北京十一学校高三9月月考   2013-9-28

英语试卷

时间：120分钟   总分：150分  命题人: 侯敏华 黄晓鸣 华夏

第一部分：听力理解（共三节，30分）

第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）

听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，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。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

1. How soon will the watch be ready?

  A. In two days.                        B. In at least four days.         C. In three days.

2. How much was the TV set?

  A. $80                                    B. $160                               C. $40

3. What is Ann doing?

  A. Buying a gift                      B. Counting her money         C. Having a Christmas party

4. Where’s the man?

  A. In the kitchen                      B. In the supermarket           C. In the furniture shop.

5. What can we learn from this conversation?

  A. Helen will go on a picnic tomorrow.

  B. Helen doesn’t enjoy going on a picnic.

  C. Helen doesn’t think the weather will be good for a picnic.

第二节 （共10小题；每题1.5分，满分15分）

听下面3段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从每题所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有5秒钟的时间阅读每小题。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7题。

6. What does the man want to do?

  A. To lend the book to the woman.

  B. To share the book with the woman.

  C. To check out the book for the woman.

7. Who will use the book tomorrow afternoon?

  A. The man   B. The woman   C. The librarian

听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。

8. Where are the two speakers now?

  A. In the office   B. In a bar   C. In a classroom

9. What does Mary think of her boss?

  A. Thirsty for work   B. Easy to deal with   C. Active in everything

听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。

10. What are they discussing about?

  A. Whom to invite for supper.   B. Where to eat for dinner.    C. How to serve their friends.

11. What is “California Rose” in the dialogue?

  A. A kind of cigarette               B. A kind of wine                 C. A kind of flower

12. Where are they going after the conversation?

  A. A restaurant                        B. A dinner party                  C. A store

听第9段材料，回答第13至15题。

13. Who will get help from the new program?

  A. High school students            B. College students               C. Foreign students

14. How many hours will the volunteers have to work a week?

  A. One hour                            B. Four hours                      C. Eight hours

15. What does Professor White do in the program?

  A. He writes lesson plans.         B. He does research.             C. He gives advice.

第三节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，共7.5分）

听下面一段对话，完成第16题至20题，每小题仅填写一个词。听对话前，你将有20秒钟的时间阅读试题，听完后你将有60秒钟的作答时间。该段对话你将连续听两遍。

Language International Activities

Personnel (管理人员)	Emma Waston	Center manager
	Mr. Brone	Social ____16______
This afternoon		Walking ____17______ of the city
Wednesday afternoon		Playing volleyball in the sports ____18______
On ____19______		A trip to Oxford
On Sunday		A trip to London, leaving at ____20______

第二部分：知识运用（共两节，45分）

第一节    单项填空（共15小题：每小题1分，共15分）

从每题所给的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.—Does Shelly like shopping?

   —Well, she would rather spend time         at home than         in the street．

  A. read; wander             B. reading; wander

  C. in reading; to wander     D. reading; to wander

22. Zhou Yang didn't want to let anyone overtake her. She wanted to be the first         that finishing line．

A. crossing               B. cross         C. to cross   D. in crossing     

23. In summer, food will go bad if         in room temperature.

A. leaving                    B. left                       C. being left              D. having left

24. At last, the boys found themselves         in a pleasant park with trees providing shade.

A. to sit                        B. sat                        C. sitting                   D. having sat

25. The time and effort he has devoted during the past few years         trees in that remote area is now considered to be of great value．

A. to planting       B. to plant       C. plant          D. planting

26. —Hello, Ben. I’m just checking if you can pick up Mary at the airport this evening.

    —Oh, yes, I         you about that. But I have to go to my daughter’s school play.

A. will phone            B. have phoned             C. phoned              D. was going to phone

27. —Jeff, you look so excited today.

—Sure I am. I         a good job in a big company, you know.

A. offered          B. will offer          C. have been offered             D. have offered

28. He has been receiving phone calls from journalists since he became famous. They         to know what will become of his life in the future．

A. have wanted          B. are wanting                 C. want       D. wanted

29. It is the only time in history that two Nobel Prizes         to the same person.

       A. have been given                                    B. had been given

       C. have given                                            D. will give

30. The attackers were arrested and didn’t know where they         ．

    A. would take    B. are taken        C. were being taken      D. will be taken

31. Police have found ____ appears to be the lost ancient statue.

A. which          B. where        C. how           D. what

32. There’s no way of knowing why one man makes an important discovery _____ another man, also intelligent, fails.

A. since           B. if        C. as       D. while

33. The group of the aged are close companions, and many of         have known each other for decades.

       A. them    B. that    C. whom    D. what

34. More wild tigers have been seen in the forest around this area,        there used to be very few.

    A. when    B. where    C. what    D. which

35.          life began on the earth is one of the biggest puzzles to scientists.

