广东省梅州中学届高三第一次月考英语试题.docx

1、广东省梅州中学届高三第一次月考英语试题广东省梅州中学2013届高三第一次月考英语试题（本月考试卷由四大部分组成，分为选择题和非选择题。考试范围：新人教版第一册至第四册共20个单元；考试时间120分钟；分值150分）注意事项：1.答题前，学生务必将自己的姓名、班级、座号用钢笔或墨水笔写在答题卷上。2.每小题选出的答案后，请写在答题卷对应题目的位置上，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净。答案不能答在试卷上。3.考试结束，学生可只交答题卷。第一部分：语言知识与应用（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，然后从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，

2、选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。After their business trip, John and Mary returned, eager to see their lovely children. As they drove into their home town feeling glad to be back, they noticed 1 , and they went off their usual route to see what it was. They found a 2 in flames. Mary said, “Oh, well, it isnt our f

3、ire, lets go home.But John 3 closer and screamed, “That home belongs to Fred Jones who works at the plant. He wouldnt be off work yet, maybe there is something we could do.” It has nothing to do with us, Mary 4 .But John drove up and stopped and they were both horror-stricken to see the whole house

4、in 5 . A woman on the lawn was screaming, “The children! Get the children!” John 6 her by the shoulder saying, “Get a hold of yourself and tell us where the children are!” “In the 7 ,” cried the woman, “down the hall and to the left.”In spite of Marys disagreement John 8 for the basement which was f

5、ull of smoke and 9 hot. He found the door and two children. As he left he could hear some more sobbing. He delivered the two badly frightened children into 10 arms and started back asking how many more children were down there. They told him two more and Mary grasped his arm and screamed, “John! Don

6、t go back! Its 11 ! That house will fall down any second.”But he ran into the smoke-filled hallway and at last he found both children. As he climbed up the 12 stairs, the thought went through his mind that there was something strangely 13 about the little bodies next to him, and at last when they ca

7、me out into the 14 and fresh air, he found that he had just 15 his own children.The baby-sitter had left them at this home while she did some shopping.1. Adirection Bmistake Cdanger Dsmoke 2. Aplant Bstore Chome Dkitchen3. Awalked Bdrove Cran Drode4. Awhispered Bnodded Crequired Ddisagreed 5. Aruins

8、 Bflames Cpieces Dsilence6. Apushed B greeted Cseized Dstopped7. Adepartment B hall C house Dbasement8. Arushed Breached Casked Dwent 9. Aheavily Bslightly Cpartly Dterribly10. Awaiting Bfreezing C cheering Dsuffering11. Adangerous Bfoolish Cpractical Dpainful 12. Afinal Bwide Cendless Ddirty13. Apa

9、rticular Bfamiliar Cinteresting Dfortunate14. Acar Bsunlight Ccrowd Darms15. Alost Bfound Crescued Dmissed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标号为1625的相应位置上。My friend had a chance to make a trip to Hong Kong 16. _ August 15, 2011. He had drea

10、med about 17. _ (visit) it since his boyhood and it was the first time that he 18. _ (be) there. The following was 19. _ he had seen. 20. _ (arrive) there, he 21. _ (impress) by its beautiful scenery and tall buildings. It is said that Hong Kong has the most skyscrapers in the world. Wherever he wen

11、t, he saw many smiling faces there. People in Hong Kong were kind, generous, easygoing and ready to help 22. _. Much to his surprise, he saw that people there always kept order in public places. 23. _ crowds of people were waiting for the next train at the subway station, they were talking in such a

12、 low voice as not to disturb one another. Chinese and English are their official languages. English is 24. _ (wide) used in governments, markets, service centers and other fields. Staying there for only a week was a good experience for him, 25. _ he will never forget.第二部分：阅读（满分40分）第一节 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四

13、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。（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）ADo you know anything about the history of weather? Dont look at the skyDont look for old weather reportsLooking at the tree rings is more importantCorrect weather reports date back only one century, but some trees can provide an exact record of we

14、ather even further backIt is natural that a tree would grow best in a climate with plenty of sunlight and rainfallIt is also expected that little sunlight or rainfall would reduce the growth of a treeThe change from a favorable to an unfavorable climate can be found out by the reading pattern of rin

