湖南师大附中2012届高三月考试卷（三）英语试题.doc

湖南师大附中2012届高三月考试卷（三）英 语 试 题本试卷分为四个部分，包括听力、语言知识运用、阅读和书面表达。时量120分钟。满分150分。Part I Listening Comprehension （30 marks）Section A （225 marks）Directions ： In this section, you will hear six conversations between two speakersFor each conversation，there are several questions and each question is followed by three choices marked A，B and CListen carefully and then choose the best answer for each questionYou will hear each conversation TWICEExample:When will t he magazine probably arrive?AWednesday.BThursday.CFriday.The answer is B.Conversation 11Where did the conversation take place?AAt an airport.BOn a plane.COn a train.2Why isnt the woman going straight to the USA?ATo visit other places.BTo meet some Japanese friends.CTo save money.Conversation 23Why did the m an shop at Sun Fashion Shop?ABecause of the shops advertisement of a “Clearance Sale”.BBecause the shirts fitted him perfectly.CBecause the products were said to be good.4What happened to the T-shirts the man bought after washing?AThey turned to be shabby.BThey became smaller.CThey lost their colors.Conversation 35What did the man do to prepare for the Christmas?AHe has done some shopping.BHe has done nothing.CHe has made some plans.6How much does the man always spend for Christmas?A$ 250.B$ 750.C$ 1,100.Conversation 47What is the unpleasant part of being a taxi driver according to Nancy?AIts necessary to deal with different people.BShe has to work when the weather is bad.CIts sometimes dangerous to drive at night.8Which of the following is true about the people Nancy meets?ATheyre usually difficult to please.BTheyre different in personality.CTheyre talkative and generous with tips.9What do we learn about Nancy from the conversation?AShe plans to quit her job.BShe is very familiar with the city.CShe is unsatisfied.Conversation 510How long had it been since they played the game last time?AExactly a week.BA couple of days.CSeveral weeks.11What was the man busy doing last night?AHe was working in the library.BHe was doing a part-time job with Frank.CHe was working on his Chemistry project.12Whats the real reason why the man hesitate to play with the woman?AHis stomach hurt.BHe was fed up with being a loser.CHe was still concerned about his project.Conversation 613Where does Susan have to go at 12:30?ATo school.BTo the dentists.CTo Julies home.14What will Susan do after she cooks dinner?AClean the dishes.BHelp Julie with her project.CCall a friend.15Why cant they watch a video at Susans house?ASusan will finish her history assignment.BSusans mother will ask her to do something else.CThe video machine doesnt work.Section B （75 marks）Directions ：In this section, you will hear a short passageListen carefully and then fill inthe numbered blanks with the information you have heardFill in each blank with NO MORETHAN THREE WORDSYou will hear the short passage TWICEKid AthletesPhenomenonAlthletes being 16. Good resultsSome developing into 17. athletes and members of national team18. Problems/Negative effects Children getting tired of their sportPressure imposed by over-competitive parents and coachesLack of time to 19. ConclusionKids to take sports to have fun while 20. strong, healthy bodiesPart Language Knowledge（45 marks）Section A （15 marks）Directions ：For each of the following unfinished sentences there are four choices marked A,B,C and DChoose the one that best completes the sentenceExample：The wild flowers looked like a soft orange blanket _ the desertAcoveringBcoveredCcoverDto coverThe answer is A21It just doesnt make sense to me why students like dining outside there is a canteen inside our school.AunlessBwhenCasDwhere22It was in this cottage five-year-old George observed his father die of cancer that he determined to turn doctor when h e grew up.AwhereBthatCwhenDafter23The thought suddenly occurred to me we might as well sell the small expensive house in the city to buy a big but cheap one in the suburb.AandBwhetherCwhenDthat24Suspected of having escaped the lecture, the naughty student about what he was doing when we were in the lecture hall yesterday afternoon.AquestionedBwill questionCis being questionedDhad been questioned25The young doctors work marvels: the patient is now completely well.AworkedBhas workedCwas workingDwill work26Would you give me some advice on how to improve my English in terms of my situation?Oh, sorry. What is that? I about something else.AthoughtBam thinkingCwas thinkingDhad thought27I hope to meet Ms King the day Professor Smith comes to visit us here in Changsha.Im afraid she a speech in Guangzhou then.Awas giving Bhave givenCwill have givenDwill be giving28How pleased Mr Robinson was the teacher tell him about his son at school!AhearBto hearChearingDheard29The citizens all sang high praise for the measures to protect Acropolis they saw last week.Acarry outBcarrying outCcarried outDto carry out30As Susan was seated in front of the TV, the disaster, she thought she could do something for those in need.AwatchedBwatchingCto watchDhaving watched31Didnt you wait for John last night?No, but we . He didnt return to the dormitory at all!AcouldBneednt haveCdidnt need to Dshould have32South of our school and the stadium , known as Taozi lake.Alie a lakeBdoes a lake lieClies a lakeDdo a lake lie33The lazy boy must have been dismissed last week, he?Ahasnt BhaventCdoesntDdidnt34His attitude towards life is more positive in comparison to he held one year ago.AitBoneCthatDthe one35One can gain a lot of experience while doing a