江苏省扬州中学2015届高三上学期质量检测（12月）试卷 英语 Word版含答案

　　江苏省扬州中学2014—2015学年第一学期

　　高 三英 语 试 卷

　　2014.12

　　本卷分为第Ⅰ卷（选择题）和第Ⅱ卷（非选择题），满分120分。考试时间120分钟。

　　第 I 卷（选择题,三部分,共75分）

　　第一部分 听力（共两节，每题1分，满分20分）

　　第一节(共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分)

　　听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。

　　1. What does the man want?

　　A. A tennis game.

　　B. An online game.

　　C. A shooting game.

　　2. What will the man do next?

　　A. Make dinner.

　　B. Wash the dishes.

　　C. Watch TV.

　　3. What does the man mean?

　　A. He prefers to keep the window closed.

　　B. He is too busy to open the window.

　　C. He agrees to open the window at once.

　　4. What is the time now?

　　A. About 5:30.

　　B. About 5:00.

　　C. About 4:30.

　　5. What does the man suggest doing?

　　A. Pressing the emergency button.

　　B. Calling the service centre.

　　C. Doing nothing for a short while.

　　第二节(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

　　    听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话读两遍。

　　听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。

　　6. What did the woman spend $10 on？

　　A. The taxi.

　　B. The hot dogs.

　　C. The popcorn and drinks.

　　7. Where did the speakers go just before they went home?

　　A. To the convenience store.

　　B. To the movies.

　　C. To the new hot dog place.

　　听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。

　　8. What relation is Ms Leska to the woman?

　　A. Her roommate.

　　B. Her cousin.

　　C. Her workmate.

　　9. Who will probably meet Kevin at the bus station?

　　A. Claudia.

　　B. Tara.

　　C. Albee.

　　10. What will the woman do at 3:00 p.m.?

　　A. Meet the man.

　　B. Look after Ms Leska.

　　C. Teach a class.

　　听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。

　　11. How did the man learn to play instruments?

　　A. He taught himself.

　　B. He learned it at school.

　　C. He learned it at pubs and clubs.

　　12. What instrument did the man play first?

　　A. The piano.

　　B. Keyboards.

　　C. The drum.

　　13. When did the man leave school?

　　A. In 1981.

　　B. In 1992.

　　C. In 1997.

　　听第9段材料，回答第14至17题。

　　14. What are the speakers mainly talking about?

　　A. An article.

　　B. A newspaper.

　　C. A minibus.

　　15. How did the girl fall down on the road?

　　A. She tripped over something.

　　B. She was knocked over by a car.

　　C. She slipped because of the wet road.

　　16. Who flew out in the accident?

　　A. A car driver.

　　B. A minibus driver.

　　C. A minibus passenger.

　　17. What can we learn from the conversation?

　　A. The accident took place on Tuesday.

　　B. A truck was involved in the accident.

　　C. The woman witnessed the accident.

　　听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。

　　18. When were the speaker and his friends caught in a storm?

　　A. The second night.

　　B. The fifth night.

　　C. The last night.

　　19. What was the weather like on the last day?

　　A. Rainy.

　　B. Cloudy.

　　C. Fine.

　　20. What do we know about the speaker?

　　A. He was persuaded into the trip.

　　B. He walked 100 miles in one week.

　　C. He was disappointed at the trip.

　　二．英语知识运用(共两节，满分35分)

　　第一节

　　单项填空 (共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分)

　　21. As long as my drive tester instructed me to pull into the parking lot, I was sure I ______.

　　A. passed

　　B. have passed

　　C. was passed

　　D. had passed

　　22. Last year alone, the temporary unemployment insurance lifted 2.5 million people out of poverty, and ________ the blow for many more.

　　A. corrected

　　B. cushioned

　　C. compensated

　　D. corresponded

　　23. While talking to you, your could-be employer is deciding whether your education, your experience, and other qualifications will pay him to employ you _____ your abilities must be

　　displayed in an orderly and reasonably connected manner.

　　A. while

　　B. when

　　C. and

　　D. but

　　24. —________, I can attach no definite meaning to this rather grand sentence.

　　—Why not turn to your teacher for help?

　　A. As hard I might try

　　B. Try hard as I might

　　C. As hard as I might try

　　D. Try as hard as I might

　　25. The true traveler sets out to make an independent, unhurried journey to the unknown, travelling ________ few people have set foot.

　　A. in which

　　B. what

　　C. when

　　D. where

　　26. The proportion of elderly people increases in Britain and medical advances make it possible to keep alive patients who ________ previously.

