天津市天津八中2013届高三第二次月考英语试题.doc

1、第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：单项填空（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）1My family usually holds a big party for my birthday, but I want to try a different way this year. .AIts your business BCome along! CLike what? DSo what?2Would you mind giving your advice on how to improve our business management?If you make _ most of

2、 the modern equipment, there will be _ rise in productionA不填; 不填 Bthe; a C不填; a Dthe; 不填3People all believe that _ to free trade destroy wealth, benefiting no one in the long runAadministrations Battempts Cprocesses Dbarriers4We should spend more time doing outdoor exercise in our daily life _ sitti

3、ng before the computer, surfing some web sites or playing gamesAas Bthan Cwhen Dif5Shi Changxu was awarded a special state prize for his scientific researchHe certainly _ that honor, for he has devoted so much to the countryAexpects Bdeserves Cobserves Drespects6A strong earthquake _ widespread dest

4、ruction in the city center hit New Zealand South Island city of ChristchurchAcaused Bto cause Ccausing Dto have caused7_ and the housing problems for low-income families in this area could be settledAIf we double our efforts BUnless we make every effortCMake more efforts DMaking greater efforts8She

5、is a strong-willed woman and not once _ in to any difficulty in her lifeAshe has givenBdid she give Cshe gave Dhas she given9The six old experts were _ about Professor Lees academic findings and reported him to the authorityAskeptical Bcurious Ccapable Daware10If you want to book tickets for the 201

6、2 Olympic Games, just call 00952012It _ be simplerAmustnt Bwont Cneednt Dcouldnt11More and more rich people have promised to _ their wealth after death to help the poor and the disabled.Agive away Bgive up Cgive out Dgive off12What do you think of the music teacher? _ she is an elegant lady, she can

7、 be extremely difficult to work withAEven if BAs CBecause DWhile13_economic, political and cultural differences, it is difficult for China and America to fully understand each otherAIn spite of BRegardless of COn account of DIn terms of14_ was expected, only five people turned up at the party, _ dis

8、appointed the hostess very muchAAs; what BAs; which CIt; that DWhat; which15Last week I took part in the Civil Service Admission Examination, for which I _ for nearly three monthsAhad prepared Bwould prepareCwas preparing Dhave been preparing第二节：完形填空(共20小题；每小题15分，满分30分) 阅读下面短文，从1635各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D

9、）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项并在答题卡上将其涂黑。16AcameBhit Cdrew Dfell17Ahidden B. covered Cburied Dfilled18APretending BSuggesting CPreferringDDeciding19Adelicate Btasty Cuseful Dtender20Arecently Busually Cpreviously Doccasionally21Awork Bstudy Cserve Dreport22Aaccounts Bdocuments CintroductionsDoccupations23Adevote

10、d Babandoned Cthrown Ddrawn24Adepressed Bdead Cdangerous Dill25Atypical Btraditional Cdifferent Dfamiliar26Awars Billnesses Cletters Dprescriptions27Ameant Bintended Cplanned Dsaid28Adivided Bsorted Cseparated Dupdated29Asadly Bangrily Csoftly Dloudly30Acurious Benthusiastic Cfantastic Dpositive31AC

11、hristmas cardBenvelope Cbasket Dlipstick32Afound Bwrote Crecognized Dmissed33Aastonishment Bsorrow Csickness Demotion34Astory Bmessage Cspeech Dmotto35Ain person Bin private Cin danger Din peace第二部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2.5分，满分50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。AHerta Mller, the Romanian-born German writ

12、er, has won the 2009 Nobel Prize for LiteratureThe award was announced in Stockholm on ThursdayMsMller, 56, immigrated to Germany from Romania in 1987She is the first German writer to win the Nobel in literature since Gnter Grass in 1999 and the 13th winner writing in German since the prize was firs

13、t given in 1901She is the 12th woman to win the literature prizeBut unlike previous winners like Doris Lessing and VSNaipaul, MsMller is relatively unknown outside of literary circles in Germany“I am very surprised and still cannot believe it,” MsMuller said in a statement delivered by her publisher

14、 in Germany“I cant say anything more at the moment”She has written some 20 books, but just 5 have been translated into English, including the novels “The Land of Green Plums” and “The Appointment”At the news conference on Thursday at the German Publishers & Booksellers Association in Berlin, where s

