1、2013届福建省三明市泰宁一中高三第二次月考英语试卷与答案（带解析） 单项选择 * Im going to San Francisco for a couple of days. . I wish I could get away for a while. A It doesnt matter B Forget it C I really envy you D I cant agree more 答案： C Can you lend me the book Gone with the Wind Sorry. I returned it to the library just now. Mayb
2、e it is still _. A available B affordable C acceptable D valuable 答案： A You are working too hard. Youd better keep a _ between work and relaxation. A promise B read C balance D diary 答案： C It is by no means clear the president can do to end the strike. A how B which C that D what 答案： D When deeply a
3、bsorbed in work, _ he often was, he would forget all about eating or sleeping. A that B which C where D when 答案： B When you are done with the book, just give it to Lucy or Helen or _. A whoever B wherever C whatever D however 答案： A Nothing is so easy as _ parents to raise their expectations of their
4、 children too high. A of B to C by D for 答案： D Not until he retired from teaching three years ago having a holiday abroad. A he had considered B had he considered C he considered D did he consider 答案： D Dont handle the vase as if it _made of steel. A is B were C has been D had been 答案： B One of our
5、rules is that every student wear school uniform while at school. A might B could C shall D will 答案： The new movie_ to be one of the biggest money-makers of all time A promises B agrees C pretends D intends 答案： A Rod loves _ clocks. However, he never manages to put them together again. A taking apart
6、 B giving away C making up D turning off 答案： A The party will be held in the garden, weather . A permitting B to permit C permitted D permit 答案： A The three of us _ around Europe for about a month last summer. A travelled B have travelled C had travelled D travel 答案： A I woke up with _ bad headache,
7、 yet by _ evening the pain had gone. A the; the B the; an C a; the D a; an 答案： C 完型填空 If you asked high school girls to name their favorite sports, most would probably say basketball or volleyball. I happen to be one of the few girls who would 36 :surfing. But isnt that a boy thing Some people 37 .M
8、ost certainly not. I started surfing about five years ago and 38 in love with the sport on the very first day. Riding that first 39 was the best feeling I had ever experienced. When I try to 40 surfing with other things, I find it very difficult because, in my _41_ ,theres nothing like it. It involv
9、es body, 42 ,and soul. Theres sand between my toes and cool, salt water all 43 us. The feeling I get when Im surfing across that 44 ,becoming one with the 45 ,is like Im weightless. The one thing I can 46 from surfing and not any other sport is endless challenge. You can never be the “best surfer” b
10、ecause the ocean 47 an uncountable variety of waves that nobody can ever master. The variations of surfing styles are wonderful. Some surfers are free and flowing; others are very aggressive and 48 .All of these things attract me to surfing and make it 49 from any other sport. Ive 50 to tell every g
11、irl I know to do something that people dont think girls can do. Its part of being human to advance to new 51 ,so shouldnt it be expected that girls should step up and start 52 the limits of things boys and men used to dominate Therere women 53 side by side with the President of our country, so why n
12、ot side by side with the boys 54 the football team or out in the water surfing Give girls a chance to _55 , and they will. 【小题1】 A tell B answer C give D realize A wonder B understand C reply D believe A stayed B came C dropped D fell A wave B storm C sail D boat A bring B connect C compare D tie A
13、work B study C holiday D life A mind B effort C health D time A along B above C around D by A beach B water C board D lake A sky B world C earth D ocean A take B get C make D keep A catches B includes C offers D collects A sharp B great C hard D calm A known B right C far D different A chosen B trie
14、d C learned D promised A levels B points C steps D parts A reaching B accepting C pushing D setting A sitting B walking C fighting D working A of B from C on D with A think B succeed C perform D feel 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A 【小题 5】 C 【小题 6】 D 【小题 7】 A 【小题 8】 C 【小题 9】 B 【小题 10】 D 【小题 1
15、1】 B 【小题 12】 C 【小题 13】 A 【小题 14】 D 【小题 15】 B 【小题 16】 A 【小题 17】 C 【小题 18】 D 【小题 19】 C 【小题 20】 B 阅读理解 I left university with a good degree in English Literature, but no sense of what I wanted to do. Over the next six years, I was treading water, just trying to earn an income. I tried journalism, but I
16、 didnt think I was any good, then finance, which I hated. Finally, I got a job as a rights assistant at a famous publisher. I loved working with books, although the job that I did was dull. I had enough savings to take a year off work, and I decided to try to satisfy a deep-down wish to write a nove
