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山西省晋中市晋商四校2013届高三第一学期11月联考英语试题
本试卷满分:150 考试时间:100分钟
第一卷(选择题 共115分)
第一部分 英语知识运用(共2节,满分55分)
第一节: 单项填空（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，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。
1. Was it in October, 2010, if I may ask, ______ the new Shanghai-Hangzhou Express Railway was put into use?
A. which B. when C. that D. How
2. Experts think we won’t have clean water to drink unless something_______ soon, but much remains_______ about environment protection.
A. would be done; doing B. is done; to be done
C. will be done; to do D. is done; to do
3. Susan was expecting her favorite singers, but to her disappointment, ______ appeared.
A. some B. none C. everyone D. no one
4. Although Rio knew little about marketing, he succeeded ______ other more well-informed managers failed.
A. as B. unless C. what D. where
5. I ordered coffee while I was waiting for 18:00 film．
A． a; the B． /; a C． a; an D． the; /
6. The beautiful mountain village we spent our holiday last year is located in is now part of Hefei.
A. which; where B. where; what C. that; what D. when; which
7. The government has taken some measures to reconstruct the earthquake-hit areas, but it must be some time ________ everything returns to normal.
A. since B. after C. unless D. before
8. Although most dreams apparently happen unconsciously, dream activities _____ by outside influence.
A. may be provided
B. must be provided
C. should be provided
D. will be provided
9. Undoubtedly speaking, Jobs’ digital products are of great benefit to _____ applies them at work.
A. whoever B. whatever C. whomever D. what
10. Clearly there is much to be desired _____ it comes to the quality of teachers and their teaching methods.
A. when B. since C. until D. although
11．—It’s cloudy outside ．Please take an umbrella ．
— ．
A．Yes, take it easy B．Well, it just depends
C．OK, just in case D．All right, you’re welcome
12. ---It’s a pity you didn’t come to our party yesterday evening.
---I’d like________, but I had to take care of my sick mother.
A. to B. to go C. to have D. going
13. _________she is a likeable girl, she can be extremely difficult to work with.
A. As B. Since C. Because D. While
14. Eating sensibly and taking regular exercise is a fairly reliable method of losing weight, ?
A. is it B. are they C. aren't they D. isn't it
15. What shall we use for power when all the oil in the world has_______?
A. used up B. put out C. run out of D. given out
第二节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40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，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
One of my fondest memories as a child is going by the river and sitting on the bank. There I would 16 the peace and quiet, watch the water rush 17 and listen to the singing of birds and the rustling of 18 in the trees. I would also watch the bamboo trees 19 under pressure from the wind and watch them 20 gracefully to their original position after the wind had 21 .
When I think about the bamboo tree's ability to bounce back to its original position, the word "resilience"（恢复能力） comes to mind. When used in 22 to a person this word means the ability to readily 23 from shock, depression or any other situation that stretches the limits of a person's 24 .
Have you ever felt like you are at your 25 point? Thankfully, you have survived the experience to live to talk about it.
During the 26 you probably felt a mix of emotions that threatened your health. You felt emotionally drained（耗尽的）, 27 exhausted and you most likely stood 28 physical symptoms.
Life is a 29 of good times and bad times, happy moments and unhappy moments. The next time you are experiencing one of those bad times or unhappy 30 that take you close to your breaking point, bend, 31 don't break. Try your best not to let the situation get the best of you.
A 32 of hope will take you through the unpleasant ordeal (考验). With 33 for a better tomorrow or a better situation, things may not be as bad as they seem to be. The unpleasant ordeal may be easier to 34 if the final result is worth having.
If life gets 35 and you are at your breaking point, show resilience. Like the bamboo tree, bend, but don't break!
16
A. see
B. hear
C. enjoy
D. touch
17
A. downstream
B. smoothly
C. uphill
D. closely
18
A. fruits
B. branches
C. roots
D. leaves
19
A. move
B. bend
C. fall
D. decline
20
A. go
B. turn
C. return
D. suffer
21
A. died down
B. died off
C. died away
D. died out
22
A. honor of
B. reward to
C. reference to
D. favor of
23
A. recover
B. suffer
C. come
D. escape
24
A. thoughts
B. mind
C. body
D. emotions
25
A. start in
B. breaking
C. standing
D. tiring
26
A. practice
B. experiment
C. victory
D. experience
27
A. possibly
B. terribly
C. mentally
D. probably
28
A. unpleasant
B. unreasonable
C. exciting
D. good
29
A. result
B. change
C. wonder
D. mixture
30
A. events
B. moments
C. adventures
D. changes
31
A. but
B. however
C. though
D. and
32
A. little
B. number
C. measure
D. few
33
A. idea
B. hope
C. imagination
D. search
34
A. deal with
B. look into
C. depend on
D. get stuck
35
A. acceptable
B. wrong
C. tough
D．easy
第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）
第一节 （共15小题，每题3分，满分45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。
A
Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "rubbish talk". The topics on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main audience are middle-class Americans. Most of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with life's tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to 21year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show's exploitation.
36. Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows are ______.
A. more interesting B. unusually poplar
C. more detailed D. more formal
37. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows ______.
A. show disbelief in them B. are ready to face up to them
C. remain cold to them D. are willing to get away from them
38. Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A. A new type of robot. B. National hatred.
C. Family income planning. D. Street accident.
39. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ____.
A. have become the only ones of its kind
B. exploit the weaknesses in human nature
C. appear at different times of the day
D. attract different people
B
Scientists have long had it in their mind to make a robot lizard (蜥蜴). They began with finding out why a lizard can hang on a wall. They noticed the lizard’s toes were unique: They have suckers (吸盘), which enable it to hang on walls. They, therefore, made a robot with suckers on its hands and feet.
The robot could hang on the wall but fell off when crawling. So, they went on researching. 6 years ago, scientists discovered that suckers only were not enough. It is the bristles (刚毛) on each foot that adds friction (摩擦) and static adsorption (静电吸附力) that makes a lizard move on the smooth wall easily without falling down.
Then scientists made great efforts to fix thick bristles to the robot’s hands and feet. However, the effect was not satisfactory. The robot still couldn’t attach itself firmly to the wall.
Scientists got puzzled: How on earth can the lizard crawl on an extremely smooth wall or even on a ceiling without dropping off?
An accidental finding inspired them: One day a scientist happened to see an animal attack a lizard and bite off its tail. The lizard broke away from the animal’s teeth and threw itself on a wall to escape, only to fall off heavily on the ground. The scientist wondered: Is it the tail that plays an important role in its travelling on the wall? He caught some lizards for an experiment. The result proved his assumption: A tailless lizard has no trouble walking on an ordinary wall but can’t on a smooth one. A further study showed the lizard’s tail can prevent it falling over backward and, what’s more, that the tail acts as an additional leg while one of the lizard’s legs leaves the wall, which is always the case while it is walking on the wall.
Thus, Tailbot, a super tailed robot, is born.
40. What part(s) would be a must if scientists just wanted a robot which can hang on the wall?
A. Suckers.
B. Suckers and bristles.
C. Suckers, bristles and a tail.
D. Hands, feet, bristles and a tail.
41 The bristles function as something ________.
A. to protect the lizard’s toes from injury
B. to produce friction and static adsorption
C. to prevent a lizard falling over backward
D. to help a lizard move about without falling
42. The biggest importance of a lizard’s tail lies in ________.
A. helping support the body
B. serving as another leg
C. sticking to the wall
D. stopping slipping
43. What does the underlined part in the fifth paragraph refer to?
A. A lizard often falls over backward while it travels on the wall.
B. A lizard often has three legs on the wall while walking on the wall.
C. A lizard’s tail will replace one of its legs while it moves on the wall.
D. A lizard’s tail often stops it fall over backward while moving on the wall
C
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Not long ago the movie 2012 came into screen．The people were threatened by those scenes of destroying flood, severe earthquake, terrifying hurricane and constructions representing human civilization being destroyed and even swallowed by disaster．Luckily, they are just the director' s imagination, but the present situation is not heading a positive direction, either．
Take my own experience in Alaska as an example. Once I took a trip to the glacier．Along the way there stood signposts marking the snow lines of different years. They started from the foot of the mountain, but it was at the top when I finally saw melting glaciers（融化的冰川）．My heart ached seeing the beautiful blue ice melting at every second．
Sad but true, they are the effects of global warming and the result of our human impact. Furthermore, each year the rising sea level will kill 56 million people, and that's about the population of the entire Italy. According to studies, if the temperature keeps on rising like this, by the year 2050, some islands and coastal cities including New York, Shanghai, Tokyo and Sydney will be drowned in water．
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