湖北省枣阳市高级中学高三英语8月月考试题.doc

湖北省枣阳市高级中学2016-2017学年度上学期高三年级8月月考英语检测题（时间：120分钟 分值150分） 本试卷分第i卷和第ii卷两部分，共15页。满分150分。考试用时120分钟。注意事项： 1答题前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在本试卷相应的位置。2全部答案在答题卡上完成，答在本试卷上无效。第i卷第一部分听力(共两节，满分30分) 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上.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。每段对话仅读一遍。例：how much is the shirt?a. 19.15. b. 9.15.c. 9.18. 答案是b。1. why does the woman refuse the invitation for tonight?a. she doesnt like the man. b. she has another appointment.c. she is too busy with her work.2. what does the man think of classical music?a. he enjoys it at bedtime.b. he prefers it to other music.c. he does not like it at all.3. what did the two girls do yesterday?a. they went to the english evening. b. they went to meet jeff.c. they became friends at the english evening.4. what time is it now?a. 9:00. b. 9:10. c. 9:40.5. what do we know about the man?a. he saw off his father at the airport yesterday.b. he was late for class yesterday morning.c. he went to meet his cousin yesterday morning.听第6段材料，回答第6至8题。6. what are the two speakers mainly talking about?a. when they surf the web.b. what they do on the internet.c. how they look up information online.7. how often does the man probably surf the internet?a. once a week. b. twice a week. c. several times a week.8. what do we know about the man?a. he gets some help from the web.b. he has never sent e-mail.c. he shows no interest in the internet.听第7段材料，回答第9至11题。9. where does this conversation take place?a. near a bus stop. b. on a train. c. in a department store.10. what did the man do?a. he hurt the woman.b. he helped the woman carry the bags.c. he made the woman drop the bags to the ground.11. what is the woman like?a. she is rude. b. she is kind. c. she is proud.听第8段材料，回答第12至14题。12. where does this conversation take place?a. in a hospital. b. in a restaurant. c. at the office.13. when does the woman get a pain in stomach?a. about an hour before she has eaten.b. about an hour after she has eaten.c. just when she begins to eat.14. what can you conclude about the womans husband from this conversation?a. he doesnt eat as quickly as his wife.b. he eats very quickly.c. he sometimes eats more slowly than his wife. 听第9段材料，回答第15至17题。15. where did the two speakers go for dinner?a. to a chinese restaurant. b. to kfc. c. to mcdonalds.16. why didnt they eat at home?a. because jill was tired of her fathers cooking.b. because jills mother was not in the house.c. because jills father wanted to eat fried chicken.17. what did jill want for her dinner?a. hamburger, salad, coffee and chicken.b. hamburger, salad, coke, and ice cream.c. hamburger, vegetables and coffee.听第10段材料，回答第18至20题。18. what do we know about manhattan island?a. it used to be a small country.b. it was controlled by dutch before 1609.c. only indians lived there before 1609.19. why did henry hudson go to manhattan island?a. he wanted to trade with the indians.b. he wanted to find more land for his country.c. he hoped to find a shorter way to the far east.20. how did the indians react to henry hudsons arrival?a. they captured him.b. they were friendly to him.c. they didnt allow him to land.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) 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。aat some point i noticed that people were staring at me. the box boys at the supermarket spoke to me with respect. people were mistaking me for somebody else. it had to be somebody who weighed close to 300 pounds and wore a full beard. i enjoyed the way people would suddenly turn to look at me as if i wore wings. nobody mentioned my name， but naturally they assumed i knew who i was. i could hardly ask， “by the way， who am i？” as a result of being in the public eye， i began to change myself. i kept my shoes shined. also， i changed shirts every day. the more i changed， the more second looks i received. from enjoying the attention， i began to long for it. id always felt i was somebody special. now others were finally realizing it.but who did people think i was？ i must have been a movie star， or at least a television personality. then one evening i was sitting at a bus stop in westwood village when two young men in an old car looked up at me with that expression i had come to recognize as a respect to my talent and success. one of them said， “hello， dom！” so that was who i was！ once i imagined that well-known comedian， i realized i couldnt have been anybody else. i gave my young fans a big celebrity grin and said， “hello， boys！” i waved one hand with a welcome-to-hollywood gesture they would be talking about for years.i also realized that it was time to go on a diet. i ate more salads and vegetables. i laid off the carbohydrates. i walked a couple of miles every day. when i had lost about 40 pounds， i shaved off my beard. i didnt realize that my barber had actually been trying to make me look like the fat dom deluise. i waited for my clients to ask， “what did you do to yourself？” but nobody even noticed a change. i melted back into the general population.21why was the author mistaken by people for somebody else？ (no more than 11 words) (2 marks)22what did the author do to change himself as a result of being in the public eye？ (no more than 12words) (2 marks)23why did the young man greet the author？(no more than 10 words) (3 marks)24what did the author expect his clients to do ？