15、he lives, MsMller, wearing all black and sitting on a leopard-print chair, appeared nervous with all the cameras flashing on herWhen asked what it meant that her name would now be mentioned in the same breath as German greats like Thomas Mann and Heinrich Bll, MsMller remained philosophical“I am now

16、 nothing better and Im nothing worse,” she said, adding: “My inner thing is writingThats what I can hold on to”Earlier in the day, at a news conference in Stockholm, Peter England, secretary of the Swedish Academy, said MsMller was honored for her “very, very distinct special language” and because “

17、she has really a story to tell about cruelty and repression in a village much like the one Mller grew up in”The awards ceremony is planned for Dec10 in StockholmAs the winner, MsMller will receive about $14 million36According to the passage, all of the following statements are wrong EXCEPT that_Ashe

18、 moved to Germany from Romania when she was 40Bmost of her works are very popular outside GermanyCshe is the first German writer that has won the Nobel Prize in literatureDso far there are 13 winners whose works are written in German37MsMller was surprised at the news about her winning the award bec

19、ause _Ashe was born a Romanian and became a famous German writerBshe had missed a lot of chances to win the prizeCshe had expected to win the prize eagerly for longDshe thought she was just an unknown writer in this field38By saying “I am now nothing better and Im nothing worse”, MsMller meant that

20、_Ashe thought highly of herself Bshe thought nothing of herselfCshe was very modest Dshe was no worse than the other German writers39We can infer from the passage that _AMllers honored works are based on her own experienceBmost of MsMllers novels are unsuccessful worksCMsMller is feeling much better

21、 after she becomes the award winnerDMsMller wins the prize because shes described the Germans life vividly40Whats the best title of the passage?AThe Biography of Herta MllerBHerta Mller Wins Literature Nobel PrizeCHerta Mller, a Great Successful Romanian WriterDThe Great Awards Ceremony for Herta Ml

22、lerBUSOpen ChampionshipsThe US Open has been in existence for more than 120 yearsThe first tournament was held in 1881 at the Newport CasinoIt was called the US National Singles ChampionshipEntry was limited to only those clubs which were members of the United States National Lawn Tennis Association

23、, and the competitors were all male, competing in both singles and doublesRichard Sears won the mens championship and he went on to win the next six mens singles championshipsThe WimbledonIn 1875, the All England Croquet Club was troubled financially due to declining membershipA new sport called law

24、n tennis was gaining fast in popularity and taking away the membersTwo years later, a new roller was needed for maintaining （维护） its lawns so the club proposed to hold a tournament to raise moneyTwenty-two players entered that first Wimbledon tournament which was won by Spencer Gore in straight sets

25、 over WCMarshallTwo hundred spectators each paid a shilling to watch the final game, enabling the club to buy the needed roller plus some extra cashThe French OpenThe very first French Championship was held way back in 1891, and the tournament has since grown into one of the four tennis Grand Slam t

26、ournaments we know todayThe first competition was a one-day national championship which was won by a BritishThe competition was poorly attended by world class playersIt took 24 years before it became fully international and an accepted tennis grand slam eventAfter the First World War, French tennis

27、was achieving statureSuzanne Lenglen was the predominant French player, winning the championships six times between 1920 and 1926The Australian OpenThe very first tennis tournament ever played in Australia was held in January 1880, on the courts of the Melbourne Cricket ClubIn 1905, the Australian O

28、pen was established as the Australasian Tennis Championship and was played at the Warehousemans Cricket Ground in MelbourneIt became the Australian Championship in 1927 and the Australian Open in 1969Womens events were added in 192241What is special about the first USOpen?AIt has a history of more t

29、han 120 yearsBOnly men were allowed to play in the gameCRichard Sears won six championshipsDIt has remained about the same through all these years42The purpose of the first Wimbledon tournament was to _Araise some fund for a lawn rollerBattract more people to play tennisCattract more audience to wat

30、ch the gameDcelebrate the renaming of the club43According to what is said about the first French Open, _Athe tournament has been played in the same place all these yearsBtwenty-two players played in the first tournamentCfew good tennis players took part in the first French ChampionshipDthe players p

31、layed in singles and doubles in the tournament44What is common about the four international tournaments is that _Athey were all born in the same yearBthey all had only male players in the first tournamentCthey have all experienced financial difficultiesDthey all have had a history of 120 years or mo

