广东省汕头市2013届普通高中毕业班教学质量监测英语试题

1、广东省汕头市2013届普通高中毕业班教学质量监测英语试题     绝密启用前 试卷类型：A  汕头市2012-2013学年度普通高中毕业班教学质量监测试题  英 语  本试卷共三大部分，满分135分。考试用时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分别填写在答题  卡上，用2B铅笔将试卷类型A填在答题卡上，并在答题卡右上角的“试室号”和“座位号”栏填写试室号、座位号，将相应的试室号

2、、座位号信息点涂黑。  2. 选择题（46-50题除外）每小题选出答案后，用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑，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. 非选择题和46-50题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，答题前必须先填好答题纸的密封线线内各项内容。答案必须写在答题纸上各题目指定区域内相应位置；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。不案以上要求作答的答案无效。  4. 考生必须保持答题卡、答题纸的整洁，考试结束后，将考卷和答题卡、答题纸一并交回。 

3、0;第一部分 英语知识应用（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，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。  It was a freezing November night and the stars shone coldly as I walked through the deserted town of Wick with anywhereto stay. hours before the next train t

4、o Thurso," I thought _4_, picturing a sleepless night on the streets. Then suddenly I It was from an old man called Robert MacDougal who noticed me huddle（卷缩）in the street on his way home. When I _6_ my situation he _7_ offered shelter for the night. At first I _8_, I''d learnt from bec

5、ame clear that Robert sincerely desired to help. Wick was a small town and _11_ I wasn't a local. It was also obvious that I needed a place to sleep. a small cottage where we sat in front of a warm fire and had a little chat about Wick and Robert. Robert was a _13_. He had three children and sev

6、eral grandchildren, but most of them had After a peaceful night on an old sofa, I got up at 4:30 a.m. To catch my _15_, leaving behind a note of thanks. Today I sometimes think about Wick, and wonder if Robert is still there. I'll always remember with gratitude his simple act of kindness. &

7、#160;1. A.hunted for B.go through C.walked round D.twisted up  2. A.life B.hope C.tourism D.trust  3. A.continued B.attempted C.paused D.managed  4. A.enthusiastically B.desperately C.delightedly D.unbelievably  5. A.voice B.remark C.sound D.speech  

8、6. A.introduced B.explained C.exposed D.mentioned  7. A.unwillingly B.reluctantly C.automatically D.immediately  8. A.considerate B.suspicious C.reasonable D.curious        9. A.strangers B.elders C.adults D.robbers  10. A.accident B.coinci

9、dent C.evidence D.incident  11. A.strangely B.apparently C.luckily D.naturally  12. A.watched B.attracted C.followed D.directed  13. A.widower B.father C.husband D.survivor  14. A.understand B.acknowledge C.know D.analyze  15. A.dream B.flight C.bus

10、D.train     第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题有10个空格。请按照语境以及括号里所给的词完成短文。答案填写在答题卡标号为16-25的相应位置。  Dear Gill,  Do you remember me telling you about a health farm I'd seen advertised? Well, I've looked at the ad again and I you do is _20_(entire) up to you. You can have p

11、rogram specially _21_(design) to suit you, or you can just ask staff to make a few suggestions about activities to do. You can use of the sports and leisure facilities for as much as you like, and the brochure also mentions lots of other activities every day. But don't worry, as There's a te

12、rrific offer on at the moment with weekends costing only half the normal price although that only _24_ certain dates. Anyway, let me know _25_ you think.  Best wishes  Sue  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40分）  阅读下列四篇短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B/C和D

13、）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。  A  We live in central Phoenix, near the canal. Every day I used to see a homeless old man and his scruffy little dog hanging out down there.  I would tell my husband we should give him food for the little dog. It wouldn't have been a problem;

14、 we have our own "mini farm" of animals! But he would say "OK!" and then blow the idea off because of our business.  Being in Phoenix, Arizona, you can just imagine how hot it gets here, but his winter was really chilly! I had just come from KFC with take-out food for d

15、inner. As I was turning by the canal, the man and his dog were sitting right there all bundled up. Even the doggy had a coat on! Not even thinking about it, I pulled into the parking lot along the canal and piled up a plate of chicken with al the fixings for the man and his little buddy. I gave it t

16、o him with a soda and a bottle of water for the little dog. He said, "Thank you, sweetie. You are an angel." And there were tears welling up in his eyes! I told him he ws so welcome, and then went home.  When my husband dug into the KFC gag he asked, "Were you hungry, or wha

17、t?" I told him what I did and he said, "Only you!" Then he told me I had done a good thing.  A few weeks later, we were walking along the canal and found the man walking to me, with his little dog. He asked whether I would mind adopting the dog. With tears in eyes, he said i

18、t had gotten too hard for him to care for the dog. He added that he was planning on heading to Washington State but his dog wouldn't have been up to it, so he hoped to give it to me. "Only you! In this city, you are the only person I can believe in!"       

