广东省汕尾市梅陇中学2012届高三11月月考英语试题.doc

1、梅陇中学2012届高三第二次月考 英 语 试 题 2011.11.11本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分。满分150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的姓名、班级和学号填写在答题卡和答卷 密封线内相应的位置上。2、选择题每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑；如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案；答在试卷上无效。3、非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔在答卷纸上作答，答案必须写在答卷纸各题目指定区域内的相应位置上，超出指定区域的答案无效；如需改动，先划掉原来的答案，然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作

2、答的答案无效。4、考生必须保持答题卡的整洁和平整。I 语言知识及运用(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115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。 A library is a place to find out about anything. In it there are mostly books, but there are also pictures, papers, maps, magazines and records. Special science and art show

3、s, story hours, films, plays and contests may also be 1 in a library. Long ago a library had only books, and other things were 2 to get. There were so 3 books that no one was 4 to take them out of the library. After the printing machine was 5 , books could be made faster and librarians got more book

4、s. To borrow a book to 6 home today, a person just 7 a library card. The person goes to the main desk to have a librarian check the book out. The librarian prints the card with the 8 by which the book must be returned. If the book is returned 9 , the person must usually pay money for having broken t

5、he 10 . Books in a library are put in a certain 11 to help people to find 12 they want. In some libraries, all books about animals might be placed together. In 13 libraries, all books 14 by the same person may be placed together. Cabinets of cards list each book and tell where it can be found. Peopl

6、e who live in the country may have trouble going to a city library. For these people there are librarians on wheels that 15 from place to place.1.A. askedB. heard C. seenD. held2.A. readyB. niceC. difficultD. easy3.A. great B. littleC. interestingD. few4.A. movedB. borrowedC. allowedD. refused5.A. i

7、nvented B. foundC. discoveredD. operated6.A. arrive B. take C. return D. get7.A. needsB. givesC. seesD. meets 8.A. class B. dateC. pageD. address9.A. earlierB. soonC. in timeD. late10.A. magazineB. ruleC. windowD. book11.A. deskB. placeC. orderD. shelf12.A. out B. thatC. whichD. what13.A. all B. tha

8、tC. theseD. other14.A. written B. broughtC. boughtD. kept15.A. walkB. runC. travelD. jumps第二节：语法填空(共10小题，每小题1.5分，共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词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答卷标号为1625的相应位置上。Stephen Hawking, who is the most famous physicist, was born in Britain on January 8th, 1942. As a child

9、, he was enthusiastic about 16 (design) complicated toys but 17 (fortune), in his twenties, he suffered 18 a disease that was impossible to be cured, 19 was a great challenge for him. However, not only was he positive about the misfortunes 20 eventually he defeated all the obstacles but also he was

10、21 (absorb) in his research in the universe. In 1988, his best-seller A Brief History of Time was published, 22 which he put forward the idea 23 time itself has a beginning, and that it will have 24 end. In conclusion, he has made outstanding 25 (contribute) to the fields of cosmology and quantum gr

11、avity. 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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。A Are you happy with your teeth? Becca, a 15-year-old girl from the US is not. She decided her teeth needed to be whiter. “They werent that bad, but I wanted to make them all the same colour”, she said.In the l

12、ast five years, teeth whitening has become very popular among young Americans. Now the trend (潮流) has come to China. If you turn on the TV you can see the Hong Kong pop star Karen Mok showing her bright white teeth, saying, Want to be like me? Use white teeth strips (牙贴)! You may even have decided t

13、o buy one. But wait a minute. Dentists have something to say. They think that kids should not use whitening products until they are 16 or even older. We dont know what will happen yet, says Dr. Nasrin Azim, a dentist in Chicago. Studies have not been done on young people. I wouldnt do teeth whitenin

14、g on anyone under 18. The problem with whitening lies in the pulp (牙髓), the innermost (最深处的) part of the tooth. It has the tooths nerve (神经) ending. When we eat very hot or cold things, its the pulp that hurts. Kids have larger pulps. The larger pulp might make teeth more sensitive to whitening and

15、get hurt.Another problem is that the gums around the teeth usually change shape with age. So, if someone whitens his or her teeth during childhood, the darker, natural colour might show later around the gum line. At that time, your teeth will show two colours. And the darker colour is difficult to w

16、hiten. So, wait another few years before you make your teeth whiter. Or if you really want to do it, ask your dentist. Theyll give you useful advice.26. This passage mainly talks about _.A. how to whiten your teeth B. the new trend of whitening teethC. Americans with white teeth D. dentists advice o

