[江西]2013届江西省赣州市十一县（市）高三上学期期中联考英语试卷

—The trip shouldn’t take more than an hour.
—_______.It is at least two hours.

Fruits are sold by ______ kilogram in the market, and it will be cheaper to purchase them in ______ quantity.

--How many people have died in the bomb explosion?
---They say they’ve had reports that more than a hundred people died but cannot ______ this.

In a sense, no country, big or small, should object to the trend of peace and development, ______ creating trouble to others.

People planning trips home used to believe that only through the railway’s telephone ticket hotline ______ get their tickets efficiently.

The London 2012 Olympic Games marks the third time that London ______ the right to host the modern Olympics.

Don’t ______ personal information such as your name, telephone number and address until you feel comfortable.

That’s all for the introduction to your arrangements these days. So now ______ there are any questions, I’d like to go ahead and start the first video.

He told me his computer company was in great need of a capable leader, ______ with strong will as well as good humor.

With everything she owned ______ in the fire, the woman had to turn to the local government for relief.

The research mainly deals with the difficulty the students have ______ their attention pm their study all the time.

---I’m thinking of losing weight these days.
----Oh, you ______ be out of mind. You’re 50 kilograms at the most!

______ we go to work every day is obvious, that is, for life.

Recently we have seen the film The Flowers of War, _______ are used in some restaurants to attract consumers.

________ to work overtime that evening, I missed a wonderful film.

One day my math teacher asked me to help him save back-up copies of his work in the computer. I then realized I was able to   1   the grades for all of his classes. I showed him how to copy files from one disk to another and he   2   me.
A few days later he asked me to help him again, because he   3  how to do it. When I began to show this to him, some students in my class   4   and began to talk among themselves   6  . Later that day, at lunch time, I was   5   by several of them.
“Hey, could you help us change our grades in math? We’ll   7   you…”
I could not believe what I was hearing．I could get paid for something very   8  ．" All right．I'll do it．" The next day my math teacher   9   me to help him out．When he was not paying attention, I began to change their grades from F’s to A’s．
I soon became very   10   among my friends. They began to treat me like a god with a magical   11  . I began to change the grades of students．Word    12   quickly and I became very rich．
Everything was going fine    13   I was called into the headmaster's office．When I got there, my teacher was mad, and the headmaster had an angry   14    in his eyes．  "I have known you for three years now．I don't want to   15    what your teacher said, but I'm afraid that I must．He has too much   16   , " he said．" Do you have anything to say   17   yourself?" he asked．
"No．" I said finally．I did not realize how serious my actions had been．I had violated the   18   of my teacher, and the headmaster．And there was no way   19  ．I was forced to leave my school．
That was a good   20    for me．

