贵州省铜仁市高三英语诊断性考试试题.docx

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贵州省铜仁市高三英语诊断性考试试题

2014年3月铜仁市高三诊断性考试试卷

英语

本试题卷分第I卷（选择题）和第II卷（非选择题）两部分（总分120分；考试时间100分钟）。

第I卷1至7页，第II卷7至8页。

考试结束后，将本试题卷和答题卡一并交回。

第I卷

注意事项：

 1.答第I卷前,考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号、科目写在答题卡上。

2.每小题选出答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。

如需改动，用橡皮擦干净后，再选涂其它答案标号。

不能答在本试卷上，否则无效。

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

It’snoteasytofindapersonwiththequalitiesittakestobeahero.Ididn’treallyunderstandthemeaningoftheword“hero”untilmythirdyearinthecollege.

   Ifyousawher,youwouldn’tthinkshereallylooksthepart,butsheisstrongerthanSupermancouldeverbe.HernameisSandraKeierleber.Ifirstmetheratvolleyballtryouts（选拔赛）,butdidn’tnoticeanythingspecialatfirst.Astheweekpassed,however,sheshowedshehadmoreheartthananyone.Shestoodoutbecauseshenevergaveup,nomatterwhat.  

   Sandraisn’tthetallestorthefastest---infact,thiswasherfirsttimeplayingvolleyballanditshowed---butthatdidn’tstopher.Shewasalwaysthefirsttoarriveandthelasttoleave.Bytheendoftryoutsshehadfoundaplaceineveryone’sheart.Whenthenamelistfornewmemberswasputup,weallwaitednervouslyasshechecked.Whenshestoodatthedoorandsmiledhappily,allwecoulddowascheer.              

   AfterSandramadetheteam,sheworkedevenhardertoimprovehergame.Whensheaskedforhelp,wegladlytaughther.Shealsobecameourfan,attendingalmosteveryschoolgameandevenjoiningusinthecitygames.Wealllikeher,becausesheneverthinksaboutdoingthingstheeasyway,orlosesthatsmile.Becauseofhergreatefforts,shemakesherselfatruehero----andmyhero,too.    

1.WhatdidthewriterthinkofSandraatthebeginning?

  A.Common             B.Honest           C.Pretty         D.Strong

2.WhichofthefollowingistrueaboutSandra?

  A.Shewasbornavolleyballplayer            

B.Sheisn’tthetallestbutthefastest  

  C.Shedoesthingsinaneasyway             

D.Sheispopularwithherteammates  

3.Thewriterismostprobably_____________.    

  A.anewsreporter     B.acollegestudent   C.astoryteller   D.acollegeteacher   

4.WhydoesthewriterthinkofSandraKeierleberasatruehero?

  A.Shedidverywellatthetryouts.             

B.Shetookpartinthecitymatches 

  C.Sheworkedhardandnevergaveup          

D.Sheaskedforhelpfromherteammates. 

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　  B

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Time:

7:

30pm,daily

TheRedTheatre

44XingfuDajie,DongchengDistrict

Ticketprice:

RMB680（VIP）,380,280,200（30%discountforstudents）

Tel:

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Fax:

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Website:

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Widelyknownforitsimmaculateandspellbindingacrobaticperformances,ChaoyangTheatreisamust-godestinationfortouristswhovisitBeijing.

  Time:

5:

15--6:

15pm,7:

15--8:

30pm,daily

  Prices:

180,280,380,580,680,880 yuan

  Venue:

ChanyangTheatre,No.36,DongsanhuanBeilu,ChaoyangDistrict,Beijing

  Website:

 www.B

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  Openingsoon…

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  Numberofseats:

160people

  Rooms:

10people ﹡2

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  Tel:

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  Fax:

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5.Astudenthastopayatleast______ yuan toseethefilm“TheLegendofKungFu”.

  A.200              B.140           C.216           D.280

6.Whichisthoughtofasamust-godestinationforvisitorstoBeijing?

  A.TheRedTheatre                     

B.HolidayInnResortBeijingYanqing

  C.GangesIndianRestaurant              

D.ChaoyangTheatre

7.IfyouwouldliketoenjoysomeIndianfood,youcan______forinformation.

  A.visit www.ganges-restaurant.com     

B.fax67140497

C.call65060838                     

D.gotoNo.66GulongRoad,ZhangshanyingTown

8.Youcanusuallyfindsuchinformationinthe______sectionofanewspaper.

  A.newsreport       B.business        C.advertisement       D.sports

 C   

   IfEnglishmeansendlessnewwords,difficultgrammarandsometimesstrangepronunciation,youarewrong.Haven’tyounoticedthatyouhavebecomesmartersinceyoustartedtolearnalanguage?

