1、2013 学年第一学期瑞安中学高三期中测试英语试卷 2013.11选择题部分（共 74 分）第一部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分 30 分）第一节：单项选择（共 20 小题；每小题 0. 5 分，满分 10 分）1. In more recent decades, California has become _ home to more people from Asia.A. a B. an C. the D / 2. He decided to adopt a different _ to teaching the language.A. method B. means C. way D.
2、approach3. Employees need to _ the latest technical developments.A. catch up with B. keep up with C. get along with D. team up with 4. From the top of the hill, we got a spectacular _ of San Francisco Bay and the city.A. view B. scene C. scenery D. sign 5. - _, I can make it home by 8:30 when the fo
3、otball game will be on TV.- Well, it depends on how efficiently you work.A. Apparently B. Fortunately C. Hopefully D. Fortunately6. I called you up last night but I couldnt _.A. get through B. ring back C. ring off D. hang on7. They _ with the aim of becoming number one in the league.A. set up B. se
4、t about C. set out D. set aside8. Right now you may not know how relevant English learning is _ your future.A. to B. towards C. in D. through9. It makes great sense to check and _ the brakes（刹车）regularly.A. adjust B. adopt C. adapt D. apply 10. Li Na _ her husbands significant contribution in her de
5、velopment on the WTA Tour.A. thanked B. acknowledged C. owed D. accumulated11. The movie Jurassic Park was a big hit, with its novel idea _ a mixture of fear and excitement into peoples hearts.A. strikes B. struck C. to strike D. striking 12. The plan once I objected to_ out fine.Aworking Bwork Chad
6、 worked Dworked13. Maybe you have been to many countries, but nowhere else _ such a beautiful palace. A. can you find B. you could find C. you can find D. could you find 14. What do you think of my sofa?- Well, great! But dont you think it will _ too much space?A. take in B. take on C. take up D. ta
7、ke off15. Only a small percentage of the graduates _ a job. Ks5uA. have been offered B. have offered C. has been offered D. has offered16. The doctor recommended that you _ swim after eating a large meal. A. wouldnt B. couldnt C. neednt D. shouldnt17. Cloning plants is straightforward while cloning
8、animals is _ more complicated.A. very B. far C. fairly D. quite18. In fact, I wonder _ my efforts were all in vain.A. that B. which C. why D. where 19. I had just settled in the new place and didnt know _.A. what to expect B. what to be expected C. how to expect D. how to be expected 20. Ive just re
9、ad an excellent book of Moyans, _ you cannot afford to miss.A. that B. what C. one D. whom 第二节：完形填空（共 20 小题；每小题 1 分，满分 20 分）阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从 2140 各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将选项标号涂黑。Today we spent the morning going through our personal belongings .We were looking for items to _ 21 for free at
10、 a local park. Not just any items but things people really 22 . Our aim was not to find things we no longer 23 but things we use every day that would be 24 to others. We packed these things 25 boxes and added some small toys. We added a list of local addresses and phone numbers of local 26 agencies.
11、 Inside the boxes a simple letter was placed. It 27 : “Please take these items and know that your life is important. 28 are difficult but these days will pass. We share what we have believing that it will matter. Use the food to nurture your 29 ; use the blankets to stay warm. Be safe and know that
12、the human 30 can overcome anything. Do not hold your head 31 for having a need to stay warm. Someday please do the same when you can.”This kind 32 was not because the phone rang or for any reason. It was 33 because it was the right to do. We have often seen 34 people at the park where we left the be
13、longings. I 35 that my wife had put her favorite green coat into one of the boxes. I asked if she was 36 about it and she just replied that it had a hood (兜帽) . Her answer told me why it is I who love her. She liked the coat but knew the hood could 37 someone from the rain. Who knows where these gif
14、ts of sympathy will 38 ? How many uses can a blanket serve 39 what it was designed to do? We never go back and see what happens. It is unimportant. The right things will find the right people and that is all that 40 .21. A. put off B. put up C. give away D. give up22. A. needed B. collected C. produ
15、ced D. searched23. A. accepted B. wanted C. carried D. bought24. A. wonderful B. beautiful C. hopeful D. useful25. A. around B. upon C. into D. above26. A working B. parking C. delivering D. helping27. A. spoke B. read C. marked D. indicated28. A. Ways B. Problems C. Times D. Situations29. A. body B
16、. mind C. brain D. figure30. A. imagination B. spirit C. health D. wisdom31. A. forward B. aside C. around D. down32. A. attempt B. manner C. act D. habit33. A. suddenly B. simply C. strangely D. usually34. A. aimless B. homeless C. childless D. friendless35. A. believed B. dreamed C. approved D. no
