2011—2012第一学期高三第二次月考
英 语 试 题
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
1．Where does the conversation most probably take place? A．In a park. B．In a zoo. C．In a pet store. 2．What does the woman mean? A．Things here are very cheap. B．Things here are not cheap. C． She doesn’t know whether things here are cheap or not. 3．Where are the two speakers going to plant the tree? A．By the front door. B．At the back of the garage. C．At the end of the garden.
4．What’s the one thing that the woman does not like about the newly opened supermarket? A．The unacceptable prices. B．The lack of varieties in some goods. C．Packing groceries by oneself. 5．How is the man feeling? A．Warm. B．Cold. C．Cool. 第二节 （共15小题；每题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至第8题。 6．Who is the woman speaking to? A．Her husband. B．A policeman. C．A firefighter. 7．What has happened to the woman’s house? A．It’s been burnt down． B．It’s been broken into． C．It’s been flooded. 8．Where does the woman live? A．No. 14 on 15th Avenue. B．No. 4 on 5th Avenue. C．No. 14 on Center Street.
请听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。 9．What does the woman want to know? A．The best way to go to New York． B．The quickest way to go to New York． C．The cheapest way to go to New York．
10．How much does it cost the woman to go to New York by bus? A．$5． B．$15． C．$50．
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11．What do we know from the conversation? A．The woman will go to New York by bus．
B．It will take the woman five hours to go to New York by bus． C．The woman won’t go to New York by bus． 请听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。 12．What are the speakers talking about? A．A meal． B．A job. C．An interview. 13．How is the man feeing? A．Nervous. B．Confident. C．Excited. 14．At what time are they probably having the conversation? A．At noon. B．At 2:30 p.m. C．At night. 请听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。
15．What’s the probable relationship between the two speakers? A．Good friends． B．Strangers． C．Classmates． 16．What can we know about the woman from the conversation? A．She won a cup in last week’s tennis competition． B．She is a science expert．
C．She works at St Jude’s Training College．
17．How long has the man been in the science department? A．Half a year． B．More than a year． C．Two years． 请听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。 18．What is Lusia?
A．A tour guide. B．A director in the company. C．A college student.
19．What will the listeners do in the afternoon? A．Get to know the products in the workshops. B．Read the introduction of the products. C．Prepare supper for the workers. 20．Who will pay for their lunch? A．The woman. B．The students. C．The compary. 第二部分：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）
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 21．—Excuse me, Dad, but I am going to the club to meet my friends in the football team.
—OK. . A．Good luck B．Congratulations C．With pleasure D．Have fun
22．Julian Assange, WikiLeaks founder, defended publication of the documents as a
victory for openness. A．a; 不填 B．the； 不填 C．a; the D．the; the
23． by a thick forest, the ancient city hadn’t been discovered until the 1990s. A．Surrounding B．To surround C．Surrounded D．Having surrounded
24．Staying one day in aShangri-La Hotel costs renting a house at my hometown for a
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week.
A．the three times price of B．three times the price of C．as much as three times D．as much three times as
25．While traveling, Peter never enjoys visiting large cities because he thinks one city is much
like . A．the other B．another C．the other D．others 26．—Hi, Jane, this is Tom. Do you have time to talk?
—Hi, Tom, sure. I TV. A．have just watched B．has just watched C．was just watching D．am just watching
27． travel can broaden your mind, I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend too much time
and money on it. A．If B．While C．Because D．As
28．While studying, fix your mind on what is really important, or you will remembering nothing. A．end up B．take up C．lead to D．stick to
29． the theory, the scientists asked more than sixty college students to take part in the experiment. A．Being tested B．To test C．Testing D．Texted
30．China is no longer a production base; it is also one of the most important consumer
markets. A．partly B．merely C．shortly D．totally 31．By the time he leaves university, he work experience so long as he takes a part-time job. A．will have gained B．has gained C．will be gaining D．will gain
32．International students have made their way to Yale University since the 1830s, the
first Latin American student was admitted. A．why B．how C．when D．since 33．—Mum, I am sorry, but I failed in the English exam.
—So you get the MP4 you want. I am sorry, too. A．shall not B．might not C．needn’t D．shouldn’t 34．—May I use your new dictionary? I want to look up a word.
