[江西]2013届江西省吉安市西路片七校高三上学期联考英语试卷

In _______ face of more and more dropout factories, many people prefer to be paid on _____ daily basis.

Sorry, I have no time left now. Can we discuss the matter ________ supper?

The classroom is crowded with children_____ have poor eyesight, all of ____ interested in painting.

After walking on the zigzag path to the mountain top for a few hours, the tourists gathered under trees_____ shade and______ down to have a rest.

The small mountain village          we spent our holiday last month lies in      is now part of Hubei.

I told mom that not everyone could manage to have 3 meals on time everyday, _____?

--- Why didn’t Mr. Smith arrive on time for the meeting?
--- He must have been ________ on his way here in the traffic jam.

Those who want to say anything more       your hand and then        to speak.

The teacher suggested the dictionary         at once.

--- Why do you look so upset?
--- ________, I had to take over his work.

--- Do you love teaching, Miss He?
--- I fell in love with teaching in 2000. I ________ for twelve years by this summer.

Each of us is likely to develop a personal         for certain types of entertainment.

Jack opened the door, there_____ he had never seen before.

She was told to wear flat shoes        her back problem.

--- Have you been spending too much money on clothes?
--- ________. I have been always persuading myself not to buy expensive ones and trying my best to save money.

When I entered Berkeley. I hoped to earn a scholarship. Having been a Straight-A student, I believed I could   36  tough subjects and really learn something. One such course was World Literature given by Professor Jayne. I was extremely interested in the ideas he   37   in class.
When I took the first exam, I was   38   to find a 77, C-plus, on my test paper,   39   English was my best subject. I went to Professor Jayne, who listened to my arguments but remained   40  .
I decided to try harder, although I didn’t know what that   41   because school had always been easy for me. I read the books more carefully, but got another 77. Again, I   42   with Professor Jayne. Again, he listened patiently but wouldn’t change his   43  .
One more test before the final exam. One more   44   to improve my grade. So I redoubled my efforts and, for the first time,   45  the meaning of the word “thorough”. But my   46   did no good and everything   47  as before.
The last hurdle（障碍）was the final. No matter what   48   I got, it wouldn’t cancel C-pluses. I might as well kiss the   49   goodbye.
I stopped working hard. I felt I knew the course material as well as I ever would. The night before the final, I even   50   myself to a movie. The next day I decided for once I’d have   51   with a test.
A week later, I was surprised to find I got an A. I hurried into Professor Jayne’s office. He   52   to be expecting me. “If I gave you the A-pluses you   53  , you wouldn’t continue to work as hard.”
I stared at him,   54   that his analysis and strategy(策略) were correct. I had worked my head   55  , as I had never done before.
I was speechless when my course grade arrived: A-plus. It was the only A-plus given. The next year I received my scholarship. I’ve always remembered Professor Jayne’s lesson: you alone must set your own standard of excellence.

