北京市朝阳区2013高三上学期期中练习

北京市朝阳区2013届高三上学期期中练习
英语试题
第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）
第一节单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，共15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填人空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上
将该项涂黑。

21．My friend Mary is beautiful girl, girl everyone likes to work with．
A．a; a B．a; the C．the; a D．the; the
22．When she saw the homeless cat enjoy the food very much, the kind lady put a little on the plate．A．one B．much C．less D．more
23．Charlotte assured Tony that they could easily find the bakery she was familiar with the area．A．because B．until C．although D．as long as
24．Now it's possible for us to be taken into "space", we can experience weightlessness for a short time．A．which B．when C．where D．that
25．—Hi, Li Hua．Do you still remember the first time we met?
—Sure．You dinner with your friends in a restaurant．
A．have B．had C．were having D．have had
26．Rebecca was unhappy for the first chance to go abroad．
A．not having been given B．having not given
C．not giving D．having not been given
27．According to the survey, modern industry quickly in developing countries in the past half century．A．develops B．has developed C．had developed D．developed
28．In New York, high school smoking hit a new low in the latest surveys—13.8% , far the national average．A．over B．beyond C．below D．under
29．He in America for 3 years when he was young, so he can speak fluent English．
A．has lived B．had lived C．was living D．lived
30．—He didn't feel a bit nervous when .
—No．He'd spent a lot of time preparing for it after all．
A．interviewing B．interviewed C．having interviewed D．to be interviewed
31．Evidence showing that yolunteering can develop self-confidence and foster a sense of accomplishment and worthiness．
A．put forward B．is put forward C．had put forward D．has been put forward
32．You can't imagine when they received these nice Christmas presents．
A．how they were excited B．how excited they were
C．how excited were they D．they were how excited
33．—Give me a call when you get home．
—I .
A．must B．should C．will D．can
34．out more about university courses, write to this address．
A．Finding B．Found C．Find D．To find
35．—Little Daniel is watering the flowers！Why?
—Well, I'm not feeling very well today —otherwise I it myself．
A．did B．would do C．had done D．would have done
第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，共30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、c、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

When I received my grade on my first writing assignment, I was very disappointed．I met with Dr．Caldwell to discuss my 36 and my work．She gave me lots of _37 and allowed me to rewrite my paper．My grade improved but I was 38 not completely satisfied．Dr．Caldwell decided to help me and 39 me into a good writer, Before each paper was due, I turned in a 40 draft and she corrected it for me, Her dedication to my success was very encouraging because she 41 _ the time to personally help me time and time again．
Dr．Caldwell was behind my dedication to the learning process．Not only did she help me, but also Dr．Caldwell 42 me to become a teacher and dedicate my life to helping children who struggle through school. My most memorable 43 as a teacher was when I tutored a fourth-grade boy, Darnell, in math．He was unable to add, minus, multiply, or divide．He was far 44 his classmates and needed personal 45 to help him work at the same level．
46 we first began our sessions, Darnell was very quiet and 47 _ in learning．I was becoming annoyed and impatient because after two weeks, it seemed as if we had not 48 a thing．To my surprise, Darnell finally _49 __ up to me and began to work hard at his lessons．His progress began to show through and his teacher told me his grades in class had 50 greatly, I was very happy with the progress that we had made and．became even more dedicated to Darnell's success, We had a lot of 51 learning math; we created many games and played them to make learning more 52 for Darnell．All that Darnell needed was the one-on-one attention that I was able to give him and once he 53 it, his improvement was evident almost 54 . I was able to work with Darnell and encourage him to learn the 55
Dr. Caldwell worked with me to become a better writer．
36．A．grade B．study C．future D．essay
37．A．solutions B．approaches C．assessments D．suggestions
38．A．still B．also C．again D．even
39．A．talk B．put C．turn D．build
40．A．tough B．similar C．rough D．general
41．A．spent B．took C．cost D．paid
42．A．encouraged B．forced C．expected D．begged
43．A．experiment B．experience C．example D．moment
44．A．behind B．below C．out of D．ahead of
45．A．influence B．sympathy C．comfort D．attention
46．A．When B．Before C．While D．Once
47．A．absorbed B．delighted C．concerned D．uninterested
48．A．conveyed B．submitted C．learned D．accomplished
49．A．looked B．opened C．walked D．came
50．A．obtained B．raised C．improved D．decreased
51．A．trouble B．patience C．fun D．difficulty
52．A．difficult B．important C．reasonable D．enjoyable
53．A．learned B．received C．afforded D．failed
54．A．instantly B．punctually C．slowly D．gradually
55．A．skill B．means C．knowledge D．way
笫三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该
项涂黑。

