山东省聊城市华阳中学2013届高三上学期第一次调研英语试题.doc

聊城市华阳中学2012-2013学年上学期高三第一次调研考试
英语试题
考试时间：100分钟

第I卷（选择题）
一、单项选择
1．The development of industry has been ____ gradual process throughout ______human existence, from stone tools to modern technology.
A. /, the B. the, a C. a, / D. a, a
2．No matter how bright a talker you are, there are times when it’s better _____ silent.
A. remain B. be remaining C. having remained D. to remain
3． _____ all the animals I’ve ever had, these two dogs are the most sensitive to the spoken word.
A. From B. Of C. For D. With
4．I think Tom, as the head of a big department, should either study regularly or ____his job.
A. quits B. to quit C. quitting D. quit
5．Anyway, I can’t cheat him---it’s against all my _______.
A. emotions B. principles C. regulations D. opinions
6． The good thing about children is that they ______ very easily to new environments.
A. adapt B. appeal C. attach D. apply
7．Brown said he was by no means annoyed; ______, he was glad to be able to make himself clearly understood.
A. all in all B. for one thing C. on the contrary D. by the way
8．---I haven’t got the reference book yet, but I’ll have a test on the subject next month.
---Don’t worry. You ____ have it by Friday.
A. could B. shall C. must D. may
9．Mike was usually so careful, ______ this time he made a small mistake.
A. yet B. still C. even D. thus
10．---I’m going to San Francisco for a couple of days.
---_________. I wish I could get away for a while.
A. It doesn’t matter B. I can’t agree more C. I really envy you D. Forget it
二、完型填空
Everyone in business has been told that success is all about attracting and retaining(留住) customers. It sounds simple and achievable. But, 41 , words of wisdom are soon forgotten. Once companies have attracted customers they often 42 the second half of the story. In the excitement of beating off the competition, negotiating prices, securing orders, and delivering the product, managers 43 become carried away. They forget what they regard as the boring side of business--- 44 that the customer remains a customer.
45 to concentrate on retaining as well as attracting customers costs business huge amounts of money annually. It has been estimated that the 46 company loses between 10 and 30 percent of its customers every year. In constantly changing 47 , this is not surprising. What is surprising is the fact that few companies have any idea how many customers they have lost.
Only now are organizations beginning to wake up to these lost opportunities and calculate the 48 implications. 49 the number of customers a company loses can make a big 50 in its performance. Research in the US found that a five percent decrease in the number of defecting(流失的) customers led to 51 increases of between 25 and 85 percent.
In the US, Domino’s Pizza estimates that a regular customer is 52 more than five thousand dollars over ten years. A customer who receives a poor quality product or 53 on their first visit and 54 never returns, is losing the company thousands of dollars in 55 profits (more if you consider how many people they are likely to tell about their bad experience).
The logic behind cultivating customer 56 is impossible to deny. “In practice most companies’ marketing effort is focused on getting customers, with little attention paid to 57 them”, says Adrian Payne of Cornfield University’s School of Management. “Research suggests that there is a close relationship between retaining customers and making profits. 58 customers tend to buy more, are predictable and usually cost less to service than new customers. Furthermore, they tend to be less price 59 , and may provide free word-of-mouth advertising. Retaining customers also makes it 60 for competitors to enter a market or increase their share of a market.”
11．A. in particular B. in reality C. at least D. first of all
12．A. emphasize B. doubt C. overlook D. believe
13．A. tend to B. contribute to C. appeal to D. devote to
14．A. denying B. ensuring C. arguing D. proving
15．A. Moving B. Hoping C. Starting D. Failing
16．A. average B. ordinary C. normal D. usual
17．A. markets B. tastes C. prices D. expenses
18．A. cultural B. social C. financial D. economical
19．A. Cutting up B. Cutting through C. Cutting in D. Cutting down
20．A. promise B. plan C. mistake D. difference
21．A. cost B. opportunity C. profit D. budget
22．A. worthy B. worth C. value D. price
23．A. service B. delivery C. order D. promotion
24．A. as a result B. on the whole C. in conclusion D. on the contrary
25．A. huge B. potential C. extra D. reasonable
26．A. beliefs B. loyalty C. interest D. habits
27．A. altering B. understanding C. keeping D. attracting
28．A. Established B. Assumed C. Respected D. Unexpected
29．A. Sensitive B. friendly C. flexible D. agreeable
30．A. unfair B. convenient C. difficult D. essential
三、阅读理解
Homestay provides English language students with the opportunity to speak English outside the classroom and the experience of being part of a British home.
What to Expect
The host will provide accommodation and meals. Rooms will be cleaned and bedcovers changed at least once a week. You will be given the house key and the host is there to offer help and advice as well as to take an interest in your physical and mental health.
Accommodation Zones
Homestays are located in London mainly in Zones2,3 and 4 of the transport system. Most hosts do not live in the town center as much of central London is commercial and not residential（居住的）.Zones3 and 4often offer larger accommodation in a less crowed area. It is very convenient to travel in London by Underground.
Meal Plans Available
♢ Continental Breakfast
♢ Breakfast and Dinner
♢ Breakfast, Packed Lunch and Dinner
It’s important to note that few English families still provide a traditional cooked breakfast.Your accommodation includes Continental Breakfast which normally consists of fruit juice, cereal (谷物类食品), bread and tea or coffee. Cheese, fruit and cold meat are not normally part of a Continental Breakfast in England. Dinners usually consist of meat or fish with vegetables followed by desert, fruit and coffee.
Friends
If you wish to invite a friend over to visit, you must first ask your host’s permission. You have no right to entertain friends in a family home as some families feel it is an invasion of their privacy.
Self-Catering Accommodation in Private Homes
Accommodation on a room-only basis includes shared kitchen and bathroom facilities and often a main living room. This kind of accommodation offers an independent lifestyle and is more suitable for the long-stay student. However, it does not provide the same family atmosphere as an ordinary homestay and may not benefit those who need to practice English at home quite as much.
31．What can be inferred from Paragraph3?
A. Zone 4 is more crowded than Zone 2.
B. Hosts dislike travelling to the city centre.
C. The business centre of London is in Zone1.
D. Accommodation in the city center is not provided.
32．According to the passage, what does Continental Breakfast include?
A. Dessert and coffee.
B. Bread and fruit juice.
C. Fruit and vegetables.
D. Centre and cold meat.
33．Why do some people choose self-catering accommodation?
A. To experience a warmer family atmosphere.
B. To enrich their knowledge of English.
C. To enjoy much more freedom.
D. To entertain friends as they like.

