2012届高三第一次月考英语试卷
第I卷（共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What do the speakers need to buy? A. A fridge B. A dinner table C. A few chairs 2. Where are the speakers?
A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel C. In a school. 3. What does the woman mean?
A. Cathy will be at the party. B. Cathy is too busy to come. C. Cathy is going to be invited 4. Why does the woman plan to go to town?
A. To pay her bills in the bank. B. To buy books in a bookstore. C. To get some money from the bank 5. What is the woman trying to do ?
A. Finish some writing. B. Print an article. C. Find a newspaper.
第二节 （共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第6和第7题。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What is the man doing ?
A. Changing seats on the plane B. Asking for a window seat C. Trying to find his seat 7. What is the woman’s seat number? A. 6A B. 7A C. 8A 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why doesn’t the woman take the green T-shirt?
A. It’s too small B. It’s too dark C. It’s to expensive 9. What does the woman buy in the end?
A. A yellow T-shirt B. A blue T-shirt C. A pink T-shirt 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. How long has the man been in London?
A. One year. B. A few years C. A couple of months 11. Why did the woman leave her hometown?
A. To lend a city life. B. To open a restaurant. C. To find a job 12. Where did the woman come from?
A. London. B. Arnside C. Lancaster.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is a daypack?
A. A box B. A bag C. A lock 14. What surprise the girl at school?
A. A lot of discussions in class B. Teachers giving little homework C. Few students asking questions in class.
15. At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At the end of it. B. In the middle of it C. At the beginning of it 16. What do we know about the girl?
A. She is new to the school B. She writes for the school newspaper. C. She seldom asks questions in class. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Where does Mr Henry Stone do?
A. A bank clerk B. A teacher C. A writer 18. What does Henry like doing at airport?
A. Watching people B. Telling stories C. Reading magazines. 19. What did Henry learn from the newspaper the day?
A. A valuable suitcase was missing B. A man stole money from a bank C. A woman ran away from home 20. Why was the woman at the airport?
A. She was traveling on business B. She was seeing the man off. C. She was leaving for Greece
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35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。 21. — What about _________ bike?
— Do you think it all right to buy him that bike as _________ birthday gift? A. a; a B. the; a C. a; / D. the; /
22. In face of dabger, we need to stay _______ . Only in this way can we come up with good solutions. A. still B. quiet C. calm D. silent
23. They are now holding talks in a friendly _______ in the meeting room.
A. atmosphere B. state C. situatioon D. position 24. He has been struggling _______ success in his business.
A. against B. with C. for D. to 25. There are three students punished, two girls _______ .
A. include B. including C. included D. includes 26. In that big earthquake all their houses were _______, so they had to build new ones. A. hurt B. harmed C. injured D. destroyed
27. AIDS is said _______ the biggest health challenge to both men and women in that area over the
past few years.
A. that it is B. to be C. that it has been D. to have been 28. I always prefer _______ a bike rather than _______ to work.
A. riding, drive B. to ride, drive C. ride, driving D. to ride, driving 29. The people in the flooded areas have been _______ food and clothing in time.
A. provided B. offered C. afforded D. supplied 30. The country with only a population of about 10, 000_______ nearly 40 small islands..
A. consists of B. is consisted of C. makes up D. are made up of 31. We won’t give up, _______ we should fail twenty times.
A. even if B. as if C. as long as D. as well as 32. Look! Dark clouds are gathering. It _______ soon.
A. would rain B. is going to rain C. has been raining D will rain 33. —Remember the first time we met, Jim? —Of course I do. You _______ in the library.
A. were reading B. had read C. have read D. read 34. Most of the artists _______ the meeting were from South Africa last week.
A. invited B. to inivte C. inviting D. had invited 35. —Would you like to come to our party tomorrow evening?
—_______. As long as I’m free.