A．assess B． access C．mark D．change

A．accepted B．supported C．guided D．thanked

A．doubted B．reminded C．forgot D．remembered

A．noticed B．hid C．agreed D．complained

A．disappointedly B．quietly C．angrily D．freely

A．appointed B．appreciated C．approved D．approached

A．follow B．pay C．inspire D．praise

A．simple B．interesting C．familiar D．pleasant

A．encouraged B．got C．forced D．advised

A．optimistic B．grateful C．popular D．sensitive

A．power B．strength C．energy D．right

A．slipped B．spread C．escaped D．fled

A．after B．since C．until D．as

A．look B．light C．sight D．feeling

A．influence B．ignore C．oppose D．believe

A．experience B．confidence C．evidence D．pressure

A．to B．by C．of D．for

A．trust B．intention C．promise D．honor

A．in B．on C．down D．back

A．story B．skill C．lesson D．example

As a boy growing up in India，I had longed to travel abroad. I used to listen to the stories my father would tell me about his stay in Canada and tours to Europe in the 1970s’ with great interest.
My big moment finally came in the summer of 1998 when I was able to accompany my parents to Europe，where my father was to attend a meeting. We planned to travel to Belgium，Netherlands and West Germany.
I have vivid memories even today of going to Mumbai airport at night all excited about finally going abroad. I had heard several great things about Lufthansa till then but now I finally got to experience them first hand during the flight to Frankfurt. We flew business class and even today I can remember the excellent service by the Lufthansa crew. The flight was really smooth and thoroughly enjoyable，even for someone like me，who is otherwise scared of flying.
After spending almost two weeks in Europe，we took the Lufthansa airport express from Dusseldorf to Frankfurt airport for our return flight. What a journey that was! All along the Rhine (莱茵河)，it was simply an unforgettable experience. I was in a sombre mood on the flight back to Mumbai as it marked the end of a wonderful vacation，but the Lufthansa crew members were able to change it into a most enjoyable experience yet again，with the quality of their service.
Being the first airline to take me overseas，Lufthansa will always hold a special place in my heart. Even today，I continue to enjoy flights on Lufthansa and simply cannot dream of choosing any other airline. Flying，in general，for me，has always been an ordeal (terrible and painful experience)．Flying on Lufthansa，however，is something I always have and always will look forward to.
Which country does the author live in now?

What made the author so interested in traveling abroad?

Which of the following is TRUE about the author's trip to Europe in 1998?

It can be inferred from the passage that Lufthansa is ________.

The underlined word “sombre” in the 4th paragraph probably means “________”．

If you have ever been rock climbing, you will know that it is not a very easy sport. In fact, you probably felt quite defeated when you first tried to do any serious climbing. Indoor and outdoor rock climbing are both extremely demanding and require practice to get good at. It is one of the most physically and mentally demanding sports.
There are three basic types of rock climbing. Top roping is the most common type and the climber need to climb with a partner. The second type, which is very similar to top roping, is called lead climbing. In both of the types, the climber can sit off the wall and rest on the rope. The third type is called bouldering. Bouldering is a type of free climbing without any ropes. This is the most demanding of all climbing types. The climber must be able to complete the climbing without taking a rest on the rope.
Believe it or not, climbing is said to be about 75% legs and only 25% arms. To climb efficiently and successfully, a person needs to have a wonderful technique. One of the major rules of rock climbing is to always have three points touching the wall, whether it is both feet and one hand, or one foot and both hands, as it is much easier to have your weight  cases will not do the climbing; they only hold you into the wall so that your legs are actually pushing you upward. Also, the closer you are to the wall, the easier it is to climb.
Rock climbing may sound a bit too extreme for the everyday person, but it is really an amazing workout. Once you get into the sport, and learn how to position your body and rest your weight, then you can begin to deal with some difficult problems. The great thing about rock climbing is that it is mentally challenging as well. You are constantly analyzing the way your body moves and how to do certain moves on the wall. For anyone who wants to get into shape, rock climbing is a fun and effective way to exercise muscles.
What does the author think of rock climbing?

From the text we know that _____________.

While climbing, it is much easier for a rock climber if he __________.

__________ will make rock climbing easier.

By rock climbing, one can _______.

American society is not nap (午睡)-friendly. In fact, says David Dinges, a sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, “There’s even a prohibition against admitting we need sleep”. Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work. To quote a proverb: “Some sleep five hours, nature requires seven, laziness nine and wickedness eleven.”
Wrong. The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them. “We have to totally change our attitude toward napping,” says Dr. William Dement of Stanford University, the godfather of sleep research.
Last year a national commission led by Dement identified an “American sleep debt” which one member said was as important as the national debt. The commission was concerned about the dangers of sleepiness: people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving. This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White House. According to recent reports, President Clinton is trying to take a ha1f-hour snooze (瞌睡) every afternoon.
About 60 percent of American adults nap when given the opportunity. We seem to have “a mid afternoon quiet phase,” also called “a secondary sleep gate.” Sleeping 15 minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us refreshed. Clearly, we were born to nap.
We Superstars of Snooze don't nap to replace lost shut-eye or to prepare for a night shift.Rather, we “snack” on sleep, whenever, wherever and at whatever time we feel like it. I myself have napped in buses, cars, planes and on boats; on floors and beds; and in libraries, offices and museums.
It is commonly accepted in American society that too much sleep is        .

