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1、广东省揭阳一中 届高三月考 英语 广东省揭阳一中 2013届高三10月月考 英 语 试 题第一部分：语言知识运用（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） 阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从115各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。When we offer our best wishes to others, we say: “ May you be happy every day” But there are always things that prevent people from feeling happy First

2、, perhaps the biggest is genetics Some scientists say that some people are_1_ happier than others Besides, _2_ life events as well as social and economic factors can also_3_ in the way of happiness Third, theres_4_ affecting your happiness, for diseases, if any, bring your trouble and pain Is it pos

3、sible that people can find_5_ happiness with so many factors preventing them? Positive psychologists believe its _6_ for people to stay happy for long periods, although it cannot be lasting Psychologists argue that day-to-day happiness _7_pleasures and gratifications（满足） Pleasures are rich_8_ that s

4、imply make us feel good-things like eating cakes or drinking wine Gratifications are activities that we like to do and we give all we have to them Theyre often_9_, and we have to draw on personal skills and strengths to perform them For some people, gratifications come with work Doctors, for example

5、, often become so_10_ in an operation that hours pass without_11_ the time For others, it may be_12_ like gardening or stamp collecting To often, people choose pleasure over gratification because its easier and people can_13_ feel the effects Always choosing pleasures over gratifications, however, p

6、revents people from developing their personal_14_, which, if theyre not put to work, die Pleasures shouldnt be given up completely, however They should be chosen_15_, for not selecting pleasures in a sensible way in turn causes other troubles1 A academically B socially C naturally D economically2 A

7、changeable B major C unimaginable D unsatisfied3 A stand B stop C keep D put4 A drug B treatment C wealth D health5 A long B lasting C minor D personal6 A impossible B doubtful C likely D uneasy7 A relies on B results in C contributes to D makes up8 A consequences B experiences C choices D incidents

8、9 A attractive B informative C contented D challenging10A absorbed B conservative C diligent D cautious11A remembering B noticing C memorizing D ignoring12A habits B behaviors C hobbies D performances13A directly B slightly C gradually D temporarily14A preferences B wishes C responsibilities D stren

9、gths15A worthily B carefully C frequently D respectively第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题15分，满分15分） 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中的语法的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卷标号为1625的相应位置上。 One evening, I wandered down the Rue de Richelieu I was on my way to a Chinese restaurant called Dave, _16_ is recommended in the fash

10、ion business Like many popular restaurants in Paris, _17_（reserve） are hard to get at Dave, _18_ I wasnt surprised to find a complete sign hanging over the red door Inside, though, the place was practically empty-there was just one couple, _19_（sit） at a table near the window _20_ unshaven Chinese m

11、an of middle age came out from the kitchen He had wild black hair flecked with gray and _21_（wear） a pink shirt and silk slippers This was the owner, Dave Cheung He led me_22_ a table and poured tea, and I asked him why he had placed a “Sold out” sign on the door on a night_23_ there were thirty emp

12、ty tables “Are you kidding? Do you know what would happen if I took that sign off the door?” “People might come in to have dinner?” “Exactly! They would just walk right in I would have to let _24_ who wanted to come and eat here I would have no control over_25_ own restaurant!II 阅读（共两节，满分40分）第节 阅渎理解

13、（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A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。ATwo American scientists told the people in industrial nations that they would be much healthier if they ate more of the same kind of foods eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years agoThe scientists say that the human body has change

14、d very little since human first appeared on earth, but the way we live has changed greatlyOur body has not been able to deal with these changes in life style and this has led to new kinds of sicknessesThese new sicknesses were not known in ancient timesSo they are called “diseases of civilization”Ma

15、ny cancers and diseases of the blood system, including heart attacks and strokes（中风）are examples of such diseasesScientists noted that early stone-age people used very little alcohol or tobacco, probably noneAncient people also got a great deal of physical exercise, but a change in food is one of th

16、e main differences between life in ancient times and life today Stone-age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than farm animalsThey also ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables, and fruitsThey did not use milk and other dairy products, and they made very little use of grain

17、sBut today, we eat a large amount of dairy products and grain foodsWe eat six times more salt than stone-age peopleWe eat more sugarWe eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein and much less vitamin CPeople today probably do not want to live as people thousands of years ago did, but s

18、cientists say that we would be much healthier if we ate as those ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet foods26The people in industrial nations would be much healthier if they ate_ Amore foods as humans living 10,000 years ago did Bas humans living 10,000 years ago Cmore ki

19、nds of food eaten by people living over 10,000 years ago Dmore of the same kinds of foods eaten by people over 10,000 years ago27New kinds of sicknesses have been found because_ Athe human body has changed compared with human first appeared on earth Bthe way we live has changed a little Cour body ca

20、nt deal with the changes in life style Dthe way we live today is proper for the human body28What is the main cause mentioned in the article why people suffer from a lot of new sicknesses? AAncient people did a great deal of physical exercise BPeople today have a lot of alcohol CPeople today have mor

21、e tobacco DFood is quite different between life today and life in ancient times29Stone-age people were much healthier than people today because they ate a lot of_ Amilk and other dairy products Bgrain foods and farm animals Csalt and sugar Dwild animals, fresh wild vegetables and fruits30From this a

22、rticle, we know that_are not good to our health Aprotein and vitamin C Bmilk and grain foods Cwild animals, vegetables and fruits Da huge amount of fatty, salty and sweet foodsBIts hardly surprising that weather is a favorite topic for so many people around the world-it affects where we choose to li

23、ve, what we wear, our moods, and perhaps even our national characteristics Studies have shown that changeable weather can make it difficult to concentrate, cloudy skies slow down reaction, and high humidity with hot, dry winds makes many people bad-tempered If you live in a place like Britain, where

24、 the weather seems to change daily if not hourly, you could be forgiven for thinking that the weather is random In fact, the weather is controlled by systems which move around areas of the globe In the UK the weather depends on depressions, often called lows, and anticyclones, also known as highs Th

25、ese systems start in the Atlantic Ocean, and make their way across the British Isles from the west to the east Highs bring sunny weather, while lows bring rain and wind In modern times, human activities seem to be altering weather patterns Gases produced by heavy industry change the temperature of t

26、he Earths surface, and affect cloud formation Some researchers say that factories in Europe and North America may have been one of the causes of the droughts in Africa in the 1980s The human race has always tried to guess the weather, especially in areas of the world where there are frequent changes

27、 Traditional rhymes point to early attempts to identify weather patterns, popular poems include:Red sky at night, shepherds delight; red sky in the morning, shepherds warning Flies will swarm before a storm Rain before 7, clear by 11 While folk wisdom can still provide a guide to help forecast weath

28、er, todays methods of prediction increasingly rely on technology Satellites, balloons, ships, aircrafts and weather centers with sensitive monitoring equipment, send data to computers The data is then processed, and the weather is predicted However, even this system cannot predict weather for longer

29、 than about a week 31 When weather keeps changing, _ A people become bad-tempered B peoples reaction slows down C people find it hard to focus on their work D people become hungrier32 What is mainly talked about in the second paragraph? A Changes in weather B Weather in Britain C African droughts D

30、Research on weather 33 The weather in Britain is _ A random B moist C depressing D satisfying34 According to a traditional rhyme, if there is a red sky at night, the next day will be _ A windy B rainy C fine D snowy35 Which of the following statements is true? A Anticyclones often bring rain and win

31、d B Weather forecasting has been done for a long time C Weather could never be predicted D Modern methods of weather prediction are developed from folk wisdom CA year ago August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local