A．take B．discuss C．cover D．get

A．sought B．presented C．exchanged D．obtained

A．shocked B．worried C．scared D．anxious

A．but B．so C．for D．or

A．unchanged B．unpleasant C．unfriendly D．unmoved

A．reflected B．meant C．improved D．affected

A．quarreled B．reasoned C．bargained D．chatted

A．attitude B．mind C．plan D．view

A．choice B．step C．chance D．measure

A．memorized B．considered C．accepted D．learned

A．ambition B．confidence C．effort D．method

A．stayed B．went C．worked D．changed

A．grade B．answer C．lesson D．comment

A．scholarship B．course C．degree D．subject

A．helped B．favored C．treated D．relaxed

A．fun B．luck C．problems D．tricks

A．happened B．proved C．pretended D．seemed

A．valued B．imagined C．expected D．welcomed

A．remembering B．guessing C．supposing D．realizing

A．out B．over C．on D．off

Sir,
Just over six months ago, I saw an advertisement in the Morning Mail for a set of the complete works of William Shakespeare. Your company, Cosmo books Ltd., offered this set (eight books of plays and two books of poetry) at what was claimed to be a ‘remarkable’ price: fifteen pounds and fifty pence, including postage and packing. I had wanted a set of Shakespeare’s plays and poems for some time, and these books, in red imitation leather, looked particularly attractive; so I sent for them.
Two weeks later, the books arrived, together with a set of the complete works of Charles Dickens which I had not ordered. So I returned the Dickens books to you, with a cheque for fifteen pounds and fifty pence for the works of Shakespeare. Two more weeks passed. Then there arrived on my door step a second set of the works of Shakespeare, the same set of novels by Dickens and a six book set of the plays of Moliere, in French. Since I do not read French, these were of no use to me at all. However, I could not afford to post all these books back to you, so I wrote to you at the end of August of last year, instructing you to come and collect all the books that I did not want, and asking you not to send any other books until further notice.
You did not reply to that letter. Instead you sent me a bill for forty two pounds, and a set of the plays of Schiller, in German. Since then, a new set of books has arrived every two weeks, the works of Goethe, the poems of Milton, the plays of Strindberg; I hardly know what I have. The books are still all in their boxes, in the garage, and my car has to stand in the rain outside.
I have no room for any more books, and even if I read from now until the Last Judgment, I should not finish reading all the books that you have sent me.
Please send no more books, send no more bills, send no more angry letters demanding payment. Just send one large lorry and take all the books away, leaving me only with the one set of the complete works of Shakespeare for which I have paid.
Yours faithfully,
SIMON WALKER
Simon Walker wrote the letter to ________

The advertisement that Mr. Walker saw in the Morning Mail was for ________

Mr. Walker answered the advertisement because ________

It can be inferred that _______

. The tone of the letter is that of _______

I’ve changed my mind. “ I wanted to have a telescope, but now I want my dad back.” Lucien Lawrence’s letter to father for Christmas written after his schoolteacher’s father had been knifed to death outside his school gate, must have touched everyone’s heart. Lucien went on to say that without his father he couldn’t see the stars in the sky. When those whom we love depart from us, we cannot see the stars for a while.
But Lucien, the stars are still there, and one day, when you are older and your tears have gone, you will see them again. And, in a strange way, I expect that you will find your father there too, either in your mind and heart. I find that my parents, who died years ago, still figure in many of my dreams and that I think of them perhaps more than I ever did when they were alive. I still live to please them and I’m still surprised by their reactions. I remember that when I became a professor, I was so proud, or rather so pleased with myself that I couldn’t wait to cable my parents. The reply was a long time in coming, but when it did, all my mother said was “ I hope this means that now you will have more time for the children!” I haven’t forgotten. The values of my parents still live on.
It makes me pause and think about how I will live on in the hearts and minds of my children and of those for whom I care. Would I have been as ready as Philip Lawrence have been to face the aggressors, and to lay down my life for those in my care? How many people would want me back for Christmas? It’s a serious thought, one to give me pause.
I pray silently, sometimes, in the dead of night, that ancient cry of a poet “Deliver my soul from the sword, and my darling from the power of the dog.” Yet I know the death comes to us all, and sometimes comes suddenly. We must therefore plan to live forever, but live as if we will die tomorrow. We live on, I’m sure, in the lives of those we loved, and therefore we ought to have a care for what they will remember and what they will treasure. If more parents knew this in their hearts to be true, there might be fewer knives on our streets today.
. According to the whole text we can see that the first paragraph ________.

. In the second paragraph the author mainly wants to explain to us _______.

. What feeling did the author’s mother express in her reply?

In the author’s opinion, the value of a person’s life is ________.

. What does the writer mean by the sentence taken from an old poem?

While reading a story on 20-somethings complaining about how the economy was ruiningg their life plans, I couldn’t help but think the 20-somethings sounded like a bunch of spoiled who grew up expecting everything to be easy for them. As a 20-something myself, certainly share their disappointment : my husband and I probably won’t be able to buy a house until we’re in our 40s, and we two are burdened by student loans(贷款). But why should it be any different? Being young persons in America, shouldn’t they take up all of the challenges and opportunities that this country offers?
Consider some of these views shared in the story: Jennifer, 29, owner of a two-bedroom apartment with her husband, worries that she won’t be able to have children for at least a decade because they can’t afford to buy a house yet.
I read that, and I thought what planet she is living on where you need to own a house in order to have kids? Has she ever visited a developing country, or even downtown areas in this one? Home ownership is a luxury(奢华), not a fertility requirement.
A 26-year-old in the story is disappointed that he can’t afford to get a Ph. D in literature. Well, that sounds a bit like expressing disappointment that no one will pay you to write poetry on the beach in Thailand for five years.
Yes, it’s sad that these young people feel so lost. But I think the problem is their extremely high expectations, not economic reality. Beth Kobliner, author of Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties, says that she thinks people’s expectations grew up at a time when everyone’s wealth appeared to be increasing, Their parents probably saw their home values rise along with their investments. “So you have people who have grown up in an environment where people had great expectations of what living well means,” says Kobliner.
This recession(经济衰退) will certainly play a role in forcing those expectations into more realistic group. In the meantime, it seems a lot better for our mental health to focus on being grateful---for our one-bedroom apartments, for living in modern cities, or perhaps just for being able to eat three meals a day---than on longing for some kind of luxury life.
. What makes the author think the 20-somethings sound like a bunch of spoiled children?

