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系统掌握蕴含其中的马克思主义立场观点方法，要在系统学习、深刻领会、科学把握习近平教育思想上下功夫。精心组织开展学习宣传贯彻习近平新时代中国特色社会主义思想和党的十九大精神知识问答活动。巢湖市柘皋中学20162017学年高三第四次月考英语试卷考试时间：120分钟 卷面分数：150分第I卷第一部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的（A、B、C）三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话只读一遍。1.How long does the man have to wait for the next train?A.5 minutes. B.45 minutes. C.50 minutes.2.Where are the two speakers?A.At a bus stop. B.In a shop. C.In a hospital.3.What does the man suggest the woman do?A.Be stricter with her son. B.Have confidence in her son. C.Ask the teacher for help.4.What is the womans problem?A.Her husband has hearing problem. B.Her husband doesnt share the housework.C.She seldom has time to talk with her husband.5.What do we know about the pianist?A.She was blind at birth. B.She became deaf at the age of 16.C.She was blind when becoming a concert pianist.第二节 （共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的（A、B、C）三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6至7题。6.What did the man do yesterday?A.He went to see his friends. B.He visited his brother. C.He watched a play.7.Why was the man late?A.He had to leave school. B.He talked with his friends. C.He had to finish his homework first.听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。8.What does the man plan to do this weekend?A.Go to work. B.Write a paper. C.Visit his parents.9.Who has an exam next week?A.Martin. B.The man. C.The woman.10.What can we learn about the man?A.He doesnt like reading. B.He is hard to get on with.C.He cant help the woman.听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。11.Where does the conversation probably take place?A.In a auditorium. B.In the bookstore. C.In a library.12.What has the woman been doing at night?A.Watching the sky. B.Reading astronomy. C.Working night shift.13.What does the woman major in?A.Physics. B.Drama. C.Chemistry.听第9段材料，回答第14至16题。14.What is the relationship between the two speakers?A.Friends. B.Strangers. C.Colleagues.15.What happened to the man?A.He quarrelled with his wife. B.He was tired of his job.C.He was out of job.16.Where did the man stay for the last three days?A.At his new company. B.At a coffee store. C.At a bar.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.What is the speaker mainly talking about?A.Changes in the country. B.Cities in the past and at present.C.Differences between the city and the country.18.What separated cities from the countryside in the past?A.Walls. B.People. C.Buildings.19.What is the country like in the past?A.Buildings and people looked different from those in the city.B.Little land was covered with farms.C.There were too many people.20.What can we learn about cities today from the talk?A.They are quite noisy. B.There are more people.C.Its hard to tell cities from the countryside.第二部分 阅读理解（共两节，满分40分）第一节 （共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项。AChoose Your One-Day Tours!Tour ABath & Stonehenge including entrance fees to the ancient Roman bathrooms and Stonehenge37 until 26 March and 39 thereafter.Visit the city with over 2,000 years of history and Bath Abbey, the Royal Crescent and the Costume Museum. Stonehenge is one of the worlds most famous prehistoric monuments dating back over 5,000 years.Tour BOxford & Stratford including entrance fees to the University St Marys Church Tower and Anne Hathaways house32 until 12 March and 36 thereafter.Oxford: Includes a guided tour of Englands oldest university city and colleges. Look over the “city of dreaming spires(尖顶)”from St Marys Church Tower. Stratford: Includes a guided tour exploring much of the Shakespeare wonder.Tour CWindsor Castle & Hampton Court including entrance fees to Hampton Court Palace34 until 11 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Windsor and Hampton Court, Henry VIIIs favourite palace. Free time to visit Windsor Castle(entrance fees not included).With 500 years of history, Hampton Court was once the home of four Kings and one Queen. Now this former royal palace is open to the public as a major tourist attraction. Visit the palace and its various historic gardens, which include the famous maze(迷宫)where it is easy to get lost!Tour DCambridge including entrance fees to the Tower of Saint Mary the Great33 until 18 March and 37 thereafter.Includes a guided tour of Cambridge, the famous university town, and the gardens of the 18th century.21.Which tour will you choose if you want to see Englands oldest university city?A.Tour A. B.Tour B. C.Tour C. D.Tour D.22.Which of the following tours charges the lowest fee on 17 March?A.Windsor Castle & Hampton Court. B.Oxford & Stratford.C.Bath & Stonehenge. D.Cambridge.23.Why is Hampton Court a major tourist attraction?A.It used to be the home of royal families. B.It used to be a well-known maze.C.It is the oldest palace in Britain. D.It is a world-famous castle.BThe freezing Northeast hasnt been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my bags were packed before you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming pools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon)filled the weekend, but the best partparticularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold-weather root vegetableswas a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.The market, which was founded in 1979,sets up its tents every Saturday from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine, along North Lemon and State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries; the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg coffee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的)promise, Ive refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home theyre unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed in, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Browns Grove Farms stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real dealand at that moment, I realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldnt be experiencing again for months.Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened when I learned that Browns Grove Farm is one of the suppliers for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, whereluckily for meI was planning to have dinner that very night. Without even seeing the menu, I knew Id be ordering every tomato on it.24.What did the author think of her winter life in New York?A.Exciting.B.Boring. C.Relaxing. D.Annoying.25.What made the authors getting up early worthwhile?A.Having a swim. B.Breathing in fresh air.C.Walking in the morning sun. D.Visiting a local farmers market.26.What can we learn about tomatoes sold in New York in winter?A.They are soft.B.They look nice. C.They taste great. D.They are juicy.27.What was the author going to do that evening?A.Go to a farm.B.Check into a hotel. C.Eat in a restaurant. D.Buy fresh vegetables.CWould it surprise you to learn that, like animals, trees communicate with each other and pass on their wealth to the next generation?UBC Professor Simard explains how trees are much more complex than most of us ever imagined. Although Charles Darwin thought that trees are competing for survival of the fittest, Simard shows just how wrong he was. In fact, the opposite is true: trees survive through their co-operation and support, passing around necessary nutrition “depending on who needs it”.Nitrogen(氮)and carbon are shared through miles of underground fungi(真菌)networks, making sure that all trees in the forest ecological system give and receive just the right amount to keep them all healthy. This hidden system works in a very similar way to the networks of neurons(神经元)in our brains, and when one tree is destroyed, it affects all.Simard talks about “mother trees”, usually the largest and oldest plants on which all other trees depend. She explains how dying trees pass on the wealth to the next generation, transporting important minerals to young trees so they may continue to grow. When humans cut down “mother trees” with no awareness of these highly complex “tree societies” or the networks on which they feed, we are reducing the chances of survival for the entire forest.“We didnt take any notice of it,” Simard says sadly. “Dying trees move nutrition into the young trees before dying, but we never give them chance.” If we could put across the message to the forestry industry, we could make a huge difference towards our environmental protection efforts for the future.28.The underlined sentence “the opposite is true” in Paragraph 2 probably means that trees.A.compete for survival B.protect their own wealthC.depend on each other D.provide support for dying trees29.“Mother trees” are extremely important because they.A.look the largest in size in the forest B.pass on nutrition to young treesC.seem more likely to be cut down by humans D.know more about the complex “tree societies”30.The underlined word “it” in the last paragraph refers to.A.how “tree societies” work B.how trees grow oldC.how forestry industry develops D.how young trees survive31.What would be the best title for the passage?A.Old Trees Communicate Like Humans B.Young Trees Are In Need Of ProtectionC.Trees Are More Awesome Than You Think D.Trees Contribute To Our SocietyDWorking with a group of baboons(狒狒)in the Namibian desert, Dr. Alecia Carter of the Department of Zoology, Cambridge University set baboons learning tasks involving a novel food and a familiar food hidden in a box. Some baboons were given the chance to watch another baboon who already knew how to solve the task, while others had to learn for themselves. To work out how brave or anxious the baboons were, Dr. Carter presented them either with a novel food or a threat in the form of a model of a poisonous snake.She found that personality had a major impact on learning. The braver baboons learnt, but the shy ones did not learn the task although they watched the baboon perform the task of finding the novel food just as long as the brave ones did. In effect, despite being made aware of what to do, they were still too shy to do what the experienced baboon did.The same held true for anxious baboons compared with calm ones. The anxious individuals learnt the task by observing others while those who were relaxed did not, even though they spent more time watching.This mismatch between collecting social information and using it shows that personality plays a key role in social learning in animals, something that has previously been ignored in studies on how animals learn to do things. The findings are significant because they suggest that animals may perform poorly in cognitive(认知的)tasks not because they arent clever enough to solve them, but because they are too shy or nervous to use the social information.The findings may impact how we understand the formation of culture in societies through social learning. If some individuals