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溱潼中学2013届高三期初考试英语试题
2012/8
本试卷分第Ⅰ卷 (选择题) 和第Ⅱ卷 (非选择题) 两部分，共120分。考试时间120分钟。
第I卷（选择题 三部分 共80分）
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）
1. Having retired from his business, he now ________ himself with the welfare of the disabled.
A. associates B. charges C. equips D. occupies
2. _________ achievements, last week’s national meeting earned a low, though not failing, grade.
A. In terms of B. In case of C. In face of D. In honor of
3. Something is bound to happen one way or another to end the conflict or ________ the difficulty.
A. put aside B. do with C. smooth away D. figure out
4. I’ve heard that the tower was built more than 1,000 years ago, so I think it is worthy _______.
A. of visiting B. to visit C. being visited D. to be visited
5 The visitor asked to have his picture taken _________ stood the famous tower.
A. where B. at which C. that D. when
6. The rich, _________ money was not a problem, wanted to stay in expensive hotels.
A. whom B. for whom C. for which D. whose

7. _________ in the regulations that you should not tell other people the password of your e-mail account.
A. What is required B. What required C. It is required D. It requires
8. The traffic problem we are looking forward to seeing _________ should have attracted the government’s attention.
A. solving B. solve C. to solve D. solved
9. Like some of my classmates, I cannot live up to my teacher’s expectations; _________ I let them down.
A. in other words B. in particular C. what’s more D. more or less
10. Six men were arrested overnight after being charged ________ plotting an attack ________ U.S. soldiers at an army base, U.S. media reported on Monday.
A. of; against B. with; against C. for; on D. in; upon
11. Ideally _________ for Broadway Theatre and Fifth Avenue, the New York Park Hotel is a favourite with many guests.
A. locating B. being located C. having been located D. located
12. —Why do you look worried?
—There are so many problems __ .
A. remaining to settle B. remained settling
C. remaining to be settled D. remained to be settled
13. —How did you do in the test?
—Not so well. I _________ much better but I misread the directions for Writing.
A. will have done B. could have done C. must have done D. may have done
14. Hillary Clinton arrived in Beijing on Friday night, ________ the start of her short visit to China.

A. marked B. having marked C. marking D. to mark
15. On February 11, 2007, Drew Gilpin Faust was ________ as the first female president of Harvard University in 371 years.
A. appointed B appealed C. attached D. transferred
16. Faced with_______ failure, it is the most important for us to keep up ______good state of mind.
A. / ; a B. a ; / C. the ; / D ./ ; the
17. The university with two____ campuses has a student population of 50,000 in total．
A．unique B．separate C. single D．alternative
18. When he ______ the front door, he found his keys were nowhere.
A. would open B. opened C. had opened D. was to open
19. The roof fell ______ the PLA men had time to rescue the child trapped in the house.
A. until B. unless C. before D. because
20. I sincerely request the honor of your _______ at my son’s birthday party to be held next Sunday.
A . admission B. entrance C. permission D. presence
21. ---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 w
22. We considered him to be a true friend, ______did many others whom he had cheated
A. which B. as C. when D. though
23. Young people who have got jobs may realize college lessons can’t be the only preparations for all of the situation _______ appears in the working world.
A. where B. when C. that D. what
24.The man _____you referred to is fond of chatting online with _____ shares the same interest.
A. /; whomever B. who; whomever
C. whom; no matter who D. /; whoever
25. ----- We could have asked Mr. Zhang for help. He is caring and considerate.
----- I_______ that. A long time _______.
A. forgot; had been wasted B. forget; wasted
C. have forgotten; wastes D. forgot; was wasted
26.--- I' m surprised to hear that Sue and Paul have __ .
----So am I. They seemed very happy together when I last saw them.
A. broken up B. finished up C. divided up D. closed up
27 --- Go and have fun. I’ll cope with ______ you leave to me properly.
---Thanks a lot.
A. what B. when C. why D. which
28. The fat woman sat at the table, her eyes _____ on the rich food on the plates.
A. having fixed B. are being fixed C. fixed D. are fixing
29. ______ on the top of the hill is an ancient temple dating back to the 17th century.
A. Standing B. Having stood C. Being stood D. Having stood
30.---I must be off now, or it will be too late to see Tom.
---_______? Do you really want to see that dull boy?
A. For him B. Why so C. For what D. So what

第二节 完形填空（共20小题，每小题1分，满分20分）
请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling. Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to  31   , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.
“Frank！” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t  32 , as I knew, but all the time  33 his foot against mine.
My  34  raced back more than thirty years to the  35  days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The  36  was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.
37   wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to  38  each other very well. Frank West  39  me because he wasn’t  40 , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had  41   of a mind than a baby has. His “ 42 ” consisted of rough sounds—sounds of pleasure or anger and  43   more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank  44   on her entirely. He needed all the  45  of a baby.
One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She  46   nearly everything she owned.
When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the  47   ones. So before we  48 that morning, I stood beside Frank and  49  my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his  50  to me was always the same.
31. A. work     B. stay C. live   D. expect
32. A. answer   B. speak C. smile   D. laugh
33. A. covering  B. moving C. fighting  D. pressing
34. A. minds  B. memories C. thoughts D. brains
35. A. better    B. dark C. younger       D. old
36. A. cave      B. place C. sight    D. scene
37. A. Discussing     B. Solving C. Sharing       D. Suffering
38. A. learn from    B. talk to C. help        D. know
39. A. needed   B. recognized C. interested      D. encouraged
40. A. normal      B. common C. unusual     D. quick
41. A. more       B. worse C. fewer   D. less
42. A. word      B. speech C. sentence      D. language
43. A. not       B. no C. something     D. nothing
44. A. fed       B. kept C. lived    D. depended
45. A. attention    B. control C. treatment      D. management
46. A. lost       B. needed C. destroyed      D. left
47. A. troublesome    B. unlucky C. angry   D. unpopular
48. A. separated     B. went C. reunited      D. returned
49. A. pushed     B. tried C. showed      D. measured
50. A. nodding      B. greeting C. meeting       D. acting