A. I suppose not B. It all depends C. Not really D. I’m afraid not
第二节 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams．All the working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams．If they didn’t they would have to retake them in September．There were usually a few who __, but Jane didn’t want to be one of them．She had worked hard all year, ．She went to bed too ．The night before the first exam, Barbara （药丸）．She promised to wake ． As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep．Her from subject to subject．At last, with the help of ．In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination questions．．__ she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write ．She kept looking at her ．Time was running out．There was only an hour to go．She started one question, wrote two sentences, and tried another one．With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences．By this time she was so worried that she started ．Her whole body shook．It shook so much that she ．She was still in bed and it had all been a ．A minute later, Barbara called her name． 36．A．teachers B．students C．classmates D．schools 37．A．prepare B．miss C．join D．pass 38．A．succeeded B．failed C．ended D．called
39．A．but B．so C．and D．because 40．A．excited B．frightened C．worried D．pleased 41．A．early B．late C．heavily D．eagerly 42．A．insisted B．hoped C．ordered D．wished 43．A．sleeping B．resting C．exciting D．breathing 44．A．him B．her C．them D．herself 45．A．hand B．eye C．mind D．body
46．A．her sister B．her parents C．the lessons D．the medicine 47．A．result B．marks C．desk D．paper 48．A．The teacher B．The students C．No one D．Everyone 49．A．If B．Though C．So D．How 50．A．with B．about C．on D．to
51．A．watch B．textbook C．sister D．subject 52．A．gave up B．put off C．look around D．think over 53．A．examining B．leaving C．copying D．crying 54．A．raised B．woke C．stood D．cheered 55．A．nice B．wonderful C．terrible D．special
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
I’m sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But do you know who wrote the song and for whom it was written?
The retired professor, Archibald A. Hill in Lucasville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were asked to write some songs for a book called “Song Storied for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. One of them was the famous “Good Morning to You.” The song said, “Good morning to you, good morning to you, dear children, good morning to all.” This song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children. But not many grown-ups knew it. A few years later little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday” to the melody(曲调) of “Good Morning to you” to her little nephew(侄子). She sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Archie! Happy birthday to you! Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song would become so popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simplicity in tune(曲调简单) and friendliness in words.
56. Archibald A. Hill was ___ _____.
A. English B. American C. Russian D. Australian 57. Professor Archibald A. Hill was Miss Mildred Hill’s ______.
A. son B. student C. brother D. nephew 58. The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of _______ years.
A. 97 B. more than 90 C. less than 90 D. about 90 59. The sentence “it really did” means _______.
A. The song really became popular B. Their wish would really come true C. People all over the world like to listen to the song D. Yes, but the song didn’t become popular 60. Why did Miss Hiss wrote songs?
A. Because they are musicians. B. Because their nephew asked them to do so.
C. Because they love children. D. Because they were asked to write for a book.
B
In America, when the eighth graders leave the middle school, they are often worried about moving to the high school. It is a hard time for them, but it can be an exciting one as well. To make it easier, students need to get familiar with their school.
Even though they’ve done this already in the middle school, it’s still important to find where their classrooms are. Most schools take students to the high school for a visit at the end of their eighth grade year. And, most schools also have a freshman (新生) speech for parents and students before the first year begins. Sometimes the main office will give away a map of the school. This can help students and parents to find different places in the school.
One way to know your high school more and make new friends is to join a club or play a sport. Schools often offer chances to join different clubs and sports. Fall activities begin in August before the first day of school. If you are not interested in sports, there are clubs for any interest, such as drama, dance, chess, photography, community service, etc. These clubs allow students from different grades. By joining an activity, students can find new friendships, not to mention improving their chances in future college applications (申请). The school office will have a list of activities offered at the school and information on how to join them.
What’s more, to have a great start to a high school year, students can write down some of their worries, and ask for help from teachers and school workers.
61. According to the text, most students feel ________ when entering the high school. A. excited B. nervous C. lonely D. disappointed 62. Which of the following is TRUE about the school clubs?
A. There are fewer students from higher grades in the school clubs. B. The school clubs in high school only welcome sports fans. C. Summer activities begin before school starts.
D. The school office can help new students join school clubs.
63. When do many schools take students to visit their new high school?
A. Before the eighth grade year starts. B. Right after the high school year starts. C. At the beginning of the new term in the high school. D. At the end of their eighth grade year
64. The main offices will give away maps of their schools________. A. only to help students to find different places of the schools B. only to help parents to find different places of the schools
C. to help students and parents to find different classrooms of the schools D. to help students and parents to find different places of the schools 65. What is the purpose of this text?
A. To tell the new students how to learn in high school B. To introduce new schools.
C. To give the teachers some advice.
D. To give advice to new high school students.
C
One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, thinking that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill off the hours until dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi’s forty-fifth birthday.