(no more than 11 words)(3 marks)brian arrived at the san francisco airport two hours before the flight to paris. he was wearing three shirts, a jacket, two pairs of socks, a pair of shorts, and two pairs of jeans. he was carrying one small backpack, which was very full, but he didnt have any other luggage. brian needed to meet a man named tony before he checked in for his flight. he found tony near the air france counter. tony gave him a round-trip ticket and a small package. “give this package to jean-paul at the airport in paris. he will have a sign with your name on it. i think you can find him easily,” tony said, ”you dont have any luggage, right?”“only this backpack,” brian answered. ”you said i could bring one carry-on bag.”“thats right. one carry-on bag is fine. have a good trip.”“thanks.”is brian a criminal(罪犯)? not at all. he is an air-courier. and he paid only $110 for the round-trip ticket to paris. air couriers get cheap airline tickets because they take important packages and papers to foreign countries. businesses sometimes need to get packages and papers to people in foreign countries by the next day. often, the only way they can do this is to use an air-courier company. it is not cheap for a business to send a package with an air courier, but it is quick.every year about 80,000 people worldwide travel as air couriers. the number of tickets for courier travel is growing by about 10 percent a year. however, air-courier travel isnt for everyone. but if you have very little money, can be flexible(灵活的) about your travel plans, and dont mind wearing the same clothes for a week, it can be a great way to take a vacation!25why was brian wearing so many clothes for his travel?a. because they were the uniforms for air couriers.b. because that made him easier to be recognized.c. because his backpack had no room his clothes.d. because he did not have any luggage with him26an air courier is a person who_a .manages a business company in foreign countriesb. organizes international flights for touristsc. travels around the world with cheap ticketsd delivers papers and packages to foreign countries.27businesses choose the air-courier service because_.a. it costs less b. it is flexiblec. it saves time d. it grows fast28one of the disadvantages of traveling as an air courier is that he_.a. cannot decide when and where to travelb. cannot take any luggage with himc. has to wear two pairs of jeansd saves little money from the travelthe extraordinary eastgate building in harare, zimbabwes capital city, is said to be the only one in the world to use the same cooling and heating principles as the termite mound(白蚁堆). architect mick pearce used precisely the same strategy when designing the eastgate building, which has no air-conditioning and almost no heating. the buildingthe countrys largest commercial and shopping complexuses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional building of its size. the eastgates owners saved $3.5 million on a $36 million building because an air-conditioning plant didnt have to be imported.the complex is actually two buildings linked by bridges across a shady, glass-roofed atrium(天井) open to the air. fans suck fresh air in from the atrium, blow it upstairs through hollow spaces under the floors and from there into each office through baseboard vents(通风口). as it rises and warms, it is drawn out via ceiling vents and finally exists through forty-eight brick chimneys. during summers cool nights, big fans blow air through the building seven times an hour to cool the empty floors. by day, smaller fans blow two changes of air an hour through the building, to circulate the air which has been in contact with the cool floors. for winter days, there are small heaters in the vents. this is all possible only because harare is 1600 feet above sea level, has cloudless skies, little dampness and rapid temperature swingsdays as warm as 31 commonly drop to 14 at night. “you couldnt do this in new york, with its fantastically hot summers and fantastically cold winters,” pearce said. the engineering firm of ove arup&partners monitors daily temperatures. it is found that the temperature of the building has generally stayed between 23 and 25, with the exception of the annual hot period just before the summer rains in october and three days in november, when a doorkeeper accidentally switched off the fans at night. and the air is freshfar more so than in air-conditioned buildings, where up to 30% of the air is recycled. 29why was eastgate cheaper to be built than a conventional building? a. it was designed in a smaller size. b. no air conditioners were fixed in. c. its heating system was less advanced.d. it used rather different building materials.30what does “it” refer to in paragraph 3?a. fresh air from outside.b. heat in the building.c. hollow space.d. baseboard vent. 31why would a building like eastgate not work efficiently in new york?a. new york has less clear skies as harare.b. its dampness affects the circulation of air.c. new york covers a larger area than harare.d. its temperature changes seasonally rather than daily.32the data in the last paragraph suggests eastgates temperature control system_.a. allows a wide range of temperatures b. functions well for most of the yearc. can recycle up to 30% of the aird. works better in hot seasonsvisiting joshua tree national park, californiajoshua tree national park is nearly 800,000 acres large and surrounds parts of the mojave and colorado deserts in south-central california. although barren at first glance, the park is full of wildlife and provides a variety of entertainment activities from hiking to