A
Dear Sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare．Your company, Cosmo books Ltd , offered this set （eight books of plays and two books of poetry）at a ‘& remarkable' price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing．I had wanted a set of Shakespeare's plays and poems for some time, and these books looked particularly attractive, so I sent for them．Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered．So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare．Two more weeks passed．Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French．Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all．However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you right away instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice．You did not reply to that letter．Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German．Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have．The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside．
Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment．Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid．
Yours faithfully,
SIMON WALKER
56．Simon Walker's main purpose of writing the letter is to .
A．show his anger to Cosmo Books Ltd．
B．argue about sending him books he had not ordered
C．advise readers not to order books from Cosmo Books Ltd．
D．urge Cosmo Books Ltd．to take away the books he had not ordered
57．The advertisement that Mr．Walker saw in the Morning Mail was for .
A．unlimited number of Cosmo Books
B．a set of 10 books of the works of Shakespeare
C．fifteen pounds and．fifty pence
D．a book containing all the plays and poems of Shakespeare
58．It can be inferred that .
A．Mr．Walker took some action after receiving the books he did not order
B．several sets of books have been sent to Mr．Walker free of charge
C．Cosmo Books have sent bills for books that they have not sent
D．Mr．Walker hasn't received the books that he ordered
59．The tone（语气）of the letter is that of .
A．bitterness B．respect
C．annoyance D．humor
B
JK Rowling writes novel for adults
JK Rowling, the Harry Potter author, has signed a deal with Little, Brown and Company to publish her first ever novel for adults, which is set to become one of the most expected book in years．
The deal means that Rowling' s long-standing relationship with Bloomsbury, the London-based publisher that launched the Harry Potter books, has come to an end, at least in terms of new works by the author．Rowling is keeping her fans guessing about the characters and plot of her new book．She only said that the new
novel will be nothing like the Harry Potter series, which was sold over 30 million copies in the UK alone．She thought that with the move from children's to adult fiction, a switch to a new publisher seemed like a natural and reasonable step, She said, "Although I've enjoyed writing it every bit as much, this book will be very different from the Harry Potter series．The freedom to explore a new field is a gift t．that Harry's success has brought me．"
Ian Rankin, the Edinburgh-based author whose highly-successful detective novels are also set in the city, suggested Rowling's book will be a crime novel．
" Wouldn't it be funny if JK Rowling' s first novel for adults turned out to be a crime story set in Edinburgh?" he said,
Industry insiders guessed that the deal is worth more than￡5 million and the new book is expected to come out later this year．
A spokesman said, "JK Rowling．' s audience is vast and her position is unique．Harry Potter books were a global success and hef tans are very loyal．Children that were eight, nine, or ten when the books first came out in the 1990s are now in their 20s．Plenty of adults loved the books regardless of whether they had children, so the potential market for her is huge．"
60．What does the passage mainly tell us?
A．JK Rowling has signed a deal with a new publisher．
B．JK Rowling's first book for adults will be published later this year．
C．JK Rowling's new book will be more successful than her Harry Potter series．
D．JK Rowling has to switch to a new publisher in order to publish her new book．
61．JK Rowling's new book for adults .
A．has been sold 30 million copies in the UK alone
B．is poorly thought of by the London-based publisher Bloomsbury
C．has nothing in common with the Harry Potter series
D．is expected to bring her more money than the Harry Potter series
62．What the spokesman said in the last paragraph tells us that .
A．children won't have any interest in JK Rowling's new book
B．JK Rowling's fans are so loyal that they don't care what she will write
C．only readers of Harry Potter series will be interested in Rowling' s new book
D．Rowling's vast audience and unique position will guarantee the new book's success
C
In our culture, the sources of what we call a sense of "mastery"-feeling important and worthwhile-and the sources of what we call a sense of "pleasure"-finding life enjoyable-are not always identical．Women often are told, "You can't have it all．" Sometimes what the speaker really is saying is "You choose a career, so you can't expect to have closer relationships or a happy family life", or "You have a wonderful husband and children-what' s all this about wanting a career?" But women need to understand and develop both aspects of well-being if they have to feel good about themselves．
Our study shows that, for women, well-being has two dimensions．One is mastery, which includes self-confidence, a sense of control over your life, and low levels of anxiety and depression．Mastery is closely related to the "doing" side of life, to work and activity．Pleasure is the other dimension, and it is composed of happiness, satisfaction and optimism．It is tied more closely to the "feeling" side of life．The two are independent of each other．Women could be high in mastery and low in pleasure, or the other way around．For example, a woman who has a good job, but whose mother has just died, might be feeling very good about herself and in control of her work life, but the pleasure side could be damaged for a time．
The concepts of mastery and pleasure could help us identify the sources of well-being for women, and find solution to past mistakes．In the past, women were encouraged to look only at the feeling side of life as the source of all well-being．But we know that both mastery and pleasure are important．And mastery seems to be achieved largely
through work．In our study, all the groups of employed women rated significantly higher in mastery than did women who were not employed．
A woman's well-being is improved when she takes on multiple roles．At least by middle adulthood, the women who were involved in the combination of roles-marriages, motherhood, and employment-were the highest in well-being, in spite of warning about stress and strain．
63．It can be inferred from the first paragraph that .
A．women can't have mastery and pleasure at the same time
B．mastery and pleasure are both necessary to women
C．for women, mastery is more important than pleasure
D．for women, pleasure is more important than mastery
64．Which of the following can be identified as a source of "pleasure" for women?
A．Freedom from anxiety．B．Regular employment．
C．Multiple roles in society, D．Family life．
65．The author's attitude towards women having a career is .
A．positive B．negative C．objective D．realistic
66．Which is the best title for the passage?
A．The Well-Being of Career Women B．Two Aspects of Women' s Well-Being
C．Sources of Mastery and Pleasure D．Multiple Roles of Women in Society
D
Whale Songs Catch on like Pop Music
When Lady Gaga releases a catchy new single, it quickly goes around the world．Now scientists have discovered the same thing happens with the songs of another
creature—the humpback whale．The mammals tunes just
like people do, and the spread globally like hit singles．become
fixated （迷恋）on new most popular original whale songs
spread globally kike hit singles.
The discovery has astonished experts who say it is the first time
such a large "population-wide cultural exchange" has been seen in
the animal kingdom．Male humpback whales are well-known for the
loud, long and complex songs they make during the mating season．Scientists are unsure why the males sing．Some believe it is a way of advertising themselves to females, others that it allows migrating whales to stay in contact．Each song lasts for 10 to 20 minutes and the males can sing continuously for 24 hours．At any one time, all the males in a population sing the same song．But a study, published in the journal Current Biology, shows that this song changes over time and spreads around the oceans．Dr．Ellen Garland of Queensland University said, "Our findings show cultural change on a vast scale（规模）．Songs move like cultural ripples（small low wave）from one population to another, causing all males to change their song to a new version．
Researchers recorded songs from six neigh bouring populations of whales in the Pacific over a decade．They found that new versions of the Songs appear over time and always spread from west to east．It takes two years for songs that appear in the waters off Australia to be heard in French Polynesia．
Dr．Garland believes that a small number of whales may migrate to other populations carrying the new songs with them, or that they are heard by passing whales．Most of the new songs contain material from last year and something new．"It would be like linking an old Beatles song with U2," she said．"Occasionally they completely throw the current song out of the window and start singing a brand new song．"
The researchers suspect whales adopt new songs to make themselves distinct．Dr．Garland said, "We think this male seeking for different, new, and unusual songs is in the hope of being that little bit different and perhaps more attractive to the opposite sex．"
67．The author mentions Lady Gaga to .
A．prove the popularity of her hit singles
B．show whales' songs also spread globally
C．emphasize humpbacks are as famous as her
D．provide readers with a new way to learn her songs
68．The underlined word "release" in Paragraph l means " "
A．announce B．sell C．publish D．record
69．The discovery is very astonishing to experts because it presents .
A．cultural exchange on a vast scale B．the reason why male humpbacks sing
C．the existence of cultural change D．the creativity of humpbacks
70．According to the passage, Dr．Garland wants to tell us .
A．whales can sing continuously for 24 hours when migrating from west to east
B．all female humpbacks also change their song during the mating season
C．whales have their own tunes that spread around the world for a decade
D．male whales adopt new songs to make themselves distinct
第二节（共5小题，每小题2分，共10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填人空白处的最佳选项。