. The underlined word “fertility” in paragraph 3 probably means“_____”.

. Which of the following is NOT mentioned about the complaints of the 20-somethings?

. What’s the Kobliner’s attitude towards the 20-somethings with high expectations?

What is the best title for this passage?

Chinese media and Internet users on Monday condemned a lack of morals in society after a toddler was struck twice by two different vans and left bleeding on the road as more than a dozen bystanders did nothing to help the seriously injured girl.
The incident, captured by a surveillance camera and aired by Southern Television Guangdong (TVS), showed the two-year-old girl was knocked down and run over by a white van on a narrow market street on the afternoon of Oct. 13, in Foshan City of Guangdong Province.
The driver fled the scene of the accident, leaving the girl to bleed on the sidewalk. Over the next six minutes, more than a dozen people walked by the girl, yet not one individual did anything to help her. The girl was then hit a second time by another van before an elderly trash collector came to her aid and brought the attention of the girl’s mother, according to the video and eyewitnesses.
Doctors said that the girl, who was put on life support after being hospitalized, remains in a deep coma. The girl's parents, who are migrants living in the city, are now with her.
Police said the drivers of both vehicles have been arrested. However, the apathy of the bystanders shown in the video has shocked the public, as Internet forums have seethed with anger, and people are questioning the morality of society.
High moral standards were once triumphed as national pride in China where individuals known for selflessly helping others were adored by the public.
But in recent years, the perception of a decline of morals has become a hot topic as profit and materialism are perceived to be affecting society’s values.
On Sept. 2. an 88-year-old man in central China collapsed, his face striking the pavement. Yet, no one came to his aid, and he ended up choking to death on the blood from his nose.
Some have linked the absence of good models to a previous case in which a man trying to help an elderly woman who fell was accused of harming her.
A strong chorus of opinion on the Internet says laws should exempt（免除）models from responsibility, yet laws themselves cannot solve society’s morality dilemma.
Cao Lin, a China Youth Daily commentator, said in a signed article published on Monday that the worry of responsibility should not be an excuse for not helping, and this case exposes the decline of humanity in Chinese society.
.From the passage, what would happen if someone helped others selflessly in the past?

Which of the following is TRUE about this passage?

In recent years, society’s values is believed to be affected by________           .

According to Cao Lin, what is the fundamental reason for not helping the girl?

  Where is the article probably taken from?

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Apple has entered the textbook market. The tech giant introduced iBooks textbooks a couple of weeks ago when it announced its iBooks 2 platform.  They are digital books in a variety of subjects from astronomy to zoology taking in science, maths, history and geography. Apple developed its iPad-based textbooks in connection with major textbook publishers. The company offers a collection of textbooks for high school students.
It sounds like good news for pupils and students. Think of it. No more _________________full of textbooks. Every textbook you require can be stored on your iPad. Of course there’s a catch. You need to own an iPad and as you know, it is not cheap. You also need to buy digital textbooks, mostly priced each at $14.99 (94.74 yuan) or less. Textbook publishing was worth $8.7 billion in the US alone last year. Will digital books take over completely in education? Is learning going to evolve into something we do on an electronic tablet computer? That remains to be seen.
What’ s the main idea of the text?  (no more than 10 words)
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Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 3 words)
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What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 1 refer to? (no more than 3 words)
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What are the advantages of iBooks textbooks? (no more than 15 words)
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Do you think digital books will replace traditional books in the future,why or why not? (no more than 25 words)

我们从小就被教育要诚实，长大后我们发现要做到永远诚实很难，困惑诚实是否已经过时。请根据自己的体会，结合生活实际，以“Is Honesty Going out of Style?”为题写一篇短文，谈谈你的心得。字数：120左右。
Is Honesty Going out of Style?