河北省故城县高级中学高三英语上学期12月月考试题.doc

2015-2016年高三上学期第二次月考英语试题注意事项：1.本试卷分第i卷(选择题)和第ii卷(非选择题)两部分。考试时间120分钟，总 共150分。2.答卷前，考生务必将自己的姓名、准考证号填写在答题卡上。3.回答第i卷时，选出每小题答案后，用铅笔把答题卡上对应题目的答案标号涂黑。回答第ii卷时，将答案写在答题卡上，答在本试卷上无效。4.考试结束后，将试卷和答题卡一并交回。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. where are the speakers?a. at a hotel. b. at a theatre. c . at an airport.2. what is the weather usually like in april?a. cool and dry b. warm and dry c. cool and wet3. what are the speakers talking about? a. a city. b. an actress c. a film4. how much does the tie cost?a. $5. b. $30 c. $355. what do we know about the man?he doesnt like high-speed travel.hes interested in high-speed travel.he asks the woman to travel by train.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。每段对话后有几个小题,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9每段对话读两遍。磉听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6.how long a holiday does the man have?a. a month a year.b.a week a month. c. a day a week, 7.what do the man and his wife usually do during their long holiday?a. go to turkey.b.visit their relatives. c. travel to foreign countries听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8.what did the woman do over theweekend?a. she went fishing.b.she went climbing. c. she went shopping.9.why did the man have a good time?a.he enjoyed the beautiful scenery.b. he visited an old friend. c.he caught several fish.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.what does malcolm do?a.he is a director.b.heis a writer. c. he is an actor.11.what is malcolms attitude towards work?a.serious.b.casual. c. careless.12.what does the woman think is important in performing a part?a.being open to changes.b.acting like a realperson.c.being close to theaudience.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.where will the speakers meet amy? ca. outside her house.bat a restaurant. c. reviewing his lessons. four.14. how will the speakers go downtown?a. on foot.b.by bus. c. by car.15.what is the man doing now?a. taking a shower.b.watching a film. c. at the bus stop.16.how many people will go to see a film?a. two.b.three. c.four听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17.why doesnt tony think many children will come for the whole summer?a.the course is much too expensive.b.they will be bored with the same activities.c.their parents will want to stay with them for some time.18.what should one do first to take the course?a. pay for the course.b.visit tonys website. c. send an application form19.what does tony remind parentsto do?a.inform him of their childrens special needs.b.pay the full amount of money immediately.c.choose the activities their children like.20.what do we know about the course?a. it is aimed at teenagers.b.it lasts the whole summer.c.it consists of different activities.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。ait was september of 2003 and i was struggling to find work after experiencing downsizing (裁员). i had fallen on some of the grandest challenges of my life. i found myself sitting in my house constantly worried. i decided to force myself to find some volunteer work to occupy my thoughts. the first place i sought out was the arizona humane society. it offered me a program, “equestrian therapy program” (马术治疗方案)，whose mission is to build self-esteem and confidence in children who have been through difficult times in their lives. being with animals was the only time i truly felt i had a place in the world. but i had never been around a horse in my life.i found myself a little apprehensive during my first daybeing around such large strong animals was much harder than the three cats im accustomed to caring for. i found that i wasnt different during my first day around these fantastic creatures from the kids who came into the program. but there is a strange transformation when one is around horses. i found myself playing the role of student, observer, teacher, mentor, worker, friend, and companion; not only to the kids, but to the horses and staff!before long, i was good at handling the horses and kids and having a grand time working with human and animal elements equally. i realize this experience has helped me to develop my horizons in ways i never thought likely. i started this wanting to give others help and realized in doing so i was the one who really benefited the most. i believe the companionship and peace that comes from working with our animal brothers is something that can and will make the world a better place!21.why did the author want to do some volunteer work?a. to help kids in trouble.b. to make a living.c. to build up others confidence.d. to improve his state of mind.22.what does the underlined word “apprehensive” probably mean?a. curious.b.anxious.c.exited.d.pleased.23.how does the working experience change the author?a.he made many friends.b.he found a permanent job.c.he realized the roles he played.d.he became accustomed to his life.blombard street (san francisco，usa)known as “the worlds mostcrooked (弯曲）street，” lombard street was first built in 1922 tq reduce the hills natural 27% grade (坡度），which was too steep for most vehicles. lombard street owns the record as the street with the most switchbacks in a single block. with eight steep and sharp turns, lombard street looks like a giant dizzy snake lying on the road. this famous street in san francisco is known as the most-challenging street of all. parliament street (exeter, england)this street in england is over a hundred years old today, but what makes it as an urban wonder is not its age but its unbelievable narrow size. usually, a street is where a vehicle can conveniently pass, but that will never happen in the parliament street, as