浙江省诸暨中学2013届高三上学期期中考试英语试题.doc

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高 三 年 级 英 语 试 卷2012 .11

本试卷共三部分。满分120分。考试时间120分钟。
选择题部分（共80分）
第一部分：英语知识运用：（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：单项填空（共20小题；每题0.5分，满分10分）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该项涂黑。
例：It is generally considered unwise to give a child he or she wants.
A．however B．whatever C．whichever D．whenever
答案是B。
1. ---What do you say to a weekend in New York?
---________.
A. Sounds like fun B. I think so C. It doesn’t matter D. I really envy you
2. He graduated from a key university with great honors and I think he is ________ to the job.
A. delicate B. compulsory C. adequate D. suitable
3. Judging by the ________ he keeps, Mark must be an extremely wealthy man.
A. cooperation B. characteristic C. motivation D. company
4. Christmas is ______ federal holiday in the States—all government employees get ______day off．
A．the; the B．a; / C．a; the D．/; the
5．After _________ the luggage at the railway station, we left for the exhibition in a taxi.
A. claiming B. demanding C. deserving D. obtaining
6. So far all cloned animals have suffered from some different serious disorders, ______ dying soon after birth.
A. many of which B. many of whom C. many of them D. many of that
7. ---What can I do for you, madam?
---Well, I am just looking for a tie, ______ to match my husband’s suit.
A. the one B. one C. that D. it
8. Comparison may make something appear more beautiful than it is when ______ alone.
A. to see B. seeing C. is seen D. seen
9. I am afraid we cannot include the item you suggest, as it does not ____ with the rest of the program．
A. fit in B. keep up C. get on D. come down
10. “How could you lose so much money?” John asked his wife, eyeing her angrily from ________ the kitchen table.
A. at B. across C. through D. on
11. When Helen saw his tutor nod ________ to her, she calmed down and went on with her performance.
A. encouragingly B. amazingly C. interestingly D. astonishingly
12. ---Do you know the timetable of the school bus?
---Sure, the first trip________ at 6:30 a.m. and usually continues until 4 p.m. on weekdays.
A. will start B. starts C. is starting D. started
13. The moment I saw him, his name simply ________ me, and I stood there not knowing how to address him.
A. chokes B. escaped C. failed D. confused
14. Researchers have found clear and convincing evidence ________ happiness is the key to better health and longer lives.
A. where B. whether C. how D. that
15. Kind words can be short and easy_______, but their echoes are truly endless.
A. to speak B. speaking C. to be spoken D. being spoken
16．—I had to take a taxi home yesterday because my car broke down.
—You ________. I was not using it.
A. could have borrowed mine B. couldn’t have borrowed mine
C. must have borrowed mine D. shouldn’t have borrowed mine
17. Was this research center ______ they visited the modern equipment last month built a century ago?
A. which B. where C. that D. what
18. Jessica has always been honest and straightforward, and it doesn’t matter ________ that she’s talking to.
A. who is it B. who it is C. it is who D. it is whom
19. His sacrifices for the country were never officially , which made all of us feel discouraged.
A. appealed B. acknowledged C. recommended D evaluated
20. —Dad, dad! My head hurts so much. I think I’m dying.
—________, darling! The doctor says you will feel better soon.
A. That will do B. There, there C. Hi, there D. So long
第二节：完形填空 （共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。
As educators, we often never know the influence we have on our students. It is always wonderful to have __21___ students visit us and share the successes they have achieved. And those glorious moments, when we can instantly see the influence we have on a student, fuel us to continue making connections hoping to ___22___ in the life of every child.
As a music teacher for twenty-seven years, I have always known that music ___23___ the soul. It can ___24___ all kinds of barriers to reach students in a very special way. It can be the ___25___ for each child to find their light. I would like to share a story about it.
For a few years I was blessed with the opportunity to teach __26___ students one afternoon a week. One of my most ___27___ students was a five-year-old girl called Vanessa, who had difficulty walking, and could not speak. We ___28___ sat on the floor for our music lessons and Vanessa liked to sit on my lap. One of her favorite songs was “John the Rabbit.” It was a call and response song where I sang the call and the students ___29___ twice while singing the repeating phrase, “Oh, yes!” Vanessa liked to ___30___ her hands together with mine and clap with me. We probably performed that song during every class, Vanessa and I clapping together. But she ___31___ said or sang a word.
