2013届甘肃省高三第二次月考英语试卷（解析版）

语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

1.radiation

2.style      A. ugly       B. yellow     C identify  D. yesterday

3.worth

4.example

5.discourage

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He is made ______  monitor of our class．

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Come and see me whenever _____.

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The news _____ the football team won the game made us happy.

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—Would you like to come up to my apartment for dinner tonight?

—_____, but I’m too busy.

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This ________ girl is Linda’s cousin.

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________caused the accident is still a complete mystery.

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Nobody wants to___________ especially in public.

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_______ it rain tomorrow, we would stay at home.

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Although this medicine can cure you________your illness, it has a bad effect____you.

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Unless ___ to speak, you should remain silent at the conference.

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Not until I began to work ______ how much time I had wasted.　

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She thought I was praising her son, _____ as a matter of fact, I was scolding him for his bad behavior at school.

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Mr Smith, _____ of the _____ speech, started to read a novel.

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There is no need ______ because Mr. Smith is still sleeping.

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Long ago, man used to ______ with his hands but now man is used to ______ with machines, and sometimes a robot is used to ___ instead of people.

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One day, when I was in high school, I saw a kid named Kyle from my class walking home from school with all his books, I thought to myself, “__21___ would anyone bring home all his books for the weekend? He must really be ________22___.”As I was walking, I saw several kids running toward him. They ran at him,23all his books out of his arms and he fell down in the dirt, His glasses went 24and landed in the grass.

My 25went out to him. So, I ran over to him. 26I handed him his glasses, he looked at me and said, “Hey, thanks!”

I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived. As it 27, he lived near me. We talked all the way home. Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.

Kyle was the 28student of our class, one of those guys that really found themselves during high school. Therefore he had the 29  to prepare a 30 speech. On the graduation day, I could see that he was 31. So, I patted him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be 32!” He looked at me and smiled.

He cleared his throat, and began. “Graduation is a time to 33those who helped you make it through those34years. Your parents, your teachers… but mostly your friends, I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best 35you can give him.”

I just looked at my friend with 36as he told the story of the first day we met. He had planned to 37 himself over the weekend and was carrying his books home. “Thankfully, nothing happened. My friend 38  me from doing the unspeakable.”

Not until that moment did I realize that you should never underestimate(低估) the39 of your actions. With one small gesture you can 40 a person’s life. For better or for worse.

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Nearly everyone is shy in some ways. If shyness is making you uncomfortable, it may be time for a few lessons in self-confidence. You can build your confidence by

following some suggestions from doctors and psychologists.

Make a decision not to hold back in conversations. What you have to say is just as important as what other people say. And don’t turn down party invitations just because of your shyness.

Prepare for yourself for being with others in groups. Make a list of the good qualities you have. Then make a list of ideas, experiences, and skills you would like to share with other people . I think about what you would like to say in advance. Then say it.

If you start feeling self-conscious in a group, take a deep breath and focus your attention on other people, Remember, you are not alone. Other people are concerned about the impression they are making, too.

No one ever gets over being shy completely, but most people do learn to live with their shyness. Even entertainers admit that they often feel shy. They work at fighting their shy feelings so that they can face the cameras and the public. Just making the effort to control shyness can have many rewards. But perhaps the best reason to fight shyness is to give other people a chance to know about you.

1.Where would this article probably appear?

2.The main purpose of the article is to _____.

3. Which of these can you conclude from reading the article?

4.Who probably gives the suggestion for fighting shyness?

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To what degree can a computer achieve intelligence？The answer to this question may lie in a newly-developed US computer program called Smarter Child and the Internet.

If you ran into Smarter Child online, you would be surprised at this kid’s huge memory. It can recite many facts. For example, Smarter Child knows every baseball player in every team this season.

He knows every word in the dictionary and the weather in every major city areas across the US. However, if you ask Smarter Child other questions, you get strange answers. A question about Smarter Child’s age returns, “One year, 11 days, 16 hours, 7 minutes, and 47 seconds!” Asking where he lives gets, “In a clean room in a high-tech building in California.”

Smarter Child uses the vast information on the World Wide Web as his memory bank. To answer questions about spelling, for instance, Smarter Child goes to American Heritage Dictionary online. For the weather, he visits www.intellicast.com.

Some scientists believe that by joining the many systems of the Internet, an artificial(人工的) being with the combined knowledge of, say, Albert Einstein, Richard Nixon and Britney Spears could be born. However, if Smarter Child wants to think and learn on his own like the boy-computer David in the movie A. I. Artificial Intelligence, he must solve two problems.

The first is that computers find it difficult to read web pages because the files（文件） are sorted in different ways. That’s why programmers need to tell Smarter Child where to look for the weather. It would be a much more difficult task to let him find it himself.

Another problem is that while Smarter Child can process（处理）information more exactly and faster than any human, he lacks common sense—a basic grounding of knowledge that is obvious to any young child.

1.From the text we can infer that www.intellicast.com is a website          .

2.It is probably most difficult for Smarter Child to         .

3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?

A. Smart Child has his own memory bank big enough for all kinds of information.

B. A.I. Artificial Intelligence is probably the name of a film about a boy-computer.

C. Smart Child can recognize different files and find information needed on his own.

D. We have similar product now which has the knowledge of Einstein, Nixon and Spears.

4.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

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Nothing can destroy a vacation quicker than losing your money or credit cards. A few simple steps before you head out of the door can help protect your cash, card and personal information while you’re traveling.

Paul Stephens, a policy analyst San Diego, notes that people spend a lot of time planning their trips, from buying guidebooks to finding just the right beach outfits（装备）.“But their eyes glaze（呆滞） over when the subject of keeping money safe comes up,” he said.

