[四川]2014届四川省南充高中高三上学期第三次月考英语试卷

Scientists have decided to declare ____ war on AIDS in order to make ____ breakthrough in treating it.

–Hurry up! There’s a bus coming! 
–Why run? There will be _____ one in two or three minutes.

It suddenly occurred to Anne that money couldn't ____ all that Bob had suffered in the past five years.

—Anna，where    you     with so many things in your hands?
—To my office. It has been moved to the fourth floor．

— Can I pay the bill by check? 
— Sorry, sir. But it's the management rules of our hotel that payment ______be made in cash.

When      for his views about his teaching job, Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding.

Jose cupped his hands together to cover his mouth ________ other people would see him cry.

The White Tower, from    top visitors can enjoy a good     of Nanchong, attracts hundreds of tourists every day.

It was the belief _____ Alex Haley could find his “root” in Africa______ made him decide to go to Gambia.

—You have to believe in yourself. No one else will, if you don’t.
—________. Confidence is really important.

15-year-old Tom reached school, waiting outside his classroom for his classmates to  .It was a cold,wet day. Tom stared at the  . Then his eyes fell upon the 18-metre-high hill that    at the back of the classroom.
He    large amounts of rainwater flowing down the hill, and water was also bubbling(冒泡) at the base of a rock on the hill. For a few minutes, Tom     the water, wondering why it looked so     . Then it hit him — the     was similar to the video he was shown during Disaster Management classes. Fearing a    disaster, he shouted     at the students waiting outside their classrooms. “Run, run, don't stay here! The    on the hill is going to fall on us!”
Chaos broke out as the     ran to the open area that had been appointed as an emergency gathering point. When some teachers    Tom, he showed them the water gushing from the hill, and they started leading the students to safer ground.
Just then Principal Richard drove into the school. Tom ran over to tell him what was happening. After    the site, Richard knew the school was in    . The enormous rock at the top of the hill could come crashing down    .
  a group of teachers and older students, Richard climbed the hill and tried to make the water flow away from the rock. They were too    : ten minutes later, they heard screams as the huge rock rushed down the hill. There was little Richard and his group could do as they watched the earth     their classrooms. Thanks to Tom’s    action and careful observation,    was hurt in the incident.

A．rest B．arrive C．dine D．chat

A．book B．sun C．hill D．rain

A．stood B．placed C．hid D．faced

A．knew B．felt C．noticed D．heard

A．aimed at B．stared at C．glared at D．shouted at

A．familiar B．dangerous C．moving D．interesting

A．show B．site C．scene D．view

A．coming B．heading C．going D．leaving

A．happily B．angrily C．rudely D．wildly

A．sand B．rock C．tree D．water

A．principals B．students C．villagers D．climbers

A．questioned B．blamed C．instructed D．approached

A．choosing B．visiting C．examining D．clearing

A．security B．relief C．danger D．damage

A．for the moment B．for once C．at one time D．at any minute

A．Leading B．Helping C．Demanding D．Taking

A．nervous B．unique C．late D．strange

A．occupy B．threaten C．enter D．swallow

A．legal B．direct C．united D．quick

A．someone B．no one C．anyone D．only one

Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a judge and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.
Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he caught.
It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more important, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.
What is true about children when they play games?

To become a leader in a game the child has to ______.

What do we know about grown-ups?

The writer believes that _______.

Goddington Theater
The Goddington Theater Ticket Office is open from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday to Friday, and for half an hour in the evening before the advertised start time of each performance.
Telephone bookings
Your tickets are held at the Ticket Office for you to collect or, if you prefer, a charge of 35 cents is made to post them to you if you pay by cash. We’ll post them to you for free if you book by credit card. No extra charge.
Postal bookings
You can write to the Ticket Office requesting tickets, or to confirm a reservation.
Where to find Goddington Theater
Goddington Theater can be found within the Goddington University site, next to the car park, which is available for public use after 5 p.m. on weekdays and all day on weekends.
If travelling by car
Coming from the south end of Princes Street, you will see the library on your right. Next to the library is Goddington University. Take the next turning on the right, then first right into the car park gate straight ahead of you, stopping as close as possible to the orange machine. Put a $ 1 coin in the machine and the gate will rise.
If travelling by train/bus/ taxi
You will need to allow 30 minutes to walk from the train station. Taxis are available from the front of the station.
The University is a 5 to 10 minutes’ walk from the main bus station.
When ordering a taxi from the theater, ask to be picked up at the bottom of North Street. Taxis will not come into the car park because of the entrance charge.
You can book your tickets ________.