My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.
I found in my baby’s behaviour a metaphor（隐喻，暗喻）for the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit（吐液）upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watching TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!
66. From the passage we know that the author is a(n) _____. A. doctor B. editor C. writer D. teacher 67. Why did the writer bring the portable TV into his baby’s room.
A. To amuse his baby B. To entertain himself C. To enjoy a celebration D. To help fall asleep 68. What is the propable meaning of the word “tip-toed” in the first paragraph? A. 蹑手蹑脚 B. 大步流星 C. 昂首挺胸 D. 左顾右盼 69. What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To show that babies now are hard to please. B. To show a new function of TV
C. To advise people to let children watch TV. D. To show the bad influence of TV on children. 70. What do you think the author wants to express through the last two sentences?
A. People have no way to prevent children from watching too much TV. B. It is not necessary for people to force children to read.
C. People have to take action to protect children from the bad influence of TV. D. People should try to develop children’s interest in reading from an early age.
D
Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa, He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has dais boy ever had any education?
Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers , sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day" we go to school . Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird's nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn't like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.
Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it.
We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can' t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.
71. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______. A. African children are very poor B. some children are unlucky C. education takes many ways D. schools are of great importance 72. In the eyes of the writer A. we have to learn from the people around us B. school is not important at all C. only the people caring for us can teach us D. education takes place everywhere 73. One can find out what lie is good at by A. the encouragement of people around B. the teachings of those he or she meets C. thinking of it when growing up D. trying and practicing it 74. How the writer looks at the role of school is that . A. school is not so important as our living places
B. school enables us to understand the world in other ways
C. school teaches us something useless at home D. school cannot prepare us for our daily lives A. everyone gets education from the day he or she is born B. different education trains different classes of people
C. school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world D. everyone will find out what he or she is good at
第II卷（共35分）
第四部分：写作（共两节， 满分35分）
第一节 任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Some people have the ideas that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability．They feel hopeless about it．Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it? To be sure, people’s abilities are different．You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do．If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor; and many would be in between．But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice．It is the same with reading．Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help．Others find reading a slow and tiring job．In between, there are all degrees of reading ability． Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability．Firstly, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability．Secondly, some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, and then they were given special instruction and practice in reading．After a few months, another test of the same kind was given．In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores．
Different 76______ about Some people feel they can’t do 77______ about poor reading． reading ability． You can read better by 78_______．
79_______ are different, Some people can play basketball well while others play badly．
but can be improved． People can improve when guided by proper coaches and 80_______
more．
It is the same with reading．
81_______ of the Test readers’ reading ability．
experiments． Discover the 82_______ of poor reading．
Teachers instruct these readers 83_______
84________ After a few months and in nearly all cases, these people show
85________ ability．
第二节 写作（满分25分）
在最近的一次英语主题班会上，同学们对上网的利弊争论不休，不能统一。作为班长，请
注意：1．发言的开头已给出，不计入总词数； 2．词数100左右。
2012届高三第一次月考英语试卷
第I卷（共115分）
第一部分：听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节 （共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话仅读一遍。 1. What do the speakers need to buy? A. A fridge B. A dinner table C. A few chairs 2. Where are the speakers?
A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel C. In a school. 3. What does the woman mean?
A. Cathy will be at the party. B. Cathy is too busy to come. C. Cathy is going to be invited 4. Why does the woman plan to go to town?
A. To pay her bills in the bank. B. To buy books in a bookstore. C. To get some money from the bank 5. What is the woman trying to do ?
A. Finish some writing. B. Print an article. C. Find a newspaper.
第二节 （共15小题；每题1分，满分15分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听下面一段材料，回答第6和第7题。 听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。 6. What is the man doing ?
A. Changing seats on the plane B. Asking for a window seat C. Trying to find his seat 7. What is the woman’s seat number? A. 6A B. 7A C. 8A 听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。
8. Why doesn’t the woman take the green T-shirt?
A. It’s too small B. It’s too dark C. It’s to expensive 9. What does the woman buy in the end?
A. A yellow T-shirt B. A blue T-shirt C. A pink T-shirt 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。 10. How long has the man been in London?