Book 1 Elixir written by Eric Walters
Twelve-year-old Roth becomes a friend of Dr．Banting and his assistant, Mr．Best, who are in search of a cure for diabetes （糖尿病）．She finds herself torn between her sympathy for the animals being experimented on and her friendship with Banting and Best．
Book 2 George Washingtion Carver written by Elizabeth Macleod
Meet the “Peanut（花生）Specialist”, George Washington Carver, the inventor and professor who made over 325 products out of peanuts．Through his agricultural research, he also greatly improved the lives of countless black farmers in the southern United States．See also Macleod’s Albert Einstein: A Life of Genius.
Book 3 The Inuit Thought of It: Amazing Arctic Innovations
written by Alootook Ipellie & David MacDonald
Explore more than 40 ideas necessary to Inuit survival．From ideas familiar to us today to inventive concepts that shaped their lives, celebrate the creativity of a remarkably intelligent people．Also see other books: The Chinese Thought of It by Tingxing Ye and A Native American Thought of It by Rocky Landon and David MacDonald．
Book 4 Made in Canada:101 Amazing Achievements written by Bev Spencer
What things do we use daily that have a Canadian connection? Here are 101 common things that were invented in Canada or by a Canadian, including the Blackberry, alkaline（碱性）batteries and the Blue Box recycling program．
Book 5 Newton and the Time Machine written by Michael McGowan
Ten-year-old boy Newton has invented a time machine to see dinosaurs up close．But it disappears on a test run with his two huge friends, King Herbert and Queen Certrude, in it! Can he save them before time runs out?
34．Which of the following best describes Roth’s feeling in Book 1?
A. Painful. B. Curious. C. Frightened. D. Disappointed.
35．In Book 5, King Herbert and Queen Gertrude are_______.
A. the names of the time machine
B. Newton’s human friends
C. two dinosaurs
D. the inventors of the time machine
36．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Alkaline batteries were invented by Dr. Banting.
B. Book 3 introduces 40 inventive concepts.
C. Animals are mentioned in Book 1 and Book 5.
D. George Washington Carver was a black farmer in the US.

