湖南师大附中高三英语第七次月考试题牛津译林版(1).doc

湖南师大附中2014届高三第七次月考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 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 twiceconversation 1lwhat does the boy want to do?awatch a movie. bgo to an amusement park.cwatch a tv program.2according to the boy, what will his father think of his idea?ahe will definitely agree with it.bhe wont want to spend the money.che will say its too noisy.conversation 23where does the conversation take place?aat the airport.bat a travel agency.cin a supermarket.4what will the woman do next?abuy some bottled water.bgo through the security check.cdrink up her water.conversation 35where was the woman when the accident happened?aon an overhead bridge.bin a car.cin a truck.6what probably caused the accidentathe car driver being drunk bthe car going too fastcsomething wrong with thetruckconversation 47why does the man make the phone call?ahe wants tobook for the showbhe wants to get some information about the showche wants to know on what day the show will be given8how much does the tickets cost if the wants to buy one?a30 dollarsb13 dollars c33 dollars9when will the show probably end? aat 10;00 pmbat 8;00 pmcat about midnightconversation 510what is the woman planning to do? awatch the game on televisionbattend the gamecfind someone to sing with11what does the man think when the woman says she is not going?ashe has no money leftbshe doesnt like footballcshe isnt feeling well12what does the man miss when watching a game on television? aphotographing the sports ground bwatching the ballcpeopled excitementconversation 13who is rogers most probably? atoms friendbtoms teacherctoms boss14what did tom tell his mother in yesterday letter? ahe, had decided to work part-timebhe had lost his new jobche had just bought a car 15why does tom tell his mother about his job?ahe doesnt want her to worry about his job.bhe doesnt want her to worry about his life.che doesnt want her to worry about his studies.section b （75 marks）directions in this section, you will hear a short passagelisten carefully and then fill in the numbered blanks with the information you have heardfill in each blank with no more than three wordsyou will hear the short passage twicepart ii 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 sentence21some scientific evidence suggests musical training before the age of seven _ have a significant impact on the brains developmentashould bcan cmust dneed22what the separatists did on mar1st in kunming was extremely violent, _ will only add to the importance the country attaches to the unity of all ethnic groupsa when bwhy cwhat dwhich23lina beat dominika cibulkova at the australian open to storm to her second grand slam title, _another huge boost to asian tennisagiving bhaving given cgave dto give24at the end of world war q those people who had participated in that conflict believed that if they were victorious over the nazis, they _ celebrated and honored by their nationawould be bwill have been cwill be dwould have been25have you watched the movie gravityyes, i_it with my sisterahave watched bwatched chave been watching dwatch26he had never expected _ a woman calling herself his mother on his 20th birthdayathere being bthere iscthere have been dthere to be27chinese researchers announced they had successfully developed the vaccine for the h7n9 bird flu virus, after the flu vims had left more than 130 people _, with 45 deaths reportedato infect binfected chaving infected dinfecting 28, i do hopethat the road sign i have placed at the crossroads will be- helpful to _ feels confused or gets lost thereano matter whom bno matter whocwhomever dwhoever29you must tell mr, wang about the incident _ you meet himaquickly bquietlycwhile dimmediately30_ he misunderstood my position on the problem was obvious from his commentsawhich bwhere c that dwhat31oh, where is my wallet? maybe i left it in the caryou_ somethingawere always leaving bhave always left calways leave dare always leaving32under no circumstances in the last one year _ for leave because of personal affairsadid she ask bshe askedchas she asked dshe has asked33everyone thinks james _ the money from anns drawer, since he is always honestashouldnt have taken bcouldnt takecmustnt have taken dcouldnt have taken34so far many possible means have been tried, but none _ to be practicalawas proved bhave been provedcproves dproved35the cost of organic food is higher than _ of conventional food because the organic price tag reflects more closely the true cost of growing the foodait bone cthat dthissection 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 biggest safety threat facing airlines today may not be a terrorist with a gun, but the man with the portable computer used in business fieldin the past 15 years, pilots have reported over 100 36 that could have teen caused by electromagnetic interference （电磁场干扰）the source of this interference remains _37_, but increasingly, experts are pointing the 38 at portable electronic devices such as computers, radios, cassette players and mobile telephonesrtca, radio technical commission for aeronautics, has recommended