are unable to get information from others because they dont associate with the knowledgeable individuals, or they are too shy to use the information once they have it, information may not travel between all group members, preventing the formation of a culture based on social learning.32.What is the first paragraph mainly about?A.The design of Dr.Carters research. B.The results of Dr.Carters research.C.The purpose of Dr.Carters research. D.The significance of Dr.Carters research.33.According to the research,which baboons are more likely to complete a new learning task?A.Those that have more experience. B.Those that can avoid potential risks.C.Those that like to work independently. D.Those that feel anxious about learning.34.Which best illustrates the“mismatch”mentioned in Paragraph 4?A.Some baboons are intelligent but slow in learning.B.Some baboons are shy but active in social activities.C.Some baboons observe others but dont follow them.D.Some baboons perform new tasks but dont concentrate.35.Dr.Carters findings indicate that our culture might be formed through.A.storing information B.learning from each otherC.understanding different people D.travelling between social groups第二节 （共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容,从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。This Way to DreamlandDaydreaming means people think about something pleasant, especially when this makes them forget what they should be doing. Daydreamers have a bad reputation for being unaware of whats happening around them. They can seem forgetful and clumsy.36They annoy us because they seem to be ignoring us and missing the important things.But daydreamers are also responsible for some of the greatest ideas and achievements in human history.37Can you imagine what kind of world we would have without such ideas and inventions?So how can you come up with brilliant daydreams and avoid falling over tree roots or otherwise looking like a fool?First, understand that some opportunities for daydreaming are better than others. Feeling safe and relaxed will help you to slip into daydreams.38And if you want to improve your chances of having a creative idea while youre daydreaming, try to do it while you are involved in another taskpreferably something simple, like taking a shower or walking, or even making meaningless drawings.Its also important to know how to avoid daydreams for those times when you really need to concentrate. “Mindfulness”, being focused, is a tool that some people use to avoid falling asleep.39Finally, you never know what wonderful idea might strike while your mind has moved slowly away.40Always remember that your best ideas might come when your head is actually in the clouds.A.Having interesting things to think about also helps.B.They stare off into space and wander by themselves.C.Without wandering minds, we wouldnt have relativity, Coke or Post-it notes.D.At one time, daydreaming was thought to be a cause of some mental illnesses.E.It involves slow, steady breathing for self-control that helps people stay calm and attentive.F.Daydreams are often very simple and direct, quite unlike sleep dreams, which may be hard to understand.G.Therefore, its a good idea to keep a notebook or voice recorder nearby when youre in the daydream zone.第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分） 阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。Dale Carnegie rose from the unknown of a Missouri farm to international fame because he found a way to fill a universal human need.It was a need that he first41back in 1906 when young Dale was a junior at State Teachers College in Warrensburg. To get an42,he was struggling against many difficulties. His family was poor. His Dad couldnt afford the43at college, so Dale had to ride horseback 12 miles to attend classes. Study had to be done44his farm-work routines. He withdrew from many school activities45he didnt have the time or the46.He had only one good suit. He tried47the football team, but the coach turned him down for being too48.During this period Dale was slowly49an inferiority complex (自卑感), which his mother knew could50him from achieving his real potential. She51that Dale join the debating team, believing that52in speaking could give him the confidence and recognition that he needed.Dale took his mothers advice, tried desperately and after several attempts53made it. This proved to be a54point in his life. Speaking before groups did help him gain the55he needed. By the time Dale was a senior, he had won every top honor in56.Now other students were coming to him for coaching and they,57,were winning contests.Out of this early struggle to58his feelings of inferiority, Dale came to understand that the ability to59an idea to an audience builds a persons confidence. And, 60it, Dale knew he could do anything he wanted to doand so could others.41.A.admittedB.filled C.supplied D.recognized42.A.assignmentB.education C.advantageD.instruction43.A.trainingB.board C.teaching D.equipment44.A.betweenB.during C.overD.through45.A.whileB.when C.because D.though46.A.permitsB.interest C.talent D.clothes47.A.onB.for C.in D.with48.A.light B.flexible C.optimistic D.outgoing49.A.gainingB.achieving C.developingD.obtaining50.A.preventB.protect C.save D.free51.A.suggestedB.demanded C.required D.insisted52.A.presenceB.practice C.patience D.potential53.A.hopefully B.certainly C.finally D.naturally54.A.keyB.breaking C.basic D.turning55.