梅州市高三总复习质检试题(2013.5)
英 语
本试卷分选择题和非选择题两部分，共页，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填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将答题卡试卷类型填涂在答题卡上。在答题卡右上角的“试室号”和“座位号”栏填写试室号、座位号，并用2B铅笔将相应的试室号、座位号信息点涂黑。
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的答案标号涂黑，如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其他答案，答案不能答在试卷上。
3. 非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答，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：语言知识及运用（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1～15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
High school students in Asia often do better than American students on international math and science tests. Experts say 1 is because schools in countries like China and South Korea do better at preparing students to take tests. Yet some of these 2 countries want to learn what makes American students good at 3 and critical thinking.
Evan Glazer, the principal of Thomas Jefferson High School in America, says the school 4 science and math with literature and other liberal arts.
EVAN GLAZER: “Curriculum, when it’s seen within one 5 context, you’re really just 6 knowledge and skills. But if you want to look at the complexity of real problems and 7 solutions, it requires people to come at them from different 8. And so we foster (培养) a lot of team teaching, 9 with teachers from different 10 so that, when they’re offering challenges to students, that they have 11 view-points as they approach problems.”
He points out that as East Asian countries consider greater 12 for their schools, American education is 13 in the opposite direction. Most states have recently approved 14 standards in math and reading.
Evan Glazer: “In China and in Korea there is a strong interest in trying to get students to be more creative. And in America there is a strong interest in standardization. And, you know, the reality is we don’t operate 15 . It’s trying to find that right balance."
1. A. absolutely B. partly C. hardly D. impossibly
2. A. poor B. small C. same D. ancient
3. A. creativity B. argument C. relaxation D. independence
4. A. confuses B. examines C. evaluates D. combines
5. A. popular B. useful C. scientific D. particular
6. A. developing B. inventing C. destroying D. considering
7. A. difficult B. original C. ideal D. easy
8. A. moods B. spirits C. angles D. theories
9. A. talked B. agreed C. compared D. mixed
10. A. countries B. subjects C. ages D. religions
11. A. various B. same C. unbelievable D. enough
12. A. tasks B. freedom C. pressure D. disciplines
13. A. lost B. refused C. headed D. stopped
14. A. usual B. ordinary C. right D. common
15. A. oppositely B. willingly C. properly D. eagerly
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。
If your life feels like it is lacking the power that you want and the motivation that you need, sometimes all you have to do is shift your point of view.
By training your thoughts to concentrate on the bright side of things, you are more likely to have the incentive to follow through on your goals. You are less likely 16 (hold) back by negative ideas that might limit your performance.
Your life can be enhanced, and your happiness 17 (enrich), when you choose to change your perspective. Don't leave your future to chance, whenever you come across anything 18 (expect) and suddenly. Don't expect things to get better on their own. You must go 19 the direction of your hopes and aspirations. Begin to build your confidence, and work through problems rather than avoid them. Remember that true power is not necessarily control over situations in life, 20 the ability to deal with 21 comes your way. Always believe that good things are possible, and remember that mistakes can be lessons 22 lead to discoveries. Take your fear and transform 23 into trust; learn to rise above anxiety and doubt. Turn your "worry hours" into "productive hours". Take the energy that you 24 (waste) and direct it toward every worthwhile effort that you can be involved in. You will see beautiful things happen when you allow yourself to experience the joys of life. You will find happiness when you adopt positive thinking into your daily routine and make it 25 important part of your world.
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）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Fifty has never looked better.
It’s been 50 years since the first James Bond film, Dr. No, premiered (首映) in cinemas. As first embodied by Scottish actor Sean Connery, Agent 007 was a fearless, cool-as-ice spy who excelled at sleuthing (侦查), fighting and saving the world.
Since then, more than 20 films featuring the iconic (偶像的) spy have been released–making it one of the longest-running franchises (授权) in the history of cinema. On Nov 9, the 23rd Bond movie, Skyfall, celebrated the legend’s 50th birthday.