part-time job. , it can broaden ones h orizons.AAfter allBOtherwiseCIn a wordDMeanwhileSection B （18 marks）Directions ： For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B, C and DFill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the contextThe U.S. economy added 103,000 jobs in September, but the nations unemployment rate held steady at 9.1 percent for the third straight month. Although Septembers job 36 was stronger than most economists were expecting, it is still not growing fast enough for the millions of Americans 37 for work. In many U.S. cities, frustration over the scarcity（供不应求） of jobs is spilling out into the streets in the 38 of protests, like the Jobs Not Cuts rally in Washington. Many, including rapper Godfrey James, say lawmakers are not doing enough to help 39 Americans. Experts say hiring is likely to remain weak for the remainder of the year as companies wait for the economy to 40 In New York, where the Occupy Wall Street movement appears to be gaining momentum（势头）, activists say the richest one percent own most of the countrys wealth. I feel like the middle class has been almost completely 41 now. Now, you have got the bottom class and the top class, said one protester. 42 , about 14 million Americans are unemployed, nearly 40 percent have been out of work for more than six months. President Barack Obama, who is running for re-election next year, is pressuring Congress to pass a $450 billion job creation plan. Republicans, who see the economy as the 43 weakness, have blocked many of his initiatives（提案） and are 44 to approve the package of tax cuts and public spending. But small business owner Dave Finnegan says Americans need to remind politicians whos 45 in charge.This is how things get done, said Finnegan. That building, the Capitol building is only a place where they vote on stuff, its not a place where things originate. Things 46 with people in the street. This is a democracy and it has to start here. While better than expected job numbers last month have helped calm fears of a new recession（不景气）, the nations chronic high unemployment is expected to be a major issue in 2012. And as the election draws near, analysts say the weak economy is likely to 47 more rallies. 36AgrowthBfallCdecreaseDdrop37AansweringBappealingCactingDlooking38AcourseBformCcaseDpossession39AunexpectedBuneducatedCunemployedDunprepared40AmanageBsupportCimproveDconvey41Awiped outBput asideCturned overDfocused on42ANeverthelessBTraditionallyCSimilarlyDAltogether43AtheirBpresidentsCprotestersDour44AinappropriateBunlikelyCarbitraryDpositive45AreallyBequallyCsimplyDpreviously46AassociateBappearCcreateDoriginate47AresultBleadCfuelDcontributeSection C （12 marks）Directions ： Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the contextMichelle and I are saddened to learn of the passing of Steve Jobs. Steve was 48. the greatest of American innovators brave enough to think 49. , bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it.By building one of the planets most successful companies from his garage, he exemplified the spirit of American ingenuity（独创性）. By making computers personal 50. putting the internet in our pockets, he made the information revolution not only accessible, but intuitive and fun. And by turning his talents to storytelling, he has brought joy to millions of children and grownups 51. . Steve was fond of saying that he lived every day like 52. was his last. 53. he did, he transformed our lives, redefined entire industries, and achieved one of the rarest feats in human history: he changed the way each of us sees the world.The world has lost a visionary. And there may be 54. greater tribute to Steves success than the fact that 55. of the world learned of his passing on a device he invented.Part Reading Comprehension （30 marks）Directions： Read the following passagesEach passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statementsFor each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C, and DChoose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passageAWhen their parents were children, they imagined a future standing in front of a class of pupils or doing the rounds as a doctorBut todays British teenagers, a survey suggests, seem to have set their sights only on becoming the next Leona Lewis or Wayne RooneyResearchers questioned 3,000 teenagers about their ambitions and also asked parents about their youthful career hopesAccording to the survey, youngsters dream of a celebrity lifestyle, perhaps after finding fame through shows such as the X Factor, and of being actors or sports starsCopying the likes of Rooney and David Beckham was the top career ambition of todays teenagers, cited by 12 percentAlmost as many, 11 percent, wanted to be pop stars, and the same proportion dreamed of being actorsThe success of celebrity chefs such as Jamie Oliver and Gordon Ramsay is likely to explain why becoming a chef is now the dream of 5 percent, a career ambition which did not figure in the list of 25 years agoA quarter of a century back teaching was the top career choice, cited by 15 percentThese days the job is chosen by only 4 percentOf the traditional professions, only law has risen in popularityThe survey also suggests that more girls dream of becoming doctors and boys want careers as astronauts or firefightersChild psychologist Laverne Antrobus said the findings reflect todays celebrity culture and warned children against unrealistic dreamsChildren see footballers, pop stars and actors on TV and