湖南省望城二中高三英语上学期第一次月考试题(1).doc

望城二中2015届高三第一次月考英语试卷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 (22.5 marks)directions: in this section, youll hear six conversations between two speakers. for each conversation, there are several questions, and each question is followed by three choices marked a, b and c. listen carefully and then choose the best answer for each questionyou will hear each conversation twiceconversation 11. what happened to the trees?a. they were cut down. b. they were burnt down. c. they were washed away.2. what are they talking about?a. animals and birds. b. environmental change. c. bad experience.conversation 23. which sign may you see in this museum?a. no photos. b. no smoking. c. be quiet.4. what does the woman want to buy?a. some pictures. b. some stamps. c. some postcards.conversation 35. which is ture about the womans illness?a. she has a sore throat. b. her neck aches. c. it began last night.6. why did the woman fall ill?a. she had a shower. b. the weather was cold. c. she had little rest.conversation 47. why did the man feel difficult abroad at first?a. he didnt know the way.b. he had no money. c. he knew little english.8. what did the man do to make a start?a. he worked as a servant. b. he worked as a salesman.c. he worked as an english teacher.9. what will the man do later?a. go to an interview. b. go to a meeting. c. go to the airport.conversation 510. where are the two speakers probably?a. at the womans house. b. in the cinema. c. in the school.11. what does the man think of his first job?a. it will be easy. b. the salary will be low. c. it will be satisfying.12. what kind of apartment does the man want?a. a cheap one. b. a big one. c. a bright one.conversation 613. when did the girl start this part-time job?a. one day ago. b. two days ago. c. three days ago.14. why does the girl take the job?a. to earn money. b. to improve her english. c. to get some experience.15. what can we learn from the conversation?a. the man seldom goes to the coffeehouse. b. the man is a foreigner.c. cookies are not available.section b (7.5 marks)directions: in this section, you will hear a short passage. listen carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heard. fill in each blank with no more than three words.you will hear the short passage twice.the first stop of your tripthe airporttime: arrive at the airport with 16 to sparepreparation: park your car in long-term parking or ask someone to 17 you therecheck-in: at the 18 inside the airportsecurity: check your id and your carry-on bags; walk through a metal detector, which will check for 19 itemsboarding: 20 and those who need assistance will be seated firstpart ii language knowledge (45 marks)section a (15 marks)directions: beneath each of the following sentences there are four choices marked a, b, c, and d. choose the one answer that best completes the sentence.21how can i help them to understand _ they wont listen to me?awhen bwhile cwhere dunless22partly_ about his past love, he buried himself in his workato have forgot bhaving forgot cto forget dforgotten23they could have escaped from the big fire, but unfortunately, someone _the dooralocked bhave locked chad locked dwill lock24nowadays almost everyone prefers to use a smart mobile phone _ functions are more practicalawhich bwhere cwhat dwhose25it is said that the building to be completed next year will be _ the old oneaas half big as bhalf as big as chalf bigger as dbigger half as26when you look at_ great effects the climate change has on our life, you11 agree that it is the most pressing global problemawhich bhow cwhat dwhy 27according to the schedule, the flight no232 to beijing_ at 10:30wed better set out right now, or well be latealeaves bleft cwill leave dhas left28by the time you arrive in london, we_ in europe for two weeksawill stay bstayed cwill have stayed dare staying29when we were in the college, we _ stay either in the lab or in the library, devoting ourselves to booksashould bwould ccan dneed30_ and we 11 finish the work on timeaif we are given two more days btwo more dayschaving two more days dgiven two more days31the murderer was brought in, with his hands _ behind his backabeing tied bhaving tied cto be tied dtied3240% of the students in our school _ from the other parts of hunan, which _ relatively large numberais; are bis; is care; is dare; are33_ approximately eight by fourteen feet, this room can house 6 to 8 studentsameasuring bbeing measured chaving measured dto measure34_ you make such great achievements in your career?with strong will and devotionawhat is that bhow is it that cwhat is it that dhow is that35we are always told that only through hard work_our goals in our studyawe will achieve bwe have achievedchave we achieved dwill we achievesection b (18 marks)directions: for each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked a, b, c and d. fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.a french billionaire used to have a rough time when he was younglater he 36 himself in the field of drawing saleswithin ten years, he had become a young media tycoon （大亨） in francehe died of cancer in 1998a french newspaper published his 37 after his death, in which he claimed:iwas a poor guybefore i reach the threshold (门槛)of heaven, i leave my secret of how to become 38 to the worldanyone who can answer the question what do the poor 39 most will have discovered my secret of becoming richmy deposit of one million francs in the private safe of my bank will be the prize for his wisdom in uncovering the riddle of povertymany people 40 to the publicized willthe answers, as one might imagine, were 41 the majority of them thought the poor were missing money mostsome stated that what the poor most 42 was opportunitystill others thought that the poor needed skills to make moneythe rest of the answers claimed that poverty could be attributed to the 43 of help, love, attractiveness, and 44 good luckon the first anniversary of the billionaires passing, his lawyer and representative opened his private safe in the bank; the secret of getting rich 45 the billionaire believed that the most absent among the poor was the 46 of getting richit was a nine-year-old girl who hit the nail on the headwhy did she regard ambition as thething the poor lacked most? the day she was officially 47 the one million francs, she said: every time my elder sister brought her boyfriend home, she always warned me not to be ambitiousso, i thought perhaps ambition was something that brought what you wanted36aintroduced bguided cbecame destablished 37astory bwill csecret dfinding38arich bpositive csuccessful ddetermined39asave bexpect clack dhope40aapplied bresponded cadmitted dcontributed ;t41avarious bincorrect ccreative drelated42acared bdesired cignored dshared43apresence babsence crejection ddependence44aeven bstill cso dyet45aturned out bgot out ccame out dputout46aidea bambition cluck dopportunity47a awarded breceived creturned ddonated,section c (12 marks)directions: the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context.in the face of various and complicated requirements of employment market, some students begin to question the significance of learning basic knowledge and skills, just as 48 is exposed in some news reportshowever, it is absolutely wrong to hold that ideaowing to the fact 49. we are living in a competitive society, the development of our society demands that we arm 50 with basic skills and up-to-date knowledge so as to keep up with the pace of our society51 investigation shows that millions of people spend time and energy grasping skills and technology so that they 52 keep a favorable position in job market or enhance their opportunitieswhile focusing on creativity, innovation, management and leadership skills, we should 53 forget the fundamental importance of the more basic, essential skillsit is universally known that opportunity is important, 54 you could do nothing with it if you are not equipped 55 competitive forces, such as basic reading and calculating skills, to seize itpart iii reading comprehension (30 marks)directions: read the following three passages. each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. for each of them there are four choices marked a，b，c and d. choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage.athe song, lets go get stoned, is an example of ray charles own kind of music and is his own sound. he mixed black church music, blues and rock-and-roll and produced a very different sound. ray charles could play blues, rock and jazz, and liked other kinds of music, too. he recorded an album (专辑) of country-and-western music, which was an immediate success. the album was called modern sounds in country and western music. many of the songs became famous. one of the most popular was i cant stop loving you. charles made himself a popular artist and an expert of soul music with the release (发行) of his most popular composition (乐曲作品) what i say.during the 1960s charles appeared in the 1962 film swinging along, and the 1966 british film ballad in blue. in 1980 he appeared in the blues brothers movie and became even more successful. charles also played an important part in the recording for africas song of we are the world in 1985.ray charles often said that sound and music were his lifes blood. he said many times that he would not trade his musical ability for the ability to see again. he did not give his time and money to help the blind, but helped create and support the robinson foundation for hearing disorders, which helps people deal with the loss of their hearing. he once said, “being blind is my handicap (生理缺陷), but my ears are my opportunity. losing my hearing would have ended my life.”56. according to the passage, what can we learn about ray charles? a. he lost both his sight and his hearing. b. he lost his voice and could not sing.c. he lost his sight. d. he was disabled in both body and mind.57. charles appeared in films and _. a. played an important role at the very beginning b. lost his interest in music in the 1960sc. achieved great success in the blues brothersd. failed to become successful in the end 58. what can we learn from the passage? a. ray charles didnt want to see again. b. lets go get stoned is ray charles best song.c. ray charles couldnt live without music and sound. d. charles supported the foundation for the blind. 