福建四地六校高三上第三次月考英语试卷

About _____ of the population of that country _____ on farms.

In their spare time, they will discuss the _____ to the study of English.

The traditional goal of science is to discover how things are, not how they ought _____.

--- Is Tom still smoking?
--- No. By next Saturday he _____ for a whole month without smoking

One summer night in 1990, a reporter appeared at the door of Thomas Edison’s laboratory, _____ for an interview.

Only after the teacher explained it to me a second time _____ the question.

--- Jennifer is having a hard time getting accustomed to new surroundings in Australia.
--- I know. But I’m sure she will _____ in no time.

It was in the very house _____ was built with stones _____ he spent his childhood.

--- Helen is a mere washer woman, yet she’s now buying a big house.
--- Yes. Because she’s always saved _____.

I was ill that day, otherwise I _____ the sports meet.

If the media can’t learn to respect and appreciate others’ cultures, there will exist _____ misunderstanding and harmony can’t be achieved.

Reforms to the National college Entrance Examination, form 2016, _____ in major cities in China, including Beijing.

_____, I have never seen anyone who’s as capable as John.

The boy _____ by the window is the only one of the students who _____ from the countryside in our school.

--- I’ll teach him again because he hurt me much.
--- _____. Forgiving others is better than blaming.

完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
Americans prefer to try every way to have fun, for example, they drive their own cars, some even tow a small boat after vehicle. They start from Los Angeles, California under sun,         through four or five hundred miles to go to La Fulin, Colorado to spend weekends while Chinese people are still       with work, and have dinner at home together with families in weekends or         time watching TV.
The difference is mainly due to cultural customs and traditions         the two countries. It is said that Chinese people are living for others, while Americans are for      . When Chinese people come to the United States, they fight for        first, and then desperately make money after they are recognized by others. It seems that, the purpose to earn money is not to enjoy life,      for their following generations sons and daughters and even grandchildren. Chinese people prefer to save money         emergency, such as illness. Although Chinese people with         in the United States don’t need to worry about their own social welfare and health insurance, they work still very hard, as they hope that they can         more money.
Chinese people’s interest is in the amount on the passbook（存折）, so they spend         money usually. Most of Chinese are very thrifty（节约的）, and they are         to spend money, but there are exceptions. They are willing to spend money on their        . Many Chinese people think that, they endure（容忍） many        , so they wish that their children could live much better. Therefore, in the United States elementary schools, you can see that those who       the best, with more pocket money are Chinese students. In contrast, American children dress very simply, with just a little pocket money.
       Chinese, Americans believe in living for themselves. They do everything for their own.      , they earn money to enjoy a      life, and pursue a higher quality of life. As for their own parents or children, they think that parents have their own pension and social welfare, and children should live a(n)       life when they are 18’ years old. So they could boldly spend money on themselves.      , Americans save little money. In the street, it is easy for Chinese to take out 300-400 dollars, but it is hard to say for Americans.

