南阳市一中2013年高三年级第三次考试
英语试题
本试卷分第I卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题）两部分。满分150分。
第I卷（选择题，共115分）
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）（略） 第二部分 英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节单项填空(共15小题；每小题l分，满分l5分)
21. I have been told that the new law will come into ______ on January 1st next year.
A. effect B. use C. service D. existence 22. —Do you think he will do me a favor? —He is the last one to help others. He ______ give you a hand, though．
A. might B. must C. can D. should 23. Babies’ health is much more likely to be affected if ______ parent smokes．
A．both B．none C．neither D．either 24. —Would you please lend me some money?
—_______. I was not born with a silver spoon in my mouth.
A. No problem B. Out of question C. Without question D. No way
25. Would you allow your child to do such a thing if you are in ______ position of ______ parent?
A. a; a B. a; the C. the; a D. the; the 26. Over the past decades, sea ice ______ in the Arctic as a result of global warming.
A. had decreased B. decreased C. has been decreasing D. is decreasing 27. —What do you think of store shopping in the future?
—Personally, I think it will exist along with home shopping but _____.
A. will never replace B. would never replace C. will never be replaced D. would never be replaced
28. Naturally, when the important festival comes in China, bangers(鞭炮) ______ and everyone feels happy.
A. take off B. go off C. switch off D. turn off
29. Mark Zuckerberg is the founder of the site Facebook, ______ you can have a look at each other’ s pictures.
A. where B. which C. when D. as
30. Professor Li always allows his students to voice their opinions in class, ______ sometimes their opinions are not sound.
A. so that B. in case C. even if D. as though 31. In my opinion, ________ matters is not one’ s looks, but one’ s inner thoughts.
A. that B. it C. what D. this
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32. Nowadays many people keep on the move, ______ there to be better-paid jobs.
A. to hope B. hoping C. expecting D. to expect 33. —I’ m sorry I has broken the vase.
—Oh, _____. It wasn’ t very expensive.
A. you’ d better not B. I’ m afraid not C. as you wish D. that’ s all right 34. Can you tell me ______ it was ______ your cellphone was lost?
A. where; that B. which; that C. that; where D. where; which 35. Mary, I_______ John of his promise to help you.
A. told B. reminded C. warned D. advised 第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题l．5分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和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涂黑。
Mr. Glen is a millionaire. Five years ago, after returning from abroad to his motherland, he 36 his small company. Speaking of success, Glen often tells us a story about his extra expensive “school” fee. He always 37 his success to it.
At that time, Glen, who already got a PhD. degree, 38 to return to the homeland, starting a company. Before leaving, he bought a Rolex watch with the 39 made through years of work after school and the scholarships. At the airport he had to accept the 40 customs check. The watch on his wrist was also demanded to be taken down for 41 . Glen knew that carrying the specific goods out had to pay the tax, and he worried about paying 42 for his watch. So when he was checked, he told a lie that his watch was a 43 fake（假货）. When he was 44 of his “smarts”, immediately, in the presence of Glen, the officers hit the watch, 45 cost nearly 100,000 into pieces 46 hearing Glen’ s words. Glen was 47 . Before he understood why, he was taken to the office to be examined 48 . For many times of entry-exit 49 he knew that only those people in the “blacklist” would “enjoy” this special treatment. The officers looked over everything carefully in the box, and 50 him no matter what time of entry and exit he must accept the check and if 51 reusing and carrying fake and shoddy goods, he would be 52 according to law! Suddenly, his face turned red, and he had nothing in mind after boarding the plane for long.
After returning to the homeland, he often told the story to his family, and his employees, too. He said that this made a deep 53 on him, because the additional high “school” fee that he had ever paid made him realize the value of 54 , which he would remember as the 55 of his success forever.
36. A. set up B. took up C. went up D. picked up 37. A. honors B. mentions C. brings D. owes 38. A. decided B. refused C. objected D. asked 39. A. books B. things C. savings D. pounds 40. A. ordinary B. routine C. regular D. common 41. A. look B. inspection C. test D. experiment
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42. A . one B. it C. them D. these 43. A. priceless B. useful C. worthless D. valuable 44. A. afraid B. proud C. ashamed D. hard 45. A . that B. what C. as D. which 46. A. on B. at C. who D. in 47. A. disappointed B. delighted C. amazed D. satisfied 48. A. strictly B. quietly C. quickly D. curiously 49. A. conditions B. experiences C. experiments D. chances 50. A. stopped B. hoped C. warned D. urged 51. A. came out B. found out C. sent out D. set out 52. A. hit B. blamed C. praised D. charged 53. A. expression B. idea C. thought D. impression 54. A. honesty B. lies C. goods D. bravery 55. A. secret B. lesson C. choice D. belief 第三部分 阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 （共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
A
Ed Viesturs grew up in Rockford，Illinois，where the tallest thing on the horizon was the water tower. But on Thursday，Viesturs became the only American to climb to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
His last hike was up Mount Annapurna，in Asia’ s snowcapped Himalayas. At 26，545 feet，its peak is the 10th highest in the world. It is the mountain that inspired him to start climbing.