—It’s over there. . A．No problem B．Got it C．Feel free D．It depends 35．Not until the late 18th century the Antarctic Circle, but he never saw land. A．has James Cook crossed B．crossed James Cook C．did James Cook cross D．James Cook crossed 第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） Last night, my daughter and I printed out Smile Cards and attached a note to each card saying. “Merry Christmas” and “Have a Happy New Year”. We decided to 36 the cards into part of a neighborhood tag game, in which cards must be 37 to someone else in the neighborhood with a piece of paper 38 them Happy Holidays too. We 39 plenty of cards around or neighborhood in the dark so no one would see us. I was 40 when I saw my neighbor run up my driveway the next morning after her child got 版权所有：中华资源库 www.ziyuanku.com
on her bus with a piece of paper in her hand. It was one of our Smile Cards—we got one back! That afternoon when I was 41 my mailbox, our eldest neighbor, maybe around 80 years old, 42 at my mailbox with her friend. She said, “Here, honey , I have 43 for you”, and then she 44 me one of our “Smile Cards” and said “tag you’re it”. We got another one back! I 45 talking with her. She said she had one 46 this Christmas, that she would be able to 47 for her family this year, but 48 , she could not 49 the ham on her fixed 50 . I told her I had something for her. I went in and 51 a ham, a bag of potatoes and some cans of green beans, put them in a bag and gave them to her. She said, “I can’t take this.” 52 I insisted, “You tagged me, now here is me paying it forward, and you can tag someone else because now you’re it!” It felt so 53 to help her. I know that when I sit to eat my Christmas dinner, she will be having hers with her 54 like she wanted and that is a good 55 . 36．A．become B．grow C．turn D．exchange 37．A．found out B．hidden away C．thrown off D．passed along 38．A．wishing B．promoting C．providing D．recommending 39．A．published B．delivered C．played D．collected 40．A．content B．curious C．anxious D．fantastic 41．A．selecting B．registering C．repairing D．checking 42．A．stopped B．fell C．passed D．sat 43．A．something B．everything C．anything D．nothing 44．A．returned B．showed C．handed D．mentioned 45．A．avoided B．regretted C．tied D．continued 46．A．chance B．present C．wish D．dream 47．A．account B．send C．cook D．prepare 48．A．unfortunately B．unbelievably C．actually D．exactly 49．A．afford B．offer C．keep D．put 50．A．price B．cost C．expense D．income 51．A．picked out B．took out C．turned out D．helped out 52．A．And B．But C．Or D．So 53．A．painful B．generous C．friendly D．good 54．A．friends B．family C．students D．neighbors 55．A．dinner B．feeling C．gift D．action 第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
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Trusting In the Kindness of Strangers
While driving from my home on the long way to work I noticed a car in front of me had a wobbly (摇摆的) wheel. It was clear the wheel had been changed recently and had not been fixed correctly. On a slow road this would not present much of a problem, but I knew the route and knew a motorway (高速公路) was coming soon where the traffic would move much faster and would be very dangerous as the wheel could come off at that speed.
I was driving a large jeep at the time and the car in front was a small to mid sized car driven by a lady on her own. So as I tried to flash ray lights and wave her to pull over I was worried that looking in her mirror she would see a lone man chase her down in a jeep waving frantically for her to pull over on this side road.
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Thankfully she trusted more in the good nature of people and pulled over where I could explain the problem. She confirmed the wheel was changed only the night before and said she would pull in to the next garage before the motorway where they would have the tools to fix the wheel correctly.
My belief is that the act of kindness was hers and not mine. How so? Well, it was her who chose to trust in the possibility that people are good over the belief that bad things come from being waved down to the side of the road by strangers. I do preach(宣扬) caution and would have hesitated myself to pull over to the side should a stranger in a car wave me down.
I will never know, thankfully, if the wheel may have come off and caused a serious sediment but it was risky and at the very least might have caused damage to her car, so for that I am glad I was able to wave her down. But I am more glad she trusted in a stranger.
56．The author flashed his because . A．it was quite dark that day B．he was driving extremely fast C．he wanted to call the attention of the lady D．he wanted to catch up with the car in front of him
57．The underlined word “frantically” in the second paragraph probably means “ ”. A．politely B．madly C．casually D．calmly 58．The lady would have her problem solved . A．with the author’s help immediately B．by driving slowly C．before entering the motorway D．with the tools the author gave her
59．What did the author mean by the sentence “My belief is that the act of kindness was hers and
not mine.”? A．It was the lady herself that saved her. B．The lady was really so special a woman. C．The author was grateful for being trusted. D．The lady was so kind a lady that she was worth the help.
B
Airtight plastic bags can help farmers protest their harvests without the use of harmful chemicals. These bags are designed to keep air out of crops in storage. They are a simple way to fight insects and keep food fresh.
Ten countries in West and Central Africa are involved in a project to improve the storage of cowpeas, also known as black, eyed peas. Farmers can lose much of the harvest to insects called brooches. These grow from egg to adult in a few weeks and then lay forty to sixty more eggs. They can destroy the whole harvest within months.