Over the years, audiences have changed. It doesn't matter. Six different actors have acted 007 and it doesn't matter. Even shocking technological and cultural changes can’t bend Bond. Why? Is it the action, the sexy women, the cars, the gadgets and the exotic locations? Yes, but the most important reason is still the man himself. Bond can challenge his boss and shoot a bad guy in mere minutes. He is an expert in literature, languages, art and fine wines. He has a sharp tongue besides his wits.
In the first film Dr. No, as Connery lit a cigarette, we heard James Bond’s voice and saw his café for the first time. The simple scene and short phrase have defined the character for half a century.
“Next to the Beatles and Stones, James Bond was the greatest British import of the 1960s,” David Kamp, a US contributing editor for Vanity Fair, wrote in a recent article about the birth of Bond and its influence on the US.
The Bond phenomenon has clearly affected movie culture, pop culture and spy culture. But perhaps the most amazing thing is that 007 has survived in the age of feminism. “Talking of objectifying women, Bond is essential Huge Henfner (founder of Playboy magazine) with a gun,” movie critic Xan Brooks told The Guardian. “But women liked Bond, too. He couldn’t have run for 50 years with male fans alone.”
We love Bond for many reasons—after all 50 years, Bond is still breathtaking. thrilling ride into the very heart of an icon like no other. But most of all, we may love him for one reason: “he always gets away with it.” one said.
1. What attracts the audience most in James Bond films?
A. The violent fighting scenes. B. The sexy women.
C. Everything about Bond himself. D. The car racing.
2. What does the underlined sentence mean in Paragraph 4?
A. He can read people’s thoughts.
B. He can easily beat any man who wants to murder him.
C. He can predict what people are going to do by observing them.
D. He has an unkind way of speaking and always thinks quickly and clearly.
3. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The first James Bond film was produced in 1963.
B. Skyfall is the last James Bond film.
C. David Kamp is a UK editor for the Guardian.
D. The James Bond film was popular in the age of feminism.
4. What does the movie critic Xan Brooks imply?
A. James Bond films are not accepted by young girls.
B. Men are especially interested in James Bond films.
C. Bond is actually a man against feminism.
D. Women are fond of James Bond films too.
5. What is the best title of the passage?
A. Still Going Strong Fifty Years on. B. Introduction about James Bond films.
C. Secrets of 007. D. The Last James Bond films.
B
Which is safer--staying at home, traveling to work on public transport, or working in the office? Surprisingly, each of these carries the same risk, which is very low: However, what about flying compared to working in the chemical industry? Unfortunately, the former is 65 times riskier than the latter! In fact, the accident rate of workers in the chemical industry is less than that of almost any of human activity, and almost as safe as staying at home.
The trouble with the chemical industry is that when things go wrong they often cause death to those living nearby. It is this that makes chemical accidents so newsworthy. Fortunately, they are extremely rare. The most famous ones happened at Texas City (1947), Flixborough (1974), Seveso (1976), Pemex (1984) and Bhopal (1984).
Some of these are always in the minds of the people even though the loss of life was small. No one died at Seveso, and only 28 workers at Flixborough. The worst accident of all was Bhopal, where up to 3,000 were killed. The Texas City explosion of fertilizer killed 552. The Pemex fire at a storage plant for natural gas in the suburbs of Mexico City took 542 lives, just a month before the unfortunate event at Bhopal.
Some experts have discussed these accidents and used each accident to illustrate a particular danger. Thus the Texas City explosion was caused by tons of ammonium nitrate, which is safe unless stored in great quantity. The Flixborough fireball was the fault of management, which took risks to keep production going during essential repairs. The Seveso accident shows what happens if the local authorities lack knowledge of the danger on their doorstep. When the poisonous gas drifted over the town, local leaders were incapable of taking effective action. The Pemex fire was made worse by an overloaded site in an overcrowded suburb. The fire set off a chain reaction of exploding storage tanks. Yet, by a miracle, the two largest tanks did not explode. Had these caught fire, then 3,000 strong rescue team and fire fighters would all have died.