“It tends to be the trickiest，the most dangerous，”said Viesturs.“There’s no simple way to climb it. There are threatening avalanches (雪崩) and ice falls that protect the mountain.”
In high school，Viesturs read French climber Maurice Herzog’’ s tale of climbing the icy Annapurna. Herzog’s story was of frostbite (冻伤) and difficulty and near-death experiences.
Viesturs was hooked right away.
Viesturs got his start on Washington’s Mount Rainier in 1977，guiding hikes in the summer. Fifteen years ago，he set out to walk up to the world’s highest peaks. Finally，he’s done.
The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect. “You have to use all of your senses，all of your abilities to see if the mountain will let you climb it，”said Viesturs. “If we have the patience and the respect，and if we’re here at the right time，under the right circumstances，they allow us to go up，and allow us to come down.”
What’s next for a man who can’t stop climbing? “I’m going to hug my wife and kids and kind of kick back and enjoy the summer，”says Viesturs. But for a man who’s climbed the
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world’s 14 tallest mountains，he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure. 56. What record has Ed Viesturs set?
A. He has succeeded in climbing to the world’s 14th highest mountain. B. He has been to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains. C. He has become the first to climb to the height of 26，545 feet.
D. He has become the first man to climb to the top of 14 highest mountains in the world. 57. The underlined word“hooked”in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by“______”.
A. frightened B. discouraged C. interested D. upset
58.The author used Viesturs’ words in Paragraph 6 to support a view that .
A. mountain climbing is a dangerous sport.
B. mountains should be regarded as living creatures
C. mountain climbing needs more skills than physical energy D. those who like mountain climbing won’t stop climbing 59. What’s probably the next plan of Viesturs?
A. Stopping climbing and staying with his family
B .Climbing to the top of world’s 14 tallest mountains again C. Climbing another one of the highest mountains D. Writing down the experience about his adventure
B
US researchers have found traces of an ancient lake on Mars recently, increasing hopes of discovering evidence that billions of years ago the Red planet hosted life.
The lake, which dates back some 3.4 billion years, appears to have covered as much as 80 square miles and was up to 1,500 feet deep, said the team from the University of Colorado. “This is the first clear evidence of shorelines on the surface of Mars,”said Boulder’ s research associate, Gaetano Di Achille, in a study published in the latest edition of Geophysical Research Letters.
“The identification of the shorelines and accompanying geological evidence allows us to calculate the size and volume of the lake, which appears to have formed about 3.4 billion years ago.”
Analysis of the images has shown the water carved out the canyon (溪谷) in which it was found, which then opened out into a valley depositing (使淤积) sediment (沉积) which formed a delta (三角洲).
“Finding shorelines is a great discovery to us,” said assistant professor Brian Hynek, adding it showed the lake existed at a time when Mars was thought to have been cold and dry.
Scientists believe the oldest surfaces on Mars formed during the wet and warm era known as the Noachan epoch, about 4.1 billion to 3.7 billion years ago.
The newly discovered lake is believed to date from the Hesperian era and postdates the end of the warm and wet period on Mars by 300 million years, according to the study.
Scientists believe deltas next to the lake may well hold secrets about past life on Mars as
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such places on Earth have become the natural deposits of organic carbon and other markers of life.
60. The size of the lake found on Mars is ______.
A. 80 square miles B. 1,500 square miles C. 3.4 billion square miles D. 300 million square miles 61. When the lake existed, the weather on Mars was ____.
A. hot and wet B. wet and warm C. cold and dry D. cold and wet 62. Why do scientists think deltas near the lake may hold secrets about past life on Mars?
A. Because similar places on Earth have become natural deposits of markers of life. B. Because someone has put secrets about past life on Mars there. C. Because past life has been found in other deltas on Mars.
D. Because some people are said to have already seen life marks there. 63. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A. The Noachan epoch was a wet and warm era. B. The lake might have existed 3.4 billion years.
