广东省湛江市第二中学2010届高三上学期第四次月考.doc

1、广东省湛江市第二中学 2010届高三上学期第四次月考 其他 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。 Exercise is often said to be good for everyone But a new study has shown that exercise could be _21 especially for people past middle age The study was done with mice It sho

2、wed that although mild exercise 22 a good effect on the muscles of young mice, it 23_ the muscles of mice past middle age The three groups of mice in the experiment were _24_ in age at young, middle-aged, and elderly humans The mice were _25_ on a thread-mill (踏车 ) 30 minutes a day for a five-week p

3、eriod At the end of that time, the young mices leg muscles had increased almost 30 percent in weight, but those of the old mice were reduced by 25 percent No_ 26_ pattern showed for the middle-aged mice David Gershon, an expert who carried out the experiment, explained that the older mice muscles we

4、re probably already _27_ down and that exercise worsened the _28_ An earlier study by Gershon showed that middle-aged mice benefited from exercise if they started exercising young and continued it Its clear that because the tests were done on mice, drawing conclusions about humans is too early But t

5、he studies do not totally _29_ the theory that exercise is good under any conditions Lets use the tests on mice as a _30_for other studies 21 A beneficial B friendly C tiring D unhealthy 22 A made B took C had D brought 23 A harmed B helped C improved D reduced 24 A aimed B connected C indicated D r

6、epresented 25 A directed B driven C hung D placed 26 A clean B clear C proper D visible 27 A breaking B failing C letting D slowing 28 A body B condition C situation D circumstance 29 A appreciate B assist C promote D support 30 A bridge B means C proposal D warning 答案： 21-25 DCAAD 26-30 BABDA 阅读理解

7、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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 Eddie McKay, a once-forgotten pilot, is a subject of great interest to a group of history students in Canada. It all started when Graham Broad, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, foun

8、d McKays name in a footnote in a book about university history. McKay was included in a list of university alumni（校友） who had served during the First World War, but his name was unfamiliar to Broad, a specialist in military history. Out of curiosity, Broad spent hours at the local archives （档案馆） in

9、a fruitless search for information on McKay. Tired and discouraged, he finally gave up. On his way out, Broads glance happened to fall on an exhibiting case showing some old newspapers. His eye was drawn to an old picture of a young man in a rugby uniform. As he read the words beside the picture, he

10、 experienced a thrilling realization. “After looking for him all day, there he was, staring up at me out of the exhibiting case,” said Broad. Excited by the find, Broad asked his students to continue his search. They combed old newspapers and other materials for clues. Gradually, a picture came into

11、 view. Captain Alfred Edwin McKay joined the British Royal Flying Corps in 1916. He downed ten enemy planes, outlived his entire squadron （中队） as a WWI flyer, spent some time as a flying instructor in England, then returned to the front, where he was eventually shot down over Belgium and killed in D

12、ecember 1917. But theres more to his story. “For a brief time in 1916 he was probably the most famous pilot in the world,” says Broad. “He was credited with downing Oswald Boelcke, the most famous German pilot at the time.” Yet, in a letter home, McKay refused to take credit, saying that Boelcke had

13、 actually crashed into another German plane. McKays war records were destroyed during a World War II air bombing on London an explanation for why he was all but forgotten. But now, thanks to the efforts of Broad and his students, a marker in McKays memory was placed on the university grounds in Nove

14、mber 2007. “I found my eyes filling with tears as I read the word deceased （阵亡） next to his name,” said Corey Everrett, a student who found a picture of Mckay in his uniform. “This was such a simple example of the fact that he had been a student just like us, but instead of finishing his time at Wes

15、tern, he chose to fight and die for his country.” 41. What made Professor Broad continue his search for more information on McKay A. A uniform of McKay. B. A footnote about McKay. C. A book on McKay. D. A picture of McKay. 42. What did the students find out about McKay A. He trained pilots for some

16、time. B. He lived longer than other pilots. C. He died in the Second World War. D. He was downed by the pilot Boelcke. 43. McKays flying documents were destroyed in . A. Belgium B. Germany C. Canada D. England 44. We can learn from the last paragraph that McKay . A. preferred fight to his study B. w

17、ent to war before graduation C. left a picture for Corey Everrett D. set an example for his fellow students 45. What is the text mainly about A. The research into war history. B. The finding of a forgotten hero. C. The pilots of the two world wars. D. The importance of military studies. 答案： 【小题 1】 D

18、 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 B 【小题 5】 B I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of languagethe way it can evoke （唤起） an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them allall the Englishes I grew up with. Born

19、into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, Ive been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as “broken” English. But feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it o

20、ther than “broken”, as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. Ive heard other terms used, “limited English,” for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including peoples perceptions（认识） of the limited English speaker. I know this for

21、 a fact, because when I was growing up, my mothers “limited” English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is ,because she expressed them imperfectly her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of

22、evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I wont get into to

23、day, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as “broken”, and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese, her internal（内在的） language, and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but

24、neither an English nor a Chinese structure: I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts. 46. By saying “Language is the tool of my trade”, the author means that _. A. she uses English in foreign t

25、rade B. she is fascinated by languages C. she works as a translator D. she is a writer by profession 47. The author used to think of her mothers English as _. A. impolite B. Amusing C. imperfect D. practical 48. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3 A. Americans do not understand b

26、roken English. B. The authors mother was not respected sometimes. C. The author mother had positive influence on her. D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. 49. The author gradually realizes her mothers English is _. A. well structured B. in the old style C. easy to translate D. rich

27、in meaning 50. What is the passage mainly about A. The changes of the authors attitude to her mothers English. B. The limitation of the authors perception of her mother. C. The authors misunderstanding of “limited” English. D. The authors experiences of using broken English. 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 C 【小