6. Which of the following statements is TRUE? ______
A．Working at the office is safer than staying at home.
B．Travelling to work on public transport is safer than working at the office.
C．Staying at home is safer than working in the chemical industry.
D．Working in the chemical industry is safer than traveling by air.
7. Chemical accidents are usually important enough to be reported as news because ____.
A. they are very rare. B. they often cause loss of life
C. they always occur in big cities D. they arouse the interest of all the readers
8. According to passage, the chemical accident that caused by the fault of management happened in ____.
A. Texas city B. Flixborough C. Seveso D. Mexico City
9. From the passage we know that ammonium nitrate is a kind of ____.
A. natural gas, which can easily catch fire
B. fertilizer, which can't be stored in a great quantity
C. poisonous substance, which can't be used in overcrowded areas
D. fuel, which is stored in large tanks
10. From the discussion among some experts we may conclude that ____.
A. to avoid any accidents we should not repair the facilities in chemical industry
B. the local authorities should not be concerned with the production of the chemical industry
C. all these accidents could have been avoided or controlled if effective measure had been taken
D. natural gas stored in very large tanks is always safe
C
When I was in middle school, I found out that my Algebra teacher Mrs. McClure had gone to high school with Dad.
“Gertrude McClure!” my dad said as he pointed at her picture in my yearbook. “Same Old Gertie.” He told me to tell Mrs. McClure that he said hello. “When she finds out, you’re my kid, it will blow her mind!” he said.
When I told Mrs. McClure so, she asked me. “What’s your dad’s name?”
“David MUrphy,” I answered.
“I don’t believe it!” she said.
“What was my Dad like in school?” I asked Mrs. McClure. She explained that dad wasn’t really known for having an active interest in his studies. Unlike my dad, I had more than an active interest in my studies. I was in an eighth grade math class even though I was a seventh grader, and I was on both the math team and the academic games team. I won first place in a national championship and I firmly believed that maybe those flavor of achievements would qualify me for 2.9% financing on a mortgage (按揭), a six-figure job or at least, get me some kind of prize for being a good person.
This was the first time that I had noticed that my dad and I didn’t really have a lot in common except that we both liked to read and we had the same group of relatives.
Dad was on the football team and in the drama club. He was in the Air Force and was the kind of guy that made friends everywhere he went. I remember once when I was little, a bunch of British sailors from the HMS Ark Royal coming over to our very small mobile home one day. They played darts (飞镖), barbequed, and talked funny things. I loved it. I figured since my dad had been in the armed forces, he must have known them from then. But later in life, I realized that my dad was in the Air Force stationed in the Philippines during the Vietnam War and these guys were in the British Navy during peacetime docked in South Florida. The odds (可能性) that he knew them were slim. I asked my mom how Dad knew all these guys. My mother told me, “We took the public tour of the ship and you know your dad.”
36. How did the author’s father recognize Mrs. McClure was his former schoolmate?
A. Through a picture in the author’s yearbook.
B. Through the author’s description.
C. During an accidental meeting.
D. By attending a school meeting.
37. When the author told his teacher that his father was her schoolmate, she felt_______.
A. happy B. shy C. terrible D. amazed
38. Why did the author study hard to get as many achievements as he can?
A. To get praise from his teacher. B. To win reputation for his school.
C. To get a well-paid job. D. To win his parents’ favor.
39. What kind of person was the author’s father in his schooldays?
A. He was good at sports. B. He was extremely popular among girls.
C. He was not quite fond of studies. D. He was hard and clever.
40. We can infer from the passage that the British sailors from the HMS Ark Royal _____.
A. paid a visit to his father’s office
B. loved playing cards and chess
C. were in the American Navy during peacetime
D. came across his father on a trip
D
I was brought up in the British, stiff upper lip style. Strong feelings aren’t something you display in public. So, you can imagine that I was unprepared for the outpouring of public grief (悲伤) at a Chinese funeral.