第二部分 阅读理解（共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中, 选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
(A)
Here are two letters from our readers expressing their concern about school assessment:
51．Simon Harper writes from the viewpoint of someone who .
A．insists grades should become optional in the near future
B．believes in the advantages of assessment based on grades
C．is concerned about improving students’ creativity
D．supports using students’ interests to measure their abilities
52．Magdalena Smith thinks it is important for .
A. educators to assess the students by grades
B. educators to pay more attention to grades
C. students to compete for better grades
D. students to take part in music, drama, and sports
53．According to the letters, which of the following is true about Village High School? ______
A. Grades are effective in every way.
B. Grades hold back students’ creativity.
C. Grades bring about unnecessary competition.
D. Grades are still in use at present.
54．What are the two letters mainly about? ________
A. The role that grades should play in assessing students.
B. The importance of art and music in students’ life.
C. The need to have a standard measure for students’ success.
D. The reasons why grades shouldn’t be used to assess students.
(B)
The day my fiancé fell to his death, it started to snow, just like the bottom hadn’t fallen out of my world when he fell off the roof. His body, when I found it, was lightly covered with snow. It snowed almost every day for the next four months, while I sat on the couch and watched it pile up.
One morning, I shuffled(拖着脚步走) downstairs and was surprised to see a snowplow(扫雪机) clearing my driveway and the bent back of a woman shoveling my walk. I dropped to my knees, crawled through the living room, and back upstairs so those good Samaritans would not see me. I was mortified. My first thought was, how would I ever repay them? I didn’t have the strength to brush my hair, let alone shovel someone’s walk.
Before Jon’s death, I took pride in the fact that I rarely asked for help or favors. I defined myself by my competence and independence. How could I respect myself if all I did was sit on the couch everyday and watch the snow fall?
Learning how to receive the love and support that came my way wasn’t easy. Friends cooked for me and I cried because I couldn’t even help them set the table. “I’m not usually this lazy,” I swept. Finally, my friend Kathy sat down with me and said, “Mary, cooking for you is not a burden. It makes me feel good to be able to do something for you.”
Over and over, I heard similar words of comfort from the people who supported me during those dark days. One very wise man told me, “You are not doing nothing. Being fully open to your grief may be the hardest work you will ever do.”
In many ways I have changed for the better. I have been surprised to learn that there is incredible freedom that comes from facing one’s worst fear and walking away whole.
55. What made the author feel sad?
A. Her fiancé’s sudden death. B. Constant heavy snow.
C. Her fiancé abandoning her. D. Her job being refused again.
56. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “mortified” in Paragraph 1?
A. Surprised. B. Angry. C. Ashamed. D. Moved.
57. It is _______ that helped the author out of darkness.
A. herself B. her friends C. her fiancé D. a snowplow
59. What’s the author’s purpose in the passage?
A. To talk about her hardest work in her life.
B. To talk about her real love between her and her fiancé
C. To tell us to walk out of hardest work confidently and bravely.
D. To tell us the importance of friendship.
(C)
Sports is not only physically challenging, but it can also mentally challenging. Criticism（批评）from coaches(trainers), parents, and other teammates, as well as pressure to win can create too much anxiety or stress for young athletes. Stress can be physical, emotional, or psychological, and research has showed that it can lead to burnout. Burnout has been described as dropping or quitting of an activity that was at one time enjoyable.
The early years of development are critical years for learning about oneself. The sport setting is one where valuable experiences can take place. Young athletes can, for example, learn how to cooperate with others, make friends, and gain other social skills that will be used throughout their lives. Coaches and parents should be aware(realize), at all times, that their feedback（反馈）to youngsters can greatly affect their children. Youngsters many take their parents’ and coaches’ criticisms to heart and find a flaw（缺陷） in themselves.
Coaches and parents should also be cautious(careful) that youth sport participation does not become work for children. The outcome of the game should not be more important than the process of learning the sport and other life lessons. In today’s youth sport setting, young athletes may be worrying more about who will win instead of enjoying themselves and the sport. Following a game, many parents and coaches focus on(pay more attention to) the outcome and find fault with youngsters’ performances. Positive reinforcement should be provided in spite of the outcome. Research shows that positive reinforcement motivates and has a greater effect on learning than criticism. Again, criticism can create high levels of stress(pressure), which can lead to burnout.
59. According to the passage sport is positive for young people in that .
A. it can help them learn more about society
B. it teaches them how to set realistic goals for themselves
C. it enables them to find flaws in themselves

D. it can provide them with valuable experiences
60. According to the passage parents and coaches should .
A. help children to win every game
B. pay more attention to letting children enjoy sports
C. enable children to understand the positive aspect of sports
D. train children to deal with stress
61. The author’s purpose in writing the passage is .
A. to persuade young children not to worry about criticism
B. to emphasize the importance of positive reinforcement to children
C. to discuss the skill of combing criticism with encouragement
D. to teach young athletes how to avoid burnout
(D)
When an ant dies, other ants take it out of the nest, often within an hour after its death. This behavior interests scientists and they wonder how ants know for sure—and so soon—that another ant is dead.
One scientist recently came up with a way to explain this ant behaviou