惠州三中届高三上学期第三次考试英语.docx

1、惠州三中届高三上学期第三次考试英语惠州市第三中学20102011学年第一学期第三次测试高三英语说明：本试卷满分135分，考试时间120分钟。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和考生号、试室号、座位号填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试题类型（A）填涂在答题卡相应位置上。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，再选涂其它答案，答案不能答在试卷上。3 非选择题必须用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔作答，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

2、按以上要求作答的答案无效。4 考生必须保持答题卡的整洁，考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。第一部分：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） Anna Douglas was 72 years old when she started writing her newspaper column. She had been a school teacher before she retired, but she needed to keep 1 . She was even willing to work without pay. She the

3、n offered her 2 to a business that helped other businesses find jobs for old people. Every day she 3 other old folk like her, by talking with them, she 4 two things. Old people had abilities that were not 5 . But old people also had some 6 . She found a new purpose for herself then. Through the year

4、s, she 7 to write stories about people for national magazines. There was now a new 8 : Old people like herself. She began to write a newspaper column called “Sixty Plus”, which was about 9 old. She writes about the problems of old people, especially their problems with being 10 . Anna Douglas uses h

5、er 11 ability to see the truth behind a problem. She understands 12 problems begin. For example, one of her 13 said that his grandchildren 14 the houses as soon as he came to visit. Mrs. Douglas 15 some ways for him to understand his grandchildren. 1. A. free B. rich C. powerful D. busy2. A. service

6、s B. money C. students D. books3. A. observed B. met C. comforted D. answered 4. A. enjoyed B. followed C. recognized D. demanded 5. A. studied B. agreed C. gave D. used6. A. mistakes B. problems C. questions D. characters7. A. had B. ought C. was D. used8. A. subject B. life C. way D. plan 9. A. ge

7、tting B. respecting C. employing D. supporting10. A. unknown B. refused C. misunderstood D. discouraged11. A. thinking B. working C. reading D. leading 12. A. that B. when C. whether D. why 13. A. visitors B. readers C. listeners D. friends 14. A. got B. entered C. left D. passed15. A. suggested B.

8、chose C. invented D. imagined第二节 语法填空（共10小题，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上标号为31-40的相应位置。Doctors urge more playtime for childrenThe American Academy of Pediatrics (儿科) says 16 children really need for health development is more good, old-fashioned pl

9、aytime.Many parents load their 17 (child) schedules with get-smart videos, enrichment activities and lots of classes in a drive to help 18 do better. The efforts often begin as early as babyhood. Free play is neglected in the shuffle, a new academy report says.Numerous studies have shown that free p

10、lay is very 19 (benefit). It can help children become creative, develop problem-solving skills, relate to others and adjust to school settings, 20 academy report says.“Perhaps above all, play is something 21 is a cherished part of childhood,” says another report, 22 (prepare) by two academy committe

11、es for release Monday 23 the groups annual meeting in Atlanta.It adds that enrichment tools and organized activities can be helpful, 24 should not 25 (view) as a requirement for creating successful children. They must be balanced with plenty of free playtime.第二部分：阅读（共两节，满分50分）第一节：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分

12、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。ASocieties all over the world name places in similar ways. Quite often there is no official naming ceremony but places tend to be called names as points of reference by people. Then an organized body steps in and gives the place a name. Frequently it hap

13、pens that a place has two names: One is named by the people and the other by the government. As in many areas, old habits died hard, and the place continues to be called by its unofficial name long after the meaning is lost.Many roads and places in Singapore are named in order that the pioneers will

14、 be remembered by future generations. Thus we have names such as Stamford Road and Raffles Place. This is in keeping with traditions in many countries - in both the West and the East.Another way of naming places is naming them after other places. Perhaps they were named to promote friendships betwee

15、n the two places or it could be that the people who used to live there were originally from the places that the roads were named after. The mystery is clearer when we see some of the roads named in former British bases. If you step into Selector Airbase you will see Piccadilly Circus - obviously nam