that 39 airlines should ban such electronic devices from being used during some critical” stages of flight, 40 when the plane is taking off and landingsome experts have gone further, 41 a total ban during all stages of flights 42 some airlines forbid-passengers from using such devices during taking off and landing, most dont want to enforce a total ban because many passengers want to work during flightsthe 43 is predicting how electromagnetic fields might affect an aircrafts computersexperts know that portable devices release radiation, which 44 those waves that aircraft use for navigation and communicationbut they have not been able to produce these effects in a lab, so they have no way of knowing whether the interference might be 45 or notthe fact that aircrafts may be easy to be attacked by interference 46 alarm bells ringing terrorists may use radio system in order to 47 navigation equipment36aactions bevents cmatters dincidents37aunfinished bunchecked cunconfirmed dunmentioned38aerror bblame cpressure dburden39asome bseveral call dno40aespecially bobviously cunfortunately dpossibly41alooking for bcalling for cwaiting for dsearching for42aif bwhen cas dthough43aidea bdifficulty cpossibility dnecessity44aaims badvises caffects daids45auseful bdangerous cuseless dnecessary46afaces bsets cmakes dtakes47arepair bguide clead ddamagesection c （12 marks）directions complete the following passage by filling ineach blank with one word that best fits the contextyou cant understand the pain of overweight people 48 you have been onei used to be an overweight boy, weighing 95kg in junior highi was often laughed at by others, 49 cast a big shadow on my heart- i was afraid of wearing t-shirts and shortseven in the hottest summer, i 50 went swimming with-my friends because i was ashamed of my fat figurei became less and less confident, afraid of talking in public and always hiding 51 i told myself many times that i must lose weight but i didnt have 52 courage to take action53 , as i suffered from obesity more and more, i finally decided to go on a diet and do a lot of exercisethe miracle came two months 54 i had reduced my weight to 70kg! when my friends saw me, they didnt even recognize mens handsome boy 55with a strong figure! im thankful for this experience, from which i really learned a truth nothing can stop me if i really want to achieve my dream part iii reading comprehension(30 marks）directions read the following three 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 passagezach marks wasnt supposed to be able to get on an adult social-networking websiteafter all, he was an 11-year-old boy from melbourne beach, florida-younger than the limited ageto his joy, hundreds of people made friends with him, including grown-ups he didnt knowhe saw images he probably shouldnt have seenunfortunately he got caught by his fatherby all accounts, zachs dad was not happywe had a really heated argument, zach saidand in the middle of the argument, i told my dad that there was no safe social-networking site out there for kids thats when inspiration strucktoday, at the age of 12, zach is the creative force behind grom social a, new social-networking site that is created by kids and for kidszach came up with an idea himself and created it with the help from his familygrom social is safe, fun and educationalonly kids are allowed on grom socialand in order for them to get on, they have to enter their parents e-mail addressesin that way, the parents can monitor everything their kids say and do while on the sitethere are people looking at it 24 hours a day, seven days a week, zach saidyou cant say anything badyou cant post any inappropriate pictures there are also cool contents and positive messages specifically for kidsa grom is a young and upcoming athlete, gamer, surfer, zach saidits a promising young individual thats quick to learn by early march, grom socials membership was 20,000 worldwide and growingand zach and his family have partnered with an it firm in new york city that has invested several million dollars in the siteits amazing how this is all happening and taking off, zachs dad saidtoday, everyone zach chats with on the site wants to know if he is real or notplease keep in mind that he is only a 12-year-old kid56what did zach learn from his experience on a social-networking website?asocial-networking websites were not safe for kidsbhe was so young that he couldnt surf the internetcadults were more willing to make friends with kidsdhe could get more useful information from the website57after arguing with his dad , zach .aencouraged his dad to surf the internet with himbpersuaded his dad to help him create grom socialcdecided to create a new social-networking website for kidsdbegan to realize the key role the kids are playing online58according to the passage, what do we know about grom social?ait was created by zach on his own.bit must be visited by kids with their parents.cit doesnt welcome any cool contents.dit is looked at by some people continuously.59what zachs dad said in paragraph 7 suggested that .azachs dad is proud of what zach has achievedbzach has become successful