本试卷分第I卷 (选择题) 和第II卷（非选择题）两部分。考试用时100分钟，满分150分。
第I卷 （共100分） 第一部分 阅读理解 (共两节，满分40分) 第一节 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born on September 24, 16. He was an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are the typical writings of the Jazz Age, a term he created himself.
Born into an upper middle-class Irish Catholic family, Fitzgerald was named after his famous second cousin, Francis Scott Key. He was also named after his deceased sister Louise Scott, one of two sisters who died shortly before his birth. He spent 18–1901 in Syracuse and 1903–1908 in Buffalo, New York, where he attended Nardin Academy. When his father was fired from his company, the family returned to Minnesota, where Fitzgerald attended St. Paul Academy from 1908 to1911.
He is widely regarded as one of the 20th century’s greatest writers. Fitzgerald is considered to be a member of the ―Lost Generation‖ of the 1920s. He finished four novels, This Side of Paradise, The Beautiful and Damned, Tender Is the Night and his most famous classic novel, The Great Gatsby. A fifth, unfinished novel, The Love of the Last Tycoon was published after his death. Fitzgerald also wrote many short stories that dealt with themes of youth.
His first literary work, a detective story, was published in a school newspaper when he was 12. When he was 16, he was forced to leave St. Paul Academy for neglecting his studies. He attended Newman School, a prep school in Hackensack, New Jersey, in 1911–1912, and entered Princeton University in 1913 as a member of the Class of 1917. There he became friends with future critics and writers Edmund Wilson (Class of 1916) and John Peale Bishop (Class of 1917), and wrote for the Princeton Triangle Club. He was also a member of the University Cottage Club, which still displays Fitzgerald’s desk and writing materials in its library. A poor student, Fitzgerald left Princeton to enlist (入伍) in the US Army during World War I; however, the war ended shortly after Fitzgerald’s enlistment.
Fitzgerald had been an alcoholic (酒鬼) since his college days, leaving him in poor health by the
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late 1930s. Fitzgerald suffered a mild attack of tuberculosis in 1919, and died of a heart attack in 1940.
1. What does the passage mainly talk about?
A. The ―Lost Generation‖ of the 1920s. C. The life and works of Fitzgerald.
B. How Fitzgerald got his name. D. Fitzgerald and the Jazz Age.
2. What led to Fitzgerald’s early death according to the passage?
A. His poverty.
B. His heavy drinking.
D. The pressures of work.
C. The poor working conditions.
3. Which is the most famous work of Fitzgerald?
A. This Side of Paradise.
B. The Beautiful and Damned.
C. Tender Is the Night. D. The Great Gatsby.
4. What’s the right order of the events related to Fitzgerald?
a. He attended Nardin Academy. b. He entered Princeton University.
c. He attended St. Paul Academy. d. He joined the US Army during World War I. A. a,c,b,d
B. a,d,b,c
C. b,d,a,c
D. b,a,c,d
B
Anyone who has experienced the joy of driving through a rainstorm with the sunroof (天窗) open understands how airflow around the moving vehicles can keep him dry despite the exposure. Now a similar principle is being employed to create an umbrella that protects people from the rain using nothing more than an invisible air force field.
Air Umbrella, developed by a Chinese company and recently funded by Kickstarter, uses forced air rather than fabric to create a protective canopy that keeps people from getting wet in the rain.
It’s a clever concept and designers have done a good job of answering several questions about the product. For instance, the sound generated by the device is minimal, especially when compared to the pitter-patter of the falling rain. It can create a protective canopy wide enough for two people to fit under and it performs well even in the heavy rain. The air shield (防护) can be cut through by high winds, but given that regular umbrellas typically fold over in similar windy conditions, the air umbrella is still an upgrade.
A few concerns do remain, however. For instance, the battery life is only about 15-30 minutes depending on the model, so you’ll still want to walk briskly to your next destination when it’s raining. Also, while the air shield might keep the rain away from you, it’s likely to splash all that
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blown-away water onto anyone else like a sprinkler (洒水车). So the device might draw the ire of anyone else walking with you, or any helpless bystanders.
