindset(儒家思想), the right thing to do is to share the burden, which is the sense of collective(集体的) responsibility. While in the West, it’s more about individual survival,” said Michael Benoliel, associate professor of organizational behavior at Singapore Management University (SMU).
In contrast, local Western companies from General Motors to Goldman Sachs plan to lay off workers by the thousands, but at the Asian units of Western multinationals or western units of Asian groups, job cuts will probably be less severe.
Japan’s jobless rate was 4 percent in September, up from 3.8 percent in January, while Hong Kong’s was flat at 3.4 percent. But US unemployment is expected to have jumped to 6.3 percent last month from below 5 percent in January.
Experts say that while there are noticeable differences in labor practices in East and West, the gap will narrow as more firms become more multinational and competition forces firms to adopt the best practices of rivals from abroad.
41. The underlined word “prospect” in the first paragraph most probably means _________.
A．weather B．scene C．future D．place
42. Compared with job cuts, pay cuts can bring the following benefits EXCEPT that
_________.
A．it’s helpful to the economy recovery
B．it costs the company less money to survive
C．it will keep the experienced and skilled workers
D．it can form a team working harder and more loyally
43. According to Michael Benoliel, the Confucian mindset focuses on _________.
A．human rights B．sharing responsibility
C．personal profits D．individual survival
44. In which company can we infer the job cuts will be probably the most severe? A．A local American group.
B．A small Japanese company.
C．A German branch of a Korean multinational.
D．A Hong Kong’s unit of a French company.
45. The passage mainly tells us ________.
A．the difficulties all the companies around the world will meet with today B．the cultural differences between Eastern and Western world at present C．the ways to cut down the cost of the companies in economic downturn
D．the different labor solutions of Asian and Western in global recession
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，并按照要求匹配信息。

下面是几条与节日有关的报道，首先请阅读这些报道的标题和插图：
A. Father’s Day Shortchanged? Humble History, Fewer Gifts With Father’s Day 2011 here, find out how the holiday started, why Dad doesn’t mind being shortchanged on gifts, and more.
B. Why Mother’s Day Horrified, Ruined Its Own Mother
Born of war, Mother’s Day grew to horrify its own mother, whose fight to fix the holiday “cost her everything, f inancially and physically.”
C. Valentine’s Day Facts: Gifts, History, and Love Science Where did Valentine’s Day come from? What does it cost? And why do we fall for it, year after year?
D. Thanksgiving 2010 Myths and Facts
Before the big dinner, debunk the myths—for starters, the first “real” Thanksgiving wasn’t until the 1800s—and get to the roots of Thanksgiving 2010.
E. 4th of July Facts: 1st Fests, Number of Fireworks, More How did Founding Fathers Celebrate 4th of July? How many 4th of July fireworks explode each year? Answers and more.
F. Earth Day at 40: What Good Is It Now?
After 40 years, outsourced activism is replacing traditional Earth Day activities, and green’s gone mainstream, experts say. So what’s the point?
以下是这些报道的简要内容介绍，请配对它们的标题。

46. Where did this most popular day for couples come from? And how does it come into
beings, year after year? Noel Lenski, professor of the University of Colorado, said the lovers’ holiday traces its roots to raucous annual Roman festivals held every year on February 15 and remained wildly popular well into the fifth century
A.D.
47. The first Earth Day in 1970 was a raucous, radical teach-in that helped spur
clean-air, clean-water, and endangered species legislation in the United States.
Now, 40 years later, Earth Day is every day, as the saying goes. The thing is, it’s also everyday - environmentalism has become a routine with green-ness as much a marketing tactic as a moral pursuit.
48. Some 242 million turkeys were raised in the U.S. in 2010 for slaughter, according
to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service.
Last year’s birds were worth about U.S. $3.6 billion. Before the big dinner, debunk the myths, we need to know that the first “real” U.S. Thanksgiving wasn’t until the 1800s and get to the roots of Thanksgiving 2010.
49. Father’s Day traditionally takes a backseat to Mother’s Day, and, for the most
part, dads are cool with that, experts say. Nevertheless, as traditional roles around the house gradually change, fathers are gaining more attention on their special day, at least as measured in the monetary value of gifts estimated to be given on June 19, 2011, when the holiday will be celebrated in dozens of countries.
50. Cookouts, fireworks, and, of cours e, a chance to wish Uncle Sam a big “happy
birthday”—the day means summer in full swing across the United States and beyond.
Besides the founders of the US, Fireworks, first authorized by Congress in 1777, are another legacy. More than 14,000 fireworks displays light up U.S. skies each year.
Ⅲ写作(共两节，满分为40分)
第一节：基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)
假如你叫李华，是汕头的一名中学生。