One day late in the school year, when the song was finished, Vanessa turned around, looked me dead in the eye, clapped her tiny hands twice and said the words “Oh, yes!” I opened my mouth in ___32___ and for that moment I was the one who could not speak. When my heart ___33___ started beating again, I looked over at the assistant teacher to find her also ___34___. Through music, we had made an awesome connection.
Several years later, I passed Vanessa on the street in town. I stopped my car and waved to say hello. She waved back with a big ___35___ on her face and then clapped her hands twice, imitating the song we had ___36___ so many times in our music class. This precious little girl, ___37___ her connection with music, left an impression on me that will last forever. Every child has the ___38___ to learn and grow. It is up to us as educators to ___39___ the way to reach each and every one of our students. We all must find each child’s ___40___.
21. A. late B. former C. recent D. present
22. A. make it B. make sense C. make a mess D. make a difference
23. A. touches B. saves C. abandons D. feels
24. A. get across B. cut down C. take over D. break through
25. A. means B. direction C. process D. companion
26. A. disabled B. normal C. outgoing D. junior
27. A. awful B. elegant C. memorable D. sensitive
28. A. partly B. hardly C. nearly D. mostly
29. A. sang B. whispered C. yelled D. clapped
30. A. strike B. put C. hit D. shake
31. A. ever B. never C. still D. even
32. A. horror B. delight C. astonishment D. embarrassment
33. A. immediately B. completely C. slowly D. finally
34. A. scared B. breathless C. speechless D. clumsy
35. A. greeting B. smile C. expression D. affection
36. A. performed B. operated C. trained D. recorded
37. A. upon B. through C. from D. beyond
38. A. desire B. talent C. ability D. urge
39. A. discover B. change C. test D. make
40. A. strength B. dream C. light D. dignity
第二部分 阅读理解（第一节20小题，第二节5小题；每小题2分，满分50分）
第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卷上将该选项标号涂黑。
A
Even when you’re extremely busy, you aren’t using your time with 100 efficiency. There are gaps in everyone’s schedule where they aren’t doing anything important. Even if your schedule has no gaps, there is probably lots of time where you aren’t working as fast or as effectively as you possibly could.
Why aren’t you completely efficient? It’s because time isn’t the limiting factor. If it were the limiting factor, people could work non-stop without breaks or any unproductive distractions. Instead, people, even those who are highly productive, need to take breaks, occasionally procrastinate(拖延) and slow down on tasks throughout the day.
The real and most important limiting factor for productivity is your energy levels to pay attention. Energy levels limit your productivity because when you’re tired, you can have ample time and still not get everything done. Your attention ability is also limited, because even if there are a million things that need to be done, you can only focus on one or two at a time.
You might not be able to insert another 4-5 hours into your schedule without making some sacrifices. But even extremely busy people can add an hour or two into their schedule without cancelling anything. The reason it’s hard to “find time” isn’t a lack of time. It’s because you don’t have enough energy left to focus on something else that needs to fit into your day.
I first suspected time wasn’t the real problem during an extremely busy period in my life over a year ago. I was insanely busy, but at that time I still exercised regularly. I had daily to-do lists with over twenty items, and I still found time to exercise. However, after a few weeks off, due to illness, I stopped exercising. I was not busy by any standards, in fact, my schedule was incredibly light. Despite this free time, I found it hard to find time to exercise. It seemed to get pushed later and later into my schedule until it was gone. How can I explain this odd experience? I believe you have known it.
41. If someone can’t work with 100% efficiency, the most important limiting factor is ________.
A．a schedule without gaps B．breaks and distractions
C．the limited time D．the limited energy
42. According to paragraph 4, everyone, including the extremely busy people, can ___________.
A．work without any rest B．focus on many things at a time
C．find some more time in a day D．do some exercise regularly
43. After a few weeks off, what was the change of the writer’s life?
A．He had a longer daily to-do lists with over twenty items.
B．He stopped doing exercise because of the lack of energy.
C．He found it hard to find time to exercise because he was busier.