There are currently three different types to choose from if you’re interested in investing. Air Umbrella-A is the lightest model, and is apparently designed specifically for females, according to the Chinese developers. It is about 12 inches in length and weighs a little over a pound, and it runs for 15 minutes per charge. Air Umbrella-B measures nearly 20 inches long and weighs 1.7 pounds, and lasts 30 minutes per charge. Finally, Air Umbrella-C also lasts 30 minutes, but is scalable between 20 and 32 inches depending on your needs.
5. Why does the author mention a special driving experience in the first paragraph?
A. To introduce the topic of the passage. C. To share a feeling with the readers.
B. To explain the need for an umbrella. D. To prove a theory to the readers.
6. The Air Umbrella fails to work when ______.
A. there is little rain
B. there is no wind C. it rains heavily D. the wind is strong
7. How does the author present concerns about the Air Umbrella?
A. By giving figures. B. By giving examples. C. By making experiments.
D. By making comparisons.
8. The underlined word ―ire‖ in the 4th paragraph probably means ______.
A. attention
B. doubt C. curiosity
D. anger
C
A company has just launched what it calls ―the world’s first free standardized English test‖ recently. Anyone can take the test for free. The new exam is called the EFSET, which is short for Education First Standardized English Test. The company, Education First, is known by the letters EF.
It is estimated that there are two billion English language learners worldwide. Many of them are interested in attending an American college or university. To do so, foreign students need to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language — better known as TOEFL. However, many foreigners are not wealthy enough to take the TOEFL. In addition, test-takers often have to travel overnight to reach an official testing site. The World Bank says an average Cambodian worker earns only about $1,000 per year. Approximately the cost of taking the TOEFL is 17.5 percent of the average worker’s yearly wage.
It is not just individuals who find the test pricey. Some governments also find it prohibitive.
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What’s more, not everyone needs official results from the TOEFL or IELTS — the International English Language Testing System. In the future, it’s likely that the government may use the EFSET to test millions of employees and students.
Experts believe that the EFSET meets the highest value in language testing. It uses special computer software that makes the questions easier or harder, depending on one’s performance. The EFSET measures all the English learners’ levels while the IELTS and TOEFL only measure learners’ levels from moderate (中等的) to advanced. The EFSET is unique in the sense that it gives free online access to anyone interested in measuring their English level.
There is a 50-minute and a two-hour version of the test, which its developers are calling the EFSET Plus. Both versions test only reading and listening skills. It’s hopeful that speaking and writing skills will be tested in the future. The IELTS and the TOEFL still use humans to rate the speaking and writing sections. It’s a huge deal for students who are in areas where they can’t get to the TOEFL or the IELTS. However, it is too early to know whether the EFSET results are acceptable for colleges and universities in America. 9. Why do many foreign students take the TOEFL?
A. To learn English well. B. To be admitted to key universities. C. To receive further education in America. D. To find good jobs and earn much money.
10. What can we infer from Paragraph 2?
A. Only wealthy people can take the TOEFL. B. The cost of taking the TOEFL is very high.
C. There are many official testing sites for the TOEFL around the world. D. Few of the students in Cambodia can afford to take the TOEFL.
11. What can we learn about the EFSET?
A. It is similar to the TOEFL and the IELTS.
B. Everybody with different English levels can take it for free. C. It tests the skills of reading, listening, writing and speaking. D. American universities accept the EFSET results for admission.
12. What’s the best title for the passage?
A. How to get ready for the EFSET
B. Different ways to test English learners in the world C. The new software developed by Education First
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D. The free EFSET— an online test for English learners
D
Is beauty something always positive? Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisors give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants. But in the executive（主管的） circle, beauty can become a disadvantage.
While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder, it is harmful to a woman. Handsome male executives were considered having more honesty than plainer men; effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones; their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck.
All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Why are attractive women not thought to be able? An attractive woman has an advantage in traditionally female jobs, but an attractive woman in a traditionally manly position appears to lack the manly qualities required.
This is true even in politics, ―When the only clue is how he or she looks, people treat men and women differently, ‖ says Anne Bowman, who recently published a study on the effects of attractiveness on political candidates（候选人）. She asked 125 college students to rank two groups of photographs, one of men and one of women, in order of attractiveness. The students were told the photographs were of candidates for political offices. They were asked to rank them again, in the order they would vote for them.