only within one yearczach is determined to spend more money on the sitedmost people dont think highly of what zach has done60which of the following can be the best title for the passage?aa great plan made by a young kidbkid gets a good idea from a websitecan unusual kid and his contributiondkid creates a kids-only social networkbbelow are the top four supermarket chains in the world in 2012 and the reasons behind their success. tescoheadquartered in chestnut, united kingdom , this global grocery store is one of the largest supermarket chains in terms of revenues and profits. if was founded in 1919 by jack cohen. tesco stores can be found across all continents. even though it was set up only for food and beverages, tesco has drastically branched out , not only in geographical terms, but also in terms of products. which now include electronics , clothing, health care, home improvement and even financial services.safewayfounded in the year 1915 by a young m. b, skaggs. safeway developed from just a small grocery store on the fundamentals of providing value to customers and narrow profit margins. the success story of skaggs becomes more evident when , by the end of the year 1926,he he had opened almost 428 stores across ten states. almost two years later, safeway was listed at the new york stock exchange . at present, there are more than fifteen hundred safeway stores across us and canada.the kroger company founded at cincinnati, ohio in 1883 by mr. bernard kroger, the kroger company is now one of the largest supermarket chains not only in the us. but across the world . over the last couple of decades, the kroger company has vastly expanded by acquiring popular brand names, including those of owens market. its stores are largely spread out across middle. western and central united states. reve-gruppereve gruppe was founded in 1927 and is presently headquartered at cologne, germany . this supermarket chain is easily counted among the top supermarket chains of the world . its vast ine of products includes grocery, home improvement, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, optical as well as clothing . its stores can be found in as many as fourteen european countries, providing employment to more than 325,000 people.61which of the following was founded first ?atesco.bsafeway.cthe kroger company.drewe-gruppe.62we can learn from the text that safeway .awas initially set up only for foodbdeveloped from a small grocery storechas about 3,500 stores nowdhas branches in fourteen european countries63which of the following is true?atesco was founded four years earlier than safeway.btesco and safeway are headquartered in the same country.crewe - gruppe provides financial services.dsafeway was listed at the new york stock exchange around 1928.64according to the passage, the kroger company .ais presently headquartered in the united kingdombhas fifteen stores in the us and canadacdeveloped quickly after acquiring popular brand namesdprovides employment for more than 325,000 people65what is the topic of the passage?aan introduction to four top supermarket chains around the world.bthe history of four top supermarkets chains.cthe background of four supermarket chains.dthe most profitable supermarket chains in the world.cpicture a wasteland of old computer monitors and tvs, stretching as far as the eye can see. imagine towers of boxes, all of them filled with broken glass and discarded electronic devices. technology graveyards like this can be found in communities across the country.experts say that landfills and warehouses will overflow unless a plan for the disposal (清理)and reuse of electronics is put into place .” we cant put electronics and glass aside and tell ourselves well deal with them later , ”lauren roman , managing director of transparent planet said. romans group works to improve the disposal of electronic waste. she says about 660 million pounds of tech trash is produced each year in the u.s.whats behind the tech trash pile-up ?about ten years ago ,major advances were made in computer and television technology . manufacturers began producing devices like flat paneled lcds and plasma(等离子) screen monitors. these new products provide a clearer image and take up less space than older models. it goes without saying that consumers choose them rather than heavy. glass-based technologies.the new electronics are built with materials that are difficult to recycle. in addition, the new products have decreased the demand for recycled parts from the older monitors and screens. older, heavier computer monitors and tvs used glass-based components called crts.crts have a high lead content and can be environmentally hazardous if not recycled properly . if crushed and put in landfills, the lead from cuts could seep into groundwater and rivers, harming the water supply. for many years, plants and recycling programs safely processed crts. the recycled crts were reused in the construction of new monitors.monitors being made today do not use glass tubes . “people are returning old style tvs with crts , but no new ones are being made ,” said linnell. this is creating an imbala