启东市东南中学2013届高三最后一考

英 语 试 题 2013-05-31

第一卷（共85分）

第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20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。

例: How much is the shirt?

A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.15. C. ￡9.18.

答案是B。

1. How long does it take the woman to travel to work?

A. 45 minutes. B. 30 minutes. C. 15 minutes.

2. Where is the post building?

A. on the left, opposite the bank. B. on the right, opposite the street. C. on the right, opposite the bank.

3. Which program does the man like most?

A. Sports. B. History. C. News.

4.What was in the woman’s missing bag?

A. her purse and mobile phone B. her purse and keys. C. her purse, mobile phone and keys

5.Where does the conversation probably take place?

A. In a classroom. B. In a library. C. In a bookstore.

第二节 听下面五段材料，从题中所给出的A，B，C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段材料前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，每个小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段材料读两遍。

听下面一段材料，回答第6~8三个小题。

6. What will probably be Jack’s new job?

A. A better-paid job. B. A job as a teacher. C. A job in Highland Park.

7. What can we know about Boswell?

A. People there are warm-hearted. B. It is half the size of Highland Park. C. It offers better education.

8. What’s the probable relationship between Jack and Mary?

A. Husband and wife. B. Boss and secretary. C. Teacher and student.

听下面一段材料，回答第9~11三个小题。

9. What’s the price of the blouse the woman want to take?

A. $ 64. B. $ 34. C. $ 13.

10. What does the woman take at last?

A. An expensive blouse. B. A pair of shoes. C. A nice blouse.

11. What’s the possible relationship between the two speakers?

A. Husband and wife. B. Customer and salesman. C. Customer and tailor.

听第下面一段材料，回答第12~14三个小题。

12. Where does the man suggest the woman stay?

A. In a hotel. B. In a fiat. C. With a family.

13. What does the man think of sharing a flat with others?

A. Housework costs time. B. It will be comfortable. C. It will save much time.

14. Who can help to find a family to stay with?

A. The travel agency. B. The students’ Union. C. The student adviser.

听第下面一段材料，回答15~17三个小题。

15. What?does?the?man?want?to?make?an?ad?for?

A. Furniture. ???? B. Garden?supplies. ???? C. An?apartment.

16. Why?does?the?man?want?to?sell?his?belongings?

A. He?needs?money. ???? B. He?is?moving. ???? C. He?likes?new?things.

17. Why?does?the?man?decide?to?make?changes?in?what?has?been?written?

A. To?make?it?clearer?to?understand. B. To?make?it?easier?to?read. C. To?make?it?cheaper?to?print.

听第下面一段材料，回答18~20三个小题。

18.?What?is?the?most?important?function?of?zoos?according?to?the?speaker??

A. Saving rare animals. B. Doing research work. C. Making a profit.

19.?Why?are?some?people?against?zoos??

A. Animals make visitors stressful. B. Animals are in danger of dying out.

C. Animals feel bored and sad in zoos.

20.?What?does?the?speaker?think?of?zoos?

A. They have more disadvantages than advantages. B. They are still useful and necessary.

C. They are a perfect environment for animals.

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)

21.It is _____ coincidence that _____ day before his retirement, Mr. Smith will have been teaching for 40 years!

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

22.This sweater fits me, but I can't afford to buy _______. I have to choose ______ which is cheap enough for me.

A. it; that B. that; it C. it; one D. that; the one

23.Whenever you are together, you _______! Why not give in to each other?

A. have already quarreled B. are always quarreling

C. had still quarreled D. have been quarreling

24.No wonder his wife complains him. No one can bear him ________ at home, nothing day after day.

A. staying, did B. staying, doing C. to stay, to do D. stayed, being doing

25.You _______ in person; a telephone would have been enough.

A. couldn’t have come B. shouldn’t have come C. needn’t have come D. mustn’t have come

26.A good advertisement often uses words ______ people attach positive meanings.

A. in which B. to which C. which D. that

27.In Boston on April 15,2013,a marathon race was going on _____an explosion happened, claiming a lot of lives.

　 A. while B. when C. after D. before

28. Life is like a tale. matters is not how long it is, but how good it is.

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

29.______ the news, so far, has been good, there may be days ahead when it is bad.

