广西桂林中学2014届高三10月月考英语试题(含答案)

桂林中学2013-2014学年上学期高三年级10月月考
英语科试卷
第I卷（选择题，共四部分，满分105分）
第一部分：听力理解（共两节，满分20分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话，每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。

听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。

每段对话仅读一遍。

1. What did the woman forget to do?
A. put salt in the dish
B. buy some salt
C. make the dish for the man
2. who will file the papers ?
A. the woman
B. Marshall
C. Mr. Atkins
3. What is the last thing the woman will do ?
A. go to work
B. go to hair salon
C. go to the grocery store
4. What hasn’t Bill done ?
A. his homework
B. the dishes
C. sweeping the floor
5. Where does the conversation take place?
A. at a train station
B. at a bus station
C. at the airport
第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
请听下面5段对话或独白。

每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C 三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试题卷的相应位置。

听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。

每段对话或独白读两遍。

请听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。

6. What does the man want to do ?
A. book a room
B. buy some bed sheets
C. decorate his bedroom
7. What can we learn from the conversation?
A. there is a computer in the room
B. The pillows are filled with cotton
C. the man is satisfied with room
请听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

8. What is the probable relationship between the speakers?
A. colleagues
B. policeman and drivers.
C. doctor and patient
9. What happened to Hal last night ?
A. his friend damaged his car
B. He stole some food from a store
C. he had a serious accident
10. How many people were injured last night ?
A. none
B. Two
C. three
请听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

11. Why does Adam want to take the rest?
A. He has to go to the bathroom
B. He wasn’t well – prepared
C. He has to make it to the bus stop
12. What will Adam do after class?
A. take the test again
B. go home immediately
C. go over his assignment with his teacher
13. How does the woman seem to feel in the end?
A. Happy
B. Angry
C. Confused
请听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。

14. Why was Julie crying ?
A. she got wet in the rain
B. She missed Ryan’s show
C. Her boyfriend was late
15. What do we know about the man ?
A. He plays in a band
B. He plays football
C. He works behind the stage
16. Where will the speakers go tomorrow night?
A. To Ryan’s show
B. To Julie’s house
C. To Ben’s football practice 请听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。

