广东省梅州中学2020学年度高三英语第三次月考试卷(无附听力材料)牛津英语

广东省梅州中学2020学年度高三英语第三次月考试卷(无附听力材料)(2020年11月8日)本试卷分为第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）。共150分，考试时间120分钟。第一卷 选择题（三部分，共110分）第一部分：听力（共两节，满分32.5分）做题时，先将答案划在试卷上。录音结束后，你将试卷上的答案写到答题卷上。第一节：听对话或独白（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在答题卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读每个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。请听第1段对话或独白，回答第1、2题。1. Whats the most probable relationship between the two speakers?A. Husband and wife.B. Boss and secretary.C. Workmates.2. Who will get higher pay?A. Those who are well educated.B. Those who have working experience.C. Those who can speak a foreign language.请听第2段对话，回答第3至5题。3. What is the man?A. A salesman.B. A policeman.C. A postman.4. Where is the womans husband?A. In the kitchen.B. In another house.C. In another city.5. What was the woman doing that night?A. She was sleeping.B. She was cooking dinner.C. She was playing cards.请听第3段对话，回答第6至8题。6. What can we learn about the song “After the Ball”?A. The songs writer lived all alone.B. The writers old uncle lived all alone.C. The song was a sad one.7. What can we learn about marching music?A. It came from a kind of piano music.B. It is still a kind of popular music at present.C. It was brought to Europe later.8. Who play marching music in colleges and high schools?A. Football players in beautiful uniforms.B. Students in their college or school uniforms.C. Players dressed in colorful uniforms.请听第4段对话，回答第9至11题。9. Why can the man stay in this hotel?A. He has a reservation in advance.B. He is a friend of the owners.C. Someone has just cancelled a reservation.10. What does them man need for his children?A. A color TV.B. An extra bedroom.C. A swimming pool.11. When does the hotel want its guests to pay?A. When they register.B. When they reserve a room.C. Just before their departure.请听第5段对话，回答第12至15题。12. Why couldnt the speaker see the sun?A. Because the situation was bad.B. Because there was much smoke in the air.C. Because the sky was getting dark.13. Where was the speakers husband?A. He was in town.B. He was in the garden.C. He was abroad.14. What did the speaker take with her?A. Her clothes, useful things, passport, bankbook and money.B. Useful things, such as clothes and food.C. Her clothes, drinks, money and books.15. How many days had the wind blown before the speaker left?A. Two days.B. Three days.C. Four days.第二节：听取信息（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）听下面一段独白。请根据题目要求，从听到的内容中获取必要信息，填入标号为16-20的空格中。录音读两遍。你有90秒钟的作答时间。答案做在答题卷上。Elwood Food MarketHall 1sells : 16. _sells: 17. _Hall 2Hot breakfast in the caf until 18. _A piece of pizza costs 19. _Hall3 Childrens playroom next to the 20. _第二部分：语言知识及应用（共两节，满分37.5分）第一节：完形填空（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意，然后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。Who won the World Cup 1998 football game? What happened at the United Nations? How did the critics like the new play? 21 an event takes place, newspapers are on the streets giving the details. Wherever anything happens in the world, reporters are on the spot to gather the news. Newspapers have one basic 22, to get the news as quickly as possible from its source, from those who make it to those who want to23 it. Radio, telegraph, television, and 24inventions brought competition for newspapers. So did the development of magazines and other means of communication. 25, this competition merely spurred the newspapers on. They quickly make use of the newer and faster means of communication to improve the26 and thus the efficiency of their own operations. Today more newspapers are 27 and read than ever before. Competition also led newspapers to branch out into many other fields. Besides keeping readers28 of the latest news, todays newspapers educate and influence readers about politics and other important and serious matters. Newspapers influence readers economic choices29 advertising. Most newspapers depend on advertising for their very30. Newspapers are sold at a price that31 even a small fraction of the cost of production. The main32 of income for most newspapers is commercial advertising. The success in selling advertising depends on a newspapers value to advertisers. This33 in terms of circulation. How many people read the newspaper? Circulation depends somewhat on the work of the circulation department and on the services or entertainment 34 in a newspapers pages. But for the most part, circulation depends on a newspapers value to readers as source of information 35 the community, city, country, state, nation and world and even outer space. 21. A. Just when B. While C. Soon after D. Before 22. A. reason B. cause C. problem D. purpose 23. A. make B. publish C. know D. write 24. A. another B. other C. one another D. the other 25. A. However B. And C. Therefore D. So 26. A. value B. ratio C. rate D. speed 27. A. spread B. passed C. printed D. completed 28. A. inform B. be informed C. to be informed D. informed 29. A. on B. through C. with D. of 30.A. forms B. existence C. contents D. purpose 31. A. tries to cover B. manages to cover C. fails to cover D. succeeds in 32.A. source B. origin C. course D. finance 33. A. measures B. measured C. is measured D. was measured 34. A. offering B. offered C. which offered D. to be offered 35.A. by B. with C. at D. about第二节：语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）阅读下面短文，根据上下文填入适当的词语，或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空，并将答案填在标号为36-45的相应位置。