D．He pushed most of the things later and later in his schedule.
44. The writer gives the example of himself in the last paragraph in order to ___________.
A．prove what the real limiting factor is
B．show us how busily he needs to work
C．explain how important a healthy body is
D．tell us what an odd experience he has
45. What is the best title of the passage?
A．Are You Really Lacking in Time? B．How Can You Work Efficiently?
C．What Makes Your Energy Limited? D．When Should You Do Exercise?

B
As the queen prepares to celebrate her Diamond Jubilee, one of her closest relatives and oldest friends has been allowed to give a deep description of the family life of the royals. There have been hundreds of other books declaring to offer a quick look behind the Palace doors, but this is the first written by someone who is closely related to the royal family and has shared their lives----not only throughout the Queen’s reign but also through that of her father, King George VI.
The Final Curtsey was written by Her Majesty’s cousin and childhood playmate, the Honorable Margaret Rhodes. It tells in detail the story of Mrs. Rhodes’s relationship with the royal family over eight decades. The book, showed with delightfully informal and never-before-seen pictures, has been written with the full knowledge of the Queen, who has read and approved parts of it.
Mrs. Rhodes lives on the royal farm in Windsor Great Park, in a house given to her by the Queen in 1980. She tells how it was offered out of the blue one day when she and the Queen---whose 60 years on the throne next year will be marked with many national famous people---were out riding. She suddenly turned around and said, “ Could you bear to live in the suburb?” Therefore Mrs. Rhodes is now still living here.
Born in 1925, the youngest daughter of the 16th Lord Elphinstone and his wife Mary, the Honorable Margaret Rhodes has led an extraordinary life. She was the childhood playmate of her cousin, the Queen; she was a wartime MI6 spy; she was a lady-in-waiting to her aunt, Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, from 1991 until the latter’s death in 2002 At the Queen’s 80th birthday in April 2006, Margaret gave an interview to the BBC in which she proved that, in her own opinion and despite several false reports, the Queen would not abdicate(退位). Now, at the age of 86, she has written a charming autobiography that paints a first-time close portrait of the private world of the royal family.
Elsewhere in the book she reveals how the Queen Mother was a fan of the TV shows Two Fat Ladies and Dad’s Army. Perhaps more surprisingly, she was also a fan of the poet Edith Sitwell and the Poet Laureate Ted Hughes, who was a regular and favoured guest
Life at Birkhall, the Queen Mother’s home of the edge of the Balmoral Estate, is described along with sometimes noisy dinners. Mrs. Rhodes recalls: “At the end of the meal, Queen Elizabeth would start a series of toasts. As well as ‘Hooray for…’ with glasses held high, there was even more of ‘ Down with…’ with glasses almost disappearing beneath the table.”
46. Compared with other books about the royal family, what is the biggest advantage of The Final Curtsey?
A. It predicts whether the Queen will leave the Palace.
B. Its author is the Queen’s cousin who knows her well.
C. Its author presents readers a really different Queen.
D. It discloses when the Queen will retire to work on the farm.
47. From the third paragraph we know Mrs. Rhodes ________.
A. had to obey the Queen’s order to live a happy life.
B. knows well that the Queen is very kind.
C. didn’t expect that she would have a chance to live on the farm.
D. didn’t want to disappoint the Queen before other famous people.
48. Which of the following statements about Mrs. Rhodes is NOT right?
A. She once worked as a maid in the Palace to serve the Queen.
B. She became the playmate of the Queen at a young age.
C. She once worked as a spy during the war when young.
D. She believes that the Queen will not give up her power.
49. What makes Mrs. Rhodes write The Final Curtsey?
A. She wishes to earn enough money to buy the royal farm.
B. She hopes to prove her relationship with the Queen is good.
C. She wants to remind the Queen of remembering the Queen Mother.
D. She wants to present her life and the world of the royal family in a private but real way.
C
　It was a cold night in December. Two beggars were sitting on a busy street corner in the downtown section of the city. The cold wind made them huddle together for heat and comfort. They watched helplessly as scores of people walked by, some ignoring them on purpose and others too caught up in their own cares to even notice their existence. Every so often, a kind-hearted woman or a small child would drop a few coins in the