汕尾市林伟华中学2015届高三第三次月考
英 语
本试卷共四大题，满分135分。考试用时120分钟。
I 语言知识及运用(共两节，满分45分)
第一节 完形填空 (共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分)
Recently, I experienced a wonderful lesson that little things still mean a lot. I live on the Big Island of Hawaii. About a month ago, when I started my car and I 1 down at the roadside, a piece of paper caught my eye. I picked it up and 2 it carefully.
The form turned out to be a 3 from the State Motor Vehicle Division, documenting the owners’ 4 of their vehicle’s registration fees. Quickly, I put myself in their 5 and figured：no one would throw this out, 6 if it was current.
Although the form had been blown here, where in the busy, 7 parking lot would I find the owner? So I checked the date and noted the name of the 8 , who must be in our town. I thought that the best and easiest step to 9 was to put the form in an envelope addressed to the couple and 10 it by post. So I did it.
On the weekend, a 11 couple called at my house and brought me a big 12 . They said they had panicked and searched for the receipt(收据) 13 everywhere before giving up. Without it they would 14 $8, 000. It felt great to know I’d helped someone 15 a major trouble by doing something which at first glance seemed minor. 1. A. set B. glanced C. went D. broke 2. A. saw B. read C. cleaned D. touched 3. A. receipt B. report C. decision D. message 4. A. plan B. development C. payment D. permission 5. A. shirt B. clothes C. hat D. shoes 6. A. generally B. especially C. occasionally D. usually 7. A. crowded B. lonely C. narrow D. empty 8. A. host B. guest C. owner D. partner 9. A. bring B. have C. get D. take 10. A. fly B. sell C. mail D. carry 11. A. happy B. worried C. disappointed D. lucky 12. A. joy B. surprise C. form D. gift 13. A. madly B. quickly C. slowly D. curiously 14. A. get B. drop C. earn D. lose 15. A. defeat B. avoid C. meet D. overcome
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
The only survivor of an accident in which a ship was sunk at sea was washed up on a small island where nobody lived, He prayed excitedly that God would come to 16 rescue, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming.
17 (disappoint), he eventually managed to build a little hut out of
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driftwood to protect himself and to store his few possessions. But then one day, after searching for food, he arrived home, only 18 (find) his little hut in flames, with the smoke rolling up to the sky. The worst had happened-- everything was lost. He was filled 19 grief and anger. \Early the next day, however, he was awakened by the sound of a ship that 20 (approach) the island. 21 had come to rescue him. \did you know I was here?\asked 22 weary man of his rescuers. \saw your smoke signal,\replied. It is easy to get 23 (discourage) when things are going bad. 24 we shouldn't lose heart, because God is at work in our lives, even in the midst of pain and suffering. Remember, next time your little hut is burning to the ground it just may be a smoke signal that tells God to give love and kindness. For all the negative things 25 we have to say to ourselves, God has a positive answer for it.
Ⅱ.阅读(共两节，满分50分)
第一节 阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
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It was Thanksgiving morning. I was busy preparing the traditional Thanksgiving turkey when the doorbell rang. I opened the front door and saw two small children in rags huddling together on the top step.
“Any old papers, lady？” asked one of them.
I was busy. I wanted to say “no” until I looked down at their feet. They were wearing thin little sandals, wet with heavy snow.
“Come in and I'll make you a cup of hot cocoa.”
They walked over and sat down at the table. Their wet sandals left marks upon the floor. I served them cocoa and bread to fight against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started cooking.
The silence in the front room struck me. I looked in. The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked in a flat voice, “Lady, are you rich？”
“Am I rich? Pity, no！” I looked at my worn-out slipcovers(椅套). The girl put her cup back in its saucer (碟) carefully and said, “Your cups match your saucers.” They left after that, holding their papers against the wind. They had reminded me that I had so much for which to be grateful.
Plain blue china cups and saucers were only worth five pence. But they matched. I tasted the potatoes and stirred the meat soup. Potatoes and brown meat soup, a roof over our heads, my man with a regular job, these matched, too.
I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The muddy marks of little sandals were still wet upon my floor. Let them be for a while, I thought, just in case I should begin to forget how rich I am. 26．Which of the following would be the best title for the text?
A．Does cups and saucers match well? B．Lady, are you rich?