C. The discovery can’ t fully prove that the Mars once hosted life. D. The lake traces prove that there exists life on Mars now.
C
A small town in southwest Britain is banning plastic bags in an attempt to help the environment and cut waste－a step that environmentalists believe is a first for Europe. Shopkeepers in Modbury, population 1,500, agreed to stop handing out disposable plastic bags to customers on Saturday. They said paper sacks and cloth carrier bags would be offered instead. Last month, San Francisco became the first U.S. city to ban plastic grocery bags. Internationally, laws to discourage the use of plastic bags have been passed in parts of South Africa and Ireland, where governments either tax shoppers who use them or fine companies that hand them out. Bangladesh already bans them, and so do at least 30 remote Alaskan villages. Modbury, about 225 miles southwest of London, has also declared a bag ammesty (宽限期), allowing local people to hand in plastic bags that have piled up at home. They will be sent for a recycling. The Modbury ban was the idea of Rebecca Hosking, who saw the effect of bags on marine life while working in the Pacific as a wildlife camerawoman. She said response in the town so far had been “really positive”. “Modbury is quite an old-fashioned town and a lot of people have wicker(柳条) baskets to go out shopping anyway, ”Hosking told Sky News Television.
The World Watch Institute, an environmental research agency, states that 100 billion plastic bags are thrown away each year in the United States alone. More than 500 billion are used yearly around the world.
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64. The underlined word “disposable” in the passage probably means .
A. acceptable B. valuable C. environmentally-friendly D. long-lasting 65. It can be inferred from the passage that .
A. most of the people in Modbury continue to use plastic bags B. fewer and fewer plastic bags will be used in the world
C. San Francisco is the first city to ban plastic bags in the world D. most countries in the world have passed laws to ban plastic bags 66. Which of the following would be the best title of the passage?
A. Environmental Protection B. Big Cities Banning Plastic Bags C. British Town Banning Plastic Bags D. Effect of Plastic bags on Sea Animals
D
Armed only with iPhones, the inventive rock band Atomic Tom has gone viral（广为流传） by way of the New York subway. The band has scored an Internet hit with the video to the song “Take Me Out．”
Singer Luke White says the production was a top-secret operation．
“We didn’t tell anyone about this. It was completely top-secret from our family, from our friends, from our label, our management, everybody. So the first time that people saw this video was last Friday when we put it on YouTube,”explained White．
Since uploading the video to YouTube, band members have spent several days refreshing the page to watch the number of hits rise．
The video has also made its way around Twitter as many people have shared it with their friends．
“I mean, it still hasn’ t quite hit.It’ s just kind of blowing our minds right now that we're getting this: many people are fond of it, and they’ re sharing it with their friends.We don’ t know what it’s like really to have something that’s viral, so all of this is very new to us.” said Eric Espiritu, the lead guitarist of the band．
White explains how the video came together:
“We did our research with the applications（ 应用程序） and found applications that worked out really well with the instruments and then we plugged them all into, plugged our phones into mini-battery powered amplifiers（扩音器） that we put underneath our seats, and we did a lot of, you know, practices, in terms of figuring out what the balance of the sound and like who was overpowering, who was too loud or who was too soft．”
The idea for the video came from Espiritu's younger brother Benjamin. The younger Espiritu directed the video from his initial concept through the final edit and upload to the Internet．
“I’ ve seen a lot of the music applications come out, and I’ ve never actually had the chance to play with them,”says Ben Espiritu. “When I started hearing about how they sound and everything, I thought it might be unique to take it one step further and then create an entire band just performing solely（单曲） on the iPhones, and I thought it would be a pretty cool
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idea．”
Ben says the success of the band’ s music video is a credit to the talent and ability of the musicians, but it’ s also a sign of the times．
“It really comes down to seeing something different, seeing something unique, and I think that that’ s always, in any type of art form, what will speak to people, and I think it does reflect the times that we live in, taking a smart phone and then being able to turn it into an instrument, not only just an instrument, but making it sound really good．” 67. Who first saw the video of the song“Take Me Out”?
A．Their friends B．The people on line C．Their family D．Their management
68. What is the band members’ attitude towards the sudden fame?
A. They are thrilled．
B. They are quite used to it． C. They are kind of confused．
D. They are so excited as to tell everyone they know． 69. How did the video come into being?
A. The band copied from it other musicians．
B. It had already existed in the iPhones before they bought them．
C. The band created it with the help of the applications in the iPhones． D. The band made full use of the traditional instruments to make the song． 70. What is the significance of the success of the band’ s music video?