　　A. would die

　　B. had died C. should have died

　　D. would have died

　　27. —Did Jack take the doctor's advice that he _____ in bed for another three days?

　　—If only he_____．

　　A．lie; had

　　B．lies; does

　　C．lies; would

　　D．lie; did

　　28. The kitchen might have been workable had Nicola kept it tidy; ________ it was littered with pots and pans.

　　A. therefore

　　B. anyhow

　　C. instead

　　D. though

　　29. Time is pressing; it’s impossible for me to get there in an hour, ________ the possible delays.

　　A. accounting for

　　B. answering for

　　C. allowing for

　　D. heading for

　　30. Happiness is a butterfly, which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but ________, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.

　　A. that

　　B. which

　　C. one

　　D. whose

　　31. The deal, _______ next week, will allow Charney to make a great fortune in the stock market.

　　A. completed

　　B. being completed

　　C. to be completed

　　D. having been completed

　　32. — I’m sorry to tell you that you made a mistake in your test.

　　— How can that be? I did it _______ in class.

　　A. as told

　　B. as am told

　　C. as telling

　　D. as I told

　　33. By pretending to be ill, the candidate tried to run away from _______ issues, which always aroused too much debate.

　　A. confidential

　　B. controversial

　　C. contemporary

　　D. contradictory

　　34. —What’s up? What’s that terrible noise from our upstairs neighbor?

　　—The spoiled boy is yelling and screaming to ______, I guess.

　　A. mend his way

　　B. stop his way

　　C. push his way

　　D. get his way

　　35. --- The manager of the factory wants to improve production a great deal, but he doesn’t spend much on technology.

　　---I am afraid he won’t realize his dream. You know ________.

　　A. you can’t eat your cake and have it

　　B. empty vessels make the greatest sound

　　C. enough is as good as a feast

　　D. two heads are better than one

　　第二节：完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，共20分）

　　阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　Three packs of cigarettes were lying there on the pavement. I went down from

　　Shubentsov’s office doorstep, picked them up and pocketed them. Later, in a bar, when I opened the first pack, I found – to my

　　36

　　– the twenty cigarettes were there.

　　I’m still at the bar, telephone in one

　　37

　　and the cigarettes in the other. I’m dialing Shubentsov, who told me to call the moment I felt the urge to

　　38

　　. I feel it, feel it even

　　39

　　than I felt Shubentsov’s healing energy. That’s saying something, since Shubentsov is known around the world for

　　40

　　smokers of their nasty habit, using a

　　41

　　method. He sent his healing energy from his fingertips, he tells me – something he picked up from another man in Russia. “I help you for free,” he told me in his muddy accent. “Just call me

　　42

　　.”

　　I went to see Shubentsov. I think it’s time to

　　43

　　because I’m getting old, and I can’t keep doing this to myself. But here’s the real problem. I should quit, but like a lot of you

　　44

　　with the same habit, I really don’t want to.

　　Smoking has been very good to me. Cigarettes have never let me down, never abandoned me on

　　45

　　, desperate nights. Smoking

　　46

　　my head, helps me

　　47

　　. Smoking has started conversations, driven away annoying people. Smoking helps me celebrate victories, get over losses, comfort the comfortless. It also chases away the mosquitoes.

　　I will

　　48

　　. Soon, my body and my mind are demanding that , daily.

　　I claim to smoke for pleasure, but I realise that slowly I’m losing control of this close, special friend. I

　　49

　　that. I realise it’s not just a “habit”. I’m

　　50

　　.

　　So here I am, attempting to

　　51

　　again, at Shubentsov’s place. I’ve tried all the other quitting techniques

　　52

　　. Anytime the urge to smoke

　　53

　　, he said, just call him immediately and he’ll help. The funny thing is, I realise that I’m not phoning him to stop me from lighting up. I’m phoning him so I can. If I call, I’ll have done my part. Then I can smoke this cigarette. Besides, I know that at 9.30 on a Friday night, I’ll get the answering machine. I do. “The office is open from ten to four. Call me back then. This machine does not take messages.”

　　I put the phone down and I can honestly say I’m

　　54

　　. You see, it’s not Shubentsov’s fault or anyone else’s fault that I’m still

　　55

　　. It’s mine.

　　Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to smoke this cigarette. Whether I’ll really enjoy it, though, is another story.