Farmers can sell their crop immediately. But selling at harvest time means more competition and lower prices. Or they can use pesticides (杀虫剂) to kill the bugs. But crop scientist Dieudonne Baributsa says. “They end up misusing or overusing the pesticide. In Nigeria, they have reported a lot of cases of death. They usually call it in Nigeria ‘killer bean’.”
Mr. Barbusse is a researcher at Purdue University in the American state of Indiana. The project is called PICS, for Purdue Improved Cowpea Storage. He says the storage bags are from a lack of oxygen. The lack of air will also help prevent the growth of bacteria that can ruin the harvest. The
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bags cost about two dollars each. Mr. Baributsa says that is not much, especially if it means farmers can wait long enough to get a better price for their crop. The bags are produced locally. Donors currently support the project, but the groups involved are working to build a lasting market for the bags because donor support for the project will not last forever.
A company based in the United States called CrainPromakes another kind of airtight bag. These are called SuperGrainbags. Phil Villers, the company’s president, says safely storing a harvest not only earns more money for farmers, it also reduces the amount of food lost to insects, spoilage and mishandling. “What does not get wasted and eaten means it is available to feed a hungry world,” said Phil Villers.
60．What’s the best title for this passage? A．Simple Bags Save the Harvest B．Plastic Bags; the Enemy of Insects C．Good News for Hungry World D．Pesticides Threaten Food Safety
61．It can be inferred that bruchids . A．steal the stored crop for the future B．breed slowly in the stored harvest C．survive in airtight plastic bags D．multiply while the crop is in storage 62．How does “killer bean” come out? A．The pesticide causes many deaths of bugs. B．People eat beans that are infected by bugs. C．Farmers use chemicals to kill bugs improperly. D．Bugs ruin beans within a short time.
63．Which statement of the following is NOT true? A．Insects in the bags will soon use up the air and then die. B．The airtight plastic bags currently sold the market do not last long. C．The project provides the farmers with the bags for free at present. D．What farmers can earn from the use of the bag is far more than they have to pay.
C
Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious test – takers.
Sian Beilock: “They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources. I talk about it as your cognitive (认知的) horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam.”
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before and exam, highly anxious test – takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the text.
Sian Beilock: “What we think happens is when students put it down on paper, they think about the worst that could happen and they reappraise the situation. They might realized it’s not as bad as they might think it was before and, in essence, it prevents these thoughts from popping up when they’re actually taking a text.”
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave
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them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other student as part of a team effort.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of twelve percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.
Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.
Professor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B +, compared to a B – for those who did not.
Sian Beilock: “What we showed is that for students who are highly test – anxious, who’d done our writing intervention, all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most prone to wry were performing just as well as their classmates who don’t normally get nervous in these testing situations.”
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Profestsor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance.
64．What may happen if students have the problem of test anxiety? A．Test anxiety can improve student’s performance some degree. B．Students’ attention and memory resources run out when worried. C．Students may not be admitted into their favorite college if worried. D．Test anxiety is sure to cause students to fail the fest. 65．Which of the following is TURE? A．In the first math test, students who sat quietly performed better. B．In the second math test, students who wrote about their feelings did worse. C．Some college students are highly anxious test-takers while others are not in the tests. D．The result in the math test agrees with that in the biology test. 66．What does the underlined phrase “popping up” mean? A．Appearing suddenly. B．Fading away. C．Becoming clearly. D．Giving out. 67．What is the main idea of the passage? A．It is a common practice for students being worried before a test. B．Being worried before tests does harm to students’ performance. C．Anxious students overcome test anxiety by writing down fears. D．It is important for students to overcome test anxiety.
D
Mid-IB at a glance
The summer vacation is the time to consolidate your learning and prepare for the year ahead. In July and August, 2011, Oxford Study Courses will once again hold its Mid-IB Summer Schools for students halfway through their IB Diploma(国际预科文凭). We’ll be back giving another generation of IB students a unique opportunity to sample a way of life enjoyed by students at these famous universities.
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Students who have complete the first year of their IB Diploma can join us and we can help them prepare for their important second year. Students can choose how many subjects they study, Each subject is studied for one week. You can attend up to 5 weeks. The Mid-IB Summer School is held at Cambirdge University in the UK (between 20th June and 1 st August, 2011) and at Harvard Universit and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Boston, the USA (between 6th and 25th July, 2011).
Student comments, 2010
◆ “The classes have shown me new approaches to learning. I have also learned how to approach exam questions and now feel confident in doing so.” ◆ “It was cool creating tight and close relationships with other students from around the world, realizing we all had a connection to each other.”
◆ “I really enjoyed the level of independence, although I felt like people were watching out for us. I also felt like an Oxford student!”