The results showed that attractive males completely defeated unattractive men, but the women who had ranked most attractive unchangeably received the fewest votes.
13. In traditionally female jobs, attractiveness ________. A. makes women look more honest and capable
B. strengthens the manly qualities required D. is of no importance to women
C. often enables women to succeed quickly
14. Bowman’s experiment shows that when it comes to politics, attractiveness _____. A. turns out to be a disadvantage to men B. has as little effect on men as on women C. affects men and women alike
D. is more of a disadvantage than an advantage to women
15. According to the passage, people’s views on beauty are often _____.
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A. practical
B. one – sided C. old fashioned D. supportive
第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Having bad feeling about world? ―Cheer up.‖ says science writer Matt Ridley. ―The world has never been a better place to live in, and it will keep on getting better both for humans and for nature.‖ 16 1. 17
It is reported that there are more than ten billion different products for sale in London alone. Even allowing for the many people who still live in poverty, our own generation has access to more nutritious food, more convenient transport, bigger houses, and better cars. 18 This will continue as long as we use these things to make other things. The more we specialize and exchange, the better off we'll be. 2.Brilliant advances
One reason we are richer, healthier, taller, cleverer, longer lived and freer than ever before is that the four most basic human needs—food, clothing, fuel and shelter—have grown a lot cheaper. Take one example. In 1800 a candle providing one hour's light cost six hours' work. In the 1880s the same light from an oil lamp took 15 minutes' work to pay for. 19 Today it's half second. 3.Let's not kill ourselves for climate change
20 A child that dies from indoor smoke in a village, where the use of fossil-fuel (化石燃料) electricity is forbidden by well-meaning members of green political movements trying to save the world, is just as great a tragedy as a child that dies in a flood caused by climate change. If climate change proves to be mild, but cutting carbon causes real pain, we may well find that we have stopped a nose-bleed by putting a tourniquet (止血带) around our necks.
A. Ridley calls himself a rational optimist—rational, because he's carefully weighed the evidence. B. Overreaction to climate change could prove just as damaging to human welfare as climate
change itself.
C. Shopping fuels invention.
D. And, of course, we earn more pounds and dollars than any who lived before us. E. In 1950 it was eight seconds.
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F. It’s high time that we took immediate action to fight climate change. G. Here's how he explains his views.
第二部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30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。
In our modern world, when something wears out, we throw it away and buy a new one. The 21 is that countries around the world have growing mountains of 22 because people are throwing out more rubbish than ever before.
How did we 23 a throwaway society? First of all, it is now easier to 24 an object than to spend time and money to repair it. 25 modern manufacturing (制造业) and technology, companies are able to produce products quickly and inexpensively. Products are plentiful and 26 .
Another cause is our 27 of disposable (一次性的) products. As 28 people, we are always looking for 29 to save time and make our lives easier. Companies 30 thousands of different kinds of disposable products: paper plates, plastic cups, and cameras, to name a few.
Our appetite for new products also 31 to the problem. We are 32 buying new things. Advertisements persuade us that 33 is better and that we will be happier with the latest products. The result is that we 34 useful possessions to make room for new ones.
All around the world, we can see the 35 of this throwaway lifestyle. Mountains of rubbish just keep getting bigger. To 36 the amount of rubbish and to protect the 37 , more governments are requiring people to recycle materials. 38 , this is not enough to solve our problem. Maybe there is another way out. We need to repair our possessions 39 throwing them away. We also need to rethink our attitudes about 40 . Repairing our possessions and changing our spending habits may be the best way to reduce the amount of rubbish and take care of our environment.