　　36.A. sadness

　　B. disappointment

　　C. inspiration

　　D. delight

　　37. A. pack

　　B. hand

　　C. pocket

　　D. bar

　　38.A. smoke

　　B. talk

　　C. drink

　　D. dial

　　39.A. weaker

　　B. faster

　　C. stronger

　　D. harder

　　40.A. accusing

　　B. helping

　　C. developing

　　D. curing

　　41.A. popular

　　B. mysterious

　　C. frightening

　　D. dangerous

　　42.A. whenever

　　B. whatever

　　C. however

　　D. whichever

　　43. A. start

　　B. continue

　　C. stop

　　D. keep

　　44. A. struggling

　　B. beating

　　C. hitting

　　D. playing

　　45.A.lovely

　　B. friendly

　　C. lonely

　　D. daily

　　46.A. destroys

　　B. hurts

　　C. cuts

　　D. clears

　　47.A. breathe

　　B. smile

　　C. see

　　D. think

　　48.A. begin

　　B. quit

　　C. report

　　D. study

　　49.A. hate

　　B. love

　　C. ignore

　　D. miss

　　50.A. ill

　　B. excited

　　C. addicted

　　D. fascinated

　　51. A. give in

　　B. give up

　　C. give off

　　D. give away

　　52.A. available

　　B. alike

　　C. abnormal

　　D. additional

　　53.A.strikes

　　B. attacks

　　C. indicates

　　D. continues

　　54.A.disappointed

　　B. unhappy

　　C. satisfied

　　D. relieved

　　55.A.living

　　B. working

　　C. smoking

　　D. smiling

　　第三部分 阅读理解(共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)

　　请认真阅读下列短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

　　A

　　Seeing in Stereo

　　Have you wondered why you have two eyes and why they are set close together on the front of your face? The reasons are simple and important to the way you see the rest of your world．

　　Your eyes are like two small cameras. A camera catches an image of an object and records it on film．Similarly，when you look at something，each eye takes in what it sees and sends this image to the back of the eyeball．Because your eyes are set close together，they view the world from about the same height but from slightly different angles. Working as a team, the eyes send the images to your brain, which puts them together into a single, centered image.

　　Seeing in stereo means seeing with two eyes working together，which is called stereoscopic sight．This allows you to view the world in three dimensions，or 3-D．Seeing depth helps you to judge the distance between you and the objects you see and to adjust to the changing angle at which you see something as you move closer to or farther away from it．If images are coming from only one eye, however，only two of these dimensions-height and width-can be perceived．A world seen with one eye is thus two-dimensional，as in a photograph．

　　Now consider why your two eyes are on the front of your face．Think of other animals with this same arrangement．They are all animals that hunt，like lions and wolves．Their eyes face directly in front of them．This provides a field of sight about 180 degrees wide，which is called binocular sight．On the other hand，animals that are hunted have eyes on the sides of the head，which provides nearly 360-degree field of sight．In order to stay alive，they need to see things coming from the sides and from behind．However，without stereoscopic sight，they have difficulty determining how far a danger is．

　　With sight both stereoscopic and binocular，humans share with animal hunters the ability to

　　see from side to side and to accurately determine the distance．If you think it would be great to

　　have another type of sight，perhaps with hundreds of tiny eyes like many insects do，think again! Each tiny insect eye sees only a tiny part．Besides，what if you needed glasses? Be glad for the

　　eyesight that you have．

　　56. According to the passage，an eye is like a camera because both

　　A. can record images

　　B. can imagine objects

　　C. provide centered images

　　D. work at the same height

　　57. Stereoscopic sight is a result of having

　　A. a three-hundred-sixty-degree field of sight

　　B. hundreds of eyes，all seeing parts of an image

　　C. two eyes close to one another that work together

　　D. one eye on either side of the head，each seeing a different image

　　58．The author implies that “seeing in stereo”

　　A．is similar to the way cameras work

　　B．is an ability humans are fortunate to have

　　C．would be better for a wider field of sight

　　D．helps people to have better sight than animals

　　B

　　Computer games have been criticised for quite some time over a whole range of issues. Some people say they are overly violent and encourage violent behaviour particularly in children. Others say that they make children unsociable and are bad for their eyes. Some have even attributed falling standards of literacy and a lack of interest in reading on them. Now, however, it seems that computer games have also become a feminist issue.

　　Game manufacturers have, for some time, been looking to increase the number of female game players. The vast majority of computer games still sell to a mainly male market. Perhaps this is because the violent nature of many of the games appeals more to males or perhaps because many of the main characters in the games are male. Manufacturers' attempts to produce more female characters increase their share of the female gaming market which has met with serious criticism from many women's groups.

