2011年西安市高三年级第三次质量检测测试题

英语

第一部分  英语知识运用（共四节，满分55分）

第一节  语音知识（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，找出其划线部分与所给单词划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

1. success    A. official   B. excuse     C. correct    D. exciting

2. society    A. achieve    B. friend     C. science    D. believe

3. theirs     A. thread     B. smooth     C. thirsty    D. health

4. raise      A. remain     B. certain    C. mountain   D. bargain

5. compare    A. company    B. continue   C. common     D. concert

第二节  情景对话（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分）

根据对话情景和内容，从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。

—Hello, Tom, glad you’re back. We all missed you.

—Oh, hello, Edith, I missed you too. 6

—Fine, thanks. I’ve been working on the summer paper over the past two weeks, and now it’s nearly finished. 7

—8But it was easy. You see, I got a job.

—A job? What did you do?

—9

—But you’re not a teacher.

—I told Tony I couldn’t teach, but he insisted on having a talk with me in English three times a week.

—Did your pupil learning much English?

—10

A.      I gave English lessons to a tailor. His name’s Tony.

B.      How are you?

C.       Have you ever been to Italy?

D.      Yes, I suppose I should have done so.

E.       I heard you went to Italy?

F.       I don’t know, but I learned a lot of Italian.

G.      I hadn’t expected to stay there so long either.

第三节        语法和词汇知识（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）

    从每小题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

11. Early in      morning word came that Mr. Black had been elected      president of the company.

   A. a;不填        B. the;不填          C. a; the       D. 不填;the

12.      more effectively with others, more and more people equip themselves with a higher education.

   A. To compete    B. Being competed    C. Competing    D. Competed

13. Not only      late, he also forgot his book.

   A. had he turned up    B. he had turned up    C. he turned up    D. did he turn up

14. Every possible means      , but it seems that nothing will prevent the situation from getting worse.

   A. has tried        B. have tried        C. has been tried    D. have been tried

15. I’m sorry I didn’t hear what you said. I      the picture.

   A. am looking at    B. looked at         C. has looked at     D. was looking at

16. —   

—Thank you, I certainly will.

   A. Happy birthday to you              B. Please remember me to your mum

   C. Let me help you with your math     D. Don’t forget to post the letter

17. The computer system      suddenly while he was searching for information on the Internet.

   A. broke down    B. broke out    C. broke up    D. broke in

18.      , I have to put the novel away and focus my attention on study this week.

   A. No matter how it is interesting      B. However it is interesting

   C. No matter however interesting it is  D. No matter how interesting it is

19. —What do you think of your brother’s son?

—He      be very naughty but at the same time you      help liking him.

   A. will;will      B. won’t; can’t     C. may;may     D. can;can’t

20.—Say, Jane, will you come with me to the game Friday?

—     , Bob, but I promised Mary I’d go with her.

   A. Forget it    B. Thanks    C. Take it easy    D. My pleasure

21. Come and see me whenever     .

   A. you are convenient        B. you will be convenient

   C. it is convenient to you   D. it will be convenient to you

22. It is helpful to put children in a situation      they can see themselves differently.

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

23. Every evening after dinner, if not      from work, I spend some time walking my dog.

   A. tired    B. tiring   C. to be tired    D. as

24. It is      the pupils do in their spare time      really prepares them to take their place in society as citizens when they grow up.

   A. which; that    B. that; what    C. what; that    D. that; which

25. Right, we write to each other — not      now and then.

   A. normally       B. absolutely    C. actually      D. regularly

第四节  完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出适合填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

In Spain, there was a small village whose people were very joyful.  The children 26 under the shade of trees in the gardens of their home.  Every morning,  Nasir,  a shepherd boy, took his goats up the hills. One day, as he was 27 his goats, he found a beautiful crystal ball(水晶球) in the bush.

Nasir took it in his hand and heard a voice coming from it, “You can make a wish and I’ll 28 it.” Nasir had many 29 , so he said to himself, “If wait till tomorrow, I’ll 30 many things.” He put the ball in a bag, 31 the goats and returned to the village.