28、题 3】 B 【小题 4】 D 【小题 5】 A Next time a customer comes to your office, offer him a cup of coffee. And when youre doing your holiday shopping online, make sure youre holding a large glass of iced tea. The physical sensation（感觉） of warmth encourages emotional warmth, while a cold drink in hand prevents y

29、ou from making unwise decisionsthose are the practical lesson being drawn from recent research by psychologist John A. Bargh. Psychologists have known that one persons perception（感知） of anothers “warmth” is a powerful determiner in social relationships. Judging someone to be either “warm” or “cold”

30、is a primary consideration, even trumping evidence that a “cold” person may be more capable. Much of this is rooted in very early childhood experiences, Bargh argues, when babies conceptual sense of the world around them is shaped by physical sensations, particularly warmth and coldness. Classic stu

31、dies by Harry Harlow, published in 1958, showed monkeys preferred to stay close to a cloth “mother” rather than one made of wire, even when the wire “mother” carried a food bottle. Harlows work and later studies have led psychologists to stress the need for warm physical contact from caregivers to h

32、elp young children grow into healthy adults with normal social skills. Feelings of “warmth” and “coldness” in social judgments appear to be universal. Although no worldwide study has been done, Bargh says that describing people as “warm” or “cold” is common to many cultures, and studies have found t

33、hose perceptions influence judgment in dozens of countries. To test the relationship between physical and psychological warmth, Bargh conducted an experiment which involved 41 college students. A research assistant who was unaware of the studys hypotheses（假设） , handed the students either a hot cup o

34、f coffee, or a cold drink, to hold while the researcher filled out a short information form: The drink was then handed back. After that, the students were asked to rate the personality of “Person A” based on a particular description. Those who had briefly held the warm drink regarded Person A as war

35、mer than those who had held the iced drink. “We are grounded in our physical experiences even when we think abstractly,” says Bargh. 51. According to Paragraph 1, a persons emotion may be affected by _. A. the visitors to his office B. the psychology lessons he has C. his physical feeling of coldnes

36、s D. the things he has bought online 52. The author mentions Harlows experiment to show that _. A. adults should develop social skills B. babies need warm physical contact C. caregivers should be healthy adults D. monkeys have social relationships 53. In Barghs experiment, the students were asked to

37、 _. A. evaluate someones personality B. write down their hypotheses C. fill out a personal information form D. hold coffee and cold drink alternatively 54. We can infer from the passage that _. A. abstract thinking does not come from physical experiences B. feelings of warmth and coldness are studie

38、d worldwide C. physical temperature affects how we see others D. capable persons are often cold to others 55. What would be the best title for the passage A. Drinking for Better Social Relationships. B. Experiments of Personality Evaluation. C. Developing Better Drinking Habits. D. Physical Sensatio

39、ns and Emotions. 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 A 【小题 4】 C 【小题 5】 D 阅读填空 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。 The British people either dont care or are kept in the dark regarding 31 countrys colonization overseas. When you t

40、alk to an average Britisher, he doesnt seem to know 32 about his countrys glorious days as a result of colonization one or two generations ago. When Britain handed over Hong Kong in 1997, the Hong Kong press went to London and tried to get a sense of the popular mood by interviewing students and bus

41、iness people in the streets. Most of them didnt know 33 handover event took place. Some expressed surprise to hear the question. Some even thought that Britain returned Hong Kong to Japan! For the British people to know: Hong Kong is a big deal 34 its a tiny dot on the map. HK was the most successfu

42、l British colony, maybe the longest 35 ( keep ) too. Certainly, HK 36 ( bring ) a lot of money to the British Treasury, to the b usiness elites, and to a lot of English civil servants who had worked there before. All you need is to look at the HK government 37 ( office ) records, the salary scales o

43、f English officials, the subsidized housing they got, and the 38 ( retire ) benefits they enjoyed. Remember the British colonial government in HK ran continuous huge surpluses every year, a clear sign that they were not spending the money _ 39 they earned it. The money was deposited in the British T

44、reasury and major banks. If you are a responsible English citizen, you should ask where the surplus money went, if it didnt go to 40 ( serve ) the people. 答案： 31. their 32. much 33. the 34.although / though 35. kept 36. had brought 37. official 38. retirement 39. where 40. serving 信息匹配 第二节 信息匹配（共 5小

45、题；每小题 2分，满分 10分） 以下是一些新闻报道的信息： A. Science magazine published the study about orangutans. The scientists collected evidence from years of observations in six areas on Borneo and Sumatra. The scientists found that the animals demonstrated a total of twenty-four signs of cultural activity. Several acti

46、ons were demonstrated in some orangutan groups, but not others. B. The Environmental Investigation Agency and Telapak released the report. Telapak is an environmental group based in Indonesia. The Environmental Investigation Agency operates in several countries. The two groups say Indonesia controls

47、 ten percent of the worlds tropical rainforests. C. Richard Sandor is the chairman of the C-C-X. He praised the companies forming the group for demonstrating leadership. He said they believe that an active way to deal with global warming helps everyone. The group said its members want to reduce cost

48、s they may face from future rules on greenhouse gas emissions. Trading credits may help businesses find the most effective methods to reduce pollution. Members also hope to improve their public image on environmental issues. D. Their most detailed effort involved ninety-nine kinds of birds, insects

49、and plants in North America and Europe. They found that the territory where these plants and animals live has moved north by an average of six kilometers every ten years. In Europe, some butterflies now live as much as one hundred kilometers to the north because of changes linked to higher temperatures. E. The new report says many areas experienced unusual weather in tw