选项中有两项为多余选项。

When it comes to the world of computers, green computing is becoming one of the most popular trends．The term "green computing" is one that is being used in many different markets and areas all over the world in today's global technology．_ 71
Green computing is basically learning to use computer resources more efficiently to help the environment as well as making energy savings．72
Green computing started as early as 1992, when the EPA created Energy Star, a program that promotes energy efficient computing equipment and technologies．It was because of this program that many computer companies launched sleep mode（模式）and millions of computer users around the world began to adopt this policy to help save energy when they were not using their computers．_73 _ It also began to become a goal that more companies try hard to meet over the years, There are several government agencies that have continued to work for better standards to promote green computing．74 Because of these new requirements, there are over 20 states that have now established a special recycling program for old computers and electronics to help with green computing．
Many of today's IT systems are beginning to rely on both people and hardware to help push their computer systems toward a more green computing system．This is a hard balance to achieve, as it has to satisfy both users and management．75 Many companies are learning the best ways of green computing in their business process．While many home computer users may not be quite as familiar with green computing as large firms, this term is starting to become more mainstream all around the world and the requirements for new, better computers to help both the companies and the end users of the equipment, as well as our environment, are becoming more and more urgent．
A．It also worked out a ranking system for products．
B．The main goal of a green computing program is to reduce the use of energy and materials that harm the environment．
C．But what is exactly green computing?
D．Green computing also helps to promote the use of biodegradable products and recycle computer parts whenever possible．
E．Energy Star was actually revised in 2006 to make the requirements stricter for computers．
F．Even the disposal of computer waste is all managed so that everyone in the circle is happy with the outcome.
G．Around the same time the term "green computing" began to be used as well．。