AccordingtoanewstudybyaBritishuniversity,learningasecondlanguagecanleadtoanincreaseinyourbrainpower.Researchersfoundthatlearningotherlanguageschangesgreymatter.Thisistheareaofthebrainwhichprocessesinformation.Itissimilartothewaythatexercisebuildsmuscles. 

Thestudyalsofoundtheyoungerpeoplelearnasecondlanguage,thebettertheeffectis. 

AteamledbyDr.AndreaMichelle,fromUniversityCollegeLondon,tookagroupofBritonswhoonlyspokeEnglish.Theywerecomparedwithagroupof“early bilinguals”whohadlearntasecondlanguagebeforetheageoffive,aswellasanumberoflaterlearners.  

Scansshowedthatgreymatterdensity（密度）inthebrainwasgreaterinbilingualsthaninpeoplewithoutasecondlanguage.Butthelongerapersonwaitedbeforemasteringanewlanguage,thesmallerthedifferencewas. 

“Ourfindingssuggestthatthestructureofthebrainischangedbytheexperienceoflearningasecondlanguage,”saidthescientists.Itmeansthatthechangeitselfincreasestheabilitytolearn.

ProfessorDylanVaughanJonesoftheUniversityofWaleshasreachedthelinkbetweenbilingualismandmathsskills.“Havingtwolanguagesgivesyoutwowindowsontheworldandmakesthebrainmoreflexible,”hesaid.“Youareactuallygoingbeyondlanguageandhaveabetterunderstandingofdifferentideas.”       

ThefindingswerematchedinastudyofnativeItalianspeakerswhohadlearnedEnglishasasecondlanguagebetween2and34.Reading,writing,andcomprehensionwerealltested.Theresultsshowedthattheyoungertheystartedtolearn,thebetter.“Studyingalanguagemeansyougetanentrancetoanotherworld,”explainedthescientists.     

9.Themainsubjecttalkedaboutinthispassageis______.

   A.scienceonlearningasecondlanguage    

B.findingsthatlanguagelearningcanhelpbrainpower

 C.man’sabilityoflearningasecondlanguage

D.languagelearningandmathsstudy

10.Thelastsentenceofthesecondparagraphisintendedto______.  

 A.saylanguagelearningisalsoakindofphysicallabor         

  B.provethatoneneedsmorepracticewhenhe（she）islearningalanguage  

  C.showtheimportanceofusingitwhenyoulearnalanguage 

  D.makepeoplebelievelanguagelearninghelpsgreymatterworkwell          

11.Wemayknowfromthescientificfindingsthat______.  

  A.theearlieryoustarttolearnasecondlanguage,thehigherthegreymatterdensityis 

  B.thereisnodifferencebetweenalatersecondlanguagelearnerandonewhodoesn’tknowasecondlanguage  

  C.theexperienceoflearningasecondlanguagehasbadeffectonpeople’sbrain 

  D.theabilityoflearningasecondlanguageischangingallthetime  

12.Theunderlinedword“bilinguals”probablymeans_______.  

  A.researchersonlanguagelearning    

B.peoplewhoaregoodatlearningforeignlanguages 

  C.peoplewhocanspeaktwolanguages 

D.activelanguagelearners    

D

ThenumberofspeakersofEnglishinShakespeare’stimeisestimated（估计）tohavebeenaboutfivemillion.Todayitisestimatedthatsome260millionpeoplespeakitasanativelanguage,mainlyintheUnitedStates,Canada,GreatBritain,Ireland,SouthAfrica,AustraliaandNewZealand.InadditiontothestandardvarietiesofEnglishfoundintheseareas,thereareagreatmanyregionalandsocialvarietiesofthelanguageaswellasvariouslevelsofusagethatareemployedbothinitsspokenandwrittenforms.

Infact,itisimpossibletoestimatethenumberofpeopleintheworldwhohaveacquiredanadequate（足够的）workingknowledgeofEnglishinadditiontotheirownlanguages.ThepurposeforEnglishlearningandthesituationsinwhichsuchlearningtakesplacearesovariedthatitisdifficulttoexplainandstillmoredifficulttojudgewhatformsanadequateworkingknowledgeforeachsituation.

ThemainreasonforthewidespreaddemandforEnglishisitspresent-dayimportanceasaworldlanguage.Besidesservingtheindefiniteneedsofitsnativespeakers,Englishisalanguageinwhichsomeofimportantworksinscience,technology,andotherfieldsarebeingproduced,andnotalwaysbynativespeakers.Itiswidelyusedforsuchpurposesasmeteorological（气象的）andairportcommunications,internationalconferences,andthespreadofinformationovertheradioandtelevisionnetworksofmanynations.Itisalanguageofwidercommunicationforanumberofdevelopingcountries,especiallyformerBritishcolonies.Manyofthesecountrieshavemultilingualpopulationsandneedalanguageforinternalcommunicationinsuchmattersasgovernment,commerce,industry,lawand