1、天津市滨海新区塘沽滨海中学届高三上学期第一次月考英语(满分100分 考试时间90分钟 )Part I 单项选择 （共15小题，共15分）1. In the spoken English of some areas in the US, the “r” rounds at the end of the words _. A. are dropped B. drop C. are being dropped D. have dropped2. -Why does the lake smell terrible? -Because large quantities of water _. A. ha
2、ve polluted B. is being polluted C. has been polluted D. have been polluted3. - What were you doing when I phoned you last night? -I _ my homework and was starting to surf the Internet.A. have already finished B. was finishingC. had just finished D. was going to finish4. - Im not finished with my lu
3、nch yet. - But our friends _ for us.A. will wait B. wait C. have waited D. are waiting5. Come and see me whenever _ .A. you are convenient B. you will be convenientC. it is convenient for you. D. it will be convenient to you.6. The book has been translated into twenty languages since it _ on the mar
4、ket in 1980. A. had come B. has come C. came D. comes7. In the past few years thousands of films _ all over the world. A. have produced B. have been produced C. are producing D. are being produced8. - Peter, where did you guys go for the summer vacation? - We _ busy with our work for months, so we w
5、ent to the beach to relax ourselves. A. were B. have been C. had been D. will be 9. Up to now, the program _ thousands of children who would otherwise have died. A. would save B. saves C. had saved D. has saved10. The last time we had great fun was _ we were visiting the Water Park.A. where B. how C
6、. when D. why11. _ impressed the audience most was_ the magician Liu Qian played in this years Spring Gala. A. What; what B. What; that C. That; what D. That; that12. - Its difficult for college graduates to find a good job in China. - It depends on whether they have _ it takes to be successful in t
7、odays world. A. that B. which C. what D. whether Part II 完形填空（共20小题，每题1分，共20分）阅读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后从21-40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中选出最佳选项。It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told me she wouldnt need me any more. I had just finished my four-hour work-_16_ up and down the stairs of her three-storey home,
8、cleaning the floor and washing the dishes. She was _17_ jeans and a sweater, sitting at the table I had just _18_ . A pile of papers spread around her. Her husbands _19_ was going to be reduced by thirty percent. And they were trying to live as if it had _20_ happened. I felt sorry for her, but I al
9、so felt a sense of _21_ .I had been cleaning Fredas house for five years and had _22_ an unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just _23_ I had become an expert at scraping(刮掉) dirt stuck to their wooden floor, _24_that I had learned exactly how to place toys on the girls beds. It was _
10、25_than that, for I felt I had become a part of their _26_ .Freda stayed at home with the kids, _27_ I would often see her in the morning _28_them to school. And Id be there when they _29_ home at lunch for sandwiches and pianopractice. I had _30_ them grow up. Now I was tired, but the _31_ thing wa
11、s that Istill wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family.I left Fredas house that day, wondering about the _32_ of my relationship with my clients(主顾). Who am I _33_ them? As a matter of fact, Im _34_ an employeethe lowest kind of employee. But Im also a trusted _35_ of the family
12、. I cant help worrying about what happens around me.16. A. stepping B. coming C. jumping D. moving17. A. hanging B. making C. wearing D. changing18. A. cleaned B. washed C. swept D. brushed19. A. duty B. money C. work D. pay20. A. already B. seldom C. never D. yet21. A. regret B. surprise C. fear D.