21. A. problem B. reason 22. A. gifts 23. A. face 24. A. hide 25. A. As to
C. project
D. key D. products D. change D. replace D. Regardless of
B. debt C. rubbish
B. become B. control
C. observe C. withdraw C. Except for
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B. Thanks to
26. A. safe B. cheap
C. funny D. powerful
D. love D. sensitive D. friends
27. A. division B. lack C. prevention C. brave C. ways
28. A. busy B. kind 29. A. jobs
B. places
30. A. produce B. receive 31. A. adapts
C. donate D. preserve
D. returns
B. contributes C. responds
32. A. tired of B. worried about C. addicted to 33. A. larger
B. stronger
C. higher
D. ashamed for D. newer D. hold onto D. purposes D. decrease D. brands D. Meanwhile D. instead of D. advertising
34. A. pick up B. pay for C. throw away
35. A. advantages B. consequences C. functions 36. A. show
B. record
C. measure
37. A. environment B. technology 38. A. Therefore 39. A. by
B. Otherwise
C. consumers
C. However C. after
B. in favor of
40. A. spending B. collecting C. repairing
第II卷（共50分） 第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Once a farmer lost his watch in his barn, in which lots of grain was kept. The watch, 41 was a gift from his father, was very important to him and he was determined to find it.
After searching the barn for a long time, however, he gave up and asked for help from a group of children who were playing nearby. He promised to give a great reward to 42 found the watch.
43 (hear) this, the children hurried inside the barn immediately. 44 searched everywhere but still could not find the watch buried in the grain. The farmer was about to give up 45 a little boy went up to him and asked to be given 46 second chance.
The farmer looked at him and thought, ―Why not? After all, this kid looks honest.‖
So the farmer sent the little boy back into the barn. After a while the little boy came out 47 the watch in his hand! The farmer, 48 (surprise) but happy, asked the boy how he succeeded where the rest had failed.
The boy replied, ―I did nothing but 49 (sit) quietly and listen for the sound of the
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watch.‖
This shows us that sometimes a peaceful mind can think 50 (well) than an excited one. 第三部分：写作（共两节，满分35分）
第一节 短文改错（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。 增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在该漏字符号下写上该加的词。 删除：把多余的词用斜线（ \\ ）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该横线下写上修改后的词。
注意：1. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
Questioning can lead to search for an answer. If we are in the habit of raising doubts as to if what we are told is true, we can find the correct answer and learn more.
Two years before, our teacher, Mr. Li offered us an answer to a difficult math problem in class. Because the answer seemed a little strange, nobody but I doubted it. Thought that his solution might be wrong, I carefully analyzed the problem and try to work it out in a different way. Half an hour later, I managed to find the correct answer. When I showed my answer to her, the teacher praised me for my dependent thinking.
From this experience I have been learnt that questioning can serve as a bridge helps us to seek the truth.
第二节：书面表达（满分25分）
假设你是李华，今年将要参加高考。你想在大学里学习外语专业，但是你的老师和父母都对你的选择提出了异议，对此你很苦恼。请你根据下表提示，用英语给你的英国笔友David发一封邮件，谈谈关于你的专业选择问题，并寻求帮助。
建议 父母的建议 老师的建议 你的想法 注意：
1. 词数100左右； 2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯；
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专业 金融 理由 将来从商，为在商界工作做准备 法律 外语 就业前景好 充分发挥自己的语言天赋 3. 信的开头和结尾已给出，但不计入总词数。 Dear David,
I am at a loss nowadays.
I’m looking forward to your early reply. Yours,
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Li Hua 高三月考英语试题答案
一 阅读 1-4 CBDA 5-8ADBD 9-12CBBD 13-15 CDB 16-20 GCDEB
二 完型 21-40 ACBDB BDACA BCDCB DACDA
三 语法填空 41.which 42.whoever 43.Hearing 44.They 45 when 46 a 47 with 48 surprised 49. sit 50 better
四 改错
search—searching if—whether before---ago Because—Though/Although
Thought__-Thinking try—tried her__him dependent----independent
been去掉 help前加 that/which
五 书面表达 Dear David,
I am at a loss nowadays. My teacher and my parents have different opinions about choosing my major in college. My parents think I should major in finance because they feel that it will prepare me for a career in the world of business. However, my teacher says I should choose law as my major, who thinks that our society is in great need of skilled workers and experts in law and I will find a good job after graduation. Despite their opinions, I want to learn a foreign language because language is what I am interested in and good at. I know it would be a pity if I didn’t make full use of my talent for language.
What should I do? Can you give me some useful advice? I am looking forward to your reply.
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Yours, Li Hua
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