高三9月月考试卷

2013-2014学年高三级9月月考英语试题

Ⅰ.语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分）

第一节完形填空（共10小题，每小题2分，满分20分）

There are about fifteen hundred languages in the world.

But only a few of them are very ___1 . English is one of these. Many, many people use it, not only in England and the U. S. A, but in other parts of the world. About 200, 000, 000 speak it as their own language. It is difficult to say how many people are learning it as a __2_ language. Many millions are trying to do so.

Is it easy or difficult to learn English? Different people may have different ___3 Have you ever __4 ads of this kind in the newspapers or magazines?

“Learn English in six month, or your ___5__ back ...” “Easy and funny? Our records and tapes ___6__ you master your English in a month. From the first day your ___7__ will be excellent. Just send...” Of course, it never ___8__ quite like this.

The only language that seems easy to learn is the mother tongue. We should remember that we all learned our own language well when we were ___9__. If we could learn English in the same way, it would not seem so difficult. ___10__ what a small child does. He listens to what people say. He tries what he hears. When he is using the language, talking in it, and ___11_ in it all the time, just imagine how much ___12__ that gets!

So it is hard to say that learning English is easy, because a good command of English ___13__ upon a lot of practice. And practice needs great effort and ___14__ much time. Good teachers, records, tapes, books, and dictionaries will ___15 . But they cannot do the student’s work for him.

1. A. difficult B. important C. necessary D. easy

2. A. native B. foreign C. useful D. mother

3. A. questions B. problems C. ideas D. answers

4. A. found B. watched C. noticed D. known

5. A. knowledge B. time C. money D. English

6. A. make B. help C. let D. allow

7. A. spelling B. grammar C. English D. pronunciation

8. A. happened B. know C. seemed D. felt

9. A. students B. children C. babies D. grown-ups

10. A. Imagine B. Mind C. Do D. Think of

11. using B. thinking C. trying D. practicing

12 A. time B. money C. language D. practice

13 A. depends B. tries C. has D. takes

14 A. uses B. takes C. gets D. costs

15A. do B. work C. help D. master

第二节：语法填空（共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分）

Two summers ago I went to Changdao, a small island near Y antai. During the night, I heard strange baby-like 16 (cry). Islanders told me 17 was stray (迷路的；离群的) cats that were calling in the wild. Well, it was strange to me to see so many stray cats on such a small island. So I asked the locals 18 more details. Then they told me 19 surprising and sad story. The island is isolated in the sea and originally had no cats. Ten years ago, when the island _____20_______(develop) into a national park, tourists began to swarm in. These visitors from all parts of the country brought in money, but the rubbish ___21______(leave) by them drew more and more rats onto the island. ____22_________, islanders introduced the cats in order to get rid of the rats. ___23 when the number of rats decreased, the number of cats increased, and the cats began to prey on birds, chickens, and fish. For more than a month after that, my mind was haunted (回响) by the plaintive crying. So now, whenever I travel, I always hear in mind ____24____ I should bring in, because I don’t want to bring anything that is strange, unneeded or even ____25_________(danger) to my destination.

Ⅲ.阅读

第一节阅读理解（阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。）

A

Men have always believed that they are smarter than women. Now, a study has found that while this is certainly true, men also have to deal with the fact that they are also more stupid than the fairer sex.

In the study, scientists measured the IQ of 2500 brothers and sisters and they found an uneven number of men not only in the top two percent, but also in the bottom two percent. The study's participants were tested on science, maths, English and mechanical abilities.

Though there were twice as many men as women in the smartest group, there were also twice as many men among the dolts.

The aggregate scores of men and women were similar.

One of the study's authors, psychology professor Timothy Bates, said that the phenomenon may be because men have always been expected to be high achievers and women have been restricted to spend more time taking care of their home.

"The female developmental program may be tilted more towards ensuring survival and the safety of the middle ground.," the Daily Mail quoted Professor Bates, of Edinburgh University, as saying.

The research tallies with past results that men were more likely than women to receive first class University degrees or thirds and women secured the seconds.

It has been said that men are more ready to take risk when it comes to academics. Women have always found to be steadier in their learning.

A past study has shown that women are securing more firsts and seconds, while men are continuing to receive more thirds.

The argument for the change is that the increase of coursework at the cost of exams favors women's steady approach.

26. The purpose of the passage is to tell us that ________.

A. man are smarter then women