17、l. Attending a Novel Writing MA course gave me the structure I needed to write my first 55,000 words. It takes confidence to make a new start theres a dark period in -between where youre neither one thing nor the other. Youre out for dinner and people ask what you do, and youre too ashamed to say, “
18、Well, Im writing a novel, but Im not quite sure if Im going to get there.” My confidence dived. Believing my novel could not be published, I put it aside. Then I met an agent（代理商） who said I should send my novel out to agents. So, I did and, to my surprise, got some wonderful feedback. I felt a litt
19、le hope that I might actually become a published writer and, after signing with an agent, I finished the second half of the novel. The next problem was finding a publisher. After two-and-a-half years of no income, just waiting and wondering, a publisher offered me a book dealthat publisher turned ou
20、t to be the one I once worked for. It feels like an unbelievable stroke of luckof fate, really. When you set out to do something different, theres no end in sight, so to find myself in a position where I now have my own name on a contract（合同） of the publisher to be a published writer is unbelievably
21、 rewarding （有回报的） . 【小题 1】 What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 mean A I was waiting for good fortune. B I was trying to find an admirable job. C I was being aimless about a suitable job. D I was doing several jobs for more pay at a time. 【小题 2】 The author decided to write a novel _ . A to f
22、inish the writing course B to realize her own dream C to satisfy readers wish D to earn more money 【小题 3】 How did the writer feel halfway with the novel A Disturbed. B Ashamed. C Confident. D Uncertain. 【小题 4】 What does the author mainly want to tell readers in the last paragraph A It pays to stick
23、to ones goal. B Hard work can lead to success. C She feels like being unexpectedly lucky. D There is no end in sight when starting to do something. 答案： 【小题 1】 C 【小题 2】 B 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 A Mini Book Excerpts（节选） Biography When Salinger learned that a car park was to be built on the land, the middle-a
24、ged writer was shocked and quickly bought the neighboring area to protect it The townspeople never forgot the rescue and came to help their most famous neighbor. J. D. Salinger： A Life by Kenneth Slawenski（ Random House,$27） Mystery（疑案小说） “Youre a smart boy. Bennys death was no accident, and youre t
25、he only who saw it happen. Do you think the murderer should get away with it ”The boy was starting stubbornly at his lap again. A thought suddenly occurred to Annika,“Did you You recognized the man in the car, didnt you ” The boy hesitated, twisting his fingers,“Maybe,”he said quietly. Red Wolf by L
26、iza Marklund（ Atria Books, $25. 99） Short Stories She wants to say to him what she has learned, none of it in class. Some women are born stupid, and some women are too smart for their own good. Some women are born to give, and some women only know how to take. Some women learn who they want to be fr
27、om their mothers, some who they dont want to be. Some mothers suffer so their daughters wont. Some mothers love so their daughters wont. You Are Free by Danzy Senna （ Riverhead Books,$15） Humor Do your kids like to have fun Come to Fun Times! Do you like to watch your kids having fun Bring them to F
28、un Times! Fun Times! “amusement cycling”is the most fun you can have, legally, in the United States right now. Why spend thousands of dollars flying to Disney World when you can spend less than half to that within a days drive lf most cities Happy And Other Bad Thoughts by Larry Doyle（ Ecco,$14. 99）
29、 【小题 1】 If the readers want to know about the title of Salinger, they should buy the book published by . A Ecco B Atria Books C Riverhead Books D Random House 【小题 2】 The book Happy And Other Bad Thoughts is intended for . A young children B Disney World workers C middle school teachers D parents wit
30、h young children 【小题 3】 Which book describes women with characters of their own A. Happy And Other Bad Thoughts B. J. D. Salinger: A Life C. You Are Free D. Red Wolf 【小题 4】 After finishing the book Red Wolf, the readers would learn that . A the boy helped arrest the murderer B Benny died of an accid
31、ent C the murderer got away with the crime D Annika carried out the crime 答案： 【小题 1】 D 【小题 2】 D 【小题 3】 C 【小题 4】 A If Confucius（孔子） were still alive today and could celebrate his September 28 birthday with a big cake, there would be a lot of candles. Hed need a fan or a strong wind to help him put th
32、em out. While many people in China will remember Confucius on his special day, few people in the United States will give him a passing thought. Its nothing personal. Most Americans dont even remember the birthdays of their own national heroes. But this doesnt mean that Americans dont care about Conf
