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2012学年培正中学第三次月考英语考卷
2012学年培正中学第三次月考
Ⅰ 语言知识及应用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节& 完形填空(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
year on my birthday, from the time I turned twelve, a white
gardenia was delivered to my house. No card or note came with it.
Calls to the flower shop were always useless ---- it was a cash
____1____. After a while I stopped trying to ____2____ who the
sender was and just delighted in the beautiful and perfume of the
white flower. But I never ____3____ imagining who the sender might
be. Some of my ___4____ moments were spent daydreaming about
service&&&
deal&&&&&&&&&C.
bargain&&&&&&
2.&A. recognize&B.
imagine&&C.
wonder&&&&&&
D. discover
failed&&&&&&&&&
B. stopped&&C.
succeeded&D. enjoyed
saddest&&&
painful&&&&C.
happiest&&& D.
&&&&&&&&My
mother asked me whether there was someone for whom I had done a(an)
___5____ kindness who might be showing ____6___. Perhaps the
neighbor I helped when she was _____7___ a car full of groceries.
Or maybe it was the old man across the street whose mail I helped
to get during the ____8___ so he wouldn’t have to venture down his
icy step. As a teenager, though I had more fun guessing that it
might be a ____9____ who had noticed me even though I didn’t know
&&& One month
before my high school graduation, my father died of a heart attack.
He was missing some of the most important events in my life. I
became completely ____10____ in my upcoming graduation and the
dance. When my father died, I ____11_____ the dance and the dress
for it. The day before the dance, I found a dress on the sofa. I
didn’t ____12_____ if I had a new dress or not, but my mother
&She wanted her children to feel ____13____ and
lovable, imaginative, believing that there was a ____14____ in the
world and beauty in the face of hard times. Actually mother wanted
her children to see themselves much like the gardenia ----lovely,
____15____ and perfect. The gardenia stopped coming when my mother
service&&&
deal&&&&&&&&&&&C.
bargain&&&&&&D.
2.&A. recognize&B.
imagine&&&C.
wonder&&&&&&
D. discover
failed&&&&&&&B.
stopped&&&
succeeded&D. enjoyed
saddest&&&B.
painful&&&
happiest&&&D.
special&&&&&B.
common&&&&C.
valuable&&&D.
concern&&B.
attitude&&&&&C.
interest&&&&&D.
appreciation
repairing&&&B.
washing&&&&&
C. unloading&D. starting
spring&&&&
summer&&&&&
C. autumn&&&
&&D. winter
B. superman&&C.
teacher&&&
disappointed&&
uninterested&&&&
discouraged&&
concentrated
forgot&&&&
wonder&&&&B.
believe&C.
13.&A. contented&B.
respected&&C.
thanked&&&D.
trouble&&&&
tragedy&&&&&D.
strong&&&&
beautiful&&&C.
smelly&&&&
&&D. lucky
DCDDB& ACDBA
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，在空格处填人一个适当的
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16-25的相应位置上。
This happened in a third-grade classroom. Jim sat&
16& his desk and all of a sudden, there was a
puddle(一滩水) between his feet and the front of his trousers was wet.
He felt his heart was going to stop. He
17&& would happen when his
classmates found out. He looked up and there came the teacher
18&& look in her eyes that said
(discover).
As the teacher was walking
towards&& 20& ,
a classmate named Susie was carrying a goldfish bowl full of water
to her desk. Suddenly, Susie tripped(绊倒)
and,&& 21&
(strange), dumped the whole bowl of water in Jim’s lap. He
pretended to be angry, but all the while he was saying deep in his
heart, “Thank you!”
Jim became the object of sympathy instead of ridicule(嘲笑). The
teacher brought him gym shorts to put on. All the others crawled(爬)
on their hands and knees,&&
22& (clean) up around his desk.
But& 23& life would have it, the
ridicule that should have been his had been transferred(转移) to
Susie. She tried to help,&&
24& they told her to leave the
room&& 25&
school was over, Jim walked over to Susie and whispered, “You did
that on purpose, didn’t you?”
Susie whispered back, “I wet my trousers once, too!”