the street measures just 25 inches wide which is just enough for a relatively medium-built person to pass.king fahds fountain (jeddah, saudi arabia)the fountain was donated to the city by king fahd. being the worlds tallest fountain, it deserves to be an urban wonder. it was constructed between 1980 and 1983. this fountain shoots water in an incredible 1023-foot (312m) height which is greater than the height of the eifel tower. because of its seemingly unreachable height, the waters of the king fahds fountain can be sighted even if the visitors are miles apart.damanhur temple (northern alps of italy)the underground of the modest homes of italy s northern alps is where a massive， richly -decorated temple is found. the damanhur temple was secretly constructed in the 1970s. decorated with impressive murals (壁画）and vividly 一 colored stain glass，the temple was once seized by the italian government due to illegalities. after some time, it was returned to oberto airaudi, the builder and founder of damanhur.24.why was lombard street built that way?a. to ease the traffic.b.to challenge citizens.c.to attract visitors.d.to set a record.25.what is king fahds fountain most famous for?a. name.b.location.c. height.d.decoration.26.what is special about damanhur temple?a.it was donated by aking.b.it is at a very high altitude.c.it was built by the italian government.d.it was constructed underground.27.which of the following has the longest history?a.lombard street.b. parliament street.c.king fahds fountain.d. damanhur temple.cif you think by examining someones facial expressions you can judge if he has good or bad luck in the stock market, think again. a study published in the journal, science, has shown that body language provides a better signal in judging whether the observed subject has just gone through an intensely positive* or negative experience.to test highly intense faces, dr. hillel aviezer and his colleagues presented test groups with photos of dozens of highly intense facial expressions in real-life situations.in one study, they compared emotional expressions of professional tennis players winning or losing a point. to discover exactly how people view images, the researchers showed different editions of the pictures to three groups of participants: 1) the full picture with the face and body; 2) the body with the face removed; 3) the face with the body removed. .remarkably, participants could easily pick the losers from winners when they judged by the full picture or the body alone, but they only had a 50:50 chance of being right when judging by the face alone. strangely, the participants who viewed the full image believed that it was the face, not the body, that revealed the persons emotions.in an additional study, the researchers performed the same series of tests, asking viewers to examine a wider range of real - life intense faces. again, viewers were unable to tell faces in positive situations from negative situations. the researchers also “planted” faces on bodies expressing positive or negative emotions. sure enough, the researchers discovered that the emotion of the same face on different bodies was determined by the body on which it appeared.“these results show that when emotions become extremely intense, the difference between positive and negative facial expressions no longer seems clear,” says aviezer. “the findings challenge classic behavioral models, in which the boundary between positive and negative emotions is clear.”aviezer adds, “the results may help researchers understand how body and facial expressions interact during emotional situations. for example, individuals with autism (自闭症）may fail to recognize facial expressions, but if trained to read important body language signs, their performance may significantly improve.”28.what can we learn from the first study?a. the participants were divided into three groups.b: half the participants judged right by the body alone.c.the participants couldnt judge by the face alone.d.all participants believed faces showedemotions.29.which method was used in both studies?a.judging facial expressions of people in the stock market.b.picking losers from winners among professional tennis players.c.showing pictures with the face, body or both to participants.d.putting faces on bodies for positive or negative emotions.30. what does the underlined part “their performance”refer to?a. picking losers from winners.b.understandingdifferentemotions.c. recognizing facial expressions.d.readingbodylanguagesigns.31.what can we conclude from the study?a.one cannot judge someones emotions by facial expressions.b.the boundary between positive and negative emotions is clear.c.its easier to tell positive emotions from negative ones if theyre tenser.d.body language is a better choice to judge intense emotions.dbritish mps have voted in favor of the creation of babies with dna from two women and one man, in an historic move. the uk is now set to become the first country to introduce laws to allow the、creation of babies from three people.in a free vote in the commons, 382 mps were in favor and 128 against the technique that stops genetic diseases (遗传病)being passed from mother to child. during the debate, ministers said the technique was “light at the end of a dark tunnel” for families. a further vote is required in the house of lords. if everything goes ahead then the first such baby could be bom next year.but critics will continue to fight against the technique that they say raises too many ethical (伦理)and safety concerns.prime minister david cameron said: “were not playing god here. were just making sure that two parents who want a healthy baby can have one.”the method will