17、ticed36. A. sure B. sad C. worried D. anxious37. A. separate B. prevent C. shelter D. hold38. A. affect B. go C. use D. help39. A. other than B. rather than C. more than D. better than40. A. attains B. counts C. moves D. contains第二部分：阅读理解（第一节 17 小题，第二节 5 小题；每小题 2 分，满分 44 分）第一节：阅读下列材料，从每题所给的四个选项（A 、B
18、、C 和 D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。ABelow is a selection about interesting hotels.Tayka Hotel de SalWhere: Tahua, BoliviaHow much: About $95 a night Ks5uWhy its cool: Youve stayed at hotels made of brick or wood, but salt? Thats something few can claim. Tayka Hotel de Sal is made totally of salt includi
19、ng the beds (though youll sleep on regular mattresses（床垫）and blankets). The hotel sits on the Salar de Uyuni, a prehistoric dried-up lake, which is the worlds biggest salt flat. Builders use the salt from the 4,633-square-mile flat to make the bricks, and glue them together with a paste（糊）of wet sal
20、t that hardens when it dries. When there is big rain, the owners just mix up more salt paste to strengthen the bricks.Green Magic Nature ResortWhere: Vythiri, IndiaHow much: About $240 a nightWhy its cool: Taking a pulley（滑轮）-operated lift 86 feet to your treetop room is just the start of your adven
21、ture. As you look out of your open window there is no glass! you watch monkey and birds in the rain forest canopy（罩棚）. Later you might test your fear of heights by crossing the handmade rope bridge to the main part of the hotel, or just sit on your bamboo bed and read. You dont even have to come dow
22、n for breakfast the hotel will send it up on the pulley-drawn “elevator”.Dog Bark Park Inn B on average, 30% of students did not complete high school in four years, a figure that rose to 50% in poor city neighborhoods. High schools for a variety of reasons seemed to have made little progress.Size is
23、nt everything, but it does matter, and the past decade has seen a noticeable trend toward smaller schools. This has been partly due to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, which has invested $1.8 billion in American high schools, helping to open about 1,000 small schools most of them with about 40
24、0 kids, each with an average enrollment（招生）of only 150 students per grade. About 500 more are on the drawing board. Districts all over the country are taking notice, along with mayors in cities like New York, Chicago and San Diego. And most noticeable of all, there is the phenomenon of large urban a
25、nd suburban high schools that have split up into smaller units of a few hundred.Hillsdale High School in San Mateo, California, is one of those ranking No.423 among the top 2% in the country. In 2003, Hillsdale remade itself into three “houses”. 300 students arriving ninth graders are randomly assig
26、ned to one of the houses, where they will keep the same four subject teachers for two years before moving on to another for 11th and 12th grades. Teachers meet with students in groups of 25, five mornings a week, for open-ended discussions of everything from homework problems to bad Saturday-night d
27、ates. The advisers also meet with students privately and stay in touch with parents. Along with the new structure came the percentage of freshmen taking biology jumped from 17 to 95. “Our kids are coming to school in part because they know there are adults here who know them and care for them.” says
28、 Jeff Gilbert.But not all schools show advances after downsizing, and it remains to be seen whether smaller schools will be a cure-all solution. Ranking schools is always controversial. Over the years this system has been criticized for its simplicity list of top U.S. high schools was made merely ac
29、cording to the percentage of students taking college-level exams. This year a group of 38 superintendents (地区教育主管) from five states wrote to voice their disapproval. “It is impossible to know which high schools are the best in the nation,” their letter read. “Determining whether different schools do
30、 or dont offer a high quality of education requires a look at many different measures, including students overall academic accomplishments, their later performance in college, and taking into consideration the unique needs of their communities.”48. What can we learn about the schools sponsored by th
31、e Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation?A. They are often located in poor neighborhoods.B. They are popular with high-achieving students.C. They are mostly small in size.D. Another 150 schools invested by the Foundation are planned to be set up.49. According to Jeff Gilbert, the classes at Hillsdale wer
32、e set up so that students could _. A. enjoy more help and care from the teachersB. experience a great deal of pleasure in learningC. maintain closer relations with parentsD. deal with the demanding biology and physics courses50. Newsweek ranks high schools according to _. A. their students academic