32、re45The passage mainly tells us _Ahow the four international tennis tournaments came into beingBhow long it took for women to have the right to play in the gameChow the four international tennis tournaments get their present namesDwhy the tennis tournaments are held in these four countriesCI cant re

33、member a winter being as cold as this in Pennsylvania, but Im sure there were colder daysEven though the daylight hours are growing longer minute by minute, its easy to find an excuse not to go out unless you absolutely must, but then again I often have to push myself to accomplish thingsPeople I sp

34、eak to have been in all kinds of nasty moodsThey say theyre “under the weather,” not feeling good about this time of yearAs I stood outside with my two dogs yesterday, it was so cold that my nose and face felt frozen and my ears were sittingOf course, that doesnt matter to Ricky and LucyThey have a

35、routine they must go through to find just the fighting spot no matter how cold or hot it isSo I waitBut this time it was differentAs cold as it was, I suddenly was excited thinking about how wonderful this extreme cold really wasThen the sun broke through the clouds and memories of summers extremely

36、 hot days flashed through my mindI could remember standing in the heat of the afternoon, with sweat pouring down my brow and the hot, burning sun against my faceI reminded myself then and there that in the cold of the winter I would wish I had this heatI was grateful for the extremesWithout the extr

37、emes in my life, I would never appreciate the days when things were just rightWithout the extremes, life would be boringIts being pushed to one of the extremes that makes us appreciate the middle moreHealth challenges remind us that we need to pay more attention to how we liveFinancial extremes remi

38、nd us that when things go smoothly its also time to save for raining daysIve come to the conclusion that all too often I find a reason not to be happy with where I am at that momentWhether its hot or cold, good health or bad, in the money or out of it, I always want it to be differentIm tired of bei

39、ng “Under the Weather!”46What is the authors attitude towards the extremes in life?AGratefulBCritical CNegativeDUnconcerned47That day the writer waited in the terrible cold because _Ahis dogs wanted to huntBhe wanted to face the cold bravelyChis dogs had a routineDhe wanted to be different48The unde

40、rlined word “nasty” in the fourth paragraph can be replaced by _AunpleasantBviolent Cfavorable Dunusual49At last the author drew a conclusion that _Ahappiness cannot be gained by complaintsBthings will be different whatever the situation isChappiness will fail to come to you if you can find a reason

41、Dhe is disappointed with his present situation50What is the best title for this passage?AFollow the Routine BTwo Extremes in LifeCChanges Should be ExpectedDWeather InformationDEveryone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but mens minds decline more than womens, according to the resul

42、ts of a worldwide surveyCertain differences seem to be inherent in male and female brains: men are better at dealing with mental images （useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial （三维空间） skills）, while women tend to excel （擅长） at recalling information from their brains files （helpful with language

43、 skills and remembering the locations of objects）Many studies have looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental decline people experience as they age, but the results have been mixedSome studies found more age-related decline in men than in women, while others saw the opposite or eve

44、n no relationship at all between sex and mental declineThose results could be improper because the studies involved older people, and women live longer than menThe men tested are the survivors, “so theyre the ones that may not have shown such cognitive （认知的） decline,” said study team leader Elizabet

45、h of the University of Warwick in EnglandPeople surveyed completed four tasks that tested sex-related cognitive skills: matching an object to its rotated （旋转的） form, matching lines shown from the same angle, typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the given time, eg“objects usua

46、lly colored gray”, and recalling the location of objects in a line drawingThe first two were tasks at which men usually excel; the latter are typically dominated by womenWithin each age group studied, men and women performed better in their separate categories on averageAnd though performance declin

47、ed with age for both sexes, women showed obviously less decline than men overall51The underlined word “inherent” in the second paragraph means _Aoriginal BnativeCnaturalDabsolute52Which of the following tasks are men better at?AMatching lines shown from the same angleBTyping as many words in a parti

48、cular category as possibleCRecalling the location of objects in a line drawingDRecalling information from their brains files53Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?AMen excel at typing words in a particular category in the given timeBWomen excel at dealing with mathemati

49、c problemsCMen do better than women when it comes to learning EnglishDWomen stand out at remembering peoples names54What important factor affects the correctness of the research results?APeople tested come from all over the worldBMen live longer than womenCNot enough old men were testedDThe research

50、ers got their results mixed55The author aims to tell us that _Athe survey on humans mind decline was done recentlyBmens minds decline more with ageCeveryone becomes a little more forgetful as they get olderDwomens minds perform better than mens第卷（非选择题 共35分）第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）第一节: 阅读表达（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10