A．running B．driving C．going D．walking

A．boring B．pleasant C．busy D．angry

A．spend B．take C．cost D．pay

A．through B．for C．among D．between

A．themselves B．theirs C．them D．others

A．survival B．remainder C．existence D．material

A．or B．nor C．but D．and

A．in possession of B．on account of C．in spite of D．in case of

A．identity B．force C．fame D．power

A．borrow B．give C．use D．save

A．large B．few C．much D．little

A．easy B．reluctant C．willing D．happy

A．children B．relatives C．parents D．friends

A．hardships B．problems C．difficulties D．sufferings

A．match B．decorate C．dress D．wear

A．Different from B．Interested in C．Similar to D．Thanks to

A．Otherwise B．However C．Therefore D．Since

A．better B．well C．good D．rich

A．single B．independent C．different D．comfortable

A．In that case B．As a whole C．In this way D．As a result

Paul Salopek is an old-fashioned explorer, setting out on foot to circle the world. He is also a modern-day explorer. On top of a few clothes, a small first-aid kit and notebooks, he is carrying a recorder, a video camera, a small computer and a satellite phone—a telephone that connects to a satellite and can be used in many places where cell-phones don’t work.
The journey is long 21,000 miles! It will take seven years to complete it.
Salopek was born in California and spent his childhood in Mexico. He says he has always liked to travel and doesn’t like to rush. At the age of fourteen, he climbed Moun. Whitney in California and crossed the state’s Sierra Nevada Mountains alone. When he was fifteen years, he walked the length of Death Valley. He once rode a mule 2,000 miles through mountains in Mexico.
A longtime reporter, Salopek has reported from Africa, Asia and Mexico. Now 51 years old, he plans to keep writing. As he travels around the world, he is writing stories about the people he meets and the way they live. He looks for how people find local solutions to big problems such as lack of food and water. He also records the sounds he hears and takes photos of the sky and the Earth’s surface.
The long walk started in the Rife Valley in Ethiopia in East Africa. Many consider East Africa to be home to the first humans, who lived 160,000 years ago.
Salopek is retracing the paths our ancestors took as they left Africa and settled in parts of the Middle East, Europe, Asia and the Americas. As Salopek is walking, he is learning more about himself and all of humankind.
The underlined phrase “on top of” in the first paragraph can be replaced by ____.

The author develops the third paragraph mainly by ____.

According to the passage, Paul Salopek is a ____.

What’s the best title for the passage?

Education is another area where the presence of arts and crafts is more than welcome. If children realize the importance of art and creativity from a young age, they can grow up to be more confident, more creative, and definitely more mature. Schools are the breeding（孕育）grounds for future painters and movie makers, and these arts should be encouraged wholesomely in such an environment.
Sadly, many parents do not understand why art is important for children, and subconsciously（潜意识地）force them to follow career paths that are common and conformist（墨守成规的）in nature. This is fair enough in its own way, because the world does need some standard blue collar and white collar jobs to continue its existence; but this is a choice that children should be allowed to make for themselves. The doors to creativity and expression must not be shut in their faces, even if it comes at a cost of making more money.
To put it more scientifically, here are some benefits of kids’ art activities that give a suitable answer to the question “Why is art important in schools?”
1.Exposure to art, music and drawings at an early age improves the amount of brain activity in children.
2.It increases the span of knowledge in the minds of children, thus making them sharper and more educated.
3.It builds up the levels of self-confidence, self-esteem（自尊）, motivation, cooperation and communication in children.
4.It helps children understand other people’s opinions and points of view as well.
5.It helps them sharpen their problem-solving skills, decision-making and gives them the possibility of really exploring their imaginations.
According to the passage, it is generally accepted that ____.

The writer holds the view that ____.

What can be inferred from the passage?

What would be the best title for the passage?

I can’t think of a better way of appreciating a new culture than by taking part in one of its festivals. Some festivals are celebrated by an entire country, while others many be unique to a single city. Festivals play an important role in a certain culture. Just enjoy them!
Batalla del Vino—Haro, Spain
For many years, June 29th is a good day to visit Haro, Spain. Bring a bottle of wine and prepare to be washed in red wine in the heart of Spain’s grape-growing area. After a church ceremony, crowds flock（集结）to the hills for the battle, where white shirts will be made bright purple by the end of the morning.
Bay to Breakers—San Francisco, California
Created after the terrible 1906 earthquake as a way of encouraging people, the race has become one of the region’s most important events. Held every year on the third Sunday of May, the race runs through the city from the Bay to the Pacific Breakers. The real highlight, however, is the thousands of people dressed up in a show.
Pillow Fight Day—Worldwide
These events are organized mainly through the Internet. Tens of thousands of people participated in the 4th annual International Pillow Fight Day on April 2,2013. From London to Vancouver to many other cities, the festivals were held in more than 100 countries. So just bring a soft pillow in early April, and watch feathers flying.
Koninginnedag— The Netherlands
Although their Queen’s birthday is really during the winter, she celebrates it on April 30th — the country’s official “Queen’s Day” since 1949.
Orange is the national color, and the streets become a sea of shining wigs（假发）and body paints, as crowds gather in the squares and on boats in the canals. Amsterdam is the center of this outdoor party, but nearly every town is alive with orange on this day.
People celebrated Batalla del Vino by ____.

The underlined word “highlight” in the passage means ____.

Which of the festivals has the shortest history?

Which of the statements is NOT true?