17、n tooth whitening27. The show done by Karen Mok is probably a(n) _.A. notice B. announcement C. advertisement D. talk show 28. When we eat hot or cold food, the pulp hurts because _.A. it is inside the teeth B. it is sickC. it is rich in nerves D. it is not used to this kind of food29. What may happ

18、en if children do tooth whitening according to dentists? _.A. Their teeth may show two colours later. B. Their gums may change shape with age. C. Their teeth may get darker. D. They may lose their teeth. 30. We can infer from the passage that _.A. dentists like very much the idea of tooth whiteningB

19、. more and more people in China will get their teeth whitenedC. its necessary for children to whiten their teethD. tooth whitening will certainly bring good results for people.BModern science suggests that a healthy lifestyle matters much to how long you can live and how well you live. Here are some

20、 tips for you to form a healthy lifestyle.Keep a scientific diet. Keep in mind that sugar can be removed from our diet completely. Over intake of sugar is one of the main reasons for getting fat. Over intake of protein or fat and low intake of fiber can also lead to getting fat. We need only a few g

21、rams of protein every day to keep our body in order. Like rain to crops, not the more the better.Be always in a good mood. There is a relationship between the mood and health. A good mood keeps you in high spirits. Thanks to the internet, we can enjoy and learn much without going out. Take a look at

22、 some online shops and pick up some bargains, enjoy music and movies and chat with some good friends. Just keep happy.Enough sleep. Two studies show the reasons why teens and adults dont have enough sleep. With teens, a major reason is mobile phone use; with adults, its work. Meanwhile, a third stud

23、y of young children shows that a lack of sleep in early life may lead to serious problems in future. Everyone needs at least 8-hour sleep to recover from tiredness and the hurt caused by hard work in the daytime.Proper exercise. Do exercise to keep away from fatness. Because of the quick pace of mod

24、ern life, you dont have time to do exercise every day, but at least three times a week and 45 minutes each time.31. The author wrote the passage to _.A. tell the readers how to take proper exercise every dayB. provide some advice on how to form a healthy lifestyleC. ask people to care about their he

25、alth rather than their workD. make some surveys among those who have health problems32. Which of the following can lead to getting fat according to the passage? _.A. low intake of protein. B. low intake of fat.C. over intake of fiber. D. over intake of sugar.33. The main reason why teenagers dont ha

26、ve enough sleep is that they _.A. use mobile phones too much B. have too much homeworkC. eat too much sugar every day D. dont have enough exercise34. How many minutes do you need to do exercise at least every week? _. A. 45 minutes. B. 90 minutes. C. 115 minutes. D. 135 minutes.35. What can we concl

27、ude from the passage? _. A. We must take in much sugar for our bodys functioning well. B. The Internet leads to more health problems. C. The least sleep time needed for adults is less that that of teens. D. We need to do many things to form a healthy lifestyle.CKorean culture is really exciting righ

28、t now. The Korean Wave is sweeping Asian countries including China. Young people are going crazy about Korean TV dramas, Korean pop songs, taekwondo and the Korean language.The Korean Wave started a few years ago with the TV series Winter Sonata. This love story is still popular. People, especially

29、girls, like the beautiful story and handsome actors like Bae Yong Jun (裴勇俊).In the music world, Korean girls are making themselves heard in China. You can often find big Korean names like Baby Vox, S. E. S and Finkle at the top of the Chinese music charts (排行榜).The Korean Wave has also made young pe

30、ople want to try the clothes and hairstyles of pop stars, too. Not only that. Now some girls in China are having plastic surgery (整容) to change the way they look. People say some beautiful Korean stars have had plastic surgery. These stars dont make plastic surgery look shameful .Are all the faces o

31、f beautiful Korean girls not real? Find out for yourself when you next visit South Korea.36.What does the Korea Wave refer to? It refers to _.A. Korean TV dramas B. Korean culture C. Korean language D. Korean actors 37.When did the Korean Wave start? It started with _.A. the Korean pop songs B. Taek

32、wondoC. the TV series Winter Sonata D. the Korean food 38.Who is the famous actor in Korean dramas? _.A. Bae Yong Jun B. Baby Vox C. S. E. S D. Finkle 39.Korean stars often change their looks by _.A. singing pop songs B. acting in TV dramasC. trying different food D. having plastic surgery 40.Which

33、of the following is NOT true according to the passage? _.A. Winter Sonata tells a very famous love story.B. Young people like Korean pop stars clothes and hairstyles.C. Chinese girls also want to try plastic surgery.D. Korean pop stars think plastic surgery is shameful. DThere are many colors in nat

34、ure. But do you know if a color has weight? I think youll say “no”. But I am afraid you are wrong. If you dont believe, you may do a small experiment.First, put two objects with the same weight into two boxes. Then cover the box. Third, wrap one box with a red piece of paper, the other with a white

