湖北省长阳县第一高级中学2020届高三英语上学期第一次月考试题（无答案）

长阳一中2020学年度第一学期第一次月考高三英语试卷本卷满分150分 答题时间120分钟第一节（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. 5. B. 9. 15. C. 9. 18.1. What will the woman do?A. Stay indoors. B. Have a walk. C. Get a coat.2. What will the speakers order?A. Coke and orange juice. B. Orange juice and coffee. C. Coffee and Coke.3. How did the woman know about the fire?A. She read about it. B. She witnessed it. C. She saw it on TV.4. What is the man worried about?A. The match may be delayed.B. Their car may go out of control.C. They may arrive late for the game.5. What does the man mean?A. He had a terrible vacation.B. He remained at home all the time.C. The woman asked a silly question.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。并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话或独白前，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。每段对话或独白读两遍。听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。6What does the man ask the woman to do?A. To work for her former employer.B. To recommend a customer.C. To join his company. zxxk7. What is the woman doing?A. Working for a company. B. Running a business. C. Hunting for a job.听第7段材料，回答第8、9题。8Why did the woman give up her dream to be a gym teacher?A. She didnt have the equipment.B. She couldnt afford the expense.C. She found the training too hard.9. How does the woman feel about her job?A. Satisfied. B. Regretful. C. Disappointed.听第8段材料，回答第10至12题。10.What does the woman say about the science book? zxxkA. Its of little value. B. Its in bad condition. C. Its an old edition.11. How much will the woman pay the man? zxxkA. $30. B. $23. C. $21.12. Why is the woman unwilling to buy more textbooks? zxxkA. She isnt sure what textbooks will be used.B. She hasnt enough money to buy more.C. She doesnt like books marked with notes.听第9段材料，回答第13至16题。13.Where is the man?A. At home. B. At the office. C. At a travel agency.14. What are the speakers going to do?A. To travel abroad. B. To go to the theatre. C. To meet their friends.15. When will the speakers meet?A. At 3:15 pm B. At 7:00 pm. C. At 6:15 pm.16. What do we know about the man?A. He is sensitive. B. He is humorous. C. He is dishonest.听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。17What is the first news headline about?A. Street violence. B. Personal safety. C. Students health.18. Why did some parents gather at schools in Glasgow?A. To prevent the close-down of the school.B. To call for better primary education.C. To participate in school activities.19. What are the litter pickers doing?A. Collecting private rubbish. B. Having a one-day break. C. Cleaning themselves up.20. Which teams will play in the European Cup final?A. AC. Milan and Barcelona. B. Barcelona and Liverpool. C. Liverpool and AC. Milan.第二部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分40分）第一节（共15小题；每小题两分，满分30 分）阅读下列短文， 从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项。AJudging from recent surveys, most experts in sleep behavior agree that there is actually an epidemic (流行病) of sleepiness in the nation. “I can not think of a single study that has not found Americans getting less sleep than they ought to,” says Dr. David. Even people who think they are sleeping enough would probably be better off with more rest.The beginning of our sleep-deficit (睡眠不足) problem may result from the invention of the light bulb a century ago. From some diaries and other personal records from the 18th and 19th centuries, sleep scientists have reached the conclusion that the average person used to sleep about 9.5 hours a night. “The best sleep habits once were forced on us, when we had nothing to do in the evening on the farm, and it was dark.” By the 1950s and 1960s, the sleep schedule had been reduced much, to between 7.5 and eight hours, and most people had to wake to an alarm clock. “People cheat on their sleep, and they dont even realize they are doing it,” says Dr. David. “They think they are okay because they can get by on 6.5 hours, when they really need 7.5, eight or even more to feel very energetic.”Perhaps the most merciless robber of sleep, researchers say is the complexity of the day. Whenever pressures from work, family, friends and community increase, many people consider sleep the least expensive item on his programme. “In our society, you are considered dynamic if you say you only need 5.5 hours sleep. If you have got to get 8.5 hours, people think that you are not dynamic and you lack drive and ambition.”To determine the consequences of sleep deficit, researchers have put subjects through a set of psychological and performance tests requiring them, for example, to add columns of numbers or recall a passage which was read to them only minutes earlier. “We have found that if you are in sleep deficit, performance suffers,” says Dr. David. “Short-term memory is weakened, as are abilities to make decisions and to concentrate.”21. Many Americans believe that _.A. sleep is the first thing that can be given up when one is busyB. they need more sleep to cope with the complexities of everyday lifeC. to sleep is something one can do at any time of the dayD. enough sleep promotes peoples drive and ambition22. The word “subjects” (Line 1, Para. 4) refers to _.A. the performance tests used in the study of sleep deficitB. special branches of knowledge that are being studiedC. people whose behavior or reactions are being studiedD. the psychological consequences of sleep deficit23. It can be concluded from the passage that one should sleep as many hours as is necessary to_.A. improve ones memory sharplyB. be considered dynamic by other peopleC. keep ones daily scheduleD. feel energetic