19、0;Now, every time I watch and pat the puppy lying near the fireplace, I will recall the old man's words and wish him good luck.  26. The author and her husband didn't kelp the old man at the beginning because _  A.they had a farm of animals to feed B.they didn't have

20、food even for themselves.  C.they worked busily and often forget it. D.they were unwilling to help a man with a dog.  27. What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 3?  A. She gave the old man some food on a cold day.  B. She met the old man after finis

21、hing her dinner.  C. She offered the old man nothing but chicken.  D. She burst into tears after helping the old man.  28. What did the author's husband feel when she told him what she had done?  A. Grateful. B. Delighted C. Indifferent D. Disappointed

22、0; 29. Whey did the old man hope to give the dog to the author?  A. Because he knew thee author was also a dog lover.  B. Because the author was the person he could trust.  C. Because the author was the only person he knew.  D. Because he believed that hi

23、s dog liked the author.  30. What can we infer from the ending of the passage?  A. The author refused the old man's request. B. The author misses the old man and his dog.  C. The author feels the old man was very lucky. D. The author adopted the old man's dog.&#

24、160; B  Parents need to be good role models to help their children make sensible financial decisions, according to Adam Hancock and hs team, from East Caronlina University in the US. Their work highlights that parents who argue about finances contribute to increasing credit card debt

25、among their children during their students years. Their work is published online in Springer's Journal of Family and Economic Issues.  Credit card debt among college students has been a growing concern for researchers and policymakers over the last decade. In addition, there is growing

26、 concern among educators that more students are dropping out of school, not because of academic failure, but because of financial reasons, and credit card especially. Hancock and colleagues' study is the first to examine how parental interactions, and financial knowledge and attitudes may have a

27、 cumulative effect（累积效应）on the number of credit cards students own and their level of credit card debt.  The researchers analyzed data for 420 undergraduate students from seven different American universities, who took part in the College Student Financial Literacy Survey. According to the

28、 online survey, nearly two-thirds of students had a credit card, and nearly a third had more than one. Those students who reported that their parents argued about finances were more likely to have more than two cards than the students whose parents who did not argue about finances.  In ter

29、ms of debt, those students who had two or more credit cards were nearly three times more likely to report having credit card debt over 500.  The researchers conclude, "It is clear that the influence of parents cannot be neglected. Researchers, educators and policymakers should work in

30、 finding effective ways to increase the positive financial behaviors fo college students. We need to help students learn financial skills and establish healthy financial attitudes at earlier ages to prevent poor financial habits from taking root."  31. In Adam Hancock's research,

31、student's credit card debt is related to their _.  A.knowledge B.concerns C.school D.parents  32. When college students have credit card debt, they may _.        A.quit school B.fail in their exams  C.study financial knowledge D.have mo

32、re credit cards  33. What can we infer from Paragraph 3?  A. More than 400 students i a university took the survey.  B. The survey was conducted with the paper questionnaire.  C. Nearly all the students in this survey have credit cards.  D. Students

33、have fewer cards if their parents argue more.  34. If you have two or more credit cards, you are more likely to _.  A.get wealthy B.have argument C.buy more things D.become in debt  35. As a student, what can yo learn from the passage?  A. We need to turn to o

34、ur parents when we have credit card debt.  B. We should build correct financial attitudes when we are young.  C. We shouldn't have credit cards so that we can avoid argument.  D. We can have more credit cards to make life more comfortable.  C  If

35、 you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, whosay that most of our brains are not getting enough exerciseand as a result, we are ageing unnecessarily soon.  Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise

36、healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing theirability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of ageing could be slowed down.  different ages and varying occupations. With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring br

37、ain volumes of a thousand people of  Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sectionsof the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain,which cont

38、rols functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectualor emotional faculties.)  Contraction of front and side partsas cells die offwas observed I some subjects in their thirties, but it was still notevident in some sixty- and

39、seventy-year-olds.  Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with ageusingthe head.  The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns.Those leas

40、t at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doingroutine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shopassistant.  Matsuzawas findings show that thinking can

41、 prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the headto supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain,” hesays, “Think hard and engage in conversation. Dont rely on pocket calculators.”  36.