　　While heroines such as Lara Croft of the Tomb Raider game are seen as providing positive role models of strong women, many believe that the character's unrealistic Barbies

　　are subconsciously setting unattainable standards in the minds of young women. Perhaps a stronger criticism is that although many games now include female characters, their role is often secondary and they support the main, male, action characters within the games. Of course the nature of many of the games remains violent and destructive and this in itself could well continue to put off female gamers.

　　There are now, however, a number of web sites springing up on the World Wide Web to help women deal with this issue. Sites such as Game Girlz, Women Gamers and Game Gal offer game reviews, articles, discussion forums and even employment opportunities for women interested in becoming part of the rapidly expanding games industry. The games are reviewed by women from a very female perspective. Some rate the games from one to ten across a range of criteria which include the appearance of the female characters, the degree of intelligence attributed to them in the game and even the marketing attitude adopted by the company. The sites are obviously looking for games that move away from the very male dominated and violent nature of the majority of computer games. Many of them review games that are more constructive and developmental. Although the common fantasy themes of knights, witches and goblins（妖精） still exist within these games, the aims are often very different. Instead of destroying opposing armies，the aim of the game can be to make peace with them.

　　With this increased degree of awareness and involvement from women in the games industry many positive changes could be made that could encourage more women and young girls to become enthusiastic about technology. Perhaps we may even find more male gamers moving away from the traditional violent and destructive games towards the more positive values promoted by these more feminine role models, after all Tomb Raider is still one of the most popular computer games on the market, but perhaps that's too much to ask.

　　59. What is paragraph 1 mainly about ?

　　A. The violence in computer games.

　　B. Common criticisms of computer games.

　　C. Children’s feeling in computer games.

　　D. The computer issues.

　　60. Manufacturers want to produce more female characters in order to _______.

　　A. increase sales in the male market

　　B. help women learn how to play computer games

　　C. encourage more women to buy computer games

　　D. increase the number of male game players

　　61. From the passage we know that Tomb Raider is _______.

　　A. a film which provides positive role models of strong women

　　B. a site which helps women to deal with many issues

　　C. a female role which is secondary in many games

　　D. a computer game which is very popular on the market

　　62.Which would be the best title for the passage ?

　　A. Girls’ Games

　　B. Computer Games

　　C. Children’s Games

　　D. Games Industry

　　C

　　Hungry For a Win

　　A victor is, by definition, someone who wins a struggle or contest. However, that doesn’t mean he or she will live a proud and happy life ever after, as Katniss Everdeen is about to discover in The Hunger Games: Catching Fire.

　　Catching Fire, out in Chinese theaters on Nov 21, is set in a futuristic society called Panem. Every year its government holds a televised fight to the death. Two teenagers from each of the 12 districts of Panem are chosen to compete.

　　In the new film, last year’s victors Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) and her partner Peeta are back home after winning the 74th Hunger Games. Katniss just wants to live a normal life. However, that never seems to happen. She has nightmares, which remind her that she is a killer.

　　Her worst nightmare comes true when the annual Hunger Games arrive again. The teenager finds herself back in the competition along with Peeta. Since Katniss brings hope to Panem through her courage, President Snow plans to use this year’s Games to kill off Katniss and Peeta and in turn dampen the fires of rebellion.

　　“This is the next step of Katniss’ heroism and the next part of her journey to finding out who she is really going to be,” Lawrence told Reuters.

　　Fast-paced and full of action, Catching Fire looks to outdo the success that the first film had in 2012. With a 97 percent rating on the movie review website Rotten Tomatoes, it is enjoying positive reviews. Critics have praised it for being faithful to the book written by American author Suzanne Collins. The Hollywood Reporter said that Catching Fire outshines the first movie a lot.

　　Jennifer Lawrence, who won a best actress Oscar this year for her 2012 movie Silver Linings Playbook, has helped Catching Fire find success, Forbes pointed out. The 23-year-old actress does well playing a young lady who hates what she was forced to do to stay alive yet is determined not to give up.

　　“Lawrence’s down-to-earth personality in real life won the hearts of the public. So given a wildly popular first film that blew everyone away, a rising fan base and a lead performer beloved by the mainstream press and viewers, the sequel(续集) was always going to be big,” Forbes noted.