最近，当地政府正计划实施快速公交和桥梁建设，
【写作要求】
1．只能使用5个句子表达全部内容；
2．可适当发挥，但不能出现真实的学校和学生姓名。

3．短文开头和结尾已为你写好，不计入5个句子中。

【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。

参考词汇：快速公交系统BRT 高架桥overpass
高考资源网 Editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the road construction which is going to take place in our city.
Yours truly,
Li Hua 第二节读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

Recently I entered one office of our company, seeing a co-worker(同事) head on his arms. She was really upset. We began talking about work issues and the topic quickly turned into her daughter, her mother, her husband and her personal life. I just sat and gave her my full attention. This went on for about 20 minutes. Finally, a smile came to her face and s he said, “Why is it that I can always talk to you?” What I know is that I gave her my full attention and listened.
Listening is an important part of helping someone. It is different from hearing. Most people can hear but listening is a learned skill. You have to stop thinking about yourself and put your attention on the person talking. I believe if you really listen to one another, many situations could be changed. It means you give another person the chance to have him heard. To me, this is an important way to help others and it does make a difference.
【写作内容】
1. 概括短文的内容要点，该部分的词数大约30左右；
2. 聆听似乎是非常简单的一件事，但是有时聆听别人可以为别人解决烦恼。

请你以“聆听是
一种帮助”为主题写一篇120词的短文：
(1)你觉得聆听为什么是对别人的一种帮助；
(2)如果你的一位朋友在生活中遇到问题，你会聆听他的倾诉吗？
(3)在聆听之后，你会怎样帮助他？
【写作要求】
你可以使用实例或其他论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子。

汕头市2011~2012学年度普通高中毕业班教学质量监测试题
英语答题卷
Ⅰ. 语言知识及应用第二节：语法填空(共10小题)答题位置
16. 17. 18.
19. 20. 21.
22. 23. 24.
25.
Ⅲ. 阅读第二节信息匹配(共5小题)答题位置
46． 47. 48. 49. 50.
Ⅳ. 写作第一节：基础写作(共1小题)答题位置
高考资源网 Editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the road construction which is going to take place in our city.
Ⅳ. 写作第二节：读写任务(共1小题)答题位置
汕头市2011-2012学年度普通高中高三教学质量监测
英语参考答案
Ⅰ语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分)
第一节完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
1—5 DBACC 6---10 DBDBC 11---15 AADCC
第二节语法填空(共10小题；每小题l.5分，满分l5分)
16. the 17. to 18.Unfortunately 19. it 20. or
21. what 22.when 23. up 24.was shining 25. Feeling
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)
26-30 DCBAA 31-35 BADDC 36-40B D B D C 41-45 CBBAD
第二节信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
46. C 47. F 48. D 49. A 50. E
Ⅲ写作(共两节,满分40分)
11.基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)
1、Editor,
I’m writing to tell you about the road construction which is going to take place in our city. Recently the local government has decided to broaden some narrow roads to build BRT, which has caused a heated discussion among the local people.
Some agree that we should carry out the construction project because it can solve some traffic problems and make our life convenient and comfortable. Besides, it helps promote the economy and improve people’s living environment as well as the image of Shantou as a modern tourist city in the southeast of Guangdong province.
But others believe that the construction work may cause air pollution and traffic jams may appear now and then. What’s worse, the people who are against the construction think that the noise produced by the work will disturb people’s peaceful life.
第二节读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)
The author listened to a co-worker talking about her life with full attention recently, because he believes that listening is an important way to help others and it makes a difference.
Like the author, I can’t agree more that listening is a very importan t way to help others. In my opinion, when people have something unhappy in mind, they will feel more comfortable if they can talk with others. So if we can listen to them, their feelings may become better.
If I have a friend who faces problems in life and needs to talk with me, I will try to be a good listener for him. Because being a friend, I think I should do my best to help him out and listening is the best way at this time. After listening, I will comfort him, try to find out what problems he has and give him some advice to solve them.。