The next day, Nasir could not 32 what to wish for, because he really had 33 he needed.

The days passed as usual, and Nasir was extremely 34 to have such a wonderful ball. One day , a boy 35 Nasir and discovered the crystal ball. He took the ball away. When he arrived at the 36 , he showed the people the ball. Suddenly the ball said, “I can fulfill your wish.” One person screamed, “I want gold.” Another said 37 , “I want jewelry.” Some of them wished that they would have palaces.

All their wishes were realized but still they were not 38 . They were jealous(嫉妒的) 39 the person that had a palace had no gold and the person that had the gold had no palace. The villagers were not 40 each other. The palaces and jewelry only brought them 41 .

When Nasir saw that the people were regretful, he said, “I have not 42 till now. If you really want everything to return to its own places, then I will wish for it.” Everyone happily 43 . Nasir took the crystal ball in his hand and wished that the village became the same as it was before. Everyone saw it become the 44 village. Once again the people started to 45 happily and the children played under the shade of the trees.

26. A. studied	B. worked	C. lived	D. played
27. A. carrying	B. protecting	C. watching	D. delivering
28. A. fulfill	B. get	C. obey	D. express
29. A. chances	B. goats	C. wishes	D. conditions
30. A. miss	B. remember	C. afford	D. order
31. A. divided	B. fed	C. raised	D. gathered
32. A. say	B. find	C. decide	D. forget
33. A. everything	B. something	C. anybody	D. everybody
34. A. sad	B. cheerful	C. angry	D. successful
35. A. followed	B. beat	C. praised	D. admired
36. A. bush	B. palace	C. garden	D. village
37. A. loudly	B. politely	C. weakly	D. patiently
38. A. quiet	B. happy	C. greedy	D. honest
39. A. because	B. if	C. unless	D. so
40. A. learning from	B. fighting with	C. looking at	D. speaking to
41. A. failure	B. pain	C. hope	D. harmony
42. A. stopped	B. arrived	C. experienced	D. wished
43. A. introduced	B. answered	C. agreed	D. tried
44. A. dark	B. old	C. beautiful	D. large
45. A. rest	B. sleep	C. live	D. work

第二部分  阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）

第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）

阅读下面四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该选项涂黑。

A

    Some people bring out the best in you in a way that you might never have fully realized on your own. My mom was one of those people.

My father died when I was nine months old, making my mom a single mother at the age of eighteen. While I was growing up, we lived a very hard life. We had little money, but my mom gave me a lot of love. Each night, she sat me on her lap and spoke the words that would change my life, “Kemmons, you are certain to be a great man and you can do anything in life if you work hard enough to get it.”

At fourteen, I was hit by a car and the doctors said I would never walk again. Every day, my mother spoke to me in her gentle, loving voice, telling me that no matter what those doctors said, I could walk again if I wanted to. She drove that message so deep onto my heart that I finally believed her. A year later, I returned to school—walking on my own!

When the Great Depression（大萧条）hit, my mom lost her job. Then I left school to support the both of us. At that moment, I was determined never to be poor again.

Over the years, I experienced various levels of business success. But the real turning point occurred on a vacation I took with my wife and five kids in 1951. I was dissatisfied with the second-class hotels available for families and was angry that they charged an extra $2for each child. That was too expensive for the average American family. I told my wife tat I was going to open a motel(汽车旅馆)for families that would never charge extra for children. There were plenty of doubters at that time.

Not surprisingly, mom was one of my strongest supporters. She worked behind the desk and even designed the room style. As in any business, we experienced a lot of challenges. But with my mother’s words deeply rooted in my soul, I never doubted we would succeed. Fifteen years later, we had the largest hotel system in the world—Holiday Inn. In 1979 my company had 1,759 inns in more than fifty countries with an income of $ 1billion a year.

You may not have started out life in the best situation. But if you can find a task in life worth working for and believe in yourself, nothing can stop you.

46. What caused Kemmons to start a motel by himself?

A. His previous business success.

B. His terrible experience in the hotel.

C. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.

D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.

47. Which of the following best describes Kemmons’ mother?

A. Modest, helpful, and hard-working.

B. Careful, helpful and beautiful.

C. Loving, supportive and strong-willed.

D. Strict, sensitive and supportive.

48. Which of the following led to Kemmons’ success according to the passage?

A. A poor family, higher education, self-confidence and hard work.

B. Mom’s encouragement, a poor family, higher education, and opportunities.

C. Mom’s encouragement, a poor family, higher education, and clear goals.

D. Mom’s encouragement, clear goals, self-confidence and hard work.

B

Claude Monet was born on November 14, 1840, in Paris, but he spent most of his childhood in Le Havre, a city of southern France. By the time he was fifteen Monet had become popular as a caricaturist(漫画家). Through an exhibition of his drawings at a local frame shop in 1858, Monet met the French landscape painter Eugene Louis Boudin, who introduced Monet to outdoor painting, an activity that soon became his life’s work.

By 1859 Monet had committed himself to a career as an artist and began to spend as much time in Pairs as possible. During the 1860s he met Edouard Manet. With other ambitious French painters, they formed the impressionist school.

Working outside, Monet painted simple landscapes and he began to have some success. As his style developed, however, Monet broke one traditional artistic convention(常规)after another. His experiments with bright color became more and more daring, and he seemed to cut himself off from the possibility of a successful career as a conventional painter supported by the art establishment.

In 1874 Monet and his colleagues decided to organize their own exhibition. They called themselves independents, but the press soon labeled them impressionists because one of Monet’s paintings had borne the title Impression: Sunrise. Then the name stuck.

By the mid-1880s , Monet , generally regarded as the leader of the impressionist school, had achieved significant recognition and financial security. In 1890 he was able to purchase some property in the village of Giverny, not far from Paris, and there be began to construct a water garden—a water lily pond with a Japanese bridge. Beginning in 1906, paintings of the pond and the water lilies occupied his mind for the rest of his life. His famous series Water Lilies, painted between 1990 and 1926, Clearly shows the artist’s strong interest in color and produces a remarkable(不寻常的)visual effect. Despite failing eyesight, Monet continued to paint almost up to the time of his death, on December 5,1926, at Giverny.

49. We know from the passage that Monet        .

A. spend most of his childhood in Paris

B. was greatly influenced by Boudin

C. chiefly relied on traditional painting skills

D. devoted his whole life to painting portraits

50. Which of the following is TRUE about impressionists?

A. They formed an influential artistic school in the 1850s.

B. They got the name partly because of a painting of Monet’s.

C. They are conventional painters.

D. They are fond of using dark color.

51. What’s the right order of the events related to Monet?

a. Monet bought a house in the village of Giverny.

b. Monet got to know Edouard Manet.

c. Monet became the leader of the impressionist school.

d. Monet began to paint his pond and water lilies.

A. abdc    B. cbda    C.dbac    D.bcad

52. It can be learned from the last paragraph that Monet        .

A. continued to paint when he became old

B. changed his painting style many times

C. spent the rest of his life in Le Havre

D. was unknown until many years after his death

C

Every parent wants their child to grow up to enjoy life and be successful. Each and every one of us has something that we don’t want our children to experience as they get older. We protect them hoping they will never experience hurt, yet as they get older they come across their own struggles.

We often do everything we can to keep them from making the mistakes that we have made. Your children are not you. They are incredible little beings that choose you to experience life with. They are not little “mini me’s” that will make the same mistakes we have made or learn the way we learn from our own experiences. They go to school, have experiences that they only tell us about, and understand the experiences through their own thoughts and feelings mixed in with family behavioral patterns. This is where you can make a difference. Be an example.

Teach your child how to live life by being the person you would want them to be—helping others, loving yourself and making no judgments about other people. As you learn this in your own self and apply it, your child won’t need you to speak a word. If little Joannie doesn’t want to share with another child, show them how to share. Show by example.

If you don’t want other to walk all over you, treat others as you want to be treated because there is a child learning behaviors from you. Be the example of what you want your child to be through your own positive thoughts and feelings. It is the best thing you can do for your child and yourself to ensure your child feel accepted and loved as they get older.

53. We can infer from the second paragraph that        .

A. children are likely to make mistakes their parents made

B. children don’t want to spend time with their family

C. children are like their parents in many ways

D. children base their actions on their thoughts

54. The underlined phrase “walk all over you” in the last paragraph probably means “        ”.

A. see your weaknesses

B. know your thoughts

C. learn your secrets

D. treat you badly

55. In the passage, the author expresses        .

A. his concern for the role parents play in families

B. his support for children’s independence

C. his wonder at the potential(潜力)of children

D. his surprise at parents’ stubbornness

56. Which of the following will be the best title for the passage?

A. Make no judgments about others

B. Be the example in your child’s life

C. Treat others as you want to be treated

D. Keep your child from making your mistakes

D

Rare birds in the UK have been living far better than the more common birds over the last decade due to the efforts of conservation organizations, according to a new assessment.

The research shows almost 60%of the 63 rare birds that live in the UK have increased over the last 10 years.

By contrast, only about one third of common species have increased over the same period, compared with four out of every 10 common birds. The rare birds described in the assessment with increasing populations include the osprey and corncrake. All of these birds are subject to conservation action.

The declining common birds include the nightingale, swift, house sparrow and red grouse. These are suffering declines for a variety of reasons, including changes in farming practices.

Dr David Noble, from the British Trust for Ornithology, said:“That some of our rarer birds have responded to targeted conservation action is great news. It shows just what can be achieved.

What we need to do now is to continue the good work and use some of the lessons we have learned to help our more common birds.”

Dr Mark Avery, the conservation director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds(RSPB), said:“Over the last decade we’ve enjoyed some great conservation successes, including removing some threatened species from the World Conservation Union’s Red List of Threatened Animals and increasing the populations of red kite, osprey, etc. However, these successes are countered(抵消)by continued declines of some wide spread species.”

The overview of 210 native birds has been produced by a group of conservation organizations, to mark the publication of The State of the UK’s Birds report, which is in its 10^th year. The report was published by the RSPB for a group of conservation organizations.

57. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. The decline of widespread birds is not worrying for the UK.

B. The UK has got some practical experience of bird conservation.

C. Changes in farming practices contribute to the increase of rare birds.

D. Half of common birds have decreased in the past ten years in the UK.

58. We can learn from the passage that Dr David Noble        .

A. hopes that conservation organizations will change the way they work

B. is quite disappointed with the result of the new assessment

C. is losing confidence in conservation organizations’ action

D. has high hopes for the increase in bird population in Britain

59. Which of the following can best explain Dr Mark Avery’s words?

A. The UK should not be satisfied with what they have achieved.

B. The UK should share their experience with other countries.

C. What conservation organizations do is far from satisfactory.

D. The RSPB is responsible for the decrease of common birds.

60. The author’s purpose of writing this article is to tell people        .

A. some good ways to protect rare birds

B. the differences between rare birds and common birds

C. the number of rare birds has increased over the last decade

D. some widespread birds in the UK are in great need of help

第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）

根据短文内容，从下框的A—F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项。选项中有一项为多余选项。

A． Why to turn to alternative energy

B． How to use renewable energy

C．  The sources of renewable energy

D． What is renewable energy?

E．  Where is the solar energy from?

F．  The advantages of renewable energy

61.

When speaking about renewable energy, we are talking about power which gets its energy, we are talking about power which gets its energy from resources which will not be diminished from the use. Renewable energy is a substitute for the nonrenewable energy of fossil fuel.

62.

    One fundamental advantage of renewable energy, and environmentalists’ favorite reason to promote its use, is that there are no greenhouse gases or other pollutants that give out as there are with the burning of fossil fuels. Renewable energy, or solar, water and wind power, are certainly not new although they have received much attention recently because they will not cause pollution. Environmentally friendly power sources such as wind, solar and water power have been used in both developing and developed countries for a long time because they are cheap and clean, but they have yet to be used as a primary source of energy for any big urban area.

63.

The generation of power from renewable energy sources has become somewhat more common in recent times as people have increasingly become aware of issues such as climate change due to fossil fuel by products and the political or social worries about nuclear power. There are numerous countries and non-profit, environmentally conscious organizations that are supporting the use of renewable energy.

64.

The flow of renewable energy has to do with naturally occurring phenomena. Tides, sunlight, wind and heat are all created by geothermal events and all are sources of energy. Each of these sources of energy has unique characteristics related to where and how we can use them.

65.

Most technology which transforms renewable energy into power which we can use is solar powered either directly or indirectly. The atmospheric system of the earth keeps balance so that the heat which spreads out into space is equal to the amount of radiation received from the sun. The quantity of energy contained in the atmosphere approximates the earth’s climate. The bodies of water of the earth, or its hydrosphere, absorb much of the radiation which is received from the sun. And much of that absorbed radiation is in the lower latitudes surrounding the equator.

第三部分  写作（共三节，满分55分）

第一节        单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）

根据下列各句意和空白之后的汉语提示词，在答题卡指定区域的横线上写出对应单词的正确形式，每空只写一词。

66. Millions of wild flowers color the valleys,        (尤其)in April and May.

67. We have        (安排)for them to prepare for the celebration.

68. The scientists have made a        (有价值的)discovery recently.

69. More than 10,000        (运动员)took part in the 29^th Olympic Games in Beijing in2008.

70. He        (承认)that he had been to the mountain village.

71. Many people served as        (志愿者)in the Guangzhou Asian Games.

72. Parents should teach their children to behave        (恰当地)in public.

73. The doctor examined the patient carefully and then drew a        (结论).

74. My uncle is grateful to me for        (说服)him into giving up smoking.

75. I doubt whether the new policy will be in the        (国家的)interest.

第二节 短文改错（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）

文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。

增加：在此处加一个漏词符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。

删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。

修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。

注意：1、每处错误及修改均仅限一词；

     2、只允许修改10处，多者（从11处起）不计分。

Last week our class has organized an activity to thank us teachers before graduation. In Thursday we had a class meeting to discuss what to do. We came up many good ideas. Then we decided to send them gifts and did some good deeds. The next day we carried out our plan. Some of us cleaned the teachers’ offices and decorated it with pots of flowers, make it more comfortable for the teachers to work in. Others helped wash the cars and bikes. But still others gave well-prepared gifts to the teachers, which were very pleased and expressed their best wishes to us. We all felt happily about what we had done for our teachers.

第二节        书面表达（满分30分）

假定你是李华，是西安市光明中学的一名中学生。请你以“我与世园会同行”为主题，根据下面所给出的要点提示，用英语给全市中学生写一封倡议书，号召全市中学生努力做文明中学生，为世园会增光添彩。

西安世园会简介	时间	2011年4月28日——10月22日
	宗旨	宣传生态文明；促进交流与发展
	内容	105个国家展示各国在工农业、科学、技术、文化艺术方面所取得的成就
	人数	预计参观游客1200万人次
中学生应该做到	内容自拟（至少3条）

注意：1、词数：不少于100词。倡议书的开头、结尾已写好，不计入总词数。

      2、参考词汇：世园会—the International Horticultural Exposition

                   生态文明—ecological civilization

A Letter to High School Students in Xi’an

Dear fellow students,

The International Horticultural Exposition will be held in Xi’an from April 28^th to October 22^nd in2011.

 

 

 

 

 

Let’s take action now and spare no effort to do a little bit every day, every hour, and every minute for our city!

Li Hua

From Guangming High School