42、The team of doctors wanted to find out _.  A. why certain people age sooner than others B. how to make people live longer  C. the size of certain peoples brains D. which people are most intelligent  37. On what are their research findings based?  A. A survey o

43、f farmers in northern Japan. B. Tests performed on a thousand old people.  C. The study of brain volumes of different people D. The latest development of computer technology.  38. The doctors test show that _.  A. our brains shrink as we grow older B. the front section

44、of the brain does not shrink     C. sixty-year-olds have the better brains than thirty-year-olds  D. some peoples brains have contracted more than other peoples.  39. The word “subjects” in Paragraph 5 means _.  A. something to be considered B. branc

45、hes of knowledge studied  C. persons chosen to be studied in an experiment  D. any member of a state except the supreme ruler.  40. According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others?  A. Lawyers. B. Farmers. C. Clerks. D. Shop assistant

46、s.  D  The speaker, a teacher from a community college, addressed a sympathetic audience. Heads nodded in agreement when hesaid, "High school English teachers are not doing their jobs." He described the inadequacies of his students, all high schoolgraduates who can use

47、language only at a grade 9 level. I was unable to determine from his answers to my questions how thisgrade 9 level had been established.  My topic is not standards nor its decline（降低）. What the speaker was really saying is that eh is no longer young; he hasbeen teaching for sixteen years,

48、and is able to think and speak like a mature adult.  My point is that the frequent complaint of one generation about the one immediately following it is inevitable. It is alsohuman nature to look for the reasons for our dissatisfaction. Before English became a school subject in the late ni

49、neteenthcentury, it was difficult to find the target of the blame for language deficiencies（缺陷）. But since then, English teachers havebeen under constant attack.  The complainers think they have hit upon an original idea. As their own command of the language improves, they noticethat young

50、 people do not have this same ability. Unaware that their own ability has developed through the years, they assumethe new generation of young people must be hopeless in this respect. To the eyes and ears of sensitive adults the language of theyoung always seems inadequate.  Since this conc

51、ern about the decline and fall of the English language is not perceived as a generational phenomenon butrather as something new and peculiar to today's young people, it naturally follows that today's English teachers cannot be doingtheir jobs. Otherwise, young people would not have a poor co

52、mmand of English.  41. The speaker the author mentioned in the passage believed that _.  A. the language of the younger generation is usually inferior to that t of the older generation  B. the students had a poor command of English because they didn't work hard enou

53、gh  C. he was an excellent language teacher because he had been teaching English for sixteen years  D. English teachers should be held responsible for the students' poor command of English  42. In the author's opinion, the speaker _.  A. gave a correct

54、 judgment of the English level of the students  B. had exaggerated （夸张）the language problems of the students  C. was right in saying that English teachers were not doing their jobs  D. could think and speak intelligently  43. The author's attitude towards

55、the speaker's remarks is _.  A. neutral B. positive C. critical D. compromising  44. It can be concluded from the passage that _.  A. it is justifiable to include English as a school subject  B. the author disagrees with the speaker over the standard of En

56、glish at Grade 9 level  C. English language teaching is by no means an easy job  D. Language improvement needs time and effort  45. In the passage the author argues that _.  A. it is unfair to blame the English teachers for the language deficiencies of the stu

57、dents  B) young people would not have a poor command of English if the teachers did their jobs properly  C) to get rid of language deficiencies one must have sensitive eyes and ears  D) to improve the standard of English requires the effort of several generations &

58、#160;第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）  阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选  项字母涂黑。  首先请阅读下列有关地球科学的文章，插图及简介：  Mental Health to Decline With Climate Change  Global     Nature  dollars     The EPA 

59、0;public     Newest  A strong  under  Climate  As  the     Airline Greenhouse Gases May Endanger Human Health is warning that greenhouse gases emission（排放）is a threat to health and welfare. weapon Against Clima

60、te Change: Rocks contender in the fight against global warming may be right our feet. Changing Faster Than Expected climate change exceeds the worst predictions, scientists emphasize urgency of reducing emissions. Passengers May Face Radiation Risk warming can be absolute depressing. Turns out, it i

61、s. Tourism Doesn't always Help Ecotourists who want to help protect the environment with their travel may be best off backpacking.  Add lightning-produced radiation to the list of potential concerns for  holiday travelers.     下面是这些文章的主要内容。请把相关的内容与它们的标题匹配起

62、来。  46. By now with so many persuasive evidences, global warming is developing or exceeding  experts' worst expectations, and could bring drastic change to our planet, including a 19-foot  sea level rise and the extinction of many species, according to a new report

63、released today.  So scientists sound the alarm.  47. Besides adventure and relaxation, there is some comfort in thinking that your tourist dollars  help protect the natural beauty you go to visit. But it doesn't always work that way. A new  study in Uganda

64、（乌干达）found that people who spent more money to se gorillas in Bwindi  Impenetrable National Park didn't necessarily help the local community more.  48. Rocks with a powerful thirst for carbon dioxide could suck enough of the greenhouse gas  from the atmosphere to he

65、lp counteract global warming, according to a recent study. Formed  under heat and pressure deep in the Earth, the rocks have unusual chemical properties when  moving up to the surface, which include absorbing carbon dioxide.  49. A rise in natural disasters caused by the global warming will lead to more cases of stress   disorder and depression. According to various evidences, climate change will bring new  cases of stress, anxiety and depression. People who already ha