2014年12月27日高三英语月考试题.doc

高三年级月考试卷（英语）使用时间：2014年12月27日测试时间： 120分钟总分： 150 分第I卷第一部分：听力(略)第二部分：阅读理解（共两节，满分60分）第一节 （共15小题，每小题3分，满分45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。A Horse Riding LessonsPrice: Private lesson30 per hour; Group Lesson25 per hour (3 or more riders)Holiday Club 50 per dayDuration: 1 hourorfull day club for young ridersLocation: Looe PL14 4REAge Restrictions: 5 years or over Notes: In the interests of your safety, please wear smooth-soled shoes with low heels（后跟）. Please note that all riders will be advised to wear hats before starting a lesson. Polmartin Riding is close to Looe and Liskeard. Horse riding and lessons are available all year, whatever the weather. Situated in around sixty acres of Cornish landscape, our training farm offers stunning 360-degree views of the sea and farmland. Our treks(长途跋涉) wind through fields, lakes, streams, woods and hillsides, resulting in a unique and wonderful ride, in safety and without the worry of meeting any traffic. If you prefer to learn to ride or improve your skills, our riding lessons are varied and are matched to your needs and ability. You can be assured that all lessons are of the highest standards. We are able to train riders in a variety of disciplines according to the formal BHS standards. Our Holiday Clubs are for the young riders who really want to learn about horses, not just riding. They will learn how to feed and clean horses, and how to help others by leading horses. They will have a group lesson of an hour in the morning or in the afternoon, a ride out on the farm. Children planning for the day must be at least 8 years old and should also bring a packed lunch.1. If you attend the private lesson for five hours, you will pay_. A. 100.B. 150.C. 200.D. 250.2. The children attending Holiday Clubs have to_. A. buy a hatB. bring lunch C. lead a horseD. feed a horse3. Which of the following statements is TRUE? A. The horse riding training runs only in spring and summer.B. The Holiday Clubs provide more varied lessons for the learners.C. The riding lessons provided by the training are varied but amateur.D. You should choose a proper training time to avoid the traffic congestion.BIceland is experiencing a book boom（突然风靡的时期）. There is a phrase in Icelandic, “ad ganga med bok I maganum”, meaning everyone gives birth to a book. Literally, everyone “has a book in their stomach”. One in 10 Icelanders will publish one.“Does it get rather competitive?” I ask the young novelist, Kristin Eirikskdottir. “Yes, especially as I live with my mother and partner, who are also full-time writers. But we try to publish in alternate years so we do not compete too much.” “Writers are respected here,” Agla Magnusdottir tells me. “They live well. Some even get a salary.” Magnusdottir is head of the new Icelandic Literature Centre, which offers state support for literature and its translation. “They write everything modern sagas （长篇小说）, poetry, childrens books, literary fiction but the biggest boom is in crime writing,” she says.So what has led to this extraordinary book boom? I would say it is due to a crop of good writers, telling interesting tales with elegant economy and fantastic characters.Icelands black lava （火山岩） riverbeds, its steaming, bubbling earth, with its high volcanoes and great streams also make it the perfect setting for stories. Solvi Bjorn Siggurdsson, an Icelandic novelist, says writers owe a lot to the past. “We are a nation of storytellers. When it was dark and cold we had nothing else to do,” he says. “Thanks to the poetic works and medieval （中世纪的） sagas, we have always been surrounded by stories.”Siggurdsson shows respect to Icelands Nobel Literature winner, Halldor Laxness, whose books are sold in petrol stations and tourist centres across the island. Locals name their cats after Laxness and pay visits to his home. “When Laxness won the Nobel Prize in 1955 he put modern Icelandic literature on the map,” Siggurdsson tells me. “He gave us confidence to write.”4. The phrase in Icelandic “ad ganga med bok I maganum” in Paragraph 2 suggests that _.A. Icelanders love reading B. Icelanders love writingC. there are a lot of good books in Iceland D. its competitive to publish a book in Iceland5. What kind of book is the most popular in Iceland?A. Poetry. B. Medieval sagas. C. Crime novels. D. Childrens stories.6. What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. Halldor Laxness is the teacher of Siggurdsson. B. Halldor Laxness is greatly respected in Iceland.C. Writers in Iceland benefit from its literary tradition.D. Siggurdsson won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1955.7. According to the passage, Iceland _. A. has more writers than any other country in the world B. possesses some factors to be the perfect setting for stories C. publishes more books than any other country in the worldD. advises people to publish books to increase their incomeC Last weekend I moved into a share house. It will come as a surprise to anyone that Im no longer a lively, young 20-something. According to my own rules, this is not how things were supposed to be at 40. I should be organising