and perform adequatelyBIn ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老) treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace, if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.Shades of that spirit spread over todays conversations. Once a friend and I packed up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing. As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand, a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said, “Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says its going to rain.” I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches. Not for his stupid weather report, for his smile.Several months ago I was racing to catch a bus. As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter, the sales agent said with a broad smile, “Oh， that bus left five minutes ago.” Dreams of head-cutting!Its not the news that makes someone angry. Its the unsympathetic attitude with which its delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient that she needs an operation dose it in a caring way. A boss informing an employee he didnt get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know, when delivering any bad news, they should share the feeling of the receiver.Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. When youre tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isnt ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist right on their unsympathetic faces.Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “Oh, thats all right. Ill catch the next one.” Big winners, when they bear bad news, deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded (被轰炸的) person is sure to have .24. In Paragraph 1, the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to _.A. make a comparison B. introduce a topicC. describe a scene D. offer an argument25. In the writers opinion, his neighbor was _.A. friendly B. warm-hearted C. not considerate D. not helpful26. From“Dreams of head-cutting!”(Paragraph 3), we learn that the writer_.A. was angry with the sales agent.B. was reminded of the cruel pharaohC. wished that the sales agent would have had dreams.D. dreamed of cutting the sales agents head that night.27. What is the main idea of the text?A. Delivering bad news properly is important in communication.B. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.C. Receiving bad news requires great courage.D. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.Recent stories in the newspapers and magazines suggest that teaching and research contradict each other, that research plays too important a part in academic promotions, and that teaching is not much emphasized. These statements are reasonable, but they also ignore deeper and more important relationships.Most research universities reward outstanding teaching, but the greatest recognition is usually given for achievements made in research. Part of the reason is the difficulty of judging teaching. A highly responsible and tough professor is usually appreciated by top students who want to be challenged, but disliked by those whose records are less impressive. The mild professor gets marks that are usually high, but there is a sense of disappointment in the part of the best students, exactly those for whom the system should present the greatest challenges. Thus, a university trying to promote professors primarily on the teaching qualities would have to face this confusion.As modern science moves faster, two forces are put on professor: one is the time needed to keep on with the profession; the other is the time needed to teach. The training of new scientists requires outstanding teaching at the research university as well as the arts college. Although scientists are usually “made” in the elementary schools, scientists can be “lost” by poor teaching at the college and graduate school levels. The good solution is not to separate teaching and research, but to recognize that the combination is difficult but vital. The title of professor should be given only to those who profess, and it is perhaps time for universities to reserve it for those willing to be scholars (学者). Professor unwilling to teach can be called “distinguished research investigators” or something else.The pace of modern science makes it increasingly difficult to be a great researcher and a great teacher. Yet many are described in just those terms. Those who say we can separate teaching and research simply do not understand the system but those who say the problem will disappear are not fulfilling their responsibilities.28. What idea does the author want to convey in the first paragraph?A. It is wrong to overestimate the importance of teaching.B. Teaching and research are contradictory to each other.C. Research can never be emphasized too much.D. The relationship between teaching and research should not be simplified.29. In academic promotions research universities still attach more importance to research partlybecause _.A. research improves the quality of teachingB. students who want to be challenged appreciate research professorsC. it is difficult to evaluate teaching quality objectivelyD. professor with achievements in research are usually responsible and tough30. According to the fourth paragraph, which of the following will the author probably agree with? A. Distinguished professors at research universities should concentrate on research only.B. The separation of teaching from research can lower the quality of future scientists.C. It is not important to improve teaching in elementary schools .D. The rapid developments of modern science make it impossible to combine teaching