51、分）When my friends went to college in great delight, I restarted my senior high school lifeMy spirit sankSurrounded by strange classmates, I felt like I was in a maze and was sorry about myselfThere were some complex feelings in my mindsI was frightened, nervous and lonelyTo make matters worse, I rec

52、alled my failure again and again, which put more pressure on me than I could bearAs a result, I was always feeling down during class timeMy teacher found me spiritlessOne day he asked me to come to his office and told me about his attitude towards life: we might suffer from mistakes, but its importa

53、nt to learn lessons from themAll the pains and the embarrassing things we experience are part of the processSo keep up your spirit! At last, he added, “If you are optimistic, things you want may happen to you!”Warmth rushed through my soulI suddenly found the sun shining again when I stepped out of

54、his officeWith the teachers help, I eventually got over my depressionFrom then on, I no longer bowed my head and began smiling to my classmatesI would put up my hand confidently in class and play with my new friends in my spare timeMeanwhile, I was gradually embraced by my classmatesNow faced with f

55、ierce competition, we all study hard because we know that every second countsMoreover, there is an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect between usI love my class; I love my classmates!To be frank, I still have a thirst for my dream university, but Im not afraid of failure because I can profit by i

56、tWith parents and teachers encouragement, Im quite certain of my success and Im sure I can fly high56Why was the writer in low spirits at the beginning? （No more than 10 words）57What did the teacher expect the writer to do? （No more than 10 words）58What is the main idea of Paragraph 5? （No more than

57、 15 words）59The underlined word “embraced” in paragraph 5 means _（No more than 5 words）60What will you do if you are faced with failure? （No more than 20 words）第二节：书面表达（满分25分）在生活中有人喜欢运动，也有人不太运动。请你以“Is sport really good for us?”为题，按照下列要点写一篇英语短文：正方：运动能强身健体，陶冶情操（如培养合作精神；如何面对胜负等）反方：运动并非是强身健体的唯一形式（如饮食也很重

58、要）；运动容易造成伤害，挫折等我的看法及理由注意：词数：100-120 文章题目和开头已给出（不计入词数）。Is sport really good for us?Some think sport does us good in many ways.听力第一节 (每题1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。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. Where does the conversation probably take place?A. In a library.B. In a book

59、store.C. In a department store.2. Where are the two speakers now?A. In the United States.B. In Britain.C. In Australia.3. What subject does the woman suggest the woman choose?A. British and American English.B. Science subjectsC. All the subjects.4. Where is the speech contest going to be held?A. In

60、the reading room.B. In the meeting room.C. In the teachers office.5. What did the woman think of the play?A. It was interesting.B.It was too easy.C. It was difficult for her.第二节 （每题1.5分）听下面3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。听完每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，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。听第6段材料

61、，回答第6至8小题。6. Where are the two speakers?A. In Australia.B. In America.C. In Britain.7. What does the woman think of British English and American English?A. The speakers can understand each other easily.B. There is no difference between the two.C. British English will disappear.8. What problem will t

62、he man probably have to face in Australia?A.His own American accent.B. The accent of the Australian people.C. The vocabulary in Australian English.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. What personal qualities does Jim have?A.Hot tempered. B.Short of friends.C. Good at communicating with people.10. How many languages d

63、oes Jim speak?A. Five.B. Four.C. Three.11. What salary does Jim expect?A. 2000 dollars a month.B. 2300 dollars a month.C. 2500 dollars a month.听第8段材料，回答第12 至15小题12. Who is the speaker?A. The airplane captain.B. The air hostess.C. A tour guide.13. What is the flight time?A. 2 hours and 40 minutes.B.

64、Two hours and 14 minutes.C. Two hours and 4 minutes.14. What is the weather like in Seattle at present?A. Partly cloudy.B. Rainy.C. Sunny.15. At which gate will the plane arrive?A. 13.B.3.C. 30.高三综合练习（二）Some think sport does us good in many ways. Not only does sport help people to stay fit and healt

65、hy, but the competition and teamwork in sport give people a lot of motivation to keep going and to push themselves hard. Others believe that sport is not the only way to do this. Eating well is a big part of a healthy life. On the other hand, sport can actually be dangerous. Millions of people are hurt playing sport each year, some of them very seriously. Many children are not naturally talented and only come across failure and embarrassment on the sports field. This hurts their confidence.