　　63. The underlined word “dampen” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to “_______”.

　　A. hold

　　B. light

　　C. reduce

　　D. support

　　64. Which of the following is TRUE about the film’s story according to the article?

　　A. Every year 12 teenagers in total are chosen to join in the televised fight.

　　B. Despite having won the 74th Hunger Games, Katniss doesn’t feel much joy.

　　C. Katniss and Peeta are chosen once again to make the TV show more appealing.

　　D. Jennifer Lawrence won a best actress Oscar this year for the first Hunger Games movie.

　　65. What are some reasons why Catching Fire will probably be successful?

　　a. The previous film was successful.

　　b. It is true to the original book’s story.

　　c. Most of the reviews of the movie are positive.

　　d. It has many famous stars in addition to Jennifer Lawrence.

　　A. abc

　　B. abd

　　C. acd

　　D. bcd

　　66. After reading the passage, we can infer that _______.

　　A. President Snow thinks highly of Katniss and Peeta’s victory

　　B. Katniss decides to fight in the 75th Hunger Games because she loves it

　　C. Critics hold a negative attitude to the first movie of Hunger Games

　　D. The personality of the leading actress contributes to the success of Catching Fire

　　D

　　The statistics I’ve cited and the living examples are all too familiar to you. But what may not be so familiar will be the increasing number of women who are looking actively for advancement of for a new job in your offices. This woman may be equipped with professional skills and perhaps valuable experience. She will not be content to be Executive Assistant to Mr. Seldom Seen of the Assistant Vice President’s Girl Friday, who is the only one who comes in on Saturday.

　　　 She is the symbol of what I call the Second Wave of Feminism. She is the modern woman who is determined to be.

　　　 Her forerunner was the radical feminist who interpreted her trapped position as a female as oppression by the master class of men. Men, she believed, had created a domestic, servile role for women in order that men could have the career and the opportunity to participate in making the great decisions of society. Thus the radical feminist held that women through history had been oppressed and dehumanized, mainly because man chose to exploit his wife and the mother of his children. Sometimes it was deliberate exploitation and sometimes it was the innocence of never looking beneath the pretensions of life.

　　　 The radical feminists found strength in banding together. Coming to recognize each other for the first time, they could explore their own identities, realize their own power, and view the male and his system as the common enemy. The first phases of feminism in the last five years often took on this militant, class-warfare tone. Betty Friedan, Gloria Steinem, Germaine Greer, and many others hammered home their ideas with a persistence that aroused and intrigued many of the brightest and most able women in the country. Consciousness-raising groups allowed women to explore both their identities and their dreams—and the two were often found in direct conflict.

　　　 What is the stereotyped role of American women? Marriage. A son. Two daughters. Breakfast. Ironing. Lunch. Bowling, maybe a garden club of for the very daring, non-credit courses in ceramics. Perhaps an occasional cocktail party. Dinner. Football or baseball on TV. Each day the same. Never any growth in expectations—unless it is growth because the husband has succeeded. The inevitable question: “Is that all there is to life?”

　　The rapid growth of many feminist organizations attests to the fact that these radical feminists had touched some vital nerves. The magazine “Ms.” was born in the year of the death of the magazine “Life.” But too often the consciousness-raising sessions became ends in themselves. Too often sexism reversed itself and man-hating was encouraged. Many had been with the male chauvinist.

　　It is not difficult, therefore, to detect a trend toward moderation. Consciousness-raising increasingly is regarded as a means to independence and fulfillment, rather than a ceremony of fulfillment itself. Genuine independence can be realized through competence, through finding a career, through the use of education. Remember that for many decades the education of women was not supposed to be useful.

　　67. What was the main idea of this passage?

　　A. The Second Wave of Feminist.

　　B. Women’s Independent Spirits.

　　C. The Unity of Women.

　　D. The Action of Union.

　　68. What was the author’s attitude toward the radical?

　　　A. He supported it wholeheartedly.

　　B. He opposed it strongly.

　　　C. He disapproved to some extent.

　　D. He ignored it completely.

　　69. What does the word “militant” mean?

　　　A. Aggressive.

　　B. Ambitions.

　　C. Progressive.

　　D. Independent.

　　70. What was the radical feminist’s view point about the male?

　　　A. Women were exploited by the male.

　　B. Women were independent of the male.

　　　C. Women’s lives were deprived by the male.D. The male were their common enemy.

　　(两部分 共35分)

　　第四部分 任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

　　请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

　　注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

　　The back-to-school season is upon us, and once again, parents across the country have loaded their kids’ backpacks up with snack packs and school supplies. It’s a good moment to reflect on what else we should be giving our kids as they head off to school.

