广东执信中学2013高三上学期期中英语试题答案

广东执信中学2013高三上学期期中英语试题答案


第一卷
一．听力：请根据录音和所给中文，用英语写出三个问题和回答五个问题。（共8小题，满分8分）
In this part you will act as a role and complete three communicative tasks: listen to the speaker, ask the speaker three questions and then answer five questions.
Now please listen to the speaker.
情景介绍：
角色：你是女士
任务：（1）和你的朋友谈论与父母相处的问题；
（2）根据谈话内容回答问题
请听完对话后，根据下面中文提示请你用英语提出三个问题（请把英语问题写在答卷上）
Now please ask the speaker three questions. You have 20 seconds to prepare the question.
（1） 他们不让你做什么事呢？
（2） 他们限制你周末的活动吗？
（3） 你觉得你父母为什么对你这么严格？
Now please get ready to answer five questions in English. You’re allowed 10 seconds to prepare the answer. （电脑提问两遍，请把英语回答写在答卷上）

二. 单项选择（共15小题，每小题1分，满分15分）
1. The weather is fine today except __________ the northwest. __________ good weather we have!
A. /; How B. for; How C. /; What D. in; What
2. Switzerland lies ________ France, Italy, Austria and Germany. ________ them, Germany is the biggest.
A. among; In B. between; In C. between; Of D. among; Among
3. I would appreciate ________ the radio down.
A. it if you turn B. you to turn C. it turning D. you turn
4. I prefer a flat in Yuexiu District to ________ in Haizhu District, so I like this apartment better than ________.
A. that; it B. that; that C. one; it D. one; that
5. His hair is longer than ________.
A. everyone B. else anyone’s C. anyone else’s D. other one’s
6. Does ________ matter much ________ they will not come tomorrow?
A. it; whether B. it; that C. that; that D. that; whether
7. I will give you ________ much money you need.    
A. no matter how B. however C. what D. no matter what
8. He made a long speech, ________.
A. as was unexpected  B. as we didn’t expected it
C. which we expected D. which was unexpected
9. It will not be long ______ we enter university. It’ll be a time _____ we celebrate.
A. before; / B. after; when C. since; that  D. when; which
10. How can you ask for leave from work ________ there is still great demand for skilled hands here?
A. while B. where C. when D. as
11. The two students quarreled to such a situation ________ they fought each other and the incident reached to a point _______ both their parents were to be called in.
A. that; where  B. where; where  C. where; that  D. that; that
12. I wanted some more coffee but ______ was left and ______ was tea.
A. nothing; nor B. none; so C. no one; nor D. none; neither
13. We believe the scientist was unsuccessful, ________?                                                                   
A. don’t we B. do we C. wasn’t he D. was he
14. Burglar alarms ________ at any time of the day or night serve only to annoy.
A. go off B. that go off C. that are going off D. which going off
15. _______ that the path continued on the other side, we wondered how we could get across the stream.
A. Seeing B. Being able to see
C. It could be seen D. At the sight of

三. 完形填空 (共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分) 
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
We’ll all have a heart that is already accurately showing us how true things are.
Carmen’s mother Maria had just   16   a serious heart attack. But without a heart transplant her life was in constant   17  .
Both the mother and daughter knew that the chances were very   18  : finding a donor heart that matched Maria’s blood type could take years. However, Carmen was determined to save her mother. She kept   19   hospitals all over the country.
Days stretched out. By Christmas, Maria had trouble walking from one end of the room to the other. Carmen lost all hope. She fell into a corner of the hospital,   __20  .
“Are you okay?” a man asked.
Carmen sobbed as she told the stranger her   21  . This middle-aged man was named Frank, whose wife, Cheryl, a tender and devoted mother of four lovely children, had been in hospital with a brain disease and wouldn’t   22   it through the night.   23  , an idea came to Frank’s mind. He knew Cheryl had always wanted to donate something from herself.
After reviewing the data, doctors   24   Frank that his wife’s heart was by some miracle a perfect fit for Carmen’s mother. They were able to   25   the transplant.
That cold night, when Cheryl was   26   dead, Frank came to knock at Maria’s door. She was   27   for Frank’s family as she had been doing every day recently. Though Maria had never met Frank before, they both felt a strange bond as they hugged and cried.
On New Year’s Eve, Carmen   28   Cheryl’s funeral with Frank’s family, who were singing their favorite song “My heart will go on.”
One day later, on New Year’s Day, Maria   29   with Cheryl’s heart. Yes, Cheryl’s loving heart would go on, for it was   30   in another loving mother’s chest.