广东省新兴县惠能中学2013届高三上学期第五次月考英语试题 WORD版含答案.doc

1、2013届高三第五次月考英语试题注意事项：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、班别、座位号填写在答题卡上。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选项的答案信息点涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。3.非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；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。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。4.作答选做题时，请先用2B铅笔填涂选做题的题号对应的信息点，再作答。漏涂、错涂、多涂的，答案无效。5.考生必须保持答题卡的整洁。考试结束后，将

2、试卷和答题卡一并交回。. 语言知识及应用(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。 When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be _1_ Christmas gifts for lack of moneyI felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what Id

3、 _2_?” Then，three women _3_ at our house with gifts for all of usFor me they bought a dollI would no longer have to be _4_ when I returned to schoolYears later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my _5_ Christmas special and memorable there, I _6_ remembered t

4、he womens visitI decided that I wanted to create the same feeling of _7_ for as many children as I could possibly _8_So I _9_ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to helpWe gathered about 125 orphans （孤儿） at the Christmas partyFor every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toy

5、s, clothes, and school supplies, each with a childs nameWe wanted all of them to know they were _10_Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I _11_ them that they couldnt open their presents until every child had come forwardFinally the _12_ they had been waiting for came as I ca

6、lled out, “One, two, threeOpen your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles _13_ up the roomThe _14_ in the room was obvious, and it wasnt just about toysIt was a feeling-the feeling I knew from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to vi

7、sitI wasnt forgottenSomebody still remembered meI know I_15_1AsendingBreceivingCmakingDexchanging2AfoundBpreparedCgotDexpected3Abroke inBsettled downCshowed upDturned off4ApuzzledBembarrassedCworriedDrelieved5ApresentBfirstCrecentDprevious6AhardlyBsuddenlyCregularlyDoccasionally7AstrengthBsadnessCim

8、portanceDsafety8AknowBreachCrememberDmention9Akept up withBcaught up withCcame up withDput up with10AfineBspecialChelpfulDnormal11AremindedBwaitedCconvincedDpromised12AchanceBgiftCmomentDreward13AlitBtookCburnedDcheered14AatmosphereBsympathyCcalmnessDjoy15AmatterBwonderCdoubtDsuppose第二节 语法填空 （共10小题；

9、每小题1.5分，满分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，并将答案填写在答题卡括号为1625的相应位置上。What on earth does happiness mean? I cant give you its exact definition, but Im sure if you love and help 16 , youll get it. Ill never forget an old lady. She lives in 17 small house alone. It is said that h

10、er husband and her son 18 （die）in a road accident years ago. Her life is bitter, but she often helps others 19 a smile. Whenever it snows, she is always the first to clean the paths. She looks after several children living nearby. I am one of them. I often remember the stories she told us and her ki

11、nd smile. Perhaps she is unlucky, but I think she is a happy person. Her life is full of 20 （laugh）and love. But Im sad to see some people getting their happiness in bad ways. They talk 21 （noisy）in cinemas and meeting rooms; they destroy trees to enjoy themselves and they laugh at others shortcomin

12、gs. Perhaps they feel happy at that time, 22 they will never get true happiness because they 23 （lose）their personality already. Now I know what happiness is. 24 means kindness, love and unselfishness. Above all, I have come to understand that 25 （bring）happiness to others is getting ourselves happi

13、ness.阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小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。AThe writer Margaret Mitchell is best known for writing Gone with the Wind, first published in 1936. Her book and the movie based on it, tell a story of love and survival during the American Civil War. Visitors to

14、the Margaret Mitchell House in Atlanta, Georgia, can go where she lived when she started composing the story and learn more about her life.Our first stop at the Margaret Mitchell House is an exhibit area telling about the writers life. She was born in Atlanta in 1900. She started writing stories whe

15、n she was a child. She started working as a reporter for the Atlanta Journal newspaper in 1922. One photograph of Ms. Mitchell, called Peggy, shows her talking to a group of young college boys. She was only about one and a half meters tall. The young men tower over her, but she seems very happy and

16、sure of herself. The tour guide explains: “Now in this picture Peggy is interviewing some boys from Georgia Tech, asking them such questions as Would you really marry a woman who works? And today itd be Would you marry one who doesnt? ”The Margaret Mitchell House is a building that once contained se

17、veral apartments. Now we enter the first floor apartment where Ms. Mitchell lived with her husband, John Marsh. They made fun of the small apartment by calling it “The Dump ” .Around 1926, Margaret Mitchell had stopped working as a reporter and was at home healing after an injury. Her husband brough

18、t her books to read from the library. She read so many books that he bought her a typewriter and said it was time for her to write her own book. Our guide says Gone with the Wind became a huge success. Margaret Mitchell received the Pulitzer Prize for the book. In 1939 the film version was released.