“I say, I’m pleased to see you,” said the little man standing by the letter-box.
“Oh, hello,” I said, remembering he was a new neighbor. “Simpson, isn’t it?”
“Yes, that’s right.” He seemed quite pleased by my ready recognition.
“I wonder if you could lend me some money,” he continued. “My wife gave me a letter to post, and I’ve just noticed it isn’t stamped.”
“yes, they never are,” I said, sympathetically（同情地）.
“It must go tonight—it really must! I’d get stamps out of the machine,” explained Simpson,” Only I find I have no small change about me.”
“I’m sorry, but I’m afraid I haven’t either,” I said.
“Oh, dear, dear,” he said.
“Yes, well,” I said, intending to move off. But he looked so unhappy standing there with the blue unstamped envelope that I really hadn’t the heart to desert him.
So I took him to my house and found some pennies and gave them to him, who, in the most business like way, made a note of the loan in his pocket-book, and left. But soon he turned up again.
“I’m sorry I am a stranger round here and —well, I’m rather lost…”
It took me several minutes to explain to him where the post office was. In the end I felt as lost as Simpson and had to accompany him to the post office, but, only to find the automatic stamp-machine was empty!
“Oh!” Simpson was so desperate that he dropped the letter on the ground and when he picked it up there was a large black spot on its face.
“Dear me,” he said, “My wife told me to post it tonight. I’d better post it, if you know what I mean.”
I did know. Or, at least, I knew Mrs Simpson.
Then I got a good idea, “Post the letter unstamped—let the other man pay double postage on it in the morning. ” And he had to agree.
Finishing off our job, I took him home.
“I’m so grateful to you, really,” he said when we reached his home. “That letter—it’s only an invitation to dinner to Mr… Dear me!”
“Why, what’s the matter?”
“Nothing. Just something I’ve remembered.”
“What?”
But he didn’t tell me. He just opened his eyes and his mouth at me like a wounded gold- fish, murmured（低声说话）a “Good-night”, and went inside.
All the way home I was wondering what it was that he had remembered.
But I stopped wondering the next morning, when I had to pay the postman double postage for a blue envelope with a large black spot on its face.
Simpson was very happy when the writer greeted him because ____.

In the writer’s view,  ____.

What did Simpson suddenly remember when they got his home?

How would the writer describe Simpson?

Eating at a slow speed may help reduce hunger, the U.S. researchers said on Monday. Previous research suggests that the ability to control energy intake may be affected by the speed at which we eat, and a high eating rate may damage the relationship between the sensory signals and processes that control how much we eat.
In order to learn more about the link between eating speed and energy intake, researchers examined how eating speed affects calories consumed during a meal in both normal-weight subjects as well as overweight or obese subjects.
In the new study, a group of normal-weight subjects and a group of overweight or obese subjects were asked to consume two meals in a controlled environment. All subjects ate one meal slowly, took small bites, chewed thoroughly, and paused and put the spoon down between bites, and are a second meal quickly, took large bites, chewed quickly, and did not pause and put the spoon down.
At the conclusion of the study, the researchers found only normal-weight subjects had a statistically significant reduction in caloric consumption by eating slowly. “A lack of statistical significance in the overweight and obese group may be partly due to the fact that they consumed less food during both eating conditions compared to the normal-weight subjects,” Professor Meena Shah said, “it is possible that the overweight and obese subjects felt more self-conscious, and thus ate less during the study.”
Despite the differences in caloric consumption between the normal-weight and overweight and obese subjects, the study found some similarities. Both groups felt less hungry later on after the slow meal than after the fast meal, which indicates that greater hunger suppression（抑制）among both groups could be expected from a meal consumed more slowly. Also, both the normal-weight and overweight or obese groups consumed more water during the slow meal. “The higher water intake during the slow eating condition may have affected food consumption,” said Shah. According to Shah, slowing the speed of eating may help suppress hunger levels and “may even improve the enjoyment of a meal”.
The findings were published in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.
What does the previous study have in common with the new one?

What should the subjects do during the research?

What caused the lack of statistically significant reduction in the overweight and obese group?

What is the passage mainly about?

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He was the president of a major advertising firm and I was a very young management consultant. I had been______（推荐）to him by one of his employees______ had seen my work and thought I had something to offer. I was nervous. At that stage in my ______（生涯）, it wasn’t very often that I got to talk to the president of a company. The appointment was at 1000 a.m., for one hour. I arrivede______.
At exactly 10, I was shown into a large and airy room, ______ furniture decorated in bright yellow.
He had his shirt sleeves r______ up and a mean look on his face. “You’ve only got 20 minutes,” he barked. I sat there, not s______ a word. “I said, you’ve only got 20 minutes.” A______, not a word.
“Your time’s ticking away. ______ aren’t you saying anything?”
“They’re my 20 minutes,” I replied. “I can do whatever I want with them.”
He burst into ______. We then spoke for an hour and a half. I got the job.

孩子的成长和教育是社会热议的话题。家长抚育孩子的不同态度对他们今后的成长起着至关重要的作用。请观察下面的漫画，根据要求用英文写一篇短文。
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