2013年秋季湖北省部分重点中学联考
高三英语试卷
命题学校：红安一中 命题教师：王翠芬 审题教师：刘美万
考试时间：2013年11月8日 上午8:00～10:00 试卷满分：150分
第一部分 听力（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5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。 1. How fast can the woman type?
A.15 words a minute. B.45 words a minute. C.80 words a minute. 2. Which program does the man like most?
A. Sports. B. History. C. News. 3. Which language does Mr. White speak well?
A. French. B. Spanish. C. Japanese. 4. What was in the woman?s missing bag?
5. Where does the conversation probably take place?
A. In a classroom. B. In a library. C. In a bookstore. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面6段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，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。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。 听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。 6. What?s wrong with the man?
A. He has headaches. B. He has a runny nose. C. He has a temperature. 7. When did the problem begin?
A. Two weeks ago. B. Two months ago. C. Three months ago. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。
8. Why did the woman make the phone call?
A. To change her appointment. B. To discuss a business plan. C. To arrange an exhibition. 9. When are they going to meet?
A. Wednesday. B. Thursday. C. Friday. 听第8段材料，回答第10至11题。
10. What event will you take part in if you love to dance?
A. River Festival. B. Youth Celebrations. C. Songs of Summer. 11. What is the purpose of the announcement?
A. To introduce performers. B. To introduce a program. C. To introduce various countries. 听第9段材料，回答第12至14题。 12. How much are the double rooms?
A. From $180 to $ 240. B. From $ 180 to $270. C. From $270 to $330.
13. What is included in the price?
A. Service charge. B. Breakfast. C. Tax. 14. Why did the man make the phone call?
A. To ask for an extra bed. B. To check the room rates. C. To change his reservation. 听第10段材料，回答第15至17题。 15. What are the speakers talking about?
A. Picture books. B. Reference books. C. Cookbooks. 16. How much is Worldwide Fish?
A.￡12. B.￡15 C.￡17 17. Which books does the woman decide to buy?
A. Something Fishy. B. Worldwide Fish. C. Tasty Fish. 听第11段材料，回答第18至20题。 18. What did Maria do right after graduation?
A. She entered politics. B. She worked as a teacher. C. She worked for her father. 19. Where did Maria set up her first coffee bar?
A. London. B. Singapore. C. New York. 20. How many coffee bars does she have now?
A. 10. B. 80. C. 85.
第二部分 词汇知识运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节：多项选择
从A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
21. Lucy has achieved all of the goals she set for herself in high school and is ready for new ____ at university.
A. meditations B. challenges C. motivations D. circumstances
22. Last year the number of students who graduated with a driving license reached 200 000, a(n) ____of
40 000 each year.
A. average B. number C. amount D. quantity
23. There is something wrong with the computer. Because the system cannot ____ these users, it serves the same page to all of them.
A. acknowledge B. identify C. admit D. adjust
24. When the group discussion is nearing its end, make sure to ____ it with important points. A. promise B. avoid C. pause D. conclude
25. The athlete?s years of hard training ____ when she finally won the Olympic gold medal. A. carried out B. paid off C. got through D. ended up 26. Amy joined a painting group but didn?t seem to ____, so she left.
A. take in B. call in C. fit in D. come in
27. Compared with his sister, Jerry is even more ____ to, and more easily troubled by, emotional and relationship problems.
A. skeptical B. addicted C. available D. sensitive 28. I?m not surprised that he became a writer. Even as a child he had a ____ imagination. A. vital B. cautions C. delicate D. vivid
29. As a new diploma, he often thinks how he can react more ____ on such occasions where he was asked some questions on National Security.
A. appropriately B. attractively C. artificially D. ambitiously
30. He wrote to tell me that there is no need to worry about him and he had offered to clean the community ______ a week?s accommodation.
A. in exchange for B. with regard to C. by means of D. in place of 第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握大意，然后从A、B、C、D中选出最佳答案。
It was a winter morning, just a couple of weeks before Christmas 2005. While most people were 31 up their cars, Trevor, my husband, had to get up early to ride his bike four kilometers away from [来源学科网]home to work. On 32 , he parked his bike 33 the back door as he usually does. After putting in 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike 34 .