15、gs in a tree trunkTo find out the weather of ten years ago, you can count the rings of a tree trunk from the outside to the insideIf the tenth ring is far from the other rings, then it is certain that plenty of sunny and rainy weather occurredIf the rings are close together, then the climate was bad

16、 for the tree A scientist studied the pattern of the rings of dead trees that had grown thereHe made up his mind that the people had to leave because they had cut down all the treesTrees were necessary to make fires and buildingsSo, after the people destroyed the trees, they had to move In this exam

17、ple studying tree rings uncovered an exciting fact about the history of man26. We can find out the weather of five years ago by counting the rings of a tree trunk _ Afrom the left to the right Bfrom the right to the left Cfrom the inside to the outside Dfrom the outside to the inside27. If the ring

18、was far from the others, we can conclude that the weather of that year was _ Abad Bfavorable Csunny Drainy28. By studying the rings of dead trees in an area of New Mexico, the scientist found _ Awhat the people had to eat Bwhere the people had to go Cwhy the people had to leave Dhow the people left2

19、9. The ancient people usually lived where there were plenty of trees mainly because _ Atrees provided an exact record of weather Btrees were materials for fires and buildings Ctrees could supply them with shades Dtrees could supply them with fruit and food30. By giving the example of an area of New

20、Mexico, the author tries to prove Atrees cant live in the area without population Bwhat the relation is between tree rings and the history of man Cthat studying trees is important for the history of man Dthe history of man is important for the history of treesBLike distance runners on a measured cou

21、rse, all of us will move through time in a roughly predictable pattern. In the first stage of our lives, we develop and grow, reaching toward the top of physical vitality (活力,生气). After we grow up, however, the body begins a process of gradually wearing out.A new awareness of physical fitness may he

22、lp lengthen our years of health and vitality, yet nothing we do will work to stop the unavoidable force of aging.Most of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body. The lungs become less able to take in oxygen. Powerful muscles gradually lose their strength. The heart loses power and pumps

23、 less blood. Bones grow easier to break. Finally, we meet a stress, a stress that is greater than our physical resistance. Often, it is only a minor accident or chance infection (a disease caused by virus), but this time, it brings life to an end. In 1932, a classic experiment nearly doubled the lif

24、etime of rats, simply by cutting back the calories in their diet. The reason for the effect was then unknown.For the first time, the mystery of why we age is being seriously challenged. Scientists in many fields are now making striking and far-reaching discoveries.An average lifetime lasts 75 years,

25、 yet in each of us lies a potential for a longer life. If we could keep the vitality and resistance to disease that we have at age twenty, we would live for 800 years.31. What does the underlined word “it” refer to? A. Physical vitality. B. Stress. C. Aging. D. Physical resistance. 32. Which of the

26、following is not a change of aging? A. People gradually lose their muscle strength.B. Bones tend to break more easily.C. The heart loses power and pumps less blood. D. The lungs become unable to take in oxygen. 33. The author believes the following except that _. A. humans life pattern is predictabl

27、e B. physical fitness cant stop the force of aging C. humans lifetime will last longer than 75 years D. all of the changes of aging take place deep inside the body34. How did Dr. Paul Seagle lengthen the lifetime of rats in his experiment?A. By keeping their physical fitness. B. By cutting the calor

28、ies in their diet. C. By resetting their clock of aging. D. By limiting the protein in their diet. 35. What is probably the best title for the article? A. Two Great Experiments B. The Mystery of Human Life C. The Breakthrough in the Study of Aging D. Ways to lengthen Human Life CThe Pacific island n

29、ation of Nauru used to be a beautiful place. Now it is an ecological disaster area. Naurus heartbreaking story could have one good consequence other countries might learn from its mistakes. However, because it was very remote, Nauru had little communication with Europeans at first. The whaling ships

30、 and other traders began to visit, bringing guns and alcohol. These elements destroyed the social balance of the twelve family groups on the island. A ten-year civil war started, which reduced the population from 1,400 to 900. Naurus real troubles began in 1899 when a British mining company discover

31、ed phosphate (磷酸盐)on the island. In fact, it found that the island of Nauru was nearly all phosphate, which was a very important fertilizer for farming. The company began mining the phosphate. A phosphate mine is not a hole in the ground; it is a strip mine. When a company strip-mines, it removes the top layer of soil. Then it takes away the material it wants. Strip mining totally destroys the land. Gradually, the lovel