A. One year. B. A few years C. A couple of months 11. Why did the woman leave her hometown?
A. To lend a city life. B. To open a restaurant. C. To find a job 12. Where did the woman come from?
A. London. B. Arnside C. Lancaster.
听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。 13. What is a daypack?
A. A box B. A bag C. A lock 14. What surprise the girl at school?
A. A lot of discussions in class B. Teachers giving little homework C. Few students asking questions in class.
15. At what time of the school term does the conversation most probably take place?
A. At the end of it. B. In the middle of it C. At the beginning of it 16. What do we know about the girl?
A. She is new to the school B. She writes for the school newspaper. C. She seldom asks questions in class. 听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。 17. Where does Mr Henry Stone do?
A. A bank clerk B. A teacher C. A writer 18. What does Henry like doing at airport?
A. Watching people B. Telling stories C. Reading magazines. 19. What did Henry learn from the newspaper the day?
A. A valuable suitcase was missing B. A man stole money from a bank C. A woman ran away from home 20. Why was the woman at the airport?
A. She was traveling on business B. She was seeing the man off. C. She was leaving for Greece
第二部分：英语知识运用（共两节, 满分35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。 21. — What about _________ bike?
— Do you think it all right to buy him that bike as _________ birthday gift? A. a; a B. the; a C. a; / D. the; /
22. In face of dabger, we need to stay _______ . Only in this way can we come up with good solutions. A. still B. quiet C. calm D. silent
23. They are now holding talks in a friendly _______ in the meeting room.
A. atmosphere B. state C. situatioon D. position 24. He has been struggling _______ success in his business.
A. against B. with C. for D. to 25. There are three students punished, two girls _______ .
A. include B. including C. included D. includes 26. In that big earthquake all their houses were _______, so they had to build new ones. A. hurt B. harmed C. injured D. destroyed
27. AIDS is said _______ the biggest health challenge to both men and women in that area over the
past few years.
A. that it is B. to be C. that it has been D. to have been 28. I always prefer _______ a bike rather than _______ to work.
A. riding, drive B. to ride, drive C. ride, driving D. to ride, driving 29. The people in the flooded areas have been _______ food and clothing in time.
A. provided B. offered C. afforded D. supplied 30. The country with only a population of about 10, 000_______ nearly 40 small islands..
A. consists of B. is consisted of C. makes up D. are made up of 31. We won’t give up, _______ we should fail twenty times.
A. even if B. as if C. as long as D. as well as 32. Look! Dark clouds are gathering. It _______ soon.
A. would rain B. is going to rain C. has been raining D will rain 33. —Remember the first time we met, Jim? —Of course I do. You _______ in the library.
A. were reading B. had read C. have read D. read 34. Most of the artists _______ the meeting were from South Africa last week.
A. invited B. to inivte C. inviting D. had invited 35. —Would you like to come to our party tomorrow evening?
—_______. As long as I’m free.
A. I suppose not B. It all depends C. Not really D. I’m afraid not
第二节 完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Soon it would be the holidays, but before that, there were year exams．All the working hard for some time, reviewing their lessons for the exams．If they didn’t they would have to retake them in September．There were usually a few who __, but Jane didn’t want to be one of them．She had worked hard all year, ．She went to bed too ．The night before the first exam, Barbara （药丸）．She promised to wake ． As she was falling asleep, Jane was afraid that she might oversleep．Her from subject to subject．At last, with the help of ．In no time at all, she was sitting in the examination hall, looking at the examination questions．．__ she thought hard, she couldn’t find anything to write ．She kept looking at her ．Time was running out．There was only an hour to go．She started one question, wrote two sentences, and tried another one．With only half an hour left she wrote another two sentences．By this time she was so worried that she started ．Her whole body shook．It shook so much that she ．She was still in bed and it had all been a ．A minute later, Barbara called her name． 36．A．teachers B．students C．classmates D．schools 37．A．prepare B．miss C．join D．pass 38．A．succeeded B．failed C．ended D．called
39．A．but B．so C．and D．because 40．A．excited B．frightened C．worried D．pleased 41．A．early B．late C．heavily D．eagerly 42．A．insisted B．hoped C．ordered D．wished 43．A．sleeping B．resting C．exciting D．breathing 44．A．him B．her C．them D．herself 45．A．hand B．eye C．mind D．body
46．A．her sister B．her parents C．the lessons D．the medicine 47．A．result B．marks C．desk D．paper 48．A．The teacher B．The students C．No one D．Everyone 49．A．If B．Though C．So D．How 50．A．with B．about C．on D．to
51．A．watch B．textbook C．sister D．subject 52．A．gave up B．put off C．look around D．think over 53．A．examining B．leaving C．copying D．crying 54．A．raised B．woke C．stood D．cheered 55．A．nice B．wonderful C．terrible D．special
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题，每题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每篇短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
A
I’m sure you know the song “Happy Birthday”. But do you know who wrote the song and for whom it was written?