schedules for childcare and family holidays, not working out a list assigning whose turn it is to clean the toilet. But I am. And Im OK with it.A recent article from another 40-something who moved back in with his family after losing his job indicates how routine people can be. Comments suggested he should grow up and stop depending on his parents. Even I had a short moment thinking he should get organized by now. But why? Why should a 41-year-old have to follow the routine lifestyle? Despite the phone calls I make to keep in touch, being alone at home can be mentally challenging. So why then would I deny myself the option of having someone to talk to in the evening, to laugh with or to cook food for, simply because I think Im too old for that kind of nonsense? Please dont assume I am Peter Pan (天真的成年人). I love being alone and need quiet time. But while Im busy at a new job, sometimes its difficult to keep a sunny mood when you head home alone with no one to ask how your day was or if youd like some cake. Perhaps its not us single 40-somethings that need to grow up, but the routine views of others that need to be altered. Society is changing rapidly. Jobs arent for life, so we need to be more flexible. Rather than give judgment, why not add it to the growing list of alternatives to the “house, two kids and a dog” nuclear family. 8. It can be learned from Paragraph 1 that the author . A. is as energetic as 20-somethings B. opposes cleaning the toilet in turn between roommates. C. is changing her rules about how 40-somethings should live D. doesnt like organizing schedules for childcare and family holidays9. What can be inferred from Paragraph 2? A. The author thought highly of the critical people. B. The author had doubts about the 41-year-olds choice. C. The author still thought the man ought to be independent. D. The author showed a negative attitude to the comments.10. We can learn from Paragraph 3 and 4 that the author . A. dislikes being alone B. cant bear the feeling of lonelinessC. is really too old to have a young persons gameD. has denied the option of having someone as company11. What does the author imply in the last paragraph? A. People dont live to work. B. People today enjoy a long life. C. The old rules wont work one day. D. Nuclear families will disappear gradually.DElephants are known to be highly social and intelligent. Now there is evidence that they will show something that looks very much like a group hug when a fellow elephant is in despression.Joshua Plotnik, who leads a conservation and education group called Think Elephants, and teaches conservation at Mahidol University in Thailand, studied elephants at a park in Chiang Rai Province in Thailand, to look for consolation（慰藉）behavior.As explained by Frans de Waal, Dr. Plotniks Ph.D. adviser at Emory University, consolation behavior involves bystanders responding to an animal that is in emotional depression. The depression may be caused by a conflict with another member of the group.“Were pretty confident its relatively rare in animals,” Dr. Plotnik said in an interview. He said there was good evidence for the behavior in apes, wolves and some birds. And he said there had been some reports of such behavior in dolphins and elephants.Elephants clearly have strong emotional connections to other elephants and are highly intelligent, so it made sense to think that they might console one another. To find out, Dr. Plotnik observed 26 elephants in six groups at a managed park.When one elephant was disturbed, Dr. Plotnik said, other elephants bystanders gathered around. They made soft sounds and touched the depressed elephant, head to mouth with their long trunk(象鼻), which are comforting gestures, for elephants.Dr. Plotnik said that since he couldnt always observe the original source of the depression, he couldnt say that the behavior met the real meaning of consolation, as it was not clear whether it followed conflict. The elephants might have been scared by a person, dog, or, in some cases, a noise that humans couldnt hear. But, he said, in every other way the elephant behavior showed that they were acting to comfort elephants that were upset.12. What would other elephants do when one elephant was in depression? A. They would stand by to watch. B. They would make comforting gestures.C. They would gather around to defend it. D. They would make sounds to cheer it up.13. Joshua Plotnik is sure that _.A. dolphins too have consolation behavior B. most animals have consolation behavior C. consolation behavior only exists in a few animal species D. consolation behavior exist in highly intelligent animals 14. What Dr. Plotnik says in the last paragraph suggests that _. A. he is sure of the finding of his study B. he has found a new meaning of consolation C. he needs further evidence to conclude his study D. its impossible to find the source of elephants depression 15. Which of the following best gives the main idea of the passage? A. Elephants have emotions. B. Elephants can get upset.C. Elephants are highly social and intelligent. D. Elephants give a comforting trunk. 第二节（共5小题；每小题3分，满分15 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。