       A. How    B. What    C. Where    D. That

第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，共30分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Some years ago when I was in my first year in college, I heard Salome Bey sing for the first time. The moment was exciting. Salome’s __36__ filled the room and brought the theater to life. I was so __37__ that I decided to write an article about her.

I __38__ Salome Bey, telling her I was from Essence magazine, and that I wanted to meet her to talk about her career. She __39__ and told me to come to her studio next Tuesday. When I hung up, I was scared out of my mind. I __40__ I was lying. I was not a writer at all and hadn’t even written a grocery list.

I interviewed Salome Bey the next Tuesday. I sat there __41__, taking notes and asking questions that all began with, “Can you tell me…” I soon realized that __42__ Salome Bey was one thing, but writing a story for a national magazine was just impossible. The pressure was almost __43__. I struggled for days __44__ draft after draft. Finally I put my manuscript (手稿) into a large envelope and dropped it into a mailbox.

It didn’t take long. My manuscript __45__. How stupid of me! I thought. How could I __46__ in a world of professional writers? Knowing I couldn’t face the __47__ letter, I threw the unopened envelope into a drawer.

Five years later, I was moving to California. While cleaning my apartment, I __48__ the unopened envelope. This time I opened it and read the editor’s letter in __49__:

Dear Ms Profit,

Your story on Salome Bey is fantastic. Yet we need some __50__ materials. Please add those and return the article immediately. We would like to __51__ your story soon.

Shocked, it took me a long time to __52__. Fear of rejection cost me dearly. I lost at least five hundred dollars and having my article appear in a major magazine. More importantly, I lost years of __53__ writing. Today, I have become a full-time writer. Looking back on this __54__, I learned a very important lesson: You can’t __55__ to doubt yourself. 

36. A. joy                                  B. voice                     C. speech                     D. smile

37. A. proud                       B. active                 C. satisfied                   D. moved      

38. A. visited                      B. emailed                 C. phoned                  D. interviewed

39. A. agreed                     B. refused                  C. hesitated                 D. paused

40. A. admitted                   B. discovered              C. explained                 D. knew

41. A. seriously                  B. patiently                C. nervously               D. quietly

42. A. blaming                   B. fooling                  C. inviting                   D. urging

43. A. unlikely                   B. unconvincing          C. unbeatable                D. unbearable

44. A. with                               B. by                        C. on                          D. in

45. A. disappeared              B. returned                     C. spread                    D. improved

46. A. compare                  B. struggle                        C. survive                     D. compete

47. A. objection                  B. approval                C. rejection                  D. denial

48. A. held out                   B. carried out             C. came across             D. got across

49. A. disbelief                   B. anxiety                     C. horror                    D. panic

50. A. subjective                 B. relevant                 C. private                    D. reliable

51. A. broadcast                  B. create                    C. publish                   D. assess

52. A. recover                  B. prepare                  C. escape                    D. concentrate

53. A. constant                    B. endless                   C. typical                            D. enjoyable

54. A. experience                       B. success                   C. benefit                         D. accident

55. A. attempt                   B. afford                     C. expect                 D. pretend

第三部分：阅读理解（共两节，40分）

第一节（共15小题；每小题2分，共30分）

       阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Which tablet computer should YOU be buying: They are this year's must have... and there's a style to suit everyone？

 

56. The underlined phrase ‘stumble across’ most probably means ‘___________’.

  A. meet with             B. quarrel with      C. compare with    D. compete with

57. Which of the following about Surface is NOT TRUE?

  A. The keyboard will add to the cost.

  B. The keyboard can serve as a cover.

  C. You have to pay extra to install Microsoft Word.

  D. You can watch movies or surf the Internet with it.

58. If you are a game lover, which tablet is least likely to be your choice?

  A. LeapPad Explorer 2.                   B. iPad 4th generation.

  C. Microsoft Surface.               D. Amazon Kindle Paperwhite.

B

The son of a piano producer, Elwyn Brooks White was born in Mount Vernon in a wealthy family．And he was raised with the mix of sophistication（良好教养） and common sense that would mark his writing．

After graduation, White spent a year as a newspaper reporter in New York City, and then decided to drive across the country with a friend. The trip gave White a lifetime of anecdotes.“When they ran out of money," White's friend, James Thurber, noted, "they played for their supper and their gasoline on an interesting musical instrument that White had made out of some pieces of wire and an old shoe."

When White returned to New York City in the mid-1920s, he spent a few years bouncing between advertising jobs and unemployment before trying his hand again at writing. Not very seriously, he sent some essays to a new magazine called The New Yorker. Since its founding in 1925, the magazine had struggled to find its niche, and White's work helped put the New Yorker on the map. His essays were funny and sophisticated; they spoke equally to socialites(社会名流）and cab drivers, professors and repairmen. Through his essays, which he wrote for nearly 50 years, White helped give The New Yorker its voice and identity.