The retired professor, Archibald A. Hill in Lucasville, USA could tell us the story. Ninety-seven years ago, two of Mr. Archibald Hill’s aunts, Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were asked to write some songs for a book called “Song Storied for the Sunday Morning”. Miss Patty Hill and Miss Mildred Hill were both kindergarten teachers then. They loved children very much and wrote many beautiful songs for the book. One of them was the famous “Good Morning to You.” The song said, “Good morning to you, good morning to you, dear children, good morning to all.” This song was very popular at that time among kindergarten children. But not many grown-ups knew it. A few years later little Archibald was born. As his aunt, Miss Patty Hill sang the song “Happy Birthday” to the melody(曲调) of “Good Morning to you” to her little nephew(侄子). She sang the song like this: Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Archie! Happy birthday to you! Miss Patty Hill and her sister had never expected that this song would become so popular, but it really did. People all over the world like the song because of its simplicity in tune(曲调简单) and friendliness in words.
56. Archibald A. Hill was ___ _____.
A. English B. American C. Russian D. Australian 57. Professor Archibald A. Hill was Miss Mildred Hill’s ______.
A. son B. student C. brother D. nephew 58. The song “Happy Birthday” has a history of _______ years.
A. 97 B. more than 90 C. less than 90 D. about 90 59. The sentence “it really did” means _______.
A. The song really became popular B. Their wish would really come true C. People all over the world like to listen to the song D. Yes, but the song didn’t become popular 60. Why did Miss Hiss wrote songs?
A. Because they are musicians. B. Because their nephew asked them to do so.
C. Because they love children. D. Because they were asked to write for a book.
B
In America, when the eighth graders leave the middle school, they are often worried about moving to the high school. It is a hard time for them, but it can be an exciting one as well. To make it easier, students need to get familiar with their school.
Even though they’ve done this already in the middle school, it’s still important to find where their classrooms are. Most schools take students to the high school for a visit at the end of their eighth grade year. And, most schools also have a freshman (新生) speech for parents and students before the first year begins. Sometimes the main office will give away a map of the school. This can help students and parents to find different places in the school.
One way to know your high school more and make new friends is to join a club or play a sport. Schools often offer chances to join different clubs and sports. Fall activities begin in August before the first day of school. If you are not interested in sports, there are clubs for any interest, such as drama, dance, chess, photography, community service, etc. These clubs allow students from different grades. By joining an activity, students can find new friendships, not to mention improving their chances in future college applications (申请). The school office will have a list of activities offered at the school and information on how to join them.
What’s more, to have a great start to a high school year, students can write down some of their worries, and ask for help from teachers and school workers.
61. According to the text, most students feel ________ when entering the high school. A. excited B. nervous C. lonely D. disappointed 62. Which of the following is TRUE about the school clubs?
A. There are fewer students from higher grades in the school clubs. B. The school clubs in high school only welcome sports fans. C. Summer activities begin before school starts.
D. The school office can help new students join school clubs.
63. When do many schools take students to visit their new high school?
A. Before the eighth grade year starts. B. Right after the high school year starts. C. At the beginning of the new term in the high school. D. At the end of their eighth grade year
64. The main offices will give away maps of their schools________. A. only to help students to find different places of the schools B. only to help parents to find different places of the schools
C. to help students and parents to find different classrooms of the schools D. to help students and parents to find different places of the schools 65. What is the purpose of this text?