When studying foreign speech, dont forget about body language. To help you master these significant parts of communication, here are four non-verbal characteristics that vary from culture to culture.GesturesWhen trying to communicate through a language barrier, its natural to use gestures as a way of explaining your point. 16 However, hand motions are culturally relative, and the wrong gesture can lead to confusion.The thumbs-up sign is equal to the middle finger in Greece and Sardinia. Tapping your finger to your temple(鬓角) is a gesture to show memory in North America, but suggests insanity(精神错乱) in Russia. 17 The yes-no gestures are opposite in countries like Bulgaria and Albania.SilenceThough it can feel like an emptiness in communication, silence can be very meaningful in different cultural contexts. Western cultures, especially North America and the UK, tend to view silence as disagreement. In some interactions at work, school, or with friends, silence is often regarded as a sign of disinterest. 18 In China, silence can be used to show agreement. TouchBritain is classed as a “non-contact” country, in which theres very little physical contact in peoples daily interactions. 19 By comparison, in the high-contact cultures of the Middle East, physical touch is a big part of social life.Eye Contact 20 We tend to assume that a conversation partner who looks away is either indifferent or lying. Of course, this is not a standard around the world.A. Even nodding yes can be misunderstood abroad.B. Individual gestures can cause miscommunication.C. We assume its helpful, since our words will be strengthened.D. Even accidentally brushing someones arm is a reason for an apology.E. In most western countries, frequent eye contact is a sign of confidence.F. Naturally, these different standards of contact can lead to misunderstanding.G. In other cultures, however, silence is not viewed as a negative circumstance.第三部分：英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）第一节：完形填空（共20小题，每小题2分，满分40分）阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、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。We will welcome the Summer Solstice (夏至). Half of this year will already be behind us! This Sunday is 21 one year since my mom passed away. So much has happened since she took her last 22 . I can remember her last few hours like it was 23 . As I think back on all the words, emotions, challenges endured over the past 12 months, I sit and realize how much Ive 24 as a person.I find myself having 25 conversations with my mom about all the happenings in my world. I wake up with clarity (明确) and find answers, or at least 26 , to my questions and lifes uncertainties. I can hear her voice from time to time in my head, reassuring me that “Things will 27 ”. If I could 28 see her one more time, in the here and now, I wonder what we would talk and laugh about?They say that 29 heals all wounds, but I truly believe that our 30 help us to be better human beings. The 31 never truly leaves, but the healing begins. It all depends on what we 32 to focus on.Some regret that some words have not been shared with 33 ones, but Im so grateful that with my parents this has not been the 34 . I choose to be the type of person my parents 35 me to be. At the end of every day, I wonder if Ive made them 36 ? I remember who they were and how they lived their lives. How they both lived a life being in 37 to others. My Moms favorite 38 was “HOPE”. She wanted us to love one another and be 39 to each other, always.She was a(n) 40 woman.21.A. graduallyB. finallyC. exactlyD. immediately22.A. rideB. decisionC. restD. breath23.A. thenB. yesterdayC. a chanceD. a film24.A. grownB. caredC. collectedD. decided25.A. politeB. silentC. finalD. serious26.A. suggestionsB. giftsC. ordersD. requests27.A. come backB. speedupC. getinD. work out28.A. secretlyB. confidentlyC. physicallyD. naturally29.A. patienceB. friendshipC. medicineD. time30. A. pleasuresB. disadvantagesC. faithsD. wounds31.A. doubtB. questionC. painD. worry32.A. hesitateB. chooseC. beginD. bother33.A. lovedB. educatedC. determinedD. wounded34.A. conditionB. linkC. advantageD. case35.A. commandedB. persuadedC. raisedD. allowed36.A. nervousB. calmC. popularD. proud37.A. serviceB. journeyC. guideD. introduction38.A. choiceB. wordC. wayD. pattern39.A. patientB. successfulC. goodD. free40.A. interestingB. amazingC. strugglingD. promising第II卷第二节 （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（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。Sara: Hi, Im Sara, your roommates sister. Nice to meet you.Jack: Im Jack. Sorry for keeping you waiting, Sara.Sara: You are not 41 (blame), Jack. After all, it is raining so 42 (heavy) outside. Oh, I forgot to tell you, Jack. My brother 43 (go) out and wont be back until two oclock. In the meanwhile, let me show you 44 the apartment. Jack: Thanks, Sara. Well, is it 45 apartment provided with private bathrooms? Sara: Im afraid 46 . Youll have to share the bathroom with the whole floor. The bathroom is at the end of passage. Jack: Okay. There is little furniture here, but Im glad there