In 1945, already a leading literary figure, White switched to his second occupation writing children's books. He moved from New York to a farm in Maine, where he raised chickens and geese. Seeking a way to amuse his nieces and nephews, White started to write stories for them. “Children were always after me to tell them a story and I found I couldn't do it," he said. “So I had to get it down on paper.”

By the time he died from Alzheimer's disease in 1985, White's essays had appeared in more literary collections in colleges than those of any other writer. Many said his essays matched his personality: sophisticated without being simple, critical without being mean.

59．What do we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．White took the trip to realize his lifelong dream．

B．The trip had a lasting effect on White's personality．

C．The travelling companion found White's music talent．

D．White had many experiences to talk about after the trip．

60．The underlined part "its niche" means something that         ．

A. suits its sponsors' tastes     B. protects its social identity

C. helps to build its own style   D. voices its authors' concern

61．What do we know about White's works?

A. They originally came from the stories told by his nieces．

B. They were intended for people of different social status．

C. They helped the New Yorker find its position on the map．

D. They were chosen by college textbooks when they came out．

C

Seligman is leading the research on what might be called Happiness Revolution in psychology. Since World War II, psychologists have focused on fixing what is broken —repairing psychosis（精神病）, and neurosis（精神衰弱）. Research has piled up steadily when it comes to looking at patients who are neurotic, while the happy or joyful people among us have received little scientific examination.

When Seligman did a search to find academic articles about such ‘positive psychology’ he found only 800 out of 70,000. ‘Psychologists tend to be concerned with taking a negative 8 person, and helping him get to negative 2,’ said Seligman, a psychology professor of the University of Pennsylvania. ‘My aim is to take a plus 2 person and boost him to a plus 6.’

In the last 50 years, statistics have shown that we are less happy as a people. ‘While our quality of life has increased dramatically over that time, and we’ve become richer, we’re in an epidemic of depression,’ Seligman said. ‘Depression is 10 times more common now, and life satisfaction rates are down as well.’ Seligman argues that the new science he writes about is shifting psychology’s model away from its narrow-minded focus on mental illness towards positive emotion, virtue and strength that increase people’s happiness. If you want to be happy, forget about winning the lottery（抽奖）, getting a nose job, or securing a raise. In his new book, Authentic Happiness, psychologist Martin Seligman argues that overall lifetime happiness is not the result of good genes, money, or even luck. Instead, he says we can increase our own happiness by making use of the strengths and virtues that we already have, including kindness, originality, humor, optimism, and generosity. He has named the field ‘Positive Psychology,’ arguing that we would be better off building on our own strengths rather than mourning, and, hence, trying to repair, our weaknesses. By frequently calling upon their strengths, people can build up natural barriers against misfortune and negative emotions, he said.

To cultivate happiness, we must first find out our individual strengths and virtues. Next, apply the qualities in such a way as to enhance your happiness-generating system.

62.   The distinctive feature of Seligman’s work lies in ______.

A. evaluating the psychological state of people

B. making a study of people who suffer from mental illness

C. focusing the scientific examination on the happy or joyful people

D. figuring out the exact number of the academic articles about ‘positive psychology’

63.   What does Seligman mean by saying ‘take a plus 2 person and boost him to a plus 6’?

A. We should focus on happy or joyful people.

B. We need more and more happy and joyful people.

C. It’s difficult to make people happy from a plus 2 to plus 6.

D. Happy people also need to improve their level of happiness.

64.   According to the passage, which of the statements might Martin Seligman support?

A. Promotion leads to true happiness.

B. We can rely on our strengths for happiness.

C. Intelligent people are usually more satisfied.

D. Mental illness should be the focus of psychology.

65.   The passage mainly talks about ______.

A. strengths and happiness                                  B. ways to cultivate happiness

C. development of psychology                                   D. effect of positive psychology

Does style really sell?

       How can the appearance of a product be more important than what it does? The battle between form and function rose again when James Dyson, British inventor of the Dyson vacuum （真空） cleaner that has sold in millions around the world, resigned as chairman of London's Design Museum. It is widely believed that Mr．Dyson felt that the museum put too much stress on style and fashion at the expense of serious industrial design.

       Mr．Dyson accused the museum of not keeping true to itself. He may be right, but these days, museums everywhere can no longer afford to be unique centers of scholarship and learning. Among competition for sponsorship, they must use exhibitions of populist culture, nice cafes and shops or, best of all, a new building by Frank Gehry to increase visitor numbers．

       On the one hand, some producers can be too old-fashioned and too concerned with the importance of product engineering and the functionality of their goods. On the other hand there are those who believe that how a product looks is more important. Design is indeed a broad term, involving both function and form. Typically, in any given product area, it changes from the former to the latter. Clothing is a good example. But surely you would have to be a very shallow person to think something's appearance was more important than what it did.