Ⅱ 阅读(共两节，满分40分)
第—节& 阅渎理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读—列短文，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。
Christopher Thomas, 27, was a writer by night and a teacher by day
when he noticed he was always tired and was losing weight fast.
Diagnosed with diabetes(糖尿病), Thomas would need to inject himself
with insulin(胰岛素) three times a day for the rest of his life or
risk nerve damage, blindness, and even death. And if that weren't
bad enough, he had no health insurance. ks5u
After a month of feeling upset, Thomas decided he'd better find a
way to fight back. He left Canton, Michigan for New York, got a job
waiting tables, nicknamed himself the Diabetic Rockstar , and
, a free online community for diabetics
and their loved ones—a place where over 1,100 people share personal
stories, information, and resources.
& Jason Swencki’s son, Kody, was diagnosed with
type diabetes at six. Father and son visit the online children's
forums(论坛) together most evenings. "Kody gets so excited, writing
to kids from all over," says Swencki, one of the site's volunteers.
"They know what he's going through, so he doesn't feel
Kody is anything but alone: Diabetes is now the seventh leading
cause of death in the United States, with 24 million diagnosed
cases. And more people are being diagnosed at younger ages.
& These days, Thomas's main focus is his charity,
Fight It, which provides medicines and supplies to people—225 to
date—who can't afford a diabetic's huge expenses. Fight-it.org has
raised about $23,000—in products and in cash. In May, Thomas will
hold the first annual Diabetic Rockstar Festival in the
Caribbean.
& Even with a staff of 22 volunteers, Thomas often
devotes up to 50 hours a week to his cause, while still doing his
full-time job waiting tables. "Of the diabetes charities out there,
most are putting money into finding a cure," says Bentley
Gubar,& one of Rockstar's original members. "But
Christopher is the only person I know saying people need help
26. Which of the following is true of Christopher Thomas?
A.&He needs to go to the doctor every day.
B.&He studies the leading cause of diabetes
C.&He has a positive attitude to this
D.&He encourages diabetics by writing
was created for _________.
&& A. diabetics to
communicate&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
B. volunteers to find jobs
&& C. children to amuse
themselves&&&&&&&&&&&&&
D. rock stars to share resources.
28. According to the text, Kody ______.
A. feel lonely because of his
illness&&&&&&&&&&&&&
B. benefits
C. helps create the online kid’s
forums&&&&&&&&&&&
D. writes children’s stories online
29. What can we learn about Fight It?
A. It helps the diabetics in financial
difficulties.&&&&
B. It organizes parties for volunteer once a year.
C. It offers less expensive medicine to
diabetics.&&& D.
It owns a well-known medical website.
30. The last paragraph suggests that Thomas ______.
A. works full-time in a diabetes
charity&&&&&&&&&&
B. employs 22 people for his website
C. helps diabetics in his own
way&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
D. ties to find a cure for diabetes
Ask someone what they have done to help the environment recently
and they will almost certainly mention recycling. Recycling in the
home is very important of course. However, being forced to recycle
often means we already have more material than we need. We are
dealing with the results of that over-consumption in the greenest
way possible, but it would be far better if we did not need to
bring so much material home in the first place.
The total amount of packaging increased by 12% between 1999 and
2005. It now makes up a third of a typical household’s waste in the
UK. In many supermarkets nowadays food items are packaged twice
with plastic and cardboard.
Too much packaging is doing serious damage to the environment. The
UK, for example, is running out of it for carrying this unnecessary
waste. If such packaging is burnt, it gives off greenhouse gases
which go on to cause the greenhouse effect. Recycling helps, but
the process itself uses energy. The solution is not to produce such
items in the first place. Food waste is a serious problem, too. Too
many supermarkets encourage customers to buy more than they need.
However, a few of them are coming round to the idea that this
cannot continue, encouraging customers to reuse their plastic bags,
for example.
But this is not just about supermarkets. It is about all of us. We
have learned to associate packaging with quality. We have learned
to think that something unpackaged is of poor quality. This is
especially true of food. But is also applies to a wide range of
consumer products, which often have far more packaging than
necessary.