Where is the Goddington Theater?

What can we learn from the passage?

According to the survey conducted by some scientists, it is common to have difficulty sleeping during the day. Humans are naturally wired to sleep best at night and be awake during the day. However, modern work schedules require some people to try to accommodate the unnatural schedule of shift（轮班）work — being awake at night and sleeping during the day.
In order to make this adjustment, you need to pay special attention to your sleep environment and your preparation for sleep. If shift work is a necessary part of your work life, here are some suggestions that may help.
Arrange to sleep uninterrupted in a quiet, dark room. This means you may have to turn off or unplug your phone, hang darkening curtains on the windows or wear a sleep eye mask, and train your family and friends to leave you alone while you sleep.
Fit in a nap (小睡). When your daytime sleep period is too short, taking a short nap of less than 30 minutes just before work or on a break has been shown to improve alertness and enhance performance.
Develop and follow a sleep routine. It's best if you go to sleep and wake up at the same time every day. Try not to vary this too much on weekends. Your body likes routine.
Take extra care to make healthy choices. You may be tempted to reach for unhealthy foods or nicotine to stay awake or alcohol to try to sleep. But ultimately these choices are more harmful than helpful.
If you have tried all these things and are still having problems getting enough quality sleep during the day, talk to your doctor or a sleep specialist. Sometimes medications (药物治疗) may be helpful and safe. In other cases, there may be an underlying sleep disorder that needs to be addressed.
The purpose of the text is to_____ .

What does the author recommend?

On which condition should a person turn to a sleep specialist for help?

We can learn from the text that_____________.

Pollutants coming from automobile operation have begun to cause many environmental problems. It has been calculated, for example, that 70% of the carbon monoxide(一氧化碳), 45% of the nitrogen oxides(氮氧化合物), and 34% of the hydrocarbon (碳氢化合物) pollution in the United States can be traced directly to automobile exhausts (废气). In addition, rubber, motor oil and other materials accumulate on roadways and are washed into streams, with effects nearly as serious as those of untreated waste water.
In an effort to improve the situation, the U.S. government has made regulations on the use of the constituents (成分) of automobile exhaust gas that are known to cause air pollution. These constituents fall roughly into three types: hydrocarbons that pass through the engine unburned; carbon monoxide, also a product of incomplete burning; and nitrogen oxides which are formed when nitrogen and oxygen are in contact at high temperatures. Besides their own poisonous character, hydrocarbons and nitrogen oxides react in the presence of sunlight to form harmful smog. Carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons are rather easily controlled by the use of higher burning temperatures in engines. Unfortunately, the conditions that produce minimum emission of hydrocarbons tend to raise emission of nitrogen oxides. In a way this difficulty is solved by adding recycled exhaust gas to the fuel mixture, thus avoiding the oversupply of oxygen that favors formation of nitrogen oxides.
California, which has the most strict air-pollution laws in the United States, requires further special compounding of gas to control emissions, and several states have ordered that alcohol be mixed with gas, as this will reduce emissions of the carbon monoxide by 35 per cent and the hydrocarbons by 15 per cent.
The author uses figures in Paragraph 1 ________.

How are nitrogen oxides formed according to the text?

Which of the following is NOT true according to the text?

According to the text, alcohol is added to gas in order to ______.

A public high school in the rural town of Boonsboro，Maryland，offers a special program recently. Top students in the ninth and tenth grades can attend single－sex classes for math，science，English and social studies.
The aim is to help teenagers keep their mind on their work by keeping males and females apart. Rebecca Brown chooses the students for what Boonsboro High School calls the Academy. “What we really want to do is take that top group of kids and take them to the very highest level they can achieve here，so that they’re prepared for college，” she said. They need high marks and test scores and strong teacher recommendations. They also need to be involved in activities.
Michael Bair has been at Boonsboro High School for twenty years and directs the Academy. His ninth－grade English class for boys centers on books that he believes boys find interesting. “The novels they’re reading now，are very manly novels. They’re novels that deal with the arrogance(傲慢)of man and the pride of man.” One of those books，for example，is “The Call of the Wild” by Jack London. This classic story tells of a dog stolen from his home and sold to work as a sled dog in Canada’s Klondike Gold Rush.
On this day，the students are working in small groups. Vincent and Logan explain why they’re drawing pictures that relate to the story. Vincent said，“The main character，Buck，gets abducted(绑架), and they send him off to the Yukon in a train. So I’m drawing part of the story where he’s in the train. It gets you to visualize the setting of the story and gets you to think more about what’s going on in the story，the important events of the story.”“ Instead of just doing work sheets about it，this is a lot more fun，” Logan added happily.
Morgan Van Fleet likes being in the Academy. She says boys and girls act differently when they are together in a classroom. “To me，it almost seems like it’s hindering(妨碍) your chances at developing yourself because you’re more focused on ‘Oh，I wish they’d shut up. Oh，what do they think of me？’ instead of focusing on what’s the homework or what’s going on in this class，what’s the lesson.”
What is the purpose of the text?

