广东省虎门外语学校2010届高三上学期第一次月考（英语）
Ⅰ．听力（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 听力理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
每段播放两遍。各段后有几个小题，各段播放前每小题有5秒钟的阅读时间。请根据各段播放内容及其相关小题，在5秒钟内从题中所给的A、B、C选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
听第1段材料，回答第1--3题。 1． Who is Ken?
A. Beth?s brother. B. Beth?s boyfriend. C. Beth?s father. 2. Where did Beth go last night? A. She went to bar with her friend. B. She went to the cinema with her friend. C. She went to a party with her parents. 3. What does Beth?s brother think she should do? A. She?d better look for a new boyfriend. B. She?d better buy something for herself. C. She?d better ask herself if she wants anything. 听第2段材料，回答第4至6题。 4. When does the man start his winter holiday? A. Both the second and third week of January. B. Either the second or third week of January. C. Neither the second nor third week of January. 5. What sport is his favorite sport?
A. Skating B. Surf—skiing C. Skiing 6. Why doesn?t the woman like to spend her weekend with the man? A. Because she likes to stay at home. B. Because she dislikes the cold weather. 听第3段材料，回答第7--9题。 7.What has made working at home possible?
A. Communication industry. B. Personal computers. C. Living far from companies.
8. Why do some people prefer working at home?
A. To save time. B. To get more jobs. C. To make more money. 9. What might happen in the future? A. The British firm could move to overseas. B. We might work at home for a foreign company. C. We could call for the labor in Spain. 听第4段材料，回答第10至12题。
10. Where did the conversation probably take place? A. At Mr. French?s office. B. At Miss Maggie?s house. C. At Mr. Robinson?s office.,
11. What was the probable relationship between the two speakers? A. Husband and wife. B Teacher and student. C Manager and secretary.
12. Which of the following statement is true according to this conversation? A. Miss Martin?s boyfriend lived near the office where she worked. B. Mr. French asked Miss Maggie to bring him a cup of coffee. C. Mr. French?s office might be in any country but France5 听第5段材料，回答第13至15题。
13. Why was the speaker one of the TV fans in the past?
A. Because he could stay with his favorite stars the whole evening. B. Because he could travel the world without going out.
C. Because he could get the news which couldn?t be found on newspapers.
14. What feelings may ads bring to the viewers when inserted frequently, according to the speaker?
A. Unpleasant. B. Disappointed. C. Anxious. 15. Which statement is not true according to the passage? A. Ads take up too much viewers? time when they watch TV. B. Ads cause the viewers quite a lot of trouble.
C. Ads present the viewers much information about the best products. 第二节 听取信息（共5小题； 每一小题1分, 满分5分）
听下面一段对话。请根据题目要求， 从听到的内容中获取必要的信息， 填入答体纸标号为16---20 的空格中。 录音读两遍。 你有两分钟的作答时间。
How Do Western People Go Shopping What do they do before shopping? Where to buy and what to buy? In shopping malls. (1) It is 19 What is a shopping mall like? (2) It has 20 place. 18 Make a shopping 16 In 17 Food, shampoo… Ⅱ．语言知识及应用（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 完形填空（共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21～30各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
As I walked home one freezing day, I stumbled（绊脚）on a wallet in the street. I picked it up and looked inside to find some 21 so that I could call the owner. But the wallet 22 only three dollars and a letter, which looked as if it had been in there for years. The envelope was 23 and the only thing on it was the return address. I started to open the letter, 24 to find some clue. Then I saw the dateline－1924. The letter had been written almost sixty years earlier! It was written in a beautiful handwriting, on blue paper with a little flower in the left-hand corner. It was a “Dear John”（绝交）letter that told the 25 , Michael, that the writer could not see him any more because her mother 26 it. Even so, she wrote that she would 27 love him. It was signed Hannah.
It was a beautiful letter, but there was no 28 , except for the name Michael, to identify the owner. 29 if I called the information center, the operator could find a phone listing for the address on the envelope. Actually, I took great 30 to find both Hannah and Michael, who still remained single. Then, after sixty years? separation, they married each other in their late seventies. And I was invited to be their best man!
21．A．identification
B．qualification
C．recognition
D．description 22．A．cost 23．A．new
B．filled
C．contained C．pretty
D．included D．attractive D．hoping D．partner D．promised D．even D．sign D．Maybe D．cautions
B．worn
24．A．managing 25．A．receiver 26．A．allowed 27．A．ever
B．wondering B．owner B．forced B．never B．way B．Even B．risks
C．supposing C．friend C．forbade C．always C．mark C．As C．actions
28．A．problem 29．A．Only
30．A．pains
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31～40的相应位置上。
When I was a ten-year-old girl, I was once asked to deliver a speech titled “A Real Test in My Life”. To talk before the whole class! Just imagine how 31 （terrible）shy I was the moment I thought of that with so many eyes fixed upon me. I had no other 32 （choose）, though. First I was to draft the speech and that was just a piece of cake for me, because I was a good writer－something to pride myself in. But the hard part 33 （lie）in my oral presentation; to read from 34 paper was not allowed; I had to give the speech 35 my memory and in front of such a big audience! A real trial began when I stood on the platform with my legs 36 （tremble）and my mind blank. How much time had passed by, I didn?t know. My listeners were still waiting, patiently and without any signs of rushing me. Gradually I found 37 back, giving out my speech with difficulty. Finally I finished. After 38 seemed to be a hundred years, I found my audience applauding. I made it! From then on, my fear of talking before an audience disappeared. Actually with my confidence building 39 , I now turn out to be a great speaker. Looking back, I know the greatest difficulty on our way to success is our fear; overcome it, 40 we will be able to achieve our goals.
Ⅲ．阅读（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项
涂黑。
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I used to watch her from my kitchen window. She seemed so small as she muscled her way through the crowd of boys on the playground. The school was across the street from our home and I would often watch the kids as they played during break. I remember the first day I saw her playing basketball. I watched in wonder as she ran circles around the other kids. She managed to shoot jump shots just over their heads and into the net. The boys always tried to stop her but no one could. I began to notice her at other times, basketball in hand, playing alone.
One day I asked her why she practiced so much. Without a moment of hesitation she said, “I want to go to college. The only way I can go is to get a scholarship. I am going to play college basketball. I want to be the best. My Daddy told me if the dream is big enough, the facts don?t count.” Well, I had to give it to her—she was determined. I watched her through those junior high years and into high school. Every week, she led her school team to victory.
One day in her senior year, I saw her sitting in the grass, head in her arms. I walked across the street and sat down in the cool grass beside her. Quietly I asked what was wrong. “Oh, nothing,” came a soft reply, “I am just too short.” The coach told her that at 5?5” she would probably never get to play for a top ranked team—much less offered a scholarship—so she should stop dreaming about college. She was heartbroken and I felt my own throat tighten as I sensed her disappointment. I asked her if she had talked to her dad about it yet. She told me that her father said those coaches were wrong. They just did not understand the power of a dream. He told her that if she truly wanted a scholarship and that nothing could stop her except one thing — her own attitude.
The next year, as she and her team went to the Northern California Championship game, she was offered a scholarship and on the college team. She was going to get the college education that she had dreamed of.
41．The author was probably the girl?s . A．neighbor
B．friend
C．mother
D．teacher
42．Why was the girl heartbroken?
A．She was considered too short to be a top player. B．Her coach stopped her training because of her height.