16、ed by some homesick Royal Air Force personnel.Some places were named after the activities that used to go on at those places. Bras Basah Road is an interesting example, “Base Basah” means “wet rice” in Malay(马来语). Now why would anyone want to name a road “Wet Rice Road”? The reason is simple. During

17、 the pioneering days, wet rice was laid out to dry along this road.A few roads in Singapore are named by their shapes. There is “Circular Road” for one. Other roads may have part of their names to describe their shapes, like “Paya Lebar Crescent”. This road is called a crescent(月牙) because it begins

18、 on the main road, makes a crescent and comes back to join the main road again.26. We learn from Paragraph 1 that _.A. the government is usually the first to name a placeB. many places tend to have more than one nameC. a ceremony will be held when a place is namedD. people prefer the place names giv

19、en by the government27. What does the underlined phrase “die hard” in Paragraph 1 probably mean?A. Change suddenly.B. Change significantly.C. Disappear mysteriously.D. Disappear very slowly.28. Which of the following places is named after a person?A. Raffles Place.B. Selector Airbase.C. Piccadilly C

20、ircus.D. Paya Lebar Crescent.29. Bras Basah Road is named _.A. after a personB. after a placeC. after an activityD. by its shape30. What can be inferred from the passage?A. Some place names in Singapore are the same as in Britain.B. Some places in Singapore are named for military purposes.C. The way

21、 Singaporeans name their places is unique.D. Young Singaporeans have forgotten the pioneers.BIn 1993, New York State ordered stores to charge a deposit on beverage (=drink) containers. Within a year, consumers had returned millions of aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles. Plenty of companies

22、were eager to accept the aluminum and glass as raw material for new products, but because few could figure out what to do with the plastic, much of it would end up buried in landfills(垃圾填埋场). The problem was not limited to New York. Unfortunately, there were too few uses for second-hand plastic.Toda

23、y, one out of five plastic soda bottles is recycled in the United States. The reason for the change is that now there are dozens of companies across the country buying discarded plastic soda bottles and turning them into fence post, paint brushes, etc.As the New York experience shows, recycling invo

24、lves more than simply separating valuable materials from the rest of the rubbish. A discard remains a discard unti1 somebody figures out how to give it a second life and until economic arrangements exist to give that second life va1ue.Without adequate markets to absorb materials collected for recycl

25、ing, throwaways actually depress prices for used materials.Shrinking landfill space and rising costs for burying and burning rubbish are forcing local governments to look more closely at recycling. In many areas, the East Coast especially, recycling is already the least expensive waste-management op

26、tion. For every ton of waste recycled, a city avoids paying for its disposal, which, in parts of New York, amounts to savings of more than $100 per ton. Recycling also stimulates the local economy by creating jobs and reduces the pollution control and energy costs of industries that make recycled pr

27、oducts by giving them a more refined raw material.31. What regulation was issued by New York State concerning beverage containers?A. A fee should be charged on used containers for recycling.B. Throwaways should be collected by the state for recycling.C. Consumers had to pay for beverage containers a

28、nd could get their money back on returning them.D. Beverage companies should be responsible for collecting and reusing discarded plastic soda bottles.32. The returned plastic bottles in New York used to .A. be turned into raw materia1sB. be separated from other rubbish C. have a second-life valueD.

29、end up somewhere underground33. The key problem in dealing with returned plastic beverage containers is .A. how to reduce their recycling costsB. to sell them at a profitable priceC. how to turn them into useful thingsD. to lower the prices for used materials34. Recycling has become the first choice

30、 for the disposal of rubbish because .A. recycling causes litt1e pollutionB. other methods are more expensiveC. recycling has great appeal for the joblessD. local governments find it easy to manage35. It can be concluded from the passage that .A. recycling is to be recommended both economically and

31、environmentallyB. local governments in the U. S. can expect big profits from recyclingC. rubbish is a potential remedy for the shortage of raw materialsD. landfills will sti1l be widely used for waste disposalCWhen Charles Strattion was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P.T.Barnum, and thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles parents along with him, and they traveled around the world together. He gave the two-foot-tall Charles a new name, general Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing