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湖北省荆州市公安县车胤中学2018届高三英语12月月考试题时间：120分钟 总分：150分第一部分：听力（共两小节，满分30分）第一节 （共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）1. where does the conversation probably take place? a. in a library. b. in a restaurant. c. on a bus.2. how does the woman feel about her work? a. she is disappointed with it. b. she is excited about it. c. she is satisfied with it. 3. what kind of music does the woman like? a. jazz. b. classical. c. folk. 4. why will the man go to edinburgh? a. to drive the woman there. b. to have a meeting in glasgow. c. to meet some important people.5. what will the girl do tonight? a. prepare for an exam. b. watch tv. c. go to a movie. 第二节(共1 5小题；每小题1. 5分，满分22. 5分)听第6段材料，回答第6至7题6. what does the man suggest doing? a. going for a walk. b. having a cup of tea. c. mailing a letter.7. what is the woman doing? a. writing a letter. b. cooking dinner. c. exercising. 听第7段材料，回答第8至9题。8. what is the date today? a. october 22nd. b. october 23rd. c. october 24th. 9. how old is the united nations in 2010? a. 72 years. b. 52 years. c. 62years. 听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10. who is thomson? a. lindas husband. b. the mans cousin. c. a cook. 11. how many years have the speakers got married? (silver wedding: 25 years; golden wedding: 50 years; diamond wedding:60) a. 25. b. 50. c. 60. 12. what do we know about linda? a. she wont be invited to the party. b. she doesnt eat chicken. c. she is a good cook. 听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13. what are the speakers talking about? a. friends. b. pictures. c. stories.14. why does the woman think it is stressful to go to the dentist? a. it is out of your control. b. it is too expensive. c. it hurts.15. what does the man think is the most stressful? a. being late. b. having an exam. c. moving to a new place.16. what does the woman think of interviews? a. they are challenging. b. they are stressful. c. they are terrible.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17. where is the finish line? a. outside london. b. near buckingham palace. c. at greenwich.18. what was last years record time? a. 2 hours 17 minutes 16 seconds. b. 2 hours 22 minutes 16 seconds. c. 2 hours 48 minutes.19. who was the youngest person to finish the race so far? a. betty omary. b. shelly mortimer. c. ian britton. 20. when will the full report about the event be? a. at 7:15. b. at 7:30. c. at 7:55. 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）abread garretts comedy club category: comedy best known for his role on the emmy award-winning sitcom (情景喜剧) everybody loves raymond, brad garrett returns to his vegas roots with his comedy club at the mgm grand. it is a good place to check out when you need a break from work. prices from: $56.40 and up age restriction: must be 21 years of age or older show length: 115 minutes mac king comedy magic show category: comedy, magic the mac king comedy magic show is different every afternoon, with lots of audience participation. he is willing to make fun of himself instead of his guests in order to make everyone feel welcome and entertained. the afternoon is kid-friendly from start to finish. still, whether youre eight or 80, you wont be able to figure out kings secrets. prices from: $40.90 and up age restriction: no age restriction show length: 90 minutes the mentalist, gerry mccambridgecategory: comedy, magic using his skills as a “mentalist”, gerry mccambridge shocks the crowds as he uses his abilities to predict just what audience members will do next. anyone who has seen the show has walked away in disbelief, amazed by his unusual power. prices from: $34.99 and upage restriction: under 13 will not be admitted into the theater show length: 75 minutes rock of ages category: plays & musicals the cheerful rock of ages brings audiences back to the times of big hair and even bigger bands with 28 popular rock songs from the 80s including “every rose has its thorn,” “i wanna know what love is,” “here i go again,” and more. rock of ages has been nominated(提名) for five tony awards including best musical and best direction of a musical. it also received a drama league nomination for distinguished production for a musical. prices from: $74.00 and up age restriction: must be 15 years of age or older show length: 125 minutes (328 words)21.who is most likely to be able to read audiences minds? a. raymond. b. mac king. c. brad garrett. d. gerry mccambridge. 22.which of the following is good for a kid of 10 years old to go to? a. gerry mccambridge s show. b. brad garretts comedy club. c. mac kings comedy magic show. d. performances of rock of ages. 23. if someone is interested in musicals, his best choice must be _. a. rock of ages b. bread garretts comedy club c. mac king comedy magic show d. the mentalist, gerry mccambridgeb“cleverness is a gift while kindness is a choice. gifts are easy - theyre given after all. choices can be hard.jeff bezos.i got the idea to start amazon 16 years ago. i came across the fact that the internet usage was growing at 2,300 percent per year. id never seen or heard of anything that grew that fast, and the idea of building an online bookstore with millions of titles was very exciting to me. i had just turned 30 years old, and id been married for a year. i told my life mackenzie that i wanted to quit my job and go to do this crazy thing that probably wouldnt work since most start-ups dont, and i wasnt sure what to expect. mackenzie told me i should go for it. as a young boy, id been a garage inventor. id always wanted to be an inventor, and she