17. What is true about Mrs. Hansen?
A. She is out of town
B. She is easy-going
C. She expects a lot from her students
18. What will the speakers do if she catches a student with a cell phone?
A. Call the student’s parents
B. Take the phone away
C. Give extra homework
19. When will the speaker send a student to the principal’s o ffice?
A. if they fail to do their homework
B. if they speak out of turn
C. if they are late for class
20. Who is Mrs. Sheen?
A. the principal
B. the substitute teacher
C. the regular teacher
第二部分：单项选择题（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21. ____ with the size of the whole earth, the highest mountain does not seem high at all.
A. When compared
B. While comparing
C. Compare
D. Comparing
22. The girl didn’t know who ____ for the broken vase.
A. will be blamed
B. blamed
C. was to blame
D. blames
23. Is this the reason ____ she explained in the report for her success in the job?
A. what
B. that
C. how
D. why
24. – Would you like to attend the concert in honor of the great composer Mozart tonight?
-- ______________.
A. I certainly don’t want
B. Thank you anyway
C. Not really
D. I don’t think so
25. Nanjing is ____ most beautiful city , where you can see ____ famous Changjiang River.
A. a; the
B. a; 不填
C.the; a
D. 不填; the
26. He reached into his pocket and found his wallet ____.
A. missed
B. gone
C. losing
D. disappearing
27. – What do you think of my suggestion? -- Er…I’m sorry. I ____ about something else.
A. hadn’t thought
B. thought
C. was thinking
D. have been thinking
28. It was ____ Li Ming had always been working hard that he was admitted to Beijing University last July. ____ the saying goes, “No pains, no gains.”
A. as; Though
B. because; As
C. for; If
D. since; Where
29. The news was a terrible blow to her, but she will ____ the shock soon.
A. get out
B. get through
C. get off
D. get over
30. Actually, girls can be ____ they want to be just like boys, whether it is a pilot, an astronaut, or a general manager.
A. wherever
B. however
C. whatever
D. whoever
31. – I think the company may not offer you a good pay. -- ____, I won’t take the job.
A. That is to say
B. What is more
C. In other words
D. In that case
32. Look at the terrible situation I am in! If only I ____ your advice.
A. follow
B. would follow
C. had followed
D. have followed
33. ____ he met with the difficulty did he realize the importance of our help.
A. Even though
B. Never until
C. Only before
D. Ever since
34. You _____ pay too much attention to your reading skill, as it is so important.
A. cannot
B. should
C. must
D. needn’t
35. – Did Mike go with you in the end? -- No, but I ____ him to.
A. agreed
B. hoped
C. suggested
D. advised
第三部分：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
We all like to think that we are perfect to a fault. And whose fault is that? Not mine.
Recently, my husband and I got up at the __36__ of 4 a.m. to catch an early __37__ to New York. We were extremely __38__, perhaps because we were sleep-walking. And we were all ready when the taxi came to __39__ us 45 minutes later.
It was a quiet __40__ to the airport. We didn’t even chat, because he was enjoying his new iPod. At the airport, the taxi __41__ to let us get off, at which point the iPod guy __42__ me and said, “We don’t have our __43__.”
“You are __44__, right?” I replied, for he __45__ lied like that.
“No. I mean it. Did you bring it down? I didn’t .”
“What do you mean; you didn’t?” I shouted. “All our things are there.”
“ How __46__!” I was thinking, “You’re always __47__ to do things like bringing down luggage. This is your fault, __48__ now, we may __49__ our flight.” I didn’t say that out loud, __50__. He already knew how I felt.
The experience showed I had a hard time accepting __51__. But what do you think of me? Psychologists think that the best way to assess ourselves is __52__ the eyes of others. We often don’t recognize that we’ve done wrong.
Oh, and that missing suitcase? We went home __53__ in the taxi, picked it up, returned to the airport and made it through with minutes to __54__.
Later, while walking along Broadway, I noted how __55__ I was. I hadn’t said a thing about his forgetting our suitcase at home.
36. A. point B. hour C. strike D. period
37. A. bus B. train C. flight D. taxi
38. A. still B. excited C. calm D. disappoint
39. A. collect B. pick C. fetch D. draw
40. A. drive B. experience C. travel D. ride
41. A. pulled in B. pushed in C. hurried in D. dragged in
42. A. turned to B. turned up C. turned against D. turned away
43. A. briefcase B. suitcase C. clothes bag D. food bag
44. A. running B. laughing C. joking D. cheating
45. A. rarely B. always C. hardly D. never
46. A. clever B. stupid C. sad D. great
47. A. expected B. asked C. requested D. supposed
48. A. and B. if C. while D. but
49. A. catch B. quit C. change D. miss
50. A. either B. as well C. though D. besides
51. A. punishment B. advice C. responsibility D. belief
52. A. in B. through C. over D. on
53. A. slowly B. carelessly C. sadly D. hurriedly
54. A. spare B. use C. leave D. share
55. A. stupid B. sorry C. wise D. funny
第四部分：阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40分）
A
If you travel to a new exhibit at the San Francisco Conservatory of Flowers, you will have chances to see some meat-eating plants. Take bladderworts (狸藻类植物), a kind of such plant, for example. They appear so small and grow in a quiet pond. “But these are the fastest-known killers of the plant kingdom, and able to capture a small insect in 1/50 of a second using a trap door!”
Once the trap door closes on the victim, the enzymes (酶) similar to those in the human stomach slowly digest the insect. When dinner is over, the plant opens the trap door and is ready to trap again.
Meat-eating plants grow mostly in wet areas with soil that doesn’t offer much food value. In such conditions, these amazing plants have developed insect traps to get their nutritional needs over thousands of years. North America has more such plants than any other continents.
Generally speaking, the traps may have attractive appearance to fool the eye, like pitcher plants, which get their name because they look like beautiful pitchers (a container like a bottle) full of nectar (花蜜).