The research done by the Dement Commission shows that Americans ________.

The purpose of this article is to        .

The underlined phrase “American sleep debt” in Para. 3 is the result of        .

The second sentence of the last paragraph tells us that it is          .

Some students get so nervous before a test, they do poorly even if they know the material. Sian Beilock has studied these highly anxious test-takers.
Sian Beilock: “They start worrying about the consequences. They might even start worrying about whether this exam is going to prevent them from getting into the college they want. And when we worry, it actually uses up attention and memory resources.I talk about it as your cognitive horsepower that you could otherwise be using to focus on the exam.”
Professor Beilock and another researcher, Gerardo Ramirez, have developed a possible solution. Just before an exam, highly anxious test-takers spend ten minutes writing about their worries about the test.
Sian Beilock: “what we think happens is when students put it down on paper , they think about the worst that could happen and they reappraise the situation. They might realize it’s not as had as they might think it was before and, in essence(本质上), it prevents these thoughts from popping up when they’re actually taking a test.”
The researchers tested the idea on a group of twenty anxious college students. They gave them two short math tests. After the first one, they asked the students to either sit quietly or write about their feelings about the upcoming second test.
The researchers added to the pressure. They told the students that those who did well on the second test would get money. They also told them that their performance would affect other students as part of a team effort.
Professor Beilock says those who sat quietly scored an average of twelve percent worse on the second test. But the students who had written about their fears improved their performance by an average of five percent.
Next, the researchers used younger students in a biology class. They told them before final exams either to write about their feelings or to think about things unrelated to the test.
Prefessor Beilock says highly anxious students who did the writing got an average grade of B+, compared to a B- for those who did not.
Sian Beilock: “What we showed is that for students who are highly test-anxious, who’d done our writing intervention, all of a sudden there was no relationship between test anxiety and performance. Those students most likely to worry were performing just as well as their classmates who don’t normally get nervous in these testing situations.”
But what if students do not have a chance to write about their fears immediately before an exam or presentation? Professor Beilock says students can try it themselves at home or in the library and still improve their performance. 
What may happen if students have the problem of test anxiety?

Which of the following if TRUE?

What does the underlined phrase “popping up” mean?

what is most probably Sian Beilock?

What is the main idea of the passage?

阅读下面短文，并根据短文后的要求答题 (请注意问题后的词数要求)。
Every country has many good people who help to take care of others. Some high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in a hospital, orphanage (孤儿院) or home for the aged.
They read books to the people who must be in these places or they just visit them and play games or listen to their problems. Other young people volunteer to collect food or money, or they work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean or repair their houses, do their shopping or mow their lawns.
There is a group of volunteers to meet almost every need. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips and help them to know about things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
Every city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go play games or to learn crafts. Some of these clubs have movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use many high school and college students as volunteers because they still remember the problems of younger boys and girls. Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those ________________________.
What does the passage mainly talk about? (within 10 words)
____________________________________________________                                     
What do volunteers usually do in the home for the aged? (within 15 words)
_______________________________________________________                      _
Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence. (within 8 words)
______________________________________________________________                          
What else would you do if you got a chance to be such a volunteer? (within 10 words)
_______________________________________________________________                          
What does the underlined word “they”( in the last but two line) refer to? (within 5 words)
________________________________________________________________               

高三学生面临着沉重的学习压力，很多学生利用课间十分钟的休息时间学习,实际上没有什么效果。假如你是新华中学高三年级的学生李立，就此现象给中学生英语报写封信，发表自己的看法。信的内容须包括以下要点：
1．十分钟的课间休息很有必要（说明理由）； 2．你是怎样利用这十分钟的。
注意：1、词数100左右； 2、信的开头已经给出（不计入总数）。
Dear Editor,
I’m a Senior 3 student from Xinhua Middle School. ________________________
Sincerely yours
Li li