19、 It won ten Academy Awards, including Best Picture.26. The book Gone with the Wind was _. A. first published on a newspaper B. awarded ten Academy Awards C. written in “The Dump” D. adapted from a movie27. The underlined phrase “tower over” in Paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_. A. be very please

20、d with B. show great respect for C. be much taller than D. show little interest in28. Why did Ms. Mitchell stop working as a reporter according to the passage?A. Because she was rich enough.B. Because she was injured then.C. Because her husband didnt like it.D. Because she wanted to write books.29.

21、We can know about Margaret Mitchell from the passage that _.A. her height made her marriage unhappyB. her interest in writing continued as an adultC. writing stopped her working as a reporterD. her life was full of hardship and sadness30. Which is the best title for the passage? A. A Trip to Know Ma

22、rgaret Mitchell. B. Gone with the Wind: A Huge Success. C. An Introduction of the Margaret Mitchell House.D. Margaret Mitchell: A Great Female Writer.BNot all think laughter is the best medicine, but it seems to helpSo scientists carried on a new study of diabetes （糖尿病） patients who were given a goo

23、d dose of humor for a year to prove itResearchers divide 20 high-risk diabetic patients into two groupsBoth groups were given standard diabetes medicineGroup L viewed 30 minutes of humor of their choice, while Group C, the control group, did notThis went on for a year of treatmentsBy two months into

24、 the study, the patients in the laughter group had lower level of the hormones epinephrine （肾上腺素）, considered to cause stress, which is known to be deadlyAfter the 12 months, HDL cholesterol rises 26 percent in Group L but only 3 percent in Group CIn another measure, C-reactive proteins, a maker of

25、heart disease, drop 66 percent in the laughter group but only 26 percent in the control group“The best doctors believe that there is a physical good brought about by the positive emotion, happy laughter,” said study leader Lee Berk of Loma Linda UniversityAnd other research has found that humor make

26、s us more hopefulStill, more study is needed, Berk saidThe research by Berk found that humor can bring about similar changes in body chemistry, which was proved in the new studyThe research result will be presented this month at the meeting in the USResearch at the University of Maryland School of M

27、edicine shows that laughter causes the inner lining of blood vessels to expand, increasing blood flow in a way thought to be healthy“Lifestyle choices have an important effect on health and these are choices which we and patients should pay attention to, rather than prevention and treatment,” Berk s

28、aid in a statement this week31Why did the scientists carry on the new research?ATo find out if laughter was good to healthBTo discover the best medicine to cure diabetesCBecause the number of diabetic patients is the largest in the worldDBecause diabetic patients need more laughter than other patien

29、ts32After 12 months into the study, _AC-reactive proteins increase 66 percent in Group CBthe level of the hormones epinephrine stays the same in both groupsCthe level of the hormones epinephrine has droppedDC-reactive proteins reduced 66 percent in Group L33The underlined part “HDL cholesterol” in P

30、aragraph 3 must be _Asomething bad to our health Bsomething good to our healthCa kind of wonderful medicine Da kind of dangerous disease34In what way does laughter benefit peoples health?ABlood is made thick by laughter BLaughter makes blood vessels thinCLaughter increases blood pressureDLaughter ma

31、kes blood flow fast35According to Berk, we should _A.choose lifestyles carefully B.change our lifestylesC.prevent our lifestyles in advance D.pay less attention to the positive emotionCAs a senior, my future is always on my mind. To be exact, thoughts of the future have kept me up countless nights a

32、nd made me worry enough to do poorly on more than one test. Because of this, words of wisdom are a source of comfort. Steve Jobs gave a speech to Stanfords graduating class in 2005 and his words resound repeatedly in my mind whenever I think about my future. It wasnt always like that, though. It sta

33、rted when I became a junior, when college came into view. Its the first big step to making your life your own. So when Jobs discussed his life as a student, some fears were eased. He, too, felt the need to attend college to make something of himself. He faced what many are extremely afraid of: uncer

34、tainty. His lack of understanding caused him to stop attending college and focus on what he felt was important. His story had a happy ending, of course, since he certainly turned out well. This doesnt mean that students shouldnt attend college, but rather that they shouldnt worry so much. Youll get

35、where you need to go, even if your path is a bit more winding（蜿蜒的）than youd like. Jobs talked about the hardships in his work. His love of his work helped him carry on and he got where he was meant to be, which restates the point: dont panic. One particular part of his speech stayed with me. Steve J

36、obs quoted（引用）the saying “Stay hungry, stay foolish” and it has become my motto. Staying foolish is realizing that you are still a fool, no matter how much youve learned or experienced. There is always more to explore. Staying hungry is wanting to find those things about which you are still uneducat