A. While B. When C. Because D. If

30.Many teachers were impressed by Kris’s ______ attitude to life because he never gave up.

A. practical B. casual C. careless D. positive

31.—Why not invite Jane to our party?

—______! Every time I try to talk to her, she gives me the cold shoulder.

A. Of course. B. No way C. Go ahead D. Out of question

32. Although _______ in the city,_______ he knows a lot about farming.

A. lived; but B. brought up, but C. works, still D. born, yet

33.It's impossible for her to have more free time to accompany her parents because her work __ much of their time.

A. takes up B. takes over C. takes off D. takes in

34. She covered the 2,000 meters in 6 minutes, _______ second on the list of all the players.

A. representing B. taking C. standing D. ranking

35.When you look for a job, it’s not your book knowledge but your experience _______matters more.

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

第二节 (共20小题。每小题1分，满分20分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项A、B、C、D中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项小涂黑。

I hadn’t even got a chance to enter the store before an African American woman approached me and asked if I would help her return an item (商品). The item she had 36 was intended for her daughter, but she had already received a 37 one. The lady 38 to exchange the item for something else in the store but she was told she needed an ID 39 the deal could not take place.

I went to the 40 with the woman so we could use my ID. The sales associate immediately started 41

her of asking the first 42 person she saw to help her. Although that was 43 , I didn’t understand why it

44 . After all, not everyone is given the opportunity to 45 an ID in this country.

Then, we asked to speak with a manager, who explained that there was no 46 to return the item without a receipt and then went on to say the woman could not 47 she purchased the item.

“ 48 I, a young white female, were to enter the store and request you to make an exchange without a receipt, I would not be 49 the privilege — as I have proof from the past,” I said. He must have realized at that moment what he had done, because he 50 to exchange the item.

There are many valuable lessons in the story. The first is to help a stranger in need. I 51 when the woman asked for my help, but 52 in my head I asked myself, “Why not? What valid 53 do I actually have?” I had none, so I helped her.

The second lesson is not to judge a book by its 54 . The woman looked poor, but she 55 the same treatment as anyone else does.

36.A. purchased B. shown C. lost D. mended

37.A. same B. popular C. similar D. different

38. A. managed B. wanted C. refused D. promised

39. A. for B. or C. and D. so

40. A. counter B. department C. market D. window

41. A. warning B. informing C. reminding D. accusing

42. A. fair B. familiar C. impossible D. random

43. A. wrong B. true C. reasonable D. meaningful

44. A. mattered B. happened C. passed D. worked

45. A. leave B. pay C. find D. obtain

46. A. request B. place C. way D. need

47. A. answer B. prove C. support D. admit

48. A. Unless B. And C. Instead D. If

49. A. ordered B. asked C. denied D. given

50. A. agreed B. prepared C. failed D. remembered

51. A. struggled B. wondered C. hesitated D. nodded

52. A. totally B. gradually C. hardly D. quickly

53. A. feelings B. goals C. reasons D. ideas

54. A. design B. cover C. content D. price

55. A. deserved B. required C. received D. appreciated

第三部分 阅读理解（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分)

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A, B, C和D)中，选出最佳选项.并在答且卡上将该项涂黑。

A

Housed in Milan, one of Europe’s dirtiest cities, Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece The Last Supper still faces a threat from air pollution, researchers say, despite preventative measures that have significantly decreased pollutants in the church where the famous painting is on display.

In 2009, Italian authorities installed a heating, ventilation (通风) and air-conditioning system to protect the painting from Milan’s polluted air. To see whether the system could improve air quality, a team of researchers led by Constantinos Sioutas, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of Southern California, placed two air-quality monitors inside the church for a year to collect samples from around the painting. Results showed the levels of fine and coarse particulates were reduced near the painting by 88 per cent and 94 per cent, respectively, compared with the corresponding outdoor levels. “It’s a spectacular reduction,” Sioutas said in a statement. “It is, frankly, very impressive.”

Although the researchers applauded the successful decrease in particulates around the da Vinci painting, they warned that indoor sources of pollution may still pose a threat to the priceless painting. Fatty lipids (油脂) from the skin of customers in the church appeared in significant quantities around the painting, despite the fact th