In Rebecca Brown’s opinion，________.

The underlined word “visualize” in Paragraph 4 probably means “________”．

What can we conclude from the text?____________.

The text is probably taken from________.

第二节 根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项多余选项。（共5小题；每小题2分，共10分）
A: Hello! This is Li Mei Calling form Jilin. May I speak to Carla?
C: Just a moment, please.    
B: Hello?
A: Hi, Carla! This is Li Mei calling from Jilin. How are you?
B: Oh, hi, Li Mei! How nice to hear your voice! I’m fine, thank you.
A: Thank you so much for giving me such a lovely time in Trindad.
B:    I hope you can come again some day!
A: I’d love to! I wonder, though, if you are interested in visiting me during the Spring Festival this year.  
B: Oh, I’d love to, but I don’t know if I will be free then. What time of year is it?
A:    and this year it’s at the beginning of February.
B: I’d love to come. I’ll try to find out if I can take off work then. It’s very kind of you to invite me!
A: Oh, don’t mention it! I hope you can come! Say hello to Hari for me! I hope he can come to China with you.
B: That would be fun! Thanks a lot for calling!    
A: OK, great! Have a good day!
B: Thanks, you too, bye!
A: Bye!

It’s no secret that many students love music. Whether on your way to class, heading to the gym or hanging out with your friends, music just makes you feel good. Depending on the style you choose, it can give you energy or calm you down. Here are some other important reasons for listening to music.
Childhood memories. No matter how old you are, you will always remember a song from your past. Many people keep in mind a piece of music, or a number of pieces, from their childhood. Often when you hear that song, you begin to think of particular childhood memories, such as the song Old Houses in My Hometown. Music can bring back memories you may have forgotten.
Concentration development. Listening to music helps you develop your powers of concentration, especially when you are learning to play a musical instrument. This focus will also be useful in everyday life. You will concentrate deeper in school lessons, or even just in a simple conversation.
Motivation. Often , a song playing on the radio or from a CD will remind you of a situation you are experiencing. Sometimes just listening to that song can give you motivation to get through the situation at hand. Music can often touch us more deeply than words and makes us ready for a challenge.
Encouraging creativity. Music is a creative work of art. Though not everyone who listens to music becomes an artist, people listening to music are likely to feel more creative in the task they are doing, such as writing, painting or even cleaning the house.
What’s the text mainly about?(within 10 words)
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What will the old songs offer to the listeners according to paragraph2?(within 5 words)
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What can you do to develop your concentration after reading paragraph3(within 12 words)
_______________________________________________________________________________
How does music offer motivation?(within 15 words)
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What kind of music do you like best? Why?(within 20 words)
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下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的工方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个符号（^），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. 每句不超过两个错误；
2. 每处错误及其修改均只限一词；
3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
In grade eight I took physics. In one test I get only 36 percent of the answer correct. I failed the next one, either. I started to think that maybe I was not good at it. However, I was not lucky enough to have a teacher which didn’t take my bad grades as a judgment of my abilities, but simply like an indication how I should study harder. He pulled me aside and told me that he knew I could do better. He permitted to retake the test, and I was pulled my grade to an A. This is what I discovered: just because a subject is difficulty to learn, it doesn’t mean you are not good at it.

你叫李华，是一名高中生。你校积极响应教育部开展“阳光体育活动”的号召，组织学生在大课间进行长跑活动。但是，同学们对此持有不同的观点。

请根据以上表格的内容给某英语报纸的编辑写一封信，介绍同学们的不同观点，并谈谈你对课间长跑的看法。
注意：1.词数120左右；
2.开头已经为你写好，不计入总词数。
Dear Editor,
To respond to Sunshine Sports Activities launched by the Ministry of Education, our school has organized long-distance running during the long break.
                                                                                   
                                                                                   
Yours,
Li Hua