There are signs of hope. As more of us recycle, we are beginning to
realise just how much unnecessary material are collecting. We need
to face the wastefulness of our consumer culture, but we have a
mountain to climb.
31. What does the underlined phrase “over-consumption” refer
A. Using too much
packaging.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
B. Recycling too many wastes.
C. Making more products than
necessary.&&&&&&&&&&&
D. Having more material than is needed.
32. The author uses figures in Paragraph 2 to show _______.
A. the tendency of cutting household
&&B. the increase of packaging
C. the rapid growth of super
markets&&&&&&&&&
&&D. the fact of packaging
33. According to the text, recycling ______.
A. helps control the greenhouse
effect&&&&&&&&
&&B. means burning packaging for
C. is the solution to gas
shortage&&&&&&&&&&&&
&&D. leads to a waste of
34. What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?
A. Unpackaged products are of bad
quality.&&&&&
&B. Supermarkets care more about packaging.
C. It is improper to judge quality by
packaging.&& &D.
Other products are better packaged than food.
35. What can we learn from the last paragraph?
A. Fighting wastefulness is
difficult.&&&&&
&&B. Needless material is mostly
C. People like collecting recyclable
&&D. The author is proud of their
consumer culture.
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
Rae Armantrout, who has been a poetry professor at the University
of California San Diego(UCSD) for two decades, has won the 2010
Pulitzer Prize in the poetry category for her most recent book,
“Versed”.
“I’m delighted and amazed at how much media recognition that the
Pulitzer brings, as compared to even the National Book Critics
Award, which I was also surprised and delighted to win,” said
Armantrout.
“For a long time, my writing has been just below the media radar,
and to have this kind of attention, suddenly, with my 10th book, is
really surprising.”
Armantrout, a native Californian, received her bachelor’s degree at
UC Berkeley, where she studied with noted poet Denise Levertov, and
her master’s in creative writing from San Francisco State
University. She is a founding member of Language Poets, a group in
American poetry that analyzes the way language is used and raises
questions to make the reader think.
In March, she won the National Book Critics Circle Award for
“Versed.”
“This book has gotten more attention,” Armantrout said, “but I
don’t feel as if it’s better.”
The first half of “Versed” focuses on the dark forces taking hold
of the United States as it fought the war against Iraq. The second
half looks at the dark forces casting a shadow over her own life
after Armantrout was diagnosed with cancer in 2006.
Armantrout was shocked to learn she had won the Pulitzer but many
of her colleagues were not. “Rae Armantrout is a unique voice in
American poetry,” said Seth Lerer, head of Arts and Humanities at
“Versed”, published by the Wesleyan University Press, did appear in
a larger printing than her earlier works, which is about 2,700
copies. The new edition is scheduled to appear in May.
36. According to Rae Armantrout, ____________.
A. her 10th book is much
better&&&&B.
her winning the Pulitzer is unexpected
C. the media is surprised at her
works&&&D. she
likes being recognized by her readers
37. Which of the following is true of Rae Armantrout?
A. She published a poetry
textbook.&&&&&&&&&&&
B. She used to teach Denise Levertov.
C. She started a poets’ group with
others.&&&&&&&
D. She taught creative writing at UC Berkeley.
38. What can we learn about “Versed”?
A. It consists of three
parts.&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
B. It is mainly about the American army.
C. It is a book published two decades
ago.&&&&&&
D. It partly concerns the poet’s own life.
39. Rae Armantrout’s colleagues think that she ____________.
A. should write
more&&&&&&&&&&&&
B. has a sweet voice
C. deserves the
prize&&&&&&&&&&&&
D. is a strange professor
40. What can we learn from the text?
A. About 2,700 copies of “Versed” will be
printed.&&& B.
Cancer made Armantrout stop writing.
C. Armantrout got her degrees at
UCSD.&&&&&&&&&&&
D. “Versed” has been awarded twice.
Batteries can power anything from small sensors to large systems.
While scientists are finding ways to make them smaller but even
more powerful, problems can arise when these batteries are much
larger and heavier than the devices themselves. University of
Missouri(MU) researchers are developing a nuclear energy source
that is smaller, lighter and more efficient.