33、achievementB. the number of their students admitted to collegeC. the size and number of their graduating classesD. their college-level test participation51. What attitude does the author have towards the present trend in high school education? A. Subjective. B. Objective. C. Approving. D. Disapprovi
34、ng.52. Which of the following can be the best title for the passage? A. Providing Good Education for Baby BoomersB. Top School List Winning National SupportC. Small Schools Rising in popularityD. Students Meeting Higher Academic StandardsDThe dirt road made our car jump as we traveled to the Millenn
35、ium Village in Sauri, Kenya. We passed the market where women sat on the dusty ground selling bananas. Little kids were wrapped in cloth on their mothers backs, or running around in bare feet and torn clothing. When we reached the village, we walked to the Bar Sauri Primary School to meet the people
36、. Welcoming music and singing had almost everyone dancing. We joined the dancing and clapped（鼓掌） along to the joyful, lively music. The year was 2004, the first time I had ever been to Sauri.The Millennium Village project was created to help reach the Millennium Development Goals, which were set by
37、the United Nations in 2000. The plan is to get people out of poverty, assure（确保）them of access to health care and help them stabilize the economy and quality of life in their communities. The goals are supposed to be met by 2015; some other targets are set for 2025. But our first sight of Sauri show
38、ed us there was plenty of work to do.On that day in 2004, we followed the village leaders into Yala Sub-District Hospital. It wasnt in good shape. The rooms were packed with patients who probably wouldnt receive treatment, either because the hospital did not have it or the patients could not afford
39、it. There was no running water or electricity in the hospital. It is hard for me to see people sick with preventable diseases who are near death when they shouldnt have to be. I just get scared and sad.Malaria（痢疾） is one disease, common in Africa, which is preventable and treatable. Mosquitoes carry
40、 malaria, and infect people by biting them. Kids can die from it easily, and adults get very sick. Mosquitoes that carry malaria come at night. A mosquito net, treated with chemicals that last for five years, keeps malarial mosquitoes away from sleeping people. Each net costs $5. There are some chea
41、p medicines to get rid of malaria too. The solutions are simple, yet 20,000 kids die from the disease each day. So sad, and so illogical. Mosquito nets could save millions of lives.We walked over to see the farmers. Their crops started to die because they could not afford the necessary fertilizer（肥料
42、）and irrigation. Time and again, a family will plant seeds only to have an outcome of poor crops because of lack of fertilizer and water. Each year, the farmers worry: Will they harvest enough food to feed the whole family? Will their kids go hungry and become sick?Many kids in Sauri didnt attend sc
43、hool because their parents couldnt afford school fees. Some kids are needed to help with housework, such as fetching water and wood. In 2004, the schools had minimal supplies like books paper and pencils, but the students wanted to learn. They all worked hard with the few supplies they had. It was h
44、ard for them to concentrate, though, as theres no midday meal.Great changes have taken place in these years. Today, Yala Sub-District Hospital has medicine, free of charge. Water is connected to the hospital, which also has a generator（发电机）for electricity. There are no school fees, and the school no
45、w serves midday meals for the students. The attendance rate is way up. All this is encouraging supporters of the Millennium Villages project.There are many solutions to the problems that keep people poor. What it will really take is for the world to work together to change poor areas forever. When m
46、y kids are my age, I want this kind of poverty to be a thing of history. It will not be an easy task. But Sauris progress shows us all that winning the fight against poverty is achievable in our lifetime.53. In Paragraph 1, the writer describes the kids clothes to show that _.A. local children spent
47、 a lot of time outsideB. local parents were not responsibleC. local villagers were very poorD. local villagers were very friendly Ks5u54. What is mainly discussed in Paragraph 3?A. Medical conditions. B. Agriculture.C. Education. D. Economy.55. What does the underlined word “minimal” in Paragraph 6
48、probably mean?A. Many. B. Few. C. Colorful. D. Various.56. Because there was no midday meal in school, _.A. kids lacked energy to study attentivelyB. many kids dropped out of schoolC. kids made more efforts to study hardD. many kids had to go back home for lunch57. This story is mainly about _.A. the education in an African villageB. the schools and hospitals in an African villageC. the