A. To tell the new students how to learn in high school B. To introduce new schools.
C. To give the teachers some advice.
D. To give advice to new high school students.
C
One hot night last July, when our new baby wouldn’t or couldn’t sleep, I tried everything I could think of: a warm bottle, songs, gentle rocking. Nothing would settle him. Guessing that I had a long night ahead of me, I brought a portable TV into his room, thinking that watching the late movie was as good a way as any to kill off the hours until dawn. To my surprise, as soon as the TV lit up, the baby quieted right down, his little eyes focused brightly on the tube. Not to waste an opportunity for sleep, I out of the room, leaving him to watch the actors celebrate John Bellushi’s forty-fifth birthday.
My wife and I heard no more of the baby that night, and the next morning when I went into his room, I found him still watching TV himself.
I found in my baby’s behaviour a metaphor（隐喻，暗喻）for the new generation. My wife and I had given him some books to examine, but he merely spit（吐液）upon them. When we read to him, he did not feel comfortable. And so it is in the schools. We find that our students don’t read, that they look down upon reading and scold those of us who teach it. All they want to do is watching TV. After this experience with the baby, however, I have reached a conclusion: “Let them watch it!” If television is that much more attractive to children than books, why should we fight it? Let them watch it all they want!
66. From the passage we know that the author is a(n) _____. A. doctor B. editor C. writer D. teacher 67. Why did the writer bring the portable TV into his baby’s room.
A. To amuse his baby B. To entertain himself C. To enjoy a celebration D. To help fall asleep 68. What is the propable meaning of the word “tip-toed” in the first paragraph? A. 蹑手蹑脚 B. 大步流星 C. 昂首挺胸 D. 左顾右盼 69. What is the writer’s purpose of writing this passage?
A. To show that babies now are hard to please. B. To show a new function of TV
C. To advise people to let children watch TV. D. To show the bad influence of TV on children. 70. What do you think the author wants to express through the last two sentences?
A. People have no way to prevent children from watching too much TV. B. It is not necessary for people to force children to read.
C. People have to take action to protect children from the bad influence of TV. D. People should try to develop children’s interest in reading from an early age.
D
Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa, He from a very early age has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has dais boy ever had any education?
Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers , sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we are born, not on the first day" we go to school . Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird's nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn't like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.
Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as much as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn't tell you if you are good at it.
We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can' t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.
71. The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______. A. African children are very poor B. some children are unlucky C. education takes many ways D. schools are of great importance 72. In the eyes of the writer A. we have to learn from the people around us B. school is not important at all C. only the people caring for us can teach us D. education takes place everywhere 73. One can find out what lie is good at by A. the encouragement of people around B. the teachings of those he or she meets C. thinking of it when growing up D. trying and practicing it 74. How the writer looks at the role of school is that . A. school is not so important as our living places
B. school enables us to understand the world in other ways
C. school teaches us something useless at home D. school cannot prepare us for our daily lives A. everyone gets education from the day he or she is born B. different education trains different classes of people
C. school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world D. everyone will find out what he or she is good at
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第四部分：写作（共两节， 满分35分）
第一节 任务型读写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
Some people have the ideas that nothing can be done about their poor reading ability．They feel hopeless about it．Can you learn to read better, or must you agree that nothing can be done about it? To be sure, people’s abilities are different．You cannot expect to do everything as well as certain other people do．If all the students in a class tried out for basketball, some would be very good players; others would be very poor; and many would be in between．But even the very poor players can become much better players if they are guided in the right way, and with plenty of practice．It is the same with reading．Some seem to enjoy reading and to read well without any special help．Others find reading a slow and tiring job．In between, there are all degrees of reading ability． Many experiments have shown that just about every poor reader can improve his reading ability．Firstly, the poor readers were given tests of reading ability．Secondly, some of the causes of their poor reading were discovered, and then they were given special instruction and practice in reading．After a few months, another test of the same kind was given．In nearly all cases, these people had raised their reading scores．
Different 76______ about Some people feel they can’t do 77______ about poor reading． reading ability． You can read better by 78_______．
79_______ are different, Some people can play basketball well while others play badly．
but can be improved． People can improve when guided by proper coaches and 80_______
more．
It is the same with reading．
81_______ of the Test readers’ reading ability．
experiments． Discover the 82_______ of poor reading．
Teachers instruct these readers 83_______
84________ After a few months and in nearly all cases, these people show
85________ ability．
第二节 写作（满分25分）
在最近的一次英语主题班会上，同学们对上网的利弊争论不休，不能统一。作为班长，请
注意：1．发言的开头已给出，不计入总词数； 2．词数100左右。