37、ed. Steve Jobss level of success is attainable, and I aim to prove that. With the will power to go into the world living every day like its my last and allowing the future to take care of itself, I will do great things. In the last moments of my life, Ill be proud of what I have done and hope to hav

38、e all the wisdom a person could wish for.36. The author felt worried when _.A. he had to take tests at schoolB. he thought about his futureC. he had lots of sleepless nightsD. he searched for words of wisdom37. It is suggested in Paragraphs 1 and 2 that _.A. Steve Jobs didnt attend collegeB. Steve J

39、obs failed because of his decisionC. the author is a college studentD. the author cares much about his future38. What did the author gain from Jobss speech?A. Courage to drop out of school.B. Confidence in defeating Jobs.C. Interest in computer industry.D. Bravery to face uncertainties.39. What did

40、NOT Steve Jobs encourage students to do in his speech?A. Have the desire to learn more.B. Be content with what they know.C. Stay calm in the face of hardships.D. Be modest so as to learn more.40. The passage is mainly about _.A. the wisdom drawn from a speechB. the most impressive quote in lifeC. a

41、memorable meeting with JobsD. an experience of a speechDEveryone knows about straight-A students. We see them frequently in TV situation comedies and in movies like Revenge(报复)of the Nerds. They get high grades, all right, but only by becoming dull laborers, their noses always stuck in a book. They

42、are not good at social communication and look clumsy while doing sports.How, then, do we account for Domenica Roman or Paul Melendres?Roman is on the tennis team at Fairmont Senior High School. She also sings in the choral group, serves on the student council and is a member of the mathematics socie

43、ty. For two years she has maintained As in every subject. Melendres, a freshman at the University of New Mexico, was student-body president at Valley High School in Albuquerque. He played soccer and basketball well, exhibited at the science fair, and meanwhile worked as a reporter on a local televis

44、ion station. Being a speech giver at the graduation ceremony, he achieved straight As in his regular classes, plus bonus points for As in two college-level courses.How do super-achievers like Roman and Melendres do it? Brains arent the only answer. “Top grades dont always go to the brightest student

45、s, ” declares Herbert Walberg, a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who has conducted major studies on super-achieving students.“Knowing how to make the most of your innate(天生的)abilities counts for more. Much more.”In fact, Walberg says, students with high IQ sometimes

46、dont do as well as classmates with lower IQ. For them, learning comes too easily and they never find out how to get down. Hard work isnt the whole story, either.“Its not how long you sit there with the books open, ” said one of the many-A students we interviewed.“Its what you do while youre sitting.

47、”Indeed, some of these students actually put in fewer hours of homework time than their lower-scoring classmates.The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn.41. The underlined word “nerds” can probably be_ .A. dull bookworms lacking sp

48、orts and social skillsB. successful top students popular with their peersC. students with certain learning difficultiesD. born leaders crazy about social activities42. What can we conclude from the first paragraph?A. Most TV programs and films are about straight-A students.B. People have unfavorable

49、 impression on straight-A students.C. Everyone knows about straight-A students from TV or films.D. Straight-A students are well admired by people in the society.43. Some students become super-achievers mainly because_ .A. they are born cleverer than othersB. they work longer hours at studyC. they ma

50、ke full use of their abilitiesD. they know the shortcut to success44. What will be talked about after the last paragraph?A. The interviews with more students.B. The role IQ plays in learning well.C. The techniques to be better learners.D. The achievements top students make.45. What can we infer from

51、 the passage? A. IQ is more important than hard work in study.B. The brightest students can never get low grades.C. Top students certainly achieve all-around developments.D. Students with average IQ can become super-achievers.第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）请阅读下列应用文及相关信息, 并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。首先

52、请阅读下列电视节目的信息：AGroovy MoviesTune in every Friday night at 7 pmand Sunday at 6 pmfor fun-filled successful movies that the whole family can enjoy!BReady or NotFollow the ups and downs of life with best friends Amanda Zimm and Busy Ramone as they deal with adolescence, boys, family, school and friendsT

53、he series began with the girls in the seventh grade but later progressed to the eighth and the ninth gradesCAre You Afraid of the Dark?A group of kids calling themselves “The Midnight Society” sit around a campfire sharing scary storiesCreepy, but never excessively frightening, common subjects inclu

54、de haunted houses（鬼屋）, what goes on behind the neighbors walls, and other things that go bump at nightDThe Secret ShowThe Secret Show is about secret people doing secret thingsSpecial agents Victor Volt and Anita Kningt work for UZZ, protecting the world against the evil forces of THEMVictor and Ani

55、ta manage to save the worldor large part of itESerious AmazonSerious Amazon follows eight young adventurers as they face the dangers of the Peruvian Amazon, exploring the habitat and meeting the inhabitants who rely on the river for their survivalLiving with the local tribes, they help with various