My editorial team leader died recently after a short illness. He was 31. The news was so unexpected that it left us all shocked and upset. A female colleague burst into tears and cried piteously at her desk. Somehow we got through the day's work. The next day was the funeral.
Our big boss stepped forward to deliver a eulogy and was soon in tears. She carried on, in Chinese of course, but at the end said in English: "There will be no more deadlines for you in heaven." Next came a long-term colleague who also dissolved in tears but carried on with her speech despite being almost overcome by emotion. Then a close friend of the dead man paid tribute (哀悼), weeping openly as he spoke. Sorrow is spreading. Men and women were now sobbing uncontrollably. Finally, the man's mother, supported between two women, addressed her son in his coffin. At one point, the mother almost collapsed and had to be held up. We were invited to step forward to each lay a white rose on the casket. Our dead colleague looked as if he was taking a nap. At the end of the service I walked away from the funeral parlor stunned at the outpouring of emotion.
In the UK, families grieve privately and then try to hold it together and not break down at a funeral. Here in China it would seem that grieving is a public affair. It strikes me that it is more cathartic to cry your eyes out than try to keep it bottled up for fear of embarrassment, which is what many of us do in the West.
Afterwards, a Chinese colleague told me that the lamenting at the funeral had been restrained (克制) by Chinese standards. In some rural areas, she said, people used to be paid to mourn noisily. This struck me like something out of novel by Charles Dickens. But we have all seen on TV scenes of grief-stricken people in Gaza and the West Bank, in Afghanistan, Iraq and the relatives of victims of terrorist bombings around the world. Chinese grief is no different. I realized that it's the reserved British way of mourning that is out of step with the rest of the world.
It was our newspaper's production day. We were bussed back to the office to resume work. No more deadlines for our former colleague, but we had to pull together to put the newspaper to print. The boss invited the team to go out for dinner after work. We relaxed, smiled, joked. There was no mention of the funeral or our poor colleague. Enough sorrow had been shed already. We needed a break.
41．The underlined words “stiff upper lip style”mean “______”.
A．cold-blooded B．warm-hearted C．self-controlled D．light-hearted
42．At the funeral, ________.
A．five individuals made speeches B．the boss’s speech was best thought of C．everyone was crying out loudly D．the writer was astonished by the scene
43．According to the writer, people in the West _______.
A．are not willing to be sad for the dead B．prefer to control their sadness in public
C．cry their eyes out at the public funeral D．have better way to express sadness
44．It is implied that _______.
A．the English might cry noisily for the dead in Dickens’ time
B．Chinese express their sadness quite unlike other peoples
C．victims of terrorist bombings should be greatly honored
D．English funeral culture is more civilized than the others
45．This passage talks mainly about _______.
A．an editor’s death B．bad funeral customs
C．western ways of grief D．cultural difference
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。
首先请阅读下列商品的提示性文字：
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C．Section Three: Humor Section--A great selection of joke books, funny stories and wonderful real life adventures that are sure to keep the reader laughing for days.
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阅读下列关于各书籍的信息，匹配书籍与其所应放置的书架：
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47．Mother Tongue: The English Language -- by Bill Bryson-- Bryson's book is a journey through the history and different aspects of the English language, one that is both informative and hugely entertaining. As with most of Bryson's books, fun comes before facts and readers will be left with a smile on their faces.
48．Into Thin Air--by John Krakauer--is a riveting first-hand account of a disastrous race to the top of Mount Everest. In March 1996, "Outside" magazine sent veteran journalist and experienced climber John Krakauer to join the team led by the famous Everest guide Rob Hall. Despite the expertise of Hall and the other leaders, by the end of the race eight people were dead.
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第三部分 写作（共两节，满分40分）