The bike, a black Kona 18 speed, was our only 35 . Trevor used it to get to work, putting in 60-hour a week to 36 his young family. And the bike was also used to get groceries（食品杂货）， 37 us from having to walk long distances from where we lived. I was so 38 that someone would steal our bike that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our 39 . Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger even 40 a bike, then 41 my husband to pick it up. Once again my husband had a way to get to and from his job. It really is a(n) 42 that a complete stranger would go out of their 43 for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can be 44 from one person to another, but 45 of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a 46 effect in our lives because it 47 our faith in humanity（人性）as a whole. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways we, too, can 48 with others. No matter how big or how small, an act of kindness shows that someone 49 . And the 50 can be everlasting. 31. A. warming B. taking C. pushing D. getting 32. A. beginning B. hurry C. arrival D. return 33. A. by B. outside C. after D. near 34. A. left B. missed C. disappeared D. gone 35. A. tool B. transport C. fortune D. treasure 36. A. appreciate B. provide C. support D. entertain 37. A. saving B. helping C. protecting D. requesting 38. A. surprised B. sad C. disappointed D. glad 39. A. astonishment B. experience C. story D. hardship 40. A. bought B. brought C. fetched D. promised 41. A. commanded B. enquired C. acknowledged D. called 42. A. wonder B. honor C. satisfaction D. admiration 43. A. access B. course C. way D. approach 44. A. passed B. admitted C. handed D. allowed 45. A. acts B. ideas C. plans D. performances 46. A. lasting B. spreading C. concerning D. including 47. A. remained B. rewarded C. strengthened D. convinced 48. A. content B. covered C. bear D. share 49. A. knows B. cares C. enjoys D. sets 50. A. excitements B. kindness C. smile D. results
[来源学科网ZXXK]第三部分 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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.
A
The United Nations Children's Fund(UNICEF) is appealing to international donors to help provide education money for Syrian school children. Safe places to learn, teachers and supplies are all lacking, and almost two million young Syrian students have dropped out of school.
UNICEF says about 40 percent of students in grades one to nine across the nation no longer attend for more classes. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado says about half those are now refugees in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey.
\months into the conflict, children are becoming increasingly afraid, angry and frustrated. The risk of a lost generation becomes more acute with each day that they are out of school.\
In the northern city of Aleppo, for example, only 6 percent of children of school-age are in classrooms, but the school year there and in other locations begins as planned on September 15.
Talk of military strike by the United States has caused uncertainty about starting classes, but schools opened after a strike appeared less likely. Still many children who once walked to school are
now taken there by their parents, and other families have simply left the country. Lebanon now is trying to help about 550,000 school-age Syrian refugee children.
UNICEF says the Lebanese public education system can take care of 300,000 Lebanese children. UNICEF is establishing schools for refugee children in buses.
In Jordan, UNICEF says about two-thirds of 150,000 Syrian school-age children are not in school. One main refugee camp has 30,000 Syrian children, fewer than half are in school.
In Iraq, UNICEF says nine out of 10 Syrian refugee children are out of school.
Inside Syria, Miss Mercado says the educational system has been torn apart. But UNICEF and Syrian government say about 3,000 schools have been damaged or destroyed. In addition, more than 900 schools that are still standing are being used as shelter for displaced families.
\fact that there are still children going to school in this context is quite incredible.\Miss Mercado says the agency is operating programs for children to learn at home. The UNICEF spokeswoman praises what she believes is the huge importance that Syrian parents place on education. UNICEF has asked for $161 million from international donors for education. But the agency says it has received only $51 million.
51. How many Syrian school age children are in Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey?
A. About two million B. About one million C. about 550,000 D. about 150,000
52. Miss Mercado says “The risk of a lost generation becomes more acute with each day” because she thinks _____________.
A. it?s becoming more and more serious for Syria to lose a generation well educated B. the generation out of school may destroy the country.
C. the number of the children being out of school is becoming more and more
D. the damage to the children is more and more serious because they can?t go to school 53. Which of the following statements is true about Syria schools ? A. It?s likely for schools to open after a strike by the United States.
B. All other schools can still begin classes except the 3000 damaged or destroyed. C. Some schools ask for parents to send their children to school. D. Some schools being used as shelter for displaced families.