　　American parents are feeling particularly anxious about that question this year. The educational process feels more than ever like a race, one that starts in pre-school and doesn’t end until your child is admitted to the perfect college. Most parents are more worried than they need to be about their children’s grades, test scores and IQ. And what we don’t think about enough is how to help our children build their character—how to help them develop skills like perseverance, optimism, responsibility, and self-control, which together do more to determine success than S.A.T. scores or I.Q.

　　There is growing evidence that our anxiety about our children’s school performance may actually be holding them back from learning some of these valuable skills. If you’re concerned only with a child’s G.P.A., then you will likely choose to minimize the challenges the child faces in school. With real challenge comes the risk of real failure. And in a competitive academic environment, the idea of failure can be very scary, to students and parents alike.

　　But experiencing failure is a critical part of building character. Recent research by a team of psychologists found that adults who had experienced little or no failure growing up were actually less happy and confident than those who had experienced a few significant setbacks in childhood. “Overcoming those obstacles,” the researchers assumed, “could teach effective coping skills, help engage social support networks, create a sense of mastery over past adversity, and foster beliefs in the ability to cope successfully in the future.”

　　By contrast, when we protect our children from every possible failure—when we call their teachers to get an extension on a paper; when we urge them to choose only those subjects they’re good at—we are denying them those same character-building experiences. As the psychologists Madeline Levine and Dan Kindlon have written, that can lead to difficulties in adolescence and young adulthood, when overprotected young people finally confront real problems on their own and don’t know how to overcome them.

　　In the classroom and outside of it, American parents need to encourage children to take chances, to challenge themselves, to risk failure. In the meantime, giving our kids room to fail may be one of the best ways we can help them succeed.

　　Back to School: Why Perseverance Is More Important than Good Grades?

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　　their kids’ backpacks up with snacks and school supplies.

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　　Parents should pay more attention to their kids’ character building.

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　　them from learning some valuable skills.

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　　to minimize the challenges the child faces.

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　　and more confident than those who haven’t.

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　　第六部分 书面表达 （共2分）

　　阅读下面材料，然后按要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。

　　James Benderin his book How to Talk Well tells the story of a farmer who grew award-winning corn. Each year he won a blue ribbon. One year a newspaper reporter interviewed him and learned something interesting about how he grew it.

　　The reporter discovered that the farmer shared his seed corn with his neighbors. “How can you afford to share your best seed corn with your neighbors when they are entering corn in competition with yours each year?” The reporter asked. “Why,” said the farmer, “didn’t you know? The wind picks up pollen(花粉) from the ripening corn and carries it from field to field. If my neighbors grow bad corn, cross-pollination(异花受粉) will slowly reduce the quality of my corn. If I am to grow good corn, I must help my neighbors grow good corn. ”

　　He is very much aware of the connectedness of life. His corn cannot improve unless his neighbors’ corn also improves. The lesson for each of us is this: If we are to grow good corn, we must help our neighbors grow good corn.

　　【写作要求】30个词概括短文的要点；

　　3. 发表你的看法，谈谈你的认识。

　　【】1、作文中可以使用实例来支持你的论点，也可以参照阅读材料的内容论述，但不得直接引用原文中的句子；

　　2、作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。

　　【评分标准】概括准确，语言规范，内容合适，篇章连贯。高三英语答题纸

　　四．任务型阅读 (共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分)

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　　高三英语质量检测参考答案

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　　1-5 BBAAC

　　6-10 BACBC

　　11-15 ACBAC

　　16-20 CABCA

　　21—25 DBCBD

　　26—30 DDACC

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　　71. load

　　72. attach

　　73. view/opinion

　　74. research

　　75. discourage/prevent/stop/keep

　　76. tendency

　　77. happier

　　78. result

　　79. Encourage

　　80. failure(s)

　　A farmer always won a blue ribbon in the state fair every year. His secret is that he helped his neighbor grow good corn to grow his own corn better.

　　So is our life. People in the world cannot live by his or her self, not depending on others. Those who choose to live well should also help the poor to live well, for the value of a life is not measured by the wealth one gains but by what the life brings to others. In fact, we're all members of a big family. As a Chinese saying goes, “One for all and all for one.” Donating blood to others benefits the donator. Picking up rubbish in your neighborhood creates a tidy environment for all the residents.

　　Therefore, we should help each other and get along with each other to improve our lives. Only in this way can we get our dreams of living a harmonious life realized.