The Asian pitcher plant, for example, has bright colors and an attractive half-closed lid. Curious insects are tempted to come close and take a sip, and then slide down the slippery (光滑的) slope to their deaths.
Hair-like growths along the pitcher walls ensure that nothing can escape, and the digestive enzymes can get to work. A tiny insect can be digested in a few hours, but a fly takes a couple of days.
Some of these pitchers are large enough to hold two gallons. Meat-eating plants only eat people in science fiction movies, but sometimes a bird or other small animals will discover that a pitcher plant isn’t a good place to get a drink.
56. From the first paragraph, we learn that bladderworts can ____.
A. kill an insect in a second
B. capture an insect in 1/50 of a second
C. be found floating on a quiet lake
D. digest a fly in a few hours
57. If the trap door of a meat-eating plant is closed, the plant is ____.
A. fooling insects into taking a sip
B. producing nectar
C. tempting insects to come close
D. enjoying a dinner
58. Meat-eating plants can grow in wet and poor soil because they ____.
A. can get nutrition from animals
B. don’t need much food value
C. can make the most of such conditions
D. have developed digestive enzymes
59. What can be captured by meat-eating plants for food?
A. A child
B. A dog
C. A little bird
D. A little fish
B
It is often necessary to release a fish, that is, set it free after catching, because it is too small, or you just don’t want to take it home to eat. In some cases, releasing fish is a good measure that will help keep fish variety and build their population size. The Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF) encourages fishermen who practice catch-and-release fishing to use a few simple skills when doing so. The advice provided below will help make sure that the fish you release will survive to bite again another day.
-- When catching a fish, play it quickly and keep the fish in the water as much as possible.
Don’t use a net in landing the fish and release it quickly to prevent it from dying.
-- Hold the fish gently. Do not put your fingers in its eyes. Don’t wipe the scales (鱼鳞) off the fish because it might cause it to develop a disease and reduce its chance of survival.
-- Remove your hook (鱼钩) quickly. If the hook is too deep or hooked in the stomach, cut the line and leave the hook in. The hook left inside will cause no serious problem to the fish.
-- Take good care of the fish by moving it gently in water. Release the fish when it begins to struggle and is able to swim.
-- Do not hold fish in a bucket or some other containers and later decide to release it. If you are going to release a fish, do so right away.
With a little care and by following the suggestions given above, you can give the released fish a better chance of survival.
60. People sometimes set a fish free after catching it because they ____.
A. don’t want it to die
B. hope it will grow quickly
C. don’t want to have it as food
D. want to practice their fishing skills
61. Which of the following will probably make a fish ill?
A. Taking the hook off it.
B. Removing its scales.
C. Touching its eyes.
D. Holding it in your hand.
62. A proper way to release a fish is to ____.
A. move it in water till it can swim
B. take the hook out of its stomach
C. keep it in a bucket for some time
D. let it struggle a little in your hand
63. What is the purpose of the text?
A. To show how to enjoy fishing.
B. To persuade people to fish less often
C. To encourage people to set fish free
D. To give advice on how to release fish.
C
Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when you’re doing your holiday shopping online, make sure you’re holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation (感觉) of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents you from making unwise decisions – those are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A. Bargh.
Psychologists have known that one person’s perception (感知) of another’s “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold” is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable. Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when babies’conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness. Classic studies by Harry Harlow published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “mother” rather than one made of wire even when the wire “mother”carried a food bottle. Harlow’s work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to help young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills.
Feelings of “warmth”and “coldness”in social judgments appear to be universal. Although no worldwide study have been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold”is common to many cultures, and studies have found those perception influence judgment in dozens of countries.
To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students. A research assistant who was unaware of the study’s hypotheses (假设), handed the students either a hot cup of coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form. The drink was then handed back. After that, the students were asked to rate the personality of “Person A” based on a particular description. Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as warmer than those who had held the iced drink.
“We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly,”says Bargh.
64. According to Paragraph 1, a person’s emotion may be affected by ____.
A. the visitors to his office
B. the psychology lessons he has
C. his physical feeling of coldness
D. the things he has bought online
65. The author mentions Harlow’s experiment to show that ____.
A. adults should develop social skills
B. babies need warm physical contact
C. caregivers should be healthy adults
D. monkeys have social relationships
66. In Bargh’s experiment, the students were asked to ____.
A. evaluate someone’s personality
B. write down their hypotheses
C. fill out a personal information form
D. hold coffee and cold drink alternatively
67. We can infer from the passage that ____.