13、 loss22. A. started B. developed C. improved D. broken23. A. why B. what C. that D. which24. A. but B. and C. or D. for25. A. less B. least C. more D. most26. A. life B. story C. activity D. experience27. A. as B. so C. since D. however28. A. taking B. bringing C. meeting D. calling29. A. left B. re
14、turned C. went D. marched30. A. found B. noticed C. watched D. realized31. A. possible B. great C. proper D. strange32. A. meaning B. nature C. result D. importance33. A. for B. to C. with D. at34. A. hardly B. certainly C. probably D. merely35. A. member B. person C. relative D. companionPart III 阅
15、读理解（共四篇，每篇5题，共20小题，每题2分，共40分）阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项. ABarditch High School decided to hold an All-School Reunion. Over 450 people came to the event. There were tours of the old school building and a picnic at Confederate Park. Several former teachers were on hands to tell stories about t
16、he old days. Ms. Mabel Yates, the English teacher for fifty years, was wheeled to the Park.Some eyes rolled and there were a few low groans(嘟囔声)when Ms. Yates was about to speak. Many started looking at their watches and coming up with excuses to be anywhere instead of preparing to listen to a lectu
17、re from an old woman who had few kind words for her students and made them work harder than all the other teachers combined.Then Ms. Yates started to speak:“I cant tell you how pleased I am to be here. I havent seen many of you since your graduation, but I have followed your careers and enjoyed your
18、 victories as well as crying for your tragedies（悲剧）. I have a large collection of newspaper photographs of my students. Although I havent appeared in person, I have attended your college graduations, weddings and even the birth of your children, in my imagination. ”Ms. Yates paused and started cryin
19、g a bit. Then she continued:“It was my belief that if I pushed you as hard as I could, some of you would succeed to please me and others would succeed to annoy me. Regardless of our motives, I can see that you have all been successful in you chosen path. ”“There is no greater comfort for an educator
20、 than to see the end result of his or her years of work. You have all been a great source of pleasure and pride for me and I want you to know I love you all from the bottom of my heart. ”There was a silence over the crowd for a few seconds and then someone started clapping. The clapping turned into
21、cheering, then into a deafening roar(呼喊). Lawyers, truck drivers, bankers and models were rubbing their eyes or crying openly with no shame all because of the words from a long forgotten English teacher from their hometown.38. We can learn from Ms. Yates speech that she _.A. attended her students co
22、llege graduationsB. gave her students advice on their careersC. kept track of her students progress D. went to her students wedding ceremonies39. What was Ms. Yates belief in teaching teenagers?A. Hard-pushed students are more likely to succeed.B. Pressure on students from teachers should be reduced
23、.C. Teachers knowledge is the key to students achievements.D. Students respect is the best reward for teachers.40. Which of the following can best describe Ms. Yates?_.A. Reliable and devoted. B. Strict but caring.C. Proud but patient. D. Tough and generous. B.In the fall of 1985, I was a bright-eye
24、d girl heading off to Howard University, aiming at a legal career and dreaming of sitting on a Supreme Court bench somewhere. Twenty-one years later I am later I am still a bright-eyed dreamer and one with quite a different tale to tell. My grandma, an amazing woman, graduated from college at the ag
25、e of 65. She was the first in our family to reach that goal. But one year after I started college, she developed cancer. I made the choice to withdraw（撤回） from college to care for her. It meant that school and my personal dream would have to wait. Then I got married with another dream: building my f
26、amily with a combination of adopt（收养） and biological children. In 1999, we adopted our first son. To lay eyes on him was fantastic and very emotional. A year later came our second adopted boy. Then followed son No.3. In 2003, I gave birth to another boy. You can imagine how fully occupied I became,
27、raising four boys under the age of 81. Our home was a complete zoo-a joyous （充满欢乐的）. Not surprising, I never did make it back to college full-time. But I never gave up on the dream either. I had only one choice: to find a way. That meant talking as few as one class each semester. The hardest part wa
28、s feeling guilty about the time I spent away from the boys. They often wanted me to stay home with them. There certainly were times I wanted to quit, But I knew I should set an example for them to follow through the rest of their lives. In 2007, I graduated from the University of North Carolina. It
29、took me over 21 years to get my college degree! I am not special, just single-minded. It always struck me that when youre looking at a big challenge from the outside it looks huge, but when youre in the midst（在。当中） of it, it just seems normal. Everything you want wont arrive in your life on one day.
30、 Its a process. Remember: little steps add up to big dreams. 41. When the author went to Howard University, her dream was to be _. A. a writer B. a teacher C. a judge D. a doctor 42. Why did the author quit school in her second year of college? A. She wanted to study by herself. B. She fell in love
31、and got married. C. She suffered from a serious illness. D. She decided to look after her grandma. 43. What can we learn about the author from Paragraphs 4 and 5? A. She was busy yet happy with her family life.B. She ignored her guilty feeling for her sons. C. She wanted to remain a full-time housewife. D. She was too confused to make a correct choice. 44. What does the author mostly want to tell us in the last paragraph? A. Failure is the mother of success. B. Little by little, one g