54. The United Nations Children? Fund is doing the following thing for Syrian children except that _____ . A. it?s appealing people all over the world to donate to help provide education money for the children. B. it is building some schools in Syria for the children. C. it is operating programs for children to learn at home
D. it praises that Syrian parents place huge importance on education
B
BEIJING — China has the world?s largest population of citizens over age 65 and in the coming decades their numbers are expected to quickly grow. Already, officials are struggling to cope with the rising numbers of elderly at a time when there is a shortage of nursing home beds and certified caregivers.
Feng Jie is a trained nurse who decided a year and half ago to leave her job at a state-run hospital and work with a private nursing company.
She says that unlike her job at the hospital, she now gets to spend more quality time with patients and as an added bonus her pay is better. Still, few have followed in her footsteps. \to work here]. All of my classmates still work in hospitals. I thought that I'd give it a try because this industry, this type of job is still an emerging field,” she said.
China's population is aging at one of the fastest rates in the world. By the middle of the century, more than 450 million people will be over 60 years of age.
China lacks both the facilities and the staff to adequately care for the elderly, says Du Peng, director of the Institute of Gerontology（老年学) at Renmin University - the only program of its kind in China. “We have four million beds available, one caretaker for every three elderly. We should have more than a million caretakers, if in the future we will have 30 million elderly then we need 10 million caretakers,\she explained. \at the moment in China every year only 6,000 gerontology professionals are certified.”
[来源学科网ZXXK] Right now most of China?s nursing homes are state owned, but through incentives（激励） to private enterprises, caregivers and stipends（生活津贴） for the elderly, the government is looking to shake up the market.
Li Xinyue says such incentives helped her quickly find a job at a private nursing home after graduating. “When I was still in school I thought about where I would work afterwards, and at the time the government was issuing some policies to assist private institutions…there were many privately run institutions available, so there were more to choose from,” Li Xinyue stated.
In addition to cutting red tape to allow more foreign and private investment in elderly care, the government is testing ways to encourage caregivers to seek more training and keep certified nurses in the field.
“It is a bit like the reform of China 's economic system thirty years ago, when it was mostly state owned enterprises and there was a break with that and a promotion of economic development. Now we are seeing a similar thing with the break down of the bottleneck,” said Peng.
As more elderly Chinese turn to nursing homes for care, authorities hope investors see profit in the country?s demographic challenges, and add to the 400,000 nursing homes that now are mostly state run. 55. What?s the main idea of the passage?
A. China has the world?s largest population of citizens over age 65.
B. In the coming decades the number of citizens over age 65 is expected to quickly grow. C. Officials are struggling to cope with the rising numbers of elderly in China. D. There is a shortage of nursing home beds and certified caregivers in China.
56. Why did FengJie leave her job at a state-run hospital and work with a private nursing company? A. Because she was asked to work there by the institution.
B. Because she was not satisfied with the hospital she was working in. C. Because she wanted to get a better pay.
D. Because it is a new industry and she wanted to have a try. 57. From the fifth paragraph, we can conclude that ____ . A. there is only one Institute of Gerontology in China B. we have got enough beds available in China.
C. one caretaker for every three elderly is quite perfect
D. in China every year only 6,000 gerontology professionals are certified
58. What?s the government policy to cope with the problem of the rising numbers of elderly and a shortage of nursing home beds and certified caregivers?
A. Encouraging the caretakers to work at state owned institutions. B. Reducing the state owned institutions.
C. Encouraging more elderly Chinese to turn to nursing homes for care D. Motivate more investors to run private nursing homes.
C
A new study found evidence of aggressive behavior in children who have four or more servings of soft drinks every day.
Information for the study came from the mothers of 3,000 five-year-olds. Researchers asked the women to keep a record of how many servings of soft drinks their children drank over a two-month period. The women were also asked to complete a checklist of their children's behavior.
The researchers found that 43 percent of the boys and girls drank at least one daily serving of soda. Four percent of the youngsters had four or more sodas to drink every day.
Shakira Suglia is with Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. She worked on the study with researchers from the University of Vermont and Harvard University School of Public Health. She says they found that children who drank the most soda were more than two times as likely as those who drank no soda to show signs of aggression.
\aggressive behaviors, attention problems and withdrawn behaviors.\
The aggressive behaviors included destroying possessions belonging to others, taking part in fights and physically attacking people.