35、piece of paper. OK. Now hold the boxes with your hand one by one. It is certain that you will think the red one is a little heavier.Why do you think so? A scientist found that different colors have different weight in a mans mind. So he did man tests and at last he got the result. That is to say, ev

36、ery color has its own weight in our mind and their order is the same. The heaviest color is red, then blue, green, orange, yellow and white.The scientist told us that colors also have smell. Can you smell the color? Of course not. Then why did the scientist say so? That is because every color stands

37、 for a kind of light with a certain wavelength. It reaches our brain through sense organs .According to this discovery, scientists say that people accept the colors they like, and refuse the colors they hate. So your body and mind will be healthy by using the colors you like. Or youll be nervous or

38、even get ill. For example, if you stay in a room with red windows, wallpapers and furniture for two hours, youll feel you have been there for four hours. But if the room is blue, youll feel you have been there for only an hour. Another example, if a person walks out of a red room and into a blue roo

39、m, his temperature will fall. That means our body temperature will change with different colors.41. The purpose of the second paragraph is to tell us _. A. a red box is heavier than a white one B. a color has weight in ones mind C. white paper is lighter than red paper D. you can know the weight of

40、a color by holding it 42. Why did the scientist say colors have smell? _. A. Because people can sense the light from colors. B. Because we can smell colors with our nose. C. Because every color has its own sweet smell. D. Because every color can give off light of the same length.43. If a person walk

41、s from a blue room to a red room, his body temperature will _.高考资源网A. riseB. fallC. stay the sameD. change now and then44. It can be implied from the text that _. A. colors have orders in weight B. colors can change the weight of an object C. people would stay longer in a room with red windowsD. col

42、ors can affect our mood and health45. This passage is probably a _. A. book reviewB. fiction novelC. fairy taleD. science report第二节：信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)请阅读下列有关婚姻的观点，按照要求匹配信息。并将答案填写在答题卷标号为46-50的相应位置上。A. Being unselfish is very important to make a marriage work.B. Becoming a person of independence a

43、nd pride leads to a successful marriage.C. Being able to communicate makes a marriage happy.D. Divorced people will live an incomplete life.E. Marriage is the result of extended love.F. Divorce results from a lack of responsibility.以下是五个人关于婚姻的讲述，请将他们的讲述和以上观点匹配。46. MeganSometimes I think that success

44、ful marriages are an endangered societal species. It seems as though every time I turn around, another couple I know is getting divorced. Its a shame because marriage is very important. I believe that if people put more effort into making their marriages work, there would be fewer divorces. Marriage

45、 takes certain characteristics to make it a success, such as responsibility and sense of humor. It partners all understand this, more happy marriages will be maintained.47. AmandaOne thing I think that is important to successful marriage is that you should not always think of yourself. My husband an

46、d I have stayed happily for about ten years. He makes me know there are many times he would rather read, relax, or work on the car, but he only does something for himself when all the household chores are done and the kids have been taken care of. In return, I bake him all his favorite home-made cak

47、es and cookies and try to go out of my way to do special things for him. I feel very fortunate to have married him.48. NicoleMy husband is my best friend, with whom I share most of my thoughts. We find it easy to talk about most things, so we dont have many secrets from each other. When my mother ma

48、kes him upset he dose not hesitate to tell me. Things like that are easier to deal with when theyre out in the open than when theyre kept inside. Thus, we have a very open, comfortable relationship. 49. SamanthaI feel sorry for what my divorced friends have lost. No matter how earnestly the former s

49、pouses try to “keep in touch”, no matter how generous the visiting privileges for the parent who does not win custody of the children, the continuity of their lives has been broken. The years they spent together have been cut off from the rest of their lives; they are an isolated memory, no more int

50、egral to their past than a snapshot.50. Ashley The very first trick to a happy marriage is to be a person of yourself who does not imagine a husband is necessary to make you magically complete. Successful partnerships are not between those who cannot live without each other, but between those who ca

51、n live with each other. There is no room even in daydreams for the stupid idea that there is on earth only one mate intended for another. 写作(共三节，满分55分)第一节：基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)假设你于4月23日的“世界读书日”(World Reading Day)在你所在的学校进行了一项阅读习惯调查，以下是其中的一项调查结果。请用英语写一篇短文，说明相关内容及结果等。A.买书阅读 B.网上下载或在线阅读 C. 从朋友处或图书馆借阅 D. 学校阅览