       Today nearly all goods at any given price-point do much the same job. So almost the only way producers can differentiate their products from those of their competitors is to create some sort of emotional connection with the consumer, which could be through the visual appeal of the product or its packaging; or the imagery created by advertising. And what of the Dyson vacuum cleaners? Mr. Dyson may believe that people buy these machines because of the graphs showing their superior suction, but most vacuum cleaners do a good job. The main reason people pay extra for a Dyson is because it is a vacuum cleaner with a trendy brand. With its inside workings exposed, it is a bit like a Richard Rogers building with all its pipes shown in bright colors on the outside instead of being hidden inside. Functional it may be, but it is a bit of a trick, too．

66．Mr. Dyson left the Design Museum because he thought the museum         ．

A. didn't increase the number of visitors

B. couldn't provide scholarships for learners

C. wasn't loyal to its original purpose of learning

D. hadn't great appeal for serious industrial designs

67. Speaking of clothing, the underlined word "latter" refers to         ．

A. affording protection      B. indicating one's identity

C. providing warmth         D. making someone beautiful

68. What is the author's opinion in Paragraph 4?

A. A product with convenient packaging sells well．

B. The majority of consumers prefer to buy branded goods．

C. Most similarly priced products are of a comparable standard．

D. Emotion contributes much to the development of advertising industry．

69. The author believes that people buy the Dyson vacuum cleaner because           ．

A. it has very good suction      B. it has a fashionable range

C. it sells well around the world  D. it is invented by James Dyson

70．What is the author's attitude towards the form of a product?

A. Optimistic．  B. Skeptical．  C. Disapproving．  D. Objective．

第二节（共5小题 ；每小题2分，共10分）

The Making of “Tipping Point” 

Many of the most expensive commercials ever made are those in which a film star flashes a beautiful smile at the cameras. ___71___ Their recent television advertisement, the most expensive in British history, cost ten million pounds, and it features(突出), not the rich and famous, but villagers from the mountains of Argentina.

The advertisement features a game of dominoes. It begins in a darkened room with several thousand dominoes(多米诺) set up on a specially-designed table. Then the falling dominoes head out of the room into the streets, causing progressively larger objects to fall. Dominoes knock over books, which in turn knock bigger objects such as suitcases, tyres, and even cars. The final piece in the chain reaction is a huge tower of books. ___72___

The place chosen for the commercial was Iruya, a village high up in the mountains in Argentina. ___73___ The journey could take up to ten hours. Asked why this remote destination for the shoot, the director said that even though it was the most difficult location they could have picked, it was perfect.

___74___ Twenty six truckloads of objects were brought in. They were all chosen to suit the town and fit in with the people’s way of life. They included 10,000 books, 400 tyres, 45 wardrobes and 6 cars. Setting the objects up took skill and patience. Some of the sequences(场景) had to be reshot 15 times, though the sequence in which six cars fell over was successfully shot in just one take.

Filming in this location was not without its difficulties. Firstly, being so remote, it was hard to obtain resources. The second problem was the high altitude. Iruya is situated 3000 metres above sea level and the film crew was not used to working in such conditions. ___75___

Director Nicolai Fuglsig said: “Despite all the challenges, the cast was fantastic and it was a really amazing experience.” Whether or not the effort pays off is another matter entirely.

A. Creating this film was no easy task. 

B. They drop off to show a glass of Guinness.

C. Preparations for filming took well over a month.

D. Not so with the famous Irish drink company Guinness.

E. They needed to be arranged so they would fall over easily.

F. It was also hard working with the villagers who had no experience of film-making.

G. The film crew had to drive along 48 kilometres of dirt roads and cross twelve rivers.

 

第四部分：书面表达（共两节，35分）

第一节情景作文(20分）

假设你是红星中学学生李华，上周参加了学校组织的“京郊美丽乡村”展示活动，为此，你与父母一起去感受了乡村的变化。请根据下列四幅图的先后顺序，给美国笔友Peter写信，介绍你参加此次活动的全过程。

注意: 1.信的开头和结尾已为你写好。 2.词数不少于60。

 

Dear Peter,

How are things going?

Last week, I took part in the show of “Beautiful Villages around Beijing” in our school. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Do keep in touch.

Best wishes,

Li Hua 

 

第二节开放作文（15分）请根据下面提示写一篇作文。词数不少于50。

You are discussing the following picture with your English friend Jim. Now you are telling him how you understand the picture and what makes you think so.