“To provide enough power, we need certain methods with high energy
density”，said Jae Kwon, assistant professor of electrical and
computer engineering at MU. “The radioisotope(放射性同位素) battery can
provide power density that is much higher than chemical
batteries.”
Kwon and his research team have been working on building a small
nuclear battery, presently the size and thickness of a penny,
intended to power various micro / nanoelectromechanical systems
(M/NEMS). Although nuclear batteries can cause concerns, Kwon said
they are safe.
“People hear the word ‘nuclear’ and think of something very
dangerous,” he said, “However, nuclear power sources have already
been safely powering a variety of devices, such as pace-makers,
space satellites and underwater systems.”
His new idea is not only in the battery’s size, but also in its
semiconductor(半导体). Kwon’s battery uses a liquid semiconductor
rather than a solid semiconductor.
“The key part of using a radioactive battery is that when you
harvest the energy, part of the radiation energy can damage the
lattice structure of the solid semiconductor,” Kwon said, “By using
a liquid semiconductor, we believe we can minimize that
problem.”
Together with J. David Robertson, chemistry professor and associate
director of the MU Research Reactor, Kwon is working to build and
test the battery. In the future, they hope to increase the
battery’s power, shrink its size and try with various other
materials. Kwon said that battery could be thinner than the
thickness of human hair.
41. Which of the following is true of Jae Kwon?
A. He teaches chemistry at MU.&
B. He developed a chemical battery.
C. He is working on a nuclear energy
source.&&& D. He
made a breakthrough in computer engineering.
42. Jae Kwon gave examples in Paragraph 4_________.
A. to show chemical batteries are widely applied.&
B. to introduce nuclear batteries can be safely used.
C. to describe a nuclear-powered
system.&&&&&&&&
D. to introduce various energy sources.
43. Liquid semiconductor is used to _________.
A. get rid of the radioactive
&&&B. test the
power of nuclear batteries.
C. decrease the size of nuclear batteries
D. reduce the damage to lattice structure.
44. According to Jae Kwon, his nuclear battery _______.ks5u
A. uses a solid
semiconductor&&&&&&&
B. will soon replace the present ones.
C. could be extremely
thin&&&&&&&&&&
D. has passed the final test.
45. The text is most probably a ________.
A. science news
report&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
C. newspaper
ad&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
D. science fiction story
信息匹配(共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
请阅读下列应用文和相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑
(若选择E，请涂AB；若选择F，请涂CD)。
以下是一些风景名胜及古迹的简介：
&&& Kaiping
Diaolou and Villages is famous for the Diaolou, multi-storied
defensive village houses in Kaiping, Guangdong Province, which
shows a combination of Chinese and Western structural and
decorative forms. They reflect close links between overseas Kaiping
and their ancestral homes.
&&& Hongcun is
unique among all Chinese villages for its water system. Water is
the main characteristic in this village. Its two large ponds are
connected to a series of flowing streams which pass by every house,
providing water for washing, cooking, and bathing.
&&& Xidi village
is a very beautiful village lying near Huangshan Mountain in Anhui
Province. It is the perfect place for visitors to see typical folk
houses where villagers have lived as they have for centuries. It
gives visitors the rare opportunity to explore China's ancient
culture, and arts.
&&& Tangyue
Village lies near the southern foot of Huangshan Mountain famous
for its memorial archways (gates). More than 250 arches were
constructed here during the Ming () and Qing ()
dynasties. Over 80 of these magnificent arches are still in good
condition.
&& Tunxi Ancient Street is the
major gateway to Huangshan. It has restaurants and many unique
things to offer. The restored part of the Tunxi Ancient Street is
particularly beautiful at night when the red lanterns lining the
river are lit, and create a very festive atmosphere. Tunxi Ancient
Street also has one of China's best antique markets.
&&&&&&&&&&
& The Old Summer Palace on the northwest of
Beijing was rebuilt from ruins of Yuanmingyuan built in 1709. It
was burned down by the British and French troops in 1860, partially
rebuilt, and then destroyed again by the forces of eight foreign
powers in 1900.