56、projects, including building an enclosure for rare red uakari monkeys（红秃猴）FMrBeanAnimatedMrBean, one of the worlds most popular comedy characters, is back, but this time hes a cartoon hero, appearing in a new series of animated adventures! Rowan Atkinson provides his voice for these happy animated a

57、dventures下面是一些个人信息。请根据这些信息匹配他们要观看的电视节目。46Tom is a brave young boyHe loves to watch horrible movies in his spare timeNow its summer holiday and he wants to watch one of this kind of programs which can somewhat scare other people47Mary is 14 years old this yearShe likes watching shows on TVBecause she

58、 is now passing into adolescence, her mother asks her to watch some TV programs which can help her deal with problems girls at her age will meet48Mike dreams to be an adventurer when he grows up, so he is fond of watching programs from which he can learn some skills and knowledge on how to explore a

59、 new placeSince he has no classes this weekend, he decides to watch such a program49George likes watching programs about secret agentsHe feels excited when the agents achieve their goals at lastSo every week, he is sure to watch one of these kinds of program50Jane likes watching comedies in her spar

60、e timeShe is crazy about the characters that are lively and funnyWhen she is watching her favorite TV programs, nothing can tear her away from the sofaIII 写作（共两节，满分40分）第一节 基础写作（共1小题，满分15分）有一个美国代表团想了解你们的英语老师Mr. Moon，请根据下列提要，写一篇以My Teacher Mr. Moon”短文。写作内容1.出生于法国，华籍美国人，40岁，活泼，具有幽默感。2.与其他教师相比，他更注重教学方法，

61、总想尽各种方法让他的课生动有趣。3.鼓励学生思考，培养学生自学能力。4.帮助学生学会了分析和解决问题。5.博学，深受学生爱戴。写作要求只能用5个句子表达全部内容 评分标准句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章连贯。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。 Getting up early has been regarded as a good habit since ancient timesMany years ago, people thought that if we went to bed early and got up early

62、, we would be energetic the whole daySo, getting up early is of great importance to us allIn fact, morning is the best time of a dayIn the morning, the air is the freshest and people are usually in the best conditionsMany of us may have the experiences that we memorize some things more quickly and a

63、ccurately in the morning than at any other time of the dayIf we do some morning exercise or only take a short walk in the morning, we can build our bodies and become much healthierAlso we will have enough time to make a plan and get ready for our work or study of the day if we get up earlyHowever, i

64、f we get up late, well probably have to do everything in a great hurryLet us remember getting up early is a good habit and try our best to keep itIf we stick to getting up early every day, we will certainly benefit a lot from it【写作内容】1以约30个词概括短文的要点：2然后以约120个词就“早起还是晚起好”这个主题发表你的看法，并包括以下要点： （1）你是喜欢早起还是

65、晚起； （2）结合自己学习或生活的例子，说明你喜欢这样做的理由： （3）你的父母或教师有何建议： （4）你如何看待他们的建议。【写作要求】1可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，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标题自定。【评分标准】概括准确、语言规范、内容合适、篇章连贯。范文： My Teacher Mr. Moon Born in France and aged 40, Mr. Moon, an American Chinese, is a lovely teacher with a sense of humor. Compared with other teach

66、ers, Mr. Moon pays more attention to his ways of teaching, trying various ways to make his classes lively and interesting. In class he always encourages us to think hard and develop our ability to study on our own. With his help, weve learned how to analyze and solve problems. He is such a learned p

67、erson that we all admire him very much.第二节 读写任务（共1小题，满分25分）Possible version（1）:Better Late than EarlyThe passage tries to tell us that getting up early in the morning is a good habit that will benefit us a lot, including a better memory, healthier body and better preparation for the dayI just cant p

68、ossibly agree with thatI find it difficult to get up earlyIf I get up early in the morning, I will absolutely feel tired and sleepy during the morning classes because I havent got enough sleepBut if I get up late and have enough sleep, I will feel more energetic and confident, so I will do better in

69、 my studyHowever, both my parents and all the teachers think we should get up very early in the morningI suppose they just cant understand that we teenagers need much more sleep than they doActually, as a student, I have to study until very late in the evening exhaustedly every daySo if possible, Il

70、l certainly choose to get up latePossible version（2）:Better Early than LateThe passage tells us that getting up early in the morning is a good habit that will benefit us a lotIt enables us to have a better memory, healthier body and better preparation for the dayI totally agree with the authorJust l

71、ike many of my friends, Im an early birdI benefit a lot from the habit of getting up earlyAfter getting up early in the morning, I have enough time to make a plan for the work of the day and do it more effectivelyIf getting up too late, I will feel great pressure and usually cant finish my work on timeMy parents are pleased with my good habitAlso they think Id better take up some physical exercise in the morningI think thats a good ideaAfter all, morning exercise can help us keep healthySo, lets get up early to have a healthier and better life