普宁一中月考试卷.doc

PAGE PAGE 1 普宁一中2012-2013学年度高三英语第一次月考 试 卷 本试卷共三大题, 满分135分。考试用时120分钟。 注意事项： 1．答卷前, 考生务必用黑色字迹的钢笔或签字笔将自己的姓名和考生号、试室号、座位填写在答题卡上。用2B铅笔将试卷类型填涂在答题卡相应位置上。 2．选择题每小题选出答案后, 用2B铅笔把答题卡上对应题目选项的答案信息点涂黑, 如需改动, 用橡皮擦干净后, 再选涂其他答案, 答案不能答在试卷上。 3．非选择题必须用黑色字迹钢笔或签字笔作答, 答案必须写在答题卡各题目指定区域内相应位置上；如需改动, 先划掉原来的答案, 然后再写上新的答案；不准使用铅笔和涂改液。不按以上要求作答的答案无效。 Ⅰ. 语言知识及应用（共两节，满分45分） 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1-15各题所给的A、B、C、D项中，选出最佳选项, 并将答案填写在答题卷上标号为1-15的相应位置。 Across the world, students are working hard as they prepare for all kinds of exams. Many teenagers complain that while they do well in their homework, they don’t get 1 marks in exams. They are wondering why. In a new study this month, U.S. psychologists think they have found the answer. Researchers report that heavy exam 2 is actually more likely to affect the performance of very good students than average ones. Worried about whether they can 3 others like parents and teachers, these students can lose their most 4 intellectual weapon: short-term or working memory. This is their ability to 5 numbers and ideas while finding solutions to the problem at hand. According to the study, when 6 pressure is put on people with good skills, their performance drops off. People with strong working memory skills are very 7 to do well in intellectual ability tests. Their analytical skills and creative 8 depend on their short-term-focused processor (处理系统). In the study, researchers 9 the working memory of 93 students. They were divided into two groups, with a high and a low 10 memory. The students then took two maths tests each under 11 conditions. One was called a practice test. In the other, the students were told they were part of a team that was depending on them to 12 their score in order to win a reward. The results showed 13 differences: the group with high working memory scored about 10 percent higher than the others on the low-pressure practice test. But the two grou