their lives look exciting, glamorous and fun, she saidIt is hard for them to realize that they are the end product of a lot of ingredients including talent, determination and years of hard workWayne Rooney is not on the pitch by chanceAs Antrobus pointed out, there is absolutely nothing wrong with children having big dreams, but these have to be based on reality, she saidUK career ambitions of two generationsToday % citing25 years ago % citingsports star12teacher15pop star11banking/ finance9actor11medicine7astronaut9scientist6lawyer9vet6emergency services worker7lawyer6medicine6sports star5chef5astronaut4teacher4hairdresser4vet3archaeologist356The study suggests that todays British teenagers want to _ sports stars, pop stars and actorsAhave the talent of Bwork as hard asCenjoy the celebrity lifestyles of Dbecome successful by chance like57Which of the following statements is TRUE?A12 percent of British teenagers surveyed wanted to become chefsB22 percent of British teenagers surveyed wanted to be pop stars or actorsCNone of the traditional professions are favored by todays British teenagers, the survey suggestsDTeaching, though less popular, seems to remain one of the top career choices on the list58According to child psychologist Laverne Antrobus, the change in career ambitions suggested by the study .Arepresents progressBmirrors todays celebrity cultureCshows how materialistic youngsters areDsuggests British teenagers watch too much TV59What does the underlined sentence Wayne Rooney is not on the pitch by chance mean?AWayne Rooney does not get to play much todayBWayne Rooney didnt get into sport by chanceCWayne Rooney doesnt believe in luck when he is playingDWayne Rooney didnt become successful by luck60The expert quoted in the article believes _Atheres no point in teenagers having dreamsBit is wrong to desire to live the life of a celebrityCyoung Britons have the same ambitions as their parentsDchildren should set practical goals when they think of their careerBThe past ages of man have all been carefully labeled by anthropologists （人类学家）Descriptions like Palaeolithic（旧石器时代的）Man Neolithic（新石器时代的）Man ,etc，neatly sum up whole periodsWhen the time comes for anthropologists to turn their attention to the twentieth century, they will surely choose the label Legless ManHistories of the time will go something like this: in the twentieth century, people forgot how to use their legsMen and women moved about in cars, buses and trains from a very early ageThere were lifts in all large buildings to prevent people from walkingAnd the surprising thing is that they didnt use their legs even when they went on holidayThe future history books might also record that we were deprived of the use of our eyesIn our hurry to get from one place to another, we failed to see anything on the wayAir travel gives you a birds-eye view of the worldWhen you travel by car or train, an unclear picture of the countryside constantly smears the windowsCar drivers, especially, are mixed with the urge to go on and on: they never want to stopThe typical twentieth-century traveler is the man who always says Ive been thereYou mention the remotest, and someone is bound to say Ive been theremeaning, I drove through it at 100 miles an hour on the way to somewhere elseWhen you travel at high speeds, the present means nothing: you live mainly in the future because you spend most of your time looking forward to arriving at some other placeBut actual arrival, when it is achieved, is meaninglessYou want to move on againBy traveling like this, you suspend all experienceThe traveler on foot, on the other hand, lives constantly in the presentFor him traveling and arriving are one and the same thing: he arrives somewhere with every step he makesHe experiences the present moment with his eyes, his ears and the whole of his bodyAt the end of his journey he feels a delicious physical tirednessHe knows that sound, satisfying sleep will be his: the just reward of all true travelers61Anthropologists label man nowadays Legless because_Apeople forget how to use their legs Bpeople prefer cars, buses and trainsClifts prevent people from walkingDthere are a lot of transportation devices62Travelling at high speed means_Apeoples focus on the futureBa pleasureCsatisfying drivers great thrillDa necessity of life63Why does the author say “we are deprived of the use of our eyes”?APeople wont use their eyes.BIn traveling at high speed, eyes become useless.CPeople cant see anything on their way of travel.DPeople want to sleep during traveling.64What does “a birds-eye view” mean?ASee view with birds eyes.BA bird looks at a beautiful view.CIt is a general view from a high position looking down.DA scenic place.65What is the purpose of the author in writing this passage?ALegs become weaker.BModern means of transportation make the world a small place.CThere is no need to use eyes.DThe best way to travel is on foot.CIf you see someone touched on the cheek, and feel as if your own cheek has been touched, then you have mirror-touch synesthesia (共感觉), a condition that causes people to feel the touches that they see others receive.As the name implies, a mirror effect is involved. If a mirror-touch synesthete is standing opposite someone and the non-synesthete is hit in the right arm, the synesthete will feel the blow in his or h er left arm. If the two are standing next to each other, contact with the non-synesthetes right arm will be felt in the synesthetes right arm.People with mirror-touch s