雅礼中学2014届高三上学期第三次月考试卷英语试题

Section A (15 marks)

21. The women carrying babies and luggage, come in first, _____?

A. will you

B. will they

C. don’t they

D. don’t you

22. One more week, ____ we will accomplish the task.

A. or

B. and

C. if

D. so that

23. The farm as well as its neighboring hills we once spent so much time on ___ on a new look as recently as last year. A. having taken B. is taken C. taking D. has taken

24. The rich, for ____ money was not a problem, wanted to buy the whole building in this area if possible. A. their B. his C. whom D. whose

25. There were two rooms in the house, _____ served as a kitchen.

A. the smaller one of which

B. the smaller one

C. the smaller of them

D. and the smaller one of which

26. You can use a large plastic bottle, with its top ____, as a pot to grow young plants in.

A. cutting off

B. cut off

C. to cut off

D. being cut off

27. The only criterion for including a paper in this kind of books _____ its high quotability（引用）. We don't want anything that few experts lay their eyes on.

A. has

B. have

C. is

D. are

28. No sooner ____ finished watching that programme about those extinct species, than she decided to join the Wildlife Conservation Organization.

A. he finished

B. has he finished

C. did he finish

D. had he finished

29. ____ the extraordinary beauty of Changling is the Ling’en Palace, known for its simple design and painted ceiling. A. Adding B. Adding to C. Added D. Added to

30. During the game, the coach looked ________ he had eaten a lemon, probably because he knew his team was playing poorly. A. in that B. in case C. as though D. even though 31. When the Americans objected to this, the British would not compromise, but ________ control over their American colonies instead, taking away many of their rights, and ________soldiers there in order to make sure that the people would obey them.

A. increase; stationing

B. increasing; station

C. increased; stationing

D. increased; stationed

32. The students invited to the Halloween party may dress________ they please.

A. whatever

B. wherever

C. whenever

D. however

33. In the experiment, we are often waken up twice a night and asked what we ________.

A. have been dreaming

B. had dreamt

C. are dreaming

D. will dream

34. I________ no to his conditions, and I________ such trouble now.

A. could say；wouldn't be in

B. could have said；wouldn't be in

C. could say；wouldn't have been in

D. could have said；wouldn't have been in

35. Did you take enough money with you? —No, I needed ________ I thought I would.

A. no so much as

B. as much as

C. much more than

D. much less than Section B (18 marks)

In June 2008, when looking at my appointment book, I found I had only two customers all month. Starting my speech pathology (病理学) practice in 2000, I gradually grew the business to 13 employees. However, by last year, people weren’t paying for 36 treatment the way theyhad been, for the insurance companies were tightening their belts. Therefore, I 37 my own pay by 20% in order not to let anyone go. My husband Brian, who had been working in military intelligence for 20 years 38 staying home with our kids, tried to rejoin the workforce.

We’ve always been interested in food safety an d in 39 the kids where their food comes from. We prefer fresh vegetables from small farms. I had 40 chickens while growing up in nearby Little Rock city. So we wondered 41 we began developing farming.

We started with two pigs. When a local farmer 42 we breed laying hens because there was a market for fresh eggs, we finally reached an agreement. Brian built cages with wheels so that we could move our chickens around on fresh grass 43 our seven acres of land, and we bought more animals. It was scary and 44 . What should we do if no one bought anything?

But people did purchase. The local farmer took 45 to sell to his costumers, and today he buys about 30 dozen a week from us. At farmers’ market, we sell out completely, earning $300 to $500 a day. In the following year, the farm should gross about $40,000. To my 46 , the children assisted us, which is 47 because we have to take care of 570 laying hens and 300 chickens. On the farm, we not only enjoy happy life but also experience physically well-pleasing work, which I’m grateful for.

36. A. expression B. body C. behavior D. speech

37. A. cut B. gave C. lost D. sat

38. A. as B. until C. before D. after

39. A. praising B. encouraging C. educating D. understanding

40. A. bought B. cooked C. observed D. raised

41. A. as if B. even if C. only if D. what if

42. A. asked B. insisted C. ordered D. complained

43. A. through B. across C. over D. above

44. A. cheerful B. stressful C. powerful D. hopeful

45. A. hens B. pigs C. vegetables D. eggs

46. A. satisfaction B. sadness C. regret D. anger

47. A enjoyable B. important C. skillful D. Difficult

Section C (12 marks)

From October 1 to 3, around 3.8 million out-of-town tourists flooded to Shanghai over the 48 three days of the National Day holiday. Nanjing Road and the Bund remained 49 most popular spots with locals and tourists alike. Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street attracted 5.8 million tourists, 50 3.2 million were recorded at the Bund.

The city is expected to receive 8 million tourists by Monday, the last day of the weeklong holiday break. 51 ensure the safety of pedestrians crossing streets to reach the Bund, 4, 000 police officers were sent to the area. From 4:30pm to 11pm, 52 stood in line at the sides of zebra crossings, keeping vehicles and pedestrians 53. Across the Huangpu River, the Oriental Pearl TV Tower took measures to limit numbers. Even so, visitors 54 wanted to get to the top of the city landmark had to queue for four hours. 55 can imagine what it will be like in this city next year.PART ⅢREADI NG COMPREHENTION (30 marks)

A

The 1800s saw many firsts, including the invention of the bicycle and ready-to-eat cereal. Another interesting event also debuted （首次登场）i n the 1800s. In 1888, the world’s first beauty contest was held in Spa, Belgium. Though little is known about that first competition, the idea caught on. Today, beauty contests can be found in countries from Argentina to Zambia.

Most people agree that the business of beauty contests began in America. In 1921, local businessmen in Atlantic City, New Jersey, wanted summer tourists to stay longer. So they came up with the idea of beauty pageant. The pageant was successful, and 100,000 tourists stayed to see the first “Miss America” crowned.

After a few years, the annual event no longer focused only on girl’s beauty. A talent competition was added in 1938. And not long after that, college scholarships became the official contest prize. These were just the beginning of the changes for the beauty contest industry.

From the mid-to late-20th century, beauty contests began popping up everywhere. In 1951, the Miss World Pageant got its start in London. Over time, this contest has changed its focus from beauty alone to beauty and intelligence. Miss Universe began in 1952, Miss International in 1960 and Miss Earth in 2001. Today, these still are considered the four most famous international beauty contests.

Through the years, controversy has surrounded beauty contests. Many people have objected to women competing in swimsuits as it only calls attention to one’s looks. Outside pressure and changes in society, therefore, brought about changes in the beauty contest world. Today, women are judged on areas other than just appearance. These include intelligence, speaking ability, poise and talent.

The women who compete in the pageants are often asked why they do it. Many say it’s because the contests build their confidence and public speaking skills and offer scholarships. Today, millions of women worldwide compete for these very reasons.

56. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. The origin of beauty contests

B. A look at beauty contests

C. Famous international beauty contests

D. The success of beauty contests

57. Where was the first beauty contest in the world held?

A. In Belgium

B. In America

C. In England

D. In Argentina

58. According to the passage, the beauty contest in New Jersey in 1921 was held to ________.

A. find out who was the most beautiful girl

B. promote local tourism development

C. attract tourists to settle in Atlantic City

D. spread the idea of Miss America

59. The underlined phrase “popping up” in the fourth paragraph probably means _________.

A. succeeding

B. holding

C. appearing

D. forming

60. What is the fifth paragraph mainly about?

A. Argument about beauty contests

B. Changes in women’s clothes

C. What women compete for

D. How women are judged

B

Hidden Valley and a handful of other "culture camps" serving families with children from overseas reflect the huge rise in the number of foreign adoptions, from 7,093 in 1990 to 15,774 last year. After cutting through many troublesome procedures, due to different customs andcultures, parents often come home to find a new dilemma(进退两难的窘境). "At first you think, 'I need a child'," says Sandy Lachter of Washington, D.C., who with her husband, Steve, adopted Amelia, 5, from China in 1995. "Then you think, 'What does the child need?'"

The culture camps give families a place to find answers to those kinds of questions. Most grew out of local support groups; Hidden Valley was started last year by the Boston chapter of Families with Children from China, which includes 650 families. While parents address weighty issues like how to raise kids in a mixed-race family, their children just have fun riding horses, singing Chinese songs or making scallion pancakes.

The camp is a continuation of language and dance classes many of the kids attend during the year. "When we rented out a theater for 'Mulan,' it was packed," says Stephen Chen of Boston, whose adopted daughter Lindsay is 4. Classes in Chinese language, art and calligraphy are taught by experts, like Renne Lu of the Greater Boston Chinese Cultural Center. "Our mission is to preserve the heritage," Lu says.

Kids who are veteran（经验丰富的）campers say the experience helps them understand their complex heritage. Sixteen-year-old Alex was born in India and adopted by Kathy and David Brinton of Boulder, Colo., when he was 7. "I went through a stage where I hated India, hated everything about it," he says. "You just couldn't mention India to me." But after six sessions at the East India Colorado Heritage Camp, held at Snow Mountain Ranch in Estes Park, Colo., he hopes to travel to India after he graduates from high school next year.

Camp can be a learning experience for the whole family. Whitney Ning, 23, a counselor for four years, says the Korea Heritage Camp helped her become closer to her parents. "They were hesitant at first," she says, "but when they saw how much it meant to me, they became very supportive." Sometimes the most direct route around the world is across a campfire.

61.Why do American parents come to Hidden Valley？

A.It has a large gathering of adopted children.

B. Parents want to find a place to exchange their ideas.

C. It can ensure the adopted kids as well as their parents a learning experience.

D. It is a very good place for relaxation.

62. Which of the following is NOT the advantage of the culture camp?

A. It well reflects the increasing foreign adoptions.

B. Parents can find the answers to their questions in raising the adopted children.

C. Children can learn a lot in culture camp.

D. It helps the adopted children have a better understanding of their complex heritage.

63. What is Alex's attitude toward India now?

A. Strong disapproval.

B. Much interest.

C. Slight dislike.

D. Enthusiastic support.

. The underlined sentence of the last paragraph most probably means _________.

A. Through this camp the adopted kids knew better about American culture .

B. If the adopted kids want to travel around the world, camping is the best choice.

C. Through the camp the adopted kids can know better about Chinese culture.

D. The camp helped adopted kids know more about their original culture, thus making the mixed-race family closer.

65.What can we infer from the passage?

A. Foreign adoption is a common phenomenon in America.

B. Children can do whatever they want to do in the culture camp.C. Both parents and their adopted children can benefit from the culture camp.

D. Children can receive best education in the culture camp.

C

Agricultural scientists are working to develop crop plants that use less water than those now grown. Almost sixty percent of the world's freshwater withdrawals from rivers, lakes and other water resources go towards irrigating fields. Scientists are using biotechnology as well as traditional breeding（繁殖）methods to develop water-saving crops to feed a growing world.

Thomas Tommy Carter is a plant scientist in North Carolina working for the Agricultural Research Service in the United States Department of Agriculture. He leads Team Drought, a group of researchers at five universities. They have been using conventional breeding methods to develop soybeans that can grow well under dry conditions. Tommy started working on drought- resistant soybeans in 1981.His research has taken him as far as China, where soybeans have been grown for thousands of years.

“Farmers in the United States, however, have grown soybeans for only about a century”Tommy Carter says, “the soybeans they grow are for the most part genetically similar.”More differences could better protect crops against climate changes that can reduce production. Those changes include water shortages which could result from global warming. The Agriculture Department has a soybean germplasm(胚种)collection, a collection of genetic material passed from one generation to the next. Members of Team Drought studied more than 2,500 examples from the collection. They looked at those from Asia and searched for germplasms that could keep plants from weakening and wilting during hot, dry summers in the United States.

Tommy says they found only five, but these slow wilting lines can produce more than normal soybeans under drought conditions; the team is now doing field tests. The first breeding line is expected to be released next year for use by private seed companies and public soybean breeders. Scientists are also working on other plants that either use less water or use it better or both.

66. Why can the soybeans in Asia do better under drought conditions?

A. soybeans have been grown in Asia for thousands of years

B. the germplasms are different from those in American soybeans

C. Americans have been growing soybeans for a century

D. the water shortage in Asia is much more serious than that in the US

67. What are farming scientists doing to ensure feeding a growing world?

A. they are using latest irrigating technology to increase the production.

B. They are planting soybean germplasms in other countries.

C. They are importing more drought-resistant soybeans from China.

D. They are combining different ways to produce anti-drought crops.

68. What can we learn from the passage?

A. Team Drought is a group of scientists at five universities.

B. Soybeans have been grown for a much longer time in China than in the United States.

C. Germplasms have been found to keep 2,500 plants from weakening and wilting during hot, dry summers.

D. The first breeding line has produced more than normal soybeans under drought conditions.

69. What will the writer most probably write about next?

A. Other crop plants that use less water.

B. The conclusion that less water is needed for soybeans.

C. More information about Tommy Carter's new soybeans.D. The reasons why climate changes have taken place.

70. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. Conventional methods of plants breeding

B. Efforts to develop crops which use less water

C The history of soybean growing in China

D What some scientists are doing to change the climate PART ⅣWRITING (45 marks)

Section A (10 marks)

Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blankets by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer.

Sister-city relationship is the relationship between different communities from different countries, which is beneficial to both sides. Often these partnerships are based on special projects or exchanges. People share their knowledge in areas like education, government, business or technology.

Under this relationship, people can learn from each other and then solve problems together. They can also share an interest in other cultures as well as increase international understanding and friendship through educational, cultural and humanitarian activities. Citizen diplomats(外交官) could help build peace, too.

Building sister-city relationships was one of the ideas put forward by President Eisenhower. On September 11 and 12, 1956, he established the program, the “People-to-People” program, at a White House conference.

Soon, establishing sister-city relationship became very popular. Today, it is involved with programs in 134 countries. 700 American communities have partnerships with almost 1,800 communities in other countries. Atlanta, Georgia, for example, has 18 sister-city partnerships. One is with Brussels, Belgium. Another is with Lagos, Nigeria. These two relationships have existed for more than thirty years. The areas they involve include economic development and trade. Within the past fifteen years, more American cities have created partnerships in developing countries. Projects have involved water quality, health care and good government. In Africa, projects might also deal with AIDS and HIV.

Some sister-city relationships are fifty years old. And now there are even “cyber sister citi es”—partnerships created over the Internet. They mainly develop their economy and culture. There are more than 100 cities developing this kind of relationship.

Title: 71. ________

Definition A win-win relationship between 72 .

73 * to learn from each other and solve problems together; * to 74 ;

* to increase international understanding and friendship; * to help build peace

Development * Building sister-city relationships: 75 from President Eisenhower. *More and more cities have sister-cities all over the word.

76 * Economic development and trade;

* water quality health care and good government; * 77 .

Popularity Number of Countries involved: 78 ;

Partnerships: 700 American communities have partnerships with almost 1,800 communities in other countries.

79 Definition: Partnerships created over 80 . Aim: to develop their economy and culture. Popularity: more than 100 cities involved.

Section B (10 marks)

Directions: Read the following passage. Answer the questions according to the information given in the passage and required words limit. Write your answers on your answer sheet.

As a young man, Al was a skilled artist, a potter. He had a wife and two fine sons. One night, his older son developed a severe stomachache. Thinking it was only some common intestinal（肠的）disorder, neither Al nor his wife took the condition very seriously. But the disease was actually acute appendicitis (阑尾炎), and the boy died suddenly that night.

Knowing the death could have been prevented if he had only realized the seriousness of the situation, Al's emotional health declined under the enormous burden of his guilt. To make matters worse his wife left him a short time later, leaving him alone with his six-year-old younger son. The hurt and pain of the two situations were more than Al could handle, and he became an alcoholic.

As the alcoholism progressed, Al began to lose everything he possessed — his home, his land, his art objects, everything. Eventually Al died alone in a San Francisco motel room.

When I heard of Al's death, I thought, “What a complete failure!” “What a totally wasted life”. As time went by, I began to re-evaluate my earlier harsh judgment. You see, I knew Al's now adult son, Ernie. He is one of the kindest, most caring, most loving men I have ever known. I watched Ernie with his children and saw the free flow of love between them. I knew that kindness and caring had to come from somewhere.

I hadn't heard Ernie talk much about his father. One day I worked up my courage to ask him. "I'm really puzzled by something," I said. "I know your father was basically the only one to raise you. What on earth did he do so that you became such a special person?"

Ernie sat quietly and reflected for a few moments. Then he said, "From my earliest memories as a child until I left home at 18, Al came into my room every night, gave me a kiss and said, 'I love you, son.'"

Tears came to my eyes as I realized what a fool I had been to judge Al as a failure. He had not left any material possessions behind, but he had been a kind loving father, and he left behind one of the finest, most giving man I have ever known.

81. Why was Al in guilt? (no more than 12 words)

_____________________________________________________________________

82. Where did Al die? (no more than 5words)

_____________________________________________________________________

83. What made Al addicted to alcohol? (no more than 10 words)

_____________________________________________________________________

84. Wha t did Al’s son Ernie learn from his father? (no more than 11 words)

_____________________________________________________________________

Section C (25 marks)

Directions: Write an English composition according to the instructions given below in Chinese.

假如你是李华。下个星期六是你妈妈的生日，你和你爸爸昨天悄悄地策划一次家庭活动给她庆祝生日。请你写信告诉你的姐姐/哥哥，陈述你和你爸爸的想法和原因，以及最后的决定。注意：开头已写好，不计入总字数（120左右）。

Dear sister/brother,How is everything?

_____________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

Love,

Sister /Brother Li Hua

雅礼中学2013年下期高三英语第三次月考试卷

答案

单项：21-25 ABDCA 26-30 BCDBC 31-35 CDABC

完形1：36-40 DACCD 41-45 DBCBD 46-47AB

完形2：48. first 49. the 50. while /and/but 51. To

52. they 53. apart 54. who 55. Nobody

阅读理解：56—60 BABCA 61—65 CABDC 66—70 BDBAB

阅读填空：71. Sister-city Relationship 72. international cities/different countries’communities 73. Purposes/Aims/Goals/Targets 74. share cultures 75. an idea 76. Areas /Fields 77. AIDS and HIV 78. 134 79. cyber sister cities 80. the Internet 阅读简答

81. Because his older son’s death could have been prevented.

Or: Because both he and his wife didn’t take the illness seriously.

82. In a motel room.

83. His older son’s death and his wife’s leaving (him).

84. Love (of the family members) is more important than material possessions.

Or: Love of the family members is important.

作文：One possible version:

Dear sister/brother,

How is everything?

As you know, it will be mom’s birthday next Saturday. Dad and I had a discussion about how to celebrate her birthday yesterday.

Dad held the opinion that we should take mom to eat out, since we needn’t do any preparation for it. But I suggested having a picnic in the park nearby. We family memembers can not only prepare it together but also have more time to chat and communicate with each other, which is beneficial to the harmonious family atmosphere. Besides, we can enjoy the beautiful scenery and breathe the fresh air outside. Also, mom needs some relaxation, since she has been devoting herself to the building of the family. Finally, dad agreed with me and we are now doing some preparations.

If you are free this weekend, we are looking forward to your participation.

Best wishes!

Love,

Sister /Brother Li Hua