help women like sharon bemardi, from sunderland, who lost all seven of her children to mitochondrial disease (线粒体疾病）.mitochondria are the tiny parts inside nearly every cell of the body that change food into useable energy. they have their own dna, which does not affect characteristics such as appearance. defective mitochondria are passed down only from the mother. they can lead to brain damage, muscle wasting, heart failure and blindness.the technique uses a modified version of ivf (试管受精）to combine the dna of the two parents with the healthy mitochondria of a donor woman. it results in babies with 0.1% of their dna from the second woman and is a permanent change that would be passed down through the generations.32.why do the critics object to the technique?a.they think it will cause ethical problems.b.they think it goes against the local law.c.they think it cant stop genetic diseases.d.they think it will make people feel unsafe.33.the creation of babies from three people can result ina. a healthy babyb. a clever babyc. a perfect babyd.a pretty baby31.what can we infer from the passage?a.thetechniquecancure the mitochondrial disease.b.thetechniquechanges little of thebabys dna.4c.thetechniquecanguarantee everymother a perfectbaby.d.thetechniquecanguarantee everybaby good health.35.which of the following might be the best title for the text?a. ethical and safety problemsb. people say yes to three-person babiesc. how to cure genetic diseasesd. mps say yes to three-person babjes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人空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多 余选项。every single decision we make shapes our current reality. 36 so if youre unsatisfied with your life right now, making the effort to change your decisions will be the key to creating the life you want to have in the future.realize the power of decision making.37 when you decide to pick up acigarette, that decision might result in you picking up another later on. but if you decide not to smoke that first cigarette and make a decision to focus your attention somewhere else, your desire will eventually weaken and you will become smokefree.38 when you make a decision, act on it. commit to making a real decision.what s a real decision? it s when you decide on something, and that decision is carried out through action. its pointless to make a decision in your head, but not doing anything about it. thats the same as not making a decision at all.tell others about your decisions. sometimes telling other people what we re going to do will make us follow through. ive been trying to become an early riser but waking up early without falling back asleep felt impossible. so i made the decision to tell people that i would wake up at 6 a.m. and stay up.39 have fun making decisions.40i know decision -making might not be a funthing, but when you do it often, youll learn a lot about yourself on the way, and youll become more confident, and making decisions will just become so easier that you wont even think about it.a.enjoy the process.b.carry your decision out.c.examine the decisions you now have.d.any decision you make causes a chain of events.e.within two days, i was able to accomplish doing this.f.but we often go through life unaware what actions we are taking.g.before making a decision, you have to understand what a decision does.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，选出可以填人空白处 的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。hercules was a three-year-old american bulldog who had been rescued by the new jersey society for the prevention of cruelty to animals ( njspca ). the dog needed much medical 41 to survive and the njspca was working to raise funds for the expensive 42 when caide heard about hercules, he was 43 to raise money with a lemonade stand. he made lemonade, cookies and cupcakes to 44 “i also made a giant card for hercules，” caide recalls. “anyone who made a(n)45 would get to sign on it.”caide s friends and family helped 46 the news about the lemonade stand, and many people 47 to buy treats that day, including the njspca officers who ，d 48 hercules. when a local newspaper published a (n)49 about caide s lemonade stand, more money50 into the njspca.caide s 51 was to raise $500, but he ended up raising $ 3748.33, which was 52 to cover hercules9 s 53 medical expenses.herculess story has a(n)54 ending. a veterinary technician who had cared for hercules at the hospital became so 55 of him that she adopted him.even after hercules had 56 ，donations continued to arrive at the njspca, sent by people who had been 57 by herculess story and caides 58 to help him. that 59 money, labeled “herculess fund,” was used to 60 for medical care for other dogs who needed help.41. a.careb.researchc.knowledged.training42.a.shelterb.treatmentc foodd.equipment43.a.proudb.excitedc.suitabled.determined44.a eat b.sellc.shared.exchange45.a.mistakeb.achievementc.donationd.appointment46.a.spreadb.reportc.gatherd.repeat47.a.stayed upb.jumped upc.showed upd.dressed up48.a.caughtb.comfortedc.fedd.rescued49.a. articleb.letterc.advertisementd.book50.a.brokeb.fellc.rand.poured51.a.responsibilityb.goalc.suggestiond.order52.a.stableb.difficultc.enoughd.ready53.a.imaginableb.valuablec.acceptabled.considerable54.a.abruptb.strangec.happyd.peaceful55.a.afraidb.fondc.tolerantd.ashamed56.a.recoveredb.returnedc.retiredd.readjusted57.a.movedb.shockedc.amusedd.encouraged58.a.confidence*desirec.preparationd.effort59.a.foreignb.extrac.importantd.private60.a.answerb.accountc.payd.apply 第ii卷注意:将答案写在答题卡上。写在本试卷上无效、第三部分英语知识运用（共两节，满分45分第二节（共10小题；每小题1_5分，满分15分）阅读下面材料,在空白处填人适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。a: hi, there. what brings you