33、ucius. In many ways he has become a bridge that foreigners must cross if they want to reach a deeper understanding of China. In the past two decades, the Chinese studies programs have gained huge popularity in Western universities. More recently, the Chinese government has set up Confucius Institute
34、s in more than 80 countries. These schools teach both Chinese language and culture. The main courses of Chinese culture usually included Chinese art, history and philosophy（哲学） .Some social scientists suggest that Westerners should take advantages of the ancient Chinese wisdom to make up for the dra
35、wbacks of Westerners philosophy. Students in the United States, at the same time, are racing to learn Chinese. So they will be ready for life in a world where China is an equal power with the United States. Businessmen who hope to make money in China are reading books about Confucius to understand t
36、heir Chinese customers. So the old thinkers ideas are still alive and well. Today China attracts the West more than ever, and it will need more teachers to introduce Confucius and Chinese culture to the West. As for the old thinker, he will not soon be forgotten by people in the West, even if his bi
37、rthday is. 【小题 1】 The opening paragraph is mainly intended to _ A provide some key facts about Confucius B attract the readers interest in the subject C show great respect for the ancient thinker D prove the popularity of modern birthday celebrations 【小题 2】 We can learn from Paragraph 4 that America
38、n students_ A have a great interest in studying Chinese B take an active part in Chinese competitions C try to get high scores in Chinese exams D fight for a chance to learn Chinese 【小题 3】 What is the best title for the passage A Forgotten Wisdom in America B Huge Fans of the Chinese Language C Chin
39、ese Culture for Westerners D Old Thinker with a Big Future 【小题 4】 The passage is likely to appear in _. A a biography B a history paper C a newspaper D a philosophy textbook 答案： 【小题 1】 B 【小题 2】 A 【小题 3】 D 【小题 4】 C Easter(复活节 ) is still a great day for worship, randy in baskets and running around the
40、 yard finding eggs, but every year it gets quite a bit worse for bunnies. And no, not because the kids like to pull their ears. The culprit is climate change, and some researchers found that rising temperatures are having harmful effects on at least five species of rabbit in the US. Take the Lower K
41、eys March rabbit, for instance. An endangered species that lives in the Lower Florida Keys, this species of cottontail is a great swimmer it lives on the islands! but it is already severel y affected by development and now by rising levels. According to the Center for Biological Diversity, an ocean
42、level rise of only 0. 6 meters will send these guys jumping to higher ground and a 0.9-meter rise would wipe out their habitat (栖息地 ) completely. The snowshoe hare, on the other hand, has a color issue. Most of these rabbits change their fur color from white in the wintertime to brown in the summer,
43、 each designed to give them better cover from predators（捕食者） .As the number of days with snow decreases all across the country, however, more and more bunnies arc being left in white fur during brown dirt days of both fall and spring, making them an easier mark for predators. Researchers know that t
44、he color change is controlled by the number of hours of sunlight, but whether the rabbit will be able to adapt quick enough to survive is a big question. The National Wildlife Federation has reported that hunters have noticed their numbers are already markedly down. American pikas or rock rabbits, a
45、 relative of rabbits and hares, might be the firs of these species to go extinct due to climate change. About 7-8 inches long, pikas live high in the cool, damp mountains west of the Rocky Mountains. As global temperatures rise, they would naturally migrate (迁徙 ) to higher ground but they already oc
46、cupy the mountaintops. They cant go any higher. The National Wildlife Federation reports that they might not be able to stand the new temperatures as their habitat beats up. The volcano rabbit has the same problem. These rabbits live on the slopes of volcanoes in Mexico, and recent studies have show
47、n that the lower range of their habitat has already shifted upward about 700 meters, but there are not suitable plants for them to move higher, so they are stuck in the middle. Scientists are concerned about their populations. Native to the US, pygmy rabbits weigh less than 1 pound and live in the A
48、merican West. They are believed to be the smallest rabbits in the world. Their habitats have been destroyed by development. Several populations, such as the Columbia Basin pygmy, almost went extinct and were saved by zoo breeding programs. Pygmy rabbits also rely on winter cover by digging tunnels through the snow to escape predators, but lesser snowfall is leaving them exposed. All of this gives new meaning to dressing