A. It has introduced us several talented musicians． B. It has made the musicians into millionaires． C. It teaches the young a big lesson．
D. It reflects the talent and ability of the musicians and the times that we live in． 第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。
Money Matters
Parents should help their children understand money.__71__ So you may start talking about money when your child shows an interest in buying things，candy or toys，for example. 1. The basic function of money
Begin explaining the basic function of money by showing how people trade money for goods or services. It’s important to show your child how money is traded for the things he wants to have. If he wants to have a toy, give him the money and let him hand the money to the cashier(收银员) .__72__ When your child grows a bit older and understands the basic function of money, you can start explaining more complex ways of using money. 2．Money lessons
Approach money lessons with openness and honesty.__73__If you must say no to a
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child’s request to spend money，explain， “You have enough toy trucks for now.” Or，if the request is for many different things, say，“You have to make a choice between this toy and that toy.”
3．__74__ Begin at the grocery store. Pick out two similar brands of a product—a name-brand butter and a generic(无商标产品)，for example. You can show your child how to make choices between different brands of a product so that you can save money. __75__ If he chooses the cheaper brand, allow him to make another purchase with the money saved. Later，you may explain how the more expensive choice leaves less money for other purchases.
A. Wise decisions B. The value of money
C. Permit the child to choose between them.
D.Tell your child why he can—or cannot—have certain things.
E. Ask yourself what things that cost money are most important to you.
F. Talk about how the money has bought the thing after you leave the toy store.
G. The best time to teach a child anything about money is when he shows an interest.
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第II卷（非选择题，共35分）
第四部分 写作（共两节，满分35分）
短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（^），并在其下面写上该加的词。删除：把多余的词用斜线（＼）划掉。 修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词。注意： 1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词； 2．只允许修改l0处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Harvey had eight umbrellas but they were all broken. He decided have them repaired. He
took the umbrellas to the shop and left them here. The shopkeeper said, “They’ ll be ready tomorrow.” That evening Harvey went home from a office by bus. He sat next to an old woman. She had an umbrella on the floor between the seat. When the bus reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and standing up. “Hey!” the woman said, “That umbrella belonged to me.” “I’ m so sorry.” Harvey said, giving it to him. “Please excuse me by taking your umbrella by mistake.” The next day he was collected the umbrellas and got on the bus and saw the same woman. As he sat down, she said, “You have certain had a successful day!”
第二节 书面表达（满分25分）
假定你是王林，你所喜爱的Campus Life 校刊创刊五周年之际征集读者意见。请你依据以下内容给主编写信，内容主要包括：
1. 说明你是该报的忠实读者 2. 赞赏该报优点
1）介绍校园的生活 2）刊登学生们的习作 3. 提出建议： 刊登一些指导学习的文章 注意：
1. 词数100左右，开头语已为你写好： 2. 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。 Dear Mr. Wang，
Congratulations on the 5th anniversary of Campus Life!
Sincerely yours Wang Lin
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第三次周考英语答案
21-25 AADDC 26-30 CCBAC 31-35 CCDAB 36-40ADACB 41-45BBCBD 46-50 ACABC 51-55 BDDAA 56-59 BCBC 60-63ACAD 64-66 DBC 67-70 BCCD 71-75 GFDAC 改错：
Harvey had eight umbrellas but they were all broken. He decided∧ have them to
repaired. He took the umbrellas to the shop and left them here. The shopkeeper said, there
“They’ ll be ready tomorrow.” That evening Harvey went home from a office by bus. He sat the
next to an old woman．She had an umbrella on the floor between the seat．When the bus seats
reached his stop, he picked up her umbrella and standing up “Hey!” the woman said, stood
“That umbrella belonged to me.” “I’ m so sorry.” Harvey said, giving it to him. belongs her
“Please excuse me by taking your umbrella by mistake.” The next day he was collected
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the umbrellas and got on the bus and saw the same woman. As he sat down, she said, “You
have certain had a successful day!” certainly 书面表达：
Dear Mr. Wang，
Congratulations on the 5th anniversary of Campus Life!
I’ m a regular reader of your newspaper. I like it very much mainly for the following two reasons. First, it introduces the colorful life of the students in school, so that, by simply turning the pages, I can learn what they are thinking and what they need . Equally attractive are the compositions written by students themselves, which offers a stage where they can improve the writing and benefits them a lot. As a young student, I suggest that Campus Life should include articles to guide us in learning, and I hope that it will become even more popular. Sincerely yours, Wang Lin
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