◆ “I have enjoyed the learning style and the course work has been extremely beneficial academically.”
Enjoy the summer!
Our Summer Schools give you an action-nacked soctal scence with visits to the fun places in the area, organized sports and social events, and advice on how to enjoy your free time in these amazing cities with your new friends. Welcome to contact us at asc @ asc-ib. come or on +44 (0) 1865 512802!
68．If you attend the Mid-IB Summer School, you will be able to . A．get your IB Diploma when it’s over B．study many subjects in a week C．choose up to five subjects D．directly attend world-known universities
69．The Mid-IB Summer School is intended for the students who . A．have attended college for one year B．don’t know how to spend their free time C．study badly in the first year of their IB Diploma D．have completed the first year of their IB Diploma
70．Based on “Student comments, 2010”, which of the benefits from attending the Mid-IB Summer
School is not mentioned? A．Improving your grades. B．Seeing new p laces. C．Experiencing university life. D．Meeting new people.
71．If you want to attend the Mid-IB Summer School, you can contact them by . A．surfing its website B．sending faxes C．writing letters D．sending emails
E
Young women are losing faith in the university system with nearly half believing it is not worth getting a degree. Tuition fees and little chance of getting a good job make higher education an unattractive prospect for them, a study suggests. If found that nearly half of female graduates would not go to university if they had the chance again.
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The research will cause concern because it was carried out before the government announeed
that fees will almost treble to ￡9,000 in 2012. The findings have prompted warnings that a generation of ambitious young women will miss out on a high-flying(抱有雄心大志的) career and the opportunity to continue their education. Louise Court, editor of Cosmopolitan magazine, which conducted the survey, said young women seem to think university “a waste of time”. “It’s never been harder to be a young woman with ambition,” she said, “Understandably, women are angry and frustrated about their future and this is having a damaging effect on their self-esteem.” The survey of 1,353 women also looked at the career prospects and financial outlook for women in 2011. Two thirds of those questioned said they thought it would be “almost impossible” to get their dream job and a quarter were unable to follow their preferred career. Only 14 per cent said they felt safe from the sack. And the financial situation for graduates was especially bad, with half saying they had so much student debt that they could not save. The same proportion believed they faced worse financial hardship than their parents. One in seven women said they had been forced to postpone getting married because a wedding would be too expensive. And more than one in six admitted that financial constraints had made them postpone trying to start a family. Vicky Tuck, a campaigner for women’s education and former head of Cheltenham Ladies College, said, “The rise in fees is going to make a lot of people reflect on why they are going to university… I believe that women should only go to university if they have a genuine interest in learning, a precious opportunity. It they go purely to get a job, many will be disappointed.” 72．The passage is intended to . A．appeal to the government to lower tuition fees
B．persuade young women to think twice before making a decision to go to university C．introduce to the readers the findings of a survey D．advice young women to value the opportunity to go to university for the sake of their future 73．Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A．Nearly half of the women graduates regretted going to university.
B．More than one in six women surveyed will not marry because of financial constraints. C．Most women in Britain thought they had more financial burdens than their parents. D．Half of the graduates surveyed found it difficult to save enough to pay student debt. 74．What Vicky Tuck said in the last paragraph implies that . A．it is unreasonable for the movement to increase tuition fees
B．all the women are not fit to go to university
C．women should treasure the opportunity to go to university despite the rise in fees D．the rise in fees will disappoint many women
75．Louise Court holds a (n) attitude towards women’s viewpoint on university. A．critical B．optimistic C．supportive D．objective 第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节：短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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Dear Sir/Madam,
I’m a Chinese student studies in Britain and I’m writing to order
some books. One of my friend at home gave me 50 pounds to buy a couple of books for him. He definite wants the Guinness
Book of Records 2010 and he’d also like a new Pocket Oxford
English-Chinese Dictionary whether the money he gave me is enough Will 50 pounds be enough to pay the two books? I would appreciate if you could send me the full details of prices,
included postage. What methods of payment do you accept? My friend
wants the books by the beginning of the August, so would you please tell me what the latest delivery date would be? Best wishes.
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Yours, Wang Lin
第二节：书面表达（满分25分） 最近一家英国网站为中国留学生提供住宿家庭（host family）。假如你是李华，正在伦敦学习，准备给网站负责人Mr.Smith 发封电子邮件，说明自己对住宿家庭的要求。 ◆住房宽敞舒适
◆房子位于市中心，交通便利
◆主人能讲流利的英语，待人热情随和 ◆能免费洗衣，自己做饭 ◆（其他要求） 注意： 1．词数100左右； 2．可适当增加细节以使行文连贯，语句通顺。
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