It was 1961 and I was in the fifth grade. My marks in school were miserable and, the thing was, I didn’t know enough to really care. My older bother and I lived with Mom in an ugly multi-family house in Detroit. We watched TV every night. The background noise of our lives was gunfire and horses’ hoofs(马蹄) from “Wagon Train” or “Cheyenne”, and laughter from “I Love Lucy”, or “Mister Ed”. After supper, we’d lie on Mom’s bed and stare for hours at the TV screen.
But one day Mom changed our world forever. She turned off the TV. Our mother had only been able to get through third grade. But, she was much brighter and smarter than we boys know at the time. She had noticed something in the suburban houses where she cleaned books. So she came home one day, switched off the TV, sat us down and explained that her sons were going to make something of themselves. “You boys are going to read two books every week,” she said. “And you’re going to write a report on what you read.”
We moaned（不满,发牢骚） and complained about how unfair it was. Besides, we didn’t have any books in the house other than Mom’s Bible. But she explained that we would go where the books were: “I’ll drive you to the library.”
So pretty soon there were these two peevish（坏脾气的）boys sitting in her white 1959 Oldsmobile on their way to Detroit Public Library. I wandered reluctantly（不情愿） among the children’s books. I loved animals, so when I saw some books that seemed to be about animals, I started leafing through them.
The first book I read clear through was Chip the Dam Builder. It was about beavers（河狸）. For the first time in my life I was lost in another world. No television program had ever taken me so far away from my surroundings as did this virtue visit to a cold stream in a forest and these animals building a home.
It didn’t dawn on me at the time, but the experience was quite different from watching TV. There were images forming in my mind instead of before my eyes. And I could return to them again and again with the flip（快速翻动）of a page.
Soon I began to look forward to visiting this quiet sanctuary form my other world. I moved from animals to plants, and then to rocks. Between the covers of all those books were whole worlds, and I was free to go anywhere in them. Along the way a funny thing happened: I started to know things. Teachers started to notice it too. I got to the point where I couldn’t wait to get home to my books.
Now my older brother is an engineer and I am chief of pediatric neurosurgery(儿童神经外科)at John Hopkins Children’s Center in Baltimore. Sometimes I still can’t believe my life’s journey, from a failing and indifferent student in a Detroit public school to this position, which takes me all over the world to teach and perform critical surgery.
But I know when the journey began the day Mom switched off the TV set and put us in her Oldsmobile for that drive to the library.
37．We can learn from the beginning of the passage that ___________.
A. the author and his brother had done well in school
B. the author had been very concerned about his school work
C. the author had spent much time watching TV after school
D. the author had realized how important schooling was
38．Which of the following is not true about the author’s family?
A. He came from a middle-class family.
B. He came from a single-parent family.
C. His mother worked as a cleaner.
D. His mother had received little education.
39．How did the two boys feel about going to the library at first?
A. They were afraid B. They were reluctant.
C. They were impatient. D. They were eager to go.
40．The author began to love books for the following reasons EXCEPT that ___________.
A. he began to see something in his mind
B. he could visualize what he read in his mind
C. he could go back to read the books again
D. he realized that books offered him new experience

What should you think about when trying to find your career? You are probably better at some school subjects than others. These may show strengths that you can use in your work. A boy who is good at mathematics can use that in an engineering career. A girl who spells well and likes English may be good at office work. So it is important to know the subjects you do well in at school. On the other hand, you may not have any specially strong subjects but your records show a general satisfactory standard. Although not all subjects can be used directly in a job, they may have indirect value. A knowledge of history is not required for most jobs but if history is one of your good subjects you will have learned to remember facts and details. This is an ability that can be useful in many jobs.
Your school may have taught you skills, such as typing or technical drawing, which you can use in your work. You may be good at metalwork or cookery and look for a job where you can improve these skills. If you have had a part-time job on Saturdays or in the summer, think what you gained f