wanted me to follow my passion.i was working at a financial firm in new york city with a bunch of very smart people, and i had a brilliant boss that i admired very much. i went to my boss and told him i wanted to start a company selling books on the internet. he took me on a long walk in central park, listened carefully to me, and finally said. “that sounds like a really good idea, but it would be an even better idea for someone who didnt already have a good job. that logic made some sense to me, and he convinced me to think about it for 48 hours before making a final decision. seen in that light, it really was a difficult choice, but eventually, i decided i had to give it a shot. i didnt think id regret trying and failing. and i suspected i would always be haunted by a decision not to try at all.after much consideration, i took the less safe path to follow my passion, and im proud of that choice. for all of us, in the end, we are our choices. （344 words）24. what inspired the author with the idea of building an online bookstore?a. his dream of being an inventor.b. the support of his wife.c. the greatly increasing usage of the internet. d. millions of exciting titles.25. which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined sentence?a. the idea of not trying would keep coming to his mind and disturb him.b. he would be very excited if he tried it out.c. he would be always having a doubt if he didnt try.d. the decision not to the online bookstore would terrify him.26. we can know from the passage that .a. the boss thought the idea was suitable for the authorb. the author wanted someone else to try the idea c. the author might not regret if he failed the idead. the author might go back to his boss if he failed 27. which of the following would be the best title for the passage?a. cleverness and kindnessb. the starting of amazonc. following my passiond. we are what we choosecgerman artist ha schult is an unusual artist who uses trash ( 废旧物) to make sculptures. “we are living in the time of garbage,” says schult. “i created a thousand sculptures of garbage. they are a mirror of ourselve.” here, schult was talking about his 1,000 trash sculptures in the form of humans.he first exhibited them in 1996 in the western german state of north rhine-westphalia.“they are social sculptures,” he explains. “they are not only sculptures for the eyes. they are sculptures to spread the idea that we live in a time of garbage.” so far, schults social sculptures have been on show in paris, in moscows red square, on the great wall of china, and in the desert next to the giza pyramids near cairo.ha schults work is unforgettable. although his work has had a big influence on the art world, schult remains modest about his creations, “artists have to learn every time. we are not important. all that counts is the time in which we are living.”trash art has been around for years. but it seems that only the popular artists are regarded as true artists when working with trash. why cant common people be considered artists when they use the same things and change them into some form of personal art? maybe its because we all have our own preset ideas of what art is and isnt, or who artists are or should be.you can be an artist like schult if you try. look at used metal cans. what might be done with them? imagine them in any number of new uses, or imagine them simply as an art form. what about boxes or clothing? boxes can usually serve as new storage containers and houses for pets. and clothing? imagine taking old clothes and turning them into hats or hanging organizers.(312 words)28. what do we know about schults sculptures?a. they served as garbage containers. b. they reflected environmental issues.c. they w ere first shown in paris, france. d. they w ere to raise economic awareness.29. ha schults artistic works also get the message across that an artist must .a. be socially responsibleb. be as modest as possiblec. make garbage recyclabled. take diverse artistic forms30. according to the last two paragraphs, the author probably agrees that .a. it takes talent to be a trash artist b. preset ideas are important to artistsc. trash art cant be seen as a real art form d. average people can also make trash artists31. which of the following is the best title for the text?a. could you be a trash artist? b. what are social sculptures?c. do you know about trash art? d. how can we deal with used cans?dpsychologists take opposing views of how external (外部的) rewards, from warm praise to cold cash, affect motivation and creativity. behaviorists, who study the relation between actions and their consequences, argue that rewards can improve performance at work and school. some other researchers who study various aspects of mental life, state that rewards often destroy creativity by encouraging dependence on approval and gifts from others. the latter view has gained many supporters, especially among educators. but the careful use of small monetary rewards inspires creativity in grade-school children, according to a study in the june journal personality and social psychology.