Autumn came again, and with it 36_ (come) trouble and sorrow. A strange disease had broken out among the settlers. Betty Sparrow, who was Abraham Lincolns mothers aunt, and her husband were the first to 37_ ( attack) by this terrible sickness. The narrow camp which was their home was 38_ cheerless place even at its best, and the disease did its work 39_ ( quick ).And then Abraham Lincolns mother was stricken down. Suffering from damp and cold in the camp had robbed her of her 40_ ( strong ) and made her easily 41_ ( catch ) the disease.One morning, when the grey daylight was struggling 42_ the gaps of the unfinished cabin, she reached out her arms and drew little Abraham before her, “ My boy, Im going 43_ . Live as I have taught you.” Then the end came.44_ only ten years old, Lincoln was no longer a child. He was 45_ ( determine ) to be a man of the type his mother would praise and admire. Long afterward, when he had won honor and had a sure place among the great men of the world, he said, “All that I am, and all that I hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.”第三部分：阅读（共两节，满分40分）第一节：阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并把答案写在答题卷上。（共15小题，每小题2分，满分30分）AIn cities with rent control, the city government sets the maximum rent that a landlord（房东）can charge for an apartment. Supporters of rent control argue that it protects people who are living in apartments. Their rent cannot increase; therefore, they are not in danger of losing their homes. However, the critics say that after a long time, rent control may have negative（负面的）effects. Landlords know that they cannot increase their profits. Therefore, they invest（投资）in other businesses where they can increase their profits. They do not invest in new buildings which would also be rent controlled. As a result, new apartments are not built. Many people who need apartments cannot find any. According to the critics, the end result of rent control is a shortage of apartments in the city.Some theorists argue that the minimum wage law can cause problems in the same way. The federal government sets the minimum that an employer must pay workers. The minimum helps people who generally look for unskilled, low paying jobs. However, if the minimum is high, employers may hire fewer workers. They will replace workers with machinery. Therefore, other things being equal, the number of workers that employers want decreases. Thus, critics hold the opinion that an increase in the minimum wage may cause unemployment. Some poor people may find themselves without jobs instead of with jobs at the minimum wage.Supporters of the minimum wage say that it helps people keep their dignity（尊严）. Because of the law, workers cannot sell their services for less than the minimum. Furthermore, employers cannot force workers to accept jobs at unfair wages.Economic（经济的）theory predicts the results of economic decisions such as decisions about farm production, rent control, and the minimum wage. The predictions may be correct only if “other things are equal”. Economists do not agree on some of the predictions. They also do not agree on the value of different decisions. Some economists support a particular decision while others criticize it. Economists do agree, however, that there are no simple answers to economic questions.46There is the possibility that setting maximum rent may .Acause a shortage of apartmentsBworry those who rent apartments as homesCincrease the profits of landlordsDencourage landlords to invest in building apartment47We can safely say that rent control .Awill always benefit those who rent apartmentsBis unnecessaryCwill bring negative effects in the long runDis necessary under all circumstances48The problem of unemployment will arise if .Athe minimum wage is set too highBthe minimum wage is set too lowCthe workers are unskilledDthe maximum wage is set49The passage tells us about .Athe relationship between supply and demandBthe possible results of government controlsCthe necessity of government controlDthe urgency of getting rid of government controls50Which of the following statements is NOT true?AThe results of economic decisions can not always be predicted.BMinimum wage can not always protect employees.CEconomic theory can predict the results of economic decisions if other factors are notchanging.DEconomists usually have the same prediction about an economic decision.BLanguage learning begins with listening. Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking, and later starters are often long listeners .Most children will “obey” spoken instructions some time before they can speak, though the word “obey” is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child .Before they can speak, many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties. It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight, pain, friendliness, and so on. But since these cant be said to show the babys intention to communicate, they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language. It is agreed, too, that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment, and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store. This self-imitation（模仿）leads on to deliberate（有意的）imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people. The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.It is a problem we need to get out teeth into. The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world .Thus the use at seven months of “mama” as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father, his dog, or anything else he likes. Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself, I doubt, however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds.51. Before children start speaking_.A. they need equal amount of listeningB. they need different amounts of listeningC. they are all eager to cooperate with the adults by obeying spoken instructionsD. they cant understand and obey the adults oral instructions52. Children who start speaking late _.A. may have problems with their listeningB. probably do not hear enough language spoken around themC. usually pay close attention to what they hearD. often take a long time in learning to listen properly53. A babys first noises are _.A. an expression of his moods and feelingsB. an early form of languageC. a sign that he means to tell you somethingD. an imitation of the speech of adults54. The problem of deciding at what point a babys imitations can be considered as speech_.A. is important because words have different meanings for different peopleB. is not especially important because the changeover takes place graduallyC. is one that should be properly understood because the meaning of words changes with ageD. is one that should be completely ignored（忽略）because childrens use of words is often meaningless55. The speaker implies_.A. parents can never hope to teach their children new soundsB. children no longer imitate people after they begin to speakC. children who are good at imitating learn new words more quicklyD. even after they have learnt to speak, children still enjoy imitatingCRead a whole book in English? Me?Yes, you. Believe it or not, that may be easier than you think. Not all classics are too difficult or complicated. So youre not limited to the simplified versions. And the easier books are not all for children.Books in their original versions may send you to the dictionary. And you might not understand everything you read. But reading one from cover to cover will give you a real sense of accomplishment（成就）.The key is to find the right books. Lets take a look at these.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (C.S. Lewis)Stepping into an old wardrobe, four English schoolchildren find themselves in the magical world of Narnia. On this delightful land, they find friends among the many talking creatures.The children soon discover, however, that Narnia is ruled by the White Witch. Edmund, one of the children, falls under her power. Who can free Narnia? Only Aslan, the great and noble lion. He alone knows the Deeper Magic. But the children themselves must help fight the battle against the White Witch and those who serve her.The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)Santiago, an old Cuban fisherman, hasnt caught any fish in more than 80 days. Sailing far out from land, the old man hooks an enormous fish. That begins an agonizing three day battle. First he struggles against the great fish. Then he must fight off the sharks that circle the little boat and threaten to eat his fish. Exhausted and bleeding, the old man arrives back at shore. But his fish, his beautiful fish . . .Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for this superb story of strength and courage, of victory and regret.A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine Lingle)Megs father, a U.S. government scientist, has been missing for many months. He had been experimenting with time travel when he mysteriously disappeared.Now Meg, her little brother Charles Wallace and her friend Calvin will try to rescue him. But first they must outwit the forces of evil they encounter（遇到） on their journey through time and space. Can they find Megs father before its too late?This novel is more than just a science fiction adventure. Its an exploration of the nature of our universe.The Pearl (John Steinbeck)One day Kino, a poor Mexican pearl diver, finds a magnificent pearl. With it he dreams of buying a better life, new clothes and schooling for his son. Instead, it brings only evil. His wife pleads with him to get rid of it. No, says Kino. I will have my chance. I am a man. But when he kills a man who is trying to steal the pearl, Kino and his wife must run for their lives.This tale of dreams, justice and the power of greed is told simply and beautifully.The Long Winter (Laura Ingalls Wilder)Its winter, 18801881, on Americas northern prairies. Mr. and Mrs. Ingalls and their four girls stay near the kitchen stove to keep warm. Heavy snowstorms cut them off even from neighbors. With the trains stopped, no supplies can reach the town. Food and fuel are running out. Day after day the girls must grind wheat for bread and twist hay to burn. At times they nearly lose the battle to keep their spirits up.This story provides a fascinating glimpse into the life of early American settlers.56. In the passage, the author intends to _.A. recommend a few simplified versions of classicsB. recommend a few original versions of classicsC. tell us how to read an English book from beginning to endD. tell us how to find proper English books to read57. In The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, the White Witch is probably _.A. an evil woman with magic power B. a friendly woman with magic powerC. a delightful talking creature D. a powerful lion58. The underlined word outwit in the passage probably means _.A. get rid of B. take advantage ofC. beat by being cleverer D. make the most of59. Which book deals with history?A. The Pearl. B. The Old Man and the Sea.C. A Wrinkle in Time. D. The Long Winter.60. A Wrinkle in Time is different from other books mentioned in the passage in that _.A. it is not a science fictio