以下是一些风景名胜及古迹的照片，请匹配照片及与其对应的简介：
46.___________
&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&
47.___________
48. ____________
49.___________
Ⅲ &写作(共两节，满分40分)
第一节 基础写作(共1小题，满分15分)
你们班同学上周五就“应该送什么样的礼物给同学或朋友”的话题展开了讨论，下面是讨论记录：
60%的同学&到商店买礼物好&商店的礼物精致、美观，适合赠送
40%的同学&自己制作礼物好&自己制作礼物能够展现个人才能，培养动手能力，增强节约意识
你的看法& ？
【写作内容】
1.&讨论的时间和话题；
2.&同学们的意见和各自的理由；ks5u
3.&你的看法。
【写作要求】
1. 只能使用5个句子表达全部内容。
&2. 作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
【评分标准】
句子结构准确，信息内容完整，篇章结构连贯。
第二节 读写任务(共1小题，满分25分)
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Let children learn to judge their own work. A child learning to
talk does not learn by being co if corrected
too much, he will stop talking. He notices a thousand times a day
the difference between his language and others’ language. Bit by
bit, he makes the right
changes to make his language like other people’s. In the same way,
children learn to talk, run,
climb, ride a bicycle by comparing their own behaviors with those
of more skilled people, and
slowly make the needed changes. But in school teachers never give a
child a chance to find out his mistakes for himself, even fewer
chances for him to correct himself. They do it all for him.
Teachers act as if the student would never notice a mistake if they
did not point out it to him.
They act as if the student would never correct it unless he was
made to. Soon he becomes
dependent on the teachers. Let the student do it himself. Let him
work out, with the help of other children if he wants it, what this
word means and what the answer is to that problem.
【写作内容】
1.&以约30个词概况短文的要点；
2.&然后以约120个词就“学生的学习错误该不该纠正”的主题发表看法，内容包括：
（1）以自己的学习生活为例，简述你在日常学习生活中常犯的错误；
（2）你是如何看待自己的错误的；
（3）老师是如何对待你的错误的；
（4）你对老师的做法的看法及理由。
【写作要求】
1.作文中可以使用实例或其它论述方法支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用原文中的句子。
&2.标题自定。
【评分标准】
&概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，语篇连贯。
2012学年11月月考答案
1-15: BDBCA&&&
DCDDB& ACDBA
what,&&&&&&
19: had been
discovered,&&&&
20: him ,& &
21: strangely,&& 22:
cleaning,&&& 23:
as,&&& 24:
but,&&&&&&&&&&
31-35 DDACA&&&
BCDCD&&&&&
41-45 CBDCA
46-50 BCAFDks5u
参考范文：
&Nowadays, the exchange of gifts between
schoolmates before graduation is becoming more and more popular, on
which the students in our class have different
opinions.& Those in favor of this practice say
they can express their feelings and strengthen their friendships by
sending gifts to each other, and they will keep the gifts forever
to recall the unforgettable days they have spent
together.& While other students believe it’s a
waste of time and money to exchange gifts, especially when the
college entrance examination is around the
corner.& Besides, it’s not a must to do this
because nowadays people have many ways to communicate and will have
chance to meet each other in the future.& In my
opinion, we shouldn’t spend too much time and money choosing or
making gifts, and we should go all out to prepare r the college
entrance examination.
参考范文：
&&&&&&&&&&&&
Should Students’ Mistakes Be Corrected?
The writer thinks that children should learn by correcting their
own mistakes instead of having their mistakes corrected by others.
So children should be given the chance to work out their own
This opinion soulds right but is hardly practical. In real school
learning situations, especially in learning a foreign language like
English, without teachers’ correction all the way, beginners will
repeat their mistakes without realizing it. Take myself as an
example. I used to use words that are too formal for a student’s
composition. Worse still, taking it for granted that languages have
the same order, I always wrote sentences like “ I very much like
English.” But it wasn’t until my teacher repeatedly pointed out my
mistakes that I realized my mistakes. Thanks to my teacher’s
patience with me, now I can write naturally in simple
So teachers should be encouraged to correct their students’
mistakes as soon as possible. Only in this way can the students
study more effectively and make greater progress.
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