A. abstract thinking does not come from physical experiences
B. feeling of warmth and coldness are studied worldwide
C. physical temperature affects how we see others
D. capable persons are often cold to others
68. What would be the best title of the passage?
A. Drinking for Better Social Relationships
B. Experiments of Personality Evaluation
C. Developing Better Drinking Habits
D. Physical Sensations and Emotions
D
Everyone has heard of the San Andreas fault (断层), which constantly threatens California and the West Coast with earthquakes. But how many people know about the equally serious New Madrid fault in Missouri?
Between December of 1811 and February of 1812, three major earthquakes occurred, and all centered around the town of New Madrid, Missouri, on the Mississippi River. Property damage was severe. Buildings in the area were almost destroyed. Whole forests fell at once, and huge cracks opened in the ground, releasing some strong smell of chemicals.
The Mississippi River itself completely changed character, developing sudden rapids and whirlpools (急流和漩涡). Several times it changed its course, and once, according to some observers, it actually appeared to run backwards. Few people were killed in the New Madrid earthquakes, probably simply because few people lived in the area in 1811; but the severity of the earthquakes were shown by the fact that the shock waves rang bells in church towers in Charleston, South Carolina, on the coast. Buildings shook in New York City, and clocks were stopped in Washington, D.C.
Scientists now know that America’s two major faults are essentially different. The San Andreas is a horizontal (水平的) boundary between two major land masses that are slowly moving in opposite directions. California earthquakes result when the two masses make a sudden move.
The New Madrid fault, on the other hand, is a vertical (垂直的) fault; at some points, possibly hundreds of millions of years ago, rock was pushed up toward the surface, probably by volcanoes under the surface. Suddenly, the volcanoes cooled and the rock collapsed, leaving huge cracks. Even now, the rock continues to settle downwards, and sudden sinking motion causes earthquakes in the region. The fault itself, a large crack in this layer of rock, with dozens of other cracks that split off from it, extends from northeast Arkansas through Missouri and into southern Illinois.
Scientists who have studied the New Madrid fault say there have been numerous smaller quakes in the area since 1811; these smaller quakes indicate that larger ones are probably coming, but the scientists say they have no method of predicting when a large earthquake will
occur.
69. This passage is mainly about ____.
A. the New Madrid fault
B. the San Andreas
C. the causes of faults
D. current scientific knowledge about faults
70. This passage implies that ____.
A. horizontal faults are more dangerous than vertical faults
B. vertical faults are more dangerous
C. a lot of people would die if the 1811 New Madrid earthquake happened today
D. the volcanoes that caused the New Madrid fault are still alive.
71. As used in the first sentence of the fourth paragraph, the word “essentially” means ____.
A. greatly
B. basically
C. extremely
D. necessarily
E
When I was a child, I often dreamed of the time when I could leave home and escape to the city. We lived on a farm and, in the winter especially, we were quite cut off from the outside world. As soon as I left school, I packed my bags and moved to the capital. However, I soon discovered that city life has its problems too.
One big disadvantage is money---it costs so much to go out, not to mention basics like food and housing. Another disadvantage is pollution. I suffer from asthma(哮喘), and at times the air is so bad that I am afraid to go outside. Then there is the problem of travelling round. Although I have a car, I seldom use it because of the traffic jams. One choice is to go by bicycle, but that can be quite dangerous.
Of course there are advantages. First, there is so much to do in the city, whatever your tastes in culture or entertainment. Besides, there are wonderful jobs and greater chances of moving to a more important job or position. Finally, if you like shopping, the variety of goods is very surprising---and, what is more, shops are often only a short walk away.
Is life better then, in the city? Perhaps it is, when you are in your teens(十几岁) or twenties. However, as you get older, and especially if you have small children, the peace of the countryside may seem preferable. I certainly hope to move back there soon.
72. What was the writer always thinking about when he was a child?
A. Staying on the farm
B. Moving to the countryside
C. Leaving home for the city
D. Running away from the school
73. Which of the following is true about the writer?
A. He is very old now.
B. He is in good health.
C. He prefers driving a car.
D. He lives in the city now.
74. In the passage, the writer tries to _______.
A. express his opinions about way of life
B. describe his life in the countryside
C. show an interest in the outside world
D. persuade the reader to live in the city
75. How is the passage mainly developed?
A. By inferring
B. By comparing
C. By listing examples
D. By giving explanations
第II卷（非选择题，共三部分，满分45分）
第一部分：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Like most of my classmates, I have either brothers nor sisters. 76.
________
In any other words, I am an only child. My parents love me 77.
________
dearly of course and will do all they can make sure that I 78.
________
get a good education. They did not want me to do any work 79.
________
at home. They want me to devote all my time on my studies 80.
________
so that I will get good marks in all my subject. We may be 81.
________
one family and live under a same roof, but we do not seem to 82.
________
get much time to communicate together. It looks as if my 83.
________
parents treat me as a visitor and a guest. Do they really understand 84.
________
their own daughter? I wonder what things are in other homes. 85.
________
第二部分：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
根据句意及所给中文或首字母提示，写出该单词的正确形式。