withresearch.31. The phrase “the problem” (Para. 5, Line 3) refers to _.A. raising the position of teachingB. the combination of teaching with researchC. the separations of teaching from researchD. improving the position of researchDIt is generally believed that anxiety causes harm to humans, but stress seems to affect the immune defenses of lower animals too. In one experiment, for example, behavioral immunologist (免疫学家) Mark Laudenslager, at the University of Denver, gave mild electric shocks to 24 rats. Half the animals could switch off the current by turning a wheel in their enclosure, while the other half could not. The rats in the two groups were paired so that each time one rat turned the wheel it protected both itself and its helpless partner from the shock. Laudenslager found that the immune response fell below normal in the helpless rats but not in those that could turn off the electricity. What he has demonstrated, he believes, is that lack of control over an event, not the experience itself, is what weakens the immune system.Other researchers agree. Jay Weiss, a psychologist at Duke University School of Medicine, has shown that animals who are allowed to control unpleasant events dont develop sleep disturbances(睡眠障碍) or changes in brain chemistry typical of stressed rats. But if the animals are faced with situations they have no control over, they later behave passively when faced with experiences they can control. Such findings show that the experience of helplessness is one of the most harmful factors in depression.One of the most surprising examples of how the mind can change the immune response was discovered by chance. In 1975 the psychologist named Robert Ader at the University of Rochester School of Medicine conditioned (使形成条件反射) mice to avoid sugar by feeding them the sweetener and at the same time injecting them with a drug that caused stomach pains. Associating the sugar with the stomach pains, the mice quickly learned to avoid the sweetener. In order to remove this dislike for the sweetener, Ader re-exposed the animals to sugar, this time without the drug, and was astonished to find that those mice that had received the highest amounts of sweetener during their earlier conditioning died. He could only guess that he had so successfully conditioned the rats that sugar alone now weakened their immune systems enough to kill them.32. According to the passage, the experience of helplessness causes rats to _. A. try to control unpleasant events B. turn off the electricity C. behave passively in controllable situations D. become doubtful33. The reason why the mice in Aders experiment avoided sugar was that _ . A. they disliked its taste B. it affected their immune systems C. it led to stomach pains D. they associated it with stomachaches34. The passage tells us that the most probable reason for the death of the mice inAders experiment was that _. A. they had been weakened psychologically by the sugar B. the sweetener was poisonous to them C. their immune systems had been changed by the mind D. they had taken too much sweetener during earlier conditioning35. It can be concluded from the passage that the immune systems of animals _ . A. can be weakened by conditioningB. can be prevented by drug injections C. can be affected by frequent doses of sugarD. can be changed by electric shocks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入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。The MississippiThe Mississippi is a great river whose relationship with man goes way back beyond its discovery in the 16th century. The River Indians used it as a highway and as a source of food, and it was they who gave it its name“misi”meaning“great”and“sipi”meaning“water”When the length of its branch, the Missouri, is added to it, the Mississippi becomes greater. 36 . From the source of the Missouri to the tip of the delta (三角洲), it is 2, 480 miles long.Great rivers are likely to suffer floods. In 1927 the Mississippi flooded 26 thousand acres, sweeping away farms, towns, everything in its path. In 1938 its floods drowned or killed 200 people and made millions homeless. Today the river has largely been controlled. 37 .Industries have spread down some of the waterways of the delta, but otherwise the delta is a remote place, the homeland of a little colony of French Canadians that the British drove out of Nova Scotia in the 18th century. They still speak French, mixed with English, Indian, Spanish and Negro idioms. They keep to themselves, fanning the rich soil of the delta. 38 .39. Pioneers who first reached its banks wondered not only where it went, but what lay beyond. In 1764 the French founded a city on the right bank of the river, and named it after their king, Louis XV. This city, named St. Louis, became the jumping-off place for the adventurous men and women who opened up the Great Plains, and the way to the Far West.Some 40 years earlier, at the beginning of the 18th century, the French had founded another city just above the Mississippi delta, New Orleans. 40. New Orleans is one of the great ports of the world, and one of the greatest terminals for both sea and river traffic.AIt was the Mississippi that made the city what it isBLevees, high banks built of earth, hold back the flood watersCTherefore, as we know, itis the third longest river in the worldDIt is known that the “Great Water” has also been a boundary (界河)riverEHowever, they paddled up and down the Mississippi in their boats to seektheir fortuneFThe “Great Water” always remains a threat, for the streets of the city are below the levelof the riverGThey call themselves Cajuns, who have actually been lead