“Why not take a few minutes to do something that could probably save your vacation?” Stephens asked．“In most cases, they can go on your to-do list with‘ buy travel bags’ and everything else,” he added.

The top recommendation is to clean your wallet. Remove unnecessary credit cards and any other unneeded documents that could compromise（危及...的安全）your identity(身份) if lost or stolen while you’re on vocation.

Then make a photocopy of the cards you’ve decided to take along and keep it in a secure location with you（not in your wallet）or leave it with a trusted relative or friend back home. Then you will know who you need to contact and how to reach it if your wallet is missing.

“Travelers should never leave their wallets or any identifying documents in their hotel room when they’re not there,” he said.” Choose a hotel with a safe to keep your valuable things in. Or keep your wallet and documents with you at all times. ”

1.According to passage, _______can destroy one’s vacation the most quickly.

2.What does the underlined word stand for?

3.What should people do with their wallet before they go on vacation?

4.What is the topic of the passage?

5.According to the passage, we know ______.

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While many modern forms of communication like phone calls, e-mail, and letters, are extremely convenient. In my opinion, nothing beats speaking to another person face to face.

The first and most obvious advantage that a face communication has over a letter and e-mail is that there is the ability to interactively(相互作用地)converse. If the sender of a letter or an email does not write clearly, then much time must be spent to clear up the misunderstanding. In a face-to-face conversation, misunderstandings are easily dealt with because of the interactive nature of it.

I would still argue that the face-to-face conversation is better because you can see the other person. Not all communication is verbal(口头的); the meaning of much of what we say depends on our body language and the tone of voice. Joking and irony are particularly difficult to express and enjoy without seeing the expression on someone’s face, or watching the movements of their body.

Finally, if the goal of communication is to maintain or deepen the relationship(关系)with someone, the face-to-face communication offers the choice of communication by touch even if we could communicate by the video. Trust and respect between business partners can be established with a firm handshake. No amount of body language can convey the excitement of a high five between friends, and no number of words can communicate the comforting embrace of a loved one. Touch is the first basic method of our human relationships, before spoken language, and it is only available when people communicate face to face.

1.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

2.Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?

3.Which of the following can communicate the feeling a loved one perfectly?

4.The author’s attitude towards forms of communication is      .

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Down-to-earth means being honest, open, and easy to deal with. It is a pleasure to find someone who is down-to-earth. A person who is down-to-earth is easy to talk to. He or she accepts others as equals. A down-to-earth person may be an important member of society, of course, but they do not let their importance go to their heads, and they do not consider themselves to be better than others who are less important. Someone who is filled with self-importance and pride, often without cause, is said to have his nose in the air. There is no way a person with his nose in the air can be down-to-earth.

Americans use another expression that is similar in some way to down-to-earth. The expression is both feet on the ground. Someone with both feet on the ground is a person with a good understanding of reality. He has what is called common sense. He may have dreams but he does not allow them to block his knowledge of what is real. The opposite kind of person is one who has his head in the clouds. A man with his head in the clouds is a dreamer whose mind is not in the world. Sometimes such a dreamer can be brought back to reality; sharp words from the teacher, for example, can usually get a daydreaming student to put both feet back on the ground.

The person who is down-to-earth usually has both feet on the ground. But the opposite is not always true. Someone with both feet on the ground may not be as open and easy to deal with as someone who is down-to-earth. When we have both our feet firmly on the ground, we are realistic and we act honestly and openly toward others, and our lives are like the ground below us, solid and strong.

1.If a person has his nose in the air, he ____.

2.If a person has both feet on the ground, he ____.

3.The underlined sentence “But the opposite is not always true.” most probably means that ______.

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根据对话内容，从对话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。

------Oh, I have moving from one place to another.

------And so do I.

------ _________61______

------It’s in the next village.

------_________62______

------Yes, you need to take a bus. It goes every hour.

------I’ll go there now. _________63______

------Thanks. _________64______

------How many do you want?

------Two dozens. _________65______

------Ok, see you later.

------See you later.

E. Would you carry the box for me?

F. Do you want anything?

G. Where’s the nearest supermarket?

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单词拼写(共10题，每题1分，满分10分)

1.__________(祝贺)! You have passed the exam.

2.Hearing the news, she burst into __________(笑声).

3.People began to wonder how long the __________(灾难) would last.

4.I became more ________(没有希望的) about my future.

5.__________(判断) from his expression, he was satisfied with my work.

6.He has _________(奉献) most of his time and energy to finding a cure for the disease.

7.Of the 6 people injured in the crash, only two _________(幸存).

8.He offered guidance to poor black people on their __________(法律的) problems.

9.Some of the __________(营救) workers were trapped under the ruins.

10.My parents went out last night and I stayed at home _________(独自一人).

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短文改错（共10小题；每个1.5分，满分15分）

We are all busy talk about and using the Internet           76. ________

which set up in the 1960s. At first, the Internet was         77. ________

only used by the government, but in early 1970s,           78. ________

the universities, hospitals and banks were allowed to         79. ________

use it, too. Otherwise, computers were still very expensive     80. ________

and the Internet was difficult to use it. By the               81. ________

start of the 1990s, computers become cheaper and easier.      82. ________

Today it is easily to get on-line and it is said                83. ________

that millions of people use the Internet every day.            84. ________

Send e-mail is more and more popular among students.       85. ________

It has now become one of the most important parts of people’s life.

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假定你校将举行一个成人仪式，你将作为代表在仪式上发言。请你按以下内容要点准备一篇英文发言稿。

1.过去对成年的向往；  2.现在的感受和认识；  3.将来的目标及措施。

参考词汇：（责任 responsibility）注意：1.词数100左右；2.可以适当增加细节，使行文连贯；3.发言稿的开头与结束语已为你写好（不计入总词数）

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