52、室阅读【写作内容】1. 调查内容及时间；2. 调查结果；3. 问题：阅览室的使用率(use rate)不高；4. 建议： （1）延长阅览室的开放时间； （2）书店送书到校，方便学生购买。【写作要求】只能使用5个句子表达全部的内容。【评分标准】句子结构准确, 信息内容完整, 篇章结构连贯。_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。 I have a friend Monty Roberts who owns a horse ranch (牧马场) in San Ysidro. When he was a senior, he was as

53、ked to write a paper about what he wanted to be and do when he grew up.The next day he handed it in to the teacher. On the front was a large red F. The boy with the dream asked, “Why did I receive an F?”The teacher said, “This is an unrealistic dream for a young boy like you. You have no money. You

54、come from an itinerant（四处奔波的）family. You have no resources. Owning a horse ranch requires a lot of money. You have to buy the land. You have to pay for the original breeding stock and later youll have to pay large stud fees. Theres no way you could ever do it.”He stated, “You can keep the F and Ill

55、keep my dream.”The best part of the story is that two summers ago that same schoolteacher brought 30 kids to camp out on his ranch for a week. When the teacher was leaving, he said, “Look, Monty, I can tell you this now. When I was your teacher, I was something of a dream stealer. During those years

56、 I stole a lot of kids dreams. Fortunately you had enough belief not to give up on yours.”写作内容学校最近组织了一次中美学生交流活动，你参加其中的“坚守信念”的讨论。读完Monty Roberts 的故事之后，你准备写一份发言稿，题目是 “Belief can change ones fate” ，内容要点包括：1. 以约30个词概括Monty Roberts的成长故事；2. 然后以约120个词谈谈你对信念的看法，内容包括：(1) 坚守信念对一个人成长的重要性；(2) 叙述你或你的亲友一次“坚守信念能改变

57、人的命运”真实的或虚构的经历；(3) 你的感想。写作要求1. 在作文中可以使用自己亲身的经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容但不得直接引用原文中的句子；2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。评分标准 概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。_第三节 单词或短语完成句子(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)1. The government is doing something to i_（改善）the peoples living conditions. 2. Beijing is the c_（文化的）and political center of our country.3.

58、Few birds managed to s_(幸存) the winter last year.4. Meeting my uncle this year was an _(难忘的) moment.5. Xu Haifeng won the first Olympic gold m_ in the history of China.6. London will _(主办) the 2012 Olympic Games.7. If you are discovered smoking in the stadium, you will be _(罚款).8. Nothing can _ (代替)

59、 a mothers love.9. 他的绘画受到世界上一些专家的好评。Some experts of the world _ his paintings.10. 那两个国家现在还处于战争中。The two countries are still _now.梅陇中学2012届高三第二次月考参考答案I 语言知识及应用第一节：完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)1-5 DCDCA 6-10 BABDB 11-15 CDDAC第二节：语法填空(共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)16. designing 17. unfortunately 18. from 19. which 20.

60、 and 21. absorbed 22. in 23. that 24. an 25. contributions 阅读第一节：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)26-30 DCCAB 31-35 BDADD 36-40 BCADD 41-45 BAABD 第二节：信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)46-50 FACDB第一节 基础写作【参考范文】On World Reading Day, we carried out a survey about the reading habits of high school students. According to the

61、survey, 45.75% of the students read books they buy and 8.5% of them download e-books or read online. 35.75% of the students borrow books from friends or the library and 10% of them read in the school reading-room. From the survey we can see that the use rate of the school reading-room is not high en

62、ough. We suggest that its opening hours be extended and meanwhile bookstores be invited into the school to make it convenient for students to buy books.第二节 读写任务【参考范文】Belief can change ones fateThis passage tells us that Monty Roberts, who had such strong belief that he didnt give up his dream all th

63、e time, eventually succeeded in owning a horse ranch.For a person, belief always plays an important role in his/her life. As a saying goes, “Wherethereisawill, thereisaway.” Anyone who has strong belief can enjoy a colorful life. Otherwise, he will lose himself in his way of life.Belief is so import

64、ant that it can change ones fate. As a deaf man, Beethoven went on working with his strong belief in the last year of his life, though he was not able to hear his own fine music. Marie Curie, a famous scientist, also has set a good example. In 1898, Marie found a new element in the pitchblende. In o

65、rder to improve her discovery, Marie and her husband worked hard. At last they saw the dim blue light of new element radium. Her dream had come true.From my personal point of view, it can be seen that one with firmly-held belief is likely to get successful and master his own life.第三节 单词或短语完成句子(共10小题，每小题1.5分，满分15分)1. improve 2. cultural 3. survive 4. unforgettable 5.medal 6.host / hold 7.fined 8 replace / take the place of 9. spoke / thought highly of 10. at war