climbing. within a 3-hour drive, joshua tree national park takes at least a full day to visit.things to do hiking opportunities within the park include several choices, from 12 self-guided nature trails to all-day back-country hikes.joshua tree national park has nine camping grounds, and back-country camping is also allowed.rock-climbing is a popular activity in the park, which has 10 mountains greater than 5,000 feet in height.when to visitjoshua tree national park is open 365 days a year, although the best time to visit is october through april, when temperature is milder. the peak season is when the wild flowers bloom, and summer months are the least crowded.what to bringin addition to your camera and telescope, be sure to carry lots of water. park and trail maps can be picked up at any of the three visitor centres.feesparking fees: you can buy a 7-day vehicle permit for $15, a single entry permit for $5, or joshua tree national park annual pass for $60.camping fees: they vary by camping ground.33the underlined word “barren” in the first paragraph can be replaced by _.a. thin b. beautiful c. deserted d. large34when is the best time to visit joshua tree national park?a. march b. may c. june d. september35if one goes to joshua tree national park by car and stay there for 9 days, how much at least he should pay for the parking fees?a. $60 b. $15 c. $25 d. $30第二节（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。选项中有两项为多余选项。life can be so difficult these days. it is the time that you all should admit need help in organizing your lives. here are some tips that will help you.write everything down and do not rely on your memory 36 if you want to remember things ,put them in writing, or in a digital notebook .keeping your to-do lists and other information written somewhere allows you to look back at them anytime, ever when you have hit your head and forgotten your own mane.37 try this experiment before buying one thing, throw out something old or something you do not use. or ,if you are a really pack rat, just throw out one old thing a day until you can not find any more items to throw.recycle and donate. is your closet full of unopened bags and clothes that still have their tags on? is your bookshelf full of unread books? chances are that if you have not read , worn, or used whatever they are, then you are probably not going to use them at all. 38 .create daily , weekly and monthly timetables for cleaning . organize your cleaningtimetable .39 distribute tasks evenly, so for example , dish washing could be done daily; while vacuuming could be done weekly and cleaning the windows done monthly.whichever of these tasks you decide to do, remember that you can not completely organize your life in one go. 40 just decide to get organized now, and then take baby steps. soon enough, you will be making a habit out of it all.a.practice putting things away immediatelyb.throw one thing before buying something.c.it is a long and never-ending process, so be patient.d.give them to a charity or sell on the internet.e.it is extremely exhausting to clean everything all at once.f.to keep up with tasks, you need to work with your family.g.we all agree most of us have a tough time remembering things.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和d）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。what is it that you love to do but never feel that you get it quite right? perhaps you dont even try any more because you think what you do is not enoughdiscouragement seems to follow us a good part of the time, however hard we work, it seems that there is someone else who can do it much betteri have always enjoyed music and it is to me that every musician has a of their ownmy father _ several instruments and when he played with other people, it was not difficult to his sound in a groupwhether it was guitar or another instrument, he had his own soundi heard of a music teacher who commented to a discouraged student, else can make the sound that you make the sound that you make may not be the same as someone elses, but who is to say which is it is said that, is in the eye of the beholder .” . perhaps it could be said that a delightful sound is in the ear of the every person has a different tone of voice that only to them, we all know people with an unforgettable laugh or a way of that is unique to themit might not be the sound of your music or your voice at allit be the way you whistle or the sound of your footstepseach person has a（an） on the world in some waysomeone else can do what you do, but they cannot do it in the same way that you do itthe next time you feel , remember nobody else can make the sound that you make41aeasy bgood csimple dhard42abecausebalthough cwhen dif43aseldombalways cnever dsometimes44asatisfyingbconvincing cinspiring dinteresting45agiftbsound clife dsong46aplayedbdesigned ccreated dchecked47aturn downbcall up cpick out dgive off48aloudbpowerful cperfect dspecial49aoncebyet ceven dstill50aanybodybsomebody cnobody deverybody51abiggerbbetter cdeeper dlower52abeautybinterest cpatience dhonesty53aspeakerbreceiver clistener dlooker54adevotesbadds cadapts dbelongs55abutbyet cand dfor56arunningbwalking cjumping dspeaking57amustbmight cwould dshould58achoicebopinion cduty deffect59aexactlybcarefully ccautiously dseriously60aannoyedbpuzzledcdiscourageddbothered第ii卷（非选择题，共50分）第二节 （共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。man: good morning. can i help you?woman: yes. i 61 (admit) to the university last month, and now id like to try an