59. what does the last paragraph tell us? a. ray charles thought it was a big pity that he could not see.b. ray charles paid attention to nothing except sound and music.c. ray charles didnt help the blind because he hated being blind.d. he considered his hearing as the most important thing in his life.60. what does the passage mainly tell us? a. how ray charles writes songs b. how ray charles helps the poor. c. ray charles and his works. d. how a blind man can succeed.bit seems that theres a good reason why dogs have remained as mans best friend. scientists have found that dogs are the only animals that can read emotion in faces much like humans. the finding suggests that like an understanding friend, dogs can see at a glance if we are happy, sad, pleased or angry. when humans look at a new face, their eyes usually wander left, falling on the right hand side of the persons face first. this “left gaze bias”（左视偏好） only happens when we look at faces and does not apply(应用于) any other time, such as when looking at animals or objects. a possible reason for the tendency（倾向） is that the right side of the human face is better at expressing emotions. researchers at the university of lincoln have now shown that pet dogs also have “left gazes bias”, but only when looking at human faces. no other animal has been known to show this behavior before. a team, led by dr kun guo, showed 17 dogs images(形象) of human, dog and monkey faces as well as objects. film of the dogs eye and head movements shows a strong left gaze bias when the animals were presented with human faces. but this did not happen when they were shown other images, including those of dogs. “guo suggests that over thousands of generations of association（交往） with humans, dogs may have developed the left gaze bias as a way to guess our emotions,” new scientist magazine reported. “recent studies show that the right side of our faces can express emotions more accurately than the left. if true, then it makes sense for dogs and humans to see the right hand side of a face first.” 61. the reason why dogs are mans best friend is that _. a. they can read our facial emotions easily b. they can help us in many ways c. they are the only animal that can protect us d. they are easy to deal with 62. the “left gaze bias” only happens when we look at _. a. animals b. plants c. people d. dogs 63. from the passage we can learn that_. a. the left side of the human face is better at expressing emotions b. only pet dogs have “left gaze bias” c. dr kun guo is a team leader d. the “left gaze bias” happens when dogs were presented with images of dogs 64. the passage mainly wants to tell us that _. a. dogs are mans best friend b. what is the “left gaze bias“ c. dogs can guess our emotions d. dogs read emotions the same as humans65. the underlined word “accurately” in the last paragraph probably means _. a. luckily b. exactly c. slowly d. easily ci was very naive(天真的) when i started high school. on the first day i didnt realize there was a right way to wear a school hat. in fact，on that first day i did a lot of things wronglike being the only person in the school who had a tongue ring. that ring made me considered a troublemaker，and by the first break i was given life membership to the “out” crowd. so i put my hair into my hat and took out the tongue ring.it seemed more important to be like others than finding out what it meant to be me. i spent all my energy trying to conform. i couldnt work out why i was so unhappy when id achieved what i thought i wanted.after many tears and sleepless nights，my teacher took me aside and asked why i was upset. i told him though i tried to fit in at school，i still felt unhappy. he asked me why i cut my hair off，and i told him that i wanted the same kind of hairstyle that the other girls had.he said，“youve started doing things to please other people. if you dont do it for yourself，you will always feel upset. if the people at school dont like you for who you are，then its their problem.” what he said was true. i started trying to do things for myself. after that i felt a lot better.66. from the second paragraph，we can learn that _.a. the other students didnt like the authorb. the author didnt wear a hat on the first dayc. the author was considered to be a troublemaker by the teacherd. everybody wanted to make friends with the author67. the underlined word “conform” in the third paragraph means _.a. to behave like others b. to behave differentlyc. to behave in a wrong way d. to behave in a special way68. according to the teacher，the author felt upset because _.a. she did her primary education through online educationb. she had a tongue ring on the first day of schoolc. she didnt know the right way to wear a hatd. she tried to please others instead of herself69. according to the passage，which of the following statements is true?a. the author cut her hair off because it looked cool.b. the author followed her teachers advice at last.c. what the teacher said made the author feel sadder.d. the author didnt want to make friends with others.70. whats the passage mainly about?a. how to overcome sadness at school. b. how to get along with others at school.c. the pains to fit in at school. d. the problem of loneliness.part iv writing (45 marks)section a (10 marks)directions: read the following passage. fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage.write no more than three words for each answer.frederick m. hess is the director of education policy studies at the american enterprise institute, which is a nonprofit organization that conducts r