“if they know theyre working for a reward and can focus on a relatively challenging task, they show the most creativity,” says robert esenberger of the university of delaware in newark. “but its easy to kill creativity by giving rewards for poor performance or creating too much expectation for rewards.”esenberger holds the view that a teacher who continually draws attention to rewards or who hands out high grades for ordinary achievement ends up with uninspired students. as an example of the latter point, he notes growing efforts to tighten grading standards and restore falling grades at major universities.in earlier grades, the use of so-called token economics, in which students handle challenging problems and receive performance-based points towards valued rewards, shows promise in raising effort and creativity, the delaware psychologist claims. （235 words）32. psychologists are divided about their attitudes toward _.a. the choice between moral encouragement and monetary rewardsb. the appropriate amount of external rewardsc. the study of relationship between actions and consequencesd. the effects of external rewards on students performance 33. which of the following can best raise students creativity according to robert esenberger? a. assigning them tasks they have not dealt with before.b. assigning them tasks which require inventiveness.c. giving them rewards they really deserve.d. giving them rewards they expect.34. the phrase “token economics” in para5 probably refers to_a. ways to develop economics b. systems of rewarding studentsc. approaches to solving complex problems d. methods of improving performance35. what is the authors attitude towards the topic? a. opposed b. supportive c. objective d. doubtful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。选项中有两项为多余选项。how to remember what you readreading is important. but the next step is making sure that you remember what youve read! _36_ you may have just read the text. but the ideas, concepts and images（形象）may fly right out of your head. here are a few tricks for remembering what you read. _37_ if the plot, characters, or word usage is confusing for you, you likely wont be able to remember what you read. its a bit like reading a foreign language. if you dont understand what youre reading, how would you remember it? but there are a few things you can do. use a dictionary; look up the difficult words. are you connected?does a character remind you of a friend? does the setting make you want to visit the place? does the book inspire you, and make you want to read more? with some books, you may feel a connection right away. _38_ how willing are you to make the connections happen? read it; hear it; be it!read the lines. then, speak them out loud. and, put some character into the words. when he was writing his novels, charles dickens would act out the parts of the characters. hed make faces in the mirror, and change his voice for each character. _39_ how often do you read?if you read frequently, youll likely have an easier time with remembering what youre reading and what youve read. _40_ as you make reading a regular part of your life, youll make more connections, stay more focused and understand the text better. youll learn to enjoy literature- as you remember what you read!a. are you confused?b. practice makes perfect.c. whats your motivation?d. memory is sometimes a tricky thing.e. marking helps you remember what you read.f. but other books require a bit more work on your part.g. you can do the same thing when you are reading the text!第三部分 语言知识运用（共两节，满分45分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题；每题1.5分，满分30分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的a、b、c和d四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。when i first came to rochester from austin, texas a place where fall is practically non-existent i was excited for a real northern fall. but, i wasnt 41 it to feel like christmas in october.regardless of this 42 , and the adjustment period that im not entirely sure im 43 , i am thankful to be somewhere that has a 44 fall. by “real” i 45 a distinctive season, a(n) 46 in the weather and a visual changing of the world around me. the leaves 47 colors, it rains more often, the air is almost always 48 and dry, and a light breeze 49 me to walk a bit faster to get inside. yes, it is more difficult to be 50 outside in a rochester fall where it isnt just “less hot” but 51 , fairly cold. but, i would argue that time spent outside in this season could be more 52 than in the summer. everyone 53 that fall is about change i wont argue against that. things do 54 in the fall the weather is 55 becoming worse and worse, the dying leaves become warmly colored, and 56 you know it, well be back to having only eight hours of sunlight a day. this oncoming change is why i think it is so important to 57 fall. fall is not just about the 58 of change, but also appreciating what will soon be 59 . go 60 this fall. enjoy the leaves not because they are turning beautiful deep shades of orange and red, but because there will soon be no leaves in those branches at all. 41. a. interested inb. exposed toc. ashamed ofd. prepared for 42. a. accidentb. possibilityc. shockd. motivation43. a. beyondb. againstc. ford. after 44. a. rareb. realc. hardd. strange 45. a. take inb. pick upc. call backd. refer to 46. a. shiftb. conclusionc. improvementd. experience 47. a. spoilb. keepc. turnd. avoid 48. a. coldb. warmc. hotd. cozy 49. a. preventsb. expectsc. urgesd. suspects 50. a. gratefulb. creativec. considerated. comfortable 51. a. luckilyb. actuallyc. helpfullyd. instantly 52. a. terribleb. casualc. unpleasantd. valuable 53. a. questionsb. emphasizesc. recallsd. analyzes 54. a. relaxb. changec. harvestd. rest 55. a. steadilyb. hardlyc. helpfullyd. narrowly 56. a. ifb. sincec. asd. before 57. a. controlb. describec. appreciated. hide 58. a. processb. disadvantagesc. fear d. result 59. a. disappointingb. puzzlingc. goned. broken 60. a. insideb. forwardc. backwardd. outside 第二节 (共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分)even if you have already see