86. It is the ________ (政策) of the government to improve education across the country.
87. You must take everything into c__________ before you have made a decision.
88. They greatly increased the sales of their new product after it was _____ (做广告) on TV.
89. When we were walking along the river bank, there came a __________ (绝望的) cry for help.
90. We should lend him a hand and share the ______ (负担) on his back.
91. She ________ (认为…重要性) great importance to regular exercise.
92. Last week he was ______ (提升) to the director for his hard working.
93. Saving money year after year, his parents _______ (积累) enough money to pay for his living expenses abroad.
94. I can’t ____________ (专心于) on what I’m doing while the noise is going on.
95. The President ___________ (任命) him ambassador to Japan.
第三部分书面表达(满分25分)
假定你是李华，正在一所英国学校学习暑假课程，遇到一些困难，希望得到学校辅导中心(Learning Center)的帮助。

根据学校规定，你需书面预约，请按下列要点写一封信：
1. 本人简介；
2. 求助内容；
3. 约定时间；
4. 你的联系方式(Email: lihua@; Phone:12345678)
注意：1. 词数100左右； 2. 可以适当增加细节以使行文连贯；
3. 信的开头和结尾已为你写好
Dear Sir/ Madam,
_________________________________________________________________ ___
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_________________________________________________________________ ___
_________________________________________________________________ ___
Yours,
Li Hua
桂林中学2013-2014学年上学期高三年级10月月考
英语科试卷答案
第I卷（选择题，共四部分，满分105分）
第一部分：听力理解（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
1—5 ACBAC 6—10 ACACA 11—15 BCBCB 16—20 ACBBC
第二部分：单项选择题（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
21—25 ACBCA 26—30 BCBDC 31—35 DCBAD
第三部分：完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
36—40 BCCAD 41—45 AABCB 45—50 BDADC 51—55 CBDAC
第四部分：阅读理解（共20题；每小题2分，满分40分）
56-59 BDAC 60-63 CBAD 64-68 CBACD 69-71 ACB 72-75 CDAB
第II卷（非选择题，共三部分，满分45分）
第一部分：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
76. either改为neither 77. 去掉any 78. make前加to 79. did改为do 80. on改为to 81. subject改为subjects 82. a改为the
83. 正确84. and改为or 85. what改为how
第二部分：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
86. policy 87. consideration 88. advertised 89. desperate
90. burden 91. attaches 92. promoted 93. accumulated
94. concentrate 95. appointed
第三部分书面表达(满分25分)
Dear Sir/ Madam,
I’m Li Hua, a Chinese student taking summer courses in your university. I’m writing to ask for help. I came here last month and found my courses interesting. But I have some difficulties with note-taking, and I have no idea of how to use the library. I was told the Learning Center provides help for students and I’m anxious to get help from you. I have no class on Tuesday mornings and Friday afternoons. Please let me know which day is OK with you. You may email or phone me. Here are my email address and phone number: lihua@; 12345678
Look forward to your reply.
Yours,
Li Hua。