C．A story of Thanksgiving Day D．Don't forget how rich you are 27．The writer let the two children come in and served them well because________.
A．she had the same experience as them in the past
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B．she wanted to sell old papers to them
C．she wanted to invite them to her Thanksgiving party D．she showed great pity and care on them
28．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage?
A．After hearing what they said, the writer seemed to understand what a rich life
was.
B．The girl thought the writer was rich just because she wanted to make the writer happy.
C．The writer had thought she wasn't rich because her supplies were not expensive.
D．If cups and saucers match well, they are a best pair even though cheap. 29．The writer left the muddy marks of little sandals on the floor for a while to_______.
A．prove that she had understood what meant being rich B．show that she was a kind-hearted lady
C．remind her that she shouldn't forget how rich she was D．leave room for readers to think about what being rich is
30．It can be inferred from the text that whether you are rich depends on________.
A．your social relationship B．how much money you have made C．what attitude you have had towards life D．the way you help others
B
\air-conditioning? How can you sleep?\a friend asks, horrified. I've just told him that my family has decided to shut the air-conditioner off, and cut our electric bill. On this first night of our cost-cutting adventure, it's only eighty-five degrees. We're not going to suffer, but the three kids grumble anyway.
\ \
\My face is sweaty. But I lie quietly, listening to the cricket (蟋蟀) choirs (合唱) outside. That reminds me of childhood.
I think about grandma, who lived to ninety-two and was still in charge of my mother's garden until a few weeks ago before she died. And then I'm back there in her house and the summer heat of my childhood. I moved my pillow to the foot of my grandmother's bed, and angled my face toward the open window. I turned the pillow over, hunting for the cooler side.
Grandma saw me struggling, \breeze (light wind),\she said, \ She cranked up (拉起) the Venetian blinds (百叶窗). I stared at the white curtain, wishing it to move. Lying still in waiting, I suddenly noticed life outside the window, the bug (虫子) choruses, neighbors, porch-sitting late, speaking in soft words that comforted me.
\猫头
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鹰) family.\
\ Without the noisy air-conditioner, the house is strangely peaceful, and the night noises seem close enough to touch. I hope I'm awake tonight, when the first breeze sneaks in.
31. What does the underlined word \
A. lose temper B. shout C. complain D. give up 32. The author mentions her childhood to_____.
A. convince the readers of the possibility of life without air-conditioning B. memorize her considerate and kind grandmother
C. suggest a way of handling a night without air-conditioning
D. share her childhood experience of going without air-conditioning 33. How did the author's grandmother help the author feel cooler?
A. She persuaded the author to listen to the noise outside. B. She opened the windows and drew the curtains. C. She asked the author to observe the soft wind.
D. She found the cooler side of pillow for the author.
34. Finally, the children feel ________ without the air-conditioner on.
A. unimaginable B. peaceful C. intolerable D. bored 35. What is the best title of this passage?
A. A childhood memory B. Life with no air-conditioner C. A night full of memory D. Waiting for the breeze
C
The government-run command post in Tunis is staffed around the clock by military personnel, meteorologists and civilians. On the wall are maps, crisscrossed with brightly colors arrows that painstakingly track the fearsome path of the enemy. What kind of invader gives rise to such high-level monitoring? Not man, not beast, but the lowly desert locust(蝗虫). In recent months, billions of the 3-inch-long winged warriors have descended on Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia, blackening the sky and eating up crops and vegetation. The insect invasion, the worst in 30 years, is already creating great destruction in the Middle East and is now treating southern Europe. The current crisis began in late 1985 near the Red Sea. Unusually rainy weather moistened the sands of the Sudan, making them ideal seedbed for the locust, which lays its eggs in the earth. The insect onslaught threatens to create yet another African famine. Each locust can eat its weight (not quite a tenth of an ounce) in vegetation every 24 hours. A good-size swarm of 50 billion insects eats up 100,000 tons of grass, trees and crops in a single night.
All ﹩150 million may be needed this year. The U.S. has provided two spraying planes and about 50,000 gal. of pesticide. The European Community has donated ﹩3.8 million in aid and the Soviet Union, Canada, Japan and China have provided chemical-spraying aircraft to